Stronger Business Podcast

If you left your business for three months, would it continue to run the same as when you are there? When each customer walks through your door, are they having a planned positive experience from the parking lot to the parking lot? Do you gather information about how to serve your employees and customers better? Do you even have an ideal customer? In this episode, Josh and Chad are joined by Amy W...

Do you have a hobby that you’ve considered turning into a business? Do you have a side-gig already but don’t know what the next steps are to make it official? Did you know that the benefits to owning an LLC far outweigh any risk or startup cost you may pay? In this episode of The SerialCFO show, Chad dives into everything you need to know to get started with your LLC tax benefits, how to be set up...

Have you started feeling like you’re overcommitted? Too many inputs? Too much going on at once and not enough time to get grounded? In Unplug and Unfollow, Josh brings us straightforward and actionable advice on how to pare back and get refocused on what’s really important. Is tax season the worst part of your year? In the second half of this episode, Chad gives you the quick rundown of how to max...

Invisible toxic choices, built up over time through our reactions to the choices of others have the ability to poison us and our relationships if they aren’t discovered and replaced with healthy habits rooted in Emotional Intelligence. Our guest today, Noble Gibbens, shares with Josh and Chad the story of how he recognized these patterns in his own life several years ago and started the fight agai...

It’s often said that entrepreneurs struggle most with a fear of failure and loss. But today’s guest, Sallie Holder, proposes that it isn’t failure, but SUCCESS that intimidates entrepreneurs. What happens if you move away from that fear and toward the person you know you can be? In this episode, Josh and Chad discuss with Sallie all the ways we self-sabotage and how to grow out of that place. So i...

Understanding launch timing, capacity, niching, and when to change tactics are all aspects of owning and growing a product-based business such as Fire and Flavor. In this episode, Davis Knox tells the story of how he and Gena were inspired to launch their successful grilling supplies business, how they grew it into a successful and well-known brand, and how they made decisions to streamline and si...

What is one of the best ways to move the needle forward in your business in multiple areas at the same time? Investing in a business conference. Whether for you, you and your staff, or you and everyone you can drag along, attending a conference like the Stronger Business Summit has the potential to revolutionize you and your business. In this episode of The Entrepreneur Adventure, Josh and Chad br...

Real estate investing is booming right now, but there’s a lot you need to know to make these investing tactics work in your favor. And that’s where the money master, Chad Brown The Serial CFO comes in. Chad is here to unpack what you need to know about protecting your investment, from the tax benefits to reducing the risk of lawsuits. So if you’re new to the real estate investing world or if you’r...

Do you have bouts with The Entrepreneur’s Curse? In part two of this conversation with Mike Usry, founder and President of Southland Organics, we hear Mike’s experience with the pain and stress (and eventually burnout) that can come with being an entrepreneur… even an apparently successful, high-performing business owner with multiple businesses, and some of the things that helped him come out the...

Do you have bouts with The Entrepreneur’s Curse? In part one of this conversation with Mike Usry, founder and President of Southland Organics, we hear Mike’s experience with the pain and stress (and eventually burnout) that can come with being an entrepreneur… even an apparently successful, high-performing business owner with multiple businesses, and some of the things that helped him come out the...

In your business, which is more valuable to you, your tangible assets or your intangible assets? If you’re like other business owners, your answer is more likely going to be the intangibles. And that is where today’s guest comes in. Van Carlson runs a company that provides risk mitigation plans for small and mid-size businesses, and he’s here to explain why to have a risk management plan and what...

Coming from a family of serial entrepreneurs sets the tone for your life from a young age, and this was no different for Jason Zilberbrand. He grew up watching his father and grandfather doing business on a multi-million dollar scale. He joined the family business and a few years later, he launched his own successful business in the aviation industry. Then one day in the mid-2000’s, his industry c...

Our guest today grew up knowing he wanted to start a restaurant. And not just any restaurant, he wanted to create the very first fast-casual, build your own pizza restaurant franchise. He prepared his pitch and took it to the bank, but they laughed him off, so he had to find another way to come up with funding to launch his first location. But less than fifteen years later his restaurant Your Pie...

“Normally, when something sounds too good to be true, it usually is.” Walter Vendel Our guest today is the founder of fit20, a fitness studio that promises to help you get fit by visiting the gym once a week for 20 minutes. And you don’t even have to change your clothes! He first encountered this concept from a book he picked up… and to say he was skeptical would be an understatement. But after tr...

After finishing his career as a pro athlete, Nate Hybl knew that he wanted to create a new identity for himself and to be more than just an ex-athlete. In his search for a new career path, he realized that the traditional business lifestyle would not be a good fit. Then he discovered a passion for food and creating an environment, and that’s how gusto! was born! In this episode, Josh, Chad, and Na...

While at college studying for his engineering degree, Vikrant Shaurya stumbled across a book in the school’s library that changed the course of his life forever: “Rich Dad, Poor Dad,” by Robert Kiyosaki. As soon as he read this book, he dropped out of college and started his own business… a business which then failed within six months. But his vision for a better future for himself had not changed...

In 2005, Sean Seay left his successful job at North Point in Atlanta with a vision to do something amazing. So he gathered a launch team and planted a church in Athens, GA. For two years, Sean worked to build this church while fundraising for short-term support until the new church became cashflow positive. Now today, more than 16 years after their first service, Athens Church is thriving as the l...

Starting right out of college with her first franchisee business for what is now The UPS Store, Leslie Kuban has been involved in franchising for all of her professional career, working her way through several different franchise businesses to the one she has now, FranNet. Her company offers coaching and recruiting services on both sides of the spectrum, working with the franchisor to identify fra...

Craig started as a “want-repreneur” with an idea and the desire to build a business of his own. And from that personal vision, he has built what is now Castos, one of the best podcast hosting and education platforms available. Join us as Craig, Josh and Chad discuss creating a podcast as a “digital resume,” what gear you need to create a good quality podcast, and creating service and value for you...

Does the word “cult” evoke positive or negative feelings for you? While there have been plenty of dangerous or toxic cults throughout history, in this day and age the word “cult” is just as often used to evoke emotion and describe a cultural obsession or passion, particularly a brand with “cult following.” And our guest for today, Chris Kneeland, has turned this societal tendency into a business h...

Today’s guest started out as a directionless, jobless young man, but that didn’t last long. After one life-changing conversation, decided to become a sports photographer, reaching incredible levels of success in that field. He then pivoted from photography to build the lifestyle he craved, an on-the-road adventure of coaching, homeschooling, and total freedom. In this episode, Josh and Chad interv...

What is one of the best ways to bring your team into alignment and pursue a strong culture together? If you answered something along the lines of, “team challenges,” then you’re either really good at reading episode titles or you know that creating stories and pursuing a common goal creates community, which strengthens culture. In this episode, Josh and Chad unpack how the challenges they’ve done...

Have you ever wondered how Chick-fil-A always manages to have the best customer service, the fastest drive-thru, and the smoothest running systems? In this episode Josh and Chad interview Kenny Hanna; a Chick-fil-A Operator with 20 years of experience working his way up through the ranks to become one of the few people to attain the position of CFA Operator. (Fun face: It’s easier to get into the...

Do you consider yourself a hustler? Do you have a hobby that you wish you could justify spending more time on? Are you looking for ways to make some extra money? Are you curious about the name ‘Side Gig Prophet?’ If you answered yes to any of those questions, Josh Melton the Side Gig Prophet has a few words of wisdom to share with you! In this first episode of the special Side Gig Prophet series,...

Perpetual goal-setting and resetting, burnout, loss of motivation, failure to launch, and overwhelm all have something in common. The lack of a clear picture and plan of attack. No matter how attainable a goal is, you’ll never succeed without a plan to do so. In this episode, Josh and Chad discuss the book that has changed the way they approach their goals and been the catalyst for the new levels...