Where the Wild Things Are w/ Butch Smith of Southern Trappers
Bonita Business Podcast with Coach Darcy
Release Date: 03/15/2020
Our Season Three Wrap Up
Bonita Business Podcast with Coach Darcy
As we wrap up this season, I asked a few of our past guests to update us on their business here in Bonita.
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Bonus: Pivoting in the Pandemic with Alex Allen of Two39 Group
Bonita Business Podcast with Coach Darcy
As we came closer to the end of this third season of our local podcast, the world changed--fast. In this bonus episode, I catch up on the changes with tech leader Alex Allen of Two39 Group, co-owner of the year-old Bonita co-working space Two39 Work.
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Work & Our Water with Adam Botana of Bay Water Boat Club
Bonita Business Podcast with Coach Darcy
This conversation with my guest Adam Botana was recorded prior to this stunning shift in our economy here, and of course our state’s stay-at-home orders are impacting his family’s company, Bay Water Boat Club, as they are yours, mine and others.
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Connecting the Tech Community with Alex Allen of Two39 Work
Bonita Business Podcast with Coach Darcy
My next guest and I share this goal of wanting to spread the word about the tech and entrepreneurial opportunities in Southwest Florida--and don't let the current economic environment fool you--there WILL be opportunities. He’s Alex Allen, who’s the co-founder of the Two39 Group, a tech startup hub that owns Two39 Work, a co-working and connection space for tech companies and entrepreneurs.
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Part 2: Planning for the Future with Chief Greg DeWitt of Bonita Fire
Bonita Business Podcast with Coach Darcy
My guest Greg DeWitt became Bonita Springs' fire chief in January 2020, but brings years of Bonita history as well as a vision for Bonita's future.
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Part 1: Planning for the Future with Chief Greg DeWitt of Bonita Fire
Bonita Business Podcast with Coach Darcy
When you think of local businesses, you’re probably not thinking about one very big, important local business. In fact, this business had a budget last year of $38 million, and if you pay taxes in Bonita, about 70% of that was funded by you and me.
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Where the Wild Things Are w/ Butch Smith of Southern Trappers
Bonita Business Podcast with Coach Darcy
In Southwest Florida, animals are everywhere, and when an animal gets caught where it shouldn’t be or gets out of control, that’s when it’s time to call my next guest: Butch Smith, founder of Southern Trappers Nuisance Wildlife Removal.
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Building for Growth w/ Shelley Anderson & Sarah Thompson of Blush Salon
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You probably know that starting a new retail service business can be hard. But how would it be if you were starting it with your mom?
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Art of the Boomerang with Fred Fung of Bonita Bay Club
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If you have a great company, you might see the "boomerang" employee--someone who leaves but rejoins your organization down the road. And that’s exactly what happened to Fred Fung, who in late 2019 re-joined the Bonita Bay Club.
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The Business of Business with Debi Braendle of Bonita Boarding Kennel
Bonita Business Podcast with Coach Darcy
You might not realize that 70% of each new family who moves here, full or part-time, will have a pet.. That’s good news for our next guest, Debi Braendle, owner of the Bonita Boarding Kennel and Pet Camp. In this interview, Debi tells us about the real work of the business--and it's not what you might think.
info_outlineOne of the things I love about living and working in Southwest Florida is that no matter where I am, if I look up and pay attention, I’m surrounded by wildlife. From the ibis and egret overhead, to the teeny geckos at my feet or the bright green anole lizard who stares me down outside my office window—well, our animals are everywhere.
For the most part, that’s a good thing. But when it’s a problem—when an animal gets caught where it shouldn’t be, or when an invasive animal gets out of control, that’s when it’s time to call my next guest. He’s Butch Smith, and he’s the founder of Southern Trappers Nuisance Wildlife Removal, based right here in Bonita Springs.
I met Butch through a friend whose community hired Southern Trappers specifically to handle the cane toad infestation we’ve all been hearing so much about in the past few years. And while at one time, his business was more like an advanced version of pest control, in recent years, the work as become a critical part of helping us managing our environment and protect the wildlife populations that are getting overtaken by species such as the cane toads, igauana and pythons.
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Now, let’s listen to my conversation with Butch Smith of Southern Trappers, based here in beautiful Bonita Springs, Florida. Get the show notes with pictures at BonitaBusinessPodcast.com.