The Riderflex Podcast: Inspiring & Hiring

Companies Owned by Investment Firms | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Is the company your working for currently owned by a PE firm? Private equity and other investment firms can be a huge benefit for companies wanting to grow. Beyond the money, they can provide resources and tools that the company might never have had access to. However, along with the benefits for growth, there can be chang...

Move Away From People That Are Full of BS | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing In life and business you are always going to run into people that are full of BS. Embellishments, ego, and made up stories can come from those we have in our lives. It's important to cut yourself loose from these people as often and quickly as you can. People who continually lie and embellish what's actually happenin...

Navigating Comedy in Today's Environment and Culture - Shelby Dash & Kristina Clifford from Take2Content | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Shelby Dash & Kristina Clifford, both professionally trained comedic actresses, started making comedy videos "just for fun" in 2015. It started out as a passion project and it turned into a career, when various brands & businesses started appr...

Lawn and Cleaning Service Can Change Your Life | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Opportunity cost. Everybody talks about them and big they can be for business owners, executives or busy professionals. However, most people only think of the big things in business. There are smaller tasks and "time sucks" that could be fixed with very little cost to individuals. Get back your time. Use it to i...

Steve Gallion, CEO; MedTrainer | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Steve’s passion for people and eye for market opportunities have led him to build several companies over the past 15 years that have brought benefit to healthcare. Steve holds multiple degrees from the University of California Riverside in Business Economics as well as his Juris Doctorate from California Southern Law. In his fr...

Win Your Customers For Life | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing It's extremely rare to find customers service that truly is a level that takes care of the customers. In today's hurried and instant gratification society, most service or goods providers are doing "just enough" to get the job done. Some providers will even make it appear to be the customer's fault if the company messes up. Days o...

The Value Of Personal Growth - Mike Fata, Co-Founder; Fata & Fleishman | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Mike Fata is an experienced entrepreneur, investor and mentor. He is working to build a world class portfolio of natural product companies. Mike is the co-founder of Fata & Fleishman. He is also an author, a keynote speaker, host of the Founder to Mentor podcast, Global Growth Adv...

Key Resources For Entrepreneurs Starting A Business | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Starting and growing a business can be one of the best experiences ever. It can also be one of the scariest experiences if you don't have the right team in place. Some of the most important people on your team don't have to be full time employees, but fractional functions that can guide you in the most impo...

Why Don't We Invest In Our Own Communities - Chris Krehmeyer, President & CEO; Beyond Housing | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Chris Krehmeyer is currently the President/CEO of Beyond Housing, a Neighborworks America organization in St. Louis, Missouri. He has served in that capacity since 1993. Beyond Housing is a nationally recognized community development organization dedicated to cr...

I Want Someone That Sold Purple Office Chairs | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing The emphasis that companies put on only talking to job candidates that have very specific experience is a waste of time and money. Yes, there are jobs that need to have experience. Brain surgeon, pilot, astronaut…. However, looking at a person's "soft skills" over specific experience exponentially opens up your p...

Chris Dreyer, CEO & Founder; Rankings | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Chris Dreyer is the CEO & Founder of Rankings.io. Rankings.io is an SEO agency for personal injury lawyers. Simply put, Rankings.io helps law firms grow their business with first-page rankings. They’ve helped hundreds of law firms get first page positions in search engines using innovative campaigns that are diff...

How To Reduce The Homeless Population - David Friedlander; Real Estate Innovation Consultant & Founder at Run. Haus | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing David is a global real estate authority who can be directly linked to many of the past decade's most innovative real-estate projects, people, initiatives, and technology. With a focus on market affordability, efficiency, and climate adaptat...

Rewarding Long Term Employees | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Current market conditions has forced many companies to focus on resigning employees. Their efforts are spent interviewing, hiring, and replacing these employees that left. This effort sometimes requires companies to increase their offers and "sweeten" the pot. However, there should also be a focus on the employees that have been...

Real Stories, From Real Entrepreneurs - Highlight Reel #14 | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Starting and growing a business takes a tremendous amount of confidence. Taking that leap of faith will be cheered, but also critiqued by many. It's too risky... How will you pay the bills... Aren't you scared of the competition... Every entrepreneur has a little fear that it may not work. However, t...

Not Your Business Model | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing The best magical words for any business owner are: Sorry, that's just not our business model. Running a business can be hard and many times, potential clients will want you to change your model that can create a tremendous amount of risk. Being able to walk away is incredibly refreshing. https://youtu.be/CMih9qdaWnk CEO, Steve Urban,...

The Value Of Knowing Yourself - Ray Riley; CEO, Progress Retail | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Ray Riley is the Chief Executive Officer of Progress Retail, an operations and learning platform for retailers and brands. Born in Michigan to college professors, Ray rebelled in early 2009, and left college after two semesters to expand a wholesale company he started earlier that year dealing i...

Strategy Sprints: 12 Ways To Accelerate Growth For An Agile Business - Simon Severino, Business Strategy Advisor | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing SIMON SEVERINO is a Mentor, Investor, and Advisor to B2B teams. In 19 years of entrepreneurship, he's executed hundreds of go-to-market strategies with B2B teams around the globe. Simon has scaled his own consultancy and has retired from operation...

Problem With Someone, Go Directly To Them | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Are you at odds with someone you work with? Maybe a friend, family member or colleague? If you are, the process of strong communication and clearing up problems has been lost. Many people will try to communicate through others or using technology. However, there is no substitute for "good ole fashioned" face to face...

What Is Linkability? - Kim Peterson Stone; CEO, Linkability | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Kim Peterson Stone is a three-time business founder, keynote speaker, and leading LinkedIn strategist that has amassed a global following of over 225,000 on LinkedIn. Not only has she authored hundreds of articles on LinkedIn and became a verified thought leader, but she has helped her clients do th...

Working With A Sibling - Jake Brantley, CEO; Mindpass | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Jake is a passionately driven engineer and entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience developing innovative solutions in industries including software development in mobile, web and engineering applications, nuclear fusion R&D and next generation nuclear power and design. He started and served as C...

Audit Your Onboarding Process | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Are you the owner or leader of a company and feel like your onboarding process is in excellent shape? Most companies that have been operating for awhile tend to lean on older hiring and onboarding practices for new employees. Owners and leaders, you might want to review your won process as if you were a new employee. You could b...

Job Candidates and Their Social Media - Amanda Krulj, AVP, Talent Acquisition; Chevron Federal Credit Union | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Amanda Krulj is the AVP of Talent Acquisition at Chevron Federal Credit Union. Amanda started at CFCU at a Financial Service Rep and worked her way to her leadership role over the last 10 years. Amanda has always been a people person! She loves getting...

Marketing Professionals Who Don't Make Their Bed | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Have you ever looked at the website or social media efforts from a marketing company that is trying to sell you their service? Whether you're offering Marketing services or some other service, make sure your own company is strong in these disciplines. https://youtu.be/9CAagXQUxMY CEO, Steve Urban, shares advic...

Thoughts On Social Government - Nick Cavuoto, Chief Brand Manager; The Cavuoto Company | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Nick Cavuoto is a serial entrepreneur, global leader, and master coach who is dedicated to seeing people succeed with his revolutionary, no bulls*** approach to business growth and personal transformation. Since his early twenties, Nick has "the best kept secret" behind Fo...

Most Special Part About Being An Entrepreneur | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Many people have great ideas about a business they'd love to start. A product that improves everyday life, or a service that helps other people achieve their own goals. A few of these people will actually achieve their dream of starting and growing that business. However, one of the most special parts of being an...