Entrepreneur Phillip Long interviews local insurance owner, Reggie Pulliam, about running an insurance firm in Gulf Shores and how he went from teaching school to running his own company. Pulliam discusses his firm's unique approach to business and how Hurricane Sally has impacted the industry. Listen now for advice on starting a business and finding the right career for you in life!

Plus, Phillip breaks down the recent oil pipeline hack as well as the threat pattern he's seeing right now. 

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Phillip Long, CEO of Business Information Solutions, interviews Jim St. Clair, Chief Trust Officer for Lumedic Exchange, the first internationally available patient-centric data exchange platform.  

They discuss how Lumedic's cutting-edge technology is providing digital trust in the patient healthcare setting during the episode. Data protection is a priority as medical records go virtual, and Lumedic’s technology gives a new take on protecting personal identification. 

Guests: Jim St. Clair, Chief Trust Officer for the Lumedic Exchange 

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Phillip Long, CEO of Business Information Solutions, interviews local business owner and podcast celebrity, Josh Null, from Fairhope, AL on his unique approach to generating new clients. 

Long also discusses the cybersecurity report from Crowdstrike and what it means for your organization.  He ends the podcast discussing peer groups and why it's important business owners have moral support as well as access to expertise in their community. 

Guests:

Josh Null, Owner of Gulf Coast Financial Advisors and Podcast Host of Every Dollar Counts 

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In this month's segment, entrepreneur Phillip Long interviews Ikram Massabini, owner and CEO of MVP Network Consulting. They discuss where Massabini got his start in entrepreneurship,  how his business has grown, the core values of his business, and the books that have inspired his success. They also express how doing the same thing expecting different results leads to a plateau and the 5 dysfunctions of a team.

Phillip also discusses the importance of effective modeling in the workplace, family, and relationships. He explains that business models do not reach their full potential when sticking to a single strategy without researching all other avenues they could take to generate results. He stresses the importance of reaching out to see how your peers are excelling. Apply what's working for successful people. Don't just stay stagnant.  It is through our failures that we find our greatest successes.

Guest:

Ikram Massabini, Owner and CEO of MVP Network Consulting

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In this month's segment, entrepreneur Phillip Long discusses the everchanging threats in the cyberworld with Netsurion's vice president of channel sales and alliances, Guy Cunningham. Cybersecurity threats are changing at a rapid pace. In fact, it's estimated that 350,000 new pieces of Malware and unwanted applications are generated every day. Guy explains how Netsurion provides secure and agile networks principally focused on distributed enterprise customers (big companies with multiple smaller locations) and their managed threat protection platform, EventTracker, which is security based on the Predict, Prevent, Detect, and Respond Model. 

Long also discusses the consequences of the absence of trust and the fear of conflict within teams, both in the corporate world and in everyday life. He explains the connection between building trust, allowing vulnerability, having courage, and engaging in healthy conflict in order to reach a common goal. 

Guest:

Guy Cunningham, Netsurion

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Gulf Coast native and entrepreneur, Phillip Long, talks about how to manage a fast-growing business with Ryan Shirley, President and CEO of Vona Case Management. Shirley discusses how he grew his company's success in just 5 years, landing them on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies in America list. He also goes over the skills you need to successfully run a business with employees that work remotely across the country.

Long also discusses how to protect yourself and your company from a data breach and how to handle reporting a cyber breach. Phillip touches on how to take the challenges you face and use them to motivate and empower you.

Guests:

Ryan Shirley, Vona Case Management

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Phillip Long, CEO of Business Information Solutions, interviews Mrs. Barbara Brown from Light of the City in Bay Minette, Alabama on how we can help our local community and some of the great things we can do to prepare kids for success. 

Long also discusses the latest cyber threat called the Joker where it infects your phone from downloading apps. He'll also cover how to determine if your phone has already been infected. He'll end the podcast by defining what success looks like as well as understanding the challenge is going to be the way and how opportunities come from those obstacles. 

Guests:

Barbara Brown, Light of the City Bay Minette

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Gulf Coast native and entrepreneur, Phillip Long, talks about how to keep the economy going by hiring or getting hired with local experts Hank Lahti and Kristi Mitchell from the Alabama Career Center. Lahti and Mitchell discuss how to write a good resume, rock an interview and find current job openings. If you're looking to hire or get hired, this is the segment for you!

Long also discusses how to protect yourself from cyberattacks on remote desktop protocol applications as well as interviews a very special caller, his daughter Brooke, on how she's strategically building out her career. 

Guests:

Kristi Mitchell and Hank Lahti, Alabama Career Center

Brooke Long, Troy University

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Business owner, Phillip Long, interviews two local female entrepreneurs, Karla Hardin and Pamela Denham, on utilizing employee emotional intelligence for business success. Both Hardin and Denham give expert input on behavior skillsets and how the Enneagram can assist in creating a better relationship with your staff. 

He also gives his expert advice on working from home securely and vulnerabilities with Zoom as well as his thoughts on the current COVID 19 pandemic and how BIS is prevailing through the crisis.  

Guests:

Karla Hardin, Hardin Life Resources Group https://www.hardinlife.com/

Pamela Denham, Pamela Denham Associates https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamela-denham-89863517/

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Entrepreneur Phillip Long interviews Marine Corps veteran and former stock car racing pro, Rickey Stokes, about his failures and successes in leadership throughout his career. Stokes gives insight into providing top-notch service in the service industry. Are you struggling with customer service and leadership? Listen now for advice on concurring leadership issues and providing the best service to your clients!

Plus, Phillip discusses the ransomware trend and the current threat landscape. Later on, he talks about changing your perception on challenges and seeing opportunities come from them.

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