Basic Business Advice: Presented by EQUES

In this episode of Basic Business Advice, the Eques team is joined by Aaron Raber from Spray Foam Solutions. Chris, Ken, and Jordan take a deep dive into Aaron's incredible journey as a business leader and mental health advocate. Join them as they discuss creating and maintaining

How do you effectively do a retreat for your team? Should it include everyone or just key leaders? Should you go off-site or stay in-house? What types of things should be discussed?

The BBA Crew tackles these questions and more on the latest episode of Basic Business Advice. 

Sometimes managers just aren't doing a great job. How do you deal with it? Do you put them on a short leash and tell them they need to improve? Do you replace them? Do you let them continue to underperform? Do you even realize they are underperforming?

Is it better to focus on your competitors, or focus on yourself? Should you lean into competition or shy away from it? Does someone else have to lose in order for you to win?

The crew holds no punches as they answer these questions and more on the latest episode of Basic Business Advice!

Working with family can be great! It can also be terrible. Anyone who has worked in a family business can tell you that things can get complicated.

The BBA gang has experience and insight into working in a family business, and what it takes to be successful. 

Do you have a growth mindset or a fixed mindset? What's the difference? Does it even matter? 

Dan, Chris, Jordan, Ken, and maybe a few special guests discuss why having a growth mindset is so important in business and in life.

What can the Antonio Brown situation teach us about finding and keeping high performers on your team? Well, as it turns out, quite a bit! The crew gets fired up about dealing with high performers, slackers, and everything in between! 

Today's episode is a good one! It's a live recording from the 2021 Small Business Conference, and it is actually the first time we have had an in-person podcast!
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The energy is high, the laughs are plenty, and the advice is good.
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Tune in to hear maybe the best episode to date!

Chris and Jordan discuss how EQUES got started, and a lot of the lessons learned along the way. Chris talks about mistakes he made, things he did right, and where EQUES is heading in the future!

In this week's episode, we discuss The Parade of Imaginary Horrible Things. Ken talks about when to take the leap and tells Jordan to completely change his personality. Plus, find out what 75% of the people told Dan not to do.