Navigating Employee Retention Tax Credit | Jamie O'Kane

Our completely informal polling of tax professionals indicates that small businesses are overlooking this pandemic payroll tax credit that could give them on average $50,000-$75,000 in cash to move towards their goals. I know it sounds like a gimmick, but y'all know we don't roll like that. One of Jamie's very favorite things is helping business owners grow and thrive.

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What is Your SUPER NICHE?! | Chala Dincoy

Chala Dincoy is the CEO and Founder of The Repositioning Expert (division of Coachtactics). She’s a Marketing Strategist who helps professional service companies change their messaging to attract more decision makers. She is also the author of two books: Gentle Marketing: A Gentle Way To Attract Loads Of Clients, and How To Win Friends the Way Apple Wins Customers.Having been a purchaser of services in her role as a marketing manager for Tier 1 corporations for decades, Chala is able to help professional service providers to break through the competitive landscape and to get through to the corporate decision makers faster and in a more relevant way. This, in turn ensures a consistent and sustainable lead pipeline as well as a marketing plan that enables accelerated growth. Today we talk about the importance of a super niche, what kind of research you need to do to find your super niche, and why we need to listen to the market. On top of all that, Chala helps me polish my elevator pitch!

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Veterinarians! What is the Cost of Inefficiency? | Rachel Lemcke

Today’s guest, Rachel Lemcke, is here to talk about improving the efficiency of veterinary practices, starting with the laboratory. Rachel is the owner of Amwell Data Services, a full service independent veterinary laboratory consulting agency. She formed Amwell Data Services to help give veterinarians and their teams more margin with the larger goal of helping make careers in veterinary medicine more sustainable.

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Veterinarians! What is Protecting You? | Carl Cease

Our guest today, Carl Cease, is here to talk about why it’s imperative that you factor insurance into your success support team. Carl is the president of The Covenant Group, an insurance agency based in South Carolina.Carl created The Covenant Group to provide business owners with a “concierge” experience for their insurance needs. He specializes in insurance solutions for veterinary and technology companies.

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Veterinarians! Do You Understand Your Pricing? | Steve Castillo

Our guest today is Steve Castillo, the CEO of Profit Solver. Profit Solver is a program that determines the best future pricing to assure desired profit for veterinary practices. Profit Solver helps practices set the right service fees, improve employee output, and create new profit centers. Instead of using industry benchmarks, Profit Solver takes into account variables that are unique to your practice, like your services, your team, your customers, and your goals.

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You Deserve a BETTER Group of Advisors | Isaiah Douglass

Isaiah Douglass is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER ™ and fee only advisor. Isaiah left a large national firm to start a solo financial in 2018 to pursue a planning approach that is dedicated to identifying ways to grow the net worth of veterinarians and dentists. In 2020, he merged with a partner and is now co-owner and partner at Vincere Wealth, a financial planning firm. Today we talk about the challenges that veterinarians and dentists face when they want to own their own practice, planning and building wealth for the future, why we both love veterinarians and dentists, and why Isaiah says Bitcoin is better money.

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Measuring Your Success Allows You to Create More! | Kenny Harper

You have to get more business, but you also need to write those internal reports or finish creating the product a client has paid for. There just aren't enough hours in the day! It's like trying to cut lumber with a dull blade, it's slow, taking longer than it should, and harming your productivity. The solution is so obvious that it is painful -- swap the saw blade for a sharp one or sharpen it -- but you can't break your focus from the task at hand. You know things can't continue on like this and you need help. What is your next step?

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Authentically You | Stephen Andrews

This week we’re welcoming back our dear friend, Stephen Andrews. Stephen is the owner of Spotted Dog Media, LLC and our supremely talented producer. This is his second time on the podcast. Today we talk about the future of podcasts, how far our own podcast has come since the beginning, what will change about the way we all work post-pandemic, and the importance of authenticity. It’s always a good time when we get to catch up!

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Financial Literacy Sets Businesses Free! | Echo Huang

Business owners and entrepreneurs are so driven to do their best and run a successful business, but the pathway to success can be really complex and difficult to understand. Breaking everything down into more manageable, bite-sized pieces is great way to moderate this complexity, especially when it comes to financial planning. Our guest today, Echo Huang, strives to help people understand their finances and to simplify that aspect of running their business and planning for the future.

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