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In this insightful conversation, Alan interviews Chris Williams, founder of System Six, an outsourced finance service provider. Chris shares his journey from a finance background to acquiring and scaling a bookkeeping business. They discuss innovative organizational structures, the challenges of scaling professional services, and Chris's vision for expanding into a comprehensive back-office solution for small businesses.
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In this candid conversation, Alan interviews Josh Frey, founder of On Sale Promos and The Swag Coach. Josh provides a rare inside look at the promotional products industry, sharing his journey from running side hustle book clubs to building a multi-million dollar operation. They discuss innovative outsourcing models, curating virtual teams, integrating tech stacks for scaling, and Josh's vision for consolidating the fragmented distributor landscape.
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In this insightful episode, Alan Pentz interviews Zach Rubin, the founder of Professional Book Club Guru. Zach shares the fascinating journey of bootstrapping and evolving his business from a simple office book club to a multi-million dollar operation. They dive deep into innovative service models, growth strategies, opportunities, and challenges along the way.
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In this insightful episode, Alan Pentz picks the brain of Nick Muzzatti, founder of Snap Entertainment - a thriving arcade game rental company in the DMV area. They dive deep into Nick's entrepreneurial journey, dissecting strategies for sustainable growth beyond the $1 million mark. The discussion covers valuable lessons from surviving the pandemic, analyzing sensible expansion into new markets like Philadelphia, evaluating franchising models, and continuously adapting Nick's role as the visionary leader.
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In this insightful episode, small business mentor Alan Pentz sits down with Greg Crabtree, the accounting expert renowned for his "simple numbers" approach. Greg shares his groundbreaking method for analyzing labor efficiency to drive profitability and achieve exceptional returns on invested capital.
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In this insightful episode of the Small Business Mentor podcast, Alan Pentz is joined by Aleksey Chernobelskiy, an expert in advising limited partners on private market investments, primarily in real estate syndications. Aleksey draws from his extensive experience underwriting deals at Store Capital and his own entrepreneurial journey to provide valuable tips for evaluating investment opportunities, understanding common risks, and navigating challenges like capital calls.
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In this episode of the Small Business Mentor podcast, Alan Pentz is joined by John Seiffer, known as @BetterCEO on Twitter. John is a CEO coach and author of the book "Output Thinking". Join them as they discuss John's framework for defining and tracking employee outputs to boost productivity and scale a business. They also dive into John's Stages checklist model for analyzing a company's growth phase.
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In this episode of The Small Business Mentor, host Alan Pentz interviews Ankit Patel, owner of optometry practices and founder of My Business Care Team, a vertical-specific BPO for the optometry industry. Ankit shares his journey acquiring and scaling practices, the KPIs that matter most in optometry, and how he leveraged that industry knowledge to build a tech-enabled BPO that's disrupting back office management.
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In this episode of The Small Business Mentor, host Alan Pentz interviews John Wilson, owner of Wilson Companies, a high-growth home services business. They discuss John's journey growing the company 25X to $26M in 8 years through acquisitions and organic growth, the pros and cons of various home services business models, and how he's building moats in marketing and training to reach his goal of $100M.
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In this episode of the Small Business Mentor podcast, host Alan Pentz turns the tables and interviews the interviewer - Lauren Feldman, a long-time business journalist who has transitioned into entrepreneurship with his niche media company 21 Hats. Lauren shares his journey in the shifting media landscape, the genesis and evolution of 21 Hats, and his learnings and challenges in monetizing a targeted media property for business owners and entrepreneurs.
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In this episode of the Small Business Mentor podcast, Alan Pentz is joined by Hunter Durham, former owner of Impact Industry. Hunter shares his rollercoaster entrepreneurial journey of rapidly acquiring businesses, the challenges that led to bankruptcy, and the hard lessons he learned along the way.
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In this episode of the Small Business Mentor podcast, Alan Pentz is joined by Michael Greenberg, an expert on digital operations. Join them as they discuss the concept of digital operations and its importance for small businesses, highlighting the benefits of using tools, global talent, and automation to streamline processes, lower costs, and increase productivity.
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In this episode of the Small Business Mentor podcast, Alan Pentz is joined by Julie Lopez, a keynote speaker and the Founder of Viva Partnership, a therapy practice that uses non-talk therapy to promote inner healing. Join them as they explore the challenges faced by therapists expanding their practices and the importance of business education.
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In this episode of the Small Business Mentor podcast, Alan Pentz is joined by Clint Fiore, President of Bison Business. Join them as they break down business brokerage, touching on how to find your first clients, what exactly makes a business sellable, and the disparity between the number of buyers and sellers around.
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In this episode of the Small Business Mentor podcast, Alan Pentz is joined by author Eric Jorgenson. Join them as they break down the benefits of releasing books and building your brand through them, why they are considered a different platform for your voice than blogs or podcasts, and how addictive the writing process is.
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In this episode of the Small Business Mentor podcast, Alan Pentz is joined by Jay Broyer, Co-Owner of St Cyr’s Pool and Spa. Join them as they explore the challenges that come through business growth and acquisitions, from generating demand and increasing profitability to the importance of efficient management.
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In this episode of the Small Business Mentor podcast, Alan Pentz is joined by Dylan Chatterjee, Partner at Onbench. Join them as they discuss challenges and strategies for growing a small business, including how to find new leads when you’ve exhausted your existing network, knowing when to sell and buy, and how to learn from people ahead of you in the journey.
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In this episode of the Small Business Mentor podcast, Alan Pentz is joined by Sam Bacon, President of Green Circle Demolition. Join them as they explore entrepreneurship in the construction industry, digging into the pros and cons of joining group captives, what limited partner investing is really like, and how to manage inconsistent and unsteady revenue streams and contracts.
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