Competitive Edge Live

You have two options as a business when it comes to dealing with millennials:

1) Complain about not understanding them and how spoiled they are.

2) Understand what they want and how to give it to them to attract and retain the best and brightest of their generation and win in business.

That's it.  

Our guest, Rhlonda Washington owner of Double R Consulting, and I discuss how to recruit and retain this new generation.

Let me know what you think!

One of my favorite books of all time is the "Richest Man in Babylon".  In one of the stories in the book a son gets two value assets from his father before he goes off on his on in life.  

A tablet with words on it and some bags of gold. 

He quickly blows through the gold and is forced to work back breaking tough jobs just to survive.  

He hits rock bottom and reaches into this pouch to finally read the words his father put on the tablet he gave him.  They were words of wisdom of how to be wise with money and build wealth.  

He used those lessons to build back up the wealth his father left him and then some.  

The moral of the story...wisdom is ALOT more valuable than money.  That's why the app Ken Wimberly (our podcast guest today) created, "Legacy of Love App",  is so useful for parents interested in passion on there wisdom to their children.  

We discuss why he created the app and the lessons he's learned in business over the years.  

Check it out and let us know your thoughts!

Mr. Greg Porter, the City Manager (AKA CEO) of Cedar Hill, Texas came to visit us today to discuss:

New $20M state of the art library

Convention Center

...and more!

Enjoy the episode!

College is very useful and helpful to many people, however, it's not for everyone.  And it's absolutely not required to increase your income in the digital age.  

According to Zip Recruiter, the average salary for data scientist in Dallas, Texas (and nationwide) is $118,000... training programs like DataReady DFW (the one our guest Dr. Angel Washington-Durr created) take less than a year for students to acquire the skills necessary to get hired.

Many people get into business and focus all of the energy and attention on the product (or service).  They feel having the "best" technical skills will get them the most clients/customers.  

Of course, you have to deliver an excellent product or service, but that's a given. 

What's also important and overlooked is being good with people.  

Have great people skills will take you a long way in business.  Dr. Freeman and I (Phillip Washington Jr.) discuss this and more on this episode. 

Please enjoy!

On this episode we sit down with Teresa Saffold owner of Power Bar Fitness.  

We discuss why she decided to get into such a unique fitness business and what she's so learned so far in business.  

If you need a push to help you step outside your comfort zone, you will love this episode.

In this episode we discuss a community event happening in November for people who are interested in learning more about how to navigate the local political landscape.

"There wasn't a good lounge spot that was nice for us on this side of town.  Everything that was nice you had to go on the side of I30."

This is what Andre Williams owner of BH Lounge Desoto had on his mind when he and his partners decided to open up BH Lounge Desoto.   

That type of thinking represents what goes on in the mind of an entrepreneur.  

If you see a problem in the community that you feel you can solve, there's an opportunity to make money.

This episode is something different.  We interview an entrepreneur at the beginning of launching a new business.  

David Nicholson, founder of "Project Trillion", discusses his passion for building a business focused on helped to close the wealth gap.  

Let us know your thoughts!

On this episode we interview Dr. Candace Brown-Evans owner of "Fresh by CanDDS" a dental office in Cedar Hill, Texas.

We discuss how she was able to grow her practice relatively quickly and create raving fans who enthusiastically tells their friends and family about her and her team.

You will enjoy this episode if you want to start a business or want to take your business to the next level.

Enjoy!