No money does not mean no value. If you've ever been asked to speak for free and wondered if it's worth your time, Pat lays out five concrete ways to make a "free" gig actually work for you...the kind of value that builds your speaking business faster than a one-time check ever could.

This is your daily prep for being a small business owner who actually wins. Pat also unpacks why 38,000 layoffs in the first ten days of May might actually grow the economy (controversial, but stick with him), runs through the news that matters for owners (Iran rejecting the peace deal, Trump headed to Xi, Putin offering to meet Zelensky), and celebrates the SBOC community members who snapped up their conference tickets this morning. Public tickets drop Wednesday.

In this episode:

00:00 — Welcome and check in on the live map

02:00 — Positivity and Gratitude

06:00 — Distraction of the day (Madison, Milwaukee, and Claude training in Chicago)

10:30 — Your number one task

12:30 — News: Iran rejects the peace deal

14:00 — News: Trump heads to China for the Xi summit

15:30 — News: Putin offers to meet Zelensky

17:00 — Money Masters Bookkeeping

19:30 — AI Story: 38,000 jobs cut and how AI grows the economy

27:30 — Crown Room Live

30:00 — Idea Slam: 5 ways to make speaking for free work for you

40:00 — SBOC Conference ticket shoutout

42:00 — The new SBOC Conference commercial debut

Resources mentioned:

- Money Masters Bookkeeping: https://moneymasters4biz.com

- Crown Room Live with Elzie Flenard: https://crownroomlive.com

- The Daily Crown (free 7-day trial): https://joindailycrown.com

- SBOC Conference (September 15-17, Brookfield, WI): https://smallbusinesscommunity.com

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