The Raw Take for CEOs

The Raw Take for CEOs

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The Raw Take for CEOs episodes

  • Growth Opportunities in the Middle of a Pandemic

    Join us this week while Dan & Steve talk about growth opportunities. They continue the discussion on growth with introducing their three pillars of growth and how to think through them. They discuss how your business can utilize tools to grow in the middle of a pandemic, such as, the SBA list of small businesses who received the PPP Loan. 


    21 min
  • Handling the PPP Truth

    Dan Gertrudes and Korey Cournoyer talk about handling the PPP truth. This week the treasury released names of 650,000 companies that received the U.S Small Business PPP Loan. Dan & Korey dive into how this data can be beneficial to your business, and ways you can leverage your company through the list of recipients.

    20 min
  • Handling the PPP Truth

    Dan Gertrudes and Korey Cournoyer talk about handling the PPP truth. This week the treasury released names of 650,000 companies that received the U.S Small Business PPP Loan. Dan & Korey dive into how this data can be beneficial to your business, and ways you can leverage your company through the list of recipients. 

    20 min
  • Know Where You Make & Lose Money

    This week Dan & Steve talk about a few updates and commonly asked questions on the PPP Loan Forgiveness Application. They then dove into the number 2 of the GL Four... "Know Where You Make & Lose Money". 

    • Understand
    • Making money is much more than watching your checking account grow
      Knowing and understanding your gross margin contribution – avoiding unprofitable sales
      80/20 rule
    • Design
    • Designing a system that gives insight into customer level profitability or product line margins
      How much time do I spend on billing, collections, & other non-value add drivers?
    • Implement
    • Take advantage of modern data programs (QBO, XERO, Intacct, Netsuite) that can import directly into your FP&A system
      Set up your Chart of Accounts (COA) around your data reporting & analytics needs (not CPA / tax requirements, etc.)
    • Measure
    • Identify the important ratios and have them updated automatically
      Review on regular basis weekly or, at minimum, monthly
      28 min
    • DIY PPP Loan Forgiveness Application

      Join us as we continue the conversation on identifying the challenges businesses are facing today through the unique shifts in our economy and everyday life while planning for long-term success. This week Dan and Steven talk all about the "GrowthLab Four" as well as a DIY PPP Loan Forgiveness Application. 

      25 min
    • The GrowthLab Four

      Join us as we continue the conversation on identifying the challenges businesses are facing today through the unique shifts in our economy and everyday life while planning for long-term success. This week Dan and Steven talk all about the "GrowthLab Four". The four main fundamentals that GrowthLab uses to drive change and growth. 

      20 min
    • Altruistic Selling During Post COVID-19

      Join us as we continue the conversation on identifying the challenges businesses are facing today through the unique shifts in our economy and everyday life while planning for long-term success. This week's guest is Brent Keltner, President at Winalytics... we will be talking about his 4 principles and altruistic selling during post COVID-19.

      35 min
    • PPP Loan: What's Changed & What's Changing

      Don't know what to Do? 

      Do you already have PPP money? If yes, then you need to re-think how your spending. Look to optimize business objectives amidst new information.  

      Don’t have it yet? If so, take another look at the program...it’s changed. 

      Check out the full video version of this podcast at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on8GWBu9l_g&t=146s  


      23 min
    • Hiring, Training, & Footprint Post-COVID

      In this episode, Weekly GL hosts, Dan Gertrudes and Steven Byler talk about the economy opening back up. Thinking around the Office Footprint 2.0 and the impact of Onboarding & Training of new college grads on #SMBs. 

      19 min

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