Getting Down to Business®
352 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 9 years ago -Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult.
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THE BIG IDEA
June 12, 2012 19:44 - 54 minutes - 75.3 MBGetting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk KOAN 95.50 FM & AM 1020 - Stream: www.koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS picture (not) perfect Did you ever see a website with low quality product pictures and decide to go to a competitor? If this happens it would be better to describe the product without a picture. Liste...
NEW WAY TO BORROW & LEND
June 04, 2012 19:05 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBGetting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk KOAN 95.50 FM & AM 1020 - Stream: www.koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS If a Business Owner Dies, Who Can Access the Web? As small businesses move more operations online, they need to ask and answer this unpleasant question. Dave summarizes a very timely topic that has the...
DEFINING THE MAGIC
May 29, 2012 17:07 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBGetting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk KOAN 95.50 FM & AM 1020 - Stream: www.koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS SMALL-BUSINESS OPTIMISM GAINS TWO POINTS IN APIRL: INCREASE ONLY RETURNS THE INDEX TO READING FROM FEBRUARY 2011 The National Federation Independent Business releases their April 2012 index. Settling a...
LIFE AFTER LAYOFF
May 21, 2012 16:54 - 56 minutes - 78.2 MBGetting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk KOAN 95.50 FM & AM 1020 - Stream: www.koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS SHIELDING THE FAMILY BUSINESS Listen as Dave describes a new technique that “owners of closely held businesses can us to pass assets to their children, others, such as employees.” Find out more @ Wa...
WHY NETWORK?
May 15, 2012 18:30 - 53 minutes - 73.9 MBGetting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk KOAN 95.50 FM & AM 1020 - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS mINI INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS (ipo’S) Dave is excited about a recently signed bill. Title III-Crowdfunding amends the Securities Act of 1933. This amendment allows small companies to sell equi...
THE BUSINESS OF GOLF
May 08, 2012 16:00 - 53 minutes - 73.3 MBGetting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk KOAN 95.50 FM & AM 1020 - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS BE VERY CAREFUL ECONOMIC SUMMARY APRIL 2012 “All of that great news about the economic recovery is more hype than fact.” Listen as Dave warns business owners to proceed with care. The underlyin...
WE GOT THAT COVERED
May 01, 2012 22:20 - 52 minutes - 72.6 MBGetting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk KOAN 95.50 FM & AM 1020 - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS key economic indicators Slappy White once said, “The problem with unemployment is that the minute you wake up in the morning you’re on the job.” Listen to Chris Pobieglo, Guest Host reviews unem...
PORT OF TACOMA
April 22, 2012 00:30 - 54 minutes - 74.9 MBGetting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk KOAN 95.50 FM & AM 1020 - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS After Six Months of Increases, Small-Business Optimism Drops For Main Street, No New Jobs in the Months to Come: After six months of gains, the Small-Business Optimism Index fell by almost 2 points...
VISIT ANCHORAGE
April 17, 2012 19:33 - 55 minutes - 75.6 MBGetting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk KOAN 95.50 FM & AM 1020 - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS Crowd-Funding Industry Braces for Regulation The clock is ticking for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) listen as Dave discusses the new equity funding provision of the JOBS act. ...
BUSINESS ON A SHOE STRING
April 11, 2012 00:42 - 54 minutes - 75.1 MBGetting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk KOAN 95.50 FM & AM 1020 - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS AVOIDING THE EQUITY CROWD-FUNDING Great news for small businesses! A new bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives and was signed into law by the President allowing small businesses to rais...
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE – 27TH SESSION
April 04, 2012 17:35 - 53 minutes - 73.3 MBGetting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk KOAN 95.50 FM & AM 1020 - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS ECONOMIC NEWS SUMMARY MARCH 2012 ROAD TO RECOVERY? Listen as Dave reviews his monthly economic summary grading the U.S. Economy. Find out what he thinks and why. Read the full Summary at @ WaCon...
CREATING GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE
March 28, 2012 00:20 - 55 minutes - 76.7 MBGetting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk KOAN 95.50 FM & AM 1020 - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS WOMEN OWNERS HIT $1 MILLION GLASS CEILING Women-owned businesses are growing in number, but their revenues aren’t, new data show. Between 1997 and 2011, the number of women-owned firms increased...
TALK WITH OUR IRISH MAYOR
March 21, 2012 20:15 - 54 minutes - 75.3 MBGetting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS Historically Low Business Confidence Begins to Edge Up, Ever so Slightly: Main Street Still Cautious About the The Small-Business Optimism Index gained 0.4 points in February to 94.3 ma...
GEOFF BURCH UP-CLOSE & PERSONAL
March 12, 2012 18:59 - 53 minutes - 73.3 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS FIRE THESE EMPLOYEES TO BOOST YOUR BUSINESS Imagine your staff is a tea, about to play a big game in the fascinating new sport, YogaRugby. It’s crucial that your team wins the ga...
THE HUMAN FACTOR
March 07, 2012 00:56 - 49 minutes - 67.4 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS FIRE THESE EMPLOYEES TO BOOST YOUR BUSINESS "Imagine your staff is a tea, about to play a big game in the fascinating new sport, YogaRugby. It’s crucial that your team wins th...
THE DOG-MUSHING BUSINESS
February 28, 2012 18:55 - 50 minutes - 68.8 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS 3 SMALL BUSINESS BLUNDERS TO AVOID THIS YEAR The pressure to make News Year’s resolutions has passed but there is still time to consider good advice. Listen as Dave summarizes...
WANTED – ALASKA OUTLAWS
February 18, 2012 20:24 - 46 minutes - 42.1 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS SMALL BUSINESS CONFIDENCE IN A LULL Government reports seem upbeat, but Main Street is not so confident The NFIB “Optimism Index” for January has been released. Listen as Dave ...
U.S. SENATE & YOUR SMALL BUSINESS
February 18, 2012 20:07 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS Economic News summary january 2012 – milk toast economy Listen as Dave compares the weak U.S. economy with eating milk toast. Read the complete article @ www.WaConsult.com. P...
ALASKA’S BUSINESS VOICE
February 14, 2012 19:09 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBalaska's PROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS Pebble Releases Environmental Baseline Studies The Pebble Partnership releases their Environmental Baseline Document (EBD). Listen as Dave describes this 20,000 page, ...
EMERGING MARKETS & ALASKA
February 01, 2012 19:40 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS small it market attracts big companies Best Buy Company and Apple, Incorporated are just two examples of large companies trying to capitalize on the huge market; providing IT se...
ME PAINTER
January 21, 2012 21:40 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS small business confidence inches upward: while economic wither continues, it appera to be getting warmer National Federation of Independent Business Optimism Index made a small but notable gain...
STEVE FORBES ON ECONOMICS
January 16, 2012 17:41 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS How to Build Recognition for Your Unknown Brand Learn how to increase advertising, frequency without increasing your advertising budget. Dave introduces you to Mike Michalowic...
IT'S NOT TOO LATE
January 11, 2012 17:44 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) Fox News Talk 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS Small signs that small business lending is up Small-business lending hit a 4 year high in November 2011 according to Thomson Reuter/Pay Net Index. Listen as Dave describes a sm...
THE CLUELESS MAN
December 23, 2011 17:06 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS Small-Business Confidence Rises for Third Consecutive Month: Is Hope for the Economy on the Horizon? Dave discusses the latest “Optimism Index” which was up 1.8 point in November settling at a ...
MORE THAN BRICKS MORTAR
December 13, 2011 01:02 - 49 minutes - 113 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS MILITARY VETERANS PREPARE FOR A NEW ROLE A business incubator called VETransfer provides free mentoring and facilities to military veterans who start their own businesses. The program funded ...
SHOULD YOU BE ON TWITTER
December 06, 2011 18:52 - 50 minutes - 116 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS The 800-Pound Gorilla Economic News Summary November 2011 November affirmed that the US economy is no longer in a recession, but it can be hard to tell. Listen as Dave explains why he improv...
GO WITH THE FLOW; CASH FLOW THAT IS
November 29, 2011 00:03 - 53 minutes - 123 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: ww.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS CROWD-FUNDING BRINGS UNEASE New Legislation Would Ease Restrictions, but Critics Worry About Fraud The House approved a bill that would let companies sell equities online. Senator Scott Brow...
KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER
November 21, 2011 19:10 - 54 minutes - 124 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS SMALL BUSINESS CONFIDENCE HAS MINOR UPTICK: Optimism Index Slight Uptick Still Weighted Down by Dominant Negative Forecast The NFIB’s “Optimism Index” gained 1.3 points, nudging the index up ...
THROUGH A BANKERS EYES
November 14, 2011 19:18 - 53 minutes - 73.4 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS SMALL BUSINESS: A GOOD WORKER IS HARD TO FIND With 14 million unemployed 40% of small businesses complain about the dearth of qualified workers. Listen as Dave talks about a pressing problem f...
TECHNOLOGY & THE REALTOR
November 10, 2011 16:57 - 54 minutes - 74.8 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS JOIN THE CROWD IN FUNDING – OR MAYBE NOT The House is expected to vote on legislation that would allow privately held business to raise money from nonaccredited investors in exchange for equ...
ALTERNATIVE BUSINESS LENDING
November 01, 2011 16:20 - 53 minutes - 49 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS ECONOMIC NEWS SUMMARY OCTOBER 2011 Listen as Dave talks about an economic powerhouse “shackled” by federal regulators and rouge environmental group’s squeezes out some growth. The first es...
A MATTER OF DESIGN
October 24, 2011 17:24 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS FACEBOOK ‘LIKES’ SMALL BUSINESS Do you want to market your business on Facebook but don’t know how? Facebook, Inc. the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Federation of Independent Busine...
HOSPITALITY IN ANCHORAGE
October 16, 2011 00:26 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS Small-Business Confidence Sees Modest Gain: The Start of a Trend, or a Blip? Small-business optimism gained 0.8 points in September, according to the National Federation of Independent Busin...
EXIT STAGE LEFT- BUSINESS SUCESSION PLANNING
October 10, 2011 19:26 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS steven paul jobs, 1955-2011 The passing of Steve Jobs had an impact on me. The “Information Age” developed during my business career and the entrepreneurs, innovators and founders’ we a sourc...
SEO ROUNDTABLE
October 03, 2011 18:45 - 54 minutes - 49.4 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS PRICE OF RECLASSIFYING WORKERS if your business uses contractors the IRS has a new plan that may cost you. Their new program called “Voluntary Worker Classification Settlement Program” will...
WRITTEN IN ALASKA
September 27, 2011 23:52 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS Spending wisely on technology People used to working in an office stocked with technology may find starting as a solo enterprise can be painful. Listen as Dave discusses a useful reality o...
SIMON & SEAFORTS UNWRAPPED
September 26, 2011 23:37 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS Small business confidence take huge hit: Optimism Index now in decline for six months running Listen to the highlights of the NFIB’s monthly “Optimism Index. This index dropped dramatical...
Make Credit Card Transactions Easy
September 12, 2011 19:14 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS Listen as Christopher Pobieglo gives a brief recap of key economic indicators. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) will be holding three free webinars. Find out more at ...
Strengthen Alaska’s Economy
September 12, 2011 19:06 - 54 minutes - 50 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. INDIEGOGO NETS $1.5M IN FUNDING Crowd-funding company IndieGoGo, Inc. has helped thousands of entrepreneurs finance new businesses. Listen as entrepreneurs have stepped up to help finance this San Franc...
The Business of Classical Music
August 29, 2011 23:26 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS MAKING THE MOST OF GROUPON Small companies are getting savvier about using Groupon. Listen as Dave discusses the good and not so good about using Groupon. Read the whole article at www.WaC...
The Business of Opera
August 23, 2011 20:29 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS Small Business Optimism Index Continues Downward Trajectory: Fifth Consecutive Month of Decline For the fifth consecutive month the NFIB’s monthly Small-Business Optimism Index fell. Droppin...
Performing Arts New Season
August 15, 2011 18:37 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS FED UP: A TEXAS BANK IS CALLING IT QUITS In an “Atlas Shrugged” moment Main Street Bank a Kingwood, Texas bank gets out of the banking business because of federal banking regulations. Liste...
Marketing with Headwinds – Marketing the Pebble Project
August 08, 2011 17:04 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS It’s Not Rocket Science Read Dave’s economic analysis of the US economy July 2011. Read article @ www.WaConsult.com PROGRAM TOPIC Mike Heatwole, VP of Public Affairs for The Pebble Partne...
Rep Chris Tuck Unwrapped
August 01, 2011 17:53 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS Bad News, More Bad News, and Worse News The release of the Gross Domestic for @Q 2011 was release last Friday. The second quarter “advance estimate” was an abysmal 1.3%. Listen as Dave reveals more bad news, the worst n...
Great Wine with Your Cheese
July 25, 2011 21:28 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS Small-Business Owners Registering Vote of ‘No Confidence’ in the Federal Government Bill Dunkelberg, Economist says that “Between the deluge of new regulations and a Washington policy agenda that is largely ignorant of Main St...
Tools of the Trade - CRM
July 25, 2011 20:39 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS Main Street Desperately in Search of Reasons to be Positive NFIB’s monthly Small-Business Optimism Index dropped one tenth of a point (0.1) in June, settling at 90.8, an unsurprising reading, unchanged from the previous mon...
Leap of Faith
July 12, 2011 17:09 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage – AM 1330 KXLJ Juneau Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS Contractors Survey: New EPA Rule to Increase Costs Home-renovation businesses expect a federal ruling proposed last month to increase operating costs and dampen sales, according to a recently released s...
Creating a Business Loan Package
June 29, 2011 23:19 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage – AM 1330 KXLJ Juneau Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS Outlook Grows Bleak on Main Street In the eyes of the average small business, the U.S. economy is still in a recession and likely to stay that way through 2012. A new survey, commissioned by the U.S. ...
Live, Work & Play
June 21, 2011 18:39 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage – AM 1330 KXLJ Juneau Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS Consumer Spending Remains Weak: Small Business Optimism Dips Lower in May. For the third consecutive month, NFIB’s Small Business Optimism Index fell. While the drop was slight—.3 points, with th...
A Wild Ride
June 13, 2011 17:44 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBPROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage – AM 1330 KXLJ Juneau Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWS Uptick in Loans Could Aid Business Two crucial forms of bank lending that remained stubbornly weak are finally showing signs of life, another indicator that the credit crisis is on the mend. This ...