This is it, folks. Our final episode. While we recollect and reminisce about the fun trip our podcast has been, we're also setting our sights on new ways to serve the entrepreneurial community. Please check Mike out on MikesYouTube.com for fun and new content, and follow him on instagram @mikemichalowicz for exciting upcoming announcements. Thanks for your support and loyal listening! See you soon!

Dorie Clark joins us to unwrap her newest book, The Long Game: How to Be A Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World. Dorie delivers practical, immediately implementable strategies to take the steps we need to outsmart our impulses, and get us where we REALLY want to go. Bonus: She accounts for the flexibility that we all need, and who can't appreciate that? Listen in!

Well, this was new and exciting for us: Catherine Jablonsky, an expert in Statistical Probability, joined us for a fascinating discussion about data and statistical analysis. There are some seriously important things to consider when you're looking at the data your business generates, to be sure you interpret it into factual, directional, and helpful information. It's the difference between proving a model works and marketing consistenly or missing the mark completely through bias. Listen...

Minnie Lau joins Mike to share her experience with Pumpkin Planning her business. She refined her offerings as a general CPA, and found her significant niche as a stock option/compensation specialist. It helped her create a much more valuable experience for her customer and for Minnie too. Listen in!

John Jantsch has a brand new book out called the Ultimate Marketing Engine, which teaches you how to build your business by building a better experience for your customers. In his 30 years in marketing, he's learned a thing or two, and John is here to share how helping your existing customers be successful is the key to effective marketing. As John says, "You're not looking for transactions. You're looking for ways to create transformations." Listen in!

It's been said that Jaime Jay is the essence of good, and man, is he bringing some good stuff to us here. As the founder of Bottleneck Direct Assistants, he understands the importance of systems and processes that are communicated well. In his new book, Quit Repeating Yourself, Jaime lays out the steps you can take to get out of your own way and create solid systems that work. Listen in!

Are you a creative in the entrepreneurial business world? If you haven't met him before, please meet the amazing Keegan Hall. Keegan is an extroadinary artist who has built a fantastic business model around his art and being of service. He shares his open-hearted, ongoing journey and smart strategies in this fascinating conversation. Listen in!

As a business owner and entrepreneur, have you considered your exit plan? Will you be able to sell your company one day? Josh Patrick joins Mike to discuss the steps required to start postioning yourself for the sale of your business. Regardless of the business you're in, Josh has the steps you need to take to get your company sale ready. As the saying goes, "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail!" Listen in! sell your

Small business expert Melinda Emerson has just released the third edition of her definitive book, Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months, and there's a reason this book has been in print for 11 years! In this episode, Melinda gives us the hard facts: from figuring out what you need to know before you even get started, to understanding the customer buying journey, and more. Melinda shares how to avoid the small business pitfalls that will keep you from succeeding. Listen in!

"Take a look, it's in a book...Friends to know, and ways to grow...." Did we just just date ourselves and quote the lyrics to the old PBS educational show, Reading Rainbow? Yes. Yes we did. But that's what happens when you get the opportunity to talk to Jeff Brown. Co-Author of the new book, Read to Lead, Jeff shares some amazing statistics on the value of creating a curriculum for yourself with books, how you can use books to make significant strides in your career, and more. Listen in!

Do you think you've got a book in you that could serve others? Have you ever thought about becoming an author? Chandler Bolt is dedicated to changing lives through books. He's here to share his experience as founder of SelfPublishing.com, creating the Self Publishing School, and what the self publishing journey takes. Plus, hear his amazing start as a college dropout who transformed his life by reading a book a week. Listen in!

Geraldine Carter joins Mike to discuss her amazing success with implementing The Pumpkin Plan in her coaching business. Initially a generalist coach in her business, serving any and all, Geraldine saw how it hurt her business' cash flow, and kept her from competing with certified experts. The benefits of Pumpkin Planning her business with Donna Leyens of Pumpkin Plan Your Biz, was discovering who her clients should be, and implementing a process that delivered tranformative results for...

You've heard of scrappy entrepreneurial startups before, but doubtfully a startup as bare-bones as our guest Aaron Stokes'. Aaron's journey started with no formal education, in an old tobacco barn with dirt floors and no electricity. His open, honest and amazing success story shared here will leave you inspired and taking note of some fantastic advice for your own journey. Listen in!

"The riches are in the niches". You've heard Mike say it before, and now you're going to hear how this played out in a big way for our guest, Josh Cantrell. Josh worked with Justin Wise of our partner business, The Different Company, to learn ways to run his business better. That included stopping about 70% of what he was providing for his customers. The results? More efficiency, more fun, and more profit! Listen in!

Debt. Ugggh, NO, please- no more debt! You in it? You have to listen in to this episode with Adam Carroll, who has developed an entirely unique system for elimating your debt quickly and painlessly. It's called The Shred Method. He promises that it will challenge your current mindset, and realize what's possible. Listen in!

Mike gets a lot of questions from the community and readers of his books, and it is impossible to answer all of them, but in this video our very own Jbone interviews Mike Michalowicz and asks the most common questions regarding my books and the writing process. We answer questions like "What is my favorite book I have written?" and "Where do you get your ideas for books?"

Mike's newest book, Get Different, is available today! Mike, Kelsey, Jeremy and Amy are sharing what this book's launch looked like, what new marketing techniques were used, and which were our favorites. No doubt about it, we got different with this one. Listen in!

Justin Wise is the co-founder of The Different Company, which was created to show business owners how to stand out and get noticed. Justin and Mike talk about the limiting belief so many business owners share, which is "I want to get noticed, without being noticeable." But it's so NECESSARY to Get Different to get our businesses to where we want them to go. There's a way to do it with your integrity intact, and your truest self embraced. Listen in!

How do you know what kind of work you should be doing? How about your employees? What if you could determine the underlying impulse within yourself that puts your work into effortless flow? Jonathan Fields has developed an assessment that helps you find your Sparketype-the work that results in engagement, meaningfulness and purpose, and is here to break it down for us. His new book Sparked releases September 21st! Invaluable insights into your own motivations await. Listen in!

"Anything you do, you can always go deeper. There's always a deeper level of mastery...I think delivering value ahead of a sale is never going to go out of style." So says Jeff Walker, who is here to share what's changed (and what hasn't) in his new updated and expanded edition of Launch. This is THEE book that teaches you the formula to launch your busines in today's online world. Listen in!

Tara Newman is the host of the Bold Money Revolution Podcast and a Profit First Certified Consultant who teaches, coaches and mentors small business owners. She joins us today to have an in-depth conversation with Mike about the psychology behind, and the action needed, to be bold in your business. The focus is on service and value, not price. Listen in!

If you're thinking about signing on for a franchise, or even if you're just curious about the perks, have we got a great guest for you! Ray Titus, who has a long and prestigious career in the franchise industry, joins us to break down and explain what distinguishes an independent business from a franchise, how to choose the right franchise for you, and the benefits that come along with one. Listen in!

Dr. Ron Friedman joins us to talk about his phenomenal new book, Decoding Greatness, which explores how learning from the masters can help you find a path to your own success. "We've been trained to believe that copying is wrong", say Dr. Friedman. But studies are showing that those who copy end up being much more creative, and learning that way spares you from burn out. But there's a method to reverse engineering you need to know so that you can differentiate your work . Listen in!

Do you need some motivation? This is the episode for you! Dawn Brolin is here with her high-energy enthusiasm to discuss her new book, The Designated Motivator. She explains her concept of the Designated Motivator, how you can be one or CHOOSE one for your organization, and really make a game changing difference. Listen in!