Scale Smart Live

The Ops IQ Podcast brings candid conversations with founders, operators, and experts who know what it takes to scale sustainably. Hosted by Taja Graham, each episode unpacks real-world lessons in operations, leadership, finance, and strategy, so you can grow with clarity, not chaos.

Scale Smart Live is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 14 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  How to Optimize Lead Generation, Processes, and Workforce Performance

  Apr 9, 202657 minS0

  <p>As businesses grow, inefficiencies across lead generation, operations, and workforce management become harder to ignore. </p><p><br></p><p>What once worked starts to break, and without the right systems in place, performance suffers.</p><p><br></p><p>On this episode of Scale Smart Live, Taja M. Graham is joined by Hadassah Eley - CME Strategies, Owner, to explore how businesses can improve efficiency across core areas of growth and execution.</p><p><br></p><p>With over 17 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, Hadassah brings deep expertise in identifying root causes and solving complex operational...

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  Scale Smart Live with Jonathan Graviss & Jonathan P. Graviss

  Mar 18, 202644 minS0

  <p>On the next episode of Scale Smart Live, we’re welcoming Jonathan Graviss and Jonathan Graviss from Graviss Marketing.</p><p><br></p><p>Both bring deep experience in helping companies strengthen their marketing strategy, align sales with revenue goals, and build systems that support consistent growth. </p><p><br></p><p>Their work focuses on helping operators clarify their value proposition, improve positioning in competitive markets, and create marketing and sales processes that teams can execute reliably.</p><p><br></p><p>Jonathan Graviss serves as Chief Revenue Officer and Fractional CMO, partnering with organizations to develop scalable go...

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  Building Revenue Clarity Through Strategy, ROI, and Digital Execution

  Mar 6, 202646 minS0

  <p>What does it take to create a business plan that flows across marketing, sales, operations, and accounting, all the way to revenue?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Scale Smart Live ,Taja M. Graham welcomes Elissa B., Founding Partner at The Critical Standard and a multi-venture founder known for turning strategic ideas into real-world outcomes.</p><p><br></p><p>Elissa has scaled two digital startups from the ground up and built business partnerships valued in the tens of millions. Her approach is practical, high energy, and focused on aligning business strategy with systems that actually...

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  From Chaos to Clarity: Why Scaling Hurts and How Systems Bring Peace

  Mar 6, 202647 minS0

  <p>Scaling a business is rarely smooth. What worked at one stage often breaks at the next. Pressure builds. Decisions slow down. Many founders feel the weight of growth long before they can clearly explain what’s wrong.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Scale Smart Live, Taja M. Graham is joined by Jessie Lizak, CEO of Reveting, to talk through what scaling really feels like and how founders can move from chaos to clarity.</p><p><br></p><p>The conversation covered:</p><p><br></p><p>1.⁠ ⁠Recognizing the Pain of Scaling Operations</p><p>2.⁠ ⁠Asking for Help S...

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  Entrepreneurial Success From The Ground Up

  Feb 11, 202645 minS0

  <p>What happens when a founder decides to bring trust and transparency into an industry built on the opposite?</p><p><br></p><p>In an upcoming episode of Scale Smart Live, Jon Grishpul, Founder and CEO of GreatBuildz and Maxable, joins the conversation to talk about how he's building tech-driven platforms that put homeowners first.</p><p><br></p><p>With limited resources and plenty of skepticism from the construction world, Jon and his team launched solutions that connect families to vetted contractors, simplify confusing bids with AI, and help people unlock new income through ADUs.</p><p><br><...

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