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Be a PROFITABLE Badass Small Business Owner

678 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 119 ratings

Helping Small Business Owners who run service-based businesses, brick-and-mortar businesses, or home-based businesses in their local communities learn their business numbers and earn a 6 figure income.

So if you're working 60, 70 hours a week and struggling to grow your small business and you want more financial freedom, this show is for you. My mission is to help you earn an awesome income!

Everything you do in your business impacts your profit. So let's make sure you are paying yourself correctly in your business and the steps you can take that contribute to a healthy bottom line.

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Gross Margin Dollars vs Gross Margin Percent

July 18, 2019 10:00 - 23 minutes - 27.3 MB

Gross Margin Dollars vs Gross Margin Percent   A question I get asked is, “Is it better to push for gross dollars or gross margin?”   In typical coaching speak, it depends. LOL   There is a time and place for both. There are some large companies that are extremely successful using the gross dollar approach and others using the gross margin approach.   They key is knowing both numbers so that you can make the best decision for your bottom line. Without the right amount of gro...

Just Do It!

July 15, 2019 10:00 - 17 minutes - 20.5 MB

    Just Do It! | What is Keeping You from Making it Happen?   When I sit down with a business owner to discuss their business, they often seek ways to grow their sales and profits. We come up with some great ideas and ways they can make them happen.   So, what keeps them from taking the actions necessary to grow their business? Why do they show back up weeks or months later in the same place they were before?   They fail to take action!   What is keeping you from making...

Do Your Numbers Support Expanding Your Service Area

July 11, 2019 10:00 - 20 minutes - 24.1 MB

    Do the Numbers Support Expanding Your Service Area? Are you thinking about expanding your business into another area? What if you had a huge opportunity in your own area? This week I spoke to a business owner who is excited to open up a new territory. We took just a few minutes and discovered that by just looking at some simple numbers in his business, that he might be better off sticking closer to home. Come learn how you too can use your business numbers to determine which direc...

KYBN - Do Your Numbers Support Expanding Your Service Area

July 11, 2019 10:00 - 20 minutes - 24.1 MB

    Do the Numbers Support Expanding Your Service Area? Are you thinking about expanding your business into another area? What if you had a huge opportunity in your own area? This week I spoke to a business owner who is excited to open up a new territory. We took just a few minutes and discovered that by just looking at some simple numbers in his business, that he might be better off sticking closer to home. Come learn how you too can use your business numbers to determine which direc...

Are Your Customers Cheap

July 08, 2019 10:00 - 21 minutes - 25.4 MB

Are Your Customers Cheap? Why are customers so cheap? Maybe You Have a Perceived Value Problem!  Maybe You Are Missing the Pain Points You Solve?  Let's dive in and see what might be causing this issue. Too often we think of our customers or clients as being cheap when in reality, we have created the monster we hate. We have created a “cheap” feeling business vs a business value. Does that tick you off? It should!   Afterall, are people buying $5 water, or a $1,000 cell phone and othe...

KYBN - The Cost of Keeping Poor Performing Employees

July 04, 2019 10:00 - 17 minutes - 20.8 MB

The Cost of Keeping Poor Performing Employees What if you could figure out the amount of profit you are losing due to having poor performing employees? Well, there is! By using the numbers you already have at your fingertips, you can discover how much in profit and in sales are lost due to not addressing the performance issues within your company. Would it shock you to learn that some folks are losing over $10,000 to $20,000 a year? Don’t you think it is time you take a look at what y...

The Cost of Keeping Poor Performing Employees

July 04, 2019 10:00 - 17 minutes - 20.8 MB

The Cost of Keeping Poor Performing Employees What if you could figure out the amount of profit you are losing due to having poor performing employees? Well, there is! By using the numbers you already have at your fingertips, you can discover how much in profit and in sales are lost due to not addressing the performance issues within your company. Would it shock you to learn that some folks are losing over $10,000 to $20,000 a year? Don’t you think it is time you take a look at what y...

Do You Have More Business Than You Can Handle?

July 01, 2019 10:00 - 20 minutes - 23.6 MB

Do You Have More Business Than You Can Handle? We all hit a wall in our business where the business grows so much, that we just run out of time. Jobs start to push back 2-3 weeks, we end up working 7 days a week and still, at the end of the day, we aren’t making the profits we should. We need to keep growing but don’t know how. We are hitting the wall on energy and time. What do you do? Let’s dive in and take a look at how you can get past this current wall you have hit in your business. ...

Can You Afford that New Employee

June 27, 2019 10:00 - 17 minutes - 20.9 MB

Can You Afford to Hire an Employee? The comes a tipping point for each business owner when they need to bring aboard some help. Maybe that new employee is so you can expand your business or maybe even take stuff off your plate. Either way, you need to make sure that your business can afford that new hire. Here we take a quick look at how to do the quick math on what you need to produce in new sales & profits to afford this new hire.   ~~~~   The Local Small Business Coach Podcast ...

KYBN - Can You Afford that New Employee

June 27, 2019 10:00 - 17 minutes - 20.9 MB

Can You Afford to Hire an Employee? The comes a tipping point for each business owner when they need to bring aboard some help. Maybe that new employee is so you can expand your business or maybe even take stuff off your plate. Either way, you need to make sure that your business can afford that new hire. Here we take a quick look at how to do the quick math on what you need to produce in new sales & profits to afford this new hire.   ~~~~   The Local Small Business Coach Podcast ...

Are You Being a Boss or a Coach?

June 24, 2019 10:00 - 16 minutes - 18.9 MB

Are You Being a Coach or a Boss? Are You Being a Coach or a Boss?  A Leader or a Manager?  Let’s face it, we all want to have productive, employees that do their best. Do these people need a great boss or a great coach? How about we strive for being a great coach who happens to be their boss? It all comes down to communication and how you help your team be the best they can be. Let’s discuss how folks tend to respond to being told what to do vs coached on how to do it better.   ~~~~ ...

How Much are Your Broken Processes Costing You?

June 20, 2019 10:00 - 21 minutes - 25 MB

How Much are Your Broken Processes Costing You?   Time to Figure Out How Much Money You Are Leaving on the Table! Have you ever stopped and put the numbers together to see how much in potential sales/profits you are losing by not taking a few minutes to figure out what the broken process is costing you?   For example, if your employees have to keep stopping to get direction on what to do next, it could be costing you thousands of dollars a year in profits due to payroll costs.   ...

KYBN - How Much are Your Broken Processes Costing You?

June 20, 2019 10:00 - 21 minutes - 25 MB

How Much are Your Broken Processes Costing You?   Time to Figure Out How Much Money You Are Leaving on the Table! Have you ever stopped and put the numbers together to see how much in potential sales/profits you are losing by not taking a few minutes to figure out what the broken process is costing you?   For example, if your employees have to keep stopping to get direction on what to do next, it could be costing you thousands of dollars a year in profits due to payroll costs.   ...

Why You Need a Simple Employee Checklist

June 17, 2019 10:00 - 21 minutes - 24.4 MB

Why You Need a Simple Employee Checklist Every small business owner dreams of building their business. Creating more sales and more profits. I often hear how they feel frustrated by their employees. Either the employee turnover is high, they can’t find good help or the employees just seem to always stopping and asking questions.   Both of these problems can actually be helped by having an employee checklist in place. An employee checklist will create a roadmap for the employee to stay ...

KYBN - RANT - Why You Need to Know Your Dang Numbers

June 13, 2019 10:00 - 21 minutes - 25.4 MB

RANT - Why You Need to Know Your Dang Numbers I have had several coaching calls and one on ones the past few weeks and I’ve been coming across folks that still aren’t diving into their business numbers. By having their head in the sand, they are costing themselves thousands of dollars in profits and sales. Why do you insist on working harder and harder vs just working smarter? What is Keeping You From Being on Top of Your Business?   Here is the link to the latest YouTube video I m...

RANT - Why You Need to Know Your Dang Numbers

June 13, 2019 10:00 - 21 minutes - 25.4 MB

RANT - Why You Need to Know Your Dang Numbers I have had several coaching calls and one on ones the past few weeks and I’ve been coming across folks that still aren’t diving into their business numbers. By having their head in the sand, they are costing themselves thousands of dollars in profits and sales. Why do you insist on working harder and harder vs just working smarter? What is Keeping You From Being on Top of Your Business?   Here is the link to the latest YouTube video I m...

The 5 Mile Radius Rule for Your Local Business

June 10, 2019 10:00 - 20 minutes - 23.4 MB

The 5 Mile Radius Rule So how far do you search for business?  Do you travel 5 miles? 10 miles? Up to 50 miles? What if I told you that the vast majority of your business should be coming from within a 5-mile radius?  Most neighborhoods have thousands of potential customers within any 5-mile radius. The key is to focus on solving a pain point that many of the folks in that area are searching for.   Too often we try and shotgun all over the place vs using a sniper rifle in a small area...

KYBN - Using Your Profit Loss to Determine Your Hourly Wage

June 06, 2019 10:00 - 22 minutes - 26.3 MB

  Using Your Profit & Loss to Determine Your Hourly Wage As a small business owner, your goal is to create a better a better life & income for yourself. But have you ever stopped and figured out what exactly you earn an hour? Sure you work tons of hours, but what exactly to you make? What if you could take your profit & loss statement and the number of hours you work, and using a simple calculation, determine what you make? This is especially helpful for anyone who pays themselves out o...

Using Your Profit Loss to Determine Your Hourly Wage

June 06, 2019 10:00 - 22 minutes - 26.3 MB

  Using Your Profit & Loss to Determine Your Hourly Wage As a small business owner, your goal is to create a better a better life & income for yourself. But have you ever stopped and figured out what exactly you earn an hour? Sure you work tons of hours, but what exactly to you make? What if you could take your profit & loss statement and the number of hours you work, and using a simple calculation, determine what you make? This is especially helpful for anyone who pays themselves out o...

How a Mindmap Can Help You in Your Business

June 03, 2019 10:00 - 13 minutes - 16.2 MB

  How a Mindmap Can Help You in Your Business A mindmap is a great way for you to breakdown a process in your business that you want to streamline and improve. Having processes in place, add to your bottom line profits and sales, but it all starts with getting it out of your head & on to paper. But sometimes, your head is a jumbled mess, so mindmaps are a great way to take that chaos and start to create some sort of processes in place. But just what is a mindmap and how do you use it? B...

Diving Into Your Profit & Loss Expenses

May 30, 2019 10:00 - 25 minutes - 29.8 MB

Diving Into Your Profit & Loss Expenses In the next part of our Know Your Business Numbers Series, we will take a look at the next part of the profit and loss statement, your expenses. Your expenses are all the other costs of running your business other than your cost of goods sold. Like your cost of goods sold, your expense will be a percent of sales on your profit & loss. Your expenses will be broken down into subcategories that will allow you to track where your profits are going. You ...

KYBN - Diving Into Your Profit & Loss Expenses

May 30, 2019 10:00 - 25 minutes - 29.8 MB

Diving Into Your Profit & Loss Expenses In the next part of our Know Your Business Numbers Series, we will take a look at the next part of the profit and loss statement, your expenses. Your expenses are all the other costs of running your business other than your cost of goods sold. Like your cost of goods sold, your expense will be a percent of sales on your profit & loss. Your expenses will be broken down into subcategories that will allow you to track where your profits are going. You ...

An Expensive Lesson to Learn - The $10,000 Business Mistake

May 27, 2019 10:00 - 28 minutes - 33.7 MB

      An Expensive Lesson to Learn A Small Business Owner Learned a $10,000 Lesson and wanted me to share what happened in order to help others learn from her and her husband’s mistake. Well, technically, they didn’t make a mistake, but in trying to solve one problem, they discovered another. Both lessons are things I see and hear about all the time and in this episode, I share what happened in hopes of you learning from their situation and hopefully avoiding the same in problem and f...

What Goes Into Your COGS

May 23, 2019 10:00 - 18 minutes - 22.2 MB

    What Goes Into Your COGS In this week’s know your business numbers series, we will discuss the next part of your P & L Report - Your COGS.  But what exactly goes into your costs of goods sold? Where does payroll go? Cogs or Expenses?  Should you breakdown your COGS into categories? We will take a look at these items plus why your COGS might be lower or higher than what you actually use that month.   ~~~~   The Local Small Business Coach Podcast is for Local Small Business Ow...

KYBN - What Goes Into Your COGS

May 23, 2019 10:00 - 18 minutes - 22.2 MB

    What Goes Into Your COGS In this week’s know your business numbers series, we will discuss the next part of your P & L Report - Your COGS.  But what exactly goes into your costs of goods sold? Where does payroll go? Cogs or Expenses?  Should you breakdown your COGS into categories? We will take a look at these items plus why your COGS might be lower or higher than what you actually use that month.   ~~~~   The Local Small Business Coach Podcast is for Local Small Business Ow...

Fine Tune Your Elevator Speech

May 20, 2019 10:00 - 13 minutes - 15.4 MB

Fine Tune Your Elevator Speech Leave Them Knowing the Pain Points You Solve | Whether you are at a networking event or being asked what you do for a living, you often times only have 30, 60, 90 seconds to tell folks what it is you do.  Many of us, tell them the industry we are in but fail to tell them the pain points we solve. One is about 'branding' and the other is what will help them refer you to their family, friends, customers.   For example, a landscaper might say they do landsc...

Breaking Down Revenue on Your Profit & Loss Statement

May 16, 2019 10:00 - 16 minutes - 18.7 MB

  Breaking Down Revenue on Your Profit & Loss Statement In today’s episode:  In this week's episode of the Know Your Business Numbers Series, I want to share why I think you need to break down your sales/revenue categories on your income statement. By looking at each core area of your sales, you can gain a lot of intel on where you should be focusing your energy and time to grow your sales, but also on where to grow your profits. Information is power and there are a lot of opportunities ...

Too Busy to Work "ON" the Business vs Just "IN" the Business

May 13, 2019 10:00 - 22 minutes - 26.5 MB

Too Busy to Work "ON" the Business vs Just "IN" the Business In today’s episode:  What if You Are Just Too Busy to Do Anything Else When Your Hair is On Fire and Business Is Going Crazy? When all the time you have is trying to stay afloat and keep things going? Is it ok that you don’t have the time to work “ON” the business since all you seem to be doing is working “IN” the business?   ~~~~   The Local Small Business Coach Podcast is for Local Small Business Owners who are tired o...

KYBN - Are You Leveraging Your ROI?

May 09, 2019 10:00 - 18 minutes - 21.2 MB

Are You Leveraging Your ROI? In today’s episode:  Why Do You Need to Know Your Return on Your Investment? Everything you do is tied to ROI. When you invest your time & money into your systems, people, programs, advertising, etc., you want to make sure you are getting the right ROI. Too many small business owners just look at how long something will take or how much it will cost without realizing they will make way more money in the long run if they would just calculate out the ROI. Ta...

Are You Leveraging Your ROI?

May 09, 2019 10:00 - 18 minutes - 21.2 MB

Are You Leveraging Your ROI? In today’s episode:  Why Do You Need to Know Your Return on Your Investment? Everything you do is tied to ROI. When you invest your time & money into your systems, people, programs, advertising, etc., you want to make sure you are getting the right ROI. Too many small business owners just look at how long something will take or how much it will cost without realizing they will make way more money in the long run if they would just calculate out the ROI. Ta...

What You Could Learn from Jack Welch on Leading Your Team

May 06, 2019 10:00 - 17 minutes - 20.9 MB

  What You Could Learn from Jack Welch on Leading Your Team In today’s episode:  Jack Welch was one of the greatest CEOs who believed strongly in the power of developing a great team around him. Every small business owner should look at what Jack Welch believed in and how they can work the same mentality into how they build their team. What he a perfect leader? No, but there was a lot that he did right and what he did with General Electric was achieved through his vision of strong l...

KYBN - Calculating Out Gross Margin

May 02, 2019 10:00 - 14 minutes - 17.1 MB

Calculating Out Gross Margin In today’s episode:  Figuring Out Your Gross Margin Percentage is a Simple Calculation You Should Be Doing on Each of Your Products and Services as Well as for Your Business Overall. Without this knowledge, you are flying by the seat of your pants and “hoping” you guess right. This is one number you MUST know and it is easy to do, so let's take a look at how and why.     ~~~~   The Local Small Business Coach Podcast is for Local Small Business Owners...

Calculating Out Gross Margin

May 02, 2019 10:00 - 14 minutes - 17.1 MB

Calculating Out Gross Margin In today’s episode:  Figuring Out Your Gross Margin Percentage is a Simple Calculation You Should Be Doing on Each of Your Products and Services as Well as for Your Business Overall. Without this knowledge, you are flying by the seat of your pants and “hoping” you guess right. This is one number you MUST know and it is easy to do, so let's take a look at how and why.     ~~~~   The Local Small Business Coach Podcast is for Local Small Business Owners...

Stop Shooting Yourself in the Foot!

April 29, 2019 10:00 - 23 minutes - 26.9 MB

Stop Shooting Yourself in the Foot! In today’s episode:  Stop Shooting Yourself in the Foot!! | You Are Your Own Worst Enemy & You Are Costing Yourself Sales, Profits and Customers! I'll share the story of 3 different business owners this past week that are shooting themselves in the foot and yet still wonder why they are losing business.     QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” – Zig Ziglar   ~~~~   The Local Small Business Coach...

KYBN - Understanding Your Profit and Loss Statement

April 25, 2019 10:00 - 23 minutes - 27.1 MB

  Understanding Your Profit and Loss Statement In today’s episode:  The cornerstone of knowing your business numbers begins with your business report card – Your Profit & Loss Statement.  It is important that you know some of the key areas you should be looking at each month. Let’s walk through a typical P & L statement and how you can use to understand your profitability. Increase Your Profits by Understanding Your Business Numbers   QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Fears are nothing more than a ...

Understanding Your Profit and Loss Statement

April 25, 2019 10:00 - 23 minutes - 27.1 MB

  Understanding Your Profit and Loss Statement In today’s episode:  The cornerstone of knowing your business numbers begins with your business report card – Your Profit & Loss Statement.  It is important that you know some of the key areas you should be looking at each month. Let’s walk through a typical P & L statement and how you can use to understand your profitability. Increase Your Profits by Understanding Your Business Numbers   QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Fears are nothing more than a ...

4 Fears Holding You Back

April 22, 2019 10:00 - 22 minutes - 27.2 MB

4 Fears Holding You Back | Fear of Failure | Fear of Success | Fear of Finding Out | Fear of Looking Stupid In today’s episode:  We take a look at 4 common fears that prevent people from taking the next steps in their business. Not everything is a fear of failure. While yes, it is a common one, it isn’t the only one that holds people back.  Let’s take a look at a few others tend to hold folks back.   QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Fears are nothing more than a state of mind” – Napoleon Hill   ...

KYBN - What is Your Business Break Even Point?

April 18, 2019 10:00 - 24 minutes - 28.7 MB

What is Your Business's Breakeven Point? EPISODE 251 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   In today’s episode:  Do you know what your sales need to be to Breakeven? If you are like most business owners, you don’t. However, this is one of the most important numbers you need to know. Especially if you have a seasonal business. Your Breakeven point is where the sales you produce allow you to pay for your cost of goods plus any expenses you have. Let’s take a deeper dive to help you...

What is Your Business Break Even Point?

April 18, 2019 10:00 - 24 minutes - 28.7 MB

What is Your Business's Breakeven Point? EPISODE 251 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   In today’s episode:  Do you know what your sales need to be to Breakeven? If you are like most business owners, you don’t. However, this is one of the most important numbers you need to know. Especially if you have a seasonal business. Your Breakeven point is where the sales you produce allow you to pay for your cost of goods plus any expenses you have. Let’s take a deeper dive to help you...

9 Lessons I Learned from My Ice Cream Shop

April 15, 2019 10:00 - 30 minutes - 36.5 MB

  9 Lessons I Learned from My Ice Cream Shop EPISODE 250 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   In today’s episode:  Lessons to Share from My Business to Yours | Going from Corporate American to Local Business Owner was an interesting transition. During my 5 years of owning my ice cream shop, I learned a few things that every future small business owner making the transition, will probably learn as well.    QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Life is a succession of lessons which must be l...

How to Find Money Laying Around

April 11, 2019 10:00 - 24 minutes - 29 MB

How to Find Money Laying Around EPISODE 249 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast In today’s episode:  How to Find Money Laying Around | Time for You to Address the Inventory You Are Sitting On – One area that many business owners fail to realize is keeping them cash poor is the inventory that they are sitting on. Product that is sitting on shelves, in boxes in a bedroom, out in the shed or garage or even a storage locker is money sitting there that could be better spent in the busi...

Having Boundaries for Family Owned Businesses

April 08, 2019 10:00 - 30 minutes - 35.9 MB

Having Boundaries for Family Owned Businesses EPISODE 248 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast In today’s episode:  Having Boundaries for Family Owned Businesses | Why Most Family Businesses Struggle & Fail – I’ll share with you a recent email I received from a business owner who is struggling with his family business and we will go over why having boundaries are key to success. We will also discuss why having a mission/vision will be crucial as you pass down the business through t...

Find a Need and Fill It

April 04, 2019 10:00 - 16 minutes - 19.4 MB

  Find a Need and Fill It! EPISODE 247 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast In today’s episode:  What Local Small Business Does Your Community Need? Our communities have needs all the time. Maybe yours is like mine, in desperate need of a mover? Or maybe a handyman that specializes in manufactured homes? Maybe someone that focuses on 55+ communities. There is a need in your community, and you have the ability to solve it. This is the best way for you to grow your business!   ~~...

Markup vs Margin - Why Your Local Small Business Might Be Missing Your Margin Goal

April 01, 2019 10:00 - 19 minutes - 23.1 MB

Markup vs Margin - Why Your Local Small Business Might Be Missing Your Margin Goal EPISODE 246 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast In today’s episode:  Markup vs Margin - Why Your Local Small Business Might Be Missing Your Margin Goal When making pricing decisions for your products or services, do you tend to assign a dollar amount to the costs to determine how much you plan to mark them up or do you have a certain percentage that you use? A big mistake that some business owne...

KYBN - Markup vs Margin - Why Your Local Small Business Might Be Missing Your Margin Goal

April 01, 2019 10:00 - 19 minutes - 23.1 MB

Markup vs Margin - Why Your Local Small Business Might Be Missing Your Margin Goal EPISODE 246 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast In today’s episode:  Markup vs Margin - Why Your Local Small Business Might Be Missing Your Margin Goal When making pricing decisions for your products or services, do you tend to assign a dollar amount to the costs to determine how much you plan to mark them up or do you have a certain percentage that you use? A big mistake that some business owne...

BONUS: You Don't Have to Be Alone!

March 28, 2019 10:00 - 6 minutes - 8.5 MB

BONUS EPISODE: You Don't Have to Be Alone! Even Badass Business Owners have times in their business where they feel they have no one to turn to, no one that will understand. That isn't true. There are others going through what you are right now. I encourage you to reach out to me if you need. ~~~~ The Local Small Business Coach Podcast is for Local Small Business Owners who are tired of living job to job and want to get to $100,000 in personal income. Each episode we discuss how to in...

Are You a Badass Business Owner?

March 25, 2019 10:00 - 21 minutes - 24.7 MB

EPISODE 245 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast WHY DO YOU DO WHAT YOU DO? In today’s episode:  Are You a Badass Business Owner? Of Course You Are! Badass Business Owners Do What it Takes to Build Their Dream. They get knocked down, they get back up. They identify the worst case scenario but focus on the possibilities. They have a can do attitude that pushes them forward to create something amazing. They dig deep and find their power when they need it. Are You a Badass Business Ow...

Why Do You Do What You Do

March 18, 2019 10:00 - 16 minutes - 18.6 MB

EPISODE 244 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast WHY DO YOU DO WHAT YOU DO?   In today’s episode:  We all need to have a “why”. Our “why” is what motivates us and keeps us on track for our mission, our passion. On this episode, we will take a look at why you want to know your “why” and how it can help keep you on track for your business goals and your personal journey.   QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” -- Amel...

Coach, Cheerleader and Mentor

March 14, 2019 10:00 - 10 minutes - 12.5 MB

EPISODE 243 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast When to Be a Coach, Cheerleader or Mentor In today’s episode:  We all need three people in our life: a Coach, a Cheerleader & a Mentor. However, we are also all three to others as well. Each one plays a different role. One kicks us in the pants and provides direction, one picks us up and cheers us on to accomplish amazing things even when we have no shot and the other is our sounding board and whose advice we truly appreciate. Let’s ...

Hiring that First Employee

March 11, 2019 10:00 - 32 minutes - 38 MB

  EPISODE 242 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Hiring that First Employee In today’s episode:  It is always scary to hire that first employee. You wonder how do you know what to set up to make it legal, if you will find the right person, and what steps do you take once you find them?   In this episode, we will take a look at all 3 of those buckets.  Here are some of the highlights we will discuss:   Finding the Right Person    Don’t Settle - Start Looking Now even if no...

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