On this episode of Smart Companies Radio, meet Susan Packard, co-founder of Scripps Networks Interactive and former chief operating officer of HGTV, the leading developer of lifestyle-oriented content for television and the Internet. Susan was also president of worldwide distribution for the Scripps cable brands. Packard will be the keynote speaker this year at the 2016 Central Exchange Lyceum April 26th in Kansas City. And after twenty years helping to launch HGTV, Packard is now an author with...
Apr 08, 2016•28 min
Discover what the biggest issue is behind company theft. Retired Special Agent in Charge Michael Tabman says business owners shouldn't worry about the fox getting inside the hen house but instead should concern themselves with one of the hens they've hired going rogue. He shares advice on this episode of Smart Companies Radio-KC on how to keep your company secure, and how to respond effectively to a crisis should it strike your company. Tabman rose through the ranks of the FBI reaching the level...
Apr 01, 2016•26 min
Many Small Business Owners believe they’ll never retire and in turn, don’t bother to address an exit strategy or succession plan for their business. On this episode of Smart Companies Radio with host Kelly Scanlon you’ll learn the basic steps you need to address with your legal and or banking representative to put together a strategy for retirement and selling your business. Kristin Nelson, Head of Private Business Owners Solutions in the Wealth Management Group at Bank of the West says first an...
Apr 01, 2016•25 min
Since 1991, the nationally ranked Leopold Gallery has helped Kansas City’s private collectors and corporate clients build art collections of enduring quality. On this episode of Smart Company KC, host Kelly Scanlon speaks with Paul Dorrell, the owner of Leopold Gallery and Art Consulting. Paul works to attract private collectors building their art collections with a focus on local creators. Leopold Gallery has been inspiring business owners and homeowner for 25 years and was named part of the 20...
Mar 25, 2016•25 min
Core Catalysts helps clients with business challenges that are often tied to their core business operations, costing them time and money. As former consultants with national firms, Jim Wadella tells Smart Companies Host Kelly Scanlon how he and his staff at Core Catalysts bring experienced professionals who are nimble, smart and focused on their clients' business problems. Discover how Core Catalysts brings tangible results and real outcomes to businesses across the country. To hear more shows w...
Mar 25, 2016•26 min
She's been called a Tedx phenom and an award-winning commentator for CNN, Mel Robbins joins Smart Companies host Kelly Scanlon to talk about improving your lot in life and getting ahead and all you have to do is stop hesitating. Best known as the creator of the 5-second rule, Mel will explain how we are our own worst enemies and how to overcome it. Discover how you can change your life in as little as 5 seconds. When Robbins is not on stage, she's on television and has appeared numerous national...
Mar 18, 2016•29 min
Haran Yaffe is the creator of Ollies Blocks, named after his almost 2-year-old daughter. This wounded veteran turned father, turned inventor grew up playing with the blocks made by his father’s small toy company. As a vet who sustained life-threatening injuries, Yaffe returned home with a newfound inspiration to rekindle his father’s work and create a toy that reintroduces a simplistic and hands-on approach to playtime.Ollies Blocks are quickly making an impact beyond recreation, they are also h...
Mar 18, 2016•27 min
Keri Lauderdale Olson is the Founder and CEO of Chocolate Cork, www.thechocolatecork.com, where chocolate meets wine in interactive chocolate and wine pairing classes, kits and events. Keri’s lifelong love of chocolate began when her mom started her own small chocolate business while Keri was only 8 years of age. After16 years in Marketing and Product Development, Keri decided to try something new, bringing her two passions together, wine and chocolate and started her business once she had becom...
Mar 11, 2016•24 min
What is innovation? Best-selling business author and speaker Stephen Shapiro talks with Smart Companies host, Kelly Scanlon. On this episode, Shapiro will explain why businesses struggle and at times fail at breakthrough innovations and what needs to change. Discover how to cultivate innovation at your company and how to approach, tackle and solve your business challenges. Shapiro is the author of five books, including “Best Practices Are Stupid," which was named the best innovation and creativi...
Mar 11, 2016•26 min
Meet the guys behind one of the best digital shops in Kansas City. George Brooks and Daniel Linhart are co-founders of Crema and winners of 25 Under 25 ®, Class of 2016. Discover what they believe brought them their success and it’s not what you may think. And learn how Crema gives back to their Kansas City community on this week’s Smart Companies – KC with host Kelly Scanlon. To hear more shows with host Kelly Scanlon, please visit online and check out our archives. Learn more about your ad cho...
Mar 04, 2016•30 min
A fan of Disney cartoons, stuffed animals, and animals in general since her childhood, Sarah got her start making a few costumes for friends and others in 2009. Choosing to leave a career in advertising, she set out on her own in 2011 to found Menagerie Workshop. Five years and 300+ costumes later, business is thriving, with customers waiting upwards of twelve months for her custom creations. Entirely self-taught, Sarah works well over 40 hours a week bringing mascots and other characters to lif...
Mar 04, 2016•20 min
Reinventing your business, you hear a lot of talk, but on this episode of Smart Companies-KC, meet someone who’s done it in a big way. Kathryn McDaniel the owner and founder of MEDiAHEAD, saw the technology curve in digital printing and elected to get ahead of it before others made the leap. The company which split from a traditional commercial printer offers a range of marketing services including traditional printing. Learn the back story behind the company and discover why MEDiAHEAD was selec...
Feb 26, 2016•24 min
On this episode of Smart Companies Radio with host Kelly Scanlon, you'll discover the sure-fire way to grow your business with guest Donna Leyens, President and co-founder of Provendus Group, Provendus Group, provides business tools, programs, strategy and support to small business owners and is committed to helping small businesses not only stay afloat but to scale and grow in both profitability and size while allowing the owner to have time for a life as well. Learn how to identify your busine...
Feb 26, 2016•29 min
Meet the owners of one of Kansas City’s most trusted printing, design and marketing companies. It’s been six years since Haley and Matt Haar became owners of AlphaGraphics Kansas City. Sales have doubled and the awards and accolades have been piling up. Find out why Alphagraphics Kansas City is an honoree for the class of 2016’s 25 Under 25 ®. Discover the secret to their success, on this episode of Smart Companies-KC. To hear more shows with host Kelly Scanlon, visit our archives. Learn more ab...
Feb 19, 2016•30 min
They’ve run and won CBS Television’s “The Amazing Race” and dazzled you with farm to shelf ingredients on The Cooking Channel. On this episode of Smart Companies Radio, meet Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell, also known as “The Fabulous Beekman Boys. They’re joining host Kelly Scanlon to talk about their entrepreneurial success in upstate New York and how their philosophy of community with neighbor helping neighbor plays into it. They are the founders of Beekman 1802. Nasdaq has called it one ...
Feb 19, 2016•28 min
Founded in 2008, Beekman 1802 Mercantile is now "the fastest growing lifestyle brand in America Beekman 1802 brand owners and founders Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge, had no plans to create a business around the Beekman 1802 Farm when they stumbled across it in upstate New York, but like Judge William Beekman, who originally built the farm over 200 years ago, they were inspired by the land and the community to build something lasting. The two collaborate with local farmers, craftspersons &a...
Feb 17, 2016•28 min
Meet the owners of Eagle Animal Hospital and Pet Resort, one of the 25 Under 25 ® class of 2016. Smart Companie-KC host, Kelly Scanlon sits down with Dr. James Sparks and Dr. Matthew Silvius to find out what makes this Northland animal hospital & resort one of the region’s most sophisticated care facilities. To hear past shows with host Kelly Scanlon, please visit our archives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 12, 2016•25 min
Have you ever had to fire a client? On Smart Companies Radio find out how to consistently get the clients you want. Host Kelly Scanlon talks with consultant and author Dov Gordon who will help you get more of the customers you want. You'll find out that more information is not going to bring you the clients you want. Discover how a small change in the way you think, can change everything about your clientele. Learn how to market your confidence. There are only three questions that matter and Gor...
Feb 12, 2016•27 min
Steve and Nicole Pierce are continuing the family tradition that has been a part of Muehlebach Funeral Care since it was first established in 1954 by James Harrington. Muehlebach Funeral Care was the first funeral home to sell prearranged funerals in the United States and continues to offer unique services such as its Senior and Aftercare program as a way to set them apart and serve Kansas City families for generations to come. Muehlebach Funeral Care is a 25 Under 25® winner for the class of 20...
Feb 05, 2016•24 min
Maxwell Ivey, is a totally blind business owner, blogger, sometimes podcaster, and newly self published author. His primary business is helping people sell new and used amusement equipment and related items. He started his business after the early death of his father which lead to the closure of his family's small traveling carnival. Smart Companies Host Kelly Scanlon discusses his new book, called, “Leading you out of the darkness into the light, a blind man's inspirational guide to success. Le...
Feb 05, 2016•27 min
Whether you're a brew geek or a total craft beer newbie, all are welcome at Bier Station in Kansas City’s Waldo area. On this episode of Smart Companies KC, meet one of the founders of Bier Station, John Couture who maintains, “We're here to share our love of beer, not judge. That's why we call ourselves "Beer Enthusiasts," not "Beer Snobs”. He joins host Kelly Scanlon to talk Bier and beer. Learn the law-changing history behind Kansas City’s first tasting bar bottle shop, in fact, the first suc...
Jan 29, 2016•27 min
It’s a risk, starting a new business. According to the SBA’s Office of Advocacy, the general rule of thumb is that a new business has a 50% chance of surviving 5 years or more. Increase your odds by being aware of the risk factors. Author D. Anthony Miles, Ph.D. joins guest host Mary McKenna on Smart Companies Radio to discuss his book “Risk Factors and Business Models: Understanding the Five Forces of Entrepreneurial Risk and the Causes of Business Failure”. Learn the patterns that cause failur...
Jan 29, 2016•26 min
Connecting? or Networking? Which do you do? Discover the difference and the advantage of making the right connection. On this episode of Smart Companies KC with host Kelly Scanlon, meet Joyce Layman. A national speaker, author, connector and presenter at TEDxUMKC.Layman describes herself as a former wallflower in the world of business networking, and she knows firsthand what it takes to overcome the greatest obstacle you'll face - the four inches between your ears. Her passion is inspiring peopl...
Jan 22, 2016•29 min
On this episode of Smart Companies Radio with host Kelly Scanlon, you'll meet Harris Glasser, a successful businessman and entrepreneur with over 50 years of practical and personal business experience, shares his tips and tricks on this episode of Smart Companies Radio. Glasser says his lessons didn't come from a book but from real life experiences. At the age of 28, Harris had built a successful construction business. Later he started an indoor farming business, which became successful. He sold...
Jan 22, 2016•29 min
Smart Companies-KC welcomes Eric Comeau, the Kansas City Market President of Sunflower Bank. Sunflower Bank, a long-standing name across Kansas but a relative newcomer to Kansas City. Sunflower Bank is a $1.7 billion community bank founded in 1892 in Salina, Kansas and has recently moved into the Kansas City area with three locations. The Bank has 39 locations in Kansas, Missouri, and Colorado. On this episode discover what it's like to work with a community bank and learn how community banks su...
Jan 15, 2016•26 min
Did you make a New Year’s resolution and have you kept it? This time last year, Women’s Foundation challenged itself to work for change -- to improve the lives of women and their families. After research on the Status of Women in Missouri found that women in Missouri earn $0.71 for every dollar men earn for the same work. The Women’s Foundation resolved to focus on results for equal pay. On Smart Companies Radio with guest host Mary McKenna, Foundation President Wendy Doyle will report on their ...
Jan 15, 2016•23 min
Influencer Marketing. What is it? On this episode of Smart Companies Radio with Kelly Scanlon, you'll meet Problogger, Bill Belew who is a content marketer and influencer trainer. an educator for many years, he taught university in Japan, community college, college, graduate school, and marketing in an MBA program here in the states. Belew has two terminal degrees – a Ph.D. in Education and an MFA in Creative Writing. Belew says he knows how to get people to your site and he shares some of his s...
Jan 08, 2016•27 min
Whether your dream is to open a new restaurant or to sell a new product or app, you will have to address contracts, licensing, labor and a whole range of topics you may never have thought of before. On Smart Companies Radio with host, Kelly Scanlon this week, you’ll meet Jeff Stoller, the author of his newly released book,“You Want to be an Entrepreneur,” Jeff is a successful attorney, accountant, consultant and entrepreneur. Find out why he created the book and his life lesson from working with...
Jan 08, 2016•26 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 another 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 company, but a DIFY (Do-It-For-You) solution no matter where you work or the si...
Jan 01, 2016•27 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...
Jan 01, 2016•29 min
