
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast
Two long-time small-business owners, Dave Hamilton and Shannon Jean, come to you each week to talk through the trials, success, pitfalls and tips it takes to successfully run a small business in today’s world. Hear real-world folks talk about real-world problems, letting you know not only what it takes to get it done but that you’re not alone in doing it!
Latest episodes

Jan 27, 2023 • 15min
Overcoming Lies That Can Kill Success
What is standing in the way of your success? What lies do you need to overcome when they try to sneak into your Business Brain? Join us as we destroy these myths and share with you methods to avoid the “Once’s”.
00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #419 for Friday, January 27th, 2023
00:02:21 Seven Brutal Lies that Kill Your Success
Everyone Will Laugh at Me
Nobody Cares (Till Yer Dead) by Bitter Pill
It Won’t Be Good Enough
It’s Too Late/I’m Too Old
Yet.
I’m Too Good For This
Being an entrepreneur is a blue collar job
I Can’t Afford It
Beware the “Onces”
Somebody Else Probably Already Thought Of It
If you want your idea to be worth a hundred dollars, write it on a $100 bill
I Already Tried That
00:13:43 BB 419 Outtro
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Jan 25, 2023 • 13min
Can ChatGPT Help You Price Your Product or Service?
What is the best way to determine pricing for your products or services? Can an AI like ChatGPT help you make the best choice? We think ChatGPT can help tremendously, but probably in a different way than you are thinking about. Join us today for another bite-sized Business Brain episode to talk about pricing strategies.
00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #418 for Wednesday, January 25th, 2023
00:01:25 The Slight Edge for Teens
00:02:12 ChatGPT’s Pricing Example questions
What price is too high?
What price is so low that it tells you the product won’t be worth it?
What price is starting to get “expensive”?
What price is “a bargain”?
00:12:43 BB 418 Outtro
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Jan 20, 2023 • 19min
Your Name Dot Com and Traveling Productively
How much would you pay for the website address of your name? What’s it worth to you? It was worth $1000 to Dave Hamilton. How much did Shannon Jean have to pay for his domain name? Listen in to find out! We also discuss travel productivity and more on this episode of Business Brain!
00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #417 for Friday, January 20th, 2023
00:01:12 Owning Your Own Name’s Domain
Cloudflare DNS Registrar
00:05:01 Traveling Productively
ViewSonic VP16-OLED
00:17:24 BB 417 Outtro
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Jan 18, 2023 • 23min
Email Productivity Tips and Tricks
Join us for another bite-sized episode of Business Brain as we ask: “Can you manage ALL email with just one mail application?” Listen in as Dave Hamilton explains how he manages one single mailbox for multiple businesses. Shannon takes the challenge and vows to give it a shot before he is buried in email overload.
What email system are you using, and how productive are you?
00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #416 for Wednesday, January 18th, 2023
00:01:54 One Inbox to Rule Them All
AirMail for macOS
Fastmail (instead of Gmail)
SaneBox
00:21:42 BB 416 Outtro
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Jan 13, 2023 • 21min
The Why and How of Social Capital
What is Social Capital? Why is it so important, and how do you get it? Listen to this Friday bonus episode of Business Brain to learn how to use and accumulate this important tool.
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00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #415 for Friday, January 13th, 2023
00:01:23 Have You Done GSA Contracts?
00:04:13 Earning and Spending Social Capital
Depositing to the Social Capital Bank:
Adding value to relationships
Please, thank you, and being polite are the social capital mindset
“How can I help?”
“I’m happy to help, and I know you’d do the same for me.”
Be positive!
Be reliable!
00:20:59 BB 415 Outtro
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Jan 11, 2023 • 17min
Conferences and Trade Shows
Dave is back from CES, and Shannon reminds us why meeting people in person is critical to building relationships for you and your team. Join us as we discuss techniques for success and how to pre-plan your event to make it productive.
Have a question or comment? Send us a message, and if we feature it on an upcoming Business Brain episode, you will be entered to win a MacBook Air in 2023!
00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #414 for Wednesday, January 11th, 2023
00:01:55 The Value of Conferences like CES 2023
Planning for Trade Show Success – Business Brain 258
Attending Conferences and Trade Shows Like a Pro – Business Brain 208
CES 2023 LG Booth Walkthrough
00:16:46 BB 414 Outtro
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Jan 4, 2023 • 17min
The Kindergarten Episode + Win a MacBook Air
Happy New Year! We’re going way back to start 2023 with some techniques to create a Charmed Life that you should have learned in Kindergarten. Then it’s on to a discussion of how we love our listeners so much that we want to give one of them a new MacBook Air. Listen in and learn!
00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #413 for Wednesday, January 4th, 2023
00:02:23 We lied!
00:04:45 The Kindergarten Lessons
Responsiveness
Please and Thank You
00:14:00 Win a MacBook Air from Business Brain!
00:16:21 BB 413 Outtro
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Dec 29, 2022 • 15min
Super Bonus EOY Episode! Solo-401k, Opportunities and Systems over Goals
OK, we lied. We told you there would not be an episode of Business Brain this week, but here we are with a bonus end-of-year episode! Listen in as we discuss the power of the Solo-401k, end-of-year buying opportunities, and why goals are for losers. Don’t miss this one!
00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #412 for Wednesday, December 28th, 2022
00:01:08 Solo 401k
00:08:20 Buying Opportunities
00:10:14 No goals for 2023, Systems instead.
Systemology on Business Brain
00:14:50 BB 412 Outtro
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Dec 21, 2022 • 36min
Two Buck Chuck and ChatGPT
How did Fred Franzia create a $1.99 bottle of wine that would sell over a billion bottles? How does Two Buck Chuck make a profit, and what tactics can you learn to apply to your own business?
How will AI impact your business? Now is the time to start learning about applications like ChatGPT that will revolutionize many aspects of our lives.
Join us for episode 411 of Business Brain!
00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #411 for Wednesday, December 21st, 2022
00:01:34 Dissecting The Two Buck Chuck Story
The Mac Observer is Acquired…again!
Back to Two Buck Chuck!
Going against the crowd
Branding
Tony Biagi on Business Brain 178
00:16:44 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!
00:18:33 Using ChatGPT for your business
00:34:43 BB 411 Outtro
See You Next Year!
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Dec 14, 2022 • 24min
Areas of Expertise + Is This Info Helpful?
What do we know? Join us as we discuss how some small businesses shift into high gear and take on tens or hundreds of millions in venture capital investments to morph into entirely different-sized businesses. Is this your area of expertise? If so, contact us to share your knowledge with Business Brain listeners.
After this discussion, we dive into the story of Brumate, a tweet thread that may be inspiring but leaves much to the imagination, and we think it may not be helpful for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Join us today for this and more!
00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #410 for Wednesday, December 14th, 2022
00:01:55 Greg Scown on Business Brain
00:09:15 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!
00:11:07 Dissecting Brumate
Don Leslie creates a speaker!
00:19:57 Our Thread about finding opportunities in a recessions
00:22:37 BB 410 Outtro
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