Fred Parrish is helping small business owners figure out the numbers that help them run their business. He is revolutionizing the industry with his Profit Experts Predictive Management Platform that helps business owners model the outcome of decisions they make so they can make better decisions, faster. He’s taken it one step further with the Profit Beacon tool, which automates this process to make the system even easier for business owners to use.

Scott Winters is the CEO and Co-Founder of FA Mentor, a company that focuses on helping financial advisers create a business that can produce massive and sustainable growth. Something that is severely lacking — not just among financial advisers — is knowledge of how to run a business. With his years of experience in the industry, this is exactly what Scott is helping his clients with, by providing individualized evaluations of their strengths and weaknesses and specific advice on execution.

Scott Ayres is a Content Scientist at Agorapulse, a social media management company, that also focuses on doing experiments and research into what works and what doesn’t on social media. Scott breaks down some of the common myths he has busted in the social media marketing sphere and shares some recent experiments he has conducted that have produced surprising results.

Ryan Enk is a part of the real estate industry and he helps people create businesses from nothing, into a sustainable, passive-income generating business. After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Ryan was left with literally nothing, and had to start from scratch to rebuild his life and create an income to sustain his family. He shares how he started his real estate business to get himself out of that tough spot, and how his business works to generate multiple paydays with the same piece of real estate.

Carl Allen is the CEO and Founder of Ninja Acquisitions, a company which focuses on buying  small businesses, growing them and then selling them — all without investing any personal capital. Carl explains what he looks for in the businesses he buys, the sellers he buys from, and how to negotiate a great deal. With 2.44 million small businesses for sale in the U.S. today, Carl is definitely capitalizing on the business of business.

Stacey Randall is all about the referrals and even more incredibly, she teaches her clients how to get referrals without asking for them. She and John discuss the importance of relationship building and why it’s so important to differentiate yourself by finding a niche either in the product or service you offer or by how you deliver the product or service.

Ed Lyon, Financial Gravity’s Chief Tax Strategist, joins John on this episode to discuss their newest venture — Tax Master Network. John and Ed discuss the birth (and death) of Tax Coach and how that eventually paved the way for Tax Master Network. They also dive into the impact technology has, and will have, on jobs and particularly the accounting industry as well as the risks associated with taking a short-term view to any job or industry.

Terri Johnson is the CRE and Partner at Capstan Tax Strategies, a company focused on working with owners of real estate and CPA firms to save money on taxes by accelerating the depreciation on real estate. Terri shares more about her “corporate divorce” and how she has managed to maintain good relations with the parent company, as well as how her business benefits real estate owners, particularly with the changes in the tax code.

Nick Nanton, award-winning director and founder of Celebrity Branding Agency, is back as a guest on the show. Since the last time he was on, Nick’s business has grown immensely and has attracted a lot of competitors. Nick and John discuss how his business has changed because of this and the challenges that entrepreneurs in general face. Nick also shares more about his work with Operation Underground Railroad and how his career trajectory has changed over the years. Tune in to find out more!

Kirk Conole is one of the partners and the Chief Operating Officer of DCI Solutions, a cost and tax credit specialist. DCI Solutions operates on a very unique business model that focuses on cost-cutting and cost-containment for clients, and Kirk explains the ways in which his business helps clients make money by saving money. Kirk and John also discuss strategies for approaching networking conversations, and why it’s so important for businesses to really understand and connect with their clients.