Exit Coach Radio

Rickard Hansson - Draining Brains to Accelerate Growth

Rickard Hansson, Incentive Corp. suggests that, rather than holding their wisdom inside, that if key employees shared their ides and methodologies it could spark creative collaboration that could create new and improved ideas for company growth. Our Exit Coach Network features several other Shows on a variety of topics. Go to www.ExitCoachRadio.com and click on "Exit Coach Network" under the "LISTEN" section.

Transcript: 

Rickard: I want to drain the brain of the co-workers and get no so dependent on key-persons, because you are, and they know that they are the key things, so that's where we want to attack, in some sense. When you implement this, you have to make sure everyone is on board. Typically in the beginning, you have to get the ambassadors, people who want it, early adopters, as soon as possible, because the key persons, the key employees, are usually the last ones because they want to keep their knowledge because it's a part of their power. Of course, you're part of the company because you know something, and you're obviously a key player, but holding that information isn't a part of that, because if you hold that information, I think you stop evolving, as well. But if you bring the things you have to the table, and put it into our system, you will, as a key person probably progress, educate yourself, and bring more to the table, and the company will also be up to speed in terms with the knowledge and discuss new ideas, and move even faster than their competitors. 

Greg Nutter - Building Business Value Through Predictable Revenue Growth (G2018)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greg Nutter from Soloquent Inc, helps small and mid-sized business owners solve revenue growth problems for companies that sell products or services either through a direct sales force or through a reseller channel.

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Jasmine Sandler - Build a Powerful Social Brand that will Lead to Business (G0917)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jasmine Sandler is a global digital marketing and sales consultant and trainer in the areas of Online Branding, SEO and B2B Social Media. She has been the CEO of a Digital Agency since 2006, and has a niche service that she provides for CEOs and small business owners called Personal Branding Online. Jasmine recently published her 3rd book called "How to Brand Yourself Online Like A CEO" with a related Social Branding Course for business owners. 

Website: www.jasminesandler.com

 

 

 

Fred Berns - Business by Design (E1018)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fred Berns is the President of Business by Design, and provides coaching and speaking programs, and marketing and copywriting campaigns designed to help business owners stand way out from their competitors, and master their marketplace.

Contact Info: 

Website: whatsyouronly.com

Email: fred@Whatsyouronly.com

 

Gunnar Gundersen - How to Manage Your Intellectual Property (C0318)

Gunnar Gundersen is in the business of intellectual-property protection, consulting, and litigation, and is going to talk
about how to manage intellectual property to maximize your business's value.

Questions Discussed: 

1. What is intellectual property?
2. How can intellectual property create value for my company?
3. Do I have intellectual property? And why should I care about managing it?

Jaynie Smith - Differentiating from Your Competition

Smart Advantage is the only marketing and management consultancy focused exclusively on identifying and communicating the most important element of successful competition – your competitive advantage – from your target market’s perspective. Today, we will be discussing the importance of differentiating yourself from your competition.

Questions Asked: 

1. What prompted you to write your book, Creating Competitive Advantage?

2. What does Smart Advantage do and who are your ideal clients?

3. What results do your clients see after an engagement with Smart Advantage? 

Contact Info: 

Website: www.smartadvantage.com and www.jayniesmith.com

Email: jsmith@smartadvantage.com

Bonus Material:  

A set of books, available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.com. "Creating Competitive Advantage" and its companion book, "Relevant Selling". 

 

Brad Leggett - Developing a High Performance Sales Team (C0718)

Brad Leggett is the CEO & Founder of The Leggett Group, Inc. Brad works with CEO's and VP's of sales to set the company's sales strategy and to build, lead and retain "high performance sales teams." Today, he will discuss how to develop your company's high performance sales team.

Questions Answered: 

1) What drew you to this line of work?

2) What advice would you give an entrepreneur/CEO who needs to establish a sales team?

3) What are the most common challenges you see companies encounter with their sales teams as the company grows?

Contact Info:

Website: www.leggettsales.com

Email: brad@leggettsales.com

 

 

AmyK Hutchens - What One Question Should Your Entire Organization Be Able To Answer?

AmyK Hutchens, of AmyK International, specializes in teaching critical thinking for better performance, productivity and profitability. Previously working as an executive around the globe,  she has seen countless people identifying problems, but not devising any solutions to them. This led AmyK to eventually start her own business using her passion of solving problems and igniting brilliance in leadership. She works with companies by constructing custom think tanks that are aimed to help improve business performance all around. 

One of the first things AmyK will often ask her clients is “What would be your ROI if everyone in your company was thinking a bit better tomorrow?” In her interview, she explores this question from various angles and relates it to goal achievement. By breaking down the thought processes behind our behaviors, we can change both our behavior and results. AmyK stresses the importance of clearly defining the target before setting out on the hunt. She offers some tips for better understanding our customers' thought processes, finding the best prospects, and ways to improve the quality of meetings. AmyK’s knowledge is invaluable to any business owner hoping to get the most out of their time and efforts.

Barry Shamis - Selecting Winners (E0318)

Barry Shamis is the President of Selecting Winners, a training and consulting firm that teaches Business Owners, Executives and Managers how to hire better employees. 

 

Questions Asked: 

 

1. What is the most important thing a Business Owner or Manager can do to improve their odds of hiring a winner?

 

2. Where is the best place to find candidates without breaking the bank?

3. How do I know that I'm getting good information that will help me make great hiring decisions? 

Contact Info:

Website: www.selectingwinners.com

Email: barrys@selectingwinners.com

 

 

 

 

Tom Gledhill - Position Your Company for a Premium Exit

Tom Gledhill of www.murphybusiness-ne.com discusses the most important tasks a business owner can undertake in the 2 years preceding a sale or transition.

Tom has written 2 books: "Position Your Company for a Premium Exit" and How to Sell Your Company and NOT Leave Money on the Table" (both are available at Amazon Books 

 

Leslie Groene - Focusing on Top Line Growth (D1718)

Leslie Groene is the President of Groene Consulting in Huntington Beach, California. Today, she will discuss how your business can develop top line growth. 

 

Questions Asked: 

 

1) How does someone prioritize selling activities?

2) Why is having a goal and creating a plan so important?

3) What characteristics are crucial for today's business develop professional?

 

Ken Sanginario - Road Mapping Your Business To It's Maximum Value (B1118)

Ken Sanginario is the Founder of Corporate Value Metrics, LLC and he has developed a cloud-based tool to help business owners increase their business value by 50-100% over the next 3-5 years. Go to his website to find out about the "Value Opportunity Profile".

 

 

Stephan Liozu - Intentional Pricing Strategies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stephan Liozu, Founder and Disruptor at Value Innoruption Advisors, is a designer of disruptive and innovative value and pricing strategies. With over 25 years in business, he noticed that people very easily get stuck in their comfortable, existing models, but leaders should constantly be innovating. Stephan defines disruption as learning to do things differently. Comfortability may be your enemy, and a bit of innovation can go a long way towards improving your bottom line.

 In his interview, Stephan discusses common misconceptions in the field of pricing. While many business owners determine price based on cost, few base their pricing on the value brought to the customer. Stephan suggests moving from a reactive pricing approach, to a proactive pricing approach. Start catching more value in your market by working at the intersection of innovation and disruption, listen to Stephan’s expertise to learn how.

1-minute Sections:

• 6:27-7:35: Disruption and transformation, talking about unintentional approaches to pricing
• 9:09-10:20: Misconceptions in the field of pricing - cost-based vs. value-based
• 14:13-15:13: “Pricing Counsel” - establish a group dedicated exclusively to pricing, meet once a month

 

Don Burzen - Empowering Owners by Challenging Assumptions and Mindsets (B1218)

In this 20 minute interview, Don Burzen, Positive Exits Business Consultant, discusses how he helps business owners replace assumptions with facts so they can do effective planning. He also offers many valuable tips and strategies for businesses owners.

 

 

Skip Weisman - How Communication is Killing Company Profits in Small Businesses (E1618)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skip Weisman is in the business of improving workplace communication so that small business owners can create a more positive, productive and profitable company.

Questions Asked: 

1) You typically work with small businesses with between 6-60 employees, why do you focus on that size/type of business?

2) How, specifically, does communication kill company profits in small businesses?

3) What are the biggest communication mistakes small business leaders make in leading their employees?

Contact Info

Website: www.YourChampionshipCompany.com

Email: Skip@WorkplaceCommunicationExpert.com

 

Chris Dirkers - Working ON Your Business vs, Working IN Your Business (D2118)

Chris Dirkers is an Action Coach and Solutions Expert. He shares some excellent ideas and tips for business owners who are thinking about preparing for their business transition and exit.

 

Hema Dey - Marketing is Like a War Game

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hema Dey, of Iffel International, discusses the mechanics of an effective marketing program.

Transcript: 

Bill: We asked marketing strategist Hema Dey for some key ideas and strategies for business owners to think about when developing their marketing plan.

Hema: Marketing is like a war game, so you really need to understand the landscape of the people that you want to sell to, and who your competitors are. We always produce a functional marketing plan. Another thesis, which is three months worth of work, but something that you can actually  go out and say, right, roughy, this is your target market, here are your threats, your competitors, and what you’re up against, and really measure what those gaps are to make sure that the sales model, and I know a lot of people see the word “sales” as a big taboo word, but a business cannot survive without sales and if you apply that right across even the professional service sector…if people can actually put a sales organization within their business, then I think they’ve got it right. 

 

Tawnya Gilreath - Increase Business Value 30% in the Year Leading up to Sale

Tawnya Gilreath of LA Business Pros talks about a 12 month Value Driver process they use to Guarantee a 30% increase in the value of a business from the time they initially value your business.

Transcript: 

Tawnya: Basically, we put together a systematic process where we could help business owners that want to increase the value of their business before putting it on the market, and it is a 12 month program. Now, understand that some business owners are burned out and they don't want to wait 12 months. However, for those that do, we guarantee we will be able to sell their business for at least 30% more than the initial valuation when we started. So, when you think about that in terms of, if a business is worth $2M at the beginning, that means 12 months later, we guarantee that we're going to be able to sell it for $2.6M. 

Bill: So, by working with you and you coming in and saying, "You've got to fix this, put processes and systems in place, work on all these different areas," they're going to drive up the value of their business 30% and you guys stand behind that? 

Tawnya: We do stand behind that, and what we do is, let's go back to that $2M vs. $2.6M, let's say we only sell that business for $2.5M. Not only does the business owner derive the benefit of that extra half-million dollars in revenue from the sales price, but in addition to that, we refund all the consulting fees that he paid during that 12 month period, during that process. So it's absolutely risk free to that business owner. 

 

Common Growth Obstacles - Richard Munro (J0117)

Richard Munro of Newport Board Group discusses several obstacles to Growth that he sees in Companies he consults with.

 

 

Dave G - What Good is a Part-Time CFO? (K0617)

Dave G (aka Dave Gajdzik), Managing Partner of Dave G CFO discusses the value of hire an experienced CFO part-time for business owners who do not have the budget for a full-time CFO.

Transcript: 

Dave: In simplest format, I provide CFO services for those firms that have yet to justify the cost of a full-time CFO, and I like to take the position that every firm should have a CFO, but the reality is in a business somewhere between $3M and $50M, they really can't afford that individual because it appears to be an overhead function. That's where we come in and we fulfill that void that's there. So, I don't need to work there 40 hours a week, maybe it's only 8, maybe it's 12, maybe it's 4, it depends upon every client. It doesn't matter whether you're in construction, distribution, internet, manufacturing, non-profit, paper industry, we can address all of those based upon the as needed basis. You know, doctors, we'd like to have a doctor handy anytime we need them. Well, what is it? It's on an as needed basis. Most companies don't have attorneys on staff. What is it? It's on an as needed basis. So, the CFO is really in that same league as the attorneys and the doctors, and when you need them, you need that professional with the formally educated background and the experience. So that's what we fulfill and that's how we make it happen. 

 

Brad Leggett - High Performance Sales Teams - How to Build, Lead and Retain Yours (D0918)

Brad Leggett of www.LeggettSales.com returns to the show to discuss more in-depth recommendations on how to find, train, and motivate the right team, how to develop routines that make your CRM pay off, and a blueprint for productive sales meetings.

 

Janne Ohtonen - The 1 Reason Your Business Exists (C0118)

Janne Ohtonen is in the business of Customer Experiences and is going to talk about Customer Experience

Strategies.

Questions discussed:

What makes customer experiences so important?

How can companies ensure they are producing remarkable customer experiences?

What happens for organizations that do not put proper effort in customer experiences?

Offer:

Free online video training series for creating your own customer experience blueprint at http://bit.ly/cebbillblack

Contact info:

Email Address janne@ohtonen.fi

Website http://addvalueto.me

 

John ”Murph” Murphy - What To Do Before The Buyer Calls (D1618)

 

John "Murph" Murphy, founder of JK Murphy Advisors, specializes in helping business owners be prepared for all kinds of circumstances leading up the sale of a business. So what should an owner have prepared to discuss in case a serious buyer calls? Listen in to find out.

 

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Thomas Young - How to Attract Qualified Customers (E1218)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas Young works with companies to help attract qualified customers by focusing on inbound and content marketing. His business is called Intuitive Websites and today, he will discuss how to implement these important strategies into your business. 

 

Questions Answered: 

1) What is inbound marketing?

2) What is content marketing?

3) What is the role of mobile technologies?

Contact Info: 

Website: www.IntuitiveWebsites.com

Email: tom@intuitivewebsites.com

 

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Steve Van Valin - Shaping a Culture that is Engaged to Innovate (A1818)

Steve Van Valin, Founder and CEO of Culturology, helps companies shape a culture that is engaged to innovate. At Culturology, they specialize in contemporary cultures where people need to be competitive, especially customer-facing businesses looking for a unique edge. A business’s culture is much like a personality and determines the common expectations people have when working together. By shaping the culture intentionally, you can help your team be more innovative and engaged. 

In his interview, Steve discusses high-level tactics of culture design and how it can contribute to innovation. He highlights the importance of being an expert at the creative process in order to facilitate more creativity from your team. While the phrase may seem paradoxical, Steve encourages you to plan time for spontaneous interactions. Steve also proposed the idea of “addition by subtraction,” meaning sometimes it takes removing barriers in order to help employees become more innovative. Steve’s insight is a powerful tool for anyone hoping to get more cohesion and creativity from their teams through relatively simple means.

1-Minute Sections:

• 2:24-3:15: How Steve defines culture and how it is like a personality.
• 6:41-7:46: Consistencies in how companies of any kind drive innovation.
• 10:16-11:23: Good creative ideas can be small things involving constant problem solving.
• 14:23-15:28: Become an expert on the creative process itself in order to help your team think more openly.

 

 

Kevin Weir - If it is Hard to Turn The Key, You Will Not Get Top Dollar

Kevin Weir, Action Coach, discusses a common problem of many small businesses - lack of processes and systems that make it hard to transition the business.

Transcript: 

Kevin: When you're trying to sell a business, it's a lot harder to sell a business if it isn't a turn-key operation. If somebody wants to walk in and buy a business and all the systems are sitting in the owner's head, that potential buyer is going to place a discount on that business, because most people who are investing in business aren't going to want to just purely operate it on an ongoing basis. A lot of people who are wanting to buy a business want to be able to have some level of ability to let it operate buy itself. The less systems you have in the business, the bigger the discount. So, what we do, is we help them develop and systematize the business such that it can work without them, because our definition of a business is a commercial, profitable enterprise that works without you, the business owner. To the degree it fits that definition is the degree that you're going to have a much more valuable business. 

 

Ken Majer - Establish a Value Driven Culture

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Kenneth Majer has been a successful author, speaker, and consultant to companies large and small for over 30 years. He is a subject matter expert in change management, corporate culture, communications, values-based leadership, organizational alignment, and management training.

Ken is best known for using values-based concepts to improve corporate culture. His premise is that values-driven companies always outperform the competition. He uses his experience and insights to change businesses dramatically and permanently. Ken’s vision includes helping companies stay ahead of the curve as they adapt to new realities in today’s radically changing business world. His goal is to enable leaders to use the power of values-driven alignment to enhance their success.

Ken provides insight, products, and services that business leaders rely on for success. Establish a values-driven culture as your core business strategy to help your company outperform the competition!

Contact Info: 

Website: www.kenmajer.com

 

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Morrie Shechtman - Ending Mediocrity in the Workplace (K0517)

Morrie Shechtman is a Chairman of Fifth Wave Leadership, a company that deals the Human Capital Consulting. Today, he will discuss the topic of ending mediocrity in business. 

Questions Answered: 

1) What's the only competitive advantage left? 

2) Why do most leaders and their companies underachieve? 

3) Why are there no "business problems"?

Contact Info: 

Website: www.fifthwaveleadership.com

Email: morrie.shechtman@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

Jim Immel - Clarity Helps You Ask The Right Questions L0517)

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Jim Immel, Founder of Immel and Associates, Inc. explains how Clarity is critical before implementing plans and being clear about your questions is key. 

Transcript: 

Jim: One of the things to realize is, that when we're helping these individuals, they could be asking the wrong questions. And, I just think that a lot of times what I see is that things move too fast, that we actually ask the business owner what they want, and we actually believe the answer that they give us. And, one of the realities is, they may tell you the answer to that, but they may have started down the wrong path by asking the wrong question upfront, and now they're starting to run down a pathway that might cause either themselves, from a tax stand point, or the employee standpoint, or even from a customer standpoint, it might cause some strife. And so to just really go slow upfront, the tagline I have is clarity, confidence, courage, really invest time on the clarity standpoint upfront, making sure that you ask the questions to get them to look at things a little bit different than maybe where they are. Find people willing to be challenged, the people that are willing to be challenged are also more likely to go through change. 

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John Bly - Cracking the Code (F2617)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Bly is an author and co-managing member of LBA Haynes Strand, PLLC. Today, he will discuss small business and the current M&A environment. 

 

 

 

 

Don Burzen - Think of Your Business as an Investment (J2417)

In this 1 minute highlight, Don Burzen, Positive Exits Business Consultant, discusses how many business owners do not think of their business as an investment, but they would be better operators if they did.

 

Jack Scherer - What It Takes to Hire Proven Talent (L1017)

Jack Scherer is the President of SALESTALENT, a national sales recruiting and sales training company. Jack will discuss what it takes to hire proven talent and the current trends in hiring sales people.

 

Questions Discussed:

What are the 3 biggest mistakes in hiring good sales people?

What really makes a great salesperson?

What national trends do you see in hiring salespeople?

 

Contact Info: 

Email Address: jack@salestalent.com

Website: www.salestalent.com

 

 

 

 

John Murphy - Can You Do More To Get More?

 

John Murphy and David Horwich of JK Murphy Advisors discuss some of the most important planning techniques that business owners should consider.

 

Carl Gould - HyperGrowth - How to Uncover the Hidden Value and Untapped Potential in Your Business (B2818)

Questions Answered:

1. What is the biggest bottleneck in a business?

2. What toll has the last 5 years (since the global financial crisis) taken on the business owner?

3. What is the 1 thing that a business owner can do RIGHT NOW to begin growing their business?

Contact and Offers:

CarlGould@7StageAdvisors.com for a FREE Business Analysis or Call 1-877-GO-7-STAGES

Carl's Book can be found on www.The7StagesOfSmallBusinessSuccess.com..and see Carl's video interview of each of the 7 Stages

 

Vaughn Sigmon - Spend More Time Working On Your Business - Not In Your Business (A1418)

TAB is a Peer Advisory Board that brings small groups of business owners together to discuss their most pressing challenges and in turn offer each other advice on how to overcome those challenges.

Questions Answered: 

1. What are Peer Advisory Boards?

2. How do Peer Advisory Boards help business owners?

3. What are the most common challenges business owners face?

 

Contact Info: 

 

Website: www.tabhuntingtonbeach.com

Email: vcsigmon@tabhuntingtonbeach.com

 

 

P. Christopher Music - How to Build Value in a Private Practice

The Econologics Institute provides financial education on financial and transition planning to owners of

professional practices. Through their Private Practice Millionaire Academy, they empower private practice

professionals to achieve financial prosperity and wealth. Today's talk is on how a private practice owner can

build a business to sell for maximum value.

Questions discussed:

What is the product of a financial advisor?

What is results-based financial planning?

What is results-based transition planning?0

Contact info:

Email Address christopher@econologics.com

Website www.pchristophermusic.com

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Roger Royse - When in Doubt - Document Everything

Roger Royse, Attorney-Royse Law Firm discusses the importance of documenting everything. Unfortunately, the lack of good documentation is a common occurrence that leads to problems in his experience.

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Marc Koehler - Leading with Purpose (L0317)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marc Koehler is the President of Lead With Purpose a company dedicated to helping people lead more purposeful and inspiring lives.

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Show host Bill Black helps business owners develop Succession & Exit plans. Learn more at www.Ersi.biz

 

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William De Temple - How to Build a $100 Million Company (F2917)

William De Temple is the Founder of Build A $100 Million Company. "Build A $100 Million Company" provides business coaching and training by sharing over 40 years of experience, knowledge, and wisdom to help young companies achieve the success they deserve.

Questions Discussed:

 

1. Why is building a $100 Million company the target you recommend to business owners?

2. Why not aim for $5M or $10M, this seems like a lot to most people?

3. What are the two most important items a business owner needs to build a $100M company?

Contact Info:

Email: wdetemple@antirion.co

Website: www.Antirion.co

 

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Richard Golubow - Practical Solutions for Financial Distress (E2818)

Richard H. Golubow is an insolvency and financial restructuring attorney. He is a founding member and the managing shareholder of Winthrop Couchot Professional Corporation, one of Southern California’s premier bankruptcy, insolvency and financial restructuring law firms, speaking about bankruptcy and financial restructuring. I always try to keep my clients as far away from bankruptcy as possible, because of substantial cost and delay.

 

Questions Asked: 

 

1) Who is the typical client that you represent?

2) Are there industries that you specialize in?

3) When should someone call you?

4) What separates or distinguishes you from other insolvency lawyers?

 

Contact Info: 

 

Website: www.winthropcouchot.com

Email: rgolubow@winthropcouchot.com

 

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Show host Bill Black is a Certified Exit Planner who helps Business Owners plan for their future  Succession, Exit and Transition. For a free White Paper on Exit Planning text EXITPLAN to 44222.

 

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John Nelson - Are You Ready for a Venture Capitalist? (D1218)

John Nelson of www.CalCapPartners.com discusses what Venture Capitalists look for in a company and the weighting of each characteristic -- it's probably not what you'd expect!

Show host Bill Black is a Certified Exit Planner who helps Business Owners plan for their future  Succession, Exit and Transition. Schedule a complimentary call to discuss your exit planning questions  at www.BBschedule.com, email him at billblack@ersi.biz or visit www.Ersi.biz

Terry Chambless - Are You Making Effective Use of Your Advisory Board? (D0818)

Terry Chambless of www.SCOREoc.org discusses Tips about how to form and use an Advisory Board to grow your business.

Show host Bill Black is a Certified Exit Planner who helps Business Owners plan for their future  Succession, Exit and Transition. Schedule a complimentary call to discuss your exit planning questions at www.BBschedule.com or visit www.Exit-Retirement.com  

Lee Schwartz - Driving Profitability Through Operational Excellence (D0718)

Lee Schwartz of Schwartz Profitability Group has helped uncork many operational bottlenecks in manufacturing and distribution companies. Here he shares tips, ideas and precautions about how he does it.

Show host Bill Black is a Certified Exit Planner who helps Business Owners plan for their future  Succession, Exit and Transition. Schedule a complimentary call to discuss your exit planning questions at www.BBschedule.com or visit www.Exit-Retirement.com  

Chris King - Increase the Emotional Quotient of Your Business (D0318)

Chris King is an issue resolution specialist & authentic presenter. He focuses no increasing the emotional quotient of your business and getting the most out of your employees. 

 

Questions Asked: 

 

1) What is an "issue resolution specialist/authentic presenter?"

2) What is the biggest problem with most companies today?

3) How can companies really differentiate themselves in a commoditized world?

 

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Show host Bill Black is a Certified Exit Planner who helps Business Owners plan for their future  Succession, Exit and Transition. Schedule a complimentary call to discuss your exit planning questions at www.BBschedule.com or visit www.Exit-Retirement.com  

 

 

Peter Mehit - Three Things to Avoid When Launching a Business (C0418)

Mr. Mehit is the owner of CBPS and has written over 500 business plans that have been used to raise over $100 million. Mr. Mehit is also co-author of 'Killer Business Plan' a book that helps people choose a business and then create the plan to launch it. 

 

 

Tim Glowa - Measuring Customer Satisfaction (B1318)

Tim Glowa, co-founder of Bug Insights, discusses his new book "Measuring Customer Satisfaction: Exploring Customer Satisfaction's relationship with Purchase Behavior"

 

Wesley Wood - Achieve Your Vision and Financial Success (B0318)

WesleyWood is the founder, president and CEO of Wood Financial Group, LLC, a local, independent financial services company located in Hendersonville, TN. A graduate of the University of Mississippi, Wesley received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. He holds series 6, 7, 63 & 65 licenses and is licensed in multiple states.

 

Wesley and his dedicated team are passionate about guiding families and individuals in achieving their vision of financial success. Using an integrated, holistic approach, he prides himself on understanding his clients’ needs and developing a customized, innovative strategy that helps chart a path toward a secure financial future. His area of expertise includes retirement planning, wealth management, tax savings strategies and tax management, estate planning and preservation, annuities and life insurance, long term care and 401K and IRA rollovers.

 

Wesley takes his role as trusted advisor very seriously, only utilizing strategies and techniques that have stood the test of multiple market cycles. He believes that great things are accomplished through sound partnerships built on trust and integrity and he works hard to exemplify these values in everything he does, both professionally and personally. Service and personal attention are the defining qualities that set him apart from others.

 

You Only Have Once Chance to Sell Your Business - Stephen Goldberg (J1617)

Louis Tucci interviews Stephen Goldberg of Sun Mergers and Acquisitions regarding factors that will help you maximize the sale price of your business.

 

 

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Z. Christopher Mercer - Your Buy-Sell Probably Has Flaws - Fix Them! (C2918)

Z. Christopher Mercer, of Mercer Capital, discusses how he rarely sees a Buy-Sell Agreement that does not have one or more flaws and what they usually are. He notes that everything that you do can vanish if the Buy-Sell has a valuation error. And he talks about some of the fixes, including offering two books and a checklist that Business Owners and Advisors can use to address their Agreement. Of particular note is Chris' Blog, and we recommend you check out www.ChrisMercer.net

Show host Bill Black is a Certified Exit Planner who helps Business Owners plan for their future  Succession, Exit and Transition. Schedule a complimentary call to discuss your exit planning questions at www.BBschedule.com or visit www.Exit-Retirement.com  

 

 

Larry Mandell - Are You Getting Your Alotted Training Dollars? (C2718)

Larry Mandell of Independent Tax Group explains the Training Allowance that is available to most every California Employer - but you have to ask for it!

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Show host Bill Black is a Certified Exit Planner who helps Business Owners plan for their future  Succession, Exit and Transition. Schedule a complimentary call to discuss your exit planning questions at www.BBschedule.com or visit www.Exit-Retirement.com