Talking Business Now

By Kelly Scanlon & C-Suite RadioBusiness Entrepreneurship

Talking Business Now episodes

April 07, 2017 How to Create Profit First in Your Business, with Mike Michalowicz
Business growth expert Mike Michalowicz joins host Kelly Scanlon to discuss the new version of his best-selling book "Profit First: Transform Your Business From a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine."
Mike is the entrepreneur behind three multi-million dollar companies. He's also the author of The Pumpkin Plan and the entrepreneur’s cult classic, The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur.
Mike is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal and the former business makeover specialist on MSNBC. Mike spends his time traveling around the world advocating on behalf of entrepreneurs. He is globally recognized as the guy who “challenges out-dated business beliefs.” But he doesn't stop there—he teaches us what to do about it.

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29 min
March 31, 2017 Inspiring Confidence with Notes to Self founder Laura Schmidt
In January 2011, Laura Schmidt had an idea. A few months later, she started developing a product line and a company based on that idea. The company, notes to self, llc puts Laura's belief in the power of positive thinking into action.
Her first product was notes to self® socks—high-quality athletic socks that have positive affirmations woven-in on the toes and the bottoms as the socks are made. The affirmations are phrases such as "I am confident" as well as other motivational words. The socks are sold online at www.notestoself.com and in more than 1,900 stores across the country, including Hallmark stores, hospital gift shops and boutiques. Laura supports other small U.S. businesses by having the socks manufactured exclusively in the United States. Notes to self, llc regularly donates socks to homeless shelters, women’s shelters and other people in need. Laura hopes that notes to self® socks give people, especially the young, encouragement and confidence to become the best that they can be.

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25 min
March 31, 2017 Orlando Magic Co-Founder Pat Williams on How to Find Your Success Intersection
What happens when you combine your talent with your passion? According to Orlando Magic co-founder Pat Williams, you find your “success intersection.” In this episode, Pat discusses his most recent book, “The Success Intersection: What Happens When Your Talent Meets Your Passion.” Listen in and learn how to identify your greatest talent, pursue your greatest passion and multiply your efforts through teamwork.
Basketball hall-of-famer Pat Williams is the founder and senior vice president of the Orlando Magic. He's also a popular motivational speaker who’s written more than 100 books and makes about 150 guest appearances a year. Pat has spent more than 45 years in professional baseball and basketball as a player and as an executive. He was the general manager of the 1983 world champion Philadelphia 76ers, and he managed the Chicago Bulls and the Atlanta Hawks.
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24 min
March 24, 2017 Building Kansas City, with Hartline Construction owner Jennifer Hartline
Jennifer Hart, owner of Hartline Construction, joins host Kelly Scanlon to discuss entrepreneurship and how she's grown her company.
Hartline Construction specializes in interior construction and finishing, including metal studs and drywall, doors and frames, finish carpentry, accoustical ceiling, painting and construction management. Among the projects the company have been involved with are Argosy Casino, Isle of Capri and others.

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19 min
March 24, 2017 Coss Marte, Former Drug Kingpin Turned Fitness CEO, Talks Transformation
Coss Marte, a former drug kingpin turned fitness CEO, joins host Kelly Scanlon to share his story of transformation from NYC cocaine ringleader to business owner.
Marte, who is the owner of ConBody, came up with the company’s business plan while he was in prison serving time as the head of a multi-million dollar cocaine operation. His doctor tod him that his weight would lead to a heart attack and eventually kill him—probably within five years. Realizing his sentence was seven years, Marte did not want to die in prison. He developed a series of exercises he could do in his prison cell, and he lost 70 pounds in six months. He began sharing his system with other inmates and put together the plan for ConBody, his current company.
ConBody went on to win several major business pitch competitions such as Pitch for Good by TOM’s shoes and the YPO Shark Tank competition with Barbara Corcoran. The company currently has more than 6,000 clients.
Marte trains and hires formerly incarcerated individuals as instructors, mindful of the struggle that former inmates have when they are released.
Marte and ConBody have been featured on hundreds of news shows and major media outlets. He has also shared his story at prisons, conferences and TEDx in the U.S. and Hong Kong.
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22 min
March 17, 2017 Business With a Heart: Purpose-Driven Companies, with Mark O'Renick
Mark O'Renick, co-founder of Will & Grail, joins host Kelly Scanlon to talk about building socially responsible companies. Mark is an experienced business leader, brand strategist and entrepreneur. As co-founder of Will &Grail, Mark helps companies use collaboration and design thinking to create believable, purpos- driven brands that build stronger, more profitable relationships with customers, employees, shareholders and the community. Mark also leads initiatives to foster conversation and research about the need to build socially responsible organizations that make a profound positive impact on lives, communities and the world. Recently launched initiatives include Conquer for Good (www.conquerforgood.com) and Brand Believability (www.brandbelievability.com). Prior to Will & Grail, Mark was co-founder and CEO of Salva O'Renick and marketing services company. You can reach him at [email protected].
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22 min
March 17, 2017 5 Steps to Shift from Bitch to Rich in Life and Business, with Bernadette Boas
With a pink slip in her hand and the words "You're fired" echoing in her ear, our guest today, Bernadette Boas, went on a journey to discover, confront and shed her bitches of fear, insecurity and low self-worth. That journey led her to create and accelerate the riches she has today. Bernadette joins host Kelly Scanlon to share her 5-step Shift to Riches formula so listeners can consider what bitches they need to shed to finally create the riches they deserve.
Bernadette is the founder of Ball of Fire Consulting, a business management and leadership growth company. She coaches, trains and speaks to corporate and entrepreneurial leaders and organizations around the globe.
Bernadette authored her first in a series of books, Shedding the Corporate Bitch, Shifting from Bitch to Rich in Life and Business. She has since adapted her story into a film screenplay, Confessions of a Corporate Bitch, and a successful radio program, Shed the Bitch Radio.
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22 min
March 10, 2017 Firing Up Success at Red Door Woodfired Grill, with Gary Zancanelli
Restaurant veteran Gary Zancanelli joins Smart Companies host Kelly Scanlon to discuss his entrepreneurial rise through the restaurant industry. Starting as a cook and busboy working in the family restaurant, Zancanelli went on to build a group of 70 KFC restaurants, including all the KFCs in the Kansas City area. After selling them to a private equity group in 2011, Zancanelli introduced the Red Door Woodfired Grill in April 2013 in Leawood, Kan. Find out the behind-the-scenes story that inspired Zancanelli to create the Red Door Grill concept, what he and his business partner Mark Kirke are doing to build a brand around the "upscale neighborhood joint" concept, how they've expanded the concept and what he future holds.
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26 min
March 10, 2017 Don't Burp in the Boardroom, with Rosalinda Randall
Have you ever been in a situation in which you didn't know the proper workplace etiquette "rule"? Etiquette and civility expert Rosalinda Randall joins Smart Companies host Kelly Scanlon to offer common-sense based advice for dealing with ever-changing relationship dilemmas at the office and at networking events. She mixes in a good dose of humor as she provides options rather than rules for handling situations such as whether you can hug a co-worker or pull out a female colleague's chair, what to do when someone who has coughed or sneezed on their hands offers you a handshake, how to handle invitations you don't want to accept, removing yourself from conversations involving office gossip, deflecting questions from co-workers that are too personal, and many more.
Randall is the author of "Don't Burp in the Boardroom: Handling Uncommonly Common Workplace Dilemmas." She appears frequently on national television and radio programs and is a source for publications such as Forbes, Business Insider, HARDI Magazine, The Muse and Fast Company.
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28 min
March 03, 2017 Inside Independent Baseball, with Kansas City T-Bones president Adam Ehlert
Adam Ehlert, founder and president of the Kansas City T-Bones Baseball Club, joins host Kelly Scanlon to talk "independent" baseball. Adam and his family had owned and operated the team in Duluth Minnesota, as the Duluth-Superior Dukes for two years before bringing the club to Kansas City for opening day 2003.
During the club's 14 years in Kansas, it has made six playoff appearances, won one championship (2008), and has been a pioneering success in promotions and family-friendly entertainment that have resulted in record-setting attendance. The Kansas City T-Bones have been named the league’s Organization of the Year four times.
Learn more about the T-Bones’ place in the sports/entertainment spectrum in Kansas City, how the club builds its players and staff, and the business model that allows it to operate independently.
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25 min

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