Talking Business Now
Get the inside scoop on how America’s most successful entrepreneurs are transforming their industries. On each episode of Talking Business Now, you'll meet one of your fellow business owners, founders or entrepreneurs who's "been there done that." Along with host Kelly Scanlon, guests delve into a specific challenge they've dealt with, their strategies for handling it and how it changed their company. You'll be inspired by each guest's entrepreneurial journey—and, through their experiences and examples, you'll gain insights into innovative ideas you can put to work immediately to increase productivity, improve processes, expand your market share and generate more revenue. Tune in , , , it’s time to talk business!
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All in Startup: Learning Entrepreneurship by Li...
There are more than 10,000 entrepreneurship classrooms in the U.S., reaching more than half a million students, but the vast majority of educators are teaching
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10,000 Small Businesses: An Investment in Ameri...
This week’s guest is Patricia Greene, professor of entrepreneurship at Babson College. As a founder of the Diana Project, she is one of the world's foremost exp
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The Roasterie's Still Brewing Up Big After 20 Y...
On November 22, 1978, Danny O’Neill picked his first batch of coffee beans in the mountainous coffee-growing region around the Poás volcano while studying abroa
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For Better or for Work, with Meg Hirshberg
Joining host Kelly Scanlon is noted author and speaker Meg Hirshberg. Meg talks about her latest book, For Better or For Work: A Survival Guide for Entrepreneur
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The Minority Supplier Development Council: Impo...
Joing Host Kelly Scanlon is the first president of the Kansas City Minority Supplier Development Council, now known as the Mid-American Minority Supplier Counc
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Entrepreneurship Goes to School . . . And Turn...
Kathleen Allen, professor of entrepreneurship at the USC Marshall School of Business and recent recipient of the Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year Award fro
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Busting the Myths About Thinking Bigger - with ...
Our guest today is Denise Mills, the co-founder and Chief Mindset Officer of LeaderFuelNow, a company that provides leadership training, business consulting and
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Up Close With Melissa Thompson, founder of Talk...
Our guest today is Melissa Thompson, the founder and CEO of TalkSession, Inc., a healthcare technology company that develops web-based platforms for therapy ses
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Betsy Johnson of SwimZip Takes a Swim With the ...
Betsy Johnson, co-founder of beach apparel line SwimZip, recently landed an appearance on ABC's Shark Tank and swam away with an investment from shark Lori Grei
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Sales Shift: Why the Age of the Customer Has Da...
Small business expert Jim Blasingame joins us to discuss his recently released third book “The Age of the Customer – Prepare for the Moment of Relevance.” Jim s
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Lessons for Small Business in Target Data Breach
Recent data breaches involving Target and other major corporations have attracted national attention. Attracting less attention are small and mid-size business
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The Genius of STUFF
Doing things a little differently has helped turn STUFF, a Brookside shop, into a neighborhood institution and landed them on NICHE magazine's list of top store
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Anton's Taproom - A Restaurant That Delivers Mo...
Anton’s Taproom, which opened in October in Kansas City’s Crossroads District, is not your typical KC restaurant. How many restaurants do you know that have a b
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The Secret Behind the Hottest Business in Fort ...
Meet Smokin' Ed Currie, who proudly holds the Guinness World Record for hottest chili on Earth. On the Scoville heat scale, where zero is bland and a regular ja
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KC Women Business Organizations Get Collaborative
Sherry Turner, founder of OneKC for Women, joins host Kelly Scanlon to discuss resources for women business owners in Kanas City, the OneKC for Women initiative
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Flight Car: Braving the New Frontier
Kelly explores the next frontier in "sharing services" with entrepreneur Kevin Petrovic, co-founder of a fast-growing company called FlightCar. FlightCar lets
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My Life as an FBI Mole and How I Survived it.
Small Changes, Big Shifts // Dr. Michelle Robin, 1 p.m. Mark Whitacre, is the highest-ranking executive-turned-whistleblower in U.S. history. At just 32, Whi
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Smart Companies KC - Made in Kansas City
Smart Companies KC host Kelly Scanlon sits down with Richard Shipley, co-founder and CEO of LocalStart.org, an organization that works to create top-of-mind awa
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Cupcake Confidential - Jeff Martin of Smallcakes
Jeff Martin, founder of the Smallcakes franchise, has developed a big appetite for international growth. Tune in as Jeff, who is a two-time veteran of the Food
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Bitcoin - The New Currency or Just A Flash In T...
2013 was quite possibly the year of bitcoin; it was the year in which its price skyrocketed above $1000 as it simultaneously moved from the shadows of the Inter
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Powered By Hope - The Terry Griege Story - Insp...
On Small Changes - Big Shifts, Host Dr. Michelle Robin talks to Ironman competitor and cancer survivor, Terry Griege. Terry shares her inspiring story about ho
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Making The Most Of Your Advertising Dollar
Tim Burt, known internationally as the "Commercial Professor," joins Kelly to share insights into how to create effective advertisements for any platform. Tim
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Turning Adversaries Into Allies - with Bob Burg
Can you really, systematically and consistently get the results you want from others while making them feel genuinely good about themselves, about the process,
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Are Entrepreneurs Worthless, Impossible and Stu...
Tune in to a lively discussion about why Dan Isenberg, executive director of the Babson Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Project, has written a book called Worthless,
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The Inside Scoop on the Founding of Twitter
Our guest is New York Times technology and business columnist Nick Bilton, who's just released his second book, Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power,
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