Tycoons of Small Biz

Tycoons of Small Biz

by Austin Peterson and Landon Mance

Entrepreneurship Management

Season 1

E73 Pay to Play! with Mike Maunu

During this episode, hosts Austin and Landon interview Mike Maunu, owner of Marketing Results Group emphasizes the importance time and money have when marketing to the right clients and gaining their business. Clients need to spend money to make money! In order to be successful you need to price your time/products/services accordingly. Clients who pay less require more work and aren’t invested in the business relationship. Mike Maunu is a serial entrepreneur the past 40+ years as an investor, founder, executive or business coach taking multiple companies to over 8 and 9 figures in annual revenue. He has personally trained over 50,000 sales reps and managed over 100+ employees at a time. Listen in on Mike’s coaching techniques and his software program that offers solutions to your business problems right on the spot.

E72 Pick Your Top Product with Jonathan Brooks and Rhett Doolittle

Join the Tycoons as they welcome Jonathan and Rhett from Business Warrior to the show. They offer some valuable advice around small business marketing and advertising. It can be an overwhelming and frustrating experience if not done right. A few of their tips include: making sure to have Call to Actions on your website, check your mobile optimization and load time, and most importantly – campaign around your top product. Be specific and don’t get sidetracked by all of the many services you provide. This was a great show and one that helps business owners to understand what drives website traffic and how to turn that into value. Check out your business score at www.businesswarrior.com.

E71 Unique Technique with Austin Peterson and Landon Mance

In this Episode listeners will get to know Austin and Landon on a more personal level and hear about their background and experience and how Backbone Planning Partners was created. Austin and Landon share why their technique and business model puts their client’s needs at the center of attention. They not only financially plan for business owner’s they take into account some business owners prefer to just gain advice and direction and handle matters on their own. Austin and Landon respect that all business owners are different and have their own wants and needs that’s why they provide a unique technique. Backbone Planning Partners encompasses all aspects of a business owner’s financial plan. Austin and Landon hope to be the backbone in your financial plan.

E70 Where are you Flying to? with Darlene Ziebell

You do not want to miss this show with Darlene Ziebell; it was so full of great advice for business owners, that even the Tycoons were taking notes! Darlene’s advice is simple: ask questions and listen. Do your market research and don’t believe everything you read online. Go out and ask strangers to understand the market. A few other tips that she believes in are investing in a good mentor and surrounding yourself with a group of professional advisors. The biggest takeaway from this episode is the importance of a business plan. It should have three components, similar to a pilot’s flight plan: where are you now, where do you want to go, and what are the steps to get you there. Check out more of Darlene’s advice on her YouTube channel where she has a series of free 7-minute videos.

E69 Business Therapy with Sam Richardson

In this episode, hosts Austin Peterson and Landon Mance welcome guest Sam Richardson, owner of Las Vegas Therapy. Las Vegas Therapy provides help with individual therapy, couples counseling, and family therapy in a safe & comfortable setting. Las Vegas therapists have experience and training to help you or a loved one overcome PMADS (Perinatal Mood or Anxiety Disorders), trauma, relationships, and grief or loss, depression and anxiety. Tune in to hear Sam Richardson share his mission for helping others while growing his business of therapists. He expresses his main focus of helping as many people as he can and explains how he plans to do that. Like many business owners struggling to balance family life and business growth, Sam shares the truth behind this and Austin and Landon give advice on how to achieve this balance successfully. Hear how Sam grew his business from one therapist to 15.

E68 Always Improving with Dave Euse

Dave Euse joins the Tycoons to drop some serious life lessons that all business owners should hear. The Tycoons follow Dave through his career path and the successes and failures along the way. His journey has led him to realize a few things that business owners need to understand. Success in a business is not always guaranteed, but you plant your seed and water and nurture it everyday. You have to care for it every single day for it to one day grow. Being a business owner requires Constant and Never-ending Improvement. Pick something you are passionate about and know that sometimes you will fail, but you have to get up and try again.

E67 Coconut Dreams with CocoVinny

Tune into hear about CocoVinny’s long term goals and plans with giving back to the environment by planting coconut trees and providing the right tools to enjoy the delicious, and multi-functional coconuts. He also shares his experience of being on ABC’s hit tv show Shark Tank and The Profit on CNBC. You don’t want to miss his song at the end of the show. Crowd pleasing comes easy to this entrepreneur.

E66 Changing the Family Tree with Kay Bodude and Myrrie Hayes

The Tycoons welcomed Kay Bodude and Myrrie Hayes to the show to discuss a topic that should be talked about more, especially considering current events and the mental strain our society has been under this last year – mental and behavioral health. These ladies have an inspiring story to tell and it all started from a very personal experience that moved them to dedicate their lives to helping others. Best Care truly provides the best care because the business was built on the foundation of helping people the way they would help their own family. They nurture the business by building reciprocal relationships and incorporating all aspects in-house that are needed to make the business successful. Kay and Myrrie talk about how they are inspired to “change their family tree” to give their children choices and freedom. They followed their heart and spirit to fulfill a calling and it took hard work and dedication to make it happen, but they never gave up. They are passing on these lessons to future generations. Tune in to hear the full story and be inspired by the change Best Care is making in the community.

E65 Home is Where Your Business Is with Richard Bird

During this episode, Austin hosts Richard Bird, Co-Founder of TYG Commercial Real Estate. Richard shares his past experience in the real estate industry and explains how his family vision helped create the company he has today and the contribution it made to his success. Tune in to hear the challenges faced with starting a new business, partnerships, and balancing family. Austin and Richard reflected on a past conversation they had expressing the importance of being financial prepared to start a new business. Have 3-4 years worth of income prior to starting the business that you are able to live off while setting up the new business. Money is an obvious driver, but family importance is a huge attribute as well.

E64 Visionary Isn't Ordinary with Allan Draper

In this episode Austin and Landon host Allan Draper, Entreprenuer on Tycoons for the second time. Allan’s first appearance on the show was inspirational, so they were excited to welcome him back and learn more from his past experiences and expertise in entrepreneurship. Tune in to hear the struggles and benefits of entrusting someone to be your business partner. Partnerships within family and businesses can help you conquer more than you’d be able to on your own. As you listen to Allan discuss partnerships, you will learn his perspective on entrepreneurial visions. Join in on the discussion with Allan, Austin and Landon and take away a different view point.

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