Pancake Town Podcast

By Emily Wentz + Michelle Starbuck Amos

Two Chicago-based small business owners - Michelle (Michelle Starbuck Designs) & Emily (OrangeBeautiful) - meet each week for breakfast to discuss the perks and problems with running your own comp... more

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The podcast currently has 131 episodes available.

Pancake Town Podcast episodes:

April 16, 2019 Episode 70+ Like the Dotcom Bubble But With Way Less Money
Show favorites, Sarah deHebreard (Bonnie™) and Julie Madison (Long Dog Dandy), join Emily and Michelle on the podcast after they spent the afternoon at a new makers event. Besides the obvious critiques like narrow aisles and bad lighting, it was impossible to ignore the fact that a large number of vendors weren’t actually "makers". Despite having lots of negative feelings about the event, they end the discussion on a positive note with shout outs to the vendors that they loved and made purchases from.

WARNING: Many drinks were consumed before, during and after the recording of this episode!
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1h 48min
April 11, 2019 Episode 71 - A.O.T.P.
In this week's episode, Emily and Michelle revisit one of their favorite topics to rant about: Dropshipping. Since their first dropshipping episode (Ep. 45: Drop Ship Rosé), it really seems like these businesses have started to infiltrate the handmade world. They talk about the ways they have learned to identify a dropship store and the things we should all be doing to make sure it’s clear that our shops are handmade.

BONUS: Listen 'til the end for our rave review of The OA: Season 2.
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1h 31min
March 19, 2019 Episode 70 - What Does Anniversary Smell Like?
Michelle and Emily chat with Sarah deHebreard of Bonnie™ about a brand refresh for the 10 year anniversary of her Chicago-based, natural skincare business. They talk about simplifying and elevating her packaging by having boxes cut and printed, adding custom labels with a new color scheme, and a whole lot more!
*Also, be sure to check out the BONUS Tiny Rant - recorded right after this episode - available when you subscribe to our Patreon page!
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1h 32min
February 26, 2019 Episode 69 - If We Kept Talking, You'd Be On Shark Tank
Mandy Adamick of Madcanvases joins Emily and Michelle for a brainstorming session. Mandy is looking to quit her full time job and she wanted to get an outside perspective on how to accomplish her goals. They focus on adding to her product line, updating wholesale listings, and promoting her custom work.
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1h 50min
February 19, 2019 Episode 68 - Permission to Take an Intermission
In this week's episode, Michelle and Emily take a deeper dive into the pros and cons of keeping your business small... which inevitably leads to a conversation about being tired of the hustle. They find inspiration in an Instagram post by illustrator, Lisa Congdon feat. a piece of hers about giving yourself “permission to take an intermission”.
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2h 18min
February 12, 2019 Episode 67 - 200 Million Dollars
Since February is the new January, Emily and Michelle share their plans and goals for 2019. A theme they both share is choosing to keep their businesses small. And since making under $2 million is apparently still considered small business, that probably won’t be a problem ;)
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1h 59min
January 29, 2019 Episode 66 - Algorithm Schmalgorithm
Emily and Michelle address the recent drama about Instagram's algorithm making it so only 7% of your followers are seeing your posts. If this conspiracy theory is true (although that seems unlikely), how can we be proactive without seeming desperate to our followers? Michelle also shares the results from her Instagram experiment over the holidays...

Wanna hear more of our thoughts on Instagram? Check out Episode 56: Instagram in the Thing in the Dumpster from the Pancake Town archives!
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1h 26min
January 15, 2019 Episode 65 - The Icing & The Sprinkles & The Cherry On Top Of This Sh*t Cake
We're BAAACCCKKKKK! Emily and Michelle catch up after a busy holiday season. They share how their events went, rant about how no one should "love" Target, and Emily tells her thrilling account of standing up to a customer and basically becoming a hero to retail workers everywhere.
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1h 47min
December 04, 2018 Episode 64 - Take a Fucking Bath
It’s that time of year when we all need a little more self care! This week's episode starts off with Emily and Michelle recapping an old episode from the Pancake Town Archives (Episode 20: Take Care of Yourself). Our most-downloaded episode from last year features stress management expert, Robin Fischer and Zach Zube, owner of Element Ayurvedic Apothecary. Enjoy!
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1h 60min
November 27, 2018 Episode 63 - 1000 Raving Fans
This week's episode is Part 2 of Michelle and Emily's investigation into the Instagram algorithm. Now that they know what it takes to beat the algorithm, they've got an important question: Is there a way to balance being an active participant on social media with not being on your phone all the friggin' time?!

*Episode 63 is brought to you by East Grove Stamp Co. and Stylish Girl Jewelry
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50min

FAQs about Pancake Town Podcast:

How many episodes does Pancake Town Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 131 episodes available.