Above The Business

Today on the podcast, Jeff Maine joins Bradley to discuss small business payments. Jeff is the founder of Pay Proudly and his mission is twofold: to provide business owners with payment clarity and to support communities through charity. Throughout his career, he saw that there was a gap in the marketplace for relational support in payment processing. Payment processing is the lifeblood of a...

Entrepreneurs and business owners desire freedom. This is often why we went into business. But in this episode, Bradley shares how some systems and structures can create more freedom for you as the owner. One such thing is a weekly "meeting" with yourself. Grab the free BlueprintOS tool, Sunday Night Planning, at www.blueprintos.com/assets Thanks to our sponsors... Club Capital provides monthly ac...

Today on the podcast, Troy discusses key industry changes with Bradley. Troy Korsgaden is a highly sought-after Insurance Carrier Consultant. He is the principal of Korsgaden International, which specializes in global marketing, distribution, agency building and technology strategies for many of the world’s largest insurance carriers and financial services companies. As a consultant, platform spea...

Bradley reflects on how he would "wing it" in his business, figure everything out as it came up, and continue to lead reactively. Hear how he had to step back from his business to design how he wanted to lead it, and the difference it made for his brand and team. Grab the free tool, Perfect Repeatable Week , from BlueprintOS to begin designing the week you need as a leader. (www.blueprintos.com/as...

Today on the podcast, Jake Thompson joins us to discuss leadership, mindset, habits, and team development! Jake started his company selling t-shirts out of the back of his car behind a gym in 2011. He is passionate about competition and helping people apply a competitive mindset to create the results they want out of life. He knows firsthand how this mindset helps leaders become more resilient, su...

What are 5 things that you can take from the highly successful University of Alabama football team and translate into your business? Process-minded thinking, the importance of culture, A-players, standards, and consistency. In this episode, we'll dive into the importance of each one. Grab the Time and Energy audit Bradley mentioned for business owners at www.blueprintos.com/assets Thanks to our sp...

With taxes for the 2023 fiscal season over, we're sharing tips and best practices for your taxes in this recast of a recent webinar with the Club Capital team. Thanks to our sponsors... Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owners. Learn more at www.club.capital BlueprintOS provides business coaching services to owners who are ready to make the shift...

If you're a business owner, you know that there's a conventional 40 hour week. There's approximately 2,080 working hours in a year. But how you spend your 8,760 hours each year can change your business and your life. Want to design how you use your time? Grab the BlueprintOS Asset, Time and Energy Audit for free: https://www.blueprintos.com/assets/ Thanks to our sponsors... Club Capital provides m...

Eduardo Briceño is a global keynote speaker, facilitator, and author who guides many of the world’s leading companies in developing cultures of learning and high performance. His TED talk, “ How To Get Better At The Things You Care About ,” and his TEDx talk, “ The Power of Belief ,” have been viewed over nine million times. His book,  The Performance Paradox: Turning the Power of Mindset int...

If you've been dreading going back to work, feel stuck in the business as the year kicks off, and aren't sure how to shift your business from depending on you, this episode is for you. Grab the free BlueprintOS asset, The 2024 Preloaded Year: https://www.blueprintos.com/assets/ Join Above The Business for The Kickoff on January 23rd! Register here: https://www.abovethebusiness.co/thekickoff2024 On...

Today on the podcast, Patrick Esposito joins Bradley to discuss why many businesses fail by their 5th year, and how to avoid it. Patrick is the author of  THE STRUCTURE OF SUCCESS , is president of ACME General Corp. and also serves as counsel with Spilman Thomas & Battle law firm. He has helped found, lead, and advise businesses in technology, consulting, and other sectors. Esposito was...

The most important thing you can do for your team is to give them your energy, but you can't give what you don't have. In the second part of PersonalOS, Bradley shares how you can prioritize taking action on your business objectives, protect your time and energy, and lead yourself first. Grab the BlueprintOS tools for owners, including the Pre-Loaded Year and the Time and Energy Assessment at www....

Today on the podcast, Alex Shattuck joins Bradley to discuss market challenge and profitability, timing your team growth and new hires, retaining A-Players, the strategy behind remote work, and building success year over year. Alex Shattuck fought in Fallujah, Iraq as an infantry Marine in 2006/2007. He leveraged those experiences upon his return home launching multiple insurance agencies, a real...

In this quick episode, Bradley shares the importance of leading yourself to lead your business. He covers unintentional consumption of information, how to choose books, podcasts, and videos that will help propel your business forward, and shares his process for planning the year. BlueprintOS developed a tool to support intentional use of time in business and in self leadership called The Pre-Loade...

Happy New Year! As we look ahead to 2024, Bradley shares some thoughts and one key tool that you can use to plan out your use of time, priorities, and business growth. Grab The FREE Pre-Loaded Year Template: https://www.blueprintos.com/assets/#latest   Thanks to our sponsors... Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owners. Learn more at www.club....

A review of our 2023 Top 10 Episodes including Damon West, Troy Korsgaden, Jack Wiley, Cameron Herold, David Peterson, Walker Deibel, Allan Dib, Andrew Filar, Alex Shattuck, and Mike Michalowicz. Thanks to our sponsors... Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owners. Learn more at www.club.capital BlueprintOS provides business coaching services to own...

In this episode, Bradley shares some of his key lessons learned in business this year. A few of those include... Work with your mind, rest with your hands. "It's lonely at the top," but that's a choice. The only person worth modeling is your future self. ...and more. Also think through your own lessons learned, and how you can start a log for 2024. Thanks to our sponsors... Club Capital provides m...

In this episode, Bradley encourages business owners to take the time to identify the obstacles between their Point A and Point B. What is keeping you from reaching your desired reality in December 2024? Think through this important question with Bradley and discover a process to turn your obstacles into your way forward. Thanks to our sponsors: Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CF...

Today on the podcast, Doug Lennick and Chuck Wachendorfer join Bradley to share how you cannot wait for someone else to fix things in your business. Every leader wants to boost their team's productivity. The first step is to strengthen your own leadership skills through learning agility, effective communication, and embracing empathy and compassion. Experts Doug Lennick and Chu...

When you're facing an issue in your business, it can be easy to think through all the levers to pull. However, you may be missing the most effective solution. In this episode, Bradley discusses why the Obstacle Is The Way forward. Thanks to our sponsors: Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owners. Learn more at www.club.capital BlueprintOS provides...

In today's episode,Alex Budak, author of "Becoming a Changemaker" joined Bradley to discuss the importance of embracing change in business. Alex is a UC Berkeley faculty member, social entrepreneur, author, and keynote speaker. He helps people from all walks of life go beyond themselves, become changemakers, and make a positive impact in their careers, companies, and communities. His book, Becomin...

2023 went one of two ways for you and your business… …either you didn’t have the year you wanted and you want to trash it… …or you had a good year and you’re ready to build on it and have a GREAT year. You’ve probably done business planning in the past. You have a million great ideas, you do the exercises, then it just sits on the corner of your desk as a constant reminder of all the things you di...

Today on the podcast, Mike Michalowicz joins Bradley to discuss going "all in" on your business. Mike is the entrepreneur behind three multimillion-dollar companies and is the author of several business books, including Profit First, Clockwork, The Pumpkin Plan and his newest book, All In. Mike is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal and business makeover expert for MSNBC....

Bradley and Micah announce an exciting change for the podcast. What if you could step out of the day-to-day and see your business from a whole new perspective? Welcome to Above The Business, where we empower you to rise above the daily grind and embrace a higher way of business ownership. It's time to build your business by design. Thanks to our sponsors: Club Capital provides monthly accounting,...

David started as an entrepreneur in 2009 after the major company he worked for shut its doors, leaving him having to find another path in life. David went to work and launched his first business in the insurance industry.  He took the business from scratch and grew it to $22 million in reoccurring revenue over the course of a few years. Since then David has successfully launched and scal...