The Profit Talks
Welcome to The Profit Talks Podcast, your gateway to success in the world of business ownership. We're here to guide you in your journey, sharing stories of triumph from fellow entrepreneurs, unveiling expert insights, and illuminating the array of invaluable resources available to fuel your business growth. Our mission is to inspire and empower, showing you that your dreams are not just achievable but well within your grasp. Join us as we explore the strategies, solutions, and stories that can propel your business forward. Whether you're a budding entrepreneur or a seasoned business owner, 'The Profit Talks Podcast' is your compass to navigate the exciting landscape of business success. Tune in, get inspired, and let's embark on this journey together. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS: Marketing Synergy in the Age of AI
04/08/2024
PROFIT TALKS: Marketing Synergy in the Age of AI
Michelle Chuang from the SBDC Cal State Fullerton Center joins us to explore the strange new world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how businesses can use it to grow their revenue and build their brand. Across all their marketing strategies in a truly integrative fashion.
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PROFIT TALKS: Free Training For Starting A Childcare Business
04/02/2024
PROFIT TALKS: Free Training For Starting A Childcare Business
Meet First 5 of Orange County, a county agency (funded by Prop 10...the tobacco tax initiative) that funds programs for early access to childcare for PreNatal thru Age 5. Including a FREE Training Program (in partnership with the OCIE SBDC) that will train you to start your own childcare business. A way for some moms to actually get paid to stay home and watch their own young children by also watching other kids as well in a new business they own and operate. Check out First 5's FREE four week class that shows you how to start your own childcare business. Helps you secure the necessary permits and licenses to use our own home or apartment to operate this business. Plus mentorship and support to help you succeed. For anyone with young kids in our county, you won't want to miss this one! On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS: CLICKSTART DOG TRAINING ACADEMY
03/25/2024
PROFIT TALKS: CLICKSTART DOG TRAINING ACADEMY
Meet from Cassie Pestana, Co-Owner of CLICKSTART DOG TRAINING ACADEMY in Lake Forest. And here her story about growing her business into a real "brick and mortar" location. And how the OC IE Small Business Development Center (SBDC) helped her to do that. On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS: LaunchPad SBDC
03/25/2024
PROFIT TALKS: LaunchPad SBDC
Shaun Sanders, the Senior Associate Director of LaunchPad SBDC joins us to discuss their unique virtual accelerator. Hosted by Octane and run by the Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC) in Newport Beach, CA. As he talks about his work helping startups and other small businesses craft their "pitch decks" (and specifically their "business stories".) At no cost (whatsoever!). As part of this special SBDC program. On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS: Uriel Arguelles, VP Relationship Mgr. LENDISTY
03/13/2024
PROFIT TALKS: Uriel Arguelles, VP Relationship Mgr. LENDISTY
Learn about LENDISTRY and their work helping deploy capital for government programs like the PPP Loans (Paycheck Protection Program) initiated under COIVD). As well as being a direct small business lender for small businesses that may not qualify under traditional banking requirement.
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PROFIT TALKS: Small Business and Vets Getting Contracts with the State of California
03/08/2024
PROFIT TALKS: Small Business and Vets Getting Contracts with the State of California
Diane Lydon joins us to discuss her work at a Business Outreach Manager for the State of California's Office of Small Business and Disabled Veterans Business Services (often referred to simply as OSDS). Helping small businesses and veteran owned businesses secure government contracts. Operating under the mandate created by California Assembly Bill AB-2019, 25% of all state government contracts are supposed to go to qualified "small businesses". But finding those small businesses and teaching them the requirements and process of how to apply for these many contracts has been the challenge. Which becomes the mission of people like Diane and others like the SBDC's local Contracting Center in Riverside (which we interviewed earlier) to assist small businesses of all shapes and sizes to seize this opportunity by registering, getting "small business certified" and then understanding the process and procedures to secure one of the many government contracts being awarded daily for every imaginable product and service from consulting and catering to construction and cleaning. How to make it thru this maze of government agencies (with long acronyms) to the prize at the end? Start by going to www.CaliforniaEProcure.CA.Gov. And then contacting Diane or the local Small Business Development Contracting Center here in Riverside for more FREE ASSISTANCE in getting started and set up to securing your own government contract. On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS: Alicia Brayboy, DIGITAL MARKETING CENTER
03/08/2024
PROFIT TALKS: Alicia Brayboy, DIGITAL MARKETING CENTER
Alicia Brayboy, DIGITAL MARKETING CENTER talks about her background and why she moved from NY to SoCal to further her marketing career. And how she helps businesses share their brand stories thru social media marketing and make sense of the many platforms and digital strategies available to businesses today. On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS: Manish Bhardia, Asian Business Association of Orange County
03/08/2024
PROFIT TALKS: Manish Bhardia, Asian Business Association of Orange County
Meet Manish Bhardia President of the Asian Business Association of Orange County (ABAOC). And partner in his own firm THINK AI. As he discusses his cutting edge work in adding Artificial Intelligence (AI) to businesses (just like yours!) And helping other Asian businesses (thru his work with the ABAOC) learn about new technologies (like AI0 and use it to increase productivity in their own organizations. On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS: Riverside County Office of Economic Development
02/13/2024
PROFIT TALKS: Riverside County Office of Economic Development
Joaquin Tijerina, Director of the Coachella Valley Small Business Development Center (SBDC) joins us to discuss his work there helping small businesses thrive and grow (and get started). And with the overall Riverside County Office of Economic Development that helps fund this center and so many other programs like Riverside County's Small Business Thrive Program, Business Assistance NOW Program, International Trade, and Innovation Programs, partnered with the University of California Riverside, the State of California and the US Small Business Administration (among others). Hear all that's happening in Riverside County today from warehouse logistics to more tech savvy agriculture (that's pioneering how to grow more with less). Along with thriving tourism in the Coachella Valley to continued wine growth in Temecula. And the promise of turning the abandoned area around the Salton Sea into the "Lithium Valley": of the future, Staring a new "gold rush" for more mineral extraction and the processing needed to drive the booming EV market. On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS: Veterans and Government Contracting
02/13/2024
PROFIT TALKS: Veterans and Government Contracting
SBDC Business Consultant Troy Small on his extensive work with Veterans and Government Contracting. Following his own extensive career in the Marines (including procurement) and later military contracting. And how he now helps veterans start small businesses and take advantage of all the special programs that the government has put in place to help vets get certified for (and secure) government contracts. On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS: New SBDC CARAVAN Center for Hispanic Entrepreneurs
02/13/2024
PROFIT TALKS: New SBDC CARAVAN Center for Hispanic Entrepreneurs
Mihai Pătru (Executive Director of the Caravanserai Project) and Carolina Rosas-Saavedra (Director of the Small Business Development Center's new CARAVAN CENTER opening Feb. 15 in Palm Springs). Talking about this new partnership between the CARAVANSERAI PROJECT and the SBDC (funded in part by the US Small Business Administration and the State of California). Designed to foster and grow more Hispanic Entrepreneurs and startups within this community. "Circling the wagons" (as it were) and helping each other along the way (in true "caravan" fashion). Training these startups and "wannabe Entrepreneurs" thru each stage of this journey. And protecting them from making the type of mistakes so many "solo entrepreneurs" make along the way. Providing a special place for Hispanic entrepreneurs to gather and grow TOGETHER. With education, mentorship and access to financing and capital as well for this very specific group of entrepreneurs. A group not often targeted by other Entrepreneurial Centers. On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS: SBDC Trade Mission to South Korea-March 15-March 24, 2024
02/13/2024
PROFIT TALKS: SBDC Trade Mission to South Korea-March 15-March 24, 2024
Manal Richa, Director of the OC IE SBDC Global Trade Center discusses their upcoming Trade Mission to South Korea March 15-March 24.. Where participants pay for the cost of the trip and the SBDC will prepare them with research into specific opportunities that might match their product or service. And then actually set up meetings with prospective partners in Korea. As well as government officials who might help make this partnership a reality. On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS: Meet SBDC Restaurant Consultant Jay Allis
02/11/2024
PROFIT TALKS: Meet SBDC Restaurant Consultant Jay Allis
Meet SBDC Restaurant Consultant, Jay Allis. And hear about his years of working in the restaurant industry (in both the "back" and "front of the house"). For both big chains and small independent restaurants. And how he applies that the the many startups and small restaurants he serves as one of the several specialized restaurant consultants for the SBDC here in Southern California. On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS: Meet Media Expert Pam Coleman from the SBDC Marketing Center
02/11/2024
PROFIT TALKS: Meet Media Expert Pam Coleman from the SBDC Marketing Center
Meet SBDC Media Consultant Pam Coleman. Who discusses the work of the special MARKETING CENTER (the only one of its kind in the whole national Small Business Development Network). Hosted at the Santa Ana College Digital Media Center. On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS: TMC COMMUNITY CAPITAL and Micro-Loans
12/20/2023
PROFIT TALKS: TMC COMMUNITY CAPITAL and Micro-Loans
Meet Natalie Del Toro (Community Development Officer) and Mayra Contreras (Director of Partnerships) from TMC Community Capital. A non-profit, funded by the US Treasury Dept. that provides micro-loans for those small businesses and minority communities that otherwise might not qualify for traditional lending. It's an amazing program for existing small businesses with loans up to $50,000 for five year terms for folks who otherwise don't fit into traditional lending models. Community support at it's best. On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS: Karla Gonzalez, Center for Contracting
12/19/2023
PROFIT TALKS: Karla Gonzalez, Center for Contracting
Karla Gonzalez, Director of the SBDC's CENTER FOR CONTRACTING talks about the endless opportunities to secure a government contract from local, state and Federal agencies and the mandates they have to "spread the wealth" by guaranteeing that a certain percentage of those contracts get awarded to qualified small businesses (particularly certain subcategories like minority owned, woman owned or veteran owned small businesses). It's money for the asking. With the Small Business Development Center's CENTER FOR CONTRACTING providing you the expertise and training to find, qualify and apply for these contracts. All at no cost to you. Why not call them at 800-616-7232 and see what's available and what you might qualify for? On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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Profit Talks: Dennis Kause, Bio Orthopedic Lab
12/19/2023
Profit Talks: Dennis Kause, Bio Orthopedic Lab
Dennis Kause discusses his amazing journey from being a consultant for Bio Orthopedic Lab (maker of custom shoe inserts) to being an investor in the company. And helping right the ship after it sailed into choppy waters following the sudden death of one of its founders. Successfully sailing the company into new directions (like their new direct-to-consumer store in Las Vegas, NV.) On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS: CALIFORNIA SHOP SMALL, the SBDC's Online Marketplace for Small Businesses
11/29/2023
PROFIT TALKS: CALIFORNIA SHOP SMALL, the SBDC's Online Marketplace for Small Businesses
Cherie Edilson, Founder of the SBDC's online marketplace for small business owners, CALIFORNIA SHOP SMALL talks about this amazing program (and her own personal journey starting it). Creating a place for small "makers" and "creators" to move from the Farmer's Markets and Swap Meets in their local communities and sell their wares online as well. From custom hairbows (like Cherie once made and sold) to all sorts arts and crafts and handcrafted foods and other one-of-a-kind items, CALIFORNIA SHOP SMALL has it all. An SBDC's initiative that empowers new entrepreneurs to transform their ideas into market-ready products within six weeks ('Start to Cart'). The program offers a supportive cohort system, hands-on learning experiences, and personalized coaching for getting products online. What sets it apart is its culmination, offering participants a platform to showcase and sell their products as a free resource for 6 months as well as continued direct 1-1 support. As we approach Small Business Saturday and the launch of the latest cohorts, it's a great time to delve into the impact of such initiatives and the importance of shopping small this holiday season. On this week's Profit Talks Podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS: The Chocolate Bar-A Sweet Story of Family, Faith and Success
11/28/2023
PROFIT TALKS: The Chocolate Bar-A Sweet Story of Family, Faith and Success
Here's a sweet story (literally!) of a young immigrant entrepreneur who took a leap of faith and started a family run "sweet shop" which he calls The Chocolate Bar in Ontario, CA. With no real background in preparing or selling food (beyond their years working for large nut and fruit wholesaler in sales and accounting), this determined husband and wife team (and two teenage daughters) built a dedicated customer base by creating some addictive treats (like their full line of authentic Mexican crepes)and treating every customer with "kindness, love and care" (as they call it). It's this determination to succeed and build a generational business for these immigrants from Mexico, along with their overall faith and commitment to serve and give back to the community (like already starting a non-profit to share food and clothing with those in need) that has already made their dream succeed. And allowed them (thru the help of the OCIE Small Business Development Center) to open their second location in Highland, CA as well. So if you're looking for sweet story of hard work, faith, family and success for the holidays, this is it! On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS: Meet Tech Coast Angels Chairman David Friedman
11/14/2023
PROFIT TALKS: Meet Tech Coast Angels Chairman David Friedman
David Friedman, Chairman, TECH COAST ANGELS, joins us to discuss his work with this prominent "angel investor" group. His prior years in Corporate America with Senior Roles at places like US CELLULAR and BOEING. And his "giveback" work with the Small Business Development at Corporation (SBDC) where he counsels a wide range of small to medium sized companies from startups to established firms. All for free (courtesy of funding from the US Small Business Administration and the OC IE SBDC. Where else do you to get FREE ACCESS to top tier advisors and real life investors like this? Only at the SBDC and their Profit Talks Podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS: Family Owned Business Challenges with Next Gen Collaborative
11/07/2023
PROFIT TALKS: Family Owned Business Challenges with Next Gen Collaborative
Katie Rucker is the co-founder of Next Gen Collaborative, a personal growth coaching business focused on Next Gen Family Business leaders. She has a true passion for empowering and championing Next Gen leaders and fully understands the ups and downs of what working with family is like as she has been navigating her own family business journey for 15 years. Katie is a G2 co-owner and co-president with her twin sister of her family’s customer insights consulting firm, Mackenzie. A firm they took over from their father. And while working with family can be a wild ride, Katie truly believes that the experience is a whole lot more enjoyable when you can bring your authentic self into the family business. Through Next Gen Collaborative, Katie offers 1:1 coaching and VIP days to help Next Gen’s craft their own personal legacy plans, leveraging their F.A.M.I.L.Y Framework as a foundational piece to get started. The journey of family business can feel highly emotional and overwhelming. But with consultants like Katie and her sister, you don’t have to navigate the process alone. Here on The Profit Talks Podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS: Finance Consultant Craig Russom
11/07/2023
PROFIT TALKS: Finance Consultant Craig Russom
Craig Russom, Finance Consultant for the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) joins us to discuss the murky world of small business finances and sourcing capital. And his own background from studying aeronautical engineering to opening his own chain of sporting goods stores in Colorado. And then onto California where he earned all his financial licenses and began his own consulting practice specializing in Strategic financial planning, cash flow analysis, projections, project management, QuickBooks, P&L, Balance sheet analysis, debt financing and securing loans. As we continue to highlight the many skills and backgrounds of our extensive network of SBDC consultants. Here on The Profit Talks Podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS PODCAST: Meet SBDC Consultant Lisa Napolitano
10/24/2023
PROFIT TALKS PODCAST: Meet SBDC Consultant Lisa Napolitano
Meet this week's Small Business Development Center (SBDC) consultant Lisa Napolitano. And hear her amazing story of being hired as the only employee of a failing trade association at 23. How 15 years later, she turned it around and grew it into a global organization with lots of other employees. Leaving to start her own high powered, sales strategy firm working with big companies she'd met from her years with this sales association like UPS and Pfizer And how she now spends part of her time mentoring and guiding small startups and SMBs (ie-small-to-midsize businesses) thru her work with the SBDC. As she continues to grow her own "small business". You'll particularly enjoy how she answer some age old sales questions we put to her like "is raising sales the only goal that matters for most sales organization?" And "when might it actually do more harm than good?" As we continue to highlight the many skills and backgrounds of our extensive network of SBDC consultants. Here on The Profit Talks Podcast.Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS Podcast: Meet SBDC Leasing Consultant Karie Armstrong
10/16/2023
PROFIT TALKS Podcast: Meet SBDC Leasing Consultant Karie Armstrong
Join SBDC Leasing Consultant Karie Armstrong as she looks back at her 25 year career in major mall management (including her last stint overseeing the huge Brea Mall). And her recent 13 year career as a Small Business Development Center consultant (working out of their Cal State Fullerton center). Helping small businesses and retail startups from restaurants to stores navigate the difficult world of commercial leasing. From finding the right location to negotiating the best lease and all that follows from securing financing to securing all the needed permits and licenses needed to open your business (and everything in between). Taking you through the countless obstacles and hurdles to opening a "brick and mortar" business on THE PROFIT TALKS today. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS Podcast: Meet Katarina Fillippelli, CEO of the New VICTORIA COMMUNITY COUNSELING in Riverside, CA
10/10/2023
PROFIT TALKS Podcast: Meet Katarina Fillippelli, CEO of the New VICTORIA COMMUNITY COUNSELING in Riverside, CA
Meet Katarina Fillippelli, CEO of the new VICTORIA COMMUNITY COUNSELING center in Riverside, CA. Hear about her love of helping people through these troubled, turbulent times. And her amazing journey from her native country of Slovakia to her adopted home here in Riverside, CA. How she promptly got a 2nd Masters Degree upon her arrival here in the US. And how she and her partner, Paul Baum, took a big leap of faith to open their new business. Working with the OCIE Small Business Development Center to create a full business plan and secure a lease. Participating in their free THRIVE startup program that allowed them to qualify for a grant. And everything else needed to bring their dream to reality. Hear how they then proceeded to find and hire a team of 8 culturally diverse Clinical Therapists. As well as develop new partnerships with 8 Major Insurance Providers and dozens of sub-providers. And promptly secure several government contracts to kickstart their thriving new counseling center in Downtown Riverside. And what it meant to them to find a free, professional resource like the OCIE SBDC to counsel them and guide them on their first entrepreneurial journey. All that (and more) on THE PROFIT TALKS this week. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
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PROFIT TALKS Podcast: The Love Story of THYME WELL SPENT
10/03/2023
PROFIT TALKS Podcast: The Love Story of THYME WELL SPENT
Hear the love story of , a unique catering and event business that grew out of Chef Brandon Hall and his wife Angela's long love story (that started way back in high school) with their mutual love of creating "one of a kind eperiences". As their family grew, so did their business. Taking on a new chapter with the opening of their brand new Commercial Kitchen in Costa Mesa, CA. Which the Orange County/Inland Empire's Small Business Development Center (OCIESBDC) helped them set up and launch. "Our miracle workers" as this husband and wife team describes them. It's a true entrepreneurial journey with uncertain paths, unexpected turns and eventual success on this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by the . Streamed live every Monday on Orange County's only community radio station, .
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PROFIT TALKS Podcast: Meet the OCIE SBDC and the People Behind This Show
10/03/2023
PROFIT TALKS Podcast: Meet the OCIE SBDC and the People Behind This Show
We talk with Mike Daniel, Network Director and Katrina Smith, Chief Operating Officer for the about their PROFIT TALKS podcast. Previewing the clients, consultants and community partners' stories that we will be showcasing and sharing each and every week. Live every Monday at Noon PT on Orange County's only community radio station,
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