Business Way Outside the Box

Paulette Ensign, the founder of Tips Products Publishing Agency, achieved remarkable success with her booklet titled "110 Ideas for Organizing Your Business Life." What is particularly impressive about her achievement is that she managed to sell two million copies of this 16-page booklet without spending any money on advertising. This accomplishment inspired many subject matter experts i...

Go to the head of the class. Everything you need to know about College Admissions but were too overwhelmed to ask. What is the most expensive decision you’ll ever make? The most critical decision for your life trajectory? College! Our guest for this segment is Attorney Honoria DaSilva-Kilgore. She founded Personal College Counseling, Inc. on the belief that a college education is one of the most i...

There is a misconception that solar panels can NOT be installed on a slate roof. A new tool and process changes that dynamic and opens up the power of the sun to consumers. What is this new process? Our guest David Tomolillo has been a tradesman for three decades.  He saw an opportunity and a need.  He has disrupted the solar installation industry. Slate roof homeowners had been denied the benefit...

How do you survive a business partnership?  How do you improve a husband and wife business team?  How do you make a family business more harmonious and productive?   These guys know close relationships in business.   Many business coaches are solo acts. Adam Sonnhalter and Jack Mencini of Maximum Value Partners (MVP) meet and work with their clients as a team. “Two bald guys ar...

There are only two kinds of people. Those who live on a lake. And those who wished they did.  With that in mind, our guests Scott Freerksen and Chris Mosier founded Lakefront Living International, LLC, a national real estate franchise company focused exclusively on the buying and selling of lakefront and lake community properties.   Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island and nine Lakefront Bar...

Stop the guessing. What if your DNA gave you a better sense of cannabis choices for you?  Or about other areas of your health? EndoDNA, is the industry leader and the transparent CEO of the fast-growing company Len May outlines the triumphs and road bumps. With thousands of users and deep research, EndoDNA is opening eyes and doors. May has been featured in Entrepreneur, Bloomberg, Rolling St...

What? A home-based business with the glamour of travel?  Wanderlust and potential are what has always driven Americans. Funny, fast on the uptake and full of relatable stories, Peter Hans, CEO of Discovery Map, Inc. delivers both.    During the pandemic, travel has been fairly limited. For many, that’s meant either a staycation at home or a regional road trip. Discovery Map, the lea...

This segment of Business Way Outside the Box brings you an energetic guest who keeps it simple. Podcasting gives you access to people who otherwise would not even take your phone call.  This is key message of Phil Pelucha, founder of the Billionaires in Boxers, podcaster, media coach for just outside Liverpool, England (yes, the Beatles preceeded Phil).   Phil offers specific tips on how...

What every parent and high school student needs to know about college admissions. Guest Honoria DaSilva-Kilgore, Esq., founder of Personal College Counseling, Inc. (PCCI) based in Raynham, MA, reveals how to help choose the right college for and get the best possible financial package. College can significantly change the trajectory of one’s life. Yet, the college admissions process is not somethi...

Who knew that two Italian guys from Hoboken would transform the bagel world of Connecticut and beyond? In 1990, Between Rounds had its start in Vernon, Connecticut. This first store, owned by Jerry Puiia, was patterned on a store that Jerry’s dad (Vito) and his brother (Joe) owned in Hoboken, New Jersey. One year later, Jerry and his brother Joe opened a second Bagel Stop in South Windsor, Connect...

In business, there are only two ways to make more money.  Sell more.  Or reduce costs.   Our guest, Alex Weatherall outlines how to sharpen your pencil and greatly enhance the bottom line.    Alex has an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and more than 30 years of procurement experience in a breadth of industries including food, office pro...

Our guest on this segment of “Business Way Outside the Box” is Janet Parnes, a thought provoking  social conversation and etiquette consultant.  She is also nationally sought after keynote speaker.  Do you spend a lot of time networking and wonder why? Are the results just not there?  If "Yes" – listen to this podcast.   Parnes shares practical techniques that make yo...

Let the sun shine. Solar and renewable energy are a bright initiative for both the new Biden administration and locally in Massachusetts for the Baker administration. This episode features the CEO and Founder of the Bay State’s largest solar company – Daniel Mello Guimaraes of Boston Solar.     Daniel left a successful career in commercial banking in Europe and South America to cros...

Truly outside the box, Wendy Green wasn’t always an entrepreneur. She served hard time on the corporate ladder and was eventually ejected and launched a new chapter. Wendy’s podcast - Hey, Boomer – has been recognized in the Top 15 podcasts for Baby Boomers by Feedspot. In 2013, Wendy earned her Certified Professional Coach designation, as well as the Master Practitioner in the Energy Leadership D...

Ugly LinkedIn photo? Some executives favor their high school yearbook likeness. Others just choose to ignore the aging process. Either way, an outdated profile photo is not the best way to represent yourself on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network. Our guest for this segment Debi Cramer, founder and principle photographer at Thirty-Eighth Avenue Photography in Plymouth, MA, outlines...

Selling in the pandemic?  Tacky?  Ken Cheo, president and owner of Our Sales Coach, outlines the advantages in selling during the pandemic.  Better access to decision makers.  Buyers are open to new ideas, products, and services.  A veteran of coaching manufacturing, technology and service professional salespeople, Ken also outlines how to create a better pipeline and syst...

Business Way Outside the Box welcomes Entrepreneur Operating System (commonly referred to as EOS) facilitator Jack Keniley. As a brew pub pioneer, Wharton Business School graduate and lecturer and Arthur D. Little consultant, Jack understands the many, many challenges of small to mid-market businesses.  In this episode Jack talks about how business owners can exceed their current barriers and...

A special webinar hosted by Business Way Outside the Box Host Steve Dubin. Experts note that more than one-third of Americans use cannabis or CBD. Estimates published in the newly released Marijuana Business Factbook show the total economic impact of legal cannabis sales increasing from $38 billion-$46 billion in 2019 and is expected to escalate to $106 billion-$130 billion by 2024 – a 181 percent...

Word of Mouth is often misunderstood and underappreciated.  Podcast guest Matt Ward reveals how to not only grease the Word of Mouth engine, but WOW prospects and key influencers at the same time. Matt built and sold a thriving website design firm based on the book of business he built up via Word of Mouth marketing.  Upon exiting that business he formulated how others could benefit from...

Not your typical entrepreneur, Kevin Dubois, CEO of Lapels Dry Cleaning with over 100 locations around the world and author of the industry standard “Entrepreneurial Insanity in the Dry Cleaning Business”, talks about the bumps along the way and how you can avoid some of them.   From lemonade stand in front of the Barnstable Fairground to juggling multiple enterprises, Kevin unfolds the...

You are not alone in feeling unfocused, overextended, and unproductive. Many people live in a sea of conflict while haphazardly trying to fill all the roles in their lives.   Margo Crawford of Wave Productivity, based in Greater Providence and with clients throughout the U.S. and Spain, outlines how you can be more productive. Whether you are an entrepreneur, small business owner, workin...

Get organized.  Or get out.  Or both.   If you ask her what she does, Wendy Arundel will tell you that it’s equal parts therapy, saving the world and creating a soothing space.  Owner of The Mudroom, a professional organizing and home staging company, Wendy helps people do what they can’t do for themselves – get ride of the stuff that doesn’t matter and celebrate the stuff...

Guest Tom Ricciardelli, CEO of SelecTech, talks about the challenges and triumphs of creating commercial and residential flooring from recycled materials.    From electrostatic flooring for manufacturing environments to leak-proof lab flooring to an easy to place and replace home basement floor, SeleTech has found a niche and loyal customers.  An MIT grad, Tom also mentors upco...

Bernadette Boas is a ball of fire and is an author, leadership coach, business consultant and keynote speaker. Her book " Shedding the Corporate Bitch, Shifting from Bitch to Rich in Life and Business " is her blunt and honest take on the issues facing professionals today. In this "Business Way Outside the Box" podcast segment, Bernadette offers tips and insights on productivity, success and work/...

Over it’s 30-year history, PR Works has had its share of clients with intriguing and yes, dare we say it, outside the box businesses. Safer Places certainly qualifies as that. In this episode, PR Works Founder Steve Dubin interviews David Sawyer, CEO of Safer Places, who reveals the need for employee and tenant background checks in a changing, unpredictable world. The episode includes some tidbits...