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• If I started a Business in 2025…

  Get FREE actionable strategies and insights to scale your business in today’s economy—straight to your inbox each week. - Join Newsletter!The idea of starting a business sounds exciting—freedom, flexibility, and financial upside. But there’s one truth no one wants to tell you. Most people don’t fail because the idea was bad; they fail because they skipped the work before the work.In this episode, you will learn what actually matters before you ever open the doors.I’m breaking down what I’d really be thinking through if I started a business in 2025. Not only the type of business but also the economics, the timing, the market, the risk, and an exit strategy.You don’t need another clickbait list. You need to know how to build a financial vehicle that takes you where you want to go—and how to know if you should even get into that vehicle in the first place."Business is the financial vehicle, when you set it up, that makes your life better." ~ Preston BrownConnect with Preston Brown:- 🌐Website - https://theprestonbrown.com/- 👤Facebook - https://facebook.com/theprestonbrown- 📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theprestonbrown/- ▶️YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePrestonBrownBusinessCoach

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• The Data-Driven Playbook: Matthew Barnes on Fixing Broken Marketing & Scaling Real Businesses

  Get FREE actionable strategies and insights to scale your business in today’s economy—straight to your inbox each week. - Join Newsletter!Everyone talks about data, but few actually know what to do with it. Matthew Barnes, founder of Proteus Digital Lab, is the guy top-tier businesses turn to when they need their analytics to work for them, not against them.Matthew helps the biggest brands on Shopify cut through the noise, measure what truly matters, and turn wasted ad spend into profit. And if you think you can just hire him, think again. You don’t get on Matthew’s client list unless you’re already doing 10M+ in revenue.But today, you get access to him. In this episode, Matthew shares why most digital marketing is a waste of money, how he built a software company that serves multi-million dollar clients, and why optimizing for customer lifetime profitability will transform your business."There's one metric that actually ends up mattering to the people that own the business in the end. Marginal dollars in the bank account. Everything else is a proxy for that." ~ Matthew BarnesConnect with Matthew Barnes:🌐 Website – https://proteusdigitallab.com/ 👤 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattjbarnes/ Connect with Preston Brown:🌐Website - https://theprestonbrown.com/👤Facebook - https://facebook.com/theprestonbrown 📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theprestonbrown/▶️YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePrestonBrownBusinessCoach

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• Trump’s Next Moves, Market Shifts, and AI’s Disruptive Wave – What It Means for You

  Get FREE actionable strategies and insights to scale your business in today’s economy—straight to your inbox each week. - Join Newsletter!The economy isn’t slowing down. It’s shifting fast. If you’re not watching closely, you’re already behind.Today, I will share the latest economic shakeups under Trump’s administration—what’s happening with government layoffs, what new tax codes could mean for your wallet, and the impact of shifting tariffs on global trade.And AI? It’s not just some future worry. The biggest disruption to jobs and businesses is already unfolding. The quantum computing and robotics boom is about to reshape industries faster than anyone expected.Stock market volatility, real estate moves, and what’s coming next for interest rates—I break it all down and share exactly what I’m doing to stay ahead of the game."AI, quantum computing, and robotics are going to be the single largest disruptor to our economy in a very short term. In the next 2 to 10 years." ~ Preston BrownConnect with Preston Brown:- 🌐Website - https://theprestonbrown.com/- 👤Facebook - https://facebook.com/theprestonbrown- 📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theprestonbrown/- ▶️YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePrestonBrownBusinessCoach

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• Ray Owen on Business Banking, Small Business Loans & the Lending Mistakes That Cost You Big

  Get FREE actionable strategies and insights to scale your business in today’s economy—straight to your inbox each week. - Join Newsletter!Most people think banks are these mysterious giants with endless cash. But in reality? They’re businesses—just like yours. And no one understands that better than Ray Owen.Ray grew up working on farms, pulling cotton, and watching his dad manage a cattle feed yard. He wasn’t born into wealth. He built it. Now, as the President of Bank of Texas, he’s taken his bank from an $18 million startup to over $500 million in assets—all while keeping a 0% loan loss rate.In this episode, Ray breaks down banking like you’ve never heard it. He reveals why your credit score matters less than your character, how to turn your banker into a strategic partner (not a loan shark), and why most entrepreneurs get bank relationships dead wrong.We also dive into the 5 C’s of credit, why Silicon Valley Bank really collapsed, and how to recession-proof your business’s finances.“ Banking is all about confidence. If you're depositing money somewhere, you want to be confident that that bank is solid and you're not going to lose your money.” ~ Ray OwenConnect with Ray Owen:🌐 Bank of Texas - https://www.bankoftexasonline.com/ 👤 Phone: +915 313 6720📧 Email: [email protected] Connect with Preston Brown:🌐 Website - https://theprestonbrown.com/ 👤 Facebook - http://facebook.com/theprestonbrown 📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theprestonbrown/ ▶️ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePrestonBrownBusinessCoach

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• From Startup to Mayor: Renard Johnson on Entrepreneurship, Business Growth & Fixing Broken Government

  Get FREE actionable strategies and insights to scale your business in today’s economy—straight to your inbox each week. - Join Newsletter!Some politicians make promises. Others get things done. And then there’s Renard Johnson, a businessman-turned-mayor who built a thriving company from the ground up before stepping into public service.Renard didn’t need this job. He had already built a multi-million-dollar business in defense contracting, scaled it to 800+ employees, and could have just enjoyed the success. Instead, he ran for Mayor of El Paso—not for power, but to fix the inefficiencies he saw firsthand as a business owner.In this episode, Renard shares why he left business for politics, how he’s making government work more like a business, and why El Paso is one of the biggest untapped opportunities for entrepreneurs.“ If you haven't seen your city come out and knock on your door and ask what they can do—first, to retain you in their community, second, to expand you—come to El Paso.” ~ Renard JohnsonConnect with Renard Johnson:🌐 Website – https://www.elpasotexas.gov/ 👤 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/mayor-renard-johnson/ 📧 Email - [email protected] Connect with Preston Brown:🌐Website - https://theprestonbrown.com/👤Facebook - https://facebook.com/theprestonbrown 📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theprestonbrown/▶️YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePrestonBrownBusinessCoach

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