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James Schramko Podcast

James Schramko

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Wednesday · 14 min
Tired of Your Own Business? What 16 Years of Fixing Businesses Taught Me
It usually costs less to fix it than to close it. Five steps and a 30 day test that change the model, so you can keep the business.
October 1 · 3 min
$30K a Month to $300K a Month in 30 Days
In this video James shows you the move, the two things that stop most founders from making it, and the same switch he made in his own business in 2009.
September 16 · 44 min
The Donkey on the Bridge: The One Thing Your Business Is Waiting Behind
Eighteen years of recurring income later, James Schramko shows founders how to find the one thing their business is stuck behind and take it out.
September 4 · 36 min
Trapped in Your Own Business? The Model That Frees You (Two Decades of Receipts)
The model that frees you from a business you can't step away from, dates included.
September 1 · 14 min
Own The Racecourse Part 6 of 6 - Ready
In this episode: Why the platform shift that hit social feeds is about to hit the whole content layer, search included Two operators watching the same shift land, one owns the ground under them, one doesn't A podcast guest's Facebook group that lost its organic reach overnight, and what he built instead Why judgment, not content, is the one asset AI can't flood or copy Running a business on three one hour group calls a week, one messaging app, and a roughly $100/month AI subscription Why lean beats efficient when the shift you're bracing for can't be scheduled The one question the whole series comes down to: what's still yours if the platform disappears tomorrow All six parts of Own the Racecourse are in the feed. I'm reading this to you before it's a book, so if a part landed or didn't, tell me which one. That's what shapes the print version. Work with James: https://www.jamesschramko.com
August 27 · 2 min
Own The Racecourse Part 5 of 6 - The People Who Return
This episode shows the roster: names, dates and outcomes going back further than most of this industry has existed.
August 25 · 22 min
Own The Racecourse Part 4 of 6 - Sell Without Hard Selling
That's the starting point for Part 4 of Own The Racecourse: Sell Without Hard Selling.
August 12 · 18 min
Own The Racecourse Part 3 of 6 - The Business That Runs Without You
This part is about where output really comes from, and the systems that carry a business without the owner holding it up.
August 5 · 14 min
Own The Racecourse Part 2 of 6 - Subtract to Grow
Part two of Own the Racecourse is called Subtract to Grow: what James cut, how he knew, and why addition is the easy part.
July 30 · 11 min
Own The Racecourse Part 1 of 6 - Building on Someone Else's Land
Don't just be the horse running the race.
July 21 · 12 min
The Day I Read 16 Years of My Own Calls
What survived: the client who compounds, the deletion pattern, and the 10-year return cycle.
July 14 · 3 min
The Burned-Out Founder Who Was Just Underpriced
Two client stories on pricing and offer count, and what to simplify first.
July 7 · 9 min
Everyone's Selling Shovels. I Published the Map.
They are no closer to the water than the person who walked down barefoot.
June 30 · 4 min
Why Founders Who Know Everything Stay Stuck
So why are you still stuck?
June 23 · 3 min
He Was Turning Away Leads for 18 Months. Then He Did This.
One question changed that. He has now exceeded $100K a month.
June 16 · 3 min
He Asked Himself One Question. Then Hit $1M a Year.
This is what happened next.
June 11 · 3 min
He Had $180K Clients and Zero Sales on His New Offer
Why fixing the marketing won't work when the offer is the problem.
June 9 · 6 min
Why Most AI Projects Fail Before AI Gets Involved
The constraint moved off the model months ago. Here's where it went.
June 2 · 5 min
He Walked Away from $5 Million and Didn't Ask Permission
What changed in every decision he made after is what this episode is about.
May 29 · 10 min
Why Smart Founders Change the Wrong Things
This episode covers the engine vs vehicle diagnostic: how to tell what to protect and what to cut before the cost is locked in.

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