Home Business Podcast

Interview with "Talk Business" Radio Host Erin Joy After almost three decades of advising women business leaders, Erin Joy has learned what opportunities and challenges women in business encounter. She knows what they are thinking and the best failproof practices for business success. With a knowledge base this wide, it'd be a shame not to sit down with the brightest female minds in business and s...

Interview with "The Inner Matrix" author Joey Klein Success in a home business cannot just be achieved by building and delivering a better mouse trap. Entrepreneurs are under constant pressure and stress, and that can get in the way of achieving your business goals. Having a mastery of one's emotions under this pressure can mean the difference between a home business owner's epic success or misera...

Interview with Productivity Consultant Megan Sumrell Most women are finding it hard to squeeze everything into one day and feeling more overwhelmed than ever. Running a home-based business part-time can greatly increase that pressure. Are you ready to ditch that feeling of being overwhelmed, and find work Life harmony? Today's guest, Megan Sumrell, believes that the majority of time management and...

The biggest reason why small businesses fail is lack of revenue. Looked at another way, the best you can ensure your small business success is to maximize your revenue. What better way to do that than to diversify your business and your income streams? And who better to talk with us about business diversification than Sara Bendrick ( https://SaraBendrick.com ). Richard "Captain" Henderson and Shel...

It's that dreaded season of the year. It's tax time. So what does that mean for you, as a small business owner? It's time to get ready. The most important tax thing you can do right now is plan out what you need to do! Getting ready for tax time isn't a big thing, it's a lot of little things, little things that relate from one to the next. Richard "Captain" Henderson and Shelby Cara interview Barb...

Interview with Greg Berry Founder/CEO of Municibid Did you know that most municipalities and government agencies auction off big ticket surplus items that are no longer needed or in service? Business owners can benefit from buying vehicles, heavy equipment and other big items they need through government auctions. Government auctions can also open up a lucrative side business buying and selling au...

Interview with Author and Sales Training Guru Tom Stanfill. The number of customers who would rather talk to a bot or do a Google search than talk to a seller has more than doubled in the past three years. That explains why – even with all the advances in sales enablement tools – the number of sellers "hitting their quotas" continues to decline. Traditional approaches to selling are backfiring on...

Are you feeling a little "down" today or need more motivation? Maybe it's time to look no further than your own home office. Yes, your home workspace could be the source of flagging motivation. Simple and inexpensive upgrades and changes to your home office could make all the difference. When it comes to the home office, we too often consider its layout, furnishings or location for ways to improve...

Interview with Business & Life Coach Bill Goodwin We've all heard the term – no pain, no gain. Every small business owner struggles through difficult times and situations. It's part of the process of succeeding as an entrepreneur. The truth about pain is that No one likes difficult times - but we can choose to embrace the lessons we learn from pain. Done successfully, conquering your painful situa...

Interview with Digital Transformer and CEO Ray Blakney Nowadays, the world we live in is ever-more online. People are constantly scrolling down their social media feeds on their smartphones, buying products at ecommerce websites, launching fully virtual businesses… what does this all mean? Well, one thing this trend points to is the need for businesses to prioritize digital transformation. Just as...

Pushed upward by increased bandwidth, smarter smart phones, new ideas about work, and even workplace shakeups from Covid, we are in a home-based revolution. Every year brings an increasing number of people working from home and operating home-based businesses. Balanced right, you can create multiple income streams from your home and still have time for what matters most in your life. So, who bette...

Too many business owners think that achieving financial success must be the ultimate goal in their entrepreneurial journey. However, one CEO and entrepreneur is on a personal mission to change the conversation in the business world, moving away from the pursuit of success, to focusing on fulfillment instead. Christan Hiscock is the CEO and co-founder of Kardia (https://HelloKardia.com), which offe...

Have you always wanted to be a new business owner, but are scared of the risk? Wouldn't it be great if there was a business opportunity that was already pre-packaged and proven to be successful? Well, there is one! And these businesses have been around forever. They are call Business Franchises, and number in the hundreds of thousands! You can be your own boss and greatly reduce start-up risk by b...

Many of today's home-based entrepreneurs put so much of their time and effort into building and maintaining their company that they overlook one crucial business detail: the actual office space they work in. Added to that, with the pandemic driving many employees—some for the first time—to a work-from-home situation, there are many households with more than one person working from home; creating m...

Have you ever dreamed about partnering with the right team and building a break-out company in the fast-changing tech industry? Elyse Dickerson has done just that. She is the Co-Founder and CEO of Eosera Inc. ( https://eosera.com ), a Dallas Fort Worth-based majority woman-owned biotech company. Richard "Capt'n" Henderson interviews Elyse, who shares her unique experience as a female entrepreneur...

Most people "suck" at negotiations–even if they think they don't; says today's podcast guest. Negotiation is all about handling emotions in the moment, and how you're used to handling your emotions is why you probably suck at negotiating. You can be an experienced negotiator because you've done it many times or a lucky negotiator who has managed to come out on top more often than not. But none of...

Interview With Health-Preneurs George Kramb and Patrick Frank It's a start-up nation out there, and we cannot learn enough from all the different start-up stories out there. Start-ups in a particular industry can share unique lessons and business-building advise for any entrepreneur. George Kramb and Patrick Frank are co-founders of the healthcare start-up PatientPartner; and are Forbes 30 under 3...

As the home-based business world goes more online, the importance of video grows. Your marketing tool-box should contain a good balance of video content. Clients and colleagues have grown to expect video connections. But video content has its own nuances and difficulties and critical success factors. The big challenge comes down to answering this question: how do you make videos that your audience...

Interview with Luxury Marketing Expert Kathryn Porritt In your home business, have you ever thought about really thinking big? Or let's take this one step further to dream of leaping from entrepreneur to icon? Let's takes those first steps now. On today's podcast we are joined by Kathryn Porritt ( KathrynPorritt.com ), the world's foremost expert in luxury marketing and premium offers. Richard "Ca...

Interview with Author and Nationally Recognized Expert on Entrepreneurship According to today's guest, for the 100 million Americans who want to be self-employed, the pandemic has created a unique opportunity. There is a HUGE increase in demand for service-based businesses, which are a major sector of the home-based business economy. The ongoing pandemic has also led to shuttering of businesses an...

It's no secret that cash flow is what keeps a business running. Ideally, businesses will have enough money coming in to keep the wheels turning. But that doesn't always happen. When revenues and expenses don't quite line up, like economic difficulties or when a business opportunity arises, business owners need to be able to access credit right away to handle these costs. This is why many entrepren...

On the Home Business Podcast, we love start-up stories and advice. Much of the content on business start-ups focuses on getting up and started in a business in the shortest time possible. Often 6 months or less. But today's podcast guest takes a longer more strategic view on moving towards being your own boss. Melinda Emerson is the author of Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months ( www.becomeyourownbo...

As COVID-19 has driven us all more and more into a virtual world, optimizing your online presence is more important than ever to business success. Optimizing your online presence can result in major followings on social media, bringing new interest into your services, and filling your lead funnels with genuine prospects. It can be the difference between looking for work and being inundated with op...

Interview with Author and Tax Expert Courtney Epps Tax season seems to always be upon us year 'round. So it's always a good time for anyone, business owner or not, to look for ways to decrease your taxes or increase your revenue. Courtney Epps, takes this one step further by saying that you would be unwise not to own a business. Courtney Epps is a well known Chief Financial Officer, Ted Talk veter...

On the Home Business Podcast, we love Start-Up Success Stories. How about two Minnesotans from Lakeville - Levi Conlow and Robby deziel – who struck out west and found success. Their Lectric eBikes exploded onto the electric bike scene in 2019, and hit $14 million in sales their first year. Their start-up journey provides great lessons for anyone with a business idea who is afraid to take the leap...