Hey Everyone, I've missed you! In this episode I'm telling you what has happened to the podcast, what's going to happen to it, and I introduce my latest project which I think you'll love. Thank you for your love, support, and listening in! See

Lessons Learned in 2019

Nov 11th, 2019 51m 26s

Welcome to the last episode of season 3, and 2019! In the final episode of last year, I spoke about all the lessons I learned during 2018. Looking back and reflecting on everything that’s happened to me this year, I decided that it would be a p

Podcast Interview : Tracy Vasquez of Sugar Beez

Sep 23rd, 2019 56m 31s

Today is an exciting day because I'm interviewing Tracy Vasquez, the owner Sugar Beez, a cookie company that mostly makes really beautiful royal icing cookies. Tracy hails from Wonder Lake, Illinois. She's the mom of five grown-up daughters, an

You Couldn't Pay Me Enough

Sep 2nd, 2019 28m 54s

In this week’s episode, Michelle shares an excerpt from her blog and book, The Business of Baking. This article, “You Couldn’t Pay Me Enough”, contains a collection of witty humor, entertaining anecdotes, and a comical simplification of the unf

Podcast Interview with Melissa Kelly Hill of Twelve Five Cakery

Aug 19th, 2019 1h 12m

Is your cake business based in a small town? And, as a result, are you experiencing problems making it work? Today, I'm very excited to introduce you to someone I have had the pleasure of teaching, who I am now very proud to call my friend, an

Things I Didn't Expect About Being In Business

Aug 5th, 2019 50m 48s

Have you been noticing how the face of our industry is changing? And have you seen how many businesses have been pivoting recently? My life has also changed a lot in the last year. My second book is already in the making, and although traveling

Interview with Danira Cancinos from Danis Dulce Confections

Jul 22nd, 2019 1h 4m

Would you like to make a good living out of a confectionary business? Do you believe that it's possible to do this? Today, I'm excited to introduce you to Danira Cancinos, from Dani's Dulce Confections, in Sylmar, California. One of the questio

Are Ignorance and Faith the Same Thing?

Jul 8th, 2019 16m 5s

Welcome to another exciting episode of The Business of Baking podcast!A few episodes ago, I read you an article from my new, yet unnamed book, and it had a lot of positive feedback. Although I don’t really anticipate becoming a real-life coac

Podcast Interview: Miranda from Sweet Sticks

Jun 24th, 2019 44m 13s

Welcome to the Business of Baking Podcast! I’m so grateful to be able to chat to you every other week on the podcast. Some weeks I do solo shows, and other weeks I get to introduce you to some pretty amazing entrepreneurs who think outside the

The Three Day Rule

Jun 10th, 2019 17m 38s

Did you know that I'm busy writing my second book? To be honest, I'm finding the process of writing this book really hard. Not the writing part because that comes pretty easily to me and I love it. I'm finding it difficult because this time I'm

Mental Health Awareness Month With Jennifer Carota

May 27th, 2019 1h

Did you know that May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States? Mental health is something that I really think more of us need to be talking about, specifically in the small business arena. And these days, I'm also a lot more open

10 Lessons You Should Remember in Managing Your Business

May 13th, 2019 29m 46s

We’ve all heard the saying “if I only knew then what I knew now”, especially when it comes to business. If we could all avoid the mistakes and hard learned lessons that come with maintaining a business, we would. Today, Michelle shares her chea

Should I Quit My Business?

Apr 29th, 2019 32m 12s

Have you been considering giving up your business lately? 'Should I quit my business?' is a question that tends to come up for many of us small business owners when the going gets tough. In today's episode, I'll be taking a look at why we somet

Interview with Tim Engelbrecht

Apr 15th, 2019 41m 40s

Do you think that getting too much business could ever be a problem? Today, I'm talking to Tim Engelbrecht, from Hello Sweetheart, a Sydney-based wedding photography and videography company. Tim runs the business with his wife, Mim, and they ar

My Business Lifecycle

Apr 1st, 2019 26m 35s

Have you ever wondered what it's really like to run a cake business? In today's episode, I'm answering a beautiful and fascinating question from one of the podcast listeners. She wanted to know what kept me in my business for ten years, why I c

An Interview with Kim Werker of Mighty Ugly

Mar 18th, 2019 1h 10m

Are you willing to try something new? And then try it again if you fail? In today's episode, I'm talking to the inspiring Kim Werker, who I think is completely amazing! She is totally my people! She is an unbelievably talented woman who describ

At a Crossroads

Mar 4th, 2019 29m 11s

Welcome back to the podcast for 2019! I'm really excited to be back and I've come up with a whole list of topics that I want to talk about and a range of really interesting people to interview. My plan is to interview people who are a little bi

Lessons From a Challenging 2018

Dec 3rd, 2018 38m 48s

I've really had an unbelievable season of podcast episodes this year! I've done my best, given it a proper run, and I've loved it, but like all good things, it has come to an end. Today's episode is the very last episode of this season. I did

On Being a Woman in Business

Nov 19th, 2018 21m 1s

What's it like, being a female in business? And has it ever affected your business negatively? These are questions that people often ask me. They're really good questions and it's something that I actually care about a lot, yet I've found that

Running a Gluten Free Bakery in Europe with Paula Onink

Nov 5th, 2018 29m 17s

Do you have to follow a gluten-free diet? Today I'm going to be talking to Paula Onink, from the Netherlands. This is really exciting for me because I don't often get to interview people from Europe! Paula is one of my students as well as some

What Kids Think of Working Parents Edited

Oct 22nd, 2018 36m 30s

Have you ever wondered what you running your small business is like for your kids? Well, on the podcast today I'll be interviewing my daughter, Claire, to find out what she thinks about it. I did a Facebook live with her a few months ago, where

Reclaim Your Life and Your Time

Sep 17th, 2018 29m 37s

Are you always really busy? And do you find that you never seem to have enough hours in the day to get everything done? This seems to happen to most of us, so today we're going to be talking about time management, or to make it sound a bit less

Cake Flavors - How Many is Too Many?

Sep 3rd, 2018 24m 59s

Are you strictly a chocolate or vanilla person? Or are there other flavors that you really like? I recently received a question from one of my followers, and I loved it because it really made me laugh! But it also offers a great learning opport

Ask Me Anything - Business Stuff!

Aug 20th, 2018 40m 50s

Today we are going to continue with the Ask Me Anything questions. For those of you who missed the first episode of this, I recently put up a post in several of my Facebook groups saying that I'd tell you about anything you want to know. So in

Ask Me Anything - Part Fun!

Aug 6th, 2018 46m 7s

Today’s show is part one of an experiment! Normally, on the podcast, I plan all the content and just outline my answers and record the show. But recently, in my Facebook group, I put out the invitation to ask me anything and I would answer th