From the headlines: Cuba's electrical grid went down and the whole country went dark.

There are lessons in this for lower middle market companies, including:

• You must make capital expenditures before they're needed
• If you have FFE&V you need to spend money to grow
• EBITDA is misleading where there are fixed assists

The episode ends with some great quotes from Warren Buffett

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Jessica Martinka

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Mike Horne leads the "People Dividend" movement and is the host of The People Dividend Podcast.

His new book is aptly titled, "The People Dividend." He joins John to discuss:

1. Work in the new era
2. What exactly is The People Dividend
3. Why dignity, kindness, and respect are keys to success
4. His work helping fix people, teams, and organizations

Mike works with founders, C-suite leaders and those aspiring to be leaders. He likes to work with goal oriented people and strives for "Integrity by design."

You can reach Mike at www.mike-horne.com.

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Sean Grace is the author of, "The Art of the Question." Sean is the owner of Peak LUMA (www.peakluma.com) and an advisor and coach to people in all levels of business. He offers comprehensive training sessions on using questions (and more) to help people advance their careers and improve their business operations.

During our discussion we cover:

1. The difference between leadership, management, and coaching
2. The importance of questions and the different type of questions
3. The three sections of his book: Knowledge, Interpersonal, and Innovation and how questions play an important part

John Martinka
Jessica Martinka

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425-515-4903