Our guest on this segment says the vast majority of business owners don’t really understand their financial information—and what their financial statements are capable of telling them.

Steve Wilkinghoff is a Chartered Accountant who has worked with hundreds of businesses over the last 15 years. The vast majority of his career has been spent helping small business owners understand and improve their business, and in the process improve their lives. He’s the author of Found Money—Simple Strategies for Uncovering the
Hidden Profit and Cash Flow in Your Business…

Our guest on this segment of the Smallbiz Brain says that if your business needs financing, don’t be afraid of credit cards. Darrell Hornabacher is a co-founder of Midas Financial. The company has successfully secured funding for clients in excess of $250mm since 2005. They’re experts in all types of capitall infusion for business.

In this segment I visit with Debra Aho Williamson, Senior Anaylist at E-Marketer, about trends she’s seeing and her observations and insights about internet marketing and advertising.

Our guest on this segment is a business leader with a fascinating family business story. Mike Eaton is the CEO of Eaton Springs—since 1937 the company has manufactured leaf and coil springs—these are the springs that give your car that “ride” that you feel as your drive. Today, Eaton Springs is the only spring manufacturer to have been licensed by both Ford Motor Company and General Motors to produce Authentic Factory Replacement Springs and Parts.

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.