Small Business Answer Man

Ep: 127 Vikram Rajan

Vikram Rajan is the co-founder of Videosocials.net, a community of everyday professionals who HATE being on camera, but overcome their excuses to get marketing results by "video blogging together, fun & done!" Vik has been on dozens of podcasts, has hosted Presenters Podcast, and presents often at regional Bar Associations & CPA Societies.

Ep: 126 Earl Cobb

Earl is an accomplished corporate executive, entrepreneur and author. He is currently the Founder and Managing Partner of Richer Life, LLC.  Earl forged a successful and rewarding 34-year corporate career as a Systems Engineer, Project/Program Manager, and Corporate & Technology Executive. He has held senior technical and leadership positions within Fortune 100, Mid-market and Venture companies.   Earl has been honored with numerous national awards for professional achievement includin...

Ep: 125 Roderic Yapp

Roderic Yapp is an experienced speaker, facilitator, and coach who specializes in developing leaders by changing the way people think and behave. A former Royal Marines Officer, Yapp was fortunate enough to lead Marines on operations around the world. The highlights of his career include leading thirty Royal Marines into combat on the front-line in Afghanistan and the evacuation of civilians from Libya during the Arab Spring. Roderic also led the recapture of the 55,000-ton MV Montecristo ...

Ep: 124 Tom Morris

Tom Morris, is a “Real World" Motivator that works as the Senior Director of Athletic Performance at Indiana University, He specializes in strength and conditioning for Olympic and collegiate athletes. He is not a “motivational speaker”. He is a motivator that takes time away from his full-time job to share his story to show people that anything is possible. For a large part of Tom’s life, he took for granted what a healthy strong body and mind play into your everyday life. Growing up as...

Ep: 123 Chris Chura

Chris Chura is the owner of Chura Consulting LLC - St. Louis, Missouri. Chris grew up in St. Louis and lived there most of his life. After graduating from Missouri State University, he worked for companies like AT&T, Wireless Retail and RadioShack which gave him the “real” education in direct & retail sales, sales management and sales coaching.  For most of his career he has worked with small business and franchise owners. Chris is passionate about helping entrepreneurs get the most out of t...

Ep: 122 Nathan Akpan

Nathan Akpan is a speaker, life/ business strategist, and subconscious behaviorist who is passionate about helping people unlock the greater potential and free them from the shackles of mind conditioning. Dubbed the "young Wayne Proctor" by some of his peers (which is a play on being a hybrid of the Late Dr. Wayne Dyer & the Iconic personal growth teacher Mr. Bob Proctor) due to his marriage of high performance, psychological principles with timeless universal and metaphysical principles. ...

Ep: 121 Megan Dyer

Megan Dyer is a highly regarded digital marketer, social media & brand strategist, and sales trainer. She has been helping businesses and individuals grow their brands online (and off-line) for over a decade. As the CEO of Prosper Media, host of The Prosper Podcast, and a mom of 7, Megan brings something a little different to the table than the average digital marketer- she brings the Bible. In a world of manipulation marketing, Megan aims to help her clients prosper through sound Biblical p...

Ep: 120 John O'Leary

In 1987, John O’Leary was a curious nine-year-old boy. Playing with fire and gasoline, John created a massive explosion in his home and was burned on 100% of his body. He was given less than a 1% chance to live.   This epic story of survival was first showcased in his parents’ book, Overwhelming Odds, in 2006. Originally printing 200 copies for friends and family, his parents have sold 60,000+ copies. It was this book that first invited John to embrace his miraculous recovery and share i...

Ep: 119 Jack Randall

Jack Randall challenges people to ask themselves a simple question each day: “Am I working on the important things that matter most to me?” With an extensive background in insurance and reinsurance, Jack is CVO and Co-founder of Randall Resources International. He works exclusively with people and organizations who want a clear picture of success and a road map to get them there.  As a professional speaker, executive coach, consultant, and author, Jack’s mission and passion is to help peop...

Ep: 118 Jeff Schechter

Jeff Schechter, aka “Shecky” has had the entrepreneurial bug his entire life. He started his first business right out of college, and over the years has been involved in numerous business ventures. His love for real estate investing began in the 1980s when he rehabbed 5 of his own residences, before the term “house-hacking” even existed. Since those early days of torn up kitchens and bathrooms, he’s bought and sold many properties and is an active investor to this day. In addition to inves...

Ep: 117 John Jantsch

John Jantsch is a marketing consultant, speaker, and author of Duct Tape Marketing, The Referral Engine, Duct Tape Selling, The Commitment Engine, and SEO for Growth.     His newest work, The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur: 366 Daily Meditations to Feed Your Soul and Grow Your Business taps into the wisdom of 19th-century transcendentalist literature and the author’s own 30-year entrepreneurial journey to challenge today’s entrepreneur to remain fiercely self-reliant while chasing their own...

Ep: 116 Jonathan Slain

Jonathan spent the last Great Recession huddled in the fetal position on the floor of his office. He borrowed $250,000 from his mother-in-law to survive. Jonathan paid his mother-in-law back and is now  highly sought-after consultant (and, yes, he’s still married!).   The savvy entrepreneurs are the ones making plans now, so they can be buyers when opportunity knocks. They’re looking forward to purchasing failing companies and hiring top talent when others are caught unprepared by a rece...

Ep: 115 Season 9 Recap

Here is the recap of the ninth season of the CHARGE Podcast. Check out our show notes at CHARGEPODCAST.COM for more information. 

Ep: 114 Jeff Butler

Jeff Butler is the author of two provocative books - The Authentic Workplace and The Key To The New You. Having written over 100 articles on workplace dynamics, his insights have been featured in dozens of media outlets such as Forbes and HR News. In addition, he has appeared on TEDx in both 2016 and 2017 with both talks focusing on psychology. Before Jeff founded his workplace consulting company, he spent almost a decade in Silicon Valley working as a Software Engineer which is where his in...

Ep: 113 Larry Stevenson

Larry Stevenson began helping people find and earn scholarships in 1984 when he read about one girl, with a 3.6 GPA, who earned $310,000 before the age of computers. He has spent the last decade helping thousands of students--from 13 to 62 years of age--to earn free money for college. As a professional trainer he taught 1,700+ groups in 22+ countries. He has authored 5 books including Get Free Money for College! Enjoy $100,000s in Scholarships--at Any Age! and How to Find 50-100 Scholarshi...

Ep: 112 Ron Carucci

Ron Carucci is co-founder and managing partner at Navalent, working with CEOs and executives pursuing transformational change for their organizations, leaders, and industries.  He has a thirty year track record helping some of the world’s most influential executives tackle challenges of strategy, organization and leadership. From start-ups to Fortune 10’s, turn-arounds to new markets and strategies, overhauling leadership and culture to re-designing for growth, he has worked in more than 25 ...

Ep: 111 Liz Kislik

For 30 years as a management consultant, executive coach, and facilitator, Liz Kislik has helped clients solve their thorniest problems while strengthening their top and bottom lines. She is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Entrepreneur, and a TEDx speaker on “Why There’s So Much Conflict at Work and What You Can Do to Fix It”.

Ep: 110 Monte Wyatt

As CEO of AddingZEROS, an executive development firm and one of the top coaches in ActionCOACH Business Coaching, Monte Wyatt brings over twenty-five years of remarkable leadership, business and personal development experience to executives and their organizations.   Monte’s brand promise is threefold – Advance a career. Transform a company. Achieve incredible results. To fulfill these promises, Monte defines what he does in four words:   Awareness: He helps you see things that you c...

Ep: 109 David Caperton

Dave Caperton speaks and writes about the benefits of a joyful mindset and the power of one person to effect cultural change with small actions that meet emotional needs, build trust and lead to more individual happiness and less stress. He has presented for over 800  business, healthcare, education and government organizations across the US and Canada. Before beginning his business as a speaker, executive coach and performance consultant, Dave was an award-winning educator and also wrote an...

Ep: 108 Marilise de Villiers

As a high performance coach, Marilise de Villiers’s passion is helping people grow, be successful and happy. She runs her own business, working predominantly with cybersecurity executives to promote the integral role that people and organizational cultures play in keeping society safe in our digital world. Find out more at www.marilise-de-villiers.com

Ep: 107 Greg Tobias

Greg Tobias runs GT Business Advisory, a firm that helps small business owners ensure the financial success of their businesses and write themselves bigger paychecks.  He applies his background as a management consultant and data analytics expert to show his clients the roadmap to mastering their money.

Ep: 106 Nick Baker

Nick Baker is from a small town in Oklahoma and began his journey when he was 15 years old. Nick was a very shy, overweight and unhealthy teen and was looking for a change. He was inspired to workout after watching a TV personal trainer & motivator. It was like the trainer was talking to Nick and Nick was ready for change. He took responsibility for his health and also discovered his faith in God that summer. It changed the direction of his life in a big way. Nick is now a Training for Life ...

Ep: 105 Jennifer Eggers

Jennifer is the founder of LeaderShift Insights®. She works with leadership teams facing disruption who want to increase their organization’s capacity to adapt so they can emerge stronger and more effective faster. A speaker, coach and consultant with a passion for creating personal insights that drive business results, Jennifer is known for facilitating high-stakes meetings with challenging stakeholders. She is the creator of RapidOD, a revolutionary approach to organizational restructuring...

Ep: 104 Laura Albers

Laura Albers is a mental health therapist, a master certified wellness coach, and owner of Albers Mind & Body Wellness. She received her master coaching certification through the International Association of Wellness Professionals and is now a Master Coach Leader, helping their students hone their coaching and self-care skills.   In her coaching and counseling business, Laura works primarily with high-achieving female executives and entrepreneurs who are overwhelmed, overextended, and pl...

Ep: 103 Anna Marie DeGiorgio

As a Certified Dream Builder Coach, Anna Marie De Giorgio can help you design and manifest a life that’s in harmony with your Soul’s purpose. For over 20 years Anna Marie De Giorgio has worked with individuals, and businesses by helping them build their dreams, accelerate their results, and create richer, more fulfilling lives.   Anna Marie De Giorgio offers inspiring workshops, as well as transformational in-depth coaching programs that help clients achieve new heights of success, meani...

Ep: 102 Season 8 Recap

Here is the recap of the eighth season of the CHARGE Podcast. Check out our show notes at CHARGEPODCAST.COM for more information. 

Ep: 101 Joe Newberry (Part 2)

Joe Newberry has spent his career excelling in many different fields including telecommunications, executive management and leadership, and now in finance with Veterans United Home Loans, the number one VA Lender in the Country. Joe's team is the #1 partnered production VA team in the country closing more than $100 million in VA loans a year with more than 3,000 total Veterans put in homes by his team.    Joe is a prior service Army Reservist and applies many military principles to his a...

Ep: 100 Joe Newberry

Joe Newberry has spent his career excelling in many different fields including telecommunications, executive management and leadership, and now in finance with Veterans United Home Loans, the number one VA Lender in the Country. Joe's team is the #1 partnered production VA team in the country closing more than $100 million in VA loans a year with more than 3,000 total Veterans put in homes by his team.    Joe is a prior service Army Reservist and applies many military principles to his a...

Ep: 099 Scott Wilhite (Part 2)

To others it looked like Scott Wilhite had an enviable life. Outside, he was an award-winning commercial film director; inside he was empty, frustrated, and ready to explode. On a trip to Cambodia something happened that changed his life. The poor, impoverished people of that region had something he lacked and desperately wanted—a natural sense of peace and contentment. This began his journey to find lasting fulfillment. Now he’s systemized it. He’s the creator of the Feed Your Happy app, th...

Ep: 098 Scott Wilhite

To others it looked like Scott Wilhite had an enviable life. Outside, he was an award-winning commercial film director; inside he was empty, frustrated, and ready to explode. On a trip to Cambodia something happened that changed his life. The poor, impoverished people of that region had something he lacked and desperately wanted—a natural sense of peace and contentment. This began his journey to find lasting fulfillment. Now he’s systemized it. He’s the creator of the Feed Your Happy app, th...

Ep: 097 Jack Tezak

Jack Tezak is Coach, Teacher, Speaker working with individuals, companies and teams. As an Executive Director of The John Maxwell Team he is licensed to facilitate The Maxwell Method’s of Leadership, Coaching, Speaking and Selling. Also with the Maxwell Method DISC and Impact reports he is able to help you to understand yourself, family members, co-workers and friends.   Working on his first book We Were Gonna!. This is from years working as a Funeral Director in his Family Funeral Home ...

Ep: 096 Everett O'Keefe

Everett O’Keefe is an International #1 Bestselling Author, having authored five Amazon #1 bestselling books. He has also helped create and launch more than 45 bestselling books for his clients. Everett speaks across the nation on the power of publishing. He is the founder of Ignite Press, a hybrid publishing company that specializes in helping entrepreneurs, as well as business and medical professionals, ignite their businesses by becoming bestselling authors.   Everett is the winner of ...

Ep: 095 John Moseley

John Moseley has begun his sixth year as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. In addition to his basketball duties, John also is beginning his fifth year as the university’s Director of Athletics. During his time in Jefferson City, Moseley has led the Blue Tigers to four straight winning seasons for the first time in 40 years. His student-athletes have also performed consistently in the classroom, with the team earning a 3.19 GPA in the spring - ...

Ep: 094 Nate Woodbury

Nate Woodbury is a YouTube Producer, currently producing 12 daily YouTube channels. He helps them grow their YouTube following, and turn their channels into lead generation machines that generate seven figures. His largest channel generates  over $600K per month, all from organic YouTube traffic.   You might have the expertise that people need, but if they don’t know you exist, then you are out of luck. Nate helps you make strategic videos to ensure these people find you, follow you, and...

Ep: 093 Tim Eggebraaten

Tim Eggebraaten has been a police officer since 1992 and had many different roles during his career with the Detroit Lakes, MN Police Department – DARE Instructor, Patrol Sergeant, Investigative Sergeant, K-9 Handler, and Chief of Police from 2011 – 2016. Tim retired from the DLPD in November 2016 after 24 ½ years in law enforcement and 3 years as a correctional officer in Clay County, MN. Tim and his wife, Denise, have three sons and make their home in Detroit Lakes.    Like everybody e...

Ep: 092 Thomas Frey

Thomas Frey is currently Google’s top-rated futurist speaker and IBM’s most award-winning engineer. As Founder and Executive Director of DaVinci Institute, Thomas has built an extensive following around the world based on his ability to uncover unique insights into the future, and describe the enormous opportunities that lie ahead. Having started seventeen businesses himself and assisting on the development of hundreds more, the understanding he brings to his audiences is a rare blend of rea...

Ep: 091 Steven Werner

After running corporate events for years, Steven Werner went out on his own over 5 years ago. He poured his life savings into his first event which got a total of 2 registrants. Steven was left scratching his head and had to move into a friends utility room...   From there he went back to the drawing board and learned everything he could about how to build, fill, and sell at events. He took his last credit card and decided to give it another try.  At Steven's next event, he filled the ro...

Ep: 090 Sarah Mcvanel

Sarah McVanel helps leaders leverage the exponential power of recognition to retain top talent. She jokes it’s the only “lane” that pulls together her BA (Psych), MSc (Family Relations), 20 years practicing Organizational Development & certifications in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Coaching & Healthcare Admin! She is one of only 1500 people around the world with the esteemed CSP - Certified Speaking Professional - designation. Sarah left her senior leadership role 4 years ago...

Ep: 089 Season 7 Recap

Here is the recap of the seventh season of the CHARGE Podcast. Check out our show notes at CHARGEPODCAST.COM for more information.   

Ep: 088 Nick Powills

Nick Powills, CFE, is author of Sticks & Stones. Nick strives to share how his personal struggle with weight and being teased as a kid fuels his drive toward being a successful entrepreneur. Powills' book, published by Inc. Magazine, and seminars help audiences learn how to turn their own struggles into strengths, helping them achieve more--on their own terms. Nick founded No Limit Agency, a full-service communications agency in 2008 and serves as chief brand strategist for the Chicago-bas...

Ep: 087 Steve Hughes

Steve Hughes is a professional speaker who helps people look and sound smart when they talk. He's the author of the book "Captivate" and he's been featured on NPR, BBC Radio, and in The Wall Street Journal. He's a former co-owner of an advertising agency and he lives in St. Louis with his wife and their two well behaved daughters.

Ep: 086 Crissy Butts

Crissy Butts is a Happiness Coach, is a professional speaker and trainer. She teaches organizations how to better Engage, Connect & Thrive in their workplace relationships as well as their relationships at home.   Because happy workers are safer workers, less stressed, and more productive, she consults with leaders who want to improve morale, mental resiliency and foster a culture of positivity in the workplace.   She is the author of You Choose Your Path, creator of The Workplace Po...

Ep: 085 Lucinda Perry Jones

Lucinda Perry Jones is the Director of Strategic Initiatives at Operation Food Search, a hunger relief organization in St. Louis, Missouri. Lucinda's expertise centers around organizational strategy and transformational change. She brings 30 years of experience working in  the private, public, and non-profit sectors in the fields of public health; cultural, advocacy, and academic institutions; and grocery retail.

Ep: 084 Kim Becking

Kim Becking is an engaging, high-energy, fun and impactful motivational keynote speaker, change and leadership expert, success coach and award-winning author who helps organizations and leaders conquer change, boostresilience and build a Momentum Mindset® to accelerate success no matter what. Kim knows a thing or two about change and challenges through her own experiences in business and life.  As an attorney, serial entrepreneur running two successful businesses for over two decades, comm...

Ep: 083 Mark Ricca

Mark Ricca is currently the President and CEO of Municipal Credit Union, the largest NYC credit union ($3 billion in assets) with almost 600,000 members and over 700 employees. Previously, he was the President and CEO of First American International Bank, a NYC based Chinese American bank and the CFO at Carver Federal Savings Bank, the largest African American-Caribbean bank in the US. Prior to banking, Mark had worked as a lawyer and also had worked in finance and audit at GE.

Ep: 082 Marla Sulliva

Marla Sullivan is a native Texan who studied at Kilgore Junior College, Baylor University, University of Texas at Austin, and Tarleton Central Texas. She is an elementary school principal in Copperas Cove ISD starting her 30th year in public education. Marla is a proud mom of 2 young adults and an even prouder "Amma" to a grandson and granddaughter. Her leisure time passions include cooking, reading, journaling/blogging, music, boxers, spending time outdoors, and growing succulents. Professi...

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Ep: 081 Madena Parsley

20+ years ago Madena Parsley started sponsoring children in Peru to show her kids, who were born into a very comfortable middle class home, that there are children who are less fortunate in different parts of the world who deserve a chance to Thrive. 15+ years later that sponsorship ended as those kids reached the age of 16, the age they graduate high school in Peru. In those 15+ years Madena had become part of the family of her sponsored kids, even named God Parent at her Quinceanera. When ...

Ep: 080 Sarah Olivieri

Sarah has over 13 years of experience working on the web and over 16 years of experience working in and leading nonprofit organizations. She co-founded the Open Center for Autism in 2005 with Valerie Paradiz, served as the deputy director of the Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership (GRASP), and executive director of the Helping Children of War Foundation. Sarah received her BA from the University of Chicago with a focus on globalization and its effect on marginalized cultures, s...

Ep: 079 Cathy Davis

Cathy L. Davis founded Davis Creative, LLC in January of 2004 after many years of marketing high-net-worth financial services. As a professional brand and author consultant, Cathy and her team of veteran marketing professionals help business owners find their voice, write their story and monetize their passion.