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David Shriner-Cahn, who runs the Smashing the Plateau podcast and a private community for entrepreneurs, shared insights with me recently on how those in their 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond can build the confidence to jump start a thriving entrepreneurial career. Listen to the full podcast here.

David Shriner-Cahn has been in the corporate world before starting his own business, TEND Strategic Partners in 2006. He also hosts the podcast Smashing the Plateau, where he discusses how solopreneurs can do meaningful work for maximum value. He also talks about how you can still build up your business despite a late-career job loss. Listen to the full podcast here.

Are you at the crossroads of your career or considering jumping into the entrepreneurial arena? Join me in an enriching conversation with David Shriner-Kahn, a successful community builder and podcast host who knows a thing or two about managing career transitions and entrepreneurship challenges. Together, we unpack the importance of having a Plan B. Listen to the full podcast here.

David Shriner-Cahn shares how a sudden job loss inspired him to pursue his career of entrepreneurship and why he is committed to helping other consultants and coaches create a sustainable transition from corporate to entrepreneurship. Listen in as Deborah and David discuss why it is important for supervisors to respect their direct reports, how to develop a Plan B for your corporate career. Listen to the full podcast here.

David Shriner-Cahn is an Entrepreneur and Podcaster that helps high-achieving professionals build their own consulting or coaching business after a career job loss. David has been in the same boat where, after being let go from his job, wasn’t sure what to do next or where to even get started. He ran into a bunch of “beginner” problems like trying to navigate the complex world of marketing and sales. Listen to the full podcast here.

Over 500 episodes. This is the record that David Shriner-Cahn can be proud of, a podcaster from New-York whom I had the pleasure to interview. David started his podcast in 2014 and has a lot to teach us about his secrets of longevity and success. Not only has he never missed a single deadline for his publications, but he has also managed to turn them into a business. Listen to the full podcast here.

My friend David Shriner-Cahn knows this journey first hand. After unexpectedly losing his job, he drifted around until he finally found a path that aligned his unique skills with consulting and podcasting. But it wasn’t without challenging times, crippling fears and a lot of lessons learned! Listen in on episode 149 of Amplify Your Success Podcast as I talk with David about his journey and how he conquered those doubts and created success by “going solo!”. Listen to the full podcast here.

David Shriner-Cahn is a recognized authority on entrepreneurship, leadership development, and the host of the business podcast Smashing the Plateau. Featured in Forbes and Inc. Magazine, over 400 episodes of Smashing the Plateau offer a wealth of personal experiences and practical advice about achieving business breakthroughs. Listen to the full podcast here.

As an entrepreneur who regularly works with other entrepreneurs, TEND Strategic Partners' CEO David Shriner-Cahn found himself increasingly frustrated by a phenomenon he calls the "Coaching-Industrial Complex". While he still has a great deal of respect for many people who call themselves business coaches, he became seriously concerned about a surge of dubiously qualified advice peddlers giving all-in-one solutions to complex business problems. Read the full article here.

Starting your own business is hard enough without having to go it alone. Smashing the Plateau is David's solution to the problems that keep entrepreneurs up at night. As he likes to say, “With the help of people like you in our community, you’ll be able to do more of what you love and get paid what you’re worth.” Listen to the full podcast here.

My guest, David Shriner-Cahn, shares his expert insights on how to transition from a secure but unfulfilling job to a career that aligns with your passion and values. Together, we discuss what causes high-achieving professionals to leave a corporate cocoon after 20+ years. We talk about the fears associated with transitioning, mistakes that are commonly made and what they should do to make it work. Listen to the full podcast here.

David Shriner-Cahn of Smashing the Plateau joined me on Ditching Hourly to talk about how longtime corporate execs can increase the odds of going out on their own successfully. "I was doing what I was taught to do in engineering school, which is to focus on solving engineering problems. What I didn't focus on was the fact that the company that I worked for had lost a huge portion of their business and ended up firing a significant chunk of the staff." Listen to the full podcast here.

Our guest, David Shriner-Cahn is the podcast host and community builder behind Smashing the Plateau, for professionals making the leap from corporate to entrepreneurial business ownership.  Smashing the Plateau is David’s solution to the problems that keep entrepreneurs up at night.Successful business owners develop an entrepreneurial mindset that helps them move through issues and challenges. But, what is an entrepreneurial mindset? Listen to the full podcast here.

In this episode, David shares his winding career story and some of the career-defining moments that have led him from the corporate world, via the not-for-profit sector to his own consulting business. David Shriner-Cahn started out in engineering (something that was strongly encouraged by his family), but when he was made redundant in one of his first corporate jobs, despite performing well in his role, he changed paths and has never looked back. Listen to the full podcast here.

“I was off to a good start. I had two different jobs as an engineer and just after my second annual performance review in my second job where I got a very positive review, and a nice raise, a month later my boss calls me into his office and he says, ‘David, I have good news and bad news. The good news is you’re doing a great job. The bad news is you don’t have a job here anymore.’ And I was totally blindsided by this. ”David left corporate life and moved on to the non-profit sector for 23 years. We talk about the desire of having more control over our careers." Listen to the full podcast here.

David Shriner-Cahn is someone who is changing the way you communicate. By encouraging corporate refugees and entrepreneurs to understand the difference between treating their passions like a hobby versus a business, David opens people up to entirely new way of thinking and living. Listen to the full podcast here.

Our guest is David Shriner-Cahn. He has a weekly advice program that has been named by Forbes as a Podcast To Power Up Your Ultra-Lean Business. He has also been recognized in The Entrepreneur That Will Change the Way You Communicate by Inc Magazine. He is a podcast host and community builder behind Smashing the Plateau, an online platform offering resources, accountability and comradery to high-performing professionals who are making the leap from a corporate career track into entrepreneurial business ownership. Listen to the full podcast here.

In small businesses, there is frequently a need to get beyond a plateau. You’ve had success, yet your business seems stuck at a certain level. How do you smash through the plateau? Similarly, people who have dedicated years to climbing the corporate ladder also feel like they’ve plateaued. How do you break through that? In this show, we take a good look at both situations. the common conditions found in both may surprise you. Join me as I visit with fellow coach and advisor, David Shriner-Cahn. Listen to the full podcast here.

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, David Shriner-Cahn of Smashing the Plateau, where he works with entrepreneurs to help them build consistent, stable, recurring revenue, with the service they provide. David was an early adopter of podcasting, launching the Smashing the Plateau podcast in 2014 and it has now reached over 500 episodes. and the Going Solo podcast is a recent addition to his podcasting portfolio. Listen to the full podcast here.

David Shriner-Cahn is a deep thinker and serious observer of consultants, coaches, entrepreneurs and small business owners, so much so that he routinely interviews them on his widely-respected community and like-named podcast “Smashing the Plateau” to further show his mastery of the subject. We met years ago in a NYC networking group and have maintained a high-level relationship ever since. I gave him free reign on any topic; he does not disappoint here, or ever! I am pleased to provide the forum to David on this vital topic: loneliness. Read the full article here.

Our guest this week is a renowned expert on leadership and entrepreneurship, David Shriner-Cahn is the host of the podcasts, Smashing the Plateau and Going Solo, and founder of the Smashing the Plateau Community. He is a successful entrepreneur who has created a community for consultants to connect, learn together and support each other. The kind of community that would give access to a group of colleagues who understood the same language, share success examples and a network of potential collaborators and partners. Listen to the full podcast here.

Welcome to the Pathways to Profitability Podcast, personal Tales of Business Success, where we hear local business owners personal stories of their trials and tribulations that got them to where they are today. Our guest today is David Shriner-Cahn from Smashing the Plateau. David. "16 years ago, in, in 2006, I left employment and started a solo consulting business that has evolved over the years,". Listen to the full podcast here.

David is featured in my new book Use Your Job to Quit Your Job. Below is the case study from the book where David is featured. David shows us how he used his expertise working as a finance executive in the non-profit sector to start his consulting business. David now teaches consultants how to create their own businesses in his membership community at Smashing The Plateau. Listen to the full podcast here.

David Shriner-Cahn had a comfortable career first as a chemical engineer, then as an executive at a not-for-profit organization where he led and managed teams and organizations. This worked for him for 28 years, until the day someone else told him the gig was up. Listen to the full podcast here.

If you're coming off a long career as an employee, David Shriner-Cahn is sharing the ins and outs of stepping out on your own. While wanting more control over his destiny after losing his longtime job, the thought of running a business was far-fetched. But taking time to set himself up financially, self-reflect, and surround himself with the right people, he soon found himself exactly where he wanted to be. And he's sharing all the strategies he used to successfully live life on his terms. Listen to the full podcast here.

After 28 years as a highly skilled employee, David was told that his job was over. In spite of the immediate trauma and fear, he seized the opportunity to transition into entrepreneurship. In this episode, we dive into the challenges of starting a new business, and how to navigate them by finding your purpose, people, and voice. David is passionate about helping high-achieving professionals build their businesses following a late-career job loss, so they can do what they love and get paid what they’re worth. Listen to the full podcast here.

Today's guest is David Shriner-Cahn, host of two great podcasts, "Smashing The Plateau", and, "Going Solo". During our discussion David shares his years of experience as a podcast host and what he has learned from his guests. We chat about career planning, smashing the plateau, going solo, and four common sense and much more. Listen to the full podcast here.