Amber Arnett-Bequeaith brings 20 plus years of leadership and marketing expertise to Full Moon ProductionsI Inc., serving as Vice-President since 2000. Her duties at Full Moon include responsibility for daily operations, marketing, advertising, promotions, public relations, recruitment, community service activities, charity liaison, event and creative director and strategic planning. Full Moon Productions is a family entertainment venue that originated the haunt industry in 1975, becoming a nati...
Jun 19, 2015•28 min
Although He doesnt recommend it Andrew Medal in fact highly discourages mistakes that could put you behind bars. He does however share with Smart Companies host Kelly Scanlon that being an entrepreneur paid off during his two years in prison. Discover how his entrepreneurial spirit helped him survive and in fact thrive during his incarceration. Andrew Medal is the founder and CEO at Agent Beta. He's a published author and a regular contributor to Entrepreneur.com. Andrew will explain how you too...
Jun 19, 2015•30 min
In today’s competitive markets, just being able to produce a good product doesn’t assure you a thriving business. You have to be able to produce a consistently, high quality product and sell it at a price high enough to generate a sustainable profit. You may know everything you need to know on the farm but where do you go from here. On today's Smart Companies KC you'll meet Lesley Graham, Founder of Local Source Marketing. Lesley with years of experience in the food industry specializes in repre...
Jun 12, 2015•23 min
Speaker, Author, CEO and “Student of the Game of Business.” David Long joins host Kelly Scanlon on Smart Companies Radio this Friday. Long is Founder/CEO of MyEmployees, a 25 year-old firm in the Top 1% Worldwide in the Employee Engagement and Recognition industry. His firm specializes in helping managers build stronger, more engaging relationships with their team members, while linking the rewards and recognition program to the desired goals of the company. He believes (and lives to his very co...
Jun 12, 2015•29 min
As a small business owner when do you need an advertising agency and what should you expect? Meet John Nohe, a seasoned veteran in the communications and marketing arena and founder of JNA Advertising, a full-service advertising agency, with clients across the globe. Founded in 2004, JNA is among the top 15 largest agencies in Kansas City and has clients in animal health, retail, aviation, tourism and human health. This past year JNA was honored as one of Kansas City's top 25 companies with fewe...
Jun 05, 2015•28 min
Joining host Kelly Scanlon this week on Smart Companies Radio is Bruce L Tulgan. Tulgan is an American writer specializing in business topics. His books include It's Okay to Manage Your Boss, Not Everyone Gets a Trophy, It's Okay to be the Boss, and Managing Generation X. On this episode Kelly and Bruce will discuss his most recent book, “The 27 Challenges Managers Face: Step-by-Step Solutions to (Nearly) All of Your Management Problems”. Discover how the most effective managers use the fundamen...
Jun 05, 2015•27 min
What is the most important job of an entrepreneur and how do you get started without a lot of money. Scott Duffy the Best-selling author of Launch! joins host Kelly Scanlon to answer those questions. You'll also discover the biggest single mistake to avoid when launching your new business. Scott Duffy is the Founder & CEO of Content.Market. He began his career working for best-selling author and speaker, Tony Robbins, and went on to work for several big media brands like CBS Sportsline, NBC ...
Jun 02, 2015•27 min
What started out as a creative way to help his parents in their retirement has turned into an international, award winning business. Alan Doan Co-founder along with his sister Sarah Galbraith of Missouri Star Quilt Company talks about the inception of the company in 2008 and how it's grown to where it is today, including the most recent honor. Alan and his sister Sarah were named as the National 2015 Small Business Persons of the year. The award is presented each spring as part of the U.S. Small...
Jun 01, 2015•29 min
What started out as a creative way to help his parents in their retirement has turned into an international, award winning business. Alan Doan Co-founder along with his sister Sarah Galbraith of Missouri Star Quilt Company talks about the inception of the company in 2008 and how it's grown to where it is today, including the most recent honor. Alan and his sister Sarah were named as the National 2015 Small Business Persons of the year. The award is presented each spring as part of the U.S. Small...
May 29, 2015•29 min
What is the most important job of an entrepreneur and how do you get started without a lot of money. Scott Duffy the Best-selling author of Launch! joins host Kelly Scanlon to answer those questions. You'll also discover the biggest single mistake to avoid when launching your new business. Scott Duffy is the Founder & CEO of Content.Market. He began his career working for best-selling author and speaker, Tony Robbins, and went on to work for several big media brands like CBS Sportsline, NBC ...
May 29, 2015•27 min
The Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program (HEMP) is still helping Kansas City's entrepreneurs build bigger and better companies. HEMP pairs seasoned business owners with the program's mentees translating into an average growth of 43 percent. In the past 20 years HEMP has helped more than 300 local business owners who in turn have generated close to $750 million dollars in economic activity. On this episode of Smart Companies Radio KC, host Kelly Scanlon visits with Barnett Helzberg Jr., the...
May 22, 2015•28 min
High turnover, lack of accountability, resistance to change, poor communication, and poor decision-making are all symptoms of execution failures in your company and cost your company money. Discover how to plug those gaps and improve execution of your company’s strategy. Rick Lepsinger, President of OnPoint Consulting joins host Kelly Scanlon this week on Smart Companies Radio to discuss leadership and organizational effectiveness. Lepsinger has a thirty year track record of success as a human r...
May 22, 2015•26 min
Breakout KC is a brand new interactive entertainment game in downtown Kansas City's River Market. Your goal as a customer is simple: You have 60 minutes to escape from a real life escape room. Crack the codes, solve the riddles, and use your intuition or your gut to make your escape before you run out of time. Breakout KC is the first escape or puzzle room in the Kansas City area and is the work of serial entrepreneurs Matt Baysiner, Luke Thomson and Ryan Henrich. On today's Smart Companies KC f...
May 15, 2015•29 min
Meet Jill S. Tietjen, P.E., after 38 years in the electric utility industry, Tietjen became the first CEO in the history of the National Women’s Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, New York) on 1/1/2015. An electrical engineer, she is currently an independent director on two corporate boards. A Past National President of the Society of Women Engineers, and the National Inventors Hall of Fame. She has been to the White House twice to see her nominees receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovatio...
May 15, 2015•28 min
Meet Chris Costello CEO and Co-Founder of Blooom (yes, three O’s) a company the Wall Street Journal calls, “One of the best online tools for retirement planning”. Bloom is an online investment advisor built exclusively for managing your 401k or other employer sponsored retirement plan. On this episode of Smart Companies Radio with host Kelly Scanlon, Chris will explain how his company is not another advice offering but a DIFY (Do-It-For-You) solution no matter where you work or the size of the a...
May 11, 2015•28 min
On Smart Companies KC, host Kelly Scanlon visits with Amy Bretall, an entrepreneur who when she’s not working to grow her business, Arbor Grove LLC, can be found volunteering across the Kansas City community. Bretall left the corporate world in 2014 to start her own company providing community planning, project management and public relations for communities throughout Missouri. Arbor Grove engages in comprehensive, regional, and economic development strategic planning activities that necessitat...
May 08, 2015•25 min
Meet Chris Costello CEO and Co-Founder of Blooom (yes, three O’s) a company the Wall Street Journal calls, “One of the best online tools for retirement planning”. Bloom is an online investment advisor built exclusively for managing your 401k or other employer sponsored retirement plan. On this episode of Smart Companies Radio with host Kelly Scanlon, Chris will explain how his company is not another advice offering but a DIFY (Do-It-For-You) solution no matter where you work or the size of the a...
May 08, 2015•28 min
Kansas City's entrepreneurial and business community is on fire. On this episode of Smart Companies KC with Host Kelly Scanlon you'll meet one of the people fanning the flames, the new president and CEO of the EDCKC, Bob Langencamp. Langenkamp has worked for the city of Kansas City since 1989 and has been involved in most of the major redevelopment projects undertaken during this period The EDC (Economic Development Corporation) is Kansas City’s primary economic development organization and work...
May 01, 2015•23 min
“If you believe that an unlimited life, an unstoppable business, and perpetual happiness are all part of the “impossible dream” you haven’t met Dixie Gillaspie.” A regular contributor to Entrepreneur.com and the Huffington Post, Gillaspie will share her wisdom with host Kelly Scanlon on getting the most out of your mentor. Entrepreneurial pundits insist you should have a mentor when you decide to start a business and Gillaspie will share her steps on getting the most out of yours. Dixie is the a...
May 01, 2015•29 min
Entrepreneur Liz Bohannon was hoping at least one shark from the popular television show “Shark Tank” would come forward and help finance her company but at the end of the show it wasn’t the case. Bohannon this week sits down with host Kelly Scanlon on Smart Companies Radio to talk about her company Sseko Designs, how it’s nearing profitability in 2015, is putting young women in Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia through college and is becoming one of the largest employers of women in the region. Find o...
Apr 28, 2015•29 min
Michelle Jacobs and Mat Hertig Co-founders of Alight Analytics join host Kelly Scanlon to talk about your marketing dollars. Find out if you’re making the right marketing investments in your company and why Alight Analytics with its unique ChannelMix marketing platform can provide you with the aggregate information you need to boost sales and build your business. To find out more about Alight Analytics visit them online at: https://alightanalytics.com/about-alight-analytics-marketing-firm/ To he...
Apr 24, 2015•28 min
Do you know what the number one reason is employees quit their jobs? How about seven? Discover what the seven reasons are and what you can do to stop the exodus from your company. Leigh Branham, SPHR and the founder of Keeping the People, Inc. joins host Kelly Scanlon to discuss the employment climate in the current economy. Branham is author of three books including,"The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave: How to Recognize the Subtle Signs and Act Before It’s Too Late". They'll discuss the root c...
Apr 24, 2015•29 min
Sally Hogshead: Hall of Fame speaker, best-selling author, and the world’s leading expert on fascination joins host Kelly Scanlon on this week's Smart Companies Radio KC. As a world-class branding expert, Sally has discovered a new way to measure how people perceive your communication. Find out what makes you intensely valuable to others, so the world will see you at your best. Sally and Kelly will discuss her best-selling book, 'How the World Sees You' which is based on Hoghead's decade of rese...
Apr 17, 2015•26 min
Entrepreneur Liz Bohannon was hoping at least one shark from the popular television show “Shark Tank” would come forward and help finance her company but at the end of the show it wasn’t the case. Bohannon this week sits down with host Kelly Scanlon on Smart Companies Radio to talk about her company Sseko Designs, how it’s nearing profitability in 2015, is putting young women in Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia through college and is becoming one of the largest employers of women in the region. Find o...
Apr 17, 2015•29 min
On this episode of Smart Companies Radio you'll meet Lidia Bastianich, an Emmy award-winning public television host, a best-selling cookbook author, restaurateur, and owner of a flourishing food and entertainment business. Discover how Lidia married her two passions in life – her family and food, to create multiple culinary endeavors alongside her two children. Lidia’s cookbooks, co-authored with her daughter Tanya, include Lidia’s Commonsense Italian Cooking, Lidia’s Favorite Recipes, Lidia’s I...
Apr 13, 2015•29 min
On this episode of Smart Companies KC, host Kelly Scanlon visits with Laird Goldsborough, President of Valbridge Property Advisors | Shaner Appraisals, a full-service commercial real estate valuation and consulting firm. While the majority of their work is completed for financing purposes, the firm also has extensive experience in real estate litigation support, property tax appeals, ownership disputes, expert witness testimony, conservation easement valuation, eminent domain and more. In additi...
Apr 10, 2015•27 min
On Smart Companies Radio, Host Kelly Scanlon talks jobs with Diana Furchtgott-Roth, former chief economist of the U.S. Department of Labor, director of Economics21 and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. From 2003 to 2005, Ms. Furchtgott-Roth was chief economist of the U.S. Department of Labor. From 2001 to 2002 she served as chief of staff of President George W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisers. Ms. Furchtgott-Roth is the author of Regulating to Disaster: How Green ...
Apr 10, 2015•27 min
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. 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 free programs that outline critical skills he and Mr. K used at Marion during its glory days. These skills are as valuable today as they were then. In 201...
Apr 03, 2015•29 min
On this episode of Smart Companies Radio you'll meet Lidia Bastianich, an Emmy award-winning public television host, a best-selling cookbook author, restaurateur, and owner of a flourishing food and entertainment business. Discover how Lidia married her two passions in life – her family and food, to create multiple culinary endeavors alongside her two children. Lidia’s cookbooks, co-authored with her daughter Tanya, include Lidia’s Commonsense Italian Cooking, Lidia’s Favorite Recipes, Lidia’s I...
Apr 03, 2015•29 min
On Smart Companies KC with host Kelly Scanlon, you'll meet Dave Walker, a 25+ year veteran marketing intrapreneur-turned-born-again entrepreneur who has created, developed, built, and fixed go-to-market strategies for some of the largest, most recognized brands in the country, from Wal-Mart to Toys R Us to Microsoft to Home Depot. In 2011, Dave launched the innovation consultancy, Synthacis, with a handful of product development, marketing and organizational experts from around the globe, on a s...
Mar 27, 2015•30 min
