Business Numbers Podcast

In this episode, I answer 6 questions for Dinesh Rudra from LightAnimations.com.

Paul Higgins runs the community Build Live Give and associated podcast to help people build a business, live a great life and give back to the community. In this episode: Why Paul left a successful corporate career. His journey through coaching, outsourcing, business management software and communities. Two major business lessons from working at Coca Cola. Setting up a team in Manila. Pricing an outsourcing service and converting it from an hourly rate to subscription basis. Pivoting a business based on industry trends. Bookkeeping reports in billion-dollar acquisitions vs small businesses. Paul's 5 key drivers for business success. Mergers and de-mergers of small businesses. Multiples for services businesses vs other businesses. Tips for monitoring the numbers, even if that's not your strength.

My guest on this episode is Meryl Johnston, an entrepreneurial chartered accountant based on the Gold Coast, Australia who runs Bean Ninjas online bookkeeping service. In this episode: Meryl's background; she’s more entrepreneur than accountant! The difference between a bookkeeper, (tax) accountant, and virtual CFO. Why and how to track the profitability of individual clients and team members, with minimal effort. Meryl and I started Bean Ninjas in June 2015, and then after 18 months of decent growth I sold my share of the business to Meryl. This episode was recorded 6 months after that sale.

My guest on this episode is Jarrod Robinson, a teacher for PE teachers who want to use technology in the classroom at ConnectedPE.com and ThePEGeek.com, and his business TheAppMatch.com develops mobile apps for entrepreneurs. In this episode: His journey from PE teacher to entrepreneur with multiple income streams. Why he stopped doing workshops for free and started charging. Making the leap from his job to full-time entrepreneurship. How he monitors the numbers for all those income streams. Using daily revenue goals. How he managed his business without bookkeeping reports. Not being scared to spend money on growth. How he used and uses grants and loans to grow his business.

My guest on this episode is Dan Norris, a serial entrepreneur, 4X best-selling author and international speaker. In this episode, we go through lessons learned on his journey from HR employee, elearning/website agency, analytics dashboard startup, WPCurve a WordPress support service recently sold to GoDaddy, and Black Hops craft brewery on the Gold Coast Australia. In this episode: How Dan came up with prices for his online and offline businesses, including a live demo. Managing and not-underestimating costs. How Dan thinks about reports. Flaws when planning a startup.

Brief introduction to the podcast.