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Join us for an in-depth exploration of Walmart's powerful "The 5 Its" e-commerce strategy! The VENDO team delves into the essentials: Have It, Find It, Display It, Price It, & Deliver It. Discover how each "It" can propel your success on Walmart Marketplace. Topics Covered: - The 5 Its: Have It, Find It, Display It, Price It (2:55) - Have It: Focusing on Assortment (4:20) - Investing in Your Items (6:00) - Walmart DSV (7:10) - Find It (8:53) - Key Challenges with SEO (9:33) - The Importance of Content Scores (11:20) - Display It: Product Listing Fundamentals (14:00) - Walmart Review Syndication (17:05) - Price It: Everyday Low Prices (18:40) - Leveraging Promotions (20:20) - Competitive Price Matching (22:28) - Walmart's Deals Week (25:50) - Deliver It: Shipping (29:50) - Omnichannel Approach (32:15) Speakers: - Hiram Gonzalez, Senior eCommerce Walmart Strategist, VENDO - Delaney Del Mundo, Director of Amazon Account Strategy, VENDO Want to stay up to date on topics like this? Subscribe to our Amazon & Walmart Growth #podcast for bi-weekly episodes every other Thursday! ➡️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr2VTsj1X3PRZWE97n-tDbA ➡️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4HXz504VRToYzafHcAhzke?si=9d57599ed19e4362 ➡️ Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vendo-amazon-walmart-growth-experts/id1512362107
Episode Notes Please rate, review, and/or subscribe on Apple Podcasts to help promote this show... You can explore both public and patron episodes of this podcast here: https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/twin-peaks-cinema.html Companions to this episode on the Lost in the Movies podcast - Blue Velvet (as a standalone film) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2021/04/blue-velvet-lost-in-movies-19.html & Blue Velvet Revisited (experimental documentary on the production) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/03/blue-velvet-revisited-lost-in-movies.html Sections in this episode: Comparisons (7:06) / Contrasts (18:00) / Fluid Psychodramatic Connections (24:24) / Characters (40:58) / Settings (52:54) / Motifs & Minor Characters w/ Connections to Deleted Scenes (1:01:05) / BONUS: Comparison to "Jean framing Cooper" storyline (1:07:45) / BONUS: Criterion Supplements including more on Deleted Scenes (1:16:31) OTHER LINKS The previous "Lynchverse" episode covered Eraserhead https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/02/eraserhead-as-twin-peaks-cinema-22.html David Lynch & Mary Sweeney: Dream Souls (my video) https://vimeo.com/430539967 Patreon PODCAST: My Twin Peaks Reflections section on the "Cocaine in Twin Peaks" storyline https://www.patreon.com/posts/31637615 MY OTHER WORK ON BLUE VELVET Listen to a Patreon audio archive of all my previous work/mentions: https://www.patreon.com/posts/49822857 as well as public readings/clips https://www.patreon.com/posts/49964348 & https://www.patreon.com/posts/49964889 & https://www.patreon.com/posts/49964990 My first review http://www.lostinthemovies.com/2008/08/blue-velvet_17.html Essay comparing Blue Velvet to Jacques Rivette's The Duchess of Langeais http://www.lostinthemovies.com/2015/12/blue-velvet-duchess-of-langeais.html In a complete survey of Lynch's filmography up to 2014 w/ review https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2014/06/the-eye-of-duck-david-lynch.html & in an essay https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2014/06/its-strange-world-david-lynch.html Take This Baby and Deliver It to Death (non-narrated video essay focused on how Lynch's early films - including Blue Velvet - depict violence and assign the roles of abuser, victim, and rescuer) https://vimeo.com/95477301 Other pieces discussing David Lynch's body of work: https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/twin-peaks-david-lynch.html (including Blue Velvet mentions not listed above) MY OTHER WORK ON TWIN PEAKS https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/twin-peaks.html For MY RECENT PODCASTS & TWIN PEAKS CHARACTER SERIES WRITTEN ENTRIES, visit this episode's home page on my site https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/03/blue-velvet-as-twin-peaks-cinema-23.html (not enough space for the individual links in these show notes) Browse my other podcasts: Lost in the Movies https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/patreon-podcast.html Lost in Twin Peaks https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/lost-in-twin-peaks.html This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes Please rate, review, and/or subscribe on Apple Podcasts to help promote this show... You can explore both public and patron episodes of this podcast here: https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/twin-peaks-cinema.html The comparison of Eraserhead and the "Donna's father" storyline of Twin Peaks begins at 40:35. OTHER LINKS The previous "Lynchverse" episode covered Mulholland Drive https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/01/mulholland-drive-as-twin-peaks-cinema.html Twin Peaks Finale: A Theory of Cooper, Diane, and Judy by David Auerbach (Waggish) https://www.waggish.org/2017/twin-peaks-finale/ MY OTHER WORK ON ERASERHEAD Listen to a Patreon audio archive of all my previous work/mentions: https://www.patreon.com/posts/55947005 10 Connections between David Lynch's Eraserhead and Inland Empire (LOST IN THE MOVIES podcasts #29 & #30, parts 1 and 2) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2021/09/10-connections-between-david-lynchs.html Take This Baby and Deliver It to Death (non-narrated video essay focused on how Lynch's early films - including Eraserhead - depict violence and assign the roles of abuser, victim, and rescuer) https://vimeo.com/95477301 Essay comparing Eraserhead to Jacques Rivette's Paris Belongs to Us http://www.lostinthemovies.com/2015/12/eraserhead-paris-belongs-to-us.html In a complete survey of Lynch's filmography up to 2014 w/ review https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2014/06/the-eye-of-duck-david-lynch.html & in an essay https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2014/06/its-strange-world-david-lynch.html + in an interview w/ Lynch scholar Martha Nochimson https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2014/11/opening-door-conversation-with-martha.html Other pieces discussing David Lynch's body of work: https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/twin-peaks-david-lynch.html (including Eraserhead mentions not listed above) MY OTHER WORK ON TWIN PEAKS https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/twin-peaks.html MY RECENT PODCASTS Lost in the Movies - Heart of a Dog https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/02/heart-of-dog-lost-in-movies-podcast-50.html Twin Peaks Conversations w/ John Bernardy, host of Blue Rose Task Force https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/02/twin-peaks-conversations-18-w-blue-rose.html FOLLOW MY NEW TWIN PEAKS CHARACTER SERIES (written entries) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/01/introducing-revised-twin-peaks.html This episode's home page on my site https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/02/eraserhead-as-twin-peaks-cinema-22.html (the most recent character pieces are individually linked here as well) Browse my other podcasts: Lost in the Movies https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/patreon-podcast.html Lost in Twin Peaks https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/lost-in-twin-peaks.html This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes Please rate, review, and/or subscribe on Apple Podcasts to help promote this show... You can explore both public and patron episodes of this podcast here: https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/twin-peaks-cinema.html OTHER LINKS Twin Peaks Unwrapped 204: Mulholland Drive TV Pilot (featuring myself, Mya McBriar & John Thorne) https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/twin-peaks-unwrapped-204-mulholland-drive-tv-pilot/id1005628280?i=1000452621616 "Creative Differences" by Tad Friend (New Yorker article on making Mulholland Drive as a TV pilot) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1999/09/06/creative-differences "Haunted by Seriality: The Formal Uncanny of Mulholland Drive" by Jason Mittell (rooting Mulholland Drive's effect in abandonment of open-ended set-up) https://justtv.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/mittell-mulholland-drive.pdf My interview with Martha Nochimson (we discuss her view of Mulholland Drive) http://www.lostinthemovies.com/2014/11/opening-door-conversation-with-martha.html David Lynch & Mary Sweeney: Dream Souls (my video essay created after this recording) https://vimeo.com/430539967 MulhollandDrive.net - Sexual Abuse http://www.mulholland-drive.net/studies/sexualabuse.htm But Who Is The Dreamer? Twin Peaks: The Return by Tim Kreider (Politics/Letters) http://politicsslashletters.org/dreamer-twin-peaks-return/ My discussion of the Kreider article on Twitter https://twitter.com/LostInTheMovies/status/1017024658183540741 My full response to Twin Peaks parts of Noelle's feedback are in the Patreon episode https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-33-and-3-20702764 Take This Baby and Deliver It to Death (my video essay exploring abuse in Lynch's early work) https://vimeo.com/95477301 Gone Fishin' round-up (contains long excerpt of Jeff Simon's Buffalo News review) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2014/06/gone-fishin-collection-of-commentary-on.html A Candid New Biography Tells of the Shocking Childhood That Destroyed Rita Hayworth by Andrea Chambers & Lee Powell (People Magazine) https://people.com/archive/a-candid-new-biography-tells-of-the-shocking-childhood-that-destroyed-rita-hayworth-vol-32-no-20/ MY OTHER WORK ON MULHOLLAND DRIVE My "Favorites" series piece https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2016/10/the-favorites-mulholland-drive-20.html + essay comparing it to Celine and Julie Go Boating https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2015/12/mulholland-drive-celine-and-julie-go.html + another appearance on Twin Peaks Unwrapped https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2015/11/talking-mulholland-drive-with-twin.html + in a survey of Lynch w/ review https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2014/06/the-eye-of-duck-david-lynch.html & in an essay https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2014/06/its-strange-world-david-lynch.html + in video essay comparing Lynch to Maya Deren https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2016/04/maya-deren-david-lynch-spend-lost.html + these include more Mulholland Drive mentions: https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/twin-peaks-david-lynch.html MY OTHER WORK ON TWIN PEAKS https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/twin-peaks.html MY RECENT PODCASTS Lost in the Movies - Marie Antoinette (2006) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/01/marie-antoinette-from-2006-lost-in.html Lost in the Movies on Patreon ($1/month) - Episode 98: Holiday Special / Continuing the 60s... The Apartment (+ capsules on How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, A Charlie Brown Christmas & more) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2022/12/december-2022-patreon-round-up-lost-in.html FOLLOW MY NEW TWIN PEAKS CHARACTER SERIES (written entries) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/01/introducing-revised-twin-peaks.html This episode's home page on my site https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/01/mulholland-drive-as-twin-peaks-cinema.html Browse my other podcasts: Lost in the Movies https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/patreon-podcast.html Lost in Twin Peaks https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/lost-in-twin-peaks.html This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Joining host Susan Lambert, Dr. Doris Baker speaks from her background researching the academic outcomes of English language learners to discuss ways educators can better engage and support all of their students. Dr. Baker emphasizes how much there is to learn about our native language by learning another language, and the many advantages of bilingualism. She then dives into a conversation around codeswitching and the importance of cultural awareness. Dr. Baker also gives listeners practical advice on how to include English language learners in core instruction and highlights how critical it is to provide students with opportunities to engage in sophisticated and deep conversations. Lastly, Dr. Baker outlines how educators can include parents in their children's language learning by teaching them how, when, and what to read to their kids—in their native language!Show notes:Learn more about the Science of Reading for English learners from Dr. Baker and other experts at Celebrating Biliteracy: Realizing a Better Future for Our Spanish Speakers. Register here!Webinar: The Importance of Dual Language Assessment and How to Deliver It in Your ClassroomResearch paper: Effects of Spanish vocabulary knowledge on the English word knowledge and listening comprehension of bilingual students
There are lots of questions about certification and training for Product Owners. In this episode, we talk to scrum trainers Todd Miller and Ryan Ripley to understand what PO's should know before they attend any training. If you are looking to take a class or get your certification, what should you read, watch, and do ahead of the class. We also discuss some of the tougher aspects of scrum that people need help with. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Support: Product Coaching and Consulting - seek taiju Support the show - Buy me a Coffee Links: Twitter - Ryan Ripley Todd Miller Agile for Humans - Community PSM II: A Trainer's Perspective - Article Evidence-Based Management - Free EMB Training Course Scrum.org - Product Owner Learning Path Deliver It [102] - Fixing your scrum Deliver It [46] - Metrics Madness
Episode Notes Please rate, review, and/or subscribe on Apple Podcasts to help promote this show! You can explore all of my podcasts, including over 200 hours of Patreon content, on my website https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/film-in-focus.html & https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/film-capsule.html OTHER LINKS video of the 1982 Eraserhead trailer (Lynch introduces his "boys") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrE9PHsbCXA What Did Five Woody Woodpecker Dolls Do to Upset David Lynch? by Cheryl Eddy (io9) https://io9.gizmodo.com/what-did-five-woody-woodpecker-dolls-do-to-upset-david-1795740818 My other work on these 2 Lynch films: Review of Inland Empire http://www.lostinthemovies.com/2008/09/inland-empire.html Take This Baby and Deliver It to Death (non-narrated video essay focused on how Lynch's early films - including Eraserhead - depict violence and assign the roles of abuser, victim, and rescuer, using brief audio from Inland Empire as well) https://vimeo.com/95477301 reviewing Lynch's entire filmography, pt. 1: each individual film (includes individual full-length reviews of Eraserhead and Inland Empire) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2014/06/the-eye-of-duck-david-lynch.html reviewing Lynch's entire filmography, pt. 2: all the films together (discusses Eraserhead and Inland Empire) http://www.lostinthemovies.com/2014/06/its-strange-world-david-lynch.html discussing Eraserhead & Inland Empire w/ Lynch scholar Martha Nochimson (interview about her books The Passion of David Lynch & David Lynch Swerves) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2014/11/opening-door-conversation-with-martha.html Later links, from 2015 - 20, will be included with next week's episode due to spatial constraints. My recent work: NEW ON THE SITE Mad Men - "Commissions and Fees" (season 5, episode 12) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2021/08/mad-men-commissions-and-fees-season-5.html NEW ON PATREON (...for $5/month) Lost in Twin Peaks #31: Fire Walk With Me - Introduction https://www.patreon.com/posts/55470109 & Part 1 - Production Context https://www.patreon.com/posts/55530621 & Part 2 - Historical Context https://www.patreon.com/posts/55554140 (...for free) Part 3 - Critical Reception (PUBLIC) https://www.patreon.com/posts/55580193 & Part 4 - Fan Reactions (PUBLIC) https://www.patreon.com/posts/55588780 (...for $1/month) Episode 82: Twin Peaks Cinema - Bigger Than Life (+ Twin Peaks Reflections: Randy, Jones, Great Northern Hotel, Fat Trout Trailer Park, Windom Earle's scheme/My Life My Tapes, Afghanistan withdrawal, Nina Turner loss, other recent political developments & more) https://www.patreon.com/posts/54908579 NEW ON YOUTUBE Twin Peaks - Forked Path: video essay on Season 3 Parts 14 - 16 (Journey Through Twin Peaks) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq1nnK6Dk-g (+ Full Journey Through Twin Peaks: The Return available on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/428664151 & within a few days, on this playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLb7padEgVA&list=PLIHlB-wesGPUrsrfE3SxP31ymiIic1rKb) PREVIOUSLY ON THIS PODCAST Eyes Wide Shut (w/ Andrew Cook) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/eyes-wide-shut-w-andrew-cook/id1521758273?i=1000533154683 This episode's home page on my site will be combined with the next episode, and active on Thursday, September 8, 8 am at https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2021/09/10-connections-between-david-lynchs.html
The Dad Edge Podcast (formerly The Good Dad Project Podcast)
If you had one last talk to deliver to the world, what would you say? Who would you say it to? Philip McKernan is a speaker, author, and enlightened hooligan. He is the creator of the One Last Talk speaking series and author of One Last Talk: Why Your Truth Matters and How to Deliver It. Philip talks about how all of us have endured some kind of childhood trauma, and that no matter how perfect we try to be, we are going to hurt and disappoint our kids too. But Philip also tells us how we can find our greatest gifts by exploring our deepest wounds, and why we must speak our truth to heal ourselves and others. This episode is going to hit you hard and stay with you a long time. Give yourself space to listen and time to reflect. It will transform your life. For the show notes and exclusive links mentioned in this episode go to gooddadproject.com/268. Join the Free Dad Edge Facebook Group at gooddadproject.com/group. Apply for The Dad Edge Alliance at gooddadproject.com/alliance. Follow us on Instagram at @thedadedge!
From Recessions to Pandemics Why Serial Entrepreneurs Thrive with Laura Neubauer “Our challenge from a psychological perspective is accepting the new normal.” — Ursula Mentjes (09:15-19:23) Whatever is happening in the world right now and its massive impact on the marketplace, do you realize how big the opportunities are for you right now? You have a chance to see where the market is going and to be on the leading edge of that so that you can come back stronger. In this week's episode, you'll learn about why serial entrepreneurs thrive from recession to pandemic with Laura Neubauer. Introduction Laura Neubauer is a serial entrepreneur. Her expertise is in transportation and logistics with a reputation in delivering an extraordinary client experience. Her exceptional business acumen coupled with her grit and entrepreneurial spirit grew her previous company “Deliver It” into a multi-million-dollar company within its first couple of years. Laura has successfully exited from Deliver-it. Laura is a consultant for many companies because of her creative solutions and “out of the box” business concepts. As a speaker, her no BS attitude brings a new and exciting atmosphere to the business environment. Today, Laura is the CEO of Kaleidoscope Media Services. She consults companies and individuals to build e-learning platforms for business scalability and success. Part One of ‘From Recessions to Pandemics Why Serial Entrepreneurs Thrive with Laura Neubauer’ Before the pandemic, people used to walk free through the airports without thinking of any virus outbreak. Just like when 9/11 happened, things were never the same after that. Some people take a little bit longer to grieve through certain things changing because, as humans, we don't love change. Part of our challenge right now from a psychological perspective is to get into the space of accepting the new normal. During the Great Depression and the Great Recession, there was a vast money exchange that happened. And those who were paying attention and watching for the opportunities were the people that became multi-millionaires during that time. Part Two of ‘From Recessions to Pandemics Why Serial Entrepreneurs Thrive with Laura Neubauer’ With everything that's happening right now, it's essential to look at the trends of what's going to be temporary and what's going to be the permanent changes. Some companies are going to be downsizing left and right because a lot of them have transitioned to remote jobs. If you have a business that you've been traveling to see clients and they've been paying you to travel, then that's not going to occur anymore because they're used to the zoom calls. They're used to working with you a different way right now. And you must learn how to adapt and change, so you have extra offerings for them to make. “Focus on the relationship and delivering high-quality service.” — Ursula Mentjes There's a percentage of the population who has even more money right now than they did a month ago, which is fascinating. That may not be true for everyone, but the point is that there's money out there. When you're clear on what you want to create, the way always shows up. This is the time for business leaders like you to focus more on the relationship and deliver high-quality service. Eventually, your clients are going to feel like they're part of your family. At the same time, this is also a time to reset your goals and recommit to your goals again. Reward yourself for not only surviving this pandemic but thriving or making some of those steps forward. More About Laura Neubauer: Laura Neubauer is also the creator of ETEENPRENEUR, the leading community that provides teen entrepreneurs with online education and peer support. Laura has been recognized as Orange County’s “Entrepreneur to Watch”, California’s “Business Woman of The Year”. And her previous company Deliver-It has been recognized as one of Inc’s fastest-growing companies in America. Laura’s success is based on integrity, strong relationships, and the passion to see other people succeed. She is a past president of both NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners) Orange County and NAWBO California You can get in touch with her here: www.KaleidoscopeMediaServices.com About Ursula Mentjes: Ursula Mentjes is the founder of Sales Coach Now, as well as a Sales Expert, Inspirational Speaker, Author and Certified Sales Coach who specializes in NLP to help her clients double and triple their sales. Sales Coach Now delivers a unique approach to sales training and coaching designed for ultimate retention and achievement. Discover how to transform limiting beliefs, make powerful shifts with intention, and authentically serve (sell) your clients with my free pdf, “6 Secrets to Doubling Your Sales! www.salescoachnow.com/gift Also, Ursula would love to partner with you at your next event, conference, or sales training session. If you’re interested in coming to Sales Camp, that’s her two-day live course then, you may find out more information here: https://www.salescoachnow.com/sales-camp/. NEXT STEPS - A GIVEAWAY ALERT! Receive my One Great Goal Digital Book, My One Great Goal Digital Workbook, and Access To My One Great Goal Virtual Event by completing an online review of my "Double Your Sales Now" Podcast: go to this link here - www.salescoachnow.com/giveaway/.
Dean Small is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, where he apprenticed for two years at Windows On The World. In 1985, Dean became Director of Culinary Development and Purchasing Manager at El Torito Restaurants, which operated more than 220 units and 12 restaurant concepts, with operations grossing over $420 million. In 1988, Dean founded Synergy Restaurant Consultants to provide innovation and efficiency strategies to restaurants and food manufacturers. Since then, Synergy has been a food, beverage, and operations resource to over 225 national restaurant chains and independent operators. Check out Jolt as mentioned in today's episode! Check out Enjoy as mentioned in today's episode! Check out ExpandShare as mentioned in today's episode! Check out Menuvative as mentioned in today's episode! Check out DELIVER-iT as mentioned in today's episode! Show notes… Calls to ACTION!!! Subscribe to the Restaurant Unstoppable YouTube Channel Join the private Unstoppable Facebook Group Join the email list! (Scroll Down to get the Vendor List!) Favorite success quote or mantra: "You only know what you know." In today's episode with Dean Small we will discuss: Most people are not born restauranteurs, there is so much you have to learn Working at Windows on the World, the busiest restaurant in the world Productivity, Motivation, high volume kitchen work Working for a Rockefeller How does skiing relate to restaurant hospitality? Cooking in a pineapple cooking contest High-end catering in Aspen Becoming the best caterer in a very busy ski town Failure based on uncontrollable circumstances Meeting challenges as opportunities The immensity you can learn from a massive corporation Leverage buy-outs and how they work Look for "white spaces" where services are needed but don't exist The 8 ways to become more profitable: Brand Positioning Guest Experience/Emotional Connection Management Team and Execution of Strategy Menu Innovation Off-Premise Cattering Labor Costs Food Costs Marketing Today's sponsor: Restaurant365 is a cloud-based, all-in-one, restaurant-specific accounting and back-office platform that seamlessly integrates with POS systems, payroll providers, food and beverage vendors. It generates accurate real-time reporting and analysis in user-friendly dashboards, facilitating immediate, data-driven decision making. Restaurant365 eliminates manual, error-prone processes and is designed to help restaurant businesses grow with functionality that helps optimize labor costs, reduce food costs and increase revenue. P&G ProfessionalTM offers innovative total foodservice solutions featuring trusted brands such as Dawn® Professional, Cascade® Professional, Spic and Span® and Comet®. We are unique in that our total solutions are founded in customer and patron understanding, superior products that help save time and cut overall costs, and a five-star service group that is compensated based on customer satisfaction, not commissions. Visit www.pgpro.com for the latest information about P&G Professional's solutions and services. Contact info: Email: dean@synergyconsultants.com Synergy Restaurant Consultants Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for joining today! Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of the post. Also, please leave an honest review for the Restaurant Unstoppable Podcast on iTunes! Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. Huge thanks to Dean Small for joining me for another awesome episode. Until next time! Restaurant Unstoppable is a free podcast. One of the ways I'm able to make it free is by earning a commission when sharing certain products with you. I've made it a core value to only share tools, resources, and services my guest mentors have recommend, first. If you're finding value in my podcast, please use my links!
From time to time it's good to reset where you are at and see how the basics are doing. It is that time again for the show to reevaluate the first steps new Product Owners can take and for others to see if they are missing anything. Also a good way for anyone new to the show or missed a few to see what the last 50 topics were to see if going back and hitting one that has a particular interest for you for the first or second time. Great to be back. Feedback: twitter - @deliveritcast email - deliveritcast@gmail.com Links: PO Coaching and Consulting - seek taiju Deliver It - [50] Back to Basics Favorite and recommended PO links & books - Taiju Consulting Links Freakonomics - #397 How to Save $32 Million in One Hour (@28:24) Prochaska & Norcross - Change for Good
Allen Holub on Deliver It, Jason Tanner on Drunken PM, Mary and Tom Poppendieck on Unlearn, Saron Yitbarek on Greater Than Code, and Dave Karow and Trevor Stuart on Deliver It. I’d love for you to email me with any comments about the show or any suggestions for podcasts I might want to feature. Email podcast@thekguy.com. This episode covers the five podcast episodes I found most interesting and wanted to share links to during the two week period starting July 8, 2019. These podcast episodes may have been released much earlier, but this was the fortnight when I started sharing links to them to my social network followers. ALLEN HOLUB ON DELIVER IT The Deliver It podcast featured Allen Holub with host Cory Bryan. Cory started out by reviewing an article by Ron Jeffries called “Story Points Revisited.” Allen’s take is that the negatives around story points are more than just the potential for misuse; he believes story points have no value at all. He says the most important thing is to narrow your stories, not estimate them. He says estimates exist because of fear. The software development process is opaque to certain managers and, as a result, they want estimates to alleviate their fear, but when you are delivering every day, you can eliminate the fear without resorting to estimates. Cory asked Allen what product owners need to know about Agile architecture. Allen said that one of the mistakes that he sees product owners make a lot is they try to do a miniature up-front design and expect that to be implemented. When this happens, he says there is too much information captured up-front of what is going to be built during the sprint and not enough information captured during the sprint as a side effect of releasing code to users and getting their feedback. This leads to inappropriate architectures because when you do anything up-front, you start doing everything up-front. Your sprint planning starts involving architecture decisions, UI decisions, and UX decisions that may be wrong and you will not know if you are wrong until you release. In Allen’s view, the most important thing a product owner does is answer questions that come up during the course of development. He uses a “two-minute rule”: if a question comes up during development, the product owner needs to be able to answer within two minutes. Allen talked about how the constraints of a bad architecture can prevent you from ever being Agile. He says, “Agile has nothing to do with standup meetings and backlog grooming and all of those. The important thing is to get stuff into your user’s hands quickly.” Allen says that the architecture has to be focused on the domain. Where systems that are wrong go wrong is that they don’t map to the domain but to the technology. A change at the story level, which is where the majority of changes come from, ends up touching all the modules or layers of your system when your architecture is mapped to your technology instead of your domain. Allen says that when he does a workshop on Agile architecture, people raise their hands about halfway through and say, “All we’re doing is domain analysis!” The fact is, if the domain and code are matched to each other, domain analysis is architecture. One of the questions Allen asks when he gets a bunch of product owners in a class is, “How many of you talk to multiple customers multiple times a day?” Maybe 5% raise their hands. So he says, “Who in the organization does talk to multiple customers multiple times a day?” This is often met with silence. He asks, “What about Sales? What about Tech Support?” He says that if you can’t respond to customer kinds of issues as well as a salesperson or a tech support person could, you don‘t know the domain well enough to be helpful to the engineering team. Cory asked Allen what he thought of the distinction between regular stories and “technical” stories. Allen says that there is no such thing as technical stories. A story describes the users of your system performing some kind of domain level work to achieve a useful outcome. Fixing some technical thing like changing the color of a button in no way makes your end users’ lives easier; it does not help them do their work. Allen says that the role of the architect in an Agile environment is very different from what we traditionally think of, just like the role of a manager in an Agile environment. In Agile environments, the job of people who are in a leadership position is to make sure that you can do your job, not to tell you what to do. They communicate a strategic requirement, provide support, and remove the obstacles. The same, he says, applies to Agile architects. Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ep90-agile-architecture-with-allen-holub/id966084649?i=1000441313352 Website link: http://deliveritcast.com/ep90-agile-architecture-with-allen-holub JASON TANNER ON DRUNKEN PM The Drunken PM podcast featured Jason Tanner with host Dave Prior. Dave started out by asking Jason why he believes the daily scrum is broken. Jason said that the daily scrum is broken because, first, most developers hate the daily scrum because most daily scrums take the traditional weekly project status review meeting and do it five times a week with the Scrum Master filling the role of the project manager. Second, he says, is that it is being done backwards. The center of attention should not be the Scrum Master, but the team and the sprint backlog. He says that the purpose of the daily scrum is misunderstood. The three questions don’t result in a plan but result in just an exchange of information. For what real daily planning looks like, he uses an analogy of driving down the road and seeing a bunch of plumbers’ trucks from the same company parked outside of a McDonald’s. Inside, they’re planning things like, “We’re going to the Johnson’s house at noon. Can you come over and meet me because it’s going to be a two-man job.” Jason says he hates the three questions. He says the subject of the sentence is not helping us in collective ownership of the sprint backlog. “I have my user story. I have my Jira ticket. I have five team members and we each have a ticket.” Shifting the subject of the sentence to “we”, he says, changes the behavior dramatically. Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/jason-tanner-is-on-a-mission-to-fix-your-daily-scrum/id1121124593?i=1000441958371 Website link: https://soundcloud.com/drunkenpmradio/jason-tanner-is-on-a-mission-to-fix-your-daily-scrum MARY AND TOM POPPENDIECK ON UNLEARN The Unlearn podcast featured Mary and Tom Poppendieck with host Barry O’Reilly. Barry asked Mary and Tom what we may need to unlearn since the Agile movement began. Mary says that Agile started as a reaction to what was going on at the time. The vast majority of people doing software engineering today weren’t around back then. One of the things Agile has to do is grow up to be not a reaction to bad things that happened in the past, but to be something that talks about, “What does it take to do good software engineering?” She contrasted the software engineers she speaks to today that expect to be handed a spec with the engineers she worked with early in her career who treated engineering as problem-solving. Tom talked about how many who are working to make organizations more agile attempt to solve problems with process. This assumes that the organization’s problems are process problems but they are actually architectural problems. This includes problems with the architecture of the applications they are evolving, problems with the structure of the organization, and problems with the structure of the relationships between the supporting groups and those who are benefitting from said groups. Mary talked about how Amazon AWS was one of the early organizations to understand that you need to give teams of smart, creative people problems to solve. As a result of having this insight, they organized the company in such a way as to optimize for this, such as by eliminating a central database which was heresy back in 2005. She called out AWS Lambda in particular because this product did not optimize for short-term shareholder value and would never have been approved at most companies because it reduced what Amazon was charging customers by five times. She attributes this ability to self-disrupt as being essential to Amazon AWS’s success. Tom talked about the fact that when you attempt to scale things up, you reach a point where complexity dominates any future gains and wipes them out. He says you instead need to de-scale: figure out how to do things in little chunks that are independent and don’t require coordination. He says that this is how cities have been organized for thousands of years. Mary said that she has been doing software since 1967 and has never seen anything last two decades and still be current. Agile is two decades old and cannot be current unless it is constantly adapting to what is current today. She brought up continuous delivery as a fundamental change in agile thinking. It changed the way we thought about how we structure organizations and teams and what kinds of responsibilities we should give to them. Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/solving-problems-safely-with-mary-and-tom-poppendieck/id1460270044?i=1000442018979 SARON YITBAREK ON GREATER THAN CODE The Greater Than Code podcast featured Saron Yitbarek with hosts Arty Starr, Rein Henrichs, and Chanté Thurmond. They talked about the annual Codeland conference Saron is running and how it offers free on-site childcare this year. Saron says free on-site childcare at conferences today is where codes of conduct were a few years ago. She says that if her conference wasn’t making it easier for parents to attend, it wouldn’t be living up to their promise for inclusion. Chanté asked Saron what she learned in her transition from being a code newbie herself to the present day where she is running two podcasts, a software job, and a conference. Saron said she learned that it is important to be consistent in all your efforts, whether it is community work, your personal projects, or a project at work. Nothing gets built overnight and, for a while, nobody will care what you’re doing. If you want to do something great, it takes persistence and it takes you believing in yourself especially when you’re not getting external validation. Arty asked about what expertise in “newbie-ism” might look like. Saron says that it is about being comfortable in a state of frustration. She pointed to a study on the difference between those who finish a computer science degree and those who quit. The study said that those who finished the degree were comfortable being in a state of confusion: they knew that things were not going to make sense for a while and they were ok with that. A second thing, she says, that helps you become an expert newbie is realizing that almost all problems in coding are solvable. By contrast, in writing, there is no perfect essay. In journalism, there is a search for truth, but is truth attainable? In life sciences, we study nature all around us that we may never fully understand. She also says to keep your frustration external, avoid internalizing your failures, and she says to distance who you are from your work and the things you produce. Saron’s comment on being comfortable in a state of confusion triggered a Virginia Satir quote from Rein: “Do you know what makes it possible for me to trust the unknown? Because I've got eyes, ears, skin. I can talk, I can move, I can feel, and I can think. And that's not going to change when I go into a new context; I've got that. And then I give myself permission to say all my real yeses and noes, because I've got all those other possibilities, and then I can move anywhere. Why not?” Rein asked what Saron learned about teaching. Saron says that teaching is storytelling in disguise. She says that if we frame teaching opportunities as storytelling opportunities we can be better teachers. This reminded me of Josh Anderson’s comment on the Meta-Cast podcast that I referenced way back in episode 3, “Taking The Blue Pill Back To Sesame Street.” Rein brought up a theory of learning called conversation theory. In conversation theory, teaching happens as a conversation between two cognitive entities. You have to come to agreement and build a bridge with that other cognitive entity. It deconstructs the teacher-learner binary. The teacher themselves has to be a learner too. Chanté asked about the ethos at Code Newbie for being a learner and a teacher. Saron says they look to the community to pitch in. When someone asks a question, they encourage the community to answer. She contrasted Code Newbie with Stack Overflow. Code Newbie attempts to teach the learner from where they are and avoid the condescension that is common on Stack Overflow. She said that to create an environment where people are not afraid to ask questions, we have to be unafraid of being vulnerable ourselves. Go first, share your vulnerability, and share what you’re struggling with. The moment you start doing that, other people will be much more likely to raise their hands as well. Chanté asked Saron what resources she recommends for code newbies to learn to code. Saron said that the hard part isn’t finding resources but sticking with them when things get tough or boring. Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/135-intentional-learning-with-saron-yitbarek/id1163023878?i=1000442022293 Website link: https://www.greaterthancode.com/intentional-learning DAVE KAROW AND TREVOR STUART ON DELIVER IT The Deliver It podcast featuring Dave Karow and Trevor Stuart with host Cory Bryan. They talked about running experiments to learn about your customer. Cory asked how people can run such experiments at scale. David pointed out that having a way to run the experiment is one thing, but you also need to be able to rapidly make sense of the results in a repeatable, authoritative way. Trevor says it is all about assumptions, hypotheses, and documentation. Before you even start your experiment, you need to understand why you are running it in the first place. In other words, you need to establish what is going to change as a result of the experiment. Trevor says that much of the market is already doing experiments and they don’t know it. They just call it “using feature flags” and rolling things out incrementally. They just need to move one step further to slice and dice their user populations, roll things out for longer time periods to those users, and bring the resulting data into a form that facilitates decision-making. David talked about dog-fooding by starting your rollout of new features with your employee population, giving examples from Microsoft, where it takes a few weeks to go from the employee population to the full customer population, and Facebook, where it takes about four hours for the same kind of rollout. Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ep91-product-experiments-with-trevor-and-dave-from-split/id966084649?i=1000442844631 Website link: http://deliveritcast.com/ep91-product-experiments-with-trevor-and-dave-from-split FEEDBACK Ask questions, make comments, and let your voice be heard by emailing podcast@thekguy.com. Twitter: https://twitter.com/thekguy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithmmcdonald/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekguypage Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_k_guy/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheKGuy Website:
Melissa Perri on Deliver It, Jenny Tarwater, Laura Powers, Linda Podder, and Cheryl Hammond on Agile Uprising, Michael Sippey on Product Love, Ryan Jacoby on Scrum Master Toolbox, and Phil Abernathy on Engineering Culture by InfoQ. I’d love for you to email me with any comments about the show or any suggestions for podcasts I might want to feature. Email podcast@thekguy.com. This episode covers the five podcast episodes I found most interesting and wanted to share links to during the two week period starting April 29, 2019. These podcast episodes may have been released much earlier, but this was the fortnight when I started sharing links to them to my social network followers. MELISSA PERRI ON DELIVER IT CAST The Deliver It Cast podcast featured Melissa Perri with host Cory Bryan. They discussed Melissa’s book Escaping The Build Trap and what motivated her to spend three years writing it. Melissa says she wrote it because she found herself answering the same questions about product management over and over again. They talked about what the build trap is (project-oriented, no product managers, spinning up teams for CEOs that prioritize work, never talking to customers, and getting rewarded for shipping features) and how demoralizing it can be. They talked about Stephen Bungay’s The Art Of Action and his notion of the knowledge gap, the alignment gap, and the effects gap, and Melissa told a story of how she applied these concepts for a client by introducing ways to address these gaps by learning how to communicate strategic intent. Melissa says she always hears from her clients that their CEOs and leaders care about points and velocity but she says that this is only because they have don’t know how else to measure success. When you give them goals that they can relate to, they no longer need to latch onto points and velocity. I particularly liked what Melissa said about getting leaders to work together as a team by getting rid of individual goals. iTunes link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ep85-escaping-the-build-trap-with-melissa-perri/id966084649?i=1000434062102 Website link: http://deliveritcast.com/ep85-escaping-the-build-trap-with-melissa-perri JENNY TARWATER, LAURA POWERS, LINDA PODDER, AND CHERYL HAMMOND ON AGILE UPRISING The Agile Uprising podcast featured Jenny Tarwater, Laura Powers, Linda Podder, and Cheryl Hammond with host Chris Murman. They talked about the Women In Agile community and events and what they have learned so far. Cheryl said that they have learned that there is interest among all genders to learn about Women In Agile and get involved in the pre-conferences. Laura learned that it was giving her an opportunity to pay it forward to the next generation. Linda described being a recipient of what Laura has been paying forward and Jenny talked about meeting people through these events who helped her both professionally and personally. She also described how the huge number of attendees of the main conference that Women In Agile is attached to makes her feel lost and how the pre-conference helps her ease into the conference community. They talked about the Launching New Voices program and how it provides a stage and mentoring on how to give a talk to create a more diverse body of speakers. Linda was a protégé in the 2017 program and she described how it taught her not only how to present her topic but also taught her the psychology behind it so that she could help her audience internalize her message. Laura described being a mentor in the program and I loved what she said about authenticity. iTunes link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/women-in-agile-2019/id1163230424?i=1000434352507 Website link: http://agileuprising.libsyn.com/women-in-agile-2019 MICHAEL SIPPEY ON PRODUCT LOVE The Product Love podcast featured Michael Sippey with host Eric Boduch. Michael Sippey became VP of product at Medium after spending some time running product for LiveJournal at SixApart and at Twitter. He was also one of the first bloggers. They talked about how many of these early blogging technologies developed into today’s modern social media platforms and how Michael wishes he could have thought more about the downsides of the technologies and planned for them. This led to a discussion of scenario planning and the the natural tendency towards optimism that product people have. They talked about the history of Twitter and some of the reasoning behind the restrictions Twitter introduced in their API in 2012 and some of the improvements Medium is making now to prevent amplification of low quality content. Then they got into a discussion of hypotheses and hypothesis testing as being fundamental to product management. Michael encourages his product managers to have hypotheses that are bold enough that the users are going to notice and that will drive enough change that it is worth the development time to pursue it. iTunes link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/michael-sippey-joins-product-love-to-talk-about-hypotheses/id1343610309?i=1000434598454 Website link: https://soundcloud.com/productcraft/michael-sippey-joins-product-love-to-talk-about-hypotheses RYAN JACOBY ON SCRUM MASTER TOOLBOX The Scrum Master Toolbox podcast featured Ryan Jacoby with host Vasco Duarte. Vasco started by by asking Ryan about his book, Making Progress - The 7 Responsibilities of an Innovation Leader. Ryan described the seven responsibilities as: 1) define progress, 2) set an innovation agenda, 3) create and support teams that build, 4) cultivate the ingredients of successful innovation (customer insights, well-defined problem statements, strategic questions, and ways of communicating evidence of what works and what doesn’t), 5) give great feedback, 6) inspire progress, and 7) reward progress. Vasco asked about how Scrum Masters can contribute to innovation. Ryan suggests picking some of the techniques they discussed, applying them to your team, and then sharing them widely. He then referenced Teresa Amabile’s work on finding out what makes people happy and work. He says that by helping your team make progress, you will be improving morale and people’s job satisfaction. iTunes link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/bonus-ryan-jacoby-on-7-responsibilities-innovation/id963592988?i=1000434879127 Website link: http://scrummastertoolbox.libsyn.com/bonus-ryan-jacoby-on-the-7-responsibilities-of-an-innovation-leader PHIL ABERNATHY ON ENGINEERING CULTURE BY INFOQ The Engineering Culture by InfoQ podcast featured Phil Abernathy with host Shane Hastie. Phil talked about how happier employees make for happier customers. For producing happier employees, he starts with purpose, autonomy, and mastery as popularized by Dan Pink and he adds fairness. He distinguishes between fairness and equality. He says employees don’t expect equality — there are different levels of capability, maturity, experience, and salary but this is not seen as unfair. They then talked about org structures, going back to Conway’s law and how it relates to complexity. Phil talked about the KPI-driven organizations today that take anything that is not working and put a vice president in charge of it. This leads to things like having a head of “digital.” He asks, “What’s the difference between the IT department and this new digital department?” Nobody can explain it. He says that this obfuscation of accountability and responsibility is at the heart of complex structures and that instead we should copy the great companies. They all have small, simple, loosely-coupled teams delivering a service to a direct customer group, internal or external. Phil says people confuse empowerment and self-direction with no management and no direction. He says there needs to be a hierarchy, but it should be flat, with spans of control over ten. He has a metric he calls the bureaucracy mass index, which is the ratio of enablers such as managers to total employees. A healthy BMI is typically around 10% and in some companies he sees BMIs as high as 45%. He says healthier BMIs lead to happier customers and happier companies. Regarding the structure of the work itself, Phil says too many companies he works with are overloaded. The reason for the lack of prioritization is a lack of strategic clarity: there’s a digital strategy, an innovation strategy, IT transformation strategy and no one can figure out the real strategy. A simple strategy that can be explained in three to five bullet points does not exist. He then got into a description of OKRs and how they are developed collaboratively. The companies who get these right, he says, don’t have a prioritization problem. Last, he adds leadership style because structuring the organization and structuring the work is not enough. A good leadership style, he says, is based on an agreed set of values like trust, respect, transparency, courage, and experimentation. Every organization says they have these values but they don’t all practice them. He says it comes down to holding people accountable. He references Patrick Lencioni’s work on having trust at the foundation and he connected this to accountability and results. He says that the courage of senior leadership to call people out for breaking the values is the deciding factor. He then related this all to Carol Dweck’s book Mindset. This interview is only twenty minutes long, but Phil doesn’t waste a single word. iTunes link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/phil-abernathy-on-employee-happiness-bureaucracy-mass/id1161431874?i=1000435046419 Website link: https://soundcloud.com/infoq-engineering-culture/phil-abernathy-on-employee-happiness-and-the-bureaucracy-mass-index FEEDBACK Ask questions, make comments, and let your voice be heard by emailing podcast@thekguy.com. 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The Big Idea: Jesus is, in Himself, the source and supply of the life you were created for.John 6:1-14; 27-35 The Bread: - SUSTENANCE- FRIENDSHIP- PROVISION from God - DEPENDENCE upon GodOf Life:Two words for life - BIOS and ZOEJesus:I am the TREATY with GodThe number one answer to every challenge you face is more of JESUSWhat About Us?v69 and 70 1. God already knows and sometimes TESTS you.v6 2. Jesus created the food but had the disciples DELIVER ITCOMMUNITY GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTIONSWhat difference would it make if Jesus had only said He would give them the bread of life rather than “I am the bread of life”?Have you seen Jesus' ability to keep you going in your own life? If so, in whatway?Have Jesus' claims or statements ever caused you to get upset or be confused? Was your difficulty resolved? If so, how? If not, why not?The people asked Jesus to show them a sign. What do you think Jesus could have done to convince people of His claims? To convince you?Some people seek to know about Jesus for reasons other than discovering “truth.” This passage suggests at least one skewed motive of why people seek God. Can you identify it? Can you think of other false reasons that motivate people to seek Jesus?Jesus had a clear sense of His mission on earth. Do you have a clear sense of your goal, purpose, and mission? Has God helped you understand what your goal, purpose, and mission are? If so, how?
TalentTalk is a show featuring talented individuals such as CEO's and other Business Executives that come and share their thoughts on talent. Each week, we focus on talent management, leadership development and company culture. In this episode of TalentTalk, Chris Dyer, the CEO of PeopleG2 talks talent, leadership and culture with Jim Montagnino, CEO/President of NC4 and Laura Neubauer, CEO of Deliver It.This show is brought to you by Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).
Jim Montagnino, CEO/President, NC4 and Laura Neubauer, CEO, Deliver It talk talent and leadership with Chris.
Let's Talk Success, a series of shows where women who have achieved the millionaire status share their stories, challenges, victories and secrets to success. This Sundays guests include; Dandone Simpson, Founder of Montage Insurance, Kim Shepard, CEO of Decision Toolbox, Laura Neubauer, Founder of Deliver It, Renee Fraser, Founder of Fraser Communications and Susan Fries of Ecola Pest Control. We're excited to have you join us on Sunday Sept. 8 at 12:00 noon at www.AnEmpoweredWoman.com. To participate as a sponsor or guest please contact us at 818-865-8563 X1 or Info@AnEmpoweredWoman.com. Please SUBSCRIBE to us on YouTube Like us onFacebook Join us on LinkedIn Follow us on Twitter
Laura Neubauer is founder and CEO of Deliver It! She has overcome the incredible challenge of starting a new transportation company at the most competitive time in the industry's history. Deliver-It is an overnight delivery company that services clients from one-man operations to large corporations, yet stays competitive with industry giants like UPS and FedEx. In its first five years, Deliver-It has risen from a small delivery company to a multi-million-dollar business In 2009 she was recognized as the “Entrepreneur to Watch” in Orange County. And in 2011 was named California's “Business Woman of the Year” at The National Association of Women Business Owners national convention. This year Deliver-It was recognized as one of Inc.'s top 5000 companies in America. Laura recently spoke to hundreds of business owners at The Women’s Business Expo as she was invited to share her expertise in a panel titled “Let’s Talk Profit”. Laura is a consultant for many companies because of her creative solutions and “out of the box” business concepts. Laura's success is based on integrity, strong relationships, and passion to see people succeed. View more at www.Deliverit.com