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Neal Bawa – Grocapitus and MultifamilyU On Using the Right Tools to Make Good Decisions: “I said, I’m going to mine as much data as possible and try to get insights from that data.” Many investors use real estate investing as an investment vehicle in their portfolio.  Most of those investors are looking at their […] The post Data Driven Real Estate Investing appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Shahayra Majumder and Jonathan Chizever – Hydrate IV Bar Madison, WI On Focusing on What Really Matters: “They’re passionate about their health, which is your only wealth at the end of the day.” What good is money if you’re spending your time hurting and not able to enjoy this great gift of life that we […] The post IV Bars to Reenergize appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Ronica Cleary – Cleary Strategies On Trying DIY PR: “You don’t know what makes you newsworthy. You don’t know what lands. You don’t know what’s a really good pitch and what’s not.” Every business wants, well actually, needs customers.  How do you get customers?  You get noticed and you get your business in front of […] The post The Power of PR appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Rowan Childs – Madison Reading Project On Building Up Youth: “We want to make sure every kid is excited and sees themselves on the cover or as the main character.” Often we take the skills we have for granted.  We want this and that, but rarely take the time to have gratitude for all that […] The post Breaking Barriers to Literacy appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Rachel LaCasse-Ford – Lake Road Campground On the Best Plan for Business: “It’s very important when you’re thinking about purchasing a business or starting a business that you know the beginning, middle, and end, like, you know all the pieces, you know how you’re going to get in, how you’re going to manage it, and […] The post How to Own a Campground appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Shane Perkins – Ultimate Strategy On the Reality Banks Overlook: “If you have that kind of equity and you’ve worked and you’ve saved that down payment, then there’s nothing telling me that you’re not going to make your payments.” When you have a job with a W-2, you fit in the traditional bucket.  Traditional things […] The post Helping Entrepreneurs Buy Homes appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Michael Shapiro  – Ketubah.com On How the Artist Gets Inspired for the Ketubah: “There would be a discussion of the couple’s values, maybe how they met, maybe where they met, and the artist would be listening for things that were important to them, including things between the lines, maybe that they weren’t speaking about, but […] The post How to Get a Ketubah appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Rihab Abouzaki  – This N That Communications On What She Does: “We are a gateway to the US market. As a company, we take the international brand and help them find distributors or help them directly sell in the US market, advertise in the US market.” Often we get a little cozy with success.  Sometimes […] The post Expand Your Biz Internationally appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Todd Graves  – Graves Golf On Understanding Your Value: “Your customer is going to feed on your clarity of what you have to offer. And without clarity, you’re just going to be a commodity.” Some things just go hand in hand with business.  Things like marketing, closing a deal over a beer, meeting for coffee […] The post Learn How to Play Golf Better appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Eddie Speed  – Note School On Timing the Market: “What’s the best time to be in the note business? I said, there’s two things. Either it’s inflationary times or disruptive times. Right now we have both.” It is always best to have an attorney before you need one, especially in business. Often, to make a […] The post How to Invest in Notes appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Jane Muir  – J. Muir & Associates P.A. On the Bold Truth: “But long story short, litigation has to be part of your comprehensive business plan.” It is always best to have an attorney before you need one, especially in business. Jane Muir is a business attorney that has seen almost everything.  She started her […] The post Real Stories of Legal Struggles and Successes appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Annie  – The Garden Mind Body On the Figuring Out That it is All Connected: “”I was so skeptical because I was like, how is working with my mind going to change what my body’s doing?” Pain seems to be everywhere.  In our bodies, often we have the aches or headaches that seem to have […] The post Mind and Body Wellness appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Hilary Berning – Gio’s Garden On the Unrealistic Timelines of Insurance Companies: “It’s a 6 to 9 month process just to get a wheelchair. I really need some way to get my son from point A to point B.” Families with special needs children already have some challenges.  These families need help and some guidance […] The post Gio’s Garden – Respite, Therapy and Resources for Families with Special Needs Children appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Jake Isham – Creative Minds On Knowing Who You Are Competing Against For Views: “You’re not competing with your competitors anymore. You’re not competing with this podcast right here. You’re not competing with other entrepreneurial podcasts. You’re competing with Netflix. You’re competing with Coca-Cola.” Marketing as a business owner is necessary.  Jake Isham argues that […] The post Building Your Personal Brand appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Vance Morris – Deliver Service Now Institute On the Customer Experience: “Every detail in your business is either enhancing or detracting from the experience. There is no middle ground.” Many businesses focus on customer acquisition, but not all businesses focus on customer retention.  Some businesses just have a hard time figuring out what to do […] The post Disneyfy Your Business for Success appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Taylor Bowker – Mindful Insurance Agency On Common Mistakes in Medical Billing: “She ended up getting a bill for $14,000 for a pee test.” Health insurance in the United States is a pain.  We all know that.  As business owners, we often get stuck needing to shop for our own insurance.  Only during certain times […] The post Understanding Health Insurance appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Doug Brown – CEO Sales Strategies On Knowing What to Look For: “Number one, we help companies find revenue, hidden revenue that they already paid for but they haven’t collected in their bank.” There’s a funny thing about business, and that is that your entrepreneurial journey will take you places you may have never dreamed […] The post Unlocking Hidden Revenue appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Dean Mathews – On the Clock On Watching Your Numbers: “They just realized that their sister in law who’s been working for them for 10 years has been adding 10 hours onto every pay run for the last 10 years.” Dean Mathews, CEO of On The Clock, shares his journey as an entrepreneur and the […] The post Timeclock Software appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Tom Schwab – Interview Valet On Standing Out: “What’s amazing now is AI is indexing all of these. So if you just say, I’m a coach, it’s saying, well, do I recommend James or the other million people that identify as a coach?.” Podcasts are everywhere these days.  They are the current neato thing to […] The post Be a Podcast Guest appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Jody Grunden – Anders CPA On Working Together: “It’s only going to help everybody if we can all learn how to get better and faster.” Every business owner needs to watch their money.  You watch it come in, go out and hopefully end up with some leftover to make sure you are doing more than […] The post Why a Virtual CFO May Be Just What You Need appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Henry DeVries – Indie Books International On Marketing With Authority: “The book is more than a calling card. The book is the greatest brochure.” There are a few things you can do to make yourself important in the eyes of the people you meet.  One of the best ways is to be the author of […] The post Become a Authority by Becoming an Author appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Heather Reekie – Casa de Corazón On Working With the SBA: “Getting the SBA loan was literally the hardest thing I’ve ever done. And I’ve given birth twice, naturally.” We all wish we were smarter.  As we get older, it becomes more difficult to learn new things. What if children could learn new things while […] The post Spanish Immersion Daycare and Preschool appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Mike Zlotnik – Tempo Funding On Investment Advice: “At the end of the day the best risk mitigation strategy is prudent diversification.” Investing in real estate is often thought to be a great place to grow your wealth.  But often investors have other things going on and they don’t want to deal with tenants, paperwork, […] The post Marry Money and Opportunity with Real Estate appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Jessi Ricci  – New Life Greens On Being Present: “It’s definitely life changing when you put your phone down for a meal.” In the mad rush that is our world, we often take for granted some important things.  Some of those things are nutrition, flavor, time spent with friends enjoying a great meal.  Celebrating the […] The post The Business of Micro Greens appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Carrie Stevens  – Fed Up Foods On the Knowing What it Takes to be Successful: “When you’re setting up your business, you want to make it convenient for the customer, but also it needs to be convenient for us because if we can’t maintain it then we’re going to get burnt out and we can’t […] The post Fed Up Foods appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Kevin Murphy  – Evolve Artist On the Value of Learning Art Beyond Making Art: “As an artist, you require more data. And so an education trains your subconscious mind to feed the data that you need to draw and paint, rather than just the stuff you need for survival.” The power of art goes well […] The post Learn to See, Learn to Paint appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Cody Wiseman  – Wiseman Capital On the Caring for Your Investments: “I don’t want to be driving by that in 15 years and seeing it’s a dump.” Investing in real estate has many benefits, but not all investors are created equal. Cody Wiseman started investing in real estate a few years ago.  Through his hard […] The post Property Investing Insights appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Jacob Walter  – VP of Finance – Patriot Properties On the Property Management Conundrum: “We look really good when everybody’s making money. You know, we’re always the problem when they’re not.” The thing about investing is that the financial part is the important part.  It’s all fun and games until you realize you aren’t making […] The post The Financial Backend of Property Investing appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Tim Packer  – Tim Packer Art Academy On the Truth: “I mean the universities and colleges are failing them just miserably.” We all remember being kids and making art of some kind.  Water colors, macaroni pictures, maybe even some Play-Doh creatures.  But did you ever think you could make a living from it?  Tim Packer […] The post How to Make a Living With Your Art appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Cole McCloskey  – The Electrician, Inc. On the Appreciating the People: “I don’t know that it’s necessarily a bad thing that we, as a society, in business, are adopting a culture of being appreciative and valuing people for more than just what they produce.” Flip a switch, the lights come on.  Plug in your phone […] The post How to Be An Electrician appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Isabelle Blaser  – Vet Receptionists On the State of the Veterinary Field: “I think it’s just a nationwide thing. That vet hospitals are understaffed and overworked and they always need an extra set of hands.” Pets are like family to a great majority of our population.  As living creatures, these pets need help.  Sometimes just […] The post Solving Veterinary Clinic Chaos: Inside the World of Vet Receptionist Remote Call Services appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Allen Curran  – Curran Cabinetry and Design On the Knowing Your Users: “So if you have teenagers at home, it might come in really handy to be able to slow that down so they don’t have the opportunity to slam things shut.” We all live in homes with a few of the same types of […] The post How to Update Your Kitchen Cabinets appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Lane Kawaoka  – The Wealth Elevator On the Reaching Higher Wealth Floors: “For some people out there, above a few million dollars net worth, time is more valuable than money. It’s not the pursuit of money anymore, but it’s the pursuit of trading in the money for the experiences.” One of the most important things […] The post The Elevator of Wealth appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Ibrahim Mohmed  – Taja.ai On the Being Real: “The first element is you have to be authentic. So it’s about what’s authentic to you.” The world of business gets moving with marketing, and marketing now happens via social media platforms.  These platforms love short form video, to keep our attention spans short and our eyes […] The post How to Use AI for Video Shorts appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Michael Wedaa  – Augmentus Business Solutions On the Keeping the Details Correct: “If your address is your old business address with the Secretary of State or with the IRS or on one of the credit bureaus, there’s an algorithm in a lot of banks that will give you an automatic denial.” Money makes the world […] The post Business Credit For Small Business appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Tracy Anderson  – Big Brother Big Sisters of Dane County On the Value of Being a Mentor to a Kid: “When you spend time with a child, it’s shown to prove that they’ll likely go to college when they grow up or have a better paying job or not partake in violence, alcohol or drugs.” […] The post How to Be a Mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Therese Merkel – Tricky Foods On the the Goal of Being a Business OWNER and not a Business OPERATOR: “How do I build a machine that works without me so that I can still be involved in this business, but I’m not the one working Friday, Saturdays and weekends?” The food business can be tricky.  […] The post How to Build a Charcuterie Board Business appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Danielle Burken – Danielle Burken Marketing On the How Marketing with Human Design Helps Your Business: “You’re attracting the clients that you want to work with because you are showing up as the version of yourself that really trusts in the work that you’re doing.” We all have a voice.  In marketing our business, we […] The post Market Your Business with Human Design appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Chris Gantz – Patriot Properties Property Management On the How the Internet Has Changed the Real Estate Industry: “Now you have the democratization of that MLS book, right? So that value is completely gone for the broker because everybody can see everybody everywhere at all times.” Investing in Real Estate is often a great way […] The post How to Find a Property Manager appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Peter Shankman – Bestselling Author and the Founder of Help A Reporter Out (HARO) On the Value of ADHD in Business: “Faster Than Normal has sort of become the bible for ADHD and the concept that ADHD is a gift, not a curse.” The data on entrepreneurs, even C-Suite executives is clear.  We happen to lean […] The post The Founder of HARO appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Molly Hildebrandt – Hildebrandt Consulting LLC On Learning and Knowing Thyself: “Being able to help people tap into their unique energy source will help them then be able to figure out where do they get energy? What are the energy drains?.” Every professional athlete has a coach.  The great athletes typically have an incredible coach.  With […] The post Get Into Flow appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

James Hatfield – LiveSwitch On the Sealing the Deal Conveniently: “And now people are selling home services from the comfort of their call center, comfort of their truck.” Sometimes you need to see some things, in order to make sure you can get your client the right stuff.  Most often with contractors that need to give […] The post Use Live Video for Business appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Luis Derechin – Nir-Yu (Pronounced ‘Near You’) On the Building Upon Your Success: “Any successful company is in the continuous improvement process. We identified what we call the Offshore Team Death Trap—seven systemic failures—and built our process to counteract them.” Hiring locally can be expensive and you need to pay for a space for that employee […] The post Building a Nearshore Team appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Mei Yung – Ageless Zen Skincare On the Value of Safe Skincare: “It’s not about so much about vanity, but having healthy skin.” Maintenance free is what we all seem to want.  But with some things, we don’t get that option.  Our skin, that we do not get a second chance with, is one of those […] The post Creating Safe Skincare Products appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Dustin Heiner – Master Passive Income On the Game of Entrepreneurship: “I love building businesses. One of my favorite things, like it’s a game. So I just keep trying to do better at that game.” Passive income seems to be one of the most underrated ways to fulfill your dreams.  Maybe that seems like a stretch, […] The post The Passive Income Guide appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Lisa Grulke and Cat Munson – Animal Center for Emergency and Specialty (ACES) On the Reality of Working in Veterinary Medicine: “You’re gonna have to talk with the family that can’t necessarily afford to take care of their animal all the time. You’re gonna have to lift a 80 pound dog. There’s just certain things where […] The post How to Start a Veterinary Practice appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Amanda Marek – Active Youth Wisconsin On Getting the Style Right: “I always like to say that, from an unbiased standpoint, our events are really, really awesome. And I say it’s unbiased because I got to experience the events before I was an employee of active youth Wisconsin.” It seems kids have all sorts of gadgets […] The post How to Keep Kids Active appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Anya Chang – Taelor.Style On Getting the Style Right: “We tend to know about the best performing clothes and also those brands from all over the world that are high quality and really, really good be able to find a home here.” Men’s clothing styles can be challenging.  As professional people, going around meeting other professionals, […] The post Dress For Success Made Easy appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Bradley Fish – Bradley Fish Guitar On a Being the Guy That Helps the Guy: “I remember at one point, he was like, dude, do you wanna do some more loops? I’m the number two producer in the world.” There are two levels of cool: Those that know how to play guitar and everyone else below […] The post Guitar Lessons Business appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.

Brandon Lang – Lang Lighting and Decor On a Knowing What People Want: “And people like quick. They want their stuff done yesterday.” The evolution of how a business came to be and grow is always interesting. With Brandon Lang, of Lang’s Lighting and Decor, he started making elaborate haunted houses for the neighborhood and now […] The post Scaling Seasonal Success: Inside the Growth of Lang Lighting and Decor appeared first on Ready to Take Action with a Fast Business Coach for Your Small Business in Madison Wisconsin.