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Today’s show may not sound very “survivaly” but frankly one of the biggest common disasters is actually some sort of personal financial failure.  Many times this eventually is traced back to a business failing.  Your boss has his business decline and cuts your salary or lays you off.  Or your own business flounders and you fail to earn enough money.

Today we discuss using permaculture principles to analyze a business and not really a “permacutlure business” I mean any business from software, to social media to selling tires.  Design is design and it really is that simple.

Another reason you may want to listen to this show is that I believe the process I will lay out today could easily be formalized into a more refined state and actually used as a consultancy tool.  The right person could take this model and simply make a living as a business consultant with it.  Lastly, one of my main tenets for modern survival is to set up your own business if you can, from one man perorations to the fortune 100, the process I lay out today will transform how you view business.

Join Me Today As I Discuss

• The eight forms of capital (link)
  • Human
  • Cultural
  • Living
  • Financial
  • Material
  • Social
  • Spiritual
  • Intellectual
• Define the edges of a business
  • Departmental edges
  • Marketing edges
  • Sales edges
  • Product creation edges
  • Customer service edges
  • Training edges

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• Next Level Training – (MSB Discount Vendor of the Day 20.5% off SIRTs)
• 8 Forms of Capital Audio Series
• 8 Forms of Capital Article by Ethan Roland

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Our Expert Council is Made Up of…

• Kerry Davis – Dark Angel Medical – Emergency Medicine and Life Saving Care
• Bryan Black – ITS Tactical – All Things Tactical, E&E, Lock Picking, etc.
• Frank Sharp Jr. – Fortress Defense Consultants – Weapons, Tactics and Security
• Darby Simpson – DarbySimpson.com – Livestock and Farm Management/ Homestead Consulting
• Ben Falk – Whole Systems Design – Permaculture (Specializing in North Eastern Climates)
• Paul Wheaton – Permies.com – Permaculture (Specializing in North Western Climates)
• Tim Glance – Old Grouch’s Military Surplus – Bug Out Vehicles, Military Surplus and Communications
• Stephen Harris – Solar1234 – All things Energy
• Chef Keith Snow – Harvest Eating – Cooking

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