Mike Michalowicz, commonsku Sessions at Home keynote, joins us today to discuss why different is better in business, marketing, and sales. Join us for a fast and rich conversation with the man whom Simon Sinek declared, “the top contender for the patron saint of entrepreneurs.”

In today's episode of #skucast we're joined by Joseph Sommer and Christa Ramus of Whitestone Branding, a distributor honored with a place on the Inc 5000 list of fastest-growing private businesses in the U.S. for the third year in a row. In this discussion, they share what happened to their business when the pandemic hit their HQ city, New York, hard and how they turned things around.

On Tuesday, September 1, 2020, we hosted our first-ever live skucast episode! This skucast Live offered attendees the opportunity to peek behind the curtain and discover how Jason Lucash and the HPG team developed the Batch & Bodega concept.

Nevin Bansal joins the #skucast today to share how the Elevate program at Outreach Promotional Solutions helps small businesses and non-profit organizations tackle their toughest marketing challenges. He shares how his team helps companies create strategies to enhance digital revenue streams through marketing, planning, and transparency.

Everything about the way we sell is becoming extinct. Our selling styles, our training, in fact, our whole industry is built on outmoded tools that create passive salespeople.

In this episode of #skucast, we're joined by Brussels-based Merchery, who launched their new business in the middle of a pandemic. Simon Polet and his business partner Benoit Fortpied are only five months into their journey but they’re getting press and attention most of us would envy, including a mention by Courier magazine, the defining media brand for a new generation.

Today you’ll hear from Brenda Speirs, owner and “Queen Bee” of Buzztag, a promotional marketing agency focused on creating passion-driven marketing assets for a variety of brands. Brenda shares why mastermind groups form and how business relationships can blossom into friendships forged through transparency, confidentiality, and trust plus, and how to either start your own mastermind group or join a group, plus the keys to a vibrant mentor/mentee relationship.

Safety, security, comfort, and expertise are traits they will value exponentially in the upcoming months and years. This skucast is a fast 15-min informative episode where Rosanne Webster of SnugZ USA breaks down how to make the vetting process simpler.

We’re joined by one of our favorite guests, futurist and trend editor Vicki Ostrom (Sanmar) to update us on all the trends in demand now. Vicki is a specialist in identifying societal trends and translating them into profitable products.

Today's episode of #skucast features Joel Antymniuk, owner of Motif Marketing located in Saskatoon, the largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon is one of Canada’s fastest-growing cities. Joel was born and raised on the Canadian prairies. Growing up, he always possessed an entrepreneurial spirit, before taking the leap to start MOTIF in 2016, Joel worked in the industry for six years.