Small Business Show

Want to keep your best employees from leaving your company? By giving them a clear path to advance within your Small Business not only will your employees be more fulfilled, but they will also be more valuable as they build their Talent Stack. Join us today for episode 377 of The Small Business Show where we tackle the why and the how of creating career paths for your employees. You will also hear our take on Elon Musk’s Twitter buyout and a lesson in problem-solving from Julia Child. Let’s go! 00:00:00 Small Business Show #377 for Wednesday, April 27, 2022 00:01:11 Elon Musk “More Phish Whales, Let’s Go!” Sponsors 00:18:26 SPONSOR: Novo: Get Your Free business banking account in just 10 minutes at BankNovo.com/SBS. 00:19:59 SPONSOR: Hunter Douglas — Visit HunterDouglas.com/SBS today for your free “Style Gets Smarter” design guide to see their smart solutions for dressing your windows. 00:21:28 Julia Child Julia on HBOMax [email protected] 00:27:59 Career Paths The Danbury Mint T

Running your Small Business can seem overwhelming at times. There are a thousand things going on that require your attention and hundreds of decisions that need to be made in a timely manner. How do you keep things straight? How can you keep focused on what is important at this moment? Listen to The Small Business Show today as we discuss the power of compartmentalization and how to hack your brain to keep your sanity at work and at home while being more present for everyone around you. 00:00:00 Small Business Show #376 for Wednesday, April 20, 2022 00:02:38 House passes $55B Small Business Grant 00:06:34 Business Franchise Taxes in each State Sponsors 00:12:26 SPONSOR: RateTracker, your credit card processing rate watchdog presented by Skysail Solutions, your trusted payments partner 00:14:32 SPONSOR: Hunter Douglas — Visit HunterDouglas.com/SBS today for your free “Style Gets Smarter” design guide to see their smart solutions for dressing your windows. 00:16:04 Compartmentalizing Compartmentalization H

Being Transparent in your Small Business can be a key tool to gaining customers, attracting the best talent, and building your personal brand. Make transparency part of your company culture:             For your Employees             For your Customers             For your Suppliers             For your Partners and Advisors Join us today on The Small Business Show as we discuss just how Transparency can help you on your path towards taking over the world. 00:00:00 Small Business Show #375 for Wednesday, April 13, 2022 00:00:47 What’s In a Name? Techniques, Tips, and Tactics 00:05:20 I made a mistake…you should pay for it! 00:14:02 Finding our Show! 00:14:28 SPONSOR: Shopify – For anyone to sell anywhere, Shopify is giving you a fourteen-day trial and full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features. Visit Shopify.com/sbs to get yours! 00:16:27 Transparency vs. Authenticity [email protected] “One Number!” Two Tokens of Customer Service Small Business Show Working Agreement 00:40:42 SBS 375 Outt

Join us for a fresh-squeezed edition of the Small Business Show as we dive into a grab back of topics today including Defined Benefit Plans that can help both employees and employers lower tax liability, a look at how some employees feel about their relationship with your Small Business and news from SXSW 2022. 00:00:00 Small Business Show #374 for Wednesday, April 6, 2022 00:01:47 What is a Defined Benefit Plan? 00:09:29 The employEE perspective of being laid-off Sponsors 00:21:06 SPONSOR: RateTracker, your credit card processing rate watchdog presented by Skysail Solutions, your trusted payments partner 00:22:52 SPONSOR: Bambee – Let Bambee help with your dedicated HR Manager! Go to Bambee.com/SMALL right now to schedule your free trial! SXSW Small Business Movies 00:24:46 SXSW-2nd Chance 00:30:23 SXSW-Mickey: The Story of A Mouse 00:33:13 SXSW-The Pez Outlaw The Problem Solving Mindset The Doctrine of First Sale 00:43:51 The Bose Hubris Story 00:47:37 SXSW is back! 00:49:06 SBS 374 Outtro feedba

Small Business owners want happy and productive employees. Can you get those types of employees by giving them everything they say they want? Do your employees really know what they want and if you plan on asking them, what’s the best way to phrase the question? Join us today on The Small Business Show where we discuss the problem with giving employees what they want along with more topics you don’t want to miss! 00:00:00 Small Business Show #373 for Wednesday, March 30, 2022 00:02:00 Back to Travel…and Back to Work! 00:03:45 Traveling Productively With a Portable Screen Lenovo ThinkVision M14 ASUS ZenScreen 15.6” 00:08:46 SXSW-Interview with Reggie Fils-Aimé, President and COO of Nintendo (retired) Sponsors 00:17:02 SPONSOR: Novo: Get Your Free business banking account in just 10 minutes at BankNovo.com/SBS. 00:18:37 SPONSOR: Hunter Douglas — Visit HunterDouglas.com/SBS today for your free “Style Gets Smarter” design guide to see their smart solutions for dressing your windows. 00:19:57 The Problem wi

You can’t do it all. As Small Business owners, we may have started out taking on every role and doing all the work but the only way we can build a successful business is to create teams and delegate tasks. Join your hosts Dave Hamilton and Shannon Jean as they discuss the importance of delegating and how to use it as one of your Small Business Superpowers. 00:00:00 Small Business Show #372 for Wednesday, March 23, 2022 00:01:53 Beware Falling in Love with Titles Sponsors 00:11:52 SPONSOR: RateTracker, your credit card processing rate watchdog presented by Skysail Solutions, your trusted payments partner 00:13:47 SPONSOR: Hunter Douglas — Visit HunterDouglas.com/SBS today for your free “Style Gets Smarter” design guide to see their smart solutions for dressing your windows. 00:15:20 Time to Delegate! The E-Myth Get Comfortable Giving Up Control​​ Think like a boss Think like a pilot! People want trust and autonomy What job do you want next? 00:33:38 Autonomy creates opportunity “It’s not important that

We have done a few episodes recently about how to manage cost increases and how to raise your prices. Dave recently came across the concept of Decoy Pricing that is worth looking at. What is Decoy Pricing? Decoy pricing is a strategy that aims to guide a potential customer towards a specific product or service by presenting an inferior choice. Listen in to learn more! 00:00:00 Small Business Show #371 for Wednesday, March 16, 2022 00:01:00 Ben Thompson’s Stratechery Newsletter about Shopify 00:02:41 Traveler’s Tips! 00:06:53 Expensive stuff! Sponsors 00:08:08 SPONSOR: Novo: Get Your Free business banking account in just 10 minutes at BankNovo.com/SBS. 00:09:49 SPONSOR: Shopify – For anyone to sell anywhere, Shopify is giving you a fourteen-day trial and full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features. Visit Shopify.com/sbs to get yours! 00:11:30 Decoy Pricing The Popcorn Example. Large is the most profitable Small – $3.50 Medium – $6.50 Large – $7.50 Service Providers: Use Bundling

One of our favorite sayings on The Small Business Show is “Don’t make fear-based decisions” – Brian Friss from Digistor But we want to take another look at fear and how it may help guide you to what you SHOULD do. If you are afraid of it, that may be a sign that success lies in that direction. Join us today as we tackle the fear and redirect it to power us forward. 00:00:00 Small Business Show #370 for Wednesday, March 9, 2022 00:01:43 Think about what your customers need SquareMouth travel insurance finder Sponsors 00:10:11 SPONSOR: RateTracker, your credit card processing rate watchdog presented by Skysail Solutions, your trusted payments partner 00:12:23 SPONSOR: Bambee – Let Bambee help with your dedicated HR Manager! Go to Bambee.com/SMALL right now to schedule your free trial! 00:14:20 “Use Fear as a Compass” Fear of Failure Fear of Rejection “I never fail. I either win, or learn.” The biggest one: The Fear of Success Embrace Extreme Accountability Create a Fear List 00:35:03 SBS 370 Outtro N

You may not be fond of meetings at your Small Business, but they can be productive and serve a purpose. Today your hosts Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton jump back into this topic to discuss strategies that can help to make your meetings less painful and perhaps even useful. Join us! 00:00:00 Small Business Show #369 for Wednesday, March 2, 2022 00:01:31 Can You Play? — I Don’t Meet My Company’s Diversity Requirements Sponsors 00:16:50 SPONSOR: Hunter Douglas — Visit HunterDouglas.com/SBS today for your free “Style Gets Smarter” design guide to see their smart solutions for dressing your windows. 00:18:31 How to Create Meetings That Matter Do We Need to Have a Meeting? “What exactly are we meeting about?” – Everyone should be able to answer the question in 5 words or fewer – Christopher Frank, VP @ American Express. Stack the deck: ask each participant to figure out a question about a relevant topic? Start on time Have an end time Avoid Status Updates Every Task is Assigned a DRI (Directly Responsible Indi

The power of focusing on results instead of effort. Join us today as your hosts Dave Hamilton and Shannon Jean share their experiences with getting your team focused on systems that produce results instead of those that reward hard work without achievement. 00:00:00 Small Business Show #368 for Wednesday, February 23, 2022 00:02:48 Chuck-366-The Importance of Employees in “The Great Resignation” Sponsors 00:09:52 SPONSOR: Novo: Get Your Free business banking account in just 10 minutes at BankNovo.com/SBS. 00:11:23 SPONSOR: Hunter Douglas — Visit HunterDouglas.com/SBS today for your free Style Gets Smarter design guide to see their smart solutions for dressing your windows. 00:12:45 Build a culture where you Focus on results, not recognition. Working hard is great, but there’s a big difference between 90% and 100%. Systems over Goals “What is measured improves” Focus on Less Create a To-Did List 00:41:38 SBS 368 Outtro [email protected] Our LinkedIn MasterMind Group The post Creating a Cultur

It’s a grab bag of topics for episode 367 of The Small Business Show this week! First, we jump into a discussion of Wordle and their business model, then we talk about the Problem-Solving Mindset and how to develop it if you don’t already have it. Join your hosts Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton for another Small Business Show extravaganza! 00:00:00 Small Business Show #367 for Wednesday, February 16, 2022 We are SmallBusinessing.com 00:03:26 Dissecting the Wordle Business Solo-preneur, Josh Wardle (at least for Wordle) Target audience of one (at least initially) Lean-and-mean development (Wordle runs in your browser, not on a server) Got game play right, then social As a software engineer at Reddit, he created The Button and Place Greg from Jungle Scout on Small Business Show 00:19:05 SPONSOR: Shopify – For anyone to sell anywhere, Shopify is giving you a fourteen-day trial and full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features. Visit Shopify.com/sbs to get yours! 00:20:55 No Problems…No Business! PSM:

Your employees are the life of your business. But what happens when you must operate in a tight labor market with increasing costs? How do you attract and keep employees during a labor shortage? Let’s look into the reasons we are having a labor shortage in the first place, then how to deal with it related to your employees and how it impacts your customers. We then look to the future to predict the long-term impact on Small Businesses. 00:00:00 Small Business Show #366 for Wednesday, February 9, 2022 00:01:47 Today’s Tip: Get Free Shipping Supplies from USPS, UPS, FedEx 00:08:26 SPONSOR: Bambee – Let Bambee help with your dedicated HR Manager! Go to Bambee.com/SMALL right now to schedule your free trial! 00:10:07 Labor Shortage Forgiveness and Loyalty Building. The “End of Cheap” There’s No Such Thing as Free Shipping Far less kids work 00:29:19 How to keep your employees 00:40:13 SBS 366 The post Managing Your Small Business During a Labor Shortage – Small Business Show 366 appeared first on Busin

It’s a new year and a good time to reflect on how things went for your business in 2021. If your company is structured as a corporation or LLC, you will also want to create notes (AKA minutes) from the annual meeting requirement of your managing board. An Executive Summary is what you need. Join your hosts Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton as they discuss the value of the Executive Summary and how they each use it in different ways to help run their businesses. 00:00:00 Small Business Show #365 for Wednesday, February 2, 2022 00:00:57 The Value of the Working Agreement 00:07:03 SPONSOR: Shopify – For anyone to sell anywhere, Shopify is giving you a fourteen-day trial and full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features. Visit Shopify.com/sbs to get yours! 00:09:01 SPONSOR: Hunter Douglas — Visit HunterDouglas.com/SBS today for your free Style Gets Smarter design guide to see their smart solutions for dressing your windows. 00:10:36 Creating This Year’s Executive Summary “So You’re At a Cocktail Party in 5 Yea

Small Business owners are forced to play all kinds of roles in their company. They must be leaders to attract talent and to create a vision for the business while at the same time they need to understand the importance of managing people to get things done. Are leadership skills and quality management mutually exclusive? Let’s find out today on episode 364 of The Small Business Show!   00:00:00 Small Business Show #364 for Wednesday, January 26, 2022 00:02:12 Paypal Zettle now integrates with WooCommerce Stripe for online payments 00:11:31 Leadership vs. Management Leadership is about action Solve Your Micromanagement by showing a (similar) example instead of doing the task yourself. Be careful managing the truth The Emyth 00:30:21 Important Factors Be accountable to build trust and credibility Communication and Transparency Listen and Read the Room Learn Persuasion Skills (and use your powers for good!) 00:36:24 SBS 364 Outtro [email protected] The post Leadership vs. Management – C

Small Business owners understand the importance of building a strong team of employees and a company culture that creates a great place to work. But how do you go about managing employees in different age groups? Do you have to alter the way you interact and manage people based on their expectations, their outlook, and their values? Join your multi-generational manager hosts Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton to get their take on trying to serve the needs of all employees while serving the needs of your Small Business   00:00:00 Small Business Show #363 for Wednesday, January 19, 2022 00:01:03 The significant nuance of selling a business 00:19:41 SPONSOR: Shopify – For anyone to sell anywhere, Shopify is giving you a fourteen-day trial and full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features. Visit Shopify.com/sbs to get yours! 00:21:20 Managing Employees of All Ages You cannot make people happy, you can create for them the opportunity to be happy. You can’t give people special treatment just because they dem

Can you create a subscription or other recurring revenue program based on your existing products or services? Join us today on The Small Business Show as we discuss why recurring revenue can help both your business and your customers. Listen to your hosts Dave Hamilton and Shannon Jean as they discuss creative methods to add recurring revenue to your Small Business.       00:00:00 Small Business Show #362 for Wednesday, January 12, 2022 00:02:06 Choosing Your Path With Your Attorney Sponsors 00:14:28 SPONSOR: Bambee – Let Bambee help with your dedicated HR Manager! Go to Bambee.com/SMALL right now to schedule your free HR audit. 00:16:01 SPONSOR: David vs. Goliath podcast, dedicated to helping small businesses leverage technology to compete and win against their large competitors. 00:17:11 Creating Recurring Revenue for your Business Stable, Predictable, and Scalable! Recurring Revenue Ideas: Members pay less! Auto-renews Mastermind Group Courses, Books Things to get: Our Mistakes Book

Small Business owners are problem solvers. But what happens if you or your team are focused on the problems instead of solutions? Join us today as Dave Hamilton and Shannon Jean discuss the importance of solution-based thinking and action over ideas to keep your business moving towards success.     00:00:00 Small Business Show #361 for Wednesday, January 5, 2022 00:01:28 401(Play) – Plan, Socialize, Save, and Travel Stop Admiring The Problem 00:09:05 SPONSOR: Shopify – For anyone to sell anywhere, Shopify is giving you a fourteen-day trial and full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features. Visit Shopify.com/sbs to get yours! 00:11:23 Stop Admiring Problems and Shift to Embracing Solutions Use Calculus Every Day Use your two-week trial “experiment” Celebrate the achievement 00:24:28 SBS 361 Outtro [email protected] The post Stop Admiring Problems and Shift to Embracing Solutions – Small Business Show 361 appeared first on Business Brain - The Entrepreneurs' Podc

Everything is more expensive this year. With record-setting inflation hitting all of our wallets, how can Small Business owners manage increasing supply costs while still keeping their customers happy? We included some tips about managing inflation in episode 351 back in October, but with inflation sticking around longer than first anticipated, it’s worth revisiting and expanding on that topic. The Producer Price Index rose to 9.6% year-over-year, the largest increase in history. Let’s figure this out together on episode 360 of The Small Business Show with your hosts Dave Hamilton and Shannon Jean. 00:00:00 Small Business Show #360 for Wednesday, December 29, 2021 SEP vs. 401k Choosing the right accountant! 00:9:53 SPONSOR: Napjitsu. We love power naps here at SBS, and we know you do to. Napjitsu is a new way to recharge your body and your brain. For a limited time, receive 30% off your first purchase at Napjitsu.com/SBS. 00:11:37 Managing Inflation and Do you need to Raise Your Prices Producer Pri

Are you using Apple products for your Small business? Listen in this week as we talk with Jeremy Butcher, Enterprise and Education Product Marketing at Apple about how the suite of device management, support, and services in the Apple Business Essentials bundle can keep your Mac and iOS devices running strong so you can focus on your Small Business instead of your technology.       00:00:00 Small Business Show #359 for Wednesday, December 22, 2021 00:01:09 Apple’s Jeremy Butcher Talks Apple Business Essentials (cross-posted from Mac Geek Gab 905) 00:15:09 SPONSOR: Shopify – For anyone to sell anywhere, Shopify is giving you a fourteen-day trial and full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features. Visit Shopify.com/sbs to get yours! 00:17:17 Digging Back into Apple Business Essentials 00:32:05 SBS 359 Outtro The post Jeremy Butcher Talks Apple Business Essentials – Small Business Show 359 appeared first on Business Brain - The Entrepreneurs' Podcast.

To be a successful Small Business owner, you must embrace accountability. Not just for yourself, but for your employees, contractors, partners, and suppliers. So, what do you do when people don’t match your expectations of how hard they should be working, how fast they should be getting things done, and how high the quality of work being completed is? Join your hosts Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton as they discuss ways to manage those expectations and how to shift our own thinking to increase the performance of others. 00:00:00 Small Business Show #358 for Wednesday, December 15, 2021 00:01:07 Business Therapy: Managing People Who Are Differently-Efficient Celebrating shortcuts Embrace disappointment 00:09:44 SPONSOR: Coinbase,  the trusted and easy-to-use platform to buy, sell, and spend cryptocurrency. For a limited time, new users can get $10 in free Bitcoin when you sign up today at Coinbase.com/SBS. 00:11:15 SPONSOR: Napjitsu. We love power naps here at SBS, and we know you do to. Napjitsu is a new wa