Podcasts about entrepreneurship week

It's almost Thanksgiving! Mitch Frazier and Cayla Chiddister sit down to recap November and get into: - The election's impact on farmers and agbioscience innovation.- Creating certainty for farmers in this new environment to plan for their operations.- Bain Capital investment into a merger of Biodyne USA, BW Fusion and Agronomy 365.- Entrepreneurship Week in Indiana.- Quadrant coming up on December 4!- Announcing a winner of the 2024 Producer-Led Innovation Challenge.

It's almost Thanksgiving! Mitch Frazier and Cayla Chiddister sit down to recap November and get into: - The election's impact on farmers and agbioscience innovation.- Creating certainty for farmers in this new environment to plan for their operations.- Bain Capital investment into a merger of Biodyne USA, BW Fusion and Agronomy 365.- Entrepreneurship Week in Indiana.- Quadrant coming up on December 4!- Announcing a winner of the 2024 Producer-Led Innovation Challenge.

Im Deep Dive hat Markus Raunig diese Woche Samantha Tady zu Gast. Sam ist eine der aktivsten Trainerin bei den Youth Entrepreneurship Weeks und war davor Gründerin von Selectra Österreich & Hotelmanagerin der Villa Verdin am Millstätter See. Im Podcast sprechen sie über Sams vielseitige Karriere, Wirksamkeit als Nordstern und Hospitality als ideale Schule fürs Leben. --Diskutier mit uns & der Community auf der AustrianStartups Plattform: https://austrianstartups.com/topics/40285/feedFolge uns auf Social Media:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/futureweekly/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/49159750/--- Du hast Feedback, Ideen, Moonshots oder Predictions zu den heutigen Themen? Schick uns ein Soundbite an podcast@austrianstartups.com und werde ein Teil der nächsten Episode. ---  Redaktion & Produktion: Jakob SeyboldMusik (Intro/Outro): www.sebastianegger.com

Happy MONDAY! Yes, this is coming out two days early. But I wanted to share this episode with as much time as possible since we are talking about an event that happens NEXT WEEK. (May 6-10, 2024).This week's guest, Stephanie Melnick and her team at She Stands Tall are BACK next week with Women's Entrepreneurship Week (WEW) and if you live in or around Milwaukee, you are NOT going to want to miss their offerings. So many of our previous guests are slotted to speak at the events next week that I wanted to take an extra week of Season 5 to plug this event and let you know what to expect. If you are a woman in Milwaukee, an entrepreneur, or someone who is considering stepping boldly into your DREAM ... this just might be the launch pad you need! Come meet other women around the city who are taking their place at the table - indeed, who are building their OWN table - and making sure there is a seat for everyone. Locals and Links we love!Website: https://shestandstallmke.com/wew-2024-full-schedule/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shestandstallmkeInstagram:  https://www.instagram.com/shestandstallmke/Show your love for Cream City DreamsIf you haven't already, be sure to follow Cream City Dreams on Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for the newsletter HERE.  And I'd LOVE it if you rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts. If you're feeling especially generous, you can always Buy me a Coffee to help keep the lights on!Support the Show.

Attention Women Coaches, Leaders, Business Saavy Women, Women Entrepreneurs and those of us dreaming of a career pivot- Tired of waiting for a seat at the table?  Oh, I do see some hands raised.Here's an idea - Let's build our OWN table.  Meet small business lawyer for women, Stephanie Melnick, as she talks about her efforts to connect and support Milwaukee women-owned and run businesses. Besides being a powerhouse at her own female-led law firm, Stephanie runs Women Entrepreneur Week in Milwaukee (May 6-10) and the She Stands Tall Speaker Series. Tune in as Stephanie shares:the wide variety of amazing networking and collaborating events coming up at Milwaukee's Women Enterepreneur Week on May 6-10 - did I mention the them this year is "Building our Table."Key advice on how to handle contracts in your businessHer motivation behind connecting women across SouthEast Wisconsin in order to build each other up.Connect with Stephanie and Women Entrepreneur WeekMelnick & Melnick, S.C.She Stands Tall, LLC (includes speaker series, Women's Entrepreneurship Week, and She Shines)Instagram and Facebook: @shestandstallmke and melnickmelnickscLinkedIn: She Stands Tall and Melnick & Melnick, S.C. Check out Asia Dore's Free Training - Get instant access to Audacious Authority at asiadore.com/freetraining Slow down summer with a Garden in a Box from Serendipity Cut Flowers LLCOrder one here = https://www.serendipitycutflowersllc.com/shop1Sign up for the Seed Starting Workshop on April 9th at The Sheboygan Collective = https://www.thesheboygancollective.com/Support the Show and Rayna's Work to Elevate MidWest Women!Buy Me a CoffeeIf you love the show, please subscribe, share it with your friends, and leave us a positive review

Imagine the pulse of Baton Rouge's culture and entrepreneurial spirit coming alive right before your ears. Our latest episode takes you on a cultural safari through the city's traditions and innovations with special attention to Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week. We wax poetic about our adored BREC parks and debate the merits of the most buzzing late-night haunts, with a toast to the Vintage's vivacious vibe. When it comes to local traditions, nothing is off the table, from the roar of a Southern University Homecoming to the reverent celebrations of the Asian Lunar New Year downtown. This tapestry of community spirit and cultural fervor is a testament to the unique charm of our beloved Baton Rouge.We wrap things up with a hats-off to the Zachary community and our cherished partners. Our conversation goes beyond mere transactions, embracing the three T's – tidiness, technology, and tolerance – as cornerstones for a thriving community. We share glimpses of Greenwood Community Park and Baton Rouge Zoo's transformations and hint at the intimate gatherings ahead, where the entrepreneurial minds of today will connect and create. Be sure to join in, as we pave the way for conversations that might just spark your next big venture.All Business. No Boundaries.Welcome to All Business. No Boundaries., a collection of supply chain stories by DHL...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

Frisch zurück aus dem Urlaub und gut erholt diskutieren Markus und Daniel diese Woche die folgenden Themen:

We learn about a lawsuit challenging the state's 1849 abortion ban and the potential outcomes. Capitol Notes explores the proposed changes to shared revenue. We tell you about a major project happening this summer to clean up Milwaukee's waterways. Plus, learn about Women's Entrepreneurship Week happening in Milwaukee.

Stand tall listeners, you are NOT going to want to miss this episode. Join us this week as we talk with Stephanie Melnick of Melnick & Melnick, S.C. about supporting women and small business owners here in Milwaukee. Stephanie and her team are feverishly planning and proudly hosting Women's Entrepreneurship Week, May 8-12, as well as offering monthly meet-and-greets with local women entrepreneurs in their She Stands Tall speaker series. It's a wonder Stephanie's shoulders aren't aching from all the women she's lifting up in this city, but she really does believe in her mission that women stand taller and stronger when they stand together. Listen as we talk about … What inspired Stephanie to start She Stands Tall Milwaukee how sometimes good things happen when a lawyer walks into a bar. How the landscape for women in business in Milwaukee has changed since Stephanie has been practicing law. Milwaukee is a good city for entrepreneurial women and how you're only a woman (or two) away from who you need to know. Small-Waukee strikes again!Some of the common obstacles women entrepreneurs face in Milwaukee and the local solutions available if only we know about them. (hint: GET YOURSELF TO Women's Entrepreneurship Week to find out!) Locals and Links we love! She Stands Tall Women's Entrepreneurship Week She Stands Tall on FB She Stands Tall on Insta WEW on Insta She Stands Tall in BizTimes She Stands Tall in Milwaukee Magazine Stephanie gets Props!Show your love for Cream City DreamsAs always, we are so grateful to our listeners. If you haven't already, be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our newsletter on our website. And we'd LOVE it if you rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. And if you're feeling even more generous, Buy us a Coffee. Support the show

Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week (BREW) is a multi-day, multi-venue experience for entrepreneurs, inventors, investors, techies, creatives, foodies, and anyone with an interest in shaping our community.Host Mike Gennaro and Porch & Parish Editor Jen Gennaro welcome Na'Tisha Natt, Director of Marketing and Engagement at Nexus Louisiana and Narcisse Burchell, Programs and Events Manager to give you all of the details on BREW! Now in its 12th year,  BREW is back with an all-new festival-like experience to celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation in Greater Baton Rouge. Mark your calendars! Festivities kick off on Monday, May 1 with a family-friendly block party in Town Square and culminate with a live pitch competition with an investment prize totaling $100,000. Head to celebratebrew.com to learn more and register!Support the show

Peter C. DeHaass will tell you he has been a builder of bridges for people in many disenfranchised communities for most of his life. I learned about Peter from AccessiBe's nonprofit partnerships manager, Sheldon Lewis. Peter does not come directly from a family with any person with a disability. However, his family has produced many educators including Peter.   On this episode, you will learn about Peter's journey West from Pennsylvania and how he eventually landed in San Francisco where he had to utilize his entrepreneurial spirit just to survive and put food on the table. Most recently, in 2020, Peter formed the San Francisco Disability Business Alliance. This organization is focused on empowering individuals with disabilities to secure economic independence through self-employment and small business ownership.   I think you will find Peter's story inspiring and his mission important to many   About the Guest:   Peter C. DeHaas is a mission-driven professional with a lifelong track record of building pathways to academic, housing, and economic sustainability for diversely abled individuals from He is leading the charge to expand how we think about “diversity” to include individuals with diverse abilities (disabilities) and the businesses and organizations they engage with. Peter's career has spanned economic development, housing advocacy, education inclusion, and direct human services for a wide range of diverse clients, including veterans, the formerly incarcerated, youth, adults, immigrants and their families. Peter has experience building pathways to economic and academic inclusion for the deaf and hard of hearing, intellectually and developmentally disabled adults, individuals struggling with learning differences or mental illness, and physical disabilities. Currently, Peter founded and leads the San Francisco Disability Business Alliance (SFDBA), the first organization of its kind in the country focused on empowering individuals with disabilities to secure economic independence through self-employment and small business ownership. Through his work at the SFDBA, Peter has built partnerships between the growing community of disability-owned small businesses in San Francisco and major local corporations including Kaiser Permanente and Bank of the West. Peter is also fluent in American Sign Language (ASL) and, over the past 9 years has taught ASL to more than 1000 future educators, social workers, nurses, and community advocates as a lecturer at San Francisco State University. In his previous role as Director of Disability Resources and Academic Inclusion, Peter built pathways to academic success for more than 2000 diverse students at Golden Gate University – the majority of whom were women, people of color, veterans, and often all three-across the University's Law and Business programs. In Colorado, Peter spearheaded community engagement across a number of successful direct-serving programs including launching the Bridges to Boulder Community Sign Language program and cultivating the non-attorney advocacy program between Denver University and the Colorado Cross Disability Coalition. Above all, Peter is a builder of bridges and is skilled at finding ways and mustering resources to connect deeply with diverse people and communities, resulting in lasting partnerships and positive economic, social, and community impact.   Link for the San Francisco Disability Business Alliance :   http://www.sfdba.org/     About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.   https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/   accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/       Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!   Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app.   Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.     Transcription Notes Michael Hingson  00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i  capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson  01:20 Welcome once again to unstoppable mindset. today. Our guest is Peter DeHaas who to right now is operating the San Francisco Disability Business Alliance. But there's a whole lot more to Peter than that, and we're gonna get into it as we as we go forward. So Peter, welcome to unstoppable mindset.   Peter DeHaas  01:40 Thanks for having me, Michael.   Michael Hingson  01:42 Well, I really appreciate you being here. And I'm jealous because as you can tell San Francisco diversity Business Alliance, you know where Peter is. We lived in the San Francisco Bay Area in Novato, which is in what's called the North Bay for 12 years, and missing greatly. We lived in an area called Bell marine keys. And we actually had ducks that came up to our back door every day, begging for food. So yeah, it was a lot of fun. When we were when we first were moving in, we had a contractor had to modify the house for my wife who uses a wheelchair. And he made the mistake of seeing some of the ducks on the patio and opening the door. He was eating a doughnut and he gave them a part of the doughnut. And he said after that if he didn't have something for them, they'd go for the throat. So there's a lot of fun. So yeah, we were we were spoiled. Well, tell me a little bit about your background, you know yourself, where your what you what you did, how you got into school and beyond and all that sort of stuff, if you would?   Peter DeHaas  02:46 Well. I started out I was born and raised in Pennsylvania on the East Coast and lived for several years in Connecticut as well until I started making my way west. I come from a family of educators and builders. So I come by my my connection to being in education and advocacy and building bridges. Honestly, two of my sisters are special educators. And that's how I got my start learning the manual alphabet in American Sign Language. And I remained curious from from third grade is when I learned the manual alphabet all the way through middle school, I had a dear friend who was deaf. And then fast forward to 1992 I moved to Boulder, Colorado, in started working for a little organization at the time called Developmental Disability Center. Now it's called Imagine and I was working for their Supported Employment Department called labor source, serving individuals who had previously been institutionalized in the state of Colorado and deemed unemployable by by the Department of occupational rehab there. And we were kind of a renegade organization that built employment services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities proudly in the Boulder County in Broomfield county areas. And that's really where I got my start working in the field and and simultaneously started really learning American Sign Language because I recognized that many of the clients that we serve were nonverbal, several were deaf, some were hard of hearing, and many of them utilized Sign Language As a means to communicate. And I noticed that many of my co workers tried to utilize signs like more and please and thank you. But then there were just lapses and gaps in communication. And, you know, being that I was earning a whopping $5.50 an hour at the time, I saw a great opportunity to learn ASL and the organization that I was working for, paid for all of my ASL instruction up until the point that I launched into my master's in linguistics at the University of Colorado Boulder. Because I really was intrigued by the intersectionality of, of the deaf community and the the language of ASL and how the two were really inseparable with the goal of teaching at the post secondary level. And so I graduated with my master's degree, I believe it was in 2009. And then, in 2013, I made my westward journey a little further here to San Francisco to support my youngest son Thelonious who moved out here in 2010. And my oldest son, Hans, came along with me and I landed here in San Francisco working for San Francisco Recreation and Parks, inclusion program, supporting young adults with disabilities, in particular, their ASL intensive program here and the mission, as well as some of their their summer camps. And then soon after that, I was offered a position at San Francisco State University as a lecturer in American Sign Language, which I've taught over 1000 students there at San Francisco State from such a diverse background of of not only focus of study, but but most of my students are first generation college participants, and it's really intriguing work. And you may find it hard to believe, but I then got a third position. It takes a lot to live in San Francisco, I got a third position working at Golden Gate University, as their coordinator for Disability Resources and academic accommodations. And over a period of seven years, I grew that program into kind of a unified program. There were two siloed Disability Resource Centers when I got there, one for the law school, and one for the non law programs. And in my seven years there, I brought the programs together and developed my position into a director's position. And I guess it was the summer of 2019. I started planting the seeds for the SF DBA. And we launched in March of 2020. And I stepped down from my role at Golden Gate University shortly after that, and I still teach at San Francisco State and oversee the SF DBA. And that's, that's where I'm at today.   Michael Hingson  08:42 Oh, by the way to answer a question you asked in an email, we do make transcripts of the podcast and when the podcast goes up, they will go up as well. Excellent. I'm assuming you're not signing while you're talking since we can put up videos but I don't know how   Peter DeHaas  09:02 to do I do sign a little bit when I talk but it's not my preference to try to it   Michael Hingson  09:07 is it is probably a major challenge because that's speaking in two languages at once.   Peter DeHaas  09:13 It's it's doable, but in all fairness, I mean, in a perfect world, I'd have a little ASL interpreter at the bottom of my screen. Do you remember? I remember as a kid, we, on Sundays there would be certain evangelists on television and they would always have an ASL interpreter signing in the bottom left hand corner. And that was in the 1970s and I'm thinking, why can't we why can't we do that again? You know, it was doable then why can't you know and I'm sure that they paid for it. You know, it was privately paid for wasn't provided by the network or anything so we know where that goes. But   Michael Hingson  09:59 well, I turned it on. Have, mainly because we're still going to have the conversation and it will, we'll, we'll fix it. But I use a service called otter otter.ai. And what what otter does is real time recording and transcription of conversations, and when it's operating a person who is in a meeting or whatever, with me, can read real live transcriptions of what's happening. But what we do is just provide the transcription, because we'll go through and clean it up. Got it, or we put the podcast up. So it goes out as a really high end transcription. That's excellent. And it should be that way. Right? And makes perfect sense to do that. Well, for you, you, you started the SF DBA? And are dealing with a lot of obviously, different kinds of people. So kind of what what made you decide that this was something worth beginning? And how did you really get to the point of starting it?   Peter DeHaas  11:07 A great question? Well, as you know, San Francisco is a place that really prides itself on being innovative, diverse, there's lots of venture capital here. And people are well educated. And there's lots of opportunities for networking, after hours. And I found myself getting more and more involved with the Chamber of Commerce here and other nonprofits. And going to a lot of after hours events. And I would tell people what I do, you know, at the time, I was at Golden Gate and teaching ASL and people were intrigued by the work that I do, but but systematically, it seemed like, disability was excluded from just about every conversation that I was having with people relating to diversity, equity and inclusion. And that bothered me. However, I took that that I was just kind of baffled, to be honest with you. And I took that kind of baffled feeling and transformed it into something that I'm passionate about. I said, you know, this is a place of opportunity, and it welcomes innovation and creativity. I'm a very creative person. I'm also a musician, an artist. I said, if nobody else is going to represent small business as it relates to individuals with disabilities, well, I'm going to take a try. And I had a lot of support from not only local business leaders, but educators and advocates and even local politicians. So that was really the genesis of the SF DBA, in when I started planting seeds in 2019. And by the end of 2019, I had a fiscal sponsor, through social good Fund, which is a little umbrella organization out of Richmond, California, they do really great work for organizations doing community benefit work, really through the pilot phases. And we had Kaiser Permanente foundation come on board at the end of 2019. And, yeah, then we launched in March of 2020. Right before everything shut down.   Michael Hingson  13:48 Yes. Isn't that the way of it?   Peter DeHaas  13:51 It was very, very fortuitous that, you know, because people were just starting to whisper about maybe you should postpone the event, maybe you should, you know, and if we had waited, we would have lost that whole audience of over 100 people they were just starting to put hand sanitizer up in the in the room and nobody got sick at the Marriott you know, from from our launch event, fortunately. But we had over 100 people at the Marriott Marquis downtown. So I was just blessed that that that many people showed up. My event organizer who I hired, you know, was doing all of that worked behind the scenes. I had no idea who was going to going to show up. I was too focused on the programming for the day and whatnot. And when I looked out into the audience, Michael, I was just astounded at not only not only entrepreneurs with disabilities and small business owners with disabilities, but like I said, educators, advocates, business leaders, corporations. It just it really really moved me that that this was an important venture that I was I was embarking upon,   Michael Hingson  15:06 and rightly so. But you've said something that really prompts a question. You mentioned that you notice that is diverse as San Francisco is and so on, there wasn't a lot of discussion, especially in the business world and in the entrepreneurial world, about disabilities and so on. Even though San Francisco clearly is an incredibly inclusive city in a lot of ways, why do you think that is that disabilities weren't really part of the mainstream?   Peter DeHaas  15:39 You know, it's an interesting question. I don't know that I want to go too far down that rabbit hole, but But I posit that there's still a lot of fear and a lot of around disability. And, and I've come in contact with that before. You know, when I, when I first started working with individuals with developmental disabilities, and I was very young, I used to take offense to people staring at at the people that I worked with many times we'd be after we would work on one of our supported employment contracts, we would maybe go have lunch on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, and people would stare and I took offense to that when I was young. But as I matured, I realized that not everybody had the upbringing that I did. Not only, you know, surviving some, some disabilities that I had early on, when I when I was born, that I that I outgrew fortunately. But but but having the exposure at such an early age, to innovate individuals that my sisters were working with who had disabilities. And so I had that, that luxury of being kind of matriculated into that community early on. So for me, it was no different than any other community that I've been a part of in my lifetime. And I think that there's just a lot of maybe education that still needs to occur. And, you know, sometimes, as you know, Michael, it's about money. And people don't want to, or they don't know how to develop a budget or line item in their budget, to provide the appropriate accommodations. So there's that fear of the unknown? I think I could.   Michael Hingson  17:36 I agree with you, though, I think it is largely about fear. I think we we fear what we don't know. And we fear things that are different than us. And unfortunately, especially with visible disabilities, people tend to really fear it, because they don't understand it, and they haven't been taught, which is exactly what you're pointing out. And the other part about it is that until someone really starts to drive the conversation, the fear isn't going to go away. I think people don't hate persons with disabilities. I think that we, I suppose you can look at it in several ways. And in one sense, we haven't been as visible and maybe we're not elevated to the point where people hate peers, persons with disabilities, like they seem to do race things and so on. But I think mainly, it's fear that people just don't know.   Michael Hingson  18:37 And there's fear on both sides of the equation. Yes.   Peter DeHaas  18:40 You know, let's the elephant in the room. We know that disability discrimination has occurred over over the years. And there are specific laws in place that they protect individuals with disabilities in a lot of regards. I see the disability community is kind of the last frontier in terms of coming out, as it were, in celebrating their disability. I spoke with a young entrepreneur last week, who found her way to SF DBA, just through the the internet and and we met in person, you know, post COVID It was so exciting. And she was just thrilled to share her story with me in a way that she could readily self identify and not have to worry about being excluded or shamed. And this is somebody this is somebody who went to Stanford University and faced and I'm not trying to bash Stanford because, again, there's a steep learning curve and everybody's doing their best to try to, to get educated as to how to do the right thing. But she faced certain opposition in her program at Stanford when she was trying to navigate how to get accommodation hands. And there's plenty of work to be done. So again, I'm not trying to bash anybody but that's the gift that I share to the world is to help people solve problems and come up with creative solutions. We had a student, matriculating at Golden Gate University when I was there, who was deaf. And she had gone to just about every other private university in the Bay Area. And they had told her that they were not equipped, or they did not have the funding to provide ASL interpreters for her. Her pursuit. She came to me at Golden Gate University, and I was excited as soon as she landed on my doorstep. You know, obviously, I have a very close affinity to the deaf community, but it could have been any disability type, honestly. But when when she came, and she said, Peter, would you be able to provide ASL interpreters for my HR cohort program? I said, You bet you will figure out a way. And of course there were some people scratching their head on the other side, like, how are we going to do this? We created a budget, we developed a partnership with Department of occupational rehab, she already had a case with occupational rehab. We met them halfway, we paid 50%. Oh, Dr. Paid 50%. And they were quite shocked. Dr. turned to us and said, We've never had a university pay 50%. And I said, Well, that's that we're doing it because it's the best practice and it's the right thing to do. And that's, that's really, you know, a broader part of my mission, Michael is helping institutions develop best practices. It's not the specific mission of the SFDBA per se, but it, it comes with, it's a benefit that people get in associating with the SFDBA is that, you know, I believe that, that we're on the cusp of a giant wave, and you know, that working for excessive B, I think that this is just kind of, we're just at the tipping point where people are starting to recognize Oh, yeah, we are having more conversations now about disability inclusion, and I'm like, shamila Hi, this is the time, now's the time.   Michael Hingson  22:23 Well, and to be real clear, I don't think in any way you're bashing anyone, and no one should interpret it. as such. When you talk about the fears, when you talk about what organizations haven't done, it isn't really so much a question anymore, I think of what organizations haven't done, it's more important to explore, what are you going to do? Do you recognize there is an issue? And are you willing to explore addressing it, which is what you did with the young lady who was deaf. And it's something that we should all do, what we haven't yet really gotten to the point of recognizing is providing reasonable accommodations should just be considered part of the cost of doing business. Just like providing computers, providing lights, for all of you light dependent people who don't get around in the dark, we pity you, or coffee machines, or whatever. The fact is providing and having the ability to provide reasonable accommodations ought to be part of the cost of doing business. And so that does get down to a budgetary issue and being aware and putting it in right from the outset. through that. And it is something that we haven't done nearly as much of. And so it, it really helps to have the conversations like we're having, and I hope people will listen to this and take it to heart as well. But we do face still a situation where persons with disabilities are in an environment where the unemployment rate among employable people is in the 60 to 70% range. And it's not because people can't do the work. It said others who are different than we don't think we can do the work.   Peter DeHaas  24:22 Correct. And that's what I in in some of the early research for SF DBA. Michael, I uncovered a statistic that suggests that individuals with disabilities are starting a rate starting small businesses at a rate almost double that of individuals who don't have disabilities. And I really attribute that to one. Individuals with disabilities are very creative, and they're very resilient. And there's a lot of autonomy in starting your own business and who doesn't have a side hustle in the Bay Area. There are at least one side hustle, right? Frequently starting a small business, impede can be a pathway to, you know, just the success in the small business, or it could be a leveraging point to your next gig. So there's a lot of a lot of fruitful things, I think that come out of entrepreneurship.   Michael Hingson  25:23 Why do you think that so many people, though, are starting what's caused them to take that path, as opposed to other things they could do?   Peter DeHaas  25:32 Well, again, you know, even if you have one job here in San Francisco, likely doesn't pay the rent, right. Um, so I attribute it largely to, you know, the need to survive. But, you know, several young entrepreneurs that I've spoken to also say that, that it's out of necessity, because they haven't been able to land a job. And, and some people are still hesitant to even readily self identify as a result of that.   Michael Hingson  26:05 And I think that's a an extremely valid point, I remember the first time I was confronted with some of that I had been working for a company and was let go in June of 1984, at the end of June, mainly because not doing a good job, but rather the company purchased a company was actually Xerox purchased the company I was working for, because they wanted the technology and not the people. And I happened to be the last person in the sales force for their major flagship product to be let go. So at least I was there a week or two longer than others. And they decided that they just did not want any of us because they just Xerox just one of the technology. So I was looking for a job for six months, wow, couldn't find one. I even had an interview we were living in, in Mission Viejo, California, at the time. And I continued to look, and even got a call from an executive recruiter who said, gee, we see your resume, we, we really think you're very qualified for the job that we had, which I was. And everything went well, until the night before the interview, the recruiter called and said, I was just looking at your resume again. And I see that you do a lot of work with blind people. How come is that? Is there somebody in your family who's blind? And I said, Yeah, I am. I didn't mention it before. There was no need to write. But immediately, oh, my God, I don't know whether the recruiter the company is going to want to talk to you, you're blind. I said, What does that have to do with it, you liked my resume, but you're blind, doesn't matter. You didn't know that until 10 minutes ago, I already had the airplane ticket that they sat down. Anyway, the next morning, the interview was canceled. So I never flew up to San Jose to do the interview. And that happens way too often. So eventually, I and a couple of other people started a company to sell the new concept of PC based CAD systems to architects and engineers, and so on. And of course, a blind guy selling graphic technology. I was the president of the company, but who had to work the machine, I didn't need to work it, I needed to know how to work it and needed to know all about it to talk intelligently about it. But I'd rather sit an architect down in front of the machine and talk them through making it work, rather than me having to work it because then they're involved with it. So I did that for four years. And then I went back into the regular workforce. Right? But the reality is that it happens today, almost as much, but you're right. There are a lot more entrepreneurial opportunities than there used to be. And there are tools to help. So if you're a blind person, for example, and you start your own business, there, there are tools that can help. Are you familiar with a company called IRA? Ira I'm not Hi Roz AI are a it's a what's called a visual interpreter. They Ira has people who they hire because they demonstrate an aptitude for describing and they give them more advanced training on being able to describe. The idea is that you activate Ira by opening an app and you call one of their agents. Their agents are hired, trained and put under extreme non disclosure and confidentiality restrictions. So literally what happens in Ira stays an IRA. But the point is that blind people who use the service and have things described or deal with tax forms or whatever, know that whatever they do, won't be divulged. Because it's all incompetence, which is the way it should be. Well, IRA, and some companies including Quicken, have established a program where if you have a your own business, you can get free Ira services, at least at an hour or half hour at a time. But you can get free service to use their system, when you need to interact with something that requires someone to describe it to you or interact with something that's too visual to use. And there are a lot of those kinds of tools out there that are helping make it more practical for blind people to start their own businesses. And I think that in one way or another, it goes across the board. But you're right, we do it because of necessity.   Peter DeHaas  30:38 Yep. Yep. One of the partners that, in addition to accessibe that we've developed a partnership with is a company called Eva Aava. That was launched by two graduates of UC Berkeley, and it provides captioning for zoom calls and in other applications that way. So that's a very unique partnership that we've developed.   Michael Hingson  31:08 Well, that's, you know, that's pretty cool. How's accessibe worked out for you guys? I have to ask, of course, don't I?   Peter DeHaas  31:14 Well, I still I have a few organizations that I need to follow up with. I've, I've told a lot of my partners about it. And you know, it's still, it's still, you know, I say we're on the cusp of a wave, but but people are still not, you know, biting full heartedly for me. I'm excited about it. I, you know, in the fact that Judith human gets behind it, and in and I can show people that that widget, just yesterday, I was meeting with somebody, and she was talking about, you know, the advances of technology as it relates to accessibility. And she, I just noticed that she had our website open. And I see I said, Do you see that widget there? I said, Put your finger on it. And she did. And she was like, Oh, my gosh, there's so it's it's a process. But I long and short. I haven't, you know, one of my goals is to get other companies on board with excessive B as well. You know, for for a multitude of reasons. First and foremost, because it's the right thing to do. And, and there's an opportunity for SFDA as well, if, if somebody decides to go with the product? Well, the thing   Michael Hingson  32:36 about using accessibe, just generalize it, the thing about internet and website accessibility, is that most people don't know that it even exists. But they also just haven't taken the leap to recognize that they're leaving out an incredible amount of potential business for their own sites, or an incredible amount of interaction. You know, the CDC talks about up to 25% of all people having some sort of disability. And a lot of those people are left out because we can't use websites. And when you have a, you have a product like accessibility that changes that not only the widget, but then excessively has a full service department to help remediate what the widget can. But the bottom line is that today, if you talk to people with disabilities, they're going to tell you that they are incredibly loyal to companies that have made their websites usable, because then we don't have to go through all the struggle of trying to find an accessible site.   Peter DeHaas  33:46 That's true. And I'm sure you know, the state of Colorado just is the first state to mandate that all of their state websites need to be fully accessible.   Michael Hingson  33:57 Yeah, and I know one of the people who is very much involved in having architected that and gotten the legislature to do it just like they've they've been taking sort of a lead and making sure of accessible voting as well. And it makes perfect sense to do. But it it is, well, the Nielsen Company did a survey in 2016. And there's actually a report that that will talk about how much brand loyalty counts to people with disabilities and how much more website owners get because of persons with disabilities if they make their stuff accessible. But you interview awesome. Go ahead. No, go ahead.   Peter DeHaas  34:41 I lost my train of thought. Okay.   Michael Hingson  34:43 Well, so another aspect of all that, is that with you said something earlier about and starting businesses, blind people or people with disabilities tend to be very creative and so on. The real All of us were forced into that there was a guy, Dr. Jonathan Lazar, who used to work for Towson University. And I heard him speak at a National Federation of the Blind convention. And he observed that this, of course, was about blind people and internet access. He pointed out that blind people, because we are so used to being left out and work so hard at trying to find accessible sites, we also tend to be more resilient when we can sort of make something work. And it may not be that it's totally accessible, but we figure out as many workarounds as we can, to try to be able to interact directly with it. And I think that goes back to what you said, we're forced to be more creative, and it isn't just blind people is people across the board with disabilities. Yeah, it's true. So it is, it is an issue that we need to clearly address and and work on. But I hope that there will be ever increasing conversations about it, because people need to learn that there's nothing to fear. And you're right, they worry about expense, or, gee, do we have to buy special insurance for these people or whatever. And they don't recognize the other aspect of it, which is that if you hire a person with a disability, and you're fortunate enough to be able to do that, the odds are and there are studies that are starting to show this, you will have an employee who will be much more loyal and likely to stay with you, then most other employees, because we recognize how hard it is to get that job in the first place. And I'm sure you've experienced that. Yep. Yep. So it's a it is a challenge, and it is something that we need to deal with. Well, so having started the diversity, Business Alliance, and so on, what kind of an impact are you starting to see in the Bay Area? How, how has it been?   Peter DeHaas  37:17 It's the San Francisco disability Business Alliance disability   Michael Hingson  37:21 Business Alliance. I'm sorry, I don't talk good. That's, but just wanted to clarify for our No, you're right. You're right. So how is how's the impact been in terms of overall what you've been able to accomplish? And what have you been able to measure?   Peter DeHaas  37:35 Well, as I said, we launched in March of 2020. So everything shut down literally a week or two, I think it was a week or two later. And I got a text from one of my keynote speakers. And he said, Peter, you better get ready, because small businesses are going to need you more than ever. And sure enough, we started consulting with businesses on how to access PPP, reorganizing their staffing patterns, creating resources in tandem with the SBA and getting those up online. So really changed our focus, our impact, through the pandemic was really continuing to help businesses through this unprecedented time. But then continuing conversations with future entrepreneurs who are curious about how to start a small business. So we launched our future entrepreneur training program, and we've seen a lot of interestingly enough, a lot of women of color are with disabilities participating in our programs. And I can't say why that that that demographic specifically, has been so high, but it's been quite fascinating for me. So we've we've had that educational piece, we've created several mentoring opportunities, connecting entrepreneurs with with members of the broader business community to get some mentoring. Just an example of that we had a young African American who grew up here in the Bayview district of San Francisco who is recently just got his real estate broker's license. And he wants to be investing in properties. And this is the youngest of I believe, 11 children and connected him with a successful investor here, and he's well on his way. We've also worked with a film student from SF State and connected him with one of the producers of crip camp. Which I'm sure that you've you've experienced. So really building bridges, and helping individuals get connected to not only educational opportunities, but mentoring opportunities, helping individuals get access to capital. Early on, we got contacted by the State of California regarding small business certification. So we're in, we've been in conversation with the state of California over the past couple years, as well as many entities here in the Bay Area, about how they can diversify their supply chain by hiring individuals with disabilities. So but as you know, getting a small business certified is no small feat. So we're working with UC Berkeley now, in in, they have a program there that helps get small businesses certified. And I'm very excited about that. And we have our second annual Bay Area, disability Entrepreneurship Week, coming up in October, which runs in tandem with national disability, Employment Awareness Month. And we're going to have interactive panels, which will be online, and then we will have, we're going to visit several businesses here in the city, as well as have a networking event. And we're going to have one of our future entrepreneur trainings, hopefully, in concert with one of the Bay Area leaders in in entrepreneurship, as well.   Michael Hingson  41:47 It's early, of course, to to a large degree, because you're you're only operating the disability Business Alliance for three years. But are you seeing how do I ask this more successes than failures? Do you see that it is really taking off and that if you were to compare it with people outside of what you're doing at who start businesses, then maybe you're seeing more success because you're able to provide more proactive mentoring and so on.   Peter DeHaas  42:22 It's it's been, I feel like I recognized early on, as I said, at the launch, that there's certainly up there there. And with every conversation that I have, Michael, I recognize that the importance of what we're doing, it's unprecedented. My mind, I've had one of my advisory board members meet with the Department of Rehab here in the city and I know that there's a bridge to entrepreneurship for individuals with disabilities in terms of getting support through Dr. But it's not very well defined in their their website. If you're blind, it's there's a specific program for entrepreneurship but beyond that. So I see a lot of potential I would say the success is in the contacts that I make that people are coming out of the woodwork in the community that we are building, we are at a tipping point with our capacity building, where we are currently working with an attorney to get our own 501 C three status and build real capacity. I'd like to hire somebody within the next year. Right now I'm doing everything with the exception of some some assistance from volunteer that I have who was my assistant at Golden Gate University previously I'm doing it all myself and you know that that that that's sustainable to a point and I'm very excited about embarking on the venture of getting our own 501 C three status and taking it to the next level. So as you know these things take time and that's one of my one of my greatest mentors several years ago when I started planting seeds for this said it's going to take some time you know, the but it's the potential is there and and I would say that there's there's many more doors opening than being slammed in my face if that if that makes any sense. I most people are very excited to talk to me and there's there's plenty of work to be done.   Michael Hingson  44:37 Well, you're in a great place to do it of course as we discussed earlier because it there's there's a lot more openness to the idea of people who are different and being able to support that. But getting a 501 C three status is going to help a great deal I would think.   Peter DeHaas  44:55 Yeah, like I said, I'm very grateful to be operating under social good fun. And it's been very useful through the pilot phases. But it's time for us to, you know, it limits us to go after bigger contracts with the city, the state or the federal government or even bigger foundations. So this has been perfect for us. And it's really my journey as an entrepreneur really mirrors for everybody that I've been working with, you know what it takes, it's no small feat to really, you know, start a venture as you know, on your own. And it's really about not only expanding your network, but having lifelines that you can call when you're in a potential crisis mode. So I've enjoyed every step of the journey. And really, as my 91 year old dad would say, Peter, it's about the people. It's about the people and every relationship that I build, I really tried to nurture along and in leverage on that, you know, maybe it's me introducing that person to somebody else, or vice versa. They're introducing me to somebody, but it's, it's, it's fascinating to me about how much of this work is about telling stories and sharing stories. And yeah, I, I'm very excited about the next year in particular, to see see the next chapter of the SF DBA.   Michael Hingson  46:27 I have to say, me as well, I'm really excited to hear how this is going. And you're right, it is about the people in your 91 year old dad is absolutely correct. And as people on both sides, it's not just the individuals that you serve, because they happen to have a disability and and you're trying to work with them. But it is also the more substantial or or larger population of all the people who could help in that process by providing jobs or mentoring skills, or funding or whatever, to help bring people out and give them the opportunities to grow that clearly you're looking for. And your passion does make all the difference in that though.   47:18 Well, thank you I you know, when people talk about all the dividends, and what what's my difficulty dividend going to be investing in your, your startup, you know, there's lots of conversations here in the Bay Area. And I proudly say the dividends and investing in the disability community or hiring somebody with a disability, or allowing giving somebody the opportunity to start a small business with a disability, I'll tell you what the dividends are, there's less reliance on public assistance. And there's more money flowing into our local economies, people with disabilities want to spend their hard earned money, they don't want to be limited by whatever SSDI pays these days, 900 to $1,200 a month, they don't want to be limited by that. They want to be contributing members of our society. And many people don't know that the disability communities, are the third largest market in the world. So put that into perspective. You know, if people with disabilities are thriving, everybody is going to be thriving.   Michael Hingson  48:28 Sure. And again, one of the dividends is that if you are hiring a person with a disability, you are very, very likely hiring someone who is going to be a lot more loyal to you, and wanting to help make you more successful because they know how hard it was to get a job in the first place for them. Right. And we really need to deal with that. As I said, we interviewed on this podcast, Kirk Adams, who is the about to retire director, he maybe now has retired as the director of the American Foundation for the Blind. He's the one that talked about the fact that there are now now an increasing number of studies, talking about the whole loyalty and brand issue regarding disabilities that specifically bind blind people. But it goes across the board of the fact that if you hire someone there, they're going to be very appreciative of that. And they're going to want to do a good job. And that spiral can only go up because the better job they do, the more successful you are. And the more successful you are, the better their job will be. And the happier everyone is.   Peter DeHaas  49:38 And it's about creating a culture that that understands it and embraces it. I'm currently doing some important curriculum development for a biotech company here in the Bay Area as it relates to employees with disabilities and it's it's it's so exciting for me, this is the kind of stuff that excites me to see companies coming full circle and saying, Oh, we really need to put some more thought into this and not just have a policy in the HR department as it relates to disability accommodations, that's important too. But creating a culture that that includes disability in the DEI equation.   Michael Hingson  50:21 Right? The the inclusion has to start taking hold a lot more than it does diversity, generally speaking, as I think you pointed out, has left disabilities out of it. But they, the fact is, you can't do it if you're gonna call yourself inclusive, because you are, you're not correct. And there are a number of us who are of the opinion that we're not going to let you change the definition of inclusion to say, well, we're inclusive, we just don't do anything with disabilities, then you're not inclusive, great. can't have it both ways are gray. How can people become involved in and working in helping with the disability Business Alliance?   51:07 Well, they can go to our website@www.S F D B A  dot ORG and, and get contact us there, if they'd like to make a contribution there. If they'd like to volunteer, or, you know, at some point we're going to be, like I said, building capacity. I'm excited about the potential of hiring somebody to start and you know, over time hiring several people. So get in touch with us, and we'd love to have a conversation.   Michael Hingson  51:46 I hope that people will really be excited about it and be excited to help. Obviously, anyone listening to this, especially in the San Francisco area that is now willing to explore hiring persons and so on should get in touch with you. Yes, they can do all of that through the website.   Peter DeHaas  52:08 They can get in touch with us through the website. But in terms of me, I mean, if they set up time to chat with me, I'd be happy to chat with anybody about developing strategies around hiring individuals with disabilities as well, or, or figuring out how to make their business more inclusive.   Michael Hingson  52:30 If they want to set up a time to chat with you. How do they do that?   Peter DeHaas  52:34 They can email at info at SF DBA dot o RG just make a query that way?   Michael Hingson  52:42 And odds are you're gonna see it because you're the main guy doing it all right.   Peter DeHaas  52:47 Yep. Yeah, my volunteer gets those emails in. She forwards them to me immediately.   Michael Hingson  52:56 Well, I hope that people will do that. And that we can help make the program successful and even more so. And if there's anything at anytime that I can do and anything that I can do to help bring resources to assist you, needless to say, excited to do that as well.   Peter DeHaas  53:17 Michael, it's always a pleasure chatting with you. I learned something new every time that I talk with you and I don't see our conversation stopping here.   53:28 Hope not by no means there's always more to talk about. Well, Peter, again, thank you very much for being here. And I hope people will reach out. Go to www.sfdba.org and reach out to Peter info at sfdba.org. We'd like to hear from you. I'd love to hear your thoughts about this podcast. So feel free to email me at Michaelhi at accessible A C C E S S I B E .com. And you're also welcome to go to www dot Michael hingson.com/podcast. Michael Hingson is m i c h a e  l h i n g s o n slash podcast and wherever you're listening to this, please give us a five star rating. But most of all, whether you're in the San Francisco area or not reach out to Peter, he would love to hear from you. And I'm sure there are ways that that we can help establish more relationships outside San Francisco because what Peter is doing is going to have to expand anyway right? Yes,   54:31 yes, I'd sky's the limit. I'd like to my goal is to brand SFDBA or an organization like SFDBA in Colorado. Next. I did. Some of my my work that I didn't mention in this podcast was with the Colorado cross disability coalition, one of the nation's leaders in disability accessibility kind of related topics and, and one of my greatest mentors, Julie risking is at the helm there at CCDC. And when I told her I was launching SFDBA, she said, Peter, we need something like this in Denver. So I promised her once I got my footing here that I would try to establish something in Colorado as well. But yeah, I'm excited about the possibility of one day growing beyond the Bay Area.   55:31 got to start somewhere, though. That's right. Well, Peter, again, thanks for being here. And I want to thank everyone who is listening, I want to thank you for listening to us and putting up with us for an hour. But please reach out to Peter, we really appreciate it. And we'll probably have another podcast where we get to talk more about all the progress that Peter is making. So again, Peter, thanks very much for being here. Thank you, Michael.   Michael Hingson  56:01 You have been listening to the Unstoppable Mindset podcast. Thanks for dropping by. I hope that you'll join us again next week, and in future weeks for upcoming episodes. To subscribe to our podcast and to learn about upcoming episodes, please visit www dot Michael hingson.com slash podcast. Michael Hingson is spelled m i c h a e l h i n g s o n. 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Walt says business should be an adventure and a voyage of discovery. But how?The “Daily Dose of Disney with Ray Keating” podcast serves up a Disney or Disney-related quote each day, with DisneyBizJournal's Ray Keating offering brief, additional thoughts on how each dose ties in to life, career, business, entrepreneurship, creativity, storytelling, work, or just plain fun. Each week, the podcast focuses on a particular person, character or theme.Please check out www.DisneyBizJournal.com.Ray Keating is the author of the Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries. Pre-Order Persecution: A Pastor Stephen Grant Novel. Keating says, “I think Persecution might be the most action-packed of any of the Pastor Stephen Grant books so far.”Signed books at https://raykeatingonline.com/products/persecution  Kindle edition at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BHHJNNB4Order the previous Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries right here.Two great ways to order Cathedral: An Alliance of Saint Michael Novel, which is the first in the Alliance of Saint Michael series. Signed paperbacks and/or the Kindle edition. Two great ways to order Ray Keating's recent book – The Weekly Economist: 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Signed paperbacks and at Amazon.com. Order Ray Keating's book Behind Enemy Lines: Conservative Communiques from Left-Wing New York  –  signed books  or at  Amazon.And one of Keating's newest books on the economy is  Free Trade Rocks! 10 Points on International Trade Everyone Should Know, which is available at  Amazon  in paperback or for the Kindle edition, and signed books at  www.raykeatingonline.com. Read Keating's latest columns on a wide range of issues at www.KeatingFiles.com. Listen to Ray's other podcasts – the Free Enterprise in Three Minutes podcast and the PRESS CLUB C Podcast.Have Ray Keating speak your group, business, school, church, or organization. Email him at raykeating@keatingreports.com. 

No matter if you jump into the waters of entrepreneurship, get pushed, or some mix of motives, the business idea matters.The “Daily Dose of Disney with Ray Keating” podcast serves up a Disney or Disney-related quote each day, with DisneyBizJournal's Ray Keating offering brief, additional thoughts on how each dose ties in to life, career, business, entrepreneurship, creativity, storytelling, work, or just plain fun. Each week, the podcast focuses on a particular person, character or theme.Please check out www.DisneyBizJournal.com.Ray Keating is the author of the Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries. Pre-Order Persecution: A Pastor Stephen Grant Novel. Keating says, “I think Persecution might be the most action-packed of any of the Pastor Stephen Grant books so far.”Signed books at https://raykeatingonline.com/products/persecution  Kindle edition at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BHHJNNB4Order the previous Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries right here.Two great ways to order Cathedral: An Alliance of Saint Michael Novel, which is the first in the Alliance of Saint Michael series. Signed paperbacks and/or the Kindle edition. Two great ways to order Ray Keating's recent book – The Weekly Economist: 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Signed paperbacks and at Amazon.com. Order Ray Keating's book Behind Enemy Lines: Conservative Communiques from Left-Wing New York  –  signed books  or at  Amazon.And one of Keating's newest books on the economy is  Free Trade Rocks! 10 Points on International Trade Everyone Should Know, which is available at  Amazon  in paperback or for the Kindle edition, and signed books at  www.raykeatingonline.com. Read Keating's latest columns on a wide range of issues at www.KeatingFiles.com. Listen to Ray's other podcasts – the Free Enterprise in Three Minutes podcast and the PRESS CLUB C Podcast.Have Ray Keating speak your group, business, school, church, or organization. Email him at raykeating@keatingreports.com. 

What do you do if you can't get a job? Walt said start a business.The “Daily Dose of Disney with Ray Keating” podcast serves up a Disney or Disney-related quote each day, with DisneyBizJournal's Ray Keating offering brief, additional thoughts on how each dose ties in to life, career, business, entrepreneurship, creativity, storytelling, work, or just plain fun. Each week, the podcast focuses on a particular person, character or theme.Please check out www.DisneyBizJournal.com.Ray Keating is the author of the Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries. Pre-Order Persecution: A Pastor Stephen Grant Novel. Keating says, “I think Persecution might be the most action-packed of any of the Pastor Stephen Grant books so far.”Signed books at https://raykeatingonline.com/products/persecution  Kindle edition at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BHHJNNB4Order the previous Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries right here.Two great ways to order Cathedral: An Alliance of Saint Michael Novel, which is the first in the Alliance of Saint Michael series. Signed paperbacks and/or the Kindle edition. Two great ways to order Ray Keating's recent book – The Weekly Economist: 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Signed paperbacks and at Amazon.com. Order Ray Keating's book Behind Enemy Lines: Conservative Communiques from Left-Wing New York  –  signed books  or at  Amazon.And one of Keating's newest books on the economy is  Free Trade Rocks! 10 Points on International Trade Everyone Should Know, which is available at  Amazon  in paperback or for the Kindle edition, and signed books at  www.raykeatingonline.com. Read Keating's latest columns on a wide range of issues at www.KeatingFiles.com. Listen to Ray's other podcasts – the Free Enterprise in Three Minutes podcast and the PRESS CLUB C Podcast.Have Ray Keating speak your group, business, school, church, or organization. Email him at raykeating@keatingreports.com.  

Entrepreneurs serve others, but they do so by having the freedom to call the shots.The “Daily Dose of Disney with Ray Keating” podcast serves up a Disney or Disney-related quote each day, with DisneyBizJournal's Ray Keating offering brief, additional thoughts on how each dose ties in to life, career, business, entrepreneurship, creativity, storytelling, work, or just plain fun. Each week, the podcast focuses on a particular person, character or theme.Please check out www.DisneyBizJournal.com.Two great ways to order Ray Keating's new book – The Weekly Economist: 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Signed paperbacks and at Amazon.com. Two great ways to order Cathedral: An Alliance of Saint Michael Novel, which is Ray's sixteenth work of fiction, and the first in the Alliance of Saint Michael series. Signed paperbacks and/or the Kindle edition. Ray Keating is the author of the Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries. So far, 15 Pastor Stephen grant adventures have been published, with more coming! The more recent books in the series are Vatican Shadows: A Pastor Stephen Grant Novel, Past Lives: A Pastor Stephen Grant Short Story, and What's Lost? A Pastor Stephen Grant Short Story. Signed books are available at www.raykeatingonline.com and paperbacks and Kindle editions at Amazon.com.Order Ray Keating's book Behind Enemy Lines: Conservative Communiques from Left-Wing New York  –  signed books  or at  Amazon.And one of Keating's newest books on the economy is  Free Trade Rocks! 10 Points on International Trade Everyone Should Know, which is available at  Amazon  in paperback or for the Kindle edition, and signed books at  www.raykeatingonline.com. Read Keating's latest columns on a wide range of issues at www.KeatingFiles.com. Listen to Ray's other podcasts – the Free Enterprise in Three Minutes podcast and the PRESS CLUB C Podcast.Have Ray Keating speak your group, business, school, church, or organization. Email him at raykeating@keatingreports.com. 

Walt Disney sums up the essence of entrepreneurship.The “Daily Dose of Disney with Ray Keating” podcast serves up a Disney or Disney-related quote each day, with DisneyBizJournal's Ray Keating offering brief, additional thoughts on how each dose ties in to life, career, business, entrepreneurship, creativity, storytelling, work, or just plain fun. Each week, the podcast focuses on a particular person, character or theme.Please check out www.DisneyBizJournal.com.Two great ways to order Ray Keating's new book – The Weekly Economist: 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Signed paperbacks and at Amazon.com. Two great ways to order Cathedral: An Alliance of Saint Michael Novel, which is Ray's sixteenth work of fiction, and the first in the Alliance of Saint Michael series. Signed paperbacks and/or the Kindle edition. Ray Keating is the author of the Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries. So far, 15 Pastor Stephen grant adventures have been published, with more coming! The more recent books in the series are Vatican Shadows: A Pastor Stephen Grant Novel, Past Lives: A Pastor Stephen Grant Short Story, and What's Lost? A Pastor Stephen Grant Short Story. Signed books are available at www.raykeatingonline.com and paperbacks and Kindle editions at Amazon.com.Order Ray Keating's book Behind Enemy Lines: Conservative Communiques from Left-Wing New York  –  signed books  or at  Amazon.And one of Keating's newest books on the economy is  Free Trade Rocks! 10 Points on International Trade Everyone Should Know, which is available at  Amazon  in paperback or for the Kindle edition, and signed books at  www.raykeatingonline.com. Read Keating's latest columns on a wide range of issues at www.KeatingFiles.com. Listen to Ray's other podcasts – the Free Enterprise in Three Minutes podcast and the PRESS CLUB C Podcast.Have Ray Keating speak your group, business, school, church, or organization. Email him at raykeating@keatingreports.com.  

Walt Disney offers essential and timeless advice for entrepreneurs – stop talking and start doing.The “Daily Dose of Disney with Ray Keating” podcast serves up a Disney or Disney-related quote each day, with DisneyBizJournal's Ray Keating offering brief, additional thoughts on how each dose ties in to life, career, business, entrepreneurship, creativity, storytelling, work, or just plain fun. Each week, the podcast focuses on a particular person, character or theme.Please check out www.DisneyBizJournal.com.Two great ways to order Ray Keating's new book – The Weekly Economist: 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Signed paperbacks and at Amazon.com. Two great ways to order Cathedral: An Alliance of Saint Michael Novel, which is Ray's sixteenth work of fiction, and the first in the Alliance of Saint Michael series. Signed paperbacks and/or the Kindle edition. Ray Keating is the author of the Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries. So far, 15 Pastor Stephen grant adventures have been published, with more coming! The more recent books in the series are Vatican Shadows: A Pastor Stephen Grant Novel, Past Lives: A Pastor Stephen Grant Short Story, and What's Lost? A Pastor Stephen Grant Short Story. Signed books are available at www.raykeatingonline.com and paperbacks and Kindle editions at Amazon.com.Order Ray Keating's book Behind Enemy Lines: Conservative Communiques from Left-Wing New York  –  signed books  or at  Amazon.And one of Keating's newest books on the economy is  Free Trade Rocks! 10 Points on International Trade Everyone Should Know, which is available at  Amazon  in paperback or for the Kindle edition, and signed books at  www.raykeatingonline.com. Read Keating's latest columns on a wide range of issues at www.KeatingFiles.com. Listen to Ray's other podcasts – the Free Enterprise in Three Minutes podcast and the PRESS CLUB C Podcast.Have Ray Keating speak your group, business, school, church, or organization. Email him at raykeating@keatingreports.com. 

Walt often spoke poetically about the dream. But he also knew that you had to do something about and with the dream.The “Daily Dose of Disney with Ray Keating” podcast serves up a Disney or Disney-related quote each day, with DisneyBizJournal's Ray Keating offering brief, additional thoughts on how each dose ties in to life, career, business, entrepreneurship, creativity, storytelling, work, or just plain fun. Each week, the podcast focuses on a particular person, character or theme.Please check out www.DisneyBizJournal.com.Two great ways to order Ray Keating's new book – The Weekly Economist: 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Signed paperbacks and at Amazon.com. Two great ways to order Cathedral: An Alliance of Saint Michael Novel, which is Ray's sixteenth work of fiction, and the first in the Alliance of Saint Michael series. Signed paperbacks and/or the Kindle edition. Ray Keating is the author of the Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries. So far, 15 Pastor Stephen grant adventures have been published, with more coming! The more recent books in the series are Vatican Shadows: A Pastor Stephen Grant Novel, Past Lives: A Pastor Stephen Grant Short Story, and What's Lost? A Pastor Stephen Grant Short Story. Signed books are available at www.raykeatingonline.com and paperbacks and Kindle editions at Amazon.com.Order Ray Keating's book Behind Enemy Lines: Conservative Communiques from Left-Wing New York  –  signed books  or at  Amazon.And one of Keating's newest books on the economy is  Free Trade Rocks! 10 Points on International Trade Everyone Should Know, which is available at  Amazon  in paperback or for the Kindle edition, and signed books at  www.raykeatingonline.com. Read Keating's latest columns on a wide range of issues at www.KeatingFiles.com. Listen to Ray's other podcasts – the Free Enterprise in Three Minutes podcast and the PRESS CLUB C Podcast.Have Ray Keating speak your group, business, school, church, or organization. Email him at raykeating@keatingreports.com.  

For nearly all entrepreneurs, starting up and/or owning a business is about long hours and big challenges. You know, it's hard while facing enormous risks and uncertainties.The “Daily Dose of Disney with Ray Keating” podcast serves up a Disney or Disney-related quote each day, with DisneyBizJournal's Ray Keating offering brief, additional thoughts on how each dose ties in to life, career, business, entrepreneurship, creativity, storytelling, work, or just plain fun. Each week, the podcast focuses on a particular person, character or theme.Please check out www.DisneyBizJournal.com.Two great ways to order Ray Keating's new book – The Weekly Economist: 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Signed paperbacks and at Amazon.com. Two great ways to order Cathedral: An Alliance of Saint Michael Novel, which is Ray's sixteenth work of fiction, and the first in the Alliance of Saint Michael series. Signed paperbacks and/or the Kindle edition. Ray Keating is the author of the Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries. So far, 15 Pastor Stephen grant adventures have been published, with more coming! The more recent books in the series are Vatican Shadows: A Pastor Stephen Grant Novel, Past Lives: A Pastor Stephen Grant Short Story, and What's Lost? A Pastor Stephen Grant Short Story. Signed books are available at www.raykeatingonline.com and paperbacks and Kindle editions at Amazon.com.Order Ray Keating's book Behind Enemy Lines: Conservative Communiques from Left-Wing New York  –  signed books  or at  Amazon.And one of Keating's newest books on the economy is  Free Trade Rocks! 10 Points on International Trade Everyone Should Know, which is available at  Amazon  in paperback or for the Kindle edition, and signed books at  www.raykeatingonline.com. Read Keating's latest columns on a wide range of issues at www.KeatingFiles.com. Listen to Ray's other podcasts – the Free Enterprise in Three Minutes podcast and the PRESS CLUB C Podcast.Have Ray Keating speak your group, business, school, church, or organization. Email him at raykeating@keatingreports.com. 

In this episode, Kiley talks with Jackie Hermes of Accelity Marketing. Jackie bootstrapped her company from 0 to 7 figures with no partners and zero funding. Jackie shares what she has learned with her fellow entrepreneurs and marketers in a variety of formats, from keynote speeches to tactical breakout presentations. Jackie shares her business challenges, experiences in the pandemic, and what strategy she used to face it. Tune in to this episode to learn more about Jackie Hermes. Highlights: 05:21 – I think that I had to get even more honest with my employees during Covid and I was kind of forced to. We lost 40% of our business in the 1st two weeks of Covid. 08:56 – We are doing this as fairly as possible so there were some people that had more work and some people that had less work and we're all going to take this hit together. 16:14 – I definitely think that being transparent shows people that you do respect and value them. And most companies don't care. 22:10 – I think we assign positive intent to ourselves and to our own actions and we give ourselves passes for the way that we communicate and the way that we behave because we have good intentions but then we do not do the same thing for other people. 35:14 – I think it's important to show up the same way everywhere and be the same person everywhere. Listen  Apple Podcasts - Spotify - Google Podcasts - YouTube Connect with Jackie Websites: https://accelitymarketing.com/ (accelitymarketing.com) / https://www.jackiehermes.com/ (jackiehermes.com) / https://www.jackiehermes.com/startup-marketing-course (jackiehermes.com/startup-marketing-course) LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/thejackiehermes (Linkedin.com/in/thejackiehermes) / http://www.linkedin.com/company/accelitymarketing (Linkedin.com/company/accelitymarketing) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejackiehermes (@thejackiehermes) / http://www.instagram.com/accelitymktg (@accelitymktg) Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/accelitymarketing (Facebook.com/accelitymarketing) Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thejackieherme (twitter.com/thejackiehermes)  / http://www.twitter.com/accelitymktg (twitter.com/accelitymktg) TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jackie.hermes (@jackie.hermes)  -------- Follow Welcome to Eloma Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/welcometoeloma (@welcometoeloma) Website: http://welcometoeloma.com/ (WelcometoEloma.com) Weekly Email Newsletter: https://rayneix.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ef5b203d3a56f90cbd51c7a54&id=9db6f8746e (bit.ly/RIXEmail ) Connect with Kiley Social: https://www.instagram.com/kileypeters/ (@kileypeters) + https://www.linkedin.com/in/kileypeters (Linkedin.com/in/kileypeters) Websites: https://rayneix.com/ (RAYNEIX.com ), https://brainchildstudios.com/ (BrainchildStudios.com), https://kileypeters.com/ (KileyPeters.com) Weekly Email Newsletter: https://rayneix.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ef5b203d3a56f90cbd51c7a54&id=9db6f8746e (bit.ly/RIXEmail ) Email: info@rayneix.com  Jackie Hermes Bio  Jackie Hermes is the CEO of Accelity, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based agency that helps software-as-a-service (SaaS) startups get to revenue and grow faster, and an original founder of Women's Entrepreneurship Week.  With over 85,000 followers on LinkedIn, Jackie sparks discussions about the daily life and challenges of growing a bootstrapped company, her adventures in personal development, and a lot more.  Jackie mentors student startups via The Commons and female professionals via Building Brave, is an advisor with Golden Angels Investors, and coaches numerous early-stage startups. In addition to her professional involvement, Jackie is an adoptive foster parent and is hopeful she will have hobbies outside of working in the near future (ha!).

Almost every marketer we have interviewed on the show has told us LinkedIn is the best B2B social media platform for inbound leads. It's so true and we are seeing it with JRM Web Marketing. In order to see results, you need to have a LinkedIn strategy and post consistently. Many marketers have a strategy but few post consistently. In this episode, Jesus McDonald and Jackie Hermes discuss marketing strategies, why posting consistently matters, experiments, and more. Jackie Hermes is the CEO of Accelity which is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based agency that helps SaaS startups get to revenue and grow faster. She is also the co-founder of Women's Entrepreneurship Week.

This special episode of EntreEd Talk takes place during National Entrepreneurship Week for Entrepreneurship Education Day. Panelists Dr. Amanda Jones, Principal of Barton Academy, and Dr. Tony Donen, Principal of STEM School Chattanooga,  talk with Toi about their journeys to create schools that have infused entrepreneurship for all students. They share their personal stories of success and challenges and provide suggestions for schools and teachers who wish to begin an entrepreneurial shift in their schools. Support the show (http://www.entre-ed.org/envest/donate-now/)

Jackie Hermes is the CEO of Accelity, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based agency that helps software-as-a-service (SaaS) startups get to revenue and grow faster, and a co-founder of Women's Entrepreneurship Week. Highlights: - How to choose your path. - Must have processes to build your business. - The genesis of creativity. - The two books that impacted her significantly. Make sure to check Jackie out on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thejackiehermes/ Makes sure to check out her podcast: https://www.jackiehermes.com/podcast Until next time. Be in your blessings

Markus und Daniel sprechen diese Woche mit Claudia Falkinger über ihre Erfahrung als Entrepreneurship Week Trainerin, gesellschaftliche Innovation und die richtigen Wege zur Generationen-Gerechtigkeit. Das und vieles mehr hört ihr in unserem Deep Dive der Woche! ---Hier gehts zum Future Weekly Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/9AyzUEWpgB  Hintergründe & weiterführende Links in der Future Weekly Espresso Summary: https://futureweekly.substack.com/ --- Du hast Feedback, Ideen, Moonshots oder Predictions zu den heutigen Themen? Schick uns deinen Text oder ein Soundbite an podcast@austrianstartups.com und werde ein Teil der nächsten Episode.--- Redaktion & Produktion: Dominic Runge, Laura Spengel, Martin Rudolf, Anna Ringauf & Juliane Staudinger Musik (Intro/Outro): www.sebastianegger.com 

Daniel Cronin und Markus Raunig diskutieren diese Woche folgende Themen: 

This week's Startup Survival topic is quitting. What to do when you want to quit? It seems like everyone on the planet says “I'm not a quitter”—so, I'm going to tell you about a few things I quit and how I honestly felt about it.  Recently, I left my founding role in a local organization hosting free events for women entrepreneurs. Why did I quit? It impacted my mental health—I was running myself ragged, and I had to put myself first. The women who are taking this over have a great plan and I'm looking forward to supporting them while no longer spearheading the lead. On the flipside, I remember a time I shouldn't have quit 20 YEARS after it happened. When I was a senior, I quit cheerleading. I had dedicated seven years of my life to the sport and I ended up quitting due to being pissed. I still regret ending my cheerleading career on such a low note.  It's absolutely okay to quit things… if you're doing it for the right reasons.  Episode highlights: 00:40 - Quitting the Women's Entrepreneurship Week for the right reasons. 02:55 - Quitting cheerleading in high school for the wrong reasons. 05:40 - A few reasons you should consider when you want to quit:  1) Why do you want to quit? 2) Can you make any changes to make this more sustainable for yourself? 3) Do you want to keep going? 4) Never make a snap decision.  More about the show: ​​http://www.jackiehermes.com/podcast (www.jackiehermes.com/podcast)  Hit me up! https://the-art-of-entrepreneurship.captivate.fm/linkedin (LinkedIn) https://the-art-of-entrepreneurship.captivate.fm/instagram (Instagram) https://the-art-of-entrepreneurship.captivate.fm/tiktok (TikTok) https://the-art-of-entrepreneurship.captivate.fm/website (Website)

Welcome to ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK. Today John-Erly Sat down with Nadia Joseph, she's the CEO of NAY's Hair company LLC and also the Director of NPJ Foundation Inc. GO FOR IT is the story of many, disguised by trials, tribulations, hardships and mistakes after mistakes. Yet through it all lies still, a small voice that refuses to quit, settle for less and stay down. Against all odds, after many rejections even when the system wrote her off; that small voice was able to guide Nadia to an unending path where she had no choice but to GO FOR IT. Let's learn from her story, happy listening

In this episode, you are going to hear from three dynamic, high achieving women who will share the latest technology treads to help you streamline your productivity, personally and professionally. What you'll learn: - How each of our guests are helping high achieving females with their work - Common misconceptions about our personal “tech” ability and how to consider instead, and - Leverage software and other technology to better our business and overall productivity. This episode is sponsored by the KNOW Global, membership & community to help you get to the next level of achievement.   Learn more today at bit.ly/podcast-global LINKS: Get In The Room with KNOW Global: bit.ly/podcast-global Download Your Episode Bonus [How to Masterfully Connect Workbook] Here: www.theknowwomen.com/podcast Sharon's Resource Recommendation: Coursera Jennifer's Resource Recommendation: Microsoft Excel Lori's Resource Recommendation: Wall Street Journal FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM: The KNOW Women – @theknowwomen Sarah Benken – @sarahbenken CONNECT WITH OUR GUESTS: Dr. Sharon Jones – Twitter @dottieroseLLC Jennifer Buchholz - LinkedIn Lori Piencykoski - LinkedIn ABOUT THE GUESTS:   Dr. Sharon Jones, Ed.D is the founder and CEO of the dot. Consulting and the non-profit Dottie Rose Foundation, where she leads and implements technology focused education and innovation. Dr. Jones has found her passion in education and has served as a computer science expert for the past 20 years, bridging the gap between our everyday actions and the application of technology. Dr. Jones is a highly sought after and national award-winning Computer Science educator in the public school system and for corporate training.   Jennifer Buchholz is a best-selling author, entrepreneur, coach, and engaging geek and has worked in higher education, training, and development for over 20-years. Based in Milwaukee, Excel & Flourish helps organizations improve productivity with Microsoft products. Jennifer is actively involved in numerous organizations throughout the city; including Local First Milwaukee, Women's Entrepreneurship Week, eWomen Network, just to name a few.    Lori Piencykoski founded Netco Design LLC in 2000 when she realized web design and SEO (search engine optimization) were under-served areas that had the potential for tremendous growth. She became a Certified Internet Webmaster and works her “magic” to produce unparalleled results in the areas of web design and now more important than ever SEO. Lori works with her client to determine which social media platforms, website tools and SEO/SEM options will yield the best result for their business.    ABOUT THE HOST: For over two decades, Erica has helped visionary leaders increase their influence + impact. As the founder of Castner Consulting, she provides branding and marketing strategies to speakers, service-based business owners, and content creators.

Die Deep Dives sind zurück und diese Woche haben wir eine ganz besondere Folge. Markus Raunig und Daniel Cronin haben Sophia Klacska und Tobias Gstach zu Gast. Beide sind Teilnehmer der Summer Entrepreneurship Week. Gemeinsam mir Sophia und Tobias sprechen Markus und Daniel über Unternehmertum, Trends, TikTok, Nachhaltigkeit und über das Schulsystem. Viel Spaß beim Hören! ---Hier gibts jede Woche weiterführende Links & eine Zusammenfassung der Episode: futureweekly.substack.comHier kannst du die Episode auf Youtube mit Bild verfolgen: https://www.youtube.com/channel/---Du hast Feedback, Ideen, Moonshots oder Predictions zu den heutigen Themen? Schick uns deinen Text oder ein Soundbite an podcast@austrianstartups.com und werde ein Teil der nächsten Episode.---Redaktion & Produktion: Elena Struber, Johanna Einsiedler,  Laura Fraissl, Laurenz Vavrovsky, Lena Silberbauer---Musik (Intro/Outro): www.sebastianegger.com

In this podcast episode, I interview Jackie Hermes who is the CEO of Accelity which is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based agency that helps SaaS startups get to revenue and grow faster. She is also the co-founder of Women's Entrepreneurship Week. Talking points: 1. What motivated Jackie to post regularly on LinkedIn 2. What inspired her to become an entrepreneur 3. How Accelity differentiates themselves from their competitors 4. Jackie's ideal client 5. Advice and tips for B2B marketing professionals 6. Changes happening in our industry and marketing experiments ==== If you enjoyed this podcast, leave a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts! :) Send me a direct message on LinkedIn! linkedin.com/in/jesus-mcdonald

It goes without saying that starting a company is a huge undertaking. Where do you get the funding? How do you build your team and your leads? What will be your brand? Even after you establish your company, the questions and concerns do not end. So how do you build the tenacity to play the long game? Jackie Hermes is the CEO of Accelity, a Milwaukee-based agency that helps SaaS startups get revenue and grow faster. She’s one of the most active people on LinkedIn where she sparks discussions about the daily life and challenges of growing a bootstrapped company. Jackie mentors student startups via The Commons. She’s a co-organizer of Startup Milwaukee EMERGE, an advisor with Golden Angels Investors, and a co-founder of Women’s Entrepreneurship Week. In this episode of the Perfectly Mentored Podcast, Jackie and Jason discuss the ins and outs of bootstrapping a business, how women can put themselves more out there, and what are the tips and tricks for having an effective LinkedIn presence.Topics Covered:Who is Jackie Hermes?  [01:08]Essential tips for bootstrapping a business [04:30]At what point do you start thinking about growth and taking on external resources? [06:21]How do you differentiate between delegating and abdicating responsibility?How is an entrepreneurial lifestyle perceived? [10:14]Pieces of advice for female entrepreneurs [13:16]What changes does parenthood bring to a business? [17:07]How do you stay productive, and tips to increase productivity? [18:59]What are the golden rules for growing a presence on LinkedIn? [23:00] What are the “dos and don’ts” in LinkedIn? [25:00]How do you do lead generation in a non-spammy way? [26:33]How important is having a brand presence when it comes to increasing revenue and achieving success? [28:02]What do most businesses do wrong when it comes to marketing? [29:16]Connect with us:Perfectly Mentored InstagramWatch the Interviews on YouTubePerfectly Mentored FacebookConnect with Jackie HermesLinkedInAccelityConnect with Jason Portnoyjportnoy.comInstagramFacebookWant to see how Jason and his team can help you grow your business? CLICK HERE to book your Free Business Assessment CallLike the episode? Come visit us on Apple Podcasts - don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! We appreciate your feedback and would love for you to help spread the word! See all Podcasts HERE

Our special guest today is the CEO of Accelity, a Milwaukee-based agency that helps software-as-a-service (SaaS) start-ups get to revenue and grow faster, and a co-founder of Women’s Entrepreneurship Week. She is highly active on LinkedIn; she sparks discussions about the daily life and challenges of growing a bootstrapped company. She mentors student start-ups via The Commons, an initiative of The Greater Milwaukee Committee, a non-profit civic organization dedicated to making the region the best place to live, learn, work, play and stay. She is also a co-organizer of Start-up Milwaukee EMERGE, and an advisor with Golden Angel Investors. In addition to her professional involvement, she is an adoptive, foster mom, and future pilot. She started her entrepreneurial journey with cookies, a vegan cookie company. She turned four cookie recipes into a business—designing packaging, finding a kitchen, and making the cookies, eventually outsourcing production, then selling and establishing distribution to 12 grocery stores around Wisconsin. As a 24-year-old MBA, she did not picture herself hoisting up tents at farmers markets to hand out $5 bags of cookies or being the demo lady at the grocery store, but there she was. She still had a full-time job (running the marketing department at a SaaS company) and a baby. She is so grateful for that experience because the money she made helped her start Accelity. What began as a one-woman consultancy blossomed into a kick-ass team of 17 and counting with a brand-spankin'-new office and a group of amazing, loyal clients all over the US. LinkedIn has been a HUGE contributor to their growth over the past year. She got talked into publishing videos about her entrepreneurial experiences in mid-2018 and has steadily grown an audience to more than 70,000 followers, earning more than one million video views. Outside of her professional life, she was a foster parent for two years and adopted one of her beautiful children from foster care in Milwaukee. Her hobbies include working toward my pilot’s license, barre classes, exploring downtown Milwaukee, and playing many Star Wars Trouble with her kids. Welcome to our featured guest, Jackie Hermes. This is an episode that is surely worth exploring every minute of their discussion. Tune in and listen. #kut2thachase #podcast #unscripted #unbridled #episode4everyone #E86 #courage #satx #sanantonio #sanantoniopodcast #sanantoniopodcaster #sanantonioinfluencer --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kut2thachase/support

Karen Kerrigan, SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), on National Entrepreneurship Week, the surge in new business creation, the $15 minimum-wage increase, and the latest on PPP, SBA loan relief, and the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program.

AMSE Facebook Live Welcome to a special episode of Owning Up! Flossie and Moni decided since the November 5th Live event was so popular, they just had to make it into a podcast. The information shared by the two guests was phenomenal!  The core values of AMSE are collaboration, partnerships, and advocacy. The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center and The Global Entrepreneurship Network have joined us to fulfill our mission to build up the military spouse entrepreneur community. We are honored to partner with them, to have their support and their mentorship. The first guest was Nicola Corzine, the founding Executive Director of the Nasdaq Entrepreneurship Center. Nicola shared how important it is for entrepreneurs to be able to lean into their community. And to assist them, the Nasdaq Entrepreneurship Center offers free resources to the following:  Speakers and masterclasses Coaching and mentorship Mentorship is so important to them, they have created Mentor Makers Movement, and for the next 12 months, members of their community will have access to remarkable intellectual capital. Whether your business is in ideation or fully operational, this community is one you’ll want to become a part of it. You can visit The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center to sign up. Oh, and remember to tag a mentor on National Entrepreneur Day, November 19th, where mentors will be showcased on the Time Square Tower in New York City! The second guest was Ellen Bateman from The Global Entrepreneurship Network. Founded in 2008, the Global Entrepreneurship Network is in 180 countries and is an ecosystem of support from a national level to a global level. Every November, there’s an Entrepreneurship Week. This week, it’s during the week of AMSE’s 1st anniversary! The mission of the GEN is to help entrepreneurs along their journey. Plus the following:  Offer free virtual events on a global scale. Create communities to elevate the work that’s being done. Connect entrepreneurs on a larger scale.  Every year they have an Entrepreneurship World Cup. This year, there were 200 countries and 175,000 entrepreneurs that participated.  They are all about celebrating entrepreneurs. You can sign up for their programs at Global Entrepreneur Network and get ready to celebrate Entrepreneurship Week with them!  If you’re new to Owning Up, make sure and subscribe, so you’ll know when a new episode drops. You can also join the Facebook group to see what other milspouse entrepreneurs are up to and receive the latest AMSE news. If you're a milspouse who has a business or is thinking of starting one, make sure to join us here at AMSE Membership. As always, check out other episodes, and we will see you all next week! We’d love to have you join our fantastic community! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Follow Moni Jefferson on Instagram. Follow Flossie Hall on Instagram. Visit our website to become a member: AMSE Email us at hello@amse.co  

Jackie Hermes, Jenny Weeden and Christina Haidemenos are the Founders of Women's Entrepreneurship Week in Milwaukee and join us on the podcast this week! We discuss going virtual this year, what people can expect, the state of women's entrepreneurship, what it is like being a woman in business and more! 

2020 was supposed to be the year of Wisconsin tourism from Summerfest and the Wisconsin State Fair to the Democratic National Convention and Ryder Cup. MBJ’s Margaret Naczek speaks with the Wisconsin Department of Tourism’s Secretary-designee Sara Meaney about how the department is operating during this chaotic year.  Later, Margaret talks with Rodney Ferguson, the CEO of Potawatomi Hotel & Casino. They discuss the biggest hurdles that Potawatomi faced and some of the creative ways they’ve been able to manage the pandemic. Finally, Jackie Hermes joins the podcast to talk about Women’s Entrepreneur Week, November 17-20.  For more information on some of the stories featured in today’s episode, visit https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/

She is an entrepreneur, future pilot, B2B SaaS Marketer, startup growth advisor having more than 65000+ followers on LinkedIn & owner of two companies.She is the CEO of Accelity, co-founder of Women's Entrepreneurship Week & mother of 3 children. Being a single mother, she started her entrepreneurial journey by selling cookies. Want to know the journey of how she built a marketing agency? Then find out! To know more about her visit:- https://www.linkedin.com/in/thejackiehermes/ For more information & updates do visit our website:- https://questionscoop.com/

On Today's episode, we are going to be talking with Jackie Hermes of Accelity. Jackie and I are going to be talking about helping software-as-a-service (SaaS) startups get to revenue and grow faster, Women's Entrepreneurship Week and all things LinkedIn! Jackie Hermes is the CEO of Accelity, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based agency that helps software-as-a-service (SaaS) startups get to revenue and grow faster, and a co-founder of Women's Entrepreneurship Week. Very active on LinkedIn, Jackie has an audience of over 50,000 followers, earning millions of video views. In addition to her professional involvement, Jackie is an adoptive foster parent who continues to support past foster children, their families, and the community as a whole. Monster VoIP | Your #1 VoIP Provider Website www.monstervoip.com Address 1730 E Holly Ave #749, El Segundo, CA 90245, United States Phone Phone: +1 877-818-9696 Email hello@monstervoip.com Hours: Open 24 hours

Welcome Christina Haidemenos, Co-Founder of Women's Entrepreneurship Week MKE! Women's Entrepreneurship Week is a week-long series of events designed to spark business and economic growth by showcasing, educating and connecting women entrepreneurs and professionals in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and beyond. Women from all backgrounds and their male allies attend events during the week to hear from strong women leaders in our own community. The 2019 events drew in over 2,700 attendees. This year's WEWMKE is scheduled for May 11-16, 2020. Christina has also worked for several years in Milwaukee's growing tech startup industry. She is currently a Client Success Manager at Socialeads, an AI platform that helps financial services companies and their advisors find signals in social media conversations to better serve their clients. We couldn't get enough of Christina! She walked us through WEWMKE: how it operates, what to expect and where to go. She then dove into the enormity of putting on a week-long event, detailing the constant complexities, road blocks and moving pieces. She emphasized how she and her business partners strive to create an inclusive, welcoming and educational space where no one is "too good or too new" to join in. Christina runs WEWMKE with her two close friends, which brings along its own unique strengths and challenges. Being no strangers to this, we had a great time breaking down the good, the bad and the ugly (mostly good) of owning a business with your friends. We discussed how sometimes you want to rip each others heads off, but also the unparalleled level of support you get when combining female friendship and a business partnership. The pod has not only strengthened our bond, but has given us the opportunity to connect with so many powerful women. We love that we are sharing Christina's episode honoring women's history month, as she shows us the perfect example of the incredible things we can create.    We also chat about: Our Bachelor finale predictions The difference between entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship  Women who inspire us in all kinds of ways!  Resources:  Instagram: @wewmke, @stinamariaaa Website: https://www.wewmke.com Mentioned: A Tribe Called Bliss, Simple Eats, The Mommypreneur Company, Almost 30 Podcast

This week on the podcast we listen in to a “Business Legends LIVE” recording hosted by Sterling State Bank and the Collider Foundation from Entrepreneurship Week 2019! This series was launched with local entrepreneur and business legend Garwin McNeilus, founder of McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing. Garwin started this business in Dodge Center, Minnesota in 1970 and eventually became the largest manufacturer of concrete mixers and refuse packers in the world. On the podcast today we talk about: • Garwin’s childhood, including his move to the Dodge Center area and early exposure to entrepreneurship through “junking” with his dad and contracting odd jobs during high school. • How he broke into the concrete business with Rochester Ready Mix working as a construction worker, truck driver, and finally as a bookkeeper. • His desire to run his own business, which caused Garwin to open his own ready mix plant in Dodge Center in 1964. • Garwin’s launch into the concrete mixer business, where he began buying and selling used trucks. He later transitioned into building truck parts, purchasing and selling new trucks, and eventually started his own truck manufacturing business. • His exit from McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing. • Garwin’s charity work, including his wind farm “retirement” project, which he uses to fund orphanages and schools for disadvantaged children. • His advice for emerging entrepreneurs. Links from the podcast today: McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing: Website: https://www.mcneiluscompanies.com/ Facebook: @mcneilusconcrete,@mcneilusrefuse Twitter: @McNeilusCo Instagram: @mcneilustruck Rochester Rising digital magazine: https://www.flipsnack.com/6EB5DEC8B7A/rochester-rising-fall-2019-issue-2.html Music Attribution: Odd News by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/ Today’s podcast is sponsored by: Rochester Home Infusion Website: https://www.rochesterhomeinfusion.com/ Facebook: @RochesterHomeInfusion LiveAtom Website: https://liveatom.com/ Facebook: @liveatomnow Twitter: @LiveAtomNow Rochester Area Economic Development, Inc. (RAEDI) Website: http://www.raedi.com/ Facebook: @RAEDImn Twitter: @RAEDIInfo Jeb Taylor Knives Website: https://jebtaylorknives.com/ Facebook: @jebtaylorknives Instagram: @jebtaylorknives Brendan Bush Photography Website: https://www.brendanbushphotography.com/index Facebook: @brendanbushphotography Instagram: @jebtaylorknives LEAH Labs Website: https://wefunder.com/leah Facebook: @leahlabsinc Instagram: @leahlabsinc

This week on the podcast we talk about all the engaging events going on next Tuesday through Friday (October 22nd-25th) during Entrepreneurship Week. The challenge to all listeners: attend at least one event to learn more about and connect with our entrepreneurial ecosystem. Entrepreneurship Week is a grassroots celebration and acknowledgment of entrepreneurship with events taking place all over the city. Programming this week is open to anyone in the community. Links from the podcast today: Entrepreneurship Week: Website: https://www.rochester-ew.org Music Attribution: Odd News by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/

On the latest business news, we talk about the president's stimulus plan, Huawei and Global recession, Lebo Phasha gives us more insight on The Business Wrap. On the main topic, we talk to Selekanye Seribe, a social scientist and entrepreneur about her business idea and Wits Entrepreneurship week. We also talk to Yandisa Hene, the Chief Innovation Officer at Yanda Innovation Consultants about potentiating your business idea. wits.journalism.co.za

Wits Radio Academy — On the latest business news, we talk about the president’s stimulus plan, Huawei and Global recession, Lebo Phasha gives us more insight on The Business Wrap. On the main topic, we talk to Selekanye Seribe, a social scientist and entrepreneur about her business idea and Wits Entrepreneurship week. We also talk to Yandisa Hene, the Chief Innovation Officer at Yanda Innovation Consultants about potentiating your business idea.

Jackie Hermes, Ane Ohm, and Rashi Khosla came to the GGMM HQ for a live podcast during Milwaukee Women's Entrepreneurship Week. We'll go over the transition from the corporate America to entrepreneurship, challenges women women entrepreneurs face (that men may not be aware of), what it takes to build a successful company in Milwaukee, overcoming societal obstacles, and more.

88Nine's video producers Laura Dyan Kezman & Vianca Fuster talk about their recent experience at Women's Entrepreneurship Week, including their introduction to "Boss Ladies MKE." Listen to their conversation and watch the video: https://youtu.be/bRWJR9uWH-s

88Nine's video producers Laura Dyan Kezman & Vianca Fuster talk about their recent experience at Women's Entrepreneurship Week, including their introduction to "Boss Ladies MKE." Listen to their conversation and watch the video: https://youtu.be/bRWJR9uWH-s

From March 4–8, 47 awesome events will take place across Milwaukee for Women's Entrepreneurship Week. Organizers Jackie Hermes, Christina Haidemenos, and Jenny Weeden sit down to give us an overview of the week and talk Women's Entrepreneurship in Milwaukee.

In this week’s podcast, I’m talking with Rachel Braun Scherl about Orgasmic Leadership and her journey as a Vagipreneur®, a person in the business of female sexual health and wellness. As a nationally-known Vagipreneur®, Rachel’s work includes growth strategy, operational support and business development for companies in all aspects of women’s health, including birth control, menstruation, disease prevention, fertility, pregnancy, and arousal.     Rachel has faced first-hand the discomfort in the women’s health category, the language used to discuss it, and lack of access to key marketing channels. Along the way, she has done a great deal of research on how companies can profit from women’s sexual health and wellness. Those findings and recommendations are the heart of her book, Orgasmic Leadership, Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women’s Sexual Health and Wellness.   We talk about how things have changed in this space in the past decade, how the business of female health is really solving some big concerns that need better solutions.  So to put it in perspective, 43 percent of women at some point in their lives have sexual concerns and difficulties. So almost half. Compare that to the 30 percent of men who have ED, and you’re talking about a 40 percent greater population of women who will experience sexual dysfunction yet there are many fewer options, a lot less conversation, and a lot less understanding about what it does.   We talk about some revolutionary products and services featured in her book and how they can improve sex life, and what is next in this space of female sexual health and wellness.   As an accomplished speaker, Rachel is featured at leadership and entrepreneurship events at colleges, universities, corporations and conferences, including Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Duke University, The Fuqua School at Duke University, Yale School of Management, Barnard College, Johnson & Johnson, and Entrepreneurship Week among others. Rachel has appeared on ABC’s Nightline, CBS News and MSNBC, and been interviewed for major platforms including The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Forbes, and CNN. Rachel has contributed over 4 dozen articles to The Huffington Post, and contributes to Inc.Her first book, Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women’s Sexual Health and Wellness was published in May 2018, which highlights the successes and challenges that Vagipreneurs face and conquer as they build businesses that provide new solutions for women’s health and wellness.   Thank you for listening!  If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe, leave a rave review and share with your friends!   Please join in the discussion on this episode and more in my free Facebook Group, Find Your Feminine Fire HERE.

Next week is Global Women in Entrepreneurship Week. For us here at the Hatchcast, we celebrate every week as Women in Entrepreneurship. In this episode, Aaryn sits down with Alexa Jones, CEO of TheraB Medical, for a conversation about her company, leadership, and the decisions that shape an entrepreneur's journey.We're so glad you keep coming back to listen to the Hatchcast! If you're a Michigan State University undergraduate or graduate student looking to get plugged into the entrepreneurial community here at MSU, please visit eship.msu.edu. You can also check out the MSU Hatch's site, right here.We can be found on all the social platforms, like Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Let's connect and start a conversation!Don't miss next week's recorded-live Innovate State with Marissa Siero. If you're in the East Lansing area, you can register the October 16th live event. Register here, or check out Eventbrite for details!

Starting a new venture with students two weeks into what is supposed to be their summer break is tough. The last place they want to be is back in a classroom, and while I need to teach them a variety of skills, I also want to make sure they are having fun, gelling as a team and learning all at the same time. Managing the MassChallenge partnership for Wheaton College is a challenging one. I purposely chose students from a variety of majors. Each of them brings different pieces of experience to the table and part of my job is figuring out how to put all of them together into a finished puzzle. I chose to start the week with an exercise I do in any marketing course I teach to help me gauge the student’s knowledge of the digital marketing landscape. The students choose a consumer product that we are going to sell, and then we step through all the things we need to create and manage to be successful. This time on the merry-go-round they decided that we were going to be making and selling “sustainable silly string.” On our whiteboard, we walked through our needs for a website, social media accounts, and a successful supply chain. The talk quickly switched to tactics, stunts and other ways we were going to create content to help raise awareness and market our product. As I hoped, there were many detours into specific topics during this exercise. Discussions happened around if we were going to manufacture overseas or find a way to make it “American-Made.” They loved the idea of showing off the product at farmer’s markets and other events, but I forced them to come up with ways that we’d sell our product with these stunts. The purpose of this exercise is two-fold. First, it gets the students active and engaged. A perfect way to start off the day and wake their minds up. Second, it highlights areas that they need to learn. A big revelation is that none of them knew how press releases worked and why they can be helpful. This will undoubtedly be an upcoming lesson. On top of learning from me, the intern team from the WiN Hub across campus joined us so that one of them could give a presentation on HubSpot and what inbound marketing is all about. Students sharing knowledge with other students is always beneficial when it can happen. The other major topics of the week focused on content marketing and influencer engagement. Two items I know a lot about from years of experience. It is refreshing to take topics that I know so well and expose new minds to them. The questions that arise and the discussions that follow. Me teaching the students, but them also opening my eyes to new creators/influencers/brands that I have never heard of. To put into practice what they learned, I split the group into two teams and gave them a couple of hours to go away and brainstorm what kind of influencer campaign we might be able to do for the Mexico Tourism Board. They had to come up with five individuals that they’d want to approach to take part in the campaign and to justify their choices. They came back with a variety of ideas and individuals. I smiled as I watched them take what they had learned moments ago and showed me that they were listening and learning. We even received a helpful reply from the tourism board on Twitter. To end our week, we had a guest lecture. Gene Begin is the Vice President of Marketing & Communications at Wheaton College and an old friend of mine. He shared the process his team uses when working with clients to take their ideas and make them a reality. I want these students to hear from other people out in the field doing the work. Understanding how a department at Wheaton College requests a new brochure, video or other creative asset and the steps that Gene and his team take to ensure that everyone is happy will be beneficial when the team begins working with clients at MassChallenge. Thank you, Gene, for taking time out of your busy schedule to share your expert knowledge with the team (and bringing some fun branded schwag for them and me too). Sitting here with my coffee looking back at the week, we accomplished a ton. It feels good to see the team coming together and their confidence building. The team’s homework for the weekend is to make sure that their LinkedIn profiles are up to date. We are going to be taking new headshots and diving into each of them to make improvements. Mine certainly needs a refresh, so I’m looking forward to their suggestions. I may have thrown them into the deep end of the pool, but I have confidence that they’ll be swimming laps in no time.

According to my research {AKA Google Searches}, this week is recognized by many global organizations as "Entrepreneurship Week." Lately, I feel like entrepreneurship has been sensationalized and some of the realities associated with this journey aren't discussed enough, which is why many entrepreneurs suffer in silence. Choosing this path comes with a lot of freedom and yes, making your own schedule is an attractive aspect of entrepreneurship. However, with this kind of freedom comes a plethora of other aspects that are not-so-attractive and often, extremely difficult to get accustomed to. In today's Words of Wisdom Wednesday podcast episode, I'll be highlighting 3 reasons why entrepreneurship is not for everyone. You have to be detail oriented, but detached from perfectionism. Rejection shows up on a daily basis. Most of us are slaves to comparing. 1. You have to be detail-oriented, but detached from perfectionism. Before I launched the WOWW Campaign podcast, I had to breakup with perfectionism because this was holding me back in more ways than one. When I was creating the podcast, I researched things to-death because I didn't want to create or publish anything that wasn't viewed as "perfect." However, creating a platform from scratch can feel like you're putting together a puzzle. It requires you to keep the big picture in-mind, while training your mind to think on a micro level and bridge the pieces necessary that'll make up the end goal. The attention to detail is constant and necessary if you plan to be successful. But if you're tied to perfection, those details will not only take twice as long to create, they may not even get completed at all. Speed is everything in the beginning stages of a business and if you're not willing to create, adjust and pivot on a regular basis without taking things personal, entrepreneurship is not for you. 2. Rejection shows up on a daily basis. Whether or not you're selling a tangible product, entrepreneurship always requires a sales component. Sometimes you're selling an idea while other times, you're selling a service no one has purchased. Unless you're Oprah's child or have a last name that's known globally, you'll probably be the only one that's going to have blind faith in your idea. Family and friends not showing the support you thought they would is a form of rejection and yes, it's painful. Potential clients not returning an email or phone call is also a form of rejection. Reality is, rejection shows up on a daily basis when you're an entrepreneur. Today, we live in a world where 'likes' dictate our popularity, which is having a negative impact on the mental state of many people around the world. If you're sensitive to these things or the idea of rejection overwhelms you with fear, entrepreneurship is not for you. 3. Most of us are slaves to comparing. Social media has made it easy for people to analyze strangers, which has created a vicious cycle of comparing and contrasting. The truth is there will always be someone more successful or more attractive than you. If you have any type of physical insecurity, this can be enhanced due to social media. The same applies for entrepreneurs because competitors also have access to the number of 'followers' and growth a business is experiencing. In order to be successful, we have to stay in our lane and commit to focused productivity. Entrepreneurs can't afford to waste time looking at what their neighbor is doing because not only is it time consuming, it's counterproductive. If you're a slave to comparing in any way, entrepreneurship is not for you. LINKS: Be Notified of “10 Lessons My Exes Left Behind” Book Launch “FEMALE is my greatest asset” Graphic Tee “My hustle will make you say WOWW” Graphic Tee Listen to More Words of Wisdom Wednesday Episodes WOWW Campaign Instagram Page {{LISTEN TO THE WOWW CAMPAIGN PODCAST ON ITUNES}}

This episode of Small Business with Steve Strauss powered by Microsoft, is a recap of National Entrepreneurship Week. There was one question that was asked all week; What is the secret ingredient that makes someone a great entrepreneur? Steve tells you what he thinks it is and outlines a great path for you to achieve your goals. Our guest for today is Melanie Gass, Senior Partner/Channel Marketing Manager at Microsoft. Steve caught up with Melanie at the Creative Live Studio in Seattle to discuss National Entrepreneurship Week origins and the goal of creating a community with a wide variety of companies. Celebrating and supporting entrepreneurs has become a focus at Microsoft and they've done a great job of it. From Office 365, to Skype for Business, you'll receive some extremely valuable information on how to improve your company! Don't forget, you can submit your question for an "Ask An Expert Live" segment by sending an email to theselfemployed@yahoo.com. Subscribe to the Small Business Success RSS Feed to get weekly podcasts automatically! Or, listen on iTunes!

Segment 1: John Carroll is a Manager of Local Business Outreach at Yelp. He hosts informational sessions with local business owners across North America to educate them on best practices for navigating the world of online reviews.Segment 2: Amber Colley is a Senior Vice President with Dun & Bradstreet who brings 20 years experience working with businesses of all sizes to help them grow and prosper.  She has coached thousands of business owners on establishing a business credit profile that will get them the funding, cash flow and finance terms they need.Segment 3: Carol-Lynn Grow is a co-founder of LawToolBox which is an award winning all-in-one court rules provider and deadline management system provider that helps legal professionals calculate their litigation and other deadlines in state and federal court in 50 states.    Segment 4: Karen Martell leads marketing and partnerships for Square and has worked at the intersection of technology and small business for the past 10 years. Segment 5: Melanie Gassis the senior business development manager over on Microsoft Community Connections.Sponsored by Microsoft.

Segment 1: Steven D. Strauss is one of "the country's leading small business experts". His column in USATODAY.com is one of the most highly syndicated business columns in the world. He is the author of fifteen books, including “The Small Business Bible”.Segment 2: Jania Bailey is CEO of FranNet Under her tenure, the company has seen an astonishing 18-fold increase in system-wide revenue. For the last six years, FranNet has been nationally recognized on the prestigious Inc. 500/5000 list as one of the fastest growing privately-held companies in the U.S.  Her background includes over 25 years' experience in the banking and franchise industries. Segment 3: Kevin Weiss joined Courtney and Carter Reum after they sold VeeV, an organic spirits company, to help them launch M13, a diversified investment and brand development company based in Los Angeles. Segment 4: Adam Wozney helps large and small brands across the United States amplify their messages through unique marketing initiatives. Previously from Google, Adam is currently is a Community Manager at Wix.com - a free, do it yourself website builder and small business management platform.Segment 5: Kedma Ough leads innovation for the Oregon Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) and is the Director the SBDC at Mt Hood Community College (MHCC). Sponsored by Microsoft.

Segment 1: Tom Hogan is co-founder of Crowded Ocean, a Silicon Valley-based marketing firm that specializes in launching startups. The company has launched over 40 startups to date, including some of technology's market leaders, such as Palo Alto Networks, Nimble Storage and Sumo Logic. Segment 2: Julie Benezet has devoted her professional life to building companies, real estate and careers. She currently works as an executive coach, following 25 years in business and law.  She is the author of the book “The Journey of Not Knowing: How 21st Century Leaders Can Chart a Course Where There Is None”.Segment 3: Heather McDowell is the founder and CEO of Tickle Water, a brand of naturally flavored sparkling water designed for kids. A New York-based entrepreneur, Heather launched the company to provide a fun but healthy, sugar-free, preservative-free beverage choice for families. Segment 4: Pat Swisher is considered the founder of the commercial hygiene industry. He started Swisher Hygiene in 1983, took it public and sold it to Wayne Huzienga. Five years ago, Pat started Enviro-Master and recently bought back his Swisher book of business from Ecolab.Segment 5: Melanie Gass is a Senior Business Development Manager for Microsoft and the Brainchild behind Entrepreneurship Week. She helps shape Microsoft Community Connections (MCC) to deliver strong value to customers and influencers.Sponsored by Nextiva and Microsoft.

We were joined at the bus for The Valley Business Today by Montressa Washington, Assistant Professor of Management at Shenandoah University's School Of Business. On Monday, November 14th the Harry F. Byrd, Jr. School of Business joined 160 countries around the globe in celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW)!  Activities and events around the world are designed to help all those with an entrepreneurial spirit explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. We talked about the trials and tribulations of entrepreneurs and the schedule of events happening this week. On Monday, Nov. 14, Ken Gerhart, co-owner of Calvert Brewing Company, will provide insight into being an entrepreneur in the beverage industry and discuss both creating a business from scratch and implementing new business models. This event will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Halpin-Harrison Hall, Room 222, on Shenandoah University's main campus (1460 University Drive, Winchester). Amany Jondy, co-owner of the Zeena Company, spoke on Tuesday, Nov. 15, about entrepreneurship in the fashion industry and owning an online business specializing in modern Muslim clothing. On Thursday, Nov. 17, Joaquin Jackson, owner of Kenni & Elle, will give thoughts on being an entrepreneur in the fashion industry. Jackson's company is an online business specializing in luxury socks. This event will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Halpin-Harrison Hall, Stimpson Auditorium. To conclude Entrepreneurship Week 2016, an Entrepreneur Social Event will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18, at Bright Box Theater (15 North Loudoun Street, Winchester). The event will include an “icebreaker” exercise hosted by the Lord Fairfax Small Business Development Center, networking opportunities and the presentation of Shenandoah University's Entrepreneur of the Year Award. All events are free and open to the public. For more information about Entrepreneurship Week, contact Business School Administrative Assistant Donna Fazio at 540/665-4572 or dfazio@su.edu.

July 8, 2016 Veteran Entrepreneurship Week WW2 & Award Winning Vet Jack Nadel, LogicBays John Panaccione & William Osgood

July 7, 2016 Veteran Entrepreneurship Week Retail Security Bill Bregar, Procurement Specialist Lee Platt & Military Podcaster Ron Fugle

July 6, 2016 Veteran Entrepreneurship Week Staffer David Muir Jr., Phil Randazzo of American Dream U & Shark Tank Major Mom Angela Cody-Rouget

July 5, 2016 Veteran Entrepreneurship Week HirePatriots Mark Baird & Operation GoodJobs Catherine Nichols & Ruth LaToison Ifill

Sound bite from David's appearance on the #MSFT Launch Video Series

May 9, 2014 Veteran Entrepreneur Week w Jerry Darnell, Mary Kennedy Thompson & Greg Tanner

Steve Case, co-founder and former chief executive officer and chairman of America Online (AOL), kicks off Stanford's Entrepreneurship Week (E-Week), discussing his own career and offering advice for aspiring entrepreneurs. (February 24, 2010)

With the Obama administration's focus on social enterprise as a means of solving some of our most pressing problems, the social entrepreneur has emerged as the chief change agent of our time. In this panel discussion, part of the Stanford 2009 Entrepreneurship Week, leaders of several vital organizations talk about the motivations, successes, and challenges associated with running a social enterprise. They consider what the economic downturn has meant to their missions, and they offer practical advice to aspiring entrepreneurs. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/jane_leu_chuck_slaughter_and_morgan_simon_-_starting_and_growing_a_social_e

In academia and the private sector, innovation is the most elusive element. And, adds Stanford University President John Hennessy, it's also needed to solve crucial local and global issues. In this address that launches the University's prestigious Entrepreneurship Week event, Hennessy discusses the evolving interplay between higher learning and commercial progress.