Pints, Pies & Profits

Mike and Scott take on meetings, why most of them waste time and money, and how to run them so they earn their place in the calendar. They cover the types of meeting, the Amazon method of reading a briefing note together in silence, and a listener Q&A on what to look for when hiring.

Drinking beer from: North End Brewery - Super Alpha Pacific Pale Ale (5%)
Eating a pie from: Orewa Bakery - Moroccan Lamb

You'll learn:
-Why you shouldn't mix "working in the business" and "working on the business" in one meeting;
-The different meeting types, how often you should have them and how long each one should take;
-How to frame every meeting before you schedule it;
-and why batching similar kinds of work, such as putting all your people-facing meetings on one day, protects the rest of your week for focused work.

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Mike and Scott get into the metric every business owner loves to hate: KPIs. They break down why most businesses pick the wrong ones, and introduce the traffic-light system that replaces pass/fail pressure with a simple "who needs help" culture.

Drinking beer from: Panhead - Port Road Pilsner (5.2%)
Eating a pie from: The Receptionist - Steak and Cheese

You'll learn:
-The difference between lead measures (what you can directly influence) and lag measures (the results you actually want), and why most owners fixate on the wrong one;
-Why a KPI only means something when it connects upward to your business's true north, not just a random industry benchmark;
-How the Red-Amber-Green (RAG) system reframes performance as "who needs help" instead of pass or fail;
-What a healthy RAG spread actually looks like, and why staying green for six cycles straight is a sign to raise the bar, not celebrate;
-and a simple AI prompting trick: ask your own AI agent to review your past prompts and tell you how to prompt it better.

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This ep the focus gets thrown on Scott. Mike asks him about his own life story - starting off from early days, going through a door-to-door sales grind to building his production company Blacklime - and how therapy, kindness and self-knowledge that got him there. It's the most personal episode yet.

Drinking beer from: Urbanaught - Atlanta Bright IPA (4.6%)
Eating a pie from: Gold Star Bakery - Mac n Cheese and Chicken

You'll learn:
-Why door-to-door sales taught Scott lessons - attitude, the law of averages, resilience - that still show up in how he runs a business today;
-How a season on the dole and a near miss in retail led him into a media career shooting Motorway Patrol and Police Ten 7;
-Why he treats therapy like a coach for life, and the moment in 2016 that sent him back to it;
-The pivotal risk of buying his own camera on credit to land an 18-week trial, and how that launched his career in the production industry;
-and his three closing pieces of advice: know yourself first, be kind, and don't live by someone else's definition of success.

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Mike and Scott unpack the strategic foundations most businesses skip - purpose, vision, values, CVP and goals - and why skipping them means growing by accident instead of on purpose. They trace real examples from Lion Brewery's purpose statement to Point16's own vision, plus a listener Q&A on when to bring in a consultant.

Drinking beer from: Canyon Brewery - Monsoon Hoon Bright IPA (6%)
Eating a pie from: One Tree Bakery - Thai Chilli Beef

You'll learn:
-The difference between purpose (your internal why), vision (how you want to be described in future) and values (how you deliver on both), tied together through Simon Sinek's Golden Circle;
-Why an unwritten goal lives in one person's head and keeps shifting, while a written one becomes something a team can actually serve;
-How to build a Customer Value Proposition around who your customer is, what problem you solve, and what value they'd place on that;
-Why giving a consultant your own purpose, vision and goals up front gets better advice than asking them "what do you think I should do";
-and why judgment, not speed or output, is the thing a human advisor gives you that AI still can't.

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Diving deeper on one of episode 8's topic. Mike and Scott dig into the real mechanics of funding a business - when you actually need outside money, and what trading time, margin or control really means. They map out loans, VC and everything in between.

Drinking beer from: Garage Project - Mon P'tit Chou French Farmhouse Ale (5.0%)
Eating a pie from: Gladstone Butchery - Steak and Mushroom

You'll learn:
-The three ways to fund growth - revenue, borrowing, or equity - and what you trade away with each;
-Why hitting a growth cliff is usually a sign your supply or delivery is the real constraint, not a lack of demand;
-How loan terms actually work - term, security and interest rate - and why a mortgage and a payday loan sit at opposite ends of the same spectrum;
-What VCs actually want to know before they write a cheque, and why your due diligence on them matters just as much as theirs on you;
-and why showing what you've already built with $5K-$50K of your own money is often more persuasive than a perfect pitch deck.

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