Understanding Holistic UX with Kyle Rezac-Dennis
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User experience, or UX, refers to the collective ways an end user interacts with a brand or a product. Most of the time, UX gets discussed in terms of design. Though that might imply for many the idea of visual design, it’s really only a fragment of the full strategic picture. We sat down with Kyle Rezac-Dennis of the Kansas City digital agency Useagility to learn a little bit more about what goes into getting UX right. About Kyle Kyle Dennis is a User Experience Design Researcher and Managing Director at , Kansas City's most user-focused digital agency. They specialize in using mixed...
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Exploring Renegade Entrepreneurship
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Welcome back! This week, the Financial Poise Weekly Podcast takes you to the streets of the Renegade Crafts Fair. A long-running Chicago tradition, the fair attracts creative entrepreneurs and eager patrons from throughout the region who share a passion for unique wares offered by small businesses. We talked to dozens of vendors on the scene, all of whom had valuable insights for others running a business today or hoping to tomorrow. Key Moments: The State of Street Fairs and the Renegade Craft Fairs Story (5:42) COVID and a Multi-Colored Coat of Motivation (9:33) Expanding, Branding, and All...
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Introducing the NEW Podcast from Financial Poise
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We're back at it! Financial Poise is proud to introduce a new format that will continue to bring you the expertise and insights you've come to expect from us. Whether you're an investor, entrepreneur, or just someone hungry to learn, we've got you covered. Subscribe, rate, and review wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin as Financial Poise. Subscribe to our newsletter: ©2022. DailyDACTM, LLC d/b/a/ Financial PoiseTM.
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Episode 85 with Todd Ryden
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In Episode 85, we speak with Todd Ryden, CEO of FNEX, a growing on-line alternative investor marketplace. FNEX brings accredited investors together with curated sellers of private placement equity interests, managed futures, secondary private securities, and interests in hedge funds and private equity funds. You can learn more about Todd Ryden and FNEX . Or you can find them here: Twitter: & LinkedIn: & About Todd Ryden Mr. Ryden is an experienced entrepreneur and manager, having founded and sold...
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Episode 84 with Jason Stevens
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In Episode 84, Jason Stevens, investment executive and natural resource specialist for Sprott Global Resource Investments, discusses the potential benefits of investing in the equity of high-quality "Real" Asset agricultural, mining, or energy companies with host, Chris Cahill. That's right, energy companies, even today: the key to garnering inflation protection plus return for such investment is the quality of the companies. Learn more about Jason Stevens and Sprott Global . Or you can find them here: Twitter: @js_sprottglobal About Jason...
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Episode 83 with David Drake
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In Episode 83, David Drake takes a break from a world tour on behalf of The Soho Loft to talk with Chris Cahill about why debt crowdfunding will gain ground in the US and elsewhere over the rest of 2016, to the extent that some platforms will switch from equity offerings to debt offerings. David gets everywhere and hears from everyone, so his cosmopolitan insights are substantiated. Come join David Drake's world. Learn more about David Drake, The Soho Loft and LDJ Capital by visiting and You can also find him here: Twitter: @TheSohoLoft ...
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Episode 82 with Phil DeMuth
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In Episode 82, Chris Cahill speaks with Phil DeMuth, author of The Overtaxed Investor: Slash Your Tax Bill & Be a Tax Alpha Dog. The author is as engaging and enthused as his frequent co-author Ben Stein affects not to be. Listen and learn about the benefits of taking a "lifetime perspective on your taxes." You can learn more about Phil DeMuth . Or you can find him here: Twitter: About Phil DeMuth Phil DeMuth is Managing Director at Conservative Wealth Management, LLC, where he enjoys working with high net worth clients and saving...
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Episode 81 with Ethan Knight
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Gap Year: using a year between high school and college in particular ways in order to maximize the value of college. In Episode 81, Chris Cahill talks Gap Year with Ethan Knight, co-founder of the American Gap Association. The AGA serves as a comprehensive resource for those interested in the programmatic Gap Year's instructional, experiential, and adventuresome qualities. You can find out more about Ethan Knight and the American Gap Association . Or you can find them here: Twitter: About Ethan Knight Ethan Knight has been...
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Episode 80 with Carrie Rosenbloom
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In Episode 80, marriage and family therapist Carrie Rosenbloom discusses how to cultivate thoughtfulness and discernment in those relationships which constitute the why of our achievements, both professionally and financially. You can find out more about Carrie and The Family Mediation Group . Or you can find her here: Twitter: LinkedIn: ; About Carrie Rosenbloom Carrie Rosenbloom is co-founder and partner in the and co-founder and partner in CT Relational Therapy, LLC. She has a background in the law and a deep...
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Episode 79 with Daniel Rossen
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In Episode 79, Financial Poise Radio sits with Daniel Rossen, Senior Broker of-CRC Insurance, to speak of insurance. No, wait! Don't run! There are coverages that can help businesses grow! There are coverage choices that are meaningful at different stages of an enterprise's expansion. For a lucid, nay pellucid explanation, Mr. Rossen's your man. You can find out more about Daniel Rossen and CRC Insurance . Or you can find him here: LinkedIn: ;
info_outlineEdward Lehman is founder and Managing Director of Lehman, Lee & Xu in Beijing and Shanghai and other locations in China as well as founder of Lehman, Lee & Xu Mongolia, in Ulaanbaatar. Our Chris Cahill and Mr. Lehman discussed important changes in Chinese legal and business practices over Lehman's 28 years there. They also discussed President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption program, the use (and non-use) of the recently-enacted bankruptcy law, protection of intellectual property in China, and likely targets of Chinese investment in the West as currency controls are liberalized.
You can learn more about Edward Lehman here.
Or you can find him here:
Twitter: @LehmanLawMongol
About Ed Lehman
Manager, Foreign Legal Counselor, LEHMAN, LEE & XU China Lawyers.Corporate Commercial Counsel 28+ consecutive years "on the ground" legal professional dealing with China and Mongolian legal, tax, foreign direct investment, corporate commercial, intellectual property, franchise, direct sales, health sciences, and business issues.
First foreign lawyer to work as a "Legal Professional/Foreign Lawyer" China with a local Chinese law firm since the establishment of the People's Republic of China. The longest serving Managing Director of any law firm (Chinese or Foreign) in the People's Republic of China (22+ years consecutively). LEHMAN, LEE & XU is among the first private law firms established in mainland China (1992). LEHMAN, LEE & XU Mongolia is the First private law firm established in Mongolia. Founded LehmanBrown International Accountants a local Chinese Tax, Accounting, Audit, Forensic Accounting, Corporate Valuation, Intellectual Property Valuation organization with offices in throughout mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, Taiwan and Republic of Mongolia.
Manager and Chief Ethics Officer of full service Chinese and Mongolian law firms, providing legal advice on a range of Chinese and Mongolian legal issues. Focus on Corporate Commercial, Labor, Finance, Minerals & Mining, Intellectual Property, Tax, Media and Advertising, Pharmaceuticals and Foreign Direct Investment in China and Mongolia. Founder of LehmanBrown Chinese full service Accounting & Audit firm in 2001.
Director, LehmanBush (China Investment Company) with "China-Hand" businessman Neil Bush (son of former USA President George Herbert Walker Bush, younger brother of former USA President George W. Bush, and former USA Florida Governor Jeb Bush). China Legal Commentator, China Central Television (CCTV) for the past 15+ years. Fellow, China Academy of Social Sciences. Asia Legal Business Magazine list "China's 30 Hottest Lawyers" .