This week, we brought back one of our favorite guests to talk more about small business marketing:  Tim Reid from the Small Business BIG Marketing podcast.  Tim comes from a background of corporate m…

Ever want to know how to start a music school?  BUT, this is not your “normal” music school!

Today, Nick and Johnny Battle interview Danny Thompson who owns The Music Factory from Orange County Calif…

Summer of 2015 was hard on us, but WE’RE BACK!!

I hope you missed us.

In today’s podcast we talk about how the wheels fell off for both of us this summer.  Some good, some bad.  This lead to a great …

We are a little behind with getting episodes us, but today we talk about why that is the case.  This week, we talk frank.  Both are having a tough go in their businesses with employees, cash flow, hi…

This week Johnny and Nick talk to Donnie Shelton from Triangle Pest Control in North Carolina.  Donnie has a unique story on getting into business ownership…the MBA cost too much and he thought killi…

On today’s podcast of Small Business Naked, we talk about podcasting, working in and on your business, how to retain a employee, how different the United States is from Australia, and Johnny gets a r…

We are very excited to share a really great interview with you today.  We speak with a lot of really  great entrepreneurs, but few achieve the kind of success that Brian Scudamore has achieved.  H…

If you have owned a small business for a while, one of the biggest things you deal with is hiring.  I don’t know about you, but I’ve hired thousands of people over the years.  Yes…THOUSANDS.  Johnny …

Before you we go any further, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.  Call us on our new phone number, (775) Fi NAKED or 775-346-2533.  You can tell us anything.  What do you like about the best small business p…

Big show today on our small business podcast.  Even though it is just the What’s Up episode.  Several announcements.

FIRST, we have a new phone number.  If you have a question, comment, or just want …

Today on the show, we interview a super interesting entrepreneur who got his start by selling Chameleons online.  He sold so many chameleons on Screameleons.com, he was ablet to afford to buy a Lambo…

Today is another What’s Up episode with Nick and Johnny.  We thought we would bring on an industry expert to help us sort out some issues with tech, as we are not the small business podcast tech expe…

This is the shirt design that caught our eye, and the reason for Nick to break into song.  You will have to wait for it though (it is in the outtake real).

Have you heard of Threadless Tees?  It i…

On today’s What’s Up episode, we bring in a guest.  Yes we are going to talk taxes and accounting, but don’t worry, we keep it brief, and informative.  Did you know that there are special taxes you n…

How to Start a Food Truck

Have you ever wondered what it takes to start a food Truck?  Well, one of our listeners asked us to dive into it.  So we reached out to about a dozen food trucks, and were f…

You have a few employees, but do you have the RIGHT employees?  Do you cringe when it is time to hire?  Johnny and Nick talk today about how they go about hiring s team for the office as well as in t…

How Identity theft can turn into a $7 Million Business with Matt Noon

For a small business podcast, it is a good thing that we have the explicit rating, because I will warn you…there is a TON of grea…

Bright Shinny Objects

If you own a business or consider yourself an entrepreneur, than you have no doubt tried to start a 2nd or 3rd business that was not your main business.  If you have had similar…

Tom Shane, founder of Shane Co.

Most people do not know his face. Many know his name…and legions know his voice.  In the United States, I would bet that there is no other voice as well-known on the …

Year End planning for your Small Business

I’ll be honest, if you are not in business, or have just started, today’s show might not make much sense to you, but it will give you an idea of why tracking…