Business and Beers
17 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsA Weekly(ish) podcast talking about a variety of real, everyday business topics.
2 beers long. That's it. Everyone knows the rules.Brought to you by Cody Caillet and Mike Salo, co-founders of GCSWorks.com, Gulf Coast Solutions, and Mach1.
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Episodes
Episode 10 - MegaTrends
November 05, 2020 23:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBWhat will be the mega-trends for the up coming 3 to 5 years join Cody and Mike as they discuss some of the mega trends that are coming up in the coming years. As always Business & Beers is brought to you buy GCS. Please visit http://gcsworks.com to find out more about GCS and the unique offers that we can provide for you service based business.
Episode 9: New Product Ideas
October 17, 2020 17:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBCome join Cody and Mike as we explore some different product ideas. The ideas range from small and trivial to huge. Grab a couple of beers are join this interesting and wide ranging discussion of new product ideas. If you have any new product idea we would like to here them. As always this is brought to you by GCS please visit our site at gcsworks.com.
Episode 8 - Dreaming for Fun and Profit.
October 10, 2020 15:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBCan your dreams be put to work to help produce cash. Join the though fun and provoking discussion about what dreams mean and some possible ideas to turn your dreams into dollars. Bought to by GCS: Please visit our web site at https://gcsworks.com
Partnerships and Big Swings
September 26, 2020 17:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBIn Episode 7 of Business and Beers podcast we take a look at ways a CEO might take a stab at leveling up their business. How about forming a strategic partnership with your biggest/best customer. Or how about taking ideas once thought too off the wall or extreme and giving them another look. Grab a beer and listen in on some ideas we come up with. Brought to you by GCS. Please visit http://gcsworks.com 00:00 Introduction to Episode 7 Partnerships and Big Swings 01:00 A follow up on last we...
Episode 7: Partnerships and Big Swings
September 26, 2020 17:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBIn Episode 7 of Business and Beers podcast we take a look at ways a CEO might take a stab at leveling up their business. How about forming a strategic partnership with your biggest/best customer. Or how about taking ideas once thought too off the wall or extreme and giving them another look. Grab a beer and listen in on some ideas we come up with. Brought to you by GCS. Please visit http://gcsworks.com 00:00 Introduction to Episode 7 Partnerships and Big Swings 01:00 A follow up on last we...
Episode 6: Future Shock
September 19, 2020 21:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBIn Episode 6 of Business and Beers Cody looks into his crystal ball and lets us mere mortals see into the future on topics with IT in the construction space going into 2021 and beyond. This is a great opportunity to take a step ahead of your competitors and put a thumb on the scale to advance your organization to the next level. So grab a beer or two and give this a listen. As always this is brought to you by GCS please visit our site at gcsworks.com. 00:00 Intro to Episode 6 "Future Shock...
Emergency PodCast Hurricane Sally
September 13, 2020 15:00 - 13 minutes - 9.63 MBA rebroadcast of our podcast from August 23rd of helpful tips for helping deal with hurricanes and weather events, this time in preparation for Hurricane Sally threatening the Louisiana coast and New Orleans area. Brought to you by GCS, a provider of working technology for working people! 01:00 What are you drinking (Cody) Crown and water / (Mike) Jameson with ice. 01:30 War stories Hurricane Rita 02:30 Emergency contact page. 03:10 KISS - Keep it simple stupid 03:45 (TIP #1) Communicati...
Episode 5 - A CIOs take on their IT department
September 12, 2020 17:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBEpisode 5 - CIOs take on IT. Throughout our career the IT staff have generally been regarded very low and seem like an impediment rather then a value add to the organization. Come grab a beer (or 2) and listen to how IT can build up an organization and move a company forward. We will relate 2 stories of how IT department take themselves WAY too serious and damage a companies culture. 00:00 - Intro to Business and Beers 00:45 - Fond memories of Nick Burns 01:15 - Intro into Episode 5 and wha...
Episode 4 Jason Assir Six Sigma evangelistic of OpEx Digital Consulting
September 05, 2020 21:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBIn Episode 4 of the Business and Beers podcast we are joined by Jason Assir of OpEx Digital Consulting. We give a high level over view of Six Sigma and how it can improve and organizations efficiency and bottom line. Jason is a graduate of Rice Business - Jones School of Business and founder of OpEx Digital Consulting. He is also a Six Sigma black belt. Grab a beer and join us in this timely topic. You can Reach Jason at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonassir Web site: https://ww...
Episode #3 Speed Kills, Moving fast with software in the Covid era.
August 29, 2020 14:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBIn this episode Cody and Mike introduce GCS's proven process of "Speed to Value". We have used this framework to quickly add value to our clients, partners, and internal products. Join us to listen how software helped kill Covid and how NOT moving fast helped kill a business culture. Brought to you by GCS, a provider of working technology for working people! 00:00 Introduction 01:00 How speed kills it. 02:00 What are you drinking (Cody) Fireman's Four (Mike) Deep Ellum IPA. 03:00 Feedba...
Episode 3 Speed Kills, Moving fast with software in the Covid era.
August 29, 2020 14:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBIn this episode Cody and Mike introduce GCS's proven process of "Speed to Value". We have used this framework to quickly add value to our clients, partners, and internal products. Join us to listen how software helped kill Covid and how NOT moving fast helped kill a business culture. Brought to you by GCS, a provider of working technology for working people! 00:00 Introduction 01:00 How speed kills it. 02:00 What are you drinking (Cody) Fireman's Four (Mike) Deep Ellum IPA. 03:00 Feedba...
Emergency Broadcast. Hurricane Laura and Marco
August 24, 2020 01:00 - 13 minutes - 9.29 MBEmergency PodCast Hurricane Laura and Marco prep. 00:00 Introduction to the Emergency Podcast. (Marco/Laura) 01:00 What are you drinking (Cody) Crown and water / (Mike) Jameson with ice. 01:30 War stories Hurricane Rita 02:30 Emergency contact page. 03:10 KISS - Keep it simple stupid 03:45 (TIP #1) Communication is paramount 05:00 Can GCS help you out with an emergency web site 05:15 Text messaging solutions 06:15 If you don't have contact info get it now. 07:15 (TIP #2) Don't forget about ...
Emergency Broadcast. Hurricane Laura and Marco and how to prepare a business for an upcoming disaster
August 24, 2020 01:00 - 13 minutes - 9.29 MBEmergency PodCast Hurricane Laura and Marco prep. Brought to you by GCS, a provider of working technology for working people! 00:00 Introduction to the Emergency Podcast. (Marco/Laura) 01:00 What are you drinking (Cody) Crown and water / (Mike) Jameson with ice. 01:30 War stories Hurricane Rita 02:30 Emergency contact page. 03:10 KISS - Keep it simple stupid 03:45 (TIP #1) Communication is paramount 05:00 Can GCS help you out with an emergency web site 05:15 Text messaging solutions 06:15 ...
Episode 2 - Cash is King. Improving Cash Flow through Technology
August 23, 2020 15:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBThis is episode super star CEO Cody and Mike discuss invoicing and getting your money from the client quickly and efficiently. We discuss some war stories to avoid when invoicing a client, and share some tips and tricks to make the process and smooth as possible. Brought to you by GCS, a provider of working technology for working people! We also live stream this entire episode that can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpuVMWqWNec&t=241s 00:00 Introduction 01:00 Cash is King....
Episode 2 - Cash is King. Getting your money from the clients
August 23, 2020 15:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBThis is episode super star CEO Cody and Mike discuss invoicing and getting your money from the client quickly and efficiently. We discuss some war stories to avoid when invoicing a client, and share some tips and tricks to make the process and smooth as possible. We also live stream this entire episode that can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpuVMWqWNec&t=241s 00:00 Introduction 01:00 Cash is King. Invoicing and looking past collections to get your money 02:00 What are you ...
Episode 1 - Where the heck are our people at? Dispatching Employees
August 16, 2020 16:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBGCS's super star CEO Cody and Mike discuss the value and evolution of dispatching employees to field projects. Starting from a big white board to advanced systems tracking employees to a job site. Also enjoying a beer (or maybe not) along the way. Brought to you by GCS, a provider of working technology for working people! Episode 1 - Dispatching 00:00 - Introduction opening credits 01:20 - Dispatching Defined at high level 01:45 - What are you drinking? (Cody) Canoe Paddle - Leinenkugel's ...
Episode 0 - Getting started with your service based business
August 13, 2020 13:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBGCS is excited to start this podcast series of helping business owners deal with the some of the software complexities of running/operating a service base business. Looking to get started with your service based company's software? Tune into the first (Episode 0) of Business and Beers podcast where Cody (super star CEO of GCS) and Mike guide you through some software do's and do not's of running your business while also providing some helpful hints and tricks to running your business. Brou...