Consulting Guru William McKnight joins the Smallbiz Brain to share his insights and preview his latest book.

Author, Dr. Barbara Weaver Smith Joins David Wolf to discuss her new book, The Whale Hunters.

Author Jeffrey J Fox returns to the Brain to discuss his latest book, which takes the idea of competing beyond where most small business owners call their comfort zone.

A fascinating look at franchise development with Dick Rennick, co-founder of Team Rennick.

Rennick is recognized as one of the leading experts in the franchise community, and has built large scale multi-unit operations such as American Leak Detection. He also served as chairman of the International Franchise Association Educational Foundation and in 2005 became chairman of the IFA. Today, with the creation of Team Rennick, Dick is helping to provide insights, experience and possibly some shortcuts to emerging franchise company entrepreneurs.

Every business that’s growing has issues around change management. Our guest on this edition is an expert in that area. Theresa M. Welbourne, Ph.D. is the founder, President and CEO of eePulse, Inc. and an Adjunct Professor of Executive Education at the University of Michigan Business School. As CEO of eePulse, Inc. she leads an organization that delivers web-based leadership tools and research for continuous improvement and change management. Using eePulse’s proprietary web-based, enterprise-wide software suite called Measurecom™.

Our guest on this segment is an expert in startups, business incorporation and personal and business finance.

Scott Letourneau is a busy lecturer, consultant and author, who is recognized worldwide for helping entrepreneurs get their businesses off to a fast start. He’s the founder and CEO of Nevada Corporate Planners, Inc., and a contributing author for the new book from Entrepreneur Magazine’s Start Up series; “Start Your Own Information Marketing Business—Your Step-by-Step Guide to Success.”

Our guest on this segment spent more than 30 years as a top executive and business owner in the newspaper industry, ultimately starting his own company that published weekly newspapers in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Today, Tom Krekel runs the New Mexico franchise for Renaissance Executive Forums-an international company dedicated to helping top executives accelerate positive change in their businesses and in their lives.
This unique system revolves around a “peer advisory board process” and leverages the collective experience of and expertise of the Forum members to the benefit of a particular individual.

Our guest on this segment is the founder and CEO of Sogistics Corporation, an internationally-known firm focusing on sales productivity improvement. Over 20 years decades, Marc Miller has helped organizations to understand, connect, and add value to their customers’ strategies as a way to drive more profitable sales growth.

If you’re curious about how to build a loyal, dedicated team of employees with low turnover rates, high job satisfaction metrics—-all this in the Pizza Business—-our guest on this segment can help. Dave Melton joined Dominos Pizza as a delivery person in 1982, then opened his first franchise unit in 1990—-and has never looked back.

Our guest on this edition is a celebrated leader in the world of executive coaching. Terry Ostrowiak’s career in coaching, training and personal development spans over 40 years and includes experience in more than 26 countries.

He’s been a featured speaker at many international conferences, ran one of the most successful independent Dale Carnegie© operations in the world from his base, in Johannesburg, South Africa—-and he’s the founder of Quantum Leap—-the company provides Master Coaching services providing resources and coaching services to Small Business Owners around the globe.