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Exercise Bike Builds Strong Bodies, Strong Business
Listen to the podcast episode here, or read the transcript below for Exercise Bike Builds Strong Bodies, Strong Business, with guest Michele Mehl, co-founder of Excy, a company that creates, manufactures, and sells portable, 14-pound exercise bikes that can be used for cardio, strength training, and full-body workouts in any environment.
Caramels Launch Entrepreneurial Journey for Aerospace Worker
Listen to the podcast here, or read the transcript below for Caramels Launch Entrepreneurial Journey for Aerospace Worker, with guest Sarah Smith. Kelly Scanlon Welcome to Talking Business Now. I’m your host, Kelly Scanlon. Thank you for joining us. We’re Talking Business Now with Sarah Smith, the founder of Southern Caramel, better known as “The Caramel Lady.” In this episode…
Drones Provide Flight Path to Entrepreneurship
Listen to the podcast here, or read the transcript below for Drones Provide Flight Path to Entrepreneurship with guest Barry Alexander. Kelly Scanlon Welcome to Talking Business Now. I’m your host Kelly Scanlon. Thank you for joining us. As businesses and individuals struggle with an uncertain future from the coronavirus pandemic, Barry Alexander has a clear vision for success. This…
Deodorant Entrepreneur’s No Sweat Approach to Business
Listen to the podcast here, or read the transcript below for Deodorant Entrepreneur’s No Sweat Approach to Business with guest Stacia Guzzo. Kelly Scanlon: Welcome to Talking Business Now. I’m your host Kelly Scanlon. Thank you for joining us. We’re Talking Business Now with Stasia Guzzo, the creator of SmartyPits, a product that she literally started on her kitchen stove,…
Sam Schutte: Unstoppable Software: Where Business Innovation and Technology Collide
Listen to the podcast episode here, or read the transcript below for Unstoppable Software: Where Business Innovation and Technology Collide. Sam Schutte shares his philosophy and approach to developing software that solves business problems. Kelly Scanlon: Welcome to Talking Business Now. I’m your host, Kelly Scanlon. Thank you for joining us. We’re Talking Business Now with Sam Schutte, the founder…
2020: Your “Gift at the Moment of Opening It”
One of my favorite books is Annie Dillard’s memoir “An American Childhood.” In it, Dillard captures the exuberance and wonderment of a child on the brink of self-discovery in 1950’s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Over the years, I have returned often to one passage in which Dillard masterfully describes a child who for the first time becomes aware of the difference “between…
Why So Many New Executives Fail
Are you setting your new executives up for success or for failure? Of course, you say, we do everything to support our new executives and ensure their success. After all, their success is the company’s success. Be honest. How many times have you promoted one of your “rock stars” to a senior position, only to see that person flounder in…
Business Lessons From the Orchestra
As a business leader, do you ever feel like you’re conducting an orchestra? It’s hard to get all the people and parts moving harmoniously, isn’t it? On an episode of my podcast Talking Business Now, I talked with Maestro Roger Nierenberg, the founder of The Music Paradigm. Nierenberg believes organizations can learn many critical lessons from orchestras, including insights into…
Everything Has a Shelf Life
Sometimes just a few words can cut through the clutter and bring clarity. I was reminded of that recently while having lunch with a couple of business owner friends. One was still feeling angst over a staff situation that had ended more than a year ago. The relationship had started on a promising note, brought many benefits to the employee,…
8 Lessons I’ve Learned About Business
I get to work with lots of business owners every day. They often share their entrepreneurial lessons with me. A while back I started keeping track of a few of my own. Own a purple crayon mentality. Remember “Harold and the Purple Crayon?” It’s a wonderful story about childhood imagination that holds a powerful message for business owners. Harold, a…
What If Days Were Dollars?
The old saying “another day, another dollar” is often uttered with a shrug by people who’ve spent a good deal of their lives at dull, routine jobs. When I heard someone use that expression the other day, I started thinking, “What if days really were dollars?” And if they were, how many “dollars” would a person get in a lifetime?…
Blocking and Tackling Tips for Going the Distance
“Some people try to find things in this game that don’t exist, but football is only two things: blocking and tackling.” ~ Vince Lombardi, Legendary Green Bay Packers football coach Business leaders would do well to take a lesson from Lombardi as they plot their growth strategies. To win, or grow, you must focus day in and day out on…
Are You a Welcoming Company?
If you are, stop it. Right now. Companies the world over strive to be welcoming—to make customers, guests, clients feel at home and at ease with every interaction and touch point. Whether the experience occurs in their retail stores, in their hotels and recreational facilities, on their websites or in their corporate offices, companies train employees to offer services and…
It’s About Time
Most of us agree we don’t have enough time. Yet if anything in this world is “equal opportunity,” it’s time. We each get 365 days a years; and each day, unwaveringly, presents each of us with 24 hours, and each hour delivers 60 minutes, and each minute supplies 60 seconds. There are no exceptions to that rhythm. Why is it…