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Scaling Up Services

Bruce Eckfeldtwww.scalingupservices.com
Scaling Up Services is a podcast devoted to helping founders, partners, CEOs, key executives, and managers of service-based businesses scale their companies faster and with less drama.
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Episodes

Judith Defeo, Founder, CEO, JADDE Financial Solutions, LLC

Judith DeFeo is passionate about helping her clients become more profitable. She offers bookkeeping, accounting, and CFO Solutions to small and mid-size businesses, combining her accounting expertise with her many years of corporate financial experience to guide her clients through the often confusing maze of financial accounting and analysis. She takes care of her client’s accounting headaches so that they can focus on other aspects of their business. Judith is an expert at taking the accountin...

Sep 18, 202032 minEp. 165

Jarod Spiewak, Founder, Lead Strategist of Blue Dog Media

Jarod Spiewak is the founder and lead strategist of Blue Dog Media, a boutique marketing agency that helps service-based businesses (mainly law firms) acquire more clients through Search Engine Marketing. The goal of Blue Dog Media is simple: to make clients more money as quickly and efficiently as possible. Some of Blue Dog Media's success stories include helping a personal injury law firm increase their organic search call volume by over 170% in a matter of months, maintaining a 20-25% paid ad...

Sep 17, 202032 minEp. 164

Tevis Trower, Author, Founder, CEO, Balance Integration Corporation

Tevis is a pioneer in optimizing corporate cultures. Heralded in bestselling Megatrends 2010 as “corporate mindfulness guru”, Tevis assists organizations in optimizing their most precious assets: human beings. Adept at aligning leadership team behavior in support of cultural vision, she has created and facilitated initiatives for prestigious organizations including HBR Events, YPO, Chanel, KKR, PWC, Bloomberg, Viacom, Google, and The Economist on issues including mindfulness, resiliency, authent...

Sep 14, 202031 minEp. 163

Christopher Wallace, Co-Founder, President, Innerview

Chris is the Co-Founder and President of InnerView, a marketing consulting firm that helps companies align their brand and product stories with their customer-facing teams. At InnerView, Chris draws from his nearly 20 years of sales, marketing and corporate leadership to help companies engage their frontline teams in new ways, producing improved customer experiences and better financial results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 12, 202033 minEp. 162

Joshua Kennedy, Founder, Imagine Marketing

Joshua Kennedy is the founder of performance-based affiliate marketing agency, Imagine Marketing. Joshua is a former in-house affiliate marketing manager and consultant who has helped new e-commerce companies grow multi-million dollar programs by tapping into the power of ethical partnership marketing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 09, 202033 minEp. 161

Nigel Green, Sales Team Architect

Nigel Green is a consultant, author, and advisor who is widely regarded as the leading authority on building high-performing sales teams. With over 10+ years executive experience ranging from Fortune 500 companies to early-stage growth companies, he is sought-after by executives to improve selling efforts. He has worked with dozens of B2B sales teams across the globe to more than double their sales. Challenging the status quo in talent optimization, his insights have been featured in top busines...

Sep 07, 202036 minEp. 160

Domenic Rinaldi, Owner, Managing Partner, Sun Acquisitions

Domenic Rinaldi is the Owner and Managing Partner of Sun Acquisitions, a mergers and acquisitions firm that specializes in helping to maximize value for business buyers and sellers. Domenic has been personally involved in over 300 business transactions across a broad range of industries and is considered an expert in the field of business brokerage. Domenic is also a speaker, author, and podcast host at M&A Unplugged, where he interviews business buyers, sellers, and advisors, sharing firsth...

Sep 02, 202032 minEp. 159

Adam Weber, Co-Founder, Chief People Officer, Emplify

As the Chief People Officer and Co-Founder of Emplify, Adam works every day to help people realize and activate their full potential. At Emplify, he helps lead an innovative, highly engaged culture and shares those learnings with strategic people leaders all over the world. He is an expert and speaker on employee engagement, culture, team performance, and leadership development. In 2020, Adam was named to Business Insider’s list of Rising Stars in Human Resources. Adam is a proud Ball State Univ...

Aug 30, 202030 minEp. 158

Aryn Chapman, Owner, Senior Event Producer, A x3 Studios

An accomplished event designer and producer, Aryn’s career began in theatre and film production where she honed her eye for detail and grace under pressure. Since then, she has made a name for herself with her imaginative concepts, innovative themes and her ability to create unforgettable events. Aryn has worked with a variety of international clients, producing meetings and conferences from concept to clean-up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 26, 202032 minEp. 157

Nat Harward, Owner, TMB Ventures

Nat is a marketer, triathlete and podcaster living in Salt Lake City, Utah.In August 2012, he founded TMB Consulting. After an agency-side career in New York City doing corporate and digital comms for five of the largest pharma firms in the world, he started consulting business owners in growth.Since his first project with Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen in 2012, more than 50 entrepreneurs and business owners have called on him for strategy, copy + content, websites and mar...

Aug 22, 202034 minEp. 156

Brenda Batista, Founder, Inspiring Company Culture

Brenda is an accomplished entrepreneur, leader and management consultant. Over the past 25 years she has been at the helm of many high performing teams dedicated to a performance improvement. She is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Project Management Professional and 5 Voices System Trainer. She is known for creating company culture that inspires employees to bring their best and embrace their leadership prowess. She provides just the right balance of challenge to grow with support to encourage...

Aug 17, 202035 minEp. 155

Jen Goldman Wetzler, Founder & CEO, Alignment Strategies Group

Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler, a leading expert on conflict and organizational psychology, is founder and CEO of Alignment Strategies Group, and author of OPTIMAL OUTCOMES: Free Yourself from Conflict at Work, at Home, and in Life (HarperBusiness, Feb. 25, 2020), selected as Financial Times Book of the Month. For two decades, she has advised senior leaders at global corporations in a wide range of industries as well as at large non-profit and governmental institutions. Learn more about your ad ch...

Aug 13, 202034 minEp. 154

Brian Kurtz, Founder, Titans Marketing LLC

Brian Kurtz has been a serial direct marketer for over 35 years. Under Brian's marketing leadership, Boardroom sold millions of subscriptions and tens of millions of consumer, health and business-related books. And during his career at Boardroom, revenues went from approximately $5 million (in 1981) to a high of over $150 million (in 2006). His mission for the next 35 years (as the Founder of “Titans Marketing LLC”), is to be the bridge between the eternal truths of direct response marketing and...

Aug 10, 202036 minEp. 153

Nathan Hirsch, Speaker, Investor, CEO, Outsource School

Nathan Hirsch is an entrepreneur and expert in remote hiring and eCommerce. Nathan co-founded FreeeUp.com in 2015 with an initial $5,000 investment, scaled it to $12M per year in revenue, and was then acquired in 2019. Today, Nathan is a co-founder of OutsourceSchool, a company working to educate entrepreneurs on how to effectively hire and scale with virtual assistants through in-depth courses. Nathan has appeared on 300+ podcasts, is a social media personality, and loves sharing advice on scal...

Aug 07, 202031 minEp. 152

Sam Schutte, CEO, Unstoppable Software, Inc.

Sam is the founder and CEO of Unstoppable Software, Inc., a custom software development company that helps clients build systems to automate workflow and implement digital transformation. With his team of technologists at Unstoppable, Sam has led the creation of enterprise-grade software systems for major brands such as ThyssenKrupp, Sunstar, Beech Acres, CBRE, and more. Using his more than 20 years of experience building commercial software applications, Sam knows how to bring difficult project...

Aug 03, 202031 minEp. 151

Casey Putschoegl, CEO, Co-Founder of 33Vincent Executive Assistants

Scaling Up Services is a podcast devoted to helping founders, partners, CEOs, key executives, and managers of service-based businesses scale their companies faster and with less drama. Have each episode delivered to your inbox by subscribing here: http://www.scalingupservices.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 29, 202032 minEp. 150

Mike Zani, CEO, The Predictive Index

Mike Zani is CEO of The Predictive Index, an award-winning talent optimization platform that aligns business strategy with people strategy for optimal business results. Sixty years of proven science, software, and a robust curriculum of insightful management workshops make PI the solution for any company looking to design great teams and culture, make objective hiring decisions, and inspire greatness in their people anywhere in the world. Prior to The Predictive Index, Mike was CEO of ShapeUp, a...

Jul 27, 202032 minEp. 149

Jacqueline Throop-Robinson, Founder, Spark Engagement Index

Jacqueline's 30-year career has focused on strengthening leadership and engagement at all levels of an organization through individual and team work as well as organization-wide initiatives. Her workshops, facilitations, and coaching sessions always support both individual needs as well as the business goals. Jacqueline strives to create cultures of passion, productivity and performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 23, 202036 minEp. 148

Ken Wendle, Speaker, Author, The Value Formula Book

Ken Wendle, known for his pragmatic and insightful advice, whether as instructor, consultant or speaker, is a co-founder and past president of the itSMF USA and past member of the HDI Strategic Advisory Board. Ken is recognized for his pivotal role in creating awareness, adoption, and global expansion of ITIL and ITSM best practices. He is the author of numerous white papers and articles, and his entertaining presentations have been enjoyed nationally and internationally. Ken is also the only pe...

Jul 17, 202031 minEp. 147

Mark Willis, CFP, Author, Owner of Lake Growth Financial Services

Mark Willis is a man on a mission to help you think differently about your money, your economy and your future. After graduating with six figures of student loan debt and discovering a way to turn his debt into real wealth as he watched everybody lose their retirement savings and home equity in 2008, he knew that he needed to find a more predictable way to meet his financial objectives and those of his clients. Mark is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM, a two-time #1 Best Selling Author and the ow...

Jul 13, 202036 minEp. 146

Aaron Stahl, Co-founder, CEO, P3 Cost Analysts

Aaron Stahl is the President and CEO of P3 Cost Analysts. P3 is a national cost reduction franchise that focuses on saving businesses and the government’s money on their telecom utility waste expenses. P3’s current structure is the result of a merger and acquisition that Aaron completed in 2014 that brought together two companies focused on different sectors of the cost reduction industry. Aaron is a graduate of the University of Arkansas. He has worked for himself since he was 21, starting, ope...

Jul 10, 202031 minEp. 145

James Friel, Investor, Entrepreneur, Consultant

James is an investor, entrepreneur and consultant. He helps companies systemize, grow, and scale by helping the founders get out of the day to day operations of running their companies so they can focus on high growth activities. Since leaving his corporate position leading Global Digital Strategy for HSBC Bank in 2011, James has started and simultaneously run multiple 7 figure companies and has consulted with CEOs, entrepreneurs, and executive level staff at companies ranging from Fortune 500 c...

Jul 07, 202033 minEp. 144

Melanie Parish, Author, Speaker, Coach, Podcaster

Melanie Parish is a public speaker, consultant, workshop leader, author, and Master Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation, from whom she received the Prism Award. An expert in problem solving, constraints management, operations, strategic hiring, and brand development, Melanie has consulted and coached organizations ranging from a Fortune 50 company to IT start-ups. Her individual clients include those in FAANG and other top global IT companies. Melanie is a Certified Profes...

Jul 04, 202028 minEp. 143

Lee McEnany Caraher, President, CEO, Double Forte

Lee McEnany Caraher is the founder and CEO of Double Forte, a successful national public relations, content marketing and social media firm. Double Forte works with beloved consumer, technology, and wine brands. She is a highly sought-after communications expert known for her business acumen and insights (and her big laugh). She splits her time between the company's San Francisco and New York offices. Lee is also an acclaimed author and recognized expert in creating high performing, positive wor...

Jun 29, 202031 minEp. 142

Vladimir Gendelman, CEO, CompanyFolders, Inc.

Vladimir Gendelman was born and raised in the former Soviet Union, where he rarely had access to the basic amenities that many of us take for granted. High quality products and friendly service were few and far between, and above all, Vladimir found it intensely frustrating having so little access to different choices and options. After immigrating to America, Vladimir made it his mission to help provide others with the things he never had access to growing up. After a client expressed a need fo...

Jun 26, 202031 minEp. 141

Justin Goodbread, Author, Business Strategist, Wealth Manager

Justin A. Goodbread, CFP®, CEPA®, CVGA®, owner of FinanciallySimple.com, is a nationally recognized financial planner, financial educator, wealth manager, author, speaker, and entrepreneur. He has 20+ years of experience starting, buying, owning, and selling businesses. Justin is a two-time winner of the Investopedia Top 100 Advisor award and Exit Planning Institute’s Exit Planner Leader of the Year. Recently, Justin published his first book: The Ultimate Sale. In it, he shows business owners ho...

Jun 24, 202031 minEp. 140

Chris Filipiak - "The Connector"

Chris is a hands-on sales consultant that works with CEOs and business owners of small B2B professional services and technology companies, primarily Sales & Marketing related, that are struggling to grow sales themselves and who are working with a sales team that isn't meeting expectations. His area of expertise is helping CEOs increase revenue, find new clients, and reduce risk in their sales organization by doing hands-on sales consulting to build what he calls “Sales Ready Organizations.”...

Jun 19, 202033 minEp. 139

Michael O'Brien, Author, Speaker, Executive Business Coach

Inspirational speaker, Michael O’Brien,is on a quest to help 1 million people have their Last Bad Day. As a corporate coach, Michael elevates successful leaders by helping them prevent bad moments from turning into bad days. Before launching into his coaching career, Michael experienced a life-altering event that shattered his world view. On July11th ,2001 ,he was struck head-on by a speeding SUV while out on a training bike ride. Now, Michael considers this his Last Bad Day and one of his best ...

Jun 17, 202032 minEp. 138

Mark Pfister, President, CEO, M. A. Pfister Strategy Group

With a strong focus in Strategy, Governance, and Technology / Cybersecurity, Mark A. Pfister is CEO of M. A. Pfister Strategy Group, an executive advisory firm that serves as a strategic advisory council for executives and Boards in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. He is also Chairman & CEO of Integral Board Group, a specialized Board services and consulting company. Mr. Pfister is a 'Board Macro-Influencer' and his success has been repeated across a wide range of business situati...

Jun 15, 202034 minEp. 137

Paul Maskill, Business Coach, Podcast Host

Paul Maskill is a Business Coach & Consultant for small business owners as well as the host of The Business Owner's Freedom Formula podcast - an inspiring podcast for business owners looking to achieve ultimate freedom with their business. Based on Paul's success as a service-based business owner where he built, scaled and sold his business within 4 years for 3x net profit, he now helps other business owners do the same thing! Build their business to sell, even if they never want to sell it....

Jun 11, 202032 minEp. 136
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