Talking Business Now

By Kelly Scanlon & C-Suite RadioBusiness Entrepreneurship

Talking Business Now episodes

August 22, 2014 How to Give Your Business a Competitive Intelligence Advantage
Do you have a great business idea? Do you wonder whether it can be a successful product or service? Concerned about what your competitors are doing? Do you even know who your competitors are? Wonder where the next opportunity is in your industry?
Our guest today, Seena Sharp, is president of Sharp Market Intelligence, a firm specializing in marketing information. Seena is also the author of Competitive Intelligence Advantage: How to Minimize Risk, Avoid Surprises and Grow Your Business in a Changing World.
She joins host Kelly Scanlon to talk about how market intelligence will save you valuable time, money and resources.
Seena reputation and passion for marketing have earned her mention in the trade and business press, including Peter Drucker’s Leader to Leader newsletter, Bloomberg Business, The Los Angeles Times, Nation’s Business, Inc, Marketing News, and more. She’s also been quoted in books “Competitive Intelligence by Larry Kahaner, and others.
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29 min
August 15, 2014 Young Entrepreneur Making a Difference With Intimates for the Needy
Social entrepreneur Hayley Besheer, founder of Make a Difference Intimate Apparel (MADI Apparel), joins host Kelly Scanlon to discuss the line of women’s underwear that’s giving women in a variety of hardship situations comfort and confidence.
As a student at the University of Missouri, Besheer learned that underwear is the single most needed and under-donated item of clothing. Through research she learned that women in many situations don’t always have access to new, clean underwear, including women in domestic violence shelters, victims of natural disasters, women in homeless shelters, and women in developing countries.
Rather than shrugging off that research, Hayley decided to do something about it. MADI Apparel designs and produces a line of women’s underwear, manufactured in the United States in Hemingway, South Carolina. The line features six styles, and for every pair of underwear purchased, Hayley gives a pair away to a woman in need. MADI Apparel has been likened to Toms Shoes, and has raised more than $20,000 on Indiegogo.
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29 min
August 15, 2014 Everwise's Rocket Fuel for the Modern Workplace: Online Mentoring
Joining host Kelly Scanlon is Colin Schiller, the President and co-founder at Everwise. Using smart data and cutting-edge software, Everwise matches professionals with the people and insights that can help them succeed at every stage of their career.
Learn how Colin and his business partner came up with idea, how it works, and how it's shaping people in some of the world's most progressive companies, including Walmart, Genentech and Oracle.
Schiller is responsible for product, programs, technology and business operations. Prior to Everwise Colin served as VP of Business Development for Audium where he built key customer relationships that led to a sale of the company to Cisco Systems. At Cisco he was responsible for identifying and launching new product development initiatives for the Collaboration Software Group. Colin is a frequent speaker at industry events and holds a BA with Honors in East Asian Studies from Lewis and Clark College.

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31 min
August 08, 2014 Building Leadership With Powerful Communication Skills, with Barbara Teicher
Barbara Teicher joins host Kelly Scanlon to discuss her new book, It’s How You Say It. Teicher is a keynote speaker, trainer and coach, and she’s has spent 25 years developing leaders in companies with some of the most recognized brands in the world. In today’s podcast, Barbara discusses the steps to developing the powerful communication skills necessary to lead others and get things don.
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28 min
August 08, 2014 Moving Women in Business Forward, with Gay Gaddis, Chair of the Committee of 200
Joining host Kelly Scanlon is Gay Gaddis, founder and CEO of T3 (The Think Tank), the technology-fueled creative agency with offices in Austin, New York and San Francisco. For the past 25 years, T3 has helped clients leverage creativity and new technology to transform both their businesses and brands. Gaddis is also part of the Committee of 200, an organization that is confronting glass-ceiling issues, work-life balance and other challenges facing women in business.
Gaddis discusses how the C200 got started, its purpose and programs, and what C200 is doing about some of the biggest issues facing women in business today.
For more podcasts from host Kelly Scanlon, please visit the show archives.

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28 min
August 01, 2014 Auntie Anne's Pretzel Founder, "Auntie" Anne Beiler on How It All Began
Auntie Anne's Pretzels are known world-wide, but many people don't know that these hand-rolled soft pretzels got their start at a farmer's market stand in Pennsylvania in 1988. Founder "Auntie" Anne Beiler joins Smart Company host Kelly Scanlon to describe the company's humble origins, how they handled almost runaway growth, and the thinking behind the company's decision to franchise. The author of a book called Twist of Fate, Anne also dishes lots of advice for entrepreneurs.
Anne's journey to become a leading female entrepreneur began years before the first pretzel was rolled. In September 1975, Anne and her husband experienced a parent’s worst nightmare – the loss of a child. This event propelled Anne into years of darkness during which she nearly lost her husband, her family, and her faith. Out of her pain came purpose and the desire to persevere towards success personally and professionally. Today, Anne finds her purpose as a public speaker, inspiring business communities and encouraging women across the globe.
In 1992 Anne received her first Entrepreneur of the Year award from Inc. Magazine. She's also been named one of America’s 500 Women Entrepreneurs by Working Women, and received honorary doctorates from Eastern College and Elizabethtown College. Anne has been featured on many television shows including, The Food Networks Unwrapped, Oprah, Good Morning America, and Joyce Meyers; and in magazines such as Fortune, Nation’s Restaurant, Entrepreneur Startups, and Guideposts.
Visit the Smart Companies archives for more podcast interviews of successful entrepreneurs and experts who can help you grow your business.

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29 min
August 01, 2014 Creating Content That Gets Clicked and Shared, with John Rampton
More than ever, businesses today must create compelling content that attracts readers and gets shared. Why? So they can gain credibility, attract leads, understand their customers . . . the list goes on. But it's not always as easy as it sounds.
Smart Companies host Kelly Scanlon welcomes John Rampton, the managing editor of search-engine marketing news site Search Engine Journal and founder of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Adogy, a marketing company that specializes in helping startups. John also serves as an advisor and investor to SEO Engine. In today's podcast, John shares tips for creating relevant content, getting found by the search engines, marketing your content, and gaining visitors who read and share your information.
Be sure to listen to other Smart Companies shows hosted by Kelly Scanlon in our archives.
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28 min
July 25, 2014 How to Work with a Banker to Grow Your Business
Host Kelly Scanlon chats with Linda Hanson, regional market president for Enterprise Bank & Trust in Kansas City, about why its important for entrepreneurs to plan, how to develop a relationship with a banker, how to improve your chances of securing a loan, and other insights for working with a bank to grow your business.
Enterprise Bank focuses on partnering with closely held or family-owned businesses and their owners to assist in achieving their financial goals and objectives. As regional market president for the Kansas City area, Linda Hanson is responsible for the sales development, branding and marketing efforts.

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24 min
July 25, 2014 Championship Coach Jeff Scurran: Success on the Playing Field and in Business
Joining host Kelly Scanlon is Jeff Scurran, the championship coach, renowned speaker and author. His critically acclaimed book, “One Game One Time,” is an autobiographical account of how, in 2004, he coached his 40-point underdog football team to an upset victory over a five-time national champion in a nationally televised bowl game.

Over his 40 years of coaching, Scurran has developed a one-step-at-a-time, highly workable strategy for achieving success on the playing field—or in the business world—no matter the obstacles or odds.

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29 min
July 18, 2014 Leadership, Empathy and the Power of Persuasion, with Jim McGraw
Legendary entrepreneur Ewing Kauffman's success in building Marion Laboratories is like an entrepreneur's dream come true. With just $5,000 of borrowed money, he built the company into a $6.5 billion success. He also went on to found the Kauffman Foundation and became the owner of the Kansas City Royals.
How did he do it?
Jim McGraw served as Mr. K's Chief Operating Officer during Marion's period of explosive growth. As his way of giving back, Jim has developed a free program called LEAPPAhead that outlines three of the critical skills he and Mr. K used at Marion during its glory days. These skills are as valuable today as they were then, and Jim joins host Kelly Scanlon to share them with you.

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30 min

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