Business Mentoring
Business Mentoring Series — 3 Simple Tips to Reduce Your Tax Liability
If you visit a small business, one thing you probably won’t find lying around is excess cash. So it’s important that the business owner take all of the tax deductions they’re eligible for. Of course, there are the obvious ones, like deducting expenses on your office space and purchased equipment, but there are others, too…
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Business Mentoring Series — The Single Biggest Tax Mistake Business Owners Make with Ted Jenkin
March’s guest on the Business Mentoring Show is Ted Jenkin. Ted is the co-CEO of oXYGen Financial, a financial services business focused on giving financial advice to the X & Y Generations. Ted and his co-founder Kile Lewis started the company in 2008 and built a new model of the Private CFO, helping clients build…
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Business Mentoring Series — How a Startup Incubator Helps Entrepreneurs with Jim Flannery
Last week, Fran and Jim discussed the importance of knowing your customers. This week, Jim talks a little bit more about Four Athens and how incubators in general help entrepreneurs. A startup incubator like Four Athens is focused on helping entrepreneurs start sustainable businesses that create value and help people. And they are looking to…
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Business Mentoring Series — The Importance of Feedback with Jim Flannery
On last week’s show, Fran and Jim talked about the makeup of an entrepreneur. This week, they discuss a fundamental of the startup business: finding your customers. It’s easier than ever to build a product today. From tangible products to software to internet companies, it’s possible to build a product in a day. But should…
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Business Mentoring Series — What Makes an Entrepreneur with Jim Flannery
On last week’s show, Fran and Jim talked about what startup investors look for. This week, they look at the inner makings of an entrepreneur. What is an entrepreneur? You hear this question a lot, but is there an answer? First and foremost, an entrepreneur is a risk-taker. But there is no one profile of…
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Business Mentoring Series — Supporting the Startup Entrepreneur with Jim Flannery
February’s guest on the Business Mentoring Show is Jim Flannery, Project Director of the Four Athens incubator in Athens, Georgia. Four Athens helps to support the startup entrepreneur community in Athens. He provides information, guidance, and assistance on business strategy, business plans, financial planning, and identifying sources of funding for new entrepreneurs. Four Athens is…
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Best of the Business Mentoring Series — Mastering Social Media with Jen Osbon
Not a member yet? Get a 60-day free trial here. To wrap up January’s look back at the best Business Mentoring Shows of 2014, we re-visit September’s series with Jennifer Osbon, founder and CEO of the digital marketing firm Megaplayer,a digital and social media marketing agency founded in 2007. While working with global brands such…
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Best of the Business Mentoring Series — The Art of Negotiation with Molly Fletcher
As we continue counting down the best of last year’s Business Mentoring Show, we look back to October’s chat with Molly Fletcher, a sports agent who was nicknamed “the female Jerry Maguire” by CNN. Molly has represented top athletes, coaches, and media figures including John Smoltz, Bobby Cox, Doc Rivers, Tom Izzo, and hundreds more. As…
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Best of the Business Mentoring Series — From Concept to Customer with Jesse Maddox
Throughout January, we’ll bring you the best of 2014’s Business Mentoring Series. This week, we’ll revisit July’s session with Jesse Maddox, co-founder and CEO of TripLingo, an award-winning app to help travelers with communication and cultural fluency in countries all over the world. TripLingo was named the Business Travel Innovation of the Year in 2013…
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Best of the Business Mentoring Series — Give and Take with Adam Grant
Throughout January, we’ll bring you the best of 2014’s Business Mentoring Series. This week, Fran sits down with Adam Grant, the youngest-tenured and highest-rated professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, to talk about being productively generous. Focusing his research on organizational psychology and workplace motivation, Adam is one of the most…
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