{"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":"The Alignment Problem That Slows Down Companies - Fixing What's Beneath the Surface with Carly Pepin","slug":"the-alignment-problem-that-slows-down-companies-fixing-what-s-beneath-the-surface-with-carly-pepin","published_at":"2026-06-04T00:48:51+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244/the-alignment-problem-that-slows-down-companies-fixing-what-s-beneath-the-surface-with-carly-pepin","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-alignment-problem-that-slows-down-companies-fixing-what-s-beneath-the-surface-with-carly-pepin--72333758","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72333758/re_88_cp_01.mp3","summary":"There’s a common belief in business that if something isn’t working, the answer is to change the strategy. Adjust the plan. Work harder. Push faster. But what if the real problem isn’t the strategy at all? What if the bottleneck… is the person leading it? Today’s guest, Carly Pepin, works at the intersection of business growth and human behavior. She helps founders and leadership teams scale their companies, not just by improving systems and processes, but by addressing the underlying patterns in decision-making, communication, and alignment that often determine whether a business moves forward… or stalls out. In the first part of the conversation, we’ll explore Carly’s journey. How she got into this space, the challenges she faced early on, and the moments that shaped her perspective on leadership and growth. In the second part, we’ll dig into her work. What alignment really means inside an organization, why so many scaling efforts break down, and what leaders may be overlooking when they try to take their business to the next level. If you’ve ever felt like your business should be further along than it is… this conversation may challenge how you think about why. https://www.westcoastgrowthadvisors.com","meta_description":"There’s a common belief in business that if something isn’t working, the answer is to change the strategy. Adjust the plan. Work harder. Push faster. But…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3689,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244/episodes/the-alignment-problem-that-slows-down-companies-fixing-what-s-beneath-the-surface-with-carly-pepin/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/the-alignment-problem-that-slows-down-companies-fixing-what-s-beneath-the-surface-with-carly-pepin.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}