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Business is Good with Chris Cooper
One on one mentorship saved my business. So I decided to share that process starting with a 200-word blog post. Fast forward to today and my mentorship practice is a 21 million dollar worldwide company with a team of 50 professional mentors. Scaling from a tiny gym business to one of the largest mentorship practices in the world meant developing simple systems that could be taught easily to others. But building a movement requires leading by example, and showing people that business isn’t evil…
Episodes
- Business is Good with Chris Cooper
92: The Single-Person Business: Building a $1M Company Without Staff
Is it really possible to build a million-dollar business without hiring staff? Yes—and it’s happening more often. In this episode, I explore how solopreneurs…
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91: Is Private Healthcare the Solution to Canada's Healthcare Crisis?
Canada’s universal healthcare system is a source of pride—but it’s breaking under the weight of rising demand, longer wait times, and shrinking access to…
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90: Is the "Information Age" Over?
The Information Age brought prosperity, access, and knowledge to billions. But that era is ending. In this episode, I argue that the Information Age has…
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89: Saving the Sault
Saving the Sault – Where Truth Meets Action Sault Ste. Marie is at a tipping point. In this long-form episode, I explore the six critical challenges our city…
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88: Intrapreneurship
What if your business could grow without more risk or more work? In this episode of BusinessIsGood, I unpack the powerful concept of intrapreneurialism—where…
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87: The Art of War (Business Lessons from Sun Tzu)
Description: In this episode of BusinessIsGood, we delve into the timeless wisdom of Sun Tzu's The Art of War and explore how its principles can be applied to…
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86: JFDI
Podcast Summary: Just Do It Over the last six months, I’ve worked with five different business coaches to simplify my company and refocus on what matters. I’ve…
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85: Where Growth Really Happens
If you’re like most entrepreneurs, you think: “To grow, I need to do more—more marketing, more ads, more promotions.” But Keith Cunningham, author of The Road…
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84: What You Can STOP Doing
Most entrepreneurs know they should do more of what works. But very few realize they also need to stop doing what doesn’t. In this episode of BusinessIsGood, I…
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83: Luck Favours The Prepared
You’ve probably heard the saying: “The rich get richer during a recession.” But here’s the truth: It’s not the crisis that makes people successful—it’s their…
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82: How to Build a Business Scoreboard
In this episode of BusinessIsGood, I talk about one of the biggest mistakes business owners make: running their business by story instead of by numbers. The…
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81: The Growth Mindset: How it Actually Grows Your Business
We’ve all heard that we should “have a growth mindset.” But what does that actually mean in business—and how do you practice it? In this episode of…
- Business is Good with Chris Cooper
80: What Culture REALLY Is (and How to Fix Yours)
Culture Is What You Tolerate In this episode of BusinessIsGood, I give full credit to Keith Cunningham, author of The Road Less Stupid, for one of the clearest…
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79: Chicken and Rice
Podcast Summary: Chicken and Rice In this episode of BusinessIsGood, I talk to business owners who feel like they’re pushing harder than ever but getting the…
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78: The "Save Game" Button for Business
In this episode of BusinessIsGood, I talk about how it feels to take one step forward in your business—only to get pulled one step back. Most entrepreneurs…
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77: Those In The Back
In this episode of BusinessIsGood, I talk about one of the most common breakdowns in founder-led businesses: lack of clarity. Too often, CEOs and founders…
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76: Captain, or Coach?
Podcast Script: Why Business Leaders Should Be Coaches, Not Captains Intro Music Fades In Host: Welcome to BusinessIsGood, the podcast where we explore the…
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75: The Best Workouts for Entrepreneurs
Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln You're buried in work. Who has time to work out?…
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74: How to Calm Down
How To Calm Down Every entrepreneur gets triggered sometimes. The reasons might be obvious: a late employee, a missed detail, a poor customer experience. Or…
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73: Self-Leadership
In this episode of *Business Is Good*, I explore the concept of self-leadership and why it’s the foundation of all other types of leadership. I share that…
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72: The Golden Hour Challenge
This November, join me for a 30-day GOLDEN HOUR Challenge to grow your business! To participate: Commit to participating in our Facebook group (join here) Post…
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71: Why Get Rich at All?
Why Get Rich_ Chris Cooper discusses the motivations and challenges of gym owners, who often sacrifice higher-paying careers to pursue their passion despite…
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How To LOVE the HARD Stuff
why you want the hard times Dave tate: business is a battle of attrition what determines who lasts and who doesn't? the hard stuff nobody wanted covid…
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Complexity Is Slowing Your Growth
Episode Summary: In this episode, we’re talking about how business owners—especially gym owners—often make the mistake of overcomplicating their businesses…
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How to Get Through The Hard Stuff
This week, we're going to build entrepreneurial resilience: the ability to just keep going when things go wrong. Listen to this episode, and then visit the…
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Why Founders Don't Make Money
Why founders don’t make money They are product oriented -inventors not investors They quit too soon - in the product crew successful, they have done its job…
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Improving Profitability by Improving Your Product
I'm a product guy. I want to believe that if I keep making my product better, I'll make it more profitable. Unfortunately, that almost never works - we get…
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Fields of Play
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Missionairies and Mercenaries
Characteristics of Missionaries and Mercenaries Missionaries: Purpose-Driven: Focused on the company’s vision and values, often motivated by making a…
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Chasing The Wrong Metric
I get between 30 and 300 messages on FB every single day. Usually, I ask, "what are your goals for the business?" and the entrepreneur answers, "I need more…
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Mentoring Your Team
When most entrepreneurs get their business running smoothly, they turn their eyes to the next thing: the next level, the next opportunity, the next location…
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Selling Subscriptions to Your Service-Based Business
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The Managerial Mistake
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On-ramping New Clients
No matter what kind of service business you own, you must carefully consider their first 3 visits into your service. These first 3 interactions set you up for…
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Smoke Jumpers 2
Last week I shared the story of the Smokejumpers, and the horrible tragedy that happened in Mann Gulch, Montana in 1949. But as in all tragedies and all…
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Smoke Jumpers
In the annals of firefighting history, few events are as heartbreaking and instructive as the tragedy of the Smoke Jumpers in Mann Gulch. This group of elite…
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Quickcasting
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The Golden Age
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Golden Hour
BiG Podcast - Golden Hour Chris Cooper emphasizes the importance of dedicating an hour each day to growing one's business, citing the benefits of uninterrupted…
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Why Your Kid Should Start a Business, with Nevin and Hannah Buconjic
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The Entrepreneurial "Rest Day"
Today on the podcast, Business Mentor Ashley Haun shares the importance of rest for entrepreneurs, highlighting three types of rest: physical, emotional, and…
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Stay In Your Lane
Stay In Your Lane Summary Limiting growth by trying to do too many things. 0:01 Chris Cooper highlights the common mistake of trying to do too many things at…
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The 3 Elements of Motivation
Motivation is not about fear or money. True motivation comes from those 3. Autonomy, mastery and purpose - dan pink Autonomy: the 4 Ts: their task, their time…
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How I Produce So Much Content
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Hiring Right - The 4 Ps
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Product-Market Fit
Summary Identifying ideal clients and product market fit. 0:01 Chris Cooper identifies the challenge of identifying ideal clients and explains the importance…
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The Case for Firing Fast
Summary Why businesses should fire underperforming staff quickly. 0:03 Chris argues that it's best to fire people quickly, rather than psychoanalyzing their…
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Brand and Direct Marketing - Part 2
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Brand and Direct Marketing - Part 1
There are two types of marketing. Brand Marketing is your long term play. Direct Marketing is your short term play. In this two part podcast series, I'll walk…
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Ideation-Income-Investment-Impact
In a perfect world, a business goes through four phases: Ideation - you craft your original idea, test and tweak it until you have good product-market fit…
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Is Your Business a Democracy?
Years ago, I thought about making my gym a co-op. I told myself I wanted to give 'ownership' to the clients and let them guide the future...but really, I was…
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The ADHD Advantage, with Leighton Bingham
Many entrepreneurs will tell others they "have ADD" or have a "slight case of attention-deficit disorder". But most don't: they're just scattered. They're…
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Taryn Dubreuil of PDBM
Taryn is an experienced business mentor, and she's worked with a lot of small businesses. Based in Yorkton, SK, Taryn started a gym to pursue her CrossFit…
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The Simple Business Plan for 2024
In a lecture to Entrepreneurship students at a local university this month, I shared a simple business plan that you can use in a week to launch a business…
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Specialists Work for Generalists
Starting your own company often means wearing many hats and mastering a wide array of skills. When I founded my first business, a gym, I had to be adept at…
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How to Reboot Your Business
What do you do when your system crashes, or gets really slow, or spins around when doing normal tasks? You reboot it. You clear the memory and start from…
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How To Be Coachable
For the last 15 years, I've almost always had a 1:1 mentor. I've participated in masterminds, had specific coaches, but always paid someone to help me set…
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Two Types of Problems
“My staff never cleans up before they go home.” “Our front office is a pigsty!” “No one returns phone calls or emails quickly.” “No one cares except for me!”…
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What's Stopping Your Business From Growing?
You’re busy. You probably work a longer day than anyone else you know. You probably start early and finish late. And every minute is packed: you hit the ground…
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The 4 Skills Every Mentor Needs
I own the largest mentorship practice in the world for gym owners. There are over 900 gyms currently in the program, each with their own 1:1 mentor. The…