Tom talks with Nina Wajrowski, the owner and operator of Bear Forestry. Nina shares some of the challenges and successes she's had in her journey from being an employee of other companies and agencies to now being the owner of her own tree care service.

Tom and Ty talk about why "mojo" is so important, and what to do to get it back if you feel yours has slipped away.

In this special episode of The Son of a Poor Man Podcast, Tom changes things up a bit to bring Tate Schrock back in, this time with a few friends, to talk about an exciting project he's collaborating on with the Cheyenne Children's Museum. This coming Saturday, his company, EdgeFlyte, will be launching a balloon (complete with streaming video cameras and a payload made by kids) to the edge of space. Tune in for all the details, then come see the launch at the Children's Museum from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 25.

Tom and Ty talk about what the perceived value of your services are, and whether or not your customer sees that value. If they don't, you might have to ask yourself some hard questions, or maybe work harder to show your customers the value you bring.

Tom and Ty talk about what they mean when they refer to "bootstrapping," and why they think it's the most effective and safest way to get a service-based business off the ground.

Don't let excuses keep you from starting the business you've always dreamed about -- or even just one that can get you to the next step in your journey. Recognize those excuses for what they are, then kill them and get on with your fantastic plans. That's what Tom and Ty talk about in today's episode.

For the first interview of Season 2, Tom and Ty talk with Daniel Harada, owner and operator of Frontier Pest Solutions. Daniel's a 28-year-old go-getter who started out working for a pest control company in Oregon, then moved back home to Wyoming and worked for a pest control company here for a short while, then struck out on his own.

Tom and Ty talk about what the price is for running your own business -- not the financial price, but the cost of what you have to give up to succeed.

This episode is the final installment of The Son of a Poor Man Podcast's first year on the internet airwaves. It's the 104th episode of Season 1, and Tom, Brian and Ty sat down to talk about some of the issues they've tackled in the past year, toss around some ideas for what to cover in the next year, and a whole bunch of other stuff that's completely off-topic but interesting nonetheless.

And as an added bonus -- :( -- the phantom buzz shows up a couple of times just to make Ty have to work really hard to try (and fail) to get rid of it.

Both Tom and Ty were sick last week, and it got them thinking that it might be good to talk about what you do about your business if you can't go to work. You need to have a plan in the event you can't go to work for a week or so.