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Rowan Childs of Madison Reading Project

Breaking Barriers to Literacy

Rowan Childs - Madison Reading Project On Building Up Youth: "We want to make sure every kid is excited and sees themselves on the cover or as the main character." Often we take the skills we have for granted.  We want this and that, but rarely take the time to have gratitude for all that…...
Rachel LaCasse-Ford of Lake Road Campground

How to Own a Campground

Rachel LaCasse-Ford - Lake Road Campground On the Best Plan for Business: "It's very important when you're thinking about purchasing a business or starting a business that you know the beginning, middle, and end, like, you know all the pieces, you know how you're going to get in, how you're going to manage it, and…...
Shane Perkins of The Ultimate Strategy

Helping Entrepreneurs Buy Homes

Shane Perkins - Ultimate Strategy On the Reality Banks Overlook: "If you have that kind of equity and you've worked and you've saved that down payment, then there's nothing telling me that you're not going to make your payments." When you have a job with a W-2, you fit in the traditional bucket.  Traditional things…...
Fred Fisher of Fisher Consulting

Navigating Insurance Pitfalls

Fred Fisher  - Fisher Consulting On the Unrealistic Expectations We Have in the Insurance World: "You have to know more about your insurance needs than the guy selling it, the guy who has to take continuing education classes." Insurance is basically paying for a promise you hope you will not need to ask to be…...
Nuttha Goutier of Sabai Thai Massage

What is Thai Massage

Nuttha Goutier  - Sabai Thai Massage On the Passion to Succeed: "I said I have the dream, I have the vision, I have the belief and I am young and full of energy. I think the vision that I have, people will like it and people will love it." We've probably all been told to…...
Alisa Sparks of Linden Creek Home Staging

How to Stage a Home

Alisa Sparks  - Linden Creek On Realizing Your Own Success: "I kind of had this moment where I paused and realized I had accidentally worked myself out of a job, and that should be a good thing. My team had it covered, my clients were happy, things were rolling well, and I kind of scratched…...
Michael Shapiro of Katubah.com

How to Get a Ketubah

Michael Shapiro  - Ketubah.com On How the Artist Gets Inspired for the Ketubah: "There would be a discussion of the couple's values, maybe how they met, maybe where they met, and the artist would be listening for things that were important to them, including things between the lines, maybe that they weren't speaking about, but…...

Expand Your Biz Internationally

Rihab Abouzaki  - This N That Communications On What She Does: "We are a gateway to the US market. As a company, we take the international brand and help them find distributors or help them directly sell in the US market, advertise in the US market." Often we get a little cozy with success.  Sometimes…...
Todd Graves of Graves Golf

Learn How to Play Golf Better

Todd Graves  - Graves Golf On Understanding Your Value: "Your customer is going to feed on your clarity of what you have to offer. And without clarity, you're just going to be a commodity." Some things just go hand in hand with business.  Things like marketing, closing a deal over a beer, meeting for coffee…...

How to Invest in Notes

Eddie Speed  - Note School On Timing the Market: "What's the best time to be in the note business? I said, there's two things. Either it's inflationary times or disruptive times. Right now we have both." It is always best to have an attorney before you need one, especially in business. Often, to make a…...
Jane Muir Business Law

Real Stories of Legal Struggles and Successes

Jane Muir  - J. Muir & Associates P.A. On the Bold Truth: "But long story short, litigation has to be part of your comprehensive business plan." It is always best to have an attorney before you need one, especially in business. Jane Muir is a business attorney that has seen almost everything.  She started her…...
Annie Kubena Mind Body Wellness

Mind and Body Wellness

Annie  - The Garden Mind Body On the Figuring Out That it is All Connected: ""I was so skeptical because I was like, how is working with my mind going to change what my body's doing?" Pain seems to be everywhere.  In our bodies, often we have the aches or headaches that seem to have…...
Hilary Berning of Gio's Garden

Gio’s Garden – Respite, Therapy and Resources for Families with Special Needs Children

Hilary Berning - Gio's Garden On the Unrealistic Timelines of Insurance Companies: "It's a 6 to 9 month process just to get a wheelchair. I really need some way to get my son from point A to point B." Families with special needs children already have some challenges.  These families need help and some guidance…...
Jake Isham of Creative Minds Marketing

Building Your Personal Brand

Jake Isham - Creative Minds On Knowing Who You Are Competing Against For Views: "You're not competing with your competitors anymore. You're not competing with this podcast right here. You're not competing with other entrepreneurial podcasts. You're competing with Netflix. You're competing with Coca-Cola." Marketing as a business owner is necessary.  Jake Isham argues that…...
Vance Morris of Deliver Service Now Institute

Disneyfy Your Business for Success

Vance Morris - Deliver Service Now Institute On the Customer Experience: "Every detail in your business is either enhancing or detracting from the experience. There is no middle ground." Many businesses focus on customer acquisition, but not all businesses focus on customer retention.  Some businesses just have a hard time figuring out what to do…...
Taylor Bowker of Mindful Insurance Agency

Understanding Health Insurance

Taylor Bowker - Mindful Insurance Agency On Common Mistakes in Medical Billing: "She ended up getting a bill for $14,000 for a pee test." Health insurance in the United States is a pain.  We all know that.  As business owners, we often get stuck needing to shop for our own insurance.  Only during certain times…...
Doug Brown of CEO Sales Secrets

Unlocking Hidden Revenue

Doug Brown - CEO Sales Strategies On Knowing What to Look For: "Number one, we help companies find revenue, hidden revenue that they already paid for but they haven't collected in their bank." There's a funny thing about business, and that is that your entrepreneurial journey will take you places you may have never dreamed…...
Dean Mathews of On the Clock

Timeclock Software

Dean Mathews - On the Clock On Watching Your Numbers: "They just realized that their sister in law who's been working for them for 10 years has been adding 10 hours onto every pay run for the last 10 years." Dean Mathews, CEO of On The Clock, shares his journey as an entrepreneur and the…...

Why a Virtual CFO May Be Just What You Need

Jody Grunden - Anders CPA On Working Together: "It's only going to help everybody if we can all learn how to get better and faster." Every business owner needs to watch their money.  You watch it come in, go out and hopefully end up with some leftover to make sure you are doing more than…...
Henry DeVries of Indie Books International

Become a Authority by Becoming an Author

Henry DeVries - Indie Books International On Marketing With Authority: "The book is more than a calling card. The book is the greatest brochure." There are a few things you can do to make yourself important in the eyes of the people you meet.  One of the best ways is to be the author of…...