Behind The Numbers
Go Behind The Numbers for What Matters Most In Business.It’s an axiom in business that ”you can’t manage what you can’t measure.” Business performance and business valuation is all managed by the numbers.While Dave has spent a great deal of time ’inside’ the numbers, he has…
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Turning Intellectual Property into Enterprise Value: The Business of Publishing – Terry Whalin (opens the original)
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A book can be a lot more than a book. For a business owner, executive, or professional, it can turn knowledge and experience into intellectual property—and open doors to opportunities far beyond book sales. In this episode of Behind the Numbers, I talk with Terry Whalin, author of more than 60 books, publishing consultant, and Acquisitions Editor at Morgan James Publishing. We talk about the realities of the publishing business, the myths authors often believe, and what publishers are really loo
Building a Future-Fit Organization – Jay Weiser (opens the original)
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A company's true value isn't locked in a spreadsheet; it is built or destroyed at the intersection of strategy, leadership, and execution. On this episode of Behind the Numbers, host Dave Bookbinder sits down with Jay Weiser, founder of Jay Weiser Consulting, to unpack what it truly means to build a future fit organization. Together, they examine how hidden structural drag and subtle misalignments between strategy, organizational capability, and operations quietly erode enterprise worth long bef
Why Culture Is a Financial Asset – Brett Hoogeveen (opens the original)
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Company culture is not a soft HR expense - it is a high-yield strategic asset that directly drives bottom-line profitability and enterprise value. In this episode of Behind the Numbers, host Dave Bookbinder sits down with Brett Hoogeveen, co-founder of BetterCulture and seasoned angel investor, to explore how organizational culture impacts business valuation. Together, they unpack why poor workplace environment quietly drains corporate cash flow through toxic management, quiet quitting, and high
Overcoming Founder Syndrome: Scaling Beyond the Bottleneck – Luke Mickelson (opens the original)
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True operational scale requires more than expanding a business model—it demands scaling the human capital and personal leadership of the founder behind it. In this episode of Behind the Numbers, host Dave Bookbinder sits down with Luke Mickelson, founder of Sleep in Heavenly Peace, to explore how a humble garage project evolved into an international movement addressing an invisible community crisis. Luke shares the origin story of delivering his first bunk bed to a six-year-old girl named Haley—
Stop Paying CEO Rates for Admin Work – Nicole Grinnell (opens the original)
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In this episode of Behind the Numbers, host Dave Bookbinder sits down with Nicole Grinnell - founder of Bosun Solutions and Mic'd Up Booking - to break down the exact financial and operational mechanics of scaling a small business. They pull back the curtain on payroll optimization, calculating the true opportunity cost of doing your own admin work, and why high-performing executive assistants are revenue multipliers, not expenses. Nicole walks through the spreadsheet arbitrage of fractional sta
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