Business Bourbon & Cigars isn’t just another business podcast. It’s where ambitious entrepreneurs come to hear from proven leaders who’ve faced the toughest challenges and found strategies that work. Hosted by Scott Joseph, founder of Me Plus Ultra, each episode offers no-nonsense insights into scaling businesses, refining leadership, and building a life of purpose, backed by real-world examples and actionable advice. Scott’s solo episodes give you the behind-the-scenes strategies he’s used to grow and pivot his businesses, ideas that are also being put into practice by high-performing members of the Me Plus Ultra mastermind group. From mastering self-awareness to transforming business models, Scott shares the tactics that have led to measurable success and personal fulfillment. But it’s not just about Scott’s journey. In our interview episodes, you’ll hear from top entrepreneurs and industry leaders who’ve shaped their own success. Think of it like getting access to the playbooks of those who’ve truly made it, leaders like Claudio Gambin, financial strategist, and Jay Tepley, business transformation expert. These guests don’t just talk theory, they share the practical tools, mindset shifts, and real-life examples that helped them overcome setbacks and scale their businesses. Each episode is designed to give you something you can apply to your own business immediately. Whether you’re at a crossroads, looking to innovate, or want to rethink your leadership approach, you’ll find guidance that cuts through the fluff and addresses real pain points. And while the podcast name Business Bourbon & Cigars might evoke a certain image of success, it’s more than just a theme, it’s about taking the time to savor growth. In business, as in life, we’re all looking for ways to enjoy the journey, to take the time to reflect, and to make better, more intentional decisions. No matter how you choose to unwind, the show’s spirit remains the same: it’s about unlocking growth, both professionally and personally. What can you expect to learn? Practical growth strategies that are actually working today, from high-level business owners and entrepreneurs. Actionable leadership advice for those ready to lead with clarity, accountability, and authenticity. Real-life stories from guests who’ve faced adversity and used it as a springboard for innovation and lasting success. Tangible steps you can implement in your own life and business to elevate your impact, grow your network, and break through the noise. Business Bourbon & Cigars is not for the faint of heart. It’s for those who know that growth isn’t just about doing more, it’s about becoming more. If you’re tired of surface-level advice and want real strategies from people who have walked the path, subscribe now. Why listen to this podcast? Hear specific strategies from experts like Claudio Gambin (who’s helped countless clients master wealth-building strategies) and Jay Tepley (who’s led transformative retreats that have changed the lives of entrepreneurs). Get insights on how to scale smarter, innovate faster, and lead with greater focus and confidence. Walk away from each episode with actionable insights you can immediately apply to your own business. If you’re ready to challenge your thinking, elevate your business, and grow as a leader, Business Bourbon & Cigars is the podcast you’ve been looking for.
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Episode #84
Why Your Best Employee Still Isn't Running Any Part of Your Company
Aug 20, 202622 min
There's one employee at your company who could take real weight off your shoulders, and you already know who they are. So why are you still handing them more of your to-do list? Piling on tasks isn't development. It's delegation with training wheels. In this episode you'll learn the five moves that turn your best employee into a real leader in a single quarter: pick the one, hand them a domain instead of chores, put them in the pressure without rescuing them, give them a decision that can cost you something, and step out of the doorway for good! Topics discussed: Introduction (00:00) The one you're building: not the most loyal, not the loudest (00:53) Why more tasks isn't development (01:28) Move #1: name the one, out loud (02:15) Move #2: give them a domain, not a task list (06:12) Move #3: exposure without rescue (08:29) Move #4: hand over a decision that can cost you something (12:52) Move #5: step out of the doorway (15:45) Who's the one you're building? (20:01) Join Scott at the next BB&C Leadership Retreat: meplusultra.com/BBC50 Subscribe so you don't miss any episodes: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3SN2fHn Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/74bfJL9J2fjevQEvi17ekU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MePlusUltraNetwork/ Connect with Me Plus Ultra: https://www.instagram.com/me_plus_ultra/ https://www.facebook.com/MePlusUltra/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1011061052968028/ https://x.com/Me_Plus_Ultra/ Connect with Scott Joseph: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ScottJoseph https://www.instagram.com/scotttjoseph/ https://www.facebook.com/ScottTJoseph/ https://x.com/ScottTJoseph1 This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com
Business Operators: Avoid Blowing the Decision You Already Know Is Coming
Aug 13, 202620 min
You already know the decision you'll blow this quarter. Same squeeze, same bad yes, same result. Not because you're careless, but because of when you decide it. Under pressure, the you who shows up isn't your sharpest thinker. It's your most scared one. In this episode you'll learn how to take a repeat decision off the moment: pick the call you keep getting wrong, name the trigger you can actually see, draw the line while nothing's on fire, write the move before you need it, and hand it to someone who won't flinch. Decide it once, and the pressure never gets a vote! Topics discussed: Introduction (00:00) Marcus and the $400,000 "yes" (02:05) Piece 1: pick the repeat offender, not your biggest call (03:54) Piece 2: name the trigger you can see coming (05:13) Piece 3: draw the line while nothing's on fire (07:40) Piece 4: write the move before you need it (10:37) Piece 5: hand it off so you can't undo it (14:33) How Marcus held his margin through a slow stretch (16:45) The whole build in one breath (17:31) The hardest piece to do alone, and where it gets done (18:24) Apply for the Me Plus Ultra Mastermind to connect with elite entrepreneurs who solve real problems together: https://meplusultra.com/sessions Subscribe so you don't miss any episodes: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3SN2fHn Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/74bfJL9J2fjevQEvi17ekU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MePlusUltraNetwork/ Connect with Me Plus Ultra: https://www.instagram.com/me_plus_ultra/ https://www.facebook.com/MePlusUltra/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1011061052968028/ https://x.com/Me_Plus_Ultra/ Connect with Scott Joseph: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ScottJoseph https://www.instagram.com/scotttjoseph/ https://www.facebook.com/ScottTJoseph/ https://x.com/ScottTJoseph1 This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com
The Skills That Made You Elite Don't Retire When the Mission That Built Them Changes
Jul 30, 202635 min
The most dangerous day of your career isn't the day you fail. It's the day the mission that built you changes, ends, or quietly stops pulling you the way it used to. In this episode, Dean Stott walks you through the parachute accident that ended a 16-year Special Forces career he never planned to leave, what the first months were really like once the team, the resources, and the identity all went at once, and the single shift that turned it around. You'll learn why that lost feeling after a win, an exit, or a plateau is completely normal, why it has almost nothing to do with your capability, and the one move most people skip when everything changes. Part one of two. Pour a bourbon and settle in! Topics discussed: Introduction (00:00) Who Dean believed he was in the military (06:15) Why his exit was forced, not planned (06:47) From "rockstar with every asset" to "no longer of any use to us" (13:00) The parachute accident and the six-week limbo (13:34) Losing the physical edge that got him there (14:50) Why some veteran transitions are smooth and others turbulent (15:34) Finding a niche by not competing with his own friends (23:42) The move most people miss: cutting away from the old tribe (24:10) Did you lose your capabilities, or did you lose the target? (29:39) Rearview mirror vs. the windscreen (32:17) Join Scott at the next Business Bourbon & Cigars Leadership Retreat, October 13-15, 2026 in Louisville, Kentucky. The first five people who go to meplusultra.com/BBC50 will receive 50% off their ticket to the Me Plus Ultra Leadership Retreat! Subscribe so you don't miss any episodes: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3SN2fHn Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/74bfJL9J2fjevQEvi17ekU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MePlusUltraNetwork/ Connect with Me Plus Ultra: https://www.instagram.com/me_plus_ultra/ https://www.facebook.com/MePlusUltra/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1011061052968028/ https://x.com/Me_Plus_Ultra/ Connect with Scott Joseph: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ScottJoseph https://www.instagram.com/scotttjoseph/ https://www.facebook.com/ScottTJoseph/ https://x.com/ScottTJoseph1 This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com
How to Stop Being the Only Person Who Catches What Everyone Else Misses
Jul 22, 202622 min
That standard you're proudest of might be the very thing most made of you. Most of what you call standards aren't built into your business. They're built into you. They live in your head, they run on you being there to catch what everyone else misses, and the day you step away, they're gone. You'll learn the three-week test that separates a real standard from a fake one, why your people aren't the problem when things slip, and how to make one standard observable, teachable, and inspectable so it holds without you. Pick the one you keep catching and build it this quarter! Topics discussed: Introduction (00:00) The three-week test for a real standard (00:34) Standard or non-negotiable, it's the same bar (00:57) When the standard is you, that's a bottleneck (02:25) The contractor who bragged about the wrong standard (03:54) "I thought that was just how you like things" (06:51) Why his people got confused, not worse (08:04) Test #1: is it observable? (10:39) Test #2: is it teachable? (12:37) Test #3: is it inspectable? (14:18) The Friday inspection that made it real (15:19) How to build your one standard this quarter (16:15) Why a clear bar keeps your best people (18:38) The BB&C Leadership Retreat offer (19:40) Join Scott at the next Business Bourbon & Cigars Leadership Retreat, October 13-15, 2026 in Louisville, Kentucky. The first five people who go to https://MePlusUltra.com/bbc50 will receive 50% off their ticket to the Me Plus Ultra Leadership Retreat! Apply for the Me Plus Ultra Mastermind to connect with elite entrepreneurs who solve real problems together: https://MePlusUltra.com Subscribe so you don't miss any episodes: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3SN2fHn Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/74bfJL9J2fjevQEvi17ekU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MePlusUltraNetwork/ Connect with Me Plus Ultra: https://www.instagram.com/me_plus_ultra/ https://www.facebook.com/MePlusUltra/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1011061052968028/ https://x.com/Me_Plus_Ultra/ Connect with Scott Joseph: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ScottJoseph https://www.instagram.com/scotttjoseph/ https://www.facebook.com/ScottTJoseph/ https://x.com/ScottTJoseph1 This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com
How to Make New Business Predictable Instead of Praying the Phone Rings
Jul 16, 202622 min
Count the ways you're chasing new business right now. Referrals, ads, emails, the newsletter you started and stopped. Now the harder question. How many are actually finished? Running isn't finished. A thing that's running can still be losing you money and you'd never know it. You'll learn how to pick the one channel your numbers already point to, what finishing it really takes, and when you've earned the next one. You'll hear how a $4M caterer killed six lead sources, built the one already working, and made his new business boring. And boring is the most beautiful word there is! Topics discussed: Introduction (00:00) Running isn't finished, and what that's costing you (00:30) You don't have a lead problem, you have a seven-things-running problem (01:47) What Scott got wrong for years at J&L Marketing (03:11) Tony's catering company and the feast-or-famine whiplash (04:33) Where his last 20 corporate accounts actually came from (07:04) The hard call: killing six lead sources to build one (07:37) How Tony built the referral channel into seven streams (08:54) Why predictable beats exciting, and boring wins (10:45) Level one: get the channel running without you (14:17) Level two: five to seven streams feeding one channel (15:39) Level three: tune each stream and turn the dials (18:38) What predictable new business actually buys you (19:24) Turn challenges into measurable results with the FREE Business Bourbon & Cigars Leadership Retreat Workbook: http://meplusultra.com/workbook Subscribe so you don't miss any episodes: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3SN2fHn Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/74bfJL9J2fjevQEvi17ekU YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MePlusUltraNetwork/ Connect with Me Plus Ultra: https://www.instagram.com/me_plus_ultra/ https://www.facebook.com/MePlusUltra/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1011061052968028/ https://x.com/Me_Plus_Ultra/ Connect with Scott Joseph: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ScottJoseph https://www.instagram.com/scotttjoseph/ https://www.facebook.com/ScottTJoseph/ https://x.com/ScottTJoseph1 This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com
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