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Books & The Biz — 160 episodes

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Are the Warning Signs Already Here? What Business Owners Should Be Watching

2

Why Good Employees Get Frustrated (And Eventually Leave)

3

The Experience Gap: When Saving Money Costs You More

4

The Race to the Bottom: Why Competing on Price Never Ends Well

5

The Fractional Boom: Who's Qualified and Who's Pretending?

6

When Costs Keep Rising: Raise Prices or Fix the Business?

7

AI Knows a Lot. Experience Knows What's Right.

8

Growing Your Business Shouldn't Create More People Problems

9

Want More Freedom? Start With These 10 Changes

10

The High Cost of Unrealistic Expectations

11

The Great Ownership Transfer: Why So Many Businesses Won’t Survive the Next 10 Years

12

75% of Businesses Overpay! What Your Worker's Comp Could Cost You

13

Keep It Practical: Why Businesses Overcomplicate What Should Work

14

Broken Process, Broken Numbers

15

Dead Inventory: The Silent Profit Killer Sitting on Your Shelves

16

Process Breakdown! When Procedures are Missed.

17

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

18

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

19

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

20

When “Nonprofit” Doesn’t Mean What You Think

21

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

22

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

23

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

24

The Execution Gap: Why Strategy Sounds Good but Nothing Changes

25

AI Won’t Fix a Broken Business

26

The True Cost of Avoided Decisions

27

Sloppy Accounting Is Costing You More Than You Think

28

Consulting Gone Wrong

29

Why Smart Owners Still Stay Stuck

30

Why Smart Owners Still Stay Stuck

31

Busy Is Not Profitable: The Cost of Operational Noise

32

Businesses Struggling Filling High Paying Jobs

33

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

34

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

35

Selling vs Building - What Should You Do?

36

How Fractional Executives Save You Time, Money, and Effort

37

Top 10 Business Actions Heading Into 2026

38

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

39

AI Is Coming For You!

40

Getting to 3X to 5X Growth

41

Spending Money to Make More Money

42

Three Areas To Maximize Your Business Sale

43

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

44

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

45

Free Money! Could Your Loan Fees Be Waived?

46

Unprepared Makes You Undervalued

47

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

48

It's More Complicated Than You Think

49

Keeping Your Money - With Will Sutherland

50

Could You Be Losing Millions? Proactive Planning Matters

51

The Secret Why Your Business Won't Sell

52

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

53

Q3 Ups, Downs, and Expectations

54

Competing With Corporate - HR Success With Shelly Dretzka

55

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

56

Independence Day Top 10: Sparking Growth In Your Business

57

Why Do Today What Can Be Put Off Til Tomorrow

58

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

59

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

60

Kohl's CEO Fired! Ethics in Business

61

Bootstrapping Your Business - Are More Companies Avoiding Investors?

62

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

63

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

64

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

65

Manufacturing Challenges and Opportunities - With Ann Franz

66

Building Business - From Buying to Selling with Joe Staffeld

67

PE Sales Challenges: Woes and Wins When Buying or Selling

68

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

69

What Are Hidden Costs Costing You?

70

Marketing Hacks that Work! With Special Guest Sally Mildren

71

Mass Government Layoffs! How Will It Impact Your Business

72

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

73

Will New Tariffs Drive Us Into Recession?

74

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

75

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

76

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

77

H1B or No H1B. That is the Question.

78

Observations and Predictions! What Will 2025 Be Like?

79

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

80

Quit Burning Profits While Managing Your People Better!

81

Thanksgiving Roundtable. End of Year Action and Predictions

82

Eliminate Personal Guarantees! Build Your Corporate Credit.

83

Getting Out! The Best Way to Exit Your Business

84

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

85

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

86

Did Timcast Just Record His Last Show?

87

Tax Delays are Costing You!

88

Not Enough Experience to Hire!

89

Businesses Aren’t Getting What They Pay For!

90

Is The Recession Over? Did We Have One?

91

There's No Talent! The Struggle To Find Experience

92

Avoid The Business Purchase Nightmare!

93

The Little Known Compliance Report That Could Cost You Thousands

94

Is Inflation Really Down?

95

Boeing In Crisis! Business Is Struggling!

96

Protect Your Wealth! Finance Strategies with Nate Fair

97

Winning In Difficult Business Environments

98

Where Did Everybody Go?

99

Be A Builder In Everything You Do

100

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

101

Quit Chasing The Money!

102

Top 10 Areas You Should Be Addressing Midyear

103

Does Work/Life Balance Work When Starting A Business?

104

Health Insurance Is Too Expensive! There's Alternatives!

105

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

106

Accounts Receivable can cost you your business! Learn why.

107

Finding Employees In Construction - Prodigal Building Systems

108

Ramon Ray: Becoming A Celebrity CEO

109

Bringing Chip Makers Home. Will It Work

110

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

111

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

112

Finding Employees is Holding You Back!

113

Pay Fewer Taxes Next Year! Tax Planning After Tax Day

114

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

115

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

116

The Dollar Dilemma: Dollar Stores Closing!

117

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

118

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

119

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

120

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

121

Are We Obsolete? AI Changing the Workforce.

122

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

123

AI in Research: Are Humans Eliminated?

124

Artificial Intelligence is Coming! Are You Prepared?

125

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

126

Electric Vehicles and Their Impact on the Auto Industry

127

Tech Shortage! What It Takes to Recruit Right.

128

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

129

What's Next For MoonBoy Ventures? Interview Part 5

130

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

131

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

132

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

133

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

134

Top 10 Stories for 2023!

135

2023 Holiday Special! Your Business Questions Answered!

136

Businesses Are Failing! What's Happening With Acquisitions?

137

Labor Shortage For Decades! Get Used To Being Shorthanded.

138

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

139

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

140

Tax Planning: Your Tax Questions Answered.

141

Working Capital And Its Impact On Your Company

142

Succession Question 5: What Do You Want?

143

Succession Question 4: Is Your Business Scalable?

144

Succession: What Timeline Should You Be Looking At?

145

Strategic vs. Financial: What To Consider When Selling

146

Owners: Are You Too Involved?

147

Out Of Bids? Companies Back To Cutting Pay

148

Your Books Are a Mess! How Inaccurate Books Impact Business

149

Avoiding Disaster: Both Natural and Unnatural

150

Show Me the Money! Getting Your Collections In Line.

151

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

152

No Recession? Cutting Back on Expectations.

153

Employees, back to the office!

154

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

155

Will You Have Healthcare?

156

The Business of Barbie: Phenomenon or Good Marketing

157

Communication Breakdown

158

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

159

Bidenomics: The Middle Out and Bottom Up Impact on Business

160

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