Circle City Success

Julie Petr is the Executive Director at Dress for Success Indianapolis, which is a nonprofit organization that provides local women in need with professional attire, career & job placement, and professional training to propel them towards economic independence.

In this episode, you'll hear Julie tell us about how the skills that she developed as a stay-at-home mom for 10 years have helped her to be successful in her career, why it's important to ask questions when you're struggling with something and may be nervous to ask for help, and about Dress for Success and how the organization serves women in need.

Julie:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-petr-3a749424/

Dress for Success Indianapolis:

• Website: https://www.indydfs.org/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dress-for-success-indianapolis/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DFSIndianapolis
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DFSIndianapolis
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/indydfs
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dfsindy/

CCS Podcast Partners:

• Broad Ripple Magazine: https://townepost.com/broad-ripple/
• Synergize: https://synergizeindy.com/

Connect with CCS:

• Connect with Jason: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-ulm-0919123/
• Connect with Drew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewfeutz/

Brian Wolff is the President and CEO at Parker Technology LLC which is a software and services company that helps parking facilities resolve issues for parking guests.

In this episode, you'll hear Brian tell us about his background from growing up in Michigan to attending the University of Michigan to getting his first job in pharmaceutical sales, how he went from pharmaceutical sales to software sales to eventually becoming the CEO of Parker, and how building and maintaining relationships helped him to get each new job along the way.

CCS Podcast Partners:

• Broad Ripple Magazine: https://townepost.com/broad-ripple/
• Synergize: https://synergizeindy.com/

Brian:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wolffbriane/

Parker Technology:

• Website: https://www.helpmeparker.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/parker-technology-llc/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVKIPIicBh_-zTD-XMcVbkw
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parkertechnologyllc
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelpMeParker

Connect with CCS:

• Connect with Jason: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-ulm-0919123/

● Connect with Drew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewfeutz/

In this episode, we recap some of the things that we learned from our four June guests who were

• Roe Hitchcock, Managing Director of Heartland Advisors
• Nancy & Dan Hintz, the Founders of Million Meal Movement
• Sonal Sheth Zawahri, who is an author, speaker, trainer, and Founder of her business Tru You LLC
• And Broc Buckles & Peter Ciravolo, Co-Founders of BC Brokerage

Be sure to listen to the end where we get to speak to the winner of this month's Indy Auto Man IAM4Indy campaign.

CCS Podcast Partners:

• Broad Ripple Magazine: https://townepost.com/broad-ripple/
• Synergize: https://synergizeindy.com/

Episodes Discussed in This Recap:

• 121. Country Enterprises with Roe Hitchcock https://circlecitysuccess.libsyn.com/121-country-enterprises-with-roe-hitchcock
• 122. Million Meal Movement with Nancy & Dan Hintz

https://circlecitysuccess.libsyn.com/122-million-meal-movement-with-nancy-dan-hintz

• 123. Have You Stretched Today with Sonal Sheth Zawahri

https://circlecitysuccess.libsyn.com/123-have-you-stretched-today-with-sonal-sheth-zawahri

• 124. BC Brokerage with Broc Buckles & Peter Ciravolo

https://circlecitysuccess.libsyn.com/124-bc-brokerage-with-broc-buckles-peter-ciravolo

Connect with CCS:

• Connect with Jason: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-ulm-0919123/
• Connect with Drew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewfeutz/

Broc Buckles & Peter Ciravolo are the Founders of BC Brokerage which is an independent insurance brokerage that they started together in January 202.

In this episode, you'll hear Broc & Peter tell us about why it's important to focus on controlling the controllables when starting a business and how they've focused on doing so, about figuring out the type of life that you want to live and intentionally working towards that rather than mimicking somebody else's lifestyle, and the difference between an entrepreneur and a 'wantrepreneur'.

Broc:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brocbuckles/

Peter:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterciravolo/

BC Brokerage:

• Website: https://www.bc-brokerage.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bc-brokerage/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVTf7C-floA
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bcbrokerage
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bcbrokerage/

CCS Podcast Partners:

• Broad Ripple Magazine: https://townepost.com/broad-ripple/
• Synergize: https://synergizeindy.com/

Connect with CCS:

• Connect with Jason: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-ulm-0919123/
• Connect with Drew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewfeutz/

Sonal Sheth Zawahri is an author, speaker, and trainer who is focused on empowering individuals to step into action and develop the mindset that they need to stretch and create the life they want.

In this episode, you'll hear Sonal tell us about her background and from growing up in an immigrant household to now being on what she calls the fourth reinvention of her career, about her STRETCH model to help people stretch their minds and tap into the strengths, and why it's important to put yourself in situations that are difficult and that make you feel uncomfortable. 

Sonal:

• Website: https://www.sonalshethzawahri.com/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/truyou/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/SonalSZawahri
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sonalshethzawahri/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonalshethzawahri/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5xMYKfk7FM8ASwz1M0-2fg

CCS Podcast Partners:

• Broad Ripple Magazine: https://townepost.com/broad-ripple/
• Synergize: https://synergizeindy.com/

Connect with CCS:

• Connect with Jason: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-ulm-0919123/

● Connect with Drew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewfeutz/

Nancy & Dan Hintz are the Founders of Million Meal Movement which is a nonprofit organization with a two-fold vision of feeding the hungry and teaching the importance of volunteerism.

In this episode, you’ll hear Nancy & Dan tell us about how they met in college, got engaged after dating for 2 weeks, and have been married for 28 years since, how the idea for Million Meal Movement came about one night as Nancy was feeding their daughter, about how they’ve turned packing meals into team building and family events which has led to nearly 32 million meals being packed since they started in November 2007.

Million Meal Movement:

• Website: https://millionmealmovement.org/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MillionMealMovement
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/MMealMovement
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/million-meal-movement/

Nancy & Dan:

• Nancy’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-hintz-b20a7b42/
• Dan’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-hintz-a6b211a/

CCS Podcast Partners:

• Broad Ripple Magazine: https://townepost.com/broad-ripple/
• Synergize: https://synergizeindy.com/

Connect with CCS:

• Connect with Jason: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-ulm-0919123/
• Connect with Drew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewfeutz/

Roe Hitchcock is the Managing Director of Heartland Advisors who serves as an Interim C-Level (CEO/CFO) Executive and Board Member for organizations.

In this episode, you’ll hear Roe tell us about how he started in business at an early age selling his high school boat cleaning business with 15 employees and 100 boats to clean, about some of the businesses that he has worked on throughout the years from knocking on doors on Wall Street to raise money to trying to start the Green Bay Packers of NASCAR team, and why it’s important to ask for help even if it hurts your ego.

In this episode, Jason and Drew recap some of the things that we learned from our three April guests who were

• Jeff Worrell, the Founder & President of Advantage Medical Rehab Equipment, Founder of the Good Day Carmel email newsletter, and an At-Large Carmel City Councillor
• Ashley Haynes, the the Director of Communications & Marketing for Keep Indianapolis Beautiful
• Tom Britt, the CEO and Founder of the Towne Post Network

You’ll also hear us mention that episode 118 with Ashley Haynes of Keep Indianapolis Beautiful was our first collaborative story with the Broad Ripple Towne Post Magazine. You can also check out the May issue of Broad Ripple Magazine for a story on The Women of Keep Indianapolis Beautiful that corresponds with episode 118.

CCS Podcast Partners:

• Broad Ripple Magazine: https://townepost.com/broad-ripple/
• BoCo Collective Marketing: https://www.bococollective.com/
• Synergize: https://synergizeindy.com/

Episodes Discussed in This Recap:

• 117. Good Day Carmel with Jeff Worrell: https://circlecitysuccess.libsyn.com/117-good-day-carmel-with-jeff-worrell
• 118. Keep Indianapolis Beautiful with Ashley Haynes: https://circlecitysuccess.libsyn.com/118-keep-indianapolis-beautiful-with-ashley-haynes
• 119. Towne Post Network with Tom Britt: https://circlecitysuccess.libsyn.com/119-towne-post-network-with-tom-britt

Connect with CCS:

• Connect with Jason: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-ulm-0919123/
• Connect with Drew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewfeutz/

Tom Britt is the CEO and Founder of the Towne Post Network, which is a print and digital magazine franchise that he started in 2004.

In this episode, you’ll hear Tom tell us about how his fascination for magazines at a young age eventually led to him creating the At Geist community newsletter and then the Towne Post Network, about the businesses that he has founded throughout his career including an internet company that he started in 1997 which led to him speaking at conferences across the US, and why he feels like his second layer of family is the Towne Post franchisees.

If you haven’t listened yet, be sure to check out CCS episode 118 with Ashley Haynes of Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, which was our first collaborative story with the Broad Ripple Towne Post Magazine. You can also check out the May issue of Broad Ripple Magazine for a story on The Women of Keep Indianapolis Beautiful that corresponds with episode 118. (https://issuu.com/tombritt/docs/broadripple_521_issuu)

Tom:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tombritt/

Towne Post Network:

• Website: https://franchising.townepost.com/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/townepost
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/townepost
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/townepost/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/towne-post-network-inc./

CCS Podcast Partners:

• Broad Ripple Magazine: https://townepost.com/broad-ripple/
• BoCo Collective Marketing: https://www.bococollective.com/
• Synergize: https://synergizeindy.com/

Connect with CCS:

• Connect with Jason: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-ulm-0919123/
• Connect with Drew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewfeutz/

This is our first collaborative story with the Broad Ripple Towne Post Magazine. Be sure to check out the May issue of Broad Ripple Magazine for a story on The Women of Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (https://issuu.com/tombritt/docs/broadripple_521_issuu).

Ashley Haynes is the Director of Communications & Marketing for Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, which is an environmental and community nonprofit with a mission to help people and nature thrive.

In this episode, you’ll hear Ashley tell us about how a combination of growing up in a camping family and what she calls a “quarter life crisis” eventually led her to working for Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, how her previous jobs helped prepare her for her current role with KIB, and about some of the things that Keep Indianapolis Beautiful focuses on including planting 50,000 trees since 2006, litter abatement, greenspace development, and youth programming.