Business Scale Insights

In the latest BSI episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Russell Thompson. Russell is the Chairman of the Broward County chapter of SCORE. He has an INCREDIBLY inspiring story of humble beginnings that he shares on the program. His story is one of overcoming great odds to be a leading entrepreneur and lawyer. This episode is worth listening to just for his story alone.

Russell also shares the tremendous FREE resources that SCORE provides startup entrepreneurs all over the United States. In particular, Broward County SCORE has several events in 2018 to assist business owners succeed. Check out the website: https://broward.score.org/

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In this episode of BSI, Max Cortese- co-founder of The Poke' Company franchise- talks about taking the Hawaiian dish Poke' to the masses via his franchise based in Boca Raton, Florida. His restaurant specializes in providing a healthy, fast casual alternative to mainstream food franchises. The concept emphasizes customer service, speed and simplicity. Check out the episode and see why Poke' restaurant concepts are on the rise in the US and around the world.

For more information about The Poke Company, check out the website, www.eatthepokecompany.com.

In this BSI episode, I interview Josh York, CEO and Founder of GYMGUYZ. GYMGUYZ is a fitness franchise that has taken the franchise and fitness industry by storm over the past few years. This is in large part due to Josh York's amazing vision and leadership skills. During the interview, Josh shares some of the keys to his success and what differentiates GYMGUYZ from other franchises and fitness concepts. This is a great episode that is a MUST listen for ANYONE in fitness or who dreams of creating and/or owning a fitness empire. Tell us what you think and email or call into the station with your thoughts.

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We are continuing our interview of the CEO of Regal Maid Service franchise system, Joanne Hollindrake. In Part 2 of the interview, Mrs. Hollindrake shares her powerful story of moving from a single unit franchisee to becoming the owner of the entire Regal Maid Service franchise system. She stresses the need to develop a great team, great systems and support for franchisees in their journey to success. This episode is great for entrepreneurs and franchisees to listen and obtain keys to scaling their businesses and developing a long-term vision for expansion.

On this epidsode, BSI has the honor of interviewing Joanne Hollindrake, CEO of the Regal Maid Service franchise system. In Part 1 of the interview, Mrs. Hollindrake shares her incredible story of coming to the U.S. from the U.K. without a great network and investing in the RMS franchise system as a single unit owner. She and her husband invested in the unit during the Great Recession. However, they soon became the top producers in the franchise system and ultimately bought the entire franchise system. The Hollindrakes have a powerful story about realizing the American Dream of financial freedom and entrepreneurship through franchising. Joanne Hollindrake shares some of the keys to her success as a single unit franchisee in this interview.

BSI continues the interview series in July, 2018 with experts on how to scale market impact using various techniques and strategies. In this episode, CEO of SocialMedia305- John Mahoney- details strategies to develop business relationships using social media. He also explains a concept he created "Social Relations" and how he has successfully merged Social Media and PR to get the attention of business leaders and traditional media coverage.

In this episode, I chat with Robert Anstett. Robert is the Coordinator of Digital Initiatives at the Broward County Public Library System in Florida. The Broward Library System is a national pioneer in "flipping" the library and creating dynamic FREE space for work, meetings, creativity, engineering, financing and innovation breakthroughs. Robert leads Creation Station Business and is helping to lead a quiet revolution in the use of libraries to advance entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems. We discuss how Creation Station Business, Maker Spaces and Database Access in Libraries advances local businesses and communities. I argue that the Creation Station Business model is a prototype for national implementation. If you are involved in setting up business ecosystems in your local community, please take a listen and forward this episode to your local library leaders.

Kimberly Bonner interviews Ty Young of Ty Young Media Group. Ms. Young worked in radio, music and movies in some capacity for most of her career. She shares her observations about how technology has impacted entertainment business models and what that means for businesses. Ms. Young shares with the listening audience what major media (TV) technological disruptions mean for the savvy entrepreneur and how to take advantage of these enormous opportunities. During the interview we discuss: 1- How businesses can become media companies? 2- What is IPTV and OTT? 3-Why is it critical for businesses to dominate these new media distribution channels now?