Matt Geraghty and Brian Rump have a very open and raw conversation getting all up in Brian's business. Stay tuned for an update because the day after recording this started a series of major changes for Brian and his business including attending a personal strategy workshop in Nashville with Donald Miller and the team of StoryBrand and Coach Builder. Download Matt and Brian’s Marketing Checklist Brian Rump wants you to know that he is the business coach that will help your business get money through grants, increased sales and streamlining your business for revenue and profit. You can book a ..read more

Brian Rump and Matt Geraghty have a conversation about what to do with The Kawartha Small Business Podcast. Do we keep it? Do we scrap it? Do we change it?  What's the value of just going through the conversation? This is a live conversation based on one we should have recorded and we would love to know what you think we should do. Download Matt and Brian’s Marketing Checklist Brian Rump wants you to know that he is the business coach that will help your business get money through grants, increased sales and streamlining your business for revenue and profit. You can book a free consult ..read more

Matt Geraghty and Brian Rump have a conversation with Sheila and Tim from British Empire Fuels, a fuel and HVAC company from Bobcaygeon Ontario. They talk about the longevity of their business, the importance of adapting to their customers and how they have changed and grown. Check out British Empire Fuels Download Matt and Brian’s Marketing Checklist Brian Rump wants you to know that he is the business coach that will help your business get money through grants, increased sales and streamlining your business for revenue and profit. You can book a free consultation today at Profit Coach. Ma ..read more

Matt Geraghty and Brian Rump sit down with Paul Riley. Paul is a journalist turned divorce lawyer on a mission to be the best divorce lawyer in the country. Paul talks about how he got into this business, how he wins by telling the best stories and delivers a great overall conversation about how to build a business. Check out Paul at therileyfirm.ca Download Matt and Brian’s Marketing Checklist Brian Rump wants you to know that he is the business coach that will help your business get money through grants, increased sales and streamlining your business for revenue and profit. You can book ..read more

Brian Rump and Matt Geraghty talk about why  change must be intentional. As the great Canadian band Trooper would say: "If you don't like what you got, why don't you change it" we discuss change and in particular Brian reflects on tangible change he's experienced lately, physical, mental, and emotional.  Download Matt and Brian’s Marketing Checklist Brian Rump wants you to know that he is the business coach that will help your business get money through grants, increased sales and streamlining your business for revenue and profit. You can book a free consultation today at Profit Co ..read more

In this episode Matt Geraghty opens up to Brian Rump about losing $6,400 in recurring revenue over a period of 72 hours. We discuss why this does not bother him, how it's part of business, and how it opens up opportunities to grow. Download Matt and Brian’s Marketing Checklist Brian Rump wants you to know that he is the business coach that will help your business get money through grants, increased sales and streamlining your business for revenue and profit. You can book a free consultation today at Profit Coach. Matt Geraghty wants you to know that the demographics of Kawartha Lakes are ch ..read more

Matt Geraghty and Brian Rump bring to the podcast a discussion that is ongoing between them, examining why small business owners choose not to do marketing.  When you get into business, you get into marketing. Business owners who resist marketing are frankly making a choice to not do it and it hurts their business.  We dig into this, why it is, and discuss the consequences. Download Matt and Brian’s Marketing Checklist Brian Rump wants you to know that he is the business coach that will help your business get money through grants, increased sales and streamlining your business for ..read more

Brian Rump and Matt Geraghty talk about the pitfalls of being cool in this episode. When you become a business owner part of the whole identity is being cool. We want to reap some rewards of our hard work. However, there can be pitfalls when we start making decisions based on being or looking cool and ignoring what is best to build a business focusing on solving a problem for the customers. It's a fun conversation. Note that we tell some general stories, but they are not specific to any current listeners, clients, or recent interactions. Download Matt and Brian’s Marketing Checklist Brian ..read more

Matt Geraghty and Brian Rump have a conversation about what Matt learned from Disney World. His one big observation had us discussing why so many other businesses don't take and apply this lesson. Download Matt and Brian’s Marketing Checklist Brian Rump wants you to know that he is the business coach that will help your business get money through grants, increased sales and streamlining your business for revenue and profit. You can book a free consultation today at Profit Coach. Matt Geraghty wants you to know that the demographics of Kawartha Lakes are changing, and people are moving here a ..read more

Brian Rump and Matt Geraghty have a conversation with Louis Karkabais. The common theme in the episode is elevated. Louis talks about growing up in Lindsay, leaving to play professional basketball, travelling the world, setting up a business in California and returning to Lindsay. We talk about the influence of his restaurant Pane Vino on creating elevated experiences in Lindsay and his new venture Aroma Pizza which is a pop up in collaborating with The Olympia. Watch on Instagram for Aroma Pizza to pop up @aromaapizaa and order from https://aromaapizzaa.square.site/ It was an absolute ple ..read more