In this episode of Money Talks, Hugh interviewed Justin White, CEO of K&D Landscaping in Santa Cruz, CA. K&D Landscaping is a 3 decade old commercial and residential landscape design company.  In this discussion, Hugh and Justin discussed the background of K&D as a 30 year old family run business. Justin talked about his decision to scale up the business in the last decade and the successes as a result. Hugh and Justin talked about the effects of COVID-19 on the business and how Justin successfully navigated potentially difficult times.  In addition, Justin talked about the 6 Core Value of his business and what it means to give back to his community and other competitors throughout the country.  

Hugh Meyer - 

https://www.instagram.com/hughmeyerofficial  

Justin White - 

https://www.twitter.com/KnDLandscaping 

https://www.facebook.com/kndlandscapinginc

In this episode of Money Talks, Hugh had the opportunity to interview entrepreneur and thought leader, Anthony “pomp” Pompliano of Morgan Creek Digital. Pomp discussed his background, first in the Army and then into the world technology leading teams at both Facebook and Snapchat.  Pomp went into a larger discussion of how he built his Social Media platform. He has a broad reach including twitter, a daily newsletter on all things technology in the world as well as the Pomp podcast! He talked about how he manages this large effort, while finding new investments and the day to day management of Morgan Creek.  Finally, Pomp gave some amazing advice for small business owners, to leverage the new age of digital, lean on your partners and have a specific and detailed plan of action for everyday!  

Hugh Meyer-  https://www.instagram.com/hughmeyerofficial  

Anthony Pompliano -  https://www.instagram.com/pompglobal

Hugh welcomed Mark Newsome, of Youcanmarketonlinenow.com. 

Hugh and Mark discussed: 

 1.) How and why small, mid sized  business owners, service providers or up and coming on or offline entrepreneurs, (especially offline), have to start proactively leveraging the mega benefits of the Internet. 

 2.) How not to be or become victimized by the over proactive use of social media marketing. A dangerous caveat they simply have to quickly be made aware of. 

3.) How and why small business owners, (definition) 50 employees or less and  traditional service providers can and must start strategically leveraging their customer base.  And see themselves as extremely valuable, potential distribution or bridging agents to other local, non directly competing vendors.

Hugh welcomed expert thought leader, author and accomplished speaker and investor Joel G. Block.

Hugh and Joel discussed his 30,000-foot view of the world currently, perhaps highlighting issues you see through the eyes of a small business owner?

Hugh and Joel discussed actionable ideas to help business owners form strategies to protect their business specifically how to possibly help these owners find ways to ADVANCE their business in this climate? From adversity, opportunity?

Joel also gave a long discussion on how to use telemarketing and video to leverage marketing for small business in the future.

Joel Block -

https://linkedin.com/in/joelblock

https://twitter.com/JoelBlock

https://www.youtube.com/user/bullseyecap

In this episode of Money Talks, Hugh interviewed entrepreneur, founder and chairman of Moneta Pro, Stephen Meade.  In this discussion, Hugh and Stephen discussed the many pieces to Stephen’s Bullseye Belief System. How to convey the emotional value of what you do, design your own destiny and the process to measure business opportunities.  In addition, Stephen explained the critical nature of specificity in networking with other professionals, how to craft a direct email and how you can be a resource to others. 

 Stephen Meade- 

 http://www.twitter.com/StephenMeadeLA

 http://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenmeade

In this episode of Money Talks, Hugh interviewed Jason Williams of Morgan Creek Digital in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Jason, is an accomplished executive, board member and investor with over 20 years of demonstrated success leading companies through start up to successful exits. 

 In this discussion, Hugh and Jason discussed, Jason background and experience in the health care industry, more specifically his start up Fastmed and his thoughts on the impact of Covid-19. Hugh and Jason discussed the impacts to the Labor Market in the U.S. and the present and future of Venture Capital.  

Finally, Jason discussed the landscape for Digital Assets and Cryptocurrency and the impacts of Federal Reserve policies on the U.S. Dollar. 

Jason Williams-  

http://twitter.com/JWilliamsFstmed

https://www.youtube.com/c/GoingParabolic

Hugh welcomed Joshua Jensen,  known as JJ the CPA to social media and the Tax world. JJ the CPA is a tax expert for small businesses and has an unparalleled view and analysis on all things government stimulus.  Hugh and JJ, discussed the latest updates on the PPP and EIDL packages and how to take advantage of the extensions and funding. JJ and Hugh also discussed the relevance of the 8 vs 24 week forgiveness option within the PPP and how JJ believes in the 24 week option.  They also discussed the dynamics of Health Insurance deductions within an S corp and C Corp and finally JJ provided some poignant advice for small business owners going forward.  

JJ The CPA-  

http://www.linkedin.com/in/jjthecpa

 http://www.twitter.com/JJtheCPAOK 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq6pedUxZMTt9fkq9YCX8Kg

 http://www.instagram.com/JJthecpa

On, May 14, 2020 Hugh interviewed Richard Myerson of Myerson Wealth in Los Angeles. Richard works on Tax Minimization to Wealth Maximization and Income Preservation- his group works with affluent and ultra-affluent families, business-owners and HENRYs (High Earner, Not Rich Yet) as Los Angeles Best-in-Class Life Insurance strategists.  

Richard and Hugh discussed

 1) How reduced interest rates affect the insurance landscape 

2) How your insurance policies may be impacted

 3) Why a competent professional should review your policies in the COVID-19 World. 

Richard Myerson- 

http://linkedin.com/in/richardmyerson