The Kawartha Small Business Podcast

Matt Garaghty and Brian Rump sit down with friend of the show Kevin Stapley who reached out after Matt closed Thrive because he also made the decision to close CTRL  V in Lindsay.

We chat about small business and the decision of when to close.

Thank you Kevin for the vulnerable discussion and sharing your story with us.

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Matt Geraghty and Brian Rump hit record one last time in the THRIVE space. As the space is being emptied, we do one last show.

What will the future bring? Lots of reflection still to come, but for now we process what this project has been and contemplate what the future will hold.

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In this special episode of the podcast, Matt Geraghty speaks out loud for the first time about his decision to close THRIVE.

Matt Geraghty came to Brian Rump with something he wanted to talk about and thought it would be good to recorded it as a potential podcast episode.

Now that THRIVE has officially closed it's doors, we thought we would share this very raw episode. Over the next few weeks we will share so...

In this episode Matt Geraghty and Brian Rump record a raw conversation where Brian has been engaged by Matty G Digital as a Certified Story Brand Guide. 

Note that this is not a "how to" and we don't really explain a lot about what is going on. We both went into the conversation prepared and we've developed a way to engage with each other on this type of engagement.

However, we thought it would...

Matt Geraghty and Brian Rump sit down with Ayesha Mansur Gonsalves to talk about the business of acting and creating.

Ayesha is an acting coach (and helped Brian be an actor in the theatre) and a working actor.

Check out Ayesha here: https://ayeshamansurgonsalves.com/

Creep her IMDB here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2394126/?ref_=nmbio_ov

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Matt Geraghty and Brian Rump have a conversation with Joel Pringle about the Kawarthas.

Joel is a realtor who works on a team with his family. We talk about his choice to come to Kawarthas, and how it has led to building a great family life.

Check Joel out here: https://joelpringle.com/

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Matt Geraghty and Brian Rump have a very open and raw conversation getting all up in Brian's business.

Stay tuned for an update because the day after recording this started a series of major changes for Brian and his business including attending a personal strategy workshop in Nashville with Donald Miller and the team of StoryBrand and Coach Builder.

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Brian Rump and Matt Geraghty have a conversation about what to do with The Kawartha Small Business Podcast. Do we keep it? Do we scrap it? Do we change it? 

What's the value of just going through the conversation?

This is a live conversation based on one we should have recorded and we would love to know what you think we should do.

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Matt Geraghty and Brian Rump have a conversation with Sheila and Tim from British Empire Fuels, a fuel and HVAC company from Bobcaygeon Ontario.

They talk about the longevity of their business, the importance of adapting to their customers and how they have changed and grown.

Check out British Empire Fuels

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Matt Geraghty and Brian Rump sit down with Paul Riley.

Paul is a journalist turned divorce lawyer on a mission to be the best divorce lawyer in the country. Paul talks about how he got into this business, how he wins by telling the best stories and delivers a great overall conversation about how to build a business.

Check out Paul at therileyfirm.ca

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Brian Rump and Matt Geraghty talk about why  change must be intentional.

As the great Canadian band Trooper would say: "If you don't like what you got, why don't you change it" we discuss change and in particular Brian reflects on tangible change he's experienced lately, physical, mental, and emotional. 

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In this episode Matt Geraghty opens up to Brian Rump about losing $6,400 in recurring revenue over a period of 72 hours.

We discuss why this does not bother him, how it's part of business, and how it opens up opportunities to grow.

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Matt Geraghty and Brian Rump bring to the podcast a discussion that is ongoing between them, examining why small business owners choose not to do marketing. 

When you get into business, you get into marketing. Business owners who resist marketing are frankly making a choice to not do it and it hurts their business. 

We dig into this, why it is, and discuss the consequences.

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Brian Rump and Matt Geraghty talk about the pitfalls of being cool in this episode.

When you become a business owner part of the whole identity is being cool. We want to reap some rewards of our hard work.

However, there can be pitfalls when we start making decisions based on being or looking cool and ignoring what is best to build a business focusing on solving a problem for the customers.

It's a fu...

Matt Geraghty and Brian Rump have a conversation about what Matt learned from Disney World.

His one big observation had us discussing why so many other businesses don't take and apply this lesson.

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Brian Rump and Matt Geraghty have a conversation with Louis Karkabais. The common theme in the episode is elevated.

Louis talks about growing up in Lindsay, leaving to play professional basketball, travelling the world, setting up a business in California and returning to Lindsay.

We talk about the influence of his restaurant Pane Vino on creating elevated experiences in Lindsay and his new venture Aroma Pizza wh...

Brian Rump and Matt Geraghty sit down with Kelly Murphy from Purple House about starting and growing a business, the importance of people and marketing.

Check out Purple House: https://purplehouseservices.ca/

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Matt Geraghty and  Brian Rump talk to Dan and Nicholas, who are opening Three Sixty Health, a new multi-service health clinic in Lindsay, Ontario.

Check out Three Sixty Health

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Matt Geraghty and  Brian Rump talk to Shawn Ragell a B2B SAAS marketer who recently moved to the Kawarthas. We talk about the importance of community in fuelling entrepreneurship.

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