This episode is brought to you by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Oberle Risk Strategies⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Insurance Broker and Insurance Due Diligence Provider for Search Funds and Other Small-to-Medium-Sized Businesses⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * This episode is brought to you by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Profit Line: The Outsourced Finance & Accounting Department for Small and Medium Sized Businesses⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * Today I'm joined by Entrepreneur, Investor, and Author Mike Michalowicz. In addition to being the author of 9 books, Mike is himself a serial entrepreneur, having founded, operated, and successfully exited several companies across his multi-decade career. He now spends much of his professional time writing, speaking, and coaching CEOs and entrepreneurs on the various systems that helped make him successful, including (and especially) his "Profit First" system, a highly tactical guide to organizing your entire company around achieving endurable profitability.