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Business Roaches
What do roaches and entrepreneurs have in common? Both are built to survive and too stubborn to quit. Business Roaches celebrates the entrepreneurs who’ve felt the chaos and kept moving forward: listen as we dive into the highs, lows, and holy sh*t moments of running a business. Whether you’re building something, thinking about it starting, or simply curious about what it’s REALLY like to be an entrepreneur - this one’s for you. Hosted by Hannah & Ariel Redmond, the sisters and Co-Founders…
Episodes
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The Rise Of Solopreneurs (And What We Would Have Done Differently If We Had AI From The Start)
While new business applications are on the rise, the amount entrepreneurs looking to hire is actually falling. A large reason for this trend of entrepreneurs…
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Larry Weintraub: Co-Founder of Fanscape, the First Social Media Marketing Agency
Before social media became the marketing machine it is today, Larry Weintraub was helping artists and brands figure out how to connect with fans in a whole new…
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What ChatGPT Thinks Nobody Tells You About Entrepreneurship - Pt 2
Business Roaches is back after a little hiatus and jumping right back into where they left off! In this episode of Business Roaches, Hannah and Ariel Redmond…
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What ChatGPT Thinks Nobody Tells You About Entrepreneurship - Pt 1
Starting your own business sounds exciting… until you actually do it. In this episode of Business Roaches, Hannah and Ariel Redmond react to ChatGPT’s list of…
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Ecommerce Startup 101: Part 3 — How Do You Pick A 3PL?
You made the sale. Now you have to get the product out the door. In Part 3 of our Ecommerce Startup 101 series, Hannah and Ariel break down everything you need…
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Ecommerce Startup 101: Part 2 — The Invisible Costs That Go Into Shipping
You made the sale. Now you have to get the product to the customer. In Part 2 of our Ecommerce Startup 101 series, Hannah and Ariel break down everything you…
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Ecommerce Startup 101: Part 1 — You Need to Understand Sales Tax
Starting an ecommerce brand? There’s a lot to figure out before you ever make your first sale, and sales tax is one of those things that’s easy to overlook…
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Milestones & Mishaps: Happy Box's Biggest Firsts
Every business has a first time for everything, and those moments usually come with a great story. In this episode, Hannah and Ariel take a walk down memory…
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Blind Ranking the 7 Skills Every Founder Needs (We Did NOT Agree)
Everyone loves to say, "You need to be good at everything to start a business." We respectfully disagree. This week, Hannah and Ariel are blind ranking the 7…
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Communication Hacks Every Entrepreneur Should Know
Let's be honest: a large chunk of running a business is just figuring out how to communicate better. Whether it's navigating awkward client conversations…
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Neal Hoffman of Fanroll / The Mensch on a Bench
What does it take to turn a passion for toys and games into multiple thriving businesses? In this special episode, we sit down with Neal Hoffman, CEO of…
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The Entrepreneur's Unspoken Pet Peeve List
What are the little things that make entrepreneurs cringe, roll their eyes, or quietly lose their patience? In this episode, Hannah and Ariel Redmond are…
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The Influencer PR Gift Playbook
Sending products to influencers is easy. Creating a PR gift experience that inspires authentic engagement, strengthens relationships, and amplifies your brand…
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The Essential Advice For New Graduates
It's graduation season! With a bevy of new diploma wielding grads entering the workforce and starting their own professional journeys, Hannah and Ariel provide…
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Certain Compliments (and Criticisms) You Just Never Forget
Have you ever received a compliment that stayed with you for years? Or a criticism that lingered in the back of your mind long after it was said? In this…
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3 Essential First Steps in Building Your Brand
Business Roaches' Hannah and Ariel Redmond react to a question from another entrepreneur about how to go about getting started on their brand building. For…
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4 Tips You Can Execute For Your Business TODAY That Will Drive Impact
This week on the pod, Hannah and Ariel take a break from the long term business advice, and dive into the some immediate, tactical actions you can take to help…
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Red Flags vs Green Flags: Co-Founder Edition
Hannah and Ariel Redmond are back breaking down what are the biggest red and green flags when looking for a co-founder. Whether you are looking to build a…
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Can AI Spot a Great Founder? Ranking ChatGPT’s Top 5 Traits
Hannah and Ariel ask ChatGPT what it thinks are the top five traits of a successful entrepreneur, and rank them according to their accuracy. Does AI know what…
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Amy Shack Egan of Cheersy
This week on the pod, entrepreneur Amy Shack Egan stops by to talk about her multiple startups, how being a mom changed her perception of her work, and how the…
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Stop Giving Luck So Much Credit
It’s an age old debate: how much of your success was luck vs how much was your hard work and determination? In this episode, Hannah and Ariel make it clear…
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The 600 Fails Experiment
Everyone fails at times. The best entrepreneurs though? They embrace the potential of failure because it means they are attempting to go outside their comfort…
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What Every Aspiring Female Entrepreneur Needs To Hear
Becoming a female founder is a difficult, but ultimately amazing journey. Just starting out? That can be the most daunting part. Hannah and Ariel break down a…
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Bonus Episode: The Best Books For Entrepreneurs
March is National Reading Month, and what better way to celebrate for the Roaches to celebrate than by talking about the books that impacted their business…
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Profitable? Yes. Peaceful? Absolutely Not: Our 2025 Recap.
In this episode, Hannah & Ariel recap what can only be described as a beautiful disaster of a year that was 2025: wildly stressful, personally chaotic…
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2025 Trend Recap (Before We Roach Our Way Into 2026)
In this episode, Hannah & Ariel dig into Guidant Financial’s 2025 Small Business Trend Report and give their unfiltered, founder-real take on what the data…
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Our "Almost Quitting" Story - Every Entrepreneur Has One
In this episode, Hannah & Ariel share the real story behind their biggest “almost quitting” moments - the kind every entrepreneur hits at least once (or, you…
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All Entrepreneurs Want for Christmas: Sleep, a Chef, and a Day Off
In this holiday episode, Hannah & Ariel - aka the gifting gurus behind Happy Box - reveal the REAL gifts every entrepreneur wants this holiday season... We’re…
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Did They Really Just Say That? Handling Feedback Like a Founder
In this episode, Hannah & Ariel get real about receiving negative feedback as entrepreneur: the helpful, the confusing, and the “wait… did they actually just…
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Feelings Only An Entrepreneur Would Know
In this episode, hosts Hannah & Ariel pull back the curtain on the weird, wild, and painfully relatable feelings of being an entrepreneur. From big wins to…
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The Most Boring/Forgettable Corporate Holiday Gifts
In this special (short) holiday episode of Business Roaches, the gift gurus weigh in on what you should NOT gift this holiday for corporate/employee gifts -…
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Still Standing: The Scrappiest Hacks That Kept Us Going
Let’s be real: being a founder isn’t all glossy LinkedIn wins and funding rounds. Sometimes it’s pure scrappiness that keeps your business alive. In this…
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Real Talk on Networking
In this episode of Business Roaches, sisters and Happy Box co-founders Hannah and Ariel Redmond get real about one of the most important skills in business…
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Rating ChatGPT’s Corporate Gift Ideas
We put ChatGPT to the test — corporate gifting edition. In this episode, we asked AI for corporate gift ideas and gave our unfiltered ratings as two real-life…
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When Everything’s Urgent: Winning the Busy Season
Staying focused when everything’s on fire takes more than caffeine and good intentions. In this episode, we’re breaking down how to prioritize tasks that truly…
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Insufficient Data
In a perfect world, you have all the necessary data you need whenever a pivotal decision needs to be made for your company. Of course, the world isn't perfect…
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Best Ways For Small Businesses To Weather A Recession
Last week, a revised job report indicated far fewer jobs created nationwide than originally claimed, leaving many economists with the thought that the country…
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The Keys to Getting Your Business Started
This week on the pod, Hannah and Ariel discuss the keys to actually getting your business idea off the ground, and go over some of the lessons they learned the…
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Our Most Unhinged Business Moves
Sometimes you just have to go the unconventional route in order to make progress. This week on the pod, the Roaches look back at some of their most unhinged…
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Let's Talk Work Life Balance
Work life balance. The perfect outcome for some. A myth for others. Entrepreneurs get asked about it all the time, especially women. This week on Business…
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"People Ask Me How I Can Do It All"
Welcome back Roaches! This week on the pod, Hannah and Ariel talk about the myth of getting everything in your life done the way you planned, and illustrate…
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The Three Most Important Qualities of an Entrepreneur
Welcome back to Business Roaches! This week on the pod, Hannah and Ariel dive right in to a listener question: "What are the three most important qualities of…
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Sisterly Squabbles
It's one of the most frequent questions Hannah and Ariel get asked: "What's it like running a business with your sister?" Well like any close siblings, there…
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Compromise Is (Not Always) Key
They say "Compromise is Key" but when it comes to running your own business, there are some aspects you just won't compromise on. The Business Roaches are back…
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When Do You Know You've "Made It?"
The Business Roaches are back this week to talk about an experience as a business owner that entrepreneur every can relate to. Then they jump into this week's…
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Birth Order Bias in Business
The Business Roaches are back this week to tackle the question if birth order really affects business roles. Hannah and Ariel explain how their personalities…
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Selling Millions With No Sales Experience
The Business Roaches are back this week to provide some fundamental tips on how to become much better at selling your product. What do roaches and…
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Being Petty Isn’t Necessarily A Bad Thing (Sometimes)
Nobody likes to admit it, but we all make a decision out of pettiness at some point. That doesn't always mean it was the wrong choice, though. Hannah and Ariel…
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Would You Rather: Entrepreneurship Edition!
The Business Roaches hosts play a game of Would You Rather? focused entirely on dilemmas an entrepreneur might face. What do roaches and entrepreneurs have in…
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Rough Times Can Provide the Most Important Lessons
ROI: Return On Investment. It's a phrase every entrepreneur knows. What makes a great ROI, however, can vary from business to business. Hannah and Ariel…
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The Biggest Lies We Were Told About What It's Like Running Your Own Business
On the road to starting their own business, an entrepreneur will probably hear a good amount of advice and warnings about what it's like running their own…
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Building a (Good) Team Isn't Easy
Hiring and building a team is part of every entrepreneur's journey. However, actually creating a great company culture is not that easy. Hannah and Ariel break…
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Branding: More Than Just Color Palettes!
Logos! Color Palettes! Taglines! So many different creative choices make up a company's "brand." Hannah and Ariel define what aspects of a brand really matter…
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Lessons In Being a Momtrepreneur
With Mother's Day right around the corner, Hannah and Ariel reflect on the differing ways becoming mothers has adjusted their business approaches, and how…
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Should I Go With My Gut or Trust the "Experts?"
Hannah and Ariel discuss the problems that can arise if you trust outsiders too much for business advice. What do roaches and entrepreneurs have in common?…
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We Asked ChatGPT for Business Advice for Founders at Our Stage
Instead of giving advice this time, Hannah and Ariel decide to ask ChatGPT for some business tips. The question is, how accurate actually is the advice? What…
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3 Hard Truths About Starting Your Business
There are many harsh realities that come with entrepreneurship. Hannah and Ariel break down the biggest truths that anyone just starting out should be aware as…
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Fail, but Fail Forward
Hannah & Ariel talk about the unexpected pitfalls that pop up for every small business and what, if anything, an entrepreneur can do to brace themselves. They…
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Do we like the Term "Boss Babe?"
In this episode, Hannah & Ariel talk about how the phrase "Boss Babe" gets used in a negative light, and why MLM's are partially to blame. They also touch on…
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Do You Have a Business or a Hobby?
In this episode, Hannah & Ariel walk through how to know if you have a business idea or just a hobby, and look back at when their Happy Box idea became more…