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Small Business Connected
by Modern da Vinci
At Modern da Vinci, we believe that small businesses are the innovators, the backbone of our nation, and the heart of what makes America great. We exist to serve the small business community, sharing our experiences with small business owners... experiences that will have a major impact, helping them build the company they've always envisioned with purpose and speed.
Episodes
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Episode 43 - How to Get the Most Out of Business Travel
If you do any amount of business travel, you'll want to listen to this podcast. With nearly a million flight miles between the two of us, we uncover travel tips and tricks (and hilarious stories) that could only come from experience. In it, we discuss how to get the most out of business travel…
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Episode 42 - How to Succeed at Business When Things Are Looking Bleak
In this podcast, Modern da Vinci expert and business owner Seth Sinclair talks about how difficult it is for small businesses to succeed, how anxiety and stress build when business plans don’t pan out as expected, and how financial and other pressures can lead business owners to give up. He…
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Episode 41 - How to Hire A-Players Like a Professional with Fletcher Wimbush
Consistently hiring A-players is one of the most challenging aspects of running a business. Far too often, our hiring process is either non-existent or hasn’t been given a lot of thought. Fletcher Wimbush from The Hire Talent is here to help us change that. In this interview, Fletcher shows us...
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Episode 40 - 3 Things You Should Do to Give Killer Performance Reviews
Oh, the dreaded performance review process. You either hate it, or you hate it. Am I right? It’s not that you think they’re unnecessary… After all. Even if you don’t give performance reviews now, somewhere in the back of your mind, you know you should. It’s that they take time out of work, cause...
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Episode 39 - How to Turn Anxiety Into Opportunity with Business Networking
If there's one thing that makes business owners anxious, it's networking. Some would describe it as difficult, others stressful. However, the importance of it cannot be understated. Business networking can lead to partnerships, sales, and future contacts that can help you (and you them) in...
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Episode 38 - How to Stop Fighting and Start Winning Against Your Competition
Today we draw from the insanely popular business book, Blue Ocean Strategy, to help you create a unique value proposition that gets you out of those bloody competitive waters (where you struggle to get business) and instead sets you on a path towards a wide blue ocean full of customers who are...
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Episode 37 - How to Uncover the Greatest Threats to Your Small Business
You need your business to be successful. If your business fails, you won’t be able to earn a living and provide for yourself, your family, or your employees. If you don’t have money, you can’t buy food and shelter. And if you don’t have food and shelter, you die! Sound a little extreme? Maybe…
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Episode 36 - How to Get Unresponsive Prospects to Return Your Calls (and Emails)
It's mind-boggling, isn't it? You have a great meeting with a potential customer. Your presentation is on point. You answer all their questions. And they show all the buying signs. Before leaving, you end with a hearty handshake and promise to send more information. Only when you do, they don't...
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Episode 35 - Team Building Like a Professional with James Bennett
Can you describe the difference between teamwork and team building? Do you know the three factors to creating an effective team building event? How do you apply vulnerability-based trust into your leadership and management goals to bring out the most productive, effective, and excited staff?…
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Episode 34 - How to Stay on Track (and Massively Productive) Every Day
You know what's coming... At the end of today, you'll either feel a sense of accomplishment, or like you've wasted another day. It's not that you didn't work hard. You answered emails. You took phone calls. You attended meetings. You made decisions. But for some reason you got nothing done. Well,...
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Episode 33 - How to Crush Your Small Business Goals in the New Year
If you’re heading into 2017 thinking about setting new plans and goals for your business, Modern da Vinci is here to help. In this brief video, we cover: 1. three big planning mistakes that you must avoid, and 2. the first step you should take to set the foundation for your planning process. This...
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Episode 32 - How to Get Superhuman Productivity with One Remarkable App
It’s no secret, you’re pressed for time. You wear multiple hats, share multiple responsibilities, and have more things to do than there are hours in the day. Maybe you’ve even committed to being more productive or focused in the new year. Superhuman productivity you say? I’ll take two helpings of...
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Episode 31 - What Every Business Owner Needs to Know About Financial Planning with Blake Fellows
Many small and medium-sized business owners kick the can down the road when it comes to financial planning. That’s understandable since business owners are preoccupied with short-term responsibilities and dealing with fires that inevitably pop up daily. Unfortunately, this leaves the business…
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Episode 30 - How to Win More Negotiations by Changing Your Conflict Style
When a conflict arises, most people have a default approach for how they handle the situation. Many of us are not conscious of our conflict style; we respond automatically without giving thought to the circumstances. This is significant in the context of negotiations. A negotiation is a type of...
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Episode 29 - How to Win a Negotiation without Destroying Relationships
So far in this series, we have explored several common mistakes that can harm negotiations as well as tactics you can employ to avoid negotiation pitfalls. This post is about re-framing the way we view negotiations, especially regarding how we look at the “other side” that we are negotiating…
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Episode 28 - How to Negotiate Better by Creating New Possibilities
Negotiations can be tough. They are often high pressure, high stakes situations with tight deadlines and demanding stakeholders. Opinions and interests can differ widely among parties, and strong emotions may come into play. When we are under this type of pressure, we often find ourselves…
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Episode 27 - How to Prevent Negotiation Disasters with a Plan B
Preparation is essential to effective negotiation. If you wish to reach a fair and satisfactory deal, you need to enter the negotiation with a clear understanding of your interests, options, comparative data, and objective criteria. One of the most important data points to consider is your “Best...
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Episode 26 - How to Dramatically Improve Your Negotiating with This Simple Technique
Negotiation is a back-and-forth communication that is designed to reach an agreement among parties that have both shared and differing interests. We all deal with negotiating each day, whether on simple matters like what to eat for dinner to complex decisions involving high stakes business…
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Episode 25 - What No One Tells You About Websites and Social Media with Salomon Paredes
In this interview with Salomon Paredes of E2 Outlook, we uncover some hidden truths about why website development and social media management is difficult, and discuss the purpose of each for small business owners.
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Episode 24 - How to Influence Your Customers to Buy Using Neuroscience
Glen Hellman is a business expert and strategist that writes and presents on the topic of “How To Pitch to the Reptilian Brain.” It’s an approach grounded in neuroscience that is designed to influence others and move them to action. In this interview, Glen shares his insights on how to use these...
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Episode 23 - How to Motivate a Team by Revealing the Big Picture
You have a tremendous, untapped advantage as a small business. Something that even the biggest companies can't compete with. Something that will inspire loyalty, productivity, and pride in every one of your employees. It’s called the “big picture.” Whether it’s your purpose statement, a larger...
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Episode 22 - What Is Effective Strategic Planning for Small Businesses
Having a strategy is vital for any small business. A strategy defines your plan for moving from where you are today to where you want your business to be in the future. On a more tactical level, having a clearly articulated business strategy is essential to being able to prioritize, build...
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Episode 21 - Two Key Things Small Business Owners Need to Do to Thrive with Brian Roberts
In this interview with Brian Roberts, founder and CEO of Croix Connect, we explore two things that often hold small businesses back from growing and what business owners can do to overcome them. Brian shares his substantial experience as a business advisor, coach, and Vistage CEO Peer Advisory...
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Episode 20 - How to Use Your Customers Fears to Increase Sales
Have your past marketing efforts fallen on deaf ears? Have your previous advertisements cost you way too much for far too little gain? You’re not alone. This is a common problem nearly every small business faces. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Growing your business is hard. If you...
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Episode 19 - Real Life Struggles of Starting and Growing a Business
In this interview with Barbara Stankowski, President and CEO of AMTIS, Inc., we discuss what it takes to get a business started, the real-life challenges of what it takes to grow, the meaning of persistence and resilience, and why it’s so important to invest in developing your people.
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Episode 18 - What do Video Games Have to do with Team Building?
In this interview with Chris Hatala from Games Done Legit, we dismiss some long-held beliefs that video games cannot be taken seriously, uncover ways video games can help businesses build teams, and learn how to translate gaming events into better leadership and business growth.
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Episode 17 - 5 Ways to Know When Team Building is Urgent
In the words of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, “great things in business are never done by one person, they are done by a team of people.” He’s right. No matter how much talent, hard work, and determination individuals can offer, teamwork is required to achieve results. But if teams are essential…
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Episode 16 - How to Prepare for (and Not Worry) When Your Best Employee Quits
Losing critical employees can be a huge source of concern for any business owner. Whether your star employees quit or simply go on vacation, business continuity is a must. This article reviews a simple method for maintaining and sharing your best employees’ expertise. In addition to removing...
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Episode 15 - Interview Secrets Top Companies Use to Hire Outstanding Talent
The best employees have qualities that are hard to quantify. They have the skills and experience, the motivation to be their best, the drive to help the company succeed, the aptitude to learn new skills, and character to lead the charter for which they were hired. These are the employees that…
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Episode 14 - 20 Behaviors The Best Leaders Use to Get Remarkable Results
You know a good leader when you see one. You also know a bad leader when you see one. But can you spot the specific behaviors and characteristics that set them apart? Can you make an honest assessment of yourself to identify your own leadership strengths and weaknesses? In this post we look at 20...
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Episode 13 - 3 Steps to Conquering "People Problems"
Sometimes they sneak up on us. Other times we put off dealing with them and they loom in the background. You might make it a week or two without encountering one, but no one can avoid them for long. They can cause anxiety, anger, frustration, and leave your stomach in knots. I’m not talking about...
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Episode 12 - Want to Grow Your Business? Find These 3 Numbers First...
I’m going to use two words that will quickly turn you away. Your first reaction will be to click the back button in an attempt to forget about this article and search for greener pastures. But you mustn’t. You mustn’t leave because these two words are going to be the root of your success. If used...
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Episode 11 - All Great People Fail - So Should You
What do historical legends such as Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, and Abraham Lincoln have in common with modern day magnates Michael Jordan, Oprah Winfrey, and J.K. Rowling? The obvious answers are fame and success. But there is a more powerful answer that might surprise you. They all…
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Episode 10 - 8 Questions Your New Product Idea Must Answer (Or Fail Miserably)
Deep down you’re excited. You’re excited that your new idea is going to sell. You’re excited that your new product will be met with fanfare, enthusiasm, and will win the hearts and minds (and wallets) of an entire market. I know this feeling. I’ve had this feeling many times before. Not just the...
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Episode 9 - How Powerful Questions Can Enhance Your Leadership
As a leader, you are expected to have answers. Whether it’s a team member asking how to get a project back on track, a customer asking for more service, or a boss demanding better results, there is pressure to provide quick, definitive responses. The drive to find the “right answer” and to do so...
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Episode 8 - Listen Up! How to Improve Your Listening Skills
Listening is the foundation for developing lasting relationships, building trust, preventing conflict, and influencing others. When you really listen, you show the other person that you care what they think and that they are worthy of your full attention. No one is going to be a perfect listener...
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Episode 7 - From Ignorance to Mastery: How Adults Learn
Unlike children who implicitly accept new information without questioning its relevance, adults challenge education and seek knowledge related to areas applicable to their future. They understand that if they need to learn something, it’s their responsibility to find the information and skills…
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Episode 6 - Don't Get Caught in the Innovation Trap
So many of our ideas are built on the thoughts and insights of others. But no matter where they come from, not all ideas stick. Not all ideas generate revenue or increase market share. The ones that do succeed are the ones that solve specific customer problems. If you’re spending all your time...
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Episode 5 - Effective Feedback Made Simple
Feedback is one of the most helpful and important things we all need to learn, grow, and improve. Furthermore, delivering skillful feedback can serve you well in all aspects of life. And yet in working with businesses and coaching clients, I hear time and time again how uncomfortable people are...
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Episode 4 - Is Your Business on the Ballot?
Today is the day... the day before elections when you realize you'll need to exercise your right as a free citizen in a representative democracy. Have you researched your candidates? Have you aligned your businesses needs with the values, record, and public statements of your choice…
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Episode 3 - Rediscovering Your Sense of Wonder With a Discovery Journal
Keeping a discovery journal creates a desire to grow both personally and professionally while helping us become aware of blind spots in our knowledge. It inspires us to learn and find meaningful answers in our own lives. Without asking questions, we will get by just fine. But if we do, and if we...
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Episode 2 - How to Create a Plan Today to Maximize Tomorrow
This post is for anyone who wants to get ahead; who wants to stop reacting to life; who wants to stop floating through life day by day, hoping for the best. It's for anyone with much to accomplish and little time to do it. This post is for anyone who wants to focus and thrive, yet finds himself...
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Episode 1 - You Are Thinking About Exercise All Wrong
We create excuses to avoid discomfort. Our excuses overpower our motivations and goals. And when the weight is heavy or the run long, our goals fly out the window. We need a deeper, more driving, more motivating voice to overpower those excuses. Once we've found that voice, it can help us far...
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At Modern da Vinci, we believe that small businesses are the innovators, the backbone of our nation, and the heart of what makes America great. We exist to serve the small business community, sharing our experiences with small business owners... experiences that will have a major impact, helping them build the company they've always envisioned with purpose and speed.
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