{"podcast":{"title":"Power Women of the Trades: Weekly Podcast Empowering Women In the Trades Industry","slug":"power-women-of-the-trades-weekly-podcast-empowering-women-in-the-trades-industry-6399393","podcast_index_feed_id":6399393,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/da21ee60/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/power-women-of-the-trades","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/36496568/36496568-1734472015171-6ae8f22f0956e.jpg","author":"Power Women of the Trades","episode_count":172,"summary":"Hosted by Cassie Pound and Leslie Harpole \"Power Women of the Trades\" is a powerful force, leading dynamic businesses and disrupting traditional norms. This podcast is all about breaking barriers and changing the game. Our podcast guests will feature some of today's most successful female entrepreneurs and owners in the trades- and feature other advocates of this initiative as well! Because if there’s one thing we know for sure: female-led entrepreneurship drives change on multiple levels!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T04:18:49.363757+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/power-women-of-the-trades-weekly-podcast-empowering-women-in-the-trades-industry-6399393"},"episode":{"title":"Build a Business Worth Keeping with Stephanie Allen Part 2","slug":"build-a-business-worth-keeping-with-stephanie-allen-part-2","published_at":"2026-06-05T15:59:13+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/power-women-of-the-trades-weekly-podcast-empowering-women-in-the-trades-industry-6399393/build-a-business-worth-keeping-with-stephanie-allen-part-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/power-women-of-the-trades-weekly-podcast-empowering-women-in-the-trades-industry-6399393","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/power-women-of-the-trades/episodes/Build-a-Business-Worth-Keeping-with-Stephanie-Allen-Part-2-e3kcs7f","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/da21ee60/podcast/play/121056943/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-5%2F425578026-44100-2-dec9ee8bdcd4.mp3","summary":"In the second part of this conversation with Stephanie Allen, she introduces her "AI barbell theory" which emphasizes balancing the adoption of new technology with a deep commitment to human development. To help employees view artificial intelligence as a superpower rather than a threat to their jobs, she suggests introducing it through low pressure personal tasks like writing bedtime stories or creating dinner recipes. The discussion also shifts toward building a lasting legacy by focusing on creating a business worth keeping rather than simply preparing for a sale to private equity. Stephanie shares her vision for fuel, a collective designed to give legacy businesses the same competitive scale and buying power as larger firms. She concludes by encouraging the next generation of leaders to stay curious and embrace the reality that they can be both a student and a master of their craft at the same time.","meta_description":"In the second part of this conversation with Stephanie Allen, she introduces her \"AI barbell theory\" which emphasizes balancing the adoption of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1709,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/power-women-of-the-trades-weekly-podcast-empowering-women-in-the-trades-industry-6399393/episodes/build-a-business-worth-keeping-with-stephanie-allen-part-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/power-women-of-the-trades-weekly-podcast-empowering-women-in-the-trades-industry-6399393/build-a-business-worth-keeping-with-stephanie-allen-part-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}