Welcome to Nikonomics—the show for entrepreneurs and Wantrapreneurs, ready to tackle the toughest roadblocks to their first million. Nik brings firsthand experience, having bought and sold over a dozen businesses, achieved multiple 7-figure exits, and generated over $100 million in revenue. Each week, he blends humor with real insights from successful entrepreneurs, sharing growth strategies, deal insights, and unique business ideas you won’t find elsewhere. Ready to turn your entrepreneuria ...
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Get out of the day-to-day without blowing up your business, your cash flow, or your life — and finally build something that lasts without you, and because of you. Hey there, I’m Ryan Tansom. I created the Independence by Design™ Framework to help owner-operators like you get unstuck, think like an owner, and build a business that works for you — not the other way around. I know the trap firsthand. In 2009, I joined my family’s $21M company when it was losing nearly $1M a year. We turned it a ...
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200 - Crucial Red Flags to Know When Buying and Selling Businesses with Clint Fiore
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58:32🚨MY NEWSLETTER https://nikolas-newsletter-241a64.beehiiv.com/subscribe 🚨 Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), as I interview Clint Fiore (https://x.com/ClintFiore). Clint, the founder of Bison Business and the newly launched Dealonomy, brings immense experience from over 500 M&A deals, totaling over $100 million in enterprise value. We unpac…
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208 - How Embracing a Grudge Can Fuel Your Success with Liana Fricker
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207 - No Agencies Allowed: Creating Massive Home Service Growth without an Agency with Steve Hunsaker
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206 - 87k MRR & 30% Net Margins? Her Doggy Daycares Print Cash with Shaina Denny
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#450: Jean Moncrieff | Letting Go, Leading with Values, and Building a Company That Lasts
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1:13:39What does it actually mean to build a company that lasts? Watch on YouTube Not just one that grows. Not just one that sells. But one that thrives beyond the founder—because it was built with values at the core. In this episode, I’m joined by Jean Moncrieff, an entrepreneur, coach, and the new leader of the Small Giants Community, for a conversation…
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205 - The $3 Million Online Trade School Model: Solving the Labor Crisis with Hector Resendez
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204 - Building an Eight-Figure Empire from a Window Washing Business with Brandon Vaughn
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203 - The Four Entrepreneurship Types: Which Game Are You Playing? with Trenton Hughes
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202 - AI SERIES: 18 - Why Directories Are the New Gold Rush in Lead Generation with David Jaeger
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#449: Ryan Tansom | Understanding the Meaning of Life, God, and Money
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33:28This episode is different. No guest. No business mechanics. Just me, reading from my journal and unpacking the questions that have been driving my work, my life, and everything behind Independence by Design™. Watch on YouTube A few questions have been front and center for me since my first memories. Why are we here? What’s the point of all this wor…
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201 -Use AI to Cut 20% of Labor—Then Hire $1,500 VAs to Scale with Parker Cox
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199 - How to Capture After-Hours Leads with AI Call Agents with Austin Gray
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198 - The Marketer's Playbook: Launching a Full Ad Funnel with AI with Matthew Mellinger
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#448: Jennifer Davis | Bootstrapping Davisware to $20M+, Selling to PE, Raising 10 Kids, & Living Exponentially
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1:28:42Jennifer Davis is the co-founder and former CEO of Davisware, a vertical ERP platform she and her husband started at 17. Over two decades, they scaled it to $20M+ in revenue, built a team of over 200, and sold to private equity. She’s also the mother of ten kids and the author of two books, including Living Exponentially. Watch on YouTube In this c…
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197 - How AI Legal Battles Are Reshaping the Tech Landscape with Elizabeth Knopf
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196 - His Cold DMs Got Him GaryVee, Rick Ross & Larry King with Casey Adams
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195 - How to Overcome Money Trauma with Clifton Sellers
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194 - AI SERIES: 17 - Directories Are Back: AI Makes Niche Goldmines Easier Than Ever with Kirill Zubovsky
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#447: Jeff Buettner | Q2 2025 M&A Update: What Buyers Want, What’s Holding Deals Back, and How Founders Can Prepare
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45:15What’s happening in the M&A market right now? Who’s buying, who’s selling, and how should owners think about timing, value, and optionality? Watch on YouTube In this episode, I sit down with Jeff Buettner from ButcherJoseph, an investment banker who specializes in founder-led companies in the lower middle market. We unpack the current state of deal…
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193 - AI Psychology and the Quirks of Digital Minds with Elizabeth Knopf
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192 - AI SERIES: 16 - Decoding the Tech Stack: What Every Business Owner Needs to Know with Ellie Daw
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191 - $1 Million Revenue, $250K Cash Flow: The Smash My Trash Franchise Model with Kevin Moyer
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190- Inside the Wild West of Influencer Deals and Agency Life with Tom Stefaniuk
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#446: Joe Brown | What Every Owner Should Know About Inflation, Debt, and the Real Economy
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1:00:28Most owners rely on gut instinct, advisors, or market trends to make decisions, but few stop to ask: What’s actually happening underneath the economy? Watch on YouTube In this episode, I’m joined by Joe Brown—creator of Heresy Financial—for a macroeconomic breakdown that actually makes sense for business owners. We unpack inflation, interest rates,…
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189 - How Meta's Major Moves are Shaping the AI Landscape with Elizabeth Knopf
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188 - How to Become a Chick-fil-A Owner-Operator with Tim Sweetman
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187 - Building a Pickleball Club for Only $200 with Chris Koerner
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#445: Mark Cleveland | You Don’t Have to Sell or Scale—There’s a Third Option
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1:10:36We’ve all heard it: “Pick one thing. Focus. Go all in.” But what if that advice doesn’t apply once you’ve built real optionality? Watch on YouTube In this episode, I’m joined by Mark Cleveland—an experienced entrepreneur, investor, and self-described parallel entrepreneur—to rethink how owners can design the next chapter of life. Instead of scaling…
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186 - How to Build a Business That Can Run Without You with John Seiffer
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185 - How to Build and Sell Apps with No Code with Billy Howell
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184 - How to Decide If Franchising is the Right Business Path for You with Connor Groce
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183 - Turning AI Ideas Into Real Income with Chris Koerner
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#444: Clint Fiore | Understanding Main Street Valuations (Through the Buyer’s Lens)
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1:36:06If you're running a mid-sized company and considering acquisitions—or you just want to understand how smaller companies get valued—this episode is for you. Watch on YouTube I sat down with Clint Fiore, a business broker who’s helped hundreds of Main Street businesses try to sell. And here’s the truth: most of them don’t get what they want. Not beca…
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182 - How to Build Your Own AI Personal Assistant with Elizabeth Knopf
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181 - The Reality of Year One: Sales, Cash Flow, and Life as a Franchisee with Clayton Edrington
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180 - Can Laundromats Really Make You a Millionaire with Tyler Purcell
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25:00🚨MY NEWSLETTER https://nikolas-newsletter-241a64.beehiiv.com/subscribe 🚨 Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), as I interview Tyler Purcell (https://x.com/TylerPurcell24). In this episode, I'm talking to Tyler who runs, what I think, is the quintessential small business: laundromats. You've likely heard about this kind of sweaty business from…
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#443: Graham & Kyle | How to Value Your Business Without the Bullsh*t
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1:46:35You’ve probably heard that business valuation is more art than science. But what if the art is just smoke and mirrors—and the science has been hiding in plain sight all along? Watch on YouTube In this episode, I’m joined by Graham Stephen and Kyle McCulloch, the team behind Bizval, a company that’s quietly building a tool that may completely disrup…
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179 - $6.5B for a Designer? OpenAI’s Wildest Move Yet, with Liz Knopf
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178 - How Facebook Ads Nearly Killed This $12.5M Brand with Hans Dose
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177 - From Layoff to $250K: The 1-Person Agency Playbook with Zach Ashburn
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176 - AI SERIES: 16 - The Non-Coder's Guide to AI App Building with Billy Howell
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#442: Alex McClafferty | What Happens When You Can't Outwork the Truth Anymore
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1:08:27What happens when the business you built no longer protects you from the parts of yourself you've been avoiding? Alex McClafferty co-founded and sold WP Curve to GoDaddy—but it wasn’t until after the exit that he found himself face-to-face with an identity crisis, emotional collapse, and a brutal confrontation with his shadow self. Watch on YouTube…
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175 - How Big Tech Layoffs Signal the Future of AI Integration with Elizabeth Knopf
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174 - AI SERIES: 15 - How AI is Revolutionizing Home Services Lead Conversion with Bryan Shankman
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173 - $1M ≠ Freedom; It’s a Mirage with Jacob Turner
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172 - How to Build a $700k Business with 50% Margins with Bryant Suellentrop
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171 - AI SERIES: 14 - How to Avoid Massive AI API Costs with Michael Greenberg
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#441: John Rood | What Happens After You Sell the Business?
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1:10:08What really happens when an entrepreneur sells their business? For John Rood, it was the start of a deeply personal reckoning with identity, purpose, risk, and time. In this episode, we go beyond the typical exit story and talk about what it actually feels like to step away from the company you built—and what comes next when you’re no longer busy, …
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170 - How AI is Redefining Search and Shifting Ad Dollars with Elizabeth Knopf
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41:54🚨MY NEWSLETTER https://nikolas-newsletter-241a64.beehiiv.com/subscribe 🚨 Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), as I interview Liz Knopf (https://x.com/leveragedupside), about the seismic shifts happening in the tech world thanks to AI. We dive into why, for the first time in over 20 years, Google's seemingly invincible search business is show…
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19:51🚨MY NEWSLETTER https://nikolas-newsletter-241a64.beehiiv.com/subscribe 🚨 Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), as I interview Corey Pierson about his journey building a SaaS application, PetDocument, entirely with AI without any prior coding experience. We dive into how he leveraged AI tools like Lovable AI to turn a "fairy tale business idea…
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