{"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":"What Most Entrepreneurs Miss About Scaling:Lessons From Ivan Vislavskiy - Episode 71","slug":"what-most-entrepreneurs-miss-about-scaling-lessons-from-ivan-vislavskiy-episode-71","published_at":"2026-04-15T07:00:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244/what-most-entrepreneurs-miss-about-scaling-lessons-from-ivan-vislavskiy-episode-71","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-most-entrepreneurs-miss-about-scaling-lessons-from-ivan-vislavskiy-episode-71--70631745","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70631745/re_71_iv_01.mp3","summary":"Most entrepreneurs think scaling is about growth. More clients. More revenue. More visibility. But what they usually discover too late is that scaling does not fix what is broken. It exposes it. In this episode, we are talking about what most entrepreneurs miss about scaling. Not theory. Not buzzwords. Real lessons learned while building a business that actually lasts. My guest today is Ivan Vislavskiy, co founder and CEO of Comrade Digital Marketing. Ivan started the way many entrepreneurs do by selling his own skill. Over time, he faced the same inflection point many founders hit, where working harder no longer works and growth demands something different. Systems. Leadership. Letting go. In this conversation, we talk candidly about the shift from operator to owner, the mistakes founders repeat when trying to scale, why growth often amplifies problems instead of solving them, and what it really takes to build a business that does not depend entirely on you. If you are great at what you do, but feel hesitant about growth because you do not want to lose control, quality, or yourself in the process, this episode is for you. Ivan's Company: https://comradeweb.com","meta_description":"Most entrepreneurs think scaling is about growth. More clients. More revenue. More visibility. But what they usually discover too late is that scaling doe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3285,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244/episodes/what-most-entrepreneurs-miss-about-scaling-lessons-from-ivan-vislavskiy-episode-71/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/what-most-entrepreneurs-miss-about-scaling-lessons-from-ivan-vislavskiy-episode-71.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}