Pat Clark kicks off Chambers Edge with Brian Anderson, president of a regional chamber of commerce representing nine communities around Richmond, Virginia, breaking down what a chamber actually does, why entrepreneurs overlook it, and how the role has changed in just the last few years...

What you'll learn in this episode

-The unlikely path from Coca-Cola and Anheuser-Busch to running chambers across three different states...

-The Four Pillars Brian says every chamber builds its work around...

-Why Brian tells prospective members not to write him a check until he's sure of one thing...

-The political and cultural shifts Brian says have made chamber work harder than ever, including one issue that completely flipped public opinion in just a few years...

-The simple math behind why raising your prices could cost you almost nothing in real revenue...

-The surprising number of jobs in construction and healthcare that don't require a four-year degree — and the path Bryan says leads fastest to owning your own business...

-What actually separates businesses that thrive from the ones that just survive, according to someone who's watched thousands of them try...

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