Our guest on this segment of the brain formed his company following a simple, yet powerful observation—-Mark Schiavone discovered that small and mid sized companies buy many of the same products & services in their daily operations but usually have little purchasing & negotiation leverage with suppliers.

Following his 23 year management career in the Cable and Satellite Television Industry, Mark Schiavone founded The Member Savings Program, Inc. His company is focused on assisting small and mid sized companies maximize their purchasing power and collective cost savings on everyday operational expenses with a unique, turnkey Membership-based solution.

Our guest on this segment of the Smallbiz Brain created a very unique company that tracks the performance of privately held growth companies throughout the US.

Steve Watkins is the Founder and CEO of Entrex, which manages the PCI, or Private Company Index—This system monitors trends, benchmarks a performance reports findings, and celebrates the Top Growth Companies throughout the year.

Ron Mattocks is passionate about building financially sustainable nonprofit organizations. His lifetime of service in the nonprofit arena has focused on all aspects of enhancing fiscal viability through business development, marketing, fundraising, and expense management.

Mr. Alex Vantarakis has over 10 years of management, ownership and acquisition experience. He has extensive experience in the areas of acquisitions, finance, franchise development and strategic planning; Mr. Vantarakis is active in the business brokerage industry as a member of the Business Broker Network, Texas Association of Business Brokers and The International Business Brokerage Association.

Our guest today is Mark Johnson. Mark is the founder and Managing Partner of Eagle Wealth Management; a Dallas based financial management company. Mark has been doing this for over 15 years and brings a tremendous amount of experience as a financial advisor as well as a small business owner. He has a unique perspective wearing both hats. Mark is active in the Boy Scouts and local government. He also serves on the Board of the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce and is on the board of trustees for the Dallas Human Resource Association.

In this interview, Mike Mirau, discusses health care issues with Dr. Nelson Simmons. Dr. Simmons has created a revolutionary business by taking a different approach to helping small business owners provide health care for employees. He has also created a patient experience that flies in the face of traditional family medicine.

Russ is a local business banker. He’s been serving the small business sector the last 3 years. He has held numerous sales and marketing positions with different organizations and has had his own direct mail business.

Since 1982 Kathryn Maxwell and her staff have been providing cash management services, support, and education to individuals, families, and small businesses.

Dr. Norm visits with Jim Molleur, an electrical engineer who transitioned into the network marketing and shares his journey into this lucrative business model.

Barbara and Dr. Norm Dawson introduce their podcast series on Network Marketing.