Talking Business Now

By Kelly Scanlon & C-Suite RadioBusiness Entrepreneurship

Talking Business Now episodes

June 19, 2015 Hauntrepreneur Scares Up Economic Boom in KC's Historic West Bottoms
Amber Arnett-Bequeaith brings 20 plus years of leadership and marketing expertise to Full Moon ProductionsI Inc., serving as Vice-President since 2000. Her duties at Full Moon include responsibility for daily operations, marketing, advertising, promotions, public relations, recruitment, community service activities, charity liaison, event and creative director and strategic planning.
Full Moon Productions is a family entertainment venue that originated the haunt industry in 1975, becoming a national model for celebrating Halloween. Besides Full Moon Productions, Amber also helps oversee operations with Rumely Event Space, Group Real Estate Development, Inc., Authentic Boxing Club, West Bottoms Business District Association and West Bottoms Security, LLC. and she presently serves as a board member of the Central Industrial District Association, Spokesperson and Public Relations Co-Chair for America Haunts, Kansas City Downtown Planning Committee - Mayor Appointment, Committee Member of Boulvardia, and Vice-President of The West Bottoms Business District Association. She also serves as an Advisor to "Don't be a Monster, Anti-Bullying Campaign. This charity is partnered with the two newest haunted venues from Full Moon, which include “The Chamber’s of Edgar of Allen Poe” and “Macabre Cinema.” with the money staying in Kansas City. On this episode of Smart Companies Radio find out why The Edge of Hell is truly an Angel to Kansa

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28 min
June 19, 2015 From the Cell Block to the C Suite With CEO Andrew Medal
Although He doesnt recommend it Andrew Medal in fact highly discourages mistakes that could put you behind bars. He does however share with Smart Companies host Kelly Scanlon that being an entrepreneur paid off during his two years in prison. Discover how his entrepreneurial spirit helped him survive and in fact thrive during his incarceration. Andrew Medal is the founder and CEO at Agent Beta. He's a published author and a regular contributor to Entrepreneur.com.
Andrew will explain how you too can overcome obstacles with your business startup skills and how nothing even prison should keep you from accomplishing your dreams.
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30 min
June 12, 2015 Local Source Marketing: Bringing the Farm to Your Table
In today’s competitive markets, just being able to produce a good product doesn’t assure you a thriving business. You have to be able to produce a consistently, high quality product and sell it at a price high enough to generate a sustainable profit. You may know everything you need to know on the farm but where do you go from here.
On today's Smart Companies KC you'll meet Lesley Graham, Founder of Local Source Marketing. Lesley with years of experience in the food industry specializes in representing locally made and/or grown specialty foods with the goal of getting these hometown products into the relevant distribution channels and retail or restaurant locations.
Contact Lesley at: [email protected]

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24 min
June 12, 2015 Leadership & Management Success with Best Selling Author David Long
Speaker, Author, CEO and “Student of the Game of Business.” David Long joins host Kelly Scanlon on Smart Companies Radio this Friday. Long is Founder/CEO of MyEmployees, a 25 year-old firm in the Top 1% Worldwide in the Employee Engagement and Recognition industry. His firm specializes in helping managers build stronger, more engaging relationships with their team members, while linking the rewards and recognition program to the desired goals of the company.
He believes (and lives to his very core) what Zig Ziglar said was required to become truly successful in life. He said, “You can have ANYTHING you want in life IF you will FIRST help others get what THEY want!” As a result, David has touched untold lives through the years, including employees, clients, friends and family...and he’ll discuss with Kelly exactly how to do it with his latest book, “Built to Lead” recently named a Wall Street Journal’s best seller and the #1 Leadership book on Amazon’s Best Seller’s list.
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30 min
June 05, 2015 Branding, Marketing & Content: JNA Advertising Can Help Make it All Happen
As a small business owner when do you need an advertising agency and what should you expect? Meet John Nohe, a seasoned veteran in the communications and marketing arena and founder of JNA Advertising, a full-service advertising agency, with clients across the globe. Founded in 2004, JNA is among the top 15 largest agencies in Kansas City and has clients in animal health, retail, aviation, tourism and human health. This past year JNA was honored as one of Kansas City's top 25 companies with fewer than 25 employees by Thinking Bigger Business Magazine at the annual 25 Under 25 Gala.
John and Kelly will discuss new trends in advertising as well what makes a good working relationship between the client and the agency.
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28 min
June 05, 2015 Real Management Solutions from Best Selling Author Bruce Tulgan
Joining host Kelly Scanlon this week on Smart Companies Radio is Bruce L Tulgan. Tulgan is an American writer specializing in business topics. His books include It's Okay to Manage Your Boss, Not Everyone Gets a Trophy, It's Okay to be the Boss, and Managing Generation X. On this episode Kelly and Bruce will discuss his most recent book, “The 27 Challenges Managers Face: Step-by-Step Solutions to (Nearly) All of Your Management Problems”. Discover how the most effective managers use the fundamentals of management to proactively resolve nearly any problem you might come across in your business.
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28 min
June 02, 2015 Launching & Growing Your Business: Author Scott Duffy Shares Secrets to Success
What is the most important job of an entrepreneur and how do you get started without a lot of money. Scott Duffy the Best-selling author of Launch! joins host Kelly Scanlon to answer those questions. You'll also discover the biggest single mistake to avoid when launching your new business. Scott Duffy is the Founder & CEO of Content.Market. He began his career working for best-selling author and speaker, Tony Robbins, and went on to work for several big media brands like CBS Sportsline, NBC Internet, and FOXSports.com. Next, he founded Smart Charter, an online booking tool for private aviation, which was acquired by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group. Scott is a keynote speaker who champions entrepreneurship. He has spoken at the NYSE and provided commentary in numerous media outlets including CNBC, FOX News, and CBS Radio. To hear more shows hosted by Kelly Scanlon, please visit our archives.

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27 min
June 01, 2015 National Award Winning Company Bringing Jobs & Hope to Small Town America
What started out as a creative way to help his parents in their retirement has turned into an international, award winning business. Alan Doan Co-founder along with his sister Sarah Galbraith of Missouri Star Quilt Company talks about the inception of the company in 2008 and how it's grown to where it is today, including the most recent honor. Alan and his sister Sarah were named as the National 2015 Small Business Persons of the year. The award is presented each spring as part of the U.S. Small Business Administration's National Small Business Week. In addition to growing his business, Alan and host Kelly Scanlon discuss how Missouri Star Quilt Company is bringing life back to the town of Hamilton, the rural town of about 1500 in Northwest Missouri. Listen to additional shows hosted by Kelly Scanlon at our archives

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29 min
May 29, 2015 Small Rural Town Sees New Life Thanks to Missouri Star Quilt Company's Success
What started out as a creative way to help his parents in their retirement has turned into an international, award winning business. Alan Doan Co-founder along with his sister Sarah Galbraith of Missouri Star Quilt Company talks about the inception of the company in 2008 and how it's grown to where it is today, including the most recent honor. Alan and his sister Sarah were named as the National 2015 Small Business Persons of the year. The award is presented each spring as part of the U.S. Small Business Administration's National Small Business Week.
In addition to growing his business, Alan and host Kelly Scanlon discuss how Missouri Star Quilt Company is bringing life back to the town of Hamilton, the rural town of about 1500 in Northwest Missouri.
Listen to additional shows hosted by Kelly Scanlon at our archives

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29 min
May 29, 2015 Best-Selling Author Scott Duffy Shares His Blueprint to Launch & Grow a Business
What is the most important job of an entrepreneur and how do you get started without a lot of money. Scott Duffy the Best-selling author of Launch! joins host Kelly Scanlon to answer those questions. You'll also discover the biggest single mistake to avoid when launching your new business.
Scott Duffy is the Founder & CEO of Content.Market. He began his career working for best-selling author and speaker, Tony Robbins, and went on to work for several big media brands like CBS Sportsline, NBC Internet, and FOXSports.com. Next, he founded Smart Charter, an online booking tool for private aviation, which was acquired by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group. Scott is a keynote speaker who champions entrepreneurship. He has spoken at the NYSE and provided commentary in numerous media outlets including CNBC, FOX News, and CBS Radio.
To hear more shows hosted by Kelly Scanlon, please visit our archives.

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27 min

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