The Small Business Radio Show

Segment 1: Eden Collinsworth is the author of a new book “Behaving Badly: The New Morality in Politics, Sex and Business”.  Segment 2: Adam Yore's research focuses on corporate governance and he is currently conducting studies in executive compensation, board structure, corporate investment, political corruption, and managerial integrity.  Segment 3: Joe Carlen is the co-founder of Value Guards, L...

Segment 1: Benjamin Waterhouse is a historian of business, politics, and capitalism in the United States. He is the author, most recently, of “The Land of Enterprise: A Business History of the United States”. Segment 2: Steve Mariotti left a successful business career in 1982 to become a public high school teacher in New York City’s roughest neighborhoods.  In 1987, he founded the Network for Teac...

Segment 1: Deb Gabor was born to brand. She is the founder and brand dominatrix of Sol Marketing, a brand strategy consultancy obsessed with building winning brand and author of Branding is Sex: Get Your Customers Laid and Sell the Hell Out of Anything. Segment 2: Jackie Huba is author of four best-selling books, including three on customer loyalty. Her book Monster Loyalty: How Lady Gaga Turns Fo...

Segment 1: Andy Molinsky is a professor of organizational behavior at Brandeis University’s International Business School, specializing in behavior change and cross-cultural interaction in business settings. He is author of “REACH: A New Strategy to Help You Step Outside Your Comfort Zone, Rise to the Challenge, and Build Confidence”.  Segment 2: Larry Robertson is the author of two award-winning...

Segment 1:Adam Bryant conducts interviews with chief executives for Corner Office, a weekly feature about leadership and management at the New York Times that he started in 2009. Adam is the author of “Quick and Nimble; Lessons from Leading CEOs on How to Create a Culture of Innovation.”  His first book, “The Corner Office: Indispensable and Unexpected Lessons from CEOs on How to Lead and Succeed,...

Segment 1: Sarah Shaw is a fashion entrepreneur, product designer and business coach. With her 20 years of experience, Sarah has built a treasure trove of secrets for launching your line, getting your products into stores and boutiques, and getting your products to A-List celebrities. Segment 2: Seth Merrin is an entrepreneur, global business leader and philanthropist who has reinvented how Wall S...

Segment 1: Gordon Leidner is the author of numerous books and articles about Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War. A board member of the Abraham Lincoln Institute, he maintains the website GreatAmericanHistory.net, where he provides free educational material to students and educators on Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and the American Revolution. His latest book is “The Leadership Secrets of...

Segment 1: Meg Schmitz brings enthusiasm and organization to the process of navigating the maze of franchise ownership and small business success. Her deep knowledge of small business started in the 1990s, when she opened the first of five Great Clips salons in the Chicago area.  Segment 2: Meg Schmitz continued. Segment 3: Hal Shelton uses his knowledge and expertise to help small businesses be s...

Segment 1: Jill Lublin is an international speaker on the topics of radical influence, publicity, networking, kindness, and referrals. She is the author of three best-selling books including “Get Noticed…Get Referrals” and co-author of “Guerilla Publicity” and “Networking Magic”. Segment 2: Ted Frank is a story strategist at Backstories Studio. He is the author of the book “Get to The Heart: How S...

Segment 1: Todd Sheldon is a long time financial entrepreneur. He has been involved with start-ups of both small cap and mid-cap companies and in countries worldwide advising presidents, congressman, and Fortune 500 billionaires. Segment 2: Mika Yamamoto is Chief Marketing Officer for the SMB Team for SAP WHO oversees the branding, lead generation and awareness driving efforts for SAP Business’ By...

Segment 1:Rick Peterson has coached some of baseball’s best pitchers in the past twenty years, including Cy Young Award winners and Hall of Famers. He is the co-author of the book “Crunch Time: How to Be Your Best When It Matters Most”. Segment 2:Laura Montcrieffe is the Global Innovation Director of Bamboo Worldwide and has helped guide global marquee brands in their successful innovation and new...

Segment 1: John Carroll is a Manager of Local Business Outreach at Yelp. He hosts informational sessions with local business owners across North America to educate them on best practices for navigating the world of online reviews. Segment 2: Amber Colley is a Senior Vice President with Dun & Bradstreet who brings 20 years experience working with businesses of all sizes to help them grow and prospe...

Segment 1: Steven D. Strauss is one of "the country's leading small business experts". His column in USATODAY.com is one of the most highly syndicated business columns in the world. He is the author of fifteen books, including “The Small Business Bible”. Segment 2: Jania Bailey is CEO of FranNet Under her tenure, the company has seen an astonishing 18-fold increase in system-wide revenue. For the...

Segment 1: Tom Hogan is co-founder of Crowded Ocean, a Silicon Valley-based marketing firm that specializes in launching startups. The company has launched over 40 startups to date, including some of technology’s market leaders, such as Palo Alto Networks, Nimble Storage and Sumo Logic.  Segment 2: Julie Benezet has devoted her professional life to building companies, real estate and careers. She...

Segment 1: Jeremy Cage, author of ALL DREAMS ON DECK, is President of The Cage Group, which focuses on unleashing the full potential of businesses and people.  He has held senior management positions at Procter and Gamble and PepsiCo. Segment 2: Melissa Greenwell is the author of MONEY ON THE TABLE:  How to Increase Profits Through Gender-Balanced Leadership (Greenleaf Book Group, January 2017). ...

Segment 1: Randy Cohen has more than 25 years of CEO experience and significant expertise in entrepreneurial ventures. He grew his current company from infancy to $70M in revenue, high profitability, and global prominence as a market leader. In 1990, Cohen founded TicketCity. Seven years later, he launched the ticket industry’s first e-commerce website devoted to major sporting and entertainment e...

Segment 1: Thomas Gagliano says he grew up as a bully and struggled to overcome his own addictions. He wrote two books about it: “The Problem Was Me”, landed on the bestseller list, and his second title is, “Don’t Put Your Crap in Your Kid’s Diaper: The Clean Up Can Last a Lifetime”. Segment 2: Captain David Smith, PhD, is an active duty U.S. Navy Captain and Associate Professor of Sociology in th...

Segment 1: Evan Carmichael coaches entrepreneurs for peak performance. At 19, he built then sold a biotech software company. At 22, he was a venture capitalist helping raise $500K to $15 million.  Segment 2: Mitchell Levy is the AHA Guy of AHAthat.com and CEO and Thought Leader Architect at THiNKaha.com. He and his team make it easy for corporations to easily create compelling content that help tu...

Segment 1: Bill Munn, author of “WHY MAKE EAGLES SWIM? Embracing Natural Strengths in Leadership & Life”, is a leadership coach, speaker, former Dow 30 top executive with an MBA, and former university teacher of finance and economics.   Segment 2:Dushyant Sukhija, author of “The Cisco Way: Leadership Lessons Learned from One of the World’s Greatest Technology Services Companies”, is a former execu...

Segment 1: Rich Kahn is recognized as a security expert and one of the more notable search engine marketing gurus in the advertising industry. He is the CEO of eZanga.com, an online advertising services company that was founded with his wife.  Segment 2: Darren Guccione is the CEO and Co-founder of Keeper Security, Inc., creator of Keeper, the world’s most popular password manager and secure digit...

Segment 1: Mike Pile is president and creative director of Uppercase Branding, a verbal identity firm that specializes in creating powerful and evocative brand names for new companies, products and features.  Segment 2: Melanie Gass is an engaging speaker who is passionate about cloud technology and helping SMBs find the technology to achieve their dreams. As the Sr. Business Development Manager f...

Segment 1: Dale Beaumont is an award-winning technology entrepreneur, international speaker and author of 16 best-selling books. He started his first business at age 19 and has been building companies ever since. With a passion to give back, Dale’s goal is to help more than one million entrepreneurs around the world with BRiN, the world’s first business advisor powered by artificial intelligence. ...

Segment 1: Christine Mason has been a leader in the tech sector for twenty years as the venture backed founder and CEO of several companies. She is the curator of nine TEDxs, the convener of Naked Conversations, and founder of LoveSpring. She is the author of the new book “Indivisible”.  Segment 2: Samuel Bacharach is the author of “THE AGENDA MOVER” and a Professor at Cornell University.  His is...

Segment 1: Anthony Iannarino is an international speaker, author, and sales leader. His blog draws an average of 50,000 readers every month. He is the author of “The Only Sales Guide You Will Ever Need”. Segment 2: Stephen Kane is Founder and CEO of ArbiClaims, an online dispute resolution platform. He’s a startup and small business attorney who's represented his own small business clients for ove...

Segment 1: Dan Roam is the author of the international bestseller “The Back of the Napkin”, the most popular visual-thinking business book of all time. Fast Company, BusinessWeek, and The Times of London all named The Back of the Napkin the #1 creativity and innovation book of the year. Dan is the founder and president of Digital Roam Inc., a management-consulting firm that uses visual thinking to...