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As we enter another annual enrollment period for applying for (or changing) your Medicare program, what could be better than to bring on a real Medicare specialist like Miriam Ramos. Who along with her husband owns Mint Health Insurance.  And hear how she makes this confusing topic of "how Medicare works" clear for all.  On this week's OUR COMMUNITY podcast.  Brought to you by the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Orange County's only community radio station OC TALK RADIO.

For more information, just visit Mint Health Insurance's website to get their free, Comprehensive Guide to Medicare Benefits.  And learn more about all the changes and programs available in this new, annual enrollment period.

Welcome to Street Pricing, the only show where proven SaaS (Software as a Service) leaders share their mindset and mistakes in pricing so we can all stop guessing and start growing. Street Pricing is hosted by Pricing I/O CEO and Pricing Coach, Marcos Rivera, sought after slayer of bad pricing. With 20 years of pricing expertise, he has helped price over 200 SaaS products and coached over 100 SaaS CEOs and counting! From the streets of the Bronx to CEO, Marcos wants to take the guessing out of pricing.  

For the first episode of Street Pricing, Marcos talks about his beginnings in the Bronx, raised by a single mom, and his love of technology and figuring things out. (2:14) He took his mindset of ‘I make things happen’ and made it to the summit of the tech world as an expert on SaaS pricing. After his mother passed away, he moved to San Diego with his grandmother. (10:30)

He received a degree in Management Science from the University of California San Diego. Out of college, Marcos worked as a Financial Analyst and eventually worked for a bank pricing interest rates for auto loans. (15:10) Marcos learned there was a need for expert pricing and understanding the psychology of the consumer and product is a crucial part of pricing. (19:37)

Marcos’ experience in spotting the pricing mistakes and fixing them, led him to open his company Pricing I/O, where he helps companies shift pricing from guesswork to framework. (24:25) He talks about his pricing strategy and psychology of numbers and how he “gets street” with companies to get their products to the right price. (28:07) In 2022, Marcos took his knowledge to print and published Street Pricing: A Pricing Playlist for Hip Leaders in B2B SaaS. (32:16)

Marcos talks about the future of the Street Pricing Podcast and the exciting things to come! "Couldn’t be a more relevant topic for today’s world, as everything is a subscription," says OC TALK RADIO station manager Paul Roberts.  Street Pricing streams live on OC TALK RADIO, Orange County's only online business channel, every Friday at 10:00 AM PT.

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Get your copy Street Pricing: A Pricing Playlist for Hip Leaders in B2B SaaS here

Want a consultation? Email Pricing I/O at [email protected]

 We talk with Mike Daniel, Network Director and Katrina Smith, Chief Operating Officer for the Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIESBDC) about their PROFIT TALKS podcast. Previewing the clients, consultants and community partners' stories that we will be showcasing and sharing each and every week.  Live every Monday at Noon PT on Orange County's only community radio station, OC TALK RADIO.

UCI Law Dean Austen Parrish interviews Amy Laurendeau, Managing Partner of O’Melveny & Myers LLP’s Newport Beach office, about the historical roots of the legal markets in Orange County and Los Angeles, being a trial lawyer in product liability litigation, her robust pro bono practice, and inspiring advice for law students. 

Meet our special guests APPLEONE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES (a proud sponsor of the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's Golf Tournament that raises money for their Youth Chamber).  

And hear about the passion and purpose and service of this great company from Rose Ceccarelli, Manager of their Educational and Career Partnership Department and Susana Grijalva, a Project Manager in that same department.  Sharing the real life stories of  the people who work there (and those for whom they find employment).

 Join us Michael and Caitlan Doehmner and their three kids take to the road again in search of their forever home.  As we start Season Three of their whirlwind, round the world travel with a month in Greece.  See how they've adapted to several years "living on the road" with three kids and what they're doing this time around.  As we catch up with them right after their arrival in Athens., Greece. 

Hear all about this year's 24th Annual Newport Beach Festival Oct. 12-19 from the founder himself, Greg Schwenk.  And learn about all they have to offer this year including hundreds of screenings from countless feature and short films (at theaters across Newport Beach).

Plus an assortment of "INTERNATIONAL SPOTLIGHTS" like the "Mexican Spotlight" we reported on earlier. And the IRISH SPOTLIGHT (that caught my eye) with screenings of both new films from Ireland and an anniversary showing of the 1993 Daniel Day-Lewis Classic "In the Name of The Father" (with famed director Jim Sheridan flying over from Ireland for a special Q and A and "after party" at Muldoon's Irish Pub) on Sunday Oct. 15.  Check it out at www.newportbeachfilmfest.com

So are you Dazed or Blazed? Or just a bit confused after the first few weeks of NFL Football?  Get the straight scoop from our Fantasy Football experts.  Hear what went right (and where we all went wrong).  And hear their picks for WEEK 4.

Play along and see if YOU make the playoffs...

Like everyone, are you wondering about AI (Artificial Intelligence)?  What it really is?  And what can it do for your small business? Then you're gonna want to attend this FREE AI CONFERENCE ("Main Street Meets AI") October 3 from 9am-2pm at the Garden Grove Community Meeting Center.  Presented by the City of Garden Grove's Economic Development Department, in partnership with the OC/IE SBDC (Small Business Development Centers).

You'll dive into the transformative world of AI, specifically tailored for small businesses (like yours!) at this one-of-a-kind event.  Where you can gain the insight, information and competitive edge that only AI can offer thru 9 game changing "case studies" and sessions.

It's everything you could even imagine (and more) including a FREE LUNCH for the first 200 to sign up.  So don't don't wait. This will sell out fast. Visit www.main-street-meets-ai.eventbrite.com to reserve your FREE SPOT. Or hear our interview here to learn more.

Hear all about this year's 24th Annual Newport Beach Festival Oct. 12-19 from the founder himself, Gregg Schwenk.  And learn about all they have to offer this year including hundreds of screenings from countless feature and short films (at theaters across Newport Beach).

Plus an assortment of "INTERNATIONAL SPOTLIGHTS" like the "Mexican Spotlight" we reported on earlier. And the IRISH SPOTLIGHT (that caught my eye) with screenings of both new films from Ireland and an anniversary showing of the 1993 Daniel Day-Lewis Classic "In the Name of The Father" (with famed director Jim Sheridan flying over from Ireland for a special Q and A and "after party" at Muldoon's Irish Pub) on Sunday Oct. 15.  Check it out at www.newportbeachfilmfest.com