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Business Roundtable

Business Roundtable

By: David W. Carr
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Welcome to the Business Roundtable Podcast, hosted by David Carr of Steward Your Business. This engaging and informative podcast series is dedicated to helping business owners, and entrepreneurs navigate the complexities of running a successful enterprise. Each episode features David Carr and a roster of industry experts, including regular contributors like Curtis Cochran, who bring their wealth of experience in mergers and acquisitions, organizational health, and team building.

Dive into discussions that cover a broad range of topics essential to business growth and sustainability. From strategic planning and preparation to understanding the cycles of business ownership, the podcast provides invaluable insights into evaluating, enhancing, and exiting business ownership. Listeners can expect practical advice on scaling businesses, managing finances, and creating a culture that aligns with company goals.

What sets this podcast apart is its focus on actionable strategies combined with real-world experiences. The conversations often delve into the importance of providing more value than the dollars earned and the necessity of adaptability in a rapidly changing business landscape.

Whether you're a budding entrepreneur or a seasoned business owner, the Business Roundtable Podcast is vital for staying ahead in today's competitive market. Join David Carr and his guests as they explore the art of making a business profitable but also enjoyable and sustainable. Tune in for your dose of inspiration, guidance, and tools to make 2024 and beyond a resounding success for your business ventures.

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Episodes
  • Why Your Marketing Messaging Is Failing and How to Fix It

    Why Your Marketing Messaging Is Failing and How to Fix It
    Mar 26 2026
    Why do so many companies invest in marketing tools and still get ignored?

    In this episode of the Business Roundtable Podcast, host David Carr, founder of Steward Your Business, sits down with Ben Baker, strategic communications expert and founder of Your Brand Marketing, to unpack why most outreach fails today — and it is rarely about the tools being used. It is about the alignment, or lack of it, behind the message.

    Ben brings over twenty-five years of experience helping mid to large size organizations fix broken communication ecosystems, align stakeholders, and build brands that earn long-term trust. Drawing from work across healthcare, manufacturing, B2B, government, and consumer brands, Ben explains why short-term thinking destroys customer relationships and how companies can shift toward messaging that actually builds loyalty and lifetime value.

    David and Ben also dig into the difference between brand building and marketing, why most organizations cannot clearly articulate what they do or who they serve, and how to use customer feedback as a genuine growth tool rather than a quarterly checkbox.

    If you are a business owner, executive, or leader who wants to stop wasting budget on outreach that goes nowhere and start building messaging that people actually respond to, this conversation delivers practical, no-fluff strategy you can apply immediately. In this episode:
    • Why spray-and-pray outreach on LinkedIn and email destroys trust before it starts
    • The difference between brand building and marketing and why you need both
    • How to define who you are, who you serve, and why they should care
    • Why short-term thinking raises customer acquisition costs and kills growth
    • How to use A-B testing without blowing your budget
    • The right way to collect honest feedback from customers and employees
    Links mentioned in this episode:
    • Ben Baker website and free e-books: https://www.iambenbaker.com
    • Ben Baker on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminbaker


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    Connect with Steward Your Business:

    • Book a conversation: https://calendar.stewardyourbusiness.com/cc
    • Call: +1 909.404.9865
    • Website: https://stewardyourbusiness.com
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwcarr
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    49 mins
  • How to Get Seen, Heard, and Remembered: Storytelling, Connection, and Video That Works

    How to Get Seen, Heard, and Remembered: Storytelling, Connection, and Video That Works
    Mar 19 2026
    In a world full of noise, how do you actually stand out?

    In this episode of the Business Roundtable Podcast, host David Carr, founder of Steward Your Business, sits down with JoJo LaRicci, video strategist, super connector, and media veteran with over six decades of experience, to explore what it really takes to get seen, heard, and remembered in business and in life.

    JoJo shares her remarkable journey from learning photography at MIT at age eleven, to building recording studios, appearing on MTV, and reinventing herself during COVID to master video marketing and social media distribution. Her story is not just about media — it is about the principle of adding value at every turn and how that single habit changes everything. This conversation goes deeper than marketing tactics.

    David and JoJo unpack why transactional relationships repel opportunity, why most people are invisible online despite doing good work, and how servant leadership and intentional connection create the kind of influence that compounds over decades.

    JoJo also shares the personal daily practices that have kept her vibrant, focused, and generous at seventy-one. If you are a business owner, leader, or professional who wants to show up more powerfully, build real relationships, and create content that actually reaches people, this episode will challenge and inspire you. In this episode:
    • Why adding value is the foundation of standing out in any industry
    • How to approach video, distribution, and online visibility the right way
    • Why transactional networking kills relationships before they start
    • The power of building connections intentionally over decades
    • How inner alignment drives outward influence and business results
    • What JoJo does daily to stay energized, focused, and giving
    Links mentioned in this episode:
    • JoJo LaRicci on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jojolaricci


    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/business-roundtable--6049255/support.

    Connect with Steward Your Business:

    • Book a conversation: https://calendar.stewardyourbusiness.com/cc
    • Call: +1 909.404.9865
    • Website: https://stewardyourbusiness.com
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwcarr
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    46 mins
  • You Don’t Have a People Problem — You Have a System Problem | Joel Schwan

    You Don’t Have a People Problem — You Have a System Problem | Joel Schwan
    Mar 5 2026
    You don’t have a people problem — you have a system problem that’s showing up as a people problem.

    In this episode of the Business Roundtable Podcast, host David Carr, founder of Steward Your Business, sits down with Joel Schwan, founder of Schwan Stratify, to unpack why hiring struggles, burnout, turnover, and workforce chaos are rarely about “bad employees” and almost always about broken or missing systems.

    With more than 20 years of experience in workforce strategy, HR, and operations, Joel has worked with organizations including Microsoft, Google, Uber, and growing small-to-mid-sized businesses. Together, David and Joel explore how leaders can move from reactive hiring and survival mode into intentional, scalable workforce strategy.

    This conversation dives into why hiring more people often makes problems worse, how unclear roles and poor onboarding quietly drain profit, and why workforce planning must be treated as an ecosystem — not a pipeline. Joel also explains when businesses should use contractors versus full-time employees, how capacity planning prevents burnout, and why succession planning and cross-functional skills protect companies from disruption.

    If you’re a business owner, executive, or team leader stuck in constant hiring cycles or overwhelmed by managing people, this episode provides clarity, practical frameworks, and a healthier way forward. In this episode:
    • Why most “people problems” are actually system failures
    • How broken onboarding and role clarity create turnover
    • The five areas every business should audit in their workforce
    • When to hire full-time employees vs. contractors
    • How capacity planning and succession protect growth
    • Why leadership health and psychological safety matter


    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/business-roundtable--6049255/support.

    Connect with Steward Your Business:

    • Book a conversation: https://calendar.stewardyourbusiness.com/cc
    • Call: +1 909.404.9865
    • Website: https://stewardyourbusiness.com
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwcarr
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    43 mins
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