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Books & The Biz — 146 episodes

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Dead Inventory: The Silent Profit Killer Sitting on Your Shelves

2

Process Breakdown! When Procedures are Missed.

3

Not all HR tasks need to be outsourced. When to hire a consultant.

4

Taxes After the Fact: What Now and What’s Next

5

Taxes After the Fact: What Now and What’s Next

6

When “Nonprofit” Doesn’t Mean What You Think

7

The Hidden Cost of Rising Prices: Why Passing It On Isn’t Working

8

When Multi-Entity Structures Make Sense (And When They Don’t)

9

Structuring Success: Are You Set Up to Grow… or Stuck by Design?

10

The Execution Gap: Why Strategy Sounds Good but Nothing Changes

11

AI Won’t Fix a Broken Business

12

The True Cost of Avoided Decisions

13

Sloppy Accounting Is Costing You More Than You Think

14

Consulting Gone Wrong

15

Why Smart Owners Still Stay Stuck

16

Why Smart Owners Still Stay Stuck

17

Busy Is Not Profitable: The Cost of Operational Noise

18

Businesses Struggling Filling High Paying Jobs

19

Six Figure Jobs Unfilled! Why Can't We Get Employees?

20

The Margin Mirage: Why Revenue Is Up but Cash Still Feels Tight

21

Selling vs Building - What Should You Do?

22

How Fractional Executives Save You Time, Money, and Effort

23

Top 10 Business Actions Heading Into 2026

24

Has the Bubble Popped? How the Market May Affect You.

25

AI Is Coming For You!

26

Getting to 3X to 5X Growth

27

Spending Money to Make More Money

28

Three Areas To Maximize Your Business Sale

29

Which is best when looking to sell? Private Equity vs Intermediary vs Broker

30

Unclear Roles and Goals: A Costly Mistake Many Business Owners Make

31

Free Money! Could Your Loan Fees Be Waived?

32

Unprepared Makes You Undervalued

33

Private Equity: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

34

It's More Complicated Than You Think

35

Keeping Your Money - With Will Sutherland

36

Could You Be Losing Millions? Proactive Planning Matters

37

The Secret Why Your Business Won't Sell

38

Making Money In The Trades - From Better Profits to Better Pay

39

Q3 Ups, Downs, and Expectations

40

Competing With Corporate - HR Success With Shelly Dretzka

41

Your Accountant (MAY) Suck! How Accounting Has Changed And Its Impact On You

42

Independence Day Top 10: Sparking Growth In Your Business

43

Why Do Today What Can Be Put Off Til Tomorrow

44

Your Oh Sh!# Moment - What Happens When The Work Stops

45

What about we discuss this topic: Why Your Small Business Should Start Using Robots Today? with Jesica Chavez

46

Kohl's CEO Fired! Ethics in Business

47

Bootstrapping Your Business - Are More Companies Avoiding Investors?

48

After The Webinar: Built to Last - or Built to Leave

49

After Tax Day: What To Do To Save Yourself A Huge Tax Burden.

50

Getting Out! What To Do When You're Done.

51

Manufacturing Challenges and Opportunities - With Ann Franz

52

Building Business - From Buying to Selling with Joe Staffeld

53

PE Sales Challenges: Woes and Wins When Buying or Selling

54

Tariffs And Their Impact. Costs And Challenges From A Canadian Point Of View

55

What Are Hidden Costs Costing You?

56

Marketing Hacks that Work! With Special Guest Sally Mildren

57

Mass Government Layoffs! How Will It Impact Your Business

58

Should You Trust a Consultant? How To Protect Yourself and Your Business

59

Will New Tariffs Drive Us Into Recession?

60

How To Get What You Pay For: Cost vs. ROI

61

How Will Executive Orders Impact Government, Business, and You?

62

How To Fail At Everything And Still Succeed - An Interview With Matt Guse

63

H1B or No H1B. That is the Question.

64

Observations and Predictions! What Will 2025 Be Like?

65

Don't Sell Your Business Until You Ask These Questions!

66

Quit Burning Profits While Managing Your People Better!

67

Thanksgiving Roundtable. End of Year Action and Predictions

68

Eliminate Personal Guarantees! Build Your Corporate Credit.

69

Getting Out! The Best Way to Exit Your Business

70

Mis-Managing the Fractional Workforce. What You Need to Know

71

There's a Talent Shortage! Filling the Talent Gap.

72

Did Timcast Just Record His Last Show?

73

Tax Delays are Costing You!

74

Not Enough Experience to Hire!

75

Businesses Aren’t Getting What They Pay For!

76

Is The Recession Over? Did We Have One?

77

There's No Talent! The Struggle To Find Experience

78

Avoid The Business Purchase Nightmare!

79

The Little Known Compliance Report That Could Cost You Thousands

80

Is Inflation Really Down?

81

Boeing In Crisis! Business Is Struggling!

82

Protect Your Wealth! Finance Strategies with Nate Fair

83

Winning In Difficult Business Environments

84

Where Did Everybody Go?

85

Be A Builder In Everything You Do

86

Will Robots Rule: The economics and politics of robotics in business

87

Quit Chasing The Money!

88

Top 10 Areas You Should Be Addressing Midyear

89

Does Work/Life Balance Work When Starting A Business?

90

Health Insurance Is Too Expensive! There's Alternatives!

91

Interest Rates And Inflation Stay High! Could Costs Cause You To Lose Business?

92

Accounts Receivable can cost you your business! Learn why.

93

Finding Employees In Construction - Prodigal Building Systems

94

Ramon Ray: Becoming A Celebrity CEO

95

Bringing Chip Makers Home. Will It Work

96

No Jobs Available! Is It Getting Harder To Get Hired?

97

Is The Economy Good? How Current Economic Conditions Affect You.

98

Finding Employees is Holding You Back!

99

Pay Fewer Taxes Next Year! Tax Planning After Tax Day

100

$20/HR Minimum Wage! Is It A Win For Employees?

101

Fire All Bosses! Is This New Strategy a Company-Saver?

102

The Dollar Dilemma: Dollar Stores Closing!

103

Succeeding in the Face of Competition. The Little Guy Can Win

104

How Can There Be SO Much Pizza!?! How companies can compete.

105

35% of Pizza Restaurants Do This. Avoid the Same Mistake In Your Business.

106

Becoming Pizza Royalty: How to Make it in Pizza, or Pretty Much Anything

107

Are We Obsolete? AI Changing the Workforce.

108

Human Nature and History: How Our Past Teaches Us About Our AI Future.

109

AI in Research: Are Humans Eliminated?

110

Artificial Intelligence is Coming! Are You Prepared?

111

Will We Have Enough Employees? The Future of Labor and Education.

112

Electric Vehicles and Their Impact on the Auto Industry

113

Tech Shortage! What It Takes to Recruit Right.

114

Who is Going to Fix Your Car: Jay Goninen From Wrenchway

115

What's Next For MoonBoy Ventures? Interview Part 5

116

Crypto Is The Wild, Wild West! Protect Your Investment. Part 4 With Vandross Idiake

117

Does Crypto Make Trade Easier? Part 3 of Our Interview With Vandross

118

Can Crypto Be a Hedge Against Inflation? Vandross Interview Part 2

119

Will Crypto and Blockchain Change Your Business? An Interview With Vandross Idiake

120

Top 10 Stories for 2023!

121

2023 Holiday Special! Your Business Questions Answered!

122

Businesses Are Failing! What's Happening With Acquisitions?

123

Labor Shortage For Decades! Get Used To Being Shorthanded.

124

Quiet Quitting vs Employees Not Leaving: Has The Momentum Shifted?

125

Back to the Office! BnB Breaks Down Outrageous Back To Work Perks

126

Tax Planning: Your Tax Questions Answered.

127

Working Capital And Its Impact On Your Company

128

Succession Question 5: What Do You Want?

129

Succession Question 4: Is Your Business Scalable?

130

Succession: What Timeline Should You Be Looking At?

131

Strategic vs. Financial: What To Consider When Selling

132

Owners: Are You Too Involved?

133

Out Of Bids? Companies Back To Cutting Pay

134

Your Books Are a Mess! How Inaccurate Books Impact Business

135

Avoiding Disaster: Both Natural and Unnatural

136

Show Me the Money! Getting Your Collections In Line.

137

If You're Going to Hire An Expert, Why Not Listen To Them?

138

No Recession? Cutting Back on Expectations.

139

Employees, back to the office!

140

Casa Bonita Employees Make Demands! Are They Right to Do So?

141

Will You Have Healthcare?

142

The Business of Barbie: Phenomenon or Good Marketing

143

Communication Breakdown

144

You're Fired! Companies Are Firing Their Best Talent.

145

Bidenomics: The Middle Out and Bottom Up Impact on Business

146

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