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On this episode of The Small Business Radio Show…
SEGMENT 1 with Mike Michalowicz, starting at 0:00: Simon Sinek said this about our next guest: “if there was ever a patron saint for entrepreneurs, he would be a top contender.” If you’re working harder and harder in your business and want your time back, Mike Michalowicz is here to help.
SEGMENT 2 with John DiGirolamo, starting at 28:30: When we think of human trafficking, we don’t ordinarily think of small business. But our next guest says that “labor trafficking” happens at many small businesses, including restaurants, massage parlors, hotels, and farms.
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More on each segment below.
Segment 1: Mike Michalowicz leads two new multi-million-dollar ventures as he tests his latest business research for his books. He is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal and business makeover specialist on MSNBC. Mike is a popular main-stage keynote speaker on innovative entrepreneurial topics and is the author of Get Different, Fix This Next, Profit First, Surge, The Pumpkin Plan, and The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur. He just released a revised version of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself. Clockwork Revised & Expanded includes an entirely new section that details how to improve each team member’s efficiency – both individually and within teams – without leadership involvement.
- How your business can be successful without you
- Putting systems in place to have your business run itself
- Transitioning from a business of one to a business of several
- Pinpoint the critical function your business must master to avoid mediocrity
- Leverage the extraordinary power of the 3.2-hour productivity rule
- Why revise and expand Clockwork?
- Advice for weathering a recession as a small business
- Why Profit First struck a chord with small business owners. What’s the philosophy?
Segment 2: John DiGirolamo is a critically acclaimed author, speaker, and anti-human trafficking advocate. John wrote the book It’s Not About the Sex because he believes that human trafficking is one of the most underreported issues of our day that cuts across all economic, social, racial, and political boundaries.
- Human trafficking happens everywhere, not just on the border or in large cities.
- Labor trafficking happens at many small businesses, including restaurants, massage parlors, hotels, and farms. How does this happen?
- What populations are vulnerable to labor trafficking?
- How a survivor perseveres in the face of adversity
- Tactics that online predators use to exploit children and teens
- Tips for parents to keep kids safe
- What are the signs of trafficking? If we see those signs, what should we do?
