Monday Morning Radio

Robert White and his global training businesses have helped 1.3 million people squeeze more joy and satisfaction out of life while increasing their incomes and the profitability of their companies. Although many business coaches focus on operations and strategic planning, White is more of a " Head " coach - showing business owners how to dispose of the mental garbage that limits their achievement....

Angela Cody-Rouget spent 14 years in the U.S. Air Force , where among other lessons she learned the value of systems and processes.  Now Cody-Rouget, who attained the rank of Major, leads an expanding squadron of professional organizers in carpet bombing the piles of clutter and junk that busy executives and entrepreneurs accumulate in their business and personal lives. Cody-Rouget, whose company...

Healthcare may very well represent the largest prospective financial kitty ever dangled in front of risk takers and entrepreneurs. Medicine, medical services and medical devices are booming profit centers, and not just for those with science or medical degrees. Everyone from accountants to real estate agents stand to claim their stake of the healthcare pie, if they know where the opportunities lie...

Healthcare reform.  Gun control.  Gay Marriage.  Global Warming. Week in and week out across the country, legislation addressing some of the most contentious issues of our time is produced, debated, revised, and implemented in all 50 states. Serial database entrepreneur Karen Suhaka recognized that small businesses and average citizens had no easy way to stay informed on the thousands of bills gen...

Southwest Airlines , which prides itself on boarding and deplaning its passengers rapidly and efficiently, is a mere babe compared to Dr. Chris Zaino and his team in The Woodlands, Texas. Dr. Zaino, a one-time world-class body builder and winner of the Mr. America competition, relies on refined systems and software to treat from 500 to 700 patients each day at his Abundant Life Chiropractic clinic...

Remember the days when  where  you were listed in the Yellow Pages and how eye-catching your ad was could make or break a local retail or service business? Those days aren't gone, they've just morphed to the Internet, where so-called "local search" is helping some businesses soar while others languish. Debbie Josendale , founder and president of 3C Marketing Group , identifies five foundational co...

Most of what conventional financial planners tell entrepreneurs about how to grow and protect their wealth is crap .  Okay, so that's not a very polite thing to say.  But it's painfully true. Otherwise savvy small business owners can be totally stupid when it comes to trusting their money and investment strategies to others. That is a sermon that Garrett B. Gunderson - who became a multi-millionai...

An exclusive Monday Morning Radio Interview with David Kallery - President, Inspirato with American Express. 

As a futurist, Thomas Frey stands shoulder-to-shoulder with such well-known contemporaries as John Naisbitt , Alvin Toffler and Ray Kurzell .  In fact, according to Google's highly prized ranking system, Frey is America's #1 rated futurist speaker. He's also the exclusive guest on this week's edition of Monday Morning Radio . Frey is executive director and senior futurist at The DaVinci Institute...

Next month, some of the top CEOs, business powerbrokers and entrepreneurs in Colorado will gather at a by-invitation-only executive briefing to hear from one of the nation's leading experts on the Affordable Care Act - popularly known as Obamacare - and how it will impact businesses.   Moreover, the speaker, William N. Lindsay, III , president of Lockton Employee Benefits Group , will offer sugges...

When it breaks, fix it immediately. That is the business strategy behind Benjamin Head ’s Shatter Buggy , an iPhone and iPad mobile repair business that uses a fleet of snappy smart cars to draw the public’s attention and make rapid repair calls to your home, your business, coffee shops and even gyms. Head, a former commercial airline pilot, launched Shatter Buggy in January 2012, realizing that e...

Why do some franchise stores succeed while so many others stumble or just get by? For a few powerful insights, look at  Which Wich Superior Sandwiches , a nationwide chain of popular restaurants focused on the “wich,” a customizable sandwich available in more than 50 varieties. On this week's Monday Morning Radio,  Jay Goldstein , partner and chief operating officer for 9 Which Wich outlets, inclu...

The ancient Greek, Diogenes of Sinope , went in search of an honest man.   Dafna Michaelson of Cincinnati went in search of problem solvers and idea generators.  She had better luck. In fact, Dafna, founder and president of The Journey Institute , traveled to all 50 states and Washington DC to hunt down people doing extraordinary things on behalf of their businesses and communities.   Dafna detest...

Shane DeRolf  is an eleven-time  Emmy Award -winning writer, producer, director, narrator, and composer.   He's also an entrepreneur who recognizes the huge potential market in educating and entertaining young children. Shane's latest venture, Yesterday's Zoo , is a unique monthly book club designed to teach kids about endangered species, while engaging their imaginations. Can Shane translate his...

Most businesses don't do them. Of those that do, very few do them well.  We're talking about workshops, seminars and webinars, which hold the potential to draw in new, loyal customers regardless of the nature of your business. Jean DiGiovanna is a workshop and webcast guru.  As founder of Workshop University , she teaches business professionals to design, develop and deliver high-impact presentati...

Jen Sincero uses foul language and in-your-face candor to get the attention of potential consulting clients and the media.  A one-time, self-described 'big fat looser,' Jen turned her life around and is now traveling the world advising others how to do likewise. Her latest book, You Are A Badass , builds on her success with two previous books quasi-autobiographical books, " Don't Sleep with Your D...

Year-Two of Monday Morning Radio arrives with a special delivery of entrepreneurial insights from London, England, where Tom Allason and his team at Shutl are preparing to rewrite the rules of retail delivery.    Relying on a network of existing local carriers - linked by Shutl's proprietary software platform, Allason says consumers in major cities throughout the United States will soon be able to...

Little girls can't grow up fast enough and their parents can't keep them little long enough. It's an age-old conundrum.  So Shelly Coffman , who worked in securities laws for an investment bank, sought out a happy medium for her own daughter who wanted to wear pierced earrings just like the Big Girls do.  Shelly invented Poppy Drops , a temporary tattoo that lets little girls enjoy all the fun of...

Gaining wisdom and practical solutions from one another is the premise that drives The Alternative Board , a global organization that brings together business owners in small peer-advisory groups that meet monthly to help one another. Founded in 1990, more than 13,000 business owners from Iowa to Ireland have joined "The Board."  This week on Monday Morning Radio , Jason P. Zickerman , president a...

Entrepreneur  Tim   Storm   sold his business, Fat Wallet , in September 2011, after more than a decade of pouring his heart and soul into the online consumer savings site.  The sale put  Tim  on a solid financial footing for the rest of his life. Tim 's has had time to reflect on his Fat Wallet days, and on this week's Monday Morning Radio ,  Tim  shares some of the most valuable decisions he mad...

Brad Kriser's growing chain of Kriser's all-natural pet food stores is taking a big bite out of the $51 billion pet industry pie. Launched in Chicago in 2006, Kriser's is expanding rapidly with more than 15 locations now in greater Chicago, Denver and Southern California. Brad and his Kriser's are the antidote to the big box pet food stores.  On this week's Monday Morning Radio, he shares the cust...

This week on Monday Morning Radio , a special tribute to music promotor Barry Fey , who became a millionaire and rock 'n roll legend organizing shows by U2 , Led Zeppelin , Black Sabbath , the Grateful Dead , The Who , Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Springsteen .  Fey, a two-time guest on Dean Rotbart and David Biondo 's radio program, Business Unconventional , died on April 28th at the age of 74.  He was...

Each of us has one secret to unlocking our true potential in business and in life.  In their new business book - The One Thing -  bestselling authors Gary Keller and Jay Papasan  chart the way for busy people to identify the one area of their lives that will allow them to accomplish much more by doing less.  Their book is published by Bard Press . On this week's Monday Morning Radio , Jay talks ab...

Adrian Van Zelfden is an author, an attorney, a CPA, an MBA and a magna cum laude graduate from the USAF Academy . Talk about underachievers!   Adrian, who is on the faculty at The Wizard Academy , advises small businesses and their owners how to safeguard their assets from legal predators and the IRS. On this week's Monday Morning Radio , Adrian discusses his new book, Fearless Business Ownership...

Aaron LaPedis  is one of the world's great treasure hunters.  His " Collect This! " television program on  PBS , which aired for seven years, reached 1.5 million viewers each month. On this week's edition of  Monday Morning Radio , Aaron reveals key strategies for discovering hidden treasures at garage sales and auctions.  He should know, he became a millionaire following his own advice - thus the...