Monday Morning Radio

This week, on a special holiday-weekend edition of Monday Morning Radio , host Dean Rotbart interviews Richard G. "Rick" Ross , founder and owner of GALERIE Candy & Gifts . GALERIE is known the world over for creating highly original, trendy novelties and gifts around candies, including collector's items, interactive toys, plush characters, and the like. Rick's company also produces and distribute...

  Renee Lopez spent 14 years coaching college soccer, turning around losing teams, recruiting all-conference talent, and being named by her peers in the NCAA , Coach of the Year .  These days, Renee is coaching teams of business owners, entrepreneurs, and their employees on the art of winning, leadership development, and recruiting all-American workplace talent. Renee, head of Renee Lopez Coaching...

  This week's guest, Dr. Cristal Glangchai , is a successful entrepreneur and educator, who runs the Austin-based nonprofit, VentureLab . Beginning at the tender age of five, VentureLab teaches students to think like entrepreneurs – by anticipating needs, innovating, creating, and taking calculated risks. VentureLab, which Dr. Glangchai founded and heads, enjoys a nationwide reputation, in particu...

Daniel DiPiazza is a successful, 29-year-old entrepreneur, who has built a massive, cult-like social networking following by advising other 20 and 30-somethings how to escape average jobs and become self-directed entrepreneurs. Daniel's website and freshly minted book are titled Rich20Something . But this week, in a surprising interview with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart , Daniel reveals...

  Do you own a business or a job? Perhaps, all you really own is an expensive hobby. David C. Barnett , an expert on business valuations and how to buy or sell small businesses, meets with many small business owners who are disappointed to learn that their companies have zero market value without them. To own a genuine business, David tells host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart , you must have sy...

  One of the best untold stories in Silicon Valley has been how Mark Zuckerberg and his talented team of associates, built Facebook from the successful started up depicted in the book – Accidental Billionaire – and its movie version – The Social Network , into the globally dominant corporation that Facebook is today, with more than 2 billion users. That coming of age story, following Facebook from...

This week's episode of Monday Morning Radio is ripped from this month's business headlines. It will be of special interest to listeners who own or operate online businesses. Our guest is Tom Kemp , CEO and co-founder of Centrify , one of the fastest growing security vendors in the industry, serving more than 5,000 customers, including a majority of the Fortune 50 . Initially, our plan was to speak...

Lem Lewis , aka The Ranch Broker , steps to the mellifluous Monday Morning Radio microphone this week as guest host. Lem, who in addition to his duties as a trusted advisor to ranch buyers and sellers, is a certified whiskey sommelier, having earned his credentials from The Whisk(e)y Marketing School – part of Wizard Academy . For Lem's popular podcast, RANCHCAST with LEM LEWIS , he recently inter...

This week is exactly ten years since Mark Moore , a 46-year-old multi-millionaire tech entrepreneur, had back-to-back strokes that nearly killed him. His recovery was arduous and life-changing. When he could walk again, Mark walked away from the business world and now dedicates all his talents and energies to helping other people rebound from some of life's most debilitating challenges. Mark is th...

How do you take your coffee: cream, sugar, politics? Like so many other retailers today, the coffee industry - led by giant Starbucks - has made buying a cup of java not just about taste, but also about where you stand on the hot-button issues of our day. In late 2014, Evan Hafer , a former Green Beret who did tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, saw an opportunity to appeal to fellow military v...

  Our guest this week, Steven Buchwald , founding partner of Manhattan-based Buchwald & Associates , specializes in helping business startups – and those companies seeking capital infusions – to navigate the legal, regulatory, and operational mine fields that await. Steven is especially experienced in providing valuable legal counsel to tech startups, advising them on the most appropriate legal st...

Universities and colleges profit from their alumni networks, so why not businesses? That's one of the innovative concepts that serial entrepreneur Lee Caraher explores in her newly released book, " The Boomerang Principle: Inspire Lifetime Loyalty from Your Employees ." Ex-employees, if you treat them right when they still work for you, can become great resources for posting positive reviews, prov...

On this week's edition of Monday Morning Radio , we introduce a new an improved version of your host Dean Rotbart . Effectively immediately, Dean is now – objectively speaking – the best podcast host on the planet. That's because Dean read the half-satirical, half-serious book, " 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings ," by author Sarah Cooper , our guest this week. Many, many of the tricks in Sar...

Maria Uspenski 's company, The Tea Spot , is in the sweet spot of the $170 billion American beverage industry, which is undergoing a sea change, as consumers shift from sugary drinks and those that rely on artificial sweeteners, to all-natural refreshers. Maria's signature whole leaf blends and single-estate teas not only offer satisfying alternatives to sodas and coffee, they are rich in anti-oxi...

Todd Lemense built a highly successful business with 80-plus employees and seemingly could do no wrong.  At least that's what  he  thought. Turns out Todd let his success-fueled pride get the better of him and, confident in his judgment above all else, led his business to crash and burn. From the ashes, Todd rebuilt his life and developed a passion for helping others escape his ill-fated ego trip....

Last year, Lem Lewis attended The Wizard Academy 's Reputation Tool Chest workshop taught by our very host Dean Rotbart . The two entrepreneurs hit it off, and earlier this year, with Dean's help, Lem launched his very own podcast – RANCHCAST –  that serves ranchers, farmers, and other rural producers. This week DEan and Lem co-host a joint edition of Monday Morning Radio and RANCHCAST featuring s...

They are everyday business-world expressions that we all use and take for granted. But they are costing American companies a fortune in missed opportunities and bad decisions. For example:  The customer is always right We can probably do that in-house You get what you pay for We're too swamped for that now Jack Quarles , an entrepreneur and procurement expert, is author of " Expenses Sentences ,"...

Do you have what it takes to be the next Thomas Edison or Nikola Tesla? You might just be surprised. Filip Valica , a freelance engineer and founder of The Product Startup , specializes in empowering small business owners and professionals – especially doctors – to succeed at do-it-yourself product development; coaching first-time inventors along a 16-step path from idea, to prototype, to manufact...

  When surgeon Ryan Jones isn't operating on patients, Dr. Jones is a busy entrepreneur aiming to redefine how students of all ages learn boring, but necessary course material. Dr. Jones is co-founder of CoursePics , an impressive Phoenix-based start-up that combines elements often used in effective marketing – strong visuals, storytelling, surprise, and originality – to teach otherwise leaden top...

This week on a special "Spring Training" edition of Monday Morning Radio , host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart interviews master storyteller Philip Revzin , author of " J ust One Before I Die: A Cub's Fan's Chronicle of a Championship Season ." A Chicago native, Phil's career in journalism spans more than 40 years, and includes stints as Editor and Publisher of The Wall Street Journal Europe ;...

  Ever wonder what happens after the cameras stop rolling on the CBS hit show, Undercover Boss ? For Gina Rivera , who along with her company, Phenix Salon Suites were featured on Undercover Boss two years ago, her appearance launched enormous revenue growth and new opportunities. In fact, with a boost from Undercover Boss , Phenix Salon Suites has become the fastest growing salon suite franchise...

  Brian O'Shea is in the business of stopping corporate spies and vandals from doing harm to businesses and professional practices. For every company, regardless of its size, Brian says there's a criminal just salivating at the prospect of exploiting your security gaps. Brian founded Striker Pierce Private Investigations in 2009, and has since conducted more than 3,000 investigations. Striker Pier...

Nancy Rosborough is a modern-day gold miner; only the nuggets she mines are wonderfully fragrant white truffles that despite their $500-a-pound price tag, are in great demand by gourmet chefs around the world. Nancy's company, Mycorrhiza Biotech , spent more than a decade figuring out how to successfully grow genuine Bianchetto truffles on loblolly pine trees – the only company in all of North Ame...

When it comes to leadership advice, Bill Treasurer doesn't mince words. What great leaders need, he's found, is a good kick in the A#%. Okay, so in his latest book, A Leadership Kick in the Ass , Bill doesn't euphemize the word ass. We do here strictly to placate those readers and listeners who are easily offended. Bill is the founder and chief encouragement officer at Giant Leap Consulting , whic...

Can a single, solitary word change the nature and success of your business? Evan Carmichael says it can. His special word, unique to him, has transformed his young entrepreneurial life into that of a widely acknowledged social networking guru, not to mention a Toronto salsa-dancing legend.  In his new book, Your One Word , Evan spells out what he says is the "powerful secret to creating a business...