Selling Your Business: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

This past week I had the privilege of sitting down with some remarkable guests to discuss the impact of mandates on education and businesses, the process of selling your business successfully, what it’s like to support someone through loss, and the basic etiquette between customers and servers. Check it out below!

SELLING YOUR BUSINESS: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY

When starting a business, thinking about the way you’re going to leave your business may not sound very appealing. But it should. 

Building and owning a business is a process and within that process comes the beginning, the middle, and eventually the exit. Between the beginning and the exit, there can be a lot of questions, emotions, and legalities you need to go through.

Jamison West breaks down this process and shares the highs, lows, and successes of exiting his MSP. Learn how Jamison navigated selling his business and discovered the different sides of selling, including the one he wrote a book around: The Emotional side of selling. 

MANDATES, FIGHTING FOR YOUR KIDS, WHAT’S NEXT?

Regardless of what side you lean towards, it can be agreed upon that everyone has a goal at the end of the day. Freedom. 

Lindsey Graham or “Patriot Barbie” has made it her mission to fight for our freedom and the freedom of her children. After coming into Notoriety for refusing to comply with the state of Oregon's draconian COVID-19 lockdown, Lindsey was catapulted into the national spotlight. She made it clear that she would provide for her family, which meant her salon was going to be open for business in the face of lockdowns. This bold act began a conversation about the rights of business owners that is still ongoing.

In this episode, Lindsey unpacks her legal battle over the unconstitutional mandates and details her bold fight for freedom and the protection of children in the educational system.

STOP SAYING YOU’RE SORRY

We often invalidate people’s emotions and experiences, not with our intentions but by saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. We may mean well, but in our lack of knowing what to say, we may be hurting someone who is already hurting. When partnering our good intentions with the right words, we help and support someone in the ways they may need it the most. 

In this episode, I go through what it means to validate someone’s emotional experience as well as various things you can say to a grieving person instead of just, “I’m sorry for your loss.”

BAD SERVICE OR BAD CUSTOMER?

After an eye-opening experience observing different interactions with customers and servers, I shared a profound conversation I had with a server at a Brazilian restaurant. Touching on various topics such as mutual respect, tipping, and basic restaurant etiquette, I’m paving the way as to why a dining experience takes mutual input and how we can support our servers in creating a comfortable and enjoyable experience for both of us.

What’s Next? 

My next virtual event is on June 6th 11amCST called ‘The WRONG Way to Raise Prices And Employee Pay During Rising Inflation’. We’ll chat about:

💥 Avoiding Backlash on Price Increases

💥 Paying Your Team More Just Because vs. Having Them Do What You Need (Your people are already expensive)

💥 Incentives for Both Customers & Employees

Register here!