Small Business Stories

Small Business Stories

By Loralyn Mears, PhDBusinessEntrepreneurship
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Small Business Stories episodes

  • The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest David Lokshin
    David Lokshin - and his father - have taken a road less traveled in entrepreneurship. With tenacity times ten, they adopted a "missionaries not mercenaries" philosophy until they found product market fit then never looked back. Trace is a wildy successful personalized sports memories solution: why watch every move by every member of the team when you only want to see your child or the one player you're coaching? SEE: https://traceup.com/
    22 min
  • The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Justin Huddy

    Justin Huddy founded Radius Care to help family members manage the care of their loved ones. What's even more exceptional is that Justin has made his app free; it ties into Medicare and helps people find the most cost effective care solutions. Justin shares his thoughts on what he would have done differently as entrepreneurship can be a lonely journey.

    19 min
  • The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Jim Kniest

    Jim Kniest is a gamer, software developer, and entrepreneur. For the last five years, he's been building a unique app which helps people discover their sexual play styles. You can find his app, Halos & Sins, on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09R9BHFPR

    22 min
  • The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Muddu Sadhakar
    Muddu Sadhakar is an innovator and a serial entrepreneur pushing boundaries around personalization at the intersection of technology and humanity. He's the co-founder and CEO of Aisera.ai; a digital and voice assistant for enterprise companies who offer support to their customers. Muddu's team trained their tech on 1 Trillion words! And I loved his inspirational quote, "Your history is not an indication of what's to come."
    23 min
  • The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Lauren Prager

    Lauren Prager is the Chief Strategy Officer at Synapse, focused on building a tech ecosystem in Florida. She offered wonderful advice about aligning your heart with your purpose and how the community in Tampa is there for each other. When people align with what matters, and treat each other with kindness and respect, amazing advances are possible.

    Read more at: https://gritdaily.com/lauren-prager-cso-for-synapse-florida-talks-about-what-really-drives-innovation/

    27 min
  • The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Mo Fathelbab
    Mo Fathelbab just has a special way of engaging with his audience. He's a best selling author of two books with an incredible client list of who's-who. Mo is also the executive director of the Young Entrepreneurs' Organization (YEO). His focus is helping others connect with their vulnerability to enable people to grow.
    24 min
  • The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guests Max & Patrick

    Maximilian de Melo and Patrick Niederdrenk operate MxP Group, which includes America One Luxury Real Estate in Arizona. With an exceptional work ethic and attention to detail, the co-founders and friends bring complementary skills to the table. They share how their grit and professionalism meet - and exceed - the expectations of demanding clients.

    26 min
  • The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Abby Match

    This episode was both extra special and challenging to produce. As a breast cancer survivor myself, it was beautiful to hear Abby Match recount her dance with cancer and to learn about the advocacy work that she's doing to promote screening for Ashkenazi Jews who are carriers for the BRCA1 mutation. She's a force - leopard fierce! And she shares tips for building resilience and taming the Fear Monster.

    21 min

About Small Business Stories

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Welcome to Small Business Stories, the podcast where we celebrate the real-life journeys of small business owners. We dig into inspiring tales of triumphs, challenges, and the tough lessons we learned…