Exceptional Companies Podcast
by Chris Seegers
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Build a Business That Doesn't Depend on You | Collier Buttgen
Build a Business That Doesn't Depend on You | Collier Buttgen
About this podcast
Step into the world of savvy business decisions with Chris Seegers from Exceptional Companies. Each episode of the Exceptional Companies Podcast unravels the secrets of buying, selling, and optimizing your business. From building your sales team to avoiding costly mistakes, Chris brings 30 years of storytelling mastery and marketing genius to deliver insights that are educational, empowering, and entertaining. Listen now and transform your business journey. Join our free webinar, book a meeting, or purchase our Selling Your Business course today!
Episodes
The newest 20 of 74 episodes
- Build a Business That Doesn't Depend on You | Collier Buttgen · 52 min · Episode 75If the business depends on everything you know, how do you help other people deliver the same value? Chris Seegers and Collier Buttgen, founder of Facility Coach, discuss…
- Plan the Tax Before You Sell | Ed Lyon · 50 min · Episode 74A business owner sold for $55 million in August and started asking about the $15 million tax bill in December. Ed Lyon, Chief Tax Strategist at Excel Empire, says that is the…
- Do the Pro Forma Before You Spend | Austin Johnson · 36 min · Episode 73A good recipe is not a business plan. Austin Johnson, founder of The Springs Bagel Company, built the company in Colorado Springs, sold it, and says the pro forma is what tells…
- Transactional or Relational? Why Human Connection Wins in Business | Ryan Jahnke · 47 min · Episode 72AI can make business faster. Ryan Jahnke argues that it should also make us more human by creating more time for real conversations, thoughtful follow-up, and long-term client…
- Failure Is Expensive: Elite Performance Lessons for Entrepreneurs | Clay Worthington · 58 min · Episode 71What separates exceptional entrepreneurs from everyone else? Clay Worthington shares the elite-performance principles he learned coaching Olympians and now applies in business…
- Stop Separating Faith, Family and Finance · 49 min · Episode 70Can you enjoy life today without ending up “old, sick, and broke” tomorrow?John and JJ Checki of Checki Financial join Chris Seegers to discuss what happens when faith, family…
- Building Something Bigger Together · 47 minWhat does it take to build a company that lasts for decades instead of just a few years? In this episode of The Exceptional Business Podcast, Chris Seegers sits down with Dean…
- How Can Athletes Build Lasting Wealth? · 48 minWhat if youth sports were about more than scholarships and championships? In this episode of The Exceptional Business Podcast, Chris Seegers sits down with sports attorney…
- The Power of the Daily March · 6 minIs business a sprint or a marathon? According to Chris Seegers, it’s neither. In this short episode of The Exceptional Business Podcast, Chris challenges two of the most common…
- The Five Phases of Business Growth · 8 minMost business owners are working hard, but very few stop to ask what phase of business they’re actually in. In this short educational episode of The Exceptional Business Podcast…
- Grit, Growth, and Refusing to Quit · 39 minWhat happens when life forces you to rebuild everything at once? In this episode of The Exceptional Business Podcast, Chris Seegers sits down with Patty Rodriguez, CEO of…
- The Coaching Crisis in Youth Sports and What Great Leaders Do Differently · 46 minWhat happens when youth sports stop being about the kids? In this episode of The Exceptional Business Podcast, Chris Seegers sits down with Will Marshall of 108 Performance…
- Owning a Business Without Letting It Own You · 8 minWhat happens when your business becomes your entire identity? In this short episode of The Exceptional Companies Podcast, Chris Seegers explores one of the biggest hidden…
- Why Buying a Business Is the Easy Part · 44 minEveryone talks about the deal, the numbers, the negotiation. But what happens after you buy a business is where most people get it wrong. In this conversation, Chris Seegers sits…
- How Business Owners Build Wealth With Real Estate · 35 minMost entrepreneurs pour everything into their business. But what happens when success creates a different problem, taxes? In this episode of The Exceptional Companies Podcast…
- AI, Bitcoin, and the Future of Work · 44 minWhat happens when artificial intelligence advances faster than the internet ever did? And how should entrepreneurs prepare for a future where machines can perform the work of…
- Give Before You Exit: A Smarter Way to Build Wealth and Impact · 53 minMost entrepreneurs wait until they sell their business to think about giving. But what if generosity wasn’t the final chapter of your success story — what if it shaped the entire…
- The Owner Advantage: Why Experience Still Wins in a World Full of Advice · 53 minEveryone has advice. Very few people have experience. What happens when the people teaching business have never actually owned one? Or when the strategies that worked in one…
- Building Businesses That Outlive the Founder · 41 minMost business owners don’t fail because they made bad decisions. They fail because they never paused long enough to make the right ones. What happens to your company if you’re…
- Nobody’s Coming to Save You: Building an Exceptional Business with Conviction · 48 minWhat if no one is coming to save your business. Would you still build it. What would you change today. In this episode I ask Mike McLain why effort is not enough, how identity…
