251 episodes
LearnBiz Ryan Murray and Ethan Migliori
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LearnBiz discusses the most primary issues to run and grow a small business. This isn’t your typical fake realty show or chat group for glamorous high investment startups. This is real, down in the trenches, authentic insight into what most small businesses deal with on a day-to-day basis. It’s not always dazzling or sensational, but it’s honest real-life experience from over a decade worth of working directly with hundreds of small business owners. Your hosts Ryan Murray and Ethan Migliori will take you down the path to successful entrepreneurship, from learning financial statements and how to use them to understanding what really works for a marketing strategy. Join us each week for insights, anecdotes, and key information to keep your competitive edge sharp and your business on point.
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Understanding Your Margins
You can't talk small business with out talking about the margins, but despite all the rhetoric entrepreneurs still struggle to understand the margins. More importantly, entrepreneurs struggle to understand the impact of their decisions as it relates to margins. This episode cuts through the jargon and gets to what really matters when deciding how to manage your business according to the margins. Hint: it's not always what you've been told.
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Protecting Your Intellectual Property
Many small businesses wonder about protecting their intellectual property. They have questions like, "how can I protect myself?", "Where do I even begin?" or "What do I have that I should be protecting in my business?". We'll answer these questions and more in this episode of LearnBiz that's all about protecting your intellectual property.
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Theory of Constraints - Interview with Camille Pendleton
After completing an MBA from Utah State University, Camille was a consultant with the Connecticut-based Avraham Y. Goldratt Institute. There she worked in many industries and types of business using the Theory of Constraints to create improvement.
She later became the Vice President of Manufacturing at Bal Seal Engineering, Inc. in California, where she guided the fulfillment end of the company’s growth to $25 Million.
Currently a SBDC Regional Director, she mentors business owners and helps them to be successful. -
Lessons From a CEO
In this episode we reviewed a podcast interview with CEO Samuel Wilson from 8x8.
https://www.ceo.com/samuel-wilson-transcript/
This is a great interview for anyone wanting to understand what it takes to be a great CEO. There are many take-aways and insights into entrepreneurship that we analyze and provide our take so you can get the most out of this amazing interview. -
How Do You Compare Financially?
Ever wonder how your small business is doing compared to other small business? Yeah, we were asking that question and came across this financial survey that was done, asking small business owners several questions about their financial status. Many of the results will probably shock you!
https://prosperitynow.org/sites/default/files/resources/Understanding_the_Financial_Vulnerabilities_of_Microbusiness_Owners_Updated.pdf
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Jr Entrepreneurship Program
For several years, Ethan has been working with kids ages 12 to 18 in the Jr Entrepreneur Program. This program is something that he and Amanda Leonard have created and grown over the years. In this episode we talk about this program and share some amazing stories about how it's become what it is today.