Small Business Answer Man

Small Business Answer Man

By Gary Wilbers: Certified Coach, Author, Keynote Speaker, Leadership TrainerBusinessEntrepreneurship
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Small Business Answer Man episodes

  • Ep: 039 Valerie Young

    Dr. Valerie Young is an internationally recognized expert on impostor syndrome. She’s delivered her highly practical and surprisingly upbeat message to such diverse organizations as Apple, Chrysler, Facebook, Boeing, Microsoft, Merck, Intel, IBM, Ernst and Young, BP, Procter & Gamble, Society of Women Engineers, and the Space Telescope Science Institute as well as at over 85 colleges and universities in the US, Canada, and Japan including Stanford, Harvard, and MIT.

    Valerie is the author of the award-winning book The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It (Crown), now available in five languages.

    Her career-related tips have been featured in dozens of business and popular media outlets from India to Brazil including Yahoo Finance, BBC radio, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Science, Psychology Today, and O magazine.

    She earned her doctoral degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst where her research focused on understanding and eliminating barriers to women’s achievement. She later went on to spend seven years in management at a Fortune 200 company.

    In addition to her work at ImpostorSyndrome.com, Valerie is founder and Dreamer in Residence at ChangingCourse.com where she’s been showing change seekers how to make a living without a job since 1995.

    36 min
  • Ep: 038 Alex Branning

    Alex Branning is happily married to his wife, Kathy, and they have one daughter, Ali. They are foster parents and have had five little girls in our home. They moved to Redding, CA, last summer and have loved it so far. He owns a marketing agency that serves over 300 clients.

    42 min
  • Ep: 038 Alex Branning

    Alex Branning is happily married to his wife, Kathy, and they have one daughter, Ali. They are foster parents and have had five little girls in our home. They moved to Redding, CA, last summer and have loved it so far. He owns a marketing agency that serves over 300 clients.

    42 min
  • Ep: 036 Jill Blashack Strahan
    Jill Blashack Strahan, Tastefully Simple Founder & CEO, is a top female entrepreneur and an inspiration to countless people across the nation. Strahan grew up on her family's dairy farm in rural Minnesota, where she was inspired by her father's work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit. In 1995, Jill launched Tastefully Simple offering high quality, easy-to-prepare foods and gifts. It wasn't a simple start. Strahan and her young family had a household income of $25,000. Determined, she bootstrapped the business and within eight years, Tastefully Simple grew to a $113 million company. Just three years into the business, Jill was rocked by tragedy and was faced with the decision of whether to continue her business. She chose to persevere, using her obstacles to motivate her. Recognized as an exceptional CEO, she has won numerous awards for her achievements and unique philosophies. Jill published a book about her life lessons and inspirational journey called Simply Shine: Stories That Stirred the Fire. As a professional speaker, Blashack Strahan has inspired thousands, sharing her stories along with ways to overcome obstacles. Her charismatic and down-to-earth nature make her someone people believe in, and – more importantly – someone who enables them to believe in themselves.
    41 min
  • Ep: 036 Jill Blashack Strahan
    Jill Blashack Strahan, Tastefully Simple Founder & CEO, is a top female entrepreneur and an inspiration to countless people across the nation. Strahan grew up on her family’s dairy farm in rural Minnesota, where she was inspired by her father’s work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit.   In 1995, Jill launched Tastefully Simple offering high quality, easy-to-prepare foods and gifts. It wasn’t a simple start. Strahan and her young family had a household income of $25,000. Determined, she bootstrapped the business and within eight years, Tastefully Simple grew to a $113 million company.   Just three years into the business, Jill was rocked by tragedy and was faced with the decision of whether to continue her business. She chose to persevere, using her obstacles to motivate her.   Recognized as an exceptional CEO, she has won numerous awards for her achievements and unique philosophies. Jill published a book about her life lessons and inspirational journey called Simply Shine: Stories That Stirred the Fire.   As a professional speaker, Blashack Strahan has inspired thousands, sharing her stories along with ways to overcome obstacles. Her charismatic and down-to-earth nature make her someone people believe in, and – more importantly – someone who enables them to believe in themselves.
    41 min
  • Ep: 035 Sarah Hill

    Sarah Hill is a 12 time Mid-America Emmy award winning storyteller and technologist. She's the CEO of StoryUP XR, the makers of Healium which is an anti-anxiety product. Sarah is a 20 year veteran of the interactive media industry. She got into virtual reality trying to find a solution for a group of terminally-ill Veterans who weren't able to physically travel. Sarah started using augmented reality in 2011 to interact with TV viewers behind the scenes of a newscast.

    48 min
  • Ep: 035 Sarah Hill

    Sarah Hill is a 12 time Mid-America Emmy award winning storyteller and technologist. She's the CEO of StoryUP XR, the makers of Healium which is an anti-anxiety product. Sarah is a 20 year veteran of the interactive media industry. She got into virtual reality trying to find a solution for a group of terminally-ill Veterans who weren't able to physically travel. Sarah started using augmented reality in 2011 to interact with TV viewers behind the scenes of a newscast.

    48 min
  • Ep: 034 Mark Musso

    Mark Musso has served as President & CEO of Special Olympics Missouri since 1991. Special Olympics Missouri provides year round sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.Prior to coming to Missouri, Mark was Executive Director of Minnesota Special Olympics and Director of Games Operations for the 1991 International Special Olympics Games. Mark began his Special Olympics involvement in 1972 as a volunteer in Special Olympics Kansas. He served as member of the Chapter Summer Games GMT, Area Training Director, and his favorite role - Special Olympics Coach.Mark has served as Chairman of United States Leadership Council and a member of the North America Leadership Council for Special Olympics. Mark currently serves as Chairman of the North American Special Olympics Professionals and Vice-Chairman of the Law Enforcement Torch Run International Executive Council. Mark was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame as a Sports Executive in 2010.In addition, Mark served as President of the Missouri Society of Association Executives, served as a member of the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Health, Past President of the Jefferson City Basketball Officials Association and officiated high school basketball for 31 years.Mark earned a Master of Business Administration in Organizational Behavior and Bachelor of Business Administration in Management from Wichita State University, as well as serving as WuShock the Mascot.

    41 min

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