Small Biz Elevator

Beth Hayden is a nationally-known speaker and social media expert.  She provides master training for NY Times Bestselling Authors, Political commentators, personal development coaches, and more. Aside from also being a senior staff writer to Copyblogger.com, as well as her site, BethHayden.com she was approached by Wiley Publishing to literally write the book on Pinterest, [...]

How do you start a multi-million dollar business with only lint in your pocket? Bijoy Goswami can tell you.  Goswami has been working and researching for years in the areas of bootstrapping businesses and working with other collaborators for the greatest good.  He has since been profiled in BusinessWeek, US News, Entrepreneur Magazine, and Information [...]

What happens when you wear a nametag twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week? Scott Ginsberg has done just that for the last 4,305 days – over twelve years.  What started as a social experiment has evolved into an urban legend, world record, cultural phenomenon – even a profitable enterprise. If you Google the [...]

Ready to talk about the business of being an independent artist? In the first 20 minutes of this 50-minute interview, Melita Noël Cantú and I discuss the multi-city project that she and her husband have developed called Art on the Roof, a unique, one-night gallery event to highlight and show the work of high-tier artists. [...]

Teri Hill is the former President of the Austin chapters of the American Society of Training and Development and the National Speakers Association.  She has been coaching and training leaders across the globe for over 20 years. Her clients include numerous Fortune 500 companies, small to mid size businesses, state and federal agencies and non-profit organizations.  She’s a [...]

Patty Farmer, The Networking CEO™, is a multi-award winning and highly sought after business growth strategist, public speaker, radio show host and author of the highly acclaimed book “Make Your Connections Count.” Recipient of 2012’s “Best Brand of the Year, 2011’s International Women’s Day Business Service Award as well as 2010’s “Best Business Connector in [...]

Jeremy Nulik is the editor and Creative Energy Officer of St. Louis Small Business Monthly. He seeks out the passion that drives entrepreneurs and business owners to create something new. He has written countless articles on entrepreneurship and is the co-author of “Business Breakthroughs: St. Louis Style.” Nulik feels his role in this life, personally [...]

Maruxa Murphy is the founder and CEO of Instant Expert Media, the resource created for authors, speakers, coaches and consultants to amplify their brilliance through various online media venues. She has been called “The Queen of Interviewing,” hosting over 500 interviews with Best-Selling Authors, Internationally Renowned Speakers, Business Trainers, Thought Leaders and Entrepreneurs with a [...]

The Franchise King® Joel Libava, known as The Franchise King®, has been called a brutally honest, mostly non-politically correct entrepreneur, who’s hyper-focused on teaching people how to become wildly successful in franchising, and not lose their money. Aside from his award-winning blog, TheFranchiseKing.com, Joel’s written articles on franchising for websites like Small Business Trends, Open [...]

Despite a childhood mired in poverty, Cash Matthews has gone on to build a small empire that gives financial advice support to individuals and small businesses across the country.  His company, The Solomon Group, gives people the tools to get out of debt and build a solid personal and/or business future with his staff of [...]