Master Your Finances

Do you wanna gain a new perspective on health and wellness? Would you like to learn how to improve your health through long-term sustainable behavior change rather than crash diets, gimmicks or fads? Our host, Kurtis Baker, is joined by Joe Villegas, the founder and CEO of Paragon Well-Being, a health and wellness company serving individuals and businesses to optimize their health and overall well-being. He visited us and will share with you a series of frameworks and actionable steps you can take to not only improve your own health, but the health and well-being of those around you. With over 10 years of experience working with individuals and groups from all walks of life, Joe will help you feel empowered, in control and at ease about how simple it is to make a significant change in your life.

Are you aware of how community banks can assist you in economic situations, particularly an inflationary one? Do you know what resources community banks can offer? Our host, Kurtis Baker is joined by Pat Ryan, President and CEO of First Bank and a member of its board of directors will teach you everything you need to know about community banks. Pat visited us and talks about negative yield curve, PPP, moratorium and more.

Are you taking full advantage of the development of different social media platforms that have created new avenues for marketing that aid in the success of companies and brands? Do you want to learn how to focus on creating profitable and personal brands on LinkedIn and the importance of social media in your business marketing strategies? Our host, Kurtis Baker is joined by Karen Yankovich CEO of Uplevel Media LLC and host of the Good Girls Get Rich podcast. She visited us and talks about on how to create wealth by combining smart business practices with a simple proven systems that develop and maintain strong customer relationships. With over 20 years of experience, she will share profile tips that will help you become more confident to develop contact with people who can positively impact your lives, business and finances and more.

You may be one of the many seriously considering the path to entrepreneurship. When you make the leap from Corporate America to self-employed, the options can be overwhelming. Our host, Kurtis Baker is joined by Cathy Neilley, the Founder, and Managing Director of Spin Doctor Laundromats, LLC, a multi award-winning laundry services company (https://www.spindoctorlaundromat.com). She has made the transition from corporate management at several Fortune 100 companies to starting her own business. She visited us and talked about how you can lower your risk and increase your success. She will walk you through the process that helped her find Spin Doctor Laundromat, in an industry that has a 95% success rate and 30-40% gross margins. Who knows, once you are armed with the tools, you may decide to step out on your own.

Are you familiar with an exciting new option in Senior Care? Our host, Kurtis Baker is joined by Kevin Herman, the owner and operator of Senior Helpers for over 15 years. He visited us to share with you a new model for Adult Day and Enrichment Center Services located on Princeton Health Campus, Town Square Adult Day and Enrichment Center. What makes the center unique is the design of the center and the high-end programming provided. Town Square looks like a 1950s town inside and focuses on the use of reminiscence therapy and memory care activities that, according to scientific research, have demonstrated improved mood, memory, sleep and general cognitive ability. Also with us is Linda Panarella, director of development with Kevin for programming and for new sites.

Are you part of the majority of the population who believes that mathematics can only be useful for fields related to mathematics, such as engineering, programming and economics? Did you know that mathematics can be utilized for things more than that? If you ever wondered how mathematics can be applied to our real life problems? Our host, Kurtis Baker is joined by Josh Faber, a pure mathematics PhD graduate from UIC, and the co-founder of bizbumps, will show you the importance of mathematics to real world problems and how mathematics can present to us our solutions as it helps to limit our postulates. Get ready to no longer be intimidated by mathematics and to be inspired by the solutions it will bring to your everyday life challenges.

Do you ever wonder where to begin with maximizing your marketing ROI? How can your business acquire leads in today's inflationary economies to sustain its operations? Do you want to learn how sales and marketing collaborate to build a brand? Our host, Kurtis Baker is joined by Jeff Barnhart, with over 35 years of experience, from startups to Fortune 100 firms, and he launched CMA in 1987. He visited us to talk about how to achieve growth in your business despite recessions, inflation, job shortages, disruptions in the supply chain, blackouts, natural disasters and the pandemic, and more.

Have you thought about how the pandemic has impacted where and how you work? Are you aware that you can still create a culture, an atmosphere where building teams that strive to exceed your customers' expectations is possible? Our host, Kurtis Baker is joined by Scott Sussman with over 10 years of experience in operations and hospitality, leading business development, optimizing financial results and building teams. He visited us to talk about hospitality role and how it is awesome to be good to other people, interesting business model after the pandemic and more.

Our host, Kurtis Baker is joined by Theresa Semple an employee benefits professional with nearly 20 years of experience in the industry. She visited us to talk about the best marketing practices for reengaging with your customer post-quarantine. Transparency in coverage, no surprise act and more.

Have you ever heard about large tax credits that large corporations often receive from the government and wondered how they did it? Did you know that these credits are available to all business owners and you may be eligible to receive them? Our host Kurtis Baker is joined by California based, nationally recognized tax attorney, Attorney Michael Williams. He visited us and talked about the process of successfully identifying and obtaining federal, state and local tax credits you may be eligible and more.