Episode 311 | The Profit Answer Man I Featuring Rion Westfall Stop Being the Doer: How Systems + Accountability Unlock Scalable SMB Growth Most small business owners don’t have a “work ethic” problem. They have a systems problem. If you’re the one who still has to step in, fix mistakes, answer every […]
Episode 310 | The Profit Answer Man I Featuring Tim Martinez If you’ve ever felt like your business is “successful”… but also exhausting, reactive, and overly dependent on you, you’re not alone. Many founders and CEOs hit a stage where growth doesn’t feel like freedom; it feels like more complexity, more fires, and more decisions […]
Read More… from Ep 310 From Chaos to Control: Simple Systems That Actually Scale with Tim Martinez
Episode 309 | The Profit Answer Man I Featuring Aaron Trahan The Golden Five: A Proven Framework to Scale Profitably (Not Just Grow Revenue) At 24 years old, Aaron Trahan was handed the keys to a $100 million division and later helped run a business at a billion-dollar revenue run rate. From the outside, […]
Episode 307 | The Profit Answer Man I Featuring Kurt Wilkin You built the company with someone… and then you outgrow them. In this episode of The Profit Answer Man, I sit down with entrepreneur and author Kurt Wilkin to tackle one of the most common (and emotionally loaded) growth challenges in business Kurt—whose most […]
Episode 304 | The Profit Answer Man Imagine being 24 years old. You have just bought a business. You are excited, ambitious, and ready to conquer the world. There is just one problem: you don’t know how to read a balance sheet, you have never led a team, and the market you just […]
Most business owners don’t lack data. They lack clarity. They have a P&L, a balance sheet, maybe even a dashboard. But when a real decision shows up—Can I afford this hire? Should I scale marketing? Why did margins drop again?—the numbers don’t give a clear answer. That’s where growth starts to feel chaotic. In this […]
Most business owners chase revenue—and lose sight of profit. In this episode of Profit Answer Man, Rocky Lalvani sits down with Greg Crabtree, author of Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits, to cut through the noise and talk about what really drives a successful business. A self-described “recovering accountant,” Greg shares how data—not opinions—can transform […]
When business growth starts to feel like chaos, it’s time to add structure. EOS (the Entrepreneurial Operating System) gives you a clear roadmap to align people, processes, and profit — but when you combine it with the right financial systems, that’s when the real transformation happens. In this episode, Rick Benton, EOS Implementer and former […]
Read More… from Ep 294 Scale Smarter: Use EOS to Add Another Zero with Rick Benton
Stop Chasing Revenue: How Fractional CFOs Clear the Financial Fog Most business owners measure success by one thing: revenue growth. The problem? Revenue isn’t cash—and it doesn’t always translate into profit. In this episode of Profit Answer Man, I sat down with Laresa McIntyre, founder of Rockbridge CFO, to uncover the blind spots that keep […]
Read More… from Ep 288 Your P&L Is Lying – Here’s What to Track with Laresa McIntyre
Most business owners don’t lose profit because of one big mistake — it’s usually a thousand tiny leaks. From not knowing your why, to ignoring customer service, to failing to track the right numbers, the truth is this: profit slips away quietly while you’re busy working hard. In this episode of Profit Answer Man, […]
Read More… from Ep 286 The Profit Pitfalls Most Business Owners Miss with Lisa Hennigar