Enterprise Podcast Network

Bill Hall the Founder and President of Strategy and Training at Simulation Studios where he’s created business strategy simulations and business training simulations for fortune 500 companies globally joins Enterprise Radio.

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Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Bill Hall discuss the following:

* Business Simulations sound fascinating, give me a quick overview of what the heck business simulations are.

* How are business simulation most commonly used within a corporation?

* Why do people use business simulations?

* What is the real value in using a business simulation?

* Who usually buys and/or uses business simulations within a corporation?

* What surprises people who are new to using business simulations when they first discover these?

Bill Hall is President of Strategy and Training at Simulation Studios where he specializes in developing and delivering business simulation based executive training to fortune 500 companies globally.

Before starting SimStudios, Bill was responsible for Skype’s strategic software business and worked in executive marketing roles at AOL and Nortel. Bill spent over 10 years working at Apple where he worked with the executive team including Steve Jobs on keynote presentations and on products such as the iMac, Mac OS X, and partnership management. He’s a five-time Apple MVP and a Golden Apple award winner.

Bill authored a #1 Amazon training and development best-selling book, has appeared in publications such as The Huffington Post, Entrepreneur, Business Insider, Recruiter.com, Training Industry, Chief Learning Officer, CIO, Chief Executive, and other media outlets.

Bill has an MBA in entrepreneurial economics. Bill lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and is proudest of his family which is where he now devotes most of his time.

Website: www.SimStudios.com

Louisa Sanghera, Financial Strategist and Principle Broker at Zippy Financial Group, which provides a wide range of personal financial services to private clients on and around Sydney’s North Shore joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is working in conjunction with eAustralia (Australian entrepreneurs and business owners).

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Louisa Sanghera discuss the following:

* Tell us a little bit about your background – how you got into finance and what led you to set up Zippy Financial Group?

* Can you describe your first year in business? What were the challenges and how did you approach the market?

* You have gained a reputation for innovation and doing things differently – can you share some of your initiatives with us?

* What does the future hold for Zippy Financial Group – what is your vision for the company?

* You started your company in quite a crowded market, yet you have thrived in a relatively short period of time. What advice would you give to anyone starting a new business today in the finance sector?

Having an extensive experience at a senior level for major banks has provided Louisa with a unique perspective in the financial sector. Much more than an average mortgage broker, Louisa is more like an expert friend who can guide her clients through the complex maze of advice towards a better financial outcome.

Her experience in banking and finance is vast, spanning Personal finance, Premium and Private financial services, Business Banking and Asset finance. This depth of experience allows her to clearly understand the multi-layered complexities of the right finance; a skill that many financial brokers do not possess.

Since starting out on her own in 2013, she has helped hundreds of families and businesses secure finance to help them realise their personal and professional goals.  

She aims for her clients to feel empowered and well cared for, both during and beyond the loan process. She is a great negotiator, with her major goal being to secure the best possible rates for her clients. Her success is measured by her continual flow of referrals from other finance professionals and past clients; a testament to her levels of professionalism and her clients’ satisfaction while offering transparency in an often complex industry.
 She is honest, professional and has great integrity, and this underpins all her business dealings. Louisa shows that major financial decisions can be fun, energizing and empowering.

Having build a referral network early on in her business development, and seeing the power of reciprocal referral business inspired Louisa to create her own networking organisation, Connect for Success – a FREE resource for Sydney’s North Shore business owners to connect, develop and thrive.

The initial success of Zippy Financial came through Louisa’s involvement with some amazing local mum’s groups, such as North Shore Mums and Mum CFOs and continued to grow through Connect for Success, which inspired me to acquire an established business called Northern Beaches Mums. A website and Facebook group with a customer base of over 17000 local mums.

Zippy Financial is one of the fastest-growing brokers on The North Shore, for the simple reason that they sincerely believe in unwaveringly doing the right thing for their clients. Zippy delivers a fast, honest and reliable service with infinite care and attention.

Zippy Finance was founded by Principal Broker, Louisa Sanghera,

Ryan Emmons, the Founder and CEO of Waiakea Hawaiian Volcanic Water, the first premium water of its kind to adapt an unparalleled platform of healthy, sustainable, and ethical/charitable attributes and initiatives again joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is brought to you by DesignCrowd.com. Learn more and receive your Entrepreneur Podcast Network $100 VIP offer when you start your next project.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Ryan Emmons discuss the following:

* Why start another premium bottled water?

* How has your company changed over the last 5 years?

* How do you spend your time as CEO?

* What is some advice you have for young entrepreneurs trying to penetrate difficult industries with high barriers of entry?

* How do you manage your team effectively?

Waiakea Inc. was founded in late 2012 as the operating company for Waiakea Hawaiian Volcanic Water, the first premium water of its kind to adapt an unparalleled platform of healthy, sustainable, and ethical/charitable attributes and initiatives. Waiakea’s mission is to sustainably provide healthy, delicious, Hawaiian Volcanic Water, while contributing to and promoting clean water access and education to people in need in Hawai’i and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Since their founding Waiākea has gone from local, self-distribution to becoming one of the most awarded and fastest growing premium bottled waters and beverages in the United States. Waiākea is now thousands of stores in 40+ states and distributed by dozens of distributors. Current customers include Whole Foods, Wawa, Mothers Markets, Mollie Stones, Lassens, Central Markets, Albertsons, Golds Gyms, Bikram Yoga, Hi-Health, Botegga Louie, and hundreds of other retail, fitness, foodservice, and influencer accounts with a primary focus on the Southwest and the Natural/Specialty channel.

Waiakea has been featured by Forbes, Environmental Leader, Fortune, Food Navigator and even Good Morning America as one of the most innovative and fast growing food products in the world.

Website: waiakeasprings.com

Social Media Links:

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/waiakea

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waiakea

Community Solutions Strategist and Professional Speaker Desley Cowley again joins Enterprise Radio with special guest Lee Cummins to provide tips on customer service, word of mouth advertising and relationship marketing.

Her online business, Spruiker Hire, is an innovative and unique national talent directory designed specifically to help retailers and shopping centres find quality short term retail talent.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is in association with eAustralia, our Australian entrepreneurs & business owners.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Desley Cowley discuss the following:

* Desley, tell us a little bit about Lee and why you invited her to join us on this  episode?

* Lee, you have a varied background in retail, wholesaling and the corporate sectors, tell us a little bit about your background?

* How can businesses deliver a good or great customer experience to their business?

* You mentioned follow up and follow through, is that with all types of business?

* Speaking of word of mouth advertising,  how can we get our customers to become our cheerleaders?

* What is relationship marketing and can you give us one or two examples to demonstrate?

Desley Cowley is a transformational whole of community solutions strategist, retail leasing and marketing advisor, speaker, trainer and facilitator who specialises in strengthening connections between retailers and their communities through development of strong strategic partnerships.

As founding business owner of Spruiker Hire, a national online retail training and talent directory, Desley Cowley has developed an innovative and unique online product that is designed to make it easier for the retail industry to source and train quality short term retail talent.

A property investor herself, she holds a current Queensland Real Estate Agents’ licence, has been managing shopping centres since 1988 and contributed to the success of more than 400 retailers in 3 states.

Desley provides innovative, whole of community focused, alternative solutions, help and advice on retail lease negotiation, retail marketing and business planning and starting an online business.

She is currently working with Rockhampton’s Dreamtime Cultural Centre on The Dreamtime 30 Year Anniversary Project that will establish a pathway for the centres next exciting 30 years.

She has previously worked with successful indigenous not for profit and for profit organisations in Bundaberg, Rockhampton and Alice Springs and is interested in partnership projects that provide meaningful indigenous outcomes to benefit all Australians through cultural engagement and awareness.

Website: www.spruikerhire.com

Social Media Links:

Facebook: facebook.com/SpruikerHire

Twitter: @SpruikerHire

Linkedin: https://au.linkedin.com/in/desleycowley

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Simon Powell, Founder & CEO at TransferTravel.com that offers a user-friendly, peer-to-peer platform for the buying and selling of non-reimbursable travel, including flights, lodging, and vouchers joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Simon Powell discuss the following:

* What has driven you to get TransferTravel.com where it is today?

* What successes have you seen so far?

* Despite being based on a small rock in the Irish Sea how did you achieve a global service?

* What didn’t you know was involved with being an entrepreneur?

* What is next for TransferTravel.com?

TransferTravel.com is a dedicated, peer-to-peer travel marketplace, allowing people to buy & sell unwanted travel tickets. From humble beginnings the site has become the number one global site for listing non-reimbursable travel with over 60,000 registered users and over 1030 active travel listings (as of June 2017).

The company’s key objective is to offer a user-friendly platform for the secondary trading (buying and selling) of non-reimbursable travel, including flights, lodging, and vouchers. The company has formed a connection between those looking to purchase pre-planned journeys and those who have travel arranged which are non refundable but re-usable; they help those who are unable to fulfil their commitment to travel.

Website: TransferTravel.com

Social Media Links:

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

Twitter: @_transfertravel

Ketaki Sharma, Founder & CEO at Algorithm Research that provides MENA focused investment research to institutional clients joins Enterprise Radio. Algorithm Research is a Dubai investment research firm focused on the Middle East, from the Middle East.

Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Ketaki Sharma discuss the following:

* What is Algorithm Research all about?

* What made you launch a MENA focus research outfit?

* How has your journey been so far? What makes it all worth it?

* What are the upsides of being a woman led startup in the Middle East?

* What will be your advice for other young entrepreneurs?

Ketaki Sharma is CEO Algorithm Research – a MENA & India centric research outfit based out of the UAE. As a senior economist tracking MENA and India for a decade, she was involved in setting up the research desks from scratch at two of the leading banks in the UAE and has been published and quoted widely in the media. Prior to moving to the UAE, Ketaki was working with Nomura Securities as India Economist in Mumbai. She has a sovereign rating background, having worked with Standard & Poors’ as a rating analyst covering the EMEA region.

Algorithm Research was founded to fill the gap in MENA focused research solutions available on the region, for the region and by the region. We bring to the fore, a thinking MENA, capable of assessing its own developments with solutions relevant and tailored in the local context.

Website: www.algorithm-research.com

Social Media Links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlgorithmRe_UAE

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/algorithm.research

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/13182625

Danny Pehar, bestselling author, cyber security expert and President of Cyber Insurance Education joins Enterprise Radio to talk to us about Cyber security and business.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is brought to you by DesignCrowd.com. Learn more and receive your Entrepreneur Podcast Network $100 VIP offer when you start your next project.

Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Danny Pehar discuss the following:

* What are some simple tips a business can use to better protect themselves from cyber threats?

* What is Cyber Insurance?

* Why should a business consider Cyber Insurance?

* Why do you think more companies don’t have Cyber Insurance?

* What exactly does your company Cyber Insurance Education do?

* In short what are your final recommendations to organizations regarding Cyber Insurance.

Cyber Insurance Education brings together more than 85 years of cyber expertise.

Working with the insurance industry, Cyber Insurance Education helps brokers and agents generate revenue and better protect their clients by providing the best, step-by-step certified cyber insurance training.

Cyber Insurance Education also provides its clients with a lead-development program and expert advisory services.

Danny Pehar has been in the cyber security industry for more than 15 years, selling and developing multimillion-dollar cyber security projects across North America. In 2011, Danny redefined the cyber security industry by changing the way it’s explained and understood through his one-of-a-kind training style.

Danny is a bestselling author and uses his own Executive Storytelling Formula to successfully instruct organizations on how to maximize revenue by understanding and selling cyber security.

Danny has spoken on the topic of cyber security to multiple industries and has worked with organizations such as AON, Microsoft, TD Bank, and Zayo. He is President & Co-Founder of Cyber Insurance Education.

Website: www.cyberinsuranceeducation.com

Social Media Links:

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1937516196484741#

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CybrInsuranceEd

Jeff Forte, the author of the 90 Minute Marriage Miracle who is an expert in marriage repair and has 25 years of conflict resolution experience joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is working in conjunction with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Jeff Forte discuss the following:

* Ask about my background

* Why do so many marriages fail?

* What are the biggest mistakes people make?

* How can your Business Success mindset be beneficial in a marriage?

* What is your Rising Love Marriage Repair Process?

Jeff Forte is a former Wall St. Executive, Peak Performance Coach and founder of PEAK Results Coaching. He is the Author of international seller, The 90-Minute Miracle (translated into 4 languages), and creator of the Rising Love Marriage Repair Process. He holds Certifications in Strategic Intervention and Marriage Education and has 25 years of conflict resolution experience.

Jeff’s clients include: Fortune 500 Executives, Business Professionals, Entrepreneurs, Professional Athletes, Emmy Award Winners, and Couples from all over the world. Visit 90minutemarriagemiracle.com for more information and to schedule a Rising Love strategy session.

Website:  https://90minutemarriagemiracle.com

Social Media Links:

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Peak_Results

Jason Kolbenheyer, Managing Director at CSI globalVCard, a B2B payments company that specializes in electronic total accounts payable, plastics, mobile and virtual card solutions joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Jason Kolbenheyer discuss the following:

* What does CSI do?

* Why, as a company, should we use your product? What is wrong with paper checks?

* I hear you have an incubator, CSI Kick Start. What were the reasons behind forming this?

* What are some of the major pain points you are solving for?

* What are some of your other products?

Jason Kolbenheyer, Managing Director at CSI globalVCard. As Managing Director of globalVCard, Jason oversees the company’s global operations including the strategy and development of CSI’s international payments offering. Jason is responsible for forging banking relationships in Europe and Asia, servicing multi-national customers and leading the development of next-generation payment products.

Since joining the company in 2010, he has spearheaded the development and delivery of globalVCard, CSI’s award-winning mobile payment application, and globalVCard paysystems for accounts payable. Jason has been a frequent speaker at both domestic and global industry events, sharing insight and best practices on technology innovation as well as electronic and cross-border payments.

Jason’s out-of-the-box thinking and relationship building is pivotal in bringing cutting-edge products to national and global markets. Prior to joining CSI, Jason was founder and Creative Director at DropDeadCreative, a New York creative agency specializing in the development of digital and mobile brand campaigns, including Web, print and TV.

Website: www.csiglobalvcard.com

Social Media Links:

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/csiglobalvcard

Andrew J. Hacker, Founder of MistIQ Technologies, the creator of Smart Data transforming everyday data into intelligent data joins Enterprise Radio to discuss how smart data can help solve the Internet of Things data deluge.

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Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Andrew J. Hacker discuss the following:

* What is the Internet of Things?

* What is blockchain technology and how does it facilitate data sharing?

* How much data will be produced over the next 2-3 years and why is this significant?

* What is Smart Data and what does it do?

* How do companies use Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning to improve their businesses?

* Can you talk about Data Defined Computing and how it is more affective than traditional application-centric solutions?

* What are the challenges of data sharing and data ownership?

* We’ve heard about “Smart Cities”, what are they, where are they and is this just another buzzword?

Professor Andrew J. Hacker is Founder and CEO of MistIQ Technologies and Cybersecurity Expert In Residence at Harrisburg University. As CEO of MistIQ Technologies, Mr. Hacker is building an innovative technology called Smart Data that will help protect consumer privacy while still providing device manufacturers access to usage data. MistIQ’s patented Data Defined Computing will enable a new data economy and enhance the business and consumer value of information by creating a new kind of infrastructure for privacy, security, artificial intelligence and data analytics. At Harrisburg University, he is helping to further the University’s position as a world class institution in Cybersecurity.

Mr. Hacker is the former Deputy Chief Information Security Officer for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, where for 6 years, he supported the Enterprise Information Security Office in managing information security, guiding State Agency CISOs and Executives, interacting with State and Federal partners, and protecting citizen data and government systems and operations. He played a major role in creating enterprise security strategies, standards and policies, enhancing overall application security, and was responsible for risk management and compliance across the commonwealth. Mr Hacker has publications in Network World, Information Week, Help Net Security and appears regularly as Cybersecurity Expert on FOX , NBC and CBS news affiliates locally and nationally. Certifications: CISSP, ISSAP, PCI QSA (former), CTGA, CGCIO.

Website: www.mistiqtech.com