192: Leading Through Change: Mastering Transitions, Acquisitions, and the Technology of Tomorrow
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
Release Date: 12/17/2024
214: The AI Wake-Up Call: What Every Business Leader Should Know
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
In this week’s episode of the AmiSights Podcast, we dive straight into one of the biggest questions shaping our future: How will AI redefine the way we work, create, and compete? Joe Apfelbaum breaks down the rapid acceleration of AI technologies and what it means for marketers, content creators, podcasters, and anyone trying to stay relevant in a digital-first world. From job displacement
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213: The Rundown: Government Shutdown, SBA & the State of Lending
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
We’re kicking off a new series on the AmiSights Podcast — The Rundown, where we break down the stories making waves in small business, SBA lending, and entrepreneurship. When big news breaks, The Rundown delivers.
In these special episodes, Ami Kassar and Lynn Ozer share timely insights on what’s happening in the world of small business lending—and why it matters to you.
In this first installment, Ami Kassar and Lynn Ozer share rea
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212: Client Spotlight: How One Leap Built Misty Mountain Soap
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
This past summer, MultiFunding hit an incredible milestone — $1 billion in total loans funded. The final deal that pushed us over the top came from a business we’re especially proud to support. In this special edition of the AmiSights Podcast, Lynn and I sit down with Senior Director of Business Financing, Fran Miller, who led the deal at MultiFunding, along with his client — Jennifer Scarbrough, owner of
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211: SHINE: Inside the Mind of a Confident Leader
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
In this conversation, Ami Kassar interviews LaVonna Roth, the founder of Shine, who shares her journey from education to empowering leaders through her unique methodology. LaVonna discusses the importance of self-awareness, confidence, and emotional intelligence in leadership, as well as her experiences as a keynote speaker.
“I have been given different gifts. I shine in a different way, just like they do. But when we come togeth
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210: Focus, Diagnose, Grow: The Real Growth Playbook
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
In this week's edition of the AmiSights Podcast, we speak with Certified Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) Implementer Amy Holtz, who specializes in helping entrepreneurs and non-profit leaders build their businesses and achieve their goals. She explains how EOS changed her own life.
"Running a business is a lot of fun until it's not. Often, your business starts to run you instead of you
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209: Racing Ahead: Real Estate, Taxes, and the New Era of Wealth Building
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
In this week’s edition of the AmiSights podcast, Lane Kawaoka—Accredited Investor, Podcaster, Developer, and Syndicator with $2.1B AUM—shares his journey from a six-figure engineering salary to becoming a successful real estate investor and author. He discusses his book, The Wealth Ele
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#208: The Retention Playbook: Loyalty in 100 Days
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
In this week’s edition of the AmiSights Podcast, Joey Coleman discusses the critical importance of employee retention and experience, emphasizing that the first 100 days of an employee's journey are crucial for their long-term engagement.
"When we think of employee experience and customer experience, they're actually two sides of the same coin. As we improve one and polish one up, the other one increases in val
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207: Communication Blind Spots Costing Entrepreneurs Clients and Teams
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
In this week's editing of the AmiSights Podcast, we speak with Alana Winter, Executive Coach and Retreat Facilitator. Tune in as we discuss the significance of clarity in business operations and the necessity of effective communication within teams. Alana also shares
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206: Tax Planning: Missing the Big Picture
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
In this week's edition of the AmiSights Podcast, we talk to Michael Sharp, founder of Sharp Financial, an integrated financial management company. This discussion touches on the challenges of navigating uncertainty in business, the significance of building a strong company culture
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205: Built From Pain: Trauma, Success, and What Matters in the End
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
In this week's edition of the AmiSights Podcast, we talk to sociologist and entrepreneur Travis Luther. After selling two successful companies—including founding the MOSO Pillow—he now teaches entrepreneurs and leaders how to transform past trauma to create a prosperous future that's all their own. He discusses his care
info_outlineIn this week's edition of the AmiSights Podcast, we talk to Ed Robinson, Founder and President of Capacity Building Solutions and Vistage Chair for six CEO peer groups in the Baltimore area. He shares insights on how he successfully manages and supports so many top executives. “We're dealing with a silver tsunami. There's more businesses that are going to sell. If you believe the data, there's more businesses that are going to change hands in the next 5 to 10 years than have changed hands in the last 20 because of the age of entrepreneurs and business owners. So now there's going to be a bunch of deals flooding the market with a bunch of people who've been counting on this deal to get out. That's why I tell my folks: don't put all your eggs in one basket when it comes to your business.”
The main topics of today's episode include the ongoing challenge small businesses face in finding and retaining talent, the importance of executives admitting when they don't have all the answers and seeking advice from peers, and the anticipated burst of economic activity expected in the first and second quarters of 2025.
Connect with Ed: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edrobinson/
Check out Capacity Building Solutions Inc: https://capacity-building.com/ Recorded on 12/2/24