Fortune Magazine does an annual ranking of the best companies to work for. Well, we decided to take a deep dive and see what makes these companies so great and how you can model what they do. This episode is all about culture, perks, motivation, and so much more. Find out how great your company would be as one of the best places to work.

By now you've all received your stimulus and we've seen the effects it has had on the markets. As a small business owner it might be challenging to know how to navigate these waters. There's so much fluctuation and change. This quick current event episode covers how to stay ahead of the changes.

We all know how difficult and challenging it can be to price your products and services. Sometimes it feels like a you have a plan, but often times it feels like more like you're just guessing. And even when you think you get it right, it seems like the markets and competition are always changing. In this episode we will walk you through some of the most important aspects to good product pricing. We'll look at both the financial impact of pricing as well as the customer impact.

Jeroen is co-founder and CEO of Salesflare, an intelligent CRM built for SMBs selling B2B, mostly popular with agencies and SaaS companies.

Salesflare itself was founded when Jeroen and his co-founder Lieven wanted to manage the leads for their software company in an easier way. They didn't like to keep track of them manually and built Salesflare, which pulls customer data together automatically.

It's now the most popular CRM on Product Hunt and top rated on review platforms like G2 for its ease of use and automation features.

It's probably not what you're thinking, but this week's episode is all about having a long-term, strategic plan to marketing. Often times entrepreneurs good pulled in to chasing what we call sexy marketing. It's kind of like “keeping up with the Jones”. If your marketing is nothing more than following after what everyone else seems to be doing, you don't have a strategic, and you likely won't have much success. If you want to do better, tune in.

Sarry Ibrahim is financial planner and member of the Bank On Yourself Organization. He helps real estate investors, business owners, and full time employees grow safe and predictable wealth regardless of market conditions using a financial strategy that has been around for over 160 years.

Sarry started this journey when he was in grad school completing his MBA. He worked for companies like Allstate, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna Healthspring, and Humana before founding Financial Asset Protection, a financial services firm that focuses on one sole concept; the Bank On Yourself Concept, also known as the Infinite Banking Concept.

Everyday you have to make decisions in your business. Some of these decisions are small, but many of them are critical. However, too often entrepreneurs will simply rely on their instincts rather than taking the time to make data driven decisions. Instincts are important, but not flawless. Many serious mistakes are made because a leader ignored the data and just reacted. In this episode we discuss how to get data and how to use it to make data driven decisions in your business.

We often get asked questions about the best way to do your books as an entrepreneur. Where there is no one “right way” we decided to weigh in on our take on accounting software. We hope you enjoy this short discussion.

Welcome to our brief discussion on creating a business plan. This is a quick overview for those of you debating whether or not you need a business plan. This is more of a big picture on how to discussion, not so much a step by step guide. We hope you like it.

In our last episode we talked about the reasons businesses fail. Now it's time to start fixing some of those problems. In this episode we want to take you through solutions to these common small business pitfalls. So much of success is simply not making the mistakes that cause businesses to fail. By learning how to avoid these mistakes, you can learn how to be successful.