Business is ART

You wouldn't want to go to trial without an attorney. Likewise, when you have a large loss insurance claim for your business (or home), you shouldn't try to handle it yourself. Jon's guest, Dennis Kouts, discusses some of the reasons you may want to hire a Public Adjuster. Jon and Dennis then take that example and discuss some pros, cons, do's and don'ts to self-employment in this episode of Business is ART.

In every business there comes a point that it's just time for the owner(s) to get out. Even before that time comes, they need a good exit strategy. Jon and his guest, Kate Vriner of Sunbelt Business Advisors, offer some great advise for developing and managing one.

Once in awhile opportunities come along for management or employees of a business to ​​​​​​​buyout the owners. Jon and his guest, Jeff Adair of Adair Coaching, discuss some of the do's and don't of a management buyout in this episode of Business is ART.

The title says it all. Well not really, but in this re-run of Business is ART Jon and company try out some craft beers and talk about the trend of craft beer becoming more mainstream and the marketing of those beers.

People may get the wrong idea when you say you are stepping out for a massage. Medical massage therapy is not the stuff of exotic dreams, and can dramatically improve productivity while decreasing absenteeism at work. Jon and his guest, Mark Strickler, Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT) discuss on this episode of Business is ART.

There is networking and there is networking that works for you and your business. Jon and his guests, Kelley Reno Culley of the Reno Insurance Agency and Clayton Hicks of the H7 Network, offer some tips on this episode of Business is ART.

We often forget that non-profit organizations are businesses too. They have all of the same challenges as a for-profit, like revenue and sales, expenses, hiring the right people, etc. Some have the added challenge of selling "hope", instead of tangible goods and services. Jon and his guest, Erin Santos, Founder/President of the Isabella Santos Foundation, discuss on this episode of Business is ART.

Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Entrepreneurship have been growing, hot topics for the last few years. Now comes "Spiritual Entrepreneurship" - the bringing together of business life and the "interior life."

There is a lot of undiscovered talent coming out of colleges and universities across the country. How do you know you are finding them? How do you know you are even looking correctly? Jon and his guest, Cate Brinnon, Management Consultant and Assistant Professor at Urbana University offer up a few ideas.

How do you peacefully resolve conflicts? Jon's guest, business owner Christina Walters of Night Dispatch, discusses her off-duty role as Director of the Springfield Peace Center and how teaching kids how to resolve conflicts peacefully translates to business on this episode of Business is ART.