In this episode, Brian interviews Don Blew of Centerton Nursery, who started working for the family business as a senior in high school making $7.00/hour.

Don explains how they made the decision to give away a lot of plants and how they dealt with COVID head-on by spreading the positive attributes of gardening. Hindsight is always 20/20 but as Don explains, “If you haven’t evolved, you’re dying.”

In this episode Brian shares a beer with Dr. Paul Goodman, “Dr. Nacho” to some. Dentist, practice broker, father, entrepreneur, comedian, and really so much more - Paul stays true to himself being passionate, positive, optimistic and realistic. That’s exactly what he strives to share with other dentists in Dental Nachos - positive realism for dentistry.

Entrepreneur that turns CPA or CPA that turns entrepreneur? In this episode, Tim walks Brian through his journey from selling sneakers at Kids Foot Locker at 16 years old to Certified Public Accountant to successful business owner.

In this episode, Brian and Joe talk about how he got into the family business and how culture can’t be copied. It has to start from the top down - you have to live it everyday in your actions and how you treat your employees.

Motivated by his family and wanting to prove his 8th grade principal wrong who said he’d never amount to anything, John bet on himself and went “all in”. With no set definition of success, and wanting to make “X” amount of money by the time he reached the age of 30, John explains how success doesn't equal happiness.

Cindy shares her entrepreneurial journey from starting out in her basement sourcing new clients when her (1) one client and mentor retired. Brian and Cindy also talk about her mantra: “Make a decision”, where it came from and why it’s so important to her success. “If you’re not making a decision, you’re not moving forward.” Put it on your calendar!

Brian and Carl talk about his successful entrepreneurial leadership style - allowing his employees to feel empowered to make their own decisions and giving his team a sense of ownership is just one of the ways Carl gains success.