The Faces of Business

Exiting Your Business without Exiting - JASON DUNCAN

In this, The Faces of Business, The Real Jason Duncan, Founder, TRJD Enterprises, talks about exiting your business without exiting.

 

TRJD Enterprises upskills business owners to exit without selling their companies. The Real Jason Duncan has been a business owner for more than twelve years. He is a multi-award-winning entrepreneur. Jason, an educator-turned-entrepreneur, now runs The Exiter Club.

 

This training platform teaches entrepreneurs how to live The Exit Lifestyle, using a method he calls Exit without Exiting, which focuses on four core principles that we can use to declutter tedious business operations.

 

His mission is to assist entrepreneurs in achieving the desired results from their businesses without having to be present on-site every day.

 

Check out the Blog post here: Exiting Your Business without Exiting

 

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CRM Configuration and Implementation Challenges - Davey Warren

In this, The Faces of Business, Davey Warren, Founder & CEO, Pearagon, talks about CRM Configuration and Implementation Challenges. Pearagon is a HubSpot Solutions Partner for implementations and integrations and assists mid-market companies with CRM processes that enable businesses to generate and retain revenue by improving sales, marketing, and service operations efficiencies.

 

Davey is a vocal proponent of Customer Relationship Management and believes that every business, both advertently or inadvertently, engages in it and should be utilizing good systems to enhance it. Expert at software usage and planning, Davey founded Pearagon in 2017 to help businesses integrate and implement CRM configurations using HubSpot. With 24 years of experience, Davey has been involved with 100+ CRM implementations and counting.

Check out the Blog post here: CRM Configuration and Implementation Challenges

 

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Find Damon Pistulka on LinkedIn talking about life & building businesses you can sell or succeed. 

 

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The Importance of Clear and Effective Marketing - Priscilla McKinney

In this, The Faces of Business episode, Priscilla McKinney, CEO, Little Bird Marketing, talks about the importance of clear and effective marketing. Little Bird Marketing is an award-winning digital agency using design and marketing to position its clients as industry experts. It collaborates with the client’s team and company goals through transparency in its work process, creating the ultimate link between marketing and sales.

 

Priscilla, Momma Bird, is best known for her proactive initiatives in the digital marketing industry, serving as President of the American Advertising Federation Heartland, and receiving numerous design, entrepreneurship, and industry awards. Priscilla co-created the SOAR System with her expert team. SOAR is a proprietary process designed to generate feasible lead generation for C-Suite leadership, so they don’t have to worry about the growth of their organization and can put more focus on other important responsibilities. Priscilla is also prolific blogger, podcast host, techpreneur, and diversity champion.

Check out the Blog post here: The Importance of Clear and Effective Marketing

 

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Find Damon Pistulka on LinkedIn talking about life & building businesses you can sell or succeed. 

 

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Holistic Wellness for Leaders - Dr. Alexandria Rosa

In this, The Faces of Business, Dr. Alexandria Rosa DNP, RN., Founder, Alexandria Rosa, LLC, talks about Holistic Wellness for Leaders. Dr. Rosa is leading the charge for helping people take back their health by looking at their entire selves and integrating a different level of healthcare.

 

Dr. Rosa has been in the medical field for nearly two decades. While completing her doctorate in nursing, she worked as a nurse educator and at the bedside in various ICUs as a travel nurse. Life, Dr. Rosa believes, is never perfect. It, however, can be relatively free of stress and anxiety—even for those of us with hectic schedules, demanding roles, and significant responsibilities. Dr. Rosa has successfully transformed her life and shown that a leader’s life can be more fruitful, meaningful, and with much less stress. Dr. Rosa gives leaders, who have reached a breaking point, the guidance and tools to make positive changes to improve their health.

Check out the Blog post here: Holistic Wellness for Leaders

 

Thanks for taking the time to listen today.

 

Find Damon Pistulka on LinkedIn talking about life & building businesses you can sell or succeed. 

 

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More information on building businesses you can sell or succeed and the Exit Your Way method on our website

 

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Using Elite Athlete Habits for Personal Development - Clifford Starks

In this, The Faces of Business, Clifford Starks, Founder, Starks Transformational Coaching, will talk about using elite athlete habits for personal development. Starks Transformational Coaching is a platform for motivated entrepreneurs who want to achieve their goals using habits from professional athletes.

 

Since 2009, Clifford has been helping business owners and entrepreneurs use elite athlete habits for personal development which helps them go farther. He is a personal trainer, transformational coach, and former professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. Clifford aspired to be a professional fighter after graduating from Arizona State University in Kinesiology and Exercise Science. He is the fastest amateur fighter to ever make it to the UFC, where he had a successful career with a total of 19 matches and 14 wins in just 10 months. He uses what he learned in preparing to be a successful MMA fighter to help his clients develop game-changing habits that support their goals.

 

Check out the Blog post here: Using Elite Athlete Habits for Personal Development

 

Thanks for taking the time to listen today.

 

Find Damon Pistulka on LinkedIn talking about life & building businesses you can sell or succeed. 

 

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More information on building businesses you can sell or succeed and the Exit Your Way method on our website

 

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Growing Family Businesses with Acquisitions - Ashleigh Walters

In this, The Faces of Business, Ashleigh Walters, President, ONEX, talks about her approach to growing family businesses with acquisitions. Onex, Inc. is an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) owned business and is aggressively looking forward to expanding the business through mergers and acquisitions with complementary companies in their heat-intensive forging industry vertical.

 

Ashleigh gives credit to the business success to the manager-as-coach leadership style, which differs from the traditional command and control leadership seen in manufacturing. In her new book, "Leading with Grit and Grace," she describes how they improved things at Onex, Inc., a 50-year-old family-owned manufacturing company.

 

Ashleigh is helping Onex thrive in the OEM Combustion and Refractory Services ecosystem through mergers and acquisitions while retaining its identity as a manufacturing organization and family cohesion.

 

Check out the Blog post here: Growing Family Businesses with Acquisitions

 

Thanks for taking the time to listen today.

 

Find Damon Pistulka on LinkedIn talking about life & building businesses you can sell or succeed. 

 

On Twitter as @dpistulka with inspiration and sharing thoughts. 

 

Find out more about Damon when he's not working.  @damonpistulka on Instagram, or Damon Pistulka on Facebook.   

 

More information on building businesses you can sell or succeed and the Exit Your Way method on our website

 

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Scaling a Home Services Business - Daniel Felt

In this, The Faces of Business, our guest, Daniel Felt, Founder & CEO, Kura Home, talks about his experience scaling his home services business and some of the challenges he has faced.

 

Daniel is the Founder & CEO of Kura Home. Eight years ago, he began his career in the home-service industry. When he saw an opportunity to start a home-service business, he saw a need to help busy homeowners maintain their homes.  Once Daniel proved the opportunity and began growing his business, he went about putting the systems and people in place to expand geographically to scale the business. We talk to Daniel about the home services industry, growing his home services business, recruiting talent, and making scalable systems used across locations.

 

Check out the Blog post here: Scaling a Home Services Business

 

Thanks for taking the time to listen today.

 

Find Damon Pistulka on LinkedIn talking about life & building businesses you can sell or succeed. 

 

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More information on building businesses you can sell or succeed and the Exit Your Way method on our website

 

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Family Business Succession & Legacy - Marc Kramer

In this, The Faces of Business, our guest, Marc Kramer, Podcast Host, Best Business Minds, President, Kramer Communications & Stress Free Family Business, talks about his experience helping family business leaders with generational succession.

 

Marc is a serial entrepreneur who has built and exited his own companies. He has developed global educational programs and currently hosts a weekly live podcast with listeners in over 60 countries. His current efforts are focused on helping family business leaders develop business, marketing, sales, financing, and innovation plans along with working with companies transitioning leadership.

 

Our guest has dealt with many different situations helping family businesses with the generational leadership transition. He helps families succeed in their businesses and create the legacy they desire.

 

Check out the Blog post here: Family Business Succession & Legacy

 

Thanks for taking the time to listen today.

 

Find Damon Pistulka on LinkedIn talking about life & building businesses you can sell or succeed. 

 

On Twitter as @dpistulka with inspiration and sharing thoughts. 

 

Find out more about Damon when he's not working.  @damonpistulka on Instagram, or Damon Pistulka on Facebook.   

 

More information on building businesses you can sell or succeed and the Exit Your Way method on our website

 

View our blog page for this episode here.

 

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Telling the Barefoot Wines Story - Michael Houlihan

In this, The Faces of Business, our guest, Michael Houlihan, Founder, Barefoot Wines & Business Audio Theatre, shares stories from building one of the largest wine brands in North America, selling his business, and his latest endeavor, The Business Audio Theatre where he is shining a light on founders by telling their story through audio.

 

Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey founded a startup wine business in 1985 focused on producing an approachable wine at an affordable price point. The company used grit, determination, and listening to the customer to launch a brand for the people. They used cause-based marketing to continue expanding the business and help worthy causes in a win-win approach to making a difference in the world. Ultimately in 2005 Michael and Bonnie sold the Barefoot brand to E&J Gallo.

Check out the Blog post here: Telling the Barefoot Wines Story

 

Thanks for taking the time to listen today.

 

Find Damon Pistulka on LinkedIn talking about life & building businesses you can sell or succeed. 

 

On Twitter as @dpistulka with inspiration and sharing thoughts. 

 

Find out more about Damon when he's not working.  @damonpistulka on Instagram, or Damon Pistulka on Facebook.   

 

More information on building businesses you can sell or succeed and the Exit Your Way method on our website

 

View our blog page for this episode here.

 

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Building Effective Corporate Learning Systems - Ben Zimmer

In this, The Faces of Business, our guest, Ben Zimmer, CEO, Sidekick Training, talks about how corporate learning systems technology changes are making corporate learning systems reach effectively and engage employees in legacy, hybrid, and remote business settings.

 

Ben Zimmer has been developing and delivering innovative courseware and learning technology resources for learners in industry, in the lab, and in the classroom for over 15 years through his company Enable Education. The radically changing workplace learning requirements inspired him and his team to develop a learning engagement platform “Sidekick Training” to address the needs of corporate learning and development departments.

Check out the Blog post here: Building Effective Corporate Learning Systems

 

Thanks for taking the time to listen today.

 

Find Damon Pistulka on LinkedIn talking about life & building businesses you can sell or succeed. 

 

On Twitter as @dpistulka with inspiration and sharing thoughts. 

 

Find out more about Damon when he's not working.  @damonpistulka on Instagram, or Damon Pistulka on Facebook.   

 

More information on building businesses you can sell or succeed and the Exit Your Way method on our website

 

View our blog page for this episode here.

 

Email us for more information info@exityourway.com