Idaho Business Podcast

What are you doing when you are overwhelmed? What's happening in your life or at work? Are you organized? What are you turning to to decompress? Is it working or is it making it worse?  

What are the vices we have in our lives that keep us from accomplishing great things? What keeps us from reaching our full potential during our work days and weeks? I take some knowledge from Matthew Mcconaughey's book Greenlights to discuss this. If you are feeling the love, make sure to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you are!! If you'd like to be featured o...

Are you only looking at the final numbers when your CPA gives you last year's taxes?   If this sounds like you, it's like you're driving a car while looking out the rear window.   - Spencer Ward   If you are feeling the love, make sure to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you are!! If you'd like to be featured on an episode go to theidahobusinesspodcast.com to A...

If you allow things to get stale in your life they will. We are professionals and that means we need to always be entertaining media that will "bring us to the next level". Even though those things are great for us, you can also get burnt out if you're not careful. Break up your routine to allow some fun and additional confidence to creep in. If you are feeling the love, make sure to subscribe, ra...

As owners and/or leaders, we can get bogged down with the monotonous tasks of running our businesses and/or teams.   What would your day be like if you didn't have to jump in to handle a hiring issue, invoicing issue, customer request, checking voicemails, or returning phone calls, etc?   What else could you accomplish?   How much more revenue could you generate?   How much more love could you sho...

Understanding first your income statement is key. Knowing how the cash in your business works is crucial…Net 30, 45, 90…when do you get your money? Then how do you manage that cash once you have it? If you've asked yourself these questions, you stumbled upon the best episode for this! Tune in while Jackson, who is currently a fractional CFO for multiple companies simplifies it for you!

How do you handle new ideas when they come in? Whether it be from a new employee or old employee? Are they heard out? Are they quickly dismissed, because you know it all already?  Stephen Hawkins said, " Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change." How is your intelligence?  

Hiring for tasks instead of titles I believe is the better way to go.   You know what tasks need to be accomplished as your team or company grows, but you don't always need a full blown "manager" at times.   With these tasks/responsibilities in place, it makes it much easier for you as a leader to leave and enjoy a vacation without constantly thinking about whether things are getting done or not. ...

Do you have systems in place when hiring? Systems that tell the employee what you and they are both agreeing to when they come to work? What actions will lead to termination of employment and non-rehireable status? These are important to have into place so you and they are in agreement when things go sideways at times.

When you're running a team or business, it is important to keep our mindset positive. We can also expect to experience around ten percent of our months to be unpleasant. That is just part of business. Even when we go through the unpleasant things we can still handle them with a positive attitude.   

Many times we set our annual team, company, and personal goals, but by this time in February most people have abandoned them.   It's time to think more granular about your success for this year.   It's time to fix the proverbial leaky faucet in your business or team and get your engine running on all cylinders!   - Spencer Ward   If you are feeling the love, make sure to subscribe, rate, and revie...

Why do you want to accomplish the goals you have in mind this year? Understanding who you want to show up as and what is important to you is critical to give you clarity and harmony when it comes to operating your business and or leading your team.

You're a busy professional. It's hard to eat healthy all the time. Well here are 5 rules to help you stop the yo-yo diet that many Americans fall victim to. You may be thinking they are going to tell me to get on keto, vegan, or many of the other fad diets out there. Wrong! Tune in and start your lifestyle change today!  

There are times when you will have staff showing up late, not getting work turned in on time, you name it. They are not fulfilling their job.  What do you do? Sweep it under the rug or get angry? What are your good employees thinking when action isn't taken?  Using your core values to have a calm discussion with these employees is key and most effective.  

Look through your books.  By now, if you've been listening to this podcast for a while, you should have clean orderly income statements.  What jobs from last year were the most profitable?  Are they in a similar category?  Can you run a profitable company and reach your goals by just servicing that niche or category?  These are the questions we dive into with today's episode.  Learn the power of s...

Isn't it funny how we celebrate with our neighbors and friends when they buy their $50-80k vehicles but when we tell them that we invested $10-20k in a program or coach to help you become a better business owner/leader they look at you like you're crazy? Well, it's time to make your whole neighborhood think you're crazy. This is the year where you invest in yourself, change yourself and rocket fur...

2022 saw a string of incredible entrepreneurs, executives, investors, and business coaches offer their wisdom to this podcast.  Let's take a few minutes to appreciate just some of what they generously shared, plus a few other compelling moments from our past year.  - Spencer Ward   If you are feeling the love, make sure to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you a...

Sometimes it feels like just that…just the pursuit of happiness. We get caught up in our day to day lives thinking once I get this deal signed or once I get to this income, then I'll be happy. Just to get there and feel the same way we did before we reached that milestone. I want you all to go home and watch or rewatch the Pursuit of Happyness movie. It will put into perspective what you should be...

How much money do you need to make to be able to live the way you want to live and retire the way you want to retire? This is what you need to come up with before you set your growth goals for your company. Knowing your "Why" will give you the power you need to burst through your barriers!

Investing can be hard.  What investment is right for you, for your age and circumstances?  Senate talks about the mindset you need to have when it comes to investing and how easy it can be to invest in real estate. senateeskridge.com   If you are feeling the love, make sure to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you are!! If you'd like to be featured on an episode...

At times we can get caught up in chasing perfection in our companies.  Even though we know that leads to insanity!  Knowing that when we make mistakes it's not a death sentence but an opportunity to knock our customers' socks off is the key to excellence!  - Spencer Ward   If you are feeling the love, make sure to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you are!! If y...

You don't need to feel like you are on a lonely island as you run your business. There are others that have gone before you and have figured out the answers to the problems you are facing. This is one of the purposes of the Idaho Business Summit https://www.facebook.com/IdahoBusinessSummit/ If you are feeling the love, make sure to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, or where...

Robert Kiosoki calls it the rat race but to us it's trying to work, save and enjoy life in the process. Matt sits down to talk about how to build wealth through real estate. Even if you have nothing, how you can start small and end up building something great for yourself.    If you are feeling the love, make sure to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you are!! I...

We're in the last push of the year.  Sometimes to push ourselves to that next milestone is to look back on where we came from and how far we have made it.  These are the things that can jumpstart your creative juices.   It will also help you appreciate everything in your life more.  - Spencer Ward

Change within our businesses can be uncomfortable and scary; until you realize that the change that is needed is holding you back from crazy profitability and efficiency!  If you feel like you are held hostage by staff in your own business, or practices in your business... it's time to make a change.  - Spencer Ward