The How of Business Podcast
The Podcast for Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs.
The How of Business podcast is focused on helping you start, run and grow your small business. Our free on-demand audio podcast show offers practical advice, tips and techniques for existing business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs.
Weekly episodes include discussions of small business topics with host Henry Lopez, and interviews with other successful entrepreneurs and professionals. [read more about Henry Lopez]
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The Experience Mindset. How to develop an Experience Mindset, which considers both the customer and the employee experience, to grow our business with Tiffani Bova. The fastest way to get customers to love your brand is to get employees to love their jobs. Tiffani Bova is the global ...
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Think Like a CFO. Think like a CFO (Chief Financial Officer) to understand and use your financials to grow your small business (starting at 9:00) with Danielle Hendon. Regardless of the size of your small business, managing your financials is critical to the profitability, not to mention the ...
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Closing Intelligence with Oscar Subirats. Closing Intelligence to help you increase sales close rates (starting at 17:56) with entrepreneur Oscar Subirats. Oscar shares his inspiring entrepreneur journey and how to improve your ability to close sales opportunities and get to yes so you can grow your small business ...
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The Conquering Creative with William Warren. The Conquering Creative with William Warren – how to build an unstoppable creative business. William is the Founder and CEO of The Sketch Effect, a Visual Communication company, and the author “The Conquering Creative – 9 Shifts to Build an Unstoppable Creative ...
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Risk Management for Small Business. Risk Management for Small Business with John Morlan, an insurance and risk management industry expert with over 20 years of experience. John shares his experiences with helping small businesses reduce their risks, creating safer and more productive work environments, and potentially reduce the ...
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Introduction to The How of Business Podcast Show. Welcome to this updated episode Zero (introduction to the podcast show) of The How of Business podcast, hosed by Henry Lopez. Thanks to all of you who have been listening and supporting The How of Business podcast. And if you have ...
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Are You Ready to be Your Own Boss? Ready to launch your first small business? Henry & David help you determine if you are prepared to start your first small business. They share their experiences transitioning from the corporate world to becoming small business owners. Are you ready to ...
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Small Business Startup Checklist. Small Business Startup Checklist to help you launch your first business, with serial entrepreneur Henry Lopez. Henry explains the primary steps involved with starting your first small business and realizing your dreams of entrepreneurship. Free Download: Small Business Startup Checklist The Small Business Startup ...
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Small Business Plans. How to create an effective small business plan to help you develop and launch your business, with Henry Lopez. Henry is a serial entrepreneur, small business coach, and host of The How of Business podcast. Henry Lopez, Host of The How of Business Podcast On ...
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Financial Projections Online Workshop Financial Projections Online Workshop (on 7/12/23, 8-9:30pm Eastern) Workshop Registration: Financial Projections Online Workshop for Small Business Startups How to create the Financial Projections or Proforma to help you start a successful and profitable small business. During this 90-minute live and interactive online workshop, Henry ...
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Franchise Business Update with Giuseppe Grammatico Small Business Franchise update with Giuseppe Grammatico – The Franchise Guide. On this episode we discuss common franchise myths, evaluating if a franchise is for you, highlights from Henry’s current franchise business search, the latest hot trends in franchising, and several free resources ...
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The Simplest Biz Update with John Wilker. The Simplest Biz Update, a shipping products brokerage business, with entrepreneur John Wilker and special guest Tom Hinson. John Wilker is former construction contractor and the founder of The Simplest Biz – a shipping products brokerage business. John has developed a ...
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Handyman Business Startup with Dan Perry. How to start and grow a handyman small business with Dan Perry. Dan shares how and why he transitioned from a mechanical engineering career to starting a handyman business, Handyman Startup, and tip & insights on how to start your own handyman ...
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The Experience Mindset. How to develop an Experience Mindset, which considers both the customer and the employee experience, to grow our business with Tiffani Bova. The fastest way to get customers to love your brand is to get employees to love their jobs. Tiffani Bova is the global ...
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Think Like a CFO. Think like a CFO (Chief Financial Officer) to understand and use your financials to grow your small business (starting at 9:00) with Danielle Hendon. Regardless of the size of your small business, managing your financials is critical to the profitability, not to mention the ...
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Closing Intelligence with Oscar Subirats. Closing Intelligence to help you increase sales close rates (starting at 17:56) with entrepreneur Oscar Subirats. Oscar shares his inspiring entrepreneur journey and how to improve your ability to close sales opportunities and get to yes so you can grow your small business ...
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The Conquering Creative with William Warren. The Conquering Creative with William Warren – how to build an unstoppable creative business. William is the Founder and CEO of The Sketch Effect, a Visual Communication company, and the author “The Conquering Creative – 9 Shifts to Build an Unstoppable Creative ...
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Risk Management for Small Business. Risk Management for Small Business with John Morlan, an insurance and risk management industry expert with over 20 years of experience. John shares his experiences with helping small businesses reduce their risks, creating safer and more productive work environments, and potentially reduce the ...
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Launching Oransi with Entrepreneur Peter Mann. Launching Oransi with entrepreneur Peter Mann. Peter shares his entrepreneur journey, dealing with an autism diagnosis later in life and starting his business. From serving in the military, to a later-in-life autism diagnosis, Peter shares his inspiring entrepreneur journey, including founding and ...
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Shortcut Your Startup with Courtney Reum. How to shortcut your startup with Courtney Reum, co-author of the national bestseller “Shortcut Your Startup: Speed up Success with Unconventional Advice from the Trenches”. Courtney shares practical advice for entrepreneurs looking to bring their ideas to market quickly and effectively. Courtney ...
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Personal Qualities for Success with Charles McCarrick. How to transform your personal qualities for success in small business with Charles McCarrick. How can you transform your personal qualities to help you achieve success? Charles shared insights and stories from his new book, “Lessons My Brothers Taught Me”. Charles ...
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Employee Background Checks with Travis Reiter. Employee background checks with Travis Reiter, to help you screen and hire the right employees for your small business (starting at 14:40). [DISCLAIMER: You should seek your own legal counsel before implementing any of the practices or actions discussed on this episode, ...
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Marketing Media for Small Business with Mary Ann Pruitt. Understanding the variety of Marketing Media for Small Business with Mary Ann Pruitt. Small Business Owners need to understand and invest in the right mix of marketing media to promote a small business successfully. Mary Ann shares her insights ...
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Prepare for Successful Small Business Partnership. How to prepare for a successful small business partnership including the Business Partnership Checklist. Henry Lopez, serial entrepreneur and host of The How of Business podcast, shares his experiences and tips for a successful partnership. This episode is about preparing for a successful ...
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Anxious Achiever with Superpower Skills with Morra Aarons-Mele. How the Anxious Achiever can turn their biggest fears into Superpowers to help start and grow a small business with Morra Aarons-Mele. Morra shares how she has helped herself and others to turn their biggest fears into life-changing leadership. For ...
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Entrepreneurship for Creatives with Walid Azami. Entrepreneurship for Creatives with Walid Azami. How Walid Azami overcame the challenges of being a refuge to start and grow his photography business. Walid shares his experiences as a professional photographer – including overcoming the challenges of being an immigrant to build ...
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Entrepreneurship for Creatives with Walid Azami. Entrepreneurship for Creatives with Walid Azami. How Walid Azami overcame the challenges of being a refuge to start and grow his photography business. Walid shares his experiences as a professional photographer – including overcoming the challenges of being an immigrant to build ...
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Entrepreneurship & Partnerships with Pat Flynn & Matt Gartland. Entrepreneurship & Partnerships with Pat Flynn & Matt Gartland – their entrepreneurship journey and how and why they work as business partners (starting at 23:30). Pat and Matt share their entrepreneurial experiences and how they built and grew their ...
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Improve Attention to Detail with Chris Denny. Improve Attention to Detail with Chris Denny, to help you start, run and grow your small business. Chris shares insights on how to develop attention to detail, for yourself and your team, to help you achieve success as a small business owner ...
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Conquer the Chaos with Clate Mask. How to conquer the chaos of small business with entrepreneur Clate Mask. Clate Mask is the co-founder and CEO of Keap (formerly Infusionsoft), a sales and marketing automation software for small businesses. He is a national speaker on entrepreneurship and small business success, ...
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Launching & Growing Swingers Crazy Golf with Matt Grech-Smith. Launching and growing Swingers Crazy Golf with entrepreneur Matt Grech-Smith. Matt is the co-founder and co-CEO of Swingers – the crazy golf club, which has reinvented mini golf for an adult audience by adding gourmet street food, cocktails and a ...
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Don’t miss an episode – please follow or subscribe: Experiential Intelligence with Soren Kaplan. Experiential Intelligence with Soren Kaplan – how a combination of mindsets, abilities, and know-how gathered from life experience can empower you to achieve your goals and build your successful small business. Soren Kaplan, PhD, is ...
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Attention-to-Detail Skills with Henry Lopez. How and why you and your team should develop your attention to detail skills with host Henry Lopez. Henry shares his thoughts, opinions and experiences related to improving your “Attention to Detail” skills, and helping your team improve their attention to detail as well ...
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SBA Small Business Loans with Ray Drew. SBA Small Business Loans with Ray Drew, Managing Business Development Officer at Fund-Ex, one of the top SBA lenders in the country. Ray shares his knowledge of SBA lending, specifically the SBA 7a loan program, for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Ray ...
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Starting Make Bake with Kristina Schlegel. Starting Make Bake with entrepreneur Kristina Schlegel. Kristina shares her entrepreneurial journey and her experiences launching Make Bake a CPG baking & food craft brand. Kristina Schlegel is the founder of Make Bake, and creator of Stickies –The Stickers You Can Eat!® “Our ...
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2023 Small Business Kick Off with Henry Lopez. This a special 2023 small business kick off episode, with some tips and thoughts for success, for both aspiring business owners and exiting small business owners, as we get the new year started. Review of the previous year, goal setting, tips ...
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Employee Recognition with Debra Corey. How effective employee recognition helps you develop your team and your small business with Debra Corey (starting at 8:35). Debra is an award-winning HR Leader and author who shares her experiences and advice on how to improve employee recognition which results in improved employee ...
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Product Development with Henrik Johansson. How to conduct product development with Henrik Johansson, co-founder and CEO of Gembah, a product development platform and marketplace. Henrik Johansson is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded and built Boundless into a $100M product company. Currently he is the co-founder and CEO of Gembah, ...
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Latest in Franchising with Giuseppe Grammatico. The latest in franchising with franchise consultant Giuseppe Grammatico. Latest trends in franchising, Henry’s franchise evaluation approach, Giuseppe’s 4-Step Franchise Freedom Process, and several free resources for you! Giuseppe Grammatico is a franchising advisor who has owned several Master Franchise licenses and has ...
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Text Lead Capture with Aaron Weiche. How to use text messages to capture and convert leads with Aaron Weiche. Using SMS (texting) can eliminate friction in your sales process and deliver the responsiveness and speed that many customers expect. Aaron Weiche is the cofounder and CEO of Leadferno, a ...
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Employee Retention with Matt Tenney. Employee retention for small business owners with Matt Tenney. Matt shares his experiences and insights from his journey to becoming a leader and helping others become small business leaders, and how leadership can help you retain the best employees for your small business ...
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7 Deadly Sins of Speaking with Julian Treasure. The 7 Deadly Sins of Speaking and how to avoid them to help make you a better communicator, with Julian Treasure. Julian helps business leaders to listen more consciously, speak more powerfully and use sound more consciously for deeper connections with ...
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Sweet Success with Entrepreneur Candace Nelson. How to achieve sweet success in small business with entrepreneur Candace Nelson, founder of Sprinkles cupcakes. Candace shares highlights of her exciting entrepreneurial journey, including founding Sprinkles cupcakes, and valuable insight into what it takes to achieve sweet success as a small ...
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5 Search Engine Optimization Tips for Small Business Owners. 5 Search Engine Optimization (SEO) tips for small business owners, to help your small business get found online. Adam Kirk, founder of Oostas, shares five actionable tips for business owners (not technical) to improve your organic search engine (including ...
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Variable Compensation Plans for Small Business. How to create and use Variable Compensation Plans, which include a base wage and a variable performance-based commission or bonus, to motivate and reward employees and help you grow your small business. FREE DOWNLOAD: Sample Variable Compensation Plan Variable Compensation Plans can ...
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Entrepreneurship for Military Veterans with Bernie Stone. A discussion of the challenges and opportunities of Entrepreneurship for Military Veterans with entrepreneur and combat veteran Bernie Stone. What are the particular challenges and opportunities for military veterans if they want to transition to entrepreneurship? How does Bunker Labs help ...
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Financial Fitness for Small Business Owners with Tracey Bissett. How to achieve financial fitness for small business owners and entrepreneurs with Tracey Bissett, founder of Bissett Financial Fitness. Tracey shares her entrepreneur journey and why small businesses that plan for the future, especially when it comes to cash ...
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Six Small Business Startup Myths. Six common Small Business Startup Myths discussed and debunked by Henry Lopez and David Begin. These 6 myths can hold you back or mislead you as to the real challenges and opportunities related to starting your first small business. Serial entrepreneurs Henry and ...
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Press Release Publicity with Mickie Kennedy. How Press Release publicity can help you launch and grow your small business, with eReleases founder Mickie Kennedy. Mickie Kennedy share his tips and advice, based on over 24 years of experience as the founder of eReleases, on how to leverage press ...
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Small Business Ownership Readiness Assessment. Determine how ready you are to start your first small business with this Small Business Ownership Readiness Assessment. Henry Lopez, host of The How of Business podcast, shares his thoughts and experiences, and the Business Ownership Readiness Assessment tool, to help you determine ...
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Cash Flow Management for Small Business Owners. Cash Flow Management for Small Business Owners. How to manage and forecast your small business cash flow with Henry Lopez, host of The How of Business podcast. How do you calculate how much cash you will have and need at a ...
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Elevate Your Brand with Jennifer Holland. How to Elevate Your Small Business Brand to attract more business and employees with branding expert Jennifer Holland. Jennifer is back on the show after her highly popular interview on episode 411. If you are looking to improve and leverage the value ...
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Hire Higher with Andrea Hoffer. Hire Higher – how to attract, interview, and grow your small business dream team with entrepreneur Andrea Hoffer. Andrea shares her experiences and expertise on the topic of Hiring. She shares her proven strategies and a proactive approach to hiring, so you can ...
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Small Business Culture. How to develop and maintain a successful culture, and how can it help us grow a small business. What are the benefits of developing a great culture in our small businesses, and how do we establish and nurture our company culture? On this episode, host Henry ...
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Sales Strategies for Small Business with Ryan Dohrn. Sales strategies for small business owners with sales and marketing advisor Ryan Dohrn. Ryan shares his experiences and tips on how to improve your sales capabilities and skills, so that you can grow your small business. If your small business depends ...
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Deep Work to Grow Your Small Business. How to perform in a state of distraction-free concentration that pushes your cognitive [thinking, reasoning, or remembering] capabilities to their limit. These efforts create new value, improve your skill, and allow you to do deep work to grow your small business. David ...
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The Entrepreneurship Journey with Mike McFall. Mike shares his tips and advice for starting and growing a small business, based on his over 23 years of entrepreneurship experience and co-founding Biggby Coffee. Michael J. McFall is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Biggby Coffee – a fast-growing $200-million-dollar coffee ...
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Side-Hustle Small Business with Nick Loper. How to start and grow a side-hustle small business with entrepreneur Nick Loper. For many of us the reality is that we need to start our first business as a side-hustle – a business that we start on the side, while we ...
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Avoiding Partnership Disputes with David Siegel. Avoiding the Partnership or Founder Disputes that can ruin your small business with attorney David Siegel. David Siegel is an attorney and partner at Grellas Shah, LLC. Grellas Shah is a full-service boutique law firm, with a focus on startups, technology, and venture ...
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Sales Fundamentals for Small Business Owners. The fundamentals of effective sales for small business owners, with host Henry Lopez. Henry shares his experiences and thoughts, and walks through the typical sales process, to help you overcome the fear of sales or to improve your sales skills. From the ...
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Transform Your Expertise-Based Business with Erin Austin. How to transform your expertise-based small business with attorney Erin Austin. Erin shares how she helps her clients transform an expertise-based or service business – including consultants, coaches, designers, creative services firms, and other B2B professionals – from an unscalable, income-focused ...
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Linguistics for Small Business with Daniel Hieber. What we should know about Linguistics – the study of human language – as it relates to our small business and careers with Daniel Hieber. Daniel shares some of his knowledge of Linguistics – the study of human language – particularly in ...
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Conflict Resolution with Christy Foley. Conflict Resolution strategies and tactics for small business owners with attorney Christy Foley. As a business owner we often must deal with conflicts of different types, intensity, and significance. On this episodes, Christy Foley shares some valuable insights on how we may be ...
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Hidden Champions with Hermann Simon. What can small business owners learn from the Hidden Champions – the medium-sized, relatively unknown companies that have quietly, under the radar, become world market leaders in their respective industries – with Hermann Simon. Hermann Simon, the man who coined the term Hidden ...
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Culinary Entrepreneurship with Stratis Morfogen. Culinary entrepreneurship with Stratis Morfogen – how he continued his family legacy and built a restaurant empire of his own. Stratis is a highly successful culinary entrepreneur. He grew up in and around the different restaurant businesses that his Greek immigrant family started ...
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Launching Bluebird Provisions with Connor Meakin. Launching Bluebird Provisions, a maker of bone broth food products, with entrepreneur Connor Meakin. Connor shares his entrepreneur journey, how his foot injury led him to discover the health benefits of bone broth, and why and how he started his own bone ...
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Overcoming Decision Paralysis. How overcoming decision paralysis helps you start and grow your small business, with Henry Lopez and David Begin. Decision Paralysis is the fear of making that final decision, either to start a business or make a significant change in your current small business, that paralyzes ...
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Strategic Foresight for Small Business Owners. How to develop and use Strategic Foresight to help you prepare for the future of your small business, with futurist Rebecca Ryan. As an entrepreneur, how can I possibly predict the future and anticipate and prepare for the impact on my small ...
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Better Writing Better Service with Caity Cronkhite. Better Writing for Better Service experiences for your small business customers with Caity Cronkhite. How can better writing, particularly the technical writing (which can include training content, customer support documents, and even consumer product instructions) that we rely on internally and in ...
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Entrepreneur’s Lifecycle with Jane Allen. The stages of the entrepreneur’s lifecycle and journey with Jane Allen. Jane also shares her personal story, from attorney to business owner and now the CEO of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center. Jane Allen is an entrepreneur and founder of Counsel on Call (today known ...
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Domain Names for Your Small Business with Andrew Allemann. Choosing and protecting your Domain Name (website address) for your small business with domain expert Andrew Allemann. Andrew will share his diverse entrepreneurial journey, and his insights and tips on domain names (website addresses, web address, URL, etc.) from a ...
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Hire Better to Grow Your Small Business with Kurt Wilkin. How to hire better to grow your small business with Kurt Wilkin. Kurt also shares his entrepreneur journey, and insights and tips on how to Hire Better to help us launch, run and grow a small business. Kurt Wilkin ...
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Risk Management for Small Business with Ivy Walker. Risk Management for Small Business – how to manage the risks that can have catastrophic impact on your small business, with Ivy Walker. “Small businesses like yours face a large and growing threat from a number of risks that they ...
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Collaborative Creativity and Leading High-Performing Teams. Collaborative Creativity and leading High-Performing Teams to launch and grow a small business. On this episode Henry Lopez and David Begin discuss the topic of Collaborative Creativity and leading high-performing teams – from a business partnership, business owner, and corporate management perspectives ...
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Email Marketing for Small Business. How to use Email Marketing to help you grow your small business, with host Henry Lopez. Henry shares tips and best practices for effective email marketing as an integral part of your overall marketing efforts. From how to build your email list, to ...
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Jumpseat Leadership for Entrepreneurs with Peter Docker. Jumpseat Leadership for entrepreneurs with Peter Docker. Peter shares his life experiences and an approach and method of leadership for small business owners. Peter’s amazing journey and experiences, and his approach and method of leadership called “Jumpseat Leadership” which is the ...
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Buying and Selling an HVAC Business with Patrick Lange. What to consider when buying or selling an HVAC, or heating and air, small business. Patrick Lange, an HVAC business broker, shares his insights and experiences in the industry and his journey as an entrepreneur. Patrick Lange with Business ...
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Is Your Business Sellable? with Mike Finger. Is your small business sellable, and what you need to have the freedom to sell your small business when and if you choose to, with Mike Finger. On this episode we focus on preparing your business for sale, common misconceptions and ...
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Branding for Small Business with Jennifer Holland. Branding for small business owners with Jennifer Holland, a Certified Brand Strategist. Jennifer shares experiences from her entrepreneurial journey, from artist to successfully brand engagement agency owner, and her insights on developing and maintaining an effective brand for your small business ...
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Commercial Real Estate with JP Humphrey. Commercial real estate for small business owners with JP Humphrey, a Commercial Real Estate Agent in the Dallas, Texas area. JP shares his career journey and his insights and tips on commercial real estate for small business owners. JP Humphrey is a commercial ...
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Selling on Amazon with Steven Pope. How to successfully sell your product on Amazon with entrepreneur and Amazon expert Steve Pope. Steven Pope is the founder of My Amazon Guy. My Amazon Guy is a full-service Amazon Agency that helps their clients growth hack sales through traffic and conversion ...
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Small Business Startup Checklist. Small Business Startup Checklist to help you launch your first business, with serial entrepreneur Henry Lopez. Henry explains the primary steps involved with starting your first small business and realizing your dreams of entrepreneurship. Free Download: Small Business Startup Checklist The Small Business Startup ...
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Funding Your Small Business Startup. How to fund your small business startup with Henry Lopez, serial entrepreneur and host of this podcast. This episode is about helping you determine how you will fund your small business startup. It costs money to start a business, so where will that ...
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Profit & Loss and Cash for Small Business. Advanced Profit & Loss Statement (P&L) concepts and how to monitor the cash in your small business, with serial entrepreneur Henry Lopez. On this episode Henry shares additional concepts, tips and thoughts on using your financial statements to help you ...
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Setting Boundaries for Business Owners with Angela Wagner. How to set personal boundaries for business owners, with entrepreneur and life coach Angela Wagner. On this episode Angela and Henry discuss the challenge, and the need, to set and manage boundaries related to our personal lives and our small business ...
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The Simplest Biz Update with John Wilker. The Simplest Biz Update, a shipping products brokerage business, with entrepreneur John Wilker and special guest Tom Hinson. John Wilker is former construction contractor and the founder of The Simplest Biz – a shipping products brokerage business. John has developed a ...
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Franchise Business Update with Giuseppe Grammatico Small Business Franchise update with Giuseppe Grammatico – The Franchise Guide. On this episode we discuss common franchise myths, evaluating if a franchise is for you, highlights from Henry’s current franchise business search, the latest hot trends in franchising, and several free resources ...
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Inventing Wad-Free with Entrepreneur Cyndi Bray. How entrepreneur Cyndi Bray invented and marketed Wad-Free – a practical home-laundry product that keeps your bed sheets from wadding up in your washer or dryer. Cyndi shares her entrepreneur story and how she invented, developed and launched a practical home-laundry product, including ...
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Health Tech Business Startup with Co-Founder Erika Tyburski. Health Tech Business Startup with Co-Founder Erika Tyburski. Erika shares her entrepreneur journey and how she co-founded Sanguina, a health technology company that creates diagnostics and wellness tools for at-home testing. Erika Tyburski is the CEO and co-founder of Sanguina ...
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The How of Business Podcast Update. The How of Business podcast update and summary, including highlights on how to start, run and grow a small business. Henry also summarizes some of his favorite episodes and resources to help you achieve your business ownership dreams. This is a special summary ...
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Handyman Business Startup with Dan Perry. How to start and grow a handyman small business with Dan Perry. Dan shares how and why he transitioned from a mechanical engineering career to starting a handyman business, Handyman Startup, and tip & insights on how to start your own handyman ...
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How to Start Your Podcast Show with Mark Hayward. How to start your own podcast show (starting at 17:00) with entrepreneur and podcaster Mark Hayward. We briefly explore Mark’s entrepreneurial journey and what led him to launch his own podcast show, and then share tips and advice on ...
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Profit & Loss Statement for Small Business. How to use your Profit & Loss Statement (P&L) to help you measure and manage a profitable small business, with serial entrepreneur Henry Lopez. Are you making or losing money in your small business? This episode is about helping you answer ...
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Think Red Flags for Small Business with Walter Hill. How to Think Red Flags, a proactive and profitable approach for your small business, with entrepreneur Walter Hill. We also explore Walter’s entrepreneurial journey, and his new book “Think Red Flags – A Proactive and Profitable Approach For Your Small ...
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Don’t miss an episode – please follow or subscribe: Financial Projections for Small Business Startup. How to create the Financial Projections or Proforma to help you start a successful and profitable small business. This episode is about creating your Financial Projections for your business plan. Join Henry Lopez for ...
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Business Ideas with Entrepreneur Norman Crowley. How to develop new small business ideas with serial entrepreneur Norman Crowley. Norman also shares his inspiring entrepreneurial journey. How do we come up with great business ideas? Is the idea the easy part, and execution the harder part? How do you ...
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Managing Hourly Employees. Managing Hourly-Wage Employees – how to effectively manage and lead hourly or minimum wage employees. This can be a challenge for those of us who transition from a corporate or professional environment and are faced with hiring and managing hourly-wage employees. On this episode, David Begin ...
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Launching & Growing Flourish Market with Emily Grey. Launching & Growing The Flourish Market with Emily Grey- how Emily transitioned from a Wall Street career to owning her own fashion boutique – which she started from a truck and has grown into a 7-figure brick-and-mortar retail and online ...
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Overcoming Perfectionism with Audrey Holst. Overcoming perfectionism to help you grow your small business with Audrey Holst. As a lifelong recovering perfectionist himself, Henry Lopez – host of The How of Business podcast – is fully aware of the challenges of being a business owner and a perfectionist ...
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Launching Avec with Alex Doman. Launching Avec, a maker of canned drink mixers with healthy ingredients, with entrepreneur Alex Doman. We also explore Alex’s entrepreneurial journey. Alex Doman is the co-founder of AVEC – a maker of canned drink mixers with healthy ingredients including real juice, low or ...
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Entrepreneurial Operating System with Kelly Knight. Introduction to the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) with Kelly Knight, President & Integrator of EOS Worldwide. Whether you are an established small business in need of the infrastructure to support your growth, or you are planning to start your first business, on this ...
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Your Small Business Avatar with Henry Lopez. Henry Lopez, Host of The How of Business Podcast How to create your small business Avatar profile, a personification of your ideal client or customer, with Henry Lopez. Henry is a serial entrepreneur, small business coach, and host of The How of Business ...
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Launching the Creator Nova Marketplace with Mark Fleming. Launching the Creator Nova Marketplace with Mark Fleming. Mark’s entrepreneur journey, the launching of Creator Nova – a marketplace empowering brand influencers to launch their own beauty brands – and how influencers can leverage this platform to tap into the huge ...
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Federal Government Contracts with Kizzy Parks. How service-based business owners can find and land Federal Government Contracts with Kizzy Parks. Kizzy Parks is the founder of K. Parks Consulting (KPC), and she recently launched GovConWinners to help service-based small business owners learn how to win profitable government contracts. Kizzy, ...
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Connect for Life to Grow Your Business with John Humphrey. How to network and connect for life to grow your business with John Humphrey. How can you developed long-term connections that help you win more opportunities and grow your small business? John has developed a methodology, and recently ...
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Selling iTopIt with Henry & David. Selling iTopIt with Henry & David – why and how we sold our iTopIt frozen yogurt shop, after 10 years of profitable operations. Co-owners and business partners Henry Lopez and David Begin discuss the origins of this small business, what they did ...
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Small Business Referrals. How to get more referrals, including when and how to ask for them, to grow your small business with serial entrepreneur Henry Lopez. On this episode of The How of Business podcast, Henry Lopez focuses on the topic of small business Referrals. Why are they so ...
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Small Business Plans. How to create an effective small business plan to help you develop and launch your business, with Henry Lopez. Henry is a serial entrepreneur, small business coach, and host of The How of Business podcast. Henry Lopez, Host of The How of Business Podcast On ...
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Surviving a Small Business Start-Up with Steve Hoffman. How to survive a small business start-up, and avoid some of the common mistakes, with entrepreneur Steve Hoffman. Steve shares his wisdom and insights on how to survive a start-up – how can you avoid some of the common mistakes and ...
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Social Selling on LinkedIn with Bill McCormick. Social Selling on LinkedIn for B2B connections with Bill McCormick. How to connect and build authentic relationships on LinkedIn. If you are like most other B2B business owners, you are on LinkedIn. It has certainly become the dominate online platform for making ...
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Profit First System with Rocky Lalvani. The Profit First system for small business success and profitability with entrepreneur Rocky Lalvani. Many small business owners don’t really know if they are profitable. At best, you run your business, and measure its ongoing success by seeing how much cash you have ...
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Launching & Growing MaidThis with Neel Parekh. Launching and growing MaidThis, a fully remote cleaning business and franchise, with entrepreneur Neel Parekh. Neel shares the story of how he launched MaidThis – a business that specializes in cleaning services for residential homes and short-term/vacation rental properties – and grown ...
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Start-Up Funding for Small Business with Hall Martin. How to seek and secure start-up funding for small business owners with Hall Martin, an entrepreneur and angel investor. Getting the money to fund our small business start-up is often where we hit a wall. We may not qualify for ...
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SEO and Google My Business Page with Adam Kirk. How to improve your Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and use your Google My Business Page to help your small business get found online. Adam Kirk, founder of Oostas, shares his tips and advice. For most of us, we ...
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Launching TerraSlate Paper with Kyle Ewing. Launching and growing TerraSlate Paper with Kyle Ewing. Kyle Ewing is an entrepreneur and the President and Founder of TerraSlate Paper – TerraSlate Paper is a tear-proof & waterproof laser printer paper. How do you develop an idea for a unique product, ...
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Overcoming the Fear of Financials with Mark Butler. How to overcome the fear of financials and use bookkeeping and budgeting for small business financial planning with Mark Butler, founder of Let’s Do the Books. We have released several episodes recently on the topic of bookkeeping, accounting, and business ...
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Your Small Business Elevator Pitch. How to create an effective Elevator Pitch to help you grow your small business, with Henry Lopez. Henry is a serial entrepreneur, small business coach, and host of The How of Business podcast. Every business owner should have an Elevator Pitch–a brief but ...
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Launching Proper Good with Christopher Jane. Launching Proper Good, a direct-to-consumer food company specializing in quick healthy meal options, with entrepreneur Christopher Jane. He also shares his entrepreneur journey. Christopher Jane is an entrepreneur and the Founder & CEO of Proper Good – Proper Good offers 90-second meal solutions ...
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David Begin’s Entrepreneurship Success Story. David Begin shares his entrepreneurship success story, including transitioning from a corporate career to building a highly successful car wash business. David Begin is a successful entrepreneur, Henry’s friend and business partner, and former co-host of this podcast. David is the founder of Carwash ...
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Financial Planning for Small Business Growth with Danielle Hayden. How to use Financial Planning and goal setting to help you grow your small business with Danielle Hayden. Danielle is a CPA, author and the Co-Founder of Kickstart Accounting, Inc. Successful business owners know their numbers. They have a plan for ...
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Employee Retention Tax Credit with Brad Mewes. How to get the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERC) for your small business (starting at 18:58) with Brad Mewes. Small businesses impacted by COVID-19 may be eligible for a payroll tax credit refund from the IRS. Brad also shares his entrepreneur ...
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Small Business Marketing Plan Overview. Why you need a Marketing Plan and what it should include, to help you grow your small business, with Henry Lopez. Whether you are planning to launch your first business, or you have been operating your small business for many years, you need a ...
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Developing & Launching the Nuudii System Garment with Annette Azan. How Annette Azan developed and launched her Nuudii System garment. Annette Azan shares her entrepreneur journey and the story of developing, launching and growing her garment business. How do you go from a garment idea, to over $1 ...
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Tax Structuring for Wealth Building with Sharon Winsmith. Tax Structuring and planning for Wealth Building for small business owners and entrepreneurs with Sharon Winsmith. Sharon Winsmith is an experienced tax attorney and the founder and owner of Winsmith Tax – helping her clients develop sustainable tax strategies for ...
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Small Business Franchises with Giuseppe Grammatico. Small Business Franchise businesses with Giuseppe Grammatico – our trusted service partner for Franchises. Giuseppe is a Franchise Coach, Consultant, Speaker, Author, and the host of The Franchise Freedom podcast. He is the author of “Franchise Freedom – A New Manifesto for ...
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Growing a Natural Products Brand with Elliot Begoun. How to Grow a Natural Products Brand with Elliott Begoun. He shares his insights and experiences with starting and growing a natural products brand, and his personal entrepreneur journey. Elliot is an entrepreneur and the founder of TIG (The Intertwine ...
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Future Proofing You with Jay Samit. Embracing continuous transformation by future proofing yourself with serial entrepreneur Jay Samit. To quote from Jay’s TED Talk, “Whether by choice or circumstance, every career gets disrupted.” Everything is continuously transforming. And as Entrepreneurs, we must embrace and prepare for this continuous ...
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Automation & Outsourcing with Michelle Thompson. How to automate and outsource your administrative tasks, allowing you to work on growing your small business, with Michelle Thompson. The need to work more ON your business, instead of just IN your business has been a common topic on this podcast over ...
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Business Bootstrap with Tyler King. How to bootstrap a small business with Tyler King, co-founder of Less Annoying CRM. Tyler also shares his interesting journey to entrepreneurship, and insights into how he bootstrapped the launch and growth of his software business. Tyler King is the co-founder and CEO ...
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Conversion Copywriting for Small Business with Kira Hug. Generating sales and driving results for your small business using conversion copywriting with expert copywriter Kira Hug. Regardless of how we communicate and offer our product or service to our customers or clients, it typically includes a written communication of ...
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Performance Speaking with Robbie Crabtree. How to improve your speaking skills to help you grow your small business with Performance Speaking by attorney Robbie Crabtree. The fear of public speaking is often cited as a top fear for most people. But even if you are comfortable, or even ...
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FlowPreneur – Unshakeable Bold Leadership with Bruce Ross. Achieving Flow states to grow as an entrepreneur and become a FlowPreneur and Unshakeable Bold Leader with Bruce Ross. We all want to eliminate self-doubt, overwhelm and stress, and scale leadership capabilities (our own and our teams). And we need ...
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Chaos Eradication for Business Owners with Susan Fennema. How to eradicate the chaos that can be part of small business ownership with Susan Fennema to help you grow your business and enjoy your life. Susan Fennema is the Chaos Eradicating Officer of Beyond the Chaos, a consultancy helping ...
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Conscious Synchronicity with Joan Sotkin. Conscious Synchronicity with Joan Sotkin – allowing more moments of serendipity or convenient coincidence to grow your life and small business. All of us have experienced moments serendipity or convenient coincidence. Some one comes into our lives, or we are presented with an ...
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Four Reasons to Delegate and Grow Your Business. To facilitate the growth of your business, leverage the great ideas and skills of others, develop your team, be able to take time off from the business, and be able to sell your small business, then you must learn to delegate ...
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Client Experience Automation with Gordon Henry. Client Experience Automation (starting at 12:30) – everything from Customer Relationship Management platforms to online billing and payment solutions, to online reputation management – to help us grow our small businesses with Gordon Henry. Gordon also shares his entrepreneur and corporate career journey, ...
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COVID-19 Relief for Small Business with Gerri Detweiler. The latest on COVID-19 Relief for Small Business Owners with Gerri Detweiler. Get the latest updates on the PPP loans and other programs on this episode of The How of Business podcast show. Gerri is back to help us understand ...
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Exceptional Customer Service with Dr. Kelly Henry. Delivering Exceptional Customer service to grow your small business with Dr. Kelly Henry. Dr. Kelly Henry shares his experiences and tips on how to Define and Delivery Exceptional Customer Service.
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Niche Down to Grow Your Small Business. Niche Down to Grow Your Small Business – focus on your most profitable offerings and narrow your geography to help you grow your small business. On this episode Henry Lopez shares the benefits of Niching Down the focus of your business to ...
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Entrepreneurial Leap – Your Nightmare or Dream. A glimpse of Entrepreneurship including the possible dream or the unfortunate nightmare. Before you take the leap of entrepreneurship, glimpse into what the future may be like for you. This is the third in a special series of episodes related to the ...
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Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You with John Warrillow. Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You with John Warrillow. Whether you have an existing small business, or are planning to launch your first business, it’s critical that you build your business to be ...
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Entrepreneurial Leap – Finding the Right Business for You. How to Find the Right Business for You – considering the Industry, Business Type, and Size of Business. This is the second in a special series of episodes related to the Entrepreneurial Leap – focused on helping you determine if ...
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Virtual Meeting Credibility with Kim Foley. How to increase your Credibility during your Virtual Meetings with Kim Foley. Tips & techniques to improve your next virtual meeting. How you are perceived in online meetings, is critical for your credibility – whether it’s a Zoom or Teams video call with ...
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The 6 Essential Traits of Successful Entrepreneurs. The 6 Essential Traits of Successful Entrepreneurs to help you determine if you have what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur. This is the first in a special series of episodes related to the Entrepreneurial Leap – focused on helping you determine ...
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Deadly Sins of Bookkeeping with Matt Remuzzi The Deadly Sins of Bookkeeping (starting at 14:55) with Matt Remuzzi, and his entrepreneur journey. Are your financials a mess? Or perhaps you are one of the few small business owners who are caught up on their bookkeeping and everything is up to ...
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From Idea to Fashion Product with Zack Hurley. From idea to fashion product – how to launch your fashion business. Do you have an idea for a garment or clothing item, but are stuck with how to get it designed and made without significant investment and risk? Zack Hurley ...
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Growing a Lawncare Business with Bryan Clayton. Growing a lawncare business with Bryan Clayton. Bryan shares his entrepreneur journey and insights and experiences building small businesses. Bryan Clayton is CEO and co-founder of GreenPal an online marketplace that connects homeowners with local lawn care professionals. GreenPal has been called ...
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Your Know, Like and Trust Factor with Erica Castner. Developing your Know, Like and Trust Factor to help you increase your impact and influence, and grow your small business, with Erica Castner. Erica Castner is a business owner, brand strategist, podcast host, and community builder. She helps business owners ...
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Selling with Noble Purpose with Lisa McLeod. How to start Selling with Noble Purpose to grow your small business with Lisa McLeod. She also shares her entrepreneur story. Lisa McLeod is a sales expert with a focus on purpose-driven business. She is the bestselling author of “Selling with Noble ...
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Scaling an eCommerce Small Business Brand with Jordan West. How to scale an eCommerce Small Business Brand with Jordan West (starting at 15:32). From paramedic career to online marketing expert, Jordan shares his journey. Jordan West is an entrepreneur who started his career as a paramedic. He is currently ...
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Taking Your Entrepreneurial Leap with Gino Wickman. Taking Your Entrepreneurial Leap with Gino Wickman – the 6 Essential Traits of an Entrepreneur. If you are dreaming of becoming an entrepreneur, you must first understand that there’s a lot on the line when you take the leap and launch your ...
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Overcoming Overwhelm to Launch Your First Small Business. Henry Lopez – Host, The How of Business Podcast Start smaller to help with overcoming the overwhelm that leads to paralysis and keeps you from launching your first small business. Henry Lopez, host of The How of Business podcast, shares his ...
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Ramping Your Consumer Goods Brand with Dr. James Richardson, How do you realize exponential growth with your consumer brand, and yet not try to grow too quickly and fail? Dr. James Richardson shares his unique insights and approach to ramping your CPG brand, and the story of how he ...
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8 Unbreakable Rules for Success with Sean Castrina. 8 Unbreakable Rules for Small Business Success with Sean Castrina. Sean shares his entrepreneur story and the rules for achieving success with starting and growing your small business. The 8 Unbreakable Rules are must-follow rules if you are planning to start ...
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Growing a Creative Products Business with Amanda Wittenborn. Amanda shares her small business journey, how she launched and grew her creative products business, and how she has successfully adjusted her business during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Simplest Biz – Shipping Products Brokerage Business with John Wilker John Wilker shares the Simplest Biz business model – a Shipping Products Brokerage Business – a client case study example, a special webinar invitation, and a special offer for you. If you want to learn more about ...
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Coffee Shop Business Talk with Chris Deferio. Chris shares his tips, advice and experience from his years in the coffee shop business. What should you consider before starting a coffee shop, and what should you be focused on to grow your existing shop? Chris Deferio is a Speaker, Coffee ...
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Starting a Franchise Business with Eddie Uribazo. How small business owner Eddie Uribazo launched a franchise location of Office Evolution in Plantation, Florida. He also shares his entrepreneur story. After serving in the Navy and working for a large corporation for 24 years, he decided it was time to ...
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How to deliver Remarkable Customer Service at your Small Business. How to deliver Remarkable Customer Service at your Small Business. It starts with the business owner & requires dedication and a culture focused on customers. Henry Lopez and David Begin define Remarkable Customer Service on this episode of The ...
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Subconscious Buying Triggers with Leslie Zane. Using Subconscious Buying Triggers in Marketing your Small Business (starting at 16:34) with Leslie Zane. She also shares her entrepreneur story, from her successful career in brand marketing and management to launching her own firm. Leslie Zane is an expert on consumer ...
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Employee Development Program for Small Business with Laura Tolhoek. How to coach and develop your small business employees (starting at 18:52) with HR specialist Laura Tolhoek. She also shares her entrepreneur journey. Laura Tolhoek is an experienced Human Resources professional and the owner of Essential HR – Essential HR ...
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Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness with Gerri Detweiler. What you need to know about Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness for your small business with Gerri Detweiler. What do you need to do next? Gerri joins us to share the latest information on SBA guidance on how to qualify ...
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On-Demand Insurance for Small Business with Jay Bregman. How to use On-Demand Insurance for your Small Business with Jay Bregman (starting at 14:19). Jay also shares his entrepreneur journey. Jay Bregman is a serial entrepreneur and the Founder & CEO of Thimble – Thimble delivers on-demand insurance by the ...
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Using Humor in Small Business with Dr. Peter McGraw. How to leverage humor to help us better manage and grow our small business – without having to necessarily tell jokes or be a comedian. Dr. Peter McGraw has studied humor extensively – he is the author of two books ...
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Pinterest for Small Business with Meagan Williamson. How to use Pinterest to help grow your small business (starting at 17:08) with Meagan Williamson. She also shares her interesting entrepreneur journey, from school psychologist, to blogger, to full-time Pinterest Strategist. Meagan Williamson is a Pinterest Strategist and online marketing ...
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Business Systems for Your Small Business with David Jenyns. Business Systems for Your Small Business with David Jenyns. David shares his entrepreneur story and his 7-Step process for developing systems. David Jenyns is an entrepreneur, and his business experience spans from franchising retail clothing stores, to founding one ...
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Small Business Pivot with Yoga Instructor & Life Coach Angela Wagner. Yoga Instructor Angela Wagner started and operated a successful but maturing – after 16 successful years – yoga studio while also raising two kids, dealing with personal health challenges, the COVID-19 crisis, and still managed to pivot her ...
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Construction Bridge Loans with Chris Doyle. How contractors can use (starting at 16:11) Construction Bridge Loans to manage the cash flow issue related to materials expense with entrepreneur Chris Doyle. Chris Doyle is an entrepreneur and the President and CEO of Billd – specializing in helping contractors buy ...
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Fix This Next in Your Small Business with Mike Michalowicz. How to identify and Fix This Next in your Small Business with Mike Michalowicz. What to focus on next, and why we need to focus on Profit First. Mike Michalowicz is an entrepreneur, speaker, author and podcaster (The ...
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Laundromats Business with Serial Entrepreneur Keith Leimbach. Laundromat Business with Serial Entrepreneur Keith Leimbach. He shares his entrepreneur story, small business diversification, and the Laundromat business. Keith Leimbach is a serial entrepreneur who has spent the last few years building and acquiring small businesses to create diversified income streams. He ...
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Visual Communication for Small Business with William Warren. Using Visual Communication to improve communications (17:32) – with our teams, stakeholders, customers – by using visuals instead of just words, with William Warren. William shares his entrepreneur journey, and then his expertise and experience with visual communications. William Warren is ...
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Privacy Laws for Small Business Owners with Jodi Daniels. Privacy Laws for Small Business Owners with Jodi Daniels – an introduction to the laws that apply to customer information and data privacy. Are we aware and compliant with all of the privacy laws that we are responsible for ...
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Music Director to Business Owner with SCORE client Chris Walls. SCORE Client Success Story: Music Director to Business Owner with Chris Walls – how he transitioned from music director & conductor to his expanding band uniform business. Henry Lopez has an insightful conversation with entrepreneur and Dallas SCORE client ...
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Launching Stryx with Co-Founder Jon Shanahan. Launching Stryx with Co-Founder Jon Shanahan – how Jon and his partner started Stryx, a men’s corrective cosmetics company. Jon also shares the story of his entrepreneurial journey. Special Offer: Promo Code “HOW15”
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Confident Negotiation for Small Business with Kwame Christian. Confident Negotiation techniques and tips for small business owners, with attorney Kwame Christian. He introduces the Compassionate Curiosity Framework. Do you struggle with difficult conversations? Have you ever let fear and anxiety prevent you from saying what needed to be ...
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Intro to Google Tools for Small Business with Kim Spalding. How to navigate and make best use of all the tools that Google offers for small businesses with Kim Spalding. Kim is Google’s Global Director of Ads for Small Businesses. She shares insights and tips on all that Google ...
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Adapting to the Convenience Economy with Greg Dickinson. How to adapt your small business to the Convenience Economy. If you don’t respond to a customer in the way they like, you will lose that customers. If we don’t adapt to the convenience economy, someone else will. Greg shares some ...
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From Idea to Product with Entrepreneur Jonathan Katz. From Idea to Product. How Jonathan Katz developed the idea for a cordless personal blender called the BLENDi. Jonathan shares his entrepreneurial journey and the challenges he encountered as he developed his product. Jonathan Katz is a young entrepreneur and ...
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Are You Ready to be Your Own Boss? Ready to launch your first small business? Henry & David help you determine if you are prepared to start your first small business. They share their experiences transitioning from the corporate world to becoming small business owners. Are you ready to ...
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Trademarks & Copyrights for Small Business with Andrea Sager. How to use Trademarks and Copyrights to protect your small business and intellectual property with attorney Andrea Sager. LEGAL DISCLAIMER: Henry Lopez is not an attorney, and Andrea Sager may not be your attorney. Please be sure to seek ...
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To The Max with Entrepreneur Bryan Klein. How to live life To The Max with Entrepreneur Bryan Klein. He shares his challenging life journey and how and why he launched and grew The MAX Challenge. Bryan Klein is an entrepreneur and the founder of The MAX Challenge – ...
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Ideation – Small Business Idea Creation & Development How to develop ideas for a new small business, and to help you grow your small business. Henry Lopez & David Begin also discuss the role of creativity. Ideation – Small Business Idea Creation & Development with Henry and David. They discuss ...
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Tough Conversations with David Wood. How to have the Tough Conversations that help you grow both personally and your small business with David Wood and Henry Lopez. David shares his personal story and he introduces the Tough Conversations Blueprint and Worksheet. David believes that the tough conversations we ...
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Are you ABLE to afford the investment of Time, Money and Energy? How ABLE are you today to start your first small business? If you are not able now, then what do you need to get there? Starting your first small business requires that you be able to ...
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COVID-19 Loan Programs for Small Business. An overview of latest resources and information on the COVID-19 PPP and EIDL loan programs for your small business with credit and finance expert Gerri Detweiler. Additional funding for these SBA programs is available starting Monday, April 27, 2020. Find more details ...
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Mastering Clarity for Small Business Success with Dolores Hirschmann. Mastering Clarity for Small Business Success with Dolores Hirschmann. How to attain the Clarity required for personal and small business success with entrepreneur and coach Dolores Hirschmann. Dolores Hirschmann is an internationally recognized strategist, Clarity coach, TEDx Organizer, Speaker and ...
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How to Name a Business, Product or Service with Brad Flowers. How to Name a Small Business, Product or Service with Brad Flowers. Brad is a naming expert and author, and he shares his tips and methodology for naming (starting at 15:32). He also shares the story of ...
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Bookkeeping for Small Business with Justine Lackey. Bookkeeping for Small Business with Justine Lackey. Justine shares her entrepreneur journey and tips and techniques for small business bookkeeping. Justine Lackey is the founder and Chief Wealth Officer of Good Cents Bookkeeping, and she has had the privilege to work with ...
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COVID-19 SBA & Government Info & Resources for Small Business: An overview of the COVID-19 SBA & Government Info & Resources for Small Business. Henry Lopez highlights and summarizes the loans and other programs to help your small business during the coronavirus crises. Find more details about COVID-19 ...
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Value Pricing instead of Hourly Billing with Jonathan Stark. Value Pricing instead of Hourly Billing with Jonathan Stark. He shares his entrepreneurial journey, and his thoughts and tips on adopting value pricing and abandoning hourly billing for services. Jonathan Stark is a former software developer who is now on ...
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The Titanic Effect – Successfully Navigating Business Uncertainty. The Titanic Effect – Successfully Navigating Business Uncertainty with Drs. Todd and Kim Saxton. They share insights on how small business owners can deal with and mitigate the unforeseen uncertainties that can sink your small business in the future. They are ...
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COVID-19 Information & Discussion for Small Business Owners. A COVID-19 Information and Discussion for Small Business Owners with Henry Lopez and David Begin. Basic information to help you deal with the coronavirus impact on your small business. In this episode of The How of Business podcast, Henry and David ...
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The How of Business Podcast Show Recap with Henry Lopez. The How of Business Podcast Show Recap with Henry Lopez. Henry commemorates the 300th episode of the podcast including highlights and resources. Henry Lopez started his small business ownership journey back in 1991, when he bought an existing franchise ...
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Virtual Assistants for Small Business with Nathan Hirsch. How to use Virtual Assistants to build and grow your Small Business with Nathan Hirsch. He shares why he sold his previous business, and tips for using VAs. Nate Hirsch is the Co-Founder of Outsource School, and a lifelong entrepreneur ...
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The Gift of Struggle with Bobby Herrera. The Gift of Struggle with Bobby Herrera. Bobby shares his early life struggles, and how he channeled his challenges into becoming a better person & leader. Bobby Herrera is the author of “The Gift of Struggle”, the President, CEO and co-founder of ...
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SCORE of Dallas Introduction with Laura Butler & Henry Lopez. Welcome to the first in a series of special episodes of The How of Business podcast, focused on SCORE. In this series Henry Lopez will share what SCORE is about, the services they provide to our communities, and how ...
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Are you Willing to put in the time and effort to Start Your Small Business. This is the second of a series of episodes on the topic of what it takes to be ready, willing and able to start your first small business. In this series of episodes, ...
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Become the CEO of Your Small Business with Paul Maskill. How to become the CEO of Your Small Business with Paul Maskill. Paul shares his experiences, tips & advice to help you work ON not IN your small business. Paul Maskill is a small business owner, advocate and coach ...
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Budget Marketing for Small Business with Melissa Forziat. How to market on a budget for small business owners with Melissa Forziat. She shares tips and techniques to manage your marketing strategy and tactics. Melissa was a guest on our show back in October 2017, on episode 155. Melissa is ...
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Personal Video Messaging & Marketing with Steve Pacinelli. How to use Personal Video Messaging to build relationships and market your small business with Steve Pacinelli. Steve shares his personal experiences with using personal videos, and specific tactics and tips for creating effective video messages. He explains whey using “teaching ...
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Are You Mentally & Emotionally Ready to Start Your Small Business. How Emotionally & Mentally ready are you today to start your first small business? And if you are not quite ready now, what do you need to get there? This episode will help you identify how ready ...
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Building Your Personal Brand with Melva Robertson. How to build your personal brand with Melva Robertson. She shares her personal story & how she helps her clients develop their personal branding. Melva Robertson is an experienced publicist, writer, public relations professional, and speaker. She is the founder of the ...
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Launching SoCal Powerlifting Business with Zack Bartell. How Zack Bartell launched his first small business, SoCal Powrlifting, at age 20. Zack shares his journey as a young entrepreneur. Zack Bartell is a small business owner, and he started his first business – SoCal Powerlifting – in 2017 at the ...
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Government Contracts for Small Business with Eric Coffie. Eric Coffie introduces the opportunities with Federal Government Contracts for Small Business. He also shares his entrepreneur journey, and how he currently helps people find and land government contracts. Eric Coffie is an entrepreneur, and the founder of Govcon Giants ...
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Goal Setting & Time Management with Henry Lopez. Goal Setting, Time Management, & Productivity Hacks to help you succeed in business. Henry Lopez, and his expert guests, share insights and practical tips on how to set effective goals, manage your time, and become more productive so that you can ...
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Online Marketing Year-End Update with Adam Kirk. Online Marketing Year-End update for small business. What’s new and emerging in online marketing for small business owners. Small business marketing expert Adam Kirk is back on the show to share his insights and tips. It’s all about valuable content with your ...
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Patents for Start-Up Businesses with Patent Attorney Russ Krajec. Patents for Start-Up Businesses with Patent Attorney Russ Krajec. Russ shares his entrepreneur journey and insights on patents for small business owners. NOTE: Please be sure to seek the advice of your own patent attorney before making any decisions ...
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Developing great Team Players for your Small Business with Walt Brown. Developing great Team Players for your Small Business with Walt Brown. He is the author of “The Patient Organization” and the textbook for the 7 Question 7 Promise Framework. Walt shares his entrepreneurial story, and how he helps ...
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Turning Roadblocks into Building Blocks with Patty Block. How Patty Block helps women turn roadblocks into building blocks and grow their small businesses. She also shares her personal journey, from her initial career as a political consultant and lobbyist to launching her current business serving the needs of women-owned ...
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Time Management for Small Business Owners with Kris Ward. Improving Time Management skills for Small Business Owners with Kris Ward. She shares her personal story, and tips to help you “Win the Hour, Win the Day“. Kris is an entrepreneur, business coach, and the author of “Win the Hour, ...
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Launching Sprinkle Pop with Founder Elizabeth Butts. How Elizabeth Butts launched Sprinkle Pop – from a one-woman home business, keeping her day job, to dedicated warehouse space in less than a year. She shares her entrepreneur journey, from hobby baking business to side-hustle and then leaving her successful corporate ...
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A Winning Culture in Your Small Business with Ken Bator. How to develop and maintain a winning culture in your small business with Ken Bator, an entrepreneur, author and business coach & consultant. Ken shares his insights and experiences related to the importance of a strong and positive culture ...
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Accountability to Get Things Done with Dawn Shannon. The accountability to get things done with Dawn Shannon, who helps her clients turn their to-do lists into Well Done lists – and grow a small business! Dawn Shannon is a Certified Professional Coach, and the founder of Jovi Strategies, who ...
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Launching & Growing a Service Small Business with Amy van Meijl. How Amy van Meijl launched and grew her Interior Design Business. She shares her entrepreneur story, overcoming significant challenges, and advice on growing a services business. Amy van Meijl is an entrepreneur and the founder of Dutch Touch ...