
Hosted by Staci Millard
Ready to leave the small business struggle behind? The “School for Small Business” podcast supports small business owners in scaling a business that is profitable, purposeful, and doesn’t leave you burnt out.
400 episodes · publishes weekly · latest 2026-06-30 · ~27 min/episode
Rank
#6139
Substance
26.0
/ 100
Breakdown
Scored 2026-07
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#6139 of 6186
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outscores 1% of the index
The Small Business School Podcast ranks #6139 on The B2B Podcast Index with a substance score of 26.0 out of 100, scored across 1 recent episode. It scores highest on originality and specificity & evidence. The only idea that approaches originality is the brief 'delusion is necessary' point about starting ventures without full knowledge, but it is never developed beyond a surface assertion and is a well-worn entrepreneurship trope.
Averaged across 1 recently scored episode, with cited evidence.
This is a pure housekeeping/announcement episode with no substantive business content whatsoever. The entire runtime is devoted to telling listeners the podcast is going on hiatus and will reformat, offering zero actionable or educational material for a B2B operator.
“business doesn't have to be hard. We're here to make it easier. No business degree required.”
“I have tried things like showing up for different, um, like themes, different series, tried just giving my brain dump and thoughts.”
The only idea that approaches originality is the brief 'delusion is necessary' point about starting ventures without full knowledge, but it is never developed beyond a surface assertion and is a well-worn entrepreneurship trope.
“The delusion is necessary. The delusion that, like, it can be easy and we can do these massive things without even really knowing much about software, learning along the way.”
There is no guest in this episode at all. The host is a solo accountant/podcaster making administrative announcements about a summer break, with no practitioner expertise demonstrated or relevant operator insights offered.
“I am starting something new and I think some of that delusion when you start something is so important. So what am I starting new? I'm not abandoning accounting by any means. I'm actually going to be develop, developing some software.”
The episode is almost entirely abstract and anecdotal. The only concrete figures mentioned are the episode count (399) and a vague secondhand anecdote about a $8,000 community spend, neither of which constitutes useful evidence or data for listeners.
“he's like, I spent $8,000 or something to be in this person's community, and I wish could have just paid this guy, like, $8,000 to ask him this one question.”
This is a meandering solo monologue with no interviewing, no structured questions, no follow-ups, and no intellectual tension. The delivery is rambling and unfocused, drifting between unrelated tangents without ever arriving at a coherent point.
“I remember like sitting in, in a vehicle in Cabo and just Being like, okay, I'm just gonna do like 15 episodes and see how this goes.”
“I turned 40 in September and we are going to release the 400th episode.”
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1 scored on substance · 60 tracked in total.
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