Today on the Sound BITES podcast we have Mickie Kennedy. the founder and CEO of eReleases, a leading press release distribution service that helps small businesses, startups and authors gain national media exposure.

Mickie has spent over 25 years helping small businesses land media coverage that actually matters.

Mickie opened our eyes to creative PR strategies, what he calls the 3% Rule, and PR in the AI era. Really interesting conversation for anyone trying to get more reach and higher quality attention.

• Mickie Kennedy : https://www.linkedin.com/in/publicity/ 
• eReleases: https://www.ereleases.com/ 

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• Spotify/Apple: https://www.nanochomp.com/podcast
• https://www.nanochomp.com

Hosts:

• Lauren Taber: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurentaber/
• Derek Loyer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekloyer/
  

Today on the Sound BITES podcast we have Chris Hilgers, founder of Peak Franchising. Chris helps business professionals and high achievers find opportunities to elevate their performance and change their lives. He’s a business coach as well as franchise ownership matchmaker.

• Chris Hilgers: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-hilgers-969b98/ 
• Peak Franchising: https://podcast.peakfranchising.com/sb 

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• Spotify/Apple: https://www.nanochomp.com/podcast
• nanochomp’s Strategic Mind GPT: https://nanochomp.com/strategygpt
• https://www.nanochomp.com

Hosts:

• Derek Loyer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekloyer/
• Lauren Taber: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurentaber/
  

Today on the Sound BITES we have Natalia Zacharin. Natalia is the founder of Zacharin Consulting, a firm helping business owners gain financial clarity and build profitable, resilient companies. With expertise in CFO services, bookkeeping, and financial coaching, she empowers entrepreneurs to scale strategically. Natalia has an unconventional path to get where she is that required her to adapt and overcome a lot of obstacles.

• Natalia Zacharin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/growyourbottomline/
• Zacharin Consulting: https://zacharinconsulting.com/bites/ 

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• Spotify/Apple: https://www.nanochomp.com/podcast
• nanochomp’s Strategic Mind GPT: https://nanochomp.com/strategygpt
• https://www.nanochomp.com

Hosts:

• Lauren Taber: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurentaber/
• Derek Loyer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekloyer/
  

Today on sound BITES we have have two guests: Mike Vindler, CEO of Tronix3D with a really interesting background we will dive into and friend of the show, Alex Trader who is Tronix3d’s  head of Growth/Sales.

Tronix3D is a leader in the additive manufacturing space - specializing in rapid prototyping and low-volume production. Their focus spans design, engineering, and production with the ability to create parts out of plastics, composite and metal. Really exciting space to be in, especially how additive manufacturing is unlocking designs that you literally can’t produce by another process.

• Mike Vindler: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikevindler/
• Alex Trader: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alextrader/
• Tronix3D: https://tronix3d.com/

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• Spotify/Apple: https://www.nanochomp.com/podcast
• nanochomp’s Strategic Mind GPT: https://nanochomp.com/strategygpt
• https://www.nanochomp.com

Hosts:

• Derek Loyer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekloyer/
• Lauren Taber: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurentaber/
  

Today on Sound BITES - The podcast where we talk about business, innovation, technology, entrepreneurship, and strategy; we have CJ Casselli. CJ is the co founder and CEO of Truss Vet - a veterinary urgent care that reimagines animal hospitals by bridging the gap between standard office visits and veterinary emergency visits.

CJ takes us through his team’s growth, the challenges of creating a new segment, creating awareness for a service that you need to ‘know of now, but use later’, building trust, and convincing the first team members to join you on the ride.

• CJ Casselli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjcasselli/
• Truss Vet: https://www.trussvet.com/

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• Spotify/Apple: https://www.nanochomp.com/podcast
• nanochomp’s Strategic Mind GPT: https://nanochomp.com/strategygpt
• https://www.nanochomp.com

Hosts:

• Lauren Taber: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurentaber/
• Derek Loyer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekloyer/
  

Today on Sound BITES - The podcast where we talk about business, innovation, technology, entrepreneurship, and strategy; we have Daniel Myers. Dan is the co-founder and CEO of Flair, a company specializing in smart climate control solutions for homes and businesses. Dan has an unique background with a combination of computer engineering and music from Northwestern University. The flair team is working on interesting solutions that are the intersection of comfort, savings and optimization with an IoT platform.

• Daniel Myers: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieltmyers/
• Flair: https://flair.co/

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• Spotify/Apple: https://www.nanochomp.com/podcast
• nanochomp’s Strategic Mind GPT: https://nanochomp.com/strategygpt
• https://www.nanochomp.com

Hosts:

• Derek Loyer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekloyer/
• Lauren Taber: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurentaber/

John Rossman

Today on Sound BITES we have John Rossman. John is an author, business advisor and keynote speaker. He was an early Amazon executive who played a key role in launching the Amazon marketplace business in 2002.

His books include:

John Rossman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-rossman/

Rossman Partners: https://rossmanpartners.com/

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Andrei Oprisan

Agentic AI, LLMs and Generative AI are extremely exciting spaces with exciting possibilities. Today on sound bites we have Andrei Oprisan. Andrei is a technology leader with over 15 years experience in software engineering, AI, and machine learning. He’s held leadership roles at brands like Wayfair and Hubspot and is currently the engineering lead at Agent.AI. Agent.AI is transforming the way people hire solutions by creating a marketplace for AI agents. Really fun chat and excited to see the future Andrei is building.

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Ravi Kurani

On this episode of SoundBITES we chat with  Ravi Kurani, Founder of Sutro. Sutro is an IoT platform that monitors the water in your pools and spas to make sure the chemistry is in order. And keep your water crystal clear.

Ravi has a strong background in entrepreneurship, growth hacking, IoT, and AI. Ravi takes us through his journey from working for his parents' pool business to consulting in India and even a short stint with Nasa before founding Sutro. With water at the center of the human experience, it's amazing to think of all the markets and use cases Ravi and Sutro can address.

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Kevin Dean

On this episode of SoundBITES we have Kevin Dean, the CEO and founder of manobyte. Manobyte is a technology services company specializing in AI-driven business transformation.

Kevin has a background and passions in Data Science, change management, ocean conservation and shares some of my old stomping grounds of West Michigan before relocating to Florida.

ManoByte has worked with some incredible brands and we are excited to have Kevin talk through his amazing growth story.

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