{"podcast":{"title":"The Product Boss with Jacqueline Snyder","slug":"the-product-boss-with-jacqueline-snyder-743439","podcast_index_feed_id":743439,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-product-boss/","website_url":"http://www.theproductboss.com/podcast","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/a64ada7c-c103-41a9-a89b-7834799a8117/The-Product-Boss-Podcast-Art-a-business-podcast-for-product-ent.png","author":"Jacqueline Snyder","episode_count":774,"summary":"The Product Boss is real business education for people who make and sell physical products. If you’re working way too hard for the sales you’re getting, you’re in the right place. This show is about building a focused, profitable product business that gets seen and sells consistently, without sacrificing your life to it. Hosted by Jacqueline Snyder, founder of The Product Boss and one of the country’s most sought-after product experts (featured in Inc., Forbes, NBC News, Yahoo Finance, and more), each episode delivers clear strategy you can actually use. You’ll hear workshop-style teaching and behind-the-scenes advising conversations that help you make better decisions, faster. Whether you sell on your website, at markets, wholesale (including Faire), in boutiques, or through platforms like Shopify, Etsy, and Amazon, the strategy here works across channels. We talk best sellers and what you’re known for, pricing for profit, visibility beyond social media, conversion, inventory planning, seasonal strategy, and the systems that stop you from doing everything yourself. 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Good news, I’m about to share how to break through! In this episode, we’ll dissect the moment every product-based business owner hits when demand outgrows your personal capacity and you become the bottleneck. I call it the Breaking Point, and it’s exactly where scaling either happens… or stalls. I’ll show you how to redefine what “handmade” means as you grow, identify what’s keeping your business stuck, and make the shifts needed to scale your physical product business without burning out. If you want to grow your handmade business (whether you make candles, jewelry, pottery, or any other handmade product) to $1M and beyond, it’s time to stop doing more and start building differently. In This Episode, You’ll Learn: 00:00 What is the “Breaking Point”? 05:45 Why every product-based business eventually hits a capacity ceiling. 08:00 The revenue levels where structure typically breaks. 12:00 Why what got you here won’t get you to your next level. 17:15 The sand-in-your-hand exercise that shows how control shrinks capacity. 22:00 How a $2M pottery brand still operates as handmade with 20 potters. 25:00 The identity shift from maker to creative director. 26:30 The 2 areas product businesses should consider hiring for first. 28:00 How to decode where you must stay and where you must get out of the way. 34:15 How to identify the one area that breaks when you get busy. 42:30 The 3 decisions to make when you hit your Breaking Point. 45:45 What would change if you stopped carrying it alone? 47:00 How to download the free Do, Delegate, Delete training. Resources + Links Download the free Do, Delegate, Delete training and workbook HERE ! 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