All Up In Your Business with Kayleigh
You walk past businesses every day and wonder, "How did they even start this?"
I'm Kayleigh Bain, and every Wednesday I ask that question for you. I sit down with Raleigh business owners, nonprofit leaders, and entrepreneurs to talk about:
- Where the idea actually came from
- Why they named it that (there's always a story)
- The hard lessons nobody talks about
- Real advice for anyone thinking about starting something
No BS. No guru talk. Just honest conversations with people building cool stuff in the Triangle.
New episodes every Wednesday. Let's get all up in your business.
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Episodes
21 episodes
Birthday Episode!! The Teacher Who Made Business Cool | Brenda Saunders | Greenwich High School
Birthday Episode!! In this three parter, you will hear from my nephew and what he loves (and we share a birthday, so obviously he loves me enough to join me), my business teach from senior year of high school, and then the tables turn and she a...
From Shipping Container to Six Locations | Scott Sorensen - Sodabox
Scott is the co-founder of Sodabox, a dirty soda shop with six locations across the Triangle. He started the business in a shipping container in Apex with his brother Brent after moving to Raleigh from Utah in 2017.Learn how Scott went f...
Helping Women Get Paid to Speak | Jess Ekstrom | Mic Drop Workshop
Jess Ekstrom is the founder of Mic Drop Workshop, where she helps women land paid keynote spots and become thought leaders. She's also a keynote speaker, author, and mom of two.Learn how Jess went from being the only woman in a speaking ...
From Politics to Pet Care | Amanda Cheney | aMANda's Best Friend
Amanda Cheney is the founder of aMANda's Best Friend, a pet care service that's been around for 15 years. She started with a one-page business plan and six months from her dad to prove it could work.Learn how Amanda went from wanting to ...
25 Years of Concerts for a Cause | Danny Rosin | Band Together & Brand Fuel
Danny Rosin co-owns Brand Fuel, a B Corp doing brand merchandising globally, and founded Band Together, a nonprofit that's raised over a million dollars a year for 25 years through live concerts.Learn how his Band Together story raised $...
Protecting Your Time, Investment & Vacation Memories | Tara McCoy | Two Sisters Travel
Tara McCoy didn't wake up one day deciding to start a travel agency. It started with a college internship at AAA, turned into a side hustle to pay off debt, and 12 years later she's running Two Sisters Travel - a boutique travel agency that's s...
The Business of Divorce - Crossover Episode with Jaime Davis
Jamie Davis has been practicing family law exclusively for 25 years - same law firm since graduating law school. She went in thinking she'd do criminal law, took one family law class at UNC, and never looked back.Now she's a board certif...
ADHD Meets Anxiety: How Unhinged Coffee Got Its Name | Cody Vaughn | Unhinged Coffee
Cody started Unhinged Coffee in April 2025 - and it wasn't planned. After 18 years in corporate America (Wells Fargo, all the way up to VP), they were over it. Missed the human connection. Felt like they were watching communities from the outsi...
The Gap No One Else Was Filling | Holly Schwab | Zach's Toy Chest
Holly Schwab's nine-month-old son Zach had a grapefruit-sized tumor attached to all his major organs, including his aorta. They were within a month of it spreading.That was 2008. Zach is now 19, cancer-free, and the namesake of a ...
The Latin Teacher Who Chose Cheese Over Passion | Courtney Bowman | Raleigh Cheesy
Courtney Bowman was a middle school Latin teacher who made charcuterie boards as a creative outlet. Four boards later, she started Raleigh Cheesy in October 2019. Three months after that, she decided to leave teaching and go full-time with the ...
From Zero Photography Skills to 1,000 Rescue Dogs Photographed | Joanne Wetzel | Five Freedoms Photography
Joanne Wetzel bought a camera in 2019 to help shelter dogs get adopted. She had no photography background—just a hunch that beautiful photos would help overlooked dogs get seen. Five years later, she's photographed nearly 1,000 rescue dogs and ...
Disrupting Construction with Dignity and Class | Michele Wilson | Sonder Luxe
Michele Wilson is disrupting the construction industry with dignity and class—and she's doing it by erasing the lines that keep people siloed.As the founder of Sonder Luxe Home Solutions and the creator of Coffee with Contractors (a quar...
Zero Restaurant Experience to Feeding 200 People Daily | Maggie | A Place at the Table
Maggie didn't set out to open a restaurant. She set out to answer a question that had bothered her since childhood: Why am I always on the privileged side of the volunteer line?That question led her to a day shelter for people experienci...
When the Space You Weren't Looking For Is Exactly What You Need | Ashley | The Williams House
Ashley didn't set out to open a coffee shop-slash-craft beer bar in a historic 1930s house. She got laid off from her corporate job, started looking for a tiny coffee shop, and ended up falling in love with a 3,650 square foot space that was de...
From Jolly Ranchers to Building Teams That Scale | Donald Thompson - Walk West, CEO, Author, Exec.
Donald Thompson isn't just the Board Chair of Walk West-he's a masterclass in how to scale yourself across multiple ventures without burning out. In this episode, we dive into his journey from selling Jolly Ranchers in fifth grade (and g...
Building Raleigh's Social Scene From Scratch with Kristen Jacoby | Socials to Social
In this episode, I sit down with Kristen Jacoby (KJ), the powerhouse behind Social to Social and a full-time real estate agent crushing it in Raleigh. KJ opens up about her journey from playing D1 field hockey to building...
Debunking the Nonprofit Myth | Heather Thompson - Realtor Giving Network
It is nonprofit week! In this episode, I’m sitting down with Heather Thompson. She’s the Vice President of the Realtor Giving Network (RGN), but honestly, she’s more of a professional gap-filler for our community. Heather is here ...
Why Most Agents Pick the Wrong Brokerage | Joe Arnao - 4W Strategic Consulting
In this episode, I’m getting all up in the business of Joe Arnao, the founder of 4W Strategic Consulting and host of The Real Joe Show. Joe has spent over 20 years in real estate, but he’s doing something completely different now—actin...
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Building a Hit True Crime Podcast in Raleigh | Javier Leiva - Pretend Podcast
In this episode, I’m sitting down with my friend and boss, Javier Leiva. He’s the creator of the hit podcast Pretend, where he spends his time interviewing con artists, cult leaders, and undercover feds. We talk about what happens when...
Walking Away From the C-Suite to Build HER Collective, Be an Author, Speaker, and More | Erica Rooney
Let’s be real: if a business looks perfect on Instagram, someone is probably lying to you. I’m Kayleigh Bain, and I’m obsessed with the stories people don't put in their press releases. All Up in Your Business is where I sit dow...
Welcome to All Up In Your Business Podcast - Intro
Welcome to the All Up In Your Business Podcast with your host, Kayleigh Bain!How many times have you wondered about the story behind your favorite local spot? Every Wednesday, Kayleigh—founder of Honeygin Marketing and a champion of auth...
