Talking Business Now

By Kelly Scanlon & C-Suite RadioBusiness Entrepreneurship

Talking Business Now episodes

May 11, 2012 John Jantsch - Duct Tape Marketing - May 11, 2012
John Jantsch, the best-selling author and consultant behind the Duct Tape Marketing empire, commands the attention of some of the nation's biggest companies and media outlets, including American Express, the Wall Street Journal, Verizon, Fast Company and more. And now he's sharing his insights with us! Join John and Kelly as they talk about practical, effective ways that small business can win over customers. John, who's based in Kansas City, also will preview his May 23 live-streaming workshop for National Small Business Week.

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26 min
May 04, 2012 Scott Case-Technologist, Entrepreneur, Inventor-May 4, 2012
Scott Case is a technologist, entrepreneur and inventor and was founding CTO of Priceline, the "Name Your Own Price" company that was one of only a handful of startups in U.S. history to reach a billion dollars in annual sales in less than 24 months. As Chief Technology Officer, he was responsible for building the technology that enabled Priceline’s hyper-growth.
Most recently, Scott was named CEO and board member of the Startup America Partnership, where he’ll invest his energy to drive American entrepreneurship to create jobs and sustain our nation's global leadership.

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30 min
April 27, 2012 Futurist David Smith - April 27, 2012

Is Your Company Ready for What's Next?
Futurist David Smith, CEO of HBMG Inc, talks to Kelly about future trends and steps that you can take to succeed in an emerging business environment being shaped by technology. Smith is one of the country's leading futurists, with more than 30 years of experience in digital convergence, strategic planning, and emerging technologies. He has assisted in creating and implementing plans for Fortune 100, emerging companies, universities, and government agencies, including Bank of America, Boeing, CIA, Lockheed Martin, National Security Agency, Sun Microsystems, and the U.S. Department of Defense.

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39 min
April 20, 2012 April 20, 2012 Kay Saunders
Building strong relationships is crucial to business success. Join this week's guest, Kay Allyn Saunders, president and CEO of Bellewether Ltd., as she talks about her new book, Interpersonal Secrets for Professional Success, and the relationship concepts that every entrepreneur needs to know

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39 min
April 13, 2012 April 13, 2012 - Jeff Hoffman & Heather Lutze
Join Kelly and her guests, international keynote speakers Jeff Hoffman and Heather Lutze, for a glimpse of what's to come when they keynote for the Thinking Bigger Speak Series in Kansas City in April.
Jeff Hoffman, co-founder of Priceline.com, is an accomplished entrepreneur, virtual CEO and mentor. Jeff has successfully taken a number of companies from concept to IPO. He is currently a founder and partner in ColorJar, a venture accelerator firm that helps entrepreneurs launch and grown new business ventures.
Heather Lutze uses a witty "no-geek-speak" style that demystifies Internet marketing for business owners, salespeople, and marketers. Heather spent three years training advertisers for Yahoo! Search Marketing and tours internationally with motivational speaker Tony Robbins. She is the author of Thumbonomics: The Essential Business Roadmap for Social Media & Mobile Marketing, and founder of Findability Group.

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56 min
April 06, 2012 Robert Miles April 6th 2012

Join Kelly and her guest Robert Miles, an internationally acclaimed keynote presenter, author and distinguished authority on Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. Listen in to discover:
The 3 things Warren Buffett does every day to stay sharp Warren Buffett's greatest management accomplishment The 3 investment tips Warren Buffett's college professor taught him that he still follows today The Warren Buffett succession plan The key advice Warren Buffett has for small business owners . . . and more!

Bob is the author of The Warren Buffett CEO: Secrets From the Berkshire Hathaway Managers; 101 Reasons To Own the World's Greatest Investment: Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway; and Warren Buffett Wealth: Principles and Practical Methods Used by the World’s Greatest Investor [Wiley]. He is host of the Buffett CEO Talk video series and the founder and host of the Value Investor Conference held immediately before the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. In 2011, Bob began teaching a graduate Executive MBA course at the University of Nebraska called The Genius of Warren Buffett: The Science of Investing and the Art of Managing.

Thinking Bigger Business Media, Inc., publishes Thinking Bigger Business magazine, the Thinking Bigger Guides for Entrepreneurs, Smart Companies to Watch, Smart Companies radio, and live events for owners of small to mid-size businesses who want to take their companies to the next level.

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29 min

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