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Inc. Magazine calls him “the World’s #1 Small Business Guru” — the entrepreneurial and small business thought leader who has impacted the lives of millions of small business owners and hundreds of thousands of companies worldwide for over 40 years. Michael E. Gerber is the author of the NY Times mega-bestseller, for two consecutive decades, "The E-Myth Revisited" and nine other worldwide best-selling E-Myth books concerning small business entrepreneurship, leadership, and management. Additionally, Michael E. Gerber has written 19 industry-specific E-Myth Vertical books. His mission is "to transform the state of small business worldwide™."

If you've heard any of the clichés about working on your business rather than in your business, The E-Myth is where that came from. Michael has been a huge inspiration to my business and the work that I do, so I'm honored to have him on the show. 

In this episode, we talk about the landscape of operations manuals, the 4 distinct personalities that drive the entrepreneur, the small business model of McDonalds, and more.

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Host: Chris Ronzio

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John Warrillow, the author of one of my favorite books, Built to Sell. In addition to being a best-selling author of Built to Sell and The Automatic Customer, John has started and exited 4 companies. As founder of The Value Builder System™, his mission is to level the playing field for business owners as they approach their exit. Over 47,000 business owners have taken the Value Builder Questionnaire with the support of accountants who champion the system as Certified Value Builders™ across the globe. Owners are statistically-proven to improve company value by up to 71% through the system. He is one of the foremost experts on B2B marketing for small businesses, helping business owners improve the value of their company for over 20 years.

In this episode, we talk about keeping your business specialized, why recurring revenue adds value to your business, getting your business ready to sell, how you can value your own business, and more! 

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Host: Chris Ronzio

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Laura Roeder is the founder of MeetEdgar, a social media application that provides an effective way of scheduling, and organizing content to automate publishing. She’s been a featured speaker at South by Southwest and the White House and writes about independent entrepreneurship for Forbes, Inc., and Fast Company.

In this episode, we talk about what it's like having a fully remote team, keeping remote employees engaged, the MeetEdgar employee handbook, work-life balance, and building a business that can run without you. 

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Check out Laura's new software for coaches, Paperbell.

Host: Chris Ronzio

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Paul Akers is the author of the ‘2 Second Lean,’ ‘Lean Health,’ and ‘Lean Travel.’ Paul is also the Founder and President of FastCap, a product development company with distribution in over 40 companies. He originally learned about lean thinking from Toyota when he toured their factory in Japan. Now people from all over the world tour his facilities at his business. He’s an Ironman, a pilot, a mountain climber, and probably a candidate for the world’s most interesting man. Above all, Paul is passionate about continuous development and spreading lean thinking to as many people around the world as possible.

In this episode, we talk about what lean thinking is, breaking the cycle of stagnant thinking, and applying lean thinking to your business and your life. 

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Host: Chris Ronzio

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Cameron Herold has a special ability to simplify business problems. He’s worked with hundreds of organizations including a big 4 wireless carrier and a monarchy, and he’s built $100 million dollar companies. Cameron grew 1-800-GOT-JUNK? from 14 employees to 3100 employees. He’s written best selling books like Double Double, Meetings Suck, and Vivid Vision, helping companies eliminate unproductive processes and guiding them on the shortest, simplest path to exponential success. If you’re listening and you’re on the path to becoming a Chief Operating Officer or you’re already a COO, you’ve definitely heard of his group COO Alliance. It’s an exclusive group for people like us that just get process.

In this episode, we talk about sharing your vivid vision with your team, the upside down organization chart, focusing on documenting the systems that work, hiring interdependent people, and more!

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Host: Chris Ronzio

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Scott Fritz is a business coach, author, speaker, and angel investor. Back in 1997, he founded a company called Human Capital, and over the next decade, he grew that company to $170 million as an active angel investor. Since 2001, Scott has invested in over 30 separate ventures, and in 2008 he founded Growth Connect, a company that specializes in transforming businesses into assets through exit-strategy coaching. Along the way, Scott authored The 40 Hour Work YEAR, which is a book that chronicles Scott's own entrepreneurial journey firsthand and acts as the playbook for getting out of the day-to-day in your business. Scott is a keynote speaker for entrepreneurs around the world, an advisor, and a leader, and we're excited to have him on the show.

In this episode, we talk about intrapreneurial business plans, performance reviews and bonus structures, the decision matrix, an 18 month action plan to the 40 hour work year and more.

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Host: Chris Ronzio

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Sheri is the COO of Grant Cardone’s portfolio of companies and a true operations expert! Sheri brings over 30 years of corporate operational experience to her current role as COO of Cardone Enterprises. Since then, the organization has grown to over 140 staff, with a digital TV network, ad agency, online sales training university and well known business conference for entrepreneurs - 10XGrowthCon.

In this episode, we talk about her transition from corporate operations to entrepreneurial operations, keeping her team aligned on Grant's mission and vision, the onboarding and training experience at Cardone Enterprises, and more. 

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Host: Chris Ronzio

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Dan Martell is a lifelong entrepreneur, starting businesses at 17, 19, and 24. He raised venture capital for his two companies, Flowtown and Clarity.fm, and he's successfully exited three businesses. He’s been an advisor for massive success stories like Intercom, Udemy, and Hootsuite, and he’s personally invested in over 40 companies. Dan also runs the biggest YouTube channel in the world for SaaS entrepreneurs. 

He’s the founder of SaaS academy, helping SaaS companies reach the next level in attracting and converting leads, expanding their customer base and increasing revenues. I enjoyed talking to Dan so much that I enrolled in it myself!

In this episode, we talk about creating your Business Playbook, keeping your systems consistently updated by your employees, and ramping up new hires fast. 

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Host: Chris Ronzio

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Verne Harnish is the authority in Scaling Up your business - so much so that he literally wrote the book called Scaling Up, following the success of two other books - The Greatest Business Decisions of All Time, and Mastering the Rockefeller Habits. He’s worked with thousands of organizations, helping them to grow successfully and efficiently, even founding Entrepreneurs’ Organization or EO, a top entrepreneurs hub of over 14,000 members around the world. Verne is also the CEO of Scaling Up, an executive education and coaching company. 

Verne’s work has been a huge inspiration for me in growing Trainual, from the principles in Scaling Up, being a member of EO, and our brands even share the color purple.

In this episode, we talk about the biggest barriers that startups face, transferring knowledge to team members as you grow, when you should start documenting your processes, and more.

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Host: Chris Ronzio 

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