Business Unscripted - Triumph Business Solutions
Welcome to Business Unscripted, the podcast where real business conversations happen. Hosted by Dave Worden, founder of Triumph Business Solutions, this podcast dives into the raw, unfiltered realities of running and growing a business. Each episode explores the struggles, strategies, and accountability moments that shape the journey of entrepreneurs and business owners.
With a mix of solo episodes, co-host partners, and guest appearances from other business owners, Business Unscripted offers diverse perspectives and actionable insights. Whether you're navigating challenges, seeking strategies, or just looking for honest conversations about business, this podcast has something for you.
Join us weekly as we tackle the unscripted moments that define success, all while fostering accountability and connection with our listeners.
Subscribe now and follow Business Unscripted for stories, strategies, and actionable insights that will inspire your own business journey. New episodes drop every Friday!
Episodes
85 episodes
Stop Settling, Lead With Intention | Business Unscripted Ep. 85
The small things you tolerate can quietly become the standards that run your business. A broken chair opens a wider conversation about choosing tools, people and processes with more intention instead of accepting the first available fix....
Stop Selling At Networking Events | Business Unscripted Ep. 84
Leaving networking events without a new client doesn't mean they failed. You may be looking for the wrong result. In this solo episode of Business Unscripted, Dave explains how building relationships with people who already serve your ideal cus...
Build for the Breakdown, Not the Best Case | Business Unscripted Ep. 83
When a system breaks at the worst possible moment, the answer is not panic. It is a better Plan B.Dave and Duarne discuss how business owners can prepare for friction, model more than one financial future and keep serving customers when ...
Stop Chasing Perfect And Build What Works | Business Unscripted Ep. 82
Still polishing an idea while the same tasks eat up your week? A useful first version can teach you more than another round of planning. In this episode of Business Unscripted, Dave and Duarne discuss turning a repeated business problem into a ...
Busy All Day? Make Your Progress Visible | Business Unscripted Ep. 81
A long day can feel unproductive when the work disappears into meetings, messages, and task switching. In this conversation, Dave Worden and Duarne Bernhagen discuss a simple end-of-day wrap-up that makes progress visible, then turn to practica...
Cold Email That Leads With Value, Not A Quote | Business Unscripted Ep. 80
A cold email can lose attention before the recipient even opens it. In this solo episode, Dave Worden breaks down an anonymized outreach sequence and uses it to examine a more value-led approach to the first message. The conversation focuses on...
Overwhelmed By AI? Start With Two Lists | Business Unscripted Ep. 79
Overwhelmed by AI, automation, and a long list of business tasks? Start by separating the two. This episode offers a practical way to identify where your time goes, choose a small number of improvements, and keep the human judgment in your sale...
You Can't Want Growth And Keep Your 9-To-5 Habits | Business Unscripted Ep. 78
You say you want the business to grow. Does the way you spend your week support that goal?Dave Worden and Duarne Bernhagen challenge the habits that keep owners busy without moving the business forward. The conversation starts with makin...
Your AI Team Needs An Org Chart | Business Unscripted Ep. 77
Adding more AI tools will not fix a business that has no clear way to get work done. Your tools need defined jobs, useful information and someone checking the results.Dave Worden and Duarne Bernhagen share how they are building AI-suppor...
The Money In Your Account Isn't Yours | Business Unscripted Ep. 76
Most owners think the problem is revenue. It usually isn't.Solo episode this week — Duarne is off — and Dave spends it answering the questions he actually gets asked: by prospects, by clients, and around the table at Alliance ...
The Two Lists That Tell You What To Automate First | Business Unscripted Ep. 75
Most owners don't have an AI problem. They have a "what do I fix first" problem.Solo episode this week — Duarne is taking a well-earned Friday off — and Dave spends it on the question that comes before every tool decision. The...
Stop Doing The Work, Start Directing It | Business Unscripted Ep. 74
Dave and co-host Duarne Bernhagen start with the distinction almost nobody makes correctly: automation and AI are not the same thing, and most real workflows need both. An automation moves a document from point A to point B with zero AI in it. ...
Your Work Environment Is Either Fuel Or Friction | Business Unscripted Ep. 73
Dave was a work-from-home believer through COVID. Five days a week back in an office changed his mind — not because home is bad, but because the distractions he kept telling himself he'd "make up later" never got made up. Duarne built an office...
A 5% Price Increase Can Lift Net Profit 50% | Business Unscripted Ep. 72
Most owners try to fix a stuck business by working harder. This solo episode starts with the lens that creates clarity fastest — the 80/20 rule. Dave walks through how to run an 80/20 review across your clients, service lines, products, and you...
Your Best Clients Never Haggle On Price | Business Unscripted Ep. 71
Your tech stack either quietly saves you hours every week or slowly bleeds your time and money. Dave and Duarne start with the question every owner asks — Mac or Windows — and land somewhere more useful: it barely matters anymore, because most ...
Stop Trusting Memory, Start Trusting Systems | Business Unscripted Ep. 70
The fastest way to stall a growing business isn't a lack of ambition, it's a missing system. We're on the road for a tournament, short on coffee, and talking through a surprisingly high-stakes topic: why checklists, SOPs, and onboarding process...
How To Sell Without Sounding Desperate | Business Unscripted Ep. 69
A stranger called us during a client meeting and used call screening to claim they needed bookkeeping help, then flipped the script and launched into a software pitch. That one move highlights a bigger problem in modern sales: when we lie, push...
You Don't Need More Sales, You Need Better Math | Business Unscripted Ep. 68
Recording solo from a hotel on the road over the July 4th weekend, Dave gets real about the quiet systems that keep a business steady — the ones that don't feel urgent until a good opportunity slips away. If you've ever left a great meeting and...
AI Workflows That Give You Hours Back | Business Unscripted Ep. 67
You don't need an "AI transformation." You need one workflow that gives you your time back — then a second, then a third — until your whole week feels lighter. In this solo episode, Dave walks through the exact AI automation system T...
Why AI Automation Fails Without Solid Systems | Business Unscripted Ep. 66
AI can write your posts, draft your emails, and automate your workflows, but it can’t fix a broken business process, it only accelerates it. We sit down for a candid Friday conversation about what actually comes first: building clean, repeatabl...
You Don't Get Freedom First — Earn It With Accountability | Business Unscripted Ep. 65
Your calendar is telling the truth about your business, even when your motivation isn't.In this solo episode, Dave digs into the part of entrepreneurship nobody says out loud: early on, you don't get freedom by default — you earn it. Th...
Build Internal Tools Without a Six-Figure Budget | Business Unscripted Ep. 64
A system you don't review isn't a system — it's a comfort blanket. Dave and co-host Duarne Bernhagen open with a real story: a client had performance reports running for 12 months, never opened them, and missed a remote staffer whose output had...
The Real Cost of Going Legit with Chris Hag | Business Unscripted Ep. 63
Most people don't fail at business because they're lazy. They fail because they price from anxiety, lead from old habits, and underestimate what "legit" really costs.We're joined by Chris Hag, owner of High Standard Hauling an...
You Are Probably Calculating Gross Margin Wrong
Most business owners think they're running a 40% margin. The math usually says otherwise — and that gap quietly costs them thousands.In this episode, Dave and co-host Duarne break down how to actually price for profit: the gro...
How Clear Agreements Let You Raise Prices Without Losing Clients
Most pricing problems aren't pricing problems — they're agreement problems. This episode shows how clear agreements and upfront expectations let you raise prices, enforce late fees, and keep clients happy doing it.Dave Worden ...