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Business Bootcamp

Business Bootcamp Podcast is made for small business owners. My name is Mike Andes. I started college at the age of 13 with full intention of going to medical school. I went to school for an MBA and now I own a landscaping company, an Anytime Fitness gym, and 3 online businesses. I share my highs, lows, and experiences being an entrepreneur. You can learn from my mistakes and identify with the day-to-day struggles of a small business owner. Call in or ask a question online and get concrete advice about your company. If you are looking to START, GROW, OR SAVE your business I want to help you! Learn from business people and seasoned entrepreneurs as they share their personal stories and experiences on the interview portion of the show.
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Dec 30, 2017

How can you use technology to make your buying process smoother, more accessible, and more convenient for your customers? We look to Dominos Pizza as a model of using social media, voice recognition, driverless vehicles, and more to get in front of consumers.

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Dec 15, 2017

When should you take a bank loan? Family money? Venture capital? Seed money? Angel funding? Hear my take on getting investment in your small business.

Dec 10, 2017

When should you do work for free in order to gain market share and new clients? Also, a lot of you have been asking about bitcoin and investing in it. I give my thoughts... you might not agree.

Nov 28, 2017

What would happen to your business if we go into recession in 2018? Or if you get hit by a truck tomorrow? These are things we obviously don't want to think about but if they would wipe your business out then you have put your business in a dangerous place... a fragile place. How can you protect the weak links of your business and make it "anti-fragile"?

Nov 22, 2017

In this episode, I give some updates to what I am up to and my business. I also talk about the ongoing debate about how you should compensate your team.... Should you simply pay a flat hourly rate or salary or should you have performance-based pay structure?

Nov 5, 2017

In today's show, I share 5 experiences I've had as a customer with companies, including: Vitamin World, Baskin' Robbins, and more!

Nov 3, 2017

In this episode, I share the pros and cons of different software systems and respond to a new business owner that says "business is not booming"

Oct 18, 2017

Have you been neglecting the most valuable segment of your market? Your past clients and leads are ripe for the picking and they are the low hanging fruit that will cost less to convert to paying customers.

Oct 3, 2017

Do you want brand loyalty? Customer loyalty? Increased customer lifetime value? This is episode is for this that want to create cult-like following of clients...

Sep 20, 2017

On this show, I bring you up to speed on what I've been up to and we talk about the one thing that keep most people from success... the one thing that keeps people from starting and growing their business... FEAR!

Sep 10, 2017

It's easy to explain the WHAT and HOW of your business... But the money is made when you start to think about WHY your business exists.

Sep 5, 2017

So often, I get listeners ask the questions "what type of business should I start?" I think you should start a blue collar business... yep, one where you get dirty, sweaty, and sharpen your business skills beyond any college degree could do.

Aug 28, 2017

This guy is cleaning ovens and grills by himself (no employees) and he is making $185K/yr! Now he is asking Mike about how he should go about scaling his company via franchising.

Aug 25, 2017

Scott is the owner of Dependable Electrical Services and he talks with Mike about scaling his business. He has been doing $800-900K annually for the past few years but can't seem to break through the $1,000,000 marker. He is closer than he thinks.

Aug 22, 2017

You should never, ever, ever do this one thing as a small business owner! Not knowing their numbers is the achilles heel of many small business owners.

Aug 22, 2017

Dion is a service-based business owner and today he learns how to increase his profit without increasing the number of customers he has. The key is increasing the $$ per client each month... increasing his lifetime customer value.

Aug 18, 2017

On this show, we have some "real talk." If you are thinking about starting your business, this is a must-listen! Are you part of the 10% of small business owners that will be successful? Are you an entrepreneur?

Aug 18, 2017

Should you scale your business and make it bigger? Should you hire more people, more equipment and expand? OR NOT?

Aug 14, 2017

In today's show, I explain how you can create an online presence and create a marketing system that has the highest ROI.

Aug 9, 2017

On today's show, I talk to Kenny, partner in a pest control company that does $900K/yr in gross revenue. Kenny wants to make $1.5 Million... and he has to switch from sales to brand to do it.

Aug 7, 2017

I got a bit personal on this show since this past week was one year since I almost died in a work accident under a dump truck. Since then, business and life (and my outlook on both) have changed.

Aug 3, 2017

On this episode, we talk about the 200K- 1M in revenue small business that struggles to actually net money out for the owner. You are in the "middle ground" and I want to help you break out past the $1,000,000 revenue marker... that is when you actually start to see the fruits of your labors.

Jul 31, 2017

Justin is an actor and music editor. Mike talks with him today about how he can scale up his music editing side hustle and create a personal brand.

Jul 30, 2017

Today, I talk to a young entrepreneur that is selling fitness products online. He wants to learn how to make a relevant brand instead of just selling commodity products online. 

Jul 29, 2017

With 4 employees and three quarters of a million in annual revenue, Jonathan calls in today and ask what he can't do to take his mapping company to the next level.

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