Business, Beer & BS with Mike & Blaine
Dive into "Business, Beer, and BS" with seasoned entrepreneurs Mike Milan and Blaine Bertsch! Each episode is a lively mix of business insights and casual conversation fueled by cold beers and real talk.
Mike and Blaine share their rollercoaster journeys of running businesses and tackling real-world challenges with humour and honesty. Expect practical tips, unforgettable stories, and plenty of laughs along the way. It’s the perfect blend of expert advice and laid-back fun.
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 201
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Market Intelligence “It’s Not Dog Food Until A Dog Eats It” on Mike & Blaine
Blaine went to a workshop this week and came back with this nugget. You’ve heard that an owner should eat his own dog food, but maybe we should be thinking about it as if we don’t know…
Business Innovation “If You’re Not Embarrassed by V1, You’ve Launched Too Late” on Mike & Blaine
This is an episode on timing the release of your products or services. Timing is an art, but it takes the ability to identify an MVP (minimum viable product). The MVP has a sole purpo…
Business Analytics “Data Beats Emotions” on Mike & Blaine
If this isn’t the best thing you hear all day, then listen to this episode! With the introduction of automation and access to tons and tons of data, it’s time to start listening to the…
Marketing Strategy “You Can’t Make Anything Viral, But You Can Make Something Good” on Mike & Blaine
Have you ever tried, better yet hoped something you did went viral? Man if we only knew the secret formula. The truth is, viral is such a random chance of events, that usually have no…
Innovation “Look For The People Who Want to Change The World” on Mike & Blaine
It’s back to back wisdom from Spencer Fry. One of the hardest things in business to do is hire the right people. There are just so many things that could go wrong and set your busines…
Crisis Management “Sure, It Looks Cool, But Entrepreneur's Fight For Their Company’s Life Every Day” on Mike & Blaine
Could there be a truer statement than the one Spencer Fry made about running a small business? Every day you wake up ready to fight and succeed, and your team and customers are the rea…
Data Analytics “Anything That Is Measured And Watched Improves” on Mike & Blaine
This quote by Bob Parsons is the premise of leadership. It can be translated in a whole host of ways, but the meaning remains the same. If you want to do something great, you have to …
Entrepreneur Mindset “Worse Than Starting Something and Failing is Not Starting” on Mike & Blaine
Seth Godin nailed it with this quote. There is nothing worse than being afraid to take a chance and start a project. Especially if it’s a killer idea. One thing we know about founder…
Scaling Challenges “10 Years of Trying Will Make You Look Like an Overnight Success” Mike & Blaine
Of course we would pick one of the longest quotes ever as the title of a podcast episode. We will probably just go with Blaine’s version of “The 10 Year Overnight Success.” That’s bet…
Operational Efficiency“Ideas Are Easy. Implementation Is Hard” on Mike and Blaine
How could you not like Guy Kawasaki? This quote is spot on! Anyone can have a great idea, but the talent lies in bringing that idea to life. It’s the execution of the idea that matter…
Entrepreneur Mindset “Don’t Play Games That You Don’t Understand” on Mike & Blaine
Tony Hsieh’s famous quote, “Don’t Play Games That You Don’t Understand, Even if You See Lots of Other People Making Money From Them,” rings true for entrepreneurs. It’s a hard enough jo…
Innovation “The Best Start-Ups Generally Come From Somebody Needing To Scratch An Itch” on Mike & Blaine
Isn’t that the truth? In this episode, Mike and Blaine break down this quote from Michael Arrington. There are several different reasons that people start businesses, but there is alw…
Quality Control “Don’t Try To Be Original, Try To Be Good” on Mike & Blaine
Paul Rand is credited for this quote, but its a bold statement that can be highly debated. If you look at any social media platform, everyone is competing for views, this means being o…
Entrepreneur Mindset “Fail Often So You Can Succeed Sooner” on Mike & Blaine
This quote by Tom Kelly has become a conference room mantra in so many start-ups. It costs money to travel down the wrong path for too long while you are trying to make a bad idea succ…
Business Innovation "Big Ideas Always Come From Small Ideas" on Mike & Blaine
Simplicity always seems to be the fastest way to innovation and market acceptance. If you want people to get on the same page as you, you have to give them a bite size nugget of inform…
Business Management "Trust But Verify What Your Team is Doing" on Mike & Blaine
Trust but verify isn’t just a political statement, it’s a playbook for success. This simple sentence can be interpreted as the essence of management. Meaning, you empower your team to…
Work-Life Balance "Your Brain Will Be Turned On 24/7" on Mike & Blaine
Remember those restful nights sleep you used to get? Those will be few and far between as you are trying to build your business. Every minute your brain will be firing with ideas and …
"Crisis Management "Some Days You Don’t Get Kicked in The Face!" on Mike & Blaine
It’s easy to remember all of the struggles you’ve had in a small business, but what about the wins? Even the small wins make for great days and it is the thrill of the win that keeps y…
Mergers & Acquisitions "What Helps or Hurts the Value Of My Business" on Mike & Blaine
Some of us think about how much our companies are worth as a part of curiosity or planning. You should take the time to find out what drives the value of your company on a regular basi…
Business Development "The Wrong Customer Mix Could Kill My Company" on Mike & Blaine
In a perfect world, we would have so many customers that losing one here or there wouldn’t mean as much. Besides, it’s super hard to make everyone happy all of the time. But as a smal…