MRD Consulting

05/02/2025

Introducing the TAX PACK series!

This week, Matt Daly sits down with seasoned tax professional MJ Huffman of Tompkins and Peters to talk taxes, Trump, and the small biz battlefield.

From her early years to her career at the respected MT/NV-based CPA firm, MJ shares her path into the world of tax. Together, they dig into the real-world impact of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the W-2 vs. 1099 debate, bonus depreciation, and more.

If you're a small business owner trying to navigate the tax maze, this episode is a must - tune in: https://youtu.be/I5TUxzqPUYs

In the first of the Tax Pack series, Matt Daly introduces experienced tax practitioner MJ Huffman to the Slaughtered Sheep faithful. MJ discusses her upbrin...

04/18/2025

New LAW DOGS episode!

EP 13: John Daly (Part 2) – From the courtroom to your business. Criminal defense attorney John Daly of Daly Defense returns for Part 2 of our conversation.

This time, we explore the intersection of business and the criminal justice system, including the kinds of situations that bring businesses into contact with the law, changes in ma*****na legislation, and how modern technology is reshaping criminal cases.

Straight talk. No fluff.

Tune in: https://youtu.be/KfDN3246Vp4

John discusses the businesses that interact with the criminal justice system, tips to staying out of trouble, expectations and suggestions if you get arreste...

04/11/2025

New LAW DOGS episode is OUT NOW!!

EP 12: John Daly (Part 1) – From upbringing to the courtroom. Criminal defense attorney John Daly of Daly Defense joins Slaughtered Sheep to share the life experiences that forged his path into the legal trenches.

In Part 1, John walks us through the early years of his practice, the daily battles of defending the accused, and what it really takes to stand between citizens and the full force of the state.

This one’s raw, real, and straight from the front lines of criminal law - check it out: https://youtu.be/-F4Ap7YYN9g

John Daly of Daly Defense discusses his upbringing, education, and life experiences that led him to become a criminal defense lawyer. He walks the Slaughter...

04/07/2025

LAW DOGS has entered the chat 🐺⚖️

Welcome to a new series of The Slaughtered Sheep Podcast, "LAW DOGS," where we unleash the legal minds who protect business owners from getting eaten alive by the wolves of regulation, litigation, and bad contracts.

EP 1: Dan Ballintine (Larkin Hoffman) - We dive into non-competes, non-solicits, and confidentiality traps with one of the top employment law dogs in the game.

EP 2: Dan Kadlec (Larkin Hoffman) - LLCs, liability, and the legal landmines that could cost you everything if your business isn’t structured right.

If you're in business and don’t have a legal game plan, you're already prey.

Tune in to LAW DOGS now: https://youtu.be/kBkH7DmJHlE

Slaughtered Sheep kicks off the Law Dogs series with prominent employment practices attorney Dan Ballantine. Dan recounts the path that led him to his formi...

04/04/2025

NEW Slaughtered Sheep Podcast series just dropped: Accounting for Dumbsheep 💼🐑

Too many business owners treat accounting like a monster under the bed... and it's killing their companies. These new episodes are meant to help you see things through a different lens:

EP 8: Big Bad Accounting Wolf - Why the fear of accounting is one of the most dangerous traps for small business owners.

EP 9: What is Accounting? - A straight-talk breakdown of the types of accounting that matter for your business, in terms you can understand.

It’s time to stop being dumbsheep and start thinking like lions - check it out: https://youtu.be/VvoJPnChe0s

CPA and MRD Consulting owner Matt Daly guides the listener through the dangers of the irrational fear and loathing of accounting that has death gripped small...

04/01/2025

New Slaughtered Sheep Podcast episodes just dropped!! 🔥

In this 2-part LION SERIES special, I sit down with my old man, Bob Daly, to hear the legendary story behind the rise, fall, and resurrection of Sun Country Airlines.

A story that he knows better than anyone else...

Tune in now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y02YUUfsec

Join Slaughtered Sheep as Bob Daly, one of the original founders of Sun Country Airlines, discusses his childhood, education, and early law and business care...

03/25/2025

🔥 The Lion Series starts NOW 🔥

In Part 1 of this 3-part sit-down, I talk with Ben Theis, owner of SKOL Marketing, about the journey that shaped him — from childhood lessons to his time at Google, and ultimately, building his own cutting-edge marketing firm.

Ben shares what it took to navigate the Start-Up Wolves and carve his own path in the world of business.

🎙️ All 3/3 parts are out now! — https://youtu.be/KCwMuDPRZaU

Slaughtered Sheep kicks off the Lions Series with Ben Theis, owner of SKOL Marketing. In Part 1 of this 3 Part Series, Ben recounts the events and experienc...

03/24/2025

The first episode is here.

Slaughtered Sheep is not your average business podcast.

I'm pulling back the curtain on what really takes businesses down—bad decisions, legal landmines, and a world stacked against the entrepreneur.

If you're a business owner who refuses to be led to slaughter, tune in...

Follow for unfiltered truth, interviews, and the secrets your competition doesn’t want you to know.

01/21/2025

This is what happens when God wins!