Best Ericksen Podcasts (2026)

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How AI and Energy Growth Are Changing Construction with Maja Ericksen of Mortenson | Ep 203 40:56

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check AI and energy demand are quietly reshaping construction, and most people don’t see it yet. Steve speaks with Maja Ericksen, Executive Vice President at Mortenson, to talk about why data centers and power projects are booming, how rura…

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Is Your Strategy Any Good? What You Need to Know | Ep 205 11:36

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check You probably think you have a strategy. But is it actually working? Steve breaks down how to tell if your strategy is helping you win or quietly holding you back. He explains why most teams can’t clearly explain the strategy, why the …

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When KPIs Are a Waste of Time | Ep 204 12:45

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Most companies track KPIs. Very few actually change behavior because of them. In this episode, Steve explains when KPIs stop helping, and why staring at dashboards doesn’t fix margin, profit, or cash flow. If your numbers keep sliding…

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Is It Time to Change Your Strategy? | Ep 202 11:29

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Mission, vision, and values aren’t the problem, but stopping there is. In this episode, Steve explains why most companies mistake dreaming for strategy, how shrinking margins are really created, and what strategy actually looks like w…

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The Future of Business Strategy in the Age of AI | Ep 201 14:13

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Steve breaks down why old-school strategy models don’t fully work in an AI world anymore. He explains how the real value drivers have shifted to human capital and intellectual assets, why most companies confuse planning with strategy,…

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Scaling a $50M Plumbing Company with Bob Logan | Ep 200 30:16

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Steve sits down with Bob Logan, president of Plumbline, a $50M+ plumbing and HVAC company with over 150 techs on the road. They unpack how Bob scaled a residential service business, built a strong leadership team, deals with “poison” …

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Looking to Buy a Business? Listen to This First | Ep 199 18:29

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Thinking about buying a business or taking over someone else’s? Before you jump in, Steve breaks down the five things he looks at every single time he evaluates a deal. You’ll learn how he analyzes revenue quality, what he looks for i…

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Building a High End Landscape Company with Chris Turner | Ep 198 56:45

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Elevate by Design: www.ebdstudios.com Nisho: www.studionisho.com Chris Turner walked away from a secure design job with no plan, just a feeling he wasn’t in the right place. That leap led him to co-found one of Denver’s top high-end l…

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How to Optimize Your Business Without Doing More | Ep 197 13:39

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check What if you could make more money without adding more work, more stress, or more customers? In this episode, Steve breaks down three overlooked levers that can grow your profit and cashflow without scaling your team or chasing more re…

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5 Biggest Mistakes Companies Make When "Strategic Planning" | Ep 196 17:51

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Before you book that offsite or map out next quarter, listen to this. Steve breaks down the five mistakes that derail most “strategic planning” sessions: picking the wrong facilitator, ignoring communication styles, showing up without…

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How to Know If Your Sales & Marketing Is Working | Ep 195 12:13

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Want a free scaling workshop for your business? Schedule a call now to see if you qualify: coltivar.com/schedule-your-call Most business owners spend thousands on sales and marketing, but few know if it’s actually paying off. Steve br…

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Financial and Economic News: October 30, 2025 14:57

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Major moves and market momentum in this week’s top financial stories, including: Chipotle Stock Tanks as Young Customers Cut Back BlackRock Caught in a $500 Million Fraud Scandal Meta’s AI Spending Sparks Investor Doubt White-Collar J…

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Does Your Business Really Need a Strategy? (Yes, Here’s Why) | Ep 194 10:48

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Every business has a strategy, even if it’s not written down. The real question is whether yours is working. In this episode, Steve explains what strategy actually is, why every company needs one, and how to identify the strategic pro…

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Financial and Economic News: October 23, 2025 11:18

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Major moves and market momentum in this week’s top financial stories, including: Inside Silicon Valley’s 100-Hour AI Grind Tesla’s Profits Drop as Musk Bets on Robots Home Sales Rise as Mortgage Rates Ease Grocery Prices Keep Climbing…

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Want to Scale Your Business? Do These 3 Things Right Now | Ep 193 14:17

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Most companies want to grow, but few are actually ready to scale. In this episode, Steve shares three things every business needs to do before turning on the growth engine. You’ll learn why documenting your processes can 10x your comp…

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Financial and Economic News: October 16, 2025 12:11

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Major moves and market momentum in this week’s top financial stories, including: Boomers Fall Behind on Retirement Blackstone Brings Private Equity to 401(k)s AI Data Centers Build Their Own Power Plants Southwest Ends Open Seating Wa…

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What Is Strategy In Less Than 5 Minutes | Ep 192 4:39

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Most business owners confuse strategy with planning. In this episode, Steve breaks down what strategy really means—and why getting it wrong can cost you. You’ll learn the difference between strategy and strategic planning, how to iden…

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Financial and Economic News: October 9, 2025 9:03

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Major moves and market momentum in this week’s top financial stories, including: Tariffs Rise, but U.S. Debt Tops $1 Trillion Trump Pushes Fannie Mae to Back Builders Home Sales Slide as Prices Hit New High PepsiCo Rebrands Lay’s Amid…

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What Makes a Great CFO (and How Owners Can Tell) with Tim Anderson | Ep 191 32:12

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Learn more about Ready Electric: readyelec.com What separates a good CFO from a great one? Steve sits down with Tim Anderson, CFO of Ready Electric, to talk about what it really takes to lead the financial side of a business. They unp…

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3 Finance Skills That Separate Successful Leaders from the Rest | Ep 190 13:48

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Most business owners avoid finance because it feels complicated—but it doesn’t have to be. Steve breaks down three simple financial concepts that will put you ahead of 90% of people in business: understanding your unit economics, mast…

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Financial and Economic News: October 2, 2025 11:13

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Major moves and market momentum in this week’s top financial stories, including: OpenAI Hits $500B Valuation OpenAI Launches TikTok-Style Video App Meta to Use AI Chats for Ads AI Spending Reaches Bubble Territory Tesla Delivers Surpr…

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Listen to This If You’re Ready to Change Your Life | Ep 189 25:38

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check If you’ve ever felt stuck, ashamed, or on the edge of giving up, you’re not alone. Steve opens up with his raw and uncut transformation story—from growing up broke, hitting rock bottom with bad habits and toxic relationships, to rebui…

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What is Strategy in Business? | Ep 188 31:05

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Profit benchmarks for the construction industry: coltivar.com/benchmarks Most business owners confuse strategy with planning. They make to-do lists, call it a strategy, and wonder why results don’t stick. In this episode, Steve breaks…

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Financial and Economic News: September 18, 2025 11:35

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Major moves and market momentum in this week’s top financial stories, including: Nvidia Gives Intel a $5B Lifeline Fed Cuts Rates With More Likely Ahead The Truth About Mortgage Rates What It Takes to Afford a $1M Home Meta Bets on Gl…

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Progressive Christianity 101 Pt 2 - The Doctrine of God 56:58

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Welcome to part 2 of Progressive Christianity with Pastor Adam. In this episode, we explore the doctrine of God by learning about a progressive Christian understanding of the Trinity.God is love. God relates to God's Self in love and relates to the world in love.By Adam Ericksen

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From $10M to $50M: Strategy and Clarity Behind Timberline One’s Growth | Ep 187 31:23

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Learn more about Timberline One: timberlineone.com Most landscape companies stall out at a few million in revenue. Timberline One didn’t. In less than a decade, they scaled from $10 million to $50 million, and they’re still growing. S…

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Financial and Economic News: September 11, 2025 12:11

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Major moves and market momentum in this week’s top financial stories, including: Stocks Rally as Fed Cut Nears Job Growth Revised Sharply Lower Mortgage Rates Hit 11-Month Low Oracle Signs $300B Deal with OpenAI Saudi Arabia Bets Big …

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What is Strategic Finance and Why Should You Care | Ep 186 20:52

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Free Financial Pro course: coltivar.com/byfiq Why do so many businesses fail even when they have a plan and solid financials? Steve breaks down the concept of strategic finance and why connecting your strategy to your numbers is the k…

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Part 10: Lever #6 – Risk | Cash Flow 9:30

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check This is Part 10 of Steve Coughran’s book Cash Flow. Steve unpacks the sixth lever of cash flow: risk. He explains how uncertainty lowers valuation multiples and raises the cost of capital, the biggest risks that scare investors, and t…

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Part 11: Lever #7 – Strategy | Cash Flow 20:48

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check This is Part 11 of Steve Coughran’s book Cash Flow. Steve covers the seventh lever of cash flow: strategy. He explains why profit is just the result of a good strategy, how ROIC is the scoreboard that proves whether your strategy is w…

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Part 13: The Cash Flow Playbook | Cash Flow 8:35

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check This is Part 13 of Steve Coughran’s book Cash Flow. Steve introduces the Cash Flow Playbook—a step-by-step plan to apply the seven levers, use the scorecard, and build a resilient, cash-generating business. He shows how to prioritize …

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Part 12: The Cash Flow Scorecard | Cash Flow 8:11

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check This is Part 12 of Steve Coughran’s book Cash Flow. Steve introduces the Cash Flow Scorecard—a simple framework to diagnose where your business is leaking cash across the seven key levers. By scoring each area, you can pinpoint constr…

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Part 14: The Cash Flow Formula for a Thriving Business | Cash Flow 8:43

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check This is Part 14 of Steve Coughran’s book Cash Flow. In the conclusion, Steve shares the personal lessons and turning points that shaped his obsession with cash flow. He emphasizes why business leaders have a fiduciary duty to master i…

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Part 9: Lever #5 – Capital | Cash Flow 16:32

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check This is Part 9 of Steve Coughran’s book Cash Flow. Steve introduces the fifth lever of cash flow: capital. He explains why EBITDA isn’t cash flow, how invested capital and ROIC reveal whether a business is creating or destroying value…

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Part 7: Lever #3 – Cost of Goods Sold | Cash Flow 12:46

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check This is Part 7 of Steve Coughran’s book Cash Flow. Steve covers the third lever of cash flow: cost of goods sold (COGS). He explains why lowering COGS directly boosts profitability, how throughput matters more than margins, and the st…

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Part 8: Lever #4 – Operating Expenses | Cash Flow 10:13

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check This is Part 8 of Steve Coughran’s book Cash Flow. Steve explains the fourth lever of cash flow: operating expenses. He shows why cutting costs blindly destroys value, how to eliminate waste without hurting growth, and the smart ways …

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Part 2: The Cash Flow Mindset | Cash Flow 9:42

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check This is Part 2 of Steve Coughran’s book Cash Flow. Steve explains why profit doesn’t protect a business from failure and why free cash flow is the real survival metric. He breaks down how to calculate free cash flow, why it matters mo…

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Part 6: Lever #2 – Price | Cash Flow 11:15

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check This is Part 6 of Steve Coughran’s book Cash Flow. Steve unpacks the second lever of cash flow: price. He explains why price is the most powerful driver of profitability, how perceived value determines what customers will pay, and how…

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Part 5: Lever #1 – Volume | Cash Flow 20:24

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check This is Part 5 of Steve Coughran’s book Cash Flow. Steve introduces the first lever of cash flow: volume. He explains why selling more only creates value if it’s profitable, how to fix weak sales and marketing systems, and how the rev…

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Part 4: Two Ways to Measure Firm Value | Cash Flow 17:38

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check This is Part 4 of Steve Coughran’s book Cash Flow. Steve breaks down the two main ways businesses are valued: the income approach, based on free cash flow, cost of capital, and growth, and the market approach, based on EBITDA multiple…

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Part 3: What Creates Value in a Business? | Cash Flow 12:34

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check This is Part 3 of Steve Coughran’s book Cash Flow. Steve reveals what truly creates value in a business: generating more cash flow than the cost of your investments. He explains return on invested capital (ROIC), why growth without st…

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Part 1: The Foundation of Great Companies | Cash Flow 21:47

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check This is Part 1 of Steve Coughran’s book Cash Flow. Steve lays the foundation of why so many businesses struggle with cash even when they look profitable on paper. He explains the stages of a hidden cash flow crisis, why free cash flow…

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How SBA Financing Really Works When Buying a Business with Sean Goggins | Ep 185 32:47

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check This week, Sean Goggins, SBA Commercial Loan Officer at Cadence Bank, joins Steve Coughran to break down how SBA loans really work when buying a business. They cover how much cash you actually need, when seller financing helps, what b…

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Progressive Christianity 101 with Pastor Adam - Introduction 29:24

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Welcome to Progressive Christianity 101 with Pastor Adam! In this episode, I introduce the series, give guiding scriptural passages and values of Progressive Christianity, and give the plan for the series.If you have comments or questions about Progressive Christianity, please feel free to reach out on social media or join the live show on Fridays …

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Financial and Economic News: September 4, 2025 13:05

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Major moves and market momentum in this week’s top financial stories, including: Fed Faces Political Turmoil Ahead of Cuts Buffett Bets on Build-to-Rent Housing Gap and Old Navy Enter the Beauty Market Kraft Heinz Splits Up to Refocus…

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Why Businesses Stall Between $1M–$3M and How to Scale Past It | Ep 184 16:04

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Most businesses stall between $1M and $3M in revenue. Cash gets tight, profit disappears, and owners feel stuck doing everything themselves. In this episode, Steve Coughran explains why the “death zone” happens and what you need to ch…

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Where Business Owners Should Start to Learn Finance | Ep 183 17:15

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Get free tools to grow your company, smarter: coltivar.com/tools Sign up for the free Financial Pro course: coltivar.com/byfiq If you had to start from scratch and get smarter with money fast, where should you begin? In this episode, …

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Financial and Economic News: August 28, 2025 12:44

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Major moves and market momentum in this week’s top financial stories, including: Nvidia’s “New Normal” Still Looks Strong Venture Debt Firms Tilt Toward Bigger, Later-Stage Deals Cracker Barrel Retreats After Logo Backlash AI’s Big Le…

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How Fast Can You Grow Your Business Without Going Broke? | Ep 182 11:30

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Growing fast feels exciting—but grow too quickly without enough cash and you’ll find yourself in big trouble. In this episode, Steve breaks down the simple formula every business owner needs to know: how to figure out the maximum spee…

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How to Read an Income Statement for Business Owners | Ep 181 22:40

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Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check Levers of Profit Calculator: coltivar.com/levers-of-profit-calculator Most business owners look at their income statement but don’t really know what it’s telling them. In this episode, Steve breaks it down so you can see where profit …