• Small Business Confidential

  • Written by: Mike Reilly
  • Podcast
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Small Business Confidential

Written by: Mike Reilly
  • Summary

  • 40+ year business owner, Mike Reilly, shares the dirty secrets of owning your own small business.
    © 2024 Small Business Confidential
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Episodes
  • Getting Into The Zone
    Mar 15 2024

    Mike and A’marri talk about getting into the zone, taking naps, scripting your day and being honest with yourself as an employee or business owner.
    2:28 Mike and A'marri talk about how a power nap refreshes your mind and helps you solve problems, and gets more better ideas.
    10.33 Mike discusses, getting into the zone means dedicating time to it.
    19:57 Mike discusses why 90% of restaurants fail and why some people never own a business

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    23 mins
  • You Don't Know Sh__, If You Haven't Met A Payroll
    Feb 2 2024

    When you hear someone say "you don't know shit, if you haven't met a payroll," remember that they are speaking from experience. 
    Running a business requires more than just book smarts and theoretical knowledge. It requires real-world experience and an understanding of what it takes to meet the financial obligations of a company. Among these obligations is meeting payroll - a vital responsibility that affects both employees and business alike. 
    Take a listen to Mike and Brook as they discuss meeting a payroll and more in the latest podcast of Small Business Confidential.
    1.42 Brook talk to Mike about payroll and cashflow and the lessons he learned in the past four or five weeks.
    7.05 Mike discusses meeting payroll, selling jobs to meet payroll, and making money on these jobs to meet payroll.
    11.26 Mike points out that the best training every high schooler can get is running a small business
    16.03 Mike ends on a note that meeting payroll is like an ultimate cold shower, a wake-up call, and you need experience with that before you go out on your own.

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    18 mins
  • Stop Talking And Start Doing
    Oct 11 2023

    Don't just talk about your goal, do steps to make it happen. In this episode of the podcast, Mike and Alex talk about how people often talk endlessly about what they're going to do, but nothing ever gets done. Stop talking and start doing, make progress on something every single day. Also covered a few topics related to the Cleveland Heights housing problems.
    2:48 Mike opens up about people endlessly talking about what they're going to do and nothing ever gets done. 
    8:04 Mike says the key to success is to have a goal, to have a plan, and then to be persistent.
    5:15 Alex discusses there are doers and there are talkers.
    12:14 Mike talks about not having a mentor or coach, only people who influence him
    15:43 Mike and Alex discuss confidence as one of the greatest skills of entrepreneurs.
    23:51 Mike mentions vacant houses are one of Cleveland Heights' biggest problems.

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    36 mins

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