Mary Beth Greene - Buyers told her what they wanted and she got busy
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Release Date: 05/04/2020
Sean Sullivan and I Discuss the Stroke that Nearly Took Me Out March 21st
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Bonus Episode: On 3/21/23, about 8:35am, I suffered a stroke in the right side of my brain. The quick actions of those around me plus the Stroke Code team at USA Hospital in Mobile saved me. This podcast is the recording of the radio broadcast with FMTalk 106.5 Midday Mobile show host (and friend) Sean Sullivan as I recount the story. Take a listen - some things to learn here that my save you or someone else some day.
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Real Estate Update with a Focus on the Second Home Market - Angelo DePaola of The Coastal Connection Realty
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keeps up with the second home market via his in . Interest rates have changed but there is still a big demand. Home owners are turning over, too. The Boomers who bought vacation homes to bring the kids while they grew up are getting weary of taking care of those homes since the kids and grandkids are visiting less and less. Angelo is a savvy business man who has been very proactive in spreading his name and serving his clients. He's not the cheapest realtor in Orange Beach but his clients seldom go anywhere else once they've used his services. Show Sponsors:
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The Wild West of Check Fraud - A Conversation with Ingo Money's Rusty Pickering
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The sophistication of check fraud is something I knew nothing about until chatting with my old friend and then, only days later, hearing from two colleagues who had it happen to them. Rusty is President and COO of payment processing company in Alpharetta, Georgia. He and I chat about how check fraud happens, who's at risk, who is at fault, and how to avoid having to constantly replace your credit card or debit card. Special bonus podcast version - an off-script chat with Rusty. Show Sponsors:
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Richard Jolly - Kellogg School of Business - and I Talk Workplace Culture
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believes that the only true differentiator between competitive businesses in the future will be their culture. Every other competitive advantage can be copied. And what is culture? It's the way things get done. It's the "smell of the place." And so much more. We talk "hurry sickness", "reciprocity", manager's new roles, why culture has become so important post-pandemic, etc. This one's jam packed with content. Show Sponsers: - State Farm Agent - Transworld Business Advisors - The Coastal Connection Realty
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Megan Owens and Live Oak Bank - A Non-Traditional Approach to Dominating Niches
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is a completely virtual bank. serves as one of the bank's M&A experts and her expertise allows her to serve the bank anywhere in the nation where M&A expertise is needed. Need banking expertise for your veteranarian clinic, for example? Your Live Oak expert may as likely be local as from anywhere in the US but they will have deep, deep expertise in the veteranarian business. And that's one example from the 30+ verticles where Live Oak aims to expertly serve clients. It's a brilliant model. Show Sponsors:
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Ben Strout is Adding Second Floors to Homes and Removing the Roof LAST! It's a Patent-Pending System That's a Game Changer.
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thought "there has to be a better way." As a , the frantic rush between roof removal and building the new one often leads to hurried work and - worse - rain ruining the house interior. He's designed a patent-pending system that allows the new roof to go up first, then frame the interior of the addition, and the final step it to remove the old roof and add stairs from underneath. It's a game changer. (This episode is a monthly collaboration with .) Show Sponsors:
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Marty Strong is Back to Discuss Visionary Thinking and His New Book
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is 's new book. In his consulting he found challenges with CEOs who worked to optimize their organizations but did it at the cost of being strategic. Marty says our society's drive towards short term goals often cause busiensses to suffer long term since little effort is put into building a vision and a strategy to achieve it. Marty is a great interview and his background as a Navy SEAL plays into our conversation. Show Sponsors:
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Patrick Werrlein and his Team Won Business Alabama Magazine's Best Places to Work in Alabama
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said his company could not have won this award six years ago. The company culture needed a big overhaul. He's president and owner of a sales and service center in Birmingham, Alabama. Once he got the right team together and became clear about "who we are and what we do," he went to work on the culture. The strategy? Simple, says Patrick - empathy, care, concern, spontaneity and some fun. Patrick offers a list of tactics that any business leader can apply. Sponsors:
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Mel Washington And I Discuss What It Takes to Start Well and Survive as a Small Business
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is Regional Director of the . He coaches and consults and guides small businesses as they work to become stable, viable businesses. He and I discuss what it takes to get started and where many errors are made by small business owners. If you're thinking of becoming and entrepreneur, this episode offers simple recipees that will mitigate your failure risk. If you're trying to grow to the next level, this episode offers thoughts for how to target the next level and how to pursue it. Show Sponsors:
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Buddy Persons Runs a Multi-Faceted Commercial Construction and Disaster Recovery Business That Started Long Ago as a Plumbing Company
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has never seen as much property damage from a hurricane than what he saw in south Florida after Hurrican Ian. He was there representing the disaster recovery division of , of the several divisions of his company. Buddy's background includes such work in Haiti, Albania and Hondurus to name but a few. The company began years ago with his father's plumbing business and Buddy has grown it tremendously. Hear his remarkable story and meet this humble entrepreneur. Show Sponsors: - State Farm Agent - Transworld Business Advisors - The Coastal Connection Realty
info_outlineWhen Mary Beth visited market, buyers told her what they wanted. She listened, dummied up some bags using paper and tape, and about a year later she had 17,000 of her creations in storage around Fairhope, Alabama after a container arrived from China. It was Go Time. Today her bags and totes are available nationwide in boutique retailers as well as national department stores. It's a story of listening to your customer, methodical preparation, family support, and accepting a bit of risk.