{"podcast":{"title":"The Reluctant Entrepreneur Podcast","slug":"the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244","podcast_index_feed_id":7049244,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6346062/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.mikekonrad.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0c0e18f8fee88bf987c05cd6e1532a66.jpg","author":"Mike Konrad","episode_count":127,"summary":"I’m your host, Mike Konrad, the author of The Reluctant Entrepreneur - Anatomy of a Business Start-Up - From Uncertainty to Unstoppable, available on Amazon as a paperback, e-book, and an audible book, and I’m excited to share real stories that reveal the many paths people take to build their own businesses. Whether you stumbled into entrepreneurship or you’ve always known it was your calling, this podcast is for you. Let’s start with what it means to be a reluctant entrepreneur. Many entrepreneurs don’t set out with a grand plan to build a business. Maybe you worked for a company that didn’t value your vision, and one day you thought, “I could do this myself”, that was my story. Or maybe life pushed you in an unexpected direction—losing a job, facing a personal crisis, or discovering a passion that grew into a business. Reluctant entrepreneurs often find themselves starting a business not because they always dreamed of it, but because it was the best—or only—option available. And then there are intentional entrepreneurs. These are the people who’ve known from the start that they were meant to create something of their own. They may have planned meticulously, crafted their vision,…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T16:18:29.568615+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244"},"episode":{"title":"Building a Business You Don't Lose Overnight: Lessons from Cybersecurity - With Michele Novack #72","slug":"building-a-business-you-don-t-lose-overnight-lessons-from-cybersecurity-with-michele-novack-72","published_at":"2026-04-17T07:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244/building-a-business-you-don-t-lose-overnight-lessons-from-cybersecurity-with-michele-novack-72","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/building-a-business-you-don-t-lose-overnight-lessons-from-cybersecurity-with-michele-novack-72--70631791","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70631791/re_72_mn_01.mp3","summary":"What if a single email could undo everything you have spent years building? Your biggest business risk is not your competition. It is the one you assume someone else is handling. Today’s conversation is about a risk most entrepreneurs know exists, but quietly hope never becomes their problem... Cybersecurity. For many business owners, it feels abstract, technical, or like something that belongs to the IT department. But the reality is this. Cyber risk is not a technology problem. It is a leadership problem. My guest today, Michele Novack, is the founder of CardinalsByte, where she helps entrepreneurs and small business owners understand cybersecurity through a business and leadership lens. Not firewalls and jargon, but accountability, decision making, and protecting the business you worked so hard to build. In this episode, we talk about why small businesses are often more vulnerable than they realize, the most dangerous assumptions entrepreneurs make about outsourcing risk, and how ignoring cybersecurity can quietly undo years of hard work overnight. If you are an entrepreneur who prefers to focus on growth, customers, and culture, this is a conversation you need to hear. Michele's Company: Cardinals Byte https://www.cardinalsbytes.com","meta_description":"What if a single email could undo everything you have spent years building? Your biggest business risk is not your competition. It is the one you assume s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4087,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244/episodes/building-a-business-you-don-t-lose-overnight-lessons-from-cybersecurity-with-michele-novack-72/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244/building-a-business-you-don-t-lose-overnight-lessons-from-cybersecurity-with-michele-novack-72.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}