Podcast

Vladimir Galant Owner, 911 PC HELP Vladmir built a ‘get the job done and client first’ culture from the time he started his outsourced IT company. He mentioned that many small business owners think that ‘we are not at risk and one of us can handle our IT environment because we are good enough in […]

Aman Thakral Business Head, Target Integration  Aman believes that there is a CRM available for every business owner. A professional integration consultant can help pick the right one because he or she will have experience of working with multiple CRM solutions. He thinks two common reasons CRM implementations fail are lack of standard operating process

Maile Collmer Referral Coach, Owner of Asentiv Contra Costa Maile Collmer, president of northern California chapter of the National Speakers Association (NSA) was an introvert growing up and today she is an in-demand speaker and helping people become master networkers and generate a lot of referrals. She encourages people to hang around those who can

Joe Spillner President, Tax Advisor at Kingswood Tax Group Business owners don’t know what they don’t know. Small business owners try to wear too many hats and there are areas where they are not good at. For example, financial literacy or tax laws are typically not the focus areas of business owners as most of

Stacey Dennis  Human Resources Consultant, Possibilities Unlocked When businesses grow fast, many times they don’t have a good HR infrastructure in place. People start a business because they love their products or services they are offering, not because they love HR. So things like a good job description, employee handbook, onboarding, performance management, etc. may

Jeff Katz Senior Living Coach Jeff Katz explained various senior living options for the elderly population. Multiple challenges like physical or mental health issues, loneliness or financial costs may make it difficult for seniors to stay in their homes. Independent senior living, assisted living or memory care communities can be good options and it is

Rene Gonzalez Speaker, LevelUp Success Innovations Rene discussed various aspects of HR. Small and mid-size companies struggle to attract the best talent because they don’t have deep pockets to compete with the big companies. Then keeping the employees engaged and retaining them can also be very challenging. Rene suggests that looking for soft skills can

Neil Tantingco Founder and CEO, Connected Home Living Neil explained that the majority of the seniors fall in bedrooms and bathrooms. Some of the available solutions provide wearable devices that the seniors don’t wear in the bedroom and bathroom. Camera based solutions are also not practical because of the privacy issues. Neil’s connected home solution

Bryan Tublin Owner & Co-Founder, Kitava Bryan was a product manager in the tech industry and while recovering from a serious injury, he realized that eating healthy is not easy if you are eating out. Bryan started a restaurant business because he believes that you can be your best self if you are healthy and

Chetan Shah Co-Founder and CFO, Sterling Certified Public Accountants Inc CPA Chetan Shah says that most of the businesses come to him because they struggle because of not maintaining clean records. They are good at what they do in terms of products or services, but not necessarily in accounting.  Not having the right advisory team,