Big Ideas, Small Business.

When should I start? When is it time to launch? “I want to make sure it’s perfect before I put it into the world”. Vitale Buford, Executive Business Coach, Author, and Speaker, talks with us about perfectionism and preventing yourself from doing your best work.

The Lundergan family is well-known in central Kentucky and in 2021 they are celebrating 50 years in business! They set the bar for catering, events, and customer service • and in this episode we talk through what it’s like working for a family business, how you pivot to stay relevant after 50 years, and what they’d be doing if they weren’t working for the company.

Hunter Lisle of Arthur Murray gives us an inside look into opening and owning a franchise based business. They are 20years old in Kentucky, and are holding strong in the community.

Money and time are hard to come by as a new small business or entrepreneur. And finding resources for those two things is hard - especially with all the other things you are balancing. This week we chat with Stephanie Spires (The Plantory), Anne Donworth (Lexington Public Library), and Randall Stevens (Base110) about their organizations and what they offer small business, start ups, and entrepreneurs.

On request from some of our listeners, we check back in with our guests from a March episode. Nick, Angie and Graham were featured on an episode discussing the pandemic and how it is impacting small business in Kentucky. Today, we check in with them to see how things are going, two months later. Plus, some of them have re-open dates, so we discuss the adjustments they are having to make. AND, we chat Payroll Protection and EIDL applications.

How long does it take to go from the concept phase to an actual entity? For some, it takes years - but for others, it’s only a few months. Today we chat with Fausto Sarmiento of Performance Driven and Raquel Carter of Guide Realty about their journey going from an employee to an employer. And some tips they’ve learned along the way.

We chat with our friend, Danny Collins, owner and operator of the Collins Bowling Centers (Southland location on Southland Drive, and the recently closed Eastland Bowling). He talks with us about the history of their business, how they’ve been pivoting for over 60 years, what it’s like working for and then owning a family business, handling competitors,how CoronaVirus is impacting their organization, and more. Plus, a tribute to his father Pat, who started the bowling business and recently passed. Listen in!

You have an idea you’ve been sitting on, but you aren’t sure how to get started. Or, you just started a business but you aren’t sure what to do next. We chat with David Barnes about his companies, Smokin’ Aces Coffee and Jefferson Street Coffee, about how he got started, how he grew, and the ups and downs of growth. Plus, Lee Goatley of the Small Business Development Center about the free services they offer individuals wanting to start a new business, or grow an existing business.

A couple tips from my presentation this morning to a private group, on ways you can better protect your small business. Right now is a great time to review your process and procedure - and make necessary adjustments. These are some things we’ve done internally... after we learned the hard way, of course.