Making Business Profitable

About Making Business Profitable

Welcome to Making Business Profitable with EBITDA Growth Systems, the podcast where business owners, leaders, and operators in manufacturing come to sharpen their edge, scale smarter, and build highly profitable companies. Hosted by Mike Watkins and Dave McKeown, co-founders of EBITDA Growth Systems, each episode delivers battle-tested insights, real-world stories, and step-by-step strategies on topics like sales and marketing pitfalls, workforce retention, ERP systems, turnaround culture, onboarding best practices, quality control, strategic planning, and leadership development. Whether tackling common blind spots or diving into cutting-edge tools and operational efficiencies, Mike and Dave equip you with everything you need to solve the right problems, hire and retain the right people, and ultimately, build a business that thrives. Whether you're a CNC machine-shop owner, executive, or operations leader, you'll walk away with practical tools you can implement immediately. From leadership and sales to operations and culture, Making Business Profitable cuts through the noise and brings you the conversations that matter most to your bottom line. Join thousands of listeners who are transforming their manufacturing businesses by tuning in bi-weekly. It's time to make your business not just bigger, but better. 🎧 New episodes Bi-weekly — visit ebitdagrowthsystems.com for tools, coaching, and additional insights. 🔗 Follow us on LinkedIn: Making Business Profitable Podcast https://www.linkedin.com/company/making-business-profitable-podcast

Publisher

EBITDA Growth Systems

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Nov 2020

Latest episode

3 Nov 2025

Latest episodes

2 of 143 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   3 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Season 5, Episode 13 - Navigating Cash Flow

   Host Mike and guest Dave explore essential cash flow strategies for business owners, offering insights to optimize financial visibility and prepare for future growth.

2. 

   9 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Season 5, Episode 12 - Gaps we see in managers

   Host Mike and guest Dave explore common management deficiencies impacting business profitability in this interview.

3. 

   21 Aug 2025

   Season 5 - Episode 11 - Silver Bullets in Manufacturing

   Mike and Dave explore the elusive "silver bullet" concept for manufacturing shop owners, offering essential insights for business growth.

Inside a recent episode

Season 5, Episode 13 - Navigating Cash Flow

Published 3 Nov 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] There's not a lot of people in between right now. So I think cash is going to continue to be an issue. Cash will be an issue in growth and heavy growth mode and not having a lot of work. Well, let me tell those of you who are on the precipice of tremendous growth, the thing that just that cuts growth off is cash. I mean, you, it takes a lot of cash to grow. Yeah, most people, most businesses don't die of starvation, they die of indigestion because they don't manage their cash. That's right. So we find this very timely. So let's dig into a little bit, Michael, should we? Okay. So I think with cash number, first thing we talk about is you got a forecast cash. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.1 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

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