Talking Business Now

By Kelly Scanlon & C-Suite RadioBusiness Entrepreneurship

Talking Business Now episodes

January 23, 2015 Getting Social With Sales with Anne Cull, founder of Think Viral
Joining host Kelly Scanlon is Anne Cull, founder of ThinkViral, a social media sales training company. Tune in to discover ways businesses can use social media to cultivate sales leads without spamming.
Anne is a Los Angeles transplant with more than 15 years of sales experience, both on and off line. Four and a half years ago, the economy tanked, and Anne saw traditional sales methods going out the window and people depending more on relationships and referrals to stay in business. With more businesses online than ever before, she filled the need for more referrals by started a social media sales training company called ThinkViral.
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28 min
January 23, 2015 Manage Your Company with Real Solutions: Best Selling Author Bruce Tulgan Guests
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
January 16, 2015 Anton's Taproom Great Food through Sustainable Solutions
Anton’s Taproom, which opened this past October in Kansas City’s Crossroads District, is not your typical KC restaurant. How many restaurants do you know that have a butcher's shop (complete with homemade sausages and lard), a tilapia farm, an aquaponic herb garden and an art gallery on the premises? Host Kelly Scanlon sits down with owner and restaurateur Anton Kotar and talks about the eatery’s distinctive approach.

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26 min
January 16, 2015 Grow Your Small Business Through Successful Partnerships with Guest Paul Mandell
Joining Kelly this week on Smart Companies Radio is Paul Mandell. Mandell is a founder and the CEO of Consero Group, an international leader in the development of invitation-only events for senior executives. A graduate of the Yale Law School, Paul previously founded a national legal support company that was acquired in 2007.
Mandell has been featured in articles in the Wall Street Journal,
Bloomberg Business Week, The Washington Post, among others, and he is
a frequent contributor to various publications on the topic of
entrepreneurship. Kelly and Paul will discuss the timing behind taking on a partner or third party investor to grow your business.
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27 min
January 09, 2015 Clifton Alexander, REACTOR Design Studio, on KC's Burgeoning Creative Community
A mountain boy originally from southern California, Clifton Alexander came to the Midwest to attend the esteemed Kansas City Art Institute. After working for several local agencies in creative roles, he founded REACTOR Design Studio.
Clifton joins us to talk about Kansas City's first-rate diverse creative community and why it is gaining national prominence.
Clifton has appeared on national television, been featured in countless publications and guided REACTOR Design Studio to more than 100 design awards. Clifton regularly speaks to companies and industry groups on topics ranging from branding to creativity to workplace culture. His philosophy that there’s no point in designing something unless its awesome permeates the soul of REACTOR and helps the drive to achieve better results for clients.

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27 min
January 09, 2015 Turning your Business Network into Profits with Power Connector Judy Robinett
On this episode of Smart Companies Radio, Discover how to be a Power Connector. Host Kelly Scanlon talks Judy Robinett, Power Connector, Start up Expert and author. They'll discuss her latest book, “Power Connector: The 5 + 50 + 100 Rule for Turning your Business Network into Profits.
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31 min
January 02, 2015 Do Your Laundry or You'll Die Alone - An Entrepreneur's Advice to her Kids
Kansas City writer, artist, business strategist and philosopher of creative, adventurous living, Becky Blades Phillips, joins Kelly to talk about her new book: Do Your Laundry or You’ll Die Alone: Advice Your Mom Would Give if She Thought You Were Listening. Since selling her award-winning public relations firm, Becky has served on corporate boards, as a civic advocate for the arts and entrepreneurship, and as a consultant and mentor to businesses.
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27 min
January 02, 2015 Your Great Idea is Just the Beginning - Advice from Startup Guru Martin Zwilling
Our guest is Martin Zwilling, an American business executive, entrepreneur, and author, who provides pragmatic advice and services to entrepreneurs and startups.
Tune in to find out why having a great idea is just the tip of the iceberg for startups.
Drawing on more than 30 years of experience, Zwilling says in addition to the "great idea," the entrepreneur needs to have the right experience, attitude and plan or viable business model.
Zwilling is Executive in Residence at the Thunderbird School of Global Business, a member of the Arizona Technology Investors Forum (ATIF) Angel group, the Arizona State University Venture Catalyst program to mentor entrepreneurs, and a member of the Advisory Board for several startups.
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25 min
December 26, 2014 Recalibrate Your Success with Susan Spaulding founder of Recalibrate Stategies
This week's guest is Susan Spaulding, the founder and leader of Recalibrate Strategies. The consultancy leverages her vast experience as a business owner and strategist, as well as her expertise in marketing, communications and insights to help organizations recalibrate their business and brands. In this episode, Susan will be sharing the highlights of her recently released book, Recalibrate: A Strategic Guide for Accelerated Growth.
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29 min
December 26, 2014 A Visit from the Elf on The Shelf and How the Successful Business got its Start
Kick off the Christmas season as guest Chanda Bell, co-founder and co-author of the holiday phenomenon “The Elf on the Shelf,” gives us the inside story on how she, her mother and her twin sister turned a cherished family tradition into a best-selling brand, delivering holiday magic to parents and children across the country.
Bell and her mother and sister were named the Georgia Small Business Person of the Year by the Small Business Administration. She and her sister were also named as finalists for the 2010 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year. The company was also recognized in 2010, 2011, and 2012 as one of Inc. magazine’s 500 fastest growing companies.
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18 min

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