It's STILL a Very Special BizCast Holiday!  This week, Dave and David talk about the Business Model Canvas, and how SBDC clients can use it to create quick, simple business plans.  They also recap their holidays, discuss Lawn Darts, Steel Mills, Cowbells and Leeroy Jenkins!  

It's a Very Special BizCast Holiday!  Gary Moore, Program Manager of the Idaho PTAC (Procurement Technical Assistance Center) sits down with Dave and David to talk about how his program can help Idaho's Small Businesses secure government contracts.  This special episode also features the "Long Lost" Q&A segment from the Steve Miller episode that we had to cut for time during his show.  Join us for new music from @D0ugmantis, science fiction novels, Brown Mustard grievances, Middleton High School and an extended debate about Eeyore the Entrepreneur.

Brian O'Morrow, Boise State University's Senior Director of MBA Programs for Working Professionals, drops by the stately Podcast Studio to talk about preparing students for small business ownership and administration, building a Hotel in McCall, playing CS Go online, Spaceman Spiff, Nanooks and Cats.

Steve "Wildman" Miller, the new Idaho SBDC Director for the Southwest Region joins Dave and Dave to talk about the Steve Miller Band, the Twin Cities, the Seahawks "Action Green" alternate jerseys, and all of the ways that the SBDC can help small businesses in Idaho.  

As always, send Dave and David your questions, comments, suggestions and criticisms at [email protected], or on Twitter @IdahoBizCast.

This week, Carmen Achabal, friend of the show and the IGEM Program Manager at Idaho Commerce, joins us in studio to talk about state-funded research grants that benefit Idaho small businesses.  We also talk Commerce Trivia, Unexpected Weather Forecasting, Thanksgiving Alligators, Tax Resources, Smuggling Dinner Rolls into Christmas Movies, and Pies baked into Cakes.

As always, send Dave and David your questions, comments, suggestions and criticisms at [email protected], or on Twitter @IdahoBizCast.

To view the newscast about the IGEM project, click here:  https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/international-competition-with-10m-prize-hopes-to-solve-water-runoff-problem-1227000899955

Join Dave and David for a Very Special Thanksgiving episode.  They discuss holiday traditions and Thanksgiving trivia, argue about Christmas movies, and interview Belinda Breidenbach, the Idaho SBDC's Environmental Assistance Coordinator, about the Volkswagen settlement, electric charging stations and how to get huge discounts on replacement electric trucks.  Send Dave and David a question or comment at [email protected] or on Twitter @IdahoBizCast.

Hosts Dave and David of the Idaho Small Business Development Center introduce themselves and the new podcast, discuss what someone needs to know before they start their first small business, and how to market a new product or service with little or no budget.  Send Dave and David a question or comment at [email protected] or on Twitter @IdahoBizCast.