Accelerate Your Business Growth

There are steps you can take to protect yourself, your business, and your data. Computer scientist, Brian Gill, joins Diane in this episode to provide you with valuable tips to protect yourself from hackers. Brian is a computer scientist, entrepreneur, and angel investor. As an expert in data recovery, he has spent the last 15 years digging people out of data disasters and helping businesses recov...

Defining what’s “passed the startup stage” is challenging. Companies need to prove to their customers, partners and employees that they’ve moved on from the startup phase and are now a sophisticated business ready to take on more opportunities. To do so, they need to follow a few best practices, such as establishing formal HR policies, processes and training, and looking at potentially rebranding...

Kris Kluver joins me to discuss how to think like a client to distinguish oneself in the market and solve a problem better than anyone else. Niching down on opportunities to address client’s pain points using your own unique skill set is the key. Kris is a seasoned solopreneur who started his first company at age nineteen in Omaha, Nebraska. Since then, he has been directly involved in the creatio...

Author and Entrepreneur Chris Meroff discusses why alignment is so important in building a great organization where employees and team members are not only engaged, but fulfilled. Chris has spent more than 25 years supporting leaders in education at both the campus and district levels. Through his work in 17 states and across thousands of school districts, he’s seen firsthand the frustration admin...

Steve Kosch joins us to share some practical advice on how to present yourself to others. Steve knew what he wanted to do at an early age. That was to talk about the weather. He became a TV weatherman at age 15. Ten years later he was forecasting for ABC in Los Angeles, then Daily Reports on CNN. Now off the air, Steve guides CEOs, executives, and entrepreneurs to look and sound their best in pres...

Rob and Kennedy are with us today to share how to create deeper relationships with every subscriber on your list, and some creative campaigns that you can use to make more profit per subscriber – whilst making your list love you more. While surveys represent the ‘dead-end' in almost every business on the planet, Rob and Kennedy will share with you how you can use surveys as an incredible segmentat...

Aviv Shahar joins me to talk about leadership. He offers great insights and ideas around how business leaders can be more successful. Aviv Shahar is president of Aviv Consulting and a member of the Million Dollar Consulting Hall of Fame. For more than two decades, Aviv has helped leadership teams at Fortune 500 companies including Hewlett Packard, DuPont, Procter and Gamble, General Mills, Lufthan...

Brant Pindivic explains how weaving your most crucial points into a compelling, concise narrative structure can make or break your pitch, particularly with today’s “hyper-savvy” consumers. His methods have helped him sell projects and ideas in three minutes or less and can be applied to all aspects of your life from your job to your household. Brant Pinvidic is an award-winning film director, vete...

You are a Media Company is a marketing strategy that is focused on 3 things, your target market, understanding of your resources and your goals. Gresham Harkless joins me to explore. With more and more options to choose from businesses and organizations are bombarded with the latest and greatest shiny object (e.g. marketing platform or silver bullet). The secret is not that you should focus on eve...

Kevin Lawrence brings what he’s learned from his extensive work with high-level achievers to today’s conversation. When a CEO begins to unravel, addictions start to kick in to escape the stress and their physical and mental health suffers. If you want to play the bigger game, you just need better tools. CEOs typically place their first call to Coach Kevin with a crisis to solve. They stay because...

Bill Bice joins me today to talk about tackling effective marketing as a technology problem to drive business growth and compete with larger businesses. Having built or invested in over 25 companies, Bill has noticed some of the most common marketing pitfalls that companies have fallen into, and today he’s going to share how to avoid these. He will also give insight on why word of mouth marketing...

Thomas Young shares some great thoughts on the options we have to make our companies safe, secure, and fast to invest. Thomas is the Co-founder & VP of Marketing Ops at Rocket Dollar, a self-directed investment company that assists clients in invest securely and easily in real estate, precious metals, and more. Thomas is a marketing professional with years of experience in the start-up community....

Keren Eldad joins us to talk about how overachievers can stop sabotaging their own success—or level of satisfaction after attaining superstar status. Certified Personal and Executive Coach, Organizational Leadership Consultant and Speaker, Keren Eldad, founder of With Enthusiasm™ Coaching. Eldad is an executive (leadership/career) coach of superstars famed for her work with overachievers, is a tru...

Mark Ritter is here to discuss aspects of business lending and investments through credit unions. Mark is committed to providing you with alternative strategies for financing and lending through a credit union. Mark is the CEO of MBFS and specialist in credit unions and business lending. Aftre building Members 1st Federal Credit Union’s business lending programs into the top ten in the nation in t...

Bill Coletti joins us to share how to prep your company and employees for a crisis, even if one never happens. If you are prepared for a crisis, the fallout won't be as bad, if there is fallout. Every company should be prepared for a crisis, big or small, in order to keep its positive reputation with the community. Bill Coletti, CEO, and Founder of Kith, is a reputation management, crisis communic...

Bill Gallagher shares learnings on leadership and pitfalls gathered from 225 coaches working worldwide with leaders from over 2,000 businesses on rapid growth. Learn how to begin to overcome these common pitfalls. Bill Gallagher is an international business coach with over 30 years of entrepreneurial and executive experience. Bill has coached and trained others for the last 15 years and led 4 comp...

Career expert Ariel Schur explains why you should avoid drama in the workplace and provides tips for rising above the gossip. She shares how it affects you internally and professionally, strategies to avoid it, and more. Ariel Schur, LCSW is the CEO and sole founder of ABS Staffing Solutions. Ariel prides herself on developing highly customized relationships with clients so that they can find the...

2/3 of Americans want more regulation of their personal data.  Consumers are losing trust in businesses managing their data. Global privacy laws such as GDPR, the new EU privacy law that just celebrated its 1st anniversary, are sweeping the globe.  California Consumer Privacy Act, affectionately known as CCPA, is effective in January 2020.  Jodi Daniels explains that companies who comply with priv...

Obinna Morton joins the podcast to share information and tips for creating six kinds of content an entrepreneur can use to market their business: website copy, newsletters, blogging, news releases, infographics and e-books. Obinna is a content writer and entrepreneur. She has a freelance writing business called Turns of Phrase, where she helps businesses to tell their stories with content. Today's...

Damian Mason shares insights from his new book Do Business Better. Damian is a self-made businessman, agriculturalist, speaker, podcaster, author, consultant, and occasional TV news guest.  He knows about starting a business from scratch because he chucked his “normal job" in 1994, creating a business of political comedy after winning a costume contest. Damian Mason reinvented himself multiple tim...

Jennifer Peek discusses with us how to maximize business value to sell it profitably. Jennifer provides clients with key strategic insights while helping them develop plans to execute on their visions - profitably. At Peek Advisory Group, she consults with executives and business owners to identify business gaps and opportunities to increase value and prepare them for the next stage of business ev...

Tune in to hear John Warrillow share a new wave of research into business owners and their readiness to exit their business. Today, 3 in 4 owners end up regretting the decision to exit their company just one year after the sale. Why wouldn’t they be happy as clams? Owners are likely to skip four preparation steps they need to complete well in advance of selling to have a happy (and lucrative) exit...

Accelerate your business growth through finding the government contracting opportunity that is right for you and your business! Jean Kristensen shares powerful information about how to successfully work with the government. Jean is a founder, advocate and minority and women business enterprise growth specialist, on a mission to help others achieve their mission by supporting budding entrepreneurs,...

Bradley Benner shares some amazing and free google tools for small business. Bradley is a self-proclaimed addict when it comes to digital marketing. He’s the co-founder of Semantic Mastery, as well as owner/founder of Big Bamboo Marketing. With a unique skill set, Bradley provides digital marketers and business owners with the tools, training, and insights they need to make more money, get better...

If your employees aren’t happy, your customers won’t be either!  Developing strong relationships with employees is essential to fulfilling the mission of your organization. Ed Leigh will share the following top tips: providing low- and no-cost rewards to motivate people, handling difficult employees, using clear and concise in communication and developing wellness programs to keep employees health...