Intentional Success with Tom Stimson

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Are you looking to take your live events production business to the next level? Do you want to learn from industry experts and gain insights into the latest business trends and strategies? Welcome to the Intentional Success Podcast, where we provide you with the tools and resources you need to help your business grow and scale… on purpose. Hosted by industry veteran Tom Stimson, each episode answers unpacks the best practices and secrets to achieving intentional success. From marketing and sales to operations and finance, we cover a wide range of topics to help you overcome the challenges and obstacles that come with owning, running, and working in a live events production business. Tune in to the Intentional Success Podcast for valuable insights and practical advice that can help take your business to the next level. Don't miss an episode – subscribe today! Learn more at trstimson.com

Episode Date
Monday Morning Drive: Slow Down Your Show Prep
Jul 20, 2026
The Myth of Seasonality
Jul 15, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: Stop Building a Rental Company
Jul 13, 2026
Why We Do Shows
Jul 08, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: Good Freelancers Get Work. Great Ones Get Called Back.
Jul 06, 2026
Can You Afford the Luxury of Thinking Strategically?
Jul 01, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: Stop Writing Rules
Jun 29, 2026
Why I Love Outsourcing
Jun 24, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: The Three Lies Keeping You Overstaffed
Jun 22, 2026
Weak Cashflow Is More Urgent Than You Think
Jun 17, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: Every Windfall Is Lying About Your Size
Jun 15, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: Slow Down When the Phone Starts Ringing
Jun 08, 2026
The Ongoing Battle Between Sales and Operations
Jun 03, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: Manpower Won't Fix a Brain Problem
Jun 01, 2026
Titles vs. Roles in Your Selling Organization
May 27, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: 10 Words Costing You Money
May 25, 2026
Thriving Is Much Harder Than You Imagine
May 20, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: Stop Retaining Bad Customers
May 18, 2026
The Weekly Planning Meeting
May 13, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: Why Nobody Wants to Work for You
May 11, 2026
The High Priority Questions to Ask Before Ever Writing a Proposal
May 06, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: Your Warehouse Is Lying to You
May 04, 2026
Slow Down So You Can Save Time
Apr 29, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: Scalability Fixes More Than You Think
Apr 27, 2026
Remaking the Technical Production Model
Apr 22, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: Your Pricing Isn't as Honest as You Think
Apr 20, 2026
How to Spot a Great Freelancer
Apr 15, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: Marketing Won't Dig You Out of a Hole
Apr 13, 2026
Please Don't Make Any More Rules
Apr 08, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: Make Your CRM the Single Source of Truth
Apr 06, 2026
3 Self-Owns That Perpetuate Overstaffing
Apr 01, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: Do You Know What the Rest of This Year Looks Like?
Mar 30, 2026
Windfalls Are Good, Bad, and Often Ugly
Mar 25, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: The Best Marketing Happens on Your Turf
Mar 23, 2026
This Is The Trend You Can't Ignore
Mar 18, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: If You're Still Quoting Line Items, You're Losing Money
Mar 16, 2026
It's Time to Ditch the Manpower and Level Up the Brainpower
Mar 11, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: 3 Trends That Will Shape AV in 2026
Mar 09, 2026
10 Words You Should've Stopped Using By Now
Mar 04, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: A Growing Economy Won't Save Your Business
Mar 02, 2026
How Customer Retention Is Sinking Well-Meaning Businesses
Feb 25, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: How Planning Evolved (And Why It Still Works)
Feb 23, 2026
There's a Reason You Can't Hire Better People
Feb 18, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: The Real Reason You're Always Feast or Famine
Feb 16, 2026
The Warehouse Makeover That Will Make You Cringe With Delight
Feb 11, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: Stop Prepping Shows a Week Early
Feb 09, 2026
Not Everything Is Fixable
Feb 04, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: Why You Don't Know Your End-of-Year Numbers
Feb 02, 2026
This Is What's Freaking Out Your Sales Team Today
Jan 28, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: Why You Keep Running Out of People
Jan 26, 2026
Don't Expect This From Marketing
Jan 21, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: Five Rules That Shaved Two Hours Off Every Load-In
Jan 19, 2026
10 Things to Do With CRM That Won't Aggravate Your Sales Team
Jan 14, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: The Language of Self-Destruction
Jan 12, 2026
This Is How 2026 Will Wreck You
Jan 07, 2026
Monday Morning Drive: Your Best Customer Doesn't Deserve a Discount
Jan 05, 2026
The Road Goes on Forever
Dec 31, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Customers vs. Clients: The Difference and Why It Matters
Dec 29, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Stop Letting Clients Control Your Projects
Dec 22, 2025
What Is Your Dead Fish?
Dec 17, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: The Proposal Template Buyers Actually Read
Dec 15, 2025
5 Things You Need to Try in 2026
Dec 10, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Your Sales Team Is Speaking the Wrong Language
Dec 08, 2025
Insights From 2025
Dec 03, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Stop Culling Your Email List
Dec 01, 2025
How to Dramatically Reduce Your Labor Costs
Nov 26, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Your Best People Should Never Touch Equipment
Nov 24, 2025
The Evolution Of Planning
Nov 19, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Your Financial Analysis Is 20 Years Out of Date
Nov 17, 2025
How to Forecast Revenue
Nov 12, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Management Accounting Your Bookkeeper Won't Teach You
Nov 10, 2025
Warehouse Fundamentals
Nov 05, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Your Revenue Problem Is Emotional
Nov 03, 2025
How to Catch Up on Your Prep for Next Year's Budget
Oct 29, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Stop Saying "It's All About Relationships"
Oct 27, 2025
Never Run Out Of Great People Again
Oct 22, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Three Changes to Make Before You Scale
Oct 20, 2025
Life Lessons From Stagehand School
Oct 15, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Stop Showing Clients Your Math
Oct 13, 2025
The Words We Use Affect Our Value
Oct 08, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Why Your Software Stack Is Killing Your Profit
Oct 06, 2025
Revenue Optimization for a Diverse Clientele
Oct 01, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Why Small Talk Kills Your Discovery Calls
Sep 29, 2025
Never Treat a Client Like a Customer
Sep 24, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Fix Your Seasonality With Better Accounting
Sep 22, 2025
How to Win the Battle for Control In Project Selling
Sep 17, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Your Business Is Worth More as a Fixer-Upper
Sep 15, 2025
A Proposal That Someone Might Actually Read
Sep 10, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Stop Renting Gear and Start Making Money
Sep 08, 2025
Selling Is the Art of Translation
Sep 03, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: What Makes a Show "Big"? (The Answer Will Surprise You)
Sep 01, 2025
Your Sales Funnel Is an Engine, Marketing Is the Fuel
Aug 27, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: People Management: The 90-Day Plan That Works
Aug 25, 2025
There's No Money in Doing Shows, Here's How to Fix That
Aug 20, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Discovery Calls: When and How to Use Your Sales Secret Weapon
Aug 18, 2025
What Your Numbers Tell Me and Why
Aug 13, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Why Your Ideal Customer Makes or Breaks Profitability
Aug 11, 2025
Numbers Don't Lie, But Did You Ask Them Any Questions?
Aug 06, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: A Recession Is Likely. Prepare Your Business Now.
Aug 04, 2025
Your Irrational Relationship With Revenue
Jul 30, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Are You Ready for the Next Economic Challenge?
Jul 28, 2025
How to Control the Narrative
Jul 23, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Why Project Managers Hurt Your Profit
Jul 21, 2025
Don't Attempt to Scale Chaos
Jul 16, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: What Do Owners Really Want? 5 Keys to Satisfaction
Jul 14, 2025
You Can't Negotiate What You Can't Calculate
Jul 09, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: The 10 Levels of AV Excellence: Find Your Place and Climb Higher
Jul 07, 2025
The Single Source of Truth in Your Project-Based Business
Jul 02, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Does Your Business Have a Soul, or Just a Look?
Jun 30, 2025
How to Prepare For Your First Discovery Call
Jun 25, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Embrace Your Role in Sales (It's Not a Dirty Word)
Jun 23, 2025
How to Fall in Love With Your P&L
Jun 18, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Marketing Your AV Business Isn't Complicated
Jun 16, 2025
The Fixer Upper Business
Jun 11, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: "We're Too Busy" Is a Leadership Problem, Not a Staffing Issue
Jun 09, 2025
The Easy Way In
Jun 04, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: The 10 Hidden Tests in Every RFP
Jun 02, 2025
How Big Is Small?
May 28, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: The 3 Buyer Types That Control Your Sales Success
May 26, 2025
How to Hire Keepers
May 21, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Proposal Power: How to Set Baselines That Clients Accept
May 19, 2025
How to Make Your Discovery Call a Mutually Beneficial Introduction
May 14, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Your Sales Process Is Broken: Here's the Three-Call Fix
May 12, 2025
Your Ideal Customer Is a Result, Not a Choice
May 07, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Your Clients Know You Should Charge More — So Do It
May 05, 2025
5 Things You Could Do Right Now and Why
Apr 30, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Stop Wasting Your Time on Bad RFPs
Apr 28, 2025
I'm Not Panicking, You're Panicking
Apr 23, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: The Warehouse Operations Handbook Every AV Company Needs
Apr 21, 2025
How to Turn Value Add Into Added Value
Apr 16, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Interview Questions That Reveal True Salespeople
Apr 14, 2025
What Do Owners Want For Their Businesses?
Apr 09, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: The Smart Way to Punch Above Your Weight Class
Apr 07, 2025
Who Is Better Than You?
Apr 02, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Marketing: The New Minimum for Live Event Companies
Mar 31, 2025
What Does Finished Look Like To You?
Mar 26, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Your Business Grew Up — Did Your Spending Habits?
Mar 24, 2025
All the Things You Won't Learn at Jumpstart
Mar 19, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Exit Strategy: Start Planning Before It's Too Late
Mar 17, 2025
Why Doesn't Anyone Want to Be in Sales Anymore?
Mar 12, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Fix Your Overhead, Fix Your Business
Mar 10, 2025
The 3 Marketing Best Practices Every AV Company Needs
Mar 05, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Stop Fighting Venue Exclusivity — Do This Instead
Mar 03, 2025
Why Your Team Is Too Busy
Feb 26, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Stop Pricing Like a Rental Company
Feb 24, 2025
Is This a Test?
Feb 19, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Your Incentive Programs Are Sabotaging Growth
Feb 17, 2025
10 Things You Can Do for Your Customer That Cost Absolutely Nothing
Feb 12, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Your "Slow Season" Is a Sales Problem
Feb 10, 2025
How Customer Buying Styles Have Changed How You Sell
Feb 05, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: The 1980s Decision That Still Hurts Live Event Companies
Feb 03, 2025
You Are Using Proposals Incorrectly
Jan 29, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Quality Over Quantity: The Case for Selective Business Growth
Jan 27, 2025
Don't Close Every Deal, But Always Do This
Jan 22, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Process Documentation Reimagined: Hire Smart, Define Success, and Scale Faster
Jan 20, 2025
How to Eliminate a Key Pricing Variable in 2025
Jan 15, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Why Finding the Right People Should Be Easier Than Ever
Jan 13, 2025
Your Ideal Customer Should Not Be a Fool
Jan 08, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: The Updated Pricing Model for Former Rental Companies
Jan 06, 2025
Monday Morning Drive: Why I Can't Support Your Old Model
Dec 30, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: An Unexpected Scalability Hack: Fly First Class
Dec 23, 2024
The Scalable Approach to Managing Demand
Dec 18, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: What Does the Buyer's Journey Look Like in 2025?
Dec 16, 2024
Your Most Profitable Employees Never Go on Shows
Dec 11, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: 4 Things to Try in 2025
Dec 09, 2024
The Jumpstart Method to Become Consistently Profitable
Dec 04, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Value Only Manifests in Honest Relationships
Dec 02, 2024
PIA Customers and What to Do About Them
Nov 27, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: The Importance of Honesty in Sales Conversations
Nov 25, 2024
Local or National?
Nov 20, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Stop Overcomplicating Marketing: Your Core Checklist
Nov 18, 2024
Stop Operationalizing Your Sales Process
Nov 13, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Words That Devalue Your Business: A Lexicon Overhaul for the Live Events Industry
Nov 11, 2024
Your Most Valuable Asset
Nov 06, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Words That Devalue Your Business: A Lexicon Overhaul for the Live Events Industry
Nov 04, 2024
Top 5 Obstacles to Growth and How to Tame Them
Oct 30, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: How to Get Out of Rental Mindset
Oct 28, 2024
What Would Tom Do?
Oct 23, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Why Does Everyone Struggle to Scrub an Order? (It's Easier Than You Think)
Oct 21, 2024
The Race to the Bottom
Oct 16, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: The Danger of Details: Why Overengineered Processes Aren't Serving Your Business
Oct 14, 2024
The Tainted Story of Value
Oct 09, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: How to Teach Management to Review Business Metrics
Oct 07, 2024
Behind the Scenes in Change Management
Oct 02, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: The "Start Fresh" Approach: 3 Steps to a More Balanced Business
Sep 30, 2024
How to Interview for Sales Roles
Sep 25, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: There's No Such Thing as the "Ideal" Freelancer
Sep 23, 2024
Stay In Your Lane Or Not
Sep 18, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Systems and Kits Get an Upgrade
Sep 16, 2024
The Art of Putting the Right Energy in the Right Place at the Right Time
Sep 11, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: What I Learned From the Exit Strategy Workshop
Sep 09, 2024
Punching Above Your Weight
Sep 04, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Stop Playing the Blame Game and Create Success
Sep 02, 2024
How to Dial Down the Noise
Aug 28, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: What Your Controller Needs to Understand About Job Cost
Aug 26, 2024
An Oldtimer's Views on Exit Strategy
Aug 21, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Burn Your Org Chart. Here's What to Do Instead.
Aug 19, 2024
Getting Stuck and What to Do About It
Aug 14, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Why We Need to Flip Our Quoting Process Upside Down
Aug 12, 2024
Rental Pricing Isn't the Problem
Aug 07, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: What Should Be on Your Financial Dashboard?
Aug 05, 2024
The Art and Science of Napkin Quoting
Jul 31, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: How to Disconnect for Better Engagement
Jul 29, 2024
Silos Are Where Cooperation Goes to Die
Jul 24, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: The Hidden Truth About Scaling (That No One Wants to Talk About)
Jul 22, 2024
The Myth of Sweat Equity
Jul 17, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Sales Metrics That Matter
Jul 15, 2024
Stop Settling for Too Little Profit
Jul 10, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: How to Convert Price Shoppers Into Value Buyers
Jul 08, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Can You Have a Well-Oiled Machine Without Replacing Parts?
Jul 01, 2024
The Final Battle Between Sales and Operations
Jun 26, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Don't Apologize for Making a Profit
Jun 24, 2024
Doing Battle With Imposter Syndrome
Jun 19, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Why Balance Isn't Just "Outsourcing"
Jun 17, 2024
The Roles You Need for Intentional Selling
Jun 12, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Advice My Best Clients Are Eating Up
Jun 10, 2024
#45: There Is No Substitute for Experience
Jun 05, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: What Is Your Parking Lot for Prospects?
Jun 03, 2024
The Death of Negotiation
May 29, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: How to Avoid Scalability Creep
May 27, 2024
I Would Never Join a Club That Would Have Me as a Member
May 22, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Too Much Process Undermines Accountability. Do This Instead.
May 20, 2024
#42: Scalable Lessons I Hope You Didn't Miss
May 15, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Stop Closing the Deal (Just Get to the Next Step)
May 13, 2024
The Race to the Bottom Is Still a Race
May 08, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Scalable Job Titles: The Key to a Working Org Chart
May 06, 2024
How to Write a Strategically Important Blog
May 01, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Balance Is Not a Radical Idea, Just Overdue
Apr 29, 2024
The Last Nail in the Coffin of Rental Pricing
Apr 24, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Redefine Success in Sales
Apr 22, 2024
Diagnosing Your Business Pains
Apr 17, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Exclusivity Agreements — Stop Complaining and Start Educating
Apr 15, 2024
How to Make the Best Deal
Apr 10, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: How Scalable Companies Address Shortcomings With ALE
Apr 08, 2024
Incentives That Will Backfire — Horribly
Apr 03, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: ALE: Leadership Without the Group Hug
Apr 01, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Never Say "Markup"
Mar 25, 2024
The First Time I Used the Word "Scalability"
Mar 20, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Pivoting Your Business Is a Core Competency
Mar 18, 2024
Adapt, Evolve, Succeed! Outsmart Industry Trends to Secure Your Success
Mar 13, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Stop Telling People How "Unique" You Are
Mar 11, 2024
UNseason Your Business: How to Fix the Gaps in Your Sales Calendar
Mar 06, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: History Is the Best Teacher... Especially in Live Event Production
Mar 04, 2024
The Genesis of Rental Management Software
Feb 28, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: How to Answer a Request for Detailed Line Item Pricing
Feb 26, 2024
Help Me Write My Next Book
Feb 22, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: The Roadmap to Balance
Feb 19, 2024
5 Tips to Tune Up Your Sales Engine
Feb 14, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Meet Your Prospect Where They Are
Feb 12, 2024
Tipping Points in the Live Event Industry That Still Matter Today
Feb 07, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Budget vs. Price vs. Cost — Which Battle Are You Fighting?
Feb 05, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Naked Proposals: An Updated Approach to Event Quoting
Jan 29, 2024
From Selling to Serving: Transforming the Buyer's Journey with Ciara Feely
Jan 24, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Why Job Planning Is Easier in a Scalability Model
Jan 22, 2024
Why I Hate Process Documentation
Jan 17, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: How to Approach Acquisition of Non-Scalable Businesses
Jan 15, 2024
Beyond the Ledger: 5 Things the Numbers Don't Tell You
Jan 10, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: How Do You Know When Your Client Is Gaslighting You?
Jan 08, 2024
Caveat Emptor: How to Take on Venue Exclusivity Agreements
Jan 03, 2024
Monday Morning Drive: Problems You'll Face if You Don't Prioritize Check-In
Jan 01, 2024
Why 2023 Is the Best Year You Won't Remember
Dec 27, 2023
The One Word You Never Want to Use in Your Business
Dec 20, 2023
Monday Morning Drive: 3 Things You Can Do Now That You're Scalable
Dec 18, 2023
Building a Million-Dollar Team Is Easier Than You Think
Dec 13, 2023
Monday Morning Drive: Scalability Isn't Just for Large Companies
Dec 12, 2023
Monday Morning Drive: How Far Behind the Curve Am I?
Dec 06, 2023
Plot Your Course to Success with Strategic Roadmapping
Dec 06, 2023
Behind the Curtain: Inside Entertainment and Corporate Events with Todd Spencer
Nov 29, 2023
5 Things You Need to Complete Before 2024
Nov 15, 2023
Keys to Scalable Success: Insights from Chris Stein
Nov 08, 2023
How to Find Talented People with Gabe Solomon
Nov 01, 2023
Pricing Is an Unnecessary Distraction
Oct 25, 2023
The Evolution of Live Events: A Conversation with Angela Alea
Oct 18, 2023
Tech Trends and Timeless Tips with Bob Huskey
Oct 11, 2023
Iceberg Selling with Karl Becker
Oct 04, 2023
The Bare Minimum You Need to Do in Marketing
Sep 20, 2023
Your Team Needs to Be Twice as Good
Sep 06, 2023
Outsourcing Gets a Bad Rap
Aug 16, 2023
Is Digital Marketing Still Relevant?
Aug 02, 2023
Commit to the Pivot — Welcome to Scalability
Jul 19, 2023
Your Team Should Be Making More Mistakes
Jul 05, 2023
Rethinking Your Organizational Chart
Jun 21, 2023
The Business of Busyness: Decoding Good Busy vs. Bad Busy in the Event Production Industry
Jun 07, 2023
Creative Agency Update With Bill Bunkers
May 24, 2023
What the Pandemic Re-Taught Us About Making Money
May 17, 2023
Our Hang-Ups Have Been Holding Us Back
May 03, 2023
What We've Learned in 40 Years of AV
Apr 13, 2023