Boots in Business Podcast

Boots in Business Podcast

By Ray FergusonBusinessEntrepreneurship
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Boots in Business Podcast episodes

  • #34 Boots in Business Interview with Deon Albury (Part I)

    Amazing pointers from Deon Albury with the Fort Gregg-Adams Transition Assistance Program (TAP). He has over 4 years and has helped over 3,000 Servicemen and women transition well out of the military. Key Points:

    1) Start early, probably 2-3 years out is best

    2) Set the right expectations when you get out for a job or business.

    3) Get financially ready

    4) Start networking now



    28 min
  • #33 - Boots in Business Rebranding

    Boots in Business is rebranding to make its core programing about helping out military transition better out of the military.

    In a Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report dated October 18, 2023, the GAO is showing that our military is having a lot of issues keeping up with the mandate of sending our military through the Transition Assistance Program (TAP).

    This TAP program gives the military member to start thinking about how to get a job, convert their military skills to civilian life, and how to start a business.

    These are big issues to our military and their family members.

    Because of this, Boots in Business is recommitting our time and efforts on how to better help the military as they transition out of the military and ease their stress by giving them more tools in their kitbag for the transition.

    Boots in Business will also have our real Estate and Entrepreneurship courses to help our military entrepreneurs to get started the right way and to succeed in their business.

    13 min
  • Boots in Business - Interview with Rob "YB" YoungBlood

    This episode and interview with Rob "YB" Youngblood is incredible.

    YB is a talented guest speaker, author of "Collaboration creates Currency", entrepreneur, mentor, coach and now he is starting his own Public Relations Company 

    Lots of gold nuggets from the entrepreneurial side of YB.

    1 hr 9 min
  • Boots in Business - 10 Tips on using social media to grow your business

    1.  Must be consistent, must be engaging/interactive with

    others, boost ads / use the best platform that your customers use

    2.  Website – speed, clear pictures, pop, phone number, email, 5 star Google reviews, keep main info on top and have it stick as you go down the page. Make sure your social media links are on the page.

    3.  Google is #1 – Google ads, pay par click,

    4.  Google My Business – Go to GMB, plug in your info

    5.  Linkedin

    6.  FaceBook

    7.  Youtube

    8.  Tik-Tok

    9.  Instagram

    10. Pinterest

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    16 min
  • Boots in Business - 12 Key Rules of Leadership in starting your business

    1.  You are no longer in the Military – Not a Drill Sergeant – No room for a toxic environment.

    2.  It is not always MISSION 1st in the Business world – your people and customers come 1st no matter what!

    3.  Bring the CORE VALUES from the military into your business: Integrity, Honor systems.

    4.  Learn Empathy - Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person.

    5.  Pay attention to the small details and bigger picture

    6.  Your job is to create the systems for others to follow – What is your Point of Sale system going to be, how to handle emergencies, recipes so everything taste the same, build for success…its like building SOPs in the

    military

    7.  Make it full-proof and idiot-proof like you were not even there

    8.  Go through Man Down drills

    9.  Cross training between employees

    10. Above all, hire slow, fire fast when there are issues

    11. Handle your finances and never let the employees

    see you sweat or miss a beat

    12. Above all – Have fun and create fun within the workplace….celebrate birthdays, milestones, set goals and give incentives, make the families a part of your organization…nothing has changed, people are still just people and you have to care

    BONUS #13- Allow your employees to be a part of the change or part of your decisions that you make!

    24 min

About Boots in Business Podcast

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Boots in Business (BnB) Podcast was started on January 1st, 2024 to help the military entrepreneurs understand the basics of starting your own business and potentially getting started in real estate investing.