Chattanooga Business Radio

Beth Wright// MomSource Network Ms. Wright is responsible for recruiting and interviewing qualified candidates for the MomSource Network and representing the MomSource Network at various events. She is currently responsible for creating the monthly newsletter and all social media management for the organization. Beth has been a stay at home mom for 3 years and [...]

Jennifer Harper// Bridge Financial Planning Jennifer is the Founder and Director of Bridge Financial Planning, LLC, providing fee-only financial planning & investing for todays professionals. She began her career in financial services in 2000, in 2001 she graduated from the MBA program at UTC, and in 2006 earned the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER ® designation. Throughout [...]

Larry Vinyard and Scottie Neil// Pinnacle Bank Mr. Vinyard brings 13 years of banking experience to Pinnacle as Office Leader and most recently served at FSGBank as a business banker. Prior to FSG, he worked at Regions and Wells Fargo. Ms. Neil has 16 years of banking experience she brings to Pinnacle as Financial Advisor and [...]

Ashley McAdoo // Shine Beauty and Wellness Ashley McAdoo of Shine Beauty and Wellness joins our Women in Business program to discuss her journey to health, balancing work and home life as a mother, and her business. Ashley is a Holistic Health coach, raw foods chef, yoga teacher, avid runner, mother of two and wife to her best friend. [...]

Kenneth Burke ft. Jeremy Boudinet// Text Request Do you have "SaaS"? You want big time marketing success, but you don't have a big time budget. What do you do? Jeremy Boudinet of Ambition teams up with Kenneth Burke of Text Request to discuss 5 Principles of Building a Lean, Scalable SaaS Marketing Strategy. Two marketing directors. Two [...]

James Dawson ft. Alex Lavidge// Text Request What is the single biggest pitfall entrepreneurs run into in the startup world? Chattanooga entrepreneur, investor, and marketing consultant Alex Lavidge joins James Dawson to discuss the importance of Market Research in the beginning stages of business development. They discuss not only the types of research, but also the tools [...]

Stefanie Crowe // SmartBank As the introductory guest for our April-May series on start-ups and entrepreneurialism, Stefanie Crowe of SmartBank joins our Women in Business program for a discussion on the relationship banking trend and how it's rising to meet the new generation of female entrepreneurs. As Chief Experience and Strategy Officer for SmartBank, Crowe is [...]

James Dawson ft. Andrew Bennett// Text Request A small business owner's introduction to working with ad agencies. What are the first steps? How should a SMB owner manage their expectations and what is a realistic timetable for ROI? James Dawson of Text Request and Andrew Bennett of talk through the questions you should ask when looking [...]

Lucas Harrison // Hilliard Lyons Originally from Dallas, TX, Lucas graduated from Pensacola Christian College with a degree in Business Administration and Finance and is registered as a Series 7 General Securities Representative as well as a Series 66 Investment Advisor Representative. Lucas has spent the last three years in the wealth management industry with Hilliard Lyons. He has [...]

Sheri Young // Feminology Sheri Young is the results-driven founder of a boutique agency who has facilitated campaigns & projects of all sizes for a variety of non-profit, B2C & B2B entrepreneurs and organizations. She is also a skilled marketing and PR strategist, writer and public speaker. CEO and founder of Feminology, a family of companies committed to bringing a full-suite [...]

James Dawson ft. Erik McNair // Text Request As part of their weekly series, Text Request is talking about tackling the misconceptions of professional web development and marketing with their guest, Erik McNair of Papercut Interactive.

Ginger Birnbaum // Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Ginger Birnbaum, mother of a child living with CF, is the President of the local Board of Directors for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. An active volunteer in the community, it was only natural that she begin working with the Foundation when her child was diagnosed with the disease. She is [...]

Renee Tayag-Grande and Darrell Wyke // We Sacrifice We Excel Personal Training Facility Darrell Wyke, former strength and conditioning coach for Baylor, and head trainer at Signal Mountain Athletic Club opened the doors to his own personal training facility in September 2015. Mr. Wyke's mission is to provide a Christian based training facility which offers the [...]

Daniel Leake // My Smart Garden Daniel Leake is a local business owner and innovator. He's using his food-service background technical expertise to teach even non-gardeners to grow food for themselves and others. Sam Parfitt // The True Athlete Project Sam Parfitt is the director of athletics at St. Peter's School in Chattanooga, and [...]

Tiffany Malapanes / Positiffitea Tea Company Tiffany Malapanes is the owner of Positiffitea, a herbal tea blending company in Tennessee that hand blends organic, loose leaf herbal teas. While attending Middle Tennessee State University in pursuit of a B.A. in Global Studies with a concentration in Nutritional Science, Tiffany started Positiffitea as a fun side hobby [...]

Keith McConnell / Renovare Distillery Keith McConnell, founder of Renovare Distillery, wants to revive the tradition of grain-to-glass spirits. Renovare will feature the farmers who produce the company's grains and connect each glass with the land and community behind it. The initial lineup will include whiskey, vodka, gin and flavored variations. A life-long entrepreneur and [...]

Marcel Schwantes / Leadership from the Core Marcel Schwantes is an executive coach, leadership trainer, entrepreneur, columnist, thinker, Dodgers fan, defender of the least of these, husband and father. He's also the founder of Leadership From the Core, the only servant-leadership development boutique in Chattanooga dedicated to growing leaders and healthy work cultures.

Victor Agreda / Superpixel Studios Prior to founding Superpixel Studios, Victor was editor in chief at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).

James Cowan / ProviderLinc James Cowan is a native of Flint, MI who moved to Chattanooga, TN in July of 2014. In addition to his previous entrepreneurial endeavors, he has spent the last 5 years helping large investor owned utilities with their energy efficiency and sustainability programs. Micah Johnson / GoFanBase

Seun Erinle / Grid Principles and A.I.R. Labs Seun Erinle is a designer, teacher, and entrepreneur. She owns two companies, Grid Principles – a graphic design and web development shop, and A.I.R. Labs – an environment to inspire your imagination and build your digital confidence. Her educational background is in Computer Science and Digital Art & Design. [...]

Rebecca Solomon / Envoy Mortgage Rebecca has been in mortgage business for over 30 years , She has owned and managed her own companies for several years. She has been a member of the community for many years. and has a great love for Chattanooga.

Nate Wilson / Weekly Fig Nate moved to Chattanooga three years ago with our three small children, and fell in love with the town. He has been supporting our local farmers through his local CSA and wanted to do more to give back to them and Chattanooga. Weekly Fig was born out of a desire to [...]

Jonathan Cleary/ One Million Cups Chattanooga Mariano Cebrián / Panoram Imports Mariano Cebrián works as a managing partner and sales director of Panoram Imports since 2010. Mariano specializes in sourcing wines from family-owned wineries. Growing up around some of the highest elevation vineyards in the world certainly played a role into his career choice. Having visited [...]

Robbie Hillis / The Ark Labs Paul Gifford/ Mueller Company