Talking Business Now

By Kelly Scanlon & C-Suite RadioBusiness Entrepreneurship

Talking Business Now episodes

March 03, 2017 When Your Talent Meets Your Passion, with Orlando Magic co-founder Pat Williams
What happens when you combine your talent with your passion? Pat Williams, founder of the Orlando Magic, says that's when you find your "success intersection." Pat joins host Kelly Scanlon to discuss his latest book, "The Success Intersection: What Happens When Your Talent Meets Your Passion." He'll share 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. A popular motivational speaker who's written more than 100 books, Pat also averages 150 guest appearances each year. As a player and an executive, Pat has spent more than 45 years in professional baseball and basketball. He was the general manager of the 1983 world champion Philadelphia 76ers, and he managed both the Chicago Bulls and the Atlanta Hawks.
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24 min
February 24, 2017 The Return of the Local Market and Kitchen, with The Sundry founder Ryan Wing
Ryan Wing, founder of The Sundry, joins host Kelly Scanlon to share his entrepreneurial vision and journey.
Ryan Wing's vision was to open a grocery, deli, restaurant and specialty food shop that harkened back to another era when the neighborhood grocery was a full-service shop with local products and sustainable food. A place where customers could expect consistent quality and friendly service.
In 2014, he opened The Sundry in the heart of Kansas City's Crossroads district. Find out about how Ryan turned his vision into a reality and where he plans to go from here.
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24 min
February 24, 2017 Achieving Innovation Breakthroughs, with Tamara Kleinberg
Tamara Kleinberg joins host Kelly Scanlon to discuss how businesses can achieve innovation breakthroughs simply by continuing to change the status quo.
Tamara is the founder of LaunchStreet, an online innovation program and community, and she’s the creator of the proprietary Innovation Quotient Edge. A sought-after keynote speaker, she's part of an elite group of TED speakers.This episode covers the greatest barrier to innovation, why most ideas die before they leave the meeting room, how to use the Innovation Quotient Edge to get better results, and how to overcome the biggest killers of innovation.
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27 min
February 17, 2017 The Culinary Center of KC's "Main Dish" Laura Laiben—Now Serving Up Boa
Fashion in the kitchen? You bet, as long as the cook’s wearing the Kitchen Boa, the creation of Laura Laiben, founder and owner of the Culinary Center of Kansas City. Located in Downtown Overland Park, the Culinary Center offers cooking classes, hosts team building events and private functions, and houses a retail shop that also offers grab-and-go meals.
Now Laiben’s creativity in the kitchen has literally spilled over into designing and making wearables for cooks and other kitchen items. Her first product is the Kitchen Boa.
Tune in to hear Laura's entrepreneurial story and find out what she's learned about adding a product line, including licensing it, as part of her entrepreneurial journey.
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26 min
February 17, 2017 The Three Common Traits of Influential Leaders - with Corey Poirier
Corey Poirier—international best-selling author, TEDx presenter and award-winning speaker—joins host Kelly Scanlon to discuss the common traits of influential leader, how to identify your purpose and passion, why the word "no" is more important than the word "yes," and the difference between a personal legacy statement and a personal mission statement.
Poirier has been dubbed the modern day Napoleon Hill—you won't want to miss the advice he provides in this podcast so you can start sharpening your leadership skills immediately.
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32 min
February 10, 2017 Towner Communications' Julie Towner on Staying Relevant in a Changing Industry
Acquisition and a willingness to embrace new market opportunities have been the keys to growth for third-generation, family-owned Towner Communications. The company started as a television repair company in 1965. Today it is a thriving B2B telecommunications company. Tune in to hear Julie's story and her advice for growing your business.

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27 min
January 20, 2017 Michael Fry, Brown Button Estate Sale Services, on Changing the Industry
Brothers Michael and James Fry and their wives launched Brown Button Estate Sale Services after having a bad experience at an estate sales in 2011. With no industry experience, but a strong will to offer a better alternative, the couples pooled some money and opened for business. Then they went one step further and co-founded an industry association dedicated to advocating best practices and raising standards. Tune in and hear their story.
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26 min
January 06, 2017 Transforming Your Body - and Your Life with the Founders of HitchFit
Making Kansas City a more fit and healthy place, one person at a time. That’s the mission of fitness power couple Micah and Diana LaCerte, co-owners of Hitch Fit Gym & Hitch Fit Online Personal Training.
These entrepreneurs and World Champion fitness athletes have graced the covers of both fitness magazines and Thinking Bigger Business, and have pursued their mission passionately since 2009. They have aided clients locally and globally shed over 250,000 pounds of fat.
Micah and Diana launched Hitch Fit in the heart of a recession, with a shoestring budget, and a big dream. The online personal training business, which they built organically and through social media, has spread to 71 countries. Hitch Fit was one of the first online personal training systems. In a now saturated market, Hitch Fit stands apart by sticking with the customized approach for each client.
Hitch Fit Gym opened its doors in August 2009 as one of the first transformation focused gyms in the US. The entire focus at Hitch Fit Gym is client success, not client retention, and helping each person achieve their goals by teaching them healthy, sustainable eating and exercise habits.
Listen in as Diana and Micah share their story of entrepreneurial success.
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27 min
December 30, 2016 Making the Impossible Possible for Businesses, with the Impossible Institute
Dan Gregory, co-founder of the Impossible Institute, joins Smart Companies host Kelly Scanlon to discuss how he helps businesses achieve the seemingly impossible by teaching them a process for approaching challenges differently and reframing traditional questions.
Dan is a behavioral researcher and strategist, as well as an author, educator, international speaker and social commentator. He is a regular on ABC's Gruen Planet and has worked with some of the biggest brands in the world: Coca-Cola, Unilever, Vodafone, MTV and News Ltd.
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26 min
December 23, 2016 Discover the Story Behind "Elf on the Shelf"
Chanda Bell, co-founder and co-author of “The Elf on the Shelf,” shares how she and her twin sister and mother turned a cherished family tradition into an iconic brand that delivers holiday magic. Listen to other entrepreneurial stories in the Smart Companies Thinking Bigger podcast archive.

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18 min

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