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Send us Fan Mail Join Carrie Richardson , Partner at Richardson & Richardson Consulting and Founder of Croocial as she asks entrepreneurs an important question, "What's Important Now?" Starting with his founders journey, and ending with his latest WIN,  this week's guest is Michael Cervino from Circle Square Consulting in Pennsylvania. Michael has built a business in three...

Send us Fan Mail Carrie Richardson , partner at Richardson & Richardson Consulting and founder of the content collaboration company, Croocial , hosts today's episode of WIN! Angela Chryplewicz , the co-owner of Lasting Impressions in Canton Michigan is the second entrepreneur from this business to appear on WIN! Listen to Carla Ejaz's WIN recording about Lasting Impressions and the c...

Send us Fan Mail What if we told you that being an engineer and running a successful business is not only possible but can also be enjoyable? Carrie Richardson , Partner at Richardson & Richardson Consulting , is your host for this episode of  What's Important Now. Meet James Riley , a remarkable engineer-turned-entrepreneur, who has grown a small IT services startup in Tucson, Arizona, i...

Send us Fan Mail Join Carrie Richardson and her guest, Harrison Leffel-Jones , Executive Director of the Lansing Regional SmartZone . In this episode of WIN, Harrison shares an overview of how the Lansing Smart Zone assists new and existing entrepreneurs. Learn how you can connect with other experts, mentors and start-up enthusiasts in mid-Michigan.   Carrie Richardson and Ian Richardson host the...

Send us Fan Mail Dave Cava grew his MSP to an impressive 10MM in annual revenue prior to his exit in 2017.  Post-exit, he joined Shawn Walsh as a partner in Encore Strategic , a consulting and strategic planning group.  When he first joined Encore, Dave was primarily responsible for recruiting talent for their growing MSP clients.  Shawn and Dave have co-authored a book inspired by (and licensed b...

Send us Fan Mail Jamison West is a serial entrepreneur who has founded, and scaled multiple technology, services, and software as a service companies, including Arterian, SmileBack , TimeZest , ConnectStrat and now, in partnership with Doxa , MSP Talent . Jamison, unlike many founders in the MSP space, started his entrepreneur career with a business education, not a technical education.    We star...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another WIN podcast featuring an EY Entrepreneur of the Year nominee! Ali Dirul is the founder and CEO of Ryter Cooperative Industries.   They are an L3C corporation - and if you don't know what that is, you're not alone!  Not all state recognize low profit limited liability corporations.  Tune in to learn more about this unique business status! One of Ali&apo...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another podcast from our EY Entrepreneur of the Year interview series.  At the age of 15, war forced Maria Marin to flee from her home in Nicaragua.  She immigrated to the US alone, she did not speak English, and she had $200 to her name. Fast forward many years, Maria is the founder and CEO of Unlimited Recycling and this year, was nominated for the EY Entrepreneur of...

Send us Fan Mail This is the first interview in our EY Entrepreneur of the Year series. We're beginning with regional finalists in our local area - Michigan/Ohio. And it's an incredible story of triumph, resilience and innovation.  I'm fortunate enough to have Carla Ejaz (and in subsequent interviews, both of her business partners) featured on WIN this week.    I'm very excited...

Send us Fan Mail You're in for a treat this week!  An extra ten minutes of WINning!  Joe Cardillo is the founder of The Early Manager , a coaching firm that supports job seekers and new managers.  My interview with Joe went long.  Really long.   I learned so much about diversity, power, accountability, transparency and alignment that it was almost impossible to edit it into 20 minutes.  It wa...

Send us Fan Mail In 2008, Kathryn Rose went from Wall Street power broker to being an unemployed new mother and a caregiver for a sick parent almost overnight. Unable to take on a full time role, she reached out to her large network and asked what they needed help with.   Someone asked her if she could help them rank on the front page of Google. Like a boss, Kathryn said of course - then set out t...

Send us Fan Mail Ben Chappell has had a long career in the technology space, working with both Solutions Granted (you can see Michael Crean, CEO of Solutions Granted on a previous episode of WIN) and Ingram Micro . Ben took on a new challenge, working with international technology security software application firm We Bridge. We Bridge focused on bringing new, internationally founded firms to the...

Send us Fan Mail Chris Johnson is a cybersecurity compliance strategist at heart.  As a former MSP, Johnson focused on helping small to mid-size businesses make the strategic IT decisions and technology implementations that improved their cybersecurity posture.  He is currently CompTIA’s senior director of cybersecurity programs and ex-officio chairperson of the CompTIA Security Community. In this...

Send us Fan Mail Scott Cooley started his business at the age of 13.  He installed some of the first wired networks in Honolulu.  Indevtech was founded in 2010, and was recently honored by Pacific Business News as one of the fastest growing companies in Hawaii. Indevtech has been growing aggressively, focused on adding new team members while maintaining the Aloha Spirit that they are known for.  I...

Send us Fan Mail Join Carrie Richardson , partner at Richardson & Richardson consulting as she asks Ryan Grimes , CEO of My IT Indy ; "What's Important Now?" Ryan started in technology back in the early 80’s when he got an Apple II with 64K of memory. No hard drive. No user interface. No operating system. He played games he built himself, spent the next decade taking apart compu...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to W.I.N. (what's important now?) - the entrepreneurial podcast where we dive into business challenges, achievements, and opportunities! Join your host, Ian Richardson , from Richardson & Richardson Consulting as he explores what entrepreneurs care about and focus on. This week, Ian dives into the types of growth every MSP should focus on. Carrie Richardson and Ia...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to W.I.N. (what's important now?) - the entrepreneurial podcast where we dive into business challenges, achievements, and opportunities! Join your host, Ian Richardson , from Richardson & Richardson Consulting as he explores what entrepreneurs care about and focus on. This week, Ian reflects on the importance of developing processes and building documentation. Car...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to W.I.N. (what's important now?) - the entrepreneurial podcast where we dive into business challenges, achievements, and opportunities! Join your host, Ian Richardson , from Richardson & Richardson Consulting as he explores what entrepreneurs care about and focus on. This week, Ian dives into the services R&R have to offer. Carrie Richardson and Ian Richardso...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to W.I.N. (what's important now?) - the entrepreneurial podcast where we dive into business challenges, achievements, and opportunities! Join your host, Ian Richardson , from Richardson & Richardson Consulting as he explores what entrepreneurs care about and focus on. This week, Ian hosts Greg Schaffer , Founding Principal of vCISO Services , launched in 2017 to c...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to W.I.N. (what's important now?) - the entrepreneurial podcast where we dive into business challenges, achievements, and opportunities! Join your host, Ian Richardson , from Richardson & Richardson Consulting as he explores what entrepreneurs care about and focus on. This week, Ian hosts Erica Owens , Founder of Frugal on the Fly , a nonprofit encouraging people...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to W.I.N. (what's important now?) - the entrepreneurial podcast where we dive into business challenges, achievements, and opportunities! Join your host, Ian Richardson , from Richardson & Richardson Consulting as he explores what entrepreneurs care about and focus on. This week, Ian hosts Jennifer Brine , Co-Founder and CEO of aneufit , a fitness company focusing...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to W.I.N. (what's important now?) - the entrepreneurial podcast where we dive into business challenges, achievements, and opportunities! Join your host, Ian Richardson , from Richardson & Richardson Consulting as he explores what entrepreneurs care about and focus on. This week, Ian hosts Anna Maria Florio , the owner of La Cucina at the Market . ANNA MARIA FLORIO...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to W.I.N. (what's important now?) - the entrepreneurial podcast where we dive into business challenges, achievements, and opportunities! Join your host, Ian Richardson , from Richardson & Richardson Consulting as he explores what entrepreneurs care about and focus on. This week, Ian hosts Laura Biggerstaff from IRON ELK . Laura Biggerstaff is the owner of IRON ELK...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to W.I.N. (what's important now?) - the entrepreneurial podcast where we dive into business challenges, achievements, and opportunities! Join your host, Ian Richardson , from Richardson & Richardson Consulting as he explores what entrepreneurs care about and focus on. This week, Ian hosts Steve Taylo r from RocketMSP . Steve is an IT Professional who has launched...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to W.I.N. (what's important now?) - the entrepreneurial podcast where we dive into business challenges, achievements, and opportunities! Join your host, Ian Richardson , from Richardson & Richardson Consulting as he explores what entrepreneurs care about and focus on. This week, Ian hosts Andrew McIntosh , Founder of 1st Generation Entrepreneurs. Andrew is a life-...