OPSQC INC Podcast

Welcome to OPSQC Podcast 008. Our mission is to help entrepreneurs, innovators, and small business owners scale their business profitably. The goal of this podcast is to showcase real businesses and real owners, and learn through their experiences. Today we are featuring Kaleen Marshall, CEO of Viaggio Group, an author, and creator of the nonprofit BellViaggio. Kaleen is a professional coach and consultant focusing on leading children and adults with special needs to live a beautiful journey through life. Additionally, she works with caregivers, guardians and advocates on this same journey. Kaleen is an author of the book "Who Will Love Me" which focuses on her experiences when she became the unexpected caregiver to her sister with Downs Syndrome, after the untimely death of her mom. Listen this week as we explore what makes a community and how we are all stronger when we work together and listen to each other. We hope you enjoy this weeks show.

Welcome to OPSQC Podcast 007. Our mission is to help entrepreneurs, innovators, and small business owners scale their business profitably. The goal of this podcast is to showcase real businesses and real owners, and learn through their experiences. Today we bring in Roy Kessel of The Sports Philanthropy Network. Roy’s mission is to produce positive social change in kids and young adults through the good of sports. 2020 was a pivotal year for Roy because he had to navigate around the difficulties of the covid19 pandemic due to strict lockdowns and lack of sport activity. Additionally, Sports Philanthropy World was an in-person conference started by Roy in 2019 and had to transition to a video format for 2020's conference. Now scheduled for June 2021, the conference consists of over 120 organizations consisting of 80+ countries. Listen this week to learn more about Roy and his creation of The Sports Philanthropy Network. We hope you like this week's show.

Welcome to OPSQC Podcast 006. Our mission is to help entrepreneurs, innovators, and small business owners scale their business profitably. The goal of this podcast is to showcase real businesses and real owners, and learn through their experiences. In this episode we interview Louie Sharp of The Gifted Leader and Sharp Auto Body. Louie has built successful business including an auto body shop and consulting practice, but more importantly, he has defined what it is and what it takes to be a great leader. Louie’s life experiences and military background helped mold his leadership skills. His businesses thrive today because he repeatedly goes the extra step to be a great person, not just a great leader and therefore, his team that he has built will go the extra mile for him. Louie is and entrepreneur, a leader, an author, a family man, and a leadership management consultant, among many other things. You will enjoy this week's interview!

Welcome to OPSQC Podcast Episode_005.  Helping entrepreneurs, innovators and small business owners scale their businesses to profitability. The goal of this podcast is to showcase real businesses, real owners, learn a little and have some fun while doing it. I am your host: Jared Warrick, Founder of OPSQC INC. Today, please welcome Marcy Fortnow of Engaging Play. Engaging Play works with team development to improve productivity by engaging the work place. Covid19 has been especially impactful on Engaging Play because efforts had to switch from face-to-face activities to virtual team building. Listen today on ways of rethinking how we connect with our staff and colleagues to improve moral.

Join us today as we interview Jason Jacobsohn of Propellant Ventures. Jason is in capital investment focusing on early stage healthcare, future work, supply chain, fintech, and edtech startups. Propellant Ventures initial investment ranges from $25,000 up to $500,000. Propellant was involved heavily in face to face meetings, personal meetups, & networking with goal oriented business / individuals but had to quickly change due to the Covid19 pandemic. Propellant now focuses on virtual networking and envisions this is will be the future. Listen today to this great interview!

In this episode we interview Mary Holzkopf, Founder and Owner of Blessed Little Kitchen located in Huntley, IL. Mary started out baking in her home under the Baker's Act and quickly grew into a full sweets bakery of her own with 11 employees. Mary is very faith based and shares her story growing her business and how they have dealt with the impact of COVID. She truly embraces the "Growth through Giving" model. We hope you enjoy it!

Join us as we explore Chad's experiences on starting and growing a successful business over the past 2 decades, lessons learned and current issues in the COVID economy. Chad started Tumbletime out of a bus, grew and expanded into a full Gymnastics facility and then pushed to be one of the first 25 trampoline gyms in the United States. He is driven to say the least. Chad splits his time between Boise, Idaho and Sun Valley, Idaho with his wife Katie and his 2 children.

OPSQC's mission is to constantly evolve our network, education, services and training/media tools to directly support small and medium businesses and entrepreneurs, resulting in improvements to the community, local and national economy, create jobs and further develop innovative ways of doing business.

Welcome to OPSQC Podcast Episode 002. Our Mission is to help entrepreneurs, innovators and small business owners scale their businesses to profitability. The goal of this podcast is to showcase real businesses, real owners, learn a little and have some fun while doing it.

In this podcast we interview Tony Pierce of Wayward Studios and Fingerlakes Grindhouse Entertainment located in Auburn, New York.

Tony’s and my friendship dates back to Port Byron High School, a small town located in Upstate New York. Tony has always been a creative spirit and his works have been the focus of many attractions. After Art School, he spent some time at Universal Studios designing the backdrops of sets for various rides, some that you may have been on. His works are really intricate, high quality and absolutely unique! I will include some links in the transcripts: like the Sharks Mouth water park entrance, a Giant gorilla holding a sub and coke, and he is now expanding his skills into the world of film, earning the title of Director of his own Horror Flick.