The Independence by Design Podcast · With Ryan Tansom
What do you want from owning your business?
Hear owners and advisors work through decisions about business value, income and leadership. Consider what applies as you build toward the freedom of time and money, whether you scale, step back or sell.
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Time, identity & ownership
Decide what you want the business to make possible.
- #500 In the Hot Seat: Time Is the Only Thing You Don't Get Back
- #475 Matt Paulson | $50M & 20 Employees; Designing a Business You Never Want to Sell
- #400 Introduction to Independence by Design™
Valuation & ownership choices
Understand value, buyers and the choices available to you.
- #407 Where Does the Multiple in Business Valuations Come From (and How to Double It) with Ken Sanginario?
- #443 Graham & Kyle | How to Value Your Business Without the Bullsh*t
- #465 Nick Bradley | Pick Your Ownership Game: Designing Value for Third-Party Exits vs. Internal
Cash flow & financial planning
Connect the numbers to your goals and next decision.
- #507 Pat Hobby | Get Ready for Q4 Budgeting with the Model That Predicts Your Cash (Replay)
- #498 Ryan & Kim | How to Build a Five-Year Forecast That Shows Your Value Gap
- #438 What a Great CFO Actually Does (And Why Most Owners Have the Wrong Expectations) with Pat Hobby
Revenue, pricing & margins
Build predictable revenue and understand what it earns.
- #499 Ryan & Kim | How to Build the Revenue Blueprint That Makes Growth Predictable
- #487 Casey Brown | The Fear That's Eating Your Margins
- #505 How to Find the Bottleneck That's Eating Your Margins
Leadership & compensation
Clarify the seats, develop people and align their participation.
- #508 The 3 Functional Leaders: The CFO, CRO, and COO Who Run the Business Without You
- #510 The Leadership Development Plan: How to Build the Confidence to Actually Let Go
- #494 Ryan & Kim | How to Design an Annual Executive Compensation Plan
Succession, selling & life after
Consider the next role for you and the future of the company.
- #422 From Operator to Owner: Redefining the CEO Role with Joel Trammell
- #405 Breaking Founder Dependency: How to Assess, Recruit, and Integrate the Right CEO with Mike Frommelt
- #482 Matt Curry | He Sold His $18M Auto Repair Empire, Regretted It, and Built It Back Better
Economics & annual planning
Bring the wider economy into practical company decisions.
- #512 Alan Beaulieu & Kim Clark | Turn Economic Uncertainty Into a Plan
- #507 Pat Hobby | Get Ready for Q4 Budgeting with the Model That Predicts Your Cash (Replay)
- #463 The 12-Step Revenue Forecast | Kim Clark | Budget Season 2026, Part 3
AI, systems & company data
Connect technology and reliable information to useful work.
- #471 Tyler LaFleur | Stop "Playing" With AI
- #452 Geoff Woods | Author of The AI-Driven Leader
- #459 Bob Muller | Why Clean Data Is the Foundation for Scaling and Owner Clarity
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Catalog updated October 4, 2026. Earlier conversations retain their original context. Some older recordings are unavailable; their entries remain in the archive.
Why I keep having these conversations
The business is part of your life. Ownership should account for that.
After selling my family's $21 million copier and IT business at 27, I kept asking what we could have understood before the transaction. These conversations explore the choices with people who have lived them. Use them to sharpen your own thinking.
Ryan Tansom
Founder, Independence by Design
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