The Inspired Entrepreneur
The Inspired Entrepreneur
Podcast Description
What if being a business owner didn’t require hustle and burnoutThe Inspired Entrepreneur is a podcast for purpose-driven, conscious business founders who want to grow profitable, aligned, and soul-satisfying businesses — without burning out or selling out.Hosted by master coach and strategist Deb Hartnett, the show blends science-backed strategies, transformational mindset work, and practical tools for entrepreneurs building with intention. With a mix of solo episodes and insightful conversations featuring founders who are creating success without sacrificing their peace, purpose, or values, Deb helps you reconnect with what matters, align your energy and strategy, and lead a business that elevates your life — not consumes it.If you're doing all the things but feeling disconnected, uninspired, or exhausted… this podcast is your reminder: You're not broken — you're just out of alignment.✨ It’s time to come back to what matters. This is The Inspired Entrepreneur.
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The podcast emphasizes building aligned and soul-satisfying businesses without burnout, with episodes exploring themes like the impact of hustle culture, mental health challenges for entrepreneurs, and the importance of inner transformation, including discussions on leading through uncertainty and the emotional labor experienced by high achievers.
What if being a business owner didn’t require hustle and burnout
The Inspired Entrepreneur is a podcast for purpose-driven, conscious business founders who want to grow profitable, aligned, and soul-satisfying businesses — without burning out or selling out.
Hosted by master coach and strategist Deb Hartnett, the show blends science-backed strategies, transformational mindset work, and practical tools for entrepreneurs building with intention. With a mix of solo episodes and insightful conversations featuring founders who are creating success without sacrificing their peace, purpose, or values, Deb helps you reconnect with what matters, align your energy and strategy, and lead a business that elevates your life — not consumes it.
If you’re doing all the things but feeling disconnected, uninspired, or exhausted… this podcast is your reminder: You’re not broken — you’re just out of alignment.
✨ It’s time to come back to what matters.
This is The Inspired Entrepreneur.
Beyond Pay-to-Play: Candice Smith on Authentic Visibility, Traction, and the AMORE Framework
What happens when you realize that paying for visibility is just amplifying a message that isn't working?
In this episode of The Inspired Entrepreneur, I sit down with Candice Smith, MEd — founder of French Press PR and creator of the VizDev™ Framework — to tackle the uncomfortable truth about the modern PR machine: visibility alone isn't the goal. Traction is.
And we go well beyond traditional marketing tactics.
Candice gets incredibly personal about her unconventional path to PR. We explore her experiences navigating privilege and identity as a biracial woman, her time in Teach for America, and the deeply emotional realization of becoming a new mother and questioning the legacy she is leaving behind.
We also dig into the critical difference between getting attention and gaining traction, the dangers of AI-driven inauthenticity, and why throwing money at the algorithm is a losing game if your foundational story isn't right. Candice breaks down her signature AMORE framework for building brand visibility, and we discuss why a feature on Good Morning America might actually do less for your business than a post on a micro-blog.
This conversation is a powerful reminder that in an increasingly automated world, our humanity, our relationships, and our ability to genuinely connect are our most valuable assets.
In this episode:
- The critical difference between empty visibility and actual traction
- Why pay-to-play marketing is often just amplifying broken strategies
- Candice’s deeply personal journey from education and ed-tech to PR
- The AMORE Framework: 5 channels to build authentic visibility
- Why community is the ultimate antidote to an AI-driven, attention-based economy
- The danger of outsourcing our critical thinking to the algorithm
About Candice Smith
Candice Smith, MEd is the founder of French Press PR and creator of the VizDev™ Framework, a comprehensive system that diagnoses how visibility functions before tactics enter the picture. Candice works with scaling founders and mission-driven organizations to replace scattered exposure with structured authority — converting attention into trust and trust into revenue.
Connect with Candice
📝 Take the VizDev™ Quiz: https://bit.ly/vizdev
🌐 Website:https://www.frenchpresspr.com/
💼 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/candicecourtneysmith/
Ready to build differently?
If this conversation has you asking what your business is really in service of — and what needs to shift next — explore the Alignment Lab.
🚀 Learn more about the Alignment Lab: https://www.inspiredbusinessperformance.com/alignment-lab
About The Inspired Entrepreneur
The Inspired Entrepreneur exists to challenge the assumptions we've inherited about business, leadership, and success, and explore whether there's a better way.
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