Winning Business Radio

Paul Smith, President of Datasmith Network Solutions, joined me to talk about technology and how it can make people’s lives easier. Paul inherited Datasmith Network Solutions in 2000, after the untimely death of his father, and has been its fearless leader ever since. The company has become a leading IT firm that delivers best-in-class, customized technology solutions. Paul's drive and determinati...

Paul LaFlamme – founder, CEO and President of Centrend, Inc. and its subsidiary company Whiz Kid Support, talks about his more than 20 years’ experience managing information systems to create competitive advantage. With a diverse background in manufacturing, non-profit, and service-related industries, Paul has dedicated his career to helping customers achieve REAL business results by balancing the...

Ed McPherson, founder and CEO of Proactive Philanthropy, talks about his highly innovative and unique organization that focuses on converting surplus capital goods (from real estate to lab equipment) from companies into charitable funding. Ed says regarding Proactive Philanthropy, “Most non-profit organizations are starved for funding. And most non-profit organizations compete day in and day out f...

Thomas Ricciardelli founded SelecTech in 1993 with the mission of creating valuable products from recycled materials. He has over 20 years’ experience with developing unique polymer blends to meet demanding technical requirements and holds several patents for products and processes using recycled materials. Tom has an MS degree in Chemical Engineering from MIT, and an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School o...

Michele Cuthbert, founder, strategist and creative director of Baker Creative talks about her career, the award-winning agency she started 17 years ago and their branding and strategy work. Baker has won 30+ national and international awards in graphic design, video, social media, public relations, reputation management and digital design. Michele is a recipient of the Columbus Business First “40...

Martha Slaight, partner at Commonwealth Financial Group, Certified Financial Planner, Certified Family Business Specialist, and Certified Business Exit Consultant, talks about her career literally from life on the family farm, to world travel in retail, to her 10-year passion of helping her clients grow and protect their assets. Martha has tremendous expertise in financial services, and yet always...

Richard Mandel, Personal Injury Attorney with Baker Law Offices, P.C. talks about his work advocating for the rights and protections of his clients after the disruptive impact of a traumatic injury. He empowers informed decisions by educating his clients regarding the merits and value of their claim. With a lengthy background defending insurance companies and insureds, Richard now passionately app...

Michael Eisner, VP of Franchise Development and Real Estate for Lapels Dry Cleaning, talks about his background, lessons learned and career journey that prepared him for success. After a 15-year career in sales and management for one of the largest privately held technology companies in the world, Michael was looking for a change. In 2001, Michael became the first franchisee for Lapels Dry Cleanin...

Today my guest is Jenn Nash-Rogers, owner/designer of Willa James – a jewelry company with a purpose that offers artistic designs with profound meaning. Jenn was a guest in February 2020, and I asked her back since her official launch in May (in the midst of the pandemic). All of Willa James pieces are designed to be beautiful, and inspirational. With themes like Empowerment, Grief, Peace and Reco...

Keith founded Sales Renewal, an outsourced marketing agency offering the JointSourcing Solution™, as his answer to problems that he identified while working for previous companies. With JointSourcing™, both Sales Renewal and the client share risk & reward, so more results happen and small businesses therefore can afford enterprise-level marketing expertise and execution that they otherwise could n...

Don Nokes, President and Co-founder of NetCenergy - an Information Technology consulting firm based in Cranston, RI, talks about his career and entrepreneurial journey from the early days of computers to the current IT environment. He shares valuable lessons learned - some the hard way and some the easy way - for anyone running a business who needs IT services, or an aspiring entrepreneur with own...

Pam Oliver, founder and principal of Horizon Business Valuations LLC, has 20+ years’ experience as a CPA working with small to mid-size closely held businesses. Since 2000, Pam has focused on business valuation for marital dissolution, business and stockholder disputes, capital reorg, estate and gift tax planning, purchase and sales, buy-sell agreements, business planning and providing litigation...

Warren Rutherford, Owner & President, Rutherford Advisors, Inc. dba The Executive Suite, provides talent assessment, executive and professional staffing, executive and management coaching, and business transition planning from his Cape Cod Office. Warren works with his clients to create long-term results and growth. As such, he is often called upon to aid an ownership transition via a sale or acqu...

Daniel Flanagan, partner and financial advisor of Canby Financial Advisors, is on a lifelong mission to help other people. For his clients, Dan says that "it's a great privilege to give them greater confidence in managing one of the most important parts of their lives—the stewardship of their finances.” Dan brings more than 20 years of financial planning, wealth management, advisory, and tax and a...

Lori Coleman, co-owner of 4 Supporting Strategies franchises in MA, RI and NY, talks about her career journey as a technology company leader, entrepreneur and 2-time business owner. She and her business partner have a passion to solve "back office" problems for their clients. Supporting Strategies provides outsourced bookkeeping services for small to medium sized businesses, so they can focus on t...

Robert Way is the President of Robert Way Construction, Inc., a Norwood, MA-based construction company founded in 2004. RWC, Inc. provides residential remodeling services and insurance restoration work throughout the MetroWest and South Shore Massachusetts area. Rob has successfully transitioned from carpenter to business owner, through hard work and surrounding himself with people who know more t...

Marc E. Hankin, Esq., of Hankin Patent Law, APC, is a Registered Patent Attorney with a strong science background who has had extensive involvement as the lead lawyer in all areas of intellectual property law, including: patent preparation, prosecution, and licensing; trademark and copyright registration and licensing; intellectual property disputes and litigating patent, trademark, and copyright...

Naphtali Anderson – Coach, Trainer and Speaker, and part of the John Maxwell Team. His mission: take clients from vision to fruition and help them make the biggest positive impact possible. Tali founded Tiger Eye Leadership to help clients connect to their personal power by unlocking their authentic selves, then using that knowledge, to find clarity and purpose to create the success they want in a...

Jonathan Slain is the founder and principal of Audubon Consultants, a business growth strategy firm for contractors, staffing firms and tech companies. He utilizes EOS and Traction. Jonathan began his career in investment banking, owned a 5-unit fitness franchise including two of the highest producing units in the country, and was a master franchisor. He is the co-author of Rock the Recession: How...

Sami Azhari is a trial attorney and principal of Azhari LLC who has litigated and tried numerous cases in state and federal courts across the country. He has actively participated in all aspects of litigation, having taken and defended numerous depositions, including expert witnesses. He has engaged in fact and expert discovery and briefed and argued substantive motions. He has also worked on fede...

Michael Katz, "Chief Penguin" at Blue Penguin Development, is an award-winning humorist, author and former corporate marketer turned entrepreneur. Michael specializes in helping professional service firms and solos talk and write about their work in a way that is clear and compelling. Since launching Blue Penguin in 2000, Michael has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Busi...

Michael Barrett, Director – Investor Relations, of SMC Management Corporation, works with private investors and assists with project development. He has over thirty years of experience running deals and operating businesses. He has founded or run multiple businesses which he successfully exited. Over the last 11 years with SMC, Michael has completed 20 new real estate partnerships involving Class...

Steven Konowitz is the managing partner of Konowitz and Greenberg, a Wellesley, MA law firm which offers legal advice and representation in the disciplines of divorce, adoption and family law, trust and estate administration and planning, civil litigation, real estate, civil rights, and business law. He has run the firm since his graduation from George Washington University Law School in 1972. He...

Belle Walker, Founder and Lead Consultant of Belleview Consulting, talks about her experiences including Harvard, Google and HERE Technologies that led to the founding of her consulting firm, and how those experiences have enabled her to bring high value to her clients. In her master’s program at USC, she studied the application of systems engineering and operations research to organizations, and...

Peter Chatel, Founder and Principal of The Chatel Consulting Group, talks about his experiences at Arthur D. Little and The Coca-Cola Company, and how those rich experiences have prepared him to help his clients. For over 30 years Peter has been reading and learning what it takes to be successful in business, career and life. Now, he defines success as: “getting what you want.” Since 2015 Peter co...