Mari shares the importance of creating a winning culture and how critical it is to invest in your people to make your organization thrive!  She shares how she created her company 13 years ago, she tells us what it's like to have a bad year, not just a bad moment and how fulfilling her work is!

She tells us about her book, Thrive Hive and what the inspiration was behind writing it.

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Bill Lyndon of Corsair Innovation shares in this episode how they got started, how they've been able to use grants to grow their company, and how their product is designed to reduce concussions in athletes.  The product they've created is already being used by professional baseball umpires!  Hear Bill describe how he learned about the textile industry from some experts and his humble approach to learning.

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In this episode, Matt shares how he started a company from scratch and sold to an employee 15 years later.  He shares how he taught himself to design websites, build a business and gain his business acumen!  He shares the power of peer groups in his growth and how he transitioned into a public speaking business.

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Listen to Owen Shea, one of the founders of Brothers Artisan Oils, explain how his idea came to be, how they handled their first big order and the fun & challenges of working with family.  Owen talks about the importance of dividing the duties amongst the other founders, how social media and an award from GQ Magazine changed their sales growth!

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In this episode, Mike and Pete share with us how they started the company, how they built the culture that is driving thier amazing growth and what niche they have carved out in the software consulting space.  Hear about how they handled their low point of almost not making payroll to the high point of landing their first large customer!  Here how they learned early to have a business plan as a starting point and how it evolved over time!

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In this episode Alyssa Dver of the American Confidence Institute talks to us about the importance of confidence as an entrepreneur.  She shares how she developed her passion for confidence, how she built a business around it and what she has learned in helping entrepreneurs with their development.  She is an author and her book is KickAss Confidence which you can pick up for free by going to www.audible.trial.com/commonwealth when you sign up for a free 30 day trial.

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In this episode, we hear the story of Lucy Marcil who is a co-founder of My StreetCred.  Lucy is a doctor that discovered she could help her patients well being by offering financial services in the waiting room!  Listen as Lucy discusses the power of money with a person's health, how My StreetCred came into being and how tenacity and passion played a part in getting this off the ground!

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In this episode we take a break from speaking with a business owner to learn about one of the many programs that are out there to help business owners.  We speak with the program director of Interise South Shore, Elizabeth Howe.  She explains the Streetwise MBA program she leads, she shares some common challenges she sees from the companies that enrole in her program and how she is helping the New Bedford Community create jobs!

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In this episode we speak with the owner of Five Way Foods, John Hopkins as he describes his journey in developing a food company that produces a refrigerated broth product line.  Listen to John as he talks about how he learned to create a business, how to create a unique product with special challenges to produce, the why behind starting his company and why saying No to some business can be good for your comapny!

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