David Cusimano - Emerge Dynamics

Episode 43: How to Make $5,000 Per Hour

We’re continuing our conversation about how us business owners can improve as individuals, and today’s theme is that how you spend your time really matters. We’re bringing in two concepts: The Rainmaker’s Dilemma, and the “Value Ladder” from the book “Time Really Is Money: How to Work for $5,000 Per Hour” by Rob Slee. Rob…

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Episode 42: Bank Failures – Financial Crisis or Isolated Incidents?

There’s so much going on these past few weeks that affects business owners, so today we’re taking a pause from our recent topics to talk about this current environment instead. Suddenly banks are failing, so we’ll get into what’s behind those along with the continuously increasing interest rates. When looking back at the past 50…

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Episode 41: Does E-mail Make Business Managers Stupid?

In today’s episode we’re diving into our email inbox. Checking out the inbox is a good indicator of how someone is balancing working on the business versus in the business. By looking into someone’s inbox, you can get a good idea of the activities those individuals are working on throughout the day. That, however, doesn’t…

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Episode 40: Business Processes – How To Clone Yourself

Curious to know what helps businesses emerge from their peers? Documenting your processes is key. This requires discipline by looking at the consistent application of processes within your business. You must have full documentation, and then train off of that to systematize the way your processes flow. This is optimal for growth.   Looking deeper,…

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Episode 39: Customer Journey – Do You Even Care About This Relationship Anymore?

The customer journey is so important, but even more so during a downturn. There needs to be clarity for the customer about what services and products you’re providing. Having this ensures you’re making that experience as amazing as possible. Alongside that experience, it’s an opportunity to make improvements. With more insight, you can begin to…

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Episode 38: Growing By Acquisition Through A Downturn

Today’s episode in our series about growing through a downturn is about acquisitions. This can be a great way to grow, but great caution must still be exercised. Doing an acquisition into an industry that usually falls deeply during a downturn could be a big problem. We may or may not be in a recession,…

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Episode 37: Preserving Cash In The Worst Of It So You Can Live To Grow Later

We’re continuing our series about continuing to grow during a downtown today. But, actually, sometimes you might not be able to do very much growing. You may have to just focus on sustaining yourself, which means preserving cash. Of course it’s better to grow, but maintaining the status quo before figuring out exactly what you’re…

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Episode 36: Growing Your Business Through A Downturn – Are More Price Increases Coming? The CPI isn’t telling you what you think it is telling you.

In this episode, the series on growing your business through a downturn continues. This topic is very relevant to what’s happening in the current economy. Planning strategically and looking ahead will help you stay proactive so that you don’t just survive economic hardship, but thrive throughout it. What people need to know is that whether…

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Episode 35: Growing Your Business Through A Downturn – Which Industries Thrive and Which Get Hammered

Curious to look ahead at how an economic downturn might impact your business? Looking ahead is the first step to being prepared. When a downturn starts, the mainstream narrative explains that a recession begins when consumers stop spending, as if all consumers suddenly wake up one day and decide not to spend money. Looking deeper,…

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Episode 34: Growing Your Business Through A Downturn – Setting the Stage

Can you continue growing your business through the downturn? It would be great to be able to predict what’s going to happen in the economy next week, next month, and next year. But when it comes doesn’t matter—the fact remains that at some point, there will be a downturn in the economy. The real-time, first…

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