{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"How To Grow Profit By A Better Business OS  | Andy Clark Feeds ROI The Whole Pie | ROI Podcast\u00ae #508","description":"Small business ownership is sold like freedom, then quietly turns into&amp;nbsp; a group project where you're somehow every group member AND the&amp;nbsp; substitute teacher. In ROI Podcast\u00ae episode 508, Law Smith and Eric Readinger sit down with&amp;nbsp; Andy Clark \u2014 creator of The Whole PIE System\u2122 and author of Getting&amp;nbsp; The Whole PIE \u2014 to talk about how to build a business that's actually&amp;nbsp; profitable, actually impactful, and (radically) actually enjoyable.&amp;nbsp; Wild concept. Apparently the goal is not to create a company that&amp;nbsp; prints money while slowly turning your soul into printer toner. Andy works with small business owners stuck in the messy gap between&amp;nbsp; &quot;owner-operator&quot; and &quot;actual owner.&quot; They have customers, employees,&amp;nbsp; revenue, meetings, and that special founder disease where every problem&amp;nbsp; mysteriously circles back to their inbox. Andy walks through how to&amp;nbsp; get out of the weeds, build real systems, install accountability, and&amp;nbsp; focus on the metrics that actually drive results. The guys dig into why owners say they want better results but resist&amp;nbsp; the behavior changes needed to get there, why law firms and&amp;nbsp; professional services partnerships are uniquely chaotic to run, and&amp;nbsp; why running a business should at least occasionally feel enjoyable&amp;nbsp; instead of like a hostage situation with recurring invoices. Andy also shares a real case study from an automatic car wash chain&amp;nbsp; that grew from 10 to 22 locations and tripled revenue by leaning hard&amp;nbsp; into customer service \u2014 in an industry literally designed to avoid&amp;nbsp; human contact. Yes. Customer service. In car washes. The bar is on&amp;nbsp; the floor and somehow still full of opportunity. They also cover Moneyball-style metrics, the Golden State Warriors, AI&amp;nbsp; readiness for small business, owner bottlenecks, Costa Rica, Canadian&amp;nbsp; geography, hockey trauma, guitar guys at parties, and whether cake or&amp;nbsp; pie is the superior food and\/or business framework. Listen if you're a small business owner, consultant, professional&amp;nbsp; services leader, agency founder, lawyer, operator, or anyone who has&amp;nbsp; ever whispered &quot;I need better systems&quot; while opening another tab and&amp;nbsp; making the problem worse. ROI Podcast\u00ae is hosted by Law Smith and Eric Readinger. Business,&amp;nbsp; comedy, and enough operational truth to make your Google Calendar&amp;nbsp; blink twice. Topics: small business growth, business coaching, business strategy,&amp;nbsp; The Whole PIE System, Andy Clark, Getting The Whole PIE, profit impact&amp;nbsp; enjoyment, business operations, scaling a small business, owner- operator bottleneck, business systems, customer service strategy, AI&amp;nbsp; for small business, entrepreneur podcast, business podcast. ","author_name":"ROI Podcast\u2122 \u2014  the #1 Entrepreneurial Business meets Comedy podcast hosted by Law Smith + Eric Readinger","author_url":"https:\/\/www.roishow.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41234485\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/341848\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/201783190"}