Attention small business owners: “Mind the Business: Small Business Success Stories” is back for Season Three with brand-new episodes. Hosts Jannese Torres (Yo Quiero Dinero & Financially Lit!) and Austin Hankwitz (Rate of Return & Rich Habits) are hitting the road and meeting with small business owners in Tampa, Florida and Nashville, Tennessee to hear about the lessons they’ve learned at every corner of launching their companies. What would you do if your warehouse and inventory were destroyed in a tornado? Have you thought about how to protect your business's IP with a trademark? Do you have a backup plan if a bank loan doesn’t come through to get you off the ground? These are just some of the insights our guests are sharing this season. Plus, learn how they cut through the clutter and simplify the day-to-day with the help of Intuit QuickBooks. Listen to new episodes every other Thursday beginning January 9th and discover what it takes to start a business and keep it growing.
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Episode Transcript
When I think about my dream job, it doesn't involve
working for someone else. Been there, done that, And I'm
just one of over thirty three million small business owners
in the US who are following our dreams and creating
businesses that grow and thrive.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Small business owners and founders come from all different backgrounds.
They can be found in nearly every industry. I'm Austin
Hankwitz and.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
I'm Jinny's Torres, and we're the hosts of Mind the
Business Small Business success Stories, a podcast produced by iHeartMedia's
Ruby Studio in partnership with Into It QuickBooks, and we're
coming back with season three of the podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
In every episode, we talk with business owners about their
strategies for keeping their businesses growing and thriving. Strategies like
cutting through the clutter of the day to day with
an all encompassing platform like Into It QuickBooks.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
This season, we're shining a light on the local businesses
in our hometowns of Nashville, Tennessee, and Tampa, Florida. We're
hitting the road and recording person at some of our
favorite small businesses and talking to the owners about the
ins and outs up and down to running a business
and making it right.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
We'll speak with architects, event planners, physical therapists, boutique owners, pilates, instructors,
liquor importers and more about their experiences with everything from
preparing their businesses taxes to utilizing and integrating AI powered
technology efficiently.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
We wanted to start a restaurant and we just kept
getting rejected by banks. We you know, turned over every
cushion in a couch, purchased a food truck and we
started to get awards. We started to be invited to
festivals and everything. And then that created the opportunity for
our first brick and mortar, which we call our first
neighborhood fried joint.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
And that's when our warehouse got hit by a tornado.
Oh that was the push. You know, this is the
second time in my life a natural disaster has impacted
me in that way. I hope that it doesn't always
take a natural disaster to do that. At any moment,
you can start fresh and change your mind.
Speaker 5 (01:53):
You had to understand yourself and you really want to
focus on what the business is doing. I know you
mentioned into it quick books and it's going to take
care of a lot of things for you. That's the
one thing you want to do is get us much
off of your plate so you can focus on how's
this going to run, How are my customers going to
feel when they're in there as opposed to and I
remember to put that proceed in. Get that all that
in the background, and focus on your main business.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Join us in our guests as we learn how to
manage the everyday and streamline the way you do business
with Intuit QuickBooks, Your Way to Money.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Listen to Mind the Business small business success stories on
the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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