Talking Business Now

By Kelly Scanlon & C-Suite RadioBusiness Entrepreneurship

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February 16, 2018 Diamond Quality Service and Values Drive DMC Service, with Karen Crnkovich
Karen Crnkovich, owner of mechanical service contractor DMC Service, joins Smart Companies host Kelly Scanlon to discuss her entrepreneurial journey.
Founded in 2004, DMC Service (which stands for Diamond Mechanical Contractors) focuses on repairing and maintaining existing building and industrial systems,such as HVAC and plumbing.
Tune in as Karen discusses her transition to owner of the company and the core values that drive company culture, their relationships with customers, and their community involvement. The core values include: connected, committed, capable and champions.
Clients aren't the only ones who benefit from the expertise of this certified woman-owned business. Every year on the Diamond Day of Service, DMC's team donates time and materials to a nonprofit agency or family in need.
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22 min
February 16, 2018 How the Better Business Bureau Can Help Your Business, with Marvin Carolina
Marvin Carolina, the president and CEO of the Better Business Bureau Serving Greater Kansas City, joins Smart Companies host Kelly Scanlon to discuss how the organization works with businesses to gain credibility and avoid scams.
Tune in to learn:
The advantage of becoming a BBB member.What's involved in the process of becoming a member.How the BBB assists with complaint resolutions.How to understand BBB ratings.About the BBB's scam awareness program.
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21 min
February 09, 2018 Successful Sales Career Leads to Business Ownership, with Vicki Clayman
Partners N Promotion founder Vicki Clayman joins Smart Companies Thinking Bigger host Kelly Scanlon to discuss her entrepreneurial journey.
Clayman is the founder and president of Partners N Promotion, a boutique promotional, premium incentive and online recognition products company that she founded in 2008.
When she founded the company, Clayman had more than 25 years of experience selling and servicing promotional product and recognition program customers around the country. But her entrepreneurial path was an unlikely one. She didn't go to college, married young and was a stay-at-home mom through her mid-20s. After her divorce, however, she pursued sales, a career her father had pursued successfully.
Some of the specialties that Partners N Promotions offers are:
Online stores.Safety recognition.Employee years of service.Wellness initiatives.
Partners N Promotion's customers run the gamut, serving customers of all sizes—from some of the largest nationwide Fortune 500 brands to local schools and startups.
Clayman says that the company's success is due to the hands-on consulting her team provides to every customer. "We do not just make a sale and walk away . . .We go to employee meetings and listen," she said.
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21 min
February 09, 2018 Investment in Education Boosts Entrepreneur's Journey, with Justin Brooks
Real estate entrepreneur Justin Brooks joins Smart Companies Thinking Bigger host Kelly Scanlon to share the ups and downs of his entrepreurial journey, including how investing in his education was a turning point.
Brooks came from a working-class family in Kansas City and served in the United States Navy. Brooks always knew entrepreneurship and real estate would be his path to personal and professional satisfaction. In fact, he had dreamed of being an entrepreneur and real estate developer since he was seven years old, when he told his mother: “I’m going to be a real estate mogul.”
Brooks knew he wanted to “own a lot of real estate” and create wealth for his community. He began investing in real estate and quickly grew his portfolio.After his first project, he knew for certain that real estate was where he wanted to be.
In 2012, when Brooks bought his first property, the roller coaster ride began. Deep in debt, he ended up offloading of his real estate portfolio in 2015. He was mentally and physically exhausted, but he had the will to persist and continued to pursue his dream.
He remembered that successful people like Tony Robbins and Jim Rohn invested in their education, so he set about doing that too.
Today, Brooks is the founder and CEO of J.H. Brooks & Company, a successful real estate developer with a growing reputation.
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19 min
February 02, 2018 Life Happens, But It Doesn't Squelch Entrepreneurial Spirit
Kalon Breckenridge, the founder and CEO of B’Ridge Development joins Smart Companies Thinking Bigger host Kelly Scanlon to discuss his journey as a real estate developer and entrepreneur.
He'll discuss his entrepreneurial journey from vending machines to real estate, the personal hurdles he's overcome with his health, and how he battled through his roughest times. He'll also share his business philosophies and why he puts a special focus on helping children excel in science when he's not working on his real estate business.
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20 min
February 02, 2018 Connecting Kansas Citians to Fashion, with Calli Green
Calli Green, founder and fashion director of Local Fashion Link joins Smart Companies Radio host Kelly Scanlon to discuss how her company is linking the local fashion community to Kansas Citians.
Local Fashion Link hosts fashion shows and events, shares photos and produces publications. For the shows and publications, Calli and her team source local trends and garments from partners who support the fashion community.
Calli likes to think she's come a long way since writing the fashion column in her university newspaper, The Muleskinner.
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18 min
January 26, 2018 High Prairie Landscape Group: Sculpting the Landscaping Industry
High Prairie Landscape Group founder Robyn Schmitz joins Smart Companies Thinking Bigger host Kelly Scanlon to discuss her passion for educating consumers and landscaping professionals and how she's grown her own landscaping company.
As a green industry educator and landscape consultant, Robyn has written a book called "Outdoor Living: A Guide to Design, Construction and Budgeting." The book's purpose is to educate consumers and landscaping professionals as a way to improve the industry. She believes that a consumer who invests thousands of dollars in landscaping and outdoor living should be provided with all the information they need to make educated decisions.
Tune in to find out about how Robyn started High Prairie Landscape Group and has continued to grow it, her educational efforts that are reshaping the industry and some of the latest trends in outdoor living.
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23 min
January 26, 2018 Not Just Along for the Ride, with pediatrican & drag racer James 'Doc' McEntire
James “Doc” McEntire is known in automotive racing circles for his focus on winning. Dr. McEntire, a Lee’s Summit, Mo.,pediatrician who’s been racking up racing accolades since the early ‘80s, holds international world records for drag racing performance on street legal cars. He and his red 1968 Camaro—the same one he used to take his driver’s license test—have been featured in Hot Rod, RPM and many other industry magazines.
He brings that same competitive streak—and winning record—to his practice, Preferred Pediatrics.
James “Doc” McEntire is known in automotive racing circles for his focus on winning. Dr. McEntire, a Lee’s Summit pediatrician who’s been racking up racing accolades since the early ‘80s, holds international world records for drag racing performance on street legal cars. He and his red 1968 Camaro—the same one he used to take his driver’s license test—have been featured in Hot Rod, RPM and many other industry magazines.
He brings that same competitive streak—and winning record—to his practice, Preferred Pediatrics.
Tune in to find out how he's accelerating standards in pediatrics and improving patient care.
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26 min
January 19, 2018 The Think Big Movement, with Jon Dwoskin
Jon Dwoskin joins Smart Companies Thinking Bigger host Kelly Scanlon to discuss his new book "The Think Big Movement."
Dwoskin has made a career out of his passion of grow companies big.Listen in as he shares:
Whether "big" is always better.What gets companies stuck and prevents them from growing bigger.How companies can get unstuck.How to determine whether your company's culture is productive, and how to reset it if it's not.The biggest mistake executives make.
"The Think Big Movement" is written as a fable. Readers will follow the main character as he finds a successful businessman who serves as his mentor, teaching him what real success means and how to achieve it, maintain it and grow it.
Jon is an executive advisor, business coach, and CEO and founder of The Jon Dwoskin Experience, a consulting firm that helps businesses grow beyond their wildest dreams and soar to new heights.

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23 min
January 18, 2018 Success Tips From Serial Entrepreneur Cliff Cole of More Floods Inc.
Serial entrepreneur Cliff Cole joins Smart Companies Thinking Bigger host Kelly Scanlon to share the lessons he's learned three decads of business ownership.
Cole, currently the owner of More Floods Inc., got started in the cleaning and restoration industry as a technician in 1987, Within a year, he was promoted to manager of the Omaha office of a national company. Feeling the entrepreneurial bug, he started his own cleaning and restoration business soon after, as well as a supply house for other contractors.
Cole eventually sold the cleaning business so he could focus on the supply business. He opened a second location in Kansas City, where he currently resides. After selling the supply business to a national company, Cole stayed on as a regional manager of multiple locations.
Cole then started another cleaning and restoration business in Kansas City. It experienced fast growth, and Cole sold it after three years. At that point, Cole decided to take what he had learned and use it to help restoration companies all over the country take their businesses to the next level. He started a company called More Floods, which is a franchise-type system of operations and marketing. He currently sells protected territories and has more than 150 territories across the country.
With all of the success of his past companies, Cliff feels there is no greater feeling of success than helping another company reach their goals.

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23 min

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