Running the Bases with Small Businesses

AJ Titus - Starpoint Brands

Running the Bases today with AJ Titus, President of Signarama and Starpoint Brands at United Franchise Group. Signarama is the world’s largest sign and graphics franchise. A.J. is the son of United Franchise Group CEO Ray Titus and grandson of franchise mainstay, Roy Titus. AJ explains how his family started the Minuteman Press franchise 40 years ago and Signorama 37 years ago, and now owns various brands and companies such as shared office space, business brokerage, signage graphics, embro...

Mark Carpenter - Master Storytelling

Running the Bases today with Mark Carpenter, Chief Storyteller: Helping people teach, lead, sell, and inspire through intentional storytelling for business Today’s guest is a serial storyteller. Growing up he loved humor, telling stories, and exaggerating his real-life experiences as a middle child trying to stand out.   He grew up in a home surrounded by books from his English Teacher Mom, which only increased his love of stories.  He leveraged his abilities into a marketing communications...

John Jonas - OnlineJobs.PH

Running the Bases today with John Jonas, Founder and CEO of OnlineJobs.PH Today’s guest is a self-professed “Terrible Employee”, and we can see why.  On Monday mornings, when others are brushing their weekends off to get back into the office grind, he is most likely still out in the Mountains in Utah, where he lives with his wife and 5 kids.  An extreme sports enthusiast, today’s guest is an avid backcountry skier and mountain biker.  His helmet cam videos of him racing down the slopes can ...

Adam Chronister - Enleaf

Running the Bases today with Adam Chronister: Digital Marketer, Speaker, Investor, and Philanthropist.  The 2021 Spokane Washington winner for best SEO Company - the Founder of Enleaf Marketing Adam is a fun and passionate entrepreneur, small business owner, digital marketer, speaker, investor, world traveler, philanthropist, student, husband, father and some might say Fashionista.   How many of us have matched clothing or in his case their glasses to their laptops?  Hailing from the Great ...

HomeRoots - B2B Online Shopping

Running the Bases today with Gil Bar-Lev from HomeRoots. Gil Bar-Lev is a serial entrepreneur specializing in e-commerce, technology, and software engineering. He had the opportunity to work for Toys R Us and Amazon, and was awarded the most innovative web store award from Amazon in 2013. Growing up in a family of CPAs, he was always interested in coding and software development, which led him to start the Home Roots platform, a digital B2B wholesale solution. Gil advises entrepreneurs in th...

Anne Gannon - The Largo Group

Running the Bases today with Anne Gannon, Principal at The Largo Group. The Largo Group offers innovative solutions to businesses and individuals to meet their accounting and bookkeeping needs. They specialize in monthly bookkeeping, tax services, and business consulting focused on improving efficiencies and the bottom line. Today’s guest grew up playing competitive golf.  Raised In Fort Lauderdale, her parents would buy her plane tickets and send her all over the country to play in tournam...

David Wilde - Wilde One Films

Running the Bases today with David Wilde, Founder, CEO and Creator of Wilde One Films. David Wild is a digital media producer who has created five feature films, a crime series, and dozens of short films. He began acting in his thirties to meet girls and eventually ended up in London to attend an acting school. He has since learned how to make a movie, from coming up with an idea to doing the marketing work to getting the finance. Now, he is working on a novel based on a movie he produced fo...

Kyle Roof - The Random Show

Another episode of “The Random Show”! I always appreciate the opportunity to sit down with one of my favorite SEOs, business leaders, and all-around good guy - Kyle Roof. An enjoyable, educational and informative session with a couple of guys intent on business growth, security and spending time with family. Kyle first appeared on the show in June 2021 - a lot has changed in Kyle’s life since then.  We catch up on all the good stuff! Some background on Kyle….he’s responsible for developi...

Athelo Group - Athletes Meet Opportunities

Running the Bases today with Andrew Stallings Founder and President of the Athelo Group. With over 15 years in the arena of sports and entertainment, Stallings has put all of his chips in on the rising tide of sports athletes and properties. With a brevity of knowledge on the brand, property, and media marketing side of sports - Stallings is looking to bring a unique and innovative dialogue to how the evolution of sports can be brought front and center to a whole new audience of consumers. ...

REPOST: Peter's Safaris

Running the Bases today with Peter Balunek the Founder at Peter’s Safaris - a unique socially conscious luxury safari company that explores fascinating corners of our world.  Peter’s Safaris started in 2015 and has grown to spend over 65 weeks on Safari -including locations like Africa, India, and Alaska. Peter shares his experience of his first safari in 2014 - that ultimately changed his life.  He returned from that trip and shortly after, started his own safari tour company, taking famil...

Ted Kubaitis - SEO Tool Lab

Running the Bases today with Ted Kubaitis, Founder and CEO of SEO Tool Lab. Ted has innovated software solutions that drive results for over 20 years for companies spanning the globe. Our guest today is quite a rockstar in the Digital Marketing industry.  A native of Illinois, he attended the flagship university - the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign.  While there, he studied Computer Science and had the opportunity to research at The National Center for Super Computing Applicatio...

James Barrood - Innovation+

Running the Bases today with James Barrood, Founder and CEO of Innovation+ helping leaders, companies, Higher Ed institutions, and communities grow and drive innovation. “Thoughtfully bringing people together” -  Today’s guest has a history of knowing what the next top trend is going to be, and he is an expert in working a room to connect the right people together in support of entrepreneurs and their ideas.     He is among the top leaders of the east coast’s innovation ecosystem.  For 20...

Generate Your Value - The Next Level

Running the Bases today with Andy McDowell Founder of Generate Your Value. Andy is an Entrepreneur/Small Business Coaching Services Business Owner and Podcaster, and former Aviation Business Leader.  And, Andy is our first guest to sing the National Anthem at an MLB Game! Our Guest today says he is an Engineer by trade and a creative by nature!  An Aviation Systems expert  - Our lifelong Aviation Enthusiast - has an Engineering Degree from Georgia Tech,  and a Masters from Georgia State in ...

Niche Website Builders - For Content Publishers

Running the Bases today with Mark Mars & Adam Smith of Niche Website Builders. Niche Website Builders is an agency for people who want to create profitable content blogs. They started NWB (literally a few months before the pandemic) because they couldn’t find a service that would fulfill their needs within the website investing space.  Together, they created Niche Website Builders, an agency for investors who want to buy and sell blogs. As the largest agency in their space, they’ve grown t...

The Neat Company - Reinventing Bookkeeping

Running the Bases today with Garrett Baird, from The Neat Company. The Neat Company is reinventing bookkeeping for small business owners. Leveraging their legacy in document scanning and storage, they are making the mundane (but necessary!) steps to manage your company's books and prepare to file taxes simple - nice and Neat. Our Guest today is the former President and CEO at The Neat Company in Philadelphia.  He graduated from Cornell and dove into the Web Development and Product Managemen...

Simon White - Local Blitz Marketing

Running the Bases today with Simon White, Co-Founder at Local Blitz Marketing in San Diego, California. Simon is an international marketing expert, national speaker, author, real estate investor, and Founder/CEO of Local Blitz Marketing. He has spoken nationally at real estate conferences. His articles can be found regularly in a national real estate magazine. What do you call a British Engineer who crosses the pond to find his way in the tech industry, but realizes his fortune and entrepre...

Molly Gebler - The Inn of Chagrin

Running the Bases today with Molly Gebler, Managing Partner of The Inn of Chagrin. The Inn of Chagrin is a 15-room historic inn located in downtown Chagrin Falls.  Recently, the Inn celebrated the renovated rooms designed by ‘Project Runway’ star Chrisitan Siriano. Molly is a LOVER of all things LOCAL - if there was a NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS Award for promoting one’s LOCAL COMMUNITY - our guest would be at the top of the Podium. As the - former Executive Director for the Chagrin Valley Cham...

REPOST: Traderman Wines

Running the Bases today with Luke Taylor the CEO & Founder of Traderman Wines - a unique Ohio based wine distributor.  Traderman is a privately owned Akron, OH based “boutique” distributor dedicated to selling an excellent variety of wines to restaurants, country clubs and wine shops throughout the state of Ohio. Luke Taylor started Traderman by recognizing the need for a small, focused boutique wine service that bridges the gap between vineyard and consumer. Luke shares his story from Tenn...

REPOST: Aiko StevenSon - Mika & Milo

Running the Bases today with Aiko Stevenson the Founder at Mika & Milo - a luxurious children's apparel brand located in Hong Kong.  Award-winning cashmere for kids, Mika & Milo was born out of a rich history in textiles: Aiko's family has been working with natural fibers for well over a century. Aiko had a distinguished career in Broadcast Journalism before setting her sights on being an entrepreneur and small business owner.   Aiko, who was educated in the United Kingdom, went on to study...

REPOST: Stephen Wible - Credit Suite

Running the Bases today with Stephen Wible.  Stephen is the Director of Business Development for Credit Suite, Inc. – The recognized leader in teaching business owners how to “Build Business Credit” that is NOT tied to your social security number. Stephen is a Marine Corps veteran with a deep background in real estate sales, flipping and property management, print manufacturing, building and obtaining business credit. He has founded and led multiple successful companies and has had as many ...

Resolute PR - Brand Partner

Running the Bases today with Nicole Morgan, CEO and Founder of Resolute PR.  Resolute PR is an integrated PR and marketing agency with a mix of public relations consultants, digital marketing strategists, graphic designers, and media buyers.  Nicole has over 14 years of public relations and branding experience.  She shares how she started from the ground up with one employee in a coworking office space, to a thriving PR agency helping hundreds of clients build their brands.  Nicole reflects...

REPOST: Arjun Rai - HelloWoofy

Running the Bases today with Arjun Rai - the Founder and CEO of HelloWoofy.  HelloWoofy is a cloud-based social media management platform for businesses across all industries. Arjun shares how he took an idea and passion to help small businesses to launch a successful SaaS operation providing artificial intelligence for digital marketing. Arjun Rai is a NYC-based entrepreneur who is on a mission to support small businesses with the power of visualized data science and artificial intelligenc...

Teamworks Group - Business Inteligence

Running the Bases today with Morgan Taylor, CEO of Teamworks Group. For seven years, Taylor owned an agricultural business, growing and shipping hay worldwide. The company was very complicated, dealing with perishable products, maritime transport, labor unions, local & international rules, regulations, and endless red tape. He learned that running a business meant dealing with a lot of variables and problems while building a solid culture and sustainable revenue. Morgan’s most recent ventur...

Salterra Web Design - Automate Success

Running the Bases today with Terry Samuels, Co-Founder of Salterra Web Design. This “Sailor of the Year” has had quite a journey to his current endeavor of running a successful web design and SEO agency.   US Navy, Real Estate Investor and Home Flipper to thought leader in the digital marketing world - Terry has a marvelous story to tell. Salterra Web Design was established 12 years ago after Terry and his wife Elisabeth found themselves caught in the housing and credit bust of 2008/09. As ...

REPOST: Advanced MMC, Inc - Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Relief

Running the Bases today with Dr. Patricia Delzell the Founder at Advanced MMC, Inc - a unique Ohio based integrated pain management center.  Dr. Delzell is a board-certified musculoskeletal radiologist specializing in integrative treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain. Dr. Delzell combines traditional medicine with an integrative pain management approach so her patients can lead a life without chronic pain. She specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal scar, including...

REPOST: Inflatable Party Magic - Bounce House Fun

Running the Bases today with Chanda McFarland the Founder of Inflatable Party Magic - a Texas-based and Texas-sized Entertainment company.  For 20 plus years, Chanda has been building her entertainment business of inflatables, party rentals, extreme games, and mechanical rides.  As she likes to say “We deliver Fun!” Starting from her garage with three inflatables - Inflatable Party Magic grew to offer 30 inflatable products in the first year.  Now 20 years later they offer over 160 inflatab...

Blue Tree Coaching - Life and Business Coach

Running the Bases today with Sindy Warren, Life and Business Coach from Blue Tree Coaching. Lawyer, Consultant, Yoga Instructor, Author (she wrote a Yoga Theory Book - Radi8, sells on Amazon), Blogger, Podcaster, Life Coach and Business Coach - she’s quite busy! Today’s guest is a self-described - “Passionate Side Gigger”.  Originally from Connecticut, outside of Hartford.   She made her way to Tufts University and then headed across the country to attend Stanford Law School.  Positions at ...

VHC - Vacation Homes Collection

Running the Bases today with Laura Hancock, Sales Manager at Vacation Homes Collection. VHC- a global full-service, tech-enabled, short-term rental management company (STR) focused on driving revenue for homeowners and providing unforgettable travel experiences.  Originally from  Mobile Alabama, Laura is a true competitor.  A High School state Champion with 13 state swimming titles and 2 titles in Track and Field.   She attended the University of Tennessee - and was a 4-year letterman swim...

Doron Friedman - SpotOn

Running the Bases today with Doron Friedman - Entrepreneur, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Spot On.  SpotOn is one of the fastest-growing software and payments companies with comprehensive, cloud-based technology for small, midsize, and enterprise businesses in the restaurant, retail, sports, education, and entertainment space. Doron is an entrepreneur who loves working on industry-changing ideas and leading companies from startup through growth stages. The co-author of 12 patients...

Chuck's Fine Wines - Wine, Beer and Cheese

Running the Bases today with Yolanda Albergottie the Corporate Gift Basket Consultant and Wine Education Coordinator for Chuck’s Fine Wines, Chagrin Falls, Ohio.  In addition, she is also the Market Development Manager for BNI® (Business Network International) NE Ohio, and Director of Marketing and Downtown Expansion for WIN (Women In Networking) Cleveland. Yolanda’s passions are good friends, good food, good drink, cooking, reading, and making connections for people. An information junkie,...

3 Monkeys Inflatables - Inflatable Rentals

Running the Bases today with Pam & Steve Corsner the Founders of 3 Monkeys Inflatables - a PA-based Entertainment company.  For 15 plus years, Pam & Steve have been building their entertainment business of inflatables, party rentals, extreme games, and mechanical rides.   Starting from the garage with three inflatables - 3 Monkeys has grown to offer over 300 inflatable products, party rentals (think tables, tents, chairs, etc) mechanical rides, and extreme games - rock climbing walls, Euro ...

The Random Show - Phil Rankin

Another episode of “The Random Show”! Today I’m sitting down with one of my favorite guests & clients - Phil Rankin - it’s cold and snowing but we’re behind the mic warming our souls with strong beverages and good conversation. A couple of farm boys hitting various topics that are important today to our businesses, management, entrepreneurship, fatherhood, and life. Phil Rankin, CEO of Even Mix and Triad Capital - Even Mix designs and manufactures foldable mixing blade mixers.  Using aeros...

Augies Pizza - Pizza, Dinning & Baseball

Running the Bases today with Danny Jenks, Executive Chef, and Owner of Augie’s Pizza. The classically trained executive chef shares his experiences of growing up in the restaurant business,  what it was like going out on his own, attending Culinary School at the prestigious Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park New York,  Working his way up through the restaurant business, and finally coming home taking ownership of the restaurant his immigrant Grandfather started over 50 years ago and ...

KJK - Student & Athlete Defense - Title IX Attorneys

Running the Bases today with Susan Stone and Kristina Supler Co-Chairs of KJK’s Student & Athlete Defense/Title IX Practice Group - an Ohio-based law practice serving clients across the country.  From representing individuals involved in misconduct and Title IX matters to advocating for students with special education needs and those with autism or mental health issues facing criminal charges, their nationally renowned practice has earned a reputation for success. Together, they have represe...

Peter's Safaris - Socially Conscious Luxury Safari

Running the Bases today with Peter Balunek the Founder at Peter’s Safaris - a unique socially conscious luxury safari company that explores fascinating corners of our world.  Peter’s Safaris started in 2015 and has grown to spend over 65 weeks on Safari -including locations like Africa, India, and Alaska. Peter shares his experience of his first safari in 2014 - that ultimately changed his life.  He returned from that trip and shortly after, started his own safari tour company, taking famil...

Miller IP Law - Patent & Trademark Law

Running the Bases today with Devin Miller the Founder at Miller IP Law - Miller IP Law is a law firm that focuses on helping startups and small businesses with patents and trademarks. Miller IP Law was founded by Devin Miller, a patent attorney that lives in Utah. As Devin worked for a large law firm helping fortune 100 clients with their intellectual property, he realized that there was not a good resource out there to help start-ups and small businesses understand intellectual property, i...

BSP Marketing - Law Firm Marketing Experts

Running the Bases today with Viktoria Altman the Founder and CEO of BSP Legal Marketing a highly focused digital marketing agency - helping lawyers get to the top, one google search at a time.  BSP Legal Marketing was started by Viktoria Altman, who is a serial entrepreneur and a former paralegal. As a successful entrepreneur, she understood what it takes to start a small business – but more importantly what helps a small business succeed. Viktoria shares her story of coming to the US as a ...

HG Agents - eXp Realty

Running the Bases today with Michael Henry the Founder at HG Agents eXp Realty - an Ohio-based realty agency.  HG Agents is a full-service real estate company employing a staff of trained and experienced professionals, equipped with proven and modern techniques in the listing, marketing, sale, and purchase of residential real estate throughout Northeast Ohio. Michael started HG Agents 7 years ago and has been going strong ever since with 10 team members - and still growing. Michael has an i...

Jackpot Chicken Food Truck - Like You've Won the Lottery

Running the Bases today with Rick Coleman from Jackpot Chicken Food Truck - an award-winning, Greater Cleveland food truck operation.  Rick’s food truck has been a “Best of Cleveland” top finisher every year since 2016. On today’s show, we explore the ins and out’s of operating a food truck - it’s not quite like what you see in the movie “Chef” - but it is exciting, fast-paced, and a lot of work! Rick takes us on his journey from sports bar owner to food truck operator and why he made the ...

The Random Show - Ken Fanger

A little bit of a different show today on Running the Bases - the great experiment!  I’m calling this “The Random Show”! I’m sitting down with one of my favorite guests - Ken Fanger - and we chat about various topics that are important today to our businesses, management and entrepreneurship. Ken Fanger is the President of On Technology Partners - Known for his 30+ years of experience, Ken takes great pride in helping clients implement the technology and security measures needed to support...

Jenny Abouobaia - Clever Touch Marketing

Running the Bases today with Jenny Abouobaia the Founder at Clever Touch Marketing - a unique Egypt-based, women-led Digital Marketing Agency.  Founded in 2017, Clever Touch Marketing has become an industry leader for delivering results in Affiliate Marketing and training others in driving their own success in the industry. Jenny shares her incredible journey down the entrepreneurial path - Dance studio owner, Bollywood dancer appearing in 300 films, Mexican Circus performer, Las Vegas Show...

Aiko Stevenson - Mika & Milo

Running the Bases today with Aiko Stevenson the Founder at Mika & Milo - a luxurious children's apparel brand located in Hong Kong.  Award-winning cashmere for kids, Mika & Milo was born out of a rich history in textiles: Aiko's family has been working with natural fibers for well over a century. Aiko had a distinguished career in Broadcast Journalism before setting her sights on being an entrepreneur and small business owner.   Aiko, who was educated in the United Kingdom, went on to study...

Aiko Stevenson - Mika & Milo

Running the Bases today with Aiko Stevenson the Founder at Mika & Milo - a luxurious children's apparel brand located in Hong Kong.  Award-winning cashmere for kids, Mika & Milo was born out of a rich history in textiles: Aiko's family has been working with natural fibers for well over a century. Aiko had a distinguished career in Broadcast Journalism before setting her sights on being an entrepreneur and small business owner.   Aiko, who was educated in the United Kingdom, went on to study...

Infltable Party Magic - We Deliver Fun in Texas

Running the Bases today with Chanda McFarland the Founder of Inflatable Party Magic - a Texas-based and Texas-sized Entertainment company.  For 20 plus years, Chanda has been building her entertainment business of inflatables, party rentals, extreme games, and mechanical rides.  As she likes to say “We deliver Fun!” Starting from her garage with three inflatables - Inflatable Party Magic grew to offer 30 inflatable products in the first year.  Now 20 years later they offer over 160 inflatab...

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REPOST: Even Mix - 3D Mixing technology

Running the Bases today with Phil Rankin, CEO of Even Mix and Triad Capital - Even Mix designs and manufactures foldable mixing blade mixers.  Using aerospace engineering techniques to design pump technology into variable pitch blades, bringing true mixing technology to in-drum liquids.   We discuss the unique business and technology of mixing liquids for commercial and agricultural uses.  Challenges of small manufacturing in today’s environment.  Plus, utilizing video in product education ...

Stephen Wible - Credit Suite

Running the Bases today with Stephen Wible.  Stephen is the Director of Business Development for Credit Suite, Inc. – The recognized leader in teaching business owners how to “Build Business Credit” that is NOT tied to your social security number. Stephen is a Marine Corps veteran with a deep background in real estate sales, flipping and property management, print manufacturing, building and obtaining business credit. He has founded and led multiple successful companies and has had as many ...

Advanced MMC, Inc - Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Running the Bases today with Dr. Patricia Delzell the Founder at Advanced MMC, Inc - a unique Ohio based integrated pain management center.  Dr. Delzell is a board-certified musculoskeletal radiologist specializing in integrative treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain. Dr. Delzell combines traditional medicine with an integrative pain management approach so her patients can lead a life without chronic pain. She specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal scar, including...

Arjun Rai - HelloWoofy

Running the Bases today with Arjun Rai - the Founder and CEO of HelloWoofy.  HelloWoofy is a cloud-based social media management platform for businesses across all industries. Arjun shares how he took an idea and passion to help small businesses to launch a successful SaaS operation providing artificial intelligence for digital marketing. Arjun Rai is a NYC-based entrepreneur who is on a mission to support small businesses with the power of visualized data science and artificial intelligenc...