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 Profit First: Mike Michalowicz on Purpose, Freedom and Building a Business That Serves Your Life
What happens when a founder stops treating hustle as the price of success and starts letting purpose lead?
In this episode of The Inspired Entrepreneur, I sit down with Mike Michalowicz — entrepreneur behind four multi-million-dollar companies and bestselling author of Profit First, Clockwork, The Pumpkin Plan, and All In.
And we go well beyond business tactics.
Mike and I explore what it really looks like to build a business differently — to be led by purpose, question the glorification of hustle, create real financial and personal freedom, and remember that the business is meant to support the life, not become the whole life.
Mike gets incredibly personal about his own experience with workaholism and the moment at his son’s final track meet that made him realize just how much he had been missing.
We also dig into the thinking behind Profit First and Clockwork, why Mike believes the entrepreneur’s real job is to create jobs, the difference between financial freedom and financial independence, and the purpose underneath everything he does: *eradicating entrepreneurial poverty.*
And somewhere in the middle, something completely unexpected happens involving Mel Robbins. You’ll have to listen for that one.
This conversation lit me up — and it is one of those conversations that may have you looking at your own business, and your own life, a little differently.
In this episode:
* Why purpose can become the compass for everything you build
* The hidden cost of hustle and workaholism
* Mike’s emotional wake-up call at his son’s track meet
* The behavioral thinking behind Profit First
* Why founders need to build businesses that can operate without them
* Financial independence vs. financial freedom
* Why Mike believes entrepreneurs are creators of jobs
* What Mike is doing now through The Prosper Group
About Mike Michalowicz
Mike Michalowicz (my-CAL-o-wits) is the entrepreneur behind four multi-million-dollar companies and the author of bestselling business books including Profit First, Clockwork, The Pumpkin Plan, and All In. He is also the creator of The Money Habit, host of the hit podcast Becoming Self Made and television series 4 Minute Money Maker, and a former columnist for The Wall Street Journal.
His purpose: *eradicate entrepreneurial poverty.*
Connect with Mike
📚 Profit First, Clockwork, The Pumpkin Plan, All In 🌐 https://www.mikemichalowicz.com/
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikemichalowicz/
👍 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeMichalowiczFanPage/
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemichalowicz/
📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/mikemichalowiczofficial
🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mikemichalowicz
Ready to build differently?
If this conversation has you asking what your business is really in service of — and how to build it more intentionally around the life you actually want to live — explore Inspired Business Performance and 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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Music Credit: “Who I’ve Always Been” by Beza, licensed via PremiumBeat (License #7089927, Order #5573317) © PremiumBeat.com / Shutterstock Canada, ULC
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“Who I’ve Always Been” by Beza, licensed via PremiumBeat (License #7089927, Order #5573317) © PremiumBeat.com / Shutterstock Canada, ULC
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