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  • The Importance of Hard Work in Success: A Conversation with Seafood Industry Leader Cesar Lago - Entrepreneur Podcast Network – EPN

    Cesar Lago, President of Sales and Marketing for Camanchaca, Inc., the US-based division of Chilean-seafood industry leader Camanchaca S.A. joins Enterprise Radio to discuss the importance of hard work in success.
    Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Cesar Lago discuss the following:

    * Give us a history about Camanchaca and how your retail brand Pier 33 came to be.
    * What are some changes you have seen in the industry and with consumers throughout your 17 years with the company?
    * As someone who has worked his way up to the top, what do you accredit your success to?
    * What would you like to accomplish as President of Camanchaca Inc.?
    * If you could give one piece of advice to young professionals, what would it be?

    Cesar Lago is the President of Camanchaca, Inc. He was an integral part of the founding of Camanchaca’s Miami-based sales office in 2001 and has been involved in the development of key strategic relationships with retail, food service and distribution partners since.
    Lago graduated from Florida International University with a bachelor’s degree in Business in 1992. After college, he held a sales position with Dial Soap for five year. He was then offered a job at Heritage Salmon to develop the sales of Chilean salmon in the U.S. when the farmed salmon industry was in its infancy.
    At Heritage, he was part of a team that represented Camanchaca salmon in the U.S. market. His knowledge of the Camanchaca Salmon products and the industry, along with his keen ability to identify opportunities and cultivate relationships led to Lago becoming the National Sales manager when Camanchaca opened its U.S. office in 2001 marking 17 years with the company on March 16th.

    Website: www.pier33gourmet.com
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    11 min
  • Should You Refinance Your Home? - Entrepreneur Podcast Network – EPN
    There is a lot of buzz about home refinancing nowadays. It seems like everyone is refinancing their home to pay for things like student loans or even credit card debt. It’s hard to know if refinancing your home mortgage is really the right choice for your financial situation. Refinancing your home can be a good thing that brings along lower interest rates or a shorter loan term! That being said, it’s not always a positive solution depending on your financial status. Should you refinance your home? Keep reading to learn more!
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    Why Refinance Your Home?
    One of the first questions you should ask as a homeowner is why you should bother with home refinancing in the first place? There are a lot of incentives to refinance. First, you might be able to secure a lower interest rate on your home loan. If you’re able to reduce your interest rate, you might save money depending on your loan. Not only can you save money, but you can lower the size of your monthly payment!
    Refinancing your home loan might also shorten the loan’s term. For instance, you can bring a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage down to 15 years, splitting the term in half! You might also want to go from a fixed-rate mortgage to a ARM loan if interest rates are falling nationally in the marketplace. You would do the reverse if the interest rates nationally are facing an upward trend. As you can see, there are a lot of positive benefits to refinancing your home if you do so mindfully and under the right circumstances.
    When Is Refinancing a Good Idea?
    Refinancing is a good financial idea if your new loan involves a lowered payment or shortens the term of your loan. If you’re smart with this, you can use something like USDA refinancing to escape debt quickly. You should be comfortable playing 3% to 6% of the principal of the loan when refinancing, as this will cover the cost of closing the new loan. If you’re in a stable financial place and can afford this temporary cost, the benefits likely outweigh the risks! Remember, you shouldn’t use loan refinancing as a means to spiral further into debt through a different line of credit. Keep the focus on securing a better loan for your financial situation!
    When Is Refinancing a Bad Idea?
    Loan refinancing isn’t the best thing for everyone. For some people, refinancing a home loan is a slippery slope into gaining even more debt. You also need to be comfortable paying the costs of closing this new loan, and sometimes it isn’t worth this extra cost for only a small difference in monthly payments. Loan refinancing is also not a good idea if you aren’t staying in the home for more than a few years. If you’re planning to move soon, you likely won’t stay long enough to see the benefits of refinancing.
    Before you make a large financial commitment like home loan refinancing, examine your financial goals. What are you looking to accomplish with a home loan refinance? How will this help you reach your goals? Examine how much you owe on your current mortgage and your current terms. It’s easy to get caught in this cycle of refinancing when it might not be productive towards your actual goals. When in doubt, speak to your lender or a lending expert about the best option for you.
    Refinance Your Home
    Home refinancing can be a beneficial financial decision for many homeowners, but it’s not always the best choice for everyone! Oftentimes the cost of refinancing lowers the actual benefits of the new loan. Always speak with a professional before making large financial decisions, and be wary of relying on credit or excessive lending to solve your financial problems. This guide above should provide the clarity you need to take the next step!
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  • 5 Questions We Asked An Entrepreneur - Entrepreneur Podcast Network – EPN

    Edward DuCoin based in Philadelphia who is a Partner and CEO of Orpical Group, a marketing agency and start-up business consulting firm again joins Enterprise Radio.
    Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Edward DuCoin discuss the following:

    * In your opinion what is the difference between a business owner and entrepreneur?
    * What are the characteristics of a successful entrepreneur?
    * Why is there such a high failure rate of start-up businesses?
    * What advice would you wish you knew 15 years ago?
    * How do things change for a start-up business when they plan to raise funds?
    * What advice would you give entrepreneurs for 2018?

    With less than a $500 investment, Edward launched Impact Marketing. He quickly grew the small company into a thriving organization that was later publicly traded on NASDAQ and listed as one of the 500 Fastest Growing Companies for three consecutive years by INC. Magazine. Edward built his team to include more than 1,000 members and attained numerous entrepreneurial awards, including a feature in Success Magazine that recognized him as one of the Most Successful Entrepreneurs in the Country.
    After Impact was sold, Edward returned to his entrepreneurial roots and has founded three companies and raised over $15 million in equity investment. Edward is regularly invited to speak to business and trade groups on topics such as business operational excellence and marketing.

    Website: www.orpical.com
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    20 min
  • Filing Bankruptcy On Your Own - Entrepreneur Podcast Network – EPN

    Mark Billion, the CEO of BankruptcyAnywhere.com, an online chapter 7 petition generator joins Enterprise Radio to to talk about bankruptcy and filing on your own if the situation calls for it.
    Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Mark Billion discuss the following:

    * What is bankruptcyanywhere.com?
    * How does a chapter 7 bankruptcy work?
    * Who can file for chapter 7?
    * Wouldn’t having a lawyer be better?
    * What is life like after a chapter 7?

    Tip:  Its always better to get out ahead of your debt early.
    BankruptcyAnywhere.com was developed in consultation with leading bankruptcy lawyers. It takes into account years of experience in front of our nation’s judges and trustees to give you the best do-it-yourself experience possible. We want you to be able to file your own case for hundreds less than you would pay a lawyer.

    Website: bankruptcyanywhere.com
    Social Media Links:

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BKAnywhere

    Twitter: @bankranywhere
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    17 min
  • Why you Should take Investment Advice when Planning for your Companies Future - Entrepreneur Podcast Network – EPN

    It can be easy to feel comfortable in the leadership position, especially when you’ve built your company up from nothing. No one knows the company better than you, and you may be able to reel off everything from your facts and figures to your receptionists’ name at the drop of a hat. In the end, you’ve likely mastered the top 5 productive habits of a CEO, and think there’s little left to learn.

    However, there’s always more room for advice and support. When it comes to seeking out investment advice in planning your company’s future, it’s best to go to the experts to get the best guidance available. Here’s why.

    New Ideas

    No doubt you’ve recruited those you trust and feel up to the job. However, whether it’s the work culture or brown nosing the boss, you may find the same ideas are in constant circulation. Planning your company’s future alone or only internally might mean you are cutting your business off from a lot of forward thinking talent beyond your office walls.

    Inevitably, you need to strike out into new territory at some point, and it’s beneficial to do so with new faces every now and then. In the end, new people yield new ideas, who in turn create new opportunities and possibilities. The results are bolstered all the more when you head straight to the experts doorstep and funnell in only the best suggestions.

    Tailored Service

    Each company needs a different investment strategy depending on their history, where they are presently, and what they want to achieve. A financial history of a business can be marred with great successes and mistakes, so it’s important that any advice received is applicable specifically to you and your business. Advice for another business won’t do for you, so a google search is off the table.

    Companies such as Hymans Robertson work hard to understand you, your business and everything you want to achieve, and then work to provide you with the best investment plans possible. Whether you’re seeking investment growth or protection, an independent investment company will have no reason not to help you as best they can.

    Planning Smartly

    When planning your company’s future, lining up an assortment of objectives and risks will only benefit your company. Having a quick rundown of you plan of action can help you spot potential pitfalls and plan logically. Nevertheless, while you might be able to outline a broad trajectory of your company’s financial future, it takes some talent to whittle it all down into something feasible.

    By gaining investment advice, you can gain subsequent knowledge; heightened industry awareness, stronger temperament, competitor trends, and expertise on adapting to individual circumstances. The advice can build your logic behind every business decision that you make in future. Ultimately, this not only helps you make one good choice, but helps you build a better business in the long term too.

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  • 5 tools to improve essay writing skills - Entrepreneur Podcast Network – EPN
    Do you dream of becoming a great novelist? Or do you just want to learn how to express your thoughts more consistently? Whether you write artistic prose or just school essays, you can always buy essay and take a few steps towards perfection.
    Writing is a collective work, although it seems individual and private, but no writer has become excellent but has a group of loyal readers patient, with a critical eye and supportive at the same time, and sometimes also competent.
    Whatever the level of writing quality, the text must be reviewed and revised. In this article, I have compiled a carefully chosen list of sites to improve writing skills. I can split these sites and applications into learning resources and editing tools. So, I have gathered special tools for improving your writing skills.
    1.  Daily Writing Tips
    This site offers instructions in writing every day, and you can subscribe to the mailing list to get it up-to-date. The real advantage is that each step or skill is followed by examples and exercises, you learn and apply directly. The site is suitable for you as long as you can read its content and understand a lot of it.
    The best way to take advantage of this list especially the second part is to choose what suits you and keep it instead of moving from site to site. I advise you to do this for a simple reason because training on writing skill and methods takes time to observe its results. If you have sites that you recommend, I would be grateful if you would take part in the comments to my most recent list.
    2. Grammarly
    This is the best site for you. It combines your common mistakes and summarizes them, but it is an effective tool in the rules and can also be used to verify plagiarism. All for free, but there are additional features for a fee, and the site offers amazing discounts for individuals from time to time.
    3. Write and Improve
    An amazing site for improving writing skills, offered by Cambridge. All you have to do is enter and choose your language level and you will find the written tasks required of you. After completing, sending and reviewing, you will be sent notes with a notification of your level of performance, all of which are free.
    4. ESOL Courses
    A great and free site for anyone who wants to learn or improve writing skills. Provides lessons, short tests and lots of educational materials for all levels. In the writing section specifically provides multiple activities and exercises to improve the writing skills.
    5. The Purdue Writing Lab
    This site aims to improve the quality of writing in different types with a focus on the academic field, for example, you will find information about critical thinking and write a scientific article and other topics of public writing. This site is useful for students and teachers who study writing materials and provide them with useful resources. If you are interested in improving your English writing, this site will definitely benefit you. It remained to say that it was not suitable for beginners.
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  • 4 Tips for eCommerce Success in the UK - Entrepreneur Podcast Network – EPN
    Since time immoral, the greatest success stories in the commercial arena have been met by individuals and institutions making significant influences in bridging the gap between buyers and sellers. eCommerce is one such invention, a technology that dawned a new face on the commercial arena; buyers and sellers can now buy and sell goods respectively from the comforts of their locations subject to the internet.
    The United Kingdom ranks among the top regions in the world with an eCommerce success story. This accomplishment is majorly tied to a citizenry with a huge purchasing power and top-tier internet infrastructure. If you are considering venturing into or improving your UK-based eCommerce business, unfolding are practices that could yield your business unmatched positive results:
    Your eCommerce platform is your chief marketer; work on it to perfection
    In the year 2017, the UK had a total population of approximately 65 million, with her active internet users standing at approximately the 59 million mark. Statistics also indicate that 87% of UK’s population shopped online as at 2017.
    To meet the demands of such a high promising population, you need a website where your customers can seamlessly browse through your categories, make their orders, eventually pay and receive their deliveries within the shortest times possible.
    Since eCommerce platforms need more than just what HTML or WordPress can provide for a website, you can take advantage of Magento Agency UK that provide not only web design and development solution but also everything else aimed at optimising your scope of eCommerce environments such as performance monitoring and reporting analytics. This includes localising your web content which has boosts your conversion rates by averagely 70%.
    Understand the needs of your target market
    Even as you perfect on your eCommerce platform, matching the needs and expectations of your customers is the best avenue to winning their trust. Conduct market research on the existing market gaps and improve on the existing challenges. Identify your customers likes and dislikes, and focus on the former as you avoid the later. For example, a report by Penton Research indicates that eCommerce platforms are losing millions worth of revenue because of customers displeasure with sites that don’t list local currency as a payment option.
    Give your customers a personalized approach
    Different UK buyers have different expectations of the services they enjoy on various eCommerce platforms. The most common of the expectations by the buyers is a proactive approach to the problems they encounter while making their purchases. To make every buyer on your platform feel valued, follow up with them on every dissatisfaction they encounter on your platform through emails, live chats, phone calls, and other efficient and proactive methods of communication.
    Up-selling and cross-selling will earn you more revenue
    Finally, for every goods and service that you provide, you can always consider tagging them along with other complementary goods and services. Overly, shoppers do not love the hustle of checking out with different complementary products from several platforms. For example, if you are selling shoes, a buyer would expect to check out with compatible a shoe cream or shoe polish for every pair of shoe that he or she will purchase.
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  • The American Dream, College Admissions and Career Skills: Crossroads - Entrepreneur Podcast Network – EPN

    Jason Patel, Founder of Transizion that provides intensive one-on-one boot camps to high school students on college essay writing, writing college applications, college interviewing, finding internships, elevator pitching, and resume and cover letter writing joins Enterprise Radio.
    Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Jason Patel discuss the following:

    * How did you get started with Transizion, and do you have a social mission?
    * What should parents and students know about college admissions? Are there guidelines for applications, essays, and interviews that parents and students should follow?
    * What should parents and younger students be doing right now to prepare students for college and beyond?
    * How do you boost student performance and ensure your students are learning all the right things about applying to and succeeding in college?
    * What keeps you going? What do you think entrepreneurs should remember when times get tough?

    Jason Patel is a former career ambassador for the George Washington University and an experienced college consultant. He’s helped over 1,000 students, young professionals, and C-suite professionals with college admissions, college success, bolstering professional profiles, and finding internships, co-ops, and jobs. Jason also speaks to students at high schools and colleges on succeeding in college and finding employment.
    When he’s free, Jason enjoys the outdoors and practices mixed martial arts. He is a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has fought Muay Thai in the ring. He brings his competitive spirit everywhere he goes.

    Website: www.transizion.com
    Social Media Links:

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/transizion1

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/transizion_
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    17 min
  • Creating Dialogue Fearlessly: Communications in the Age of Digital Dysfunction. - Entrepreneur Podcast Network – EPN

    David Perry, Founder & CEO of David Perry & Associates, Inc. a strategic communications firm based in San Francisco and Palm Springs with international reach joins Enterprise Radio.
    Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest David Perry discuss the following:

    * Facebook and abuse of social media is much in the news lately. How has social media changed during your time as a communications pro, and how has it changed you and your work?
    * How did you get into PR and what is your philosophy of communications.
    * You have become well known for working abroad and managing a business remotely. How did that start, and what are the challenges and rewards?
    * What advice would you give someone starting out in public relations or communications?
    * What are your current projects?

    David Perry is the Founder & CEO of David Perry & Associates, Inc. His specialities include community and government affairs, social media, public/media relations and crisis communications.
    Projects of which David is especially proud include: San Francisco’s Official 30th Anniversary SF / Shanghai Sister City Delegation to the Shanghai Expo led by Lt. Governor / then San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and former Mayors Frank Jordan and Willie L. Brown, Jr. (June 2010); ChinaSF Delegation to Beijing, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Shanghai (Oct. 2010); San Francisco Fleet Week 2010; (October 2010); the “Escape to the City Campaign” for the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau (spring 2009); the Loma Prieta Earthquake 20th Anniversary emergency preparedness campaign (October 2009); public relations/media for the Beijing Olympic Torch Relay in San Francisco (April 2008). In 2006, Perry accepted an“Exceptional Business Award” from the San Francisco Business Arts Councils.
    David serves on the Board of Directors for ChinaSF whose goal is to attract and retain Chinese investment and business expansion into San Francisco and the Bay Area, and to also support San Francisco Bay Area businesses in their business efforts in China. With offices in Beijing, Shanghai & San Francisco, ChinaSF is a public-private initiative of the San Francisco Center for Economic Development (SFCED), in close partnership with the City of San Francisco’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD), supported by funding from private sector partners.
    For more on David Perry visit www.davidperry.com.

    Website: www.davidperry.com
    Social Media Links:

    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidperrysf

    Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/DPNA
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  • BizX Network Has Powered Over $700M In Small Business Transactions - Entrepreneur Podcast Network – EPN

    Dan Kosh, Chief Growth Officer at BizX, a business network that helps users buy from and sell to one another without spending cash through the use of a tool called the BizX dollar joins Enterprise Radio.
    Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Dan Kosh discuss the following:

    * What is BizX and how did you come up with the idea?
    * Can you explain how the BizX dollar works?
    * How is this different from a cryptocurrency?
    * How does BizX help improve cashflow?
    * What is your vision for improving the small business economy?
    * How can business owners grow without spending cash resources?

    BizX is a community of thousands of local business owners who engage and leverage one another within the BizX network, and a tool called the BizX dollar, which enables them to buy from and sell to one another without spending cash.
    The BizX team hosts this diverse network of over 5,000 businesses, and manages the BizX currency, but the engagement and transactions are fueled by the membership.  At BizX, it’s all about the members.
    BizX is totally free to join and to be a part of, and members only pay a small fee when they choose to transact with one another.

    Website: www.bizx.com
    Social Media Links:

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BizX

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/BizX
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    16 min

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