Our guest on this segment of the Smallbiz Brain was verrrry thirsty. Seth Goldman was continually in search of the perfect drink to quench his thirst after a run, a game of basketball or between grad school classes. This thirst for the perfect quench paralleled his path to co-found Honest Tea. That was about ten years ago.
Today, Honest Tea can be found in tens of thousands of stores across the US. The company has applied its passion for social responsibility to initiatives in the environment and to creating partnerships with the growers, cultures, and communities behind the teas.
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.
Continued...Our guest on this segment of the Brain is changing the way customer relationship management is done. David Schenberg is the Founder and CEO of Busy Event, an Event Customer Relationship Management platform that directs the flow of meetings and events and the people and data associated with them.
Continued...I’ll be producing no less than 30 Blog World and New Media Expo interviews into a podcast series within the next few weeks.
Continued...in this segment, I visit with Joe Roberto from Shred-Tech to discuss the realities of identity theft for small business.
Continued...On this segment I interview Jim Belanger, president of Gamer Doc Video Games. Jim is a veteran of the Franchise industry with a wealth of experience. having lead companies such as Burger King, Rent A Center, Play N Trade and others.
Continued...David Houle is futurist, a guy that can see around the corner. He helps businesses navigate the state of constant change we are now in…called The Shift Age.
Continued...Our guest on this segment of The Smallbiz Brain is an expert in the area of understanding and designing online customers needs and experience. Ryan Donahue was a founding member of the PayPal design and user research group, and played a key role in defining the customer experience for many of PayPal’s most successful products.
Recently, Ryan launched a new company—-he’s the founder of Hour Town, a unique, integrated online scheduling and marketing software platform for small business.
Joining us online to tell us more about this new line of services is Ryan Donahue, founder of Hour Town….
Continued...My guest in this segment of Your Natural Health Biz is Lynn Higgin Wholistic Kinesiologist and Practicing Herbalist. Lynn has been in practice since September of 2003. She is also the executive director of the Wholistic Kinesiology Institute.
Continued...Adam J. Kovitz and I discusshow this countries leading provider of networking and relationship strategy information developed. A great opportunity to learn form one of America’s leading on the topic of networking business relationship strategies.
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