Talking Business Now

In today’s fast-paced market, leaders are experiencing challenges that don’t respond to yesterday’s solutions; long-term customers are buying less, and margins are tightening. Leaders face more game-changing decisions in a shorter time span. Discover on this episode of Smart Companies-KC how to Reignite the dynamics behind the ever-increasing market challenges. Author Margaret Reynolds visits with host Kelly Scanlon about her new book, "Reignite: How Everyday Companies Spark Next Stage Growth" Reynolds will explain how her new book provides many pragmatic examples and tools that  will help executives/managers/leaders see opportunity through a different lens, so they can discover the profitable connection between market needs and their organization’s unique capabilities.  

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Learn today the hard and fast differences between Start-Ups and Scale-Ups and what you as an entrepreneur need to do to make the leap from one to the other as you grow your business to the next level of success.

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On this episode of Community Investor with Host Matt Benson, Discover what’s hot and what’s not in the real estate market.  Jeffery Tesch, Managing Director of RCN Capital, a national direct private lender established in 2010 joins Matt on the show to discuss real estate investment strategies and the difference between fix and flips and buy and hold.

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There’s money available for women entrepreneurs, but you have to know where to look.  Joining Host Kelly Scanlon on Smart Companies Radio-KC, is Kelly Pruneau with the Women’s Capital Connection and Brande Stitt, Program Director of the Women’s Business Center. They’ll discuss debt and equity funding, microlending for micro enterprises and a new WE-Lend Initiative. Discover the continuum of funding products available in the Kansas City market and at what stage or type of company might need different sources of capital.

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On this week’s Smart Companies Radio, discover how a multibillion dollar grocery store chain inspired fervent loyalty and the lessons that can be learned from what happened. Dr. Daniel Korschun, Associate Professor at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business joins host Mary McKenna to discuss his book, “We Are Market Basket” Korshun who co-authored the book walks us through the historical context and how the story challenges many common beliefs about business.

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The best entrepreneurial stories begin with a personal moment of inspiration. For Sam Unruh, it was a desire to impress his significant other with a piece of furniture he’d designed, crafted and assembled by hand in his workshop. That “significant other” went to become Mrs. Unruh. And that “workshop” has grown into Kansas City’s premiere boutique furniture line.

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Mark LeBlanc is the author of Growing Your Business and Never Be the Same. He is also a past President of the National Speakers Association and his new book When YOU Are the Business will be available early next year.  He speaks and writes on the core issues that small business owners and independent professionals face every single day and is speaking in Kansas City in a few weeks. He joins host Kelly Scanlon this week on Smart Companies Radio. Mark will walk you through the biggest mistake of his career, share with you the one marketing tool that will change the course of your career and the ultimate strategy for generating more business. 

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Kansas City often referred to as the heart of America, is stealing the hearts of foodies. The rapidly expanding food truck industry is bringing residents tasty treats in the streets. One such truck is Jazzy B's Food Truck & Catering. It’s rolling through Kansas City and serving up mouth-watering recipes exclusively from the owner's own collection, with styles ranging from Jazzy Soul to Cajun and BBQ Classics

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Host Kelly Scanlon's guest is Charlotte Clary, one of the two "granny" entrepreneurs behind Ice Chips Candy. Charlotte will talk about life as a serial entrepreneur and share why their appearance on “Shark Tank” was the best thing that could have happened for their business - even though they didn't take the offer!

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Christian Arnold, co-founder of Clockwork Architecture and Design joins host Kelly Scanlon for Smart Companies KC. The Clockwork AD team came together in 2004 and is comprised of designers who work fast and smart within diverse markets and to date have never missed a deadline.

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