Welcome to episode #43 of the None of my Business podcast. I had a great conversation with Heath Van Patten who owns Nexthome Treasure Valley. He has a rich entrepreneurial history and has run a number of businesses. He started in sales at the young age. He went on and earned a degree in business […]
This episode is with Brandon Frank who owns Fleet Feet in the Village here in Meridian Idaho. He and I had a wonderful conversation recently. Brandon has a kind presence and a warm smile that just makes you want to walk up to him and say, “What’s up man?” Which is exactly what I did […]
Finding good employees for most business owners is a challenge. I don’t know if it is my industry, or the lower unemployment rate, but the challenge seems greater these days. My wife (who also owns a business with employees) and I have always had the vision of retiring employees. Having them till the end. […]
mI sat down and had a fascinating conversation with Ross Cook who owns the Center for Balance and Effective Communication. We really go deep in regards to tapping into causal factors that point us towards the things that we do on a daily basis. Some of these patterns are good, and some of them are […]
“I’m going to write a letter!!” This seems to be synonymous with anger these days. It means you are so mad, that you are going to write your experience down and share it with the powers that be. To share a bad experience, to try and get your way, to let someone REALLY know how […]
I had the pleasure to sit down with my good friend Jacob Nordby to discuss his new book, “Blessesd are the Weird”. We had a RICH conversation about many things. We discussed how businesses can look like art. How to handle fear which is inevitable in all parts of our lives. Why we are […]
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Want. It’s a powerful feeling. One of my close friends and I have a running joke that usually is brought out during a sporting event, but it can be used in any situation. Example. I was at the Farmers Insurance Open this January and was perched high above the 18th green. The leader, Jon Rahm, […]
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The one things I have been trying to do for my business for the last 2-3 years is have the right team in place. If I have the right team with me at the helm, I KNOW we will kill it. We will do things that have rarely been done and have fun doing it. […]
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When I opened the door to my business, I had very little understanding of just about anything in the business world. It humors me to realize how little I knew. Of the myriad of things I didn’t know, was how big do I want my business to be? This is something my wife (who also […]
Do you really want to support local businesses? I have found it is getting more challenging to support certain local businesses. Retail seems to be the toughest. You can get anything you want from your couch (Even a couch!) using your phone. There is a massive convenience to doing that and it is hard […]