Talking Business Now

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Talking Business Now episodes

March 27, 2015 Number Phobic Business Owners - Help is on the way with Professor Dawn Fotopulos
Joining host Kelly Scanlon on Smart Companies Radio is Dawn Fotopulos, founder of BestSmallBizHelp.com, an award-winning blog dedicated to helping struggling solopreneurs. She is also the associate professor of business at The King’s College and an experienced entrepreneur and small-business turnaround expert. She has rescued more than 300,000 small businesses from financial disaster. She'll share advice from her new book, "Accounting for the Numberphobic: A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners" and explain how understanding your financials doesnt have to be difficult.
Dawn has led an accomplished 20-year career in business, working as a serial entrepreneur, vice-president at Citigroup and Wall Street trader. Fotopulos is a certified facilitator in the Kauffman FastTrac Program, and is a CEO leader for the Job Creators Network. An expert in her field, she has been featured on MSNBC’s “Your Business,” at the New York Times Small Business Summit and in Forbes.
For more information visit www.bestsmallbizhelp.com
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29 min
March 25, 2015 Real Management Solutions with 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. To listen to more shows with Host Kelly Scanlon visit archives

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28 min
March 25, 2015 Engaging your Employees and Keeping everyone focused with Chuck Blakeman
Our guest today, Chuck Blakeman, has built several businesses, and he now uses his experience to help other business owners and leaders build Participation Age companies. Join us to find out why you should strive to build a Participation Age company, and why employees are ALWAYS a bad idea. Chuck’s first book, Making Money Is Killing Your Business, was rated the #1 business book of 2010 by the National Federation of Independent Businesses. He also appears frequently in print and online, including the Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneur Magazine, CNNMoney.com, and the NYTimes.com. He was also quoted in Stephen Covey’s final book, The 3rd Alternative. Today he’s here to talk about his new book, "Why Employees Are ALWAYS a Bad Idea".

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27 min
March 23, 2015 Some of the Best Tech Entrepreneurial Minds in the Country coming to KC
Joining Host Kelly Scanlon on this episode of Smart Companies Radio is Mike Hurd, Director of Marketing with Downtown KC and Drew Solomon with the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City. Drew and Mike will share news about LaunchKC a program designed to attract tech entrepreneurs locally, regionally and nationally to apply and compete for up to 10 $50,000 grants, mentorship, transitional work space and other incentives. LaunchKC will select the top-scoring entrepreneurs to develop high growth, successful businesses in Kansas City, Missouri. You’ll also get details on Kansas City landing its first ever Tech conference which is scheduled for September 2015
For more information go to http://www.launchkc.org/
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23 min
March 20, 2015 Deserving Families Move from High Rent Homelessness to a Place of Dignity
Joining host Kelly Scanlon on this episode of Smart Companies KC is Kirk Miles, President of Affinity Charitable Resources, former CEO of Kansas Special Olympics, and the co-founder of the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics. Affinity Charitable Resources is currently working with River of Refuge, a non-profit, Kansas City based organization committed to help transition homeless families who have jobs from high-rent motels and shelters into permanent housing. River of Refuge provides lodging and services for the working poor, providing families with a direct alternative to “pay by the week” living arrangements and giving them the opportunity to receive resources needed to be successful in permanent housing. John Wiley the founder of River of Refuge is also the Pastor of River Church Family in Raytown, Missouri. He'll share the story behind River of Refuge and the families it's helping in the community.
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31 min
March 20, 2015 Giving Flowers a New Lease on Life with Startup Company ReBloom

Those beautiful flowers you see at a wedding or fancy event cost tons of money. At the end of the night those elaborate displays usually go straight in the trash, unless some enterprising partygoer takes them home. That's where ReBloom steps in.
Rebloom recycles the floral arrangements after big events, so they end up at your wedding the next day for cheap, or on your dining room table or on your desk at the office.instead of disappearing after a single night.
On this episode of Smart Companies Radio you'll meet CEO and founder Jennifer Soffen who will share with guest host Mary McKenna how she developed the business that combined cheaper flowers with giving to charity and recycling.
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24 min
March 13, 2015 Detecting and Prevent Cyber Threats - You're Never too Small to be a Target
Social Engineering…What is it?.... Are you Vulnerable and how or IS it preventable. This week on Smart Companies KC, host Kelly Scanlon speaks with Kyle Konopasek, a Manager in the Business and Technology Risk Services group at CBIZ MHM, LLC in Kansas City, Missouri. On this episode you’ll learn what the existing security threats are and how experts such as CBIZ have created approaches to mitigate the risks involving:
• Email phishing
• Dumpster diving
• Pretexting (an invented scenario used to gain physical access)
Discover how not to be a victim as a small business owner.

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28 min
March 13, 2015 Entrepreneurship it's still the American Dream with author Dr. Tom Anastasi
Host Kelly Scanlon visits with Dr. Tom Anastasi. The author of, The Successful Entrepreneur.(Glenbridge Publishing) this book is considered by many to be a must for entrepreneurs who have an ongoing venture or are thinking of starting one. It covers planning for five years, getting start-up and growth capital, making realistic predictions, selling and sales management, pricing your products or services, promotions on a shoe string, and why entrepreneurship is still the American Dream!
Anastasi is a best-selling author whose four books have been sold around the world, with over 20 years teaching at Boston University School of Management, and Harvard School of Public Heath (teaching Leadership),Professor Anastasi has taught thousands of people business . He has appeared on over 100 radio and television shows and has lectured at many corporations around the country.

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28 min
March 06, 2015 Saving Energy & Money with 25 Under 25® Award Winner Optimum Energy Solutions
Q: How many blonds does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: It doesn't matter if you're using the wrong light bulb.
On this episode of Smart Companies KC, Executive Producer Mary McKenna sits in as host and speaks with one half of the Optimum Energy Solutions team, Jerry Bean, to discuss energy savings for your business and to discuss Energy Optimum's recent 25 Under 25® honor as a member of the class of 2015's top 25 companies in Kansas City with fewer than 25 employees.
In 2014 the company saved small, medium and large businesses on their lighting costs while helping them obtain over $275,000 in utility company rebates.
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20 min
March 06, 2015 KC to Entice Some of the Best Tech Entrepreneurial Minds in the Country
Joining Host Kelly Scanlon on this episode of Smart Companies Radio is Mike Hurd, Director of Marketing with Downtown KC and Drew Solomon with the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City. Drew and Mike will share news about LaunchKC a program designed to attract tech entrepreneurs locally, regionally and nationally to apply and compete for up to 10 $50,000 grants, mentorship, transitional work space and other incentives. LaunchKC will select the top-scoring entrepreneurs to develop high growth, successful businesses in Kansas City, Missouri. You’ll also get details on Kansas City landing its first ever Tech conference which is scheduled for September 2015
For more information go to http://www.launchkc.org/
To listen to shows hosted by host Kelly Scanlon visit the Smart Companies Radio archives

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23 min

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