Business is Good with Chris Cooper
One on one mentorship saved my business. So I decided to share that process starting with a 200-word blog post. Fast forward to today and my mentorship practice is a 21 million dollar worldwide company with a team of 50 professional mentors.
Scaling from a tiny gym business to one of the largest mentorship practices in the world meant developing simple systems that could be taught easily to others. But building a movement requires leading by example, and showing people that business isn’t evil; that building wealth doesn’t require taking it from others; and that creating value lifts us all.
It’s always been important to me to succeed the right way: without empty promises or slimy sales tricks.
So the purpose of the Business Is Good podcast is to share the models that will scale a business FAST; but, more importantly, to help you build a business you’re proud to own.
Visit businessisgood.com for more info and resources from the show.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 14 minutes
- Episodes
- 114
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
99: How to Give Yourself A Vacation
Give Yourself a Vacation
Time off won’t be handed to you—you must design for it. Run the “hit-by-a-bus” test, appoint a single decision-maker with thresholds, take a 3-day zero-contact trial, then aud…
98: How To Give Yourself a Promotion
Give Yourself a Promotion
Your Effective Hourly Rate (EHR) tells the truth about your role. If it looks like frontline pay, you’re doing frontline work. Learn how to buy back time (cleaner → VA → fulf…
97: How To Give Yourself a Raise
As a founder, no one’s coming to bump your pay—you have to do it. This episode shows you how to set a market-rate salary, use Profit First with quarterly +5-point raises, and route cash to purpose (O…
96: How to Turn Your Side Hustle Into a Real Business
hinking about quitting your day job for your business—but not sure when or how? In this episode, we map a clear, low-stress path from side hustle to full-time entrepreneur. You’ll learn how to assess…
95: 20 Businesses For Less Than A Car Payment
20 Businesses You Can Start for Less Than the Price of a Car
What if one car payment could buy your freedom? A bad lease traps you for years; a small, scrappy business can pay you while you learn skil…
94: The End of Consultants
Big-ticket consulting is wobbling. McKinsey, Accenture, Deloitte, EY, KPMG—together they’ve announced tens of thousands of layoffs while clients feed generative-AI the questions they once paid armies…
94: How To Get More From The Taxes We Pay
What if every tax hike was really our government saying, “Sorry—we failed”? In this episode we push past the usual “raise taxes or cut services” dead-end and show how Canada can deliver better polici…
93: CASH vs KASH
Early-stage founders live and die by cash-flow—payroll, rent, survival.
But once your bills are covered, the game flips: growth depends on KASH—Knowledge, Attitude, Skills and Habits.
In this episode C…
92: The Single-Person Business: Building a $1M Company Without Staff
Is it really possible to build a million-dollar business without hiring staff?
Yes—and it’s happening more often.
In this episode, I explore how solopreneurs are using AI, automation, and smart systems…
91: Is Private Healthcare the Solution to Canada's Healthcare Crisis?
Canada’s universal healthcare system is a source of pride—but it’s breaking under the weight of rising demand, longer wait times, and shrinking access to services. In this episode, I ask a tough but …
90: Is the "Information Age" Over?
The Information Age brought prosperity, access, and knowledge to billions. But that era is ending. In this episode, I argue that the Information Age has already given way to a new era: The Augmentati…
89: Saving the Sault
Saving the Sault – Where Truth Meets Action
Sault Ste. Marie is at a tipping point.
In this long-form episode, I explore the six critical challenges our city is facing—and how we can turn the tide. Fro…
88: Intrapreneurship
What if your business could grow without more risk or more work?
In this episode of BusinessIsGood, I unpack the powerful concept of intrapreneurialism—where staff build businesses inside your busines…
87: The Art of War (Business Lessons from Sun Tzu)
Description:
In this episode of BusinessIsGood, we delve into the timeless wisdom of Sun Tzu's The Art of War and explore how its principles can be applied to today's service-based businesses. Discove…
86: JFDI
Podcast Summary: Just Do It
Over the last six months, I’ve worked with five different business coaches to simplify my company and refocus on what matters.
I’ve talked to experts, mapped out plans, brai…
85: Where Growth Really Happens
If you’re like most entrepreneurs, you think: “To grow, I need to do more—more marketing, more ads, more promotions.”
But Keith Cunningham, author of The Road Less Stupid, has a smarter answer:
Not all…
84: What You Can STOP Doing
Most entrepreneurs know they should do more of what works.
But very few realize they also need to stop doing what doesn’t.
In this episode of BusinessIsGood, I walk through how to identify the things i…
83: Luck Favours The Prepared
You’ve probably heard the saying: “The rich get richer during a recession.”
But here’s the truth: It’s not the crisis that makes people successful—it’s their preparedness.
In this episode of BusinessIs…
82: How to Build a Business Scoreboard
In this episode of BusinessIsGood, I talk about one of the biggest mistakes business owners make: running their business by story instead of by numbers.
The problem with stories—especially the ones we…
81: The Growth Mindset: How it Actually Grows Your Business
We’ve all heard that we should “have a growth mindset.” But what does that actually mean in business—and how do you practice it?
In this episode of BusinessIsGood, I break down the difference between …