Business Insights

Helena Gibson - Unveil Restorative Hair Care On keeping it moving: "What am I gonna do? I've had 19 years of this business, and now all of a sudden the government can shut it. I've gotta come up with something else." Helena Gibson has built a successful business with...

Luke Infinger - Hip Creative On getting marketing to go viral: "You wanna get it to the point where you no longer have to do sponsored ads because your information is so good. People are sharing it. You have people viewing it, and you don't have to be paying a penny...

Nestor Gutierrez - Rancho Express Lube On getting marketing to go viral: "You wanna get it to the point where you no longer have to do sponsored ads because your information is so good. People are sharing it. You have people viewing it, and you don't have to be paying...

Brienne Hennessy - Your Vocal Vitality On knowing that you can take steps to keep your voice strong: "If you're speaking for a dense period of time and your voice starts to crack, starts to sound hoarse, you can't get through a workday, let alone a workweek, there has...

Victoria Thayer - Novii CPA On staying as a corporate employee vs. starting on her own: "Once you become partner, you walk in clouds and everything is just rainbows and hearts... It was death, pretty much." Death and taxes it has been said are the two things we can...

Scott McGohan - McGohan Brabender and author of Culture Is An Inside Job Real Life Advice You Can Use: "What if we just stood in front of the workforce and just said, "Hey, I just I just wanna be better." That's a lot more honest than saying, I wanna be great." Every...

Jason Brown - The Brown Report Real Life Advice You Can Use: "We have the knowledge and the power to make money if stocks are going up, sideways or down." Getting rich quick seems to be the big dream.  But like any good investor, we know that it is easier to get rich...

Crystal Sadik - Tripple Real Life Advice You Can Use: "And so this is a way for the young to engage, maybe getting advice, maybe getting answers. It's almost like a Reddit, but better because the person that you're getting information and advice from is actually in...

Lukas Selman - Using Trashcan Assets for Sales Telling It How It Is: "The conversations that are happening in chat are literally happening in your own voice, and your own voice is literally the one you trust the most." Sales is often a messy word.  Some would describe...

Marla Albertie - Truth Speaks Coaching Telling It How It Is: "But you gotta think about you. We all get burnt out. Everybody. I don't I don't care who you are. Everybody has gotten burnt out or will get burnt out." Every business owner, at some point, gets to start...

Mike Leckrone and Joe Koss - COPA Madison Art in Life Secrets: "Kids who participate in music, whether they continue it on at a great level or not, become the strong students of that area, that society." Former UW Band Director Mike Leckrone and former Culver's CEO...

Sari Kimball - Food Biz Success Food Biz Secrets: "Understanding that just because it's an amazing product in your home kitchen doesn't always translate into a great profitable business plan." Just about everyone loves to eat. A few of us are even pretty good at...

Farzad Rashidi - Respona SEO Secrets: "What you want to do is to build relationships with authoritative resources in your space." Building a website is one thing.  Getting people to come to your website, to make a purchase or find a need and a way to contact you is an...

Lee Philips - Legalees Tax Secrets: "Your little business is the most important tax shelter that you have." You probably started your business because you are very good at the skills needed for that industry. But knowing everything you need to know to take care of the...

Marcus Garrett - The Marcus Garrett We live in a world where consumption is not only enjoyable, it's expected.  But all of that consumption comes at a price.  Actually, quite literally many prices.  All that consumption costs money and often costs money that the...