The Secret Art of Business

Mark Henson started in radio and has now traveled full circle, leveling up to a "friendly, believable, and positively real dad-next-door" voice actor. Mark has always been a creative person and his career reflects this as he is an author, an entrepreneur, and a creator of characters with his voice. Treat yourself and follow Mark on the socials, he's made fun an artform and he is a pretty talented...

Julie Chambers is the Owner of Chambers Music Studio, which was a very natural step as she has been teaching since 2008. She has her state teachers license, Bachelor’s and Master’s in music education, Kodaly certification, Music Pedagogy diploma, and has begun her Estill Voice Training....  whew! She has numerous teachers working for her to teach K-12 as well as adults. You would be in very good h...

Jeanette Armburst is a Certified Coach and Owner of Greenlight Leadership Consulting Group (tune in and listen to me destroy that name, LOL!) I've been an admirer of Jeanette's leadership for a very long time as well as her career path that involved a stroll down Sesame Street. Big teams, small teams, she had lead them all and can coach you on your path, too. https://greenlightleaders.com Photo cr...

Tom Katzenmeyer is the President and CEO of The Greater Columbus Arts Council and could not be a bigger champion for the arts. GCAC strategically allocates public funds to the arts; help artists, educators and arts organizations to thrive; and, find ways to connect artists to the community. I was incredibly honored to talk with him about how he got here and what GCAC is tackling for the future. To...

Who better to understand the importance of art in business than Dr. Melanie Corn, President of the Columbus College of Art and Design? Dr. Corn is in the unique position of running an organization that attracts students that sometimes only know that they can draw. CCAD takes their raw talent and graduates a workforce that can bring innovation, creative problem solving, and talent for all areas of...

Nicole Provillon did a hard turn in her career and chose to built a dream. Nicole is the founder and owner of Kurly Kürtősh, a bakery featuring a chimney cake (known as kürtőskalács in Hungarian). These pastries feature a crispy, flavorful outside and a soft & fluffy inside designed to hit your sweet spot—and your heart. Her story as to how she got hear is a real treat, too. https://www.kurlyk...

Devin Goetz is a Sr. Art Director, Graphic Designer, and Artist driven by a love for studio and design arts. Devin is a true artist with a degree to prove it, but he knows that the learning and growing go well beyond graduation day as he constantly challenges himself to reach farther in his career. He is a self-proclaimed nerd of anything with sustainability through mass market or brands. https://...

Is your creative genius in art, marketing, events, or the spoken word? Marshall Shorts does all this. He is a creative director and designer in Columbus, Ohio, by way of Cleveland. Founder of Artfluential, a design consultancy that brings culturally informed creative direction, strategy, and design to businesses, agencies, and creatives. He is also the co-founder of Creative Control Fest, an annua...

Kennedy Watkins is working on a degree in coding but is also the CEO and founder of Gilded Teas. Kennedy started coding at a young age but was also drawn to music. With a lot of hard work, she was awarded the Gold Award, the highest award recognized by the Girl Scouts, and will quickly make you feel like an underachiever because she is also balancing an entrepreneur life at the helm of Gilded Teas...

Merry Korn is the Owner and CEO of Pearl Interactive Network, Inc., a social enterprise that blends a for-profit business with a social mission that provides work opportunities to people with barriers to employment. The company employs over 1,100 employees and is registered for business in 31 states. Merry has also worked in the community with various groups with excellent results. In her spare ti...

Robert Coles is the Senior Director of Digital and Creative Services at Stanford University. Robert started with a degree in art and strategically plotted a course for a role he truly loves. He is now an experienced Creative Services Director with a demonstrated history of working in higher education and retail. Robert is skilled in photography, logo design, branding & identity, Adobe Indesign...

Rachel Friedman is the Founder + CEO at TENFOLD and TENSPACE, and for 30 years, her professional career has been dedicated to building brands through the lens of culture. As CEO of TENFOLD and TENSPACE, her team helps clients uncover what makes them special - leveraging their secret sauce as a source of competitive advantage to win. Rachel has been fortunate to combine her passion and unique educa...

Andrea Bergstein is the Founder, CEO, and creator of Scribblitt. Scribblitt is a website where children can go to have their stories taken seriously and have them actually published. Andrea's idea for a business was based on the passion reflected by her children, and there is really no more true form of creativity than with children. She also knew that her child could not be the only one wanting t...

Neal Bell has owned and operated White Rock Media since 1999, helping advertisers reach their customers via paid media for over twenty years. In 2015, Neal founded Maamos Kitchen, a company dedicated to helping people cook at home more easily via a range of ready-to-cook meal kits produced and sold at grocery stores throughout Ohio (and beyond). What is his creative outlet? You are going to have t...

Bill Troy is the Co-Founder of The Polaris Institute. The Polaris Institute is a community of people utilizing the Polaris Process(TM), a science-based approach to life optimization through neurological performance. He is also the author of the book "CLICKSAND: How Online Marketing Will Destroy Your Business (And the Unlikely Secret to Saving It)" and it is described as an explosive wake-up call a...

Denise And Dennis Blankemeyer are Co-Owners of Crow Works and Ghostwriter Public House. Even if you have never heard of Crow Works, I can almost guarantee that you have sat upon their American-made furniture. And Ghostwriter? That is a fabulous place to eat, book a room, or plan your next event. Denise and Dennis have made for TV story of love and an artistic business that you can listen to here....

Cindy Monroe is the Founder of Thirty-One Gifts and the author of "More Than a Bag," most importantly, she is helping women create the businesses and lives they've always wanted for the last 20 years. Cindy has also received numerous awards for her business and her leadership. In this podcast, she talks about business and Barbies and how this all connects to how she got to where she is today. List...

Kristin Harper worked in Corporate America for 20 years before founding Driven to Succeed, an award-winning global market research and consulting firm. Based on her experience with iconic brands, she now offers her clients four core services: EthnoGraphics™, Better Ideaz™ Brainstorming, The Collaboratory Concept Lab, Speaking, Training & Consulting. You can learn more about Kristin and her bus...

David Pullan is the Founder and Director at The Story Spotters. David and The Story Spotters offer coaching, training, and consulting. They take the moments that matter and help you ignite them through the art, craft, and science of story. They will help you use story in four ways. The stories you spot, shape, and share. The stories you trigger through your behavior. The stories you hear through p...

Amy Franko is the Founder and Owner of Amy Franko Associates, where she helps organizations transform sales culture, ignite sales growth, and build high-impact leaders through her strategic selling programs. With a childhood full of sports and a writing talent, Amy is now an author and is recognized as a LinkedIn Top Sales Voice. Amy is the leading expert in modern sales strategies—including in-de...

Kent Johnson is the CEO of Highlights for Children and Advocate for Children, yes, that Highlights for Children. He has such a great story; he started his career as a scientist and joined the family business because he believes in everything they do. At Highlights, they believe that childhood is a short, sweet season and that season is critically important. Everything that Kent and his team do at...

Alexander V. Johnson is a Founding Partner of Mixt Solutions, leading it to be one of the fastest-growing companies in America, according to Inc. Magazine. Alexander discovered early on that by pivoting the company in a completely new direction, they could grow quickly by helping clients achieve better results in Amazon sales. Since then, they have consulted and grown some of the largest brands in...

Donte Woods Spikes defines himself as a storyteller but is also an author, filmmaker, TEDx speaker, educator, and Founder of Empathize With Me. His perspective on education is from the front lines, and from that experience, he became the storyteller for education, the arts, and so much more. Tune in and stay tuned as he is soon leveling up to develop more content to share with the world and keep t...

Corey Jones is The Safety Man. Corey started with a love for karate, then had a career in law enforcement, and now consults with multi-billion-dollar companies in safety, security, and survival, preparing them for emergencies. He will speak about anything that keeps you worrying, including how to keep your children safe when involved with law enforcement. How does a person like this disengage? Dog...

Mario Bekes is the Founder of Insight Intelligence and acts as an architect and designer of solutions in corporate investigations, human intelligence, and surveillance techniques in government and corporate sectors. He may be the greatest Visionary I have ever met. During his childhood, he imagined a life beyond being a 14-year-old soldier and created one beyond his dreams. Mario's story is riveti...