MMBIZCAST

Have you every started a business and got frustrated that it just couldn't make a profit? or Maybe you got bad social media reviews and couldn't figure out why? Our restaurant owner in today's story is having these exact problems and is ready to call it quits. Learn how Darius, our restauranteur learns he is a manager of people and not of food... and that makes all the difference.

Do you ever wonder why cold-calling doesn't work? In our story today, Lucy only get's voice mail on her cold calls until she learns a simple secret that has to do with her mindset before she makes a call. Learn you can show up differently to your prospective customers and how that "showing up" can make all the difference in your business.

Susan has grown her candle business into a wild success with multiple contracts with some pretty impressive retailers. Unfortunately, her incompetent staff seems to be missing more and more delivery deadlines. She has threatened and warned, but nothing seems to work. Will Susan sell her business? Or turn things around by changing her perspective? Listen to find out.

It's difficult when we reach a milestone in our business that we've worked so hard to achieve to continue to do even more. Today's podcast is a story about a flower show owner named Emily. Emily makes a final payment on her shop and feels like she can coast to the finish line. Listen and learn how Emily's idea about coasting gets upended by a new stranger in her life.

The labor movement has been a great service to the skilled and unskilled workers alike in the United States. When the U.S. officially declared the first Monday in September a national holiday, we desperately needed unions to stick up for the working class. While labor will always be important, how have labor unions fit into the modern workplace? And, how should small business owners work with or against organized labor unions?

As we gear up for another contentious presidential election in 2020, it's important to gain perspective on how the results of this election can affect our lives... and especially our attitudes. What will your attitude be if your candidate's opponent wins? How will that impact your thought life?

Often times, we get caught up in trying to earn enough revenue for the next payroll; or think of a better marketing strategy to sell more stuff... but do you ever ask, "Is my business fruitful?" In this podcast, I expose the message of John 1:15 and how it applies to our business and our lives. I hope that you find a deeper spiritual meaning for why you are in business by listening to this podcast.

When small business owners gain some level of success, they often struggle with growing their business and promoting their employees to be leaders. This podcast explains how I overcame my limiting belief to growing my small business, and you can too.

Small business owners struggle to grow their own leadership abilities and then fail to train managers within their company. So, these business owners fail to grow. There are five transitions that everyone must make in order to grow from worker to leader. Once you know what they are, all you need is to learn them.

As business owners we all struggle to get the help we need at an price we can afford. While there is an abundance of people saying they can help us, we are convinced that's not true. Many offering to help are business armatures who have never started and grown a successful business. Still others are way too expensive. This podcast will teach you how to start looking for help in the right places and ask prospective business coaches the right questions.