Business Roundtable
by David W. Carr
How to Use LinkedIn Without Burning Billable Hours
About this podcast
Welcome to the Business Roundtable Podcast, hosted by David Carr of Steward Your Business. This engaging and informative podcast series is dedicated to helping business owners, and entrepreneurs navigate the complexities of running a successful enterprise. Each episode features David Carr and a roster of industry experts, including regular contributors like Curtis Cochran, who bring their wealth of experience in mergers and acquisitions, organizational health, and team building.
Dive into discussions that cover a broad range of topics essential to business growth and sustainability. From strategic planning and preparation to understanding the cycles of business ownership, the podcast provides invaluable insights into evaluating, enhancing, and exiting business ownership. Listeners can expect practical advice on scaling businesses, managing finances, and creating a culture that aligns with company goals.
What sets this podcast apart is its focus on actionable strategies combined with real-world experiences. The conversations often delve into the importance of providing more value than the dollars earned and the necessity of adaptability in a rapidly changing business landscape.
Whether you're a budding entrepreneur or a seasoned business owner, the Business Roundtable Podcast is vital for staying ahead in today's competitive market. Join David Carr and his guests as they explore the art of making a business profitable but also enjoyable and sustainable. Tune in for your dose of inspiration, guidance, and tools to make 2024 and beyond a resounding success for your business ventures.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 162 episodes
- How to Use LinkedIn Without Burning Billable Hours · 39 minYou were never given a manual for LinkedIn, so most of us post, hope, and lose hours we could be billing. Tony K. Silver has spent years building that manual. A…
- Why Projects Fail and How to Turn Them Around · 43 min · Episode 156Most business owners think a failing project is a people problem. Richard Broo says it usually starts earlier, with scope nobody nailed down and a CEO and a team who never agreed…
- Is Your Leadership Team Ready for AI? A Live Audit · 45 min · Episode 155Disciplined leaders keep the bridges standing. But what happens to that strength when AI starts changing the work? Christopher Skinner and Chris Wessling return to the Business…
- The Real Cost of People Problems | Helena Ferrari · 42 min · Episode 154Most owners think their biggest risks show up on the balance sheet. Helena Ferrari says the expensive ones are hiding in how your leaders show up every day. Helena Ferrari…
- Impact Shift: How to Pivot with Purpose and Build a Lasting Legacy | Rahul Prasad · 46 min · Episode 153What does it really mean to build a lasting legacy and can you begin shaping it while you are still living it? In this episode of the Business Roundtable Podcast, David Carr sits…
- Solving a Capacity Problem, Not a Trend · 33 min · Episode 152Most founders think they have a hiring problem. Pranav Dalal says it is usually a capacity problem, and that distinction changes everything about how you scale. Pranav is the…
- The Second Profile Behind Every "Yes" · 42 min · Episode 151Most leaders think a confident "yes" in a meeting means the deal, the buy-in, or the hard conversation is settled. Jake Stahl says that's exactly when people start quietly…
- AI Won't Fix a Broken Culture, It Amplifies It · 1 h 3 min · Episode 150Everyone is racing to adopt AI. Almost no one is asking the harder question: what kind of leader are you becoming as AI gets more powerful? Technology will not fix a broken…
- What Employees Really Want Isn't a Raise · 39 min · Episode 149When a great employee leaves, most leaders assume it was about pay. Larry Salazar has the data to argue otherwise. The single largest contributor to the financial stress that…
- Your Revenue Problem Isn't a Leads Problem · 48 min · Episode 148When revenue slows, almost every company reaches for the same lever: more leads, more marketing, more pressure on sales. Ellen Smolko says that is usually the wrong move. Most…
- AI Changed Search. Show Up or Disappear. · 45 min · Episode 147For thirty years, getting found meant ranking on Google. That era is ending. People now ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude to recommend a business, and those tools only surface…
- He Built a $10M Company With Zero Venture Capital · 41 min · Episode 146Everyone celebrates the startup that raises a huge round and grows at all costs. Bryan Clayton built the opposite. He took GreenPal, the Uber for lawn care, past 10 million…
- You Don't Need a Number, You Need a Life · 46 min · Episode 145How much money do you actually need? Most people answer with a number. Dr. Nicholas Michels says that is backwards. Don't start with a dollar amount. Start with the life you…
- Your Business Is 3 Decisions From Bankruptcy · 49 min · Episode 144Your business is growing. That does not mean it is stable. For a lot of founders, growth quietly hides the problems that will break the company later, and you do not see it until…
- Why Most Businesses Get AI Wrong · 38 min · Episode 143Most owners buy the AI tool, skip the strategy, and wonder why nothing improves. Jason Alexander, CEO of Chief AI, explains why AI is a people and process problem, not a tool…
- Why You Don't Do What You Know You Should · 37 min · Episode 142You can have the right strategy, the right team, and the right systems. But if you are running on empty, none of it performs the way it should. And most leaders already know what…
- Why More Visibility Might Just Be More Noise · 44 min · Episode 141Most business owners think PR is about getting featured. More placements, more visibility, more attention. Ronica Cleary says that is exactly where it goes wrong. Visibility…
- Leading With Purpose When Your World Turns to Ashes · 38 min · Episode 140What do you do when your world turns to ashes? In one season, Elaine Lankford faced a yearlong attack on her character, lost her father, and watched her husband get a cancer…
- Why Your Business Can't Run Without You · 40 min · Episode 139Most owners think they have a people problem, a time problem, or a strategy problem. Usually, it's none of those — the business is just built to keep everything flowing back to…
- Before You Deploy AI, Ask These Questions — Or Pay the Price | Jill Stover Heinze · 38 min · Episode 138You are moving fast on AI. Your team is experimenting. You are deploying tools. But you have not asked the critical questions that will determine whether you are building…
