This Is Small Business

Andrea Marquez

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Booking Overview

This Is Small Business spotlights founders and creators with real, behind-the-scenes lessons—from leadership challenges to pivoting after failure and funding purpose-driven ventures. It’s a strong PR fit for entrepreneurs, operators, and domain experts who can share actionable lessons from building and scaling with practical, Amazon-enabled growth strategies.

Metrics

Episodes: 158

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Instagram: 390 followers

Contact Information

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Host

Andrea Marquez - Host of 'This Is Small Business,' welcoming listeners into entrepreneurship through candid conversations with founders and creators about the wins, the messy middle, and behind-the-scenes lessons.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Founders and creators (especially small business owners) and subject-matter experts who can translate entrepreneurial experiences into practical lessons; may include academic/industry educators with relevant leadership or management expertise.
Required Achievements:  
Built or relaunched a small business brand, Successfully pivoted after failure or operational setbacks, Implemented Amazon-led growth tactics (e.g., FBA, Vine), Launched mission-driven businesses tied to community impact

Recent Guest Discussions

Ashli Carter - Leadership Skills For Founders/owners: Trust, Self-awareness, Emotional Intelligence, Difficult Conversations, Feedback, And Preparation For Challenging Discussions.

April Wachtel - Building A Smarter Business After Failure: Turning Manufacturing Setbacks Into A Brand Reset, Pivoting, And Leveraging Amazon Programs (vine, Fba) For Growth And Trust.

Reubens Amedee - Funding Real Change Through Business: Leaving A Finance Career For Impact, Building A Purpose-driven Brand, And Using Amazon To Reach New Customers.

Recent Topics

Entrepreneurship, Small Business, Leadership, Scaling, Brand

Episodes

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

How to Lead Your Team When You’re Still Figuring Things Out

June 23, 2026

What if the conversation you’re avoiding is the one your business needs most?A lot of founders start a business because they have an idea, a product, or a vision they believe in. But at some point, building the business also means learning how to lead people, give feedback, handle tension, and communicate when things feel uncertain.Ashli Carter, senior lecturer in management at Columbia Business School, helps leaders build the skills that matter most in those moments: trust, self-awareness, e...

How Failure Can Help You Build a Smarter Business

June 09, 2026

Your first business might not work out but it can show you how to build a better one.After years in hospitality and teaching cocktail classes to thousands of people, April Wachtel saw a gap: people wanted bar-quality drinks at home, but didn’t always have the time, tools, or ingredients to make them.So she launched Swig and Swallow – a cocktail batching and delivery business that didn’t quite work and eventually evolved into Cheeky Cocktails, a nationwide brand creating bar-quality syrups and...

How to Build a Business that Funds Real Change

May 26, 2026

What would you give up to build something bigger than yourself?After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Reubens Amedee left his successful finance career to build a school on his grandfather’s land. But keeping that dream alive meant finding a sustainable way to fund it. That’s how Papa Rozier Farms was born – a beauty brand built from Haitian grown castor and moringa, family legacy, and a mission to create jobs back home.In this episode, Reubens shares what it really takes to leave comfort behind...

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