Host Kelly Scanlon's guest is Charlotte Clary, one of the two "granny" entrepreneurs behind Ice Chips Candy. Charlotte will talk about life as a serial entrepreneur and share why their appearance on “Shark Tank” was the best thing that could have happened for their business - even though they didn't take the offer! You'll also learn the behind-the-scenes story of Ice Chips Candy, including how it started in a kitchen sink and is now sold in grocery stores and other national outlets. Learn more a...
Sep 26, 2014•26 min
Former KCTV5 Chief Meteorologist Katie Horner joins host Kelly Scanlon to talk about her shift from meteorology to the plumbing industry. Find out how her new company Katie's ASAP Plumbing is getting the attention of women customers and women plumbers, what it's like to transition from a television personality to entrepreneur, and how to set boundaries in a family business. To listen to more podcasts from host Kelly Scanlon, visit the archives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...
Sep 19, 2014•28 min
The average tenure for a CEO is 5-1/2 years—and nearly 40 percent are fired wtihin their first 18 months. Successful CEO and entrepreneur Joel Trammell has defied those statistics and now shares his insights in a brand new book called The CEO Tightrope: How to Master the Balancing Act of a Successful CEO. In this episode, Joel joins host Kelly Scanlon to share these timely and practical insights: The top three challenges CEOs faceThe best metrics for measuring performanceHow aspiring CEOs can be...
Sep 19, 2014•26 min
Joining host Kelly Scanlon is Anne Cull, founder of ThinkViral, a social media sales training company. Tune in to discover ways businesses can use social media to cultivate sales leads without spamming. Anne is a Los Angeles transplant with more than 15 years of sales experience, both on and off line. Four and a half years ago, the economy tanked, and Anne saw traditional sales methods going out the window and people depending more on relationships and referrals to stay in business. With more bu...
Sep 12, 2014•28 min
Joining host Kelly Scanlon is Scott Miller, CEO and co-founder of Dragon Innovation, to talk about how the company helps startups turn their product ideas into real products. Scott has been fascinated by hardware since, as he puts it, he was old enough to hold a screwdriver. He's gone on to work on high efficiency robotic tunafish, life-size robotic dinosaurs for Disney Imagineering and robotic baby dolls for Hasbro. He was also led the Roomba technical team and led the production of 3 million R...
Sep 12, 2014•29 min
Joining host Kelly Scanlon is Mark Farnsworth, sales and marketing director of Kansas City-based HEPACART, a company that manufactures dust-containment carts and other infection-control products for hospitals. The company’s products are now used by thousands of hospitals and health contractors across the United States and Canada You'll hear the entrepreneurial story behind HEPACART, and how it's working to make your trip to the hospital a little less risky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
Sep 05, 2014•28 min
Joining host Kelly Scanlon on Smart Companies Radio is Jim Beach. In 2009, Beach started School for Startups, a Web resource devoted to teaching his philosophy of low-risk entrepreneurship. His book of the same name, “School for Startups,” was published in 2011. Referred to as the Simon Cowell of small business by CNN, Beach been featured in Entrepreneur magazine and other major media and also hosts his own radio show heard around the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...
Sep 05, 2014•26 min
Host Kelly Scanlon welcomes Jennifer Wadella to discuss the importance of nurturing women in technology, providing mentors and encouraging women to pursue technology as a career path. Jennifer has been writing code since before she realized it was a credible career path. She currently works as a web developer at MindMixer and loves building javascript applications. She is an active member of the Kansas City tech community, is a frequent hackathon attendee, technology speaker, and is the founder ...
Aug 29, 2014•29 min
Dr. Angie Besendorfer, chancellor of Western Governors University in Missouri, joins Smart Companies KC host Kelly Scanlon to discuss digital degree offerings that can help business owners reach the top of their game. Dr. Besendorfer also provides insights into how to choose the right university; tips for enhancing the online learning experience; suggestions for balancing family, work and education; and how to use tuition reimbursement programs to retain employees and make them better workers. T...
Aug 29, 2014•25 min
Chris Miles, the "Cash Flow Expert," joins host Kelly Scanlon to discuss how entrepreneurs can quickly free up and create cash flow and lasting wealth. Chris is an author and a fellow Blog Talk host who's been featured in US News, CNN Money, and Bankrate.com. He has a reputation for achieving life-altering financial results for his clients. To listen to additional podcasts with host Kelly Scanlon, please visit the show archives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 22, 2014•30 min
Do you have a great business idea? Do you wonder whether it can be a successful product or service? Concerned about what your competitors are doing? Do you even know who your competitors are? Wonder where the next opportunity is in your industry? Our guest today, Seena Sharp, is president of Sharp Market Intelligence, a firm specializing in marketing information. Seena is also the author of Competitive Intelligence Advantage: How to Minimize Risk, Avoid Surprises and Grow Your Business in a Chan...
Aug 22, 2014•28 min
Social entrepreneur Hayley Besheer, founder of Make a Difference Intimate Apparel (MADI Apparel), joins host Kelly Scanlon to discuss the line of women’s underwear that’s giving women in a variety of hardship situations comfort and confidence. As a student at the University of Missouri, Besheer learned that underwear is the single most needed and under-donated item of clothing. Through research she learned that women in many situations don’t always have access to new, clean underwear, including ...
Aug 15, 2014•29 min
Joining host Kelly Scanlon is Colin Schiller, the President and co-founder at Everwise. Using smart data and cutting-edge software, Everwise matches professionals with the people and insights that can help them succeed at every stage of their career. Learn how Colin and his business partner came up with idea, how it works, and how it's shaping people in some of the world's most progressive companies, including Walmart, Genentech and Oracle. Schiller is responsible for product, programs, technolo...
Aug 15, 2014•31 min
Barbara Teicher joins host Kelly Scanlon to discuss her new book, It’s How You Say It. Teicher is a keynote speaker, trainer and coach, and she’s has spent 25 years developing leaders in companies with some of the most recognized brands in the world. In today’s podcast, Barbara discusses the steps to developing the powerful communication skills necessary to lead others and get things don. To listen to additional podcasts from host Kelly Scanlon, visit the show archives. Learn more about your ad ...
Aug 08, 2014•27 min
Joining host Kelly Scanlon is Gay Gaddis, founder and CEO of T3 (The Think Tank), the technology-fueled creative agency with offices in Austin, New York and San Francisco. For the past 25 years, T3 has helped clients leverage creativity and new technology to transform both their businesses and brands. Gaddis is also part of the Committee of 200, an organization that is confronting glass-ceiling issues, work-life balance and other challenges facing women in business. Gaddis discusses how the C200...
Aug 08, 2014•27 min
Auntie Anne's Pretzels are known world-wide, but many people don't know that these hand-rolled soft pretzels got their start at a farmer's market stand in Pennsylvania in 1988. Founder "Auntie" Anne Beiler joins Smart Company host Kelly Scanlon to describe the company's humble origins, how they handled almost runaway growth, and the thinking behind the company's decision to franchise. The author of a book called Twist of Fate, Anne also dishes lots of advice for entrepreneurs. Anne's journey to ...
Aug 01, 2014•28 min
More than ever, businesses today must create compelling content that attracts readers and gets shared. Why? So they can gain credibility, attract leads, understand their customers . . . the list goes on. But it's not always as easy as it sounds. Smart Companies host Kelly Scanlon welcomes John Rampton, the managing editor of search-engine marketing news site Search Engine Journal and founder of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Adogy, a marketing company that specializes in helping startups. John also ser...
Aug 01, 2014•28 min
Host Kelly Scanlon chats with Linda Hanson, regional market president for Enterprise Bank & Trust in Kansas City, about why its important for entrepreneurs to plan, how to develop a relationship with a banker, how to improve your chances of securing a loan, and other insights for working with a bank to grow your business. Enterprise Bank focuses on partnering with closely held or family-owned businesses and their owners to assist in achieving their financial goals and objectives. As regional...
Jul 25, 2014•23 min
Joining host Kelly Scanlon is Jeff Scurran, the championship coach, renowned speaker and author. His critically acclaimed book, “One Game One Time,” is an autobiographical account of how, in 2004, he coached his 40-point underdog football team to an upset victory over a five-time national champion in a nationally televised bowl game. Over his 40 years of coaching, Scurran has developed a one-step-at-a-time, highly workable strategy for achieving success on the playing field—or in the business wo...
Jul 25, 2014•29 min
Legendary entrepreneur Ewing Kauffman's success in building Marion Laboratories is like an entrepreneur's dream come true. With just $5,000 of borrowed money, he built the company into a $6.5 billion success. He also went on to found the Kauffman Foundation and became the owner of the Kansas City Royals. How did he do it? Jim McGraw served as Mr. K's Chief Operating Officer during Marion's period of explosive growth. As his way of giving back, Jim has developed a free program called LEAPPAhead t...
Jul 18, 2014•30 min
At no other time in history have we had so many generations of workers active in the workforce. Our guest today, Cheryl Cran, the CEO of Evolutionary Business Solutions teaches how to leverage the talents, skills, and experiences of all those generations and keep the company moving forward. for more information on the Host, Kelly Scanlon, visit www.ithinkbigger.com/radio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 18, 2014•30 min
Our guest is Tricia Barbarick Steffes, owner and founder of Bellezze Alte, an online clothing and footwear store for women of height. After unsuccessfully searching America's retail center New York City for stylish clothes that fit her 6-foot-tall frame, Tricia decided to launch her company. The company launched in 2012 as a collection of lines that already existed. But just recently the company has announced its own line, the Madeline Lubrano Collection, which should be available in Fall 2014. ...
Jul 11, 2014•29 min
Joining host Kelly Scanlon is ACe Callwood, co-founder and COO of Coffitivity. Coffitivity “streams the ambient noise of a coffee shop to your desktop or device to boost your creativity.” It was developed by Callwood and Justin Kauszler, two Virginia Commonwealth University grads who became business partners while working on their degrees in entrepreneurship. ACe and Justin have seen almost instant success with Coffitivity, one of Time magazine’s 50 best websites of 2013. The site also has won n...
Jul 11, 2014•28 min
Jamie Clayman Loud, owner of Clayman Promotional Group discusses successfully transitioning the company to the next generation. Jamie began her career in 1991 at Clayman Promotional Group, a company founded by her father, Alvin Clayman in 1968. Starting in sales, she moved up in the company, assuming 51 percent ownership in 2007 and 100 percent ownership in 2012. Jamie is with us today to talk about how she worked her way through the ranks to become owner of the company, how the business has cha...
Jul 04, 2014•29 min
This episode's guest is multiple best-selling business author Mike Michalowicz, who joins us to discuss his latest book, Profit First: A Simple System to Transform Any Business From a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine. By his 35th birthday Mike had founded and sold two multi-million dollar companies. Confident that he had the formula to success, he became an angel investor… and proceeded to lose his entire fortune. Then he started all over again, with a new “profit first” formula. Mi...
Jul 04, 2014•27 min
We'll take you back to simpler times of your childhood and youth skate parties. Our guest Skip Clinton not only holds the title of 1986 World Champion Roller Skater but is also the owner of River Roll Skate Center in Riverside, Missouri. Skip shares his love for the sport of roller skating. He’ll discus his ownership of River Roll for more than 18 years, and he’ll discuss skating’s popularity and the future of the industry. For more information about your show host Kelly Scanlon, please visit ou...
Jun 27, 2014•26 min
Our guest is Martin Zwilling, an American business executive, entrepreneur, and author, who provides pragmatic advice and services to entrepreneurs and startups. Tune in to find out why having a great idea is just the tip of the iceberg for startups. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience, Zwilling says in addition to the "great idea," the entrepreneur needs to have the right experience, attitude and plan or viable business model. Zwilling is Executive in Residence at the Thunderbird School...
Jun 27, 2014•25 min
Tim McCoy of Brockton Creative Group joins us to discuss the latest trends in e-commerce. E-commerce has grown by double digits for 14 consecutive quarters. What's driving that growth? What are the implications for all businesses, but specifically for retail? What role is mobile playing in the surge? What are e-commerce best practices when it comes to security, attracting customers, developing an ecommerce platform, and tracking success? Tim will share ideas and tactics for succeeding in the eve...
Jun 20, 2014•26 min
When it comes to information technology, Robert Cringely knows what he's talking about. He's spent the last 30 years in the PC business, and some of Silicon Valley's best and brightest bend his ear frequently. Robert sorts through their tidbits and reports on it through his columns in major magazines and newspapers as well as his documentaries and books. As a tech insider, he wrote the famous "Notes from the Field" column for InfoWorld from 1987-1995. His work frequently appears in the New York ...
Jun 20, 2014•28 min
Entrepreneur LeAnn Carlson joins Host, Kelly Scanlon on Smart Companies KC Founder of Lauren's Hope Medical ID, LeAnn Carlson joins Host Kelly Scanlon to talk about the inspiration for her company which is famous for its stylish medical IDs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 13, 2014•30 min
