Business Insights

Tracy Anderson  - Big Brother Big Sisters of Dane County On the Value of Being a Mentor to a Kid: "When you spend time with a child, it's shown to prove that they'll likely go to college when they grow up or have a better paying job or not partake in violence, alcohol...

Therese Merkel - Tricky Foods On the the Goal of Being a Business OWNER and not a Business OPERATOR: "How do I build a machine that works without me so that I can still be involved in this business, but I'm not the one working Friday, Saturdays and weekends?" The food...

Danielle Burken - Danielle Burken Marketing On the How Marketing with Human Design Helps Your Business: "You're attracting the clients that you want to work with because you are showing up as the version of yourself that really trusts in the work that you're doing."...

Chris Gantz - Patriot Properties Property Management On the How the Internet Has Changed the Real Estate Industry: "Now you have the democratization of that MLS book, right? So that value is completely gone for the broker because everybody can see everybody everywhere...

Peter Shankman - Bestselling Author and the Founder of Help A Reporter Out (HARO) On the Value of ADHD in Business: "Faster Than Normal has sort of become the bible for ADHD and the concept that ADHD is a gift, not a curse." The data on entrepreneurs, even C-Suite...

Molly Hildebrandt - Hildebrandt Consulting LLC On Learning and Knowing Thyself: "Being able to help people tap into their unique energy source will help them then be able to figure out where do they get energy? What are the energy drains?." Every professional athlete...

James Hatfield - LiveSwitch On the Sealing the Deal Conveniently: "And now people are selling home services from the comfort of their call center, comfort of their truck." Sometimes you need to see some things, in order to make sure you can get your client the right...

Mei Yung - Ageless Zen Skincare On the Value of Safe Skincare: "It's not about so much about vanity, but having healthy skin." Maintenance free is what we all seem to want.  But with some things, we don't get that option.  Our skin, that we do not get a second chance...

Dustin Heiner - Master Passive Income On the Game of Entrepreneurship: "I love building businesses. One of my favorite things, like it's a game. So I just keep trying to do better at that game." Passive income seems to be one of the most underrated ways to fulfill...

Lisa Grulke and Cat Munson - Animal Center for Emergency and Specialty (ACES) On the Reality of Working in Veterinary Medicine: "You're gonna have to talk with the family that can't necessarily afford to take care of their animal all the time. You're gonna have to...

Amanda Marek - Active Youth Wisconsin On Getting the Style Right: "I always like to say that, from an unbiased standpoint, our events are really, really awesome. And I say it's unbiased because I got to experience the events before I was an employee of active youth...

Anya Chang - Taelor.Style On Getting the Style Right: "We tend to know about the best performing clothes and also those brands from all over the world that are high quality and really, really good be able to find a home here." Men's clothing styles can be...

Bradley Fish - Bradley Fish Guitar On a Being the Guy That Helps the Guy: "I remember at one point, he was like, dude, do you wanna do some more loops? I'm the number two producer in the world." There are two levels of cool: Those that know how to play guitar and...

Brandon Lang - Lang Lighting and Decor On a Knowing What People Want: "And people like quick. They want their stuff done yesterday." The evolution of how a business came to be and grow is always interesting. With Brandon Lang, of Lang's Lighting and Decor, he started...