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- Podcast June 22, 2023
the tax strategy that will save you five figures this year
the Augusta rule lets you rent your home to your business 14 days a year tax free. business deduction one side, untaxed personal income the other. talk to your CPA.
- Podcast June 20, 2023
$1,000,000 spent on this simple ad strategy
the 70 20 10 framework I've used for a decade. you stop selling and start building know like and trust. only 10% of the budget asks for money.
- Podcast June 15, 2023
will more money make you happier
yes, up to a point. the studies say the sweet spot is $60K to $90K. past that, money amplifies who you already are. don't pretend you don't want it.
- Podcast June 13, 2023
11 years of parenting as an entrepreneur, how to be good at both
I refuse to sacrifice business for dad, or dad for business. eleven years in, the only word that's made it work is precision.
- Podcast June 8, 2023
475% increase in organic business
Q2 numbers from the poles and water strategy. ad spend cut 50%, organic up 475%, the math behind diversifying your lead sources.
- Podcast June 6, 2023
making net worth decisions
assets are sellable, jobs are not. you can have a million-dollar company that nobody would buy. three steps to turn a job into a real asset.
- Podcast June 1, 2023
how to not screw up your finances with a simple weekly meeting
I'm the CFO for multiple companies and I run finances in 30 minutes a week. three steps from monday's deposit to deciding what to do with profit.
- Podcast May 30, 2023
the man in the arena
Theodore Roosevelt's words on the doer in the arena, why consuming without creating wrecks you, and how 100 words a day fixes it.
- Podcast May 25, 2023
how many companies you should start, my framework
the man who chases two rabbits catches neither. I run multiple companies. here's the test I use before adding one, and the Papa John's franchise I turned down.
- Podcast May 23, 2023
I never said these words, AI is getting crazy
I cloned my voice in Descript and had AI read an article I wrote. four minutes of me saying things I never actually said. AI works, the trick is to feed it the context.
- Podcast May 18, 2023
10x is easier than 2x, book review
Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy's case that 10x is a mindset, not a number. quality over quantity, unique ability, gap vs gain, and the entrepreneurial time system.
- Podcast May 16, 2023
3 lessons learned from making the Inc. 500
PT Biz hit no. 447 on the Inc. 500 with 1394% growth. three things that made it possible, and none of them is a marketing trick.
- Podcast May 11, 2023
how much does it cost to run an online business
hosting, a website, profit first, and a small marketing budget. the actual costs to start, with the back end things people don't think about until tax season.
- Podcast May 9, 2023
if you don't kill comfort, comfort will kill you
the line I sign off every podcast with. there's no finality to it. you kill comfort or comfort slowly kills the chapter you'll never write.
- Podcast May 4, 2023
chances are, you're worse at communicating than you think
frustration equals unmet expectation. the plumber, the welcome email, and the meeting framework, three places communication breaks down and how to fix each one.
- Podcast May 2, 2023
how to say no
saying no to dollars now buys dollars later. how I declined coaching my son's soccer team, and the right way to turn opportunities down.
- Podcast April 27, 2023
how to increase likelihood of a purchase by 78%
why entrepreneurs hate acquiring customers, and the personalized outreach data we ran. a 78% conversion lift from just being a helpful human at the right moment.
- Podcast April 20, 2023
does being an entrepreneur suck
a letter I wrote to a friend who was grinding and burned out. three things to start doing today and three things to stop doing today.
- Podcast April 18, 2023
the no fail way to calculate what your time is worth
your time is worth nothing. you get paid for the value of the problem you solve. neurosurgeon lawn care, the value equation, and how to actually move the levers.
- Podcast April 13, 2023
my top 11 books for business growth
300 plus books in. here are 11 that mattered, and the framework for picking the right one for the stage of business you're actually in.
- Podcast April 11, 2023
how I have scaled businesses
I went from $100K in debt to multiple companies and millions in revenue. three things got me there. this episode covers the first, the marketing clarity formula.
- Podcast April 6, 2023
how to hammer objections, with data
I'm not good at the psychology of sales. but I've sold a lot. the trick is data. how to collect the right one to three metrics that make every objection disappear.
- Podcast April 4, 2023
what is the purpose of a morning routine
morning routines got mocked into a green drink and a cold plunge. the real purpose is mind work. how I used one to control entrepreneurial anxiety and never gave it up.
- Podcast March 30, 2023
5 ways I'm leveraging AI for business growth
if you're not using AI in your business yet, you're behind. five places I'm actually using it day to day, from the low-impact stuff to the high-impact stuff.