Small Business Answer Man
329 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsWondering how you can become better at running your business? Entrepreneurship can be stressful. There is too much to do and not enough time.
If you’re isolated in your daily decisions, have no fear! Success and balance are possible. The Small Business Answer Man podcast is here to help you grow your business without losing your mind.
We interview experts and find solutions so your business grows and you get your time back. Join the Small Business Answer Man podcast with Gary Wilbers, where you master the art of running a successful business, using practical advice from experts who want to help you succeed.
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Ep: 078 Jena Rodriguez
July 15, 2019 09:30 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBJena Rodriguez is a Business, Brave & Visibility Strategist, Speaker, and the founder of Brave Masters, Inc. She's committed to accelerating your visibility, catapulting profits, and unleashing the full human potential of entrepreneurs internationally by teaching coaches and consultants how to capitalize on their “natural” abilities, and package and price their greatest strengths so that they can create a money-making, world-changing movement. Over the last decade as an entrepreneur, Jena ...
Ep: 077 Heidi Harris
July 08, 2019 09:30 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBHeidi Marie Harris is the Associate Concertmaster of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Her first job with the SLSO was as a section violinist, which she won while still attending the New England Conservatory during her senior year of college. A few years later she secured a section position in the Chicago Symphony where she remained for three years. Ms. Harris then returned to St. Louis as the Assistant Concertmaster and shortly thereafter earned her current position as Associate Concertmaste...
Ep: 076 Season 6 Recap
July 01, 2019 09:30 - 26 minutes - 29.6 MBHere is the recap of the fifth season of the CHARGE Podcast. Check out our show notes at CHARGEPODCAST.COM for more information.
Ep: 075 Jeff Cobb
June 24, 2019 09:30 - 32 minutes - 31.2 MBJeff Cobb helps individuals and organizations leverage the power of learning as a catalyst for positive change. He is a co-founder of Tagoras, co-host of the weekly Leading Learning podcast, and author of multiple books, including Leading the Learning Revolution: The Expert's Guide to Capitalizing on the Exploding Lifelong Education Market. As a strategic advisor and entrepreneur with more than two decades of experience in the global market for lifelong learning he has helped hundreds of org...
Ep: 074 Jaime Jay
June 17, 2019 09:30 - 43 minutes - 40.9 MBAt the core, Jaime Jay is a connector of personalities and brands. He constantly challenges himself to be a better human being. He is also an amateur hockey player and starter geek who truly enjoys helping his clients rediscover themselves, their companies and how to realize their "WHY". Jaime Jay has worked with clients in Canada, the United Kingdom, America, Philippines, other countries in Asia and New Mexico and is responsible for growing and leading multiple management, sales, and oper...
Ep: 073 Debra K
June 10, 2019 09:30 - 40 minutes - 38.1 MBDebra is an Emmy nominated television producer and host on a mission to inspire our nation’s health transformation. In an effort to bring positive and inspirational messages to a bigger audience, she founded Well World TV which will launch in early 2019. She has produced and hosted two television shows, both of which are airing on PBS and currently is working on a new series in partnership with media award winning, Linzi Martinez. The Prime Time, will broadcast in traditional television and...
Ep: 072 Sonja Stetzler
June 03, 2019 09:30 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBSonja Stetzler is an executive communications coach and owner of Effective Connecting, a training company specializing in developing and improving employees’ communication skills. One of her programs, Conversational Intelligence (R), teaches how quality conversations shift body chemistry and guide our ability to develop trust and build better relationships. This translates into increasing employee engagement, reduced turnover, higher productivity, and success in the business world.
Ep: 071 Alex Demczak
May 27, 2019 09:30 - 43 minutes - 41.1 MBAlex Demczak is a former SEC quarterback for the Missouri Tigers. Alex graduated with a degree in Communication and a minor in Business. Alex is an inspiring communicator, facilitator and trainer who challenges businesses, schools, sports teams, and non-profits to maximize their potential and make a difference. Alex is the author of Thrive U. The inspirational book is a collection of stories from 100 collegiate and professional athletes from across the country. The book has been used by man...
Ep: 070 Mary Kutheis
May 20, 2019 09:30 - 40 minutes - 37 MBMary is a business coach and confidant who, for the last 19 years, has been helping busy, ambitious people get more of the right things done with less turmoil drama and stress. She's recently published her first solo book, Making Minutes Matter: Your Guide to Being Content with How You Spend Your Time
Ep: 069 Bryan Caplan
May 13, 2019 09:30 - 34 minutes - 32 MBBryan Caplan helps businesses elevate their digital presence. A speaker for Grow with Google, award-winning CEO of Bryan Caplan Marketing and host of the Bigger Better Biz channel on YouTube, Bryan travels the country, presenting on a wide range of digital marketing topics to help small businesses grow and succeed. Bryan has provided digital marketing strategy to well over 1,000 businesses since 2010 and is a guest lecturer at Suffolk University School of Business. He is also a contributin...
Ep: 068 Michael A Sherlock
May 06, 2019 09:30 - 36 minutes - 35.1 MBMichael Sherlock is the CPO (Chief Potential Officer) of Shock Your Potential, a training organization providing actionable strategies on leadership, professional development, customer experience, and sales transformation. In addition, Michael hosts the Shock Your Potential podcast where she highlights people and organizations that have achieved great success.
Ep: 067 DelRae Messer
April 29, 2019 09:30 - 40 minutes - 38.2 MBDelRae was the developer of her own nutraceutical line, Dr. DelRae Detox & Weight Loss System and has been featured on ShopNBC with Suzanne Somers, Fit and Firm Magazine, Natural Muscle Magazine, Southwest Metro Magazine, local and regional radio, and contributes to the Make-a-Wish Foundation. DelRae transitioned from her online business and manufacturing her own nutraceutical weight loss system to choosing network marketing after hitting rock bottom emotionally, physically, and financial...
Ep: 066 Molly McPherson
April 22, 2019 09:30 - 36 minutes - 34.9 MBMolly McPherson, M.S., APR, combines her knowledge of current communication practices with years of news and PR experience to develop the right plans and messaging for clients to protect and build their reputations. Molly founded the Communicate with Confidence Leadership Training Program and frequently speaks on crisis communications, public relations and social media. Molly was Director of Communications for the Cruise Line International Association in Arlington, VA. More recently, she wor...
Ep: 065 Roger Wolkoff
April 15, 2019 09:30 - 39 minutes - 38.6 MBRoger Wolkoff is a motivational speaker who helps you tap into your strengths and potential so you can get out of your own way and get more done. He delivers deeper engagement, stronger teams, and meaningful conversations. How does he do it? He talks about stories, ideas, and keys to unlock what’s already inside you. Roger has over 25 years of expert interpersonal communication and team-building experience. Audiences rave about his two most popular keynotes There is No Moment Like That One M...
Ep: 064 Elizabeth Demas Chritton
April 08, 2019 09:30 - 41 minutes - 39.1 MBElizabeth has been on both sides of the coin - from being on welfare twice to getting a corporate job and an MBA. 15 years ago she found herself caught up in a mass lay off from her sweet job, yet again left wondering how to care for her family. She turned to being an entrepreneur. From knocking on doors in her hometown, to owning a store, Elizabeth has sold nearly $7,000,000 worth of Avon - more than anyone in the country has ever sold.
Ep: 063 Season 5 Recap
April 01, 2019 09:30 - 17 minutes - 18.3 MBHere is the recap of the fifth season of the CHARGE Podcast. Check out our show notes at CHARGEPODCAST.COM for more information.
Ep: 062 Pete Blank
March 25, 2019 09:30 - 39 minutes - 39.9 MBAfter a stint as a television sportscaster, Pete returned to Disney in 1994. Over the next 13 years, he managed various areas of Disney's theme parks and resorts, where he learned what it takes to run a world-class organization. Pete was blessed to spend a majority of his time working at the Disney University. While there, he led the Traditions program, which is known worldwide as one of the premiere employee orientation programs. He also facilitated college level courses to thousands of ...
Ep: 061 Mike Michalowicz
March 18, 2019 09:30 - 46 minutes - 44.5 MBMike Michalowicz is the author of Profit First, Surge, The Pumpkin Plan, and his newest release Clockwork. By his 35th birthday, Mike had founded and sold two companies - one to private equity and another to a Fortune 500. Today he is running his third multi-million dollar venture, Profit First Professionals. Mike is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal and the former business makeover specialist on MSNBC. Over the years, Mike has traveled the globe speaking with t...
Ep: 060 Eric Currie
March 11, 2019 09:30 - 39 minutes - 35.1 MBSeeing the need for personal development at the individual level, Eric Currie started a grassroots effort to bring the power of StrengthsFinder and strengths related programs to multiple divisions within the financial services firm Edward Jones. To date, hundreds of people have benefited from Eric’s coaching and training over the last three years. Eric continues to find ways to leverage a person’s individual strengths and uniqueness for the betterment of the individual, team and firm.
Ep: 059 Nina Amir
March 04, 2019 10:30 - 42 minutes - 39.5 MBNina Amir, the Inspiration to Creation Coach, is a 14X Amazon bestselling hybrid author of such books as How to Blog a Book, The Author Training Manual, and Creative Visualization for Writers. She also is a Blog, Book, and Author Coach, and one of 700 elite Certified High Performance Coaches world-wide—the only one working with writers. Additionally, she founded the Nonfiction Writers’ University, the Write Nonfiction in November Challenge and created a proprietary Author Training curriculum...
Ep: 058 Matthew Brandt
February 25, 2019 10:30 - 47 minutes - 42.2 MBMatthew Brandt is a Navy veteran and has worked 30 years in law enforcement. He has seen it all, and probably twice. From working robbery/homicide to becoming a founder member for the Department of Homeland Security he has taken lessons from interviewing the worst society has to offer. Convincing them to do the right thing has given him the ability to learn and use those same techniques to teach supervisors and leaders at all levels to stand up to the bully in your office and address the issu...
Ep: 057 Marina Barayeva
February 18, 2019 10:30 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBMarina Barayeva is an international portrait photographer, speaker and a host of the Marketing for Creatives show. Marina is a known authority in helping entrepreneurs become influencers in their niche. She has been featured on Art People, CCTV, China Radio International, and other media. Always busy with creative projects, she organized and hosted an online conference called Lady-Photographer; a fashion show called ‘New Year Queen’ and was a part of the Art Project for Beijing Design We...
Ep: 056 Geoff Reese
February 11, 2019 10:30 - 42 minutes - 40.4 MBGeoff Reese has been a counseling and coaching individual since 1987. He believes we are all born with a seed of genius meant to impact the world. For more than 2 decades, he has been educating, equipping, and empowering people to unleash their genius to find their purpose in life. You either become what you were created to be seeing the reality of your purpose and contribution to the world or you ponder them as missed opportunities at life’s end. Geoff is a best selling author and the fo...
Ep: 055 Scott Wintrip
February 04, 2019 10:30 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBScott Wintrip is the author of High Velocity Hiring: How to Hire Top Talent in an Instant, named a must-read book by SHRM’s HR Magazine. Over the past 19 years, Scott has led the Wintrip Consulting Group, a global consultancy that has helped more than 22,000 organizations build talent-rich companies that have eliminated their hiring delays forever. For five consecutive years, Staffing Industry Analysts, a Crain Communications company, awarded Scott a place on the “Staffing 100,” a list of th...
Ep: 054 Matt Rzepka
January 28, 2019 10:30 - 53 minutes - 51.1 MBMatt Rzepka was born and raised in Houghton Lake, Michigan. He attended Saginaw Valley State University where he played football as an outside linebacker. There he met the love of his life, Amber. They eventually married. During this time, Matt and Amber spent several years working at a CPA firm, but they quickly noticed that the one thing business clients needed most seemed to be missing. Valley Oak was born out of their desire to solve the client’s problems with long term planning and adap...
Ep: 053 Bob Dusin (Part 2)
January 21, 2019 10:30 - 45 minutes - 44.8 MBBob Dusin was raised on a wheat farm in Western Kansas. He has always been driven the ideal of getting a little better everyday. Bob was introduced to the high performance workplace philosophy over a decade ago and was immediately drawn to the positive change it brings to the work environment. Facilitating High Performance Workplace Leadership workshops brings together many of Bob's unique talents, passions, and his life work. He describes the workshops as transcendent because of the powerful...
Ep: 052 Bob Dusin (Part 1)
January 14, 2019 10:30 - 35 minutes - 34.9 MBBob Dusin was raised on a wheat farm in Western Kansas. He has always been driven the ideal of getting a little better everyday. Bob was introduced to the high performance workplace philosophy over a decade ago and was immediately drawn to the positive change it brings to the work environment. Facilitating High Performance Workplace Leadership workshops brings together many of Bob's unique talents, passions, and his life works. He describes the workshops as transcendent because of the powerfu...
Ep: 051 Lisa Cummings
January 07, 2019 10:30 - 39 minutes - 37.6 MBLisa Cummings has delivered training & speaking events to over 11,500 participants in 14 countries. You can see her featured in places like Harvard Business Publishing, Training Magazine, and Forbes. She’s the CEO of a company called Lead Through Strengths. When Lisa’s not out spotting strengths with teams, you'll find her rescuing stray dogs or playing drums.
Ep: 050 Season 4 Recap with Benjamin Struemph
December 31, 2018 10:30 - 13 minutes - 14.7 MBHere is the recap of the fourth season of the CHARGE Podcast. Check out our show notes at CHARGEPODCAST.COM for more information.
Ep: 049 Daran Wastchak
December 24, 2018 10:30 - 40 minutes - 38.9 MBDaran Wastchak is a twenty-year entrepreneur and small business owner. He is a survivor and student of “The Great Recession” and is a fourteen-year veteran of two national non-profit Boards of Director. Daran received his Masters and PhD in Public Administration and Policy from Arizona State University, and he currently lives in Paradise Valley, Arizona where he his a volunteer member of the town’s planning commission. Daran is the father of three beautiful daughters aged 12, 14, and 16.
Ep: 048 Ann Dolin
December 17, 2018 10:30 - 43 minutes - 41.7 MBAnn Dolin is a former Fairfax County, VA public school teacher. She received an undergraduate degree in Child Psychology with Teacher Certification for grades 1-8 and then received an M.Ed. in Special Education from Boston College in 1992. Ann has spent over 25 years in education, teaching and tutoring students from Kindergarten to College (and everywhere in-between). She founded Educational Connections in 1998 while tutoring one student at her dining room table. Since then, the company has ...
Ep: 047 Derrich Phillips
December 10, 2018 10:30 - 40 minutes - 39.8 MBDerrich Phillips was born and raised in Gary, Indiana. He joined the army at age 18 and served 4 years. His last year in the army he was deployed to Iraq. He has worked in the Cyber Security field for over 15 years now and has traveled to over 30 countries, living in 5 of them. Derrich received an MBA from GCU in 2012. He has been married to Requill for 3 years. They don’t have any kids but do have a 4 year old girl boxer. Derrich hosts a weekly podcast that focuses on helping people follow ...
Ep: 046 Steve Harper
December 03, 2018 10:30 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBSteve Harper has become one of the most sought after speakers and business strategists on the power of deepening and strengthening the power of connections through a process he calls “Rippling.” Steve’s unique and refreshing approach to how and why individuals, organizations and even our society can and must reach outside the box to connect, is literally changing lives and impacting corporate bottom line dollars.
Ep: 045 Joey Coleman
November 26, 2018 10:30 - 54 minutes - 53.5 MBJoey Coleman helps companies keep their customers. An award-winning speaker, he works with organizations around the world ranging from small startups to major brands such as Deloitte, Hyatt Hotels, Zappos, and Whirlpool. His First 100 Days® methodology fuels the remarkable experiences his clients deliver and dramatically improves their profits. His Wall Street Journal #2 best selling book, Never Lose a Customer Again, offers strategies and tactics for turning one-time purchasers into lifelon...
Ep: 044 Anne Grady
November 19, 2018 10:30 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBAnne Grady is not your typical motivational speaker. She is a best-selling author, two-time TEDx speaker, trainer, survivor, optimist, inspirer, and a truth-bomb dropper. Anne has a master’s degree in organizational communication and has spent the last twenty years working with some of the largest organizations around the globe. She has become known as a leading expert on communication, leadership, emotional intelligence, and resilience, contributing to Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneu...
Ep: 043 Michele Spry
November 12, 2018 10:30 - 38 minutes - 62.5 MBMichele Spry is a children's author, businesswoman, philanthropist, daughter, sister, aunt and wife. She lives her life by the motto "Pay it Forward", and works each day to make a positive impact in her community and beyond. She volunteers with Honor Everywhere, Central Missouri Honor Flight, Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors and a Partner in Education at Midway Heights Elementary School (the school she attended K-6th grade).
Ep: 042 Ben Baker
November 05, 2018 10:30 - 38 minutes - 38.5 MBStorytelling has always been a way of life for Ben. From a young age, he realized that through telling stories people listened to him, understood him and engaged. Professionally, this is what he has been doing now for over two decades. He has helped brands tell engaging stories that compel their customers to take action for more than two decades now. Whether it is corporate brands or personal ones, Ben believes that being the same as everyone else is a recipe for commoditization. It is onl...
Ep: 041 Gustavo Grodnitzky
October 29, 2018 09:30 - 46 minutes - 43.6 MBDr. Gustavo Grodnitzky is a speaker, consultant, psychologist, and author whose diverse background brings a unique and multidimensional perspective to his global clients. After obtaining his Ph.D. in clinical and school psychology, he completed post-docs in both cognitive therapy and forensic psychology. He has previously run an inpatient drug rehabilitation unit in a correctional institution and an outpatient mental health center. Since the year 2000, Dr. Grodnitzky has focused on engag...
Ep: 040 Thom Singer
October 22, 2018 09:00 - 43 minutes - 40.9 MBThom Singer is a keynote speaker and professional EmCee who combines a robust mix of actionable content with a high-energy delivery style. He is the author of twelve books, and he is the host of the popular “Cool Things Entrepreneurs Do Podcast.” Thom inspires audiences to move beyond the superficial connections of “likes”, “links”, “shares “ and “follows” in our social media crazy world and find ways to reach their potential.
Ep: 039 Valerie Young
October 15, 2018 09:30 - 35 minutes - 31.4 MBDr. Valerie Young is an internationally recognized expert on impostor syndrome. She’s delivered her highly practical and surprisingly upbeat message to such diverse organizations as Apple, Chrysler, Facebook, Boeing, Microsoft, Merck, Intel, IBM, Ernst and Young, BP, Procter & Gamble, Society of Women Engineers, and the Space Telescope Science Institute as well as at over 85 colleges and universities in the US, Canada, and Japan including Stanford, Harvard, and MIT. Valerie is the author o...
Ep: 038 Alex Branning
October 08, 2018 09:30 - 41 minutes - 64.6 MBAlex Branning is happily married to his wife, Kathy, and they have one daughter, Ali. They are foster parents and have had five little girls in our home. They moved to Redding, CA, last summer and have loved it so far. He owns a marketing agency that serves over 300 clients.
Ep: 037 Season 3 Recap with Benjamin Struemph
October 01, 2018 09:30 - 28 minutes - 46.6 MBHere is the recap of the third season of the CHARGE Podcast. Check out our show notes at CHARGEPODCAST.COM for more information.
Ep: 036 Jill Blashack Strahan
September 24, 2018 09:30 - 40 minutes - 36.1 MBJill Blashack Strahan, Tastefully Simple Founder & CEO, is a top female entrepreneur and an inspiration to countless people across the nation. Strahan grew up on her family’s dairy farm in rural Minnesota, where she was inspired by her father’s work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit. In 1995, Jill launched Tastefully Simple offering high quality, easy-to-prepare foods and gifts. It wasn’t a simple start. Strahan and her young family had a household income of $25,000. Determined, she bootstra...
Ep: 035 Sarah Hill
September 17, 2018 09:30 - 47 minutes - 74.3 MBSarah Hill is a 12 time Mid-America Emmy award winning storyteller and technologist. She's the CEO of StoryUP XR, the makers of Healium which is an anti-anxiety product. Sarah is a 20 year veteran of the interactive media industry. She got into virtual reality trying to find a solution for a group of terminally-ill Veterans who weren't able to physically travel. Sarah started using augmented reality in 2011 to interact with TV viewers behind the scenes of a newscast.
Ep: 034 Mark Musso
September 10, 2018 09:30 - 40 minutes - 65.8 MBMark Musso has served as President & CEO of Special Olympics Missouri since 1991. Special Olympics Missouri provides year round sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.Prior to coming to Missouri, Mark was Executive Director of Minnesota Special Olympics and Director of Games Operations for the 1991 International Special Olympics Games. Mark began his Special Olympics involvement in 1972 as a volunteer in Special Olympics Kansas. He ...
Ep: 033 Alonzo Adams
September 03, 2018 09:30 - 41 minutes - 35.2 MBAlonzo is living testament that you can maximize opportunities if you free yourself from limited beliefs. He turned a small cleaning company that he started out of his one-bedroom apartment into one of the most successful independent residential cleaning companies in the world. His company, Busy Bee, was awarded the Best House Cleaning Company in Philadelphia by Philadelphia Magazine. They are the first and only cleaning company to receive this honor multiple times. In 2010, he was elected...
Ep: 032 William Vanderbloemen
August 27, 2018 09:30 - 43 minutes - 37.8 MBWilliam has been able to combine over 15 years of ministry experience as a Senior Pastor with the best practices of Executive Search to provide churches with a unique offering: a deep understanding of local church work with the very best knowledge and practices of professional executive search. Prior to his founding of The Vanderbloemen Search Group, William studied executive search under a mentor with over 25 years of executive search at the highest level. His learning taught him the very...
Ep: 031 Maura Thomas
August 20, 2018 09:30 - 43 minutes - 37.8 MBMaura Nevel Thomas is an award-winning international speaker and trainer on individual and corporate productivity and work-life balance, and the most widely-cited authority on attention management. Her clients include the likes of the U.S. Army, Old Navy, and the American Heart Association. She is a TEDx Speaker, founder of Regain Your Time, author of Personal Productivity Secrets and Work Without Walls, and was recently named a Top Leadership Speaker for 2018 in Inc. Magazine. Maura is freq...
Ep: 030 Eddie Mulholland
August 13, 2018 09:30 - 46 minutes - 41.3 MBEddie Mulholland is 61 years young. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and had gone further than New Jersey until he was 18. He loved playing soccer and running, but was advised by the soccer coach to run cross country because he was pretty good at running. He received a running scholarship to Marymount College of Kansas. There, he received two degrees: one in elementary education and another in physical education. In college, he met his best friend, and wife, Annie Vanderfeltz who...
Ep: 029 Joseph Gulino
August 06, 2018 09:30 - 44 minutes - 69.3 MBJoseph Gulino, PH. D, is Principal of the Gulinogroup & Fearless Leaders Consulting. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO - Ph. D, Educational Leadership. He was the recipient of the National Association of Secondary School Principals Middle Level Dissertation Award, 1997; and the University of San Francisco Alumni Society Outstanding Educator in Administration Award, 1999. Dr. Gulino directed SS. Peter and Paul School, St. Peter Interparish School, and Helias High School for the Diocese o...