Speaker 1: When I think about my dream job, it doesn't involve
Speaker 1: working for someone else. Been there, done that, And I'm
Speaker 1: just one of over thirty three million small business owners
Speaker 1: in the US who are following our dreams and creating
Speaker 1: businesses that grow and thrive.
Speaker 2: Small business owners and founders come from all different backgrounds.
Speaker 2: They can be found in nearly every industry. I'm Austin
Speaker 2: Hankwitz and.
Speaker 1: I'm Jinny's Torres, and we're the hosts of Mind the
Speaker 1: Business Small Business success Stories, a podcast produced by iHeartMedia's
Speaker 1: Ruby Studio in partnership with Into It QuickBooks, and we're
Speaker 1: coming back with season three of the podcast.
Speaker 2: In every episode, we talk with business owners about their
Speaker 2: strategies for keeping their businesses growing and thriving. Strategies like
Speaker 2: cutting through the clutter of the day to day with
Speaker 2: an all encompassing platform like Into It QuickBooks.
Speaker 1: This season, we're shining a light on the local businesses
Speaker 1: in our hometowns of Nashville, Tennessee, and Tampa, Florida. We're
Speaker 1: hitting the road and recording person at some of our
Speaker 1: favorite small businesses and talking to the owners about the
Speaker 1: ins and outs up and down to running a business
Speaker 1: and making it right.
Speaker 2: We'll speak with architects, event planners, physical therapists, boutique owners, pilates, instructors,
Speaker 2: liquor importers and more about their experiences with everything from
Speaker 2: preparing their businesses taxes to utilizing and integrating AI powered
Speaker 2: technology efficiently.
Speaker 3: We wanted to start a restaurant and we just kept
Speaker 3: getting rejected by banks. We you know, turned over every
Speaker 3: cushion in a couch, purchased a food truck and we
Speaker 3: started to get awards. We started to be invited to
Speaker 3: festivals and everything. And then that created the opportunity for
Speaker 3: our first brick and mortar, which we call our first
Speaker 3: neighborhood fried joint.
Speaker 4: And that's when our warehouse got hit by a tornado.
Speaker 4: Oh that was the push. You know, this is the
Speaker 4: second time in my life a natural disaster has impacted
Speaker 4: me in that way. I hope that it doesn't always
Speaker 4: take a natural disaster to do that. At any moment,
Speaker 4: you can start fresh and change your mind.
Speaker 5: You had to understand yourself and you really want to
Speaker 5: focus on what the business is doing. I know you
Speaker 5: mentioned into it quick books and it's going to take
Speaker 5: care of a lot of things for you. That's the
Speaker 5: one thing you want to do is get us much
Speaker 5: off of your plate so you can focus on how's
Speaker 5: this going to run, How are my customers going to
Speaker 5: feel when they're in there as opposed to and I
Speaker 5: remember to put that proceed in. Get that all that
Speaker 5: in the background, and focus on your main business.
Speaker 1: Join us in our guests as we learn how to
Speaker 1: manage the everyday and streamline the way you do business
Speaker 1: with Intuit QuickBooks, Your Way to Money.
Speaker 2: Listen to Mind the Business small business success stories on
Speaker 2: the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.