{"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":"Salvatore Tirabassi on The Financial Mistakes That Kill Growing Companies","slug":"salvatore-tirabassi-on-the-financial-mistakes-that-kill-growing-companies","published_at":"2026-06-14T15:00:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244/salvatore-tirabassi-on-the-financial-mistakes-that-kill-growing-companies","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/salvatore-tirabassi-on-the-financial-mistakes-that-kill-growing-companies--72519172","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72519172/re_85_st_01.mp3","summary":"Most entrepreneurs think they understand their numbers. Revenue. Profit. Cash flow. But the reality is, many businesses fail not because they don’t grow… But because they don’t understand what their numbers are actually telling them. Today’s guest has spent decades on both sides of that equation. As an investor… As a CFO… And now as an entrepreneur helping companies turn financial data into strategy. Today’s guest is Salvatore Tirabassi, Managing Director of CFO Pro+Analytics. Sal brings over 25 years of experience across venture capital, private equity, and executive financial leadership. He has raised over $400 million in capital, participated in multiple acquisitions, and now works as a fractional CFO helping companies scale through better financial strategy and analytics. https://cfoproanalytics.com","meta_description":"Most entrepreneurs think they understand their numbers. Revenue. Profit. Cash flow. But the reality is, many businesses fail not because they don’t grow……","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4006,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244/episodes/salvatore-tirabassi-on-the-financial-mistakes-that-kill-growing-companies/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/salvatore-tirabassi-on-the-financial-mistakes-that-kill-growing-companies.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}