Thomas Castelli - Hall CPAOn the Major Tax Value of Investment Real Estate: "When you buy a property, there's a noncash expense called depreciation. It's one of the biggest tax benefits of investing in rental real estate, and that's true whether you buy a rental property directly or whether you do it through a syndicate or fund."In the world of inv…

Glenn Plumby - Retired COO and AuthorOn the the Importance of Frontline Employees and Customer Service: "If that's a terrible experience, that guy could go on to have a terrible day."There are basically two ways to learn something. Dig in and make your own mistakes, which will take years and a lot of time, money and effort, or learn from those that…

Mike Schuster - FiddleSmart MarketingOn the Getting Efficient Answers: "You might have people on the phone. It might be you, depending on your business, talking to owners, but you get the same kind of questions all the time when you're talking to people. So answer those on your website."Marketing and innovation are the two keys to success in busine…

Valerie McGeHee PhD - Author of Atomic GritOn the Her Recipe for Success: "If you had grit, if you could set goals, and you had some sort of social support, which was the missing piece, which is accepting help from others, accepting, mentoring for account help getting help with accountability, you would be successful."Just about every successful bu…

Larry Pendleton - Larry Pendleton CPAOn the Getting the Right People: ""I gotta be able to kind of find the right people to trust instead of finding someone that I halfway trust and I gotta oversee every every step of the way."Just about every successful business owner has learned, often the hard and expensive way, that taxes can be a heavy burden …

Mickie Kennedy - eReleases PR AgencyOn the Knowing Your Audience: "A journalist's job is, of course, to produce content. But even more importantly is to keep their audience happy."News is everywhere, and most of it isn't exactly positive. A lot of it is pretty morbid and serves only to bring the eyeballs to whatever medium the news is being present…

Jamie Gale - Helping Leaders Create Content and Podcast GuruOn the Power of Gratitude: "People that are grateful, abundance tends to come to them."Podcasts. Almost everybody has them, almost everybody listens to them. But how do you as a business owner get a podcast going? Should you get a podcast for your business?Jamie Gale, serial entrepreneur a…

Sue Gresham - The LinkedIn LadyOn the Power of Gratitude: "People that are grateful, abundance tends to come to them."Social media for grown-ups is really what LinkedIn has become. It is the place to be as a professional and as a person wanting to connect with business owners and professionals to help you on your professional journey.But like most …

Eric Cogorno - YouTube Golf EducationOn Believing In Yourself: "That was the first time that my brain felt like it was allowed to think big enough. It was the first time I really allowed myself to imagine, what would even be possible here?"Just about every kid wants to be famous on YouTube. Many adults have the same desire. But what does it take to…

Melissa Brumm - Slow Life RevolutionOn Achieving Victory in Business: "So it's sort of like if we help them win, we win. And then if we keep helping them win, we win. Everyone wins."Every entrepreneur shares at least two common traits: 1) They have boundless ideas and 2) They are crazy busy trying to keep up with all that they have going on.Melissa…