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Hosted by Steve Bick · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 72 episodes
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This podcast features discussions of topics from the Forest Business School's programs and publications. Each episode brings you practical and actionable ideas that other working lands small business owners and professionals have already implemented. We help you grow your minds to you can improve your business.
Steve Bick hosts The FBS Podcast, a business show with 72 episodes published.
In this episode of the FBS Podcast, listeners get an inside look at the flagship 6-Month Essentials Program of Study as applications officially open for the 2026–27 cohorts. Directed at mid-career rural and forest-sector
This podcast episode explores how two free independent web applications, FCO ( https://fco.forestenterprise.org/ ) and CARBINE ( https://carbine.forestenterprise.org/ ), are lowering the steep technical learning curve fo
In this episode, we break down the latest details onVermont's $31.7 million Agriculture and Timber Disaster Assistance Block Grant, designed to help working-lands businesses recover from the severe 2023 and 2024storms an
In this episode, we dive into SumBuck, a free and robust virtual training app that provides hands-on practice for hardwood log bucking and grading. Developed by Steve Bick of the Forest Business School, this innovative t
In this episode of the FBS podcast, we walk listenersthrough a revolutionary, step-by-step method to build a clean, professional one-page website with absolutely no coding required, no web developer, and zero monthly hos
In this episode, we explore the critical transition fromfragmented, paper-based operations to integrated digital systems for forest-based small businesses like sawmills, logging crews, and firewood producers. We discuss
In this episode of The FBS Podcast, we tackle the singlebiggest hurdle for owner-operators in forestry, sawmilling, and field services: how to scale your business without sacrificing the craftsmanship your reputation is
In this episode of the FBS Podcast, we unpack the concept of a “psychopathic sense of urgency,” from a great article by Tim Denning. This is a mindset arguing that forest-based businesses fail not from a lack of capabili
In this episode of The FBS Podcast, we examine why well-designed forestry research so often struggles to show up in day-to-day decisions on the ground. Drawing from the January 2026 Forest Business School report Friction
This FBS Podcast episode uses Washington’s 1776 crossing of the Delaware as a grounded, practical illustration of Critical Chain Project Management, focusing on how outcomes change when leaders design around constraints
In this episode, we explore how fintech platforms arerevolutionizing financial management in small businesses by replacing traditional, siloed brick-and-mortar banking with an integrated, software-driven ecosystem that a
This episode is the full-length audio version of the book Wet Woods: Flux, Flex and Change in Our Forestry by Steve Bick. This audiobook is a year-end gift to our loyal listeners and is being put out in podcast form to m
This episode focuses on “Locking In”. The Forest BusinessSchool offers an architecture for sustained advancement, built on five durable principles that form a clear blueprintfor Intentional Progress. The first tenet, Pri
The episode explores George Mack’s powerful concept of High Agency, defining it as the characteristic of individuals who "do notaccept the constraints in front of them and instead find a way to get what they want", and w
This episode breaks down what “digital twins” mean for forest operations. We look at how running the woods is getting harder—more fragmented forests, more moving parts—and how a digital copy of your operation can help te
In this episode, we’re spotlighting the Forest Business School Linchpin Program, a unique opportunity for professionals in forestry, wood products, and related working lands fields. Launching its Fall 2025 Session on Oct
This episode applies ten principles from Kevin Kelly'sbook, Excellent Advice for Living, to small enterprises withinthe working lands sector, such as loggers, sawmills, and sugar bushes. The goal of this deep dive is to
This episode of the FBS Podcast introduces Wet Woods:Flux, Flex & Change in Our Forestry by Steve Bick, a ground-level chronicle of how climate volatility, shifting markets, and regulatory pressures are reshaping the Nor
This episode offers fascinating insights into the life and groundbreaking business philosophy of Les Schwab. It reveals how Schwab, rising from poverty and a harsh early life in Oregon's lumber camps, developed an enduri
Join us for this episode as we delve into how working landsbusinesses can systematically attract new clients using the powerful AIDA (Attention, Interest, Desire, Action) marketing model. We'll explore strategies to capt
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