Join our resident Business Ninja Kelsey, together with the CEO of The VIA Agency, Leeann Leahy, as they talk about 'Rigorous Magic', an alchemy of strategic smarts and unbound creativity. VIA is a full-service advertising and marketing agency located at the historic Baxter Library in Portland, ME. At VIA, they believe everything begins with a fresh perspective, and that has allowed them to remain one of the largest independent agencies left in the business. No one likes to geek out over data and...
Feb 27, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 294
Join our resident Business Ninja Kelsey, together with the IT Director of Rollo Insurance, Daniel Horn, as they talk about everything you need to know about insurance. When it comes to your insurance policy, there's a lot you need to know. There's a lot you need to ask your insurance agent. For example- what is the difference between term life insurance vs whole life insurance? What percentage of the population has Auto Loan Life Insurance? Why should you purchase umbrella insurance versus busin...
Feb 27, 2023•13 min•Season 1Ep. 293
Join our resident Business Ninja Max, together with the Director of Talent Acquisition of Biz2Credit, Sergio Padalino, as they talk about delivering credit to small businesses. Biz2Credit is an online resource for thousands of small businesses that are in need of funding and investment. As the leading funding solution, Biz2Credit helps a wide range of entrepreneurs and business owners to get the cash they need to expand their business by connecting them with a broad network of potential lenders....
Feb 27, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 292
Join our resident Business Ninja Kelsey, together with the CEO of Give An Hour, Dr. Trina Clayeux, as they talk about how to improve your mental health and emotional wellbeing. Many people who endure a traumatic event experience mental health problems for years. These problems can include depression, anxiety, substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and other issues. This is more common than you might think – recent estimates suggest that nearly 44 million Americans are affected b...
Feb 27, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 291
Join our resident Business Ninja Jamie together with the Executive Director of the IT Department of Remote Reps, Sina Shayesteh, as they talk about process that is trusted in the field of outsourcing. Remote Rep's complete managed-services can provide your growing business with a scalable, guaranteed-to-perform remote workforce. They alleviate the burden of hiring–from recruiting and interviewing to training and management–allowing you to stay focused on the results. They specialize in providing...
Feb 24, 2023•12 min•Season 1Ep. 290
Join our resident Business Ninja Kelsey together with Matt Gandy of Leverify, Leverify was founded by BPO, Customer Support, and Tech Executives who knew outsourced customer support needed an overhaul. With a human powered, tech enabled approach to outsourcing, Leverify provides superior embedded customer support, onboarding, and back office support services for eCommerce and SaaS brands across the world. Leverify's focus is in eCommerce and SaaS, however we serve Clients in Insurance, Proptech,...
Feb 24, 2023•12 min•Season 1Ep. 289
Join our resident Business Ninja Kelsey together with Mark Plumlee of MustHaveMenus, At MustHaveMenus, Their long-time customers know that They are endlessly improving, streamlining, and expanding our collection of products and restaurant design templates. Never satisfied with the status quo, Their team thrives on collecting feedback and brainstorming amazing solutions to serve up next. At MustHaveMenus, they know the importance of a great menu. Your food, prices, specials, and brand all sell fo...
Feb 24, 2023•15 min•Season 1Ep. 288
Join our resident Business Ninja Kelsey together with Merav Kalish Rozengarten of WoodSpoon, a community-based marketplace that connects local chefs with customers craving high-quality homemade food. WoodSpoon provides quick, reliable deliveries from their chef's kitchens to customers' doorstep. They are proudly work with chefs from over 100 countries who are providing a taste of home to their local communities. WoodSpoon is a food delivery service that offers on-demand, crafted foods made by ho...
Feb 23, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 245
Join our resident Business Ninja Kelsey, together with the CEO and Co-Founder of BanQu, Ashish Gadnis, as they talk about tracing all your ingredients, products, and materials down to the source - with real-time data and insights - on one platform. BanQu is a blockchain-based, traceability solution that gets you real-time data and reporting throughout your entire supply chain. Their platform is the only solution built from the ground up, anticipating the need for unaggregated source-level data t...
Feb 23, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 286
Join our resident Business Ninja Kelsey, together with the Marketing Manager of GetMyBoat, Val Streif, as they talk about how you can find and book your boat rentals and get the best water experience. GetMyBoat connects customers looking to get out on the water with owners that can provide watercraft to do just that! GetMyBoat is the world's largest boat rental and water experience marketplace in many countries. They bring millions of customers to great boat owners and facilitate the booking pro...
Feb 23, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 285
Join our resident Business Ninja Kelsey together with Charles Wert of BNL Inc., an agile, transparent, and responsive SBA-certified Woman-Owned Small Business providing critical support services for the Federal government. BNL Inc. together with their partners, they explore, innovate, and solve problems for their customers, delivering solutions that produce results. They lead with their uncompromising values to enrich their workforce, community, and Nation, accepting social responsibility throug...
Feb 23, 2023•13 min•Season 1Ep. 284
Join our resident Business Ninja Andrew, together with the Chief Marketing Officer of TrueLook, Allison Shaub, as they talk about the innovative camera that keeps construction companies safe and on schedule. TrueLook has been used to webcast major media events, including: The NBA Finals, MLB World Series, Wimbledon, US Open, The Masters, US Presidential Inauguration, Cannes Film Festival, Grammys, Chicago and Detroit Auto Shows, and many more. By 2010, TrueLook had built a substantial and growin...
Feb 22, 2023•15 min•Season 1Ep. 283
Join our resident Business Ninja Andrew together with Quimby Melton, CEO and Co-founder of Confection, a marketing enablement tool for businesses who want to take control of pageviews, acquisition intel, and other atomic-level digital marketing data. By gaining data independence, Confection's customers routinely feed 20-30x more attribution data and 30-40% more session intelligence to critical endpoints like CRMs, analytics tools, and ad campaigns. Confection helps businesses take control of pag...
Feb 22, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 282
Join our resident Business Ninja Kelsey together with Chris Tsantiris of SOMA Global, a leading technology partner providing critical response & operating software solutions for law enforcement, first responders, and government agencies. SOMA is bringing a new transformation era with its unified platform, including critical-response software and interoperability, incident management, courts & corrections, and administrative suites. They empower their partners to build safer, more resilie...
Feb 22, 2023•12 min•Season 1Ep. 281
Join our resident Business Ninja Max, together with the Director of Syndication Solutions of NuView Trust, Steve Maldonado, as they talk alternate asset investing. Every day, since opening their doors, they've worked with individual and professional clients to provide custody for alternative assets. They are driven to provide world class service and simple solutions in the complex world of alternative custody. The vast majority of IRA holders invest in public equities through mutual funds, while...
Feb 22, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 280
Join our resident Business Ninja Jaime together with Patrick Findaro, Co-founder at Vetted Biz, the leading platform for accessible and analytical data on franchises and businesses available in the U.S. Vetted Biz bring transparency to potential or current franchise owners as they navigate the process of buying, operating, or selling a franchise business as well as industry investors and stakeholders. Their research team has reviewed over 7,000+ franchises and knows the key facts and data that s...
Feb 22, 2023•12 min•Season 1Ep. 279
Join our resident Business Ninja Andrew, together with the SVP, Marketing and Communications of ICUC, Erika Lovegreen, as they talk about solutions to social media & community management. There are humans behind brands online. ICUC take pride in their fully remote, women-led workplace and professional network. Their priorities are about ensuring safety, connection, and understanding for their global brands, their online communities, and their esteemed colleagues. They are always seeking new ...
Feb 21, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 278
Join our resident Business Ninja Max together with Charles Chang, Chief Marketing and Delivery Officer at Process Fusion, a software company and cloud solutions/services innovator. Process Fusion help organizations transform inefficient manual processes to free up time for more creative and meaningful tasks. At Process Fusion, they are passionate about business outcomes. Their vision is to be the leading digital transformation cloud solutions provider. It is their mission to create and integrate...
Feb 21, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 277
Join our resident Business Ninja Kelsey together with Michael Ecker and Joshua Redshaw of Matter Supply Co., an IT firm that focuses on strategy, digital design, and the development of technologies catering to various businesses. Matter Supply Co. are dedicated to the craft of creating purposeful products and experiences that matter. Matter Supply uses Cloudinary in nearly everything it builds, from bespoke and CMS-driven web experiences to native apps and everything in between. Matter Supply is...
Feb 21, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 276
Join our resident Business Ninja Kelsey, together with the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Kelley Austin, Hunter Austin, as they talk about how is it being a Salesforce partner. Being a Salesforce partner allows the Kelley Austin team the flexibility of an ideal work environment and the ability to grow as quickly as each team member desires. Their team consistently works towards building a culture that everyone can be proud to be a part of. It’s not always easy, which is why we set quarterly ...
Feb 17, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 275
Join our resident Business Ninja Kelsey, together with the CEO of LifeScape, Steve Watkins, as they talk about how they offer different services to everyone. LifeScape formed in mid-2014 when Children's Care Hospital & School and South Dakota Achieve joined together. They are an independent, non-profit organization, serving adults and children in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Their center in Rapid City provides therapy and psychological services for children on an outpatient and outreach basis....
Feb 17, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 274
Join our resident Business Ninja Kelsey together with John Ragozzine at Alley, a full-service consulting firm specializing in the design and development of digital platforms for news media, cultural institutions, and nonprofit publishers — any organization that produces a high volume of content. Their products prioritize templates and pattern libraries that allow your team to leverage your design system to quickly produce custom content experiences using WordPress. At Alley, WordPress serve as a...
Feb 17, 2023•15 min•Season 1Ep. 273
Join our resident Business Ninja Kelsey together with Kevin Naruse at Painted Brain, a unique mental health organization in that many of our staff self-identify as living with direct or indirect experiences of mental illness. Painted Brain has been a leader in innovative peer-driven services over the past decade. Their mission is to create lasting community-based solutions to mental health challenges and the impact of social injustice through arts, advocacy, and enterprise. Their peer staff are ...
Feb 17, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 272
Join our resident Business Ninja Andrew, together with the CEO/Executive Director of Samaritan Recovery Community, Mark Lasko, as they talk about how to help people who are suffering from substance use disorder in an environment that preserves and promotes the dignity of the persons served without regard to race, color, creed, gender, economic or social circumstance, orientation or national origin. Hope doesn’t have to be far away. If you or somebody you love is dealing with substance or alcohol...
Feb 16, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 271
Join our resident Business Ninja Andrew, together with the VP of Marketing of Object Edge, Sarah Falcon, as they talk about helping enterprise organizations transform their business by unlocking digital revenue, reducing tech debt, architecting for innovation, and creating digital experiences that convert. Established in 1994, Object Edge is an award-winning digital consultancy working with leading global brands. In a challenging digital landscape, they help businesses differentiate and compete ...
Feb 16, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 270
Join our resident Business Ninja Kelsey together with Gina Michnowicz of The Craftsman Agency, an award-winning creative shop that puts craftsmanship at the heart of each one of their projects. Bold storytelling that crosses physical and digital boundaries to leave lasting impressions is their sweet spot. Partnering with imaginative brands, they create immersive and magical moments that stand the test of time. By showcasing the world as it appears to artists, storytellers, scientists, and techno...
Feb 16, 2023•13 min•Season 1Ep. 249
Join our resident Business Ninja Max, together with the CRO of Custom Business Solutions, Jeremy Julian, as they talk about the software that helps manage restaurants. Custom Business Solutions is an industry leader in hospitality POS technology, helping restaurants maximize efficiency and profitability. With its software, hardware, and portfolio of services, CBS offers thousands of restaurants the peace of mind that comes with a smooth POS experience. Custom Business Solutions brings more to th...
Feb 16, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 267
Join our resident Business Ninja Kelsey together with Anton Shmakov at MotionRay, a telecommunications company that provides internet services for businesses. MotionRay provides internet access in any location within minutes, without long-term contracts or hardware expenses. It enables clients to connect and avoid service interruptions. It offers its services to hotels, caterers, events, remote workers, and more. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in New Paltz, New York. MotionRay is a...
Feb 16, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 268
Join our resident Business Ninja Andrew together with Shara Turner, Clinical Director at Sabino Recovery, a luxury inpatient treatment program for men and women who are struggling with alcohol and drug addictions and co-occurring mental health disorders. Sabino Recovery provides facilitation to the 12-Step program. On average, treatment lasts 35 days and can cost $45,000+. Sabino Recovery has a staff-to-client ratio of 1:4. Sabino Recovery is accredited by CARF. They can work with many commercia...
Feb 16, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 266
Join our Business Ninja Andrew together with Scott Bartnick, the Founder and CEO at Otter PR, a Public Relations agency that specializes in media relations, reputation management, and crisis management. Their growing team of 49+ experienced publicists, writers, and marketers, work with brands to secure meaningful media coverage. They focus on modern media including digital, TV, podcast, and speaking. Their mission is to modernize an old business model that will bring elite-level, personalized PR...
Feb 16, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 265
