This week's show highlights:

• Business in a weekend
• Creating a profitable sales funnel

Once upon a time, Ellen got involved in her husband's company after his partner died unexpectedly. Boy was she humbled! It seemed like lots of money was moving through the company, but at the end of the month there was never any money left. Thankfully, Ellen found terrific mentors, savvy contractors who taught her how to keep score in business, how to put a simple business plan together and how to make money.

Ellen started Bare Bones Biz, a venture capital and consulting company in 1995 to help folks of all ages turn their big ideas into successful businesses. Ellen is also a successful franchisor, helping launch a plumbing franchise to 47 locations and $40 million in sales in under 2 years.  Now, she is the president of Zoom Drain and Sewer, LLC.   She is a columnist for Huffington Post, PHC News, and a contributor to many business journals and trade magazines.  She provides "in the trenches" insight that business owners can relate to.

Ellen has graciously given Parent Nation listeners her ebook, The Bare Bones Weekend Biz Plan, FREE!!

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Jason Swenk has special business and marketing powers. His mission: to save the galaxy, one business at a time. He founded a successful digital agency, and over the span of 12 years as CEO championed in the digital advertising arena for clients such as Aflac, Lotus Cars, Hitachi, AT&T, Coke and Legal Zoom. A friend and protector to all, He sold my agency in 2011 for 7 figures and used his powers to author a book and develop a smartphone nutrition app. Today, he continues to use his powers for good by creating proprietary business tools, client coaching and blog writing and podcasting. He wards off evil-doers and helps business owners achieve their goals in marketing.

So pull up a chair, shake up a cocktail, and kick up your heels while you tune in to the refreshingly real talk about what it takes to be a functional - and fun - parent in today's wild world of raising kids.

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