The Small Business Safari

Send us Fan Mail He does more than spreadsheets trust me!... Rocky Lalvani joins us in this episode! Rocky is the profit answer man! As a kid, Rocky was always entrepreneurial. He would go into the city and buy wholesale products then come home to school sell it all! Moving into college he had this amazing talent with spreadsheets. At the time, no one knew how to use them. So, he went into corpora...

Send us Fan Mail We got special guests!... Janessa and Cindy join Chris today! They are the first touchpoint of The Trusted Tool Box business. They make everything work! In this episode, we learn a little bit about their backgrounds and how they see the business. This is a fun mini-episode so take a listen! Thanks for listening! Please help us out with a follow, rate, and review! Have any question...

Send us Fan Mail Do what makes you happy... Chris and Alan discuss how being your own boss is the best way to work. Never in corporate America was Chris able to travel and take a vacation as he does now. There are so many more benefits. This should be motivation to get the heck out of the corporate zoo! Go ahead and bet on yourself! Thanks for listening! Please help us out with a follow, rate, and...

Send us Fan Mail Or is it a waste of time?... Chris poses the question, "Are these events worth it?".  Chris believes it improves his business ten times over. Are businesses better off not doing them? Usually in corporate America, they have these yearly meetings never to be talked about again. So, why does Chris implement them now? Take a listen to hear the GOLD NUGGETS! Thanks for liste...

Send us Fan Mail Or is it a waste of time?... Chris and Alan are back one on one in this episode! Chris poses the question, "What do you think of strategic planning events?". Alan thinks they're absolutely a waste of time! Chris on other hand believes it improves his business ten times over. Are businesses better off not doing them? Usually in corporate America, they have these year...

Send us Fan Mail How hard can it be to sell tile?... "It's really hard!" says our guest on this episode. Amanda Griffey joins the safari! Currently, Amanda is a sales designer for a kitchen and bath plumbing supply house in Atlanta, Georgia.  On top of that, she is the committee chair for two NARI Atlanta groups. But seven years before this she was selling tile. Without a doubt, she...

Send us Fan Mail How hard can it be to sell tile?... "It's really hard!" says our guest on this episode. Amanda Griffey joins the safari! Currently, Amanda is a sales designer for a kitchen and bath plumbing supply house in Atlanta, Georgia.  On top of that, she is the committee chair for two NARI Atlanta groups. But seven years before this she was selling tile. Without a doubt, she...

Send us Fan Mail Let's recap!... Spencer comes from a line of entrepreneurs with a background in building and contracting. He started with stuffing envelopes when he was a kid for his family business and decided there was no way he wanted to do that for the rest of his life. Years later out of college, he started a social media agency. His uncle then reached out and asked if he wanted to run...

Send us Fan Mail He only used hand tools!... Spencer Powell dives deep with us in this episode of all things social media and marketing! He comes from a line of entrepreneurs with a background in building and contracting. He started with stuffing envelopes when he was a kid for his family business and decided there was no way he wanted to do that for the rest of his life. Years later out of colleg...

Send us Fan Mail Get that ladder of success on the right building!... Joe Perrone hops in for the small business safari! Joe is a strategist who helps business owners to reclaim their time for freedom.  He believes a business should be self-sufficient where the business doesn't own you. On top of that, he also owns two automotive repair shops. In this episode, we dive into how he started as a...

Send us Fan Mail And save time for freedom... Joe Perrone hops in for the small business safari! Joe is a strategist who helps business owners to reclaim their time for freedom.  He believes a business should be self-sufficient where the business doesn't own you. On top of that, he also owns two automotive repair shops. In this episode, we dive into how he started as a pizza maker, then detai...

Send us Fan Mail Let's talk about the last episode! Dave Lupberger shared a lot of great GOLD NUGGETS so let's break them down. With many years of experience in the remodeling industry, he now owns Remodel Force: Clients for Life. Dave helps contractors to be better and get great clients. One way one could do this is really nailing down your target market, getting those qualifying questi...

Send us Fan Mail Number one tip. Never take over a job for a bankrupt contractor... David Lupberger joins us in this episode! He found the opportunity to change the remodeling industry and took it! David has more than enough experience with over two decades in the residential remodeling field. He uses this experience and helps other remodelers with a proven business model. With this work, he hoped...

Send us Fan Mail The most personable contractor out there... Duane has been in the construction industry for over 30 years. So he probably knows a thing or two. Duane is also THE construction business coach.  He was first in commercial but felt more rewarded when he started home remodeling. Working in someone's home, their most prized possession really makes an impact on them. Take listen rea...

Send us Fan Mail Did you guess he's in construction?... Duane C. Barney joins us in this episode! Duane is THE construction business coach. He has been in the construction industry for over 30 years. So he probably knows a thing or two. His favorite aspect of it is really getting his hands dirty and working with the tools. With this foundation, he went into project management and ultimately l...

Send us Fan Mail We hand you the playbook... David is a fellow entrepreneur that started way back in college with a painting franchise. He now owns Home Service Coach and reinvented himself with Revive Washing. He is a perfect example of how business isn't all about money. With Revive Washing he donates three percent of the revenues to sponsor global water wells. Thanks for listening! Please...

Send us Fan Mail and more!... David Moerman joins us in this episode! We have gone international again because David is from Canada! David is a fellow entrepreneur that started way back in college with a painting franchise. He now owns Home Service Coach and reinvented himself with Revive Washing. He is a perfect example of how business isn't all about money. With Revive Washing he donates th...

Send us Fan Mail He puts the force in salesforce... This episode is all about all the GOLD NUGGETS Jim Ryerson dropped the last episode! Go check it if you haven't already! A little about Jim: After a successful career in corporate America, he decide he wanted out. When he was handing in his letter of resignation, his boss asked "What are you going to do now?" Jim responded, "I...

Send us Fan Mail He puts the force in salesforce... Jim Ryerson joins us on this episode with the sales knowledge we all need! After a successful career in corporate America, he decide he wanted out. When he was handing in his letter of resignation, his boss asked "What are you going to do now?" Jim responded, "I'm going to teach sales!". From there on he started Sales Oct...

Send us Fan Mail How did he do it?... In this episode, Chris goes over Mr. Mishkoff's podcast. If you haven't listened to the last episode yet, he is the founder of Granite Garage Floors. He left the corporate zoo many years ago because he wasn't passionate about his work anymore. So he challenged himself and looked for opportunities. The way he found what he does today was as he wo...

Send us Fan Mail He has expanded to 16 locations!... Alan Mishkoff joins us today for another great episode! He is the founder of Granite Garage Floors. He left the corporate zoo many years ago because he wasn't passionate about his work anymore. So he challenged himself and looked for opportunities. The way he found what he does today was as he worked with a relative that did garage flooring...

Send us Fan Mail Trust us, watching paint dry can make you a lot of money... Scott Specker, a close friend of Chris's, is our guest in this episode! He made the leap from the corporate zoo to the wild! Like many of us that made the leap, he was fed up with not having a sense of purpose at his job. He then went into a franchise with 5 Star Painting. As Chris mentions in the episode, business d...

Send us Fan Mail It is the most exciting and terrifying thing ever... Scott Specker, a close friend of Chris's, is our guest in this episode! He made the leap from the corporate zoo to the wild! Like many of us that made the leap, he was fed up with not having a sense of purpose at his job.  He had a fairly good job but looking at excel sheets all day was not fulfilling for him. Once he final...

Send us Fan Mail It's all about building your success!... Mike Claudio was our guest this week and boy did he drop some GOLD NUGGETS! He is the owner of WinRate Consulting and is all about building your success by planning your goals. To achieve this you need to be disciplined and actually plan out what you want. Some business owners just say they want a ten-million-dollar business but don&ap...

Send us Fan Mail Do you know what your idea of success looks like?... Mike Claudio joins us in this episode! He is the owner and head coach of WinRate Consulting. Mike started off in retail corporate America for nine years and then joined his friend in a remodeling business. A lot of the stuff he teaches today he learned while trying to figure things out in that business. Later he found himself in...