OC Talk Radio
2,038 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsOrange County, CA's only online community radio station, giving businesses a voice on the Internet. Streaming…not screaming talk radio. Streaming live from our studio at the University of California Irvine's BEALL APPLIED INNOVATION CENTER.
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OC SPOTLIGHT: Learn About Mixed Martial Arts with Williams MMA
April 16, 2024 01:35 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBCorey Williams from WILLIAMS Mixed Martial Arts joins us to discuss his Martial Arts School in Fountain Valley and the special Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. #mma #mixedmartialarts #jiujitsu #brazilianjiujitsu #bjj #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #communityengagement #community #localbusiness #localbusinesses #localbusinessspotlight #octalkradio
OUR COMMUNITY: OC Power Authority Supplies Green Alternatives
April 13, 2024 01:49 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBSaul Viramontes, Management Analyst, ORANGE COUNTY POWER AUTHORITY, joins us to discuss their role in providing OUR COMMUNITY clean, affordable energy alternatives to some of the residents here in Orange County, CA. #power #energy #energyefficiency #greenenergy #greenenergysolutions #powerproductionmix #municipalpower #powergrid #powergridsharetarget #powergridsharenews #powergridsharelatestnews #powergridshare #ochcc #community #communityengagement #communityinvolvement #communityinvestment...
OC SPOTLIGHT: Repairing Cell Phones, Computers and other Electronics
April 12, 2024 02:15 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBSean Hicks, the founder of YOURTRONICS joins us to discuss how he repairs all of Your Electronics from Cell Phones and Computers to Game Consoles and even Drones. Including how he got into this field 10 years ago. And why he went from being a finance major at Chapman to a highly successful small business owner here in Costa Mesa, CA. Offering quick repairs for the many electronic devices we can't live without. #electronics #electronicrepair #localbuisness #orangecounty #orangecountybusi...
PROFIT TALKS: Marketing Synergy in the Age of AI
April 09, 2024 00:04 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBMichelle Chuang from the SBDC Cal State Fullerton Center joins us to explore the strange new world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how businesses can use it to grow their revenue and build their brand. Across all their marketing strategies in a truly integrative fashion.
OUR COMMUNITY: 5 Time World Boxing Champion Mikey Garcia
April 06, 2024 18:16 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBMeet Legendary Boxer Mikey Garcia (5 time World Champion) and here his amazing story. From his family picking strawberries in the field of Oxnard to top of the world. On OUR COMMUNITY podcast. Powered by the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. And Orange County's only community radio station, OC TALK RADIO, Streaming live from our studio here at UCI's Beall Applied Innovation Center. #boxingvictory #boxingworld #boxer #boxing #boxingtraining #hispanic #hispanicbusiness #communityen...
OUR COMMUNITY-Meet Christine Mantyla, WILLIAMSON LAW GROUP
April 02, 2024 01:35 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBMeet Christine Mantyla from WILLIAMSON LAW GROUP. Community Outreach Coordinator for South Coast College ( a private college in the City of Orange that teaches court reporting and medical legal programs). And host of the Mil2Vet Veteran's Series Podcast. Aa well as a Board Member for the great charity PATRIOTS AND PAWS that (among other things) supplies free furniture to veterans in need. #patriots #buildingcommunity #communityengagement #veterans #veteranlife #veteranhelpingveterans #hisp...
PROFIT TALKS: FREE TRAINING for Starting A Childcare Business
April 02, 2024 01:11 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBMeet First 5 of Orange County, a county agency (funded by Prop 10...the tobacco tax initiative) that funds programs for early access to childcare for PreNatal thru Age 5. Including a FREE Training Program (in partnership with the OCIE SBDC) that will train you to start your own childcare business. A way for some moms to actually get paid to stay home and watch their own young children by also watching other kids as well in a new business they own and operate. Check out their FREE four week...
OUR COMMUNITY: Meet Norma Mora, Mortgage Loans, PRMG
March 26, 2024 00:36 - 30 minutes - 28 MBMeet Norma Mora, a Mortgage Loan Officer for PRMG. An Ambassador for the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. And a Mentor for the Hispanic100 Foundation as well.
OC SPOTLIGHT: 3 CHIP COOKIES Franchisees here in Orange County, CA
March 25, 2024 23:27 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MBToday three franchisees from CHIP Cookies join us to discuss their separate stores in Huntington Beach, San Clemente and right here in Irvine. Sample some of their incredible cookies and talk about their different paths to being a "cookie entrepreneur". Who knew cookies could be so much fun (and profitable)?
PROFIT TALKS: CLICKSTART DOG TRAINING ACADEMY
March 25, 2024 23:14 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBMeet from Cassie Pestana, Co-Owner of CLICKSTART DOG TRAINING ACADEMY in Lake Forest. And here her story about growing her business into a real "brick and mortar" location. And how the OC IE Small Business Development Center (SBDC) helped her to do that. On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business ...
PROFIT TALKS: Learn About Orange County's Special LAUNCHPAD for Startups
March 25, 2024 23:06 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBShaun Sanders, the Senior Associate Director of LaunchPad SBDC joins us to discuss their unique virtual accelerator. Hosted by Octane and run by the Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC) in Newport Beach, CA. As he talks about his work helping startups and other small businesses craft their "pitch decks" (and specifically their "business stories".) At no cost (whatsoever!). As part of this special SBDC program. On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. B...
OUR COMMUNITY; Meet Sergio Contreras, OC UNITED WAY
March 15, 2024 20:17 - 38 minutes - 35 MBMeet Sergio Contreras, Executive Director of UNITED FOR STUDENT SUCCESS, Orange County United Way and President and Founder of MADE IN ORANGE COUNTY. A former school board President and City Council Member in Westminster. And a current Estrella Award winner from the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
OC SPOTLIGHT: Rachel Daly, Psychotherapist on Post Holiday Health
March 14, 2024 22:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBAs we begin a New Year, we bring in Rachel Daly, a psychotherapist from the Newport Beach Trauma Therapy Center to discuss the all too common "post Holiday blues". Including their causes (from stress and financial worries to past traumas and current health challenges) and some tips on how to combat this all-too-common mental health problem which so many of us face this time of year. Including not making it even worse by overloading yourself with too many overambitious "New Year's Resolutio...
OC SPOTLIGHT: Castles Confections and Their Hand Crafted Toffees
March 14, 2024 21:53 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBBrian Castles, Founder of Castles Confections in Fullerton joins us to share how he became Orange County's very own Willy Wonka. And using his mom's family recipe, has brought back hand crafted toffee again to So Cal.
OC SPOTLIGHT: Partee Golf Simulators
March 14, 2024 21:48 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBHayden Ruiz, owner of Partee Golf Simulators joins us to discuss renting a golf simulator for high end corporate events and/or personal parties. The enormous leap in realism in these simulators today (where you are actually hitting a ball into a screen and then tracking that ball visually on some virtual course). How PARTEE is actually starting to install these high end golf simulators into high end homes as well. And how a young man with a Bio Medical Engineering Degree goes from that.....
PROFIT TALKS: Uriel Arguelles, VP Relationship Mgr. LENDISTY
March 13, 2024 00:28 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBLearn about LENDISTRY and their work helping deploy capital for government programs like the PPP Loans (Paycheck Protection Program) initiated under COIVD). As well as being a direct small business lender for small businesses that may not qualify under traditional banking requirement. On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Californi...
PROFIT TALKS: Small Business and Vets Getting Contracts with the State of California
March 08, 2024 18:03 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBDiane Lydon joins us to discuss her work at a Business Outreach Manager for the State of California's Office of Small Business and Disabled Veterans Business Services (often referred to simply as OSDS). Helping small businesses and veteran owned businesses secure government contracts. Operating under the mandate created by California Assembly Bill AB-2019, 25% of all state government contracts are supposed to go to qualified "small businesses". But finding those small businesses and te...
PROFIT TALKS: Alicia Brayboy, DIGITAL MARKETING CENTER
March 08, 2024 17:51 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBAlicia Brayboy, DIGITAL MARKETING CENTER talks about her background and why she moved from NY to SoCal to further her marketing career. And how she helps businesses share their brand stories thru social media marketing and make sense of the many platforms and digital strategies available to businesses today. On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administ...
PROFIT TALKS: Manish Bhardia, Asian Business Association of Orange County
March 08, 2024 17:44 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBMeet Manish Bhardia President of the Asian Business Association of Orange County (ABAOC). And partner in his own firm THINK AI. As he discusses his cutting edge work in adding Artificial Intelligence (AI) to businesses (just like yours!) And helping other Asian businesses (thru his work with the ABAOC) learn about new technologies (like AI0 and use it to increase productivity in their own organizations. On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empi...
OUR COMMUNITY: Jessica Becerra, AZZUL SWIMWEAR
March 08, 2024 02:08 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBJessica Becerra, Owner of AZZUL SWIMWEAR joins us to discuss her entrepreneurial journey. And her work with the upcoming OC FASHION WEEK. And her charitable work as a Leader of the Homeless Lunch Ministry at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Irvine.
OUR COMMUNITY: Sofia University's Newest Campus in Costa Mesa, CA
March 08, 2024 02:03 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBMary Kay Chess, PhD. Chair of the Doctorate of Business Administration Program and Penny Li, MBA and AVP of Strategic Enrollment join us from SOFIA University to discuss their newest campus here in Costa Mesa, CA and the many innovative programs they offer like a Doctorate in Business Administration (more than an MBA!) and a Degree in Transpersonal Psychology (a field they've pioneered since the inception of the "human potential movement" back in the 1970s and 80s.)
OUR COMMUNITY: Maria Gomez, CEO Orange County Escrow
March 07, 2024 03:32 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBMaria Gomez, CEO Orange County Escrow and 2022 OCHCC Estrella Awardee Member of the Year. Talking about the Orange County Hispanic Chamber's Residential REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE.
OUR COMMUNITY: Salvador Ramirez, Director, Corporate Affairs, KROGER/FOOD 4 LESS
March 07, 2024 03:29 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBSalvador Ramirez, Director, Corporate Affairs, KROGER/FOOD 4 LESS joins us to discuss all the good work they do in Our Community.
OUR COMMUNITY: The Legendary Trumpet Player Arturo Sandoval
March 07, 2024 03:22 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBReuben Franco, President of the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, gets the rare privilege (and pleasure) to interview the legendary jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval. Including how he fled his childhood home in Communist Cuba, how he met and was helped by the great Dizzy Gillespie and the many Grammy Awards he's won thru the years, starting with Irakere (an influential jazz group that brought Afro-Cuban music to the US, winning a Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording in 1980). All i...
PROFIT TALKS: Riverside County Office of Economic Development
February 13, 2024 21:27 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBJoaquin Tijerina, Director of the Coachella Valley Small Business Development Center (SBDC) joins us to discuss his work there helping small businesses thrive and grow (and get started). And with the overall Riverside County Office of Economic Development that helps fund this center and so many other programs like Riverside County's Small Business Thrive Program, Business Assistance NOW Program, International Trade, and Innovation Programs, partnered with the University of California Riversi...
PROFIT TALKS: Veterans and Government Contracting
February 13, 2024 21:21 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBSBDC Business Consultant Troy Small on his extensive work with Veterans and Government Contracting. Following his own extensive career in the Marines (including procurement) and later military contracting. And how he now helps veterans start small businesses and take advantage of all the special programs that the government has put in place to help vets get certified for (and secure) government contracts. On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Emp...
PROFIT TALKS: New SBDC Caravan Center for Hispanic Entrepreneurs
February 13, 2024 01:12 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBMihai Pătru (Executive Director of the Caravanserai Project) and Carolina Rosas-Saavedra (Director of the Small Business Development Center's new CARAVAN CENTER opening Feb. 15 in Palm Springs). Talking about this new partnership between the CARAVANSERAI PROJECT and the SBDC (funded in part by the US Small Business Administration and the State of California). Designed to foster and grow more Hispanic Entrepreneurs and startups within this community. "Circling the wagons" (as it were) and ...
PROFIT TALKS: SBDC 2024 Trade Mission to South Korea, March 15-24th.
February 13, 2024 00:59 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBManal Richa, Director of the OC IE SBDC Global Trade Center discusses their upcoming Trade Mission to South Korea March15-24, 2024. Where participants pay for the cost of the trip and the SBDC will prepare them with research into specific opportunities that might match their product or service. And then actually set up meetings with prospective partners in Korea. As well as government officials who might help make this partnership a reality. On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to y...
PROFIT TALKS: Meet SBDC Restaurant Consultant Jay Allis
February 11, 2024 22:22 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBRestaurant expert Jay Allis talks about his 25 years working both "in the front of the house" and the "back of the house" and the work he does with restaurant clients here at the Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Centers (SBDC). On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advo...
PROFIT TALKS: Meet Media Consultant Pam Coleman from the Special SBDC MARKETING CENTER
February 11, 2024 22:15 - 34 minutes - 32 MBMeet SBDC Media Consultant Pam Coleman. Who discusses the work of the special MARKETING CENTER (the only one of its kind in the whole national Small Business Development Network). Hosted at the Santa Ana College Digital Media Center. On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
OUR COMMUNITY: NAMM Foundation $10,000 Gift to local Anaheim School to Support Music Education
February 11, 2024 19:26 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBWith the huge National Association of Music Merchandisers (NAMM) at the Anaheim Convention Center all week for their massive music industry trade show, hear about another important aspect of this non-profit's work to support music programs at the local level. As we talk about NAMM's recent "Day of Service" here in Anaheim (ahead of their multi-day trade show). Happening two days before The NAMM Show, the world’s largest global gathering of the music industry, the hands-on service event supp...
OUR COMMUNITY: Edwin Rivera-Cortez, LATINO HEALTH
February 11, 2024 19:14 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBEdwin Rivera-Cortez, Chief Development and Communications Officer at Latino Health Access on expanded Medical Eligibility for the community.
OUR COMMUNITY: Great Tips on Building Business Credit with Veronica Herrera, EXPERIAN
February 11, 2024 19:07 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBVeronica Herrara, Director of Core Credit Services and a Credit Ambassador for EXPERIAN. Helping provide credit education to consumers and small businesses alike. With some amazing tips on starting BUSINESS CREDIT that you won't want to miss!
OUR COMMUNITY: Meet Feli Michada, Senior Field Engineer and Brand Ambassador for MANAGED SOLUTION.
February 11, 2024 19:04 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBMeet Feli Michada, Senior Field Engineer and Brand Ambassador for for a large IT firm MANAGED SOLUTION. About the tremendous need (and opportunity) for Hispanic students to enter and succeed in the ever growing area of Internet Technology (IT). And how his parents (in particular) sacrificed everything to move from a rural village in Mexico to offer their son the opportunity to be all he could be. And how he works to mentor other young Hispanics to be the same.
OC SPOTLIGHT: Minimally Invasive Image Guided Surgery
January 08, 2024 23:35 - 35 minutes - 33.2 MBPrivileged today to have "the man who wrote the book" on today's new minimally invasive, image guided surgeries. As Dr. Patrick Sewell joins us to talk about his pioneering work in this field. And how he himself recently struggled to find a qualified surgeon who could perform his own procedure on him when he discovered that he had kidney cancer. "The usual procedure," explains Dr. Sewell, "is to go in and cut the whole kidney out. But in this newer procedure, we insert a tiny probe (wit...
REAL WORLD OF SALES: 2023 in REVIEW
January 07, 2024 04:29 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBJoin our Sales Coach Ashley V as she looks back at the first year of her show. And talks about all the amazing guests who've joined her here at OC TALK RADIO. And learn from them their secrets to sales success.
REAL WORLD OF SALES: Professional Santa Kevin Scott
January 07, 2024 04:28 - 35 minutes - 33 MBSanta is in the house! As real life, professional Santa Kevin Scott joins us to discuss how he got into this world and the joy he gets out of it...
REAl WORLD OF SALES: Dr. Chris Lowe, SHARK EXPERT
January 07, 2024 04:26 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBDr. Chris Lowe, Dir of the Cal State Long Beach (CSLB) Shark Lab discusses his work studying sharks. And helps to dispel many myths around their behavior. Pointing out the rarity of shark attacks and their importance in our ecosystem.
REAL WORLD OF SALES: Patricia Rae-actress/activist
January 07, 2024 04:24 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBPatricia Rae-actress/activist on her long, successful career as working actress in countless films and TV shows. And how she continues to "sell herself" everyday to sustain her career and uncover new opportunities. (like producing her podcast
REAL WORLD OF SALES: Elvis Impersonator Scott Robertson
January 07, 2024 04:21 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBElvis Impersonator Scott Robertson joins us to discuss his career (and his day job as a banker).
REAL WORLD OF SALES: So Cal Dog Training
January 07, 2024 04:18 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBJoin us as Celebrity dog trainer Vlad from So Cal Dog Training joins us to talk about his strategies to "treat a dog like a dog" (otherwise they will treat YOU like a dog!). Along with stories from his appearances on David Letterman and other shows.
REAL WORLD OF SALES: Magician Fantastic Fig
January 07, 2024 04:16 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBMagician Fantastic Fig, featured on America's Got Talent, joins us to discuss his change in career, and how he continues to sell himself as a magician.
REAL WORLD OF SALES: Gary Golding, NAKED AND AFRAID
January 07, 2024 04:14 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MBGary Golding from NAKED AND AFRAID joins us to discuss his amazing journey and current career as a motivational speaker mixing nature awareness and business survival.
REAL WORLD OF SALES: Mariah Hanson, Dinah Weekend Founder
January 07, 2024 04:13 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBMariah Hanson, Founder of the world renowned Dinah Weekend in Palm Springs. On her life and love of producing one of the most iconic parties and events in Palm Springs.
Real World of Sales: Cory Shakarian, Sports Marketing
January 07, 2024 04:11 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBFormer NBA/MLB/NFL Executive Cory Shakarian joins us to discuss his wide background in Sports Markting and Sales for Major League Basketball, Baseball and Football.
REAL WORLD OF SALES: Marissa Alma Nick, REBEL IN VENUS
January 07, 2024 04:09 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBFormer professional dancer and author Marissa Alma Nick (REBEL IN VENUS) joins us to discuss her journey. And her unique new fictional story aimed at the queer community she's a part of. Including those in Florida (where she lives).
REAL WORLD OF SALES: Brian Thornton, Thornton Quarter Houses
January 07, 2024 04:08 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBHear about the unlikely path of Brian Thornton (owner off Thornton Quarter Horses here in Huntington Beach, CA) to becoming a noted horse trainer and breeder. And how he continues to thrive and grow his business here in the heart of surf culture and suburban sprawl.
REAL WORLD OF SALES: Musician Dan Stein
January 07, 2024 04:05 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBMusician Dan Stean joins us to discuss his musical journey and how he makes a business of it.
THE REAL WORLD OF SALES: Meet Ashley V
January 07, 2024 04:03 - 25 minutes - 24.1 MBJoin us as we enter the REAL WORLD OF SALES. Discussing the real opportunities and challenges today. Along with the technology that should make thinks simpler (and often makes it more confusing). So ride along as we enter the REAL WORLD OF SALES with our Sales Pro, Ashley V and her friends.
OC SPOTLIGHT: TecKnowCare and Managed IT
January 07, 2024 03:54 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBGeorge Mulak from TecKnowCare IT joins us to discuss the world of Managed IT Services. And the need to a "tech expert" on your team with the growing complexities and problems in cyber security, AI and the emerging "internet of things" where everything will soon be connected to the Internet.