We are joined by Jeremy Jenson CEO of Encore Search Partners, LLC discussing strategies for hiring commissioned sales people! Encore has been featured on INC 5000, Houston Business Journal Fast 100, and HBJ Best Places to Work and all more than once. so he's been doing a few things right! Join us to hear directly from him what has helped him be successful in sales leadership!

The Big Ideas team are having a conversation with David about the characteristics of a strong sales person, how to keep selling and teams motivated in a particularly unstable environment, and much more!  David is the head of Global sales for RS Energy Group and has over 25 years of sales leadership experience.  #bigideas #smallbusiness #sales #busienssdevelopment #entrepreneurship 

A call out for feedback, guests, sponsors, and other partners to help us with our six part series where each month we will cover a different topic starting in July. We will be looking at how businesses remain nimble and responsive in rapidly changing environments in these six areas each to be its own episode (1)  Pricing – how to price your service,  Customer Retention methods, "Big Fish" Customers– what to consider, how support, Blue Ocean – what are people not doing in your industry, Upskilling (Coaching, industry associations, Submitting abstracts) and Lawsuits – why, when, how, etc.? Please reach out to us via [email protected] or on social media at @bisbshow to get involved in anyway with our series. 

Brian and Shavannah discuss running a business virtually and how to adopt and thrive with the new communication and cultural norms. We’re losing human-to-human non-verbal communication but we still have to run businesses and run the well but we are gaining flexibility and reach. We offer up ideas on how to use to maximize the effectiveness of digital platforms both internally and externally for your business operations. Tune in to learn what we mean when we say “Keep your digital door open.”

Hosts Brian Gendron and Shavannah Roberts Schrieber have record a casual conversation about how small business owners can weather the storm caused by the COVID-19 national public health crisis and the economic impact. We explore the ideas of stretching cash flow and payroll including discussions about the federal assistance loan programs -- Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and strategies to address and negotiation expenses with suppliers, as well as a way to make sure you keep yourself paid as an owner! 

Lead, stay calm, communicate, be resourceful, be opportunistic, stay on mission, don't panic!  Coronavirus and the impact it is having on our daily lives and the economy presents huge challenges for business owners but remember we are problem solvers! We talk about some tips, resources and ideas on how to get through this and come back stronger than ever! Resources:  Information for Small Business Owners from the SBA.GOV website landing page: https://www.sba.gov/page/guidance-businesses-employers-plan-respond-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19 Current Declared Disasters: https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela/Declarations/Index   Step 1 to Obtaining SBA Disaster Assistance (the only action that can be taken at this time is to create an account, anyone planning to apply for a loan is advised to get financials in order): https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela/Account/Login   TruFund -SMALL BUSINESS COVID - 19 RESPONSE SURVEY Help Us, Help You! Your responses help TruFund Financial and our partners best help you through this crisis! SUBMIT COVID-19 SURVEY RESPONSE ConvertKit has established a $50,000 fund to help creators in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please read details below and then submit your information if you are in need. What types of expenses are covered? If you're already in a tight spot, unexpected expenses could really cause a problem. With that in mind we've made the creator fund flexible. It can be used toward medical expenses, childcare, groceries, or your rent or mortgage. How much will you cover? We've established a $50,000 fund to cover up to $500 per creator. We chose this amount for two reasons: It allows us to help at least 100 creators. We're able to stay under the tax requirements of sending a 1099 or similar paperwork, which would make this far more complicated. ​We'll use our discretion to decide who to allocate funds to. We know we won't be able to get to everyone before the pool runs out, but we hope this makes a difference for at least 100 people!  https://creatorfund.ck.page/

Season 3, Episode 2 "Funding your Business" - Brian and Shavonnah discuss different ways of coming up with the capital needed to start your business.  Since they started their services businesses with their own capital and credit, they welcome guests Heath Butler Network Partner of Mercury Fund to discuss strategies for going the Venture Capital route and Bobby Bryant  Founder of Ask DOSS shares his experience of starting his technology real estate company with a friends & family funding round. All guests have agreed to help answer any questions derived from the show, please send inquires to [email protected] or through our social media channels!

If you are in business or thinking about starting a business, you are doing that with a goal in mind - maybe a financial goal a freedom goal or a change the world goal. So you have a goal, but is that goal tethered to a purpose? Or not? I believe you can start a business and even be successful - to a point - in that business without have a larger purpose defined. A purpose that you can clearly articulate to anyone who asks.

Episode 51 - Alla started her own immigration law firm and discusses lessons learned from her first year in business including goal setting, balancing family life, and the importance of maintaining relationships.  Books Alla would recommend: Man Search for Meaning by Viktor E Frankl The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There are No Easy Answers  

Episode 49 – Changing Food Culture is Jimmy Tay Trihn’s purpose and BIG IDEA! How does a start up entrepreneur tackle a huge global problem? Keeping on purpose is key. His six P’s Founding Principles: Purpose, Passion, People, Product, Planet , Philosophy/Prosperity! He wants the world to eat healthy, nutritious and convenient authentic Vietnamese meals that uses healthy oils and gluten-free rice noodles. Naughty Noah’s has his son’s namesake and is a family recipe that Jimmy used his culinary background to “modernize” using all healthy and natural ingredients as well as a vegan broth as opposed to the animal-based bone broth found in traditional pho noodles. His noodles can be purchased online and at retail locations across the country. Learn more: https://www.naughtynoahs.com/ Naughty Noah’s is participating in the HEB Quest for Texas Best competition as a Houston finalist on August 8th @ Houston Food Bank 535 Portwall, Houston 11:30am. Support Jimmy and Naughty Noah’s if you can make it! Jimmy’s book recommendations that have helped him with personal development? the Success Principles by Jack Canfield, Start with Your Why by Simon Sinek, Jab Jab Jab Right Hook, by Gary Vaynerchuk. Emotional Intelligence Mastery by David Clark, Storybrand by Donald Miller Jimmy’s technology/software/apps that he f would recommend All google apps like google drive, google sheets, etc