Lean Business

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks about entrepreneurship, their passion for helping small businesses, and the Lean Framework with Brad Eisenberg of BELeanBusiness.com.

Brad got an early start in entrepreneurship and he had many signs that showed him the way. Brad went from Mechanical Engineering to Engineering Businesses. As a child, Brad wanted to design roller coasters, pursued an engineering degree at the University of Maryland and while at school fell in love with entrepreneurship. Brad's passion for helping businesses developed while working on a school project where he developed a bicycle-sharing company paired with working for an energy efficiency business. Brad saw ways to incorporate a new concept with the bicycles and ways to improve the energy business's efficiency.

Brad helps small businesses adopt "Lean" strategies and technology to become scaleable. He enjoys building systems and showing companies how to be sustainable businesses. Brad focuses on helping businesses save time, money and build consistency all the way through their processes.

Brad offers a free Lean Assessment Tool for you to explore and find one thing you can fix or streamline in your business today. The Be Lean Assessment will help you pinpoint the weakest link and give you recommendations to improve and obtain your business goals.

Brad's Favorite Books of Business

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't by Jim Collins

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

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The Small Business Connections Podcast is hosted by Ann Brennan, owner of ASMM Digital Marketing. The podcast was created as a means of helping her clients build a community around their brands. Since its inception, the podcast has grown to include guests from around the world and has been listened to in over 20 countries.

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