Empowering Healthy Business: The Podcast for Small Business Owners
The Empowering Healthy Business Podcast is THE podcast for small business owners seeking to balance having a nicely profitable business, a sustainable, scalable, and salable business, lower stress levels, better work-life balance, and improved physical and emotional fitness. Yes, this is possible! Though it’s not easy. We’re here to help you navigate toward this objective.
Episodes
26 episodes
#26 - Husband and Wife as Business Partners
Many businesses are run by husband and wife teams. While that can be a powerful combination for the business, there are unique dynamics and challenges when spouses or other family members work together. In this episode, Robert and Kay Lee Fukui...
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Episode 26
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50:17
#25 - Digital Marketing Basics for Business Owners
Part of running a healthy business is being able to attract new customers. I am old enough to remember life before internet and phones became ubiquitous. These days internet-based marketing dominates in many industries, and the catch-all term f...
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Episode 25
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34:48
#24 - Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements: New in 2024
There is a new federal filing requirement for 2024 that new and existing businesses must comply with, or else face hefty fines. Businesses are required to report the identities of their Beneficial Owners. This filing is typically made by tax CP...
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Episode 24
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17:00
#23 - Key Accounting Topics for Marketing Agencies
Having supported the bookkeeping and accounting needs of many marketing agencies over the years, SmartBooks routinely addresses a few key accounting topics to help clients get the most out of their financial reporting. In this episode guest Lin...
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Episode 23
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50:39
#22 - Life-Changing Benefits of Great Sleep
The healthier we are personally, the more energy we can bring to our businesses to make our businesses as successful as possible. There are several drivers of personal health. In this episode guest Matt Beedle makes a compelling case that inves...
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Episode 22
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42:00
#21 - Top Areas Where a Fractional HR Leader Can Help a Small Business
Small businesses have more options than ever to meet senior executive needs by utilizing fractional (aka part-time) managers. The fractional CFO model is the most established, but business owners are also meeting operational, sales and marketin...
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Episode 21
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44:27
#20 - How to Achieve a Successful Fractional CFO Engagement
Small businesses may have a solution in place for bookkeeping and producing basic financial statements. Owners often yearn for analysis and forward-looking planning. The fractional (part-time) CFO model has existed for 20+ years to fill that vo...
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Episode 20
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58:43
#19 - Managing a Financially Distressed Business
Businesses can become financially distressed and face challenges with solvency and potential bankruptcy. Business owners in this situation may be able to cut costs, tightly manage cashflow, and return to profitability. Sometimes they need to re...
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Episode 19
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49:35
#18 - Positioning Your Business For Success
Running a business is so hard that most go out of business within 5-10 years. There are many risks and factors outside your control. Today’s guest Bill Flynn shares his insights about several areas business owners can control and how you can po...
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Episode 18
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57:02
#17 - Can You Afford to Hire an Employee?
Healthy businesses have an established business model in which most new incremental hires produce profit for the business. Payroll expense can be viewed as an investment that yields a profitable ROI. Usually a hiring decision boils down to a qu...
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Episode 17
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42:25
#16 - Owner Compensation Tax & Accounting
Healthy businesses produce healthy income for their owners. Compensation for business owners can take different forms. This episode discusses the primary forms of owner compensation and associated tax considerations. We also review bookkeeping ...
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Episode 16
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45:59
#15 - Deep Nutrition (Book Review)
The healthier we are personally, the more energy we can bring to our businesses to make our businesses as healthy as possible. There are several drivers of personal health. This episode reviews a book called Deep Nutrition, written by Dr. Cate ...
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Episode 15
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1:10:40
#14 - Putting Profit First
Profitability is one of the indicators of a healthy business. Although business owners aspire to have healthy profit margins, it can be challenging to achieve them. This episode’s guest Rocky Lalvani serves as Chief Profitability Officer to sma...
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Episode 14
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48:49
#13 - Building a THRIVE Business, 90 Days at a Time
Part of running a healthy business is being able to set and manage to achieve operational goals. This episode’s guest Bill Simmons has been in the fractional COO business for almost 20 years, helping clients run their business 90 days at a time...
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Episode 13
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35:55
#12 - Steps 5 & 6 of The Financial Operating System: Managing Your Business
After developing a great set of financial goals and operating metrics, the next part of running a healthy business is having strong systems and processes in place to manage the business toward achieving those targets.This episode introd...
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Episode 12
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38:11
#11 - Step 4 of The Financial Operating System: Upgrade Accounting Operations
When business owners initially try to start using financial performance metrics to better manage their businesses, they often struggle to get accurate, timely, and consistent metrics reporting. Usually, this is because of inadequate accou...
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Episode 11
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56:13
#10 - Step 3 of The Financial Operating System: Define Metrics and Goals
This episode is packed with actionable insights on operationalizing financial performance goals and bridging the operations-finance chasm by crafting SMART goals and balancing leading and lagging indicators. We explore the power of...
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Episode 10
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43:09
#9 - Step 2 of The Financial Operating System: Assess Your Current Finances
Click here to download the financial reports referenced and analyzed in the episode.Step 2 of The Financial Operating System is to Assess Your...
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Episode 9
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43:32
#8 - Step 1 of The Financial Operating System: Identify Your WHY
Ever felt like you're lost in the labyrinth of finances as a small business owner? So too have far too many other small business owners. It's time to navigate towards your goals! Listen in as I, drawing on two decades of experience, introduce a...
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Episode 8
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10:43
#7 - Navigating State and Local Taxes
Are you ready to conquer the labyrinth of state and local taxes in the United States? We'll arm you with the knowledge you need in our conversation with Greg Reed, the tax partner at SmartBooks Tax and Advisory. With each of the 50 states brand...
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Episode 7
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54:59
#6 - Insights from a BBQ Pitmaster
Promising to whet your appetite, we welcome two-time national champion pitmaster Bill Gillespie to share his insights about barbecue. From exploring the differences between grilling and barbecue, to various equipment options, to cuts of meat th...
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Episode 6
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41:12
#5 - Creating a Business Operations Playbook
Get ready to unlock the power of efficiency and consistency in your small business with the wisdom of our special guest, Chris Gwinn. This episode offers a deep dive into the world of business operations playbooks. We start off by unraveling th...
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Episode 5
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42:35
#4 - Best Practices for Closing Your Books Each Month
Explore the process of closing your accounting books on a monthly basis, which is the prerequisite for being able to have the financial reporting you need to manage your business, with Lindsay Jarosch.Link to download a sample
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Episode 4
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53:23
