486: Using a Data Driven App to Make Better Business Decisions with Dan Nicholson

Using a Data Driven App to Make Better Business DecisionsDan Nicholson, Nth Degree CPAs– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 486 Dan NicholsonDan Nicholson is a lifelong entrepreneur, relentlessly curious and hopelessly sarcastic. When purpose driven entrepreneurs grow tired of spinning their wheels seemingly getting further away from things that actually matter to them, they call Dan for help.He’s had the privilege of completing a prestigious fellowship and worked for some of the largest and most successful companies in the world.10 years ago he gave all of that up – mostly because he was tired of having meetings about meetings to eventually talk about what to actually do. Instead he spends his time developing tools and helping private clients and partners answer the one question all successful business owners are asking themselves “Am I going to be okay?” through his financial certainty methodologies. Financial Certainty is an unconventional way of looking at business growth. Instead of focusing on acquiring more, the focus is getting closer to the things that actually matter to the business owner/entrepreneur.The first step to eliminating entrepreneurial anxiety is decreasing the uncertainty around reaching your goals and Dan has developed a set of proprietary algorithms to systematically decrease uncertainty and increase the power entrepreneurs have over their desired outcomes.Dan realized what he learned in business school doesn’t work for small or medium sized companies. Small businesses owners need to optimize, so different framework. He’s building ideas on how to navigate decision making for small businesses. Book coming out called Seeking Certainty and the certainty app a tool for small to medium sized companies. Has a digital products company called Wealth Q and A. He is an equity partner in a lot of businesses. Wants to help people have certainty. Going to be on Hustle and Flow Chart and Half Past.Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Dan Nicholson about using a data driven app to make better business decisions.Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:●    How there are many entrepreneurs who have their CPA license.●    How small business owners are only working with one or two CPAs.●    Why conventional finance does not work for small business owners.●    How small business owners need to optimize their business.●    Why many small business owners don’t make asymmetric bets.Connect with Dan:Guest Contact InfoTwitter @NthDegreeCPAsLinkedIn linkedin.com/in/dan-p-nicholson-9135103Links Mentioned:certaintyapp.com nthdegreecpas.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices