You’re an expert at what your business does — but running a business takes more than technical skill.
Grow Your Business is a practical podcast for business owners who want clearer direction, better results, and more confidence in the decisions they make every day. Hosted by Paul Sweeney, Chartered Accountant and Certified Business Advisor, this show breaks down the key things business owners need to know to build profitable, resilient businesses that perform in any environment.
Each episode focuses on the fundamentals that actually drive results — sales, profit, cash flow, systems, leadership, and long‑term growth. You’ll learn how to make smarter decisions, avoid common mistakes, and put practical strategies in place that help your business grow without unnecessary stress.
This podcast is for business owners who want:
More sales and stronger margins
Better control over cash flow and profitability
Clearer systems and processes
Confident leadership and decision‑making
Sustainable growth — not burnout
More freedom from the business, not more pressure
The aim of Grow Your Business is simple: to give business owners the knowledge, tools, and confidence they need to run successful businesses and enjoy the rewards they originally set out to achieve.
How do we make it easier to create, implement and manage the actions for your business plan? We have developed a solid process that is easy to follow AND becomes a useful tool. We want you to create an effective business plan to help your business grow. We want you to identify the strategy, the key outcomes and the key results for your business. This clear process makes sure your business plan creation is efficient and effective. In this series, we have been looking at this ide...
7 Jan 2021
What Should be in a Business Plan?
At the end of the day, our business plan, once we finished it, is the operating tool for growing our business. It helps us manage what we do in our business. It helps us manage how we achieve success. The business plan identifies what we need to be doing. It identifies when we need to do it by, what resources we need, plus gives us tools and a framework for measuring the effectiveness of the results. By developing and using a business plan, we move ever closer to achieving our ultimate goa...
7 Jan 2021
Business Plan Failure #5 Nothing is Measured
Why do so many businesses fail? Our fifth reason for business plan failure is that Nothing Gets Measured. We've discovered that what you measure gets done. If you're measuring things, people do them. What you measure gets done. We want to get the results we need and make sure that our actions are getting the results that we desire. We need to measure the results of our actions so that we can determine if our business plan has been effective in growing our business profitably. ...
7 Jan 2021
Business Plan Failure #4 No Accountability
Why do so many businesses fail? Our fourth reason for why business plans fail is No Accountability. You need to have an external party that you're accountable to. Somebody that is going to call you on the excuses that you might come up with for not doing things. Someone who is going to ask you to explain why you haven't done the actions you have committed to. In this series, we will be looking at this idea of why just having a business plan is not enough. We'll look at five r...
7 Jan 2021
Business Plan Failure #3 Failure To Implement
Why do so many businesses fail? Our third reason for business plan failures is a Failure to Implement. There have been many great business plans created over time. Many of these were never acted upon. In this series, we will be looking at this idea of why just having a business plan is not enough. We'll look at five reasons why your business plan will fail. We will identify and closely examine these reasons that business plans fail. And we're going to look at...
7 Jan 2021
Business Plan Failure #2 No Specific Goals
Why do so many businesses fail? Our second reason for business plan failures is a lack of specific goals. We discuss why having specific goals is an important part of creating your business plan. In this series, we will be looking at this idea of why just having a business plan is not enough. We'll look at five reasons why your business plan will fail. We will identify and closely examine these reasons that business plans fail. And we're going to look at what you can do to...
7 Jan 2021
Business Plan Failures #1 Failing to Plan
Why do so many businesses fail? Our #1 Reason for Business Plan Failures is quite simply Failing to Plan. In this series, we will be looking at this idea of why just having a business plan is not enough. We'll look at five reasons why your business plan will fail. We will identify and closely examine these reasons that business plans fail. And we're going to look at what you can do to overcome these reasons for failure. Once we have identified the reasons, we'll explore th...
6 Jan 2021
Why Your Business Needs a Plan to Be Successful
Why do so many businesses fail? It is common knowledge that many businesses don't survive past their first three years. For many, a lack of planning is the key reason leading to their business failure. Fail to plan equals plan to fail. In this series, we will look at this idea of why just having a business plan is not enough. We'll look at five reasons why your business plan will fail. We will identify and closely examine these reasons that business plans fail. And we're going to l...
23 Dec 2020
Grow Your Business - Podcast Introduction
You're the expert at what your business does. But you also know there is a lot more involved in running a business. In these podcasts, we will explain some of the key things you need to know and do so you can run a great business that thrives in any environment. These podcasts are for business owners who want their businesses to achieve more. More Sales! More Profit! More Growth! And more Freedom! We will periodically release episodes as a series on a variety of themes and topics to help y...
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