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Our guest today is Taylor Technologies ' Chris Golden, CWT .  Chris is a great resource to the water treatment community as a water testing expert.  He also provides a great perspective to our industry because he was a water treater himself. In this episode, we will hear about several articles Chris wrote that deal with the opposite of treating equipment.  He addresses what will happen if you don'...

The most 2 nd requested guest in Scaling UP! History! (Mark was the one doing all the requesting this time too). Today on Scaling UP! we re-welcome Mark Lewis, CWT.  On this episode, Mark takes the interviewer position and asked me questions.  As different as this experience was, I found it very interesting to be on the other side of the mic. Mark also joins me for a Pinks and Blues session, that...

Today on the show, we welcome one of the leading experts on the topics of reverse osmosis – Wes Byrne . Reverse osmosis (RO) is a relativ ely new technology whose applications are rapidly growing. Wes Byrne is the perfect guest to tackle RO as he has literally written the book on reverse osmosis titled: Reverse Osmosis: A Practical Guide For Industrial Users. Wes's book is a go-to guide in the ind...

My guest today is one of the pastors of my church, Clay Scroggins .  Clay wrote a book called "How to Lead When You're Not In Charge, Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority."  The book is unique in several ways, it is the story of how he began to lead when he wasn't in charge and, the reason that really caught my attention, it is a book written for all of us.  Not just the leaders who are al...

  Today on the show, we welcome Chris Nagle . Chris has a background in water treatment and today works at Evapco , one of the largest cooling tower manufacturers in the world. Have you ever heard the term white rust? It is a problem that many water treaters face and is the topic of this episode today. In a nutshell, white rust is the galvanizing coming off of a cooling tower. Galvanizing is a coa...

Being a water treater, that's easy… Well, maybe not.  However, I have found it easier than running my own business.  As with everything, you don't know what you don't know.  So, when I learn something, that I didn't know, and it works, I want to share it with you.   About 3 years ago, we started using a program at my company called EOS, The Entrepreneur Operating System.  This system was introduce...

Today on the show we welcome Justin Roff-Marsh , Founder of Ballistix and author of The Machine: A Radical Approach to the Design of the Sales Function. When was the last time you thought about sales? About how it is managed and who does what job? And whether the method you're using is really the best method? As water treater's, our job is to go out there and sell what it is that we do. But if you...

On today's episode, we welcome Pat Williams . Pat was the keynote speaker at the 2016 AWT Convention, as well as,  a basketball Hall-of-Famer and co-founder and senior vice president of the NBA's Orlando Magic. As one of America's top motivational speakers, he has addressed thousands of executives in organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies and national associations to universities and non...

I don't have time to do the things I need to do! Ever heard this? I'm sure you've not just heard it, you've said it! And you probably heard someone tell you to work smarter not harder. This advice sounds great, but how do you do it? What is "working smarter? I say working smarter is letting someone or something do your work for you. Think of how long calculations used to take in the dawn of the sp...

The topic that surrounds most of the question I receive are about tests kits and testing in general.  Ever since I shared with the Scaling UP! Nation what was in my personal test kit, these types of questions keep coming.   So, I thought rather than me answer these questions, I will ask a guest to answer them for us. Our guest today is Harland Pond of AquaPheonix Scientific.  Harland manufactures...

043 The One with the WaterCycle Guy Episode  43 : Show Notes Did you know we all have something in common?  Well, I'm willing to bet that we have many things in common but the one I want to focus in on is  we all start something new as someone  new to starting that something . I know that is not very profound, but it's true. In my career I have been concerned about how someone would view my presen...

If you've listened to the show for any length of time, you know I love business!  Due my love of business, I study businesses in how they conduct regular transactions and issues. This can sometimes get on my wife's nerves since I'm always turning every customer service experience into a learning opportunity, just ask her...  In my observations, I have noticed that successful businesses seem to ral...

Our theme this month is team building. The last episode demonstrated how well a business can run when the team comes together. So, this episode helps us build a team to get there.     Our guest today is Rick Packer of the Table Group.  The Table Group is Pat Lencioni's company, author of the Five Dysfunctions of a Team. Rick has years of experience working with companies and making their team more...

If you have ever listened to my show, you know I am totally dependent on your suggestions on what I should be talking about. Today's show is straight from the "Scaling UP! Mailbag!"  You ask for it, so here it is… Phosphate…  (Tap...Tap) Is this thing on? Yes, I said Phosphate. Believe it or not, questions around phosphate top my list of the most asked questions from the Scaling UP! Nation! So, wh...

I think it is safe to say that the majority of the Scaling UP! Nation! is on one or more social media platforms. I try to post news about my upcoming podcast on social media, mainly LinkedIn. Social Media is how we stay connected in today's world. In fact, many of you found out about the Scaling UP! podcast from LinkedIn. In an effort to stay sharp for the Scaling UP! Nation!, I try to read as muc...

032.5 The One About the AWT Technical Training   Episode 32.5: Show Notes. Having been a trainer for The Association of Water Technologies (AWT) for several years, I have picked up a few tips to help individuals going to a Technical Training Seminar.  This episode is a special episode of Scaling UP! where I share these tips.  Specific AWT Technical Training information can be found below. Members...

Join me for the final day at the 2017 AWT Convention as I take you though the exhibit hall taking to guests.

Join me as I virtually take you through the 2017 AWT Convention Hall. I speak with attendees and vendors to let you know what it is like to attend.

Join me as I take you inside the AWT 2017 Convention.

Day 1 of the 2017 AWT Convention.  Unfortunately, I am traveling and not recording interviews as I had planned.  Darn that Hurricane Irma!  

A quick word on what is coming up at AWT this week.    

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Several listens have asked how they can easily be informed to when their favorite podcast, Scaling UP! comes out with a new episode. In this mini episode I explain how to "subscribe" using services like ITunes for IPhones and Sticher for Androids.  Subscribing alerts you when a new episode of Scaling UP! comes out so you can start listening!  It's Magic! To make it even easier, check out the butto...