WCBS 880 Small Business Spotlight Podcast: Recent Episodes

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In the Small Business Spotlight, Joe Connolly sits down weekly with a successful small business owner for an in depth conversation on how they got their start and where they are today.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Bill Taubner, the president of Ball Chain Manufacturing Co., Inc. in Mount Vernon, NY. 

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Wizard Studios founder and CEO Matthew Saravay about how his production and events business grew out of the COVID pandemic on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight, sponsored by Dime Community Bank.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso chat with Cory Schouten, editor-in-chief of Crain's New York Business on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight, sponsored by Dime Community Bank.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso speak with Ellen Aschendorf, president of Egg Electric, Inc. on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight, sponsored by Dime Community Bank.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso catch up with Kathryn Wylde, the president and CEO of the influential Partnership for New York City business group on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight, sponsored by Dime Community Bank.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Busola George, founder of SoL-I Movement Center on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight, sponsored by Dime Community Bank.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Hoek Home founders Conor Coghlan and Brian Chu about how they are essentially competing against Ikea for space in the DIY home furniture space.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Bronx Fashion Week founder Flora Montes on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight, sponsored by Dime Community Bank.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Jonathan Bowles, executive director of the Center for an Urban Future.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Bill Aulet, managing director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship and Ethernet Inventors Professor of the Practice at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Jessica Spaulding of Harlem Chocolate Factory about her long journey from her mother's kitchen to running a growing local chocolate brand and jumping economic hurdles.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk with Reid Garton, CEO of NY State Solar and board member of New York Solar Energy Industries Association.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Rich Cohen, son of the "World's Greatest Negotiator" Herb Cohen.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso look at a business program in Connecticut with a strong track record, called the Women's Business Development Council, which provides practical operational and marketing training.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso catch up with Doug Grater of Something Else who has found ways to grow his business during the pandemic.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso look at the business environment in Queens with Justin Rodgers, president and CEO of the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation. 

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Ariel Palitz, the senior executive director of New York City's Office of Nightlife.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso catch up with Kim Duncan of goldenlight visions for a Small Business Spotlight survival update.

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Slice founder Ilir Sela tells Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso about his digital platform for local pizzarias and how it enables these small businesses to maximize revenues within their core customer base.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Stephanie Cartin, co-founder of Socialfly and Entreprenista on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight, sponsored by Dime Community Bank.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Joe Shomberg, president of Viking Equipment of Connecticut, which is installing chargers for electric vehicles at homes, dealerships and gas stations nationwide.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Scott Rechler, CEO and Chairman of RXR Realty about the future of New York City's office buildings and what it will take for the city to be competitive in a post-pandemic environment. 

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Kickstarter's chief strategy officer Jon Leland about the crowdsourcing platform's pilot program of a four-day work week for all employees and whether productivity has increased.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso speak with Randy Peers, president and CEO of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight, sponsored by Dime Community Bank.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Connecticut's Adam Goldberg whose @PopUpBagels are getting traction in Manhattan and growing rapidly by word-of-mouth.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Jennifer Wilson-Buttigieg of Valerie Wilson Travel.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Regina Myer of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and Dan Kaplan of design and architectural firm FX Collaborative about the growth outside of Manhattan.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso chat with Steven Gentile, president and co-owner of Adventureland on Long Island, about running an amusement park business in 2022.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Chris Alepa, founder of Five Dimes Brewery in Westwood, NJ on the 250th Small Business Spotlight.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to accomplished TV and Broadway actor Adam Grupper on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight, sponsored by Dime Community Bank.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Jacqueline Gathers, a trailblazing franchise owner of Pillar to Post who is the first licensed Black female home inspector in New York City.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Ben Sherwood, founder and CEO of MOJO Sports and former president of Disney-ABC Television Group and ABC News who founded the platform to make youth sports more fun for kids.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Eillot Moscowitz, a former Wall Street trader who is running a high-end direct-to-consumer Kosher meat company called Prairie Street Prime.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk with Andrew Abatemarco of A La Carting and Jen Gould Luxe Events on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight, sponsored by Dime Community Bank.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Flag & Anthem co-founder and CEO Brad Gartman on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight, sponsored by Dime Community Bank.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Eladia Causil-Rodriguez of Eladia's Kids daycare center in Brooklyn on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight, sponsored by Dime Community Bank.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to James T. Gregory of Turn 2 Sports, LLC, which makes sports and school uniforms about the worsening supply chain issues.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Partnership for New York City president and CEO Kathryn Wylde on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight, sponsored by Dime Community Bank.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Smorgasburg founder Eric Demby on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Bill Bratton, former NYPD Commissioner and current executive chairman at Teneo, about what the city can do to limit crime that is impacting businesses' pandemic recovery.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk with Bill Aulet, managing director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Queens and Greenwich master stylist Michael Alick about the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on his business.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Robert Alvine, president of Premier Automotive Group in Branford, CT about the drastic changes in his industry.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Amanda Freeman, founder and CEO of SLT, which owns fitness studios in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso look at how local restaurants are improving their digital presence to grow revenue while recovering from the pandemic.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to RippleMatch founder and CEO Andrew Myers about how his platform matches early career applicants with jobs that data indicates are a good fit.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Ofo Ezeugwu, founder and CEO of Whose Your Landlord, who has built a platform where tenants can inform others about property managers and buildings before renting.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Donvil Collins who has mastered the art of engaging, broadcast quality virtual events for businesses with his company VeeKast.

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Smart Hustle Media founder Ramon Ray shares advice for starting and scaling a business on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight with Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso, sponsored by Dime Community Bank.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Josh Landress of J. Landress Brass, a small musical instrument store in Midtown Manhattan that has gone global during the pandemic.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso chat with Jeff Rose, president of Attitude New York and the Limo Association of New York, about the changes that have taken shape across the travel sector.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso chat with Jean Chatzky, an award-winning financial journalist and CEO of HerMoney Media, Inc.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk with Kathryn Wylde, president and CEO of the Partnership for New York City, which represents the city's top corporations, about Omicron's threat to the Big Apple's recovery and the significant economic changes that are now taking shape.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk with Chaminade High School President Brother Thomas Cleary about their financial literacy course and get book recommendations to make learning this holiday season fun and practical.

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Joe Connolly talks to Dr. Thomas Dowling, founding partner of Long Island Spine Specialists, P.C.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso chat with 92nd Street Y CEO Seth Pinsky about how the New York cultural icon grew its footprint during the pandemic.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to James Mettham, executive director of the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership for an update on New York City's business recovery.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk with Wizard Studios CEO Matthew Saravay who discovered new operating and sales efficiencies during the pandemic that is helping him scale the Brooklyn-based business.

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Jonathan Miller of Miller Samuel, Inc., the real estate appraiser firm and consultancy, joins Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso to break down the real estate trends and how it impacts business in New York.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso speak with David Lewis of OperationsInc.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso catch up with "Shark Tank" investor Barbara Corcoran on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight. Watch the video at WCBS880.com/Spotlight. 

Photo Credit: ABC/Christopher Willard.

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Caroline Hirsch of the famed Caroline's on Broadway talks with Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso about the slow recovery for New York's Theatre District.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk with Marla Aaron of Marla Aaron Jewelry about starting a business, growing a brand and discovering new viable sales methods in the pandemic.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso chat with Rachel Maeng Brown of the Loot Agency.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Econoco Corporation CEO Barry Rosenberg who supplies retailers with store fixtures and displays.

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World Trade Center Architect Daniel Libeskind reflects on the site's message of hope and resilience 20 years after 9/11 on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight with Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Kathryn Wylde, president and CEO of the Partnership for New York City, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk with Leslie Koch, president of the Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center about the revitalization of the area nearly 20 years after the September 11th terrorist attacks as New York City recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Tony Dopazo of Metro Tech Services explains the new workplace phenomenon that could be part of the future on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight with Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Turnstile Tours founders Cindy VandenBosch and Andrew Gustafson about how they partner with New York non-profits to offer unique storytelling both in-person and virtually.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso catch up with Jaclyn Rutigliano of Hometown Flower Co. whose baby blue Ford pickup truck has been spotted all over Long Island and now New York City.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk with Dawn Kelly who founded The Nourish Spot in Jamaica, Queens a few years ago using the severance pay from Prudential Financial.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Scott Rechler, chairman and CEO of RXR Realty, who is redesigning the city's office buildings to improve quality of life post-pandemic.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk with Liv Hansen, owner of The Bakehouse in Ardsley and Tarrytown, on this week's Small Business Spotlight. The video is at WCBS880.com/Spotlight.

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StrongArm Technologies makes wearable safety devices for industrial workplaces. Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to CEO Sean Petterson about how he is scaling his company.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Kim Duncan who opened goldenlight visions on Manhattan's Upper West Side three months before the pandemic shutdown.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Times Square business owner Shane Hathaway of Hold Fast Kitchen and Spirits about the recovery for restaurants and bars in New York.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso chat with "Shark Tank" investor Barbara Corcoran about the priorities for business owners to grow and compete in the post-pandemic economy. Watch our video at WCBS880.com/Spotlight.

Photo Credit: ABC/Andrew Eccles.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Jonathan Bowles, executive director of the Center for an Urban Future, on this 200th episode of the WCBS Small Business Spotlight.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Douglas Grater, owner of Something Else with two locations in Brooklyn, about how he has managed to survive and better position himself for the post-pandemic future.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Bird & Branch Coffee Shop owner Faith Lee about her jobs skills program and the state of Midtown Manhattan.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Katie Muehlenkamp, Brooklyn franchisee of The Bar Method fitness studio.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk with Alisa Cohn who is an experienced startup and CEO coach, advising leaders at Google, Microsoft, Pfizer and others.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Alison Bernstein, founder of The Suburban Jungle about the red hot real estate market and the new pandemic buying habits.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk with Anthony Finkel of DPH Property Maintenance Service, based in Brooklyn, about demand for home renovations, corporate office changes and how to price services.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk with Reza Chowdhury, founder and CEO of the AlleyWatch publication, to get a sense of the trends in new business investments a year into the pandemic.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to James Beard Award-Winning Chef JJ Johnson who is opening new restaurants in New York City despite the pandemic's toll on the industry.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Sunshine Foss who owns Happy Cork in Brooklyn.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk with SevenRooms founder and CEO Joel Montaniel about how his software is helping restaurants overcome insurmountable losses suffered in the pandemic.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Cindi Bigelow, third generation owner of Bigelow Tea about effective marketing and growing sales despite the pandemic hurting retail.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Jim Somoza, director of development at Industry City, which is attracting 75 percent of its weekend visitors thus keeping their tenants in operation as the pandemic nears one year.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk with Giants great Tiki Barber about his events company Thuzio, which has endured several pivots.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Maya Komerov, founder and CEO of Shop.IN.nyc - an online platform for local retailers.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso speak with WCBS 880's Your Next Job host Steven Greenberg about how employers can find the right candidates right now and how workers can boost their prospects.

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Entrepreneur Magazine Editor-In-Chief Jason Feifer shares some of the best new business ideas and actionable advice for owners with Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso speak with Ian M. Weinberg, CFP of Family Wealth & Pension Management, LLC in Woodbury, Long Island about what options small business owners have to survive and what some of his clients have done to successfully pivot and find revenue streams.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso dig into what small business owners are doing to grow their e-commerce platforms and sales amid the second wave. They speak with Tom Geniesse of Bottlerocket Wine & Spirit in the Flatiron District and Jennifer Bergman of West Side Kids -  toy store on the Upper West Side.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso speak with Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership Executive Director James Mettham as businesses in the district fight to survive and recover from the pandemic.

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Joe Connolly speaks with journalist and actress Cathleen Trigg-Jones about the Black Entrepreneur Initiative.

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"Shark Tank" star Robert Herjavec shares advice for recovering and growing sales in the pandemic and the struggles he overcame plus what he looks for in entrepreneurs on the show on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight with Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso.

Photo credit: ABC's "Shark Tank."

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Stew Leonard, Jr, president and CEO of Stew Leonard's supermarket chain chats with WCBS 880's Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso about food supply lessons for other industry business owners during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso share the stories of two entrepreneurs whose businesses are making a difference and growing in the pandemic. You'll hear from well-known Comedy Central comedian and executive producer Ray Ellin of Comedy Cloud and Jenn Augustine of Forget Me Knots - a wedding planning company in Floral Park, Long Island.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso speak with Jane Oates, president of WorkingNation - a non-profit that raises awareness about the challenges facing the workforce. Jane served as Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Administration in the U.S. Labor Department from 2009-2013 and was executive director of the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education and Senior Advisor to ex-Gov. Jon Corzine from 2006-2009.

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WCBS' Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso speak with Sylvia Parker who owns Magpie, a gift store on the Upper West Side, about her new e-commerce shop and advice for other retailers fighting to survive the pandemic.

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WCBS 880's Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso explore how traditional businesses are changing the way they sell via live streaming e-commerce. They talk with NTWRK president Moksha Fitzgibbons about how his video app matches owners with prospective customers in this tough economic climate.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to Kathryn Wylde, president and chief executive officer of the Partnership of New York City, which recently wrote a letter, signed by more than 160 business leaders, that was addressed to Mayor Bill de Blasio and other officials, calling on them to improve the quality of life in the Big Apple. Hear what they say is needed for the City to recover from the pandemic and create new jobs.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso speak with Regina Myer, president of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, about the local economic recovery. You'll also hear about new ways of making sales with Steve Rappaport, CEO and president of L'Amy America in Norwalk, CT.

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WCBS' Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso cover how some students are taking a gap year rather than enroll in expensive remote-only classes to get a jump-start on their careers. They speak with Dan Guido, co-founder and CEO of Trail of Bits, and Hofstra University student Mohammed Alshatti on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight Podcast.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso examine how remote learning may change traditional education long-term with Eduscape founder and managing partner Alex Urrea plus a story of how a YMCA in Connecticut created a new solution for K-8 students.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso speak with Dhedyra and Mildred Lovell, the daughter-mother duo of Garden of Knowledge Day Care Center in Brooklyn, who explain how they are planning for a possible reopening in the fall.

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Satisfi Labs CEO and co-founder Don White explains to Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso how his quick pivot amid the COVID-19 pandemic led to a long-term shift in his sales operations in which he is seeing revenue double year-over-year after all of his clients were shutdown in March.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso talk to the owners of family-owned Yankee Tavern in The Bronx and Leo's Latticini in Corona, Queens whose establishments, that are part of game day routines, face an uphill battle in a season without fans.

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Hear how Lisa Jae-Eggert and Jennifer Decker of 3 Moms Organics developed an affordable and robust digital marketing strategy when their retail outlets were shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight Podcast with Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso.

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New York City Small Business Services Commissioner Jonnel Doris joins Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso as New York City enters phase three of reopening.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso get an outlook of the summer season with Wendy Collins, co-owner of Mission Inn Bed and Breakfast in Cape May, New Jersey and Gabrielle Long who owns three shops in Montauk and the Inn at Old Harbor on Block Island.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso speak with Melba Wilson, owner of Melba's Restaurant in Harlem and president of the NYC Hospitality Alliance, about ways restaurants can get creative to pivot and make profits that are currently squeezed by capacity limits.

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Long Island Association President & CEO Kevin Law, who is advising New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on reopening, explains how local businesses can recover and reimagine its future on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight Podcast with Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso.

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Real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran reveals the advice she shared to her "Shark Tank" companies on surviving the coronavirus pandemic and offers new ideas for pivoting and selling your products and services on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight Podcast with Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso.

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WCBS 880's Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso speak with Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Randy Peers who offers advice for companies in negotiating with landlords who do not offer rent relief and ways to create economic empowerment for talented workers after the COVID-19 pandemic and riots in the City over racial equality.

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WCBS 880's Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso speak with two entrepreneurs - Greg Hayes of Branch furniture and Scott Weisberg of Everything Entertainment - who are pivoting into new areas and developing new solutions to survive the coronavirus pandemic.

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WCBS' Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso speak with Peter Madonia, third generation owner of Madonia Brothers Bakery on Arthur Avenue in The Bronx who was chief of staff to former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, about the local economic recovery as businesses start to re-open amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Daymond John, founder of FUBU and The Shark Group, tells WCBS 880's Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso how his businesses are pivoting to stay afloat and how brands can appeal to customers. He also takes us behind the scenes of the negotiating process on ABC's "Shark Tank."

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WCBS 880's Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso speak with Blue Point Brewing Company founder Mark Burford and discuss ways businesses are adjusting to survive the coronavirus pandemic while making a difference in their communities.

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Kevin O'Leary, investor on ABC's "Shark Tank," shares advice on how business owners can successfully pivot amid the coronavirus pandemic and grow digital sales on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight Podcast with Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso have the inspiring story about businesses in the Brooklyn Navy Yard manufacturing medical supplies and equipment needed in the fight against coronavirus. Joe speaks with David Ehrenberg, President and CEO of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation.

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Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso explore how businesses are making adjustments and creating new adjacent services in order to survive. William Petz of Quiet Events, Inc. reveals how he found a new market to lease the software he developed within three weeks when his hospitality business was shuttered due to the COVID-19 crisis.

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Joe Connolly speaks with Michael Bednark of Bednark Studio who hired 160 new workers in a 5,000 square foot space in the Brooklyn Navy Yard to make face shields for hospital workers in New York City on this week's WCBS Small Business Spotlight focusing on small business survival.

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WCBS Business Reporter Joe Connolly speaks with Small Business Administration Administrator Steve Bulger about the resources available, including forgivable loans, for small businesses hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic and shutdown of non-essential businesses.

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You'll learn from Farmshelf co-founder Suma Reddy who founded the indoor farming company that builds hydroponic units that enable restaurants to grow their own food at the WCBS Business Breakfast. Register today at WCBS880.com/BusinessBreakfast.

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Alex Morsanutto is an award-winning filmmaker, named as "40 Under 40 Most Influential Up-and-Comers in Connecticut" by Connecticut Magazine. He shares how you can take your business branding to the next level and will elaborate at the WCBS Business Breakfast on March 25 in Stamford. Register at WCBS880.com/BusinessBreakfast.

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The Local Moms Network is a hyper-local resource for mothers. Co-Founder Jessica Blouin tells Joe Connolly how their Greenwich-based networking platform took off as a national network. Hear from Jessica and other fast growing businesses at the WCBS Business Breakfast on March 25. Register today at WCBS880.com/BusinessBreakfast.

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The founders of ITS Environmental Services explain how their old school approach to business has led to scalable growth on the WCBS Small Business Spotlight Podcast with Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso.

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Esther Fortunoff tells Joe Connolly how she has expanded her nationally-recognized jewelry brand based on Long Island on this week's WCBS Small Business Spotlight.

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New York's Best Business Storyteller Joe Connolly and his producer Neil A. Carousso speak with Reza Chowdhury, the founder of AlleyWatch, which focuses on job security in the midst of a tech boom that has workers fearful of artificial intelligence.

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Fairfield County-based David's Soundview Catering and MenuMavin's e-commerce software platform have teamed-up to attract new customers. Learn more on how they are paving the way for small businesses to fight back against delivery app's exorbitant fees and maintain quality control with WCBS Business Reporter Joe Connolly and Producer Neil A. Carousso.

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Common has taken cues from the "co-working" phenomenon to make rent in the Greatest City in the World affordable. WCBS Business Reporter Joe Connolly and Producer Neil A. Carousso reveal how they are disrupting the housing market while building a community.

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SG Blocks re-purposes shipping containers to build houses, apartment buildings and corporate workplaces. WCBS Business Reporter Joe Connolly and Producer Neil A. Carousso highlight how Paul Galvin develops affordable homes that survive natural disasters. See the video at WCBS880.com/Spotlight.

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Meet The Wonder founders Noria Morales and Sarah Robinson who left corporate jobs to solve a problem they saw in daycare. The Small Business Spotlight Podcast is hosted by WCBS Business Reporter Joe Connolly and Producer Neil A. Carousso. See the video at WCBS880.com/Spotlight.