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
Taryn Dubreuil of PDBM
Taryn is an experienced business mentor, and she's worked with a lot of small businesses.
Based in Yorkton, SK, Taryn started a gym to pursue her CrossFit passion. Like many of us, she quickly realize…
The Simple Business Plan for 2024
In a lecture to Entrepreneurship students at a local university this month, I shared a simple business plan that you can use in a week to launch a business, and continue to use for years.
In this podc…
Specialists Work for Generalists
Starting your own company often means wearing many hats and mastering a wide array of skills. When I founded my first business, a gym, I had to be adept at various tasks from entering daily sales to …
How to Reboot Your Business
What do you do when your system crashes, or gets really slow, or spins around when doing normal tasks?
You reboot it. You clear the memory and start from scratch.
When you reboot a computer, you shut d…
How To Be Coachable
For the last 15 years, I've almost always had a 1:1 mentor. I've participated in masterminds, had specific coaches, but always paid someone to help me set goals, build a plan and stay on course. I pa…
Two Types of Problems
“My staff never cleans up before they go home.”
“Our front office is a pigsty!”
“No one returns phone calls or emails quickly.”
“No one cares except for me!”
If you struggle to get consistent action from…
What's Stopping Your Business From Growing?
You’re busy. You probably work a longer day than anyone else you know.
You probably start early and finish late. And every minute is packed: you hit the ground running and don’t stop until bedtime.
So …
The 4 Skills Every Mentor Needs
I own the largest mentorship practice in the world for gym owners. There are over 900 gyms currently in the program, each with their own 1:1 mentor.
The mentors are trained, drilled, tested and taught…
Steven McCoy
"I believe entrepreneurship and business development are key for Indigenous individuals, like myself, and communities, to escape situations of poverty and become sustainable, independent and positive…
Building a Culture of Discipline
"Freedom and responsibility within a framework."
In his book "Good to Great", Jim Collins lists "A culture of discipline" as one of the six necessary elements that make a company great. It's a really …
The Hedgehog Concept
In his book, "Good to Great", Jim Collins shares 6 big ideas that great companies have in common.
The unifying theme of the companies in his book is that they didn't start out great, but became great …
Gaps, Gains and Gratitude
Comparison is the thief of joy.
Theodore Roosevelt
Entrepreneurs spend most of their time looking for the next problem to solve.
This is often good for business, but bad for the entrepreneur.
According t…
Thief Phase
In my book "Founder, Farmer, Tinker, Thief", I broke the entrepreneurial journey down into four phases.
In the Founder Phase, the entrepreneur is wearing all the hats. They're bootstrapping, staying u…
How To Beat AI
We content creators live in a miraculous time. We can talk to more people than ever before in history. The power of marketing is astronomically stronger than it's ever been. Our audience knows no geo…
Amazing (Literally) Founder: Jason Katzenback
Jason Katzenback is the cofounder of Amazing.com, a company that did $45M per year selling on Amazon.
As you'll hear in this episode, Jason--an early seller on Amazon--quickly flipped his niche skill …
Breaking Down the Problem
Want your clients to get results faster? Make the steps smaller.
This is a meta-skill for great coaches in every field: fitness, business and even spiritual leadership.
There are many reasons clients c…
The Quicksand of Control
"Fix the leader, fix the business". - Aaron Stokes, ShopFixAcademy
In this series, I've been talking about the natural evolution of a business...and the things that stop it from growing. The things th…
Valley of Death
"I can't take on more business without more staff...but I don't have the money to hire anyone!"
I'm sure you've been there. Your business is busy, but you're not making enough money. You have cash flo…
Swamp of Perfection
"Nobody can do this as well as I can!" - every entrepreneur, ever
"Never mind. I'll just do it myself!!!" - every human who thinks they're saving time
Early in my career as a fitness coach, a mentor to…
Systemize, Optimize, Grow, Scale
Every business grows through four phases:
Systemization - optimization - growth - and scale.
Systemization means getting every process in your business out of your head.
Optimization means repeating the…