Businessing with Pat Miller
Business & Finance
About
Solving small business problems so you can be more profitable, with less stress, and run a modern small business. You got into this for freedom. The ability to choose how you work, when you rest, how it all gets done. But then the to-do list took over, the stress crept in, and now you're doing the whole thing by yourself. Businessing is the daily live show for small business owners who want their business to actually work for their life. We talk about what's real: making more money without burning out, getting the right stuff done without losing your mind, and running a business built for 2026, not 2006. Hiring. Marketing. Time. AI. The stuff you're actually dealing with. And every show features the Idea Slam. You come on the air, tell us what you're working on right now, and we make it great together. Live. No net. Nine out of ten social posts are AI-generated now. The feed is full of noise. This show is real conversation with real people solving real problems in real time. New episodes daily at 11 AM Central starting February 2. → Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/@SmallBusinessOC → Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/businessing-with-pat-miller/id1870663109 → Get the FridaysOff Newsletter: fridaysoffnewsletter.com
Episodes
- Opinions are not Instructions | Businessing with Pat Miller
This episode covers AI news including GPT-5.5 and Claude's capabilities, and a case where AI was fooled by a fake eye disease. It also touches on economic indicators like jobless claims and announces the SBOC '26 VIP program details.
- Take Your Email Off Your Phone | Businessing with Pat Miller
This episode of Businessing with Pat Miller covers the importance of setting boundaries with clients, particularly regarding after-hours communication. Host Pat Miller advises listeners to remove email from their phones to avoid after-hour…
- Mike Michalowicz: The Money Habit | Businessing with Pat Miller
Pat Miller interviews Mike Michalowicz about his new book, The Money Habit, discussing financial freedom versus independence and effective behavioral strategies. The episode also touches on AI in pancreatic cancer detection and other busin…
- Why "I'm Working Really Hard" Isn't an Answer
Pat Miller addresses performative busyness, arguing it's not a valid business answer. He suggests using high gas prices for promotions and reframes AI costs as personnel expenses, noting AI's increasing adoption by small businesses.
- What if your AI Disappeared?
This episode of Businessing with Pat Miller explores the dangers of small businesses becoming overly reliant on AI, using a scenario where a 110-person company lost access to Claude. Pat Miller discusses the implications of depending on th…
- Get Clear on Your #1 Priority | Businessing with Pat Miller
Businessing with Pat Miller is adopting a new daily format focused on positivity, identifying daily distractions, and setting one critical task to be completed by 5 PM. This change comes after Pat observed many small business owners feelin…
- 5 Questions That Expose What's Really Possible in Your Business | Businessing with Pat Miller
Pat Miller challenges small business owners with five questions, drawing parallels to a marathoner breaking the 2-hour barrier. The episode discusses real business possibilities and touches on AI models and the SBOC Conference.
- Are You Solving the Wrong Problem? How to Know!
Pat Miller and consultant Michael Rampolla explore why small business owners often work hard but fail to achieve goals due to a bias for action without properly defining the problem. They suggest pausing to check assumptions, using AI as a…
- Three AI Wins You Can Install This Week + Graphics Just Got a LOT Easier!
Pat Miller discusses three AI tools for businesses with guest Jason Kolins: AI for faster customer response, creating a larger business image, and automated lead follow-up. The episode also touches on AI image generation and branding.
- AI Content and How to Get Your First Client: Know, Like, Trust | Businessing with Pat Miller
This episode of Businessing with Pat Miller covers the rise of AI-generated content, the challenges of audience reception online, and client acquisition strategies using the Know, Like, Trust principle. It also touches on current economic…
- Claude Design LIVE Demo + SBOC 26 Keynote Speaker Announcement | Businessing with Pat Miller
Pat Miller demonstrates Claude Design, a new tool for creating professional websites affordably, and announces Mike Michalowicz as the keynote speaker for SBOC 26.
- Never Wonder What to Post on Social Media Ever Again! | Small Business Marketing Solved
Pat Miller discusses creative constraint as a solution for social media content generation and explains Jeff Bezos's perspective on AI as a horizontal market. The episode also covers SBOC Conference announcements and business growth outloo…
- Get WEIRD to Win in Small Business - How Standing Out is the Key to Success
This episode of Businessing with Pat Miller explains that small businesses need to be strategically different to succeed. It details four methods for differentiation: quality, speed, entertainment, and scale, using examples like The Gratef…
- Businessing - 04/13/26 | Your To-Do List Is Broken. Here's How to Fix It
Pat Miller addresses the business implications of rising gas prices and introduces a revised approach to to-do lists aimed at reducing stress. The episode also touches on AI adoption, Alibaba
- Businessing - 04/09/26 | The 2 Most Dangerous Words in Small Business
Pat Miller explains how to avoid paralyzing "what if" thinking in business by focusing on positive future scenarios and trusting existing progress. The episode also briefly covers Iran's peace deal, energy prices, NFL streaming rights, an…
- Businessing - 04/08/26 | Claude Mythos Just Broke the Internet (Explained for Non-Techies)
This episode of Businessing with Pat Miller explores how business owners' survival instincts can impede growth, referencing new research on animal evolution. It also covers the significant Claude Mythos AI development and its implications…
- Businessing - 04/07/26 | Map Your Customers: The Quadrant Exercise
This episode features an interactive customer quadrant exercise to help business owners understand their customers better. It also touches on client relationship strategies, AI advancements, and the importance of fundamentals, drawing insp…
- Businessing - 04/06/26 | Find Your People
This episode of Businessing with Pat Miller explores the societal shift from personal social media connections to creator-driven content, likening it to a restaurant revival focused on human interaction. Miller urges business owners to pri…
- Businessing - 4/2/26 | Why Only A-Players are Diving in on AI in Their Business
Pat Miller shares insights on why only A-players adopt AI, discusses the Artemis II launch and its emotional impact, and introduces Stephanie Kern's new sticker club. The episode also covers a lawsuit against Perplexity regarding data shar…
- Businessing - 4/1/26 | Would You Rather Own a Culver's or Your Business?
This episode of Businessing with Pat Miller explores the profitability of owning a Culver's franchise versus starting a service-based business. It also covers advancements in AI video generation, challenges in enterprise AI adoption, and u…
- Businessing - 3/31/26 | The Spice Is the Point: Build a Talkable Business
Pat Miller discusses the Businessing Daily Check-In, disposable vs. necessary income, and lessons on creating talkable business offers. The episode also touches on AI news, including Apple
- Businessing - 3/30/26 | Focus Starts With an F for a Reason
This episode of Businessing with Pat Miller focuses on the importance of business focus, using OpenAI's Sora as a case study. Pat Miller guides listeners through an exercise to identify their core priorities and discusses opportunities for…
- Businessing - 3/26/26 | Celebrate Your Wins & Free AI Training
This episode features entrepreneurs sharing personal business breakthroughs and AI successes, alongside discussions on AI training, market news, and health.
- Businessing - 3/25/26 | The Flea Filter: How to Make Your Product Irresistible
This episode of Businessing with Pat Miller introduces the Flea Filter framework (Value + Timeliness + Fun) to make products irresistible. It also explores Google Gemini
- Businessing - 3/24/26 | How to Take Time Off as a Business Owner
This episode of Businessing with Pat Miller focuses on how small business owners can take time off, recognizing valuable clients, and demonstrates AI tools like Claude's Computer Use for efficiency.
- Businessing - 3/23/26 | Evidence Leads to Inevitability: How to Actually Believe Your Own Differentiator
Pat Miller analyzes market volatility and addresses the difficulty business owners face in believing in their own unique value proposition. He introduces a practical system to build confidence through consistent actions and shares insights…
- Businessing - 3/19/26 | Stop Selling Features. Start Selling the Fear You Eliminate.
Pat Miller and Lisa Raebel discuss why business owners should focus on the fear and emotion their product or service eliminates rather than just listing features. They also cover a public complaint about pricing, AI updates, and a sweat eq…
- Businessing - 3/18/26 - The #1 Thing Americans Hate the Most
Pat Miller discusses how Americans' hatred of waiting presents a competitive advantage. He shares how AI can accelerate projects, advises auditing SOPs, batching tasks, and automating processes. The episode also touches on AI in content cr…
- Businessing - 3/17/26 | You Can Make Your Own Luck (Here's How)
This episode connects the concept of luck to controllable daily actions for small business owners, referencing Sahil Bloom's 'luck surface area' and introducing the Sale Team app. It also covers NVIDIA's NemoClaw, an AI security framework,…
- Businessing - 03/16/26 - Raising Your Rates (without feeling weird)
Pat Miller discusses how to raise your rates by focusing on demand generation rather than pricing adjustments. Strategies include leveraging your CRM, requesting referrals, and running webinars.
- Businessing - 3/12/26 | Interactive Reset of Your Biggest Goal
Pat Miller leads an interactive goal clarity exercise, discusses current events including economic updates and weather, and revisits tax refund strategies for business owners. The episode also covers insights from an 'Idea Slam' on busines…
- Businessing - 3/11/26 | CNN's Dishonest Coverage of Small Business and more...
Pat Miller, with 22 years of broadcast experience, criticizes CNN's reporting on how small businesses are affected by gas prices, stating the media consistently portrays owners as helpless victims rather than resilient entrepreneurs.
- Businessing - 03/10/26 | Only 125 Tickets — The SBOC Conference Waitlist Is Live
The SBOC Conference waitlist is live with 125 tickets available. Pat Miller launches a six-month AI Implementation program. The episode also covers Microsoft's partnership with Anthropic, a Ticketmaster antitrust settlement, and TSA wait t…
- Businessing - 3/9/26 | Anthropic's New Labor Study Shows the BIG Opportunities
Pat Miller returns to discuss Anthropic's AI labor study, which reveals a significant gap between AI capabilities and current business use, presenting a major opportunity. He launches AI Installation Groups to help businesses capitalize on…
- Businessing - 2/26/26 | The 6-Step System to Never Work Fridays Again
Pat Miller details his 6-step 'Fridays Off' framework, including personal strategies and business execution tactics, to help listeners reduce their workweek. The episode also covers business news and listener questions.
- Businessing - 2/25/26 | How to Make More Money From Your Best Clients
Pat Miller explains how service businesses can generate more revenue from existing clients by creating premium offerings tailored to their needs, inspired by a Stanford breakthrough. The episode also covers a potential government 401k matc…
- Businessing - 2/24/26 | $650 Billion Is Being Spent on AI This Year — Here’s What It Means for You
This episode of Businessing with Pat Miller covers the significant $650 billion investment in AI this year, a trend Pat calls the 'Jump Ball Economy.' Guests discuss AI adoption and its implications for small business owners, emphasizing t…
- Businessing - 2/23/26 | How to Handle Success
Pat Miller discusses how to handle business success using the
- Businessing - 2/19/26 | Raise Your Rates Today — Here’s Why the Window Is Open
Pat Miller explains why service-based businesses should raise their rates, noting that top lawyers bill $3,400/hour. The episode also discusses a bipartisan bill targeting credit card swipe fees, potential Alzheimer's prevention with Viagr…
- Businessing - 2/18/26 | Lead Magnets Are Dead — Here’s What Replaces Them
Pat Miller argues that traditional lead magnets are becoming obsolete due to AI making education freely accessible. He suggests a new approach focusing on delivering tangible results before asking for payment, while also touching on AI's r…
- Businessing - 2/17/26 | 6 Ways to Cut 10% of Your Business Expenses Today
Pat Miller shares 6 practical methods for businesses to reduce expenses by 10%, covering areas like insurance, domain costs, and software. The episode also includes advice for coaching clients and a time-saving tool recommendation.
- Businessing - 2/16/26 | SEO Isn't Dead - Here's What Small Business Owners Need to Know Now
On Businessing, Taylor Cusick Holman of Enji clarifies that SEO is not dead but evolving. The episode covers free tools and a checklist approach for small business owners to enhance online discoverability, alongside other business-related…
- Businessing 2/12/26 | The Relationship Audit Every Solopreneur NEEDS
This episode of Businessing with Pat Miller focuses on a relationship audit for solopreneurs, guiding listeners through questions to evaluate their business connections. It also touches upon economic stats, the housing market's influence o…
- Businessing - 2/11/26 - AI Agents Are Here | And If You Work on a Screen, You're at Risk
Pat Miller explains the emergence of AI agents like Claude Cowork, distinguishing them from chatbots and predicting their rapid adoption by small businesses. The episode also touches on the latest jobs report, a brief airspace closure in E…
- Businessing - 2/10/26 | 59% of Small Businesses Got Hacked Last Year (Here's How to Protect Yourself)
This episode of Businessing covers the alarming statistic that 59% of small businesses were targets of cyber attacks last year, detailing hacker motives and essential defenses such as backups, two-factor authentication, password managers,…
- Businessing - 2/9/26 | The Biggest Super Bowl Ad Loser Cost $8 Million
Pat Miller reviews Super Bowl ads, highlighting a major $8 million fumble by Slack/Salesforce. The episode also covers Breezy Johnson's Olympic gold, new Gmail workflow features, and listener questions on business challenges.
- Businessing 2/5/26 | 36.2 Million Small Business Owners — Why Do We Feel So Alone? | SBA Stats + AI Hyper-Personalization
The episode addresses the isolation felt by 36.2 million US small business owners, who represent 99.9% of American businesses. It examines the paradox of low consumer confidence alongside increased retail and luxury spending, and touches o…
- Businessing 2/4/26 | 1 in 3 Americans Want to Start a Business. Here's What They Need to Know
This episode outlines four crucial rules for new business owners: prioritize sales, begin with minimal resources, avoid partnerships initially, and ensure financial stability. It also touches on AI, business optimization, and recent news.
- Businessing 2/3/26 | Observe the Masses and Do the Opposite
The episode "Observe the Masses and Do the Opposite" from Businessing with Pat Miller uses a James Caan quote to explore differentiation. It includes an interview with personal stylist Rebecca Bryan and discusses recent business news and S…
- Businessing 2/2/26 | A Show for People Who RUN a Business
The Businessing show launches as a daily podcast for business owners, distinct from general business advice. Host Pat Miller differentiates AI chatbots from AI agents using a YouTube channel reorganization example and addresses common busi…