Hey, hey, product bosses. All right. So we are wrapping up 2025. We're coming out of a whirlwind season where we've had everything from Black Friday, Cyber Monday, last minute sales. We're shipping in time for Christmas. I mean, it's been a world win. That's what Q4 is. Q4 is go time for product-based business owners. But before you move on, what we want to talk about

today and what I'm bringing you in this episode are the three things you must know before

you move into 2026. Hi, I'm Jacqueline Snyder, and this is the Product Boss podcast. I've helped

launch and grow thousands of product-based businesses, even one of my own.

And over the last 20 years, I've seen behind the scenes of businesses just like yours.

Whether they are makers, manufacturers, artists, or food and beverage businesses, I have spent so many hours studying it all.

I've discovered what makes them successful, what mistakes they could have avoided.

How did they turn their ideas into successful business?

And what are the strategies that they have used to make more sales and be discovered by more customers?

And this is what this show is all about.

Whether you're just starting out or you're looking to become a million dollar product boss,

I'm here to give you the permission to chase your dreams, no matter how big or small.

All you need is the right

mindset a little courage strategy and support and you too can be the next million dollar product

boss let's do this a lot of times a lot of students come to me and they're like god i wish i had a

crystal ball i wish i could just predict the future and know what to do next and today's episode, I want to talk about ways that you can do that because for me, every single year in business. Now, I've been in business for over 20 years. And every year, it felt like I was like wiping a whiteboard and moving on to the next thing. So what I mean by that is I had all this information,

all this data. And I was like, all right, do, do, do, done with the year. Let's move on to the next. And I would literally freak out every December. Why? Because December felt like, okay, it was the wrap of the year, but I don't know what I'm doing next. And I don't even know what just worked and what didn't work?

And I just kind of felt like this I don't know confusion.

Have you ever thought that?

I don doing next. And I don't even know what just worked and what didn't work. And I just kind of felt like this I don't know confusion. Have you ever thought that? I don't know. I mean, that comes up so often. I talk to my students about this all the time, especially when I'm coaching in the collective. A lot of people come to me and they could be any range. They could be just starting out maybe they're making $2,000 a month, $10,000 a month, $30,000, $80,000 a month.

And at every single phase, there $80,000 a month.

And at every single phase, there's going to be a section of time where you go, I don't know.

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