Strictly Business on KSVY

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Strictly Business engages the people and issues of business and management history, corporate growth and profitability, entrepreneurial breakthroughs, operating successes and failures. Covering all fa... more

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The podcast currently has 129 episodes available.

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July 02, 2024 Strictly Business KSVY - Founder of Sonoma Farmers Market - Hilda Swartz
Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter
Guests: Hilda Swartz (founder of Sonoma Farmers Market and Tuesday Night Farmers Market) and Melissa ‘Missy’ Lely (her associate).
We will talk about:
1) the almost 40 years of farmers’ markets in Sonoma,
2) how and why Hilda got started in the farmers’ markets movement and how/when Missy joined her,
3) how Sonoma’s farmers’ market differs from those in other towns,
4) how the Sonoma farmers’ market has changed over the years,
5) how you select vendors for the farmers’ market,
6) how vendors qualify for the Sonoma farmers’ market,
7) the cost for vendors at Sonoma’s farmers’ market,
8) vendor turnover at the farmers’ market,
9) how consumers’ tastes have changed over the years,
10) the origins of the Tuesday farmers’ market at Sonoma Plaza,
11) the important contribution the farmers’ market has made to the community through the years,
12) how you respond to customer feedback or vendor recommendations,
13) future plans for Sonoma farmers’ market,
14) other topics
Guest Email/URL: sonomastuesdaynightmarket.com: www.sonomavalley.com/event/sonoma-friday-morning-farmers-market/17565/
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52min
June 25, 2024 Strictly Business KSVY - Les Vadasz
Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter
Guest: Les Vadasz, The 4th employee and one of the founding members at Intel Corp.
We will talk about:
1) the serendipitous fact that you and I share the same birth date (though slightly different birth years) = a short discussion,
2) your early life and departure from Hungary in 1956,
3) your years at Fairchild Semiconductor,
4) the early years at Intel as employee #4 in 1968,
5) your camaraderie with Bob Noyce, Gordon Moore and Andy Grove,
6) your being present at the birth of the integrated circuit industry,
7) competitive factors which affected your industry and Intel’s decision-making process,
8) how much time you had to capitalize on an emerging growth market in microprocessors before it attracted competitors and matured,
9) your election to Intel’s Board in 1988 and how it affected your outlook on the company,
10) your role as head of Intel Capital,
11) your retirement from Intel after 35 years and development of your philanthropic efforts,
12) the legacy of Intel,
13) your opinion of the emerging industry of artificial intelligence and its looming effect on society,
14) other topics
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52min
June 18, 2024 Strictly Business KSVY - SilverThread Farm Restarurant - Tony Greenberg
Show: Strictly Business
Date/Time: June 17 at 1:00 PM
Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter
Guest: Tony Greenberg, SilverThread Farm Restaurant, Healdsburg
We will talk about:
SilverThread has been named in the top 50 restaurants - how does that happen?
Tony’s background and training
Does winning a reward increase his business
Does he ever get the sense that the prestige of the restaurant can be intimidating to some customers?
Why Healdsburg?
How long is a dinner at SilverThread?
Is he opening another restaurant in NYC?
What is his favorite thing about being in the restaurant business? His least favorite?
Other?
singlethreadfarms.com/restaurant
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51min
June 12, 2024 Strictly Business KSVY - Sonoma Brands - Founder and Managing Partner Jon Sebastiani
Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter
Guest: Jon Sebastiani, Founder & Managing Partner, Sonoma Brands
We will talk about:
1) your founding and selling of KRAVE Pure Foods,
2) how and why you got started in the business,
3) how you shifted from ‘founder’ to ‘investor’,
4) competitive factors which have affected your industry,
5) how you identify growth opportunities,
6) how ‘patient’ is your capital investment,
7) how growth stage investing and consumers’ tastes have changed over the years,
8) how you manage portfolio companies,
9) how you decide to exit portfolio companies,
10) how to measure the contribution Sonoma Brands Capital has made to consumer markets,
11) other topics
sonomabrands.com
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53min
June 04, 2024 Strictly Business KSVY - CafeMac - Owner Jim Witous
Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter
Guest: Jim Witous, Owner, CafeMac
We will talk about:
1) your 20+ years operating cafeMac in Sonoma,
2) how and why you got started in the business,
3) competitive factors which have affected your business,
4) how computers have changed users’ lives over the years,
5) how sophisticated today’s computer users are (or are not),
6) your experience with the ‘downside of computers’: scams, theft, fraud
7) efforts computer users can make to protect themselves online,
8) the important contribution cafeMac has made to the community through the years,
9) recommendations for computer choice and use and
10) other topics
cafemac.net/
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54min
May 28, 2024 Strictly Business KSVY - United Policyholders - Co-Founder & Executive Director Amy Bach
Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter
Guest: Amy Bach, Co-Founder & Executive Director of United Policyholders
We will talk about:
•Amy’s background
•The origination story of her organization (a non-profit consumer advocacy organization for consumers of all types of insurance in all 50 states)
•Her take on providers fleeing CA
•Success stories
•Biggest challenges
•Climate change and its effect on insurance
•What she sees as the future of all types of insurance going forward in CA and regionally across the US
•Other
uphelp.org
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53min
May 28, 2024 Strictly Business KSVY - Sonoma Library Director - Erika Thibault
Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter
Guest: Erika Thibault - Sonoma Library Director
We will talk about:
1. The library as a business - the three most important aspects of running a library
2. Do your librarians all have a masters in library science?
3. What is the shrinkage rate for the Sonoma County Library system
4. How many people are served each year
5. What sort of outreach does the library do? To the public at large? To business?
6. What is Erika’s background and training?
7. How long have you been in this position?
8. What are the most popular books right now - fiction? Non-fiction?
9. Other
sonomalibrary.org
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52min
May 28, 2024 Strictly Business KSVY - Bodega Bay Fisherman's Marketing Association - President Dick Ogg
Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter
Guest: Dick Ogg, President of the Bodega Bay Fishermen’s Marketing Association
We will talk about:
1) your 50+ years as a resident of Bodega Bay,
2) your being President of the Bodega Bay Fishermen’s Marketing Association,
3) how and why you got started in the fishing industry after decades as an electrician,
4) how the fishing industry has changed over the years,
5) the atmospheric challenge: impact of draught, climate change and oceanic conditions,
6) the economic impact of the closure of salmon fishing season for the second year,
7) alternative sources of income for fishermen,
8) what is being done to replenish salmon populations in West Coast waters,
9) the future of salmon fishing,
10) your perspective on fish farming,
11) how consumers could help to improve the economic conditions of the fishing industry,
12) other topics
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52min
May 28, 2024 Strictly Business KSVY - O.D.D. Parts Fabrication - Jim Simpson
Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter
Guest: Jim Simpson, O.D.D. Parts Fabrication
We will talk about:
1. Everything!
2. What is Odd Parts?
3. How did he get started
4. Where are his customers from
5. How do customers find him
6. Does he have any stories of princes or masters of the universe needing him to solve their problems
7. What is the most unique part he’s ever had to fabricate
8. What does he like best about his business
9. How did he learn all this stuff
10. What does he do in his downtime
11. Other
oddparts.net
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52min
May 28, 2024 Strictly Business KSVY - Tea and Trumpets - Mark Bowden
Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter
Guest: Mark Bowden creator of Tea and Trumpets
We will talk about:
National Tea Day as well as...
1) what is Tea & Trumpets,
2) how and why you got started in the business,
3) your selling strategy,
4) competitive factors which have affected your industry,
5) how you compete in a ‘coffee culture’,
6) how you identified consumers’ tastes in determining what products to offer,
7 ) which flavor of tea sells best in Sonoma,
8) your experience as a new seller,
9) the important contribution you believe tea & Trumpets is making to Sonoma County,
10) tea recommendations you would make to the listening audience,
11) other topics
tea-and-trumpets.com
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52min

FAQs about Strictly Business on KSVY:

How many episodes does Strictly Business on KSVY have?

The podcast currently has 129 episodes available.