Gold Nuggets

1. For many business owners, it's like the duck on the pond. Everything looks smooth on the surface, but below the feet are paddling like crazy.
2. Whatever challenges we are going through now, once they get solved there will be a new set coming at you because that is how we grow.
3. A business is a collection of systems run by great people.

Our guest, Dan Holstein is a Business Coach with Kaizen Performance.

During our conversation, we discuss Dan's entrepreneurial journey, what made him get into business coaching, the importance of continuing to learn, the definition of what a business really is, how to start thinking like a business owner and make yourself the least important person in your business and learning how to build the right team.

Song by Adam Vitovsky / CC BY 3.0

Gold Nuggets

1. A new team member should be someone that you would want to invite over to your house for dinner.
2. An entrepreneur shouldn't love a product or service. They should love problems and solving them.
3. Don't over plan. As an entrepreneur, it is usually best to execute and then iterate.

Our guest, Shrad Rao, CEO and Founder of Wagepoint, a payroll software company with a remote team of over 70 people, always knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur.

During our conversation, we discuss building a remote team of people you love to work with, communicating effectively with a remote team, how to conduct social events remotely, how to set the right expectations for your team and how to build a company that you would want to work at, and much more.

Song by Adam Vitovsky / CC BY 3.0

Welcome to the first episode of Smart man Smarter woman - a podcast for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs. In this episode we introduce ourselves, share a little about our own entrepreneurial journey as well as outline why we started this podcast for small business owners and what you can expect in future episodes. Song by Adam Vitovsky / CC BY 3.0