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281: Business Culture with Ken Bator Nov 04, 2019

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A Winning Culture in Your Small Business with Ken Bator. How to develop and maintain a winning culture in your small business with Ken Bator, an entrepreneur, author and business coach & consultant. Ken shares his insights and experiences related to the importance of a strong and positive culture to help you grow your small business.

Henry Lopez is a serial entrepreneur, small business coach, and the host of this episode of The How of Business show – dedicated to helping you start, run and grow your small business. (TheHowOfBusiness.com)

280: Accountability with Dawn Shannon Oct 28, 2019

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The accountability to get things done with Dawn Shannon, who helps her clients turn their to-do lists into Well Done lists - and grow a small business! Dawn Shannon is a Certified Professional Coach, and the founder of Jovi Strategies, who works with visionaries, entrepreneurs and go-getters who struggle to achieve their biggest goals month after month, year after year. Dawn shares her entrepreneur story, and insights on how and why accountability is critical to achieving success in life and business (starting at 14:32).

279: Launching a Service Business with Amy van Meijl Oct 21, 2019

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How Amy van Meijl launched and grew her Interior Design Business. She shares her entrepreneur story, overcoming significant challenges, and advice on growing a services business. Amy van Meijl is an entrepreneur and the founder of Dutch Touch Interiors, a successful interior design business. She is also a podcaster and her show is called Dare to Begin Small & Mighty.

278: Selling Your Small Business with Mike Finger Oct 14, 2019

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How to Prepare Your Small Business for Sale with Mike Finger. Why your business may not be salable, and what you can do to fix it. Mike Finger is an entrepreneur and an expert on what it takes to build a business you can exit. He also shares his personal entrepreneur journey. Mike also introduces his approach to validating how salable your small business may be: are your financial results desirable, can a buyer duplicate your results, and can you document your financial results.

277: Launching Lab141 with Andrea Madho Oct 07, 2019

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Starting a clothing business Lab141 - an online platform which offers one clothing style at a time produced in small batches - with Andrea Madho. Andrea shares her entrepreneurial experiences, the inspiration for her current revolutionary garment industry business, and advice for aspiring entrepreneurs. After a successful career on Wall Street public relations, she is now changing the way clothes are made. Andrea is also the host of the Stroke of Genius podcast.

276: From Service Provider to Entrepreneur with Sylvie McCraken Sep 30, 2019

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Becoming an entrepreneur: from Service Provider to Entrepreneur with Sylvie McCraken. How to grow from a solo practitioner, trading hours for money, to an entrepreneur with passive income. Sylvie shares her entrepreneurial story, how she started her first small business, and how she currently helps her clients evolve their business such that they can generate income even when they are not actively participating or delivering a service. She focuses on helping her clients develop digital products to develop a passive income stream.

275: We Sold the Car Wash Business Sep 23, 2019

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Selling our car wash business with Henry Lopez & David Begin. Henry and David announce and discuss the recent sale of the highly successful exterior-express car wash business, Wild Blue Carwash, with three locations in Colorado. They share highlights of how and why they decided to sell this small business, the emotions associated with the sale, the process they followed, and what's next for each of them.

Henry Lopez and David Begin are the hosts of this episode of The How of Business show – dedicated to helping you start, run and grow your small business. (TheHowOfBusiness.com)

274: How to Buy a Small Business with David Barnett Sep 23, 2019

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How to buy a successful small business with David Barnett and Henry Lopez. Henry and David share tips and advice on how to buy a profitable existing small business. David explains how to approach buying a business from the perspective and mindset of an investor. Henry and David also discuss building versus buying, how to find the right business for you, and some common mistakes people make when buying a small business. Download the free "6 Stupid Things People Do When Trying to Buy a Small Business" guide, and join us for a free Webinar.

273: Launching 2 Maids & A Mop with Ron Holt Sep 16, 2019

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Home Cleaning Franchise Small Business with Ron Holt. Ron shares how he launched and grew "2 Maids & A Mop". He also shares his entrepreneur journey, from successful corporate career to becoming his own boss. He sacrificed for almost seven years to save the money to start his first small business. He overcame early challenges and near failure and persevered to grow his business into a leading home cleaning franchise business.

272: Firing an Employee Sep 09, 2019

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How to fire an employee in your small business the right way with Henry Lopez. Henry shares a recommended process and approach for firing or terminating a poor performing employee. The process should include a verbal documented warning, one or more written warnings with specific guidance, a possible suspension without pay, and then a firing the employee. Keeping a bad employee too long usually has a detrimental impact on our small business culture. Be sure to get the advice of an employment attorney before applying any of these practices. Henry also offers a free down of a sample Corrective Counseling Form you can use.

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