by Seth Rudin
Unlock the secrets to successful business transitions and real estate investments. This podcast provides informative and helpful best practices on the entire lifecycle of a business—from selling a company for maximum value to buying a new venture. Tune in if you're a current business owner or seeking to acquire a business who values actionable, expert advice.
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July 28, 2026
<p>Welcome back to Entrepreneurship Unlocked. In this episode, host Seth Rudin sits down with multi-business owner, keynote speaker, and author Mike DeJong to tackle the ultimate question: why do some business owners build companies worth millions while others simply buy themselves a job?</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike shares his raw journey from reluctantly entering entrepreneurship, coming within sixty days of bankruptcy, to successfully managing and exiting multiple businesses while living life on the road.</p><p><br /></p><p>Discover how to escape the operator trap, build foolproof systems, develop internal leadership, and scale with confidence.</p><p><br /></p><p>Make sure to check out Mike's book, Grow Smart: Your Path to Mastering Freedom, available for free download at Microsoft.com or on Amazon.</p><p><br /></p><p>Core Categories:</p><p>how to buy a business, how to sell a small business, business valuation calculator, how to prepare a business for sale, buying a franchise vs starting a business, small business acquisition, how to scale a small business, standard operating procedures for small business, how to create business systems, business key performance indicators examples, how to delegate effectively in business, step out of daily operations, how to increase business enterprise value, owner operator to passive owner, building a salable business, franchise profitability, how to turn around a struggling business</p><p>#EntrepreneurshipUnlocked #GrowSmart #FromOperatorToOwner #SethRudin #MikeDeJong #BusinessBroker #FranchiseOwner #BusinessExit #BusinessValuation #ScaleYourBusiness #BusinessSystems #ExitStrategy #Entrepreneurship #SmallBusinessOwner #BusinessGrowth #LeadershipDevelopment #BusinessMindset #Delegation #PassiveIncome #BusinessOwner</p>
July 20, 2026
<p>What happens when a small company experiences sudden, explosive growth overnight? In this episode of Entrepreneurship Unlocked, Seth Rudin sits down with Mo, a Certified Business Performance Advisor at Insperity.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mo shares the incredible real-world story of a Seattle startup that scaled from 11 to 450 employees almost overnight—and how leveraging a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) made that 40x growth possible without their operations breaking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mo brings over a decade of hands-on HR and business solutions experience, partnering with business owners across the Pacific Northwest to build enterprise-level infrastructure, streamline co-employment, and drive rapid, sustainable scale.</p><p><br /></p><p>Core Categories:PEO services, Professional Employer Organization, HR outsourcing, co-employment, HR compliance, scaling a business, business valuation, M&A strategy, employee onboarding, employee benefits, payroll management, small business HR, rapid hiring, business growth strategy, multi-state compliance, executive productivity, risk management, enterprise HR platform, business brokerage, due diligence, business acquisition, exit strategy, operational efficiency, HR tech integration, business scalability</p><p>#PEO #BusinessScaling #HumanResources #Insperity #EntrepreneurshipUnlocked #SmallBusinessGrowth #CoEmployment #ExecutiveLeadership #BusinessOperations #MAStrategy #BusinessBrokering #SeattleBusiness #HRCompliance #ScalingUp #BusinessValuation</p>
July 4, 2026
<p>Stop trying to fix your operational mess under the pressure of a looming sale; you need to turn your business into a high-yielding, clean cash machine long before approaching the market.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this strategic deep-dive, host Seth Rudin sits down with Camille Nisich, a premier corporate growth advisor and corporate coach who spent nearly two decades managing high-level performance data at Dell. Together, they pull back the curtain on the corporate playbooks used by global giants and break down how to scale those exact principles directly into small and medium-sized businesses.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are a founder looking to maximize your eventual exit payout, protect your personal wealth, and cleanly pass a bank's structural debt reviews, this masterclass lays out the exact operational levers you need to pull today.</p><p><br /></p><p>#BusinessExit #CashFlowManagement #CorporateAdvisor #BusinessScaling #ExitPlanning #RevenueOptimization #MergersAndAcquisitions #BusinessBroker #CorporateStrategy #FounderExit #DellAlumni #DebtServiceRatio #ValuationDrivers #SmallBusinessGrowth #StrategicAdvisory</p><p><br /></p><p>Core Categories:</p><p>Cash flow management, business liquidity calculation, working capital optimization, operational cash flow formula, predict corporate earnings, automated financial reporting, clean business financials, net operating income acceleration, small business debt service coverage ratio, debt yield calculations lender, managing corporate accounts receivable, internal cash flow levers, corporate liquid capital protections, treasury asset allocation, profit margin expansion metrics, quality of earnings audit preparation, cash flow projection model, small business capital security, revenue velocity metrics, professional corporate bookkeeping standards, expense reduction advisory, commercial banking loan evaluation, middle market fiscal operations, liquid moat structural planning, founder personal wealth security</p>
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Unlock the secrets to successful business transitions and real estate investments.
This podcast provides informative and helpful best practices on the entire lifecycle of a business—from selling a company for maximum value to buying a new venture.
Tune in if you're a current business owner or seeking to acquire a business who values actionable, expert advice.
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