Did you check out the Dallas Cowboy’s game yesterday?Or, if you are not a Cowboy’s fan, imagine going to a game for your favorite sports team for a minute.You spent way too much money on your tickets, then walked into the stadium and sat do
When you go on a vacation (assuming you can remember the last one), are you the type that plans every last minute, or are you the type that just goes without a plan, and what happens happens?Thomas Edison had a great quote that went like this
When you hear the term “brand,” what comes to mind?Probably the idea of a logo or a color scheme, right?In today’s episode, we bring in the “brand boss” with a much deeper approach to branding and the overall messaging strategy when it comes
We have all seen the stats regarding the “survival” rates of small entrepreneurial businesses.What is not quite as clear is the number of entrepreneurs – specialists in their field – working long hours day in and day out, with little to show f
Welcome to the re-launch of the Building to Scale podcast!This is episode 1 of season 2 and I and my team are really excited to be putting a renewed focus on our mission to help entrepreneurial business leaders find clarity in what is really h
I am still not sure how we are wrapping up August and Q3 already …On the one hand, 2021 has been a long year, and on the other side, it has flown by. And, as if 2020 needed to be topped, this has been a challenging year for many small business
As a retired Air Force officer, Axel Meierhoefer started his first company in 2005, focusing on consulting, employee skill development, and program management. These areas remain in place and have now grown internationally.As a business owner,
In 2001, Chris launched a start-up in his spare time – a marketing company called Farotech. What started primarily as a web design firm quickly grew into a comprehensive digital marketing agency specializing in helping clients in the healthcare
Courtney Lukitsch is the principal and founder of Gotham PR, founded in 2002, and is a boutique Marketing PR firm based in New York and London, with a roster of high-profile clients in 30 global markets and on every continent in the world.Cour
Michelle Seiler Tucker is the Founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker Incorporated. She holds the MandAMI (Mergers and Acquisitions Master Intermediary) title, as well as Certified Mergers and Acquisitions Professional (CMandAP) and Certified Senior B
Ann Brennan is the owner of ASMM Digital Marketing and host of the Small Business Connections podcast, demonstrating her passion for marketing.Ann was the “accidental entrepreneur” who took her talents in social media and marketing and started
In this episode, Aimy Steadman of Future Proof shares the journey she and her business partners went through in building Future Proof and BeatBox Beverages. From college incubator to Shark Tank, and now on to a growing beverage brand founded on
Guest Jim Traister has a passion for helping small businesses drive sales. He is CEO of The Digital Navigator, a full-service digital agency that drives sales for independent businesses in three verticals: course providers, hospitality, and sma
Recently, our own Jeff Chastain met an individual whom, together with a business partner, had what appeared from the outside to be a very successful marketing agency.They had a good, solid client base and a good, albeit somewhat uneven, revenu
Tim Szczygiel is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry.In this episode of the Building to Scale podcast, Szczygiel talks about the dichotomy of the pandemic in his busin
If you were to walk around your office today (virtually or in-person), would you find your team working on the most important things efficiently?In continuing our discussion about the 4 Ps - the four critical components necessary to successful
In our modern world, acquiring a knowledge base can be done in many ways, which is why Laurie Stach believes that education should be more about the entrepreneurial mindset, including skills like grit, collaboration and adaptation.In this epis
If you are watching a football (American) game and the quarterback and the receiver are not in sync, what happens? The announcers often refer to it as the players not being on the same page of the playbook and at best, it results in an incomple
In this episode of the Building to Scale podcast, Mark Ainley delves into important lessons he’s learned in his entrepreneurial journey in the real estate sector, particularly as it pertains to hiring the right people.Getting started in his bu
Why are you in business? We know the mark of a successful business is to make a profit, but beyond that, why are you really in business?Dan Sullivan outlines 4 freedoms of being an entrepreneur and the 4th freedom is a "freedom of purpose". In
For Jeff Arnold, founder of RightSure Insurance Group, stewardship and making the world a better place is top priority. Perhaps it was his upbringing as a son in a long line of preachers (his father, grandfather, great-grandfather); his company
In Jim Collins Book, Good to Great, he states ..."When we began the research project, we expected to find that the first step in taking a company from good to great would be to set a new direction, a new vision and strategy for the company, an
Entrepreneur Tim Angelillo's passion is to be of service to consumers, clients, partners, and other tenacious entrepreneurs by sharing his story and solutions that can be applied to companies large and small.Angelillo is the founder of Sourced
If you were to build a McDonald's at the same intersection of "Joe's Craft Burger House", it would be a very safe bet that the McDonald's would be the last one standing. Why?If you look at the statistics, an entrepreneurial business has less t