In This Episode: In 2014, Jorge Gaviria started Masienda, the go-to masa brand for top chefs and in-the-know home cooks around the world. In January 2020, he was ready to move on from his role as CEO. Then, the world shut down and his company was flipped upside down. What happened next usually only happens in Hollywood movies. Jorge Gaviria took on the pandemic, and he WON!

In This Episode, John Lawson returns to our podcast to speak with Brian about AI, e-Commerce, and the massive disruption that is knocking on our collective business doors.

In This Episode: Rob Levin is the Chairman and Investor in Work Better Now, a company that provides remote workforce and virtual assistant services to help business owners run their operations more efficiently. Today, his business is white hot!

In This Episode – Karen Dillon and Rob Cross are co-authors of The Micro Stress Effect, how Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems, and What to Do about It.

Their book was released this week. I spoke with Karen about microstresses—what are they, what triggers them, and how can we best deal with them. 

In This Episode - Mairtin O’Muilleoir has spent four decades covering the highs and lows of life and business in Belfast, Ireland. As a journalist, politician, and tireless promoter, Mairtin has poured his heart and soul into bringing the citizens of Belfast together and bringing the world to Belfast.

In this episode- For over two decades, Loren Feldman has covered entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship for Inc. Magazine, Forbes, and the New York Times. Today he's taking everything he knows about the market and building the 21 Hats community for business owners…and it is IMPRESSIVE!

In This Episode: Amy Friedrich, President of U.S. Insurance Solutions at Principal Financial Group, wants business owners to get back to the basics when it comes to running their companies. This is a terrific conversation about what it will take for small businesses to succeed in 2023 and beyond.

In This Episode – How MOBI, My Own Business Institute, is helping tens of thousands of people all over the world start and manage their own businesses in 2023.

In This Episode – In this month’s segment on “Big Business Advice for Small Business Owners,” I spoke with Ketan Karkhanis, EVP and GM of Sales Cloud at Salesforce. We had an excellent discussion on Generative AI and how it will expedite automation in small businesses, especially in the areas of sales and customer service.

In This Episode – Ali Necker, a 3rd generation jewelry designer, shares why clients from all over the country share personal stories and valuable jewelry with her; the expressions on their faces when I’m done are priceless.