Charged Up Studio Podcast

Welcome Back to Season 2 of Charged Up Studio, where we bring the relevant topics that matter to you the small business owners. This week we kick off Season 2 with a lively discussion about the effects COVID and Black Life Matters have impacted the small business environment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lessons in Leadership and Influence Leadership is not about building a flock of followers. It’s about influencing others to act toward achieving a common goal. In a business setting, this can mean directing workers and colleagues with a strategy to meet the company's needs. Join Charged Up Studio as we welcome Tom Martinez with Delta Performance Group as we talk about the qualities of leadership w...

Good, Better, Best…Never let it rest. Til your good is better and your better is best. St. Jerome. Launching a new business—whether it’s a tech start-up, a small company, or an initiative within a large corporation—has always been a hit-or-miss proposition. Rajiv Menon of Informulate joins Charged Up Studio this week to discuss the Lean-Startup Methodology and how it can accelerate the launch proc...

Small Businesses are the heart of America’s Economy. 98% of the country’s businesses have fewer than 100 employees. As a result, small businesses are among the first to feel the economic effects of slow growth, bad public policy, and most recently the COVID19 pandemic shut-down. Today’s Charged-Up Studio podcast features two Central Florida political candidates, Grant Malloy, Supervisor of Electio...

Are we being forced into a socially governed nation? With our nation going through a major change because of the COVID-19 pandemic and not knowing what the landscape will look like on the backend we have to ask ourselves, “Are we really living the American Dream”? When you look back on what is really taking place are we relinquishing our individual rights to a socialistic regime under the guise of...

Seminole County Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller Grant Maloy joins Sendra and Danna in an enlightening discussion about the role of leadership and the responsibility to influence a community to achieve a common objective in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent. Grant, a 3-year political leader for Seminole County recaps what major process management improvements he has implemented...

Is there a separation between personal and professional when dealing with business interaction and conflict? Highly stressful situations like the one we’re currently experiencing with the COVID-19 Pandemic will test the boundaries of personal and professional interaction and communication. We hear it all the time, keep your personal issues at home when you come to work. As a strategist working pri...

"I will continue learning, changing, growing, and trying to become more than what I am." DATA, Star Trek.  Artificial Intelligence allows companies to reimagine business practices. It's hard to believe that SMART technology has already taken on a critical role in our day-to-day lives. Think about it, self-propelled planes, trains, and automobiles. Smart home systems that automatically adjust to pr...

Danna and Sendra are joined by CTO Alfonso Morales and COO Corey Lanzing with Neoware Studios to talk about how Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality are enhancing Customer Experience in small businesses today. Support the show (http://patreon.com/chargedupstudio) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wow, what a difference two weeks can make! Join Danna and Sendra for this special edition of Charged Up Studio as we talk once again with Don Ward, the CEO Whisperer about what is really happening with the COVID-19 pandemic. Are we buying into all of the media hype - doom and gloom? Or are we positioned for a truly WORLD market correction? Who knows? Obviously, from this episode...Don Ward KNOWS!...

Today Sendra and Dana continue our discussion with Orange County Commission Candidate Anjali Vaya and Florida Senate Candidate Jason Brodeur focusing on the future of our healthcare system in the US. Is there a balance between public/private healthcare integration and big insurance? Can eastern and western medicine provide a more holistic approach to healthcare? We also discuss where technology pl...

Welcome to Episode #6 of Charge Up Studio. Today we talk to Orange County Commission Candidate Anjali Vaya and Florida Senate Candidate Jason Brodeur about the Small Business landscape in Central Florida. What are our responsibilities as small business owners to make sure our voice is heard by the government? What are the government's responsibilities in supporting and encouraging small businesses...

Chris Anderson, Supervisor of Elections for Seminole County, Florida recaps his past year as Supervisor and what we can look forward to with the upcoming election. Chris talks about all of the changes over the course of his life and how they have made him the man he is today. The message today is, no matter what the result, the lessons learned along the journey are what really matters. Support the...

It's amazing what we don't know, we don't know when it comes to our economy and world relations. This is what Charged Up Studio is all about! Don Ward continues to bring his "Donisms" or Words of WIsdom on creating a presence within your market. FOCUS is the key! Stop chasing squirrels...or shiny objects. Focus involves knowing what is happening around you that could have an effect on the growth o...

Don L. Ward is an author, consultant, and Executive Director of CEO Clubs of America. More interestingly, Don is connected intravenously to what happening nationally and globally within the Global Financial Markets. Whether or not we as small business owners believe that what's happening outside of our businesses has a direct impact on our business growth...Don clarifies what we should be paying a...

Welcome Back to Charged Up Studio. Danna and Sendra continue to give an overview of what we will be covering over the next 30-90 days on the Charged Up Studio Podcast. What can we expect to see with the upcoming political race, the ongoing trade wars, small business impact on the U.S. economy, and much more? As an entrepreneur knowledge is a power...allowing the opportunity to translate your VISIO...

Charged Up Studio launches its maiden voyage with Danna and Sendra. Tune in as Co-hosts Danna Olivo, Business Strategist, and Sendra Dorce, Financier gives an in-depth look into what Charged Up Studio, The Podcast is all about. Empowering you, the micro and small business owners with the political, economic and business news and information needed to make informed, critical decisions as it relates...