

Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast
Shannon Jean & Dave Hamilton
Two long-time small-business owners, Dave Hamilton and Shannon Jean, come to you each week to talk through the trials, success, pitfalls and tips it takes to successfully run a small business in today’s world. Hear real-world folks talk about real-world problems, letting you know not only what it takes to get it done but that you’re not alone in doing it!
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Nov 9, 2022 • 38min
Algorithms, Family Businesses and Slacking Partners
It’s time for listener questions! Join us for another episode of Business Brain to hear our take on social media algorithms before we jump in to help Kate with her horse-based family business. Then we tackle a tricky question about a business partner for over a decade that is stuck doing $20/hour work while he ignores the $200/hour projects.
Listen in as we help others use their Business Brains to solve these problems and more!
00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #405 for Wednesday, November 9th, 2022
00:02:04 What Is Your Favorite Social Media Algorithm?
Twitter
TikTok
Facebook
Instagram
Positive Manipulation == Persuasion
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00:14:45 PODCAST: Entrepreneur’s Enigma. Every week Seth Goldstein interviews entrepreneurs from all walks of life about their journey through entrepreneurship. The ups and the downs, and how to deal with them
00:15:24 Kate-Starting a Family Business (with Horses!)
Working Agreement Template
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00:27:25 Stan-What If I Don’t Like My Business Partner?
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Nov 2, 2022 • 39min
Working and Succeeding with People You Dislike
Let’s face it, not everyone will like you, and you won’t like everyone that you must work with. How do you adjust your Business Brain to change the frame of these relationships to find success?
Join your hosts, Dave Hamilton and Shannon Jean, as they explore what it takes to overlook personal feelings to achieve great things.
00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #404 for Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022
00:01:03 Using Your Business Brain to Take The Road Less Traveled
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00:09:54 Working and Succeeding With People You Dislike
Be friendly, but not friends
Don’t set out to prove yourself right
00:21:44 PODCAST: Freelance to Founder: The show for you if you’re ready to scale your service-based business hosted by Clay and Preston, who have previously started, grown, and sold their own businesses.
00:22:56 Learning to Like — or tolerate — Your Teammates
What is their value to your team/organization?
What can I learn from them?
00:38:47 BB 404 Outtro
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Oct 26, 2022 • 41min
Learning Quickly, Gamification, Iteration, and Mastery
What is the single most powerful skill you can develop? According to Dickie Bush, it’s learning quickly. Join us on this episode of Business Brain as we dive into Mr. Bush’s framework for learning quickly by seeing everything as a game, starting to play immediately, and then iterating as you make mistakes.
Will this method lead to mastery and success? Join your hosts, Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton, to hear their take on the concept.
00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #403 for Wednesday, October 26th, 2022
00:02:12 Never Believe The Banks!
Especially Rocket Mortgage and FNMA
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00:21:00 Make Learning Everything a Game — TweetThread from Dickie Bush
00:29:10 Total Immersion
Don’t be an amateur expert. Seek experience, or farm it out.
Quartet Glass Board
00:33:42 PODCAST: Entrepreneur’s Enigma. Every week Seth Goldstein interviews entrepreneurs from all walks of life about their journey through entrepreneurship. The ups and the downs, and how to deal with them.
00:34:39 Review-Seth Goldstein-Five Stars on Podchaser
00:35:13 Iterate and Improve
00:40:53 BB 403 Outtro
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Oct 19, 2022 • 43min
Can These Habits Transform Your Life?
What habits could you adopt that would transform both your personal and business life? Join Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton as we discuss habit recommendations from SystemSunday on Twitter.
00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #402 for Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
00:01:06 A Sale Is a Successful Transfer of Enthusiasm to The Customer
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00:11:00 Ben Meer’s “14 Rare Habits That Will Transform Your Life in 6 Months”
1. Make “No” Your default answer
7. Dave’s Twenty-Minute Rule
4. Don’t regret past decisions
3. Write Down your Beautiful Life Memories
9. Don’t check your phone first thing in the morning
00:28:08 PODCAST: Freelance to Founder: The show for you if you’re ready to scale your service-based business hosted by Clay and Preston who have previously started, grown, and sold their own businesses.
00:29:23 More on those habits!
5. The Gift of Goodbye
“Too Many Vampires” — Bitter Pill
The Working Agreement
6. Normalize “I don’t know anything about that” as a successful answer
14. Be weird.
The ones we didn’t get to…why?
2. Block time for “Deep Work” and you’ll never worry about $$ again
8. Make decisions without your parent(s)’ approval
10. Learn to stand up for yourself without getting worked up
11. Make consistency your loudest statement
12. Take Mid-day naps
13. Don’t Grocery Shop on an Empty Stomach (and don’t believe what you think/feel unless you’re in a peak mental state)
00:42:07 BB 402 Outtro
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Oct 12, 2022 • 48min
What is the Best Age to Start a Business?
Too Old to Start a Business? Think Again
If you think youth is a prerequisite to starting a company, think again. According to a recent study by the Census Bureau and MIT, a 50-year-old founder is 2.2 times more likely to start a successful business than a 30-year-old. The study included 2.7 million company founders. The average startup founder was 45 years old when they started their company.
Join us today as we talk about age as a feature, not a barrier, to starting a new company.
00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #401 for Wednesday, October 12th, 2022
How’s Business in Q4 2022?
Tradesy sells to Vestiaire
Poshmark sold to Naver
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00:09:27 Am I Too Old To Start a Business?
We Love Mistakes (They’re Our Tuition)
Beginner’s Mind
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00:26:22 Ray Kroc was 59 When He Purchased What Would Become His Biggest Success
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Oct 5, 2022 • 41min
Employee Communication Best Practices
Join us this week on Business Brain as we dive deeply into different communication methods with your employees. Find out what works, what doesn’t, and how to fix problems. Don’t miss our intro topic about how to save thousands on your tech gear with this “one simple trick.”
Oh yeah, it’s our 400th episode! 7.5 years in the making – you don’t want to miss this one. Cheers!
00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #400 for Wednesday, October 5th, 2022
00:01:44 The value of bullheaded-persistence
00:02:35 David-398-What’s the Tip to Save us Thousands?
Open Box Products
eBay
Refurb Tracker
BackMarket
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00:12:27 How well does texting work for your business?
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00:26:03 How to deal with the confusing messages you send your employees?
It’s not up to your employees to read your mind
Take the initiative and ask your employees
Employ empathy
00:33:23 How to create a culture of over-analyzing
Surround yourself with people who are good at things you’re not.
00:39:08 BB 400 Outtro
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Sep 28, 2022 • 44min
Avoiding Employee Burnout
Your employees are your business’s greatest asset. How can you ensure they your team is energized and excited about the work they do? What methods and policies can you put in place to help employees avoid burnout, and what are some signs that your employees need better tools to keep motivated?
Join us for episode 399 of Business Brain to learn more about employee burnout: what it is, how it starts, and how you can overcome it.
00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #399 for Wednesday, September 28th, 2022
00:01:09 Small Business Therapy
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00:02:51 Virtual Employees
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00:07:00 Avoiding Employee Burnout
Identify the scope — Is it one person, or is it systemic
Read the room, then document, document, document
Gallup Poll of Employee Burnout
Burnout Reason: People felt they were treated unfairly
00:17:48 Burnout Reason: Unmanageable Workload
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00:23:15 Burnout Reason: Lack of Role Clarity
00:28:54 Burnout Reason: Lack of Communication and Support from Their Manager
00:34:27 Burnout Reason: Unreasonable Time Pressure
00:37:09 Burnout mitigation tips:
Time off
“Free” time
Work from home days
Mix it up
Give people a budget
Quartet Glass Whiteboard
00:43:31 BB 399 Outtro
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Sep 21, 2022 • 43min
Find a Mentor, Employee Chatter, and Festivus Employee Meetings
It’s a grab-bag of topics today on Business Brain!
Listen in to hear about the importance of finding a good mentor, why your employees will always share the info you may not expect them to, and an idea for a Festivus type of meeting where employees can be free to “air the grievances.” Do Team Accountability Meetings have a place in your business? We think they could, with some caveats.
Join us for episode 398 of Business Brain!
00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #398 for Wednesday, September 21st, 2022
00:01:29 Leveraging Flexibility For Yourself and For Your Team
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00:07:17 Always Sunny Podcast’s Rob McElhenney: Latch On to Someone Who is Better Than You
00:14:21 Ep389-Expect Your Employees to Talk With One Another
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00:25:17 Team Accountability Meetings (aka “Festivus”)
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Sep 14, 2022 • 36min
What is a Portfolio Life?
Would you invest all your money in one stock? If the answer is no, why would you invest all your efforts into one company, one side hustle, and one career path?
Join us today as we discuss the concept of the Portfolio Life and how it fits into our favorite Revenue Stack idea to help you create wealth, build flexibility into your life and add stability to your personal system for success.
00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #397 for Wednesday, September 14th, 2022
00:02:12 Tim-Cutting down on monthly fees for your small business
Stripe
Paypal
Dropbox
What Accounting Software Do You Use?
Banktivity
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00:12:00 Living The Portfolio Life
Why the career of the future needs a portfolio approach
Embrace the Art of Replacing Yourself
Change Your Relationship with the Day-to-Day
Follow your BMI: Boring Meter Indicator
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00:22:05 Continue Your Diversification
Independence vs. Freedom
00:34:46 BB 397 Outtro
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Sep 7, 2022 • 41min
Principles of Managing Reality
Join us today on Business Brain as we discover and explore Ray Dalio’s Principles for success. Dave and Shannon will help you start building the Factory in Your Brain to create success and a Charmed Life for your business and personal life.
00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #396 for Wednesday, September 7th, 2022
00:01:10 Apple Event Day!
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00:09:00 Ray Dalio’s Business Brain Principles
Alex Banks’ Tweet Thread
Think of Life as a Game
Pain + Reflection = Progress
“Building a Factory in your brain.”
Be Radically Open-Minded
Use Root-Cause Analysis
Find Your Weaknesses
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00:24:41 The “Back 40” of Ray Dalio’s Business Brain Principles
Build Your Machine
Write down your principles
Remember the 80/20 Rule
“Perfection is the enemy of production.”
Find all MVPs (minimally viable products)
One + One = Three
Push Through!
00:39:38 BB 396 Outtro
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