The Son of a Poor Man Podcast
1) Use your God-given spark
Nobody's going to swoop in and save your business. You need to keep doing the things that make it successful, but also keep innovating and improving. Tom and Ty talk about the parasites that exist sim...Show More
2) A Tale of Two Box Stores
Tom goes this one alone, with no adult supervision, but he gives a comparison of two different stores in Cheyenne. Both are national chains, and one used to have lights-out customer service, and the o...Show More
3) The Circle of Success
Tom gives away one of his biggest trade secrets -- his Circle of Success. This is his blueprint for how to provide the absolute highest level of customer service, and he follows it on every job he doe...Show More
4) Life of Brian 9
Brian drops in for another Life of Brian episode, and as usual, they jump all over the place. They talk about hiring one old guy vs. two young guys and about loyalty and being there for your people. I...Show More
5) Ty Goes to Camp
Ty took his hats to a bronc riding event and set up a booth over the weekend, and in this episode, Tom and Ty talk about how it turned out to be a great business move. Ty went with the Minimum Viable ...Show More
6) Don Blakesley
Tom pulled in Don Blakesley, owner of Executive Builders, to talk about the business side of the construction game. It turns out there are a lot of similarities in all service-based businesses, and th...Show More
7) Check your truck
Tom took his work truck on a two-hour round trip to get some hay for his wife's horses, and he used the SOPs he built after talking about them on this podcast to make sure the truck was in good workin...Show More
8) Do the right thing by your people
Tom talks about treating your employees right -- and that starts with paying them the way they should be paid. The amount you pay them is important, but more important than that is that you set them u...Show More
9) Busy vs. Profitable
Tom and Ty discuss how "busy" doesn't necessarily mean "profitable," and how you can make some adjustments to make sure you are profitable, even if you aren't as busy.
10) Elvis has left the building (this one breaks a few of our rules)
Tom, Brian and Ty are breaking one of their cardinal rules for this episode -- they're delving into a political topic. But they're doing it because the issue in question doesn't make a lot of business...Show More