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Join Kate and Lee as they share their journey of building businesses from the ground up whilst juggling a young family. No million-dollar trust funds, billion-dollar profits or overnight success stories, just real hard-fought and even harder won stories of success and failures. Learn as they share tools, tactics and resources to help you build the life you deserve.Follow Lee and Kate - Smiling Entrepreneurs Website - http://smilingentrepreneurs.com/ Follow on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/smilingentrepreneursInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/thesmiling_entrepreneur/
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Smiling Entrepreneurs tests marketing advice against operating experience, with a sharp eye for the difference between vanity metrics and commercial results.
Kate and Lee turn business advice into a working conversation, testing marketing ideas against companies they run and the family logistics surrounding them.
The kids are sledging outside; your emails still need readers.
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