The Mountainpreneur Podcast: Recent Episodes
Nick Junker
Join Nick Junker and Bobby L'Heureux, two mountain town entrepreneurs exploring the lifestyle of being a business owner in a mountain town. Nick and Bobby use their own experiences to define the struggles and successes of mountainpreneurship through their own eyes, while also interviewing other successful mountainpreneurs from around the world. Thanks for tuning in and enjoy!
After a long two month absence, Bobby and Nick are back to catch up and discuss a few of the recent struggles both business owners have been dealing with. Enjoy!
Books:
Traction by Gino Wickman
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8549192-traction
Subscriptions:
Brass Ring Daily by Kara Cutruzzula
https://www.karacutruzzula.com/brass-ring-daily
This episode is an extension of the "Authenticity" episode a few weeks back. If you are a startup, or have been in business for years, consider your why and how you operate. Are you in it for just a quick buck, or do you truly care about your customers?
Resources:
Is Clickfunnels Worth It? : https://www.emailtooltester.com/en/blog/clickfunnels-pricing/
Seth Godin Podcast "Akimbo":
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0XVAcaMDek4xrubMNFHQut?si=NSq2rV1YSqu9MQZPD8h_fQ
Nick and Bobby talk about things to consider when hiring new employees, the roles they should fill should be covering the holes in your business or at least tasks that you do not want to complete yourself.
Refrences:
Seth Godin's Podcast AKIMBO Episode "On Direct Advertising"
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1WMXhdT8a7WrGGVVDZbhq4?si=5cpCZxxkQNyQnutniYYqfA
In this episode, the boys talk about goals and techniques to ensure you get your tasks completed.
In this episode, Nick and Bobby chat with Kim Fuller, who is a local business woman, entrepreneur, and powerhouse who just so happens to be Bobby's life partner. Kim and the boys dive deep into identifying the difference between freelancing and entrepreneurship, and find out ways that anyone can make the jump to full-time entrepreneur.
In this episode, Bobby and Nick touch on the importance of being authentic in your business. Don't just try and make a quick buck!
In this episode, Nick and Bobby welcome Ryan Thompson, Owner of 10th Mountain Whiskey onto the podcast. The boys go in depth on so many great topics, however the over arching theme of Passion reigns dominant amongst the conversation. Ryan sheds 20 years of business experience amongst multiple industries, speaking about his history, some of his biggest struggles, how he’s partnered and structured deals, and finally how he stays motivated and how you can stay motivated too in getting your business idea off the ground.
You can find out more about Ryan's amazing 10th Mountain Whiskey at:
www.10thwhiskey.com
Order directly from the distillery at:
spirits.10thwhiskey.com
Instagram & Facebook @10thmtnwhiskey
Email at store@10thwhiskey.com
We hope you get something from this episode, if you do, please comment, like and subscribe. If you have any questions for us or want to be on the podcast, please reach out at mountainpreneurpodcast@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!
In this episode Bobby and Nick explore the skillful trait of being thankful, gratitude. The boys cover how to celebrate gratitude amongst your team, how does gratitude work in business and how you can use it to increase your sales, how can gratitude change your mindset and some practices to get you in a more thankful mindset. Bobby talks about why there is no book on how to be negative and that gratitude will lead you to recognizing seeing the moment for what it is, not necessarily positive or negative. Remember, you can have a bad moment but never a bad day! Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy this episode. If you have any questions or comments, please shoot us an email at mountainpreneurpodcast@gmail.com.
On this episode, Nick and Bobby dive into the topic of partnerships and whether or not it is a good idea to enter into one with someone else. The boys talk about always defining your exit strategy form the beginning as all partnerships will eventually end, do not put a time stamp on the partnership but you need to know what to do if something happens. Some great questions to ask yourself before entering into a partnership: why do you want to be an owner? Do you want to take on that risk? Would you be better off just working for the company? Define your ROLES early and put values to those roles as this will help to define how the partnership will work. We hope you enjoy this episode and thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments or want to be one the podcast please shoot us an email at mountainpreneurpodcast@gmail.com.
In this episode Bobby and Nick touch on some great ideas about how to be a business owner and not an operator, making your business run itself so you don’t have to, and how to properly value your business. Some resources touched on in the podcast: The E-Myth by Michael Gerber Ink Magazine Article: https://www.inc.com/jim-schleckser/why-you-might-need-to-fire-yourself-as-ceo.htmlhttps://www.inc.com/jim-schleckser/why-you-might-need-to-fire-yourself-as-ceo.html
In this episode Nick and Bobby cover “Knowing Your Worth,” why you never give a discount, and how you can define your rpice for your product or service.
Some resources to explore after the episode: Landmark Forum at landmarkworldwide.com, IGOLU at igolu.com, “Happier” by Tal Ben-Shahar, and “The Big Leap” by Gay Hendricks. We hope you enjoy the episode! Please leave us any reviews or shoot us an email with any questions at mountainpreneurpodcast@gmail.com
Co-Host's Nick and Bobby introduce themselves and what this podcast is all about. The boys touch on defining mountainpreneurship and some of the struggles that are going on in their worlds right now. Hope you can relate and that you learn something from Nick and Bobby sharing their own experiences! Enjoy!
Host Nick Junker introduces himself and his inspirations for creating the podcast and what he hopes to bring to the podcasting world. Enjoy!