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    Bootstrappers For Entrepreneurs

    We help entrepreneurs scale their business with remote teams. In every episode we deliver effective solutions for the challenges business owners and executives face, with experienced guests and practical answers to solve real issues. Hosts Gwenn and Jeremy Aspen have helped hundreds of businesses scale their growth, as the modern workplace isn't constrained by walls of a building and remote teams work to scale your business fast. https://anequim.net/property-management-bootstrappers/
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    Building A Business To Sell

    Building A Business To Sell

    How do you build a company to sell? What is the build to sell strategy? Even if you're not looking to sell, the build to sell strategy helps maximize your company's growth and streamline its operations. We are joined by Scott Van Ramshorst, a serial entrepreneur who has founded and operated several multi-million-dollar companies for nearly 30 years. 

    Scott answers common questions, such as: When is it time to sell a business? What criteria should you look for in new ventures? How can you maximize the value of your company?  

    Learn how Anequim can help your business grow to the next level here!

    Scott can be found online here!

    Connect with Scott on LinkedIn here!

    Scale Your Business By Getting Out Of Operations

    Scale Your Business By Getting Out Of Operations

    Do you find yourself still doing day to day operations at your business? How do you get out of the weeds of day-to-day business operations while scaling your growth? Gwenn is joined by Cassandra Swanson, CEO at Paramount Property Management. Cassandra shares an incredible story of maintaining profit by letting go of properties and being able to scale her business. Also, how intentional goal setting separates her company from others.

    Learn more about how Anequim can scale your business and streamline your company's operations at www.anequim.net

    Links for Cassandra: https://www.paramountpm.com/

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassandra-s-085aa414/

    https://www.linkedin.com/company/paramount-property-management-inc./

    Increasing Your Profits Ft. Shawn Peterson

    Increasing Your Profits Ft. Shawn Peterson

    We all want to grow our businesses, but how to attract and close the right clients can mystify even the best business people. In this episode we discuss how to design your revenue pipeline for maximum profits with Shawn Peterson, CEO at Quantum Business Solutions. Shawn share’s insights into how to align your teams to one vision, build processes that will scale your sales, and future growth.

    Shawn’s links: https://www.thequantumleap.business/

    Let Anequim help you build explosive growth and profits with remote professionals at www.anequim.net! 

     

    Improving Bottom Line With Emotional Intelligence

    Improving Bottom Line With Emotional Intelligence

    What is emotional intelligence? How can it be used to help your business? Andie Hines-Lagemann is an emotional intelligence practitioner. She talks with Gwenn and Jeremy about the successful stories her clients have had using emotional intelligence techniques. She also shares helpful tips you can use to keep calm and collected throughout the day.

    Connect with Andie Hines-Lagemann online:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/andiehines/

    https://www.linkedin.com/company/tidewater-coaching/

    https://www.tidewatercoaching.com/

    https://calendly.com/andie_hines/tidewaterdiscovery?month=2022-03

    Improve your company's bottom line with remote professionals at www.anequim.net! 

    Managing Explosive Growth Ft. Michael Krause

    Managing Explosive Growth Ft. Michael Krause

    What are the habits of really successful people? On this show we interview Michael Krause, of Atrium Management in Orlando, FL about how he grew his business incredibly fast in a short period of time. We discuss his disciplined approach to strategic planning, networking deliberately, his tribe of mentors, reading while he works out and other things he has done to create a thriving business.

    Find Michael on socials: 

    https://www.facebook.com/michael.krause

    https://www.instagram.com/michael_frederick_

    Set up a discovery call today with Anequim to see how remote professionals can excellerate YOUR company's growth at www.anequim.net! 

    What Makes Your Company Grow or Stagnate?

    What Makes Your Company Grow or Stagnate?
    You’ve started your business and it’s running, but it seems to have stalled. Growth isn’t happening and it’s become stagnant. Brian Hughes of BizDev Mastermind has tons of experience as a business development consultant and has helped numerous clients in those idled situations. He sits down with Gwenn and shares key indicators to look for and what you can do to continue the growth of your company.

    Brian Hughes links:

    https://bizdevmastermind.com/

    https://www.facebook.com/BizDevMastermind/

    https://vimeo.com/bizdevmastermind

    Talk to an Anequim representative today about taking your company's growth to the next level with remote professionals! www.anequim.net

    Managing Stress As Entrepreneurs

    Managing Stress As Entrepreneurs

    Many business owners quietly struggle with managing stress. In this episode, Jeremy and I open up about our health issues brought on by the stress of owning and managing businesses. We talk about the lessons we have learned over our careers as entrepreneurs and how we have learned to reframe specific events in our business in a more productive way so we can stay alive, live and be happy. 

    We cover ethical dilemmas, losing a big account, financial issues, employee problems, burnout and more.

    Connect with Gwenn Aspen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwenn-aspen-90107119/

    Learn more about how Anequim can accelerate your business' growth! https://anequim.net/

    Connect with Gwenn and Jeremy Aspen on Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/gwenn.aspen https://www.facebook.com/jeremy.aspen

    When to Hire a Therapist

    When to Hire a Therapist

    Feeling anxious or finding yourself emotionally overwhelmed in workplace situations? Gwenn and Jeremy open up to Alyssa Najera, a mental health professional and co-host of Therapists Uncut Podcast on their experiences with therapy and how beneficial it can be for entrepreneurs. Alyssa shares insights on what to look for and when you should reach out for help.

    Find Alyssa Najera on LinkedIn

    Small Town Counseling on LinkedIn

    Learn More about Small Town Counseling

    Learn More about Alyssa Najera

     

    When to Hire an EOS Implementer

    When to Hire an EOS Implementer

    When you are overwhelmed with your business, is hiring an EOS implementer® the right next decision? On this episode we speak with EOS Worldwide Visionary/CEO, Mark O'Donnell about when an EOS implementer® can be the answer you are looking for.

    Learn more about how Anequim can help your business at www.anequim.net

    Resources to connect with Mark and EOS Worldwide: 

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-a-odonnell/

    https://www.linkedin.com/company/eos-worldwide-llc/

    https://www.eosworldwide.com/

    https://www.eosworldwide.com/podcast

    When to Sell Your Business

    When to Sell Your Business

    Selling your company can be one of the most important business decisions an entrepreneur makes in their lifetime. In this episode, Jeremy and Gwenn discuss the big questions you need to ask yourself before a sale, & what we learned with the recent sale of one of our PM companies.

    Learn more about Gwenn and Jeremy Aspen's story at www.anequim.net! 

    How to Stay Focused as an Entrepreneur

    How to Stay Focused as an Entrepreneur

    Entrepreneurs are notorious for changing direction, moving the mark and derailing their success by not staying focused. On this episode we speak with Kyle Danner, EOS implementer, about how entrepreneurs can implement a focused plan so their business can flourish.

    Connect with Kyle Danner on LinkedIn

    Connect with Kyle Danner on EOS Worldwide

    Learn more about how Anequim can help you with remote professionals at www.anequim.net! 

    How to Make Good Business Decisions

    How to Make Good Business Decisions
    Having a good framework for decision making is essential to success in business. In this episode, we sit down with serial entrepreneur, Jordan Muela, & discuss HOW he makes his business bets.  Additionally he shares his thoughts on the future of the property management industry.

    Find Jordan on LinkedIn

    Learn more about LeadSimple

    See how Anequim can help grow YOUR business!

    Lessons From Failure

    Lessons From Failure
    Failure is painful and we all try to elude it, but it is unavoidable if we get out of our comfort zones. How do we manage it in our lives? In this episode, Gwenn talks for the first time on the show about her failed state legislature campaign, losing $124,000 of her friend’s and family’s money and losing herself in the process. She discusses how she recovered emotionally from it and three tips she has for overcoming any devastating blows in our lives. We also bring in the perspective of Nicole Winkler who is a life and professional coach about how to recover, reframe and move on from setbacks.

    Learn more about how Nicole Winkler Life & Business Coaching at www.liftyourfuture.com! 

    Nicole Winkler on LinkedIn

    How to Deal With Imposter Syndrome

    The Suprising Solution to Imposter Syndrome

    IP Test and Scoring Form

    Learning From Mistakes

    Learning From Mistakes

    We learn more from our mistakes than our successes. Learning from our mistakes is growth.  Learning what not to do is just as important as learning what to do in business. Gwenn and Jeremy break down how we can learn from our mistakes and embrace our 'bonehead moves' as opportunities for growth!

    In this episode Gwenn and Jeremy go over the most important things they learned from quitting their well paying jobs to follow their entrepreneurship dreams, managing a property management company and ultimately selling it last year. What were their biggest mistakes? What would they do again? FInd it all on this episode of Bootstrappers.

    See how Anequim can help transform you business with remote professionals at www.anequim.net! 

    Setting Goals For Your Business

    Setting Goals For Your Business

    Goal setting is easier said than done and when we do it wrong the culture of our team suffers and our businesses flounder. In this episode Jeremy and Gwenn review goal setting throughout their entrepreneurship journey and what worked and what didn’t. They give practical advice from the trenches with real world examples that you do not have to spend $30,000 for a consultant, business coach or EOS implementer to get. It’s all next on Bootstrappers!

    Learn how Anequim can help your business grow to the next level at www.anequim.net! 

    Develop & Retain Top Talent

    Develop & Retain Top Talent

    Leadership development is a vital part of your company's success and on this episode of the podcast Gwenn and Jeremy share how to develop and retain top talent at your organization.  From the benefits of promotional programs and opportunities for your employees, to the dangers of not developing your 'A-Players' and losing valuable team members, this podcast is all about building your business up for success!

    Download FREE e-books to help your businesses grow HERE 

    Branding Your Business

    Branding Your Business

    Marketing your business can be complicated, confusing, and an easy way to lose a lot of money.  In this episode we will go over where you should be investing your hard earned dollars, the basic principles of marketing that (all too often) get ignored, and what types of effective marketing strategies will actually bring in clients and results. Joe Frost of Frost Media is our guest as we break down the basics of marketing your business

    Guest: Joe Frost, Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer at YorCMO

    https://yorcmo.com/

    https://frostmediagroup.com/

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephfrost/

     

    How To Scale Your Business

    How To Scale Your Business

    Is your business stagnant, but you are really interested in scaling? In this show, we speak with scaling expert Mark Scrimenti on the top pitfalls leaders make when trying to grow their business and how to avoid them. We discuss common founder blindspots and what steps need to take place to either get a business owner out of their operations or for a business to grow exponentially depending on an owner’s goal.

    Guest: Mark Scrimenti - Fractional COO at Vivid Path Consulting

    mark.scrimenti@vividpathconsulting.com

    www.vividpathconsulting.com

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/markscrimenti/