Small Business Celebration

Richard Middlebrook, Founding Partner of Middlebrook and Associates, guides us on keeping your business interesting to you, finding the right community involvement for business exposure, the science behind DUI, and...the simple question that can change your business forever.

Jeannie Wells, the Managing Member of Jim's Honey Farm, LLC., guides us on teaching your children how to hire, growing beyond the farmer's market, being one of the first women to work in the California oil fields, and...transporting beehives without a bee suit?

Kristin Hagan, Partner at Hagan-Denison, LLP. (Preparing Emotionally for Legal Action) guides us on opening your own business first versus working for someone else first, don't performing for other people, and...paddle boarding and open delta?

Trevor Smith, owner of Cool Pools, guides us on educating your customers on evolving technology and products, employing siblings, mentorship through networking, and...glamping to save the soul?

Cal De Jager, Managing Partner at Western Sky Dairy, guides us on what to do during volatile markets, how to develop a positive workforce, how to handle growing pains, and...influenced by reading Les Miserables?

Jamie Michelle Pena, owner of Bridges of Kern Accounting (Needing Certifications to Run Your Business), guides us on how trust equals influence, starting business late in life, how to run a virtual business without being "big brother" to your employees, and...hip hop dancing to cleans the soul?

Rick Mossman, owner of Mossman's Coffee Shops and Catering (Creating A Small Business Exit Strategy) guides us on family not wanting to keep on the family tradition, national trends vs what your customers want, working for dead guys, and...legos to relax your mind?

Bret Sill, with Sill Properties (You Can't Use The Same Technology Your Dad Did), guides us on discerning which technologies to invest in, when to give to charities and when to start your own, and...creating culture with a snowboard?

Alison Hickman, owner of Alchemy Interiors and Events (Finding New Contacts In New Places), guides us on whether we still need a website anymore, being a strong woman navigating in a business world, and...why being a mother of five in the business world makes you relatable.

Dave Plivelich, Founder / President of The Marcom Group - Helping Worker Productivity in a Virtual Business, guides us on making a risky investment successful, retaining the past principles of success in modern-day technology, and...the best business advice comes from a wine club?

Dale Hill, President and CEO of Hill Threaded Products, Inc., guides us on how to build your business so you can take Fridays off, how to develop a leadership team anew, how to find new industries to even out your revenue stream, and...vending machines that don't sell soda pop and candy?

Steve Magar, owner of Kern Valuation Services (How to Interface with the Public) guides us on trusting an employee to help your business, being an introvert in public, growing your business through your connections, and...running out of air in a wreck?

This special episode features, Morgan Clayton, Tom Maxwell, and Lance & Sue England (Creating / Being a Part of Something Bigger than You) who guide us on discerning when to advertise with non-profits for name recognition and when it's the right thing to to do, understanding what to do with your money once you've earned it, getting purpose from those who influence you, and...giving without asking...

Sue Watson, a woman business owner coach of Business Initiatives (Life By Design vs By Default), guides us on talking about business failures, not tolerating bad office behavior, having value vs being useful, and...stealing tv money for cigarettes?

Michael Hansen, President of Advanced Data Storage, guides us on how to make family time from your business, putting your stamp on your business without bankrupting it, engaging business competition to be partners, and...does your father make you use a Yellow Pages ad?

Jeff Bitten, CEO of Pitch59 (How to Find the Best Employees in This Tight Job Market), guides us on how to put together a sales system that works, how to develop the talent you need from within, how to find the best vendors for your business, and...going to one of the happiest places on earth to talk technology?

Leland Davis, owner of Explorer Travel and Tours (getting ready for business travel), guides us on enjoying trips to their fullest, the truth about travel expenses, reading the fine print on online orders, where to experience the best meals, and...is SANTA in the house?

Josette Kouyomjian, owner of Number 46, guides us on have permission to have your own personal style, helping customers "feel free to be themselves," how influencers can make, or break, a brand, how to break "fast fashion," and...what does a janitor say when he jumped out of the closet?

Keandra Sandifer, owner of Knappy Hair, guides us on helping your customers feel a sense of community, growing your business as a single parent, how owning your business can make you feel more confident, and...how much easier life is when you're not pretending to be someone you're not!

Rabbi Jonathan Klein, rabbi at Temple Beth El in Bakersfield, CA (how to gain and retain the employees you need to grow your business), guides on the number one question sent to us on social media for the third year in a row: "Is it morally okay to have a financially successful business?" In addition, we talk about, how to overcome a merger that doesn't go well, and...with which hand do you light...

Lance and Sue England, owners of LS England Designs, guides us on how to tell between good and bad advice, small business giving during the holidays, why volunteering is fun!, setting boundaries when you and your spouse own the business...and...does "fear stop death?"

Carl Frank, owner of Bud's Brake and Wheel Parts, guides us on spreading the word about your business without the gimmicks, why having inventory on hand beats Amazon, how to help your spouse's unconventional business...and how do you train a 17-year old to take over your business?

Tom Maxwell, partner with Keathley, Maxwell, and Antongiovanni, (Get-Away's as Special "Thank You") guides us on how to use get-away's as a special "thank you" to you best clients and how to use them as an effective sales tool, what to look for when investing into other small businesses, worrying about other people's reality, and..."I can't believe I helped do this?'"

David Oxley, owner of Oxley Pest Control, guides us on defining your second plan, buying new vs used vehicles, how do plan for surprise expenses, using companies much larger than yours for forecasting...and what do you do when your employee's truck drives off a cliff?!

Anna Marie Frank, owner of Happy Whole You, guides us on having boundaries to protect your brand, how different everyone is the same, emotional blockage preventing you from being successful, and...how do you fight depression as a woman business owner?