Todd Greenbaum is the founder of Input 1, goto Premium Finance, and Aja Winery. Todd's advice includes:

Never give up; run through the wall
Don't keep too much (responsibility) to yourself, i.e., delegate
You have to always work on staying ahead of the competition
You will face challenges, it's what you do to overcome them
Always hire smart(er) people
Constantly work on aligning your people

Todd also shares a little on the family winery and how it came to be.

You can reach Todd at www.gotopremiumfinance.com, www.input1.com, or wwwajavineyards.com/.

John Martinka
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Michael McLean has owner numerous businesses and now works with men to help them achieve fulfillment in life. He's a former professional hockey coach turned into an 8 figure entrepreneur.

He's also a marketing expert, helping many clients scale their business.

Key takeaways include:

Many successful people worry more about legacy than money.
They don't want to be forgotten.
He helps them find fulfillment my explaining, no service = no significance.

He encourages to help others to benefit themselves.

You can check out Michael and learn more at www.brassballssecrets.com.

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Lior Arussy left the corporate world to start his own business focusing on better serving clients. His firm had well over 100 employees and helped many major corporations.

We discussed:

• Only taking on the right clients (my saying is, the only thing worse than no client is a bad client)
• Don't be jealous of the big guys - have a better product and agility
• Be passionate
• Be an execution based business

Lior went through the selling process and shares stories and gives tips on dealing with large strategic and private equity buyers (this is very informative).

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From the headlines: Cuba's electrical grid went down and the whole country went dark.

There are lessons in this for lower middle market companies, including:

• You must make capital expenditures before they're needed
• If you have FFE&V you need to spend money to grow
• EBITDA is misleading where there are fixed assists

The episode ends with some great quotes from Warren Buffett

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Mike Horne leads the "People Dividend" movement and is the host of The People Dividend Podcast.

His new book is aptly titled, "The People Dividend." He joins John to discuss:

1. Work in the new era
2. What exactly is The People Dividend
3. Why dignity, kindness, and respect are keys to success
4. His work helping fix people, teams, and organizations

Mike works with founders, C-suite leaders and those aspiring to be leaders. He likes to work with goal oriented people and strives for "Integrity by design."

You can reach Mike at www.mike-horne.com.

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Sean Grace is the author of, "The Art of the Question." Sean is the owner of Peak LUMA (www.peakluma.com) and an advisor and coach to people in all levels of business. He offers comprehensive training sessions on using questions (and more) to help people advance their careers and improve their business operations.

During our discussion we cover:

1. The difference between leadership, management, and coaching
2. The importance of questions and the different type of questions
3. The three sections of his book: Knowledge, Interpersonal, and Innovation and how questions play an important part

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Jim Creagan is a second generation owner who has grown the business organically and by acquisition. He discusses:

• Joining (buying) the business from his dad (and working with dad)
• Learning management on the fly
• Acquiring other companies
• Outsourcing with industry partners
• How his risk profile has changed

Fascinating discussion with tips for any and all small business owners. Check out Jim's firm at www.crossingwell.com.

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Fascinating discussion with Joshua Monge who does fractional COO work for small businesses (up to about $10 million in sales. We cover:

• Empowering Business Owners to Step Away from the Day-to-Day
• How Fractional COOs Can Transform Mid-Sized Businesses
• The Role of Technology in Scaling Service-Based Businesses
• Building a Business That’s Ready for Sale – Even If You’re Not Selling Yet
• The Importance of Leadership Development in Growing Businesses
• Process Mapping and Visualization as IP and Assets

We cover a lot - of great information - in 25 minutes.

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