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Terry Lammers grew up watching his parents run their own company in the fuel & lubricants industry, and eventually came on as a full-time employee in the early 90’s and took over as president of the company. In just 18 years, Tri-County Petroleum had purchased 11 different companies, growing Terry’s family business from $750,000 annual sales to over $40 million when the company was sold in 2010. Today, as co-founder and managing member of Innovative Business Advisors, Terry taps into his financial expertise and hands-on business experience to advise and guide prospective business owners who are interested in buying, as well as current business owners looking to sell their enterprises.


In his new book You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know, Terry provides an in-depth examination of the process of buying, growing, and eventually selling a business. Through Terry’s guidance, business owners and aspiring business owners are sure to walk away with a wealth of knowledge and advice to lead them down the path to business success in every stage.

What Expert Authority World™ is saying about the show:

  • Great show!
    February 9, 2024 by Gisele_Oliveira from United States

    I'm absolutely hooked on this podcast! Huge kudos to Mario for consistently delivering top-notch episodes. Keep up the fantastic work!

  • Amazing Guests, Real World Advice
    July 14, 2023 by Demi @ Comcastro.com from United States

    Just wanted to say thank you, Mario! Great practical ideas and such enthusiasm. I recommend this show for anyone looking to change their mindset through access to access to some great real world inspiration.

  • These podcasts have some great nuggets!!
    April 14, 2023 by Jen from Fort Worth from United States

    Mario has an A guest list that go out of their way to give you their best tips to be successful in your business endeavor. I’ve learned so much in a short amount of time. Highly recommend!

  • Inspiring Real World and Practical
    March 11, 2023 by SheriTraxler from United States

    Love the inspiration of “hey if they can do this so can I “ And that there is practical ideas from their expertise too Also love the variety of times

  • SUPER PRO production, and better content
    February 17, 2023 by JoshRamsey from South Africa

    Hits the nail on the head, and brings practical insight while doing it!

  • Enthusiasm and experience
    January 10, 2023 by Cfow110 from United States

    Mario is an enthusiastic experienced interviewer. He creates conversations with great content but also leaves room for some whimsy with his imperfect action round questions.

  • What an Enjoyable Show!
    December 21, 2022 by BretRidgway from United States

    Mario Frachini is the consummate pro when it comes to being a podcast host. The time just flew by and the conversation was great!

  • Great Show!
    July 22, 2022 by erseburse from United States

    Always providing great content- keep it up!

  • Insightful, inspiring and empowering!!
    May 6, 2022 by Anya Bartholomew from United States

    This is a gem!! You've got to pay attention to "little" things to appreciation the power of this incredible useful information!! The more you listen, the more you love it! Try and you'll see!!

  • Love love love
    May 6, 2022 by Tanyamariedube from Canada

    What a great show. I loved listening to your episode with Dave Lorenzo on the 60 Second Sale. As someone who loves sales (but loathed them when I started with cold calls and cold door knocking), I loved what he said about hearing the word “no”. In sales, we are trained to look for the no’s. It makes us really good at it if we can really get into it. What you two were talking about with regard to how our limitations are i’’our minds really resonated with me. I love that because it’s a game changer when you understand that sales is just about helping people solve a massive problem and getting paid for it and then taking imperfect action, get on your feet and have fun. Thanks so much! Love this show.

  • Amazing podcast!
    January 24, 2022 by maddie@podcastingyou from United States

    This podcast is incredibly informative and empowering! Each episode is an insightful deep dive into an entrepreneurial story that highlights tenacity, innovation, and advice to help you level up in your own journey.

  • INSIGHTFUL!
    January 18, 2022 by Mitko I. from Bulgaria

    A ton of value, keep rocking!

  • Great show!
    January 7, 2022 by Gisele_Oliveira from United States

    I love this show. The host is really entertaining and the content is pure gold. This podcast became my top show. Keep up the great work, Mario!

  • Insightful and wide ranging
    January 7, 2022 by purpletom111 from United Kingdom

    This is an excellent podcast for anyone looking to optimise their business. Mario is a fabulous host with brilliant questions and a relaxed, friendly demeanour. I loved Episode 261 about Growth Marketing, really useful - high product quality is the best marketing strategy out there!

  • Brilliant insights from the best…
    December 27, 2021 by jxywvut from United States

    No matter what big business mountain you are trying to summit, the EA podcast has something amazing to inspire and teach you how to start or scale your venture. I love tuning in every day to learn actionable insights from a new expert or industry. So much value to sink your teeth into. Give it a listen!

  • Top Notch Quality Content for Authentic Leaders
    December 1, 2021 by dropinceo from United States

    A meticulous production, a highly professional host with authentic conversation creates an amazing experience for the listener. A must listen for insights and inspiration for the Entreprener or C-Suite Leader.

  • Love it!
    November 30, 2021 by Mariann!! from United States

    It’s definitely worth your time if you are trying to stay informed.

  • Actionable and Inspiring
    October 29, 2021 by Ben_Cook28 from United States

    I appreciate the authenticity, quality of the guests, and insights from this podcast

  • Essential content for your entrepreneurial journey
    October 17, 2021 by MCarmen Baldovi from United Kingdom

    Mario’s interviews are full of valuable tips from business experts that you shouldn’t miss in your entrepreneurial journey. Listening to this podcast is being a massive help for me and I hope it is for you.

  • Wealth of Information
    October 8, 2021 by KPM D. from United States

    Great interviews. Always great to have the opportunity to hear from experts in their fields and glean from their years of wisdom. Keep up the good work!

  • Packed with actionable content!
    October 8, 2021 by mwforrester from United States

    Mario has a top-notch podcast with outstanding guests! I’m able to come away with information that I can apply to my own business, to generate growth and increase my ability to provide positive impact. When you spend your time to listen to an episode of EA Effect you can be sure that you will get an amazing return on time investment.

  • Powerful!
    September 3, 2021 by MichaelUnbroken from United States

    This is the show I needed 13 years ago before I ruined my first business. I think being able to have tangible and practical insight from people who are one step ahead of you is everything congrats to Mario for an amazing show! - @MichaelUnbroken

  • First Rate Host and Brilliant Guests
    September 3, 2021 by Wade Galt from United States

    Mario is an extremely well prepared and professional host that gets the best out of his guests. He interviews fundamentally sound guests to share powerful business strategies and wisdom. Definitely worth your time to listen.

  • Great show.
    August 28, 2021 by mdaciuk from Canada

    Excellent interviews and guests. Liked the show on how to defend your reputation. “Customers, communities and critics.” Good way at looking at stakeholders. Thanks for the great content.

  • Great topics - and tips!
    August 27, 2021 by Kate | EOFire from United States

    Loving Mario’s podcast! Not only does he hit so many great topics, but his episodes are filled with tips and strategies you can actually use right now. For example, I just listened to his episode about Podmatch with Alex SanFilippo, and Mario doesn’t just read off a list of questions and move through the interview robotically - he actually has a conversation, and shares his own experiences with the power of guest podcasting and why others should be doing this to grow their own audience. Thank you, Mario! Keep up the heat!

  • So glad I found this podcast!
    August 13, 2021 by Nate804 from United States

    I’m so excited to continue jumping into episodes of this podcast. So much knowledge from so many successful business men & women. Adding this to my weekly workflow for sure!

  • So much information
    July 23, 2021 by abal31 from United States

    Such a great show. So much information and helps with many areas of our business.

  • 0285: Sales Driven Agency: Helping Founders Become Predictable, Sustainable and Scalable
    June 28, 2021 by Mary2577 from Philippines

    Thank you so much and keep on doing more great show.

  • Easily One of My Favorites
    May 7, 2021 by ScottDGray from United States

    I recently discovered Expert Authority Effect. It’s quickly worked it’s way onto my list of must listen podcasts. The episodes are less than an hour and packed with great information from top-level entrepreneurs.

  • Priceless Content!
    May 7, 2021 by megan@podcastingyou from United States

    Mario does such a good job covering a variety of topics. His guests offer awesome advice as well. I would recommend this show to anyone looking to learn more about entrepreneurship!

  • Very helpful
    May 7, 2021 by Luke and Susie from Australia

    As a business owner I love being challenged to see things a different way and be reminded of how to do thing better. This podcast has been so helpful to do that.

  • Great Show
    May 6, 2021 by emj-js from United States

    Mario does an excellent job being fun an entertaining while asking insightful questions to draw out the experise of his guests. Thoughtful, helpful conversations to make work and life better. Thanks!

  • Smart Ways to Gift
    April 26, 2021 by Michelle Kaplan from United States

    I learned some key things during Mario's interview with Chelsea Martin on gifting. What stands out is how impactful direct mail really is and how important a customized presentation of your products not only creates happy customers, but also a great referral source. Thank you!

  • Heart Centered Success
    April 18, 2021 by Macnjacs from United States

    Your interview with Brandon Fong was great. I appreciated the fact you started with the 3 steps, it was so valuable it really made me want to hear more. Thanks!

  • Love this show!
    March 12, 2021 by Gisele_Oliveira from United States

    This is so far my favorite podcast. It’s been my weekly dose of motivation and inspiration. Keep up the great work, Mario !

  • So much value!
    March 7, 2021 by Loose Seeds from United States

    The conversation with James, Sana and John Lee Dumas was awesome. Unique questions were asked by the hosts and JLD responded with gems that I stick right into my pocket. Thanks for this valuable info on how to up my podcasting game guys!

  • Always Enjoy Mario's Interviews!
    March 5, 2021 by HarloB from United States

    I really enjoy Mario and his shows. The Stress and Anger in the Workplace episode was great because it cut to the chase of all the issues around this topic. Great interview!

  • Great Podcast
    March 5, 2021 by 11Dreamer11 from United States

    Really interesting interviews that are really well done! Great listen and great for inspiration.

  • Innovative
    February 22, 2021 by Michelle Kaplan from United States

    I love Mario's energy! It captures my attention throughout his podcasts. Listenng to him and his guests, their ideas, actions, and accomplishments makes me brainstorm what's next for my business. Relevant and fresh!

  • Inspiriation 7 Days A Week!
    February 19, 2021 by ST Rappaport | LifePix from United States

    Mario doesn't miss a day. No matter what is going on, there's an episode relase. Mario is on a mission and nothing is going to stop him. He's a real model to be doing these interviews!

  • An Expert on Experts!
    February 12, 2021 by Powerful Eric from United States

    Love this show! Mario's show is a asset to podcasting. Thanks for helping others Mario!

  • Now I know
    January 22, 2021 by Margo Lovett from United States

    Mario, I see how active and generous you are in Podcast Paradise. Today, I listened to a few of your shows - episodes 1 & 59. Episode 1 brought me into the moment of prayer. You produced a show according to the Spirit. Now I know why you are so generous, able to operate from your seat of genius. Margo Lovett

  • Keeping the Books
    January 15, 2021 by E-World from United States

    Great interview with Judith keeping Net Profits as key thing to look at. Interesting point she made some owners make 30 millions but not enough Net to take a paycheck.

  • Excellent podcast
    January 12, 2021 by Atomickitten99 from United States

    I’m enjoying the guest interviews. They are packed full of great nuggets! Thank you.

  • Unique - Engaging - Bold
    January 2, 2021 by Paul D Johnson from United States

    As host of interveiw based The God Zone Show podcast I fournd Mario's show uniquely valuable in providing inpriation and engouragment for my work.

  • Fun, insightful, and quality production
    December 23, 2020 by koltrass from United States

    Mario brings in top-notch guests for engaging conversations on a variety of topics. Moreover, his attention to technical (e.g. audio, editing) quality is obvious and makes a difference. Listen to be entertained and enlightened!

  • Inspiring interviews to take the next step!
    December 12, 2020 by BillableWithBaby from United States

    Inspiring interviews with interesting entrepreneurs inform and motivate you to take things to the next level. Always good things to learn and implement. Thank you Mario!

  • Pure value, I love it
    December 4, 2020 by Jdoggg222 from United States

    Mario has a way of asking the questions I am wondering as the guest is speaking. He seems to intentionally ask the questions that most benefit you as a listener. Great podcast!

  • Loved the Craig Handley Episode
    November 13, 2020 by MHillfan from United States

    Mario’s energy is infectious and Craig Handley is a character and some. But really every episode brings out the uniqueness of each guest. This pod has become one of my must listens›

  • Inspiring. Informative.
    November 6, 2020 by SunDevil from United States

    Mario is incredibly inspiring and does something few other podcast hosts can manage to do… allow his guests to actuall talk at length and answer his questions. He offers great information and I really appreciate that he is invested in what his guests have to offer as well. Other podcasts come across as an ego stroke for the host, but this podcast is truly here to help guests share their stories as well to the benefit of the listener. Worth subscribing.

  • Game changer
    October 30, 2020 by Player's Handbook from United States

    This podcast is informative and inspiring. I love it!

  • If you are a wanna be entrepreneur look no further!
    October 23, 2020 by Elisa Di Napoli from United Kingdom

    Great podcast full of interesting insights. The host is engaging and thoughtful and I can say I have enjoyed listening to each episode!

  • Amazing Interviews not to miss!!!
    October 16, 2020 by Jbower1282 from United States

    Consistantly uniques interviews or amazing people really making it happen.

  • Mario is a great host with great questions!
    October 16, 2020 by alexdesigns from United States

    Take a few minutes out of your day to listen to Mario. He is a super smart guy and I love the questions he asks his guests.

  • A great podcast for dreamers and do-ers!
    October 16, 2020 by Chiquita2727 from United States

    Lots of great information and inspiration for anyone who wants to turn dreams into reality. Mario brings a lot of spot-on information to this podcast.

  • Great Show
    October 9, 2020 by Palminchen from London from United Kingdom

    Love the broad selection of topics for inner

  • Amazing inspirational stories
    October 9, 2020 by Nicholas Lee 18 from United Kingdom

    This podcast is so good. The stories from the people sharing their stories about their struggles in life and how they overcame these struggles is just inspirational and helped me push harder when things get tough. Keep up the good work with these amazing interviews Mario.

  • Fantastic
    October 9, 2020 by sttoggyigctdrvy from United States

    Mario goes above & beyond on his show. Lots of great information for his listeners!

  • Top Learning
    October 2, 2020 by BLNT PPTT from Hungary

    Love hearing these great interviews with a great host. Keep up the good work!

  • Mario inspires!
    September 18, 2020 by CHRISTOPH - HABITFREAK from United States

    These interviews are fantastic. Mario inspires with great questions that draw out great answers from his guests!

  • Expert authority!
    September 18, 2020 by Tara Williams Phone from United States

    Mario shares some amazing people on this podcast and they have some gold to share!

  • Great show!
    September 10, 2020 by Karen @ Interview Valet from United States

    Mario is an awesome podcast host! I love the FB Live interviews and the opportunity for listeners to engage in real time. The audio and video quality is spot on every time. Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss anything! You won't be sorry.

  • A Podcasters Inspiration!
    August 14, 2020 by JamieKullman from United States

    Mario has so much insight and delivers such incredible value through his show. I just started listening, but I've already learned so much from him and his wonderful interviews. Keep up the awesome work!!

  • Quality professionalism
    August 6, 2020 by VirtForce from United States

    I can’t say enough about how pristine and professional Mario is in his interviews. He truly wants his guests to have the best experience and recording possible. And not to mention he is fun and knows how to put people at ease in front of the camera.

  • How to conquer your limiting beliefs
    July 31, 2020 by Dave4syth from United States

    Listen to episode 103 an dlearn how to overcome your limiting beliefs. Great advice.

  • I can’t believe how much I learned in just one episode
    July 29, 2020 by AwesomeMontana from United States

    Mario is knowledgeable, curious and able to bring great guests that deliver value that every business needs to understand! Outstanding podcast!

  • Great content!
    July 15, 2020 by Cory Lee Leadership from United States

    Mario does a great job of providing relevant information and bringing on guests to share their expertise in a variety of fields. Highly recommend his podcast!

  • Fascinating interviews
    July 10, 2020 by Bill Ringle from United States

    Mario brings on accomplished guests and draws out their expertise and stories in a way that leaves me on the edge of my seat. Keep up the great work, Mario!

  • Love It!
    June 26, 2020 by Laura Moreno Cabanillas from India

    Loving this podcasts, an entrepreneur I really appreciate the energy and passion being shared to help us grow our business. Keep up the great work.

  • Boost my Amazon sales!
    June 19, 2020 by SurvivalDad from United States

    I tap Amazon as one of my sales channels and your interview with John Ghiorso was an eye-opener. Ignore at your own peril!

  • Love It!
    June 16, 2020 by LauraMore from United States

    I loved the Memorial Day episode, Mario! Thanks so much for creating this awesome podcast!

  • Flawless interview style
    May 29, 2020 by GninraeL14 from United States

    Mario makes everyone appear even more interesting to me. Great format and style!

  • Come here for value
    May 29, 2020 by Joshua User 202! from Canada

    Really appreciated this podcast for the raw, genuine interviews. Love it!

  • Crisp and interesting interviews
    May 22, 2020 by Joel Goobich from United States

    As someone who created one of the first podcasts dedicated to video marketing, I was very impressed by your recent episode about using video. Your interview style is crisp and interesting

  • If you are in business, this podcast needs to be on your playlist.
    May 22, 2020 by Macstephen1 from United States

    Mario has a great conversational style that helps his guests shine. This show is a must if you have an entrepreneurial spirit. It provides thought provoking content that will help any businessperson in their quest for success.

  • New Subscriber here and on your YouTube Channel
    May 15, 2020 by Angela Brown Oberer from United States

    Wow Mario you have a real knack for interviewing. You ask great questions and have a fun way of keeping the conversations lively and interesting. After listening to your episode with Owen Video I subscribed to your podcast and then I hunted you down on YouTube. High Five and great job!

  • Very Professional & Engaging Show!
    May 15, 2020 by Mitche Graf from United States

    Mario is extremely engaging and can hold your attention, and is a great interviewer! He has some great guests that really get into the details of running a successful business. Keep up the great work Mario!

  • Great Content
    May 10, 2020 by Pilar S. from United States

    Excellent! LOTS of advice from experts. The most recent episode talks about speaking–a must-listen for anyone who presents or is thinking about presenting.

  • Great content!
    May 1, 2020 by @Mentally_Strong from United States

    I really enjoy your podcast each time I listen. The content helps any entreprenur level up with they do. Keep it up and thanks for each episode.

  • Professional and Informative
    May 1, 2020 by Bruce at Mindfulness Mode from Canada

    Mario Fachini is an excellent interviewer and has terrific guests on the show. I highly recommend this podcast.

  • Great Podcast
    May 1, 2020 by Amber Fuhriman from United States

    I love the topic of this podcast. The episode with Tod Lindsay is super super helpful!!

  • Great find!
    May 1, 2020 by Reed Stiles from United States

    Great message and content. Stumbled upon this due to the cool logo, stayed for the content.

  • Great show and great host!
    May 1, 2020 by Laurapowers44 from United States

    Love what Mario offers! So glad he is doing his show and providing all this helpful info! Keep them coming!

  • Walks the walk
    May 1, 2020 by Me15463 from United States

    Mario encapsulates everything he talks about on the show. Be sure to tune in to this!

  • Honest and authentic
    April 17, 2020 by Deano3622 from United Kingdom

    Wow, just come across this podcast. Mario is such an awesome guy. He comes across so honest and genuine. Loved the content. I honestly don’t know where you find the time?! Keep it up Mario, love how honest and real you are!

  • Great and insightful!
    March 7, 2020 by Karty12345 from Australia

    I really enjoyed this podcast, so much relevant content. Thank you!

  • So much Value..!
    February 28, 2020 by Alex Dali Rizo from United States

    Great content, I really recommend this to any Entrepreneur looking to excel in their path, Mario brings topic experts to teach and inspire your day

  • Inspirational Intentional Information
    February 28, 2020 by 10Kforte from United States

    This podcast shares the stories from people that are doing whatever it takes to rise up and help others along the way. “What Are You Made Of” is one of the many messages shared on the podcast. There are so many takeaways that are applicable to anyone. I really enjoyed listening.

  • Wow!
    February 25, 2020 by Tyscoaching from Australia

    Just listened to the 'rescue site AED Program' episode! If you love epic stories and inspirational people, this is the podcast for you!

  • Motivation on Tap
    February 7, 2020 by AnthonyPGarcia from United States

    Mario brings on some of the most impactful entrepreneurs to hear from. He dives into the key performance factors of their business. He extracts information very well and keeps the show flowing very smoothly. Definitely a show to subscribe to!

  • Starting a Movement
    February 7, 2020 by JustMe2say from United States

    There are many areas of business and entrepreneurs have an opporunity to gain some insight with this podcast. Excellent interviews!

  • Great Podcast For Entrepreneurs!
    February 7, 2020 by The Big Game Hunter from United States

    Full of knowledgeable guests and useful information that will help you accomplish your goals in business and in life!

  • Mario Truly Care About His Guests
    February 7, 2020 by Podcast Junkies from United States

    Having met Mario and spent time with him at Podfest I can truly say that he is passionate about his show. He’s genuine and that clearly comes through in his own story and what he brings to every interview.

  • Put your thinking cap on!
    January 27, 2020 by Cliff Duvernois from United States

    This is probably one of the most information dense podcasts I’ve listened to in many moons. Each episode could easily be expanded out into 2 or 3 hours. Mario does a great job of asking the right questions to get his guests to reveal great tips, tricks and advice. Sure a lot of information can be applied to an entrepreneur but I found a lot of advice applicable to my personal life. This podcast is definitely worth my time to listen to and I’m looking forward to more episodes to come. Great job!

  • Relavant for anyone!
    January 17, 2020 by HarloB from United States

    I really enjoy Mario and his shows. The Stress and Anger in the Workplace episode was great because it cut to the chase of all the issues around this topic. Great interview!

  • Mario nails it!
    January 17, 2020 by Mickiezada from United States

    I've listened to Mario for a long time...his podcast is well produced, his guests are influencers and authentic authority, and chock full of insights and inspiration for entrepreneurs. Love it!

  • Mario is the real deal
    January 9, 2020 by jamesnewcomb.io from United States

    I’ve known Mario personally and professionally for over a year now. He is genuinely interested in helping people succeed, and consistently over delivers in his interactions and valuable advice with fellow entrepreneurs, podcasters, what have you. In this era of showmen who “give value” only if they think they’ll get something in return, Mario stands out as a man among men. Listen to his show and learn what true leadership and value in the marketplace mean.

  • Listening On My Entrepreneurial Journey
    January 3, 2020 by FromLisa2 from United States

    I was surprised when I stumbled over the servant leadership that shows up in these episodes. It's collaborative. It's focused on relationships with clients versus transactions. I especially enjoyed the episode on getting clients without "selling" because it's more about genuine relationship building.

  • A Gift
    December 25, 2019 by Lisa Vogt from United States

    Mario uses all his talents, gifts and abilities to produce this life affirming show. It's incredible that we are able to grow our abilities and develop our talents and gifts just through subscribing and listening. Thank you Mario!

  • This show is ON FIRE!
    December 14, 2019 by tibor.mindsethorizon from United States

    Love your show Mario! Your niche is close to mine but I focus more on mindset and manifestation in a business setting. I tuned into episode #103 with Karen Brown which is dope! Keep up the great work!

  • Entrepreneur Must Listen
    November 30, 2019 by HWoodwriter from United States

    If you’re an entrepreneur this is a must listen show. So many inside tips and thought processes behind moving your business forward. Mario does a great job with the guests by asking the right questions at the right time. He and his guests give the information you need to grow your business and leadership skills.

  • What a show!!
    October 26, 2019 by CWLuecke from United States

    Man, do I love interviews with world-changers! Mario does an excellent job gathering the cream of the crop for his show and giving insightful interviews. Check it out!

  • Loved it!
    October 25, 2019 by Seodrigo from United States

    This interview was very enjoyable. Mario brought on a wise guest by the name of Michael Lauria. I loved the interview and Michael's perspective on the topic. He had wonderful insights and around min 31, he hit something very profound. Excited to share what I learned today with others. Way to go!

  • Great listen
    October 25, 2019 by trinity3712 from United States

    Good listen. Great range of guests and topics. Something here is you keep listening will help you in many areas of life and leadership b

  • Great Knowledge!
    October 18, 2019 by Jon Vroman FRD from United States

    Great show Mario! So much valuable information in one episode!

  • Excellent show, very imformative!
    October 5, 2019 by Shaolin Soprano from United States

    Mario loving the podcast bro, great content, immense value. Enjoying these interviews!!!

  • Helpful Information!
    October 4, 2019 by The Medicare Nation from United States

    Love the valuable information on these episodes! Lots of tips & tricks for every Entrepreneur to use. Kudos Mario! Diane Daniels Host of Medicare Nation

  • Love Mario’s Attitude
    September 12, 2019 by marisaimon from United States

    Mario’s heart shines through his interviews, making these fun and positive, and the people he brings on offer such a wealth of knowledge.

  • Lots of Great Info!
    September 6, 2019 by DarlajPowell from United States

    Mario provides lots of great info and advice in this 7 day a week show.

  • Great Content!
    August 31, 2019 by LanceJohnson_ from United States

    Mario does a great job of share valuable information that every entrepreneur could use and apply to their journey. Great work! 🙂

  • Important information!
    August 31, 2019 by Allmenow from United States

    Very engaging information. Mario draws out experiences and knowledge from his guests. Loved the show!

  • Difference-Maker
    August 21, 2019 by Unlimited Beliefs from United States

    Mario is a master at bringing out, shining a light on, and internalizing the difference-making mindset. His knowledge and experience and mission enable him to synthesize information into diamonds for all of us! What you want is accessible by taking in this show!

  • Excellent Information
    August 21, 2019 by Stallion golf from United States

    Great advice and information with a wonderful blend of topics! Loved the episode with the british healthcare professional and the ideas shared on how to make the industry better.

  • Motivating and valuable information
    August 16, 2019 by Calvin Javier from United States

    Great insight on mindset from business leaders and entrepreneurs making things happen. Definitely worth your attention. Will be listening and learning more!

  • Good information
    August 2, 2019 by FIRE NATION! from United States

    Engaging interview with a british health pro, I was surprised to hear the similarties and the application she has for making healthcare better

  • Greatness
    August 2, 2019 by MiaSportFanatic from United States

    Have had the chance to listen to one show so far but man, we should be paying for this information. Lots of greatness. Thanks for the heart to serve.

  • Listen to the experts - and thrive!
    July 28, 2019 by The Marketing Book Podcast from United States

    There's a lot of advice out there these days but, sadly, a lot (and I mean a LOT) of is from people with little to no expertise. That's not the case with this gem of a show. Listen to what the experts say and profit from the experience!

  • Show is amazing!
    July 26, 2019 by BestMorningRoutineEver from United States

    I love learning about mindset and how to master my thoughts. This show provide the tools!

  • Great show!
    July 19, 2019 by Jefferson_79 from United States

    Great information for all businesses.

  • Good value!
    July 12, 2019 by Audrey purplele from United States

    Great information that applies to any business! I really felt he provided value for my time.

  • Interesting Topic
    July 6, 2019 by Real Estate Journeys Podcast from United States

    Interesting topic. Great interviews. Keep up the hard work!

  • Helpful Advice from Experts
    June 14, 2019 by ichuck2 from United States

    Mario talks to experts in a wide range of subject matters and asks good questions to pull out helpful advice.

  • What a great show!
    June 14, 2019 by Christopher List from United States

    Mario really brings out the best in his guests. The police dog trainer had such a great story. Can’t wait to hear more!

  • Great!!!
    June 11, 2019 by tommye w-c from United States

    Great podcast, awesome guests, incredible host!!!

  • Fun & informative
    June 11, 2019 by Saoirse Sky from United States

    Some people want something fun, others want something informative. This podcast gives you both!

  • Great show!
    June 10, 2019 by CJThomas6 from United States

    Very inspirational show! Appreciate the advice and thoughts shared by the host and his guests!

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  • If you own a company, you’re eventually going to exit it, and you need to be asking questions about how do I meet my goals?
  • Your company is not about sales and net income. It’s about gross profit and cash flow.
  • Know what the heck you’re going to do with your life once you sell your company. It will make the difference between you being happy and not being happy.
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[1:07] We thank our sponsor, Rosh Tips

[1:41] Terry’s inspiration

  • Terry worked in banking
  • Terry’s family was in the fuel lubricants business
  • Terry took over the family business and sold it

[1:41] What is Innovative Business Advisors

  • They help people buy and sell companies
  • They do valuations
  • Coaching to build a company up

[2:43] There is as many nonfinancial things that can affect the value of your company as well as just the true cash flow of your company.

[3:34] Company valuations 

  • Financial value
  • Strategic acquisition
  • Nonfinancial things
  • Hub and spoke
  • Switzerland structure
  • The glider path

[7:39] You’re ready to retire, but your business isn’t

  • You could have a company that financially is worth a fair amount of money but non financial reasons create a situation where it’s just completely not sellable

[9:40] You are the company

  • Are you building a company that’s actually sellable? 
  • Do you know the value of it?
  • Have you got a true valuation of the company that you know where you’re at?

[12:14] Terry’s tips

  • Build your team
  • Know the value of your company

[14:18] Terry’s client story

  • The company was not happy with Terry’s valuation
  • The company made changes based on Terry’s first valuation
  • The company sold more than the initial valuation

[17:21] Nonfinancial things can really affect the salability of the company

[19:53] It’s not about what you sell the company for. It’s about what you get to keep net of taxes after you sold the company.

[24:50] Terry’s book highlights

  • Buying businesses
  • Simple way to value a business
  • Process of buying a business
  • Building your team
  • Building value in your company
  • Selling the company and the steps
  • Things that Terry did right
  • Things Terry should have done differently

[26:43] Why a coaching program

  • How to build recurring revenue into your business
  • CEO to CEO, chief everything officer to chief executive officer
  • Teach nonfinancial things that affect the value of the company
  • Deep dive into financial statements and make sure they’re readable, understandable, and helps them make them more of a bankable person
  • Financial ratios
  • Understand the heartbeat of your company and what’s going on

[32:27]Are you at the right bank?

  • If you don’t know to ask the question and you think a bank is a bank
  • Match up what you’re trying to do

[33:40] How to be bankable

  • Fill out a debt schedule
  • Add up what your total payments are
  • Get it all lined out
  • Know what your monthly payments are
  • Know what your debt service coverage ratio is
  • Combine a couple loans and lower your payments

[36:27] Shark Tank: They are selling ideas. There’s no existing cash flow to their ideas. 

[38:17] It’s hard for me to value the company from a strategic standpoint when I don’t know who the buyer is.

[42:31] Time out to thank sponsor, Rosh Tips

[43:06] Imperfect Action Round

  • The fastest path to the cash is have a sellable company
  • The biggest problem prospects are making is the owner is overly involved in the company
  • The best way to maximize customer lifetime value is recurring revenue

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Intro [0:00]

EA Interviews Episode 126. Inspiration, transformation, success stories, and the Imperfect Action Round seven days a week. Join Mario Fachini for today’s Expert Authority Effect Interview. 

Mario Fachini [0:13]

You already have a successful company. Have you ever thought about selling your company? Because I have Terry Lammers here today, certified valuation analyst. And he deals with mergers and acquisitions. It’s one thing to have a company, it’s another thing to have a profitable company. And it’s an entirely other thing to have a company that someone else wants to acquire. And how do you do this at a fair price? Is it even worth acquiring? I am super excited to learn myself as well as bring to you something that I don’t think people think about enough. And that’s their exit strategy. Because whether you’re going to sell your company or not, it’s good to be designing it now and building it now that maybe you keep it forever or maybe you don’t. But it should still be structured in a way that someone would want to. I’m going to bring him up right after we thank our sponsor, Mr. Terry Lammers. 

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Mario Fachini [1:22]

Here he is ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Terry Lammers. Terry, how are you feeling today? 

Terry Lammers [1:26]

I’m fantastic. How are you doing? 

Mario Fachini [1:28]

I’m feeling great. And I’m excited to dive right in because what you’re going to be sharing with Expert Authority World here, it’s so valuable. So tell me how did you even get into it? 

Terry Lammers [1:41]

I grew up in a family, oil wholesale and fuel lubricants company. So we delivered fuel, lead, gasoline, diesel, fuel, lubricants, farmers, trucking, excavating stuff like that. I kind of took the company over in 1991. I had the opportunity to buy 11 or other companies and growing that. So I grew the company from about $750,000 in sales the first year. I came back to over 42 million before I sold it in 2010. So it’s really where I got my mergers and acquisitions experience. I’ve always been kind of a finance guy. I worked in banking a little bit before I came back to the company. And been ironically worked in banking again for a little bit after I sold the company. And then got my entrepreneurial spirit back and started Innovative Business Advisors and that’s what we do, we help people buy and sell companies, do valuations, and coaching to build their company up with our CEO to CEO platform. 

Mario Fachini [2:34]

What would you say is the biggest thing you’ve learned from not only doing this on your own but helping so many other people do it? 

Terry Lammers [2:43]

You know, I love the name of my book, You don’t know what you don’t know: Everything you need to know to buy and sell a business. And it really is all about you don’t know what you don’t know. And even when I end my company, you know, they’re really looking at net income or they’re looking at cash flow. Do I really add depreciation back? Yes. And those were interesting things that I learned working at the bank after I sold the company is kind of like the other side of the fence. What do they really look at? And then once we got into selling companies, even though I bought 11 other companies and sold my companies, there’s just a lot of aha moments. And there is as many nonfinancial things that can affect the value of your company as well as just the true cash flow of your company. 

Mario Fachini [3:32]

You got to tell us at least one or two. 

Terry Lammers [3:34]

Well, so nonfinancial things are huge. So I tell people all the time, you know, you can look at valuations of your company in a couple of different ways. One, there’s a financial value. So your company’s producing cash flow. What is the value of that cash flow coming from your company? You can look at it from strategic acquisition. When I was buying other oil companies – I talked about it in the book – me and my accountant would butt heads all the time on the value of the company because he would say, “You only pay for a company for the value of the cash flow that it’s generating.” “If I’m going to buy the company and eliminate 50 percent of the operating expenses, there’s going to be a lot more value coming to me than what the person that owns it now is generating.” So that’s a strategic acquisition. But there’s nonfinancial things that affect the value of the company. And say you have a company worth $1 million, these nonfinancial things, it might not be whether it lowers the value of it from $1,800,000. It might be that you have a completely unsellable company. So one of them is what we call the hub and spoke. Are you the hub of the company? And the spokes are the owners – I mean I’m sorry – the suppliers, employees, the customers. Are they all coming to you? Or do you have a company where if I take you out, so if I eliminate that hub, the wheel crashes? Or do you have a company that without you there, it runs along just fine? I mean, I have an issue with a company we’re trying to sell right now that that’s an issue. It’s an HVAC company. But I had, within the past year, trucking and logistics company that had a half-a-million dollars in cash flow, which is a good number, and that’s going to attract a lot of attention. But the owner was the absolute hub and spoke. You take him out of that picture, the company’s dead. And it was an unsellable company. So that’s a very important thing. Another thing that we call the Switzerland structure. You know, is your company dependent on any one employee, customer, or supplier? I look back at my oil company and we had a lubricants blending contract with mobile. Just because I was selling my company doesn’t mean that the buyer is going to get that contract. So if my buyer needed that contract, the lubricants blending contract for mobile, I don’t have any control over that. So now you have somebody else that’s controlling the sale of your company. You run into that a lot with franchises and different things. If you get a contract or a customer concentration – I love to talk about it and I think I talked about it in my book, and I always talk about it in my public speaking. I had a client on the fuel business where he delivered all the milk out of a dairy. And he had about 50 trucks and he used over 10,000 gallons of fuel a week. Great customer. Because how many customers he had? One. That makes it a very hard company – it’s not for sale. But if he was to go and sell that company, you have one customer. That’s a problem. So there’s just a lot of little things. And that’s what I like about the coaching, and I’m not selling that. I’m just saying, if you own a company, you’re eventually going to exit it, and you need to be asking questions about how do I meet my goals? I’m a strong advocate of building a team of people around you. So who’s your CPA? Who’s your banker? Who’s your attorney? Who’s getting you to where this thing that you built is going to get you to your retirement? Right? 

Mario Fachini [7:30]

Would you say that there’s too many companies out there that they are the company and they don’t have a company? 

Terry Lammers [7:39]

Absolutely. And they don’t know to ask the right questions until they get to where – the worst thing that people coming to me is they want to sell their company in six months. And so what we always like to term in our company is, you’re ready to retire, but your business isn’t. You’re ready to get out, but you don’t have a company that’s ready to sell. And it may take a couple years to get there. You can get it there easy enough. And I can tell plenty of success stories. But you know, when somebody comes to you and they say, “I’m just tired. I’m burnt out.” It’s a tough sell. And again, you could have a company that financially is worth a fair amount of money but nonfinancial reasons create a situation where it’s just completely not sellable. 

Mario Fachini [8:40]

that’s a very good Expert Authority insight. Because I’ve heard of people that, you know, they’re thinking about selling this, that, the other thing. And I mean, I’m no certified valuation analyst but it’s pretty easy to see there’s no company. It’s them. And I look at that more as their self-employed versus you’re using business systems. 

Terry Lammers [9:02]

You’re selling a job. 

Mario Fachini [9:04]

Yeah. And there’s nothing – I don’t want to say there’s anything wrong with that. I’d say it’s better than working a job. You started a company, good for you. Sincerely. You know, my first company was like that. When I sold that one to start this one, I looked at things differently going, “I don’t want it dependent on me. I want to have a team of people.” I mean, I don’t plan on exiting life anytime soon. But even if you want to disappear on a vacation or retreat or something, can you still go two, three, four weeks? That’s a good test. Can you take a month off and still have a company? 

Terry Lammers [9:40]

Yeah. Or even a week? That’s a great start. No, and you’re exactly right. It’s a tough thing to – they’re tough hurdles. I mean, when I came back to work for the family business, I jokingly said – it was me, my mom, and dad, we had two trucks, and it was a good day if they both started. So he was out making deliveries every single day. And then you bought a company and you had another driver. And then you bought a company and now you’re sitting back and kind of directing things. And then, eventually, you buy a couple more companies and you got somebody that can direct the drivers. Now you’re able to step back further. So it doesn’t happen overnight. And if you’re in that situation where you are the company, and maybe you’re making great money – you’re right – don’t be overly critical of yourself. But if your retirement goals – so here’s the key – I mean, here’s really something that’s important and I fell right into this. Eighty percent – 80 or 85 percent of my retirement income was going to come from the sale of my company. I mean, when I sold my company in 2010, I probably didn’t have more than $80,000 of investable assets. Everything I needed had to come from that company. So if you’re in that situation that your retirement income is going to come from the sale of that company, are you building a company that’s actually sellable? And do you know the value of it? That’s another thing that I would highly encourage people to do. And it’s just another sad thing that we see all the time. Do you know the true value of your company? And not what your uncle’s brother Bob’s friend said. Have you got a true valuation of the company that you know where you’re at? Because we know where the tragedy comes is when a person, a business owner, has it in their head that their company is worth, say, $10 million. And then they’re 65 years old and they come to us and we value it at $5 million. And oh, by the way, that’s before you pay taxes. It’s just horrible to see somebody at that stage in her life and they’re ready to retire in three months. And somebody is going to write him this magical check for $10 million. And they figure out that the company’s really worth five, less, maybe, 40 percent in taxes. 

Mario Fachini [12:04]

What do you think – what’s a question someone should be asking right now so they don’t get to 65 and run into that scenario? 

Terry Lammers [12:12]

Who’s on my team? Who’s my banker? Who’s my attorney? Who’s my CPA? Who’s my financial advisor? Those are all very important people to have on your team. And, you know, is my financial advisor when I have $80,000 investable income, the guy that I really want when I get handed a seven plus figure check? Is he a fiduciary? Has he dealt with mergers and acquisitions? Does he understand tax consequences of helping you through an M&A transaction? So here’s another thing with attorneys, is your attorney your estate planning attorney? Or is he a business transaction attorney that does M&A? I mean, again, when you have a whole another show on people that come to me that they’re using their estate planning attorney who’s never been through an M&A transaction to do a sales or business. It’s horrible. I mean, it creates a ton more expenses in attorney’s fees for the client because their attorney, as much as they like to think they know what they’re doing, they don’t. So you have to build your team. And really – again, I’m not trying to sell something – but you need to know the value of your company. What’s your number? What do I need to retire? If you need to sell your company for $5 million to sell your company because that’s what your financial advisor told you. And you have a valuation and it’s only worth $2 million. We had some work to do. We got to build it up. If you need $5 million to retire and the value of your company is $10 million, let’s make it more sellable and can we get 15 out of it. 

Mario Fachini [13:59]

Have you been able to turn any of those – so obviously you mentioned the scenario where they thought they’re getting 10, it’s closer to five less taxes. Have you been able to turn any one around that thinks they need five, it’s worth two or three, and you’re able to bring it up to seven or eight, maybe 10? 

Terry Lammers [14:18]

So I’m being honest, I can’t tell you a situation like that. But I can definitely – I literally had a situation last week where I delivered – so delivering a valuation is a very interesting thing. You’re giving somebody this piece of paper that says what their company is worth. And there’s 40 pages there. And they really only care about that first page, right? So I gave her the valuation. And to say she was unhappy with the valuation was an understatement. So this is really interesting because the data of that valuation was November 11th of 2018. And I met with her November 8th, like last week. And she had called me a couple of weeks ago and said, “You know, would you mind stopping by my office and talking again?” I was like, “This got to be interesting. Because she was not happy with me the last time I left.” So I went back, she fired her CPA, she got a new CPA. She withdrew herself from the business because I told her that the hub and spoke was bad. And she made a couple of other changes there because her financials were a disaster. But in one year, she literally increased the value of her business by three to four times, what I told her before. And she is well on her way to achieving her goals of what she wants for retirement. It’s so humbling to see something like that. So she told me, she’s like, “I wasn’t happy with you at all.” I was like, “Yeah. Really. I had that figured out. Trust me.” But she said, “I took some things you said to heart and I implemented them.” And that was really cool. 

Mario Fachini [16:02]

Well, congratulations to you and her. That’s pretty exciting. I know there’s a lot of people who would love to get three to four times what their company is worth? 

Terry Lammers [16:11]

Well, it’s not really three to four times what it was worth. I mean, when you look at the valuation, we’re still using the same principles to value the company. But she made a lot of changes to make her company more profitable, so more cash flow. And eliminate some of the nonfinancial things that would have been a huge issue in trying to sell her company. 

Mario Fachini [16:37]

I want to touch on that real quick because you’ve said it a couple of times. And there’s things that stop a company from being sold that are nonfinancial. And I think a lot of people think that a lot of it comes down to the finances. Where I’ve told even my own clients, “You know, you want to publish your book, you want to do your video, or whatever, who do you have to be to be able to show up like that or put on a show like this?” What can you take responsibility for that maybe isn’t your client, maybe it isn’t, financial, like you’re saying, getting the different people in place. And it sounds like more than 50 percent comes from nonfinancial things. 

Terry Lammers [17:21]

Every deal is different. But nonfinancial things can really affect the salability of the company. After I sold my oil company, I had the opportunity to buy a property management company. So we made these properties, right? There’s no collateral to the thing. It’s just a cash flow monster. It’s great recurring revenue. But the contracts to manage the properties for the property owners, there was no clause in the contract that it was transferable. So that meant if we bought the company as an asset purchase, we would have had to rewrite over 400 contracts. So it forced us to do a stock purchase, which is a little bit less desirable. It doesn’t make us unsellable. But it would have been nice if somebody would talk to her a while back. That’s almost kind of a Switzerland structure type of deal, where there’s one thing that could really impede the sale of that company. So just a little thing like that. When you have 400 contracts, can you imagine what are the costs to renegotiate all 400 of them contracts? Yikes. 

Mario Fachini [18:38]

And do you think all 400 would have re-upped on it? 

Terry Lammers [18:44]

No. Well, anytime you get to renegotiated contract, what’s the word I just said? Negotiate. “Well, let’s talk about this, right? Well, now I’m going  to let my attorney look at it. Well, we want to take this out. That’s a Pandora’s box of worms.” 

Mario Fachini [19:03]

So what would it have taken a year to five, ten, whatever – I don’t know how old the company is – but what would it have taken to put that simple thing in there that said they are transferable back earlier on and it would have been a no brainer for you? 

Terry Lammers [19:20]

If they were – so I’m not an attorney. So I don’t want an attorney listening to this show going, “That’s not right”. But what it would have been is it puts something in there that the license is transferrable. 

Mario Fachini [19:32]

Like literally a sentence or a paragraph into the contract? 

Terry Lammers [19:35]

Yeah. 

Mario Fachini [19:35]

Allegedly? 

Terry Lammers [19:36]

Whatever the legal lease is to it. But that the contract is transferable. 

Mario Fachini [19:43]

So obviously, we’re not attorneys, but we could play one on TV. But it literally would come down to just a little bit of paperwork, maybe an extra page? 

Terry Lammers [19:53]

Yes. That would have helped her. As it is, it worked out for her. But it might have made the company worth a little bit more. So where I seen the problem is, we just acquired that property management company. But if we wouldn’t want to acquire another property management company, I wouldn’t have merged that company into my existing company. So I don’t want to create – have two entities that just eliminates a lot of deficiencies. So that’s where it would have been a real – a bigger issue for us. But it wasn’t because this was the first company we bought in that line. But another thing I would tell your viewers and the people that are listening, I have two mantras that I preach all the time. Your company is not about sales and net income. And that’s what people look at, my sales are up. Who cares? What’s your net? And I don’t even care what your net income is. What’s your gross profit? And what’s your cash flow? Because depreciation is a noncash expense. It gets added in to the cash flow. And I see it all the time. And I even wanted it myself as a business owner. It’s like, “Man, if I didn’t have the depreciation expense, I’d really be profitable.” It gets added back. The bank adds it back. I mean, trust me, it gets added back. So it’s not about sales and net income. It’s about gross profit and cash flow. And the other thing I would tell you about selling your company is, it’s not about what you sell the company for, what number you get for selling the company. It’s about what you get to keep net of taxes after you sold the company. Because I will write you plenty of scenarios where I can sell your company. Yu know, obviously it depends on the size. But let’s just say I could sell your company for a half million dollars less on purchase price and get you more money net of taxes. 

And that takes a team of people to help you do that. 

Mario Fachini [21:52]

But that’s good. You have the owners best interest at heart. Because, again, another – I don’t want to say little metric because it’s a big metric – but it’s a matter of some commas, paragraphs, and you know, percentages. And you switch one line on the deal and it goes from you’re making less on the sale but you’re keeping more on the back end. That’s a big difference. 

Terry Lammers [22:16]

It is. It’s a huge difference. And it’s really interesting even coming down to our company. We’re starting to focus more on our coaching program, just because we haven’t talked about it. But another nonfinancial thing that really affects the value of the company is recurring revenue. So in hindsight, starting a brokerage companies, it’s like, “Why would you do that?” Because every time you sell a company, guess what? You got to go find another company to sell. So on a coaching program, it’s recurring revenue. But it’s a good funnel for selling companies. So that’s just another thing that we can coach people on is how do you build recurring revenue into your business. So a perfect example, I think, is looking at an HVAC company. If you’re an HVAC company, heating and air conditioning, the primary part of your business is new construction. Let’s just say, it’s housing. What happens if the housing industry crashes? No business. If you’re an HVAC company and the primary part of your businesses service and the housing market crashes, people are still going to need their heating and air conditioning unit service, right? So that is great recurring revenue. And we’ve sold a lot of HVAC companies. And another big thing that goes along one step further is, do you have service contracts with your employees? Think of a subscription model. Am I going to buy that Starbucks card? You know, what is it, the Keurig now? Do I have a subscription to get so much coffee a month from Keurig? My cable, it’s just a renew thing. That’s a subscription service. That’s recurring revenue. Versus a construction company, you know, I build a house, I build a building then I have to go find another one to build. So those are things when you start asking questions, in five years out that you can start building that into the model of your company. And you will have a much more sellable company at the end of the day. 

Mario Fachini [24:29]

And that’s a great Expert Authority insight. Because so many people don’t think about that. To the point of the self-employed, they have the skill set, they’re great at what they do, and they just sell that service. But there’s nothing else beyond that. And one of the things they can do and I want to ask you about, how come you wanted to do publish your book? 

Terry Lammers [24:50]

So – excuse me. Writing a book has always been a bucket list item for me. So doing the book, you got a copy, you don’t – where are we at here? You don’t know what you don’t know: Everything you need to know to buy or sell a business. So for one, I was a volunteer firefighter for 22 years. So I wanted to write a book about firefighting and I was going to call it, I was there. Because people always ask you, “Did you hear about that accident?” Like, “Yeah, I was there.” So the book, like, it kind of takes you through the process. So the beginning of the book is about buying and selling – buying businesses. And why you would want to buy an existing business versus a startup. And then there’s a simple way to value a business. You know, just the basics of valuing a business. Then the process of buying a business. The middle of the book is about building your team. Who’s your attorney? Who’s your CPA? Who’s your financial advisor or banker? We talked about this. What’s your bankability? That’s another huge thing that we haven’t talked too much about. But are you a bankable person? What’s your ability to go out and borrow money? So there’s a chapter on that. Then it gets into building value in your company. And we talked about those nonfinancial things that really will show you how to build value in that company. And then it gets into selling the company and the steps. How do I deal with employees? And just a lot of little things. It’s all my experiences. It’s not a very big book but it’s packed with information. It’s very conversational. And I just talk about things that I did right and things I should have done different. Because I didn’t do everything perfect because I didn’t know what I didn’t know. 

Mario Fachini [26:32]

Well, I’m glad you did it because I’m excited to read it. And you also were talking about your coaching program. Why did you want to start a coaching program? 

Terry Lammers [26:43]

You know, really, because it is sad when everybody’s coming to you and they say, “I want to sell my company in the next six months. I’m ready to sell it right now.” So they’re ready to sell but the business isn’t ready to sell. So the coaching program is really for people on both sides of the fence that they want to sell company in the near future or maybe they got ten years ago. But we’re going to – we call it CEO to CEO, chief everything officer to chief executive officer. And we will help them – teach them about nonfinancial things that affect the value of the company. And really take a deep dive into their financial statements and make sure they’re readable, understandable, and it helps them make them more of a bankable person. And whether you’re the most nonfinancial person in the world, I can teach you eight or ten financial ratios and give you kind of a dashboard that you will understand the heartbeat of your company and what’s going on. It’s just happened time and time again as we go through this process. And then when you go to – whether you need to build your company and you got to borrow money, when you bring the financial statements in after we have them set up for you and you know your bankability, you’re not going into your banker rolling the dice going, “I wonder if I can borrow this much money or not.” You’re going to know exactly how much money you can borrow and what your collateral is, what the debt service coverage ratio is. And then go find yourself a deal instead of begging for money. 

Mario Fachini [28:12]

How do you feel when you hear the stories about people going in with confidence versus they would have tried it on their own and not had a desirable result? 

Terry Lammers [28:24]

So I have one coaching client – it’s always funny – so I’m obviously not going to say his name. But if he watches the video he might go, “Huh”. But in about I think he would totally agree with it. He was your typical business owner. It’s like, “You know, I had a banker. I don’t more need it. That son of a gun. That’s just crazy. He don’t know what the heck he’s doing.” And after we got into the coaching after about four or five months, all sudden it dawned on and it’s like, “Oh, I’m not a very bankable person. We have some things we need to change. It’s not the banker. It’s me. And those are some of the aha moments. People, they don’t understand the banking process. And it’s like anything else. You know, I used to compare it with the fuel company. I hated going to a customer for the first time, especially out in the middle of the country in the middle of nowhere. It’s like, “I don’t know how to get there. I haven’t been down these roads.” But once you know the path, it’s no big deal, right? You’ve done it. Well, we’re about teaching you the path. And it’s no big deal. You’re going to learn it. And maybe a little painful at first but you’ll understand it. And after that, you’ll know how to get there. 

Mario Fachini [29:33]

See, and it’s so great that you get to share that. And that’s one of the funnest things, I think, from my coaching, from the books, from speaking, from recording stuff on video. These are all assets and all you have to do is share your expertise. Because while someone can hire you for your services as they should, they can also get the book, they can also get the coaching, they can also get these other things just like we both have. And now, the business isn’t just about you because the more these you create, the more you have their business assets. 

Terry Lammers [30:09]

Yeah, It is. It really is. The other thing that’s neat about the valuation piece – and I had this happen for the first time – the very first company I valued was a large animal veterinary clinic. So emanated cows, mainly dairy cows, out in the middle of the country. And I valued the company so that the partner could buy in. Fast forward five years, the wife who is a CPA, the primary owner called me and says, “Hey, I just want to let you know that it was really neat. We used your valuation from five years ago to re-determine the value of the company today. And now, the guy that bought 10 percent of our company five years ago is buying my husband out and we’re going to retire happily.” So that was an asset that they paid for only on paper. But they used the same process to value the company five years later and it worked perfect. 

Mario Fachini [31:06]

And that’s the thing about having systems and processes, it’s the same. Like you said with the banker, it’s not that he doesn’t want you to grow your business or get approved or whatever, because I think most of them want to help. But when you go through the threshold, you know, do you meet the criteria? There’s ten steps. It’s not him saying you’re you don’t qualify. It’s the ten steps, it doesn’t match up. 

Terry Lammers [31:30]

No. You’re right. And one thing that I’d be critical of bankers – and I feel comfortable saying it because I did plenty of baking myself and I was a banker – but one thing where I think bankers or banks are guilty of is you get a yes or no answer. You don’t ever get a well, “This is why the loan got declined.” It’s just, “No. We’re not comfortable with this.” “Well, why? Tell me why.” And I talked about it a lot in the book. I mean, are you even at the right bank? I mean, the bank I worked at would finance a construction company. They wouldn’t finance non-owner occupied real estate. So if that’s what you’re after and the bank doesn’t do that, you’re at the wrong bank. 

Mario Fachini [32:20]

How would you find that out ahead of time? 

Terry Lammers [32:23]

I’m sorry? 

Mario Fachini [32:25]

How would you find that out ahead of time? 

Terry Lammers [32:27]

Ask questions. But you don’t know what you don’t know. If you don’t know to ask the question and you think a bank is a bank. I tell a quick story in the book, my mom and dad came to me when I worked at the bank I was at. And it was a big bank. It’s one of the top ten banks in the United States. And they wanted to sell their house and buy a duplex, you know, their retirement age. And they wanted me to help them. Then I’m like, “You don’t want to go through this big bank. This will take forever.” So I sent him to the small community bank. So now they’re just really confused. It’s like, “My own son doesn’t even want to deal with me.” But I sent them to the small community bank where I called the president of the bank while they was on their way over there. And I mean, little did they know. But their loan was approved before they even got there. And they literally signed two, three pieces of paper and it was a done deal. But they go through a big bank, it just would have been a process. So there’s nothing wrong with big banks. There’s definitely purpose for them. But you just have to match up what you’re trying to do. 

Mario Fachini [33:33]

What would you say are a couple of things to make someone more bankable? 

Terry Lammers [33:40]

Well, the biggest thing is that – so the number one thing would be to fill out what’s called a debt schedule. In a debt schedule, it’s very simple. Say you got six loans. Write it on an Excel spreadsheet what each loan is for, what the original balance was, what the current balance is, what’s your monthly payment, what’s the interest rate, and what’s the collateral of that loan in the maturity of that loan. So then you can add up what your total payments are. That is the biggest – I mean, as being a banker, that’s the hardest thing to figure out. Where did these people got all these loans at? From buying a four wheeler or buying the truck, and borrowing money on this business asset and that business asset. Get it all lined out. You know what all your monthly payments are and you know what your debt service coverage ratio is. And then later on, whether it’s real estate or whatever, maybe it makes sense. You know, especially with me as I was buying different companies. Maybe it makes sense to combine a couple loans and lower your payments. One of my coaching clients, he borrowed $150,000 but we was able to combine some loans and his collateral situation allowed that we – even though we added $150,000 in debt, we reduced his payments by close to $4,000. It’s huge. But that’s what you got to start with, you got to have a debt schedule and you got to know what your payments are, where everything’s at, where’s the collateral going to come from. I mean, you got to remember, any loan there’s two basic sides to it, collateral and cash flow. And beyond that, it’s really pretty simple. 

Mario Fachini [35:34]

Well, that was a great tip. Thank you for sharing that. A question for you before we go to the Imperfect Action Round. Which one of the sharks from Shark Tank would you love to have dinner with? 

Terry Lammers [35:47]

Oh my god. You know what? I know all about Shark Tank but I’ve never watched it. 

Mario Fachini [35:52]

Really? 

Terry Lammers [35:54]

People ask me all the time, “Do you watch Shark Tank?” It’s like, “No, I do this crap all day long. Why would I want to watch that?” And I don’t mean crap. It’s fun stuff. 

Mario Fachini [36:06]

All right then. 

Terry Lammers [36:09]

So much for that, right? 

Mario Fachini [36:11]

It’s a great show. I love it. You should really check it out. It’s entertaining. 

Terry Lammers [36:16]

I know. I don’t know. I’m not a big TV guy. 

Mario Fachini [36:16]

When you were talking about the valuation, one of the things that always happens is someone’s like, “I want $15 million for the company.” They evaluate it at 15 million and it’s closer to three or five. 

Terry Lammers [36:27]

Well, that’s what – you know, so the little bit that I know about Shark Tank is, what’s tough about that is they are selling ideas. There’s no existing cash flow to their ideas. And that’s really tough to put a value on something like that. So again, go back to remember the beginning of the show, we talked about a financial valuation versus a strategic valuation. They’re talking bigger stuff where, I’m introducing this widget and somebody on Shark Tank saying, “You know what? I can take that widget and sell half-a-million of them.” But there’s no cash flow behind it. So if I’m going to buy it and I’m depending on the cash flow of the existing product to pay for it, it’s not there. So it doesn’t work from a financial valuation. That’s tough – you know, it’s a tough nut to crack. And I get hit with that a lot. And when I give valuations, I explain to people, “I’m giving you a financial valuation.” When the company that bought me was a $6 billion company. I was their largest competitor in Southern Illinois. By eliminating me, eliminated a lot of their problems. And they needed the lubricants blending – a packaging facility which I had. And I didn’t know they needed at the time, to be honest with you. But I look at the multiple that I got from my company, it didn’t make financial sense. It was a strategic acquisition. Big, big difference. And it’s very hard to value a company from a strategic standpoint. 

Mario Fachini [38:12]

Because it’s arbitrary and only the board knows. And it could be a gamble to begin with. 

Terry Lammers [38:17]

Yeah. I mean, so I say, it’s hard for me to value company from a strategic standpoint. I should say – I should actually retract that a little bit and say, it’s hard for me to value the company from a strategic standpoint when I don’t know who the buyer is. I mean, if I’m the buyer, I got to tell a great story in the book where there was a company – I had two offices, two boil plants 30 miles apart. And there was a guy right in the middle. From a financial standpoint, he wanted over $100,000 too much for that company. But from a strategic standpoint, I didn’t have to add a truck. I didn’t need him as a driver. I mean, I was literally going to eliminate 80 percent of his operating expenses. So did I pay him $100,000 more from a financial standpoint than what it was worth? Heck, yeah. Because from a strategic standpoint, it made complete sense. And the one thing that would have been horrible for me – this is an area of high customer concentration. I sure as heck didn’t want a competitor buying him and opening up shop right in the middle of an area where it’s huge customer base for me. I mean, it would have made no sense to let that happen. So would I pay more for it? Heck, yeah. 

Mario Fachini [39:32]

Well, that makes total sense what you’re saying now because I’m thinking of other things that it’s the same thing. For example, when you’re starting your business and you have a dream and you know you can do it. And everyone thinks you’re nuts. It doesn’t make sense like a financial would. But strategically you go, “You know, give me two years, three years, five years, ten years, and that’s a whole different story.” But again, it’s so arbitrary. It’s like unless it’s you or someone you trust or your partner or wife or spouse or husband or whatever, it doesn’t make sense to the rest of the world. 

Terry Lammers [40:05]

And then where does the money come from to get that going, right? 

Mario Fachini [40:08]

Yeah. It’s like the whole adage, entrepreneurs are the only ones who jump off the cliff and build the plane on the way down. It’s like, from what? I don’t know. We figure it out. 

Terry Lammers [40:16]

I like that. I like that. It’s funny. The older you get, at least for me, the more conservative you get. But that’s why – so you know, we kind of coined another term, I call it the glider path. And I talked about it in the book. What’s really sad is, you see companies that were here, turning it on your screen here, and then it took their foot off the gas. And the thing just went, you know, think of a glider. It’s just coming down. So five years later after they took their foot off the gas, they want to sell it. Well, if they would have sold it back here, the company might have been worth three times as much than what it was five years later. Think of them multiples, you know, three to five is a good multiple. Five, probably a little on the high side. You know, three or four is a good number for most average small businesses. But gosh, I did a value to a dental company about two years ago. And he was a total glider path. If he just sold it four years earlier, it would had a financial valuation of about $2 million. And four years later, it had a financial valuation of about $800,000. And I asked him, I said, “What happened?” He’s like, “I’m tired. I’m tired of working all these hours.” You know, it’s tough. 

Mario Fachini [41:40]

Have you ever seen multiples for eight, ten — let me rephrase that. Do people pay for multiples of 8, 10, 15, 20 outside of a strategic, maybe Disney buying every other media company in the world? 

Terry Lammers [41:53]

So the more cash flow the company has, the higher multiples are going to be. It’s flat. That simple. Other than – no. I don’t see it other than it’s a strategic acquisition. But, you know, once you start getting cash flows or EBITDA, earnings before interest, taxes, amortization, once you start getting above $1 million dollars a year, that’s where your multiples are definitely going to start increasing. 

Mario Fachini [42:24]

Excellent. Again, thank you for the Expert Authority insights. We’re going to thank our sponsor and come back to the Imperfect Action Round. 

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Mario Fachini [43:06]

And we are back with the Imperfect Action Round. Terry, are you ready to take imperfect action? 

Terry Lammers [43:13]

Absolutely. I’m curious what this is about. 

Mario Fachini [43:16]

You’re going to love this. I think out of everyone I’ve interviewed so far you’re going to love this especially the third one. Number one – these are 60 second answers, rapid fire. What is the fastest path to the cash? 

Terry Lammers [43:33]

Have a sellable company. So have a sellable company. Have your ducks in a row. Make sure what’s your financial – do you have financial statements? The largest part of the value of your company is going to come from the cash flow. You have to have readable financial statements. And they have to be up to date. And then, do you have your ducks in a row? Do you know where your assets are at? Do you know where the titles are at? Just get your ducks in a row. It’s not as easy as it can be. The fastest company I bought was in three days. But you can drag it out to over a year if you don’t have your ducks in a row. 

Mario Fachini [44:12]

Wow, that’s a big difference. Number two, what is the biggest problem you see your prospects making and the fastest way for them to fix it? 

Terry Lammers [44:23]

Prospects as far as selling a company? 

Mario Fachini [44:24]

Yes. 

Terry Lammers [44:26]

The biggest problem I see, especially when I say smaller companies, I would say under 10 million in sales is, the owner is overly involved in the company. That is a huge – I got a company right now that should sell for 8 million. And the owner is very involved in a company and it’s an issue. You have to step back from that company. And if it can’t run on its own, it will severely affect the value of that company. When you’re proud – so this is a shocker to me. I was proud to say, my timing didn’t work out. So when I think about this, I would say, I would be proud to say that all my owners know me and they want to talk to me. That is completely wrong. You need to have people in place that can run the company without you being there. And I know a slick way to do it. 

Mario Fachini [45:26]

Oh, I’d love to know that. Is that in the book? 

Terry Lammers [45:29]

It is in the book. 

Mario Fachini [45:30]

Nice. 

Terry Lammers [45:33]

I did it. 

Mario Fachini [45:34]

What’s that? 

Terry Lammers [45:34] 

I did it. 

Mario Fachini [45:37]

Let’s tie at number two. You said it should be selling for eight mil. How much is it – not going to cost them because you’re going to help them. But where would it be if he doesn’t fix it? 

Terry Lammers [45:49]

It’s totally a thing where it doesn’t mean that it could sell for 8 million or 6 million. It means that it could sell for 8 million. Or the potential buyer completely walks away because he’s like, “I’m not going there to run that business every day. That’s not. No. There has to be a management team in place.” So again, just to repeat – 

Mario Fachini [46:08]

So it’s not costing 2or 3 million. Its costing potentially eight. 

Terry Lammers [46:12]

Yes. It makes the company completely unsellable. And I can tell you story after story. 

Mario Fachini [46:20]

Wow. All right.  So don’t do that. That’s significant.

Terry Lammers [46:25]

You got to separate yourself from the business. 

Mario Fachini [46:27]

And here it is, number three, what is the best way to maximize customer lifetime value? 

Terry Lammers [46:37]

Recurring revenue. Build a recurring revenue into your company. You will get – I mean, anything is a transactional business. You’ll be lucky to get one or two times a cash flow in that company. You take in – so we used other examples but think of an insurance company. Good times or bad, you have to have insurance, right? That’s recurring revenue. You know, even with my company. The oil company back in the day, farmers are going to farm. They’re going to use fuel good times or bad. Municipalities are going to run ambulances, fire trucks, police cars. That’s recurring revenue. Do everything and don’t – the other thing I would tell people is like, don’t tell me you have a business that you can’t build recurring revenue into. Because I’ll show you a model no matter what you got. But recurring revenue is the longest way to keep value to a customer in selling your business. 

Mario Fachini [47:40]

That’s great advice. Thank you. Books, what are a couple that have made the biggest – that’s a good one right there for sure. What are a couple of books that have made the biggest impact for your business or in life? 

Terry Lammers [47:59]

So another good book to read is a book by Tom Dean, Thomas Dean, Every Family’s Business. It really tells a cool story about they have a list of ten questions that they asked themselves every year. About whether, you know, do I want to stay in the business? Do I want to transition to business? Who am I transitioning it to? John Warrillow has the Value Builder System. And he has a book called Built to Sell. It’s another great book. 

Mario Fachini [48:32]

Can I ask you if you heard of that one? That’s a great one. 

Terry Lammers [48:35]

Yeah. John is a great guy. I’m on the advisory board for the value building system. I’m cheating. I’m looking over here to my library. So you know, the other thing, maybe it’s not a book. But here’s another idea that we haven’t talked about and it’s the last chapter of my book. The last chapter of my book is named, Don’t be like a dog that caught a car. So in other words, know what the heck you’re going to do with your life once you sell your company. I was only 40 years old when I sold the company. And after three months of sitting at home, it was like, “Oh my god. This is nuts. I have no -” you can only hunt, fish, and golf so much. Trust me. So know what you’re going to do with your life once you sell your business. And it will make the difference between you being happy and not being happy. I don’t have an exact book for that. 

Mario Fachini [49:25]

That’s a great final thought to put the cherry on top. Thank you for all the insight, all of the – everything you’ve shared. I’ve gotten a lot out of it. Where can people find more about you? 

Terry Lammers [49:39]

Go to our website, www.InnovativeBA.com. Innovative got two Ns. And BA, Boy-Appl. Click on the Media tab. There’s tons of great information on the website. If you click on the Media tab, there’s a lot of articles that I’ve written, other podcasts, videos. I’m on LinkedIn, Facebook, all the usual stuff. The book is available on Amazon. And what’s the other one? Kindle? You can get it on Kindle. And I would love to do more public speaking. So if you’re in need of a speaker, I would love to do it. We got a couple great topics to talk about with cash flow and your bankability and stuff like that. And there’s a couple videos on the website that give you an inkling of what we could do. The CEO to CEO coaching platform is awesome. We’ve been doing coaching for a long time. We’re finally putting a brand on it. So that’s really exciting. So yeah, those are great places to find me. 

Mario Fachini [50:41]

Excellent. Well, I appreciate you for sharing. And you are a great speaker with great knowledge. And even before we got started, I was excited to hear what you have to share because it’s such a value add for everyone listening, for everyone watching. I would love to see you in person and even have a half day event. When you were talking about some of the stuff I’m like, “It’s not another show. It’s a half day to full day training. If not, you know, two day event.” There’s so many people I’m just thinking of. It’s exciting. So thank you again. 

Terry Lammers [51:15]

Well, thank you very much. I appreciate it. It’s a fun subject. And you know what I like about it more than anything is, I didn’t learn this out of a book. This is real stuff. I’ve done it. I’ve lived it. 

Mario Fachini [51:27]

Absolutely. Well, Expert Authority World, we got another great episode here for you. I’ll see you on tomorrow’s Have a great day and God bless. 

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