This Is Small Business

Andrea Marquez
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Booking Overview

This Is Small Business is an Amazon entrepreneurship show where founders and creators share the real, messy path from idea to traction. For PR pros, it’s a strong fit for guests who can speak credibly about scaling, product-market fit, fundraising, and building brands with authenticity.

Metrics

Episodes: 155, Frequency: Irregular, Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k, Gender skew: Neutral, Location: USA
Instagram: 390 followers
30s Ad: 39 - 47, 60s Ad: 46 - 54, CPM Category: Business

Contact Information

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Description

Host

Andrea Marquez - Host of This Is Small Business (an Amazon podcast). She interviews founders and creators about entrepreneurship and the practical, behind-the-scenes realities of building and scaling small businesses.

Categories

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Founder/CEO or senior leader of an early-to-growth stage company (often consumer brands/e-commerce businesses), with credible experience in fundraising and/or go-to-market and scaling; sometimes academic/angel investor operators (e.g., business school faculty running an angel network).
Required Achievements:  
Raised funding or evaluates investments, Built a DTC/e-commerce or Amazon-enabled brand, Achieved measurable traction (revenue growth, market expansion, or survival/turnaround after disruption), Developed and scaled a product line through iteration/validation

Recent Guest Discussions

Angela Lee - How To Get Startup Funded; Thinking Like An Investor; Metrics And Pitching; Investor Frameworks And Growth Models; Scaling With Validation Experiments; Loneliness Of Building Alejandro Lopez - Turning A Recipe Into A National Brand; Product Development And Packaging; Identity-led Branding; Resilience And Adapting Post-covid Loss; Using Amazon To Grow Audience Brenden Silverman - Why Early Product Experiments Fail; Iteration And Feedback Loops; Building A Wellness Brand Inspired By Kava; Scaling Logistics Support (fulfillment By Amazon; Multi-channel Fulfillment)

Recent Topics

Entrepreneurship, Startups, Founder, Fundraising, Brand, Product Development, Amazon, Ecommerce, Resilience, Venture Capital

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
This Is Small Business
:

When Culture Becomes Your Competitive Advantage

May 12, 2026

What if your biggest competitive advantage is your story? When Akruti Babaria couldn’t find tools to help her son connect with his Indian heritage, she turned that gap into a business. What started as selling curated children’s books quickly evolved into Kulture Khazana – a brand built on storytelling, cultural connection, and community.In this episode, she breaks down how she validated demand through programming, pivoted during COVID by launching her first product, and used Amazon to sc...

How to Get Your Startup Funded

April 28, 2026

What separates the businesses that get funded from the ones that don’t?Angela Lee, a professor at Columbia Business School and founder of 37 Angels, has helped evaluate over 20,000 startups and knows exactly what makes investors say yes.In this episode, Angela breaks down how to think like an investor, what metrics actually matter (hint: it’s not just revenue), and how to turn early traction into long-term growth. She shares practical frameworks – from the “triple, triple, double” growth mode...

Turning Your Favorite Recipe Into a Booming Brand

April 14, 2026

What happens when a simple craving turns into a nationally recognized brand?For Alejandro Lopez, it started with brunch. Frustrated by inconsistent Bloody Marys at restaurants, he began experimenting in his own kitchen – searching for the perfect mix. What began as a passion project quickly turned into Toma Beverage Company.In this episode, Alejandro shares how he tackled product development and packaging challenges, why leaning into his Hispanic heritage became a turning point for the brand,...

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