Business Growth Café

Exploring the importance of employee benefits as a business strategy! With Elena Viera of Wood Gutmann & Bogart

Hiring the right people for your business is a challenge. Retaining those people becomes even more challenging, especially in today’s employment environment. What is the right mix of employee benefits you offer to attract and retain top talent? In depth discussion with Elena Viera, Vice President, Director of Client Information with Wood Gutmann & Bogart.

What are the Most Important Factors to Consider When Developing Your Digital Plan? With David Mistofsky, Director of Strategy at Rhythm Agency

How effective is your digital strategy? Want answers? David Mistofsky, Director of Strategy at Rhythm Agency joined us in the Café to answers these questions and many more such as: Do you include Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube or the other numerous digital channels to deliver your messages in your strategy and how effective are they?

The Importance of Planning for Business Growth! With Angelo Ponzi, Fractional CMO

In thinking about growing your business, what keeps you up at night? Sales? Marketing, your employees? The needs and expectations of your customers? Finance? Or, maybe it’s all of these! Planning for growth is easy, it’s the implementation that’s the hard part. And, sticking to the plan is even harder. In this episode of Business Growth Cafe, Angelo Ponzi discussed ideas keep your business moving in the right direction.

Think Locally for Global Expansion! With JoDawn Whitlock-Karnowski, Global Marketing Director of UPS Capital

How do you define your customer’s journey, and why is it important to do so? Why should you think locally to expand globally? JoDawn Whitlock-Karnowski, Global Marketing Director of UPS Capital, joined us in the Café to discuss these topics and more.

What Keeps You Up At Night? Excerpts from the Business Growth Cafe

What aspects of your business keep you up at night? This week's episode features selected highlights of 2018 Business Growth Cafe show guests answering this question. 

Business Growth Cafe Year End Highlight Show

Selected guest highlights from 2018 Business Growth Cafe Shows. Listen to get an overview of the insights you may have missed and hopefully they’ll pique your interest to revisit early shows.

How to Avoid Unintended Consequences of the Hiring Process! With Rick Girard, CEO of Stride Search

Bad hires are among the most costly events a company can experience, particularly when repeated. However, companies don’t choose to make bad hires -- they are an unintended consequence of unstructured processes. Rick Girard, CEO of Stride Search, joined us in the Cafe for an insightful discussion on how to avoid negative unintended consequences in your hiring process.

Embracing Artificial Intelligence! WIth Patrick Schwerdtfeger, Business Futurist & Keynote Speaker on Technology Trends

Entire industries are collapsing as new (mostly digital) business models provide better outcomes for fewer dollars. Disruptive innovation generally comes from the edges of industries, not the center. How is your company positioning itself for the future? Patrick Schwerdtfeger, Business Futurist & Keynote Speaker on Technology Trends, joined us to discuss this topic and more. 

Don't Risk Liability: Be Legally Proactive! With Bob Yonowitz, Partner at Fisher Phillips, LLP

Wage hour class action litigation is presenting an existential threat to many California businesses big and small. It only takes one former disgruntled employee. Be proactive and don’t wait until it’s too late. Bob Yonowitz of Fisher Phillips, LLP,  joined us at the Café to discuss. 

Software's Limitless Capabilities! With Gary Saner, CEO of Primero Systems

What does it take to take an idea and grow it into a business with multiple employees, serving clients in a wide variety of industries in a very competitive market? CEO Gary Saner of software developer Primero Systems joined us to share insights that will benefit any business in its efforts to build an enduring brand.