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Business owners share their Small Business Success Highlights, and host Henry Lopez shares popular resources from The How of Business. Show notes page : https://www.thehowofbusiness.com/502-business-success-highlights-pt2/ On this special episode Henry Lopez (Serial Entrepreneur, Business Coach, and Host of The How of Business podcast) shares some information about The How of Business podcast and...

CPA Matt Chiappetta shares Year-End Tax Considerations for Small Business Owners (starting at 10:00). Show notes page : https://www.thehowofbusiness.com/501-matt-chiappetta-tax-considerations/ Matt is Henry's CPA, and he is excited to have him on the podcast to share his tips and advice on year-end tax planning for small business owners. He also shares his entrepreneur journey and why he decided t...

Featured business owners share their Small Business Success Highlights, and host Henry Lopez shares popular resources from The How of Business. Show notes page : https://www.thehowofbusiness.com/500-business-success-highlights/ On this special episode Henry Lopez (Serial Entrepreneur, Business Coach, and Host of The How of Business podcast) shares some information about The How of Business podcast...

From auto garage owner to becoming a hair replacement entrepreneur, Helena Gibson shares her inspiring journey. Show notes page : https://www.thehowofbusiness.com/499-helena-gibson-hair-replacement-entrepreneur/ Helena is a highly successful serial entrepreneur, operating several businesses in the cosmetology and hair loss industry. The global hair care market size was valued at over $91 billion i...

How to price your product or service. Henry Lopez shares the fundamentals of pricing your products or services to operate a profitable small business. Show notes page : https://www.thehowofbusiness.com/498-pricing-fundamentals/ Downloads available on the show notes page: Pricing Fundamentals for Small Business Owners Priceless BizNotes How do you price your product or service to find that balance...

Workers' Compensation Insurance for small business owners with Kevin Ring. Understanding and managing Workers' Compensation Insurance is crucial for small business owners, balancing both employee safety and benefits, and the financial impact on a small business. Show notes page: https://www.thehowofbusiness.com/497-kevin-ring-workers-compensation/ Kevin shares his expert tips and in-depth knowledg...

5 Reasons You're Causing Chaos in your small business with Henry Lopez. To avoid or fix a chaotic business environment requires multiple approaches, but perhaps nothing is more important than asking ourselves (and perhaps our partners and leaders) if we are the primary cause of the chaos. Show notes page : https://www.thehowofbusiness.com/496-5-reasons-you-are-causing-chaos/ Reducing chaos and fos...

The process and benefits of Minority/Women-Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Certification (starting at 11:52) to help grow your small business with Sheena Thomas. Show notes page: https://www.thehowofbusiness.com/495-sheena-thomas-mwbe-certification/   Sheena is a 25-year supplier diversity program and diversity certification program professional. As the first Black woman Executive Director of th...

Public Relations for Small Business with Megan Bennett. Megan shares her experiences and tips for using Public Relations to promote and grow a small business. Show notes page: https://www.thehowofbusiness.com/494-megan-bennett-public-relations/ Megan has been on the Light Years Ahead Public Relations team for over 20 years. She started working at Light Years Ahead just a year after college and fel...

Building vs. Buying a small business - which option may be best for you? David Barnett is back on the show to share his expertise on buying and selling small businesses. Show notes page: https://www.thehowofbusiness.com/493-david-barnett-build-vs-buy/ If you are thinking about investing in a small business, you essentially have two options: build your own business from scratch - including perhaps...

How to use YouTube Ads to grow your Small Business with Aleric Heck. Aleric shares his inspirational entrepreneurial journey, and an introduction to YouTube advertisement to help you grow your small business (starting at 17:17). Show notes page: https://www.thehowofbusiness.com/492-aleric-heck-youtube-ads/ Aleric is a YouTube Ads Expert and the Founder of AdOutreach. He has been on YouTube for ove...

Listener Q&A - Small Business Operations: Henry Lopez answers listener's small business questions related to small business operations.  Show notes page: https://www.thehowofbusiness.com/491-small-business-operations/ This is a special Listener Small Business Question & Answer episode! We have gathered some of the great questions our listeners have submitted related to the on-going operations of a...

From selling guavas in a barrio in Santo Domingo as a child, to selling his startup to Mastercard in Silicon Valley, Edrizio De La Cruz shares his inspirational entrepreneur journey. Edrizio is the author of the new book "The Underdog Founder - How to Go from Unseen to Unstoppable". Show notes page: https://www.thehowofbusiness.com/490-edrizio-de-la-cruz-entrepreneurship/ Edrizio is a Silicon Vall...

How to deliver Customer Service Excellence at your small business, with Micah Solomon. Micah is one of the world's leading experts on customer service. Show notes page: https://www.thehowofbusiness.com/489-micah-solomon-customer-service-excellence/ Micah is a Customer Service expert, and on this episode of The How of Business podcast he shares his vast experience helping companies deliver great cu...

Turning the Power of Mindset into Action, The Performance Paradox, with entrepreneur Eduardo Briceño. He explains that if all we do is perform at a high level, our performance suffers. To improve, we have to go beyond the known. To grow as a person and a business owner and entrepreneur. Show notes page: https://www.thehowofbusiness.com/488-eduardo-briceno-performance-paradox/ Eduardo shares his ex...

Starting a flooring business with entrepreneur Bryan Park. Bryan shares his entrepreneurial journey, from attending the Air Force Academy to founding Footprints Floors, a nationwide full-service flooring provider. And his experiences and guidance on starting and growing a flooring small business. Show notes page: https://www.thehowofbusiness.com/487-bryan-park-starting-flooring-business/ Bryan Par...

Starting a Moving Business with entrepreneur Wade Swikle. How to start a moving company and perhaps consider a moving business franchise. Wade shares his inspirational entrepreneurial story - starting his moving company while in college with just $600 and growing it to a multi-million-dollar business and offering franchise opportunities in the moving industry. This episode is all about starting an...

Franchise Side Hustle with The Franchise Guide, Giuseppe Grammatico, and host Henry Lopez. They discuss and share how you can create a safety-net for your job by investing in a side hustle franchise small business. Show note page: https://www.thehowofbusiness.com/485-giuseppe-grammatico-franchise-side-hustle/ How can you keep your job and own a small franchise small business on the side? Whether y...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ChatGPT Introduction and Fundamentals for Small Business Owners. Henry Lopez, host of The How of Business podcast, has recently been focusing on AI from a business owner's perspective – learning how it's currently being used and what the future applications may be. AI will continue to change how we do business. Show notes page: https://www.thehowofbusiness.com/484-...

Henry Lopez answers listener's small business questions. We have gathered some of the great questions our listeners have submitted through the podcast Listener Survey, and Henry answers these questions on this episode of the How of Business podcast. The questions: [1:35] - How to estimate overhead cost and operation cost when starting a business with no prior experience. [7:07] - How do you know w...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Small Business (starting at 17:18) with serial entrepreneur and AI expert Kevin Surace. Kevin shares his knowledge and experience with Artificial Intelligence and the current and potential future impact of AI on small business. He will also share highlights from his fascinating and incredibly varied background and entrepreneur journey. Kevin Surace is a Silicon Val...

Growing a small business, from chaos to calm, with entrepreneur Mike McFall. Mike is back on the show to share insights from his experiences as a successful entrepreneur on how to grow a small business, from common chaos to a calm business that is sustainable long-term. How to evolve from a bootstrapping entrepreneur, to leader and then to irrelevant. Mike McFall is the co-founder and co-CEO of BI...

How to create your small business LLC or Corporation with host Henry Lopez.  What is a legal business entity, why do you need one and how do you create it?  Creating and operating your small business under a legal entity, like an LLC or Corporation, can provide you with the best liability protection and tax advantage. On this episode Henry shares information about what is a legal entity, why you n...

Amy explains how to build a consulting business (starting at 15:54). Amy Rasdal also shares her interesting entrepreneur journey - she transitioned from a successful corporate career to starting and growing her consulting small business. Amy Rasdal traded her corporate job for consulting 15 years ago and now makes more money than most executives.  The advantages are freedom, flexibility, control,...

Travis Steffen shares highlights from his entrepreneurial journey, his experiences and opinions of the cannabis industry, and tips and insights on growing a business. Travis Steffen is a serial entrepreneur with 8 successful exits to date. He's an Inc 500 CEO, a growth mentor in most of Silicon Valley's top accelerator programs, a published author, and a doctoral candidate in marketing with a spec...