Episode 329 | The Profit Answer Man I Peter McCarroll There is a tab open in your browser right now that you have not touched in three days. It says ChatGPT or Claude. You have had it for months. You told someone at a peer group you were doing AI, and technically you […]
Read More… from Ep 329 You’re Losing Profit When Your Competition Uses AI with Peter McCarroll
Episode 324 | The Profit Answer Man I Featuring Erin Haag How a 10 Percent Price Increase Can Increase Your Profit by 100%! There is a dangerous trap that many small business owners fall into as they scale. They watch their top line gross revenue climb year after year, believing they are building a […]
Read More… from Ep 324 How a 10% Price Increase Can Double Profit with Erin B. Haag
Episode 320 | The Profit Answer Man I Featuring Kathie Feng From Guesswork to Growth Engine: What Every Small Business Owner Needs to Know About Marketing Strategy Marketing is one of the most misunderstood investments a small business owner will ever make. You pour money into ads, hire an agency, post content religiously, and still […]
Episode 316 | The Profit Answer Man I Featuring Yarin Gaon The Profit Paradox: Why More Revenue Is Killing Your Business (And What to Do About It) When you’re running a small business, the conventional wisdom seems simple: grow revenue, and profit will follow. Yet after mentoring over 400 founders and turning around dozens of struggling startups, […]
Read More… from Ep 316 Double Your Profit by Doing Less: The Subtraction Strategy with Yarin Gaon
Episode 313 | The Profit Answer Man I Featuring Nate Littlewood From Denial to Enlightenment: The 4 Stages of Financial Mindset for E-Commerce Founders If you’re running an e-commerce or consumer product business, there’s a good chance you’re avoiding your finances. And you’re not alone. According to recent data, approximately 80% of business owners struggle with engaging with their financial statements. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: […]
With Former IRS Agent Carlotta Thompson Most business owners believe high taxes are just the price of success. They’re wrong. In this episode of Profit Answer Man, Rocky sits down with former IRS agent turned tax strategist Carlotta Thompson to reveal how the tax system really works, what actually triggers audits, and how profitable […]
Build a Business Fortress: Why Liquidity Beats Leverage and Most Businesses Never Sell Most owners assume the big payoff will come when they finally sell the business. The hard truth is that roughly 80 percent of small businesses listed for sale never actually sell as going concerns. The real payoff is in the years of […]
Most business owners say they want more referrals. Very few are actually drowning in them. The default strategy is to do good work, hope people notice, and maybe ask for introductions when things get slow. In this episode of Profit Answer Man, I sit down again with referral expert and author Stacey Brown Randall to […]
Read More… from Ep 300 The Referable Client Experience with Stacey Brown Randall
Most business owners say the same thing: “I want to grow as big as I can.” But when you press them on what they really want—time freedom, a great income, flexibility with their family—they’re actually describing a lifestyle business, not a high-growth scale-up destined for a huge exit. In this episode of Profit Answer Man, […]
Read More… from Ep 299 How to Build a Business You Can Actually Sell with Saul Cohen
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 […]