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ALM 158: Business on Purpose – Scott Beebe

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Scott Beebe – Business on Purpose

Are you doing business on purpose? Scott Beebe founded Coaching On Purpose; a small, faith-based Non-Governmental who need the same liberation and cannot afford it.

Scott created the Four Steps To Business Freedom; a six month group coaching experience that is exclusively built for Small Business owners (under $25mm and under 25 employees) to help build the Systems and Processes they need to be liberated from the chaos of working IN their business.

The On Purpose Group LLC doing business under the trade name Business On Purpose is a business coaching, training, and strategy group that works to help small business owners and organizational leaders to uncover what they cannot see in three primary ways:

a) Development and implementation of organizational Vision, Mission, and Values,
b) Systematizing and automating business systems so owners can work ON their business and less time IN their business, and
c) Leads virtual Business On Purpose Mastermind groups where business owners and organizational leaders meet weekly to uncover and implement the things they cannot see.

Scott is also the host of The Business On Purpose podcast; a weekly podcast where Scott interviews small business owners to get their insight as to how they are living out their business on purpose.

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Business on Purpose – Scott Beebe

134: Weekend Business Plan – Ellen Rohr

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Ellen Rohr -The Business Makeover Expert

Ellen Rohr – The Plumber’s Wife turned Business Makeover Expert®

Once upon a time, Ellen got involved in her husband’s company after his partner died unexpectedly. Boy was she humbled! It seemed like lots of money was moving through the company, but at the end of the month there was never any money left. Thankfully, Ellen found terrific mentors, savvy contractors who taught her how to keep score in business, how to put a simple business plan together and how to make money.

Ellen started Bare Bones Biz, a venture capital and consulting company in 1995 to help folks of all ages turn their big ideas into successful businesses. Ellen is also a successful franchisor, helping launch a plumbing franchise to 47 locations and $40 million in sales in under 2 years. Now, she is the president of Zoom Drain and Sewer, LLC. She is a columnist for Huffington Post, PHC News, and a contributor to many business journals and trade magazines. She provides “in the trenches” insight that business owners can relate to.

Ellen is also the author of four business basics books: Where Did the Money Go?, How Much Should I Charge?, The Bare Bones Biz Plan and The Weekend Biz Plan.

Ellen has generously offered a freebie ONLY for ACT LOCAL Marketing for Small Business listeners. Visit her website and this special link to download The Weekend Biz Plan for free along with 9, count ’em, NINE worksheets to help you jumpstart your business plan. Check it out now!

http://EllenRohr.com/act

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Weekend Business Plan – Ellen Rohr

123: Smashing the Plateau-David Shriner-Cahn

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David Shriner-Cahn- Smashing the Plateau

Today,we are smashing the plateau every business eventually hits. What is at the core of a successful business? If you search online for a phrase like, “keys to small business success” you will get no shortage of results, which tells me that running a successful business is not easy. If it were easy, everyone would be doing it and no one would be looking for advice.

TEND Strategic Partners founder David Shriner-Cahn has 30+ years of experience in organizational development, which gives him the raw material to advise the talented CEOs, entrepreneurs, and investors he meets every day. David has made a career of crafting innovative yet achievable solutions that remain consistent with the organization’s structure, resources and culture. David turns concepts and entrepreneurial passions into economically successful business models.

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Smashing the Plateau-David Shriner-Cahn

121: Small Business Funding- Tiffany C. Wright

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Tiffany C. Wright- Small Business Funding

Small Business Funding is a mystery for many, unless you know the tricks like today’s guest shares.

A 20-year veteran of the profit-driving side of the business, Tiffany C. Wright is unique among experts. After more than twenty years as an engineer, financial manager, owner and CFO/COO, Tiffany understands firsthand the challenges small and medium businesses face. She’s actually strategized and executed funding and financing plans that have helped multiple small and medium businesses obtain funding or financing in amounts ranging from $100,000 to $6.5 million. She has worked with private equity firms, large commercial banks, community banks, equipment lenders, angel investors, venture capitalists, equipment lenders, accounts receivable financing firms, and a wide array of other lenders and investors to obtain financing for her clients and companies she worked for. She has also helped bring these lenders and investors together with small and medium business owners to and help owners understand the who, what, why, and how to access the funding they needed.

Today, she’s the author of The Funding Is Out There! Access the Cash You Need to Impact Your Business from Morgan James Publishing. As well, she’s the author of Solving the Capital Equation: Financing Solutions for Small Businesses, available on Amazon.
Contact Tiffany: theresourcefulceo.com

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Small Business Funding- Tiffany C. Wright

109: Selling A Business with Fred McClimans

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Fred McClimans on Selling A Business

What is the process of selling a business? Are there lessons to bring form the startup phase that apply to the sale phase of business building. Developing customer loyalty, employee loyalty, paying yourself and setting the wheels in motion to succeed down the road. These are but a few of the “simple” topics my guest today will help us navigate.

Fred McClimans is a business and market advisor, with a diverse background and experience that ranges from startups to executive board rooms and from small businesses to global enterprises.

Fred McClimans is the Managing Director of the McClimans Group, a firm helps businesses uncover and understand the voice of their customers, their competitors and their market, developing business, product and digital marketing strategies that strengthen their brand and market position. Fred is also a Principle in the Intelligist Group, a consultancy that helps develop brands through advocacy and community engagement.

Over the course of his career, Fred has worked within a number of different industries, and helped guide a wide range of organizations, from local businesses to global enterprises.  In addition to his work at firms such as Gartner and Ernst & Young, Fred is also a start-up veteran, including the global market intelligence and analyst firm Current Analysis, which he founded in the late 1990’s to provide real-time analysis and insights on trends and events in the digital technology and services markets.

Some of his recent clients include ESPN, where he assisted with social fan engagement strategies, and Clarabridge, a leader in the Customer Experience Management market, where he helped infuse an element of customer-centric understanding into their business and marketing strategy.

You can reach Fred at his blog-site, fredmcclimans.com and follow him onTwitter @fredmcclimans

Selling A Business with Fred McClimans

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099: Linda and Charles Musselwhite – Small Business Marketing Consultants

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Linda and Charles Musselwhite

Small Business Marketing Consultants Charles and Linda Musselwhite are SOHO and SMB Marketing Solutions Consultants who provide ahead-of-the-curve advice and services through their company, Musselwhite Consulting. They have a passion for helping business owners succeed. With a mind for the “science” of marketing, Charles and Linda can quickly find what is missing or isn’t working in your marketing plan, and determine the best course of action for you. They’ll bring fresh ideas and insights to help business owners and develop innovative and effective marketing strategies and systems.

Website Musselwhitemarketing.com

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Linda and Charles Musselwhite – Small Business Marketing Consultants