Behind the Bow Tie

This Episode’s Guests:  Angela Schmeling - Author Jackie Haley - Founder: Dream To Author Angela Schmeling began writing at the age of 13 with her first novel, Sementia, and has had a passion for it ever since. She currently lives in South Dakota with her husband, Isaac, and their three daughters. Jackie Haley is a nationally recognized, award-winning author, speaker and entrepreneur.  She's a...

This episode's Guest: Krysta Winter - Clinical Director of Breakthrough Krysta is Breakthrough’s Clinical Director and a Licensed Professional Counselor. Krysta has been providing clinical mental health counseling in the Sioux Falls area since 2012 and has a passion for working with adolescents and their families. Krysta has focused on learning about the brain and how our life experiences impa...

This week's guest: Alisa Turner - CEO of Ruffland Performance Kennels Ruffland Performance Kennels is a rotational molding company specializing in custom molding and the best dog kennels in the world. Ruffland was recently named number 3,181 on the annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. This list represents a one-of-a-kind look...

Great Bear Recreation Park offers more than 220 acres of unlimited year-round fun and excitement just minutes away from downtown Sioux Falls, SD. As the largest park in the Sioux Falls Parks & Recreation Department, Great Bear features winter sports activities for the whole family. The park is home to 14 downhill trails, a terrain park, the Kirby Family Tubing Park, and cross-country and snows...

This Episode’s Guest: Scott Hoy - Hoy Trial Lawyers Scott G. Hoy is the owner of Hoy Trial Lawyers. He is a life-long resident of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Hoy Trial Lawyers are recognized by US News and World Reports as one of the best Law Firms in the country. In September of 2009, an article published by US News was titled “Bringing Experience to the Table” in reference to our Law Firm.  Scott...

This episodes guest: Josh Fenton - Commissioner of the Summit League Josh Fenton was announced as the sixth Commissioner of The Summit League this past December following a nine-year run leading the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. In his nine seasons with the NCHC, Fenton guided the eight member institutions through a period of tremendous success. Under Fenton's leadership, NCHC member...

This week’s guest: Gordon Wollman: Cornerstone Financial Solutions - FOUNDER & CEO, CFS WEALTH ADVISOR, RJFS Growing up on a farm near Huron, South Dakota, Gordon learned about integrity, hard work and discipline from his Dad, who always said that vacations were for city slickers and bankers. After high school, he went to basic training with the Army and attended South Dakota State University,...

This episode's guest: Nick Ovenden - President, GreatLIFE Nick Ovenden was born and raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota by his parents and as a middle child of two brothers. He has a competitive edge which he channeled onto the football field. He started at a young age and eventually led to playing for the Vikings at Augustana College (SD) where he studied Exercise Science. With that passion f...

This Week's Guest - Amy Atkinson from A&B Business Solutions On this week's episode we have our Pure Water and Coffee Specialist Amy Atkinson on to talk about company culture, customer experience, and how to stand out from your competition. A&B Business is a facilitator for businesses that understand value of efficiency and reliable service. They offer a variety of services, produc...

This Episode’s guest: Chris Hintz - Founder & President of Pinnacle Productions Execution--The word that Chris Hintz uses to describe what Pinnacle specializes in. From TEDx Talks and Rock Concerts to Weddings and Music Videos, Pinnacle Productions brings their clients goals to life, time and time again. Since 2002, Pinnacle has been steadily becoming an industry leader in event entertainment,...

Wendy White has been CEO of Face It TOGETHER since 2020. Wendy enjoys promoting wellness with those she encounters and helping change the narrative around addiction. She’s focused on creating a sustainable organization with innovation and financial rigor. Her favorite things are watching the growth of team members and hearing stories of hope and wellness from our members. Creating a workplace cult...

This Episode’s Guests: Alon Spektor & Justin Shatto - The Diamond Room The Diamond room was founded in 1996 by Alon Spektor. Alon, a native of Israel, attended college in the Midwest but did not realize his passion for diamonds until shopping for earrings at the Diamond Exchange in Ramat Gan, Israel. Upon his arrival back to the U.S. Alon studied the local diamond market and decided to establi...

This week's guest: Tyler Goff - Founder, Tyler Goff Group Tyler founded Tyler Goff Group with Hegg Realtors in Sioux Falls, SD, out of a deep desire to help people with their real estate needs. He is intimately familiar with the struggles of transition periods in life, whether you’re a single mother, a couple preparing for retirement, or just simply ready to make some life changes. At on...

Preston is from the cooooooooold Midwest. He was born in Fargo, ND and was raised in Bison, SD. He attended high school at Sunshine Bible Academy, a Christian boarding school in the center of South Dakota. He then went on to graduate from Dakota Wesleyan in Mitchell, SD, and spent the next 8 years after graduating in Sioux Falls, SD. During his sophomore summer of high school, and every summer the...

This Episode's Guests: Brian Roegiers - McCrossan Boys Ranch Terry Liggins - The Hurdle Life Coach Foundation With a grateful heart, we cordially invite you to join us on the Bringing Joy Project, a program inspired to help our neighbors find ways to give back to our community. To find out how you can help, please visit www.abbusiness.com/JOY/ To donate directly to the organizations on the page, s...

Jered Johnson: President & CEO - Pepper Entertainment Pepper Entertainment offers artists and clients a unique, full-service entertainment agency, focusing on blending nimble, innovative and effective approaches, with event marketing & production. Producing in excess of over 1000 concerts & events, (PE) utilizes only the most highly effective vehicles to drive our advertising vision, t...

This Week’s Guest: Jared Dupert - At The Table Church At the Table Church is a missional community developed around the relationship that happens between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It’s about how they pursue relationships with each other and how the scriptures have shown this relationship. The best part is we get to carry this out with others in life around the table. A table is a place whe...

This Week's Guest: Stephanie Holsing from New Haven Ministries The mission of New Haven is to offer hope and freedom in Christ through one-on-one Biblical Counseling, group counseling, and counselor training within a graceful environment. New Haven is a member of and affiliated with Network 220, an association of Exchanged Life Ministries and they are located on the Empower Campus. Their desire is...

On this week's episode we have our production specialists Holly Doud & Joe Blashack on to talk about the upcoming "Bring It!: Technology Expo at A&B’s NEW Production Showroom. Please join us on September 28th and September 29th. https://www.abbusiness.com/expo/ Learn how to: Leverage the Latest Market Trends in Production, Utilize a Range of Color Tools Beyond CMYK, and Turn nearly any sur...

This episode’s guest is BJ Olson - Multi Business Founder and Entrepreneur (Unity Rd, Twenty7 Technology Group, UBREAKIFIX, UnderTucker) In 2018 B.J. realized his dream of becoming an entrepreneur by opening his first of 5 UBREAKIFIX retail locations in Iowa and Minnesota. In September of 2019 he started twenty7 Technology Group, a Business Technology company that services customers across the Mid...

This week's guest: Rory Kelly, Owner - CellOnly Taking what you experience on Sunday in church and applying it throughout the week at work can be a challenge. The Faith and Business Conference is for business owners, managers, community leaders and anyone that seeks to integrate their faith into the workplace. As the owner of CellOnly, Rory does more than provide leadership, he fosters a family cu...

This week’s guest: Brian Roegiers, Executive Director - McCrossan Boys Ranch For more than 64 years, McCrossan Boys Ranch has changed the lives of many young men. It is their goal to continue providing New Hope for a Better Life for many, many years to come. Brian Roegiers, Executive Director Brian has been the Executive Director at McCrossan Boys Ranch since 1998. He has over 40 years of experien...

This week’s guest is Patrick Griesgraber - Sales Manager at A&B Business Solutions. Patrick started his career at A&B Business Solutions as a Technology Consultant 14 years ago with the goal of helping businesses solve problems, improve business processes while increasing profits. Since becoming Sales Manager 3 years ago, his role  has been to recruit, train, motivate with the primary...

This episode’s guest: Steven Schmidt - Chief Revenue Officer, SellX & Co-Host of the "Level Up" Podcast Steve has 22 years of experience with building sales and marketing teams from startups to fortune 200 companies. As a Sales Leader and Entrepreneur Steve has led some of the highest-performing sales teams across the globe at organizations such as T-Mobile, AT&T, and most recently We Shie...

This episodes guests: Raena Rasmussen & Bob Holm - Miracles In Motion Miracles in Motion is a performance organization with a mission to share joy through dance with donations to select causes. Their next upcoming event on Friday, July 15th at 6:00 p.m. will benefit Emily’s Hope. Please join us at Schulte Subaru for this beautiful event! Backyard BBQ and Wofies (root beer keg) will be on-site,...