Podcasts about homestore

There is a massive shift in furniture design, styles and trends over the years. We explore the latest in furniture in homes. In many industries, there has been a big push to buying online and away from box stores. One local furniture company, Ashley Homestore and Appliance Mart is bucking the trend. Thanks in part to the leadership philosophy of Bill Fonti CEO of Boston, Inc. who runs the Wisconsin Edition they have increased their footprint. Find out how their focus on old fashioned values, customers service and culture have made this company a growing empire. This is an incredible conversation and you will learn a ton about furniture but also even more about running a successful business. Learn more about Ashely Homestore Huge thank you to our studio sponsor LP Building Solutions

Teen-Mother Accused of Throwing Newborn Baby in Trash | Police Interrogation of Alexis Avila ‘We just found a baby in the trash': Hobbs teen faces attempted murder charges HOBBS, N.M. (KRQE) – New details are emerging about a teen mother accused of throwing her newborn baby in the trash. Hobbs Police arrested 18-year-old Alexis Avila over the weekend for attempted murder. At a press conference on Monday, Interim Police Chief August Fons says he's never seen anything like this during his time in law enforcement. He explains why Avila was released so soon after being taken into custody. “At the time the warrant was signed by the judge and the judge signed a $10,000 unsecured bond appearance bond and at that point, she was released about an hour later.” A criminal complaint says Avila claimed she didn't know she was pregnant until she went to a doctor for stomach pain last Thursday. Avila says she gave birth in her bathroom the next day. She then reportedly told authorities that she panicked. She says she wrapped the baby boy in a towel, placed it in a trash bag, and drove around before eventually throwing the baby in a dumpster at the Broadmoor Shopping Center. The baby would spend six cold hours in the dumpster. Three people who were dumpster diving found the baby after hearing a cry. They first thought it was a kitten when they picked up the bag. Surveillance video captured the scene as a woman pulls the baby from the trash bag. The woman then tries to comfort the baby boy who can be heard in the 911 call. Police are then seen arriving at the scene. Joe Imbriale owns Rig Outfitters and Homestore and his surveillance cameras are pointed toward those dumpsters.

Teen-Mother Accused of Throwing Newborn Baby in Trash | Police Interrogation of Alexis Avila‘We just found a baby in the trash': Hobbs teen faces attempted murder chargesHOBBS, N.M. (KRQE) – New details are emerging about a teen mother accused of throwing her newborn baby in the trash. Hobbs Police arrested 18-year-old Alexis Avila over the weekend for attempted murder.At a press conference on Monday, Interim Police Chief August Fons says he's never seen anything like this during his time in law enforcement. He explains why Avila was released so soon after being taken into custody. “At the time the warrant was signed by the judge and the judge signed a $10,000 unsecured bond appearance bond and at that point, she was released about an hour later.”A criminal complaint says Avila claimed she didn't know she was pregnant until she went to a doctor for stomach pain last Thursday. Avila says she gave birth in her bathroom the next day.She then reportedly told authorities that she panicked. She says she wrapped the baby boy in a towel, placed it in a trash bag, and drove around before eventually throwing the baby in a dumpster at the Broadmoor Shopping Center. The baby would spend six cold hours in the dumpster.Three people who were dumpster diving found the baby after hearing a cry. They first thought it was a kitten when they picked up the bag.Surveillance video captured the scene as a woman pulls the baby from the trash bag. The woman then tries to comfort the baby boy who can be heard in the 911 call. Police are then seen arriving at the scene.Joe Imbriale owns Rig Outfitters and Homestore and his surveillance cameras are pointed toward those dumpsters.Teen-Mother Accused of Throwing Newborn Baby in Trash Police Interrogation of Alexis Avila True Crime Podcast 2023 Police Interrogations, 911 Calls True Police Stories Podcast

Teen-Mother Accused of Throwing Newborn Baby in Trash | Police Interrogation of Alexis Avila‘We just found a baby in the trash': Hobbs teen faces attempted murder chargesHOBBS, N.M. (KRQE) – New details are emerging about a teen mother accused of throwing her newborn baby in the trash. Hobbs Police arrested 18-year-old Alexis Avila over the weekend for attempted murder.At a press conference on Monday, Interim Police Chief August Fons says he's never seen anything like this during his time in law enforcement. He explains why Avila was released so soon after being taken into custody. “At the time the warrant was signed by the judge and the judge signed a $10,000 unsecured bond appearance bond and at that point, she was released about an hour later.”A criminal complaint says Avila claimed she didn't know she was pregnant until she went to a doctor for stomach pain last Thursday. Avila says she gave birth in her bathroom the next day.She then reportedly told authorities that she panicked. She says she wrapped the baby boy in a towel, placed it in a trash bag, and drove around before eventually throwing the baby in a dumpster at the Broadmoor Shopping Center. The baby would spend six cold hours in the dumpster.Three people who were dumpster diving found the baby after hearing a cry. They first thought it was a kitten when they picked up the bag.Surveillance video captured the scene as a woman pulls the baby from the trash bag. The woman then tries to comfort the baby boy who can be heard in the 911 call. Police are then seen arriving at the scene.Joe Imbriale owns Rig Outfitters and Homestore and his surveillance cameras are pointed toward those dumpsters.Teen-Mother Accused of Throwing Newborn Baby in Trash Police Interrogation of Alexis Avila True Crime Podcast 2023 Police Interrogations, 911 Calls True Police Stories Podcast

Teen-Mother Accused of Throwing Newborn Baby in Trash | Police Interrogation of Alexis Avila‘We just found a baby in the trash': Hobbs teen faces attempted murder chargesHOBBS, N.M. (KRQE) – New details are emerging about a teen mother accused of throwing her newborn baby in the trash. Hobbs Police arrested 18-year-old Alexis Avila over the weekend for attempted murder.At a press conference on Monday, Interim Police Chief August Fons says he's never seen anything like this during his time in law enforcement. He explains why Avila was released so soon after being taken into custody. “At the time the warrant was signed by the judge and the judge signed a $10,000 unsecured bond appearance bond and at that point, she was released about an hour later.”A criminal complaint says Avila claimed she didn't know she was pregnant until she went to a doctor for stomach pain last Thursday. Avila says she gave birth in her bathroom the next day.She then reportedly told authorities that she panicked. She says she wrapped the baby boy in a towel, placed it in a trash bag, and drove around before eventually throwing the baby in a dumpster at the Broadmoor Shopping Center. The baby would spend six cold hours in the dumpster.Three people who were dumpster diving found the baby after hearing a cry. They first thought it was a kitten when they picked up the bag.Surveillance video captured the scene as a woman pulls the baby from the trash bag. The woman then tries to comfort the baby boy who can be heard in the 911 call. Police are then seen arriving at the scene.Joe Imbriale owns Rig Outfitters and Homestore and his surveillance cameras are pointed toward those dumpsters.Teen-Mother Accused of Throwing Newborn Baby in Trash Police Interrogation of Alexis Avila True Crime Podcast 2023 Police Interrogations, 911 Calls True Police Stories Podcast

We cover how to uplevel your eng team with Elaine Zhou, CTO @ Change.org! She shares some of her favorite frameworks and strategies for creating self-sufficient teams, amplifying high-performers, performing self-assessments, and hosting prioritization conversations. Plus Elaine shares the story behind how she got involved with Change.org, navigating different operating constraints in your business model (from non-profit to VC-funded contexts), and what it's like investing in high-impact areas with no revenue expectation.ABOUT ELAINE ZHOUChange.org CTO Elaine Zhou joined the platform for change in 2020. Prior to Change.org, she was at Vidado as CTO, and has held leadership positions for over a decade at companies including HomeStore, PlanetOut, IAC and more. She's been a longtime mentor at Upwardly Global. Follow her on Twitter at @softwired."High performance need to be in that fail safe environment so they're willing to explore and to iterate. So really help them to do that, the way that I solve the problem with them is not just that, “You are good, you're good.” Just pump them up. No, it's actually, “Let's look at a problem. I actually agree with your solution and this is why I like your solution.”Help them to gain the confidence and give them that kind of hard opportunity to try that and you know they will build their confidence so much.”- Elaine Zhou   SHOW NOTES:Why Elaine got involved with Change.org (2:24)The importance of understanding the business / non-profit model for eng leaders (6:29)How business, technology, & financial constraints impact business decisions (9:44)Investing in impact with no revenue expectation (14:42)Strategies for creating self-sufficiency within teams & traps eng leaders fall into when leveling up their team (18:06)Questions to ask yourself during self-assessments to determine priorities (22:05)What you should do as an eng leader after transitioning your team to be self-sufficient (28:10)Frameworks for prioritization conversations (29:14)The technical area Elaine is most focused on growing right now (32:23)Strategies for amplifying & supporting your best performers (33:58)Rapid fire questions (38:35)LINKS AND RESOURCESThe Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses - Eric Reis' book outlining his strategy for building a start-up that he developed during his time as a founder and start-up advisor.Measure What Matters - John Doerr's collection of first-person accounts that demonstrates the focus, growth, and explosive growth that OKRs have spurred in many great organizations.

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In this episode of Asked and Answered by Soul, Jennifer Urezzio and Clare Hefferren, branding expert and founder of Callosum, discuss how to use intuition and spirit to lead, but also be able to prove that with analytics and data. It's very important to create space to pause, listen and acknowledge what speaks to you – it's the deep stuff that lights you up. Join us here as Jennifer and Clare share that you have it all within you. It's okay to lead with your body and spirit, and have a conversation with yourself about being instead of just doing. Find time to turn the gathering of information off, get quiet, and pay attention to your intuition, which can provide you with profound opportunities. You can learn more about Clare at GoCallosum.com. About Clare Clare Hefferren, Founder and President of Callosum, puts 30 years of marketing experience to work at Callosum. She began her career in graphic design and rose quickly to the position of creative director, working for marketing communications and dot-com companies in Chicago, Vail, Colorado, and San Francisco. In the late 1990s, she relocated to Venice Beach, California to become creative director of Homestore.com where her responsibilities included brand consistency following the acquisition of move.com. Drawn to L.A.'s apparel industry, Clare shifted her creative insights to fashion. As a senior brand manager at Putnam Sourcing Group in 2004, she guided 17 national accessory accounts. In 2005 Clare became design director for CellKeeper™ where she established the product in domestic and international markets. The culmination of these interests and skills inspired Clare to develop and launch Callosum in 2005, a purpose-driven brand strategy firm for the outdoor industry. Equally comfortable in the backcountry and boardroom, she's committed to doing business for good - people, planet, profit. Clare holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from Wittenberg University and a Professional Designate AA in merchandise product development from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. Her scholarly recognitions include membership in the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, a 2003 Product Development Award, and valedictorian honors. Clare has been featured on television and in publications around the country. While based in Vail, Colorado since 2010, she travels nationally for client projects and public speaking engagements. Away from the desk, you're likely to find her on the trails as she's a sophisticated tomboy. The Asked and Answered by Soul podcast is dedicated to helping you understand that your Soul is the answer. If you are interested in learning more about the answers of your Soul, you can secure your free sacred practice tool here: https://www.soullanguage.us/sacredpractice/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prior to doing the podcast, I met Travis at dinner in Las Olas through a mutual friend Patrick Cohen. Travis recently arrived here in S. Florida and had plans for connecting good people in business together. He wanted a community in S. Florida that would connect finance, developers and entrepreneurs in the same room. A few months later I attended the event sponsored by his company and since that time we've exchanged numerous texts, calls and emails back and forth discussing various business deals, partnerships and team members.  But strangely enough it would be another few months before I could get him on the podcast. At the time his company Saalex was in the middle of an acquisition and he didn't want to say anything that would jeopardize the deal.  On April 4, 2022 the news hit that his company Saalex acquired Rhode Island based Netsimco in a $30 million transaction and so now we would be able to sit down and have a conversation.  As per the article The company's acquisition of Netsimco will allow it to reach annual recurring revenue of $100 million. For context, Saalex CFO Randy Wheeler said the company generated about $5 million in revenue in 2010, and has shown “consistent growth” to reach the $100 million mark. Saalex Corporation is an Engineering and Information Technology Services firm with core capabilities in the areas of Test Range Operations and Management, Information Technology, Test and Evaluation, Logistics and Engineering Services, founded in 1999 by CEO Travis Mack. More recently Managed security service provider (MSSP) Valeo Networks of which Mr. Mack is the CEO  acquired Next IT, a Michigan-based managed service provider (MSP). The deal marks the sixth and largest acquisition for Valeo Networks and is part of the company's overall growth strategy. The company previously acquired On Time Tech, a California-based MSP, in November 2021. Mr. Mack provides executive leadership and direction for Saalex Corporation the parent company for Saalex Solutions and Valeo Networks. He provides oversight and guidance for each division's strategic growth and tactical operational initiatives. His experience includes multi-year service in the U.S. Navy and Senior Technology management positions with Homestore.com, and Modis IT Consulting. Mr. Mack holds a B.S. in Business Management and an Honorary Doctorates Degree in Business from Webber International University.  Valeo Networks is a full-service, award-winning Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) that serves State, County, Municipal markets; small-to-medium businesses (SMBs); and non-profit organizations. Valeo Networks provides solutions in the areas of cybersecurity, compliance, cloud, network infrastructure, and managed IT services headquartered in Rockledge, FL,  I promise you will enjoy this podcast as we get into the nuts and bolts of how this veteran built not one but two successful businesses.  How he launched a $50M Real Estate fund?  How was he able to finance acquisitions of this magnitude?  This interview was captured live in Mr. Mack offices downtown Ft Lauderdale, FL a few blocks from Las Olas, you can feel the energy.  Welcome our next Giant, Mr. Travis Mack.

Welcome to Episode 8 of the https://www.retailpride.com/ (RETAIL IN AMERICA) podcast! I would love to introduce you to two awe-inspiring retail heroes from the Ashley HomeStore in Asheville, North Carolina. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina, https://broadriverretail.com (Broad River Retail) is a privately held company and one of the largest and fastest growing independently owned Ashley HomeStore licensees. https://www.linkedin.com/in/leanna-mares-b9475051?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3Ba%2BsrjFKSSRODn9Mxd26uCw%3D%3D (Leanna Mares) started her retail career in 2009 at the age of 39 and had never sold a thing! She was recently promoted to the General Manager of the Asheville, NC location, having spent time in other roles with the company, including Sales Manager and Retail Performance Manager. https://www.linkedin.com/in/cory-houston-plott-9b269317a?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BePOnH7c6Tx%2Bt2ntiWUkIhQ%3D%3D (Cory Plott) had always drawn and painted as a child to pass the time. After graduating from Haywood Community College with an associate in Professional Crafts focusing on production pottery, Cory produced 8 tons worth of wares annually and sold them at art shows and State Fairs from Philadelphia to Miami. In 2019 he decided to pursue his passion for furniture and interiors by working at Ashely HomeStore and quickly became a Million Dollar Memory Maker! This is a great episode full of passion and pride for what they both do and filled with authentic local North Carolina southern charm. Enjoy! A huge thank you to the three title sponsors fueling the https://www.retailpride.com/ (RETAIL IN AMERICA) tour and this podcast.  https://ads.spotify.com/en-US/ (Spotify Advertising )Spotify is the #1 podcast platform in the US and has grown to over 420M monthly unique registered users around the globe, over half of which are supported on the ad platform. Spotify advertising will help you reach and target your audience across devices, locations, and formats.  https://yoobic.com/ (YOOBIC )Over 300 companies in 80 countries trust https://yoobic.com/ (YOOBIC )to drive their retail performance at scale, get real-time visibility into multi-location business execution, digitized task management, and more.  https://www.kwi.com/ (KWI) is the industry's only true turnkey omnichannel platform for specialty retailers. With over 35 years of experience, let https://www.kwi.com/ (KWI) help you execute flawlessly with the features that matter most, including endless aisle, clienteling, mobile checkout, inventory management, e-commerce, and more.  Go to https://www.retailpride.com/ (RETAIL PRIDE) and follow me on IG https://www.instagram.com/retailpride/ (@retailpride) to see all the details about the https://www.retailpride.com/ (RETAIL IN AMERICA) tour, the cities we will visit, media links, and more.  Contact me directly https://www.retailpride.com/contact (here )to nominate a retail hero for this podcast, host a retail networking or book signing event in your city, or say hello.   Keep your retail pride strong, and I will see you on the road! Audio engineer https://www.deanalbak.com/ (Dean Albak ) Cover image shot by https://www.instagram.com/dukewinn.newyork/ (Duke Winn)

Jon talks with with Dave Johnson, 15 years' general counsel for several Silicon Valley tech cos. Lecturer, Stanford Law School and Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford (a/k/a the d.school). Teaching Adv. Negotiation/Transactions, and Negotiation by Design. David Johnson has been teaching Negotiation at SLS annually since 2006, in conjunction with his full-time practice of law in Silicon Valley from 1996 to date. In addition, he is a Lecturer in the Hasso Plattner School of Design (a/k/a “the d.school”), where he has recently completed the third instance of his new course, Negotiation by Design. He has testified before the California Assembly on legislation addressing software liability. Thereafter he appeared before Congress, as lead counsel for the Business Software Alliance in hearings before the House Subcommittee for Science and Technology. He currently serves on the California State Bar Executive Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, and its subcommittee on Education and Inclusivity. David is a regular speaker at conferences, seminars and panels on various subjects in law, science and technology, as well as negotiation. David brings to his teaching a unique blend of breadth and depth in the practice of law. He began his career in the courtroom, with over 20 civil trials, jury and bench, state and federal. He has briefed and argued a dozen state appellate matters, with 6 opinions issued, including one state Supreme Court argument challenging the prima facie constitutionality of a sales tax on commercial speech. More recently, he was appointed as Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Washington in order to appear for the State before the Alaska Supreme Court in a case of first impression directly impacting all of Washington's state-owned hospitals. In Silicon Valley, he has litigated scores of patent, copyright, trade secret, trade dress, antitrust, and business cases, and worked on corporate transactional and governance matters. First with Fenwick & West, and thereafter Morgan/Lewis, he represented an array of technology and business clients such as: Apple, Brøderbund, Cisco, Electronic Arts, Go Remote, Homestore.com, Intuit, Juniper, McKesson, Merrill-Lynch, Micron, Rambus, Sankyo Pharma, Sun, Symantec, Tibco, and The Computer History Museum, pro bono. David's first General Counsel role was with Internet pioneer, AllAdvantage, blending online advertising, social media and user-data capture & mining. A Credit Suisse portfolio company pre-IPO, AADV ultimately fell victim to the crash. Thereafter, he took the reins as COO and GC of Palo Alto-based innovation accelerator MG Taylor, negotiating to closing their joint-venture-to-acquisition with Vanderbilt University Medical Center to create the nation's first Healthcare Innovation Center, installed and operating at Vanderbilt's Center for Better Health. Remaining in Silicon Valley, David moved next into biotech, as Deputy General Counsel for Xenogen (NYSE: XGEN), which coupled innovations in genetic engineering and in vivo biophotonics, invented by Chris Contag, Stanford Professor of Microbiology, to create breakthrough improvements in cancer research. David co-managed Xenogen's public-public merger with Caliper Life Sciences (NYSE: CALP), a global microfluidics and lab instrumentation developer. Upon closing, he was brought over as Caliper's Deputy General Counsel. Several years hence, David took another leadership position as a Principal and General Counsel of former client Triage Consulting Group, a privately-held revenue-cycle consultancy for academic, children's and other hospitals nationwide. For the last three years, David has served as General Counsel for a non-profit foundation operating a WASC-accredited STEM graduate university in Silicon Valley. For his JSM degree in Law, Science & Technology, David's interdisciplinary research and writing proposed that both object-modeling technique (OMT) and fuzzy set theories, as proven design schemas in computing, should therefore find applications in law, policy, and decision-making; eliciting from his faculty advisor the observation that he was “one of the most widely-read people I know.” In addition to reading, David is an avid skier and golfer, and a diligent but decidedly average tennis player. Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/ Website: https://jondwoskin.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com Get Jon's Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big!   Connect with Dave Johnson: Website: https://law.stanford.edu/directory/david-johnson/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Johnson_DavidW Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Johnson_DavidW LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/djohnsonllc/

In today’s episode I’m talking to the wonderful Alex Walls – owner and general manager of A&C Homestore. For many of us, Alex first came to our attention when she appeared on The Block NZ in 2014 with her husband Corban. For avid watchers you will remember that Alex and Corban won that year while they completely nailed the show from a design perspective and were super generous when they won, giving away a portion of their winnings to one of the other teams who didn’t have a great result. When The Block finished Alex and Corban launched A&C Homestore after they struggled to find affordable and locally accessible furniture and homewares that truly reflected their own style and character. What began as an online store and a pop-up shop in Takapuna has since grown to include three Auckland stores in Birkenhead, Mt Eden and Orakei. In this episode you will hear how Alex started her career in fashion retail and then turned a reality TV experience and a strong eye for design into three growing retail stores and a homewares & lifestyle brand. And she's done it all while having two babies and a major new home build. I'd say she's the ultimate creative multi-tasker and I hope you get as much from this episode as I did! Please check out A&C Homestore on Instagram - @achomestore or follow Alex and Corban at @alexandcorban. For inspiring homewares, clothing and beautiful gifts visit achomestore.co.nz For show notes visit supercreativepodcast.com Hosted by Catie DawsonBought to you by Somewhere CreativeFind us on Instagram - @supercreativepodcast

“Experience marketing” is a key tactic these days, especially for marketers seeking to appeal to the millennial and Gen Z target. Pandora has been an enabler of high profile experiences via “Pandora Live” which offers sponsors ways to deliver customers up close and personal access to high wattage musicians. After participating as one of a group of advertisers at recent Country concerts, Ashley Homestore went the custom route to be able to build out an exclusive experience to promote the launch of new furniture line, “Urbanology.” With Pandora pulling the concert strings with multi-award-winning artist, Ne-Yo, Ashley tricked out Goya Studios in Hollywood with an engaging and hands-on experience for 1000 fans. The retailer recreated home environments using the new mid-century modern style line that is “retro cool” to that target audience now. Stationed between fresh donuts in the “kitchen” to also "retro-cool" Air Guitar challenges in the “den”, well-known DJ Jerzy spun songs at the pre-show while influencers like the Stauffer twins bounced on the bed in the “bedroom” and Bachelorettes and others milled around striking poses with press and fans.  Senior marketing director, Kelly Davis, described the goals for this huge launch event, how they selected Ne-Yo to align with, and how Ashley continues to give back.

Empower's Andrea Book and Evan Dulaney are joined by the EVP of Brand Development at Ashley HomeStore, Kevin Hook, to talk about the changing retail landscape and how Ashley has been able to thrive while others are simply trying to survive. Spoiler alert: Empower has a little something to do with it. Kevin also shares how Ashley plans to corner every touch point of the consumer journey whether it's in-store or online.

This week we reflect on episodes of the past year with a compilation of some the show’s memorable segments on women in leadership, starting with Ms Phuti Mahanyele the Executive Chairperson of Sigma Capital, and former Chief Executive Officer of the Shanduka Group, one of South Africa’s leading investment holding companies. We raise concerns about the perceived regression of women in executive roles, and postulate measures to raise the number of female executives, such as instating gender quotas and celebrating successful businesses with women in executive roles to acknowledge the positive performance of entities with women occupying leadership roles. Secondly, Professor Penelope Andrews, the Dean of the Faculty of law at the University of Cape Town, raises various impediments as barriers to women’s advancement and remarks that eradicating racism is easier than eradicating sexism against women; which may be blatant or benign, and perpetuated by women, as well as men, as they attempt to hold on to outdated stereotypical expectations of women. We note that female leadership makes a difference in the lives of girls and women, particularly when it comes to directing and influencing policy. Lastly, Margaret Hirsch, COO of Hirsch’s Homestore highlights some of the responsibilities associated with business ownership. and shares some tips for aspiring entrepreneurs, such as cautioning against taking out loans, working while others are sleeping, the importance of exercising mind and body, working hard, building networks and social capital, and embracing lifelong learning. Tune in for more…

This week we talk to Margaret Hirsch, COO of Hirsch’s Homestore. We speak about the birth of Hirsh’s and a few of the catalysts behind various milestones in its journey. We discuss how Hirsch’s contributes to entrepreneurship in South Africa by helping individuals establish their own businesses and highlight some of the responsibilities associated with business ownership. Margaret shares some tips for aspiring entrepreneurs, such as cautioning against taking out loans, working while others are sleeping, the importance of exercising mind and body, working hard, building networks and social capital, and embracing lifelong learning. We emphasis the necessity of education and programmes like “Girls With Dignity” to supply sanitary pads to disadvantaged school girls so they don’t miss school when menstruating. Tune in for more…

Niche Radio — Today I talk to Allan and Margaret Hirsch from Hirsch’s Homestore as to what it takes to build a successful relationship and business and how they keep the balance between work and home. This dynamic couple also do such incredible work to empower individuals both within their business as well as in communities. As a couple, if you have not read The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman, I highly recommend it as a way to strengthen and build your relationship. You can also do the online assessment here. If you are a women you may want to plug into the Hirsch’s monthly women networking events, and you can also follow Margaret on Facebook to keep up to date with the amazing work that she does in communities. Be sure to listen to my podcast next week where I will be speaking to Margaret and Allan about their business challenges and what they consider their success factors. Please pop a comment below this podcast with your thoughts on what you think it takes to build a successful marriage. I love getting feedback and hearing from followers, or you can email me at paula@paulaquinsee.com You can also follow me on my social media platforms: FaceBook Twitter Youtube Pinterest LinkedIn

Roger Thomas, Executive Vice President of Design for Wynn Design and Development, reveals how and where he uncovered one of his most precious finds to adorn Homestore at Encore.

Hospitals and healthcare facilities routinely collect sensitive patient information that if stolen could lead to damaging personal consequences. In this edition of The ESI Report, host Michele Lange, Attorney and Director of Legal Technologies at Kroll Ontrack, opens the Buzz with experts, Brian Lapidus, Chief Operating Officer in Kroll's Fraud Solutions division and Alan Brill, Senior Managing Director for Technology Services at Kroll Ontrack, to discuss how health care facilities can strengthen their security to safeguard against data breaches. In the Bits & Bytes Legal Analysis segment, Gina Jytyla, Managing Staff Attorney in the Legal Technologies division of Kroll Ontrack, joins Kroll Ontrack Staff Attorney, Aaron Hall, to discuss the defendant's failure to preserve electronic data and resulting sanctions ordered in Keithley v. Homestore.com, Inc.