Talking Business Now

By Kelly Scanlon & C-Suite RadioBusiness Entrepreneurship

Talking Business Now episodes

May 22, 2015 HEMP: Addictive, Legal & Still Going Strong After 20 Years with Barnett Helzberg
The Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program (HEMP) is still helping Kansas City's entrepreneurs build bigger and better companies. HEMP pairs seasoned business owners with the program's mentees translating into an average growth of 43 percent. In the past 20 years HEMP has helped more than 300 local business owners who in turn have generated close to $750 million dollars in economic activity. On this episode of Smart Companies Radio KC, host Kelly Scanlon visits with Barnett Helzberg Jr., the organization’s founder and Bill Hartnett, chairman of the mentoring committee and president-elect of HEMP.
Hemp will be celebrating in a big way in November with engineer, inventor, and computer programmer Steve Wozniak as the keynote speaker. Wozniak is best known as one of the founders of Apple and inventor of the Apple II computer.
To hear more shows with host Kelly Scanlon, Check out our archives.
The Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program is taking applications for its next class. For more information visit: http://www.hempkc.org

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28 min
May 22, 2015 Eliminate Roadblocks & Get Things Done with Rick Lepsinger of OnPoint Consulting
High turnover, lack of accountability, resistance to change, poor communication, and poor decision-making are all symptoms of execution failures in your company and cost your company money. Discover how to plug those gaps and improve execution of your company’s strategy. Rick Lepsinger, President of OnPoint Consulting joins host Kelly Scanlon this week on Smart Companies Radio to discuss leadership and organizational effectiveness. Lepsinger has a thirty year track record of success as a human resource consultant and executive. The focus of Rick’s work has been on helping leaders and organizations close the gap between strategy and execution, work effectively in a matrix organization and lead and collaborate in a virtual environment. On this show Kelly and Rick will discuss his latest book, “Closing the Execution Gap”.
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26 min
May 15, 2015 Kansas City's Newest Escape, with Breakout KC's Matt Baysinger & Luke Thompson
Breakout KC is a brand new interactive entertainment game in downtown Kansas City's River Market. Your goal as a customer is simple: You have 60 minutes to escape from a real life escape room. Crack the codes, solve the riddles, and use your intuition or your gut to make your escape before you run out of time.
Breakout KC is the first escape or puzzle room in the Kansas City area and is the work of serial entrepreneurs Matt Baysiner, Luke Thomson and Ryan Henrich. On today's Smart Companies KC find out what other ideas the three have up their sleeves for Kansas City.
To hear more shows hosted by Kelly Scanlon, we invite you to check out the archives.

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29 min
May 15, 2015 Women Who Changed America with National Women's Hall of Fame CEO Jill Tietjen
Meet Jill S. Tietjen, P.E., after 38 years in the electric utility industry, Tietjen became the first CEO in the history of the National Women’s Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, New York) on 1/1/2015. An electrical engineer, she is currently an independent director on two corporate boards. A Past National President of the Society of Women Engineers, and the National Inventors Hall of Fame. She has been to the White House twice to see her nominees receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Jill is the co-author of the bestselling and award winning book Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America and passionate about informing the public about women’s accomplishments. The recipient of many honors, in 2010, she was inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame. Kelly and Jill will discuss the many accomplishments of women in technology and what’s being done today to bring more young women into STEM careers.
For more information on this show and host Kelly Scanlon and to listen to more shows, please visit our archives.

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29 min
May 11, 2015 Watching Your 401(k) Bloom with Blooom CEO Chris Costello
Meet Chris Costello CEO and Co-Founder of Blooom (yes, three O’s) a company the Wall Street Journal calls, “One of the best online tools for retirement planning”. Bloom is an online investment advisor built exclusively for managing your 401k or other employer sponsored retirement plan. On this episode of Smart Companies Radio with host Kelly Scanlon, Chris will explain how his company is not another advice offering but a DIFY (Do-It-For-You) solution no matter where you work or the size of the account. Named by Fast Company Magazine as one of, "The World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2015", Blooom is designed for the roughly 80 million Americans who participate in 401k or similar plans but aren't large enough to attract the help of traditional face to face financial advisors.

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28 min
May 08, 2015 Forging Change in Communities, with Amy Bretall
On Smart Companies KC, host Kelly Scanlon visits with Amy Bretall, an entrepreneur who when she’s not working to grow her business, Arbor Grove LLC, can be found volunteering across the Kansas City community.
Bretall left the corporate world in 2014 to start her own company providing community planning, project management and public relations for communities throughout Missouri. Arbor Grove engages in comprehensive, regional, and economic development strategic planning activities that necessitate different types of public outreach and participation.
Bretall is a board member of the Linwood YMCA and a graduate of the Kansas City Chamber’s Centurions leadership program and was recently appointed by Kansas City Mayor Sly James to the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority (PIEA). The PIEA fosters commercial and industrial development in specifically designated redevelopment areas and is one of just a handful of women in such a position.
To listen to more shows hosted by Kelly Scanlon please visit our archives

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25 min
May 08, 2015 Quality Professional Investment Management Available to Everyone with Blooom
Meet Chris Costello CEO and Co-Founder of Blooom (yes, three O’s) a company the Wall Street Journal calls, “One of the best online tools for retirement planning”. Bloom is an online investment advisor built exclusively for managing your 401k or other employer sponsored retirement plan. On this episode of Smart Companies Radio with host Kelly Scanlon, Chris will explain how his company is not another advice offering but a DIFY (Do-It-For-You) solution no matter where you work or the size of the account. Named by Fast Company Magazine as one of, "The World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2015", Blooom is designed for the roughly 80 million Americans who participate in 401k or similar plans but aren't large enough to attract the help of traditional face to face financial advisors.

For more information on this show and host Kelly Scanlon and to listen to more shows, please visit our archives.

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28 min
May 01, 2015 Cornerstone Awards to Honor local Companies Contributing to K.C. Growth
Kansas City's entrepreneurial and business community is on fire. On this episode of Smart Companies KC with Host Kelly Scanlon you'll meet one of the people fanning the flames, the new president and CEO of the EDCKC, Bob Langencamp. Langenkamp has worked for the city of Kansas City since 1989 and has been involved in most of the major redevelopment projects undertaken during this period
The EDC (Economic Development Corporation) is Kansas City’s primary economic development organization and works to build and ensure a competitive, vibrant and self-sustaining economy.
On this episode find out about the upcoming Cornerstone Awards, the EDC’s annual event showcasing outstanding contributions to Kansas City, Missouri’s economic growth.

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24 min
May 01, 2015 Doses of Entrepreneurial Dynamite with Author, Speaker & Coach Dixie Gillaspie
“If you believe that an unlimited life, an unstoppable business, and perpetual happiness are all part of the “impossible dream” you haven’t met Dixie Gillaspie.” A regular contributor to Entrepreneur.com and the Huffington Post, Gillaspie will share her wisdom with host Kelly Scanlon on getting the most out of your mentor. Entrepreneurial pundits insist you should have a mentor when you decide to start a business and Gillaspie will share her steps on getting the most out of yours.
Dixie is the author of, Just Blow it Up – Firepower for Living an Unlimited Life and a companion book, Doses of Dynamite – Firepower for Capturing the Inspiration in Everyday Things. She is also a contributing author, along with Dr. Christian Guenette, Gillian Laura Roberts, Dr. Bernie Seigal, and others, to The Thought That Changed My Life Forever.
Her success stories have been featured in books such as Go-Givers Sell More, by Bob Burg and John David Mann, and The Referral Engine, by John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing.
To hear more shows with host Kelly Scanlon be sure and check out the archives.

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29 min
April 28, 2015 ABC's SharksTurn a Cold Shoulder to Philanthropic Entrepreneur Empowering Women

Entrepreneur Liz Bohannon was hoping at least one shark from the popular television show “Shark Tank” would come forward and help finance her company but at the end of the show it wasn’t the case. Bohannon this week sits down with host Kelly Scanlon on Smart Companies Radio to talk about her company Sseko Designs, how it’s nearing profitability in 2015, is putting young women in Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia through college and is becoming one of the largest employers of women in the region. Find out why Bohannon says her goal is to be a lifestyle brand and why she believes it will happen with or without a Shark.

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29 min

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