Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast

This week Dave Hamilton and Shannon Jean start the show by answering a listener question about the pros and cons of turning your hobby into a business. Then it’s a discussion about how to find a buyer for your company, how to create systems that are marketable to a buyer, and more specific details about selling your business. Join us for these topics and more on episode 409 of Business Brain! 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #409 for Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 00:01:36 Mike-406-Turning My Hobby Into a Business? Focus on helping other people be successful 00:18:16 SPONSOR: Bambee – Let Bambee help with your dedicated HR Manager! Go to Bambee.com right now to schedule your free trial! 00:20:07 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! 00:21:58 Jeff-What did you do when selling your business? Empire Flippers Flippa Website Closers Sellers Discretionary Earnings (SDE) 00:46:06 BB 409 Outtro feedback@businessbrain.show The post Hobby Business Pitfalls and Selling Your Company – Business Brain 409 appeared first on Business Brain - The Entrepreneurs' Podcast.

This week we discuss the power of an entrepreneurial peer group, building a safety net, and hiring your first employee. Listen in to learn more! 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #408 for Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 00:02:38 Building Your Business Brain Peer Group Alliance of CEOs on Business Brain 00:06:45 Covid Employee Retention Funds 00:09:00 Sparingly Sharing The Highlight Reel 00:12:49 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! 00:14:35 Greg-How Do I Know When To Add That First Employee? Hiring Your First Employee Create some safety nets The E-Myth Revisited Hire an assistant, double your salary! 00:36:42 BB 408 Outtro feedback@businessbrain.show The post Building a Peer Group, Safety Nets and Hiring Your First Employee – Business Brain 408 appeared first on Business Brain - The Entrepreneurs' Podcast.

In our last episode, we shared with you how important it is for Business Brain to engage with our listeners. Some of you answered the call and sent in questions, suggestions, and constructive criticism. Thank you! We dive into your questions and comments with a focus on what actions your hosts are taking to help offset a slowing economy to keep our businesses growing. Listen in and send your questions and comments so we can discuss them on the show! 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #407 for Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022 feedback@businessbrain.show 00:01:52 Jeff-Be More Specific — How are you dealing with the current economy? The Hoth (SEO Partner) 00:18:31 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! 00:20:28 PODCAST: Entrepreneur’s Enigma. Every week Seth Goldstein interviews entrepreneurs from all walks of life about their journey through entrepreneurship. The ups and the downs, and how to deal with them 00:21:15 feedback@businessbrain.show is where you send your feedback 00:22:03 Jim-Long Time Listener, One-Time Feedbacker 00:25:20 Telling the story to hack your brain 00:36:19 BB 407 Outtro feedback@businessbrain.show The post Listener Q&A – Taking Action to Help a Slowing Business – Business Brain 407 appeared first on Business Brain - The Entrepreneurs' Podcast.

Join us this week for a unique episode of Business Brain. First, Dave shares his accidental system that has changed his life. Then we jump into a candid discussion about engagement, namely the lack of engagement by our audience. What changes should we make for Business Brain? What’s working, what’s not and why not? Listen and help us solve the Business Brain puzzle! 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #406 for Wednesday, November 16th, 2022 00:02:51 Finding Your System (for Weight Loss, of all things!) 00:13:09 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! 00:14:53 PODCAST: Freelance to Founder: The show for you if you’re ready to scale your service-based business hosted by Clay and Preston who have previously started, grown, and sold their own businesses. 00:16:00 Giving Shannon and Dave the Freedom to Flounder Gig Gab episode 363 (second half with Dave’s dissertation on Goose) 00:34:08 BB 406 Outtro feedback@businessbrain.show The post An Accidental System and Increasing Engagement – Business Brain 406 appeared first on Business Brain - The Entrepreneurs' Podcast.

It’s time for listener questions! Join us for another episode of Business Brain to hear our take on social media algorithms before we jump in to help Kate with her horse-based family business. Then we tackle a tricky question about a business partner for over a decade that is stuck doing $20/hour work while he ignores the $200/hour projects. Listen in as we help others use their Business Brains to solve these problems and more! 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #405 for Wednesday, November 9th, 2022 00:02:04 What Is Your Favorite Social Media Algorithm? Twitter TikTok Facebook Instagram Positive Manipulation == Persuasion 00:13:07 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! 00:14:45 PODCAST: Entrepreneur’s Enigma. Every week Seth Goldstein interviews entrepreneurs from all walks of life about their journey through entrepreneurship. The ups and the downs, and how to deal with them 00:15:24 Kate-Starting a Family Business (with Horses!) Working Agreement Template 00:25:43 SPONSOR: Bambee – Let Bambee help with your dedicated HR Manager! Go to Bambee.com right now to schedule your free trial! 00:27:25 Stan-What If I Don’t Like My Business Partner? 00:37:24 BB 405 Outtro feedback@businessbrain.show The post Algorithms, Family Businesses and Slacking Partners – Business Brain 405 appeared first on Business Brain - The Entrepreneurs' Podcast.

Let’s face it, not everyone will like you, and you won’t like everyone that you must work with. How do you adjust your Business Brain to change the frame of these relationships to find success? Join your hosts, Dave Hamilton and Shannon Jean, as they explore what it takes to overlook personal feelings to achieve great things. 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #404 for Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022 00:01:03 Using Your Business Brain to Take The Road Less Traveled 00:08:11 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! 00:09:54 Working and Succeeding With People You Dislike Be friendly, but not friends Don’t set out to prove yourself right 00:21:44 PODCAST: Freelance to Founder: The show for you if you’re ready to scale your service-based business hosted by Clay and Preston, who have previously started, grown, and sold their own businesses. 00:22:56 Learning to Like — or tolerate — Your Teammates What is their value to your team/organization? What can I learn from them? 00:38:47 BB 404 Outtro feedback@businessbrain.show The post Working and Succeeding with People You Dislike – Business Brain 404 appeared first on Business Brain - The Entrepreneurs' Podcast.

What is the single most powerful skill you can develop? According to Dickie Bush, it’s learning quickly. Join us on this episode of Business Brain as we dive into Mr. Bush’s framework for learning quickly by seeing everything as a game, starting to play immediately, and then iterating as you make mistakes. Will this method lead to mastery and success? Join your hosts, Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton, to hear their take on the concept.   00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #403 for Wednesday, October 26th, 2022 00:02:12 Never Believe The Banks! Especially Rocket Mortgage and FNMA 00:19:16 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! 00:21:00 Make Learning Everything a Game — TweetThread from Dickie Bush 00:29:10 Total Immersion Don’t be an amateur expert. Seek experience, or farm it out. Quartet Glass Board 00:33:42 PODCAST: Entrepreneur’s Enigma. Every week Seth Goldstein interviews entrepreneurs from all walks of life about their journey through entrepreneurship. The ups and the downs, and how to deal with them. 00:34:39 Review-Seth Goldstein-Five Stars on Podchaser 00:35:13 Iterate and Improve 00:40:53 BB 403 Outtro feedback@businessbrain.show The post Learning Quickly, Gamification, Iteration, and Mastery – Business Brain 403 appeared first on Business Brain - The Entrepreneurs' Podcast.

What habits could you adopt that would transform both your personal and business life? Join Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton as we discuss habit recommendations from SystemSunday on Twitter. 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #402 for Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 00:01:06 A Sale Is a Successful Transfer of Enthusiasm to The Customer 00:09:24 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! 00:11:00 Ben Meer’s “14 Rare Habits That Will Transform Your Life in 6 Months” 1. Make “No” Your default answer 7. Dave’s Twenty-Minute Rule 4. Don’t regret past decisions 3. Write Down your Beautiful Life Memories 9. Don’t check your phone first thing in the morning 00:28:08 PODCAST: Freelance to Founder: The show for you if you’re ready to scale your service-based business hosted by Clay and Preston who have previously started, grown, and sold their own businesses. 00:29:23 More on those habits! 5. The Gift of Goodbye “Too Many Vampires” — Bitter Pill The Working Agreement 6. Normalize “I don’t know anything about that” as a successful answer 14. Be weird. The ones we didn’t get to…why? 2. Block time for “Deep Work” and you’ll never worry about $$ again 8. Make decisions without your parent(s)’ approval 10. Learn to stand up for yourself without getting worked up 11. Make consistency your loudest statement 12. Take Mid-day naps 13. Don’t Grocery Shop on an Empty Stomach (and don’t believe what you think/feel unless you’re in a peak mental state) 00:42:07 BB 402 Outtro feedback@businessbrain.show The post Can These Habits Transform Your Life? Business Brain 402 appeared first on Business Brain - The Entrepreneurs' Podcast.

Too Old to Start a Business? Think Again If you think youth is a prerequisite to starting a company, think again. According to a recent study by the Census Bureau and MIT, a 50-year-old founder is 2.2 times more likely to start a successful business than a 30-year-old. The study included 2.7 million company founders. The average startup founder was 45 years old when they started their company. Join us today as we talk about age as a feature, not a barrier, to starting a new company. 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #401 for Wednesday, October 12th, 2022 How’s Business in Q4 2022? Tradesy sells to Vestiaire Poshmark sold to Naver 00:07:56 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! 00:09:27 Am I Too Old To Start a Business? We Love Mistakes (They’re Our Tuition) Beginner’s Mind 00:25:13 PODCAST: eCommerce MasterPlan — Are you interested in growing your eCommerce store? Or starting one? Then you should be listening to the award-winning top eCommerce podcast – eCommerce MasterPlan 00:26:22 Ray Kroc was 59 When He Purchased What Would Become His Biggest Success 00:47:50 BB 401 Outtro feedback@businessbrain.show The post What is the Best Age to Start a Business? Business Brain 401 appeared first on Business Brain - The Entrepreneurs' Podcast.

Join us this week on Business Brain as we dive deeply into different communication methods with your employees. Find out what works, what doesn’t, and how to fix problems. Don’t miss our intro topic about how to save thousands on your tech gear with this “one simple trick.” Oh yeah, it’s our 400th episode! 7.5 years in the making – you don’t want to miss this one. Cheers! 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #400 for Wednesday, October 5th, 2022 00:01:44 The value of bullheaded-persistence 00:02:35 David-398-What’s the Tip to Save us Thousands? Open Box Products eBay Refurb Tracker BackMarket 00:10:58 SPONSOR: Bambee – Let Bambee help with your dedicated HR Manager! Go to Bambee.com right now to schedule your free trial! 00:12:27 How well does texting work for your business? 00:24:32 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! 00:26:03 How to deal with the confusing messages you send your employees? It’s not up to your employees to read your mind Take the initiative and ask your employees Employ empathy 00:33:23 How to create a culture of over-analyzing Surround yourself with people who are good at things you’re not. 00:39:08 BB 400 Outtro feedback@businessbrain.show The post Employee Communication Best Practices – Business Brain 400 appeared first on Business Brain - The Entrepreneurs' Podcast.