Talking Business Now

By Kelly Scanlon & C-Suite RadioBusiness Entrepreneurship

Talking Business Now episodes

November 14, 2014 Online Marketplace Zaarly: Building Communities on the Ground, with Bo Fishback
Joining host Kelly Scanlon is Bo Fishback, co-founder and CEO of Zaarly, the online marketplace for high-quality, vetted home service providers. He’ll share his story on how Zaarly has evolved as a small business and what’s next for the company.
As the former vice president of entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation, Bo is passionate about small business. He created Zaarly to help bring communities closer together and to highlight the products and services of the small businesses that are the fabric of that community.

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31 min
November 14, 2014 Entrepreneurial Brothers-in-Law Solve "NoodleNeck" Head Bobbing
On this episode of Smart Companies Radio with host Kelly Scanlon, you’ll meet Will Regan and Jason Arriola, brothers-in law who drove straight from the carpool lane to the world of entrepreneurship. They came up with the idea for the Cardiff Booster Seat Headrest when they got tired of watching their kids heads flop when they fell asleep in the car. The headrest is currently in more than 200 retail stores, and they have plans to create a headrest for airplane travel. You'll hear their entrepreneurial story and learn how they grew from the idea stage to a million-dollar company.

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25 min
November 07, 2014 Beyond The Finish Line with City Gym KC Owner and Founder Hailee Bland Walsh
Joining Host Kelly Scanlon on this episode of Smart Companies KC is the Owner and General Manager of City Gym
and Former professional soccer player, Hailee Bland-Walsh who says she's passionate about connecting people to their bodies. She says she's one part trainer, one part best friend, one part sensei, one part street fighter, and final part cheerleader.
Bland explains her reasoning behind the tremendous growth and success of City Gym KC and how dedication and passion has grown what could have been just a neighborhood gym into a community movement.
Learn more about today's guest at http://www.citygymkc.com and at http://citygymkc.com
to learn more about the host or to listen to past shows visit http://www.ithinkbigger.com/radio

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28 min
November 07, 2014 The Accidental Brewmeister with New Belgium Brewing CEO Kim Jordan
On this episode of Smart Companies Radio with host Kelly Scanlon you’ll meet the CEO and Co Founder of New Belgium Brewing. A dream of her husband, the original brewing company started in the basement of their home. Their goal was to be a $100 million company by 2010. New Belgium hit that a year and a half early and in 2013 the annual revenue was $190 million, making New Belgium the country's third-largest craft brewer.
And discover how New Belgium has embraced the CEO's passion for the environment and what innovations have been made to diminish the brewing company's carbon footprint.
Find out more about today's guest at http://www.newbelgium.com
For more information about host Scanlon go online to http://www.ithinkbigger.com

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30 min
October 31, 2014 How to Think Like a Marketer, Sell Like a Superstar, with John Jantsch
Joining host Kelly Scanlon is best-selling author John Jantsch, who wrote the classic business books “Duct Tape Marketing,” “The Referral Engine” and “The Commitment Engine.”
In this podcast, John discusses his latest book, "Duct Tape Selling." Find out why Jantsch thinks successful salespeople today must flip the traditional business model—where marketers owned the message while sellers owned the relationships—on its head. These days, he argues, marketers must get better at relationships and sales must perfect the message and delivery. He also provides several tools for doing so.
John is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker and marketing consultant who specializes in assisting small businesses.

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30 min
October 31, 2014 From Zero to One: Blake Masters Talks Startups and Building the Future
Joining host Kelly Scanlon is Blake Masters, co-author of the best-selling book Zero to One: Notes on Startups, Or How to Build the Future.
Listen in as Masters discusses how his former university instructor, legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel, believes we can learn to think for ourselves, find ways to create new things (rather than replicate what we already know), and change our future.
Blake was a student at Stanford Law School in 2012 taking a “Computer Science 183: Startup” class instructed by EBay co-founder Peter Thiel (who was also the first outside investor in Facebook). Blake started posting his notes online, and they became an internet sensation before becoming the book to Zero to One.
Before writing Zero to One with Peter, Blake co-founded Judicata, a legal research technology startup, and worked at Box and Founders Fund.

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30 min
October 24, 2014 Kookiedoodle - A Place Where Kids Can Get Kooky With Crafts, with Sheila Weiford
This week, host Kelly Scanlon visits with Sheila Weiford of Kookiedoodle Crafts, a local arts and crafts studio for children ages 3 to 12. Founded by mother-daughter entrepreneur duo Katie and Sheila Weiford, the Kookiedoodle arts and crafts studio provides a safe, fun and bright environment for children to work with stencils, decoupage, felt, paint and more. Children can decorate a beeswax candle, try out sand painting, and explore other mediums too.
The studio also opens its doors for events and private birthday parties, as well as team-building exercises for business people.

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28 min
October 24, 2014 Why Kansas City Has Become a Growing Hotbed of Entrepreneurship
Joining host Kelly Scanlon this week is Drew Solomon, coordinator of entrepreneurship and industry initiatives for the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City. Drew will share why Kansas City is quickly attracting national attention and earning the title of "America's Most Entrepreneurial City," including tools and programs available for attracting and retaining entrepreneurs, community engagement, success stories, and the economic benefits of the city's commitment to entrepreneurship.
Visit the Smart Companies archives to listen to more podcasts hosted by Kelly Scanlon.

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29 min
October 17, 2014 Using WBE Certification to Open the Doors to New Opportunities
Carolyn Rouchka, a business banker for Arvest Bank in Greater Kansas City, joins host Kelly Scanlon to talk about why it's important for women business owners to learn about the advantages of getting certified with the government and other certifying agencies.
Carolyn also discusses the Women's Certification 101 event that Arvest Bank will be hosting on October 29 in Kansas City, Mo.
A passionate advocate for women, Carolyn Rouchka's guest appearance is part of a lineup of women business experts and entrepreneurs who are joining us in honor of Women's Small Business Month in October.

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25 min
October 17, 2014 Overcoming the Taboo of Failure, with Cass Phillipps of FailCon
Cass Phillipps, global producer of FailCon, joins guest host Mary McKenna to discuss FailCon, a conference for technology entrepreneurs, investors, developers, and designers to study their own and others' failures and prepare for success. FailCon is produced in more than a dozen cities on six continents. The next conference is in San Francisco on October 24, 2014.
FailCon was started in San Francisco in 2009 as a response to events repeatedly highlighting only success, while providing no guidance or safe spaces for failure.
Cass Phillips joins Smart Companies Radio as part of a lineup of entrepreneurs and experts celebrating Women's Small Business Month in October.

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28 min

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