Ep 291 Build a Business That Serves Your Life (Not the Other Way Around) with John Nieuwenburg
Profit Answer Man: Scaling with Profit First & Beyond
Release Date: 10/08/2025
Ep 317 Why 70% of Your Growth Plans Fail: The Real Reason with Casey Woo
Profit Answer Man: Scaling with Profit First & Beyond
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Ep 316 Double Your Profit by Doing Less: The Subtraction Strategy with Yarin Gaon
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Ep 315 Think Like a Business Buyer: Cash Flow, Profitability, and Valuation Strategy with David Hori
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Ep 314 From High Revenue to High Profit: The Missing Piece in Your Business with Chris Hallberg, EOS
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From High Revenue to High Profit: The Missing Piece in Your Business with Chris Hallberg, EOS Find Rocky Lalvani @ or email him at Make more, work less video: Hire a Green Beret: Why Veterans Transform Your Business In this episode, Rocky Lalvani sits down with Chris Hallberg, ranked #9 on Inc. Magazine's Top 50 Leadership & Management Experts, to discuss why hiring the right people and implementing disciplined systems are the real keys to building a profitable business. Chris shares insights from his...
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Ep 313 Numbers Don't Lie- Why Your Finances Are Your Best Strategy with Nate Littlewood
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Numbers Don't Lie- Why Your Finances Are Your Best Strategy with Nate Littlewood Find Rocky Lalvani @ or email him at Make more work less video: From Denial to Enlightenment: The 4 Stages of Financial Mindset In this episode, Rocky Lalvani sits down with Nate Littlewood, founder of Future Ready CFO, to explore why 80% of business owners avoid their finances and how to break free from that pattern. They discuss the psychological barriers to financial engagement, the framework for moving from denial to enlightenment, and why your...
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Ep 312 Why Your Business Is Always Short on Cash (Even When You’re Busy)with John Scott
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Why Your Business Is Always Short on Cash (Even When You’re Busy)with John Scott Find Rocky Lalvani @ or email him at Make more, work less video: Your business is busy. Revenue is coming in. The team is working hard. So why does cash still feel tight? In this episode of Profit Answer Man, Rocky Lalvani sits down with John Scott, Partner at Anders and leader of their Virtual CFO services for law firms, to unpack why profitable businesses still struggle with cash flow. This conversation goes beyond theory....
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Ep 311 Become a Pattern Hunter: Own Your Revenue or Remove the Chaos, Grow Your Profit with Rion Westfall
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Become a Pattern Hunter: Own Your Revenue or Remove the Chaos, Grow Your Profit with Rion Westfall Find Rocky Lalvani @ or email him at Feeling busy but the business isn’t getting more profitable? In this episode, Rocky sits down with Rion Westfall, founder of the Own Your Revenue program, to break down why most SMBs struggle to scale, and how to fix it with systems, SOPs, and a healthier definition of accountability. You’ll hear practical frameworks to reduce chaos, get your team engaged (without micromanaging), and...
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Ep 310 From Chaos to Control: Simple Systems That Actually Scale with Tim Martinez
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From Chaos to Control: Simple Systems That Actually Scale with Tim Martinez Find Rocky Lalvani @ or email him at If your business feels like it’s growing… but also getting messier, heavier, and more dependent on you, this conversation will hit home. Rocky Lalvani sits down with Tim Martinez, a seasoned operator and advisor with 20+ years of experience helping founders, CEOs, and executive teams build companies that actually scale. Tim has worked across software, media, retail, gaming, and finance, and he’s also owned,...
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Ep 309 How to Scale a Business Without Killing Profit and Cash Flow with Aaron Trahan
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Ep 308 Contractor Cash Flow Fix — The 4 Numbers Every Subcontractor Must Track with Dustin Young
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Contractor Cash Flow Fix — The 4 Numbers Every Subcontractor Must Track with Dustin Young Find Rocky Lalvani @ or email him at Pay-When-Paid Cash Flow: How Subcontractors Survive Long Payment Terms Subcontractors and GCs don’t usually go broke because they don’t have work—they go broke because cash timing, contract terms, and decision-making lag quietly squeeze them until payroll becomes a crisis. In this episode, Rocky Lalvani sits down with Dustin Young, a fractional CFO who works specifically with...
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Small business owners are great technicians—but often underpowered CEOs.
Coach John Nieuwenburg breaks down why most owners feel squeezed by time, team, and money—and how to fix it. We cover building a simple, real-time dashboard (so you stop driving by the rear-view mirror), the “three-legged stool” of systems-people-leadership, recruiting a bench before you’re desperate, plus hiring for culture over skills. The goal: a business that funds—and fits—your life.
In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
- Why most small business owners struggle with time, team, and money—and how to regain control.
- How to build a dashboard with 3–5 KPIs that actually predict success, instead of relying on lagging P&Ls.
- The three-legged stool of systems, people, and leadership—and why systems must run the business.
- The 85/15 rule: systematize the routine, humanize the exceptions.
- How to shift from avoidance to mastery in crucial conversations with your team.
- Why recruiting should be ongoing—build a bench before you need it.
- The truth about culture: you don’t get the one you want, you get the one you deserve.
- Why you must hire for culture and train for skills, not the other way around.
- The real purpose of a small business: to fund the life of its owner.
Key Takeaways:
- Dashboards beat rear-view P&Ls: pick 3–5 KPIs owners can act on weekly.
- The 3-legged stool: systems run the business; people run systems; you lead people.
- Systematize 85% (routine), humanize 15% (exceptions). Seek system fixes, not people fixes.
- Recruit before you need it—build a bench so you can enforce standards without fear.
- Hire for culture, train for skill; most terminations are culture, not skill.
- Crucial conversations are a core leadership skill; avoidance is expensive.
- Purpose check: Your small business should serve your life. If not, change it.
Guest Bio:
John Nieuwenburg is a business coach (since 2004) who’s helped 320+ small-business owners increase profits, remove chaos, and reclaim their lives. Formerly President of BC Liquor Stores (>$3B revenue; 4,000 employees), he was named MacKay CEO Forums’ “Canada’s CEO Trusted Advisor—Small Business” in 2019. He leads W5 Coaching, applying a Socratic approach to help owners think clearly and act decisively.
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/john.nieuwenburg/
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/business-coach-canada
Conclusion:
At the end of the day, your business should exist to serve you—not consume you. As John Nieuwenburg reminds us, small businesses thrive when owners stop running by the “rear-view mirror,” build dashboards that give them clarity, systematize their operations, and lead with courage in conversations and culture. The reward? A business that creates both profit and peace of mind. If your company isn’t giving you the freedom and financial security you started it for, it’s time to make the shifts that put your life back at the center.
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