The How of Business - How to start, run, grow and exit a small business.

The Self-Storage Business with entrepreneur Scott Krone - shares his expertise and tips on investing in self-storage businesses. Self storage, or self-service storage, is an industry that rents storage space (such as rooms, lockers, containers, and/or outdoor space), also known as "storage units," to tenants, usually on a short-term basis (often month-to-month). Scott Krone is a business owner, re...

Employee Performance Management for small business owners with Henry Lopez and David Begin. David and Henry share their thoughts, opinions, experiences, and tools to help you with Employee Performance Management for your small business. Why is Employee Performance Management important for small business owners? Small businesses often operate with limited resources, which makes employee performance...

How to develop an Experience Mindset, which considers both the customer and the employee experience, to grow our business with Tiffani Bova. The fastest way to get customers to love your brand is to get employees to love their jobs.    Tiffani Bova is the global customer growth and innovation evangelist at Salesforce, and the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of "Growth IQ". Her new book is "...

Think like a CFO (Chief Financial Officer) to understand and use your financials to grow your small business (starting at 9:00) with Danielle Hendon. Regardless of the size of your small business, managing your financials is critical to the profitability, not to mention the survival, of your small business. As you continue growing your business, it becomes even more important to learn how to finan...

Closing Intelligence to help you increase sales close rates (starting at 17:56) with entrepreneur Oscar Subirats. Oscar shares his inspiring entrepreneur journey and how to improve your ability to close sales opportunities and get to yes so you can grow your small business. To succeed in sales, small business, and life, you must face human nature, real people, and overcome their many obstacles and...

Build an unstoppable creative business. The Conquering Creative with William Warren. William is the Founder and CEO of The Sketch Effect, a Visual Communication company, and the author "The Conquering Creative – 9 Shifts to Build an Unstoppable Creative Business." Are you a creative? Do you love to illustrate, animate, paint, draw, take photos, shoot videos, edit footage, design, build brands, mak...

Risk Management for Small Business with John Morlan, an insurance and risk management industry expert with over 20 years of experience. John shares his experiences with helping small businesses reduce their risks, creating safer and more productive work environments, and potentially reducing the ever-rising cost of business insurance. He started his risk control career with ISO (Insurance Service...

Peter shares his entrepreneur journey, dealing with an autism diagnosis later in life and launching his small business. Peter Mann is the CEO & Founder of Oransi, a leading air purification company known for its efficient, intuitive, and reliable products for consumers, schools, organizations, and businesses. In 2021, Oransi merged with Aviemore Technologies and is now a motor technology company w...

How to shortcut your startup with Courtney Reum, co-author of the national bestseller "Shortcut Your Startup". Courtney shares practical advice for entrepreneurs looking to bring their ideas to market quickly and effectively. Courtney Reum is the co-author of the national bestseller "Shortcut Your Startup: Speed up Success with Unconventional Advice from the Trenches," which offers practical advic...

Transform your personal qualities for success in small business with Charles McCarrick. How can you transform your personal qualities to help you achieve success? Charles shares insights and stories from his new book, "Lessons My Brothers Taught Me". Charles D. McCarrick is an entrepreneur, inventor, and lead visionary and founder of Micro-Ant. With more than 10 patents to his name, he pioneers an...

Employee background checks with Travis Reiter, to help you screen and hire the right employees for your small business (starting at 14:40). This episode is all about Employee Background Checks. What are they exactly, and when and how should you use them to help you make better hiring decisions. Travis is the co-owner and operator of Perfect Fit Background Checks, an employment screening company ba...

Understanding the variety of Marketing Media for Small Business with Mary Ann Pruitt. Small Business Owners need to understand and invest in the right mix of marketing media to promote a small business successfully. Mary Ann shares her insights and experiences with marketing media to help us promote and grow a small business. She is the CEO and President of Mosaic Media, a collection of media-buyi...

How to prepare for a successful small business partnership including the Business Partnership Checklist. Henry Lopez, serial entrepreneur, and host of The How of Business podcast, shares his experiences and tips for a successful partnership. This episode is about preparing for a successful Small Business Partnership. If you are considering going into a business partnership, where you and one or mo...

How the Anxious Achiever can turn their biggest fears into Superpowers to help start and grow a small business with Morra Aarons-Mele. Morra shares how she has helped herself and others to turn their biggest fears into life-changing leadership. For anyone who worries that anxiety or other mental health challenges stands between them and the success they deserve, Morra will share highlights from he...

How Walid Azami overcame the challenges of being a refuge to start and grow his photography business. Walid shares his experiences as a professional photographer – including overcoming the challenges of being an immigrant to build his successful creative business. If you are a creative artist, like a photographer, videography, makeup artist, hair stylist, or any other type of creative content crea...

Entrepreneurship & Partnerships with Pat Flynn & Matt Gartland - their entrepreneurship journey and how and why they work as business partners (starting at 23:30). Pat and Matt share their entrepreneurial experiences and how they built and grew their business, SPI. Matt had a successful corporate career, and Pat was building his career as an architect before starting their first small business. He...

Improve Attention to Detail with Chris Denny, to help you start, run and grow your small business. Chris shares insights on how to develop attention to detail, for yourself and your team, to help you achieve success as a small business owner. Chris Denny is an entrepreneur, trainer, author, consultant, and small business owner. When he is not running a business or spending time with his family (mo...

How to conquer the chaos of small business with entrepreneur Clate Mask. Clate is the co-founder and CEO of Keap (formerly Infusionsoft), a sales and marketing automation software for small businesses. He is a national speaker on entrepreneurship and small business success, and co-author of the New York Times bestseller "Conquer the Chaos: How to Grow a Successful Small Business Without Going Craz...

Launching and growing Swingers Crazy Golf with entrepreneur Matt Grech-Smith.  Matt is the co-founder and co-CEO of Swingers - the crazy golf club, which has reinvented mini golf for an adult audience by adding gourmet street food, cocktails and a party atmosphere. Matt shares his entrepreneur journey, and how he started and is growing Swingers with locations currently in London, New York City and...

How a combination of mindset, abilities, and know-how gathered from life experience can empower you to achieve your goals and build your successful small business with Soren Kaplan. Soren Kaplan, PhD, is an award-winning author, an affiliate at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California, a former corporate executive, founder of three Silicon Valley startups, an...

How and why you and your team should develop your attention-to-detail skills with host Henry Lopez.  Henry, Serial Entrepreneur and host of The How of Business podcast, shares his thoughts, opinions and experiences related to improving your "Attention to Detail" skills, and helping your team improve their attention to detail as well. Strong attention to detail is critical to becoming a successful...

SBA 7a Small Business Loans with Ray Drew, Managing Business Development Officer at Fund-Ex, one of the top SBA lenders in the country. Ray shares his knowledge of SBA lending, specifically the SBA 7(a) loan program, for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Ray has dedicated his entire professional career to helping small business owners navigate the intricacies of SBA borrowing. His job is to...

Starting Make Bake with entrepreneur Kristina Schlegel. Kristina shares her entrepreneurial journey and her experiences launching Make Bake a CPG baking & food craft brand. Kristina is the founder of Make Bake, and creator of Stickies –The Stickers You Can Eat! "Our patent-pending edible decorating stickers for baking and food crafts are changing the baking game. On-trend designs moms love, fun ki...

Tips and thoughts for success, for both aspiring business owners and exiting small business owners, as we get the new year started. Review of the previous year, goal setting, tips & thoughts on starting a new business and growing your existing small business, suggested episodes, recommended books, and inspiration ideas to help your success in 2023! Henry Lopez is the host of The How of Business po...

How effective employee recognition helps you develop your team and your small business (starting at 8:35) with Debra Corey. Debra is an award-winning HR Leader and author who shares her experiences and advice on how to improve employee recognition which results in improved employee retention. She introduces the 4 Golden Rules of Employee Recognition, to help you effectively recognize your employee...