Business Infrastructure - Curing Back Office Blues

We're back with another episode of our first ever AI audio conference. In the last episode, you heard about using Perplexity AI as a research assistant. Now, you will discover another AI tool to take ideas to implementation through writing.   You know the importance of promoting your business. In the age where content is king, consistently writing and posting about your products or services is nec...

Welcome back to our special AI audio conference. In the last episode you heard our opening fireside chat. Hopefully you now know more about AI and the possibilities it offers to boost your productivity, efficiency, and capacity to achieve better results faster.    Now it's time to start exploring specific tools to help you do just that!   That brings us to our next speaker, Jim Stroud. He has deep...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be all the rage now, so it's easy to feel excited but also overwhelmed or even…scared.   Have you been told that implementing AI in your b usiness is the key to upgrading your operations and staying ahead of the competition? Or, are you interested in learning more about AI and how it can help increase your operational efficiency, productivity, and profitabilit...

We've come to the end of Season 21 which featured 11 remastered episodes that we pulled from our podcasting vault.    In this monologue, host and producer Alicia Butler Pierre hints at what is sure to be an exciting future for all of us - us as the content producers and you as our loyal audience. Though our recent episode releases have been a bit sporadic, one thing that isn't is our committment t...

We're finishing 2023 the same way we started it – with our most popular episode to date. It comes from our original business infrastructure masterclass season.   In this remastered episode, you'll hear the story of Emily Miller – a fictitious character from the book, Behind the Façade: How to Structure Company Operations for Sustainable Success .   She is the founder and Executive Director of a fa...

As we approach the end of 2023, we're rounding out our season of remastered episodes. Our latest trip to our podcasting vault leads us to a guest on the other side of the world – India to be exact, with special guest Aman Agarwal.   Aman is a former engineer and B2B salesman who built SANPRAM Transnational in response to a growing crisis he noticed while working in Silicon Valley – the widening te...

We're getting close to the end of our season of remastered episodes. These are previous episodes that were popular. We've taken them off the shelf of our podcasting vault and revived them with the quality you're used to hearing now on our show!    Up next from our vault is our episode with Lynn Bonner. She's working double duty as the CEO of her firm, Action Leadership Lab, as well as a VP at U.S....

We've selected our next episode to remaster and you're in for a treat!   Why?   Because this episode is all about podcasting – that is, the actual business of podcasting. It features Doug Sandler, someone we refer to as a podcasting "O.G." Not only is the co-host of the wildly successful Nice Guys on Business podcast, but he also is the co-founder of Turnkey Podcast Productions.   Like entrepreneu...

Our continued search through our podcasting vault has led us to the next episode to remaster. Who was selected? None other than Shellye Archambeau.   As a master planner and strategist, Shellye knows how to create roadmaps to accomplish just about anything she sets her mind to. This is what led her to attend a top-ranked university, moving up the ranks at IBM, and ultimately becoming a CEO by the...

We're back inside our podcasting vault in search of the next episode to remaster. This time we've selected Jeff Wald, a serial entrepreneur, investor, and bestselling author.   Jeff previously left our podcast listeners on the edge of their seats as he took us on his journey of starting, building, growing, scaling, and ultimately selling not just one but two small businesses to Fortune 500 compani...

What's next as we continue searching through our podcasting vault?   None other than Jennifer Wang.     Her original interview took place during the pandemic and resulted in an outpouring of love not only from our listeners but also from many of Jennifer's clients who saw the episode promoted across different platforms. So, it's no surprise that this is our next episode selected for remastering.  ...

Our next search through our podcasting vault leads us to this classic episode that generated quite the buzz when it originally aired. In fact, it stayed in our top ten most downloaded episodes for nearly two years!   Who does it feature?   None other than filmpreneur, Forrest Tuff. A former basketball athlete, he's now an award-winning public speaker, author, founder and CEO of One Vision Producti...

The search through our podcasting vault for "oldies but goodies" continues!   Our next episode selected for remastering features future of work strategist, Diana Wu David. As a serial entrepreneur who's also a former Financial Times executive with a background in economics, she's well-versed in pricing.   The price you charge for your product or service directly reflects its perceived value and is...

We're continuing to search our vault for older episodes that previously went viral. We are putting them through the rigor of our new show's format.   On this remastered episode you get to meet Ron Carucci, serial bestselling author, managing partner at Navalent, and prolific contributor to the Harvard Business Review. He has a 30-year track record helping organizations articulate and execute strat...

Welcome to Season 21 of the Business Infrastructure podcast!   This season we've searched our vault for some "oldies but goodies" episodes that we think deserve to be put through the rigor of our new show format. That's why we're referring to the theme as Remastered."    The first remastered episode features Liz Kislik – a Bloomberg contributor and seasoned change management and corporate communic...

We're celebrating the completion of another successful season of the Business Infrastructure podcast!    Season 20 focused on Small Business Advisors and t h is guest lineup found us in four different countries and included three military veterans. What's also interesting is that in nearly every episode we learned that a certain guest had a complete change in career.   We were blessed to have 12 a...

Ed Moore has built an impressive career in telecommunications. He credits his discipline and drive to his military background. It serves him well in understanding how to pair technical expertise with communication, leadership, and teamwork.   In this backstage version of our interview, Ed shares more about his remarkable career journey while opening our eyes to the possibilities of various telecom...

Are you feeling overwhelmed and frustrated trying to micromanage every aspect of your small business, constantly checking and double-checking your team's work? If so, then you are not alone! Instead of experiencing the business growth and scalability you desire, you may be stuck in a cycle of exhausting yourself and hindering your team's potential.   This describes the story of our next featured s...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the rage now and even small businesses need to embrace it to remain competitive and to grow in today's digital age. AI can help increase productivity, streamline processes, and facilitate more accurate data-based decisions.   Welcome Jeremy Bormann - a young entrepreneur and founder of Legal Pythia who's passionate about leveraging technology to improve the lega...

 Our next small business advisor this season is Byron Wolfe, the Founder of CFO-AF. He has a unique skill set that spans accounting, finance, and operations. He's passionate about helping small businesses identify their financial goals and providing them with a roadmap for achieving them. As a CPA and Fractional CFO, Byron cleverly navigates the irony of helping small businesses thrive in the pres...

In a world where fitting in is everything one woman is fighting to create safe spaces for everyone to just be themselves. But when tragic circumstances hit close to home, she realized that change is not just about being on the sidelines.   We're proud to welcome Gayatri Chadwa, the founder of Sva Eternal, an educator, and a lifelong diversity and inclusion advocate. She specializes in creating saf...

We're on a roll here on Season 20 of the Business Infrastructure show! Our featured small business advisors have dropped gems..and mics (pun intended). And our guest on this episode is no exception. Meet Alex Sanfilippo, founder and lead educator at PodPros. PodPros is a multi-media parent company with a pure focus on all things podcasting. It's home to PodMatch – an online matchmaking service tha...

Are you tired of pouring time and money into marketing efforts that just don't connect with your audience? Have you been told to simply "tell a good story" but still aren't seeing the sales boost you were hoping for? It's time to discover the power of strategic storytelling.    Our next featured small business advisor is Michael de Groot, the Chief Storyteller at Staying Alive UK. As Dutchman born...

Our next featured small business advisor this season is Dr. Shanta Harrison. She has over 25 years working for and with local, state, and federal government. Her career began as a high school student working as a Page in the Louisiana Senate and progressed into various leadership roles throughout American government.   It was during a particular change in a gubernatorial administration that Dr. Ha...

Todd Anduze is a man of many talents. With an impressive professional background that includes military service, accounting, mining, and psychology, he's seen the entire spectrum when it comes to teams – the good, the bad, and everything in between.   It was while serving in the U.S. Navy that Todd first gained experience in team building and leadership – a time that he refers to as what a "…team...