Good Nature Organic Lawn Care has a BHAG, or Big Hairy Audacious Goal of organically treating 20,000 lawns by 2020, and although that seems aggressive, he has several key strategies in place to achieve this goal.

Alec also wants to help others learn, and although he is not thrilled with the direction the country is heading, he is still optimistic about the future for entrepreneurs. Today you'll find out why!

Alec has the opportunity to step back and do some other things after 14 years in business. He has good employees who can manage things just fine without him, and he values putting the "right people in the right jobs."

He likes to keep his finger on the pulse of the business, but he hates getting bogged down in paperwork. He sometimes feels overwhelmed by emails, but Fresh shares a way to cut down on and manage those emails.

Alec McClennan thought he was big stuff in lawn care until almost everyone's lawn died that first year of business. He worked quickly to come up with a better solution that still did not use harsh chemicals, and soon he was off to the races.

He landed a contract with the Cleveland Zoo almost by default, which spurred him into grabbing some friends and a spreader and heading to work with the kangaroos. Today he shares how he went from sealing driveways to a brief stint in tree cutting to the lawn care business.

Josh's satisfaction level goes up when he feels like he's building something worthwhile and his business is running well, but also when he sees that he has created a good place for people to work.

He believes the Midwest is an easy place to live and he also has no real regrets. If he had to do it over again knowing what he knows now, he's "scared I wouldn't do it."

Although it's important to attract new customers, Josh talks in today's episode about how you can't just put something "shiny" out there and not be able to back it up. He sees the future of JLSA as growing to a certain size while maintaining the important strategies that are their keys to success.

While growth is nice, they don't want to stray from their core values, which are to provide a great place to work as well as finding the "right way, right website, right logo." He gets real about their challenges as well as his optimism for the future of entrepreneurship in society.

Josh is candid about finding the right clients to work with, and he shares that there have been times when he has had to "fire clients." Rarely does this happen, but he shares the "why" behind it and how they've been lucky to have great clients for the most part.

He also talks about their cash situation, including why he's sacrificed his salary to be able to build up their savings. While he recognizes that they have to have fun once in awhile, he and his partners acknowledge there is a plan in place to make sacrifices in order to add more staff. They've doubled their staff in the past year, so they must be doing something right!

Josh Davis talks candidly about the start of Johnny Lightning Strikes Again, a creative marketing agency based in Kansas City. He shares his story of three partners starting out after being dissatisfied with where they were all working together.

Starting out with building flash websites, they ran into their first snag when iPhones became prevalent in society. The launch of the iPhone was a game changer, and they took on other web work, which quickly developed into whole business branding in many instances.

Yuen has always wanted to leave the world better than he found it, and that core value has carried over into his business. He wants to bring significance to the world, and he believes he does that every time someone chooses his sushi over burritos or fries.

"Every day, thousands of people are making better choices," Yung said. He likes the "Pay it Forward" mentality and he loves that he's in a business that even his kids understand. Although it's hard to narrow it down, he finds that his father has inspired him greatly. His father taught him about bitterness. "Until you taste bitter, you really don't know what sweet tastes like."

Yuen has a big vision for his company, including getting to 100 or more locations globally within the next 3-5 years, and his big goal is to have 2-3000 stores "before I die."

He knows that they have to stay innovative since they are in the food industry and he also realizes he is impatient. "If I don't see double or triple-digit growth, I'm not excited," Yung said.

Although he currently has approximately 45 employees in his corporate stores and franchise office, Yuen admits his company is still in its infancy. "It takes a long time in our industry," Yung said.

While his cash is okay, he's an impatient person. He plans to raise more capital to open more corporate stores, since that's where the best profit margins are. Right now, this means he is focusing on figuring out how to best accelerate their growth.

All Yuen wanted was a good bite of sushi, but with his 30-minute lunch break, he knew there'd be no time for his favorite sushi place. After eating grocery store sushi, he realized he was settling, when what he wanted was fast casual sushi.

Fast-forward two years, and Yuen found himself raising the walls on a brick-and-mortar business of his own, abandoning the wealth-management field for entrepreneurship. Nearly six years later, he's going strong and proving that they can "make the world better, one stomach at a time."

Joe Vasko is in love with building companies. He loves to create processes and systems and he's done a great job of it with his current business. Although he has a "really long list" of things he'd do differently if he could start all over again, he's at a great spot right now.

He enjoys making a difference in the lives of his employees, including offering jobs to those that might not otherwise be considered for work in other companies. This drives up the loyalty factor among his employees, and they're all on a first-name basis.

Joe doesn't want to be a huge corporation taking over the world. He just wants to dominate his "concentric circle." He took over all the business in his 2-mile radius and now he's increased to a goal of taking over the 4-mile radius from his location.

Although this sounds narrow-minded, it's not as if his only clients are located within this circle. However, he doesn't have plans to expand much past the million-dollar mark, because he would rather have large profit margins on a million dollars than work so hard for a 20-million dollar company with only a .5% profit margin. He'll share why on today's episode.

Joe's business has drastically changed since he started it nine years ago. He's no longer in the hardscaping business, but he has created a business that brings him residual income.

He's using the business to pay down his debt quickly, but this also limits his growth. He wants to "hammer debt" but it is sometimes frustrating not to be able to grow as quickly as he would like. Today he shares how his cash looks right now and what is keeping him busy in his day-to-day life.

As a hard-working 19-year-old, one day Joe realized he could be doing a job better than his boss and getting paid like his boss was getting paid, so he struck out on his own. He had his first client within a week and there was no looking back after that!

Joe shares about the surprises he faced in that first year, especially due to his lack of experience as a very young entrepreneur.

After secretly creating $25,000 of credit card debt in her marriage, Debra Ann knew it was time to come clean to her husband and fix her mistakes. She joined Mary Kay Cosmetics with the goal of paying off her debt in one year, and she achieved it.

Her girls thought free cars just appeared in their driveway as she managed to make her pink career revolve around her children and husband, but even now, with her kids grown and several businesses later, she still has passion and boundless energy. Come along as she shares how work is a hobby for her.

Big goals, big visions, and even bigger dreams. That's what Debra Ann will share in today's episode about her future. She plans to take her late husband's one location and grow it into several over the next couple of years and then pass the helm to her sons-in-law.

She's finding tons of success and even having to turn away some growth in Mend-A-Body, but one dream for the future includes getting involved in flipping businesses, much like one flips houses. She's got the vision, the stamina and is in GO-Mode!

Debra Ann is focused on the glass industry business at this point, because they are heading into winter in Maine, but she's had to consciously "put the manholes back on" the Mend-A-Body Solutions business to make sure they were growing "smart."

She coined the term "The Flipover," which means that once you get past the "grateful puppy syndrome" where you are so grateful that someone wants to schedule an appointment with you to the place where you actually feel sorry for the person who decided not to do business with you, that's when you really start rocking the world. Today she shares more about her captivating story.

When Debra Ann made it to the top 2% of the pink culture of Mary Kay, she never envisioned giving up her six-figure income to start a health and wellness company. After 16-years in Mary Kay, although her passion levels remained, her husband encouraged her to start something new.

After facing several health issues in her early 40's, she wasn't happy with what the doctors were telling her, so she decided to do something about it, and Mend-A-Body was born. Today's episode covers how she took over her husband's two companies after his sudden death just last year while still growing this new and very successful company.

When Alan arrived in Australia, he had only 2 suitcases to his name. After growing up as part of a good family in South Africa, it was humbling to be in that position, and he moved ahead to help people in finances.

After leaving a study of the medical profession, he became a sort of a "Financial Doctor," and now it his passion to help people and businesses connect with what they need to get from banks.

Pearl Financial will never be a big dog, but Alan already knows this. The plan is to become a niche market lender, financing the supply chain. He wants to move into other areas of the world where there are major opportunities to both advise and lend to people and businesses.

He's becoming a financial storyteller who travels the world to help businesses and he does something different every day. He admits he's unorganized and he drives his wife crazy with it, but he knows it's the way he works best.

In today's episode, Alan shares his thoughts and beliefs on businesses and their banks. He said businesses try to hide the bad news from their banks, when in reality, they should be laying all their cards on the table.

He loves to share what he's learned and he's a "no-holds-barred" speaker who hates companies who always blame others for their failures.

South African turned Aussie Alan Miltz had more than a few surprises along the way as he was forming his first businesses. After being moved to Australia as a chartered accountant, he decided it was time to go into consulting.

However, shortly after beginning his new venture, he realized that banks and people in the financial world do not speak the same language, despite sounding very familiar to one another. He set out to fix that problem and landed the backing of the wealthiest family in Australia.

When Christian jumped into business with his partner 10 years ago, he admittedly just wanted to support his family and Have a Better Summer. However, after a decade in business, Christian proudly shares how those beginnings have turned into a way to give back.

He believes the key to his success lies in doing what you say you're going to do and in having faith in your loved ones, family and God.

Although he has grand plans in mind for expansion, Christian and his partner like to joke that they are the "best kept secret." They quickly learned they don't want clients to have a hard time finding them, but they still want to stay under the radar.

"We're consistently competing with and beating firms that are 10-20 times our size, and we're winning, so why get big?" Christian has long-term goals to continue expanding in a type of licensee structure, and today you'll get a glimpse of what that could look like.

There are certain things that drive Christian bonkers, and one of them is puffed up egos full of revenue numbers with no real look at the cash. He has no problem telling it straight, as they started bare bones 10 years ago and they remain so today.

Today you'll hear about his annoyances as well as the reasons why he keeps things simple and pared down as much as possible. Find out what drives him "flippin' bonkers!"

When Christian Arnold decided to take the entrepreneurial leap, he didn't do it alone. He called his father for some advice, and after getting the thumbs up, he joined his partner in business.

Their initial goal was just to have a better summer, and if they failed, they planned to get "real" jobs again in the fall, but they never had to worry about it! Clients came out of the woodworks and they were surrounded by their network of support, which drove them to success.

Curt started out with a goal in mind to better his family's lifestyle and stop being trapped in the corporate world. However, it didn't take long for him to realize he gets the most satisfaction from having happy employees who love their jobs.

He also enjoys helping other people realize their entrepreneurial dreams. Persistence is the key to the success, according to Curt. He believes his tendency to jump in with both feet without analyzing everything to death is both an asset and a weakness and he shares why in today's philosophical discussion.

National Radon Defense is growing, but Curt Drew has plans to get to triple digits in the franchisee department. He is holding himself back from hiring more employees because he wants to get to the "Cash is King" stage of financial stability.

Curt talks candidly about his short-term as well as long-term plans plus strategies for getting there, including making sure they stay innovative and fresh. He's happy to use ideas that filter up the chain to make things better for everyone and he shares an actual story of one franchisee's idea making a difference for everyone.

Curt Drew has plans to work himself out of a job, and they include letting his employees know what he expects of them. He shares candidly on today's episode about how to let your employees know what you expect from them and if you intend to come and go as you please should change your expectations.

He recommends "peeling away the wasted time" by having agendas for meetings and strictly sticking to them, then moving on with your day. Curt says "Don't waste time in idle chatter when you have things to do and when you turn the business off to spend time with your family, turn it OFF and tackle it tomorrow."