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Ryan Donahue - Founder of HourTown (Spotlight Interview)

Ryan Donahue is the founder of HourTown, which is quickly becoming a leading online scheduling and marketing system for small business owners.
He has more than 10 years of experience in the design of consumer Internet applications and a strong track record in developing tools that help to bridge the gap between technology and small […]

Jimmy Vee and Travis Miller - Spotlight Interview

 I’m honored to have two guest gurus this week - Jimmy Vee & Travis Miller…authors of Gravitational Marketing.
Jimmy & Travis took a $200 investment & turned it into a multi-million dollar marketing firm.  They train & consult entrepreneurs, small business owners & sales professional…bringing a unique spin to the same-old-same old ’safe’ marketing strategies […]

Gary Harpst - Founder of Six Disciplines (Spotlight Interview)

Our guest this week is Gary Harpst.
Gary is the Founder & CEO of Six Disciplines a business excellence program designed specifically for small to mid-sized businesses. Prior to Six Disciplines, Gary was a co-founder of Solomon Software.Our guest this week is Gary Harpst.
During the 20 years he led that organization, Solomon grew […]

David Zinger - Spotlight Interview

Our guest this week is David Zinger.
David is the founder of David Zinger and Associates and writes for the wildly popular blog, Slacker Manager.
David’s a leading expert on both employee engagement and strength based leadership.
He is a professional speaker with over 25 years of experience. He has 20 years background as a University educator […]

Susan Evans: Co-Founder of Office Nomads (Spotlight Interview)

Our guest this week is Susan Evans, Cofounder of Office Nomads. Office Nomads is one of a growing contingent of co-working facilities popping up all over the country.
Co-working offices are café-like collaboration space for developers, writers, & independent professionals. The idea being to help at home office workers to get out of the house […]

Molly Gordon - Shaboom, Inc. (Spotlight Interview)

Our guest this week is certified business coach, Molly Gordon. Molly is the author of 4 books including her most recent endeavor, the Way of the Accidental Entrepreneur.
In it she shares her story of how she became a business coach and the Three Instructions she uses to guide herself and her clients to a […]

Sam Carpenter - Author of Work the System (Spotlight Interview)

Our guest this week is Sam Carpenter. Author of Work the System: The simple Mechanics of Working Less and Making More.
Eight years ago, he was exhausted by his career and brutal, 80 hour workweeks. Barely making ends meet, the demands of his struggling small business left little time for family or […]

Ilise Benun - Founder of Marketing Mentor (Spotlight Interview)

Our guest this week is Ilise Benun founder of Marketing Mentor. A six month coaching program where she works small business owners and entrepreneurs to develop and implement successful marketing strategies.
Ilise is the author of 4 books including “Stop Pushing Me Around,” “Self Promotion Online,” “Designing Web Sites for Every Audience” and “Public Relations […]

Dan McComb - Spotlight Interview

Our guest this week is Dan McComb co-founder of Biznik, an online business networking community built around member hosted events. Dan is a web-developer turned social entrepreneur.
He and his wife founded Biznik in 2005. They were disappointed with the approach and effectiveness of some of the more traditional business networking groups. Biznik started small […]

Michael Bungay Stanier - Spotlight Interview

Our guest this week is Michael Bungay Stanier. Michael is the founder of Box of Crayons. He helps organizations, teams & individuals get ‘unstuck’ and get going on stuff that matters.
Michael is masterful facilitator and trainer, a certified coach and an experienced consultant. He is also the creator of Get Unstuck & […]

 
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