New Business Jump Start Show

Summer Morris is a Certified Public Accountant and Quickbooks online expert with her own accounting firm in Northern California. She explored the transition points for business owners when moving from self-managed QuickBooks to hiring bookkeepers and CPAs, while emphasizing the need for accurate financial records and proper transaction categorization. Addressing the question of, “Do I hire a CPA o...

Ed Diaz is a senior mortgage advisor and loan officer with 25 years of experience in the San Francisco Bay Area and founder of the Bay Networking Group in San Francisco that has grown organically to 91 members. Networking is critical for new entrepreneurs and Ed emphasizing the value of making genuine connections rather than focusing solely on business transactions. He highlighted the shift in his...

Steve Gatlin is the host of "Steve Cook's Stuff" on Eat This TV, a streaming platform with millions of viewers.   Despite having no formal culinary training, Steve’s passion for food developed through his military service and personal experiences, leading to private catering during the COVID-19 pandemic. His journey from posting a picture of food, to cooking for a dinner event, to answering a...

Alina Schenk is the founder of TheOpsArchitect.io, specializing in helping businesses find the right technology to streamline workflows and use CRM (customer relationship management) software to make their lives easier.   She made the case for implementing a CRM system sooner rather than later, sharing examples of how young businesses can start with basic CRM features and...

Stacey Hylen is a globally recognized business coach and 2016 International Coach of the Year. She is a growth strategist and speaker with over two decades of experience helping entrepreneurs achieve significant revenue growth without excessive effort. Stacey shared her journey of working with Chet Holmes and Tony Robbins, highlighting how she became the second person Chet hired as a coach and lat...

Marco Rodriguez is an Occupational Therapist and is the CEO of Transformations Rehabiltation Services in El Paso, TX which he founded in 2013. Marco shared his career journey from graduating in occupational therapy to becoming a successful healthcare administrator and entrepreneur, all leading to his establishing of a rehabilitation practice. Marco shared his personal journey of discover...

Jeremy Bower is the CEO and founder of Givr Packaging which provides sustainable custom packaging solutions for businesses. Jeremy shared his experience transitioning from being an employee to starting his own business, highlighting the challenges and doubts he faced along the way. An internship in high school led Jeremy to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Paper Science and Engineering at Syracuse...

Lynn Hamlin-LeMaster and Bill LeMaster shared their journey of transitioning from corporate careers to owning Lahani's Eat Local Cafe in Port Townsend, Washington. After nearly 20 years in business, Lynn and Bill have retired and reflected back on their successful endeavor. Lynn explained their restaurant's philosophy was to cook with seasonal, locally-sourced ingredients within a 75-mile radius,...

Laura Euphrat, a pediatric oncology nurse for 36 years, co-founded Little Wishes, a nonprofit that grants wishes to hospitalized children. The idea originated from a serendipitous encounter with a terminally ill boy who loved baseball. Euphrat's persistence led to legendary baseball manager Dusty Baker visiting the boy, which inspired the concept. Little Wishes has grown to serve 45 hospitals in 2...

Jennifer Christensen is the Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer for Beacon Media + Marketing and has been a driving force in digital marketing with a special focus on mental health and functional medicine. Jennifer points out that when people launch a business, they tend to think about what tactics they are going to use to draw awareness. But she says the best thing to think about is proving th...

Kenneth Lo , co-founder of Zenbiz and an AI strategist, discussed his involvement with SCORE, a nonprofit organization providing mentorship to entrepreneurs since 1964. SCORE offers comprehensive resources, including mentorship nationwide, and does not charge financially but requires time and commitment. Kenneth emphasized the importance of AI tools like ChatGPT for small businesses, highlighting...

Mary Pearson is a business owner, business coach, and former store manager of the family business, Pearson Appliance. She has decades of experience in sales and customer service and breaks down the keys to building customer loyalty. Businesses spend a lot of time, money, and energy to attract people to their product or service. It only makes sense to value their time by providing an excellent sale...

Rachelle Taliaferro became the business manager at the Marin Dojo after decades of experience in corporate risk management and finance. After the Covid pandemic, all businesses needed to reconnect with their clientele. Rachelle took over management at that time and set about implementing software and systems that would create a better member experience. Rachelle shared how she started by using the...

Janine Dias is an experienced Business Coach, Trainer and Inspirational Speaker. She has enjoyed success at the highest levels of corporate as well as in her personal businesses. Having taught Sales as a profession at the University of Texas, Janine is a pro at breaking down the components of sales and driving them home with interesting personal stories. Among other things, she talked about the pr...

Summer Morris is a Certified Public Accountant and Quickbooks online expert. Before starting her own accounting firm in 2014, she gained a wealth of experience in various corporate accounting and finance roles focusing on financial accounting, project accounting, ROI analysis, cost accounting, internal auditing, and excelling in financial statement preparation, tax analysis and regulatory complian...

Susan Tollefson is a profit and productivity coach who works with small businesses, helping them to improve their time management skills and to demystify the financial numbers. Susan had a long career working for corporations like American Express and Fireman’s Fund and improving their systems and processes, increasing productivity and saving them money. Those skills would ultimately help the smal...

Yakov Smart is the founder of the Spiritual Genius Group and has spent nearly a decade building online businesses. He also hosts the Spiritual Genius Podcast. In order to help people realize success, he focuses them on who they are being and how they are positioning themselves in the marketplace. Yakov wastes no time jumping into the metaphysical end of the pool, revealing his formula for attracti...

Marc Worrall is the owner and president of New England Lobster Company, one of the most successful seafood companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. While working a finance job that he didn’t like, Marc and his college friend started the company in 1987 from his parent’s garage, shipping live lobster from Boston to San Francisco and finding people to purchase them. After fifteen years serving...

If you have a business, you’re going to have to get good at selling. There’s no getting around it. Evan Palmer, host of New Business Jump Start, shares some strategies for getting your hands around selling. Turns out that it’s not as hard as people make it out to be. It’s a skill that anybody can develop. And sometimes the hardest thing about it is simply getting out of your own way. Evan relives...

Eric Counts is the owner, founder, and CEO of CreditNerds.com, a leading credit repair and financial services website. In addition to his extensive experience helping people improve their personal credit profiles, Eric also has a deep understanding of the nuances of business credit and has designed a new product, the Business Credit Dashboard, to help people build their business profiles. Establis...

Dr. Ana Boa Ventura is a social media strategist and information designer for various small companies and start-ups and is the owner of the digital marketing firm, One-Insight. She holds a Ph. D. in Social Media and teaches a wide range of business courses for multiple organizations. Recently, she launched a second digital marketing company, Onda-Flow, with a business partner in Portugal. She disc...

Linda and Frank Ginac are the founders of TalentGuard, a leading provider of AI-powered workforce intelligence solutions. Linda is the CEO and Frank is the CAIO and CTO, but that’s not all.  Linda and Frank have been married for over 30 years. Now THAT’s a partnership! TalentGuard works with companies that generally have over 1,000 employees with the goal of helping their employees have a bet...

Dr. Christian Dean holds a Ph. D. in Political Science and Government and for 27 years was a tenured full professor at Dominican University in San Rafael, CA.  He is currently the owner of The Magic Flute, the county’s premier music store, a place he used to work when he was in college and purchased 30 years later before retiring from teaching. If you ever wanted to know all the elements that...

Janine Avila is an experienced Business Coach and Motivational Speaker. With expertise in both corporate executive roles and home-based business management, she specializes in helping small business owners and entrepreneurs excel in their businesses. You can count on Janine to bring a lot of energy and practical insights that you can put to use tomorrow.  For this podcast episode, Janine brou...

Amy Donaldson is a Professional Sales and Leadership Coach for Southwestern Consulting and author of the best-selling book, Get Off the Cash Flow Roller Coaster! Starting her real estate career at the time of the 2007-2008 financial meltdown, she talks about the many challenges she overcame, eventually becoming one of the top agents in the Portland area. As a result of her success, she was increas...