BizQuik
325 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsBizQuik hits on the struggles and advantages of being an entrepreneur. It’s for busy entrepreneurs trying to do it all that have made the commitment to burn the boats. Julie is a small business expert who interviews expert guests about building successful businesses. It’s not all business. It’s about entrepreneurs and personal connections. It’s about what it takes to be successful, and it’s about having fun. This podcast walks listeners through every area of business, because building your business is about all the small things you learn along the way.
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Farewell
April 18, 2023 11:00 - 8 minutes - 7.47 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! Today is the final episode of BizQuik Podcast. After 280 episodes Julie has decided it’s time to end the show. Listen in as she gives her final thoughts on the podcast, and how it was an ever evolving thing, just like business. She’ll be back in a couple of months with a new podcast that focuses exclusively on business operations. Themes: growth, entrepreneurs, endings Support our show by visiting our Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/BizQuik...
BizQuikie - What Job are you Hiring for?
April 13, 2023 11:00 - 9 minutes - 8.76 MBWelcome to the BizQuik podcast, where we help entrepreneurs and business owners navigate the ups and downs of running a business. I'm your host, Julie Traxler, and in today's episode, we'll be discussing a concept from Clayton M. Christensen's book, "How Will You Measure Your Life?" called "What Job are you Hiring for?" According to Christensen, understanding the job your customers are trying to accomplish is crucial for creating a successful product or service. It's not just about sel...
BizQuiker - Why Does it Matter What My Prospects Pain is?
April 11, 2023 11:00 - 9 minutes - 8.41 MBWelcome to BizQuik, the podcast for entrepreneurs who want to stay ahead of the game. In today's episode, we're talking about a critical aspect of sales - understanding your prospect's pain. When you can identify the pain points of your prospects, you can tailor your sales pitch to address their specific needs. This builds trust and rapport, which are crucial components of any successful sales strategy. Julie also emphasizes the importance of ethical business practices. She remin...
BizQuikie - Isn't Sales Just A Bunch Of Douchebags Trying To Muscle You?
April 06, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBWelcome to the BizQuik Podcast, where we help entrepreneurs navigate the ups and downs of running a successful business. In today's episode, we're talking about a topic that's often misunderstood: sales. Our host, Julie Traxler, will be discussing why some people think sales is just a bunch of douchebags trying to muscle you, and the truth behind this common misconception. First up, Julie explains why bait and switch tactics, upselling, and quick decision making pressure are not the wa...
BizQuiker - What does "Facts Tell, Stories Sell" mean?
April 04, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.93 MBHey there! Today on the BizQuik Podcast, we're diving into the topic of "What Does Facts Tell, Stories Sell Mean?" Host Julie Traxler will be exploring how storytelling can be a powerful tool for businesses to connect with their target audience and make a lasting impression. In this episode, we'll be discussing several key points to keep in mind when crafting a story for your brand: Know Your Audience: Before you start crafting your story, it's important to understand your target ...
BizQuikie - The Top 5 Metrics I Track
March 30, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.53 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! On today’s episode, Julie discusses exactly what it says on the tin, wrapping up an informative month focusing on data, while sprinkling in some good ol’ fashion mathematics. Themes: Cashflow. CAC. Conversion rates. Customer Lifetime Value. Customer satisfaction. Support our show by visiting our Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/BizQuik) Shout out to FeedSpot (https://blog.feedspot.com/small_business_podcasts/) - The internet's largest human c...
BizQuiker - You Cannot Improve What You Do Not Measure
March 28, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! Metrics, metrics, metrics! This week Julie skillfully defines what metrics are, why metrics are important, how to track metrics, the types of metrics to track, and how to use the metrics you track in driving the growth of your business. Themes: Collecting data. Analyzing data. Reporting data. Reviewing data. Support our show by visiting our Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/BizQuik) Shout out to FeedSpot (https://blog.feedspot.com/small_busine...
BizQuikie - Top Line Revenue vs. Bottom Line Revenue
March 23, 2023 11:00 - 4 minutes - 4.38 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! It’s March and Julie is still talking about data. In this week’s episode, she makes the crystal clear the difference between Top Line Revenue and Bottom Line Revenue. And how the metrics for both are important indicators of your business’ financial health. She also explores the various ways those metrics can be accounted for, how sales, deductions, and expenses get to the true revenue of your business, moreover, how the correlation of Top Line Revenue and Bottom Line...
BizQuiker - Why Just Tracking Revenue Isn't Enough
March 21, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.25 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! Today Julie goes into detail about the various key metrics you should use when tracking the financial health and performance of your businesses, such as: gross profit margin, operating profit margin, cash flow, customer acquisition cost, and churn rate. And how following said metrics can help you make more data-driven decisions regarding the perennial success of your business. Themes: Profits. Efficiency. Customer satisfaction. Topline revenue. Bottomline reven...
BizQuikie - You Really Should Track Customer Service Metrics
March 16, 2023 12:00 - 10 minutes - 9.45 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! We’re still talking about data, and in this week’s episode, Julie discusses customer service metrics; why you need to be tracking them, how to track them, and what you can do to improve their assessments. Customer Service Metrics help build strong retention through feedback by identifying where you can improve, measure the effectiveness of your customer service efforts, and improve customer satisfaction. Themes: Track data. Collect data. Analyze data. Identify ...
BizQuiker - What the Hell is ROI?
March 14, 2023 12:00 - 9 minutes - 8.36 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! In this week’s episode, Julie skillfully breaks down the definition of ROI (Return On Investment), its function as a data-driven metric that’s essential to you, your business, and its investors, and the functionality of how to determine the success of your business. She even does a little 5th grade math (PEMDAS) to demonstrate how (easy it is) to measure your ROI correctly. Themes: Data-driven decisions. Performance. Internal and external funding. Support...
BizQuikie - Using a Business Case for Decision Making
March 09, 2023 12:00 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! In this episode, Julie continues her month-long discussion about data and its importance to your business. And this time she’s focusing on the usefulness of business cases. Listen along as she defines what a business case is, how to create one using her 6 steps, and her 5 reasons as to why a business case is essential for decision-making that will contribute greatly to the success of your business. Themes: Analysis. Benefits. Risks and opportunities. Supp...
BizQuiker - Every Entrepreneur Needs a Dashboard
March 07, 2023 12:00 - 8 minutes - 8.06 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! In this week’s episode, Julie breaks down the 5 reasons every entrepreneur needs a dashboard for collecting data, and the 3 steps it takes to create an effective dashboard that’ll improve business for you, your customers,partners, employees, and investors. Themes: Metrics. Decision-making. Accountability. Communication. Support our show by visiting our Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/BizQuik) Shout out to FeedSpot (https://blog.feedspot.com/sm...
BizQuikie - Tracking Data that Matters
March 02, 2023 12:00 - 10 minutes - 9.3 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! It’s March! So time for a new month-long topic! And this month, Julie will be discussing data. In this episode, Julie expresses the importance of various metrics in tracking the success of your business. She goes into detail about product metrics, financial metrics, and marketing performance metrics, further expanding on customer acquisition costs, CLV, and social media metrics, as discussed last month. Putting it all together to explain the marriage between marketi...
BizQuiker - Marketing Metrics that Matter
February 28, 2023 12:00 - 9 minutes - 8.38 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! In this week’s episode, Julie warns of the dangers of shallow social media metrics to entrepreneurs. She discusses the importance of revenue over popularity, and the actual metrics you should be using to measure the success of your business. Themes: Bounce rate. Customer Lifetime Value. Engagement rate. Customer Acquisition Costs. ROI. Support our show by visiting our Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/BizQuik) Shout out to FeedSpot (https://blo...
BizQuikie - You're Better Than a Goldfish (kind of)
February 23, 2023 12:00 - 9 minutes - 8.39 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! In this week’s episode, Julie discusses the best way to not only grab the attention of potential clients/customers, but to keep it, with authenticity and genuine connection. She also laments the annoyance, and potential damage, of email bombing and other excessive marketing tools, in order to stay relevant and current in your clients’ minds. Less is more. Especially when what you’re putting out is already captivating and filling a void people want and/or need. ...
BizQuiker - You Don't Need Paid Ads
February 21, 2023 12:00 - 9 minutes - 8.49 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! Julie’s back! And this week she’s talking about advertising! Specifically paid ads, and the pros and cons of their worth for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Juie also discusses the experienced benefits (and lessons learned) paid ads have had on her own business. Themes: Brand awareness. Engagement and traffic.Targeted reach. ROI. Conversions. Support our show by visiting our Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/BizQuik) Shout out to FeedSp...
BizQuik Takeover - Why You Need a Content Strategy
February 16, 2023 12:00 - 6 minutes - 6.32 MBThey’re baaaack…! This week’s episode of BizQuik is taken over (again) by Certivium's Social Media Marketing Manager, Frances Jendruczyk, and Certivium Co-Founder, Stacy Traxler. Follow along as they discuss the importance of a social media content strategy this time, its importance to your business, and how, through their own business, they help others build their brands online. Themes: Brand voice. Style. Consistency. Audience comprehension. Quality over quantity. Support o...
BizQuik Takeover - Why You Need a Social Media Strategy
February 14, 2023 12:00 - 7 minutes - 6.84 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! This week’s episode of BizQuik is taken over by Certivium's Social Media Marketing Manager, Frances Jendruczyk, and Certivium Co-Founder, Stacy Traxler. Follow along as they discuss the importance of a social media strategy and how through their own business they help others tackle marketing and customer service through social media. Themes: Marketing goals. Metrics. Engagement. Visibility. Support our show by visiting our Patreon page (https://www.patr...
BizQuikie - Should I Post Personal Stuff on my Business Account?
February 09, 2023 12:00 - 6 minutes - 6.08 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! In this week’s episode, Julie attempts to answer the question: Should personal posts make it onto your business’s social media pages? Personalizing your business socials largely depend on what type of business you have and the culture of said business. And if your customers want to know personal things about. Along with gauging how they would respond to personal posts. Sharing personal aspects of your life can be detrimental, but also build long-lasting relationships...
BizQuiker - Social Media and Your Business
February 07, 2023 12:00 - 8 minutes - 7.97 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! In this week’s episode, Julie discusses the perils, pitfalls, and benefits of social media for your business. Social media is where your clients/customers are, and helps you to connect to them and their needs. The time management of social media, evolution of trends, and consumer data are the elements of social media that make it crucial but not necessary for you and your business. Themes: Content strategy. Content calendar. Consistent engagement. Suppo...
BizQuikie - What is an Ideal Customer Avatar
February 02, 2023 12:00 - 7 minutes - 7.04 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! On today’s episode, Julie talks about the importance of an ICA and just how fun creating one can be! For context, an ICA is a descriptor exercise of all your ideal customers. The more specific an ICA, the more targeted your product and services are, the more revenue will be brought into your company. An ICA helps business owners, entrepreneurs, connect with the community of people who are going to be engaging with your business. ICAs also change over time as your com...
BizQuiker - Why Does an Attorney Cost so Much?
January 31, 2023 12:00 - 7 minutes - 7.29 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! This week Julie answers an important question about the cost of an attorney and the necessity a relationship with them brings to your business. Attorneys are vital to your company for numerous reasons regarding: contracts, privacy (NDAs), consulting, intellectual property/ownership, and litigation. Your company having a relationship with a business attorney sets you up for success, in addition to giving you peace of mind from potential, or future, legal issues. ...
BizQuikie - Do I Really Need a Business Plan
January 26, 2023 12:00 - 8 minutes - 7.88 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! In this week’s episode, Julie breaks down the vital importance of having a business plan. A business plan is a roadmap, guide, for business that allows you to think critically, analyze, special aspects of your business. A business plan is essentially the tenements of your vision, mission, core values, goals and accomplishments, and financial projection of your company. It offers you, your partners, and investors direction for the future of your business, demonstrati...
BizQuiker - Why You Need an Exit Strategy
January 24, 2023 12:00 - 9 minutes - 9.05 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! On today’s episode, Julie breaks down the importance of an exit strategy and how it takes into consideration its impact on employees, clientele, vendors/suppliers, partners, and investors. As well as the components of an exit strategy, such as: transitioning, financials, dependency reduction, legal considerations, employee and stakeholder communication, timing, and succession planning. Themes: Security. Stress and pressure. Control. Stability and comfort. Recur...
BizQuikie - The Advantages of an Operating Agreement
January 19, 2023 12:00 - 9 minutes - 8.93 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! On today’s episode, Julie discusses the highly important topic of Operating Agreements. When starting a business with a partner, or partners, it is ESSENTIAL to have an operating agreement. It is the “Rules of Engagement” for your business partners, and above anything else, helps to protect your business. Themes: Ownership structure. Equality investments. Rights and responsibilities. Misunderstandings and disputes. Dividing proceeds. Support our show by ...
BizQuiker - Competitive Analysis
January 17, 2023 12:00 - 8 minutes - 8.17 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! On this week’s episode, Julie defines competitive analysis and its importance to your business. Evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of your company against your competition can only serve to benefit you as a business owner and entrepreneur. Finding direct and indirect competitors can only bring opportunities for growth and develop new marketing strategies. Running a competitive analysis can only improve upon what you are offering your clients and vendors. You can...
BizQuikie - Why You Should Perform a SWOT
January 12, 2023 12:00 - 9 minutes - 9 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! In today’s episode, Julie talks about SWOT Analysis: strength, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Performing a SWOT Analysis makes you hyper-aware of what you are doing with your business. It highlights your strengths, enlightens you to potential blindspots, what opportunities are present to take advantage of, and if a threat can be turned into an opportunity. Themes: “Secret Sauce.” Systems and processes. Hidden revenue. Support our show by visiting...
BizQuiker - Ladder up to the Mission
January 10, 2023 12:00 - 9 minutes - 8.26 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! In this week’s episode, Julie discusses author Jeff Rosenblum’s clean and simple business concept: “Ladder Up to the Mission.” “Ladder Up” is the process of aligning activities and decisions in your business with the overarching mission and purpose of your business. Themes: Goals. Values. Prioritizing clients. Eliminating friction. Support our show by visiting our Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/BizQuik) Shout out to FeedSpot (https://blog.fe...
BizQuikie - Core Values
January 05, 2023 12:00 - 9 minutes - 8.55 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! On this week’s episode, Julie discusses the importance of core values, and how along with your mission statement, is a key element in your business’ success. Without core values established you should expect cultural issues to occur with your organization, as it is a guide to the fundamental actions and beliefs of your company. Core values enable action, strengthen company pride, and community. They can also increase motivation and engagement from your employee...
BizQuiker - What is Business Foundation
January 03, 2023 12:00 - 8 minutes - 7.93 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! On today’s episode, Julie talks about the foundational pieces that you leverage in order to build a strong business. A business plan acts as the guardrails of building your business. Having the right pieces in place is important so that when you are ready to scale, grow, you are prepared. The foundations of your business establishes your core values, go-to-market strategy, competitive analysis, branding, and ideal customers. Themes: Strengths and weakness. Oppo...
BizQuiker - Creativity is an Ingredient
December 29, 2022 12:00 - 10 minutes - 9.17 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! On this week's episode, Julie talks about the benefits of creativity and how it is a valuable asset to you and your business. Creativity produces innovative solutions to problems and challenges in the workplace. It also leaves opportunities for cross-functional collaboration wide open. Creativity provides new resources, support, and critical thinking skills that will help in developing unique products and services. Most importantly, creativity allows for exceptional ...
BizQuikie - Friction and Flow
December 27, 2022 12:00 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! On today’s episode, Julie talks about reducing friction in your business in order to make things easier for your clients/customers. Less friction means more revenue and creates a superior business flow for you and your customers. A healthy flow state equals better efficiency, high productivity, and profitability. Flow is important internally and eternally. Less friction and more flow will garner a more solid reputation with your customers, thereby creating a more loy...
BizQuiker - In Bed with the Devil
December 22, 2022 12:00 - 9 minutes - 8.31 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! In today’s episode of BizQuiker Julie talks about the utility of a good partnership. It is not enough to have an easy, harmonious connection with your business partner. But a good “business marriage” also has the ability to have hard conversations upfront, and understands the importance of an amicable relationship. Business partners should have the same goals, be supportive, hear each other, and be honest with one another. The alignment between partners having...
BizQuiker - KISS - Keep It Simple, Stupid
December 20, 2022 12:00 - 7 minutes - 6.41 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! In today’s episode of BizQuiker Julie talks about simplification and its use to grow and scale your business. Many business owners make the mistake of continuing a process or service for the sake of profit despite it not creating any joy for them, and not making their business any easier for customers/clients or employees. Saving time, energy, and struggle through simplifying aspects of your business will create happiness and a better environment for you, cus...
BizQuikie - Competitive Analysis
December 15, 2022 12:00 - 9 minutes - 9.03 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! In today’s episode of BizQuikie Julie talks about the importance and necessity of competitive analysis. Knowing your business competition and targeting the potential void you are attempting to fill with your business are the first steps you should take when starting a business. Competitive Analysis is what will better shape your business plan and signify opportunities to be taken with your targeted customers. The who, what, where, and how when starting a busin...
BizQuiker - Building a Community
December 13, 2022 12:00 - 9 minutes - 8.81 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! In today’s episode of BizQuiker Julie talks about the importance of building a community both inside and outside of your business. It’s incredibly important to surround yourself with community, factions, in your business. Community changes lives for the better! And a strong community brings forth a return on your investment as a business owner. Structuring, rethinking, and respect are all ways of retooling and benefiting your brand. Especially for women within...
BizQuiker - The Art of Disruption
December 08, 2022 12:00 - 8 minutes - 7.91 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! In today’s episode of BizQuiker Julie talks about disruption, and what it’s doing to your brand. Consumers today are served up over 1500 advertisements per day. These come in all forms, written, video, audio, online, television, newspaper, magazines, billboards. The barrage on our brains is nearly endless. In fact, we are so used to being bombarded by ads that we are trained to ignore almost all of them. So, how do you get your ideal customer's attention ...
BizQuiker - Protect Yourself
December 06, 2022 12:00 - 9 minutes - 8.99 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! Julie is coming in hot today talking about the protection that entrepreneurs most need, but seem to overwhelmingly fail to consider. No, she isn’t talking about guns or condoms, she’s talking about legal protection. Master Service Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Contracts… Not always the sexiest of topics (but honestly, so little of being an entrepreneur is actually sexy), but one that is necessary. You only have to be burned once to know that a con...
BizQuik Takeover with Michelle Fuller
December 01, 2022 12:00 - 10 minutes - 9.96 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! Today Transformational Coach Michelle Fuller is taking over BizQuik. Julie is getting drunk in Vegas for her birthday (seriously, that’s what is happening right now!) and Michelle has taken over the mic to talk about changing your life. This episode is a departure from most conversations on BizQuik, as this one is all about developing yourself personally. It’s about changing your life by changing your mindset. Taking control (responsibility!) of your deci...
BizQuiker - F*ck Separation Season
November 29, 2022 12:00 - 7 minutes - 6.57 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! Two things Julie hates about the holidays - the need of guru’s to call it Separation Season, and those stupid red cups from Starbucks. And today she’s focusing on Separation Season, because it would be an absolute waste of time to record an entire episode of BizQuik about red cups. Separation Season is that time of year when guru’s brag about how much harder they are working than everyone else. They're getting ahead of all the competition by continuing to w...
BizQuikie - Giving Thanks
November 24, 2022 12:00 - 10 minutes - 9.14 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! Happy Thanksgiving!!! In today’s episode of BizQuikie Julie spends time thanking some of the people who have made a tremendous impact on her year. It is literally an episode devoted to thanks. Themes: Thanks, gratitude, clients, family, friends Support our show by visiting our Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/BizQuik) Shout out to FeedSpot (https://blog.feedspot.com/small_business_podcasts/) - The internet's largest human curated database ...
BizQuiker - Managing Priorities
November 22, 2022 12:00 - 9 minutes - 8.97 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! Today’s episode of BizQuiker is dedicated to the importance of managing your priorities. We touched on this topic a little in episode 22, where we talked about the connection between leadership and your brand. Julie spoke how the ability to prioritize is one of the 3 most critical factors of being a strong leader. Today she goes deeper into how to prioritize, why we resist doing it, and what not prioritizing does to our business and our chances of success....
BizQuikie - Your 2023 Strategy
November 17, 2022 12:00 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! Hey entrepreneurs and small business owners… it’s time to finalize your 2023 strategies!!!! Listen in today as Julie breaks down why an annual strategy is critical to your business, and how you can create a strategy that will be a complete game changer for your business! Julie shares what her and the team are focusing on in 2023, how they are aligning everything to the mission of the business, and why they are focusing on friction. If you’re not sure ho...
BizQuiker - Leadership and Your Brand
November 15, 2022 12:00 - 9 minutes - 8.63 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! Today’s episode of BizQuiker is all about how leadership impacts your brand. This is likely a new concept for many, but how strong of a leader you are has a direct impact on how strong your brand is going to be. Julie dives into the 3 most important aspects of leadership, based on a study completed by ghSMART. Those 3 aspects are that ability to prioritize, the ability to hire the right people, and the ability to build relationships. Tune in as Julie...
BizQuikie - Control Your Emotions
November 10, 2022 12:00 - 13 minutes - 11.9 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! On today’s episode of BizQuikie Julie goes on a bit of a rant about how much we let our emotions control us. We don’t spend nearly enough time asking questions before reacting. We assume ill intent, we assume people want us to fail. We assume people are out to get us and are actively working to make our lives harder. When the reality is, people are generally too busy worrying about themselves to even consider us. What would happen if we slowed down enough to...
BizQuiker - Silence Reveals Weakness
November 08, 2022 11:00 - 9 minutes - 8.91 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of BizQuiker. Julie digs into one of the biggest lessons she learned while participating in 29029 Everesting earlier this month, the fact that silence reveals weakness. When we aren’t surrounded by noise (podcasts, people talking, the television, radio, music, etc.) we are forced to spend time with our thoughts, and those thoughts will reveal to us where we most need to focus. Our thoughts guide us to our weak points...
BizQuiker - Coffee Grounds are Everywhere
November 03, 2022 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.23 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! Julie had quite the morning, spilling coffee grounds all over her kitchen floor. And that spill got her thinking about how frequently we need to slow down and assess what we are doing, essentially slowing down to ultimately go faster. Spilled coffee grounds aren’t the best way to start a day, but things could be worse, there could be NO COFFEE!!!! Listen in as Julie talks about how addition by subtraction is a very productive approach to business (and life!...
BizQuiker - On Leadership
November 01, 2022 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.23 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! Thanks for tuning in! On today’s episode of BizQuiker Julie addresses leadership, and how so frequently leaders today avoid difficult conversations because they don’t want to be uncomfortable. We can tell ourselves it’s because we want to spare the feelings of our employees, customers, family members, and friends, but the hard truth is that we don’t have difficult conversations because we don’t want to be uncomfortable. We don’t like the idea of being the...
BizQuikie - The Challenges Will Come
October 27, 2022 11:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBWelcome back to BizQuik! In today’s episode of BizQuikie Julie breaks down her recent challenge of climbing 29,029 feet of elevation in 36 hours (the equivalent of Mount Everest). She talks about the need for in-game adjustments, just like when you’re running a business. Regardless of the amount of planning and preparing that you do, things don’t necessarily go as planned. What did Julie learn during her ascents up the mountain, did she complete the goal, and will she do it again? ...