John Corcoran is a recovering attorney, an author, and a former White House writer and speechwriter to the Governor of California. Throughout his career, John has worked in Hollywood, the heart of Silicon Valley, and ran his boutique law firm in the San Francisco Bay Area, catering to small business owners and entrepreneurs.
Since 2012, John has been the host of the Smart Business Revolution Podcast, where he has interviewed hundreds of CEOs, founders, authors, and entrepreneurs, including Peter Diamandis, Adam Grant, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Marie Forleo.
John is also the Co-founder of Rise25, a company that connects B2B businesses with their ideal clients, referral partners, and strategic partners. They help their clients generate ROI through their done-for-you podcast service.
In this episode…
Many business owners set ambitious goals but struggle to achieve consistent results. Often, the missing ingredient isn’t motivation — it’s systems. Without clear processes and the right tools, even the most driven professionals can find themselves overwhelmed, misaligned, or spinning their wheels.
John Corcoran tackles this issue head-on by emphasizing the importance of developing repeatable systems to build discipline and scale sustainably. Drawing inspiration from Atomic Habits by James Clear, John shares how he’s applied simple, effective strategies to automate key business functions — such as using ActiveCampaign to build educational email sequences that nurture leads automatically. He also highlights the value of documenting every company process, crediting Adi Klevit of Business Success Consulting Group for helping companies create SOPs that enable smooth delegation and operational resilience.
Tune in to this episode of the Smart Business Revolution Podcast as Chad Franzen interviews John Corcoran, Co-founder of Rise25, about the systems, habits, and relationships that support business growth. John discusses how to build stronger habits, the value of marketing automation, the role of process documentation, and the growing need for genuine human interaction in the AI era.
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