The Business Growth Factor
Building Better Businesses
A community, a podcast, and a forthcoming book for SMB owners, operators, and team leads who'd rather build together than figure it out alone. Hosted by Lyndon Smith and Joshua Leyenhorst.
Where Business Leaders Grow Together.
The Business Growth Factor is a private online community for business leaders at small and mid-sized businesses, owners, operators, executives, and team leads alike. Inside, members share proven systems, practical strategies, and real collaboration to cut through chaos, organize their operations, optimize their finances, and scale with confidence. You don't need to be an expert to belong; you just need to be on the journey.
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The Business Growth Factor podcast explores key insights on building better businesses. Many entrepreneurs start their companies driven by expertise in their field, but without the formal business training needed to manage growth, they often face significant challenges as their businesses expand.
Each episode delivers actionable insights in approximately 30 minutes, making it easy to gain valuable knowledge during a commute, lunch break, or workout.
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Welcome
About the Show
Presented by Josh and Lyndon, the Business Growth Factor podcast empowers business owners and leaders with practical tools and strategies to grow and succeed. Co-founded by Lyndon Smith and Joshua Leyenhorst, the podcast shares lessons from their experiences in leadership, finance, operations, sales, and marketing.
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Meet Joshua Leyenhorst
Hi, I'm Josh. I'm the founder of BasePoint CPA, and am an experienced accounting and finance professional. I work with businesses to keep a regular pulse on their finances, providing regular guidance to help them optimize their profit, cash flow, and sustainable growth. As a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA), I enjoy helping business owners see the full picture of their business, from start-up to wind-up, and how to navigate that exciting and fulfilling journey!
I always say "The numbers tell the story", and it's my goal to help businesses understand the story that their numbers are telling, so they can more effectively write the next chapters of where they want their business to go and how to get there!
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Meet Lyndon Smith
Hi, I'm Lyndon, founder of Expansive EDGE. With two decades experience in projects and design, primarily in robotics and automation, I have led teams and initiatives across six continents. My mission is to help small and medium-sized businesses centralize their knowledge and drive continuous improvement.
At Expansive EDGE, my team and I focus on operational leadership and building systems that empower you to scale, innovate, and create meaningful opportunities. Let's reshape your business together, one process at a time.
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If Everything Runs Through You, Nothing Grows Beyond You
LYNDON SMITH
JOSHUA LEYENHORST
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If Everything Runs Through You, Nothing Grows Beyond You
By Lyndon Smith & Joshua Leyenhorst, the co-hosts of The Business Growth Factor
Do Less, Matter More.
A practical guide for owners and leaders who want to build a business that can grow without breaking, and that creates value for customers, opportunity for the team, and freedom for the owner.
This book is for you if
- Growth feels chaotic.
- Every problem still lands on your desk.
- Nobody is sure who owns what.
- You are busy but not profitable.
- The business would stall the week you took off.
- You want the option to sell, hand down, or step back.
The book is not out yet. Join the list and we will tell you first when you can order your copy.
How we think about business
Operating Principles
The lines we keep coming back to in the community, and that we'd put on the wall of every SMB we work with.
Become the least important person in your business.
The most valuable thing you can build is a business that doesn't need you in every meeting.
Document. Then delegate.
You can't hand off what only lives in your head. Codify first; freedom follows.
Good gets you on the team. Great keeps you there.
Hire to the bar you want, not the bar you have. Every new hire should raise it.
People pay for implementation, not information.
The internet has more frameworks than anyone needs. Execution is the moat.
Hire slow. Fire fast.
Most owners do the opposite. The cost of a wrong hire compounds longer than the cost of an empty seat.
Inspect what you expect.
Standards aren't standards if nobody checks. Build the cadence; the results follow.
Inside the community
More than a podcast
The podcast and recaps are the public version. The actual work happens inside the community: peer learning, live workshops, and direct access to the people building alongside you.
Live bi-weekly sessions
Community Connect workshops on the real problems SMB owners and operators are working through right now.
Recordings + downloads
Every session recorded. Slide decks, frameworks, and templates members can take and use.
Peer Q&A
Get answers from other SMB owners between sessions. Real situations, not theory.
Direct host access
Lyndon and Josh participate daily. Ask questions, share wins, get reactions in real time.
Cadence
Bi-weekly live sessions + ongoing chat between
See what's coming up next, browse past Community Connect topics, or read the recaps.
Recent recaps
Practical writing for SMB owners
Recaps, frameworks, and deep-dives from the conversations happening inside the community.
AI and Cybersecurity Foundations
Around 90% of breaches start with one click. The security basics that close the doors attackers actually use, and how to govern AI at work.
Sean Hiebert
Run Your Business By The Numbers
The five financial levers that decide whether revenue turns into profit and cash: revenue drivers, gross margin, overhead, net profit, and the cash conversion cycle.
Josh & Lyndon
Using AI to Codify Your Business Operations
Five ways to turn how your business actually runs into documented process you can hand off: SOPs, how-to videos, process maps, and field checklists.
Lyndon
