Tycoons of Small Biz

Tycoons of Small Biz

di Austin Peterson and Landon Mance

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E113 Educate Emotional Intelligence with Anthony Weinkopff

The Tycoons welcomed Anthony Weinkopff, Director and Co-Founder of Embrace Tutoring and Educational Services to the show. Anthony is an experienced educator, activist, and entrepreneur, most notably acting as the Director and Co Founder of Embrace Tutoring and Educational Services. Education has come to the forefront and more and more businesses are being started that are geared towards furthering education and/or trying to create an educational niche. Embrace Tutoring and Educational Services specializes in college/career readiness and in-school programs. With distance learning being on the rise, tutoring programs are even more important and beneficial to schools, students and families. Key takeaways from the show are emotional intelligence and chasing a purpose. Tune in to hear Anthony elaborate on these topics.

E112 Guaranteed Service, Quality, Schedule, and Creativity with Robert Ancill

The Tycoons welcomed Robert Ancill, CEO of TNI Design, to the show. Robert’s story is a true testament to being adaptable to change. One of his favorite quotes is by Richard Branson, “If someone offers you a job, take it and figure it out later.” He likes the challenge of identifying problems and creating solutions. This has become a part of TNI Design’s business model to evaluate their work and collect data to understand if the design truly meets the client’s needs. TNI Design operates on four mantras: Guaranteed service, Quality, Schedule, and Creativity. By holding to these principles, the TNI team maintains standards while creatively learning, growing, and changing. This is how Robert adapted over the years and how TNI Design came to fruition after splitting the company in 2015. As a standalone design and architect firm, TNI Design provides focus in their core competency areas and continues to deliver consistent results.

E111 Who Knows You Best? with Tony Nguyen

Tycoons welcomes special guest, Tony Nguyen owner of Nandco Construction. Tycoons digs deep into how Nandco Constuction was built and what their focus and mission is as a whole company including the foundation of the employees. Tune in to hear what drove Tony to develop Nandco Construction. Tony is a big supporter of family and has created a great vibe within his company that his employees respect and appreciate making Nandco Construction an incredible place to work and grow!

E110 Take the Opportunity with Joe Serrano

The Tycoons welcomed Joe Serrano, CEO and Executive Director of TentMakers Inc, to the show. Joe was an inspirational guest and is working to make a difference in this world. From humble beginnings to joining the Marines, he learned to take an opportunity if it is presented. He credits his time in the Marines to pushing him to find out what he’s made of, changing his life, and providing the confidence, discipline, and opportunity to be in the position he’s in today. TentMakers is helping to solve the homelessness and affordable housing crisis in California and its model will hopefully continue to spread nationwide. They are giving the opportunity to people to learn a trade, get a job, build a home, and live in it, all while being sustainable to the environment. By the end of this episode, Joe’s passion and purpose will have you ready to downsize to your very own tiny home!

E109 Quality Over Quantity with Rick Parilla

Austin and Landon welcome guest Rick Parrilla owner of Silverado Custom Door & Window. Silverado Custom Door & Window’s specialty is handcrafting custom, oversized, exterior, solid wood doors. They also provide custom wood windows and the latest in hardware trends. Working with architects, designers and contractors they achieve the exquisite workmanship and unique design for their projects. Specializing in extra-large doors, and specialty functions residential, commercial, institutional and military. Tune in to hear Rick Parilla share his excitement for quality products such as his custom, specialty doors. You can hear the energy in his voice and the passion he has for his company, products and employees. Rick talks about the importance of quality, educating yourself, and always holding on and sticking through the tough times.

E108 Making Up for Lost Time with Josh and Joel Zolin

In this episode of Tycoons, Austin and Landon welcome back their 1st show guests, Josh and Joel Zolin, CEO and CFO of Windy City Equipment. As former guests of Tycoons, Josh and Joel reflected on their father and son relationship and how it has impacted their relationship and the company. Tune in to hear Josh and Joel talk about the importance of respect and authenticity and how these two characteristics have proved to be the reason for their strong bond as business partners and as father and son.

E107 Transferrable Skills with John Webster

In this episode of Tycoons, John talks about his experience transitioning from a career in the Air Force, to getting his executive MBA, to acquiring a small business. The leadership training in the military gave him the confidence to get into a business he had no experience in. John knew how to hire the right people with the right experience and let them do their jobs while he provides the top-level guidance. John walks us through the process of buying a small family-owned business, the challenges he faced, and the opportunities he found to grow and scale the business. As the new management of a business built entirely upon it’s reputation, John’s focus was ensuring the same quality of workmanship and keeping existing customers happy. He also implemented a process and tracking method to identify which types of projects were most profitable to gather data in understanding where and how to improve. As a veteran, John understands the challenge of interpreting the skills learned in the military and transferring them to a civilian job. The most important skills are not obvious on a resume, but rather speak to the ethic, quality, and pride of the work. If you or someone you know is interested in millwork, reach out to John. He would love to give a tour and increase exposure to the millwork trade.

E106 Sacrificing for Success with Tony Delano and Breck Rice

In this episode of Tycoons, Todd Delano and Breck Rice joins the show to talk about ServRx, Inc. From taking a drastic pay cut and giving up what they both once knew as “everyday” life, Todd and Breck did what most entrepreneurs do, they sacrificed for success. Meet two very humble guests as they talk about how their niche, behind the scenes business has aided in the care of several worker’s comp patients. Tune in to hear Brad explain what scaling out of AZ entailed as they learned throughout their growth stage. Every state has different requirements/laws making growing their business more complex. Growth demanded adding partners to solve for solutions. ServRx, Inc. is composed of a team of entrepreneurs that turned Pharmacy Management into a successful, growing Healthcare IT Firm.

E105 Silent Salesman with Brad Leavitt

In this episode of Tycoons, Brad Leavitt joins the show to talk about A Finer Touch Construction (AFT Construction). Brad not only talks about building custom homes, he shares with us the importance of building up your social media platform for your business and explains why that has helped pave the way for his successful business. Tune in to hear Brad explain what Silent Salesmen are and how his company took leverage by selling solutions to problems.

E104 Customer Service is Meaningless, Customer Loyalty is Value with Todd Ludlow

In this episode of Tycoons, Todd Ludlow joins the show to talk about Chenoa Fund. Todd takes us back to 2006 and helps us visualize how and why the concept of Chenoa Fund came about and the positive impact it has on homeowners today. Austin, Landon and Todd take us behind the scenes of how mortgages work and how the broker firms make their money. Tune in to hear what Todd’s why is and how his background in loan origination has led him to be a successful entrepreneur in a leading market, the FHA housing market.

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