Mari shares her story of founding her business on helping companies to invest in their people. How critical culture and engagement are in making your company thrive and perform at a high level! Listen as she shares stories about her worst year, how fullfilling it is to impact her clients and their employees! She also shares the inspiration for her book, Thrive Hive!

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Bill shares how Corsair is working with major sports leagues to reduce concussions with his innovative product! He describes how he has learned about the textile industry, how he has leveraged grants to continue to develop his product and how proud he was when they were awarded a grant from the NFL.

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Bonus show to say Thank You to our listeners, guests and sponsors. Also, I share the WHY behind starting Commonwealth Innovation!

Matt shares how he built a web design business and sold it to an employee, how he got into public speaking and the inspiration behind writing a book! He shares how he self-taught himself by using the internet for educational content and a peer group to grow his business and himself!

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Hear from one of the founders, Owen Shea, and learn how the business came into being, what it's like to work with family and how they received their first big order with Birch Box! Owen talks about being all hands on deck when they got going, how they handle large orders and how they prepared to launch with Amazon.com

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Listen as Mike and Pete share the story of The Gnar Company, a software consultancy. Learn about thier culture, their niche and some of the highs and lows in their business journey! Hear how it was importance for them to have business plan, even though it wasn't perfect to start!

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Alyssa shares the importance of confidence as an entrepreneur and how you can develop confidence, you aren't born with it! She shares how she went from developing a marketing company to a passion for the science of confidence! She shares what she sees with business owners as she works with them on confidence. Check out her book, KickAss Confidence!

Lucy is one of the co-founders of a unique company called My StreetCred. They provide financial counciling and tax prep work for patients as they wait in doctors offices. This services helps the well being of the patient! Listen on to here how and what it took to get this company up and growing!

Elizabeth Howe shares the details about her program, how it helps small business owners and the common challenges she sees with the companies that enter her program.

Listen to owner John Hopkins describe the why behind his company, how saying no to sales can help your company and the importance of having a business plan to keep you on track!