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Dean Rotbart
Small business experts offering actionable recommendations for owners who are struggling to grow or sustain their companies and professional practices.
Our Workplace Security and Safety Paramedic, Dave Jabas, has been a master locksmith and security professional for more than four decades. His specialty is commercial door hardware, including sensitive government facilities that require the most secure entryways.
Dave and his company, WholesaleLocks.com, not only sell the best, globally sourced door hardware – including panic bars, electric locks, door closers, and lockboxes – they also offer their clients a customized security analysis to ensure that what they sell is the right solution for each facility and use.
In this Small Business Paramedics Master Class, Dave covers a timely topic: How to protect employees and guests from the spread of germs found on commercial door handles in offices, stores, restaurants, and other public facilities. The need is especially acute when it comes to bathroom doors, which present a heightened health hazard.
Dave is particularly well-versed on the many advantages of utilizing electrified, touch-free door hardware. His solutions include “wave-to-open” motion sensors, and other touchless activators to open and close doors, even those requiring extra security.
Dave is interviewed by host and prize-winning journalist Dean Rotbart.
Those wishing to contact Dave or Dean with questions, or to place an order, can email us at help@smallbusinessparamedics.com. We reply promptly.
Photo: Dave Jabas
Recorded: May 2020
Podcast Run Time: 31:29
Whether your business is big or small, Robbie Kellman Baxter has proven strategies that you can use for long-term client retention and satisfaction.
Robbie is the author of two blockbuster business books: The Membership Economy and its sequel, The Forever Transaction.
Robbie is a strong believer in subscription-based business models, such as Stitch Fix, Dollar Shave Club, Netflix, BarkBox, and Freshly.
Her credentials include degrees from Harvard University and the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and she previously worked as a consultant at Booz-Allen & Hamilton.
Especially now, as small business owners and entrepreneurs fight for survival in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, Robbie points out that subscription-based business models are proving invaluable.
Robbie is interviewed by host and prize-winning journalist Dean Rotbart.
Photo: Robbie Kellman Baxter
Recorded: March 2020
Podcast Run Time: 44:51
Dave Jabas, owner of WholesaleLocks.com and one of the nation’s foremost experts on touch-free doors, explains why it’s in every business owner’s interest to replace entry and bathroom doors with motorized hands-free portals.
“The more comfortable you can make your own staff and any of your clients or customers feel, that’s going to help your business succeed,” Dave says.
SmallBusinessParamedics.com is a free service presenting a panel of small business experts offering actionable recommendations for owners who are struggling to grow or sustain their companies and professional practices.
Frequent topics include: human resources, financing, taxes, inventory control, fraud, intellectual property, marketing, government regulations, supply chain, facilities management, and exit strategies.