The Entrepreneur's Adviser

The Entrepreneur's Adviser

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The Entrepreneur's Adviser episodes

  • Episode 34: How Entrepreneurs Protect Their Family's Legacy
    Now we've covered business estate planning, but what about your personal estate? Even if you're not much of a planner, the best time to start your after-life planning is now. In today's episode of The Entrepreneur's Adviser™, host Jon Peyton discusses the primary documents you need to be familiar with to successfully plan your personal estate. Jon explains the importance of power of attorney, medical directives, wills, trusts, and letters of intent.
    28 min
  • Episode 33: The Four Ways Entrepreneurs Protect Their Business's Legacy

    Since the only guarantees in life are taxes and death, today's episode of The Entrepreneur's Adviser™ is all about business estate planning. Is your business prepared for your death? Host Jon Peyton explains how to protect your business so that it will continue to thrive even after you're gone. The four main areas of discussion are power of attorney, succession planning, impact to the company's value, and buy-sell agreements. After learning all this information, your business will be ready (but hopefully not too ready) for you to kick the bucket.

    24 min
  • Episode 32: The IRS Lets Entrepreneurs Do This To Lower Their Personal Taxes

    If there's anything more confusing than business taxes, it has to be personal taxes. In today's episode of The Entrepreneur's Adviser™, host Jon Peyton discusses the information you need to truly understand your personal taxes and make sure you are not overpaying. Jon dives into the areas of personal taxes he sees people struggling with, including knowing which taxes you're subject to, and the difference between marginal tax brackets and effective tax.

    23 min
  • Episode 31: Successful Entrepreneurs Do This To Lower Their Business Taxes
    We've all experienced the fear and stress that comes from paying business taxes (or at least trying to). In fact, tax season can feel like the Grim Reaper knocking at your door. In today's episode of The Entrepreneur's Adviser™, host Jon Peyton goes over three ways to reduce the impact of taxes on your business. There are three specific areas to target: your business structure, how you pay yourself, and the expenses you deduct. Jon discusses what you can do with this information to make tax time more bearable.
    34 min
  • Episode 30: How Successful Entrepreneurs Distribute Money To Build Personal Wealth

    Whether it's investing in the stock market, real estate, or crypto, there are important factors to assess when it comes to your personal wealth. In today's episode of The Entrepreneur's Adviser™, host Jon Peyton discusses considerations like return of investment, opportunity costs, risk profiles, and more when deciding what to do with your money. Investments and timelines should be decided based upon your goals and aspirations, and Jon explains what to think about if you want to delegate your funds to a qualified financial adviser.

    31 min
  • Episode 29: How Entrepreneurs Reinvest Into Their Business To Create Value
    When it comes to investing in your business, objective numbers and ratios can help you leverage your growth. In today's episode of The Entrepreneur's Adviser™, host Jon Peyton explains some helpful measurements to understand the health of your business (e.g. current and quick ratios), but also some ways to measure the profitability of your business. Knowing these numbers can be especially important if you want to demonstrate to third party investors that your business is on the right track.
    27 min
  • Episode 28: How Entrepreneurs Should Use Insurance To Protect Themselves
    Just as you need to protect your business with the right type of insurance, you have to do the same with your personal wealth. So what type of insurance you should be thinking about? On today's episode of The Entrepreneur's Adviser™, host Jon Peyton discusses what you need to consider when purchasing three important types of insurance: property-casualty, disability, and health. As your lifestyle and wealth changes and grows, it's essential to periodically reexamine insurance limits, deductibles, premiums, and other rules. Jon will help you understand what you need using concrete scenarios.
    35 min
  • Episode 27: How Entrepreneurs Should Use Insurance To Protect Their Business

    When it comes to building wealth, it's essential to protect it. On today's episode of The Entrepreneur's Adviser™, we'll dive into the topic of insurance, which is wealth protection. Host Jon Peyton will explain the importance of insuring your business, providing several scenarios worth considering. There are all sorts of insurance out there, but Jon focuses on the two big ones: key-person insurance and buy-sell agreement

    28 min
  • Episode 26: How Entrepreneurs Should Manage Their Personal Cash

    We will continue our discussion of cash management this week on The Entrepreneur's Adviser™, but we'll shift into understanding it from a personal perspective. Not surprisingly, the three statements we talked about last week are still applicable when it comes to examining your personal finances. Host Jon Peyton explains the different ways to pay yourself from your business profits, as well as some smart ways to invest.

    19 min
  • Episode 25: How Entrepreneurs Should Manage Their Business Cash
    Let's break down the broad topic of building wealth from last week's episode into smaller categories, and let's look at them from two perspectives: business and personal. On this week's episode of The Entrepreneur's Adviser™, host Jon Peyton examines cash management from a business point of view, and to do that he will be explaining three different statements every business owner needs to understand: the cash flow statement, the balance sheet, and the income (or profitability) statement. Lots of practical information, so get ready to tune in!
    29 min

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The Entrepreneur's Adviser is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs and senior executives develop effective strategies to grow their businesses in a crowded marketplace. Hosted by serial entrepreneur…