Build Value By Choice

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Build Value By Choice episodes

December 08, 2022 Mark Pierce | Timing - The One Factor That Can Make a Difference In Your Business Success
Sometimes things are just out of your hands, one of those things we can’t control is time. Today we’re going to be talking about the issue of timing and how it affects the likelihood of success and the impact it has on the ability for you to be successful. Nana is joined on Build Value By Choice by guest Mark Pierce, co-founder of Cloud Peak Law Group to discuss this topic and more.
22 min
November 30, 2022 Michael Sonbert| How I Improved Workplace Culture Through Rebellion (Rebel Culture, Leadership, corporate)
This week we are going to be talking about workplace culture and culture in general, to do that Nana is joined by a leader in this cultural movement. His name is Michael Sandeck, who turned his passion for educational reform into a global call to action for corporate leadership transformation. Michael is a bestselling author, speaker, and the founder and CEO of Skyrocket Education and Rebel Culture.
25 min
November 23, 2022John Stoj| Why Financial Planning & Business Insurance Protection Matters
Today's topic is going to be about financial planning, and our guest today is John Stoj, whose career in finance began on Wall Street nearly 25 years ago. He learned that the financial services industry is full of people interested in taking advantage of their clients. He watched the financial industry meltdown in 2008 and came to realization that working for the best interest of his customers is worth every penny of his fees.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
After it became apparent to John that the Wall Street that he knew and loved wasn't as lovable as he first thought, he just wanted to do a complete 180 and decided to open a food business.
His business was in food manufacturing because he knew the high failure rate of restaurants. He might still be doing this today if it wasn’t for the birth of his son meaning he had to ditch the late nights working.
One of the most important things when building a business and eventually preparing to sell it is keeping a book of business that exists even after you walk out the door. It’s the paperwork and the proof of cash flow, showing your contracts and clients, proving to buyers that you are worth buying.
The second thing that John has learned and would recommend to you is to document everything. Make everything a process and record those processes. That way anyone can continue to use those processes to create the same quality output.

BEST MOMENTS
‘What's the instruction book to run the company? And so if you provide that to them, they're going to be a heck of a lot more comfortable’
‘It's not just financial documentation that should be complete, but also the systems documentation for your business processes’
‘There's always pressures on your price’
EPISODE RESOURCES
John Stoj
VALUABLE RESOURCES
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ABOUT THE GUEST
John Stoj's career in finance began on Wall Street nearly 25 years ago and traveled from banks to money management to a hedge fund before landing at a sushi kitchen. This experience taught him that the financial services industry is full of people interested in taking advantage of their clients first and foremost. After stepping away from business to raise a child, he watched the financial industry meltdown in 2008 and came to a realization; that a financial advisory working for the best interests of its customers would be worth every penny of its fees.
PODCAST DESCRIPTION
Hosted by Nana Bonsu of Infinite Horizons, this show aims to serve small business owners who want to grow their businesses while reducing their own personal involvement. We do this through a combination of interviews with industry leaders, and host presentations. We are certified value builder advisors and leverage a statistically proven methodology to help clients such as you scale or transition their business to the next...
27 min
November 16, 2022How To Protect Your Business From Cybercrime With The World's First Autonomous Cyber Security Hardware Solution
Today Nana is joined on the podcast by Diana Mouring of DS Labs to discuss how to protect your business from Cyber crime. DS Labs sells a Cyber Security Solution called n@d@r, and it is the world’s first autonomous Cyber Security hardware solution for small to mid-sized businesses with 100% endpoint security that uses machine learning to stop threats faster.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
The more internet devices we add to our businesses, the more vulnerabilities we add to our networks, and unfortunately for us, that means more things we have to protect.
n@d@r is not software but a hardware solution that sits rightbehind your firewall. What that means is 100% of your internet traffic comes and goes through the device, so it's able to watch everything that is going on and looks for indicators of compromise and indicators of attack so that it can autonomously stop those things from happening within your business.
n@d@r stands for Network Anomaly Detection and Response.
Last year there was a big Las Vegas casino that was hacked through the heating system on their aquarium. They were able to get onto their wifi, and from there it was an internal attack, most devices don't look for that type of attack.

BEST MOMENTS

‘The problem is that hackers get smarter by the day. This is their nine to five job’
‘The National Cyber Security Alliance says that 60% of small businesses will be out of business within six months of a data breach’
‘If you think about the fence around your backyard, it keeps what you want in, in and what you want out, out’

EPISODE RESOURCES

https://www.linkedin.com/in/diana-mouring-ds/
Cyber Solutions
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ds-labs-nadar/
https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/n-a-d-a-r/

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Subscribe to the podcast and send a screenshot to [email protected] to be in with the chance of winning some gifts and prizes
Infinite Horizons Free Webinar
Productize ebook
Leave your comments on the show's facebook community page: https://www.facebook.com/Buildvaluebychoice
Get your free valuation here: https://bit.ly/get-free-valuation
Podcast website: https://infhorizons.com/podcast/
Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and share it.

ABOUT THE GUEST

Diana Mouring is from the Cincinnati, Ohio area and works in Sales and Marketing for a company called DS Labs. DS Labs sells a Cyber Security Solution called n@d@r, and it is the world’s first autonomous Cyber Security hardware solution for small to mid-sized businesses. n@d@r is a device that provides 100% endpoint security and uses machine learning to stop threats faster, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

PODCAST DESCRIPTION

Hosted by Nana Bonsu of Infinite Horizons, this show aims to serve small business owners who want to grow their businesses while reducing their own personal involvement. We do this through a...
21 min
November 09, 2022 Misalignment of People Strategy With Business Strategy
Today on the show Nana is joined by Everet Bluth, President and Owner of IRI Consulting, LLC. Everet is on Build Value By Choice to discuss the misalignment of people and business strategy that causes major problems within businesses of all sizes. Everet is an expert in building a great business culture that allows employees to thrive and enjoy their work for long lasting careers.
24 min
November 02, 2022 How to Grow Your Business Through Referrals Without Even Asking
Do you want to get quality business referrals without even having to ask? This seems too good to be true, but today’s guest Stacey Brown Randall says she has cracked the code. Stacey joins Nana on Build Value By Choice to talk about how you can grow your business through referrals and how you can get them without having to ask.
17 min
October 26, 2022Systemizing Business Process at the Multimillion Dollar Level
Today we’re talking about systems on Build Value By Choice with Nana and his guest Shanice Miller. Shanice is a business productivity consultant, specializing in project management, who helps clients ranging from small startups to multi-million dollar businesses save hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
Shanice originally started as an educational consultant and her own experience is what inspired her to start helping and project managing and working with businesses to do that at the multimillion-dollar level.
When Shanice listed her business on the online marketplace, it made her realize that her business wasn't set up with the correct systems in place to get the amount that Shanice knew it was worth. It ended up selling for a five-figure profit, but she knew I could have gotten six figures after looking at other businesses.
Communication and keeping the information in your head are the two biggest mistakes Shanice sees. keep it all in their head. Instead of documenting, listing out the tasks that they need to do, putting it on paper, and having it streamlined so that everyone knows what everyone's doing at the time without having to send an email or ask the other person, they try to keep the information in their heads.
When it comes to hiring, having your business processes in place is what separates small businesses from the ones that will turn over millions of dollars. If you already know what you need in terms of training, personnel, and their targets, then you’ll have massively streamlined your hiring and training process.
One simple thing you can do is to centralize your administration and project management tools into one place instead of having one thing on Slack and another on Google Docs etc.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Freedom is the highest thing we can aspire to’
‘You’re trying to grow your business, not thinking about systemizing it’
‘The main challenge is the time factor’
‘She freed up 20 hours of her time by delegating’

FREE OFFER
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EPISODE RESOURCES
Website: https://tasklygroup.com/
Social links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanicemiller/

VALUABLE RESOURCES
Subscribe to the podcast and send a screenshot to [email protected] to be in with the chance of winning some gifts and prizes
Infinite Horizons Free Webinar
Productize ebook
Leave your comments on the show's facebook community page: https://www.facebook.com/Buildvaluebychoice
Get your free valuation here: https://bit.ly/get-free-valuation
Podcast website: https://infhorizons.com/podcast/
Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and share...
16 min
October 19, 2022Investing in Personal Development with Orrin Lieuwen
Today’s guest Orrin Lieuwen is a mindset guide who helps frustrated and overwhelmed entrepreneurs and business owners understand how they create their beliefs and emotions and how to change them to make better results. Tune into Build Value By Choice as Nana and Orrin discuss the gains you can make in your business by investing in personal development.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
A business is made of people, if you want to improve the business then you should work on improving the people. Personal development is the root that allows businesses to grow inside and out.
Your self-concept is essentially how you think about yourself, this is made up of all the different self-beliefs you hold. This could be around a fear of failure or a lack of productivity. By changing how we think about ourselves, it removes the mental blocks that stand in our way.
You can’t fix what you don’t know, so if you never delve into what you believe about yourself, you’ll never be able to change and get a better outcome.
When you’re stressed and overwhelmed, try to be intentional and not get lost in your feelings. Be intelligent about your feelings and emotions and learn what causes them and how to deal with them.
If you want to make incremental changes, change your behaviours. If you want to make a quantum change, change your paradigms, and the way you’re looking at things.

BEST MOMENTS
‘So much of the work is done in the subconscious’
‘Outsource your thinking so I can help you improve your work’
‘Values are your desires. How are you going to pursue them outside your business’
EPISODE RESOURCES
Subscribe to the podcast and send a screenshot to [email protected] to be in with the chance of winning some gifts and prizes
Infinite Horizons Free Webinar
Productize ebook
Orrin Lieuwen on LinkedIn
https://lionheartleadership.ca/
https://lionheartleadership.ca/webinar

VALUABLE RESOURCES
Leave your comments on the show's facebook community page: https://www.facebook.com/Buildvaluebychoice
Get your free valuation here: https://bit.ly/get-free-valuation
Podcast website: https://infhorizons.com/podcast/
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The Yes Box: How Step-Change Thinking is the Key to Growing Sales in a Shrinking Economy: https://bit.ly/The-Yes-Box

PODCAST DESCRIPTION

Hosted by Nana Bonsu of Infinite Horizons, this show aims to serve small business owners who want to grow their businesses while reducing their own personal involvement. We do this through a combination of interviews with industry leaders, and host presentations. We are certified value builder advisors and leverage a statistically proven methodology to help clients such as you scale or transition their business to the next chapter.
We care for our listeners and see their dreams as our own. We aim to foster a community that embraces freedom, generosity, and integrity. This is a show by entrepreneurs and business owners for entrepreneurs and business owners.
19 min
October 12, 2022Scaling Your Business with the Right Businesses Infrastructure
Alicia Butler Pierre is the founder and CEO of Equilibria, Inc., a 17-year-old operations management firm which specializes in increasing bandwidth for fast-growing organizations via business infrastructure. Combined, her content has over three-quarters of a million views across various online platforms. Alicia hosts the weekly Business Infrastructure: Curing Back Office Blues podcast. She’s also the author of the 2x Amazon bestseller, an adjunct instructor at Purdue University. A chemical engineer turned entrepreneur, Alicia’s advised, designed, and optimized processes for organizations including Coca-Cola, Shell, The Home Depot, and The Library of Congress. She's on the show this week to tell you about scaling your own business infrastructure.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
Processes and optimizing processes is what helps businesses scale and when businesses scale they’re able to maximize value in their business. If you correctly implement processes then the outcome will always be the same regardless of who is running them.
Business infrastructure is a system for linking your people, your processes, and your tools and or technologies together. Once they are linked together you can build a foundation that will allow you to scale in a repeatable, sustainable, and profitable way.
Nothing in business infrastructure is done in isolation, when one element changes then you have to understand its impact on the other links in the chain. Everything within your business is interconnected and changes will have a knock on effect.
Similar tasks should be grouped together into different departments, and those departments should be filled with the right people to fulfill those tasks. Once we know the tasks, the department, and the people, then we know the process that needs to take place.
You get consistent customer experience, which makes the customer happy, which makes them more likely to buy from you again and again, it makes them more likely to recommend you to someone else, which increases profits and reduces your costs.

BEST MOMENTS
‘You want to reduce the variation’
‘It’s all about process, it’s about having a standard way to make a product’
‘Is this contributing to the valuable experience my customer has come to expect from me?’

EPISODE RESOURCES
Free eBook on Growing Sales in a Shrinking Economy
Productize ebook
Alicia on LinkedIn
Alicia Butler Pierre's Author Page
https://www.eqbsystems.com/

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Leave your comments on the show's facebook community page: https://www.facebook.com/Buildvaluebychoice
Get your free valuation here: https://bit.ly/get-free-valuation
Podcast website: https://infhorizons.com/podcast/
Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and share it.

ABOUT THE GUEST

Alicia Butler Pierre is the founder and CEO of Equilibria, Inc., a 17-year-old operations management firm. She specializes in increasing bandwidth for fast-growing organizations via business infrastructure. Alicia has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University, an MBA from Tulane University, and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt...
27 min
October 05, 2022Lessons from Scaling to a $20M Hair Care Products Business with Ryan Margolin
Ryan Margolin is the CEO of Professional Hair Labs, he set out on his journey to help create a world leading cosmetic product when his mother was poisoned by the harmful chemicals and adhesive products commonly used in industry Ryan was inspired to keep the same thing from happening to anybody else. This week on Build Value By Choice we talk about how the CEO of a major healthcare products company was able to scale up its business.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
Ryan dove into the research and created the first care product free of harmful substances. Now, nearly 20 years later, Ryan is an international business leader and an entrepreneur who works in more than 15 different countries. There he helps create sustainable services and products and industries full of subpar and even harmful options. With his expertise, he's been able to form his strategies for success in multiple different industries.
As well as dedication to people first. He has expanded his business tenfold and grown to become one of the 500 fastest growing companies in the US over the last five years, and has sold more than 50 million in product globally.
The company started in the nonsurgical hair replacement niche supplying a solution to individuals who suffered from hair loss, whether it be through hereditary means or health issues, such as cancer and they were going through chemotherapy. Over the years they have developed not only their own product line further but have been able to expand their cosmetic offerings to a wider range of different categories such as body care and skin care.
There's always somebody that has learned from the growth pattern that you're on, and they have the information you need. Ryan has a board which is involved with multiple people as well as operational consultants, digital consultants and a good solid advisory team that are helping navigate the waters in times where there is uncertainty.
When it comes to scaling, every month Harry would look at their profitability and choose to just reinvest some of that back into what the company needed. Some months you're going to have a higher revenue than others, but in those months where you have the higher revenue, you just put a bit more away and then that starts to compound and that allows you to do the bigger things.

BEST MOMENTS

‘We undertake this journey because number one, we want to protect the future growth of the business’
‘So what do you do? Do you let your ego override your ability to be a smarter individual?’
‘First, be willing to learn and then go find the people that can help you’

EPISODE RESOURCES
Free Business Goals Quiz
Productize ebook
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmargolin/
https://prohairlabs.com/

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Leave your comments on the show's facebook community page: https://www.facebook.com/Buildvaluebychoice
Get your free valuation here: https://bit.ly/get-free-valuation
Podcast website: https://infhorizons.com/podcast/
Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and share it.

PODCAST DESCRIPTION

Hosted by Nana Bonsu of Infinite Horizons, this show aims to serve small business owners who want to grow their businesses...
36 min

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