Small Business Survival Conversations

Send us Fan Mail Today we will share with you how to focus on your business growth through the New Year.  At the beginning of a new year is a time to pause for reflection and it’s also an opportune time to plan your goals for the year ahead. Listen to our new episode to learn Anna's and Michael's best advice for setting and keeping your New Year’s business goals. 

Send us Fan Mail Today Dr. Troyer and Anna Steinfest are sharing their New Year's resolution for your business success.

Send us Fan Mail In this podcast episode, Dr. Michael Troyer and Anna Steinfest will teach you how to manage your most precious resource - time.  Listen and learn to how own your schedule and set priorities.

Send us Fan Mail Listen to Emily Jacobson, the owner of Green Bay Doulas , and learn how she survived the pandemics. Currently, she is growing in double digits. What tools and tips you can learn from her? Bio of our amazing guest: Emily was raised in Green Bay, she has been a labor and postpartum doula since 2011. Emily’s strength lies in supporting families through the childbearing years, in what...

Send us Fan Mail Meet the owner of Machine Plus - Jamie Veeser who grew from a 1000 sq ft machine shop to a 10,000 sq ft machine shop in one year. Learn what resources he used to do that.  He will share his tools and tips for success with our listeners.  Veeser, a lifelong machinist, founded Machine Plus in January 2012 when he saw an opportunity to enhance the services machine shops provide custo...

Send us Fan Mail We all deal with rejections at some point. But it’s never fun to deal with rejections in your business. The way you handle rejection can make a big difference in your business so today Anna Steinfest and Dr. Michael Troyer will share with you some tips on how to handle rejection in your business, so you will thrive. 

Send us Fan Mail Today Anna Steinfest and Dr. Michael Troyer will share 4 of their favorite books. 

Send us Fan Mail Today you will learn why Why is motivation important for an entrepreneur and How do I sustain my motivation when starting and running a business. Share with us your favorite motivation hacks at Anna@koppagroup.com or Michael@koppagroup.com 

Send us Fan Mail There are two key points that every entrepreneur needs to understand about the new world of sales - persuasion and moving others.  We as entrepreneurs spend a huge portion of our time not only selling in the traditional sense our product, our service,  but selling in a broader sense; persuading and convincing people to do something different. That is a big portion of what we do as...

Send us Fan Mail  Entrepreneurs are pitching all the time. So how do they do better? Today Anna Steinfest and Dr. Michael Troyer will share with you two of their favorite ways to pitch: the Pixar model and using questions when you pitch. Share with us what is your way of pitching your business. 

Send us Fan Mail What is inflation and how to price your product or service in this inflationary environment? Today Anna Steinfest and Dr. Michael Troyer will go back to basics and share some tips you can use to price your product or service. 

Send us Fan Mail Today you will learn how to communicate the value of your product or service. There is a simple formula for that - you have to answer two main questions - what are your customers buying and why are they buying it. Another tip you will learn from Anna and Michael is that to change people's heads you have to change people's hearts. 

Send us Fan Mail FAB stands for Features, Advantages, and Benefits. A FAB Statement is explaining the feature, what it does ( the advantages), and how that benefits the prospective client. 

Send us Fan Mail Today you will learn how to improve your business productivity and create a work-life balance.

Send us Fan Mail The capacity of your company for change in today's world matters strategically! Listen to our new episode to learn some tips and tools to be able to improve your company ability to handle change

Send us Fan Mail Today you will learn an easy recipe for great business presentations. This is a very important skill to have to make sure that you increase your sales.  1. Tell a story 2. Keep it simple 3. Be authentic 

Send us Fan Mail The overwhelming workload can be huge for small business owners. That is why, entrepreneurs need to work smarter, not harder. Today Dr. Michael Troyer and Anna Steinfest will share 3 ways to manage your business workload.

Send us Fan Mail In order for your business to survive you need to find a mentor. Because of their own entrepreneurial experience and their objective perspective, the mentor can see where you may be draining cash, or spark ideas for new business models or initiatives to contribute to your business business growth. Listen to our new episode to learn more how the mentor can help you and your busines...

Send us Fan Mail When we build a business or purchase one, we often start with close friends or family to help get our idea off the ground or help operate the business. As we improve and grow the business, the time comes when we will need additional people to help manage it. Choosing them will be very critical when cashflow and profits are tight.   We want to make the right choice given the urgenc...

Send us Fan Mail Today Dr. Michael Troyer and Anna Steinfest will why it is important to understand and be aware of your style of communication. The conditions under which we are living requires more and deeper communication: Across  Down and Up This is extremely important for small business owners.

Send us Fan Mail Today Dr. Michael Troyer and Anna Steinfest will teach you how to get better in the middle of a crisis. 

Send us Fan Mail Today Dr. Micheal Troyer and Anna Steinfest will be teaching you how to use negative feedback to build better products and services.

Send us Fan Mail If we are going to keep telling you to work hardest on retaining the top 20% of your customers (that 80% income contribution), then we ought to help you figure out what they have in common.

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Micheal Troyer and Anna Steinfest will teach you how to be a better listener and how this will help your business. 

Send us Fan Mail Today Dr. Michael Troyer and Anna Steinfest will help you manage your emotions. You will learn to answer these questions: How big is this issue in the larger scheme of things? How much personal, relationship capital is it worth investing to make you feel better? What other battles can you anticipate with this person in the future? What is the big picture – what is the outcome that...