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When I began this show and my recently passing of my BBB Best Business Buddy, Jeff Spenard, Emeritus Founder and CEO of Voiceamerica.com for now 22 years and I first began to craft this show we BOTH Recognized that the necessity of the assets that Small Business were going to need to Recover, Rejuvenate and Return to PROFITABILITY was going to require some significant HELP! We came up with a formu...

After World War II, 49.7% of returning veterans owned and operated a business. After the Korean War, that number fell to 40%. It’s been falling ever since – in 1996, just 12.3% of young veterans were small business owners. And today, only 5.6% of post-9/11 veterans have taken the entrepreneurial plunge. That is according to a new study of veteran small business owners, conducted by the Institute f...

Recently a story broke across CBS that further empowered the very reason for my reaching back into my roster of shows and bringing forward one that aired last December. To put it succinctly, a restaurant owner in the City of Chicago, named Chef Ti and his lovely partner wife Nasya who own Mujani Restaurant And Catering, took a stand and said NO MORE These two brave souls Kicked Out Uber Eats, Grub...

They say that necessity is the Mother of Invention. During the last two years the word ESSENTIAL has become a commonplace and accepted term as well, especially in the Small Business Community because quite frankly if during the early days of this COVID19 pandemic you did not mirror that word . . . YOU WERE SHUT DOWN! Most recently I walked into my Chase Bank, not in the midst of very many other de...

Wealth Management. Two words that mean far more than what you or I can imagine and here is the reason WHY. You and I as Small Business Owners. This show is a Small Business that I own. Let's see, in May of this year, I will be turning age 70. Hmmmmm, one of these days, either voluntarily or involuntarily (Death or Disability), I will cease to generate current income to support my current life...

When I was in the Equities realm in the early 2000's, I was the President of a division of a firm that was responsible for examining the fat within the Corporate Infrastructure such as Pensions, Severance and Benefit Package's, including the Medical Core platforms of Employee Benefits. When I walked into meetings I was many time's the ONLY person in the room with gray hair! There is...

Empathy, it is a HUGE word. The short definition to this word is, Stepping Into The Other Person's Shoes. Easy to say, hard to do! Having owned several companies in my life, I was always faced with finding the right person for the JOB, that I had a vacancy to fill and the countless applications that I reviewed is a large blur in my mindset because there is an old saying that states Looks Good...

The current population of this world is 7.9 Billion people The number of smartphones far exceeds that as that number is well over 9 Billion in operation every day. Either there are some collectors out there who feel that they must have a communications device for every possibility that suits their fancy or technology is communicating the trend of the future through the very means of the overkill p...

Cash Is King or so the saying goes. It's a business statement that has withstood time and memorial. The NEED for this historic and long standing truth is ever more apparent with the failure rate of Brick and Mortar Small Businesses escalating far beyond what anyone could dream or imagine!. For some of you out there you have now ongoing payments to the SBA on EIDL loans that will go on for 30...

I have been with the Voiceamerica.com IP Live Talk Show Host Network for now 17 months and it has been very much like the historical E-Ticket Ride which some of us used to enjoy at Disneyland. I am dating myself I know. My BBB (Best Business Buddy) Mr. Jeff Spenard, the former CEO and Founder of Voiceamerica.com who passed from this world last November 15th was in the process of appointing me to a...

BizZne$$ BuzZ has a Top Ten Roster of Rebroadcasted shows and one of my goals this year is to REVISIT every Top Ten Show. Today, I will be interviewing Arnold Garcia, CEO and Founder of Shine On Hollywood Magazine www.shineonhollywoodmagazine.com The delivery of Marketing and Communications is in a State of Change right now and some very Big Players are now attempting to discover ways of penetrati...

Recently, I have had a good cross section of Hollywood on my show. Actor’s, Actresses, Producer’s and Director’s have all graced my show of late and their contributions have given, you, my listening audience a “Peek” behind the curtain and wide screen as to what is actually happening in the “Hollywood/Entertainment” Market Sector. You see, entertainment is a BIG piece of the Small BizZne$$ communi...

A story I have told many times and in many settings really reflects what my show is about today. There was a certain bricklayer who was refacing the brick on an older four story building and when he had completed the work, he found himself on the roof with about 1000 lbs of bricks left over. Rather than sacrifice these assets he rigged an ingenious pulley mechanism with the use of a large barrel w...

If you look at the description of this show you will see the words, Unity, Relationship and the Law of Reciprocity. These solid business acumen's are epitomized in my current relationship with the infamous magazine known as California Senior Guide. Found at www.californiaseniorguide.com. The largest market currently numbers wise and economically are the Baby Boomer now Senior Community. At la...

Last week's show set the stage for the content of my show today. I have been tenacious in supporting and informing one of the largest market sectors in the Small Business Community which is the Restaurant Industry. Without a doubt the most embattled during this COVID 19 pandemic. There is an old saying that you can Hit a Man, When He is Down and that certainly is the case in a very important...

There is a monument in Washington, DC that has an engraved warning, that is timeless and true because we are ALL living it today! The Past Is Prologue. Translation, those who ignore history are destined to repeat it! Enter, the Pandemic! On March 11th, 2020, a storm hit the world and it is still thundering in the distance as new so called variants are rearing their ugly heads and menacingly threat...

SAG is an abbreviation that stands for Screen Actors Guild which has been a mainstay and protective organization of Actors and Actresses in the realm of Hollywood since the year 1933. The Guild was founded in 1933 in an effort to eliminate what was described as exploitation of Hollywood actors who were being forced into oppressive multi-year contracts with the major movie studios. Opposition to th...

Recently in Glasgow, Scotland a meeting was held where Leaders of World Nations gathered to attempt to solve the impending Climate Crisis of this world that we all occupy. The magnamity of their efforts is something to behold and contemplate as to what was really accomplished being that the largest perpetrator of so called Climate Crisis, the nation of China was not even in attendance. The world i...

There is an old saying that Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder. There is another old saying that states that First Impressions Are Lasting. Is success equated with appearance as well? I would have to say that the answer to that question is a resounding YES! There are countless means to make you look, younger, thinner, more attractive and the list goes on and on. If you spent your hard earned dol...

When I was a child and I had the flu or the measles, I remember my Mother taking the time to go to the Public Library and checking out several LP 33 Albums that contained productions of Hollywood Stars such as Perry Como, Bing Crosby and several others who took the time to reinvigorate stories such as “The First Christmas”, Moby Dick, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea and many, many more that I have ve...

One of my original financial sponsors has returned to my show. MODA Business Solutions of San Diego is back! Donna Ilicic, CEO will joining me today and we will be talking about Small Business issues with a primary emphasis on Merchant Processing because that is without a doubt one of the largest costs that you pay month in and month out and there is a storm brewing on the horizon of cost increase...

My show today is rather different because there is no guest joining me. I have wrestled with undertaking this type of show delivery because normally my impetus is to seek out the fulfillment of my mission which is to be an Advocate for Small Business and deliver to you the best possible Expertise (knowledgeable guests) and Resources (Tools) that you can employ in your business infrastructure prima...

Due to intensive, worldwide research efforts for more than three decades to better understand Alzheimer's disease, there are still numerous mysteries surrounding the condition of this stealth disease and no immediate answers forthcoming. Arthur Godfrey said that few millionaires could afford the cost of cancer. Another saying has stated that you cannot put a price on your health. I for one wo...

During my tenure in the insurance business there were many, many occasions whereby an IRC (Internal Revenue Code) came to the aid of my clientele, especially small business clients and provided tax free, tax favored or revenue re-caputure provisions that provided tremendous benefits both short and long term. If you ever looked at the Internal Revenue Code you would probably be old and gray before...

In 2016 in answer to a glitch in a system that was seeking to benefit Small Business in America and other parts of the world, a very gifted colleague of mine and I entered into a converted effort for the better part of six months and not only did we re-engineer the existing inconsistencies with the system we were revamping but we created a mechanism that we termed as TheHubmart and the tag line be...