S3 Ep13: OUR COMMUNITY: Meet Singer Alissa Villa
Meet singer ALISSA VILLA who uses her talent to amplify important causes and foster a more compassionate world. Particularly for veterans like her husband.
Dec 26, 2023•36 min•Season 3Ep. 13
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S3 Ep12: PROFIT TALKS: Karla Gonzalez, Center for Contracting
Karla Gonzalez, Director of the SBDC's CENTER FOR CONTRACTING talks about the endless opportunities to secure a government contract from local, state and Federal agencies and the mandates they have to "spread the wealth" by guaranteeing that a certain percentage of those contracts get awarded to qualified small businesses (particularly certain subcategories like minority owned, woman owned or veteran owned small businesses). It's money for the asking. With the Small Business Development Center's...
Dec 19, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 12
S3 Ep11: PROFIT TALKS: California Shop Small Marketplace
Cherie Edilson, Founder of the SBDC's online marketplace for small business owners, CALIFORNIA SHOP SMALL talks about this amazing program (and her own personal journey starting it). Creating a place for small "makers" and "creators" to move from the Farmer's Markets and Swap Meets in their local communities and sell their wares online as well. From custom hairbows (like Cherie once made and sold) to all sorts arts and crafts and handcrafted foods and other one-of-a-kind items, CALIFORNIA SHOP S...
Dec 19, 2023•33 min•Season 3Ep. 11
S3 Ep10: Profit Talks: Dennis Kause, Bio Orthopedic Lab
Dennis Kause discusses his amazing journey from being a consultant for Bio Orthopedic Lab (maker of custom shoe inserts) to being an investor in the company. And helping right the ship after it sailed into choppy waters following the sudden death of one of its founders. Successfully sailing the company into new directions (like their new direct-to-consumer store in Las Vegas, NV.) On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development C...
Dec 19, 2023•46 min•Season 3Ep. 10
S3 Ep9: PROFIT TALKS: The Chocolate Bar-A Sweet Story of Family, Faith and Success
Here's a sweet story (literally!) of a young immigrant entrepreneur who took a leap of faith and started a family run "sweet shop" which he calls The Chocolate Bar in Ontario, CA. With no real background in preparing or selling food (beyond their years working for large nut and fruit wholesaler in sales and accounting), this determined husband and wife team (and two teenage daughters) built a dedicated customer base by creating some addictive treats (like their full line of authentic Mexican cre...
Nov 28, 2023•41 min•Season 3Ep. 9
S3 Ep8: PROFIT TALKS: Meet Tech Coast Angels Chairman David Friedman
David Friedman, Chairman, TECH COAST ANGELS, joins us to discuss his work with this prominent "angel investor" group. His prior years in Corporate America with Senior Roles at places like US CELLULAR and BOEING. And his "giveback" work with the Small Business Development at Corporation (SBDC) where he counsels a wide range of small to medium sized companies from startups to established firms. All for free (courtesy of funding from the US Small Business Administration and the OC IE SBDC. Where el...
Nov 17, 2023•27 min•Season 3Ep. 8
S3 Ep7: PROFIT TALKS: Family Owned Business Challenges with Next Gen Collaborative
Katie Rucker is the co-founder of Next Gen Collaborative, a personal growth coaching business focused on Next Gen Family Business leaders. She has a true passion for empowering and championing Next Gen leaders and fully understands the ups and downs of what working with family is like as she has been navigating her own family business journey for 15 years. Katie is a G2 co-owner and co-president with her twin sister of her family’s customer insights consulting firm, Mackenzie. A firm they took o...
Nov 14, 2023•36 min•Season 3Ep. 7
DAZED OR BLAZED: Fantasy Football Predictions for NFL Week 10
Our Dazed or Blazed boys did it last week. But can they do it again? As they dissect Week 10 of NFL Football. And give us their insights and predictions for all the teams you love and follow. Chiefs, Eagles. Bills? Bucs? Rams or Raiders? Or my favorite Vikings? See how they all match up. But beware! Our conversation gets a bit rough and raw at times. Your comfy couch may catch fire. But heck, Fantasy Football is a rough and tumble sport.
Nov 10, 2023•30 min
S3 Ep6: Monique Claudio, OC LUXURY BAGS on Reselling Luxury Handbags on TikTok
Meet Monique Claudio, founder of OC LUXURY BAGS and hear all about her business reselling luxury handbags LIVE on TikTok. How she turned a passion into a business and what happens during her live shows featuring these rare, hard-to-find and collectible high-end handbags.
Nov 08, 2023•17 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Roy Osorio, OSORIO GROUP, Coldwell Banker, Global Luxury on PRESALE RENOVATION STRATEGY
Roy Osorio, OSORIO GROUP, Coldwell Banker, Global Luxury joins us to discuss their unique PRESALE RENOVATION STRATEGY that allows you to create more profit in less time than the traditional real estate model. By having them provide the capital needed to fix up your home. Leading to quicker sales and higher profits.
Nov 08, 2023•31 min
S1 Ep6: PROFIT TALKS: Finance Consultant Craig Russom
Craig Russom, Finance Consultant for the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) joins us to discuss the murky world of small business finances and sourcing capital. And his own background from studying aeronautical engineering to opening his own chain of sporting goods stores in Colorado. And then onto California where he earned all his financial licenses and began his own consulting practice specializing in Strategic financial planning, cash flow analysis, projections, project management, Qui...
Nov 07, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 6
S3 Ep5: PROFIT TALKS: Meet SBDC Consultant Lisa Napolitano
Meet this week's Small Business Development Center (SBDC) consultant Lisa Napolitano. And hear her amazing story of being hired as the only employee of a failing trade association at 23. How 15 years later, she turned it around and grew it into a global organization with lots of other employees. Leaving to start her own high powered, sales strategy firm working with big companies she'd met from her years with this sales association like UPS and Pfizer And how she now spends part of her time ment...
Nov 07, 2023•28 min•Season 3Ep. 5
S3 Ep5: PROFIT TALKS: SBDC Leasing Consultant Karie Armstrong
Join SBDC Leasing Consultant Karie Armstrong as she looks back at her 25 year career in major mall management (including her last stint overseeing the huge Brea Mall). And her recent 13 year career as a Small Business Development Center consultant (working out of their Cal State Fullerton center). Helping small businesses and retail startups from restaurants to stores navigate the difficult world of commercial leasing. From finding the right location to negotiating the best lease and all that fo...
Nov 07, 2023•36 min•Season 3Ep. 5
OUR COMMUNITY: Meet Chiropractor Dr. George Ujkic
Meet Dr. George Ujkic, a Chiropractor in Orange, CA and hear the amazing story of what led him into this field. Thru the healing it brought him. And how he's shared that gift with so many others thru the years thru his work at the Chiropractic Center of Orange . On OUR COMMUNITY podcast. Powered by the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Orange County's only community radio station, OC TALK RADIO....
Nov 06, 2023•31 min
S3 Ep4: ALL OVER THE MAP FAMILY Podcast: The Ancient World of Turkey
Follow along as Michael and Caitlyn Doehmner wander the world in search of their forever home (with three small kids in tow). This episode finds them in Turkey at a moment of reflection for that country as they celebrate the 100th anniversary of their secular republic. While forces within and outside the country pull it back into more and more of a Muslim state. On this week's ALL OVER THE MAP FAMILY podcast. #travel #internationaltravel #family #familytravel #digitalnomads #octalkradio #ucicove...
Nov 03, 2023•34 min•Season 3Ep. 4
S1 Ep4: Tim Shaw, RevHubOC, and The Art of Socially Responsible Investing
Socially responsible investing (SRI) is an investing strategy that aims to generate both social change and financial returns for an investor. Meet Time Shaw, Founding Partner of RevHubOC who seeks to do just that. And learn the art of "doing well by doing good". And building a "social enterprise ecosystem" here in Orange County, CA. On this week's OUR COMMUNITY podcast. Powered by the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce....
Oct 17, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 4
S1 Ep3: Meet Katarina Fillippelli, CEO of the new VICTORIA COMMUNITY COUNSELING
Meet Katarina Fillippelli, CEO of the new VICTORIA COMMUNITY COUNSELING center in Riverside, CA. Hear about her love of helping people through these troubled, turbulent times. And her amazing journey from her native country of Slovakia to her adopted home here in Riverside, CA. How she promptly got a 2nd Masters Degree upon her arrival here in the US. And how she and her partner, Paul Baum, took a big leap of faith to open their new business. Working with the OCIE Small Business Development Cent...
Oct 16, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 3
S1 Ep2: PROIFT TALKS: Thyme Well Spent Catering and Events
Chef Brandon Hall and his wife Angela on their entrepreneurial journey combining her event management business with his catering company (a joint venture they call Thyme Well Spent Catering and Events) And their newest venture opening a commercial kitchen in Costa Mesa, CA. Working with the Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Corporation (OCIESBDC) to get it done. Their "miracle workers" as they describe the SBDC.
Oct 12, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 2
OUR COMMUNITY: Meet Medicare specialist Miriam Ramos
As we enter another annual enrollment period for applying for (or changing) your Medicare program, what could be better than to bring on a real Medicare specialist like Miriam Ramos. Who along with her husband owns Mint Health Insurance. And hear how she makes this confusing topic of "how Medicare works" clear for all. On this week's OUR COMMUNITY podcast. Brought to you by the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Orange County's only community radio station OC TALK RADIO. For more inf...
Oct 12, 2023•33 min
S1 Ep1: STREET PRICING: Meet Marcos Rivera, PRICING I/O
Welcome to Street Pricing, the only show where proven SaaS (Software as a Service) leaders share their mindset and mistakes in pricing so we can all stop guessing and start growing. Street Pricing is hosted by Pricing I/O CEO and Pricing Coach, Marcos Rivera, sought after slayer of bad pricing. With 20 years of pricing expertise, he has helped price over 200 SaaS products and coached over 100 SaaS CEOs and counting! From the streets of the Bronx to CEO, Marcos wants to take the guessing out of p...
Oct 12, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 1
S1 Ep1: PROFIT TALKS: Meet the OC/IE SBDC and Their New Podcast PROFIT TALKS
We talk with Mike Daniel, Network Director and Katrina Smith, Chief Operating Officer for the Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIESBDC) about their PROFIT TALKS podcast. Previewing the clients, consultants and community partners' stories that we will be showcasing and sharing each and every week. Live every Monday at Noon PT on Orange County's only community radio station, OC TALK RADIO....
Oct 03, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Amy Laurendeau on the Southern California Legal Markets and Her Journey as a Product Liability Trial Lawyer
UCI Law Dean Austen Parrish interviews Amy Laurendeau , Managing Partner of O’Melveny & Myers LLP’s Newport Beach office, about the historical roots of the legal markets in Orange County and Los Angeles, being a trial lawyer in product liability litigation, her robust pro bono practice, and inspiring advice for law students.
Sep 29, 2023•36 min
OUR COMMUNITY: Meet AppleOne Employment Services
Meet our special guests APPLEONE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES (a proud sponsor of the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's Golf Tournament that raises money for their Youth Chamber). And hear about the passion and purpose and service of this great company from Rose Ceccarelli, Manager of their Educational and Career Partnership Department and Susana Grijalva, a Project Manager in that same department. Sharing the real life stories of the people who work there (and those for whom they find employm...
Sep 29, 2023•32 min
ALL OVER THE MAP FAMILY Podcast: Onto Greece!
Join us Michael and Caitlan Doehmner and their three kids take to the road again in search of their forever home. As we start Season Three of their whirlwind, round the world travel with a month in Greece. See how they've adapted to several years "living on the road" with three kids and what they're doing this time around. As we catch up with them right after their arrival in Athens., Greece.
Sep 29, 2023•32 min
24th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival
Hear all about this year's 24th Annual Newport Beach Festival Oct. 12-19 from the founder himself, Greg Schwenk. And learn about all they have to offer this year including hundreds of screenings from countless feature and short films (at theaters across Newport Beach). Plus an assortment of "INTERNATIONAL SPOTLIGHTS" like the "Mexican Spotlight" we reported on earlier. And the IRISH SPOTLIGHT (that caught my eye) with screenings of both new films from Ireland and an anniversary showing of the 19...
Sep 29, 2023•24 min
DAZED OR BLAZED: Week 4 of Fantasy Football
So are you Dazed or Blazed? Or just a bit confused after the first few weeks of NFL Football? Get the straight scoop from our Fantasy Football experts. Hear what went right (and where we all went wrong). And hear their picks for WEEK 4. Play along and see if YOU make the playoffs...
Sep 29, 2023•33 min
SBDC hosts FREE AI event in Garden Grove, CA
Like everyone, are you wondering about AI (Artificial Intelligence)? What it really is? And what can it do for your small business? Then you're gonna want to attend this FREE AI CONFERENCE ("Main Street Meets AI") October 3 from 9am-2pm at the Garden Grove Community Meeting Center. Presented by the City of Garden Grove's Economic Development Department, in partnership with the OC/IE SBDC (Small Business Development Centers). You'll dive into the transformative world of AI, specifically tailored ...
Sep 29, 2023•31 min
OC SPOTLIGHT: 24th Newport Beach Film Festival
Hear all about this year's 24th Annual Newport Beach Festival Oct. 12-19 from the founder himself, Gregg Schwenk. And learn about all they have to offer this year including hundreds of screenings from countless feature and short films (at theaters across Newport Beach). Plus an assortment of "INTERNATIONAL SPOTLIGHTS" like the "Mexican Spotlight" we reported on earlier. And the IRISH SPOTLIGHT (that caught my eye) with screenings of both new films from Ireland and an anniversary showing of the 1...
Sep 28, 2023•24 min
UCI LAW TALKS: Monica Glicken, Executive Director and General Counsel of the Public Law Center (PLC)
UCI LAW SCHOOL Dean Austen Parrish interviews Monica Glicken, Executive Director and General Counsel of the Public Law Center (PLC), on how the PLC is fighting for justice in Orange County, her career in immigration law and public interest work, the unique Orange County legal community, the work UCI Law students do with the PLC, and her advice for law students.
Sep 23, 2023•29 min
Eric Sussman, Partner of Clear Capital Joins Barry Saywitz
Eric Sussman speaks with Barry Saywitz on Let's Talk Real Estate! Your Weekly BS with Barry Saywitz. Only on OCTalkRadio
Jan 30, 2023•34 min
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