On the Ask Canada Immigration Lawyer Evelyn Ackah podcast, host Evelyn Ackah speaks with Mike Frey, the President and CEO of Yellow Basket, LLC, based in Houston, TX. Mike shares his background in technology and the lessons of starting his own businesses. He discusses how his business, Yellow Basket, helps businesses with technology and automation. He also shares his experience as an Ackah Law client and how the transition from the US to Calgary has been. Mike emphasizes the importance of using technology to make your team more efficient and having the right people on your team. The podcast concludes with advice from Mike on technology tips for business owners.
Mike Frey can be reached through:
- LinkedIn –
Mike Frey | LinkedIn - Instagram – YellowBasket.io (@yellowbasket.io)
- Website – Yellow Basket
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Here are the key points from Evelyn Ackah’s podcast interview with Mike Frey:
- Background:
- Evelyn Ackah introduces Mike Frey, the President and CEO of Yellow Basket, LLC, and a client of Ackah Law.
- Mike has 30 years of experience in business and technology across all major industries and has worked in the US,Europe, Central America, and Canada. Additionally, Mike is a US Army veteran.
- Journey in Business:
- Mike moved from Microsoft to start his own business, where he has really found lessons in all of his management.
- He founded his company, Yellow Basket, in X, to help business owners, X. He also shared the origin story of the name “Yellow Basket”
- Key Aspects of Yellow Baskets’ Work & How It Helps Others:
- Mike shared that Yellow Basket focuses on automating business processes and systems integration. He shared that it really just means helping businesses automate different software talking to each other so data is not being shuffled around inefficiently.
- His business allows team members to move from clerical-type jobs of shuffling papers and data to being the best they can be with work that can move the business forward.
- He shares that Yellow Basket predominately works remote, but they can work on-site as needed.
- Leadership Lessons Learned:
- Mike shares about recruiting and how it is important it is to find the right people and to trust what they do when you delegate, as delegation is key.
- When moving into new areas, he really wants to get integrated into networking opportunities.
- Technologies that Yellow Basket Uses
- Mike shares that Yellow Basket is fairly agnostic when it comes to technologies; they want to help the business succeed with the technologies they use in-house.
- He shares that there is one software that Yellow Basket uses frequently: Odoo.com. This technology is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relations Manager (CRM) all in one. It has modules for most businesses in one space instead of cobbling everything altogether.
- Client Experience with Ackah Law & Transition to Calgary:
- He was referred to Ackah Law by a friend and shared that working with Ackah Law was all encompassing and very smooth. He shared that he was pleased with Ackah Law’s use of technology for the clients.
- He shared that the transition into Calgary has felt so good, but the biggest change is the three recycling/scrap/trash bin situation is hard core.
- Advice to Other Business Owners About Technology:
- His biggest piece of advise is making sure that you are investing in technologies that are fit for purpose and for integrating and automating other programs into it. If you can buy one system that does three things and it does them well, do that instead of buying three different things that you have to cobble together
- He also shares that bringing in new technology is not the hard part, it is changing your people around the processes that is hard. He says that you really have to spend some time letting people understand why you’re making changes and making sure that they’re trained appropriately and not just thrown into the deep end.
About Calgary Immigration Lawyer Evelyn Ackah
Evelyn Ackah is the Founder and Managing Lawyer at Ackah Business Immigration Law. With offices in Calgary, Toronto and Vancouver, we work with individuals and business owners from all over the world who want to cross borders seamlessly. For more information on immigration to Canada or the United States, Ask Evelyn Ackah at Ackah Business Immigration Law today at (587) 854‑3821 or email Evelyn directly at contact@ackahlaw.com.
The Ask Canada Immigration Lawyer Evelyn Ackah podcast, hosted by Calgary Immigration Lawyer Evelyn Ackah, was named the #1 Best Canada Immigration Podcast in 2023 by Feedspot.