The How of Business - How to start, run & grow a small business.

From one-woman home business, keeping her day job, to dedicated warehouse space in less than a year. How Elizabeth Butts launched Sprinkle Pop. She shares her entrepreneur journey, from hobby baking business to side-hustle and then leaving her successful corporate career to grow Sprinkle Pop full-time. Sprinkle Pop makes bespoke sprinkle mixes. They serve baking supply stores, professional cake and cookie decorators, and baked-good enthusiasts.

A Winning Culture in Your Small Business with Ken Bator. How to develop and maintain a winning culture in your small business with Ken Bator, an entrepreneur, author and business coach & consultant. Ken shares his insights and experiences related to the importance of a strong and positive culture to help you grow your small business. Henry Lopez is a serial entrepreneur, small business coach, and the host of this episode of The How of Business.

The accountability to get things done with Dawn Shannon, who helps her clients turn their to-do lists into Well Done lists - and grow a small business! Dawn Shannon is a Certified Professional Coach, and the founder of Jovi Strategies. Dawn shares her entrepreneur story, and insights on how and why accountability is critical to achieving success in life and business (starting at 14:32).

How Amy van Meijl launched and grew her Interior Design Business. She shares her entrepreneur story, overcoming significant challenges, and advice on growing a services business. Henry Lopez is a serial entrepreneur, small business coach, and the host of this episode of The How of Business show – dedicated to helping you start, run and grow your small business. (TheHowOfBusiness.com)

How to Prepare Your Small Business for Sale with Mike Finger. Why your business may not be salable, and what you can do to fix it. Mike Finger is an entrepreneur and an expert on what it takes to build a business you can exit. He also shares his personal entrepreneur journey. Mike also introduces his approach to validating how salable your small business may be: are your financial results desirable, can a buyer duplicate your results, and can you document your financial results. TheHowOfBusiness.com

Starting her clothing business Lab141 - an online platform which offers one clothing style at a time produced in small batches - with Andrea Madho. Andrea shares her entrepreneurial experiences, the inspiration for her current revolutionary garment industry business, and advice for aspiring entrepreneurs. After a successful career on Wall Street public relations, she is now changing the way clothes are made. Andrea is also the host of the Stroke of Genius podcast. TheHowOfBusiness.com

Becoming an entrepreneur: from Service Provider to Entrepreneur with Sylvie McCraken. How to grow from a solo practitioner, trading hours for money, to an entrepreneur with passive income. Sylvie shares her entrepreneurial story, how she started her first small business, and how she currently helps her clients evolve their business such that they can generate income even when they are not actively participating or delivering a service. She focuses on helping her clients develop digital products.

Selling our car wash business with Henry Lopez & David Begin. Henry and David announce and discuss the recent sale of the highly successful exterior-express car wash business, Wild Blue Carwash, with three locations in Colorado. They share highlights of how and why they decided to sell this small business, the emotions associated with the sale, the process they followed, and what's next for each of them. www.TheHowOfBusiness.com

How to buy a successful small business with David Barnett and Henry Lopez. Henry and David share tips and advice on how to buy a profitable existing small business. David explains how to approach buying a business from the perspective and mindset of an investor. Henry and David also discuss building versus buying, how to find the right business for you, and some common mistakes people make when buying a small business. Download the free “6 Stupid Things People Do When Trying to Buy a Small Business” gui

Home Cleaning Franchise Small Business with Ron Holt. Ron shares how he launched and grew “2 Maids & A Mop”. He also shares his entrepreneur journey, from successful corporate career to becoming his own boss. He sacrificed for almost seven years to save the money to start his first small business. He overcame early challenges and near failure and persevered to grow his business into a leading home cleaning franchise business. Find more info at www.TheHowOfBusiness.com

How to fire an employee in your small business the right way with Henry Lopez. Henry shares a recommended process and approach. The process should include a verbal documented warning, one or more written warnings with specific guidance, a possible suspension without pay, and then a firing the employee. Keeping a bad employee too long usually has a detrimental impact on our small business culture. Be sure to get the advice of an employment attorney before applying any of these practices.

Stress-Free Small Business Ownership with Joan Sotkin. Joan is an entrepreneur, coach, speaker, author and podcaster, and Henry Lopez discuss the topic of stress as it related to small business ownership. What are the sources of stress? What are the effects on us physically and emotionally? Joan explains that there is nothing wrong with us that needs fixing, we have just developed bad habit. Join us for a Free Stress-Free Small Business Webinar.

Launching & growing a Specialty Food Small Business with Dave Hirschkop, founder of Dave's Gourmet - a specialty foods company that makes a wide range of products including Gourmet Pasta Sauce, Hot Sauce, Condiments and Spices. You have probably heard of Dave’s Gourmet Insanity Sauce! Dave shares his entrepreneur story, including starting a restaurant and developing the initial hot sauce product.

Trade Shows for small business with industry veteran Chris Kappes. Chris is the founder and Chief Operating Officer at Exhibitshub. He shares his entrepreneurial story, including why he decided to become his own boss, and then provides his insights and tips on how to get the most from a trade show or other event for your small business. If you attend or exhibit at trade shows or other events where you have a both to promote your small business, then this episode is for you!

Asset Protection for your small business, with attorney Mark Balsom. Mark explains various aspects of an effective comprehensive asset protection plan for your business and your personal assets. Mark and the team at Presser Lay Firm help their clients protect their hard-earned assets from lawyers, malpractice claims, creditors, foreclosure deficiencies, former or current spouses, children, relatives, and greedy lawsuit-obsessed citizens. While many people can make money, few know how to protect it.