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Being Proactive To Reach Your Goals, with Anthony Chen, Host of Family Business Radio In a commentary from a recent Family Business Radio episode, host Anthony Chen discussed being proactive by working with a team of experts to mitigate risk and reach your financial goals. Anthony's commentary was taken from this episode of Family Business Radio. Family Business Radio is underwritten […] The post...

Finding Trade Technicians, with Barry Adams, Peachtree Awnings Barry Adams: And we don't have a thousand employees, but we always need one, two good trade technicians. And so whether it's welding or project management, construction management or installation technicians we can find those, but you really and I told my HR manager, When you build […] The post Finding Trade Technicians, with Barry Ada...

Marika Ponton: I live it. It is so crucial. When I was a flooring business owner, so many of the other franchisees would come to me because, I was profitable and I was having all these sales. And they're like, well, what do you do? You know what, tell me how to be like you. […] The post Two Keys for Agile Business Owners, with Marika Ponton, Office Angels appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

The Sales Rule Everyone Should Follow, with Bill McDermott, Host of ProfitSense In this commentary from a recent episode of ProfitSense, Bill McDermott discussed the sales rule everyone should follow. Bill's commentary was taken from this episode of ProfitSense. ProfitSense with Bill McDermott is produced and broadcast by the North Fulton Studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta. About ProfitSense...

Leaving a Legacy Beyond Wealth, with Anthony Chen, Host of Family Business Radio In a commentary from a recent Family Business Radio episode, host Anthony Chen discussed a legacy that parents and grandparents leave behind that goes beyond wealth preservation. Anthony's commentary was taken from this episode of Family Business Radio. Family Business Radio is underwritten by Anthony Chen with Lighth...

Keys to Retaining Talent, with Eric Cooley, Strack, Inc. Eric Cooley: I think a lot of construction has high turnover and we're not that different as it comes to that and that's one thing we're really focused on. We've had to, as we've tried to grow, we've also had to replace. But I think, the […] The post Keys to Retaining Talent, with Eric Cooley, Strack, Inc. appeared first on Business RadioX ®...

Tax Planning vs. Financial Wellbeing, with Chris Smith, CB Smith & Associates Chris Smith: Tax planning isn't the end all be all. Improving your wealth is the end all be all. And so we're not going to implement or suggest a tax solution. That isn't necessarily in line with improving our clients overall financial well […] The post Tax Planning vs. Financial Wellbeing, with Chris Smith, CB Smith...

The One Liquidity Rule Every Business Owner Should Follow, with Bill McDermott, Host of ProfitSense In this commentary from a recent episode of ProfitSense, Bill McDermott lays out the one liquidity rule every business owner should follow. Bill's commentary was taken from this episode of ProfitSense. ProfitSense with Bill McDermott is produced and broadcast by the North Fulton Studio […] The post...

Using Social Media in the Construction Industry, with Jonathan Strack, Strack, Inc. Jonathan Strack: In our industry, my view was stay off social media because you don't want to attract any needless attention to what you're doing. It's already risky business. But anything that's on a social media platform, that's your best attraction and retention […] The post Using Social Media in the Constructio...

How To Be a Great Podcast Guest, with David Doerrier, Present Your Way To Success John Ray [00:00:00] I want you to give some specific advice, people that are on a podcast and how to best showcase themselves as a guest on a podcast. David Doerrier[00:00:12] Well, number one is what I feel, and it's […] The post How To Be a Great Podcast Guest, with David Doerrier, Present Your Way To Success appea...

A Business Lesson from the Alabama-Auburn Rivalry, with Jim Kerlin, Blackwood Impact Group Jim Kerlin: [00:00:00] In fact, I have a LinkedIn post about this for anybody that wants to connect with me there. They can see this. I put up that house divided image and wrote about it because they've asked that. If anybody [...]

How Employee Work Teams Improved Decision Making in Our Organization, with Sheri Foster, Atlanta Community Food Bank Sheri Foster: [00:00:00] The big thing about the work teams is the variety of perspectives. I've had the opportunity to work with many of these teams, and they have great, creative ideas, and they definitely see things from [...]

How I Live in Costa Rica and Work with U.S. Clients, with Maria Joyner, FounderScale Maria Joyner: [00:00:00] So, I think when I first moved down here, I did. So, one of the clients I currently have, I've been working with since 2015, and he has been totally understanding of the internet problems, and it's [...]

Storytelling and Likeability in Professional Services Marketing, with Michael Katz, Blue Penguin Development Michael Katz: [00:00:00] If you're a small company, but even if you're larger, the benefit of stories is that it — well, two things. One is they catch people's attention. You'll remember this story about the guy at the gym; whereas, a [...]

KnowBe4's "Jumpstart" Program Opens Employment Opportunities for Underserved Youth, with Erika Lance, KnowBe4 Erika Lance: [00:00:00] So I worked a lot with local high schools, helping with some of their career committees and stuff like that. And I found that a lot of times people coming out of high school, especially in underrepresented communities, they [...]

Why We Decided to Pitch our Company on the TV Show "Shark Tank," with Katy Mallory and Lou Childs Lou Childs: [00:00:00] First off, getting on the show is like a needle in a haystack. So, 40,000 people apply every year. Mike Blake: [00:00:09] Forty thousand. Wow. Lou Childs: [00:00:11] Yes. Every year. So, when [...]

My Advice for Other Consumer Packaged Goods Startup Entrepreneurs, with Laura Meemken, All Clean Food Laura Meemken: [00:00:00] First of all, you just have to start and then you have to just keep going. And it's going to feel like an emotional roller coaster. Some days are tough and things don't go well. And you [...]

What You Must Know if the Federal Government is Your Customer, with Dr. Nicholas Alley and Hilary Beeston, Area-I Hilary Beeston: [00:00:00] I guess with the government, there's just a lot of red tape to get through. There's lots of documentation, and lots and lots of paperwork to fill out, and rules and regulations to [...]

The Primary Security Threat to Organizations Worldwide, with Andy Davis, Trident Manor Ltd. Andy Davis: [00:00:00] I think around the world, globally, cyber is the biggest threat. It's impacting all organizations. I mean, there's just been the attack on the pipeline that's happened on the east coast of the USA. Look at the hundreds of [...]

How to Write Emails Customers React and Respond To, with Copywriter Sarah L. Parker Sarah L. Parker: [00:00:00] Yeah. So, I think email marketing has sort of a bad name. I think it can be associated with the old direct response copywriting, you know, by now, by quickly sort of spam that you get in [...]

Why the Future, For Everyone, is Some Form of Entrepreneurship, with Monique Mills, TPM Focus Monique Mills: [00:00:00] Corporate America has turned into a place that's not reliable. And I think people are understanding that you hold your future in your hands. If you put it in the hands of a company, there's no such [...]

A Real-Life Expensive Lesson from Not Hiring a Tenant Rep, with Michael Bull, Bull Realty Michael Bull: [00:00:00] And there's about 100 clauses in leases that are extremely important to tenants. So, I think what we want to do as advisors is really understand their business, and their goals, their challenges, their plans, look at [...]

Why the Startup Ecosystem in the Twin Cities has Blossomed, with Diane Rucker, University Enterprise Laboratories Diane Rucker: [00:00:00] Now, the contrast between a really strong ecosystem and one that's really growing or maybe hasn't taken off yet is not the individual elements, but it's the connections across the ecosystem. Does somebody in venture capital [...]

Should I Do What I Want to Do?, with Profitability Coach Bill McDermott John Ray: [00:00:00] And hello again, everyone. This is John Ray with Business RadioX. And I'm here with Bill McDermott. Bill is the profitability coach and he's also the host of ProfitSense here on Business RadioX. Bill, my question for you is, [...]

Key Drivers of Valuation in the Sale of a Business, with John Marsh, The Bristol Group John Marsh: [00:00:00] Clean books and records is the first thing. If they're going to give me a financial statement that I can understand, doesn't have any balance sheet items, a good test for me is how did you [...]