Why Small Businesses Fail (w/ Jethro Hopkins)

Why Small Businesses Fail (w/ Jethro Hopkins)

July 9, 2026 · 33 min

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In this episode, Jason Sisneros speaks with Jethro Hopkins about the challenges small business owners face and the importance of proper exit planning.

Small business ownership is failing, and owners are paying the price. The system keeps telling them they do not matter. Reserve your seat for Cabo Mastermind: https://builttoexit.biz/yt-cabo Do you carry more than your share? You are not imagining it. You are not alone. And you are not failing. In this episode, I speak with Jethro Hopkins, founder of No Coast Business Advisors and one of our top Built To Exit advisors. Jethro takes on the deals most firms will not touch. He works with owners of firms worth $750,000 to $5 million. Large firms often treat these owners as a low priority. Jethro does not. Together we cover: - Why small business owners hold 63% of U.S. jobs, yet get treated like they do not count - What it meant when the state called these firms "nonessential," and the real cost of that word - Why spread income, not politics, builds real freedom - The three things that give you freedom: time, money, and force as a last resort - Why owners who sell with no plan end up broke or bored in two years - The Owner Syndicate: our plan to help 600 owners exit on their own terms - Why we are bringing this group together in Cabo this fall This episode is for owners who want to: ✔…

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