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July 7, 2020

Using Your Intellectual Property To Pivot & Build Resilience with JoAnn Holmes

We're talking about how to build some more resilience into your business model by using work you've already done—your intellectual property—and turning it into another source of revenue for your business. Key Takeaways: …
June 16, 2020

Identifying Financial Risks & Building Resilience with Jacquette Timmons

Jacquette and I talk about financial risks, resilience, and the relationship between the two. Key takeaways: - How assessing your risk is actually a move towards building resilience - What the relationship between ris…
March 31, 2020

Software As Service Metrics Applied To Small Business Growth With Justin Jackson

Justin and I talk about some of the key data that they measure at Transistor. We talk about how to track monthly recurring revenue and churn – two fabulous metrics you can look at when measuring the health of your business.…
March 17, 2020

Making Space To Grow Your Service Business With Kathleen Shannon

I talk with Kathleen Shannon about how to approach data when you identify as more of a creative person and less as someone with a data-first mindset. We talk about how making space for growth is such an important aspect of a…
Feb. 25, 2020

How Your Pricing Choices Can Make You Happier With Marketing Analyst Rita Barry

Today, we’re going to pull all those ideas together and look at the downstream impacts of making that switch from hourly pricing to value-based pricing. We’ll look at how it affects your sales process, your proposal proc…
Feb. 18, 2020

Getting Paid Faster Using Practice Ignition With Tier One Services Co-Founder Jaime Campbell

Practice Ignition is a tool I use in my own business, and with most of my clients because it makes onboarding a client and accepting payments so easy. My guest today has been using Practice Ignition for the last few years…
Feb. 11, 2020

Taking Payments In A Positive & Transparent Client Relationship With Kate Strathmann

Getting paid by clients is the #1 most important part of the workflow in a service business. If you don’t get paid, eventually, you won’t have a business. But how you go about getting paid – now that’s where some magic can r…
Feb. 4, 2020

Using Value-Based Pricing To Boost Profit With Dana Kaye

Dana Kaye and I talk about how she went about making that transition from an hourly pricing model to a value-based model. We talk about how the change affected every area of her business operations and the impact that thinki…
Dec. 31, 2019

Productize Hands-On Services To Earn More & Stress Less With Lead Cookie Founder Jake Jorgovan

Jake Jorgovan focuses on productizing his service delivery so he can operate efficiently at scale. These productized services are built on solid processes, procedures, and standardized systems behind the scenes. They ens…
Dec. 17, 2019

Save Time and Boost Profit Using A Proposal Calculator With Rob Howard

The crux of the proposal process is reducing your sales time. Rob has developed a system that allows him to give accurate quotes on the initial call and send out proposals within 15 minutes of getting off that call. …
Oct. 22, 2019

Breaking the Default Model: Building a Badass Business with Badass Your Brand Founder, Pia Silva

If you haven’t heard of the powerhouse that is Pia Silva, founder of Badass Your Brand, then you’re in for a treat. Key takeaways: Break the ceiling by breaking the default agency model Why project management tools d…
Oct. 8, 2019

Crossing the chasm from experimentation to deliberate model with business designer Michelle Warner

Business designer Michelle Warner talks about how to make that all-important decision of crossing the chasm from experimentation mode to a business model that's designed to grow. Key takeaways: Why business design is a…
Sept. 10, 2019

Default Decisions and What Works with Tara McMullin

Allow me to introduce this very first episode of #BreaktheCeiling, the podcast where we'll talk about how you might structure your #smallbusiness, or even why you're in the business you're in in the first place. On Break…
Aug. 29, 2019

Introducing Break the Ceiling

Introducing Break the Ceiling launching early September 2019. For more information, visit https://scalespark.co/podcast