Can you believe it? The end of another season of BAMM-IT podcast. This season we featured a lot more guests. We knew  you were tired of hearing from us!  Here's our recap of episodes, where we screwed up and what we learned from John Michael Kledis of Peridot Consulting and Mari Peterson of Marketing Outpost.

With 17+ years experience working in the accounting industry, John Michael has a well of knowledge to share.  He has worked both for a company and started his own.  Listen to this episode as he shares what it is like, the challenges, the rewards and of course, why he chose the field.  He also shares about the differences in credentials and provides relevant advice to those considering entry into the industry. Lastly, John Michael shares insight into what the future of the accounting industry especially as an opportunity for younger generations.

Mari Peterson is the owner of Marketing Outpost, a marketing company based in Asheville, NC, working with limited clients with long term retainers providing strategic marketing services.  Over the last 15 years Mari has worked with both enterprise marketing agencies, advertising and media companies and marketing freelancers. In this podcast, Mari explains the ins and outs of hiring a marketing professional, what questions to ask, what kind of fees are charged and why.

Ryan Coffield is a business attorney with the Business Practice Group at Van Winkle Law firm based in Asheville, NC. He is originally from Matthews NC where it's very hot. He always enjoyed coming to Asheville and has been here for 7 years. 95% of his works involves helping people with the process of forming, acquiring, reorganizing a business, and day to day operational questions, business contracts and intellectual property.  His advice to anyone starting a business is to hire an attorney - why? Because the business owner is focused on getting it going and there's enough to worry about with just the startup process.  The attorney focuses on ensuring you are protected legally, considers tax implications and works to protect you in your business relationships. Learn more in this podcast including the challenges and opportunities and Ryan's advice to entrepreneurs.

Today, John Silver is the owner and brewer at Home Place Beer in Burnsville, NC.  He named it that because Burnsville is his 'home place" where he was born and raised.  Becoming a brewer has been 15 years in the making with John starting as a home brewery fresh out of college where he majored in journalism.  He took a brief break, did the AT (Appalachian Trail) and then got his first job in the brewery business at Pisgah, cleaning growlers.  Since that time he has worked at several breweries learning each stage of the process and operations.  Learn more about what it takes to become a brewer, the trends and opportunities John sees and what the future holds for Home Place Beer as they plan their expansion in 2020.

Bonus Episode: Billism with Bill Kelley, Management Leader Guru and former Operations Director at Grove Park Inn:  If you're always do what you've always done and keep expecting the same results, that is insanity.  Listen in as Bill explains about the difference between systems problems and people problems.

Bonus episode, Billisms with Bill Kelley, Management professional with Peridot Business Group.  What does it mean to fact find vs. fault find when you have management or employee issues? Is it really about the people or the process? Keep the end in mind and focus on systems. According to Bill it's often a problem with systems and not people.

Express Employment Professionals Business Development Guru, Kristy Kay, meets about six new businesses a week. Surprised? So were we.  Listen to this week's podcast as Kristy shares her perspective about this family owned employment placement franchise that takes a different approach to hiring. "It's a lot like dating" and like dating, what are some of the common mistakes both employers and potential employees make on that first interview? Kristy shares her own experience of being on both sides of the fence and the best parts of her career.

The ins and outs, dos and don'ts of payroll taxes with John Michael Kledis, EA, CFE, CVA of Peridot Consulting Inc., Asheville, NC.

This podcast is a little different - it's what happens when you interview bar owners and a music producers and you do it over drinks in a bar.  In between the sounds of downtown traffic and sirens, you get the nitty gritty from Charlie Hodge, owner of Sovereign Remedies (craft cocktail bar and farm-to-table restaurant), Morgan Hickory (co-owner with Charlie of Ole Shakeys and co-owner of Charlie's latest creation, Asheville Beauty Academy) and Lenny Pettinelli, pianist, keyboardist and producer of Empire Strikes Brass.

In a short 1 hr and 20 minutes, we cover, cuss and drink our way through these important questions:

• Why did they choose Asheville and how did they choose their business?
• What is it like to start a business in Asheville?
• What are the challenges and rewards (what do they hate vs. love about it)?
• How has technology helped or hurt?
• What do they see for the future of their businesses in Asheville and their industry?
• What advice would they give to others who want to do the same?

And of course, there's a discussion on how to properly pronounce Pianist.