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A regular audio podcast that features some of the country's most innovative business owners and experts - men and women who are putting into practice the profitable lessons that can be gleaned by reading Roy H. William's Monday Morning Memo
Ron Lieback has loved motorcycles as long as he can remember. Despite a hectic schedule, he still finds time to ride at least 30,000 miles a year.
Making the most of limited time is Ron's professional expertise. He has built a successful consultancy— 360 to Vision — teaching business owners and executives a proprietary framework for using each day's 1,440 minutes more wisely — and achieving greater professional and personal satisfaction.
Ron is the author of Time Management Inverted: Live with Intentional Focus, Become the Best You, which challenges a basic assumption about productivity: We can't always manage time, but we can manage where we direct our focus.
As Ron explains, gaining control of a demanding schedule requires much the same focus and foresight as safe motorcycling. The farther leaders can see down the road, the better prepared they are to avoid distractions, navigate obstacles, and reach their intended destination.
Monday Morning Radio, now in its 15th season, is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Ron Lieback, 360 to VisionPosted: August 10, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 38:24 Episode: 704
Dr. Steven Mercer, an adjunct professor at the University of California-San Diego and an independent educational consultant, speaks from personal experience when he instructs solo entrepreneurs and consultants on how to build a service practice without sacrificing their values, time, or financial stability.
According to a 2025 Census Bureau report, there are 29.8 million solopreneurs in the United States who contribute an estimated $1.7 trillion to the US economy.
On a bare-bones marketing budget, Dr. Mercer has managed to grow his business — Mercer Educational Consulting, which consults high school students and their parents on the best ways to get accepted into college — into a global enterprise.
On this week's episode, Dr. Mercer offers lessons on how to transition gradually from employment to independent practice, attract clients through referrals and useful content, and decide when advertising makes sense.
Although there will not be a test, listeners will be schooled on the best ways to set fees, establish boundaries, and handle difficult clients.
Monday Morning Radio, now in its 15th season, is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Dr. Stephen Mercer, Mercer Educational Consulting Posted: August 3, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 50 minutes Episode: 703
[Be sure to pick up your copy of All You Can Eat Business Wisdom: Second Helpings, the new Monday Morning Radio anthology featuring 21 world-class thinkers and leaders.]
Saturday, August 1st, will mark the 150th Anniversary of Colorado's admission to the Union as the 38th state.
That milestone might not seem to offer business owners and entrepreneurs much in the way of actionable advice — but as Monday Morning Radio co-host Maxwell Rotbart reveals in his newly released history book, Becoming Colorado, the Rocky Mountain territory's long struggle for statehood offers valuable lessons for today's business executives in leadership, negotiation, coalition building, crisis management, branding, and strategy.
Maxwell Rotbart
Monday Morning Radio founding host, Dean Rotbart, joins Maxwell this week to explore the timeless business counsel hidden within Colorado's remarkable journey to statehood, and together they validate Winston Churchill's famous observation: "The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward."
Monday Morning Radio, now in its 15th season, is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Maxwell Rotbart, Becoming ColoradoPosted: July 27, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 54 minutes Episode: 15.6
BOOKS BY MAXWELL ROTBART:
- Becoming Colorado: The Colorful, Contentious Tale of Statehood - A Sesquicentennial History
- All You Can Eat Business Wisdom: Second Helpings: A Fresh Monday Morning Radio Anthology of Actionable Advice
- All You Can Eat Business Wisdom: A Monday Morning Radio Anthology of Actionable Advice
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Successful organizations continuously evaluate their vulnerabilities, engage employees in solving problems, and remain flexible as conditions change.
That's the bottom-line message of leadership consultant Ron Robinson, who has spent decades advising organizations of all sizes on how to remain resilient in the face of an increasingly unpredictable business environment.
This week, Ron — author of Practices of Resilient Companies: Overcome Disruption with Compassion, Collaboration and Knowledge — shares his four-step framework for anticipating disruption and responding before challenges become existential threats. His goal is straightforward: help leaders not merely weather the storms of uncertainty, but emerge stronger in their aftermath.
Monday Morning Radio, now in its 15th season, is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Ron RobinsonPosted: July 20, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 47:45 Episode: 15.5
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This week, Monday Morning Radio celebrates its 700th episode of providing weekly, all-you-can-eat business wisdom. Since its debut in June 2012, the podcast has become a trusted resource for entrepreneurs, executives, and business owners seeking actionable advice rather than theory. In October 2025, the podcast surpassed one million downloads, a testament to its growing audience and enduring appeal.]
Serial entrepreneur Colin Hodge, president, founder, and owner of DOWN — one of the top ten dating apps in the United States — knows firsthand that rapid business growth begins with understanding why customers think, choose, and behave as they do.
He is the author of Outrageous Startup Growth: Uncovering the Secrets of User Psychology to Scale Your Success.
Colin has built his career by applying practical insights from user psychology to improve marketing, strengthen customer loyalty, and make better strategic decisions through continual experimentation rather than guesswork.
As he shares this week, that mindset proved essential after his early breakout dating and hookup app, Bang With Friends, was abruptly pulled from Apple's app store, forcing him to rethink his business and start over.
Today, Colin's company is back on Apple — facilitating honest dating and interesting conversations with over 17 million users — demonstrating that setbacks can become the springboard to even greater success.
Monday Morning Radio, now in its 15th season, is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Colin HodgePosted: July 13, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 56:36 Episode: 15.4
Drawing on three decades of executive recruiting experience, workforce strategist Chris Flakus offers practical advice on how job candidates can land better positions and how companies can hire and retain exceptional employees.
Chris is the CEO of CSI Companies and author of Stay Relevant: Conquer Workplace Change at Every Phase of Your Career.
For job seekers and employees alike, his message is straightforward: Stay relevant by demonstrating 1) adaptability, 2) curiosity, and 3) a commitment to lifelong learning.
For employers, his recommendation is equally clear: Hire, develop, and reward people who embody those three qualities.
As Chris explains, in today's rapidly evolving, AI-influenced workplace, technical skills remain essential, but character increasingly distinguishes those who succeed.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Chris Flakus, CSI CompaniesPosted: July 6, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 44:10 Episode: 15.3
[Be sure to pick up your copy of All You Can Eat Business Wisdom: Second Helpings, the new Monday Morning Radio anthology featuring 21 world-class thinkers and leaders.]
If your business struggles to turn good ideas into successful outcomes, Jeffrey K. Lambert knows why — and what to do about it.
For more than two decades, Jeff has helped organizations improve execution, modernize technology, establish project management offices, and lead transformation initiatives that deliver measurable business outcomes.
Jeff's experience includes many years working in project management roles at Caterpillar Inc., and, since June 2020, serving as a consultant with Blue Fusion Partners.
This week, Jeff explains why even small and mid-sized companies benefit from clear project ownership, well-defined goals, and disciplined execution.
Even the best business plans and transformation initiatives can fail, Jeff says, when organizations rely too heavily on technology and systems while overlooking the critical importance of culture, communication, and employee readiness.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Jeffrey K. Lambert, Blue Fusion PartnersPosted: June 29, 2026Monday Morning Run Time: 44:40Episode: 15.2
Former Colorado State Historian Dr. Tom Noel describes Maxwell Rotbart's new book, Becoming Colorado, as "a thoughtful and engaging exploration… a rollicking tale of bravery and deception that places Colorado's admission into the broader context of Reconstruction politics and western expansion"
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Jeremy Shepherd is rich with pearls of wisdom — both literally and figuratively.
Starting with a single strand of pearls that the former flight attendant purchased for his girlfriend on a layover in Beijing, Jeremy has become one of America's largest sellers of pearls and pearl jewelry.
Along the way, he accumulated a treasure trove of entrepreneurial insights, drawn from both his successes and his mistakes.
Jeremy, along with his wife, Hisano, are the power duo behind Pearl Paradise and a large and devoted community of pearl collectors around the world. Jeremy is president of the Pearl Association of America.
Jeremy recognized a business opportunity and then had the determination to transform himself from someone who knew virtually nothing about the pearl business into one of the industry's leading experts
If you're searching for profit-making advice with real luster, Jeremy's insights are genuine gems.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Jeremy Shepherd, Pearl ParadisePosted: June 22, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 59:25 Episode: 15.1
Timothy P. Whitt is a small business owner, franchisor, and leadership expert whose business mentors include termites, mosquitoes, and stinging bees. Really.
After more than 45 years in the pest-control industry, Tim — founder and CEO of Pied Piper Pest and Lawn — says every entrepreneur can learn a great deal from the problems insects and critters create for homeowners — and the methods professionals use to eliminate or control them.
In his new book, Infested: End Workplace Drama, Stop Toxic Employees, Build a Thriving Small Business, Tim explains how business owners can spot human "pests" before they cause serious damage, how to distinguish between employees who need coaching and those who need to be let go, and why leadership — not just hiring — is often the key to preventing workplace infestations.
Whether you manage five employees or five hundred, Tim's practical insights on hiring, training, accountability, and culture can help you build a stronger organization and avoid the kinds of personnel problems that drain time, morale, and profits.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Tim Whitt, Pied Piper Pest and Lawn Posted: June 15, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 46 Minutes Episode: 14.50
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For many small-business owners, growth creates a frustrating paradox: the more the business succeeds, the more overwhelmed the owner becomes.
For two decades, small-business coach Jason Rosado — founder of Distinctive Coaching for Business Success — has used his proprietary methods to help his clients increase revenues, strengthen their teams, and create more free time for their owners.
Among the insights that Jason shares on this week's podcast is how to identify whether your business truly needs more customers — or whether operational inefficiencies and leadership inflexibility are preventing growth.
If you can use practical techniques for reducing stress and preventing burnout while growing your company's profitability, this is an episode you won't want to miss.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Jason Rosado, Distinctive Coaching for Business SuccessPosted: June 8, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 45 minutes Episode: 14.49
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One in every five American adults is a customer.
The company generates more than $32 billion in annual revenue.
And the $17 trillion in customer accounts and investment funds it manages exceeds the combined gross domestic products of Germany, Japan, and India.
Yet despite Fidelity Investments' enormous influence, relatively little has been known about the singular family behind the Boston-based multinational financial services giant.
In his new book, House of Fidelity, Justin Baer, deputy markets editor with The Wall Street Journal, reveals the dramatic three-generation saga of the fiercely private Johnson family and how they helped transform American investing.
This week, Baer shares the behind-the-scenes story of Fidelity's success and the universal lessons Fidelity's rise offers in leadership, marketing, innovation, and succession planning.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Justin Baer, The Wall Street Journal Posted: June 1, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 1 Hour 3 Minutes Episode: 14.48
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Jon Erlichman spent 25 years as a television business news anchor, helping viewers make better financial and investing decisions.
But it turns out his most remarkable expertise is self-marketing. Since leaving mainstream journalism in October 2024 to launch his own digital brand — Ticker Take — his social media videos have been viewed a whopping 2 billion times.
His formula, as he shares on this episode, relies on short-form content, authenticity, storytelling, and plenty of silliness.
For business owners and entrepreneurs wondering how to draw massive audiences to their digital content, an investment in this week's Monday Morning Radio episode rates "a strong buy."
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Jon Erlichman, Ticker TakePosted: May 25, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 56:25 Episode: 14.47
[Be sure to pick up your copy of All You Can Eat Business Wisdom: Second Helpings, the new Monday Morning Radio anthology featuring 21 world-class thinkers and leaders.]
Cheryl Strauss Einhorn has spent years helping executives, entrepreneurs, and leadership teams avoid costly mistakes and make smarter, more confident choices.
A former financial journalist turned decision-science strategist, she developed the widely used AREA Method — a structured framework designed to help leaders challenge assumptions, reduce cognitive bias, and improve judgment in high-stakes situations.
As Cheryl explains, while "gut instinct" has a legitimate place in business, too many leaders rely on it rather than grounding their choices in evidence, real-world testing, stakeholder input, and rigorous analysis.
Her newly published book, The Human Edge: Smarter Decisions in the Age of AI, explores how entrepreneurs and executives can leverage AI as a decision-support tool without surrendering their own judgment to the machine.
This conversation offers practical insights for anyone who wants to think more clearly, lead more effectively, and make better decisions in an increasingly AI-driven world.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
[Be sure to pick up your copy of All You Can Eat Business Wisdom: Second Helpings, the new Monday Morning Radio anthology featuring 21 world-class thinkers and leaders.]
Photo: Cheryl Strauss Einhorn, Decisive AREA MethodPosted: May 18, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 45:00 Episode: 14.46
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO CHERYL STRAUSS EINHORN'S FIRST APPEARANCE ON MONDAY MORNING RADIO: When the Stakes Are High and the Choices Difficult, Here's a Framework for Deciding What to Do
OTHER BOOKS BY CHERYL:
- Problem Solver: Maximizing Your Strengths to Make Better Decisions
- Investing in Financial Research: A Decision-Making System for Better Results
- Problem Solved: A Powerful System for Making Complex Decisions with Confidence and Conviction
Had he lived, Zig Ziglar — the legendary motivational speaker who died in 2012 — would have turned 100 later this year.
To honor his father, Tom Ziglar, who now heads the Ziglar organization, is planning a gala event in Franklin, Tennessee, on October 16th. Limited to 1,500 high achievers, the once-in-a-lifetime gathering will feature members of the Ziglar family and well-known inspirational figures, including personal-finance guru Dave Ramsey and UFC champion Michael Chandler.
This week, Tom shares little-known stories about his father, including the fact that despite Zig's worldwide fame, he once carried a stranger's luggage to the guest's hotel room simply because the out-of-towner mistook Zig in his red sports coat for a bellman.
More than a nostalgic look backward, this week's episode offers a thoughtful meditation on legacy, leadership, and the enduring power of optimism.
[Register for See You At The Top: The Ziglar 100 Transformation Experience. Seats are limited.]
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Zig and Tom Ziglar, Ziglar Inc.Posted: May 11, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 47:30 Episode: 14.45
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Starting over at age 30 with a pregnant wife, no money, and a shattered career dream could have broken Jack Oujo. Instead, it became the unlikely foundation for building one of America's largest tax-focused wealth management firms.
Jack, founder of Oujo Wealth Strategies, relied on discipline, preparation, and relentless self-education to reinvent himself.
Successful leaders, as he learned from personal experience, need a "Plan B" for when things don't go as planned. He also explains why consistent processes often matter more than lofty goals — and why trust and customer service became the cornerstone of his business philosophy.
Before entering wealth management, Jack spent eight years as a professional baseball umpire. As he notes, however, unlike ballplayers, most people don't get three strikes when it comes to managing their finances.
[Be sure to pick up a copy of Jack's book, Too Smart to be an Umpire, here.]
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Jack Oujo, Oujo Wealth StrategiesPosted: May 4, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 46:56 Episode: 14.44
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When people talk about the Chicago Cubs and their historic 2016 World Series victory — ending a 108-year drought — names including players Kris Bryant, Kyle Schwarber, Ben Zobrist, manager Joe Maddon, and president of baseball operations Theo Epstein typically dominate the conversation.
One name you rarely hear?
Joshua Lifrak.
Yet Joshua played a pivotal role in that championship season as the team's mental skills director — helping players perform under extraordinary pressure. And he has the World Series ring to prove it.
Today, his arena has shifted from the dugout to the boardroom. As director of performance and coaching at Limitless Minds, he works with executives and business leaders to build mental resilience, sharpen focus, and perform at their best.
As Joshua explains this week, peak mental conditioning is a "home run" skill that anyone can learn and practice, regardless of what they do for a living.
[Be sure to pick up a copy of Joshua's book: Win Today: Six Steps to Mental Resilience, Peak Performance, and a Thriving Life]
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Joshua LifrakPosted: April 27, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 55:26 Episode: 14.43
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Martin "Marty" Strong is a former Navy SEAL, business leader, and author who challenges conventional thinking about how companies — and their leaders — must operate in a rapidly changing world. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of the Warrior's Haven USA Foundation.
Over two decades as a SEAL, Marty led 36 special operations missions in high-stakes, unpredictable environments where adaptability was essential. He later brought that same mindset to the private sector, including eight years as a portfolio manager serving high-net-worth clients at UBS.
Drawing on both experiences, Marty argues that past success can become a hidden liability. Too many leaders rely on methods that once worked, without recognizing that the marketplace has fundamentally changed. The result: decisions based on outdated assumptions rather than current realities.
As Marty explains, it's like using an old encyclopedia to solve modern problems — confident, but dangerously misinformed.
In this conversation, Marty shares how leaders can recognize when their thinking has become rigid, develop intellectual humility, and build organizations that are nimble enough to adapt before disruption forces their hand.
Marty is the author of three Amazon bestselling books on leadership, strategy, and innovation:
Be Different: How Navy SEALs and Entrepreneurs Bend, Break, or Ignore the Rules to Get Results! https://amzn.to/4mGdi3M
Be Visionary: Strategic Leadership in the Age of Optimization https://amzn.to/3QaQLjv
Be Nimble: How the Creative Navy SEAL Mindset Wins on the Battlefield and in Business https://amzn.to/48XnLlv
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Martin "Marty" Strong, Warrior's Haven USA FoundationPosted: April 20, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 57:24 Episode: 14.42
Effective workplace mentoring isn't a 'sometimes' thing. It's a habit.
That's a leadership lesson that Kimberly Lee has learned after more than two decades of hands-on experience in human resources, and helping businesses embrace what she dubs "a coaching culture."
Kim is the founder and CEO of Lotic Systems and author of Building a Coaching Culture: The Ripple Effect. She is also the creator of RipplelQ, an AI-powered leadership coaching tool.
Many workplaces struggle to get the best from their people; however, Kim says a coaching approach can change that.
She finds that employees who feel supported and invested in are more likely to take initiative, collaborate effectively, and stay with the organization.
For entrepreneurs and business owners, Kim's message is clear: Don't just manage performance — coach it.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Kimberly Lee, Lotic SystemsPosted: April 13, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 41:54 Episode: 14.41
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With the Artemis II mission underway, this week on Monday Morning Radio, we're joined by Mark L. Fox—former Chief Engineer for NASA's Space Shuttle program and a legendary instructor at Wizard Academy.
In a conversation recorded just 24 hours after the Artemis launch, Mark bridges the gap between lunar missions and terrestrial entrepreneurship. He discusses his latest venture, Resona Health, and how he's using PEMF (targeted electromagnetic pulses) to treat pain, depression, mild cognitive impairment, and dozens of other ailments — without pills or invasive procedures.
Mark taught the popular Wizard Academy course, DaVinci and the 40 Answers, on creativity and problem-solving for businesses. Among the insights he shares this week: how to think unconventionally, why simplicity often beats complexity, and how to turn setbacks — including near-catastrophic ones — into momentum.
These are down-to-earth insights that every entrepreneur and business owner can put into action.
The countdown to greater business success begins the moment you arrive at MondayMorningRadio.com.
Books by Mark L. Fox
- DaVinci and the 40 Answers: A Playbook for Creativity and Fresh Ideas
- Go Find Joy: The Science of Calm: Erasing Anxiety with Energy Therapy
- What On Earth Are We Doing To Our Health: A Rocket Scientist Investigates Out Of This World Therapies
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Mark Fox, Resona HealthPosted: April 6, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 1:02:48 Episode: 14.40
What can a beautifully prepared dinner teach about running a successful business?
Quite a lot, according to Ellen Wright, a five-time cookbook author who trained with culinary icons Julia Child and James Beard.
In this week's episode, Ellen shares how the principles that guide her cooking translate seamlessly into leadership, entrepreneurship, and everyday decision-making.
Her approach is refreshingly practical: keep things simple, prepare in advance, and don't panic when something goes wrong. A collapsed dessert can become a new creation. A business misstep can spark innovation. The key is adaptability.
Ellen also highlights something many leaders overlook — success is less about perfection and more about people. Whether hosting a dinner party or managing a team, the goal is to create an environment where others feel comfortable, engaged, and valued.
From disciplined preparation to creative problem-solving, Ellen's insights offer a recipe for success that any business owner can follow.
If you're hungry for fresh ideas — and practical strategies you can apply immediately — this episode is a feast.
Bon appétit.
[Ellen's latest book is Best of The Best: Select Recipes from 4 Cookbooks and 60 Years of Cooking. Order your copy here.]
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Ellen Wright Posted: March 30, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 48:20 Episode: 14.39
Fauzia Burke is a veteran marketing strategist and founder of FSB Associates, which specializes in book publicity, author websites, and consulting. Founded by her in 1995, it was one of the first firms specializing in digital publicity.
Not one to rest on her laurels, Fauzia's latest frontier is artificial intelligence — not only enhancing the capabilities of FSB Associates but also teaching other business owners and entrepreneurs how to integrate AI into their operations and reap its benefits.
Among Fauzia's recommendations is using AI as a "thinking partner." Executives and entrepreneurs can brainstorm marketing angles, generate multiple versions of product descriptions or biographies, and test different messaging approaches. The key is not to accept AI's output unquestioningly — human judgment and experience must always refine the results.
Despite the many doomsayers, Fauzia says AI will not replace professionals who are already good at what they do. Instead, AI will empower those who embrace it to outperform those who don't.
[Listen to Fauzia's first appearance on Monday Morning Radio here. Visit Fauzia Burke's Substack here.]
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Fauzia Burke, FSB AssociatesPosted: March 23, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 55:10 Episode: 14.38
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Business success is often portrayed as the product of talent, hard work, and persistence. But what if success could be analyzed — and improved — using the logic of probability?
Kyle Austin Young, a sought-after strategy consultant, maintains that most goals — whether launching a product, raising funds, or publishing a book — can be analyzed and improved by understanding the odds behind them.
Kyle is the author of Success is a Numbers Game: Achieve Bigger Goals by Changing the Odds, a fresh and insightful exploration of goal-setting and goal-achieving.
Drawing from his consulting work with entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and business leaders, Kyle reveals a practical framework he calls "probability hacking." The concept is simple but powerful: break ambitious goals into the individual steps required for success, estimate the likelihood of attaining each progression, and then deliberately improve the odds.
Listeners will also learn why traditional "think positive" advice can sometimes sabotage success. Instead, Kyle advocates "think negative"— objectively identifying risks and obstacles so they can be reduced or eliminated.
The odds are excellent that this episode will change the way you view business opportunity and risk.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Kyle Austin YoungPosted: March 16, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 46:26 Episode: 14.37
Coming April 2026: All You Can Eat Business Wisdom: Second Helpings
Courtney De Ronde is a financial decoder. As the CEO of Forge Financial & Management Consulting in West Des Moines, Iowa, she studies the same financial data that owners and comptrollers review, but she uncovers opportunities and risks within the numbers that most business leaders miss.
Additionally, Courtney is the creator of the Simple Scale-Up System, a framework designed to help established businesses grow in a smarter way — increasing revenue and profitability without adding unnecessary complexity.
As Courtney explains, not all growth is good growth. Many companies expand their revenue but find themselves working harder, managing more people, incurring additional expenses, and somehow ending up with the same — or even less — income.
True scaling, she explains, happens when leaders build systems, processes, and teams that allow their companies to grow efficiently and with fewer headaches.
If you're running a company and want to make smarter financial decisions, improve profitability, and scale your organization without burning yourself out, this is one episode you don't want to miss.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Courtney De Ronde, Forge Financial & Management Consulting Posted: March 9, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 55:15 Episode: 14.36
This week's guest is Doug C. Brown, CEO of CEO Sales Strategies and a leading authority on building predictable, measurable, and scalable sales growth.
After a career as a top salesperson, including serving as president of sales and training for peak performance coach Tony Robbins, Doug is now advising CEOs on how to rethink their approach to sales.
Among the companies Doug and his team have advised are Procter & Gamble, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and Embassy Suites.
Doug challenges the belief that charisma, closing tricks, or motivational hype drive sales success. Conversational selling, he explains, builds trust faster than persuasion-based tactics.
Doug has spent three decades finding hidden profits for founder-led companies. Most companies can quickly achieve a 20-30% improvement in operating profits by following his recommendations.
For business owners, CEOs, and entrepreneurs, this episode provides a clear framework for turning sales into a reliable engine for valuation, cash flow, and sustainable growth.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Doug C. Brown, CEO Sales Strategies Posted: March 2,, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: One hour and two minutes Episode: 14.35
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People may not know his name, but regular viewers of cable news instantly recognize Arthur Lih and his ubiquitous commercials for LifeVac — the non-invasive rescue device designed to save choking victims when the Heimlich maneuver and other traditional methods fail.
To date, his invention is credited with saving 5,450-plus lives.
As Arthur shares on this week's edition of Monday Morning Radio, inventing a life-saving device is one challenge. Building a company around it and sustaining that business in a highly regulated, highly competitive environment is exponentially harder.
Arthur's insights are indispensable for entrepreneurs, business owners, and inventors committed to developing products that matter — and companies that endure.
Read Arthur's Book: Sorry, Can't Is a Lie: Life Stories of Decision-Making — Don't Be a Flat Squirrel.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Arthur Lih, LifeVac Posted: February 23, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 45:29 Episode: 14.34
Bestselling author Michael Lewis has spent decades practicing the habits of the sharpest business thinkers: questioning assumptions, navigating past blind spots, and revealing why conventional wisdom so often leads smart people astray.
Lewis is the author of a remarkable run of business bestsellers, including Liar's Poker, Moneyball, Flash Boys, The Big Short, Boomerang, The Undoing Project, and Going Infinite. Both Moneyball and The Big Short were made into Oscar Best Picture-nominated films, as was The Blind Side, another of Lewis's non-fiction classics.
In this exclusive episode of Monday Morning Radio, Lewis reflects on why true success derives from taking the long view rather than aiming for quick results, and how doing the hard, unglamorous work others avoid can create an outsized, enduring advantage.
Lewis's conversation with founding Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart was recorded when the author was honored as a Business News Visionary. While the interview dates back several years, in this abridged version of their talk, the insights Lewis shares are strikingly current — offering inspired ideas that apply to entrepreneurs, executives, and business owners navigating uncertainty, disruption, and change today.
[Michael Lewis will be featured in All You Can Eat Business Wisdom: Second Helpings, coming in April 2026. The anthology is the sequel of co-host Maxwell Rotbart's award winning first edition, All You Can Eat Business Wisdom: A Monday Morning Radio Anthology of Actionable Advice.]
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo Credit: Tabitha Soren Posted: January 19, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 49:22 Episode: 14.33
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Many entrepreneurs and business owners know how to make money. Far fewer truly understand how to protect it, manage it wisely, and plan for the long arc of life once the hard work of earning is done.
Jeffrey Panik is a U.S. Army veteran and a certified financial planner with more than 25 years of experience helping individuals, families, and business owners clarify complex financial decisions. He is the founder of Balance Wealth Partners and the author of two practical, plain-spoken books, one with a focus on young adults who are just starting out and the other on those individuals who are approaching retirement.
Your Future Is Now: A Guide to Mastering Your Finances and Independence
Your Future Is Now: Your Blueprint for Solving Your Retirement Puzzle
Rather than offering one-size-fits-all prescriptions, Jeff shares his emphasis on individualized planning, long-term thinking, and the importance of communication — between spouses, across generations, and with trusted advisors. Drawing on both professional experience and personal history, he challenges common assumptions about financial planning and retirement readiness.
Jeff's bottom line can be summarized in six words: clarity today can prevent regret tomorrow.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Jeffrey Panik, Balance Wealth PartnersPosted: January 12, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 39:02 Episode: 14.32
POPULAR EPISODES:
- Sweet Success: How Two First-Timers Revitalized a 110-Year-Old Chocolate Brand
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Monica Ballard knows why so many marketing campaigns fail. It's not for lack of clever slogans, talented spokespeople, or catchy jingles.
Surprisingly, the cause is trying to project "perfection" rather than authenticity, which includes acknowledging the struggles and risks inherent in running a business.
Monica is a veteran marketing strategist, storyteller, and one of the elite Wizard of Ads Partners.
Drawing on her background in theater, radio, and live performance, Monica explains why empathy and emotional honesty create bonds with customers and prospects that no discount or gimmick ever could.
Being real isn't a liability, Monica assures — it's a decisive competitive advantage.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Monica Ballard, Wizard of AdsPosted: January 5, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: One Hour, Six Minutes Episode: 14.31
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- Mick Torbay Will Change the Way You Think About Marketing Forever
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Ruben Gonzalez, four-time record-holding Olympian, bestselling author, and sought-after keynote speaker, returns to Monday Morning Radio for a wide-ranging, deeply practical conversation about perseverance, belief, and the wisdom of following proven leaders.
Ruben's story is anything but conventional. He didn't begin competing at an elite level until his mid-20s, and has never used his lack of natural athleticism as an excuse for falling short.
His career — on the luge track and beyond — has been built on desire, discipline, and a stubborn refusal to quit. Now in his 60s, he offers practical strategies for building courage through small daily choices, managing risk intelligently rather than avoiding it, and reframing success not as medals or riches, but as significance — the impact you have on others.
As always, this episode draws out insights that go beyond inspiration, focusing on actionable steps every listener can take to compete at their highest level — in sports, business, and life.
[More details on Cafe Olympia Coaching are available here.]
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Ruben GonzalezPosted: December 29, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 47:14 Episode: 14.30
RUBEN'S PREVIOUS APPEARANCES:
- Has Anyone Ever Told You That You're Too Old to Chase Your Dream?
- "Iron Sharpens Iron"
- From Benchwarmer to Olympic Record Holder and Business Champion
This week, hosts Dean and Maxwell Rotbart offer their third annual holiday treat for Monday Morning Radio listeners: a reading of the inspirational adult Yuletide tale, A Christmas Day Miracle, by Dean and Talya Rotbart.
Since the book was first published in 2021, it has become a perennial holiday favorite.
A Christmas Day Miracle tells the true story of one man, Riyaz Adat, on death's doorstep, his devoted wife, Margaret, and Riyaz's miraculous survival and recovery. It's a poignant reminder for people of all faiths of the wonder and power of life's unexpected blessings.
This is a once-a-year exclusive presentation you don't want to miss.
A Christmas Day Miracle is available in a keepsake softcover edition on Amazon for only $9.75.
Photo: Riyaz and Margaret Adat Posted: December 22, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 1 Hour 30 Minutes Episode: 14.29
Other books from TJFR Press:
- But I Said I'm Sorry — A book for children 5-11 years old. Highly recommended by Dr. Laura Schlessinger
- The Boy Who Answered the Call of Kilimanjaro: The Adventures of Riyaz — Based on the true story of a Tanzanian boy who sets out on an adventure, walking with two schoolmates more than 600 miles from Dar es Salaam to Mt. Kilimanjaro. (Also available from Amazon in Spanish and French)
- All You Can Eat Business Wisdom: A Monday Morning Radio Anthology of Actionable Advice — Described by Kirkus Reviews as a well-mounted business self-help book that's actually helpful – and a good read, too.
- Perfectly Ordinary, Yet Extraordinary: Making a Meaningful Difference in the Lives of Others — An inspirational text designed to facilitate the undertaking of homegrown charitable projects.
- September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story — A thrilling and inspiring tale of journalistic dedication — Kirkus Reviews
David Ackert is making a list and checking it twice — but he's no Santa Claus. The gifts he brings are practical, powerful insights for professionals who want to grow their businesses and advance their careers.
As co-founder and CEO of Ackert, Inc. and its subsidiary, PipelinePlus, David challenges the long-held belief that success depends on building a massive network of connections. In his view, quantity is a distraction. What truly matters is cultivating a small, carefully curated list of 9 to 30 "high-value" relationships — the people who have the greatest likelihood of helping you reach your goals. Everyone else? Send them a Christmas card.
David is the author of The Short List: How to Drive Business Development by Focusing on the People Who Matter Most, an Amazon bestseller and Gold Winner of the 2025 Nonfiction Book Awards.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, he explains how to identify and prioritize the relationships that matter most, how to gracefully prune an overgrown network, and how to create meaningful new connections — even with influential strangers.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: David Ackert, PipelinePlus Posted: December 15, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 46:48 Episode: 14.28
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Ken Lain's father-in-law, Harold Watters, opened a garden center in semi-arid, mountainous Prescott, Arizona, in 1962.
Six decades later, garden centers aren't exactly giving e-commerce companies and Big Box home improvement centers much in the way of competition, and countless brick-and-mortar retailers have gone out of business. Yet Ken, his wife, Lisa, and their daughter, McKenzie, have continued to make their third-generation family business, Waters Garden Center, bloom.
Now, the Lains stand at the cusp of an ambitious expansion into new markets. This week father and daughter share the nutrient-rich business strategies that every small enterprise can use to grow its own remarkable success story.
[Ken and McKenzie Lain will be featured in All You Can Eat Business Wisdom: Second Helpings, coming in 2026. The anthology is the sequel of co-host Maxwell Rotbart's award winning first edition, All You Can Eat Business Wisdom: A Monday Morning Radio Anthology of Actionable Advice.]
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Ken and McKenzie Lain, Watters Garden CenterPosted: December 8, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 58:42 Episode: 14.27
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What animal has nine brains, eight arms, three hearts, adapts rapidly, and possesses exceptional intelligence?
Yes, the description applies to octopuses. But according to Stephen Wunker, managing director of New Markets Advisors, it is also an apt description of business owners and CEOs who harness artificial intelligence to transform their companies into super-high-performing organizations.
Steve and his colleagues advise companies and organizations, including Microsoft, Meta, Nike, and the World Bank, on innovation strategy and capabilities. His latest book, co-authored with futurist Jonathan Brill, is AI and the Octopus Organization: Building the Superintelligent Firm.
Steve, who previously was a guest on this podcast in April 2024, sees the cephalopod's decentralized decision-making, lightning-fast problem-solving, and hyper-responsive behavior as an ideal model for AI-empowered leadership.
As he explains, winning with AI doesn't mean squeezing new tools into old systems. It requires leaders to rethink — even rewire — how their organizations operate so they can swim with the intelligence and adaptability of an octopus.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Stephen Wunker, New Markets AdvisorsPosted: December 1, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 44:44 Episode: 14.26
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Eveline Shen, an award-winning leadership and social change strategist, is the principal at Leading Courageously, a for-profit company where she teaches her "Courageous Operating System" to help leaders of color face their challenges with courage, confidence, and strength.
Previously, she spent 22 years as the executive director of Forward Together, building it into one of the country's largest multi-issue organizations led by women of color.
Eveline, who goes by "Ev," helps leaders rewire the limiting patterns that hold them back — including perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and people-pleasing — and replace them with what she calls "courageous" actions.
She is the author of Choosing to Lead Against the Current: The Courageous Operating System for Changemakers.
Her target audience — both at Leading Courageously and for her book — is primarily mission-driven individuals and groups advocating for social change, many of whom instinctively view business leaders and entrepreneurs not as partners, but as adversaries.
Yet, many of the core elements of Ev's "courageous operating system" apply universally, whether you're in the nonprofit or the for-profit world.
Moreover, listeners to this episode will likely discover they have more in common with Ev and her followers than they imagined.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Eveline Shen, Leading CourageouslyPosted: November 24, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 39:50 Episode: 14.25
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Sébastien Page is the Chief Investment Officer of T. Rowe Price, overseeing an astounding $500 billion of the firm's $1.79 trillion in assets — a sum on par with the market caps of Exxon Mobil, Mastercard, or Netflix.
Widely acknowledged as a global investment expert, Sébastien is also a deeply informed thinker on leadership. Managing a "portfolio" of high-performing analysts, investment managers, and support staff has taught him that the traits behind exceptional investors closely mirror those behind exceptional people managers.
Drawing on research across positive psychology, sports psychology, and personality science, Sébastien has written a groundbreaking book, The Psychology of Leadership, that details 18 core principles that consistently produce high-performance leaders.
This week, Sébastien shares the practical behaviors, frameworks, and insights that can transform how leaders think, act, and inspire.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Sébastien Page, T. Rowe PricePosted: November 17, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 54:28 Episode: 14.24
The Sébastien Page Library
- The Psychology of Leadership: Timeless principles to improve your management of individuals, teams… and yourself!
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Visitors to a Vi Wickam-crafted website may not immediately see what sets it apart from an ordinary e-commerce or informational site. But they feel it. They stay longer, engage more deeply, and are far more likely to become — and remain — loyal customers.
A master of the digital domain, Vi is among the elite global Wizard of Ads Partners, celebrated for more than two decades of helping business owners achieve remarkable revenue growth.
Whether optimizing keywords, managing pay-per-click campaigns, or reimagining a company's web presence, Vi takes a holistic approach that goes far beyond surface-level functionality. His designs and strategies are built on two essential pillars: authenticity and alignment.
Authenticity, Vi says, is today's most powerful digital differentiator. Alignment ensures that wherever customers encounter your brand — in-store, through advertising, or online — they instantly recognize its voice and spirit. Every touchpoint reflects the same DNA.
Vi's strategic playbook can be distilled into these central priorities:
- Build trust through authenticity.
- Infuse all of your digital marketing — and especially your website — with your unique culture and values.
- Be real. Be kind. And overdeliver.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Vi Wickam, Wizard of Ads OnlinePosted: November 10, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 57:10 Episode: 14.23
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When Brian and Sally Krichbaum bought Gilbert Chocolates in 2012, they had zero experience making or selling candy. Brian was a seasoned automotive engineer and consultant, while Sally was a freelance writer and stay-at-home mom. What they shared was a taste for challenge — and for good chocolate.
Founded in 1893 and beloved by generations of Jackson, Michigan, residents, Gilbert Chocolates was a hometown treasure in need of fresh energy. The Krichbaums took on the task of modernizing operations and expanding distribution while preserving the small-batch, Belgian-style quality that defined the brand.
Their journey wasn't easy. "I thought retail would be simple," Brian admits. "It's not — selling is hard." Sally adds that learning the rhythms of retail, hiring and training staff, and mastering the art of tempering chocolate all came with a steep learning curve.
Today, Gilbert Chocolates is thriving, with multiple locations, a booming e-commerce business, and budding national partnerships. For the Krichbaums, success tastes sweet — not just because of the chocolate, but because they've proven that passion, persistence, and purpose can turn even the most unlikely entrepreneurs into hometown heroes.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Brian and Sally Krichbaum, Gilbert ChocolatesPosted: November 3, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 57 minutes Episode: 14.22
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Aretha Franklin sang about it. Rodney Dangerfield joked about it. And Jackie Robinson famously said, like him or not, he'd earned it.
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
We are living in a period where respect is a neglected virtue — too often sacrificed in public discourse, online exchanges, and everyday interactions.
Robert L. "Bob" Dilenschneider aims to change that, even if only one interaction at a time. Bob is the founder of The Dilenschneider Group, which, since October 1991, has provided strategic advice and counsel to Fortune 500 companies, professional organizations, trade associations, educational institutions, and leading families and individuals around the world.
Bob's newest book, his 20th, is Respect: How to Change the World One Interaction at a Time. The book is a timely reflection on the urgent need for civility in an era of deep division.
Drawing on both his life and professional experience and the wisdom of 13 admired leaders, Respect outlines five practical strategies for restoring civility and rebuilding mutual understanding.
"It can feel like the world is broken," Bob acknowledges in his book. The solution, he believes, does not rest with political leaders or other highly influential individuals but with individuals, regular citizens, who can take steps to restore a culture of respectfulness.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Robert L. "Bob" Dilenschneider, The Dilenschneider GroupPosted: October 27, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 39:28 Episode: 14.21
Popular Books By Robert L. Dilenschneider:
- The Ultimate Guide to Power and Influence: Everything You Need to Know
- Character: Life Lessons in Courage, Integrity, and Leadership
- Decisions: Practical Advice from 23 Men and Women Who Shaped the World
Prior Monday Morning Radio Episodes Featuring Robert L. Dilenschneider:
- March 2025: Lou Gehrig, Winston Churchill, and Julia Child as Professional and Personal Role Models
- September 2023: A Proven Formula Anyone Can Use to Obtain Power and Wield Influence
- December 2021: The One Defining Trait Shared Early in Adulthood By 25 of History's Heroes
- January 2020: PR Strategist Robert L. Dilenschneider Looks to History for Decision-Maker Role Models
Blanchard trains more than 150,000 people annually in 30 countries. The firm's founder, Ken Blanchard, is one of the all-time outstanding leadership and management experts. His books, including most notably The One Minute Manager,* have sold more than 28 million copies.
That's what pretty much everyone knows.
However, in her new biography, Catch People Doing Things Right: How Ken Blanchard Changed the Way the World Leads, veteran book editor and author Martha C. Lawrence reveals a side of Blanchard that few people outside of his immediate circle know — an exceptionally kind and generous man of deep conviction who had to overcome numerous hardships and setbacks to achieve his global stature.
Martha has worked closely with Blanchard for more than two decades, following stints at Simon & Schuster and Harcourt Publishers, where she edited hundreds of books.
Catch People Doing Things Right delivers an inspiring roadmap for anyone seeking to lead with both results and relationships in mind.
Blanchard, who is now 86 years old, has been a guest on Monday Morning Radio twice, in 2019 and 2022.
*Formerly The Ken Blanchard Companies
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Martha C. Lawrence, Catch People Doing Things RightPosted: October 20, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 48:23 Episode: 14.20
Popular Books By Ken Blanchard:
- The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do
- Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust
- The Simple Truths of Service: Inspired by Johnny the Bagger
- The New One Minute Manager: A Timeless Guide to Effective Leadership, Stress Reduction, and Success in a Rapidly Changing Workplace
Martha Lawrence's Mystery Novels Include:
- Murder in Scorpio
- The Cold Heart of Capricorn
- Ashes of Aries
In his new book, 100 Best Books for Work and Life: What They Say, Why They Matter, and How They Can Help You, author and publisher Todd Sattersten distills decades of reading, publishing, and advising authors into a carefully curated list of self-improvement titles.
Unlike typical summaries or "listicles," 100 Best Books for Work and Life dives deeper, offering practical guidance on why each selection matters and how readers can apply its lessons today.
Todd's recommendations include well-known volumes and far less-well-known titles. And you might be surprised at which books he decided to leave out.
Divided into 25 chapters, each featuring three to five books, Todd covers topics such as Purpose, Relationships, Teams, Mindfulness, and Influence.
One of the most striking aspects of Todd's approach is his belief that professional development cannot be separated from personal growth. A book on building better relationships, for instance, is just as valuable at home as it is in the office.
Todd is the publisher of Bard Press, the boutique publishing house — founded by the incomparable Ray Bard — best known for business classics such as The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan and Jeffrey Gitomer's Little Red Book of Selling.
Since taking the reins in 2021, Todd has continued Bard's tradition of releasing one (sometimes two) carefully chosen books each year. His expertise bridges both the editorial and business sides of publishing, giving him a unique vantage point on what makes a book impactful.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Todd Sattersten, Bard Press Posted: October 13, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 42:20 Episode: 14.19
RECOMMENDED BARD PRESS BOOKS:
- Give to Grow: Invest in Relationships to Build your Business and Career
- When Everyone Leads the Toughest Challenges Get Seen and Solved
- The Gift of Struggle: Life-Changing Lessons About Leading
- Fired Up! Selling: Great Quotes to Inspire, Energize, Succeed
- The Wizard of Ads: Turning Words into Magic and Dreamers into Millionaires
It’s raining, it’s pouring, what vital business intelligence are you ignoring?
The next explosive area of business opportunity and risk may well be weather forecasting.
The opportunity will accrue to those owners and entrepreneurs who understand that a new era of meteorology has dawned and view weather forecasting as an inextricable form of business intelligence.
The risk is that myopic executives may cling to the mistaken notion that weather forecasts — “notoriously inaccurate” — are only about what to wear, how the morning commute might be impacted, and if they should bring along an umbrella when the go outside.
In his new book, Cloud Warriors: Deadly Storms, Climate Chaos―and the Pioneers Creating a Revolution in Weather Forecasting, veteran journalist Thomas E. “Tom” Weber debunks two prevalent myths: 1.) That weather forecasts are frequently way off, and 2.) That the weather doesn’t have an impact on almost every company, directly or indirectly.
Tom is the former executive editor at TIME who oversaw the magazine’s cover stories and feature journalism. Earlier in his career, he served as a technology reporter, columnist, and bureau chief at The Wall Street Journal.
Powered by artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the internet of things, weather forecasting — even micro forecasts confined to small geographic areas — has become vastly more accurate.
Importantly, better forecasting saves lives by correctly predicting threatening hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, and floods well in advance and preventing catastrophic damage to vital infrastructure.
Savvy companies — big and small — are already investing in weather intelligence, and the imperative for those who have yet to get on board will only grow in the years ahead.
[Be sure to visit Tom Weber’s website here.]
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Thomas E. Weber, Cloud Warriors: Deadly Storms, Climate Chaos―and the Pioneers Creating a Revolution in Weather ForecastingPosted: October 6,, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 1 hour and 3 minutes Episode: 14.18
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Most business owners obsess over driving more traffic to their websites. But as Brian Schmitt, CEO of Surefoot and a returning guest, explains, the fastest and most efficient way to grow profits is by converting more of the website visitors that companies already attract into paying customers.
Surefoot is a data-driven conversion rate optimization agency for e-commerce brands and a leading authority on controlled consumer experiments — also known as A/B testing.
By testing version ‘A’ of a webpage against version ‘B,’ Surefoot pinpoints which design, headline, graphic, or call-to-action wins more customers.
Surefoot’s signature methodology is what it calls the “Revenue Friction Roadmap,” a structured way to uncover what potential customers are thinking but not saying out loud.
While most optimization experts aim for a 20–25% bump, Brian’s clients often see nearly double that impact: a 40–44% increase in sales from existing site visitors.
Even minor tweaks, Brian explained — backed by hard data — can deliver game-changing results.
On this week’s episode, Brian shares actionable steps that any business owner can implement to turn more of their website visitors into loyal customers.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Brian Schmitt, Surefoot Posted: September 29, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 52:45 Episode: 14.17
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Karen Elliott House was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for her coverage of the Middle East. Arguably, she knows more about the region, and Saudi Arabia in particular, than any other active journalist or author.
For her latest book, Why Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Matters to the World, Karen conducted more than half a dozen in-depth interviews with the 40-year-old Saudi Crown Prince, known universally as “MBS.”
For global business owners and executives, the dramatic Saudi transformation over the past decade, spearheaded by MBS, presents both promise and peril: vast opportunities for investment and growth but also political and legal risks that demand careful navigation.
The pace of change under MBS has astonished even veteran observers like Karen, who has traveled to the kingdom more than 45 times since the late 1970s.
Today, Saudi women can drive, hold jobs across industries, and participate openly in public life. Entertainment venues — from concerts to theme parks — are thriving. Restaurants that once erected wooden partitions to shield women from the public now bustle with mixed crowds.
Karen compares his confidence and determination to that of Jack Welch at General Electric or Lee Kuan Yew, a founding father of modern Singapore. Like them, MBS is willing to make unpopular decisions in pursuit of national transformation. Whether his reforms endure, she cautions, depends on two factors: keeping the economy growing and avoiding foreign policy missteps that could unite his enemies.
With a half-century potentially ahead of him as the next Saudi King, Mohammed bin Salman will be an unavoidable force in global politics and business. As Karen puts it, Americans must move beyond old stereotypes and reckon with the kingdom as it is — complex, evolving, and essential.
Purchase Your Copies of Karen’s Insightful Books on Saudi Arabia:
- The Man Who Would Be King: Mohammed bin Salman and the Transformation of Saudi Arabia
- On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines - and Future
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Karen Elliott House Posted: September 22, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 57:20 Episode: 14.16
Mike Kelly, a veteran of senior leadership roles at Michelin and Macy’s, now coaches business owners and managers through his advisory, Right Path Enterprises. His mission: to help leaders guide their organizations more effectively by first learning to lead themselves.
Unlike many experts, Mike believes that genuine influence begins with leading yourself. Investing in personal growth pays dividends at work, at home, and in the community, he says.
Mike is the author of Leaderfluence: Secrets of Leadership Essential to Effectively Leading Yourself and Positively Influencing Others.
Among the topics Mike discusses on this week’s episode are when to trust the data over your own instinct, how to keep top talent without paying more than you can afford, and why you should encourage your employees to take risks at work.
Mike also outlines seven priorities that will enable leaders to look back with confidence, knowing they stayed aligned with what matters most to them.
His approach delivers a double benefit: leaders grow as individuals while becoming more effective and inspiring managers.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Mike Kelly, Right Path EnterprisesPosted: September 15, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 48:378 Episode: 14.15
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Mick Torbay has a simple verdict on most advertising campaigns: they don’t work.
“Most ads are rubbish,” he declares. “They accomplish nothing, they waste people’s time, and they waste peoples’ money. When the commercial break comes on, people stand up and go to the bathroom or turn the volume down.”
It’s harsh, but accurate nonetheless.
Ads created by Mick, on the other hand, are the kind that inspire listeners and viewers to turn up the volume, talk about the spots with family and friends, and remain lodged in their brains until they morph into paying customers.
Mick, a wildly successful maverick marketer and one of the elite Wizard of Ads partners, is the rare expert who knows — and can explain — why some ads succeed spectacularly while most crash and burn. And he knows who most often is to blame.
Brace yourself, as Mick shares his bold ideas and imaginative strategies that lead to long-lasting customer loyalty. If you’re tired of throwing away money on ads that don’t work, this is the episode you can’t afford to miss.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Mick Torbay, Wizard of Ads Posted: September 8, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 52:50 Episode: 14.14
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More than 80% of Trevor Bower’s customers reorder from him within 30 days. That’s an enviable benchmark in any industry.
Trevor owns AdvancedSupps, a single brick-and-mortar health supplements store in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with a robust online presence. In his ten years in business, he’s earned an international reputation for formulating unique, high-value supplements and providing unmatched customer education and service.
In a brutally competitive retail environment, Trevor has overcome the odds — not with gimmicks or giveaways, but with a strategy that any entrepreneur — in any industry — can replicate.
Among the recommendations he makes:
- Clarify who benefits most from your products or services, and build around them.
- Educate your customers and prospects.
- Markets shift, but your values shouldn’t. Stay grounded in what works for you.
- Know that “trust” is your real product.
Think of Trevor’s insights as the ultimate business supplement: all natural, fast-acting, and formulated to strengthen your bottom line.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Trevor Bower, AdvancedSupps.comPosted: September 1, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 55:24 Episode: 14.13
Overseeing a $10 billion residential and commercial portfolio, Bianca D’Alessio reigns as the #1 real estate agent in both New York City and New York State. She also stars in HBO Max’s Selling the Hamptons.
But Bianca’s rise wasn’t smooth. Early setbacks and bouts of impostor syndrome nearly sidelined her career. Instead, she built a foundation using vulnerability, intentional self-talk, and gratitude to transform herself into one of the most dynamic leaders in real estate.
In her new book, Mastering Intentions: 10 Practices to Amplify Your Power and Lead with Lasting Impact, Bianca blends candid personal stories with actionable strategies that any business owner or entrepreneur can apply.
Visit this special Monday Morning Radio “Open House” to discover the same practices Bianca uses to master her goals — and how you can apply them to achieve your own business and personal success.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Bianca D’Alessio, Mastering IntentionsPosted: August 25, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 44:04 Episode: 14.12
Gary Engels teaches business owners and entrepreneurs the disciplined sequence of steps that lead to lasting success.
His wisdom isn’t drawn from an MBA program or corporate leadership seminars — it’s forged from decades on the mats. “Sensei Gary” is a serial entrepreneur, app creator, and a 4th-degree black belt in Taekwondo.
Gary’s list of ventures and partnerships is long. Among them, he is the founder of Leadership Academy, a martial arts school dedicated to developing leadership skills in students of all ages, and the creator of the Legacy Missions app, which helps users build positive daily habits.
He also serves as CEO of MyGig, which connects businesses with essential services in accounting, marketing, HR, IT, and financial optimization.
Unlike many entrepreneurs who obsess over selling, Gary has built his career on service. His approach begins with a simple question: “How can I help?” Service builds trust, trust builds relationships, and relationships drive revenue. It’s a principle that has kept his martial arts school thriving for 20 years — a milestone that very few such schools attain.
So, join us this week in the “Monday Morning Radio Dojo.” Remove your shoes, step onto the mat, and begin mastering the “business katas” that will make you a fierce marketplace competitor.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Gary EngelsPosted: August 18, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 50:12 Episode: 14.11
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Marcy Syms became the youngest female president of a publicly traded New York Stock Exchange company when she was named to the position with her family’s business in 1983.
At its peak, the Syms chain of off-price, brand-name fashion stores operated 46 outlets across 16 states, generating annual sales approaching $350 million.
The chain’s slogan — coined by founder Sy Syms, Marcy’s father — was iconic: “An educated consumer is our best customer.”
While Syms was not the very first off-price fashion retailer when it opened its original store in 1959, Sy and Marcy Syms went on to define the sector and dominate it until — faced with increased competition and a soft economy — Syms filed for bankruptcy and closed its doors in 2011 after more than 50 years.
Marcy shares her compelling story and the story of Syms Corporation in a new book, set for release on August 26th. The book is titled Leading with Respect: Adventures of an Off-Price Fashion Pioneer.
“Respect,” as she explains on this week’s podcast, is the key trait — often misunderstood — of effective leadership.
Marcy is a former member of the board at Midlantic Bank and Rite Aid. She is president of the Sy Syms Foundation, which continues her family’s philanthropic legacy supporting charitable, educational, and cultural organizations, including the Sy Syms School of Business at Yeshiva University. The foundation has awarded over $60 million to worthy organizations.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Marcy Syms, Sy Syms FoundationPosted: August 11, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 49:00 Episode: 14.10
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In a world awash with free educational videos and paid programs from platforms such as Udemy and Teachable, Damon Lembi and his team at Learnit are thriving by delivering impressive results.
Their secret? Equipping small and mid-sized businesses with the tools to outmaneuver corporate giants, while helping employees build confidence, sharpen skills, and boost job satisfaction.
To date, Learnit has served over 14,000 organizations and helped more than 1.8 million professionals master new skills or improve on existing capabilities.
This week, Damon delivers a masterclass on the mindset business leaders must embrace to thrive in today’s hyper-competitive landscape.
It’s one of many valuable and actionable business insights we’ll hear from Damon.
Please take your seats. Class is in session.
[Be sure to pick up a copy of Damon’s book, The Learn-It-All Leader: Mindset, Traits and Tools]
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Damon Lembi, LearnitPosted: August 4, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 48:25 Episode: 14.9
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Ken Banta is the founder and CEO of The Vanguard Network, a by-invitation-only community for top-level executives. He and his firm help C-Suite executives and business owners fine-tune their management skills, build valuable new relationships, and elevate the performance of their organizations.
One of Ken’s surprising recommendations is that companies do away with long-term strategic plans and instead focus primarily on the immediate horizon.
“The way things move today is so quick and so unpredictable that having detailed strategies …seems to me to be really antiquated,” he says, akin to trying to predict the location of the next lightning strike.
Ken is the author of Seeing Around Corners: C-Suite Wisdom from America’s Most Insightful Leaders, a powerful collection of leadership insights from dozens of wise CEOs, general counsels, and boardroom veterans.
But Ken’s insights aren’t only applicable to large companies and for-profit organizations. Any effective leader can take away a great deal of actionable advice from Ken’s book and this week’s conversation.
Wouldn’t it be nice to see around the next corner?
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Ken Banta, The Vanguard Network Posted: July 28, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 43:54 Episode: 14.8
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Melissa Dinwiddie doesn’t have an MBA. She’s never worked for a consulting giant, such as McKinsey, Boston Consulting, or Bain.
She is a ukulele-playing, jazz-singing, Julliard-trained dancer and improv entertainer.
Yet when companies, including Meta, Google, Uber, Intuit, and Salesforce, seek fresh thinking on innovation and team creativity, they turn to Melissa for results.
Melissa draws parallels between performance troupes, such as her All That Jazz improv jazz group, and business teams. To be successful, she notes, all members must listen closely, support one another, adapt on the fly, and create something from nothing.
Melissa is the founder and CEO of Creative Sandbox Solutions, communication, connection, and creativity experts. Her firm’s specialty is helping teams blast through creative roadblocks. She is the author of The Creative Sandbox Way: Your Path to a Full-Color Life, which she wrote to help readers be comfortable with and embrace their own, authentic creativity.
As Melissa explains this week, her unconventional background and unorthodox methods — including having six- and seven-figure salaried executives build with Lego bricks — consistently unlock breakthrough ideas and enhance team performance.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Melissa Dinwiddie, Creative Sandbox SolutionsPosted: July 21, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 49:42 Episode: 14.7
Mitch Weisburgh is on a crusade to get five million people to change their minds. Literally.
A lifelong educator and entrepreneur, he helps teachers and students to mindshift away from reflexive reactions to setbacks, obstacles, and low moods. Rather than give in to them, he shows members of school communities how they can adopt a reasoned mentality that seeks solutions and opportunities, and restores optimism.
Mitch’s classroom approach works as well, if not better, for business owners, executives, and entrepreneurs facing professional or personal challenges. The next time your computer system goes down, or your shipment is lost in transit, or your flight is canceled, or a competitor poaches your best employee, you can react or you can mindshift and respond productively.
Mitch is the author of MindShifting: Stop Your Brain from Sabotaging Your Happiness and Success. It is the first in a planned trilogy of helpful guides focused respectively on resourcefulness, resilience, and collaboration.
As Napoleon Hill observed, “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Mitch Weisburgh, MindshiftingPosted: July 14, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 48:23 Episode: 14.6
“Do it before you die.”
Those five words sum up Carl Barney’s advice to business leaders and other wealthy individuals to find a deeper level of success and satisfaction by “pre-questing” meaningful gifts to individuals and institutions — not in their wills — but while they can still witness the impact of their generosity.
Carl, author of the new book The Happiness Experiment: A Revolutionary Way to Increase Happiness, is a philanthropist who grew wealthy as an educational entrepreneur. He is the founder of the Prometheus Foundation, which identifies and supports independent thinkers who have innovative ideas, work smart, follow through, and achieve results. The Foundation is guided by the philosophy of Ayn Rand, with a healthy portion of Aristotle mixed in.
In his book, Carl makes a key distinction between philanthropy and pre-questing.
While both are praiseworthy, pre-questing is a more personal way to express gratitude to those who’ve enriched your life, such as teachers, mentors, colleagues, and friends.
Carl has found that making others happy will also make the giver happier. That translates to becoming a better leader, businessperson, family member, and friend.
“It’s not enough to feel grateful,” Carl says. “You have to express it — in ways that matter to the people who made a difference in your life.”
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Carl Barney Posted: July 7, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 42:31 Episode: 14.5
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Do you suffer from glossophobia?
No pill or injection will cure it.
But this week’s guest, Ruth Milligan, has a proven antidote for the nearly eight out of ten people who experience anxiety or fear of public speaking — also known as glossophobia.
Ruth is the founder and managing director of Articulation, a 15-year-old executive communication coaching consultancy.
She is also the co-author of the new book “The Motivated Speaker: Six Principles to Unlock Your Communication Potential.”
Ruth was the force behind one of the earliest TEDx events in the country, TEDxColumbus, where she spent a decade observing both masterful and woeful presenters. That experience laid the foundation for her consultancy, which aims to help anyone who needs to improve their message delivery, whether before a large audience in an auditorium or an intimate group of employees and customers.
In Ruth’s experience, what you say matters—but how you say it often matters more.
Ruth and her colleagues at Articulation leave it to others to coach clients on content. Her firm’s expertise lies in knowing how to deliver any message in a way that produces the desired results.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Ruth Milligan, Articulation Posted: June 30, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 49:50 Episode: 14.4
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What began as a labor of love for Jackie Lapin — traveling the world and taking captivating photos — has blossomed into a thriving business and membership community. Today, Jackie’s The Historic Traveler offers frequent blog posts, a vast library of images, curated reading lists, historical insights, and exclusive travel resources, all designed for those who share her wanderlust.
Jackie is a veteran of multiple fields — including working as a pioneering female sportswriter, accomplished PR executive, and marketing strategist. She champions the idea that turning your avocation into a vocation isn’t just possible; it may be the most direct and rewarding path to success.
This week, Jackie reveals her blueprint for transforming personal passion into a robust income stream. She also shares insights on how to build a successful business from the ground up.
Join Jackie as she travels the world of historic sites and entrepreneurial insights.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Jackie Lapin, The Historic TravelerPosted: June 23, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 48:38 Episode: 14.3
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The client list of corporations that Steven Gaffney and his colleagues at the Steven Gaffney Company have consulted reads like a Who’s Who of America’s best corporations, including Allstate, Amazon, American Express, Best Buy, Booz Allen, and BP.
And those are just some of the “A”s and “B”s on the roster.
Steven’s expertise lies in building consistently high-achieving teams and organizations that set goals, overcome obstacles, and achieve their desired results. The founder and CEO of the eponymous consultancy, he asserts that honest communication and the right mindset will overcome most business maladies.
His latest book, Unconditional Power: Thriving in Any Situation, No Matter How Frustrating, Complex, or Unpredictable, offers actionable methods to empower executives and entrepreneurs to maintain a resilient state even in the face of adversity.
It is achievement, not performance, that counts in the long term, Steven counsels. While performance covers behavior and effort, achievement is about outcomes.
There’s much to learn in this week’s not-to-miss conversation with Steven, including what any business can do over the next 30 days to progress on the path to greater achievement.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Steven Gaffney, Steven Gaffney CompanyPosted: June 16, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 41:40 Episode: 14.2
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In two words, Johnny Molson distills what it takes for a business to soar above the ordinary in its advertising and marketing campaigns to attract and keep lifelong customers.
Johnny is one of the elite global Wizard of Ads partners. Building on the groundbreaking strategies developed by the legendary Roy H. Williams, he and his fellow Wizards work individually and collectively to help businesses craft powerful brand identities and turbocharge their results.
At the heart of Johnny’s method, he explains, is a sharp distinction: the difference between messaging that drives immediate sales and short-term gain — and marketing that builds and sustains long-term customer loyalty and cascading profitability.
He also unpacks the proven “60/40 Rule” for marketing budgets and shares why repetition — not reach — is the real key to being remembered.
So, what’s Johnny’s two-word magic formula for a steller campaign? Discover the answer as this week’s episode of Monday Morning Radio takes a deep dive into his proven approach.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Johnny Molson, Wizard of AdsPosted: June 9, 2025Monday Morning Run Time: 53:20 Episode: 14.1
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Are the tradeoffs that highly successful executives make — prioritizing wealth and recognition over family and a more grounded life — truly worth it?
That’s the central question that prompted Butch Meily to write From Manila to Wall Street, a memoir reflecting on his time nearly 40 years ago as a close aide to the brilliant but often brash Reginald F. Lewis, the first African-American to build a billion-dollar company.
Lewis was a trailblazing businessman and investor who, in the 1980s, bulldozed through racial barriers. Financier and philanthropist Michael Milken described him as “the Jackie Robinson of American business.”
Although Lewis died of a brain tumor at age 50 in 1993, the actionable insights gleaned from Lewis’s business life remain relevant to this day, chief among them his motto: “Keep going no matter what.”
Lewis reached extraordinary heights, bringing Meily along with him. Nevertheless, the lives of both men serve as a cautionary tale of the price each paid for their achievements. Their enduring legacy: build boldly, lead wisely — but never forget to live.
[A native of the Philippines, Meily currently serves as president of the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation, a private-sector disaster management organization. Earlier in his career, he worked in public relations for both Burson-Marsteller and Howard J. Rubenstein Associates.]
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Rene S. “Butch” Meily, From Manila to Wall StreetPosted: June 2, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 47:30 Episode: 13.48
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Fun, well organized, and brimming with useful information, this is a book that some will want to read cover-to-cover and others will treat as a reference book to look up subjects as needed; either way, it’s a delight.
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Like father, like son, entrepreneur Rob Kessler is a talented and ambitious business owner. His company, goTIELESS, has just passed a dozen years of marketing a brand of shirts with proprietary inserts [Million Dollar Collar] designed to be worn without ties.
Rob is the son of Richard Kessler, who for 35 years reigned as the diamond engagement ring “King” in Wisconsin and was one of the very first guests this podcast showcased when it launched in June 2012.
Among the insights you’ll hear listening to Rob are:
- Adapt or die
- Bet on yourself
- Start lean
- Serve obsessively
Rob’s path has been different than his dad’s. You might say he’s still a diamond in the rough. Yet Rob’s experience, as he shares this week, offers a study in entrepreneurial persistence, innovation, and market adaptation.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Rob Kessler, goTIELESSPosted: May 26, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 42:53 Episode: 13.47
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After more than 15 years as an executive at Meta, eBay, and Target, Anya Cheng set out to launch her own venture, Taelor. Her company uses artificial intelligence and personalized styling to rent clothing to men who dislike shopping, but need to look put-together for professional and social occasions.
As she candidly shares this week, her two-year-old company has encountered a full buffet of challenges — from limited resources, both financial and human, to the steep personal transition of relying entirely on her own judgment.
Drawing from her successes and missteps, Anya offers ten actionable recommendations that every new and most established businesses should heed. Be sure to have a tablet or pen available to take notes.
Above all else, Anya’s journey underscores the grit and adaptability required to build and maintain a new business in today’s startup landscape.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Anya Cheng, Taelor Posted: May 19, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 47:07 Episode: 13.46
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Business owners and entrepreneurs who mess up royally might take cold comfort in Al Lewis’s Substack, BusinessBlunders.com, which regularly details the boneheaded choices and outright illegal antics of a rogues gallery of today’s and yesteryear’s CEOs and senior executives.
For most readers, Al’s independent newsletter is an opportunity to learn from other people’s mistakes, which is, as he puts it, “is a lot less costly than learning from your own.”
Among his recent posts is an article titled Lost In Love: Top CEOs who kissed away their jobs, featuring, among others, Kohl’s CEO Ashley Buchanan, BP CEO Bernard Looney, and McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook.
Al is a veteran journalist and editor, having served as business editor of the Houston Chronicle and The Denver Post, and Markets Editor at CNBC.
You won’t want to miss this episode. Doing so would be a business blunder of the first order.
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Photo: Al Lewis, BusinessBlunders.comPosted: May 12, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 50:25 Episode: 13.45
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Can a timber-framed cottage built in tiny Frogholt, England, in 1450 and its current occupant and owner teach 21st-century business executives and entrepreneurs valuable insights about leadership and collaboration? Absolutely.
Douglas Squirrel, who goes by the mononym “Squirrel,” is a multi-decade technology trailblazer and business scale-up expert. He uses his home, Old Kent Cottage, which required extensive restoration help from plumbers, electricians, structural engineers, and thatchers, as a practical business case study in managing complexity and as a metaphor for demonstrating that those with diverse skills must collaborate harmoniously or risk structural failure.
As Squirrel explains, if the many artisans who worked on Old Kent Cottage hadn’t communicated and worked together closely, the roof would have fallen in.
It’s the same, he says, with every business.
Squirrel is a proponent of using the human power of conversation to build effective, high-performing teams that lead to “insane” profits. Along with Jeffrey Fredrick, he wrote a seminal book on the topic, Agile Conversations: Transform Your Conversations, Transform Your Culture. Squirrel is also the author of Squirrel's Tech Radar, which is available from Amazon UK.
“You should be really curious about technology all the time, because there's nothing else that's moving as fast and that is changing the landscape of your business as quickly as the technological innovations,” he says.
Squirrel chairs the Squirrel Squadron, a free-to-join global online community of diverse technical and non-technical executives who learn from one another.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Douglas Squirrel, Squirrel Squadron Posted: May 5, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 57:10 Episode: 13.44
Michael Drew is an expert at transforming big ideas into influence and income.
An evangelist for powerful communication, Michael helps clients express their messages in the most compelling, persuasive, and distinctive ways possible.
His favorite vehicle? Books.
Since 2003, Mike and his book promotion firm, Promote A Book, have guided more than 130 titles onto major bestseller lists — including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
Moreover, Mike’s methods aren’t just for seasoned authors. He helps business owners, entrepreneurs, and professionals write and publish books to fast-track their goals — from raising capital and commanding higher speaking fees to standing out in a noisy market.
Another of Mike’s companies, BookRetreat.com, offers an immersive, month-long program held in Guatemala that teaches his proprietary process to produce a complete first draft of a book by the end of the retreat.
Do you have big, original ideas in need of a megaphone? If so, be sure to hear the actionable insights that Michael Drew shares this week.
You can hear a special Monday Morning Radio bonus audio featuring founding host Dean Rotbart and guest Michael Drew discussing the surprising way The New York Times bestsellers list is compiled. It’s not how most people think. The free bonus audio is available now at tinyurl.com/MMRDrewBonus.
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Photo: Michael Drew, Promote A Book Posted: April 7, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 44:19 Episode: 13.43
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When it comes to late-career transitions, Gigi Meier’s reinvention is nothing short of remarkable. After three decades in banking — reaching the boardroom level of a multi-billion-dollar Texas institution — Gigi has reinvented herself as a successful romance writer.
She has self-published 16 books, some quite steamy, across three ongoing series.
The cover of her books — not for every taste — typically feature a shirtless, ripped stud and a one-word title: Paolo, or Hamilton, or Giovanni.
One of Gigi’s best-selling books is her first, Tomlin, the tale of a small-town romance between a foul-mouth car restorer and a determined Judo Olympian who refuses to take no for an answer.
While you might expect Gigi to draw on her extensive banking experience to fuel her publishing success, as she explains on this week’s episode, she’s discovered valuable insights as a romance publisher that would have been useful during her banking career — and they offer actionable lessons for any business or entrepreneurial venture.
Whether or not you’re a fan of romance novels, you’ll want to cozy up to this week’s podcast for some sexy business ideas.
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Photo: Gigi Meier, Author Posted: March 31, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 42:18 Episode: 13.42
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At first, Maria Fraietta considered naming her organizing system the “death box.” After all, the idea for her product arose after her father passed away in January 2021, leaving Maria and her brothers to sort through their dad’s scattered files, financial accounts, bills, titles, and possessions.
Eventually, Maria landed on calling her kits Nokbox — N.O.K. box — for Next of Kin. Her vision was to save others priceless hours of frustration trying to piece together the puzzle of their deceased loved one’s accounts and possessions.
A high school teacher when she began, Maria invested just $50 to launch her company and ran the business from her living room with help from family and friends.
Less than four years later, Maria’s company has grown into a $34 million-a-year success story.
Your homework this week is to learn valuable lessons from a teacher-turned-business-owner on this week’s episode.
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Photo: Maria Fraietta, NokboxPosted: March 24, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 43:28 Episode: 13.41
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One of 2024’s most popular episodes of Monday Morning Radio featured Australian author and illustrator Andrew Matthews, who, along with his wife, Julie, has built a publishing empire that has sold more than 8 million global copies of his inspirational books about happiness and resilience.
Last time, Andrew focused on the uplifting messages his books convey.
On this, his second appearance from Queensland, Andrew pulls back the curtain on the persistence, relationship-building, adaptability, and strategic growth that have rocket-fueled his and Julie’s global business success.
Andrew and Julie’s methods offer a roadmap that anyone looking to propel their business to a higher orbit can utilize.
[Hear Andrew Matthews’s First Appearance on Monday Morning Radio]
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Andrew Matthews Posted: March 17, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 44:44 Episode: 13.40
BOOKS BY ANDREW MATTHEWS INCLUDE:
- Bouncing Back!: How You Rebound From Disappointment and Disaster
- Follow Your Heart
- Being Happy
- How Life Works
But I Said I’m Sorry by Talya Rotbart, has been honored as a Book Excellence Award finalist. It is available to share with the children in your life for only $11.10 from Amazon.
Robert L. Dilenschneider, founder and principal of The Dilenschneider Group, is well known as a venerated strategic communications advisor and counselor to many of the world’s most influential business and political leaders.
Bob’s extensive knowledge as a historian is less commonly known, especially one who can look to the past to identify role models whose lives are worth emulating today and in the future.
Following on the heels of his two most recent history-focused books — Decisions: Practical Advice from 23 Men and Women Who Shaped the World and Nailing It: How History’s Awesome Twentysomethings Got It Together — Bob’s latest volume, available to pre-order now, is Character: Life Lessons in Courage, Integrity, and Leadership.
Courage profiles a diverse group of 31 historical figures who drove society to be the best it could be. Among the disparate luminaries are Lou Gehrig, Winston Churchill, Julia Child, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Stephen Hawking, Margaret Chase Smith, Bill Russell, Jimmy Stewart, and S.P. Hinduja.
Bob views character as a vital ingredient for success in public and private life. “From a respected older generation of mentors comes invaluable advice and hopeful direction for the young leaders, innovators, and influencers of tomorrow,” Bob writes in describing his book, which officially goes on sale March 25th.
As co-host Maxwell Rotbart notes in introducing this week’s podcast, Bob left one person out of Character. Himself. He, too, epitomizes courage, integrity, and leadership.
[NOTE: The actionable insights of Robert L. Dilenschneider are featured in Maxwell Rotbart’s award-winning anthology, All You Can Eat Business Wisdom. A free unabridged copy of Bob’s chapter can be read here.]
The Dilenschneider “Library” of 23 Books Includes:
- Character: Life Lessons in Courage, Integrity, and Leadership
- Decisions: Practical Advice from 23 Men and Women Who Shaped the World
- Nailing It: How History’s Awesome Twentysomethings Got It Together
- The Ultimate Guide to Power & Influence: Everything You Need to Know
- The Public Relations Handbook
- 50 Plus!: Critical Career Decisions for the Rest of Your Life
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Robert L. Dilenschneider, The Dilenschneider Group Posted: March 10, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 43:30 Episode: 13.39
Pick up a copy of All You Can Eat Business Wisdom for yourself
Fun, well organized, and brimming with useful information, this is a book that some will want to read cover-to-cover and others will treat as a reference book to look up subjects as needed; either way, it’s a delight.
— Kirkus Reviews
“We’re in the news business,” Dick Grove insists, “Not the PR business."
His reasoning is straightforward: Individuals and companies must think like journalists, not self-promoters, to earn media coverage.
Dick is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Inkinc Public Relations and author of the quasi tell-all, It’s the Media Stupid! pr without the bs.
For more than five decades, Dick has been at the forefront of the public relations industry.
His media relations philosophy aligns closely with that of Monday Morning Radio founding host Dean Rotbart, whose courses at Wizard Academy — Newsroom Confidential, Buzz Snatching, and Reputation Tool Chest — all taught the necessity of understanding how journalists and news organizations think and operate.
Before hiring a PR agency or pitching journalists and social media influencers yourself, hear firsthand from Dick and Dean what it truly takes to win the media’s favor.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Dick Grove, Inkinc PRPosted: February 24, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 47:15 Episode: 13.37
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“You’re Fired!”
Two words that are never easy to speak and are even harder to hear.
Dismissing employees is complicated — legally, emotionally, and professionally.
Mastering the art of letting employees go isn’t taught in business school, and too many managers fumble the process.
Mahesh Guruswamy, chief technology officer at Kickstarter, has spent much of his career delivering tough news — not just to employees but also to customers, investors, and even higher-ups. Now, he’s sharing his hard-earned wisdom in a new book — How to Deliver Bad News and Get Away With It: A Manager Guide.
Whether you’re a seasoned executive or a first-time manager, Mahesh's insights will arm you with tools to handle difficult conversations while building trust, retaining talent, and, yes — keeping your sanity intact.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Mahesh Guruswami, How to Deliver Bad News and Get Away With ItPosted: February 17, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 52:16 Episode: 13.36
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Israel Duran describes himself as an “impact architect,” helping successful business owners deliver turbocharged profits and coaching them to find a societal purpose beyond profits.
Israel, founder of Israel Duran & Associates, has shown thousands of owners and CEOs how to transform their businesses and use their newfound achievements to impact, inspire, and influence their communities and beyond.
Born out of personal adversity — his father died when he was still an infant — Israel shares how he has dedicated his career to showing others how to go beyond accumulating wealth to making a meaningful difference in the world.
At the heart of his teachings is servant leadership. Israel champions the "Four Cs" of leadership: Consistency, Conviction, Charity, and Compassion. These principles aren’t just theoretical; they’re the foundation for his success and that of his clients.
Books by Israel Duran:
- The Service of Speaking: How to Impact, Inspire, and Influence the Masses with Your Message
- Money Management Mindset: 7 Strategies to Financial Management
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Israel Duran, Israel Duran & AssociatesPosted: February 10, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 42:40 Episode: 13.35
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Jason Schappert reminds founding host Dean Rotbart of a young Steve Jobs, Apple’s co-founder, who Dean met and wrote about when he was a financial columnist with The Wall Street Journal.
Like Jobs, Jason is dynamic, a visionary, and at only 36 years old, well along the fast track to success.
Jason and his wife, Magda, built an aviation education company, MzeroA, and sold it for an impressive 8-figure sum.
As an encore, the couple recently launched an AI-driven investment platform — Moola — directed at middle-class consumers, providing the same insights and tools typically reserved for the rich and ultra-rich.
Jason knows what it takes to build a business from scratch, scale it, and — when the time is right — exit profitably.
Sit back and take notes as Jason offers a clinic on ways to leverage passion, identify opportunities, and make bold decisions.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Jason Shappert, Moola Posted: February 3, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 52:21 Episode: 13.34
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Are leaders born or made?
In this week’s episode, Robert E. “Bob” Kaplan, co-founder of Kaplan DeVries and a pioneer in leadership development, tackles this age-old question.
With more than 30 years of experience helping executives and organizations thrive, Bob shares actionable insights into overcoming mental roadblocks, embracing feedback, and boosting self-confidence.
Drawing from his latest book, Grappling: Leaders Striving to Improve, Bob illustrates how even high-performing leaders can unlock new levels of effectiveness.
Discover why leadership is as much about introspection and mental resilience as it is about technical skill.
Whether you’re a seasoned executive or an aspiring leader, this episode offers invaluable strategies to elevate your leadership game.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Bob Kaplan, Kaplan DevriesPosted: January 27, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 46:10 Episode: 13.33
Pick up a signed copy of All You Can Eat Business Wisdom for yourself
Fun, well organized, and brimming with useful information, this is a book that some will want to read cover-to-cover and others will treat as a reference book to look up subjects as needed; either way, it’s a delight.
— Kirkus Reviews
Mike Frick never intended to get into the business of selling specialized construction equipment, including rock screens, bedding boxes, and concrete washout tubs.
But what started as a side hustle and a way to help his son earn extra cash while in college has turned into a thriving business with a large and diverse nationwide customer base, including construction sites, farms, quarries, mines, and the US military.
Bear Iron Works, headquartered in Grand Junction, Colorado, features made-in-America products and embodies all-American values.
A commitment to innovation is at the heart of Bear Iron Works’ success. Mike’s background in construction, ranching, and mining has shaped the company's product development. He combines practical experience with creative problem-solving to design equipment tailored to the needs of his clients.
Mike’s entrepreneurial journey is a reminder that successful business owners come in all varieties and serve many less-than-glamorous markets. But the keys to success remain consistent.
- Focus on quality
- Innovate continuously
- Be resilient in the face of setbacks
- Communicate and collaborate
- Plan for growth
Bear Iron Works is poised for a bright future. With plans to expand its product line and reach new markets, the company is leveraging its reputation for quality and innovation to solidify its position in the industry.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Mike Frick, Bear Iron WorksPosted: January 20, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 35:46 Episode: 13.32
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You don’t have to be an author or would-be author to profit from the reputation-building insights our guest, W. Terry Whalin, shares on this week’s episode.
Among executives in the book publishing industry, Terry is a rock star.
He alone has written more than 60 mainstream books, including a popular biography of Billy Graham.
Among Terry’s most popular books is 10 Publishing Myths: Insights Every Author Needs to Succeed.
Currently, Terry serves as acquisitions editor for Morgan James Publishing — a hybrid book publishing house — signing business owners and entrepreneurs as authors and coaching them. Founded in 2003, Morgan James became the first publisher to blend the strength, credibility, and distribution of traditional publishing with the flexibility, author involvement, and time to market of self-publishing.
When it comes to the publishing industry, Terry has seen it all.
This week, he shares the naked truths — good and bad — that all would-be authors must know before they sit down at their keyboards in pursuit of publishing profits and glory.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: W. Terry Whalin, Morgan James Publishing Posted: January 13, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 48:21 Episode: 13.31
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Many owners and entrepreneurs complain that overseeing their companies is like running a zoo.
That’s good news, says Terry Rich, who led the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines from a $600,000 deficit to profitability. His keys to success centered on rethinking the visitor experience and introducing innovative events that attracted fresh customers.
Building on his strong entrepreneurial background, Terry subsequently served as CEO of the Iowa Lottery, president of the North American Lottery Association, and a Powerball board member.
Terry is the author of two blockbuster books: The $80 Billion Gamble and Dare to Dream, Dare to Act. He is also an in-demand international keynote speaker.
This week, Terry regales co-hosts Dean and Maxwell Rotbart with actionable business insights and colorful anecdotes, including recognizing the undiscovered value in elephant poop and how he cracked the largest lottery fraud in US history.
[See Terry’s appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson]
Photo: Terry Rich, Rick Keynote Posted: January 6, 2025 Monday Morning Run Time: 51:53 Episode: 13.30
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After 28 years as a cornerstone of Fox News and Fox Business, Neil Cavuto, 66, made headlines earlier this month with his unexpected resignation.
Monday Morning Radio founding host Dean Rotbart has known Neil for the broadcast journalist’s entire television career. In February 2020, just before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dean conducted an exclusive oral history with him when Neil was honored by his peers with a prestigious Business News Visionary Award in recognition of the journalist’s transformative contributions to the profession.
This week, hear the first-ever airing of that interview and discover Neil's blueprint for success — timeless lessons in determination, adaptability, and excellence that everyone can apply.
Don’t miss this behind-the-scenes look at one of business journalism’s most iconic figures.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Neil Cavuto Posted: December 30, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 28:13 Episode: 13.29
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This week, Hosts Dean and Maxwell Rotbart offer their annual holiday treat for Monday Morning Radio listeners: a reading of the inspirational adult Yuletide tale, A Christmas Day Miracle.
The uplifting book tells the true story of one man on death’s doorstep and his miraculous survival and recovery. It’s a poignant reminder for people of all faiths of the wonder and power of life’s unexpected blessings.
This is an exclusive once-a-year presentation you don’t want to miss.
A Christmas Day Miracle is available in a keepsake softcover edition on Amazon for only $9.75.
Posted: December 23, 2024Monday Morning Run Time: 1 Hour, 30 MinutesEpisode: 13.28
Other books from TJFR Press:
- But I Said I’m Sorry — A book for children 5-11 years old. Highly recommended by Dr. Laura Schlessinger
- The Boy Who Answered the Call of Kilimanjaro: The Adventures of Riyaz — Based on the true story of a Tanzanian boy who sets out on an adventure, walking with two schoolmates more than 600 miles from Dar es Salaam to Mt. Kilimanjaro. (Also available from Amazon in Spanish and French)
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- Perfectly Ordinary, Yet Extraordinary: Making a Meaningful Difference in the Lives of Others — An inspirational text designed to facilitate the undertaking of homegrown charitable projects.
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Charles Rose is an unconventional business coach.
While most consultants focus on improving a company’s mechanics — sales, marketing, human resources, and the like — his consultancy advises clients on the best ways to unload the personal baggage that limits their bottom line and personal satisfaction.
A serial entrepreneur who built an e-commerce company and sold it for $10 million, Charles has since spent 20-plus years instructing CEOs, high-performing professionals, and entrepreneurs on ways to strike a productive balance between business success and life satisfaction.
As he explains, on the path to business fulfillment, he explores every aspect of his clients' lives, including physical health, mental health, and personal relations.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Charles Rose, Transformation CoachingPosted: December 16, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 41:29 Episode: 13.27
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With nearly 1.3 million followers on TikTok and a global fan base for his gospel music, David Griffiths’ success story is a testament to the power of authenticity, consistency, audience engagement, and strategic planning.
Founder of Content Creating Academy, David is a powerhouse in the world of digital creation. His free webinars help business owners and entrepreneurs simplify the complexities of content creation and recognize the steps necessary to build an impressive social media following.
Blessed with a rich baritone voice, David is also an internationally celebrated Christian recording artist and educator. He has performed in front of crowds as large as 70,000 and penned more than 300 compositions. In 2009, he was named the International Singer-Songwriter Association’s Christian Songwriter of the Year.
David’s coaching and music careers complement one another. Both have a similar mission: To bring positive change to the world.
His journey is proof that with the right mindset and tools, anyone can foster meaningful connections that drive real-world results.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: David Griffiths, Content Creating AcademyPosted: December 9, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 56:23 Episode: 13.26
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Douglas Katz is a West Point graduate, a disabled Army veteran, and a culinary enthusiast.
The problem for Doug was that, like millions of those who suffer from limited mobility, he struggled to use kitchen utensils that require upper extremity strength.
Aided by friends and other veterans, Doug took to his workshop to invent a new type of kitchen knife — the NULU knife — the first product in a series of “adaptive” gear he plans to introduce.
Ergonomically made, the NULU blade is located beneath the handle, allowing users’ shoulders, arms, and hands to remain neutral, reducing stress on their joints. NULU delivers a better cutting experience and makes cooking accessible for everyone.
Doug is utilizing Kickstarter to crowdfund the NULU knife.
If you’d like to see the NULU knife in action, visit the product’s Kickstarter page at tinyurl.com/MMR-Knife. There are less than two weeks before Doug’s Kickstarter campaign closes, so if you’re looking for a great holiday gift for family and friends — or for yourself — the time to act is now.
Doug’s story is an inspiring example of how innovation, perseverance, and purpose can drive entrepreneurial success. By addressing real-world problems, building a solid team, and staying committed to a greater purpose, Doug exemplifies the potential of entrepreneurship to change lives — not just for customers but for communities as well.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Douglas Katz, NULU KnivesPosted: December 2, 2024Monday Morning Run Time: 43:51Episode: 13.25
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You can follow your heart, discover how life works, be happy, and bounce back from hard times. It’s easier than you might imagine.
Author and illustrator Andrew Matthews breaks it all down in his cheerful and insightful books, which have sold more than 8 million copies and inspired audiences at more than 1,000 international companies.
Andrew’s forte is presenting timeless wisdom in fresh, engaging ways. Each of his uplifting books is peppered with lovable, hand-drawn cartoons.
Andrew is based in Queensland, Australia, where his wife Julie serves as his books’ publisher.
On this episode, Andrew shares invaluable lessons for businesses and individuals alike:
- Big things can happen to small, out-of-the-way businesses when they have inspired concepts.
- To succeed, a company doesn’t have to be first to market. It can observe what’s working and improve on it.
- There is a large, hungry appetite for simple solutions to complex problems.
Whether it’s finding resilience in setbacks, taking small steps to overcome big challenges, or packaging ideas in ways that resonate with customers, Andrew’s lessons are universally applicable.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Andrew Matthews, Seashell PublishersPosted: November 25, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 46:53 Episode: 13.24
BOOKS BY ANDREW MATTHEWS INCLUDE:
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- Being Happy
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THIS WEEK’S ARTICLES OF INTEREST BY DEAN ROTBART
- Nine Lessons to Prepare for the “Transaction of a Lifetime”: Insights from Renita Wolf on Exiting Your Business
- It’s a Dirty Job, But Someone Has to Get Rich Doing It
Renita Wolf is an expert on Exit Strategies.
Renita and her firm, Poe Wolf Partners, are renowned for helping founders and mid-market CEOs build better businesses and exit on their terms.
Before founding her firm, Renita spent 25 years holding senior financial and operation positions for companies including Wells Fargo, Hewlett-Packard, Agilent Technologies, and Cray Research.
Whether business owners hope to execute what she describes as “the transaction of a lifetime” in a year, a decade, or even longer, there are concrete steps they should take now to maximize the value of their companies when the time arrives.
Among the topics Renita covers this week are the ways to identify potential buyers for your business, significant tax considerations, and recognizing the best time to move on. As you are about to hear, preparing to sell a business is as much a journey as a destination.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Renita Wolf, Poe Wolf PartnersPosted: November 18, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 43:41 Episode: 13.23
REGISTER FOR RENITA WOLF’S UPCOMING WEBINARS:
Exit Planning: Close the Value Gap (December 10, 2024) Exit Planning: Assemble Your Advisory Team (January 14, 2025)
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David Sauers is a successful entrepreneur from Savannah, Georgia, where he runs a service business with 50 nationwide branches.
Formerly an executive in commercial banking and business lending, the company David co-founded is marking its 20th anniversary this year.
David is the first to admit that his business is not the type that most people dream about owning — at first.
However, his emphasis on quality, consistency, community, and creativity provides a wealth of lessons for all business owners and entrepreneurs.
[Read this week’s All You Can Eat Business Wisdom Second Helping, which offers six actionable insights here.]
In an homage to the panel game show that ran on CBS between 1950 and 1967, “What’s My Line,” you’ll have to listen to this week’s episode to discover the uncommon service that David’s company provides.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: David Sauers, Royal Restrooms Posted: November 11, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 41:27 Episode: 13.22
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This week, founding host Dean Rotbart, a Wizard Academy graduate who served many years on the Academy’s faculty, shares the story of how a self-published children’s book author garnered global media coverage, reaching more than 2 million potential customers in a single day and zooming more than 1 million spots to the top of the Amazon charts.
The lessons to be gleaned by her success, Rotbart promises, can be applied by every business owner, entrepreneur, and author who’d like to attain blockbuster visibility without spending a dime on consultants, social media ads, or news releases.
How did the author of the children’s book do it? Well, it helps that she, too, is a Wizard Academy alumna and that Talya Rotbart is married to the self-anointed “Dean of Reputation.”
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo Collage: Talya Rotbart (top row right), Dr. Laura Schlessinger and Talya (bottom row left) Posted: November 4, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 31:59 Episode: 13.21
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Duane Scott Cerny is an expert on dead people. Or, more precisely, marketing and selling their possessions after they’ve passed to the afterlife.
He is the author of the bestselling book Selling Dead People's Things: Inexplicably True Tales, Vintage Fails & Objects of Objectionable Estates and Vintage Confidential: Retro Rattled, Tales Tattled—Confessions of the World’s Third Oldest Profession.
Duane co-owns Chicago’s largest multi-dealer antique mall, Broadway Antique Market.
As you’ll hear, he is also quite the sage when it comes to understanding the formula for business success.
Thanks to his ability to adapt to ever-changing tastes and listen closely to his customers, Duane is celebrating his mall’s 34th anniversary this year.
Not only is Duane business savvy, but he is also a born entertainer and storyteller — truly a treat to listen to. Happy Halloween.
[Watch Jordan Phelps’s music video tribute to Broadway Antique Market, which opens this week’s episode, on YouTube here. Read Duane’s columns in The Village View here.]
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Duane Scott Cerny, Broadway Antique MarketPosted: October 28, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 51:50 Episode: 13.20
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Mo Bunnell and his colleagues at Bunnell Idea Group have trained more than 50,000 high-end professionals, business owners, and entrepreneurs on the remarkable effectiveness of gifting their expertise to create and maximize client relationships.
Mo’s new book, Give to Grow: Invest in Relationships to Build Your Business and Your Career, from elite business book publisher Bard Press, is the bible of strategic giving.
“The real magic to this approach: It’s always your move, and there’s always a way to be helpful,” Mo writes. “When you focus on giving, you will remove your own mental roadblocks. You’ll be centered on solving the client’s problems and investing in their success. And you can build a system to consistently integrate the right moves into your busy work life.”
Walking his talk, Mo is offering — for free and with zero obligation — a suite of Give to Grow resources, including videos, a team launch guide, top lead generation methods worksheet, and 50-plus go-to questions to fast-track your meeting preparation.
As Mo says, “A great deal might make your year, but a great relationship can make your entire career.”
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Mo Bunnell, Bunnell Idea GroupPosted: October 21, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 55:43 Episode: 13.19
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Peter H. Spitz is an MIT-trained chemical engineer and renowned petrochemical industry expert with seven patents. He is also an author and entrepreneur, having started a company that grew to $20 million in annual sales before being acquired by IBM.
This past June, Peter published his most recent book, Reflecting on History: How The Industrial Revolution Created Our Way of Life.
When we turn on a television, use a computer, heat dinner in a microwave oven, open a refrigerator, drive a car, or take an antibiotic, Peter explains that we are utilizing technologies with roots dating back to the Industrial Revolution in England 300 years ago.
Peter wasn’t around back then, but with a razor-sharp mind at 98 years of age, he has plenty of actionable insights to share on what makes for successful inventions and how to build and run a successful business.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Peter H. Spitz, Author Posted: October 14, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 47:08 Episode: 13.18
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As a Walt Disney Imagineer, Brian Collins, helped create the stories and magic for some of the world’s most beloved theme park attractions.
While Walt died in late 1966, the company he founded and many of his disciples continue to practice the gospel of Disney. Brian is one the most successful and sought-after adherents.
Brian is the founder of The Brainstorm Institute. Working from Orlando, and frequently exploring Disney World with his clients, Brian teaches innovation, brainstorming, and technology cross-pollination to companies of all sizes.
As Walt used to say, “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.”
You’ll have fun this week listening to what Brian Collins has to say. And, oh yeah, if you’ve got Mouse Ears lying around, feel free to wear them while you listen.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Brian Collins, The Brainstorm Institute Posted: October 7, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 33:37 Episode: 13.17
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There may be observers who know the technology industry better than veteran journalist Eric Savitz, but there aren’t many.
Eric worked at Barron’s Magazine as an investment and technology reporter for 24 years — spread over three stints. He began there in October 1988, honing his craft under the direction of the legendary editor and columnist Alan Abelson.
In this wide-ranging conversation, you’ll hear Eric’s views on successful investing in technology stocks, what errors to avoid, and what opportunities still exist for tech startups.
Since July of this year, Eric has assumed the position of corporate editor-in-chief of General Motors. As he explains, these days, under the hoods of cars and trucks, consumers will discover sophisticated chips and computers worthy of the best technology companies.
Whether you’re an investor, a business owner, or a journalism buff, this is one conversation you’ll want to pull to the curb to listen to closely and take notes.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Eric Savitz, General Motors Posted: September 30, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 61 Minutes Episode: 13.16
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Approximately one in five Americans is neurodiverse, which includes conditions such as Autism, ADHD, OCD, Dyslexia, and Tourette’s syndrome.
Chances are excellent that some of your colleagues are neurodiverse and face challenges that are not immediately visible.
Dr. Matthew Zakreski, co-founder and lead psychologist at The Neurodiversity Initiative, is an internationally recognized expert on neurodiverse employee-employer relations and an advocate for neurodiverse individuals in the workplace.
Dr. Matt, as his clients call him, serves as a professional advocate for neurodiverse individuals in the workplace. From their northern New Jersey office, Dr. Matt and his team offer therapy and assessments to individuals. He also engages in public speaking and corporate training and serves as a mediator between neurodiverse employees and their bosses.
Dr. Matt shares that employers who acknowledge and accommodate those who think and behave differently see enhanced workplace productivity, job satisfaction, and innovation.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Matthew Zakreski, The Neurodiversity InitiativePosted: September 23, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 45:12 Episode: 13.15
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More than half of all customers and clients are willing to pay more for the exact same product or service if the seller also provides a single intangible: trust.
Natalie Doyle Oldfield, president of Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Success Through Trust, has spent years evaluating the dynamics that drive customer loyalty and business growth. Trust, she finds, is the critical value that top companies rely on to secure their market dominance and drive substantial growth.
Businesses that score high on Natalie’s proprietary “Client Trust Index” enjoy increased sales and stronger client relationships. Moreover, they have a cushion of goodwill to see them through the rough patches that inevitably crop up.
Natalie is a former chief marketing officer who spent 25 years in business before founding her consultancy. She is the author of the new book — Trusted: The Proven Path To Customer Loyalty And Business Growth.
This week, Natalie shares the proven methods companies, individuals, and organizations can use to amplify their trustworthiness and cash in on their reputation and brand.
It’s an episode you don’t want to miss. Trust us.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Natalie Doyle Oldfield, Success Through TrustPosted: September 16, 2024Monday Morning Run Time: 53:17Episode: 13.14
Michael Hershman is the CEO of Soloviev Group, a privately held, multi-billion-dollar enterprise with investments spanning real estate, agribusiness, logistics, and renewable energy. He is also president and CEO of Fairfax Group, a top choice for governments, corporations, and international institutions that need complex problem-solving for governance and compliance challenges.
The Soloviev Group owns the largest undeveloped tract of land in Manhattan, located just three blocks south of the United Nations. Known as Freedom Plaza, this green space will soon host the Museum of Freedom and Democracy, the cornerstone of a dynamic, mixed-use development that will also feature New York City’s first casino.
In addition to his business acumen, Hershman is widely recognized as a global authority on governance and transparency. He has been named one of the “100 Most Ethical Global Leaders in Business.”
This week, Hershman delivers a master class in civics, highlighting the principles of good governance and their role in fostering a robust economy—one that supports small business owners and entrepreneurs alike.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Michael Hershman, Soloviev GroupPosted: September 9, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 45:42 Episode: 13.13
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The client is reclining on a plush leather couch in a softly lit office, the wall adorned with framed degrees and certificates of expertise in psychology.
“Tell me what’s troubling you?” the therapist inquires.
“Profits are down. Our employees are unhappy. And I don’t know where I should be going.”
This imaginary client is not a person but a business. However, the therapist is real. Dr. Nikki Blacksmith is a practitioner of industrial-organizational psychology who uses data analysis to help companies diagnose the business personality traits that are preventing them from achieving their goals.
Dr. Blackstone is the co-founder and CEO of Blackhawke Behavior Science and an adjunct faculty member at American University in Washington, D.C. She is the co-author with Dr. Maureen E. McCusker of Data-Driven Decision Making in Entrepreneurship: Tools for Maximizing Human Capital.
On this week’s episode, Dr. Blacksmith explains that industrial organizational psychology is essentially the application of psychological principles to the workplace. It involves understanding human behavior in work environments, covering hiring, motivation, well-being, and organizational culture.
In addition, she emphasizes the importance of using data to make informed decisions in entrepreneurship.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Nikki Blacksmith, Blackhawke Behavior Science Posted: September 2, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 47:06 Episode: 13.12
Margot Machol Bisnow spent 20 years in government, including as an FTC Commissioner and staff director of President Ronald Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers.
In her post-government career, Margot has become an evangelist for entrepreneurism, serving as a sherpa for parents on how to raise their children to grow into successful business owners and achieve their dreams.
She is the author of Raising an Entrepreneur: How to Help Your Children Achieve Their Dreams - 99 Stories from Families Who Did, now in its second edition.
On this week’s podcast, Margot shares the lessons of families — many well-known — who followed the correct path for raising their children to succeed as entrepreneurs. The key is allowing children to pursue their passions, even if there is no obvious way to earn a living from them.
Hard work, the experience of failure, and the ability to adapt to change are, likewise, important entrepreneurial characteristics.
While Margot focuses on kids, teens, and young adults, her blueprint for success is ageless.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Margot Machol Bisnow, Raising an EntrepreneurPosted: August 26, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 44:46 Episode: 13.11
While many business owners and entrepreneurs possess intelligence and ability, wisdom is far rarer and more precious.
You needn’t journey to a mountaintop in India to commune with a Swami to accrue the benefits and peace of mind that wisdom affords.
Dr. Laura Gabayan, a veteran emergency medicine physician and associate professor at the UCLA School of Medicine, has made a study of wisdom, including how to define and cultivate it.
Dr. Gabayan recently published her findings in Common Wisdom: 8 Scientific Elements of a Meaningful Life.
The eight characteristics are:
- Resilience
- Kindness
- Positivity
- Spirituality
- Tolerance
- Humility
- Creativity
- Curiosity
Wisdom, Dr. Gabayan reports, “is a state of being, a mindset.”
Those who master its lessons will lead a more fulfilling, meaningful, and prosperous life.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Dr. Laura Gabayan, Common Wisdom Posted: August 19, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 41:31 Episode: 13.10
David Page is a veteran broadcast journalist and two-time Emmy award winner who is best known for creating the Food Network mega-hit Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives and serving as its executive producer for eleven seasons.
His newest multimedia project, Culinary Characters Unlocked, is a twice-weekly podcast featuring fascinating stories from some of the food world's most intriguing people. The program will debut on Tuesday, August 27.
On its face, Culinary Characters Unlocked is a feast for foodies. However, the kitchen maestros David interviews also demonstrate that for a chef to succeed and a restaurant to thrive, savvy business skills are necessary — know-how that applies to everyone, regardless of their business or profession.
Would you like the recipe for business success and a great Coq au Vin (just kidding)? Place a linen napkin on your lap, grab your fourchette and couteau, and prepare to be dazzled by what David Page serves up this week.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: David Page, Culinary Characters UnlockedPosted: August 12, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 45:36 Episode: 13.09
Hear the March 25, 2024, episode of Monday Morning Radio featuring David Page and his book, Food Americana: The Remarkable People and Incredible Stories Behind America’s Favorite Dishes.
Being a children’s book publisher is anything but child’s play.
Georgia Lininger is a full-time elementary school teacher and children’s book author who launched her own book imprint, Salus Publishing, on the side in January 2020. As she quickly discovered, success is about much more than sweet stories and colorful illustrations.
Georgia’s struggles and achievements are a parable for what many entrepreneurs with a dream face when entering the competitive marketplace with a product or service that comes from the heart.
Whether your aspiration is to pen the next Charlotte’s Web, or launch any business that ignites your passion and imagination, Georgia’s experiences and insights will leave you better prepared.
Product differentiation — in this instance, multiculturalism and eco-friendly printing — have been a saving grace for Salus Publishing. What’s your unique differentiator?
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Georgie Lininger, Salus PublishingPosted: August 5, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 58:32 Episode: 13.08
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Angie Hyche is an organization and clutter expert. Whether the mess swamps your storage room, a self-storage unit, your garage, your basement, or even your email inbox and to-do lists, she knows precisely how to sort out your possessions and calendar.
The owner of Shipshape Solutions, based in Kingsport, Tennessee, she is a writer, podcaster, and much-in-demand speaker who helps her audiences free themselves from physical, mental, and business disarray.
Angie has spent the past seven-and-a-half years as a professional organizer, helping a wide array of organizations and individuals clean up the chaos in their lives.
This week, Angie shares how everyone can tackle their disorganization, even if it’s been accumulating for years or decades.
Books by Angie Hyche:
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- Unholy Mess: What the Bible Says about Clutter
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Photo: Angie Hyche, Shipshape SolutionsPosted: July 29, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 43:14 Episode: 13.07
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Our guest this week is Richard Behar, an award-winning investigative reporter who spent 15 years chronicling the life of Bernie Madoff, the mastermind behind the largest Ponzi scheme in history.
Behar is the author of the newly released blockbuster book Madoff: The Final Word.
Before Madoff died in prison, Behar and Madoff had more than 50 phone conversations, exchanged more than 300 emails, and met face-to-face three times.
When Madoff was arrested in December 2008, his decades-long scam unraveled, revealing approximately $68 billion in purported assets across nearly 5,000 client accounts. In stark contrast, Madoff had less than $300 million, having swindled countless victims, including banks, charities, colleges, pension funds, and notable individuals such as Steven Spielberg, Sandy Koufax, Kevin Bacon, and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel.
On this week’ episode, Behar shares how Madoff sustained his scam for decades, the many people who facilitated his fraud, why his investors were so gullible, and what steps everyone should take to avoid falling victim to swindlers.
As an exclusive bonus, listeners will hear two short private phone conversations between Behar and Madoff, recorded during Madoff’s incarceration at a federal prison in Butner, North Carolina.
Behar, honored as one of the top 100 business journalists of the 20th century, has received more than 20 major journalism awards. He previously worked on the staff of Forbes, Time, and Fortune. He also contributed reporting to CNN, PBS, and the BBC.
If you believe you could never be tricked like thousands of Madoff’s trusting investors were, you need to listen closely to this week’s episode.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Richard Behar, Madoff: The Final Word Posted: July 22, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 1:10:31 Episode: 13.06
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This week’s guest, Dean Guida, founder and CEO of Infragistics, has plenty of grit.
But as he’s discovered on his way to bootstrapping a company that today serves 100% of the S&P 500, including Bank of America, Exxon, Fidelity, Intuit, and Morgan Stanley — to win in business, you also need:
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- A positive and collaborative company culture
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- And non-stop learning
Dean launched his business in 1989 when he was only 23 years old. Today, his enterprise software company operates in six countries and serves more than two million software developers. And he’s done it all without a cent of venture capital.
Dean’s expertise is highly technical, but his new book, When Grit is Not Enough: An Entrepreneur’s Playbook for Taking Your Business to the Next Level, makes it easy for any business leader to understand how to grow a business from the ground up and compete against larger, better-funded competitors.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Dean Guida, InfragisticsPosted: July 15, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 44:12 Episode: 13.05
Nick-Anthony Zamucen has the Midas touch when it comes to starting and growing franchises. As founder and president of BOR Franchising, his successful concepts include a pizza chain, a home care business, a crime scene cleaner, and, most recently, a burgeoning water and fire damage repair company.
Nick-Anthony has a proven formula for running a successful enterprise that will be of interest whether you buy into someone else’s concept or decide to franchise one of your own businesses.
This week, he shares what to look for before buying or launching a franchise and what to avoid absolutely.
Even if you have no interest in franchising, understanding Nick-Anthony’s approach and his “success breeds success” philosophy will generate plenty of productive ideas you can apply to your business.
Books by Nick-Anthony Zamucen Include:
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Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Nick-Anthony Zamucen, BOR Franchising Posted: July 8, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 42:22 Episode: 13.04
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Rusty Komori was the varsity boys’ tennis coach at the Punahou School in Honolulu from 1994 until 2015. During his tenure, the school won the state championship each and every year. That’s a record unmatched by any other coach in any other sport.
But Rusty is not just excellent at taking a diverse group of teenagers and turning them into champions — he masterfully coaches employers on how to adapt his methods for the workplace, transforming typical office environments into ones that enjoy a culture of consistent success.
Rusty is the author of the recently published book Superior: Creating A Superior Culture Of Excellence.
As he details in this week’s episode, the core of success — in sports or business — starts at the top. If a dictatorial boss heads an organization, it won’t achieve the same success as if a leader guides it.
“Love” may be the lowest score in tennis, but it’s absolutely what you need to convey to be at the top of your game in business.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Rusty Komori Posted: July 1, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 54:50 Episode: 13.03
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Business and brand websites have existed for almost three decades. Yet most companies still don’t know how to design them so that their messaging aligns with and supports their advertising, social media, and point-of-sale communication.
Moreover, most present-day websites fail to incorporate language that appeals to each of the four major personality types, relying on so-called persuasion architecture.
Vi Wickam, an exceptional digital and ad strategist, optimizes websites to deliver more leads, sales, and happier customers.
A veteran Wizard of Ads partner, Vi not only helps his own clients but also teams with expert marketers worldwide to ensure their clients' websites perform like virtuoso violinists, delivering exceptional and harmonious results.
Even then, Vi notes, there is no resting on your laurels: No website is ever complete.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Vi Wickam, Wizard of Ads OnlinePosted: June 24, 2024Monday Morning Run Time: 46:32Episode: #600
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In his award-winning 2021 book about the aftermath of the terror attacks on the World Trade Center, September Twelfth, Monday Morning Radio co-host Dean Rotbart described Gwendolyn “Wendy” Bounds, an eyewitness and award-winning journalist.
She was, he wrote, telegenically attractive, with big chocolate-brown eyes, a sparkly broad smile, and shoulder-length buttery blond hair blended with honey highlights.
That was then. Today, as evidenced by the cover photo on her new book — Not Too Late: The Power of Pushing Limits at Any Age — Wendy is often covered in mud and sweat, ripped, displaying muscular arms, strong and toned legs, and broad and well-developed shoulders.
Wendy spent nearly 20 years with The Wall Street Journal, including anchoring the daily, live 25-minute noon news/lifestyle show Lunch Break. Subsequently she became vice president and chief content officer at Consumer Reports and currently heads U.S. media partnerships and business development at SmartNews.
Wendy has transformed herself from a desk jockey into a competitive Spartan racer, running through mud pits, crawling under barbed wire, swinging across monkey bars, and hoisting sandbags as she navigates obstacle courses.
Age, she assures Dean and his co-host, Maxwell Rotbart, “can be a secret weapon.”
[Not Too Late: The Power of Pushing Limits at Any Age will officially be published on June 18, 2024. It is available for pre-order here.]
Photo: Wendy Bounds, Not Too LatePosted: June 17, 2024Monday Morning Run Time: 43:05Episode: 13.01
Pop quiz, hotshot.
Hackers have frozen you out of your own databases. They tell you that if you want back in, you have to pay them a ransom in the next 24 hours. Oh, and if you don’t want them to sell your clients’ data on the black market, that’s another hefty fee, too.
What do you do? WHAT DO YOU DO?
That’s the question that keeps Terry Ziemniak, TechCXO’s fractional chief information security offer, working around the clock, advising businesses on how to build systems and protocols to protect their data, and to prepare a plan in case the barbarians breach the castle gates.
What steps can you take to begin building a moat around your databases?
Terry has more than 25 years of experience in the information security field. This week he reveals the deeply guarded secrets to effective cybersecurity.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Terry Ziemniak, TechCXOPosted: June 10, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 48:00 Episode: 12.49
When business owners and entrepreneurs struggle to resolve an intractable problem, they often blame everyone and everything but the true culprit. Themselves.
Often, what they should be thinking, says Steve McCready — who spent more than 15 years as a psychotherapist before becoming a business coach — is, “It’s not you, it’s me.”
Steve is a “magic eraser” for the root causes of many business problems, including owner self-doubt, lack of focus, and feeling overwhelmed.
You don’t have to lie on the couch while listening to this week’s podcast, Steve assures listeners, but you will want to be comfortable and create a psychologically safe space.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Steve McCreadyPosted: June 3, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 41:00 Episode: 12.48
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When it comes to talented business people, there is a hierarchy of ability: skilled, expert, masterful, and brilliant.
Brilliant is the realm where Simon T. Bailey operates and teaches others how to elevate their performance from proficient to awesome.
A former Disney sales executive, Simon has written multiple books on the topic and has been invited to be a keynote speaker at more than 2,400 events over the past two decades. He has been recognized among Success magazine’s Top 25 alongside Brené Brown, Tony Robbins, Tom Brady, and Oprah Winfrey.
Simon’s latest book is Resilience@Work: How to Coach Yourself Into a Thriving Future, a business parable that illuminates how anyone can become not just resilient, but brilliantly resilient.
“Resilience is a superpower that reduces stress, boosts psychological capital, and paves the way for greater productivity,” Simon writes.
Listen and Profit™ now as Simon discusses the importance of resilience, patience, proper mentorship, and even the role of theology in business success.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Simon T. Bailey, Simon T. Bailey InternationalPosted: May 27, 2024Monday Morning Run Time: 45:52Episode: 12.47
Michelle D. Gladieux will celebrate 20 years of running her company, Gladieux Consulting, this year.
Michelle and her colleagues have advised hundreds of companies, including Best Buy, General Dynamics, Lincoln Financial, and Medtronic, on ways their executives and employees can communicate more effectively to improve their performance and satisfaction.
Michelle is one of 21 previous Monday Morning Radio guests showcased in All You Can Eat Business Wisdom, the new anthology authored by deputy reporter and co-host Maxwell Rotbart.
This week, on Michelle’s second podcast appearance, she delves deeper into the correlation between effective communications, career advancement, and life satisfaction. What you say, how you say it, and — importantly — how you listen really do matter.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Michelle D. Gladieux, Gladieux ConsultingPosted: May 20, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 42:44 Episode: 12.46
MONDAY MORNING RADIO BOOKSHELF:
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Bryan Clayton, CEO and co-founder of Your Green Pal, uses a proprietary app to match homeowners who need lawn care with small businesses - many of them solo operators - that provide those services.
His numbers are impressive: more than 55,000 entrepreneurs serving over half a million customers.
Bryan began mowing lawns in high school and essentially never quit. Today, he runs a $30 million company that stands out in the so-called “two-sided marketplace,” which brings buyers and sellers together.
Bryan says there are opportunities aplenty for other entrepreneurs like him — in service-sector companies — to leverage technology to create a beautifully manicured business empire.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Bryan Clayton, Your Green PalPosted: May 13, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 53:40 Episode: 12.45
Forbes magazine describes Sol Rashidi as one of the nine brightest minds when it comes to Artificial Intelligence.
She was part of the first generation of leaders who helped IBM launch Watson, the powerful machine-learning suite of AI services, applications, and tools.
In addition to IBM, Sol has worked for EY, Sony Music, Merck, and Estee Lauder.
Sol is the author of the new book Your AI Survival Guide: Scraped Knees, Bruised Elbows, and Lessons Learned from Real-World AI Deployments, which distills her expertise and decades of experience into a must-read guide for non-technical business leaders.
The AI universe is not just here now; the volume, variety, and velocity of information being generated is growing exponentially. This week, Sol shares her do’s and don’ts for businesses hoping to harness the potential of artificial intelligence while trying to avoid being crushed by the AI juggernaut.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Sol Rashidi, Your AI Survival GuidePosted: May 6, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 47:19 Episode: 12.44
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Over the course of his career, including stints at PayPal, Cisco, and Nike, Sean Lemson has encountered all varieties of leaders — good, bad, and toxic.
Toxic leaders are a special breed of “bad,” capable, often without even realizing it, of chasing off the best employees and slowly killing their companies.
Sean is the founder of Motivated Outcomes, which coaches corporate leaders on rooting toxic traits out of their company culture and training destructive leaders to stop hurting their subordinates and start inspiring them instead.
His new book is One Drop of Poison: How One Bad Leader Can Slowly Kill Your Company.
Listen now as Sean calls out some of the most common toxic leadership archetypes, reveals how to spot them, and offers practical methods to immunize any business against their poisonous effects.
Photo: Sean Lemson, Motivated OutcomesPosted: April 29, 2024Monday Morning Run Time: 50:05Episode: 12.43
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CHAPTERS INCLUDE:
Ken Blanchard: Simple Truths But Profound Leadership ToolsCharles Duhigg: The Amazing Benefits of Good HabitsMichelle D. Gladieux: The Key Determinant of Happiness and ReputationMike Kaeding: Utilize Proven Strategies Adapted From Other Business SectorsJoanne Lipman: Closing the Gender Gap at Work and Reinventing Your CareerBlaine Oelkers: Your Mind is Your Most Potent Business ToolStephen Semple: Unconventional Marketing to Build Your Business EmpireRoy H. Williams: How to Turn Words into Magic and Dreamers Into MillionairesTom Ziglar: The Steps That Lead to a Successful Life
All You Can Eat Business Wisdom is a rich buffet of practical advice. Readers will want to fill their plates and return for seconds.
About the Author: Maxwell Rotbart is Monday Morning Radio’s co-host and associate producer.
On May 7th and 8th, experts from government, industry, small business, and academia will come together in Washington, D.C., for the 2024 Humans to Mars Summit focused on sending humans to Mars.
The event, the largest such gathering on earth, is being organized by Chris Carberry, the CEO and Co-Founder of Explore Mars Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to fostering a permanent human presence on the Red Planet no later than 2033.
Once the province of science fiction, Chris says a Martian colony is inevitable, and there are ample opportunities right now for entrepreneurs and independent businesses to climb aboard.
Chris is the author of The Music of Space: Scoring the Cosmos in Film and Television and Alcohol in Space: Past, Present and Future.
Before joining Explore Mars, he served as Executive Director of The Mars Society.
The countdown to an out-of-this-world adventure has begun. Listen now for your ticket to ride.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Chris Carberry, Explore Mars, Inc.Posted: April 22, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 53:12 Episode: 12.42
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Scott Mautz is a former senior executive with Procter & Gamble, whose free leadership classes on LinkedIn have attracted more than two million registrants.
Scott, who ran four of P&G’s multi-billion dollar businesses, knows what it takes to be an effective leader. That’s why he advises all owners and entrepreneurs to work out daily.
But Scott doesn’t mean bench pressing or squats. He’s a champion of rigorous mental workouts designed to build fortitude, confidence, boldness, and decision-making muscles.
Scott’s new book, due in May, is The Mentally Strong Leader: Build the Habits to Productively Regulate Your Emotions, Thoughts, and Behaviors. In the book, Scott offers a 50-question mental strength self-assessment as well as the methods to create a personalized mental strength-training program relying on habit-building science.
When readers get mentally fit, Scott assures, they will find greater achievement and successfully overcome more challenges, both professionally and personally.
Inc. magazine named Scott a “Top 50 Leadership Innovator.” To learn more about his international training and speaking offerings, click here.
To download a free 60-page companion workbook that includes Scott’s 50-question mental strength self-assessment, click here.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Scott Mautz, scottmautz.comPosted: April 15, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 40:21 Episode: 12.41
SCOTT MAUTZ’S PREVIOUS MONDAY MORNING RADIO APPEARANCES:
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Whether you are a solo entrepreneur, a small business owner, or the head of a FORTUNE 500 company, innovation is within your grasp — if you understand what it is and isn’t.
This week’s guest, Steve Wunker, managing director of New Markets Advisors, is widely acknowledged as one of the country’s foremost masters of innovation. He pioneered the mobile marketing and commerce industries, and is responsible for one of the world’s first smartphones.
In his latest book, The Innovative Leader: Step-by-Step Lessons From Top Investors For You and Your Organization, Steve shares the ABCs of innovative leadership: Aspire, Build, and Cultivate.
He also debunks three of the most common myths about innovation:
- A company needs to invent a better product or service to be “innovative.”
- The hardest part of innovation is hitting on the ‘Big Idea.’
- Innovation is the exclusive province of high-tech companies.
Not only can every company, big and small, innovate, but Steve warns they had better trailblaze, or they’re sure to be left in the dust of others. Where to begin and who should lead the effort are insights Steve shares on this week's podcast.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Steve Wunker, New Markets AdvisorsPosted: April 8, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 37:28 Episode: 12.40
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Does your business have a mascot, a team jersey, and team-related merchandise for sale?
Probably not.
Fredrick “Freddy D” Dudek has spent more than three decades studying how companies can turn their employees, customers, and business affiliates into the kind of raging fans that sports teams enjoy.
He is the author of Creating Business Superfans: The Time-Tested Playbook That Converts Your Customers, Employees, and Business Partners into Superfans for Bigger Sales, Broader Awareness, and Long-Term Success.
Like a sports franchise, Freddy D discovered that the secret to creating business super fans begins by fostering an internal culture dedicated to winning. For businesses, that means making superior customer service the desired home run of every "at bat" with customers and prospects.
While the analogy to sports fanatics is perfectly valid, Freddy D assures us that it’s unnecessary to dress up your CEO as an animal, historical figure, or other costumed mascot with an oversized head and goofy feet.
Hearing what he has to say and reading his book will suffice.
[Visit Freddy D’s website here and be sure to catch his Business Superfans Podcast here.]
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Frederick “Freddy D” Dudek, Business $uperfansPosted: April 1, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 40:15 Episode: 12.39
SPECIAL NOTE:
Founding host Dean Rotbart’s most recent book, Dedication and Service: 50 Years on Call with the Volunteers of Colorado’s Genesee Fire Rescue has been awarded the prestigious Gold Medal from the national Nonfiction Authors Association. It is Dean’s second Gold recognition.
This week’s guest, David Page, is a well-known expert on American cuisine, culture, and entrepreneurship.
The two-time Emmy-award winner and veteran broadcast journalist is best known for creating the Food Network hit Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and serving as its executive producer for eleven seasons.
David, president and executive producer of Page Productions, understands why some restaurants succeed while many don’t. Every owner, executive, and entrepreneur, regardless of their business sector, will take away actionable intelligence from David’s insights.
If you’ve ever dreamed of opening your own restaurant, it’s absolutely essential to hear the cautions that David offers.
For foodies in the audience, David shares some of his favorite foods and restaurants, and the one dish he has a strong aversion to.
David is the author of Food Americana: The Remarkable People and Incredible Stories Behind America’s Favorite Dishes. The book is a literary feast of fascinating characters, food culture, pop culture, and nostalgia.
And stay tuned for David’s new podcast, Culinary Characters Unlocked, which is scheduled to debut in early May and feature inside stories of the food world from its most fascinating people.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: David Page, Page ProductionsPosted: March 25, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 58:15 Episode: 12.38
SPECIAL NOTE:
Founding host Dean Rotbart’s most recent book, Dedication and Service: 50 Years on Call with the Volunteers of Colorado’s Genesee Fire Rescue has been awarded the prestigious Gold Medal from the national Nonfiction Authors Association. It is Dean’s second Gold recognition.
As a physician, Hanah Polotsky is an expert in treating diabetes, thyroid disorders, and serious hormonal abnormalities.
As a leadership expert, Dr. Polotsky excels at showing executives — both in and outside the medical field — how best to run teams and apply the tenets of lean management to their organizations.
A native of Belarus who fled to the United States at 17 to escape rampant anti-Semitism, Dr. Polotsky earned her Master of Business Operational Excellence at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business. She is the lead author of Physician Leader: How Exam Room Experience Drives Leadership Excellence.
Often, whether in hospitals or the profit-driven marketplace, administrators are unprepared for the leadership roles that become their responsibility.
This week, Dr. Polotsky shares her prescription for curing the most common supervisory ailments. Listen now, and you’ll start to feel better immediately.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Dr. Hanah Polotsky, Physician Leader Posted: March 18, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 46:47 Episode: 12.37
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When it comes to running a competitive company, Bob Moog doesn’t play games. Well, actually, he does. Daily.
Bob is co-founder and president of University Games, the largest independent game company in the world.
For almost four decades, Bob has gone up against the biggest players — including Hasbro and Mattel — and found a way to beat them at their own game. Pun intended.
In fact, University Games distributes more products in more outlets and more markets than any other company focused on board games.
The company now has six divisions: University Games (board games), Great Explorations (science and learning/glow-in-the-dark products), BePuzzled (puzzles and brainteasers), Briarpatch (preschool games and puzzles), U-Create (crafts and activities), and Front Porch Classics (classic games, built to last a lifetime).
University Games’ philosophy has always been to offer games that encourage social interaction and imagination through gameplay, with learning sprinkled in to spice it up.
Bob’s story will inspire anyone who competes against entrenched giants. He’ll also share the management philosophy that has proven a game winner for just shy of four decades.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Bob Moog, University Games Posted: March 11, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 51:10 Episode: 12.36
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He’d be the oldest man ever to run for president, even as calls grow louder and louder for him to step aside.
Joe Biden?
No, William Henry Harrison, the successful 67-year-old Whig Party candidate back in 1840.
Tying yesteryear to current events is Ron Shafer’s specialty. His contributions to The Washington Post’s Retropolis history column form the basis of two of his engaging books, Breaking News All Over Again and the forthcoming A Half-Naked George Washington.
Now retired, Ron spent nearly 40 years with The Wall Street Journal as a reporter, columnist, and political features editor, based out of Washington, DC.
On this week’s program, he makes clear that business owners and entrepreneurs can glean a lot of helpful information about where we’re headed if they only take the time to review where we’ve been.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Ron Shafer, Author Posted: March 4, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 48:00 Episode: 12.35
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Most people fail to say their own name correctly.
Odd as that may sound, Laura Sicola explains her assertion in a YouTube video that is approaching 7 million views.
Dr. Sicola earned her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in educational linguistics and taught there from 2001-2013. She has more than two decades of experience teaching good vocal habits to executives at companies including Comcast, IBM, and Vanguard.
She is the author of Speaking to Influence: Mastering Your Leadership Voice.
As Dr. Sicola explains on this week’s episode, how leaders introduce themselves, whether from a speaker’s podium or meeting someone for the first time one-on-one, will help determine how effectively they convey the messages that follow.
How well do you articulate your name?
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Dr. Laura Sicola Posted: February 26, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 48:00 Episode: 12.34
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Each year, roughly 700,000 American businesses or individuals submit a trademark application. That may sound like a considerable number, but Andrei Mincov — a superstar trademark lawyer based in Dubai, says it's far less than it should be.
Before starting The Trademark Factory, his global consultancy that provides start-to-finish trademark registration services, Andrei worked for Baker & McKenzie, one of the world's largest international law firms. His clients there included Apple, Microsoft, Sun, and Dell, which turned to Andrei to help them avoid the pitfalls of filing and defending their marks.
Andrei’s client base now includes many small and mid-size companies that frequently do not file formal trademarks or fail to file them for all their brands. That, as he explains, is a significant and potentially very costly oversight.
Learning about trademarks is not only valuable for every business executive and entrepreneur, but it’s also fascinating to discover the most common trademark landmines and how to avoid them.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Andrei Mincov, The Trademark FactoryPosted: February 19, 2024Monday Morning Run Time: 56:46Episode: 12.33
This week, enter the inner sanctums of Microsoft Corp.’s executive suite and discover the tech wizards and vipers who worked there.
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Our guest is Jane Boulware, author of Worthy: From Cornfield to Corner Office of Microsoft. Over the course of her career, Jane launched three billion dollar businesses, was VP of the largest merger in U.S. history, and became one of the ten highest-ranking women at Microsoft by the time she turned 40.
On her climb up the corporate ladder, Jane was hit on, spit on, and actually shot at.
Listen closely as Jane — who grew up poor in rural Iowa and is donating 100% of her proceeds from sales of Worthy to Boys & Girls Clubs — shares practical insights that every owner and entrepreneur can utilize — good and bad — from her experience.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Jane Boulware, Worthy: From Cornfield to Corner Office of MicrosoftPosted: February 12, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 47:15 Episode: 12.32
From her base in far-off Christchurch, New Zealand, Rebecca Davison — who spent 13 years in banking, five as a financial advisor to multimillionaires — has built a global, cult-like following among female entrepreneurs, including top business leaders.
Rebecca, founder of The Intuitive Life Academy, has the knowledge to advise her followers on ways to earn more money and leverage their investments.
But that’s not her proprietary system.
Instead, Rebecca — a self-described empath — teaches clients how to experience spiritual and monetary abundance through the development of their intuition and ability to communicate with the universe.
Whether or not you buy the notion of metaphysical pathways to success, there is no denying that Rebecca’s methods are delivering results for a large and growing audience.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Rebecca Davison, The Intuitive Life Academy
Posted: February 5, 2024
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Phebe Trotman knows the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat in both the sports and business arenas.
A former MVP Canadian college soccer star and member of the championship Vancouver Whitecaps professional soccer club, Phebe has had plenty of bad days and opportunities to bow out. She’s never taken them.
Phebe is the author of Never Quit on a Bad Day, a compendium of inspiring stories of resilience relayed by Phebe and a dozen contributors, including business leaders, entrepreneurs, couples, and athletes.
Phebe retired her cleats and now coaches business clients in British Columbia on the importance of resilience, having a positive attitude, and leading a competitive team.
This is one episode of Monday Morning Radio you want to listen to now and download to revisit when you’re having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
After all, you can’t score goals if you aren’t on the field.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Phebe Trotman, Never Quit on a Bad DayPosted: January 29, 2024Monday Morning Run Time: 39:23Episode: 12.30
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Leading business schools and best-selling leadership authors seldom compare the skills required of for-profit CEOs and non-profit fire chiefs.
Yet, the two professions share a lot in common. Indeed, battling blazes is excellent preparation for dousing the many firestorms business owners, executives, and entrepreneurs face.
This week’s guest, Clive Savacool, devoted 25 years as a Northern California firefighter before retiring his chief’s helmet and stepping into the boots of a full-time startup CEO.
Clive is the founder and CEO of LogRX, which created and sells an advanced mobile app designed to help firefighters, paramedics, law enforcement personnel, and others who administer and are legally bound to keep track of controlled substances in their work.
As a firefighter, Clive fought numerous structure fires and one of the largest wildfires in California history. As a startup CEO, he faced the challenge of bootstrapping a company with an untested app and zero outside investment.
Both entailed risk and required courage.
How does a fire chief's experience in life-or-death decisions benefit a CEO facing a corporate crisis? In this episode, Clive shares his unique perspective and strategies for staying cool-headed under extreme stress.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart. Dean’s book, Dedication and Service, showcasing the Genesee, Colorado, fire department, can be purchased in a digital version here or paperback from Amazon.
Photo: Clive Savacool, LogRXPosted: January 22, 2024 Monday Morning Run Time: 37:05 Episode: 12.29
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After 16 years as a wedding photographer, Ryan Erickson concluded he was barking up the wrong tree.
He was making decent money but didn’t have a passion for his work.
It was risky, but Ryan decided to try his hand at fine art photography, and he’s been so successful early on that he’s thinking of expanding his fledgling enterprise nationwide.
Ryan’s discerning clients are willing to pay up for his portraits that accentuate the eyes and subtleties of his subjects’ faces. Rather than ask his subjects to come to him, Ryan brings his workspace and state-of-the-art equipment to them in a mobile studio.
But that’s not the most unique aspect of Ryan’s enterprise. That would be the free belly rubs he happily gives to each of the retrievers, shepherds, bulldogs, beagles, and other canines who pose for him and his Fetch Photo Truck.
“It’s so much easier and enjoyable working with dogs,” Ryan confesses. To which every active wedding photographer in the world responds, “Amen.”
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Ryan Erickson, Fetch Photo TruckPosted: January 15, 2024Monday Morning Run Time: 37:19Episode: 12.28
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Can you imagine what it would have been like to have an exclusive four-hour audience with the late Charlie Munger?
The billionaire businessman, who died in late November at age 99, never got as much press as his close friend and partner Warren Buffett. But many people credited Munger with helping secure Berkshire Hathaway’s decades-long stellar investment performance.
Just weeks before Munger passed, The Wall Street Journal veteran reporter Gregory Zuckerman visited Munger in the investor’s Los Angeles home and came away with some unique and actionable insights.
This week, award-winning author and Monday Morning Radio founder Dean Rotbart interviews the last journalist to interview Munger. That makes everyone who listens to this week’s episode only three degrees of separation from Munger and four degrees from Buffett.
It’s always nice to know people who know people. And, importantly, to learn what they know.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son team of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Greg Zuckerman, The Wall Street JournalPosted: January 8, 2024Monday Morning Run Time: 37:06Episode: 12.27 To show your appreciation for Monday Morning Radio and keep it commercial-free, we encourage you to contribute using this link. Donations of all sizes are welcome.
A New Year’s Quiz:
What do the following have in common: Leadership, Economics, Side Hustles, Online Retailing, Business Exit Strategies, Military Contracts, Bras, Walt Disney, Firefighters, and Worms?
Answer:
Each was featured on one of Monday Morning Radio’s ten most popular 2023 episodes.
This week, the podcast revisits the highlights of the year past and shares an audio preview of our first Monday Morning Radio book, All You Can Eat Business Wisdom — an anthology featuring 25 of our most savvy guests over the years.
The book isn’t due until late March or early April, but listeners can begin profiting from its wisdom to help kick off a prosperous New Year.
2023 Episodes Highlighted In This Week’s Year-in-Review
Cathy Nesbitt — January 2nd
Ed O’Malley and Julia Fabris McBride — January 30th
Eric Johnson — March 18th
Nick Loper — May 21st
Mac Lackey — July 2nd
Ricky Howard — July 16th
Genesee Fire Rescue — September 2nd
The Walt Disney Company — October 16th
Carina Ramirez Cahan — October 22nd
Matthew Stafford — November 27th
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son team of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Dean and Maxwell RotbartPosted: January 1, 2024Monday Morning Run Time: 35:52Episode: 12.26
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A Christmas Day Miracle, by Dean and Talya Rotbart, is adapted from their 2020 biography of Margaret and Riyaz Adat, titled Improbable Lives: A Scot, A Tanzanian, and Their Canadian Love Story.
A true-life, inspirational adult yuletide tale, A Christmas Day Miracle offers a universal message — regardless of readers' religious beliefs — about the wonder and power of life’s unexpected blessings.
Since the book was first published two years ago, it has become a perennial holiday favorite.
We hope you enjoy it.
Chris McShanag has enjoyed a long and productive career in the healthcare field, working alongside two physician entrepreneurs to build a thriving business providing off-site virtual assistants to doctors, dentists, and even veterinarians.
Their company, MedVA, founded in 2020, provides medical and dental virtual assistants and has done an admirable job of helping their clients improve quality of care while simultaneously boosting the bottom line of their practices.
In fact, MedVA has proven such a success with clients that Chris and his partners figured their methods could work for any company across a broad spectrum of small businesses. So a year ago, they launched BizVA, delivering virtual assistants capabilities to the entire business community, both domestically and internationally.
BizVA’s pledge is that it will help companies get more done at a fraction of the cost.
This week, Chris, president and CEO of both MedVA and BizVA, shares his insights about the many advantages of relying on virtual assistants, and the logistics of successfully transferring the knowledge gleaned in one business niche to another.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son team of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Chris McShanag, BizVA and MedVA Posted: December 18, 2023 Monday Morning Run Time: 40:01 Episode: 12.24
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Many innovative business concepts fall through because the cost and logistics of pulling them off just wouldn’t work.
Uzair Ahmed, a Canadian chemical engineer, recognized all the missed opportunities and figured he could design technology and automation to make unworkable business models workable.
Uzair, founder of Cottonwood Automation, tested his high-tech, low-overhead system by launching a service that sends car mechanics to the homes or offices of customers. Guess what? It succeeded wildly.
While Cottonwood Automation generally focuses on making home service businesses easier to operate, Uzair believes that his method — which brings together automation, AI, global talent, and other digital technologies, can help businesses in almost every industry cut their costs by up to 60%.
Best of all, perhaps, it allows owners and CEOs to do more while working less.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son team of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Uzair Ahmed, Cottonwood AutomationPosted: December 11, 2023Monday Morning Run Time: 37:29Episode: 12.23
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If you truly could experience your website or bricks-and-mortar store through the eyes of your customers and prospects, you could do a great deal to increase sales and customer satisfaction.
Satyam Kantamneni is the founder of UXReactor, a company whose entire focus is on user experience, referred to as UX. His mission: to design or transform businesses to prioritize — above all other considerations — how customers interact with them.
With more than 60 employees spread across three continents, Satyam has enabled his clients to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in bonus income thanks to user-centric innovation.
As he explains, the most powerful differentiator in today’s highly competitive business world is the customer’s experience. Master it and you win.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son team of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
[Purchase your copy of Satyam’s book, User Experience Design: A Practical Playbook to Fuel Business Growth, here.]
Photo: Satyam Kantamneni, UXReactor Posted: December 4, 2023 Monday Morning Run Time: 43:37 Episode: 12.22 To show your appreciation for Monday Morning Radio and keep it commercial-free, we encourage you to contribute using this link. Donations of all sizes are welcome.
Every day, 3,000 eager entrepreneurs jump into the online sales arena. Ninety percent of them will never make a single sale.
Matthew Stafford, co-founder and CEO of Build•Grow•Scale, knows what goes wrong and how to fix it. He and his team use sophisticated analytics to help business owners and entrepreneurs achieve online sales success.
Matthew’s passion lies in empowering others to achieve their goals - whether scaling an existing business or starting from scratch with a new venture altogether.
Build•Grow•Scale’s proprietary formula for increasing internet-based sales has nothing to do with driving more traffic to your website or Shopify store. His approach succeeds by getting those prospects who are already visiting a website to click “buy” more often.
In a wide-ranging interview, Matthew reveals the technical aspects of online sales but also his broader approach to helping online retailers succeed, how Build•Grow•Scale has successfully adapted to evolving technologies, and his strategies for hiring solid employees and managing a successful consulting firm.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son team of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
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Photo: Matthew Stafford, Build•Grow•Scale Posted: November 27, 2023Monday Morning Run Time: 35:25 Episode: 12.21
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Bronson Hill took it to heart when Warren Buffet warned investors that they will work the rest of their lives if they don’t find a way to make money while they sleep.
Bronson became a zealous student of passive investing and, in 2018, with zero prior experience, raised a comparatively tiny $200,000 to form his first real estate syndicate.
Today, Bronson, founder and CEO of Bronson Equity, is a general partner in more than $200 million worth of real estate. He is also the author of the recently released book, Fire Yourself: Replace Your Working Income with Passive Income in 3 Years or Less.
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Photo: Bronson Hill, Bronson EquityPosted: November 20, 2023Monday Morning Run Time: 41:27Episode: 12.20
Jeff Kikel helps business owners and entrepreneurs attain what he dubs their “Freedom Day,” that juncture in their lives when work becomes optional, not a financial necessity.
Jeff has helped many people who believed they’d have to work until retirement, and perhaps beyond, get their finances and investments under control, freeing them from financial worries.
His formula for reaching “Freedom Day” begins with a mindset shift in relationship to money: It should work for you, not vice versa.
If the idea of working for pleasure, not for survival, appeals to you, you absolutely don’t want to miss a minute of this week’s Monday Morning Radio.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son team of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
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Photo: Jeff Kikel, Freedom Day Wealth Management Posted: November 13, 2023 Monday Morning Run Time: 39:41 Episode: 12.19
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Three years ago, Nick Barrett had an idea — and little else. He envisioned a new, weighted, portable gadget that could keep cords and wires from getting entangled.
Nick’s CordBrick is only a tad longer than a large paperclip and about as thick as a quarter. At this year’s National Retail Federation trade show in New York, one of the largest consumer products showcases in the nation, CordBrick was named “coolest product,” nabbing a $10,000 prize.
Nick’s experience launching CordBrick mirrors that of many first-time entrepreneurs. He’s made mistakes, learned from them, had the support of friends and mentors, and is now steadily growing his business.
Other inventors and entrepreneurs can learn a lot — and save themselves big headaches — by discovering how Nick went from pitching his innovative home and office gadget at flea markets to being a major Amazon and retail success story.
You don’t have to be an entrepreneurial rookie to benefit from Nick’s inspirational story and to relive the magic of starting your first business.
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Photo: Nick Barrett, CordBrickPosted: November 6, 2023Monday Morning Run Time: 40:23Episode: 12.18
Zeynep Ekemen has ridden the rollercoaster of COVID-19 and its impact on small businesses.
She is the founder of Silver Defender, a company that sells antimicrobial-protected film for high-touch areas — such as door bars and handles, elevator buttons, and guide rails. She launched her business in 2018.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit less than two years later, her sales took off like a rocket, stretching her company’s production and distribution capabilities to the max.
But now, as demand has waned, Zeynep is fighting to avoid the fate of so many other businesses that were whipsawed by COVID-19. It's a common dilemma for many small businesses when a product or service they provide experiences a surge in popularity and then fades almost as quickly.
Zeynep herself is determined to demonstrate that what comes down can always go back up.
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Photo: Zeynep Ekemen, Silver DefenderPosted: October 30, 2023 Monday Morning Run Time: 34:42 Episode: 12.17
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In 1855, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in his journal: “If a man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs, to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to his house, though it be in the woods.”
In time, his words were somehow conflated as the oft-cited quote: "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door."
Carina Ramirez Cahan, co-founder of Cobalt Rose Company, is testing Emerson’s thesis, having worked with her husband, a respected breast surgeon, to build a better bra.
The Cobalt Rose bra utilizes a radically new design that replaces rigid underwires — which many women rely on but hate — with a flexible, patented polymer insert that is molded right into the cups.
Carina promises that her bra will be the most comfortable, supportive, and flattering bra her customers have ever worn.
But is that enough? Will that translate into a hefty slice of the annual $12 billion U.S. lingerie market?
As Carina knows firsthand, the path to success is more complicated than it might appear at first blush.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son team of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Photo: Carina Ramirez Cahan, Cobalt Rose CompanyPosted: October 23, 2023 Monday Morning Run Time: 44:48 Episode: 12.16
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On October 16, 1923 — precisely 100 years ago today — Walt Disney and his older brother Roy launched Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. In time, their business would morph into one of the world’s best-known and most beloved companies.
To mark this milestone anniversary, co-hosts Dean and Maxwell Rotbart review the history of The Walt Disney Company and Disneyland, paying special attention to the many practical lessons that executives and entrepreneurs can glean from the Disney successes and failures of the past century.
Listeners will also hear from Michael Goldsby, a professor of entrepreneurship at Ball Street University and the co-author of Entrepreneurship the Disney Way. Professor Goldsby was a guest on the podcast in September 2019.
As a special feature, Maxwell shares the incredible story of how he uncovered, buried deep in the archives of a Kansas museum, an original prospectus for Disneyland written in 1953, roughly two years before the first park opened. If you’re a Disneyphile or grown-up Mouseketeer, comparing Walt’s vision to today’s Disneyland will fascinate you.
So perk up your mouse ears and listen to the leaders of the band for a thrilling ride through ten decades of Disneyana and the business lessons they impart.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son team of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
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Photo: Walt Disney, 1946 Posted: October 16, 2023 Monday Morning Run Time: 47:39 Episode: 12.15
Curt Tueffert describes himself as “America’s Master Sales Motivator.” That he is.
But as he demonstrates in this week’s episode, Curt is also gifted with NI — Natural Intelligence. He has spot-on answers to some of the most vexing questions confronting business owners and sales professionals.
- How can I best qualify customer prospects?
- What can I do about a prospect who says, “let me think about it?”
- How can I remain positive in the face of rejection?
Curt acquired his expertise working in sales for almost four decades and motivating and training sales teams at companies, including UPS, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Penske Automotive Group, and Liberty Mutual Insurance.
Curt’s company, Peak Sales Strategy, provides in-person and remote sales training and personalized coaching.
As an in-demand speaker, he leaves his audiences with fresh ideas, actionable insights, and supercharged energy.
AI, be warned!
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Photo: Curt Tueffert, Peak Sales Strategy Posted: October 9, 2023 Monday Morning Run Time: 44:37 Episode: 12.14
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- Management Strategies That For-Profit Businesses Can Glean from a Volunteer Fire Company’s Enduring Success
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When Vicky Brown launched her HR consultancy — Idomeneo Enterprises — in 2001, she knew she was wading into shark-infested waters dominated by giants, including Accenture, ADP, Deloitte, and KPMG.
By focusing on emerging and mid-size companies and providing concierge services to her clients, Vicky’s West Hollywood firm has won an impressive roster of clients from coast to coast.
Trying to cope with ever-changing state and federal employment regulations, the work-from-home migration, and the impact of artificial intelligence, Vicky says that more and more owners and entrepreneurs are outsourcing their HR and payroll functions.
Lean closer to your podcast player as Vicky shares her personal success formula and reveals not only how to foolproof hiring but also the best way to let an employee go when it’s time.
[To receive the free bonus gift that Vicky is making available to Monday Morning Radio listeners, click here.]
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son team of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
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Photo: Vicky Brown, Idomeneo Enterprises Posted: October 2, 2023 Monday Morning Run Time: 46:41 Episode: 12.13
The universities Gregory Shepard sought to attend wouldn’t admit him. When he volunteered for the U.S. Navy, the recruiters said, “no thanks.”
Admittedly, Greg is not your textbook job candidate: He is autistic, dyslexic, and has a sensory condition known as synesthesia, which is commonly described as having the brain’s wires crossed.
Greg could have allowed his neurodivergent struggles — and there are plenty of them — to defeat him. Instead, he’s leveraged his atypical mind to build and sell 12 businesses, co-lead a global investment syndicate in the technology sector, and use his earned wealth as a philanthropist.
This week, in a poignant conversation with co-host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart, Greg makes a strong case for integrating neurodiverse people — who see the world differently — into the workforce.
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Photo: Gregory ShepardPosted: September 25, 2023 Monday Morning Run Time: 50:14 Episode: 12.12
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To obtain power and influence, you don’t need wealth or privilege.
Better yet, anyone can become widely known and respected if they can generate a compelling idea and communicate it effectively.
That is the conclusion of Robert L. “Bob” Dilenschneider, an author, historian, and legendary strategic communication advisor who has been studying and dissecting the elements of power and influence for more than four decades.
Bob, who is best known as the founder of the acclaimed consultancy, The Dilenschneider Group, is the author of the newly released book The Ultimate Guide to Power & Influence: Everything You Need to Know.
The seminal book arms its readers with intellectual, technical, and moral weapons — essential tools in the increasingly competitive and ever-evolving business world.
“Acquiring both power and influence is crucial to advancing not only your personal interests but also a more prosperous society at large,” Bob writes.
This week, Bob shares with Monday Morning Radio hosts Maxwell and Dean Rotbart the surprisingly simple method to get others to listen to and follow you.
Other Popular Books From Robert L. Dilenschneider:
- The Public Relations Handbook (Edited)
- Decisions: Practical Advice from 23 Men and Women Who Shaped the World
- 50 Plus!: Critical Career Decisions for the Rest of Your Life
- Nailing It: How History’s Awesome Twentysomethings Got It Together
Photo: Robert L. “Bob” Dilenschneider, The Dilenschneider GroupPosted: September 18, 2023Monday Morning Run Time: 37:28Episode: 12.11
Forty years ago, when Lori Poland was only three years old, she was kidnapped from her front yard, molested, and left for dead at the bottom of a remote mountain outhouse.
By chance, after three days, a bird watcher answering the call of nature heard the little girl whimpering 12 feet below. “What are you doing there?” he called down. “I live here,” the confused child answered.
Today, married with children of her own, Lori is co-founder and chief executive officer of the National Foundation to End Child Abuse and Neglect, or EndCAN. As host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart notes, Lori is also a striking example of how it’s possible to give meaning to life’s misfortunes and build a purpose-driven career.
Listen in as Lori shares her unique approach for turning adversity — regardless of the source — into strength.
Last Week’s Episode: Management Strategies That For-Profit Businesses Can Glean from a Volunteer Fire Company’s Enduring Success
Photo: Lori Poland, EndCAN Posted: September 11, 2023 Monday Morning Run Time: 44:58 Episode: 12.10
This week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio tells the remarkable story of Genesee Fire Rescue (GFR), a little volunteer engine company that could, and has, for five decades.
Located in the majestic foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 20 miles west of downtown Denver, the unincorporated community of Genesee is home to approximately 4,000 residents and 1,500 homes.
Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart spent 18 months chronicling GFR’s half-century evolution, growing from a three-person company of well-intended amateurs into a force of 40 of the most professional, well-equipped volunteer firefighters in Colorado.
Dean’s new book, Dedication And Service: 50 Years on Call with the Volunteers of Colorado’s Genesee Fire Rescue, is available now on Amazon. The book is co-authored by GFR Lieutenant Hank O’Brien.
The odds of a small enterprise surviving for 50 years are minute — fewer than one in a hundred. That’s even truer when the organization's employees are volunteers who regularly risk their lives to provide a free service to their local community.
“Why do the volunteers do it?” Dean asks. “They get paid nothing for the hundreds of hours that many of them devote each year to training and service. They put life and limb at risk. They witness injuries and tragedies that, once seen, can never be forgotten. They are on perpetual call, often summoned to the station in the dead of night, and in Colorado, at least, asked to perform in blizzards and sub-zero conditions.”
To help explain the commitment of Genesee’s volunteer firefighters, Dean and his son, Monday Morning Radio co-host Maxwell Rotbart, invited two active GFR members on this week’s podcast.
Jason Puffett joined GFR in 2010 and became its volunteer chief in 2015. Then, in 2017, the elected board that oversees the fire department asked Puffett to guide GFR as its first paid, full-time leader.
Lt. O’Brien, co-author of Dedication and Service and a certified EMT, is a third-generation firefighter. He joined GFR in 2015 and conducted more than two dozen oral histories with past and current members of the fire department.
“Dedication and Service is a poignant celebration of the heroes next door, those ordinary yet extraordinary individuals who show up for their neighbors,” Dean reports. “The half-century legacy of Genesee Fire Rescue is an inspiring testament to the enduring spirit of American volunteerism, a beacon that continues to shine in towns and cities nationwide.”
BOOKS BY DEAN and MAXWELL ROTBART
- Dedication And Service: 50 Years on Call with the Volunteers of Colorado’s Genesee Fire Rescue. By Dean Rotbart and Hank O’Brien — September 2023
- The State of Israel: Prime Ministers: With Special Guest Commentary by Gadi the Camel (Second Edition). By Maxwell Rotbart — 2022
- September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story — September 2021
- A Christmas Day Miracle: The True Story of One Man's Yuletide Triumph Over Death. By Dean and Talya Rotbart — November 2021
- Perfectly Ordinary, Yet Extraordinary: Making a Meaningful Difference in the Lives of Others. By Dean and Talya Rotbart — January 2020
- Surviving Infidelity: Making Amends, Restoring Trust, Finding Forgiveness, and Living Together Happily for the Rest of Your Lives. By Abe Kass and Dean Rotbart — February 2018
Photos (L-R): Chief Jason Puffett and Lt. Hank O’Brien, Genesee Fire RescuePosted: September 4, 2023Monday Morning Run Time: 43:59Episode: 12.09
Ken Paskins, a third-generation entrepreneur, witnessed his father and grandfather struggle to run a successful business. He was determined to find a better way.
So Ken went to work for giant companies, including Oracle and BEA Systems, until he could deconstruct the leadership, HR, sales, and finance formulas for success.
Today, Ken is the co-founder of The Shift Spot, a CEO coaching and peer advisory community that shows owners and CEOs of companies with 100 or fewer employees how to achieve their goals.
Rather than rely on a single guru for sage advice, Paskins tells host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart, his clients learn from experts and peers.
Photo: Ken Paskins, The Shift SpotPosted: August 7, 2023
Monday Morning Run Time: 43:45
Episode: 12.08
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If you want your talent and brilliance to be recognized, SPEAK UP!
Take it from Bret Ridgway, author of The Spotlight on Speaking Newsletter. Bret is an evangelist for the many benefits that accrue to owners and entrepreneurs who take to the podium.
Among the clients he has worked with are Ryan Deiss, Alex Mandossian, Joe Polish, and Wendy Lipton-Dibner.
During his 25-plus-year career, Bret has witnessed a couple of thousand speakers. He knows what works and what doesn’t.
You needn’t have the oratory skills of Tim Cook, Richard Branson, or Ginni Rometty to be the type of speaker who wins over customers, employees, and shareholders. All it takes, Bret tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, is a genuine passion for sharing your message with the world and being your authentic self.
Then brace yourself for a standing ovation.
Photo: Bret Ridgway, The Spotlight on Speaking Newsletter
Posted: July 31, 2023
Monday Morning Run Time: 41:28
Episode: 12.07
Back by popular demand, Dr. Noah St. John returns to Monday Morning Radio for the third time to share insights from his new book, The 7-Figure Life: How to Leverage the 4 FOCUS FACTORS for Wealth and Happiness.
Success has been kind to Dr. St. John, the self-described “nerdiest nerd.” When he started out 25-plus years ago, he was living in a 300-square-foot apartment with no money, no girlfriend, and very little hope.
The core idea for how to turn his life around — and that of the more than 1.8 million others he’s helped since — came to him one day in the shower.
Today, Dr. St. John is happily married, lives in a 6,000-square-foot mansion on a hill, and is a highly paid consultant, speaker, and author of 20 self-improvement books and counting.
His proprietary formula for success is surprisingly simple, Dr. St. John tells host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart. If it worked for a nerd like him, it can work for anyone.
Popular Books By Dr. St. John
- The 7-Figure Life: How to Leverage the 4 FOCUS FACTORS for Wealth and Happiness
- Get Rid of Your Head Trash About Money: How to Avoid the 3 Massive Money Mistakes Even Smart People Make
- Afformations®: The Miracle of Positive Self-Talk
- Millionaire AFFORMATIONS®: The Magic Formula that Will Make You Rich
Dr. St. John’s Previous Guest Spots on Monday Morning Radio:
- How to Automate Your Business Success and “Productize” Your Genius
- Turning AFFORMATIONS™ Into Small Business Success Fuel
Photos: Dr. Noah St. John
Posted: July 24, 2023
Monday Morning Run Time: 44:45
Episode: 12.06
Ricky Howard has awarded or managed more than $1 BILLION in purchase contracts, many with small businesses.
In good economies or bad, his client is a reliable buyer, and once your company is selected as a vendor, it’s likely to be a vendor for years, if not decades, to come.
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Richard C. “Ricky” Howard, founder of DoD Contract Academy, is an expert on how to win lucrative government contracts, from office supplies and HVAC equipment to sophisticated computer programming and weapons systems.
During his service in the U.S. Air Force, Colonel Howard flew 555 combat hours. He understands the importance of preparation and practice. DOD Contract Academy guides, trains, and mentors small business owners and sales executives on how to pull down multi-million-dollar government contracts.
Many businesses that could qualify as government contractors don’t even realize it. Once they do, their profits are on a flight path to soar up, up, and away.
Photo: Lt. Colonel Richard C. “Ricky” Howard, DoD Contract Academy
Posted: July 17, 2023
Monday Morning Run Time: 53:43
Episode: 12.05
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In 1998, Mickie Kennedy started eReleases as a discount press wire service, providing the same media reach as the industry heavies at a fraction of the cost.
Twenty-five years later, Mickie’s company is still going strong and saving companies tens of millions of dollars, having helped hundreds of thousands of small businesses reach journalists, investors, trade associations, and customers.
Moreover, Mickey has become a news release maestro, able and willing to share the secrets of distributing news releases that get results.
In this era of Tik Tok, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and now Threads, do news releases still have a meaningful role in helping companies deliver their messages?
Unsurprisingly, Mickie tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart that now more than ever, a well-crafted news release will ricochet through social media and deliver an exponentially larger impact.
Get the scoop on this week’s episode.
Photo: Mickie Kennedy, eReleases
Posted: July 10, 2023
Monday Morning Run Time: 53:53
Episode: 12.04
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For many small business owners, finding a buyer for their company is an elusive goal. Mac Lackey has done it six times.
His latest venture, ExitDNA, guides entrepreneurs on how to best position their companies to be acquired, should they ever wish to sell.
Monday Morning Radio host Maxwell Rotbart engaged Mac in a wide-ranging discussion about what entrepreneurs need to know at each stage of their operations — from inception to disposition.
Among the advice Lackey shares is how to choose a location for your company, the role that passion plays in starting a venture, hiring strong employees, the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make, and what pitfalls to avoid when selling your company. Mac even touches on what entrepreneurs looking to acquire other businesses need to know.
How can you achieve the success that Mac has? The answers abound on this week’s podcast.
Upper Photo: Mac Lackey, ExitDNA
Lower Photo: Host Maxwell Rotbart
Posted: July 3, 2023
Monday Morning Run Time: 49:05
Episode: 12.03
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Dr. Michael Lenox, a consultant, author, and business professor at the University of Virginia, is an expert on artificial intelligence, blockchain, cryptocurrency, and other agents of digital transformation. He knows both the challenges and opportunities posed by today’s rapidly advancing digital technologies.
In his new book, Strategy in the Digital Age: Mastering Digital Transformation — out this week, Dr. Lenox explains that businesses need to be innovative and agile or risk going the way of so many brand-name companies — digital and brick-and-mortar — that could not adjust with the times and no longer exist.
As he writes in his book, “Ultimately, your digital transformation is a journey with no end.”
Dr. Lenox is interviewed by host Dean Rotbart, a flesh-and-blood journalist. But in the not-too-distant future, as this week’s podcast demonstrates, Dean could very well be replaced by a sophisticated algorithm. (Please, don’t tell Mrs. Rotbart.)
Photo: Michael Lenox, University of Virginia's Darden School of Business
Posted: June 26, 2023
Monday Morning Run Time: 49:29
Episode: 12.02
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[This edition of Monday Morning Radio begins our 12th year of podcasting in conjunction with the non-profit Wizard Academy and its co-founder, Roy H. Williams. This is our 550th episode.]
When it comes to career moves, bestselling author Joanne Lipman has been very successful and resilient.
She was the first woman to become a deputy managing editor at The Wall Street Journal. She was the founding editor-in chief-of Condé Nast’s award-winning Portfolio magazine. She served as editor-in-chief of USA Today and chief content officer of its parent company, Gannett.
Currently, Joanne is a regular contributor to CNBC and a lecturer at Yale University.
In her latest book, Next!: The Power of Reinvention in Life and Work, Joanne provides countless examples of people who reinvented themselves - some willingly, others who had no choice. As she tells host Dean Rotbart, anyone following the methods she prescribes can make the successful leap from one career to the next and the next after that.
[Joanne discussed her bestselling book, That’s What She Said, on our June 17, 2019, podcast.]
Photo: Joanne Lipman, Next!
Posted: June 18, 2023
Monday Morning Run Time: 41:45
Episode: 12.01
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Dave Albin helps business executives and employees face and overcome their fears. But that’s nothing special. Dave’s methods, however, make him unique among corporate coaches.
Dave is the #1 firewalk instructor in America, having cajoled more than one-half million people to tiptoe, barefoot, over a bed of coals exceeding 1,000 degrees in temperature.
A disciple of Tony Robbins, Dave ran firewalks for the mega-motivator for almost two decades before striking out on his own to form Firewalk Adventures.
As Dave tells host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart, firewalking is a 1,000-year-old rite of passage. F.E.A.R., in Dave’s way of thinking, either stands for Forget Everything and Run or Face Everything and Rise. In Dave’s experience, those who muster the courage to firewalk return to their careers and personal lives with much more self-confidence.
In addition to firewalking, Dave and his crew at Firewalk Adventures also offer confidence-building glass walks, board breaks, arrow breaks, and fire eating. Which you choose depends on your needs and tastes.
Dave says the most challenging part of marching over hot coals or broken glass is the first step. Want to overcome your limiting fears? Your first step is clicking begins by downloading this week’s red hot episode.
Photo: Dave Albin, Firewalk AdventuresPosted: June 12, 2023
Monday Morning Run Time: 50:03
Episode: 11.43
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Amy Dockser Marcus, a distinguished author and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter with The Wall Street Journal, has dedicated her career to exploring the complex intersections of economics, society, and health within modern medicine.
In her latest meticulously researched book, We The Scientists, she delves into the remarkable accomplishments of "citizen scientists" — ordinary parents and individuals who united to revolutionize the conventional practices employed by established medical researchers and professionals.
On its face, says host Dean Rotbart, Amy’s book is an inspiring medical chronicle. But the achievements and lessons learned by motivated amateurs offer far-reaching insights and invaluable lessons applicable to diverse industries and fields.
All crises begin with the blurring of a paradigm and the consequent loosening of the rules for normal research …
— Thomas S. Kuhn The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Photo: Amy Dockser Marcus, We The Scientists: How a Daring Team of Parents and Doctors Forged a New Path for MedicinePosted: June 5, 2023 Monday Morning Run Time: 45:36 Episode: 11.42
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For half a century, Bob Johansen has been forecasting the future. Clients, including Procter & Gamble, Walmart, and McKinsey, trust his vision. Moreover, he is an instructor at the Army War College.
Along with coauthors Joseph Press and Christine Bullen, Bob has recently released “Office Shock: Creating Better Futures for Working and Living” — his 13th book.
Ostensibly, Office Shock peers a decade ahead to describe the workplace of the future — the officeverse. Today’s office towers face strong headwinds, as the purpose and function of tomorrow’s office spaces will be rejiggered to prove a more equitable, accessible, purposeful, climate-positive future for knowledge work.
But host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart says Office Shock is about much more than real estate. It’s about looking to the future now to take immediate steps to better prepare for what’s to come.
“It's actually easier to think ten years ahead than it is one or two years ahead,” Bob says, discussing the effectiveness of taking a “futureback” approach to planning.
Bob and his coauthors are associated with the Palo Alto, California-based Institute for the Future, a spinoff from RAND Corporation founded in 1968. IFTF is the world's oldest continuously running futures research and educational organization.
OTHER BOOKS BY BOB JOHANSEN:
- The New Leadership Literacies: Thriving in a Future of Extreme Disruption and Distributed Everything
- Get There Early: Sensing the Future to Compete in the Present
- Leaders Make the Future: Ten New Leadership Skills for an Uncertain World
Photo: Bob Johansen, Institute for the FuturePosted: May 29, 2023Monday Morning Run Time: 47:59Episode: 11.41
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Nick Loper is a fountain of money-making ideas and the required methods to implement them.
As the founder of Side Hustle Nation and its Chief Side Hustler, Nick has shown tens of thousands of his followers how to bring in $1,000, $2,000, or even $5,000 a month in extra income.
On his podcast, on his website, in books, and speeches, Nick breaks down the vast opportunities to supplement your income in your spare time — as well as how to turn a side hustle into a full-time gig providing greater income and far more satisfaction than most people experience holding down a full-time job.
Whether or not any of Nick’s ideas are a perfect fit for you, host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart says they will inspire you to think of other side hustles that will work for you.
BOOKS BY NICK LOPER:
- The Side Hustle: How to Turn Your Spare Time into $1000 a Month or More
- $1,000 100 Ways: How Real People Make Real Money on the Side (and How You Can Too)
[DEBUTING THIS WEEK: The Zero to Unicorn podcast, a behind the scenes look at how entrepreneur Mike Kaeding and his parents nurtured their innovative real estate business from nothing to its current trajectory on target to reach the unicorn status of a $1 billion valuation.
To hear Mike’s February 2023 appearance on Monday Morning Radio, click here.]
Photo: Nick Loper, Side Hustle Nation Posted: May 22, 2023 Monday Morning Run Time: 46:30 Episode: 11.40
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Dr. Henry Mintzberg is one of the world’s most highly regarded business theorists, having written more books -- 22-- than the Beatles produced #1 hits. He is an organization and management rock star.
In his latest book, Understanding Organizations … Finally, Dr. Mintzberg likens running a company or non-profit to coaching a professional sports team: You wouldn’t use the same tactics in football as you use in hockey or baseball.
Yet many CEOs mistakenly take a one-size-fits-all approach to structuring their operations. After observing and advising organizations for more than five decades, Dr. Mintzberg concludes there are seven “species” of companies and philanthropic groups, each requiring a distinctive playbook.
As Dr. Mintzberg explains to host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart, correctly identifying which type of company you own or work for is crucial to its sustainability and profitability.
[To listen to Dr. Mintzberg’s January 2019 appearance on Monday Morning Radio, click here.]
Photo: Dr. Henry Mintzberg, Understanding Organizations … FinallyPosted: May 15, 2023Monday Morning Run Time: 48:46Episode: 11.39
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When Victoria Pelletier sets her mind to achieving a goal, she won’t let anything or anyone stop her. Nor will she blame anyone but herself when things don’t go the way she planned.
Those two personality traits — being unstoppable and making no excuses — have been a recipe for success since she became the chief operating officer of a multinational corporation at age 24. Decades on, after holding senior roles at American Express, IBM, and Accenture, she now advises owners, CEOs, and board members on how to adopt her approach to business and life.
Victoria tells host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart that anyone, regardless of their socioeconomic background or the adversity they may have faced, can achieve professional growth and inspire others to do the same.
Photo: Victoria Pelletier, AccenturePosted: May 8, 2023Monday Morning Run Time: 39:02Episode: 11.38
LAST WEEK: This is the 1986 Song Whose Popularity Never Ends: Hear the Fairytale-Esq Story of Dave Combs’ “Rachel’s Song” — and the Business Savvy that Propels It
Dave Combs is a disarmingly charming southerner, a former telecommunications executive, and a man of faith. He’s also a hardcore entrepreneur and one of the most successful musicians and music distributors you’ve probably never heard of.
Since Dave and his friend, studio pianist Gary Prim, recorded their first instrumental tune in 1986 — Rachel’s Song — the duo has produced 15 successful instrumental albums which have attracted millions of worldwide fans. Dave displays more than 50,000 fan letters at his home in Winston Salem, North Carolina.
The story behind Dave’s serendipitous success is fairytale-esq.
Not a single mainstream music publisher or distributor would touch Rachel’s Song. So Dave turned to a non-conventional route, selling his CDs through gift shops - eventually building a network of more than 1,000 stores.
The song proved to be magnetic. Shoppers would hear it playing overhead in a store and just need to buy it. One local shop alone sold thousands of Dave Combs albums.
Host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart points out that fueling Dave’s serendipity were some savvy business insights — the kind that can help make anyone’s bottom line sing.
Download and savor your own copy of Rachel’s Song for free from CombsMusic.com.
PIck up a copy of Dave Combs’ inspirational autobiography: Touched by the Music: How the Story and Music of “Rachel’s Song” Can Change Your Life.
The producer for this week’s episode is Blane Nicholas, who has worked the audio mastery behind the scenes for Monday Morning Radio for more than a decade.
Blane is no stranger to working with dynamic music artists. A veteran of iHeartMedia and Apple Music, Blane has produced programs featuring Bruce Springsteen, Alanis Morissette, Kanye West, Jon Bon Jovi, Keith Richards, Sean Lennon, Metallica, Joan Jett, LL Cool J, and dozens of other music icons.
Photo: Dave Combs, Combs MusicPosted: May 1, 2023 Monday Morning Run Time: One Hour and Eleven Minutes Episode: 11.37
Since 2006, serial entrepreneur Clay Stafford has produced an ever-more-popular Killer Nashville International Writers’ Conference that brings together authors, agents, exhibitors, and fans of crime and thriller literature.
Pulling off a large meeting, workshop, or other live event entails countless steps. In Clay’s instance, planning for the next gathering begins a year in advance.
This week, Clay pays a return visit to Monday Morning Radio to share his post-COVID-19 event blueprints with host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart, covering everything from the selection of a venue and keynote speakers to his formula for ensuring that attendees leave feeling that their time and money were well invested.
“Given his many talents and occupations, any conversation with Clay would not be complete if we didn’t stray from the central topic,” Dean says. “So this week, he and I will also discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on authors and publishers; the state of the publishing market; the 12 habits of successful writers; and the one subject Nobel laureate William Faulkner — author of “The Sound and the Fury” — didn’t want to talk about.
The 18th Annual Killer Nashville International Writers’ Conference will be held August 17-20, 2023. For registration information, click here.
Photo: Clay Stafford, Killer NashvillePosted: April 24, 2023Monday Morning Run Time: 46:38Episode: 11.36
[Listen again to Clay Stafford’s first Monday Morning Radio interview here.]
The days of the imperial CEO are bygone. Today’s business and organization leaders empower everyone, regardless of rank, to be heard and contribute to success.
That’s the premise of David C. Tate, a licensed clinical psychologist and lecturer in psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine. David is the co-author of Conscious Accountability: Deepen Connections, Elevate Results.
Financial performance still matters. But David teaches that in the modern workplace, the means to success often matter as much as the ends.
David and his co-authors, Marianne S. Pantalon and Daryn H. David, embrace a leadership approach they dub “conscious accountability,” and offer a seven-step process — CONNECT — centered on the benefits of social awareness, values, and relationships.
C — Creating Clarity
O — Opening Up Engagement
N — Nailing It
N — Noticing
E — Exchanging Feedback
C — Claiming It
T — Trying Again
Listen and profit now as David explains to host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart how following the CONNECT roadmap leads to greater job satisfaction, elevated relationships, and better business outcomes.
Photo: David C. Tate, Conscious Accountality Posted: April 17, 2023 Monday Morning Run Time: 48:18 Episode: 11.35
For the head of a successful business coaching firm, Toronto-based Launch and Scale, Khierstyn Ross, founder and CEO, has an odd goal.
“We actually want our clients to fire us,” the e-commerce strategist tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart.
Khierstyn is crazy — crazy like a fox. Her firm’s mission is to help launch and scale online brands until they achieve $3 million in annual sales. She’s done that successfully for dozens of brands.
However, by the time her clients’ sales grow to $10 million in yearly revenues, Khierstyn says her nestlings need to move on. That is, fire her before she fires them.
Whether you’re a startup or long-established, Khierstyn’s growth methodology and operational discipline are sure to impress you.
Photo: Khierstyn Ross, Launch and ScalePosted: April 10, 2023Monday Morning Run Time: 37:12Episode: 11.34
Dux te ipsum duc is Latin for “Leader, Lead Thyself.”
The concept is at the heart of business growth coach Bradley Hamner’s formula for transforming owners and executives from “slaves” to their companies into masterful architects of growth and success.
Bradley is the founder of Business Growth Curator, a consultancy that coaches owners and executives on how to grow their confidence and leadership, develop an effective team, scale their companies, and make a difference.
Since launching his first business in 2009, with no customers, no leads, and very little cash, Bradley has established or built seven companies, with an eighth on the launchpad.
The secret to inspiring employees to improve their performance and satisfaction, Bradley tells host Dean Rotbart, is to address your own shortcomings first. He did just that and has been generating exceptional value for himself and his clients ever since.
[Note: You can listen to Bradley’s podcast, The Club Capital Leadership Podcast, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and here.]
Photo: Bradley Hamner, Business Growth Curator Posted: April 3, 2023 Monday Morning Run Time: 49:45 Episode: 11.33
When Jennifer Brown sizes up business and organization leaders on how well they address today’s ever-increasing demand for inclusive workplaces, she describes them on a continuum of four stages: unaware, aware, active, and advocate.
Jennifer is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, and founder of Jennifer Brown Consulting, a strategic and diversity advisory firm. She has spent more than two decades helping CEOs and other executives look inward so that they can be more effective in creating a safe and productive work environment for every employee.
Among those companies that have sought Jennifer’s insights are Google, Cisco, Johnson & Johnson, CapitalOne, IBM, Disney, and Coca-Cola.
You needn’t be a FORTUNE 500 CEO to benefit from her insights. All you need to do is join Jennifer and host Dean Rotbart for an insightful, actionable discussion of the steps you can take to become a more inclusive leader.
[Be sure to pick up a copy of Jennifer’s book, How to Be an Inclusive Leader, Second Edition: Your Role in Creating Cultures of Belonging Where Everyone Can Thrive.]
Photo: Jennifer Brown, Jennifer Brown ConsultingPosted: March 27, 2023Monday Morning Run Time: 58:25Episode: 11.32
In the Fall of 2007, Eric Johnson, an entrepreneur and designer of satellite communications systems, was on vacation when he received a panicked call from his financial advisor.
“Need permission to sell.”
“Sell what?”
“Everything.”
Eric did sell, and his swift move saved him from getting walloped by the Great Recession and the ensuing turmoil in the markets.
Eric is a renaissance man: an instrument-rated private pilot, surfer, black belt, astrophotographer, angel investor, and co-founder and former CEO of Tourmaline Networks, a software engineering firm.
After weathering the Great Recession, Eric determined he never again wanted to feel financially vulnerable. So, in addition to his other personal and professional pursuits, Eric set off on a 15-year odyssey to teach himself everything investors, owners, entrepreneurs, and anyone who wants to protect their wealth needs to know about finance and economics.
In his book, What the Hell is an Economy, Eric has distilled all that he’s learned into an easy-to-understand read that spells out what an economy is and how it works.
If you're wondering what recent bank failures, inflation, debt ceiling, currency fluctuations, and trade deficits mean for your business — where are the risks and where are the opportunities — Eric shares the answers with host and award-winning financial journalist Dean Rotbart exclusively on Monday Morning Radio.
Photo: Eric Johnson, What the Hell is an EconomyPosted: March 20, 2023 Monday Morning Run Time: 39:55 Episode: 11.31
Gene Sticco embraces three of the core tenets that Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart advocates for anyone who wants to break from the pack:
- Be audacious.
- Act on your dreams and passions.
- Let the naysayers laugh, and then do it anyway.
Sticco is an entrepreneur and U.S. Air Force special forces veteran. He is also a newly announced candidate for the Oval Office in 2024.
Rotbart describes Gene as a serious candidate with no serious chance of winning. That said, for the example Gene sets for business owners, entrepreneurs, and creatives, among others, he is already a victor.
Plato once observed:
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
Sticco is taking the Greek philosopher’s words to heart, and they apply equally to those in every industry and profession where individuals settle for following rather than leading.
Although Gene knew nothing about running an Opera company, he has funneled his experience and passion into serving as General Director of the Mystic Side Opera, a newly formed company that showcases some impressive local talents, including Gene’s wife, Natalya, who is a mezzo-soprano.
Whether it's opera, the Air Force, or a run for the White House, Gene Sticco is a bold and decisive role model. You can vote for Gene with your ears right now, exclusively on Monday Morning Radio.
[You’ll find Gene’s campaign website at ForThePromiseofAmerica.com]
Photo: Gene Sticco, Committee to Elect Gene Sticco Posted: March 13, 2023 Monday Morning Run Time: 54:40 Episode: 11.30
Matt Mason, who since 2019 has served as the official state poet of Nebraska, returns to Monday Morning Radio to discuss his latest collection of poems — At The Corner of Fantasy and Main: Disneyland, Midlife and Churros — and to share his ideas for making poetry and profits rhyme.
Matt, a Wizard Academy alumnus, was last a guest on this podcast in March 2019, shortly after publishing his previous poetry collection, The Baby That Ate Cincinnati. On this visit, he continues to explain the relationship between poetry and creativity in business and entrepreneurship.
Matt hopes that the introspections he shares in At the Corner of Fantasy and Main and The Baby That Ate Cincinnati will touch readers and help fuel his ambition to earn a living by writing, performing, and teaching poetry to a corporate audience.
Turning a passion into a profitable business is never easy. This week, Matt shares his game plan for overcoming the obstacles he is certain to encounter — strategies that can help anyone who wants to be gainfully employed doing what they love.
Photo: Matt Mason, At the Corner of Fantasy and MainPosted: March 6, 2023Monday Morning Run Time: 47:19Episode: 11.29
The secret to Michael Kaeding’s success as the CEO of Norhart Inc., a company that designs, builds, and rents apartments, is that he had no idea how to run his family business when his father unexpectedly passed away.
“I had no preconceived notion of the way things were supposed to be done,” Mike recalls. “We just started to naively solve problems, and that was the magic.”
Norhart, headquartered in tiny Forest Lake, Minnesota, is booming. Because Mike has refined a process to save 50% or more over other residential developers, he tells host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart that he plans to expand his business nationwide and take a stab at solving America’s housing shortage and affordability crisis.
Photo: Michael Kaeding, CEO, Norhart Inc.Posted: February 27, 2023Monday Morning Run Time: 46:02Episode: 11.28
Four sneaky obstacles prevent most business owners and entrepreneurs from becoming peerless communicators, whether in writing, on video, or in front of a live audience.
There is a proven formula to vault over those hurdles, and this week’s guest, Michelle D. Gladieux, reveals how to become the best communicator you can be.
Michelle, president of Gladieux Consulting, headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has taught at the college level for 18 years, starting when she was only 23.
Gladieux Consulting, which serves hundreds of companies and thousands of training participants, focuses on leadership and communication topics, strategic planning facilitation, and building creative tools that yield personal and professional development.
Michelle’s new book, Communicate with Courage: Taking Risks to Overcome Four HIdden Challenges, provides a step-by-step guide to triumphing over fear to deliver your message more effectively and make a difference in the world.
But host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart tells Michelle that she underestimated the import of her book. As Dean observes, Communicate with Courage is really a guidebook on how to live with courage. “And who couldn’t use an extra dose of self-confidence?” Dean asks.
Photo: Michelle D. Gladieux, Gladieux ConsultingPosted: February 20, 2023Monday Morning Run Time: 49:19Episode: 11.27
Although officially, the business spotlighted on this week’s podcast is less than a week old, host Dean Rotbart says that given its lineage and the marketing genius supporting it, RomanticSpotsinAustin.com is a sure bet to be an entrepreneurial role model and a global success story.
Two years in development, the online guidebook to amorous Austin, Texas, is the brainchild of Pennie Williams, brought from the drawing board to last week’s rollout with an assist by her son Jake and her husband, none other than Roy H. Williams.
Pennie has been nurturing love and romance for decades. She is responsible for launching Chapel Dulcinea — the world’s first free wedding chapel — in 2005. Situated cliffside on the edge of an ancient walking trail overlooking the Texas Hill Country, the chapel hosts 1,100 ceremonies annually.
RomanticSpotsinAustin offers searchable, unbiased descriptions of a cornucopia of places and activities — from famous landmarks to little-known hideaways, sweeping natural landscapes to rooftop lounges, crazy art and adventures to violins and candlelight. Listings on RomanticSpotsinAustin.com are free and selected for inclusion solely by the editorial team behind the digital guidebook.
“Visitors to RomanticSpotsinAustin.com need only be guided by their mood of the moment, whether that means hiking the cliffs at sunset, sharing cocktails at a dark corner table, or touring any of Austin’s outstanding museums,” says Jake Williams, who serves as chief executive of the new venture. “The only essential ingredient, of course, is that you have the one you love by your side.”
Listen closely, as this week Roy not only explains the strategy behind RomanticSpotsinAustin, but he also shares some of the proven marketing techniques that have made him the most successful and admired ad writer in history.
Photo: Jake Williams, CEO, Romantic Spots LLC Posted: February 13, 2023 Monday Morning Run Time: 43:05 Episode: 11.26
Among the giants of self-improvement authors and speakers are Dale Carnegie, Earl Nightingale, Jim Rohn, Zig Ziglar, and Blaine Oelkers.
Blaine who?
Blaine Oelkers, http://selfluence.com, is not yet as well known as these other inspiring speakers and authors — but he is a modern keeper of their inspirational flame.
In fact, Blaine is America’s only Chief Results Officer — an expert on how to get yourself to do those things you know you should do but aren’t.
In this week’s episode, Blaine will reveal his method of getting an hour’s worth of work done in only 30 minutes. He’ll show us how to create a durable new habit in only 21 seconds. And he’ll explain his WYTAYBA™ secret to unlocking the full power of your mind.
As host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart says, “While Blaine may channel Carnegie, Nightingale, and the others, he is an original — offering unique solutions for our 21st century professional and personal challenges.”
Photo: Blaine Oelkers, Selfluence.comPosted: February 6, 2023Monday Morning Run Time: 51:47
When a quality publishing house releases only one book a year, you know it will be a blockbuster.
That’s always been the case with award-winning Bard Press, which has brought out 18 business bestsellers over the past 25 years.
This year the business boutique imprint has tapped authors Ed O’Malley and Julia Fabris McBride. Their book, When Everyone Leads: The Toughest Challenges Get Seen and Solved, offers a revolutionary model that allows everyone to claim the mantle of “leader,” no matter how high up or low down they are on the organizational chart.
In When Everyone Leads, the authors lay out their five core tenets of leadership.
- Leadership is an activity, not a position
- Anyone can lead, anytime, anywhere
- Leadership starts with you and must engage others
- Leadership is risky
- Leadership is about your toughest challenges
Ed and Julia know the genuine mechanisms of leadership.
The two authors honed their insights into leadership at the Kansas Leadership Center, which they launched in 2007. Ed’s background was in government and politics. Julia was an actor turned leadership coach.
Working from the premise that the quality and quantity of leadership is the key determinant
to prosperity, health, and success for organizations and communities, under their guidance the Kansas Leadership Center has empowered more than 15,000 individuals to set aside outdated concepts of leadership and anoint themselves pathfinders.
As Ed and Julia explain to host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart, anyone can lead, anytime, anywhere. Is it your turn to step up?
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Bard Press — founded by the incomparable Ray Bard and now piloted by veteran author, literary agent, editor, and blogger Todd Sattersten — picks winners. Among its most-recognized titles:
The Gift of Struggle: Life-Changing Lessons About Leading by Bobby Herrera
The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary W. Keller and Jay Papasan
Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness by Jeffrey Gitomer
The Wizard of Ads: Turning Words into Magic and Dreamers into Millionaires by Roy Williams
When Everyone Leads will soon take its place among the pantheon of Bard Press success stories.
Photos: Julia Fabris McBride and Ed O’Malley, When Everyone LeadsPosted: January 30, 2023Monday Morning Run Time: 50:49
Jack and Patti Phillips, a husband and wife Ph.D. duo, lead the ROI Institute, which provides a scalable and systematic approach to program evaluation. Their proprietary ROI Methodology is the most used and implemented such system in the world, adopted by 27 governments and three-fourths of the FORTUNE 500. The Phillipses have a combined five decades of experience evaluating the wisdom of investing in so-called “soft skills,” including employee training, human resources, community outreach, and DEI - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Companies large and small pour hefty sums into these and similar programs, but do they get their money’s worth?
The Phillipses know the answer and in their latest book, Show the Value of What You Do, they make ROI Methodology accessible and easy to implement for every business owner and executive, whether assessing an existing program or planning new projects.
As host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart says, “At last when directors or supervisors demand, ‘Prove to me the value’ of your projects, you can do exactly that, thanks to Jack and Patti.”
Photos: Jack and Patti Phillips, ROI Institute Posted: January 23, 2023Monday Morning Run Time: 47:57
Can you teach yourself and your colleagues to generate great ideas — ideas genuinely worth pursuing?
Robin Landa, an author and professor of design at Kean University in Union, New Jersey, has made a career studying where breakthrough ideas come from — so-called ideation — and how anyone can conjure concepts that will be revolutionary.
Robin’s latest book is The New Art of Ideas: Unlock Your Creative Potential. In it, she identifies the required foundation of every good idea: Goal, Gap, and Gain - or what she terms the 3Gs.
Robin doesn’t promise that if you read her book, you or your employees will become the next Mark Twain, Albert Einstein, or Steve Jobs. But she doesn’t rule it out either.
Play along as host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart quizzes Robin — a Jeopardy enthusiast — on her mastery of various categories of creativity. And be sure your response is in the form of a question.
Photo: Robin Landa, The New Art of IdeasPosted: January 16, 2023Monday Morning Run Time: 41:42
Stephen Semple is a marketing and advertising wizard. Moreover, he is an iconoclast - creating winning campaigns for his grateful clients and his own agency by marching to a different drummer.
Officially, Stephen is the Director of Wizard of Ads Canada and one of the elite Wizard of Ads partners who work in collaboration with other creative geniuses around the globe. He is also the co-host of The Empire Builders Podcast, where each week, he and his co-host reverse engineer the playbook of some of today’s most admired and successful companies, traveling back in time to their early years to study their growth formula.
Host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart speaks with Stephen on this week’s Monday Morning Radio, covering a wide range of topics and dispensing invaluable business wisdom nuggets.
Among the topics, Stephen explains why cutting-edge online titans - including Google, Amazon, eBay, and Airbnb — are shifting their promotional dollars to traditional media, including TV, radio, direct mail, and billboards.
Stephen studies, dissects, and decodes the success secrets of business empires. This week, listeners get to see his decoder ring in operation.
Photo: Stephen Semple, Wizard of Ads CanadaPosted: January 9, 2023Monday Morning Run Time: 1 hour and 56 seconds
LAST WEEK: Cathy Nesbitt is in a Slimy Business, and Her Customers Adore Her: How the One-Time Executive Secretary Wormed Her Way to Entrepreneurial Success
These were the ten most-listened to episodes of Monday Morning Radio in 2022. Hear for yourself why business owners and entrepreneurs around the world found them fascinating.
#1: Want a Standing Ovation for Your Company’s Financial Performance? Veteran Acting Coach Craig Archibald Raises the Curtain on the Correct Entrepreneur’s Mindset
#2: Set Off Emotional “Fireworks:” Writing Heartfelt Letters That Recipients Will Cherish: Lynette M. Smith on How to Show Genuine Gratitude to Colleagues, Family, and Friends
#3: Lift the Hood of Rapidly Growing DermatologistOnCall, and You’ll Discover An Engine Powered By Best-in-Class Technology: Investment Banker and CEO Douglas Holmes’s Insights Are Just What the Doctor Ordered
#4: This Couple, Both in Their 60s, Pedaled Coast-to-Coast on a Tandem Bike: Life and Career Lessons From an Inspirational 3,819-Mile Ride Across America
#5: Look Before You Leap into the Entrepreneurial Life: Bestselling Author Gino Wickman Asks, “Do You Have What It Takes?” to Succeed
#6: Why Make Being an Effective Leader So Complex When – DUH! — All It Takes is Common Sense? Authors Ken Blanchard and Randy Conley Offer 52 Ways to Bolster Employee Satisfaction and Productivity
#7: The Future of Business Journalism: A Special Edition of Monday Morning Radio
#8: Alfred Sloan, George Eastman, Julius Rosenwald, Olive Beech and Madame C.J. Walker: They May Be Gone, But Their Legacies — and Those of Dozens of Other Dead CEOs — Can Inform Today’s Business Leaders
#9: Shift Happens: We Can’t Control Our Personal or Business Misfortunes: But Author and Life Coach Ann Papayoti Knows How to Help Us Control Our Responses
#10: A Business Primer: See the Weiner Dog Run. Run. Run. Peter Nevland on What Your Marketing Campaigns Can Learn From Dachshund Races
If you have scoleciphobia — fear of worms, you may want to skip this week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio.
Host Dean Rotbart’s guest, Cathy Nesbitt, is a passionate worm advocate and Canadian worm royalty. Since 2002, Cathy, owner of Cathy’s Crawly Composters, has bred and sold red wigglers and European nightcrawlers by the pound to enthusiastic customers who use the live squigglers for composting — converting household garbage into nutrient-rich fertilizer.
Many would-be entrepreneurs are unwilling to get their hands dirty in the pursuit of profit. The story of Cathy’s success is sure to make the clean freaks out there squirm.
Photo: Cathy Nesbitt, Cathy’s Crawly Composters Posted: January 2, 2023Monday Morning Run Time: 51:59
When recruiting new hires, Andrea Hoffer leaves little to chance. After ten years of running her own business with a hit-and-all-too-frequent-miss record recruiting and retaining staff, Andrea concluded there must be a better way.
She not only developed a structured process for attracting and keeping employees but found her method to be so successful that she built and now is CEO of AHA! Recruiting Experts, an agency that helps clients identify, hire, and retain great employees.
Andrea has managed hundreds of employees and has experience in the higher education system, revenue-producing operation management, franchise business ownership, and business consulting. She is the author of Hire Higher: How To Attract, Interview & Grow Your Dream Team. The book provides proven strategies and a proactive approach to hiring.
If Andrea has a single piece of advice for business owners and leaders, she tells host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart, it’s this: ABR - Always Be Recruiting.
Photo: Andrea Hoffer, AHA! Recruiting Experts Posted: December 26, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 43:35
Ted Clark, author of Buy & Build CEO: Leveraging Private Equity to Build a Winning Global Business, is an expert on how successful business owners and entrepreneurs can become uber-wealthy. He has spent more than four decades as a business executive and investor, and is currently a partner in Nashville-based Iron Path Capital.
After starting out as a shipping clerk, has climbed the heights of the wealth ladder. He now advises other people on how to leverage their way into society’s upper crust.
The best part, as Ted explains this week to host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart, is that his wealth-building strategies rely on using other people’s money to acquire and build winning global businesses.
Photo: Ted Clark, Iron Path CapitalPosted: December 19, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 45:55
A computer engineer by training, Joseph Fung has founded five technology companies, helped to back 20 startups, and now is the CEO of Uvaro, a rapidly growing career success company that provides lifelong training for those in a variety of professional roles, including sales, account management, customer service, and leadership.
Host Dean Rotbart describes Joseph as a walking encyclopedia of business wisdom. This week the two discuss a variety of timely topics, including generating a quality company culture, preparing employees for long-term success, investing in early-stage companies, and harnessing the rewards of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Photo: Joseph Fung, UvaroPosted: December 12, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 43:45
At the peak of his popularity in the 1980s, electronics retailer “Crazy Eddie” was better known for his screaming and gesticulating television commercials promoting “insane” prices than were then-Mayor Ed Koch and President Ronald Regan.
Thousands of customers would flock to store openings, hoping to nab a free t-shirt and get a glimpse of the unhinged pitchman.
Behind the scenes, however, Eddie Antar — the real Crazy Eddie, not the TV actor who portrayed him in the commercials — was a thieving, lying, cheat who defrauded just about everyone who ever trusted him, and was ultimately sentenced to eight years in prison.
Veteran investigative reporter Gary Weiss has written a page-turning biographical exposé of Eddie Antar: Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie. This week Gary and host Dean Rotbart explore both the genius and insanity of Crazy Eddie, a business crook unlike any other in American history.
Photo: Gary Weiss, Retail Gangster
Posted: December 5, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 41:45
[November 29th is Giving Tuesday, a day for lending your support to worthy non-profits. This week’s podcast opens with a brief interview with Lisa Weyer, executive director of the All Kids Bike campaign and its parent, the Strider Education Foundation. All Kids Bike is on a mission to teach every child in America how to ride a bike in kindergarten PE class.]
Michael Beckley, an author and professor of political science, has briefed high-level policymakers, military leaders, and members of the U.S. intelligence services on his judgment that China is a nation on the descent, and that is likely to lead America into a direct conflict with the People’s Republic much sooner than anyone expects.
Beckley is the co-author — along with Hal Brands — of Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China.
This week, Beckley explains the thinking behind his assessment and why business owners and entrepreneurs, not just policy wonks and the political class, would be wise to recognize the threat China poses and take steps now to prepare for the coming clash.
Beckley is interviewed by Dean Rotbart, host and award-winning journalist.
Photo: Michael Beckley, Danger Zone
Posted: November 28, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 52:40
Forty days remain in 2022. Forty days to wrap up unfinished business and set course for the New Year.
What can you accomplish between now and year-end to further your goals and check worrisome tasks off your to-do list?
Dr. Sarah Reiff-Hekking answers, “Plenty.”
Dr. Sarah, a psychologist with more than 20 years of experience, is one of the nation’s preeminent experts on coaching entrepreneurs and professionals on how to get past their sense of being overwhelmed and the procrastination that often results. She is the founder of True Focus Coaching, which offers a variety of time management programs and consulting designed to get even the most time-challenged procrastinators unstuck.
In working with clients over the years, Dr. Sarah has zeroed in on five steps that can bulldoze through the obstacles that undermine our productivity, keep us from achieving our goals, and set us on a negative emotional spiral.
This week, Dr. Sarah shares with host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart the proprietary system she relies on to get things done when there are simply too many things to do.
Photo: Dr. Sarah Reiff-Hekking, True Focus Coaching
Posted: November 21, 2022
Monday Morning Run Time: 47:01
In the third season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, B-List actor Robert Kerbeck played a Cardassian soldier, unrecognizable under facial prosthetics and heavy makeup.
But the alien disguise was child’s play compared to the many real-life guises Robert adopted over his long career as a highly paid corporate spy, absconding with invaluable, private intelligence so detailed it would make the CIA proud.
Business-on-business spying is a huge industry — full of deceit and lies. No company is too small or unimportant to be confident that its competitors aren’t deploying snoops to extract valuable, actionable, proprietary information.
Robert is the author of RUSE: Lying the American Dream from Hollywood to Wall Street. In the book, he regales readers with his adventures as a corporate spy - pretending to be someone he wasn’t to coax people inside giant corporations to reveal information and secrets that could lead to their downfall - and land Robert in jail for a long, long time.
This week Robert shares the secrets of the dark art of corporate spying with host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart. If, that is, you can believe Robert isn’t just running some kind of grand con on us.
Photo: Robert Kerbeck, RUSE
Posted: November 14, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 49:56
As a veteran manager of hundreds of employees, London-based author Jim Edwards would grade himself only a solid “B” as a supervisor.
So why do business owners and entrepreneurs on both sides of the Atlantic turn to Jim in impressive numbers for his recommendations on how they can perform better in leadership roles?
The reason, says Jim, the author of Say Thank You For Everything, is that you don’t have to be a management superstar to be good enough to outperform your peers and competitors.
Jim, a talented reporter and writer, gleaned his insights in his previous supervisory roles, including managing editor at Adweek, founding editor-in-chief at Business Insider UK, and editor-in-chief at Insider.
Alyson Shontell, editor-in-chief of FORTUNE, describes Jim’s book as “equal parts smart, funny, blunt and helpful.” Adds Eric Schurenberg, former editor-in-chief of Inc. magazine: “Jim knows how the leadership game is played and, better yet, he knows how to coach his readers to play it as well.”
Monday Morning Radio host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart promises that Jim’s organizational insights will leave you nodding your head and asking, “Why didn’t I think of that?”
Photo: Jim Edwards, Say Thank You for Everything
Posted: November 7, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 53:34
Todd Mitchell is an award-winning author of novels for young readers. He teaches writing and literature at Colorado State University and has worked with thousands of writers.
But Todd is much more than a university professor. He’s a creativity sherpa for all writers, artists, musicians, actors, entrepreneurs, and innovators who, at times, experience doubt, struggle, and failure.
While Todd’s latest book, Breakthrough, speaks most directly to those who call themselves writers, he notes that the challenges writers face — and can overcome — resemble the challenges that almost everyone faces when they send their creations out into the world to be admired, criticized, or ignored.
[Todd’s paradigm is similar to that of Craig Archibald, who was featured on a popular episode of Monday Morning Radio in June 2022. Craig, a well-established acting coach and author, posits that the mindset necessary to be a successful actor and a successful business person is pretty much one and the same].
The subtitle of Breakthrough is “How to Overcome Doubt, Fear, and Resistance to Be Your Ultimate Creative Self.”
Todd wrote the book after he was nearly defeated by the psychological demons that haunt many creatives. He found his way back to a happier, more fulfilling life and now shares his playbook for other creatives to follow.
“Trust me when I say that Breakthrough is an inspirational book, one that has the potential to change your life,” says host Dean Rotbart, an award-winning journalist and author. “Todd offers the ‘cure’ for those of us who are achievement addicts.”
Photo: Todd Mitchell, Author, Breakthrough: How to Overcome Doubt, Fear, and Resistance to Be Your Ultimate Creative Self
Posted: October 31, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 50:26
Sitting in jail - facing a 13-year sentence - Rob Lohman had plenty of time to review his past: alcohol and drug addiction, gambling, bankruptcies, and even a suicide attempt.
That was in 2012.
Since then, Rob, who was released from prison after less than a year, has not only turned his life around, he’s used savvy self-marketing to build a for-profit business guiding thousands of other men and women who’ve hit rock bottom — be it in their personal or business lives — to a fresh start.
As Rob tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, his life story teaches that the same character traits that feed personal failure can be harnessed to rebound and achieve unprecedented success.
Pick up a copy of Rob’s book: The Addition IntERvention.
Photo: Rob Lohman, Lifted From The Rut
Posted: October 24, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 42.23
Over the past decade, if you paid taxes, borrowed money, invested, or bought goods and services, no single elected or appointed government official has had more influence over your wallet than Janet Yellen.
In fact, no person in American history has served — as Yellen has — in three influential government economic posts: Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors, then Chair of the Federal Reserve, and since January 2021, as Secretary of the Treasury.
Jon Hilsenrath, an award-winning senior writer for The Wall Street Journal covering economics and finance, has written the definitive biography of Janet Yellen and her Nobel Prize-winning economist husband, George Akerlof: “Yellen: The Trailblazing Economist Who Navigated an Era of Upheaval.”
The book, due from HarperCollins on November 1st, can be pre-ordered at www.tinyurl.com/MMRYellen.
Monday Morning Radio Host Dean Rotbart characterizes “Yellen” as an engaging read that will appeal to a broad audience, with unique value to younger readers who are just starting out or still early in their careers.
“The book is a love story, it’s an overcoming obstacles tale, it’s a women’s empowerment narrative, and it provides fascinating insights into the way our government and economy operate,” Rotbart says.
This week Hilsenrath raises the curtain on his forthcoming biography and explains why everyone who is a business owner or entrepreneur needs to learn all they can about Janet Yellen.
To view a video of this week’s podcast, visit https://tinyurl.com/YTHilsenrath.
Photo: Jon Hilsenrath, AuthorPosted: October 17, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 47 minutes
The title of Chris De Santis’s new book is sure to resonate with employers and employees alike: Why I Find You Irritating: Navigating Generational Friction at Work.
Many business owners and veteran company employees find their younger colleagues irritating — failing to share their values and work ethic.
Guess what? The feeling is mutual, as Millennials and GenZers often lack respect for their older co-workers.
Chris, an organization expert and former director of training and development for the American Medical Association, has studied generational differences for 18 years. He's discovered that — when well understood — the generational conflict that is so prevalent these days can be leveraged to the benefit of the organization and all its staff.
Who buys that theory? Among Chris’s clients, you’ll find Google, Microsoft, Adobe, Lilly, and Bank of America.
This week, Chris shares with host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart his take on what most companies get wrong and how to avoid squandering the value inherent in generational diversity.
Photo: Chris De Santis, Why I Find You Irritating
Posted: October 10, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 42:05
Steve Curtin, ranked as one of the top 30 customer service experts in the world — with clients that include Carnival Cruise Line, NAPA Auto Parts, and TJ Maxx — believes that every owner and manager needs to have “The Revelation Conversation” with each of their employees.
The conversation, which is the focus of Steve’s latest book, is designed to address the question of why their job and their company matter.
As Steve tells host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart, “we’ve all heard the story of the NASA janitor who wasn’t mopping floors; he was helping to send a man to the moon.” Imagine what would happen to each worker’s productivity and job satisfaction, Curtin asks, if your employees felt the same way about the greater purpose of the work they do.
After a 20-year career with Marriott International working in hotel operations, sales and marketing, and training and development, Steve now devotes his time to speaking, consulting, and writing on the topic of extraordinary customer service.
Photo: Steve Curtin, The Revelation Conversation
Posted: October 3, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 41:47
You may have never heard of Jonathan Dahl. But six times a year, he produces a glossy magazine that reaches 1.8 million high-powered global executives and owners, in addition to a weekly online newsletter that has surpassed 3.5 million annual page views.
What’s special about Jonathan is that he doesn’t work for a mainstream news organization. Rather, he generates what he calls “dazzling corporate content” for Korn Ferry, the highly respected privately held global consulting firm.
Whether you own or operate a company with 50 or 50,000 employees, Jonathan tells host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart that you need to be generating regular articles and blog posts that showcase how you operate, your values, and how today’s broader news and trends relate to your business and your customers.
Photo: Jonathan Dahl, Korn FerryPosted: September 26, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 43:02
Sean Castrina says there are eight unbreakable rules that entrepreneurs who want to be a success must follow.
Given that Sean has launched more than 20 companies over the past two decades — most of them successes — he knows more than a little about the dos and don’ts of competing effectively in the cutthroat business marketplace.
Sean is by no means lazy, but as he tells host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart, his millionaire-producing formula has always been to create high-margin businesses in less-crowded fields and then let others do all the hard work.
Be sure to download a copy of Sean’s book, 8 Unbreakable Rules for Business Start-Up Success, for free.
Photos: Sean Castrina, 8 Unbreakable Rules for Business Start-Up SuccessPosted: September 19, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 38:09
Among the robber barons of the late 19th century, none was more ruthless and unscrupulous than Jay Gould, who amassed a fortune greater than that of the Rockefellers. During Gould’s life, he controlled the country’s largest railroad empire, Western Union, and even the New York World newspaper (which he sold to Joseph Pulitzer in 1883).
Today, Gould is all but forgotten outside of academia. But his influence and the regulations put in place to try and prevent future stock manipulators such as he from succeeding continue to have a significant influence over American businesses and financial markets.
Greg Steinmetz, a partner at a New York money management firm, has just published an authoritative biography of the clever and quirky Gould, American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street’s Biggest Fortune.
Hate Gould or outright despise him, Steinmetz tells host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart that it’s not possible to deny that Gould played a domineering role in America’s transformative economic expansion of the 19th century.
Photos: Author Greg Steinmetz and Jay GouldPosted: September 12, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 38:19
July 4th is the perfect time for fireworks, barbecues, and according to Lynette M. Smith, writing personal, heartfelt letters to colleagues, friends, family members, and others who enrich your life.
Lynette is a letter-writing evangelist who has authored multiple books on the art and impact of crafting the type of communications that will be saved and savored for years, even decades to come. [Get your personal copy of How to Write Heartfelt Letters to Treasure.]
Spoken words, texts, and emails are fleeting. If you want to demonstrate genuine appreciation, Lynette tells host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart, only a gratitude letter will do.
Photo: Lynette M. Smith, Good Ways to Write
Posted: July 4, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 40:03
What can an annual race featuring weiner dogs teach serious entrepreneurs and business owners about correctly predicting the outcome of any marketing campaign before spending a dime on testing the concept? Plenty.
That’s the bottom line of Peter Nevland’s latest book, Wiener Dog Marketing: A Silly Sounding Book for Serious Business Growth. The fast read not only features lessons Peter has gleaned from teaching and attending classes at the Wizard Academy, it also maps the mind of the Wizard himself, Roy H. Williams.
Peter is one of the elite Wizard of Ads partners who helps already successful businesses find their unique path to much greater success, much faster.
Peter was last a guest on Monday Morning Radio a decade ago, when he discussed his evolution from an engineer to a wordsmith and word coach.
This week Peter shares with host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart the secrets of sniffing out a successful marketing strategy, one short-legged, long-bodied canine at a time.
Photo: Peter Nevland, Weiner Dog Marketing
Posted: June 27, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 45:10
CLOCKWISE: Dean Rotbart, Matt Quayle, Peter Coy, Henry Dubroff, Matt Murray, and Chris Roush A special audio/video edition of Monday Morning Radio presenting a panel of distinguished journalists discussing the future of business journalism.
TO VIEW THE VIDEO, CLICK HERE.
This is the first episode in the 11th year of the business-to-business podcast.
Everyone who owns a business, operates a professional practice, or works for either, understands the importance of the business news media - and their ability to provide actionable insights and intelligence.
The discussion arises from the publication of The Future of Business Journalism and Why It Matters for Wall Street and Main Street by Chris Roush. Roush is the Dean of the Quinnipiac University School of Communications, where he is also a professor. He is a veteran business journalist and the founder of Talking Biz News — a must-read website for journalists and communications executives about the business journalism profession.
Roush joins Dean Rotbart, award-winning author and host of Monday Morning Radio, to examine the history of the business journalism profession, its current status, and what Roush believes are the changes that are necessary to buttress business and financial news going forward.
In his book, Roush writes: “[The] shift in business news content away from many consumers and small business owners on Main Street and toward Wall Street investors, money managers, and Fortune 500 executives is one of the most misunderstood inequalities in twenty-first century American civic life.”
To examine that contention, along with other key elements in The Future of Business Journalism, are a distinguished panel of four veteran business journalists:
Peter Coy, Opinion Economics Writer, The New York Times
Henry Dubroff, Owner and Founder, Pacific Coast Business Times
Matt Murray, Editor in Chief, The Wall Street Journal
Matt Quayle, Senior Executive Producer, CNBC-TV
Biographies of Roush and the panel members are available here.
Order your copy of The Future of Business Journalism here.
Posted: June 20, 2022
Monday Morning Run Time: One Hour and Seven Minutes
As the top journalist and now CEO of Fortune Media — publisher of Fortune magazine, Fortune.com, and an increasing array of live Fortune global conferences — Alan Murray is one of the most influential business journalists in the country.
In his capacity as the head of Fortune, Alan has the opportunity to keep company with many of the world's most prominent and influential people, including presidents, heads of state, legendary CEOs, titans of Wall Street, and even the Pope.
Alan is the author of a bold, newly released book, Tomorrow’s Capitalist: My Search for the Soul of Business.
In the book, Alan encapsulates the wisdom of his coterie, mixed with a full serving of his own savvy, to create a vision for a new, 21st-century breed of business owners and leaders. Alan dubs them Capitalists 2.0.
Some of Alan’s ideas are surprisingly radical — or, if not radical — certainly a break from the traditions of Corporate America and the deeply-rooted Milton Friedman philosophy that “There is one and only one social responsibility of business–to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits.”
This week, Alan sits for an exclusive interview with host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart to explain how tomorrow’s CEOs can do a better job than their predecessors for their employees, communities, and investors.
[Note: Alan’s journalism career spans more than four decades, including serving as deputy managing editor, executive editor online, Washington bureau chief, and a columnist for The Wall Street Journal. He is the recipient of a Business News Visionary Award, nominated by his peers and recognized for his transformative contributions to the business journalism profession.
The Business News Visionary Awards are made possible by the support of Monday Morning Radio and The Dilenschneider Group. Additional support is provided by TimeinaBottlePhotography.com.]
Next Monday, June 20th, as Monday Morning Radio begins its 11th year of podcasting, host Dean Rotbart will moderate an extra special panel to discuss a provocative new book, the Future of Business Journalism.
Everyone who owns a business, operates a professional practice, or works for either, understands the importance of the business news media - and their ability to provide actionable insights and intelligence.
Chris Roush - Dean of the Quinnipiac University School of Communications and a veteran business journalist, is the author of The Future of Business Journalism which contends that significant changes must take place in the ways business journalism organizations operate for the betterment of Main Street and Wall Street.
Joining Chris and Dean will be four distinguished business journalists:
Peter Coy, Opinion Economics Writer, The New York Times
Henry Dubroff, Owner and Founder, Pacific Coast Business Times
Matt Murray, Editor in Chief, The Wall Street Journal
Matt Quayle, Senior Executive Producer, CNBC-TV
Photo: Alan Murray, Fortune MediaPosted: June 13, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: One Hour and Two Minutes
Most people don’t think of Hollywood celebrities as entrepreneurs. But Craig Archibald, founder of The Archibald Studio, is not most people.
A well-established acting coach, Craig has mentored talents including Eric Roberts, Dan Futterman, John Slattery, and Constance Wu. One of the first lessons he drills into his clients’ minds is that acting is a highly competitive business, and if they are going to succeed, they need to excel as entrepreneurs.
But get this, Craig also recommends that business owners study acting to improve their financial performance.
Craig is the author of the new book, The Actor’s Mindset: Acting as a Craft, Discipline and Business. He joins host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart to explain the fascinating Hollywood-Business connection.
And be sure to keep your ears open for cameos by Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, George Clooney, and the Greek philosopher, Aristotle.
Photo: Craig Archibald, The Archibald StudioPosted: June 6, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 46:59
As an active U.S. Army Colonel, Christopher Kolenda — a West Point graduate — led 800 paratroopers stationed in Afghanistan. Six of his soldiers were killed under his command.
The loss of his troops and the lessons he learned about effective leadership during his storied military career are front and center in Col. Kolenda’s mind this Memorial Day.
Col. Kolenda is the author of Leadership: The Warrior’s Art and Zero-Sum Victory: What We’re Getting Wrong About War. He is also the founder of Strategic Leaders Academy, which works with leaders who want to apply insights from history and military operations to transform their businesses.
Whether on the battlefields of Afghanistan or in the trenches of American businesses, Col. Kolenda says that victory depends on a three-legged foundation: Leadership, Culture, and Strategy.
If your business lacks any one of these, he tells host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart, you are forfeiting the competitive advantage.
Photo: Colonel Christopher Kolenda, Strategic Leaders Academy
Posted: May 30, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 52:48
Brian Scudamore was a high school dropout. Waiting at a McDonald’s drive-through, he spotted a ratty old pickup with “Junk Hauling” spray-painted on the side. “I could do that,” Brian told himself.
Driven by an insatiable curiosity and inspired to do things bigger and better, Brian bought a beat-up old truck and launched what today is the $600 million global industry giant, 1-800-Got-Junk, which dominates the junk removal business.
Brian is the founder and CEO of Vancouver-based 02E Brands —
Ordinary 2 Exceptional — which offers innovative home services franchises, including 1-800-Got Junk, Wow 1 Day Painting, and Shack Shine.
This week, Brian shares practical insights from his latest bestselling book, BYOB: Business Your Own Business, Be Your Own Boss. The book debuted at #2 on The Wall Street Journal’s bestsellers list.
BYOB is a follow-up to Brian’s popular 2018 book, WTF! [Willing to Fail]: How Failure Can Be Your Key to Success. Both BYOB and WTF were written with Roy H. Williams, founder of Roy H. Williams Marketing and co-founder of Wizard Academy.
Brian is a fervent believer in the power of thinking BIG. Listen in as he explains why everyone has it within their means to achieve their dreams.
“If Brian can succeed, so can you,” says host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart. “And that’s not rubbish.”
Photo: Brian Scudamore, O2E Brands
Posted: May 23, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 44:12
One of the most popular characters in Charles M. Schultz’s Peanuts comic strip is Linus Van Pelt, Charlie Brown’s best friend. Linus displays great wisdom even as he clings to his always-present blue security blanket.
Dr. Victoria Grady, an organization expert with decades of experience working with Fortune 500 companies, sees similarities between Linus and the type of “attachment behavior” that often stalls the progress of companies trying to successfully transform in the digital age.
Do you or your colleagues have a mental “blankie” that is holding you back?
Dr. Grady, co-author of Stuck: How to Win at Work By Understanding Loss, joins host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart to explain how to identify your attachment behaviors and offers insights on how to get people to “un-stick” and embrace and adopt change.
Photo: Dr. Victoria M. Grady, PIvotPoint
Posted: May 16, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 45:20
Tim Redmond, CEO of Redmond Growth Consulting, has spent more than 35 years mentoring plumbers, electricians, landscapers, remodelers, and other small bricks-and-mortar business owners on ways to dramatically improve their performance. Tim relies on an unusual framework for his growth principles: The Bible.
While Tim’s clients come from all religions and denominations, he looks to teachings in the New Testament, in particular, to steer his innovative coaching process.
The Divine inspiration, Tim tells host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart, has led many of his clients to report heavenly improvements in their performance and profits.
Photo: Tim Redmond, Redmond Growth Consulting
Posted: May 2, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 42:11
Ken Lindner is a professional development maestro, having helped choreograph the careers of thousands of individuals from all walks of life. Among the many professionals he’s helped guide are leading broadcast personalities, including Lester Holt, Deborah Norville, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Leeza Gibbons, and Matt Lauer.
Ken’s approach to careers — and life in general - is simple: Make better choices, and achieve better results.
The founder of Positive Life Choice Psychology, Ken is the author of six books, including Aspire Higher: How to Find the Love, Positivity, and Purpose to Elevate Your Life and The World! and Career Choreography: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Finding the Right Job and Achieving Huge Success and Happiness.
This week, Ken shares with host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart the concrete steps anyone can take to make more intelligent decisions — in life and career — and reap the bountiful benefits.
Photo: Ken Lindner, Positive Life Choice Psychology
Posted: April 25, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 50:16
Stephen Kreider Yoder and his wife, Karen, had been married for 42 years when last summer — at a combined age of 127 — the two successfully rode a tandem bike 3,819 miles from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
The 12-week adventure taught the couple a multitude of lessons about teamsmanship, resilience, planning (and spontaneity), the hospitality of strangers, the beauty of nature, and the addictive satisfaction of checking items off of their bucket list.
This week Stephen, a journalist who has worked for The Wall Street Journal since 1983, and Karen, a retired professor and K-5 teacher, invite Monday Morning Radio listeners to ride along as they recount the inspiring story of their journey.
Photo: Karen and Stephen Kreider YoderPosted: April 18, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 46:55
Two of the country’s top experts on leadership — men who write bestselling books and get paid the big bucks to mentor top executives — confess that managing others doesn’t have to be complicated.
In fact, Ken Blanchard — who has sold more than 23 million copies of his books worldwide — and his colleague Randy Conley contend that outstanding leadership boils down to two common-sense ingredients: build trust with your employees and strive to serve others ahead of yourself.
Of course, even managers who are prepared to take simple steps to boost employee satisfaction and productivity can benefit from a “leadership manual.” This week, Blanchard and Conley join host Dean Rotbart to share practical ideas from their latest book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust.
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Photos: Ken Blanchard (l) and Randy Conley, Simple Trusts of Leadership
Posted: April 11, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 44:20
The life and death of Tony Hsieh, the billionaire CEO of online shoe-seller Zappos, is a master class in visionary business leadership and a cautionary tale about how fame can mask profound problems.
Hsieh, who sold Zappos to Amazon for $1.2 billion, died in a mysterious shed fire in late November 2020 at age 46.
This week, two reporters for The Wall Street Journal — Kirsten Grind and Katherine Sayre — join host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart to share details from their newly published biography of the business legend, Happy at Any Cost: The Revolutionary Vision and Fatal Quest o Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh.
Theirs is a riveting examination of an entrepreneur who was simultaneously great and deeply flawed.
Photos: Kirsten Grind (l) and Katherine Sayre, Happy at Any Cost
Posted: April 4, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 37:34
Kirsten and Katherine will be signing copies of their book and invite Monday Morning Radio listeners to stop by and pick up a copy.
Las Vegas: April 8, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Intuitive Forage Farmers Market, 300 N. Casino Center Blvd.
San Diego: April 13, 7:30 p.m. Warwick's Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave. La Jolla
Here is a harsh truth: Many entrepreneurs have no business running their own businesses.
In a no-holds-barred conversation with host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, bestselling author Gino Wickman draws an impermeable line between those who have the right stuff to succeed in business and those who never will, no matter how hard they try.
Wickman is the creator of “The Entrepreneurial Operating System,” which more than 130,000 companies have relied on to improve their results. He knows the ingredients of success and failure.
Wickman’s most recent book, “Entrepreneurial Leap,” defines the attributes that entrepreneurs must possess to prosper, advises founders on ways to avoid common mistakes, and suggests alternatives for those not born to own and grow their own businesses.
Do you have what it takes? Listen in and find out.
[Listeners to Monday Morning Radio can purchase a copy of Dean Rotbart’s newest book, September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story. Visit Gutenberg’s Store.]
Photo: Gino Wickman, Entrepreneurial Leap
Posted: March 28, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 49:10
Ann Papayoti has plenty of reasons to be bitter. She lost an infant child, had another born with epilepsy, and was married to a belligerent and abusive husband.
But Ann chose to make peace with her past. Today, she is a successful self-help author and life coach who mentors others on how to overcome all manner of life setbacks.
What allows people to prevail over their difficulties is what Ann calls “shift” — embracing a better, life-affirming perspective.
Ann is the co-author, along with Tracy Mac Donald, of The Gift of Shift: Discover the Key Within to Unlock Your Best Life.
In the book, Ann and Tracy share a collection of personal stories designed to inspire readers to look at life’s hardships from a fresh perspective.
The book aims to help each of us find peace within, create positive change, and embrace a new outlook on life.
This week Ann shares specific shift approaches to transform hardships into blessings.
Photo: Ann Papayoti, The Gift of Shift
Posted: March 21, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 38:55
Good PR has become everyone’s responsibility, regardless of your industry or job title. That is a core message shared by a distinguished panel of three experts on this week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio.
Leading the panel is Robert L. Dilenschneider, editor of the newly published fifth edition of The Public Relations Handbook, a must-read for communications practitioners and a valuable reference for executives who wisely recognize that public relations is integral to every activity and decision they make.
Dilenschneider is the founder of The Dilenschneider Group, which for more than three decades has been providing strategic advice and counsel to Fortune 500 companies and leading families and individuals around the world.
“Public relations professionals must be prepared to deal with a staggering variety of people, issues, and subjects,” Dilenschneider writes. His book consists of seventeen chapters, each contributed by recognized PR specialists.
Two of the contributors — Jack Devine and Virginia A. Kamsky — join Dilenschneider and host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart on the panel.
Devine is a founding partner and president of The Arkin Group, specializing in international crisis management, strategic intelligence, investigative research, and business problem-solving. He previously spent 32 years with the CIA, having served - among other posts - as Acting Director of Operations.
Kamsky, who divides her time between New York and Beijing, is the founder of Kamsky Associates, Inc., a strategic advisory firm whose client base includes preeminent companies worldwide. During the Obama Administration, she was appointed a member of the US Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel, providing independent advice and recommendations.
“The best thing anybody reading this book can do right now is come away and say, ‘Life has changed and if I’m going to keep up with it and be successful, I better change too,’” Dilenschneider says. “The book offers the ways people should adapt to the changing environment.”
Released in February 2022 by Matt Holt Books, The Public Relations Handbook is available from Amazon in hardcover, Kindle, and audiobook editions.
Photos (Clockwise from upper left): Host Dean Rotbart, Contributor Virginia A. Kamsky, Editor Robert L. Dilenschneider, and Contributor Jack DevinePosted: March 14, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 55:37
Last week, due to a technical glitch at the service that hosts Monday Morning Radio, some listeners heard half of one podcast while others listened to a completely different episode.
So this week, we are offering a double-header. In center stage is David Hailey, founder of Countifi. This cutting-edge concern uses a combination of computer vision and artificial intelligence to help companies in the airline industry, healthcare, construction, and higher education gain better control of their supply chain management.
Whether or not you need better supply chain management, David’s experience identifying a problem and building a business to address it is a tale to inspire every owner and entrepreneur.
Host Dean Rotbart’s other guest, Anton Suddia, is an expert on augmented reality who has fled his home in Kharkiv, Ukraine, with his wife and two young children. In a chilling conversation from his hiding place in Western Ukraine, Anton shared with Dean his very personal and compelling story of how his life has changed since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th.To stream or download Dean’s conversation with Anton, click here.
Top Photo: David Hailey, CountifiBottom Photo:* Anton Suddia, IT CraftPosted: March 6, 2022*Monday Morning Run Time: 38:01
This week, a special edition of Monday Morning Radio features a conversation with Anton Suddia, a Ukraine-based expert on augmented reality.
Recorded Sunday, February 27th, Anton shares his very personal and compelling story of how his life has changed since Russia invaded Ukraine four days earlier.
Anton previously appeared on this podcast in September 2016, discussing the global effort to bring Augmented Reality to Main Street businesses.
A father of two young children, Anton and his wife fled Kharkiv, where his company — IT Craft — is headquartered and spoke with host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart from a comparatively safe location in the western region of Ukraine.
Hearing Anton brings home the tragedy of what’s happening in Ukraine and how it has disrupted everyday life and commerce.
Anton’s future is up in the air. He doesn’t know if his company will still exist by the time listeners hear this week’s podcast. He doesn’t know if he’ll still have a job or paycheck in the days and weeks ahead. And, most critically, he doesn’t know whether he’ll be forced to flee again and, if so, where he can go.
Originally, this week’s guest was scheduled to be David Hailey, founder of Countifi and an expert on using computer vision and inventory control to improve supply chain management. Instead, our conversation with David will be featured on next week’s episode.
Top Photo: Anton Suddia, IT CraftBottom Photo: David Hailey, CountifiPosted: February 28, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 39:13
There is only so much room at the top of the corporate ladder. What can owners and CEOs do to retain and incentivize good employees when no more executive slots are available?
According to Julie Winkle Giulioni, a human resources expert and bestselling author, there are excellent alternatives to promotions. Besides, many employees no longer want all the drama and responsibilities that come with upper-management jobs.
Julie’s new book, Promotions Are So Yesterday, won’t be out until next month. But host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart persuaded Julie to share some of her best employee enticements on this week’s podcast.
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Photo: Julie Winkle Giulioni, Promotions Are So YesterdayPosted: February 21, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 47:05
To sell his first book, Man Interrupted, James Bailey — a sufferer of severe obsessive-compulsive behavior who was living out of his car at the time — staked out bookstores and celebrity haunts in Malibu, Santa Monica, and other well-to-do Southern California towns.
When he spotted stars, he unashamedly pressed them to buy his book or at the very least accept a free copy.
Bob Dylan bought one. So did James Woods. Simon Cowell promised to buy the book. And Mel Brooks was so impressed with James that the Academy Award-winning writer of The Producers wrote a cover blurb for James’s newest book, The Diary of a Manic OCD Bookseller.
“I never back off,” James tells host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart. Indeed, James has sold thousands of his books, one at a time, and this week he explains how anyone can adapt his methods to help them achieve their goals.
Photo: James Bailey, The Diary of a Manic OCD BooksellerPosted: February 14, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 39:28
Douglas Holmes is a veteran investment banker who sees massive potential in telemedicine.
His latest venture is DermatologistOnCall features a network of board-certified dermatologists who provide telemedicine services in all 50 states, and can even offer an in-home melanoma test.
The secret of DermatologistOnCall’s success, Douglas tells award-winning author and journalist Dean Rotbart, is the advanced technology that is the foundation of the service.
Douglas shares insights that could revolutionize how you reach and serve your customers, whether or not you work in healthcare.
Photo: Douglas Holmes, DermatologistOnCall
Posted: February 7, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 45:11
A California entrepreneur, Melissa Joseph, has combined her love poetry and her life-long habit of writing personal Thank You notes to launch a new business, Lotus Cards: Notecards with Heart.
The cards offer mix-and-match whimsical original poetic sentiments — each composed by Melissa — with a variety of unique, stylistic cover art. With Valentine's Day only two weeks off, Melissa’s cards make for highly original greetings.
Host and award-winning author Dean Rotbart says that Melissa, a former English teacher, is special for a couple of reasons: One - she’s a senior citizen unafraid to venture into a new business, and Two - she’s donating all proceeds from the sale of her cards to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Roses are red,Violets are blue,If Melissa Joseph can do it,So can you.
Photo: Melissa Joseph and Lotus — Lotus Cards: Notecards with Heart
Posted: January 31, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 32:36
This week, in Part Two of host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart’s conversation with business historian Gary Hoover, the two turn their attention to women and minorities who overcame long odds to build or lead successful companies.
They’ll also reveal the failures and rebounds of some great American companies and share the story of one executive whose business failed, and afterward, he went home to his parents’ house and locked himself in the bedroom for a month. True story.
Gary is the executive director of the American Business History Center and the author of Bedtime Business Stories: Short Sagas of Business Creation, Success, and Failure. A serial entrepreneur, one company Hoover founded was acquired by Barnes & Noble, while another was purchased by Dun & Bradstreet.
Gary’s specialty is looking back at the great industries, businesses, and business leaders of bygone days and reminding all of us of what made them great and how we can apply their insights today.
Photo: Gary Hoover, American Business History Center
Posted: January 24, 2022
Monday Morning Run Time: 33:08
Back in November, when General Electric announced its plan to break itself into three different companies, host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart invited business historian Gary Hoover to share the lessons of GE’s fall from grace.
Hoover is the executive director of the American Business History Center and the author of Bedtime Business Stories: Short Sagas of Business Creation, Success, and Failure. A serial entrepreneur, one company Hoover founded was acquired by Barnes & Noble, while another was purchased by Dun & Bradstreet.
This week, in part one of a two-part conversation, Rotbart and Hoover take a deep dive into an array of legendary American businesses and CEOs and what they can teach today’s business owners and leaders.
Photo: Gary Hoover, American Business History Center
Posted: November 22, 2021
Monday Morning Run Time: 38:42
Host Dean Rotbart is being mysterious about his guests this week on Monday Morning Radio. All he’ll say is that their names are Peter Desberg and Jeffrey Davis and between the two of them, their clients have included Apple, Dell Computers, Boeing, Toyota, and Honda.
Peter and Jeffrey have a "how-to" business book coming out next month that the authors promise will have entertaining, actionable advice for all owners and entrepreneurs, regardless of the nature of their businesses.
The two authors think that after hearing what they have to say, many listeners will want to buy their book. If you do, you can pre-order it here.
But as Dean points out, it’s totally up to listeners to decide if Peter and Jeffrey acquit themselves admirably.
Photos: Peter Desberg (l) and Jeffrey Davis, AuthorsPosted: January 10, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 44:45
If Clay Stafford were to put all of his titles on a single business card, it would be one mammoth ID.
Clay is, among other things, an award-winning author — having sold nearly four million copies of his books, a poet, a screenwriter and playwright, film and television producer, director, showrunner, actor, educator, reviewer, and public speaker.
Oh yes, he is also the founder of The Killer Nashville International Writers’ Conference - now in its 16th year - that has become the premier forum for all genres incorporating mystery, thriller, or suspense content.
This week, Clay shares with host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart how and why he does so many creative things and what we can learn from his successful approach to artistry.
Photo: Clay Stafford, Killer Nashville
Posted: January 3, 2022Monday Morning Run Time: 49:53
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Imagine learning best business practices from the former vice chairman of Booz Allen Hamilton, Chairman of Chiquita Brands International, publisher and CEO of the Chicago Sun Times, and directors at Virgin America and Allegheny Energy.
You wouldn’t actually need a very big room, since Cyrus Freidheim filled everyone of those roles during his 55-year business career, as well as stints at Union Carbide, Ford Motor, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Cyrus has summed up all he’s learned about business — and life — in a newly published book, Commit & Deliver: On the Frontlines of Management Consulting.
There’s no need to pay $1,000 an hour or more for Cyrus’s expertise. It’s free for the taking this week as host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart’s guest is Cyrus Freidheim.
Photo: Cyrus Freidheim, Commit & Deliver
Posted: December 27, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 56:08
Until they turn 25 years old, most individuals are really only life “interns.” Full life begins once we enter our mid-20s.
At its core, that is what Robert L. Dilenscneider’s latest book, Nailing It: How History’s Awesome Twentysomethings Got It Together, is about.
Dilenschneider, an accomplished author and communications consultant, tells the story of 25 well-known personalities when they were 25 years olds — from Mozart to Edith Paif, Albert Einstein to Steve Jobs — and the one defining trait they shared on their path to immortality.
To help interview Dilenschneider, host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart enlisted his multi-talented daughter, Avital, who not coincidentally, turns 25 years old this week. As Avital points out, there is a great deal to be learned from history, no matter your age.
Photo: Robert L. Dilenschneider, Nailing It
Posted: December 20, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 45.54
Treating all of your employees equally may seem like an ideal approach. But it's not.
The one-size-fits-all approach, says Minal Bopaiah, an expert in diversity, equity and inclusion, often holds back employees who don’t fit the prototypical characteristics of today’s workforce.
The better approach, Minal tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, is to design a human-centered organization that offers “equity” to everyone — making room for those who are different and then leveraging those disparities.
Minal is the author of Equity: How to Design Organizations Where Everyone Thrives, an eye-opening new book that will challenge your perspective on fairness and productivity in the workplace. Her firm, Brevity & Wit, helps organizations — including Amnesty International, NPR, The Christian Science Monitor, and Human Rights Watch — achieve the change they wish to see in the world.
Photo: Minal Bopaiah, Brevity & Wit
Posted: December 13, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 47:29
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Some of the world’s most successful investors are also some of the happiest people on earth. It’s not because they are rich — money still won’t buy happiness — but because they are able to think more rationally, rigorously, and objectively when it comes to every aspect of their lives.
In his book, Richer, Wiser, Happier: How The World’s Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life, author William Green shares insights he’s gleaned conducting dozens of interviews over the years with financial superstars including Sir John Templeton, Peter Lynch, Michael Price, Ed Thorp, and Charlie Munger.
Hearing the concepts that Green shares with host and award-winner reporter Dean Rotbart won’t magically turn you into an overnight billionaire. But it may very well help you improve your decision-making skills, assess risks, avoid preventable errors, and build resilience regardless of what life sends your way. And, Dean adds, you’ll likely become a better investor, too.
Photo: William Green, Richer, Wiser, Happier
Posted: December 6, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 1 Hour, 6 Minutes and 54 Seconds
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Change has changed.
That is the premise of bestselling author Erika Andersen’s latest book, Change from the Inside Out, a primer for businesses and individuals on how to rethink change — typically viewed as difficult, costly, and uncomfortable — and instead embrace it as doable, rewarding, and routine.
Erika, founder of Proteus International, is a consultant and advisor to top executives at organizations including Amazon, Spotify, and the Yale School of Public Health. She has made a career out of helping her clients become “change-capable” leaders; able to respond to, and actually benefit from, the rapid speed and relentless nature of change.
Are you prepared for whatever comes next?
Join host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart as he and Erika explore the many advantages of greeting change with a fresh, positive perspective.
Photo: Erika Andersen, Proteus
Posted: November 29, 2021
Monday Morning Run Time: 48:03
Last week’s partial lunar eclipse attracted millions of people to gaze at our nearest celestial neighbor.
One of them, Daniel Sax, has designs on more than just staring at the moon. He intends to mine the crusty orb for water and oxygen, essentials that future planetary travelers will need to sustain them on lunar bases and fuel their voyages to Mars and beyond.
Daniel is the co-founder of Toronto-based Canadian Space Mining Corporation, launched in August 2020. He aims to propel Canada to the forefront of the anticipated demand for space-based supply chains and utilities, and he’s drawing a lot of interest from prospective investors and government officials.
Host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart says what makes Daniel’s story so compelling — and relevant to all entrepreneurs — is that he not only dreams big, he is crafting a pioneering business to turn his dreams into a reality.
Photo: Daniel Sax, Canadian Space Mining Corporation
Posted: November 22, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 38:42
In the latest edition of Publishers Weekly, the editors (BookLife Reviews) showcase Dean Rotbart’s September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story as a “book of outstanding quality.” Order your signed first-edition exclusively at GutenbergsStore.com.
For more than a century, General Electric stood as a beacon of American manufacturing and ingenuity. The 129-year-old company was once the most valuable U.S. corporation; its brand emblazoned on tens of thousands of products from light bulbs to nuclear power plants.
On November 8th, GE, which has been in decline for years, announced that it would spin out its remaining operations into three separate companies, in effect, heralding the end of General Electric as the world knew it.
What went wrong and what can today’s business owners and leaders learn from the rise and fall of GE? Gary Hoover, executive director at American Business History Center and a leading business historian, is host Dean Rotbart’s special guest this week.
Photo: Gary Hoover, American Business History Center
Posted: November 15, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 26:20
Fear is a stick that many bosses use to squeeze extra productivity out of their employees: Fear of job loss, fear of career stagnation, and even fear of humiliation in front of their colleagues.
There remains a place for fear in the workplace — when well-managed — but two former McKinsey and Company consultants have helped more than 1,000 business leaders and hundreds of organizations embrace the “Unfear” methods of leadership, leading to breakthrough success and elevated levels of employee satisfaction.
This week, authors Gaurav Bhatnagar and Mark Minukas share with host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart how fear — properly channeled — provides valuable opportunities for individuals and organizations to learn and grow.
[Pick up your own copy of Unfear here.]
Photo: Gaurav Bhatnagar (l) and Mark Minukas, Co-Creation Partners*Posted: November 8, 2021*Monday Morning Run Time: 42:34
The Op-Ed pages of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and USA Today are among the hardest journalism forums for outsiders to crack.
Bob Brody has spent the past 40 years as an Op-Ed “safecracker,” having written or ghost-written roughly 1,000 Op-Ed essays.
If you are passionate about a topic of public interest or are looking for a way to bolster your stature in the public eye, Op-Eds can be a uniquely valuable tool.
This week Bob shares with host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart the methods that he’s discovered are most effective for newcomers hoping to break into the Op-Ed pages of the nation’s elite news organizations.
Photo: Bob Brody, bobbrody@hotmail.com
Posted: November 1, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 1 hour, 14 seconds
Read Dean Rotbart’s latest Op-Ed essay in The Wall Street Journal here.
Purchase a signed copy of Dean’s new book, September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story, here.
By now, nearly everyone knows that William Shatner, aka Captain James T. Kirk, flew into space aboard the Blue Origin spacecraft on October 13th.
Why would Jeff Bezos, who owns the rocketship company, want to invite a 90-year-old actor whose turn in the original Star Trek series took place more than 50 years ago on board when Bezos could have sold that seat for tens of millions of dollars?
Longtime Wizard of Ads Partner Jeff ‘The Professor’ Sexton tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart that there are priceless marketing lessons to be gleaned from Bezos’s inclusion of Shatner — insights that can lead to out-of-this-world success whether you’re selling space exploration, insurance, beer, breakfast cereal, or even toilet paper.
Strap yourself in, Jeff and Dean are ready to blast off.
Read Jeff Sexton’s article, “Two Marketing Lessons From William Shatner and Blue Origin.”
Photo: Jeff Sexton, Wizard of Ads PartnersPosted: October 25, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 43:00
David Cowan had a skilled career in geographic information systems — linking data to maps, when he thought he’d try his hand at financial services. Instead of making more money, he made none.
Hard times quickly followed. In his early fifties, David found himself without a car, renting a single room to live in, and walking to a nearby McDonald’s where he worked the drive-thru window overnight.
“You just can’t give up on yourself,” David tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart. This week, Dean and Monday Morning Radio debut The Comeback Project, an occasional series of profiles featuring great global comeback stories.
Rallying from misfortune — be it financial, health, a relationship gone bad, a natural disaster, a violent crime, or any other variety of setbacks — may seem impossible in the moment. But as David’s story demonstrates, it is possible to rebound from the depths of despair and inspire others to do likewise.
Do you have your own comeback story to tell or do you know someone — a family member, friend, colleague, or neighbor — who rebounded after a major setback and can serve as an example to others?
Please send any leads for our Monday Morning Radiol Comeback Project to editor@shareyourcomeback.com.
Photo: David Cowan, The Monday Morning Radio Comeback ProjectPosted: October 18, 2021
Monday Morning Run Time: 39:59
More than six million listeners worldwide tune in each week to hear Scott Jeffrey Miller’s On Leadership podcast, produced by Franklin Covey.
In his newest book, Master Mentors, Scott draws on interviews he’s conducted with his podcast guests — including Daniel Pink, Seth Godin, and Susan Cain — to offer tightly focused, transformative insights aimed at current and would-be leaders.
What overarching trait do the 30 mentors share?
Host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart asked Scott the question, but Dean disagreed with Scott’s answer. Listen in, and see how you think about it.
Photo: Scott Jeffrey Miller, Master Mentors
Posted: October 11, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 50:26
For Your Monday Morning Radio Bookshelf:
Master Mentors: 30 Transformative Insights From Our Greatest Minds -- Scott Jeffrey Miller
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: 30th Anniversary Edition -- Steven R. Covey
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us -- Daniel H. Pink
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us -- Seth Godin
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking -- Susan Cain
September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story -- Dean Rotbart
Chrysta Castañeda was a solo legal practitioner in Dallas when the legendary oil magnate T. Boone Pickens asked her to represent him in a decade-old business dispute involving investments he made in the three-billion barrel Red Bull region of West Texas.
After about three hours of deliberation, the jury awarded Pickens $146 million.
Host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart says he doesn’t know who is more impressive, Chrysta Castañeda for winning the case so convincingly or the late Boone Pickens, who was 88 years old when the trial began in November 2016.
This week Chrysta shares behind-the-scenes details of the lawsuit and the “real” Boone Pickens. She is joined by Loren C. Steffy who, with Chrysta, co-authored The Last Trial of T. Boone Pickens.
Photos: Chrysta Castañeda and Loren C. Steffy, The Last Trial of T. Boone Pickens
Posted: October 4, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 41:46
When he was starting out, Rob Cornilles founder of Game Face, Inc., had the unenviable task of selling season tickets to the Los Angeles Clippers, which at the time was the most forlorn franchise in the NBA. Who wanted to go to a Clippers game, when Los Angeles had the Lakers?
Yet, Rob soon figured out the secret to attracting sports fans and has gone on to train the sales forces of more than 300 other sports teams and a whopping total of 50,000+ sales executives and leaders.
Rob, author of “The Sales Game Changer,” shares some of his most effective techniques with host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, including Rob’s SW-SW-SW-N philosophy - Dean’s favorite.
As Rob notes, whether or not you think you’re in sales, you are.
Photo: Rob Cornilles, Game Face, Inc.
Posted: September 27, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 49:52
This week, our host, Dean Rotbart generated a lot of media attention over the past two weeks, including coverage in The Wall Street Journal, FORTUNE, and on NPR, among more than a dozen other news outlets.
Dean, a faculty member at Wizard Academy who coaches business owners and entrepreneurs on how to attract free publicity, took his own “Reputation Tool Chest” advice to produce an avalanche of coverage for his new book, “September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story.”
Of all his guest appearances on radio shows and podcasts, Dean favored his live Facebook and YouTube conversation with Charlotte Kosa, a West Coast journalist who has been broadcasting for more than 18 years. Listen in, as Charlotte and Dean talk about the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the resiliency of the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters for The Wall Street Journal who covered the unfolding drama even though their own newsroom was destroyed that day and their dedication came close to costing some of the journalists their lives.
NOTE: September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story is now available as an eBook on Amazon. Download your copy today for only $29.95.
You can subscribe to Charlotte Kosa’ popular podcast, California Haunts Radio, here.
Photo: Charlotte Kosa, California Haunts Radio
Posted: September 20, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 1 Hour 23 Minutes
[Listeners to Monday Morning Radio can now purchase a copy of Dean Rotbart’s new book, September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story. Visit Gutenberg’s Store.]
Joel Schwartzberg has two crucial pieces of advice for anyone tasked with making a presentation or giving a speech: 1. Have a point. 2. Get to it.
Surprisingly, many business executives, politicians, and non-profit leaders fail to heed those simple rules for effective speaking.
Joel knows what he’s talking about. A communications coach and the author of two books, his clients include American Express, Blue Cross Blue Shield, State Farm Insurance, and Comedy Central.
Using only three simple words, Joel tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart that anyone can become a more effective speaker.
Oh yes, you won’t want to miss this: Dean reprises a portion of his Bar Mitzvah speech, just to see how Joel evaluates it.
Be sure to pick up copies of Joel’s books:
- The Language of Leadership: How to Engage and Inspire Your Team
- Get to the Point: Sharpen Your Message and Make Your Words Matter
Photo: Joel Schwartzberg, The Language of Leadership
Posted: September 13, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 46:16
Let’s play a game. We’ll call it Two Business Truths and a Lie.
Which one of these three statements is false?
- Thomas Alva Edison said: “I never did a day’s work in my life. It was all fun.”
- Owners and CEOs who “let loose” in the office often lose the respect of their employees.
- One element of Google’s success as a company has been office Nerf-gun battles.
Playing games and encouraging others to have a great time at work is a passion for Dr. Bob Nelson, co-author of the new book, “Work Made Fun Gets Done: Easy Ways to Boost Energy, Morale, and Results.”
Dr. Bob, who has worked with 80% of the Fortune 500 companies, knows that office play is a serious business. This week, he and host Dean Rotbart go mano a mano to see which one of them has the finer-tuned lie detector. But don’t worry, it’s all in good fun.
[Listeners to Monday Morning Radio can now purchase a copy of Dean Rotbart’s new book, September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story. Visit Gutenberg’s Store.]
Photo: Dr. Bob Nelson, Work Made Fun Gets Done!
Posted: September 6, 2021
Monday Morning Run Time: 54:38
[Listeners to Monday Morning Radio can now purchase a copy of Dean Rotbart’s new book, September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story. Visit Gutenberg’s Store.]
Many companies don’t realize they are sitting on a mother lode of extremely valuable assets that they underutilize or don’t use at all.
The assets are customer purchase data and preferences, and unless companies use artificial intelligence — AI — to effectively mine that data, they are missing out on an undeveloped vein of marketing gold.
Raj Venkatesan is a professor of business administration at the University of Virginia and one of the nation’s most respected experts on using AI in marketing. Co-author of “The AI Marketing Canvas,” this week Raj shares with host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart his five-stage road map that any company can follow to reap AI riches.
Photo: Raj Venkatesan, The AI Marketing Canvas
Posted: August 30, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 38:12
With all due respect to Facebook and other so-called business change agents, the methods they use to innovate are really outmoded.
That’s the premise of Radhika Dutt, a teacher of entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern University. Dutt is a critic of the prevalent method used by most companies of rapidly launching a new product into the marketplace and then tweaking it time and again until they get it right.
In her forthcoming book, Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter, she maintains that shotgunning products out of R&D and then repeatedly tweaking them is akin to driving a fast car without having a roadmap or a destination.
As Radhika tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, it’s the destination — i.e., which customers the product serves and why it will radically change their world — that needs to precede the development of innovative products.
[Listeners to Monday Morning Radio can now purchase a copy of Dean Rotbart’s new book, September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story. Visit Gutenberg’s Store.]
Photo: Radhika Dutt, Radical Product Thinking
Posted: August 23, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 39:42
Host Dean Rotbart recently conducted an informal poll of business owners and his social network friends.
What, he asked, is the one thing they would most desire more of? About 40% of those who responded answered “money.” Another 40%, however, replied that they wish they had more energy.
Dr. Amy Novotny, founder of the PABR Institute, which stands for Pain Awareness Breathing and Relief, says that over the past dozen years she’s helped countless clients — without caffeine, medication or surgery — address a wide variety of restrictive conditions, including a lack of energy.
More money, Dr. Novotny points out, may or may not buy you more energy. But more energy is very likely to help owners and professionals earn lots more money and check off other high-priority items on their wish lists.
[Listeners to Monday Morning Radio can now pre-order a copy of Dean Rotbart’s new book, “September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story.” Visit Gutenberg’s Store.]
Photo: Dr. Amy Novotny, PABR Institute
Posted: August 16, 2021
Monday Morning Run Time: 35:14
Jeff Seckendorf, educator, author, and filmmaker, draws a clear distinction between experts and experts who can teach. Very often, he believes, they are not one and the same.
Jeff’s specialty is teaching and training. Whether it’s scuba diving, aerial acrobatics, brain surgery, or auto repair, Jeff’s company, The Training Cycle, can not only teach the subject but can train others to teach it as well.
His secret is allowing business owners, inventors, and other specialists to be the subject-matter experts, while he zeros in on the process of education.
As Jeff tells host, author, and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, you can teach a person to fish, or you can teach that person how to teach anyone how to fish and then reel in the profits for your company.
Photo: Jeff Seckendorf, The Training Cycle
Posted: August 9, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 37:51
[Listeners to Monday Morning Radio can now pre-order a copy of Dean Rotbart’s new book, “September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story.” Visit Gutenberg’s Store.]
Sean Dowdell and his wife Thora are the founders of Club Tattoo, which currently has six locations, including a booming studio at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
Over the years, the artists at Club Tattoo have inked or pierced hundreds of celebrities, including musicians Blake Shelton and Miley Cryrus, actors Ewan McGregor and Chrissy Metz, and athletes Héctor Sanchez, Amar’e Stoudemire, and Frank Trigg.
[Listeners to Monday Morning Radio can now pre-order a copy of Dean Rotbart’s new book, “September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story.” Visit Gutenberg’s Store.]
Sean, who dubs himself the “Tattooed Millionaire,” is a business disruptor, and in his and Thora’s new book, Brand Renegades: Our Fearless Path from Startup to Global Brand, the couple showcase the successes and failures that have rocketed them to the top of their industry.
Host, author, and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart confesses that he doesn’t have even one tattoo or piercing. Nonetheless, he says that Sean and Brand Renegades have left an indelible impression on him.
Photo: Sean Dowdell, Club TattooPosted: August 2, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 43:03
With the Tokyo Olympics underway and the Beijing Olympics slated for early next February, this week host, author, and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart has a timely conversation with four-time Olympian Ruben Gonzalez, who aims to be the only Olympian ever to compete in five Olympics in five different decades.
Not only that, but if Ruben, who competes in the luge, makes it to Beijing, at age 59, he’ll be the oldest Olympic competitor on record.
Has anyone ever told you that you’re too old to chase your dream? As Ruben tells Dean, he’s not buying any of that ageism negativity, and you shouldn’t either.
[You can help Ruben defy the naysayers by making a donation to his GoFundMe page at OldestOlympian.com. For a contribution of at least $100, Ruben will include a photo of your or your family in a montage that he’ll place on his sled.]
Photo: Ruben Gonzalez, OldestOlympian.com
Posted: July 26, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 39:17
We’ve all heard tales of the perplexed man or woman who climbs a mountain, sits with a guru, and returns all the wiser.
In 2007, Helen Yu, a technology leader with clients including IBM, AT&T, and Cisco, spent 14 days on an expedition to reach Mount Everest’s base camp. There was no guru, but Helen came away with an increased awareness of how to identify and surmount hurdles.
Yu, author of “Ascend Your Start-Up,” tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart about the five most prevalent “disconnects” that haunt new and existing companies alike, and the methods she’s developed to scale past them.
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Photo: Helen Yu, TigonAdvisory
Posted: July 12, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 39:02
They are the middle children of Corporate America. They have a boss and they are a boss. Mid-level executives, be they in large companies or small, need help learning how to satisfy all the demands put upon them.
That’s the premise of Scott Mautz’s latest book, Leading from the Middle. Scott is a former senior executive at Procter & Gamble, who in his consultancy has surveyed well over 3,000 “caught-in-the-middle” managers to discover the problems they face and offer real-world solutions.
Scott was first a guest on Monday Morning Radio in 2017. This week he joins host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart to offer a personal plan of action for middle managers.
“Even if you are not in middle management. Even if you are a solo entrepreneur or the woman or man at the top of the org chart, the ideas that Scott offers in Leading from the Middle will help you tend to your duties more effectively,” Dean tells listeners.
Recommended Books by Scott Mautz:
Leading from the Middle: A Playbook for Managers to Influence Up, Down, and Across the Organization
Find the Fire: Ignite Your Inspiration and Make Work Exciting Again
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Photo: Scott Mautz, Leading from the Middle
Posted: July 5, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 41:44
On September 11, 2001, The Wall Street Journal's main newsroom, located just across the street from the World Trade Center - was obliterated by falling debris and flaming smoke.
Ahead of the 20th anniversary of that fateful day, host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart has written a richly detailed book revealing the never-before-told story of the traumatized men and women of the Journal and how they overcame their personal anguish and confusion to publish a Pulitzer Prize-winning edition on September 12th.
This week on a special edition of Monday Morning Radio, Dean shares an exclusive audio preview of his book, “September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story,” narrated by him and featuring a small cast of voice actors.
Dean wrote the book because he believes it reflects the indomitable spirit of America and Americans. The way the Journal and its staff responded on 9/11 offers many lessons for any organization, business, or individual who is confronted with an unexpected, large, setback and can either rebound or quit.
The audio chapter is titled, “I Don’t Want My Life to Be Dust.” It’s guaranteed to leave you with a lump in your throat.
Pre-register to purchase a copy of Dean Rotbart’s new book, “September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story,” and receive a signed, first edition at no additional cost when it’s published in August.
Where were you on 9/11? Contribute your memories of that day. Entries will be included on the September-Twelfth.com book website and may eventually be used in a dedicated book of recollections.
Photo Collage (Clockwise): “September Twelfth” Cover; Author Dean Rotbart; Interior of The Wall Street Journal on 9/11; and September 12, 2001 front pagePosted: June 28, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 31:08
Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reported that the percentage of Americans leaving their current employers for new opportunities is at its highest level in two decades.
Pamela Hackett knows why, and she regularly advises CEOs and business owners on how to stem the exodus.
Hackett is the Global CEO of Proudfoot, a consultancy that has worked with more than one million leaders — Wow! — helping them retain and engage their best employees. Hackett has written a just-published book, Manage to Engage: How Great Managers Create Remarkable Results, and this week she shares some of her best ideas with host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart.
Pre-register to purchase a copy of Dean Rotbart’s new book, “Ground Zero On 9/11 with The Wall Street Journal,” and receive a signed, First Edition copy at no additional cost when it’s published in August. The book offers a behind-the-scenes look at how the financial daily managed to publish a next-day edition, even though its New York headquarters was destroyed by fallout from the World Trade Center.
Photo: Pamela Hackett, Proudfoot
Posted: June 21, 2021
Monday Morning Run Time: 42:39
Mark Nation is a global technology expert who has spent more than two decades laser-focused on inspiring people and organizations to work with more vision, purpose, and passion in all they do.
Mark, author of “Made for Amazing,” is founder & CEO of Nation Leadership, which advises executives at companies large and small how to unleash their full creative potential.
As Mark told host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart back in September 2017, each of us has a voice — an internal song — that we need to nurture and share with the world. Sing along with Mark and Dean this week during a Best of Monday Morning Radio encore .
Photo: Mark Nation, “Made for Amazing”Originally Posted: September 18, 2017Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: June 14, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 36:09
Ita Olsen, founder of Convey Clearly, is one of the world’s leading speech coaches, training CEOs, politicians, actors, and even podcasters, how to communicate most effectively.
Over Ita’s 25-plus year career, she’s proven that the manner in which you deliver your message, regardless of the audience, can actually be more important than what you say.
This week, on a Best of Monday Morning Radio encore, Ita not only shares with host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart her tips on how anyone can speak more clearly, but also the many benefits that accrue when you do.
Photo: Ita Olsen, Convey ClearlyOriginally Posted: December 13, 2015Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: June 7, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 37:52
Piloting an F-16 fighter jet at speeds exceeding 1,500 miles-per-hour can surely steel the mind on what’s most important.
Before becoming a corporate leadership trainer, Rob Shallenberger spent 11 years as a fighter pilot in the United States Airforce, where he came to understand the enormous leverage of strategic, operational, and tactical focus.
Now Rob and his father, Steve, are helping executives at companies including Pepsi, Dell, Charles Schwab, and the Dallas Cowboys soar, taking their personal efficiency to new heights.
This week on a fresh podcast, Rob shares with host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart advice from his new book, “Do What Matters Most,” which he promises can boost anyone’s productivity by at least 30 to 50 percent.
Off we go.
Photo: Rob Shallenberger, Becoming Your Best Global Leadership
Posted: May 31, 2021
Monday Morning Run Time: 48:11
After publishing her book, Carla Moore quit her job as an executive at HBO and launched her own successful business consultancy. Charlie Epstein wrote “Paychecks for Life” and soon earned the moniker, “The Betty Crocker of 401 (K) Advisors.” Shelly Henderson used her book to promote her and her husband’s Charlotte, North Carolina real estate firm. It worked.
What Carla, Charlie, and Shelly have in common is that they are three of the well over 1,300 authors who Adam Witty and his companies have helped leverage their influence and authority by publishing books.
Adam is the founder and CEO of Advantage Media Group, which now supports authors in business, finance, medicine, and other professions in more than 40 U.S. states and 13 countries. Host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, who first interviewed Adam in February 2018, notes that unlike conventional publishers, Adam’s core product is not ink on paper, or even digital ink, but raw, impactful influence.
A Best of Monday Morning Radio encore.
Photo: Adam Witty, Advantage Media Group
Originally Posted: February 17, 2018
Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: May 24, 2021
Monday Morning Run Time: 48:46
Many people get the concept of motivation all wrong. They think it involves willpower and sacrifice. They either offer themselves a reward to achieve their goals or they threaten themselves with penalties if they don’t.
Susan Fowler says that science and practice proves otherwise. Fowler, whose book on the topic is titled — Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work...and What Does — previously co-authored three books with none other than management guru Ken Blanchard.
As she told host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart in May 2015, motivation is a skill that anyone can learn, practice and master. A Best of Monday Morning Radio encore.
Photo: Susan Fowler, Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work...and What Does
Originally Posted: May 15, 2015Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: May 17, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 36:05
For those of us who make our livings relying on effective communications, the correct choice of words is essential.
Dr. Per-Olof Hasselgren, a professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, has studied the relationship between human anatomy and English-language phraseology. It’s extensive.
In his book, “Body Language — From Head to Toe,” Dr. Hasselgren dissects 2,000 idioms, words, and expressions containing body parts.
Host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, who interviewed Dr. Hasselgren in March 2016, says his amusing book is not only eye-opening, it will also give creatives a head start on becoming superior wordsmiths. A Best of Monday Morning Radio encore.
Photo: Dr. Per-Olof Hasselgren, “Body Language — From Head to Toe”
Originally Posted: March 27, 2016
Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: May 10, 2021
Monday Morning Run Time: 25:10
This week host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart features a Best of Monday Morning Radio doubleheader dating back to April 2012, when in separate interviews, he spoke with two small business all-stars, Tom Ziglar and Brad Kriser.
Tom, the son of the incomparable Zig Ziglar, discusses his book, Born to Win: Find Your Success Code, co-written with his father just months before the legendary motivational speaker passed at age 86.
Brad was the founder and CEO of Kriser’s, an all-natural pet food and supplies chain that was on the cusp of breakout success.
Both Tom and Brad share a passion for entrepreneurship and a belief that anyone can join them at the top.
Photos: Brad Kriser (l) and Tom Ziglar
Originally Posted: April 2012
Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: May 3, 2021
Monday Morning Run Time: 29:26
Franz Owen “Frank” Armbruster was the most colorful guest that host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart ever interviewed. Literally.
Joining Dean in his Denver radio studio in 2013, Armbruster, an extraordinary inventor, came dressed in a furry pimp hat braided with a floral lei, tie-dyed suit, matching rainbow-colored shoes, candy-striped socks, and a bushy, all-white Santa Claus beard.
83-years-young, Frank invented or created 96 products, including the Guiness record-holding bestselling game, Instant Insanity.
Frank had a stroke and passed less than a month after his interview. But each April, in honor of Frank’s birthday, Dean fondly recalls Frank’s infectious can-do entrepreneurial spirit and insights.
Photo: Frank Armbruster, Inventor
Originally Posted: February 25, 2013
Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: April 26, 2021
Monday Morning Run Time: 37:15
Some people call it the “Quarantine 15,” others the “Covid 19.” Regardless of how they refer to it, they’re talking about the weight gain that 61% of Americans say they put on since the coronavirus pandemic began.
Well before coronavirus, inventor Paul Francis figured out a way that anyone, anywhere can easily get fit, even on the International Space Station.
Paul’s OYO Personal Gym uses resistance — not weights — to build muscle and shed those pesky pounds.
Not every talented inventor can also build a successful business. When host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart caught up with Paul in January 2017, the fitness CEO shared the routines he uses to stay physically and fiscally fit.
Photo: Paul Francis, OYO FitnessOriginally Posted: January 2017Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: April 19, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 35:01
Coming in August 2021 from TJFR Press: September Twelfth: Ground Zero on 9/11 with The Wall Street Journal by Monday Morning Radio Host Dean Rotbart.
On September 11, 2001, The Wall Street Journal's main newsroom, located just across West Street from the World Trade Center - was obliterated by falling debris and flaming smoke.
This is the true story of how the traumatized men and women of the Journal and Dow Jones - journalists, graphic designers, technicians, administrative assistants, compositors, and delivery truck drivers - overcame their personal anguish and confusion to publish a Pulitzer Prize-winning edition on September 12th.
To reserve your autographed copy, email Dean @ MondayMorningRadio . com with your name, mailing address, and daytime phone number.
Lovers of great literature will love this week’s reminiscence with Bel Kaufman, the granddaughter of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem, best known for his many stories about life in the shtetl, including one that was adapted as the musical Fiddler on the Roof.
Aleichem died in 1916 and Bel died in 2014. But Monday Morning Radio Host Dean Rotbart and his son, Maxwell, interviewed Bel, then 102 years old, in late 2013 for a Jewish-oriented radio show the father-son duo hosted.
Bel not only shares her recollections of her famous grandfather, she also talks about her own career, having penned the 1965 bestseller, “Up the Down Staircase.”
Caution: Bel is a bit difficult to understand, as was her right as a centenarian. But you’ll want to listen closely anyway, so you don’t miss any of her pearls of wisdom.
Photo: Bel Kaufman and her grandfather, Sholem AleichemOriginally Posted: January 19, 2014Best of Monday Morning Radio Adaptation: April 12, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 23:14
Does the name Beth Harmon sound familiar? The fictional Beth, an orphan, is a chess prodigy who captures the hearts of viewers and earns the world chess championship crown in the incredibly popular 2020 Netflix miniseries, “The Queen’s Gambit.”
Elliott Neff is a real-life Chess Federation National Master, who helps others, especially young and disadvantaged people, discover valuable life lessons through the game of chess.
In October 2018, two years before America fell in love with Beth Harmon, Elliott schooled host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart on the ways in which chess teaches sportsmanship, good decision-making, patience, planning, and how to learn from mistakes. Listening to this week’s Best of Monday Morning Radio episode is a smart opening move for any entrepreneur who aims to checkmate the competition.
Photo: Elliott Neff, Chess4LifeOriginally Posted: October 15, 2018Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: April 5, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 50:18
Coming in August 2021 from TJFR Press: September Twelfth: Ground Zero on 9/11 with The Wall Street Journal by Monday Morning Radio Host Dean Rotbart.
On September 11, 2001, The Wall Street Journal's main newsroom, located just across West Street from the World Trade Center - was obliterated by falling debris and flaming smoke.
This is the true story of how the traumatized men and women of the Journal and Dow Jones - journalists, graphic designers, technicians, administrative assistants, compositors, and delivery truck drivers - overcame their personal anguish and confusion to publish a Pulitzer Prize-winning edition on September 12th.
To reserve your autographed copy, email Dean @ MondayMorningRadio . com with your name, mailing address, and daytime phone number.
Did you know that older entrepreneurs are more successful than younger ones? Or that many of the best entrepreneurs never set out to launch independent businesses?
Syracuse University Professor Carl J. Schramm knows both from personal experience, and because he has spent a lifetime as an evangelist for entrepreneurship, including heading a $2 billion private foundation dedicated to helping business owners succeed.
When host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart interviewed Professor Schramm in June 2018, the “Entrepreneurial Evangelist” and author of Burn the Business Plan: What Great Entrepreneurs Really Do, dismissed the notion that earning an MBA is the surest ticket to success. The proven path, the professor says, is paved with passion, determination, and a willingness to experiment and innovate.
Photo: Carl Schramm, “Burn the Business Plan”Originally Posted: June 17, 2018Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: March 29, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 35:19
Coming in August 2021 from TJFR Press: September Twelfth: Ground Zero on 9/11 with The Wall Street Journal by Monday Morning Radio Host Dean Rotbart.
On September 11, 2001, The Wall Street Journal's main newsroom, located just across West Street from the World Trade Center - was obliterated by falling debris and flaming smoke.
This is the true story of how the traumatized men and women of the Journal and Dow Jones - journalists, graphic designers, technicians, administrative assistants, compositors, and delivery truck drivers - overcame their personal anguish and confusion to publish a Pulitzer Prize-winning edition on September 12th.
To reserve your autographed copy, email Dean @ MondayMorningRadio . com with your name, mailing address, and daytime phone number.
Daniel Burrus has 1.2 million followers on LinkedIn, which named the technology futurist one of the world’s Top 10 influencers.
Burrus is the originator of the Anticipatory Organization model, which allows business owners and entrepreneurs to accurately foresee new opportunities, spot growing problems, and understand ever-changing customer needs.
Host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart asked Burrus to forecast some future trends when he interviewed him in October 2017. This week, discover just how accurate a soothsayer Burrus really is.
Photo: Daniel Burrus, The Anticipatory OrganizationOriginally Posted: October 16, 2017Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: March 22, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 32:15
If you happened to read the March 12, 2021, edition of The Wall Street Journal, you no doubt spotted the profile of Black Rifle Coffee Company, which reported that sales of its weapons-themed roasts and blends almost doubled in 2020 to $163 million.
That came as no surprise to host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, who first profiled Black Rifle Coffee and its former Green Beret founder, Evan Hafer in 2017. Evan’s vision, then and now, is to appeal to fellow military veterans and 2nd Amendment advocates with brands such as his popular AK-47 Espresso Blend.
Most people take their coffee with sugar or cream. But Evan is undeniable proof that a growing segment of the population like their java with a strong dose of politics stirred in. “I don’t need to be everything to all people,” Evan told the Journal, “We’re going for roughly half.”
Photo: Evan Hafter, Black Rifle Coffee CompanyOriginally Posted: May 1, 2017Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: March 15, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 39:51
In his classic hit, American Pie, released in 1971, songwriter Don McLean intones: “I went down to the sacred store where I’d heard the music years before but the man there said the music wouldn’t play.”
Every time host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart hears that verse, he’s reminded of rock ‘n roll concert promoter Barry Fey, who over the course of his three-decade career organized mega-shows featuring Jimi Hendrix, The Who, U2, Rolling Stones, Three Dog Night, and many other music legends.
Fey died eight years ago, age 74, but the story of his unconventional path to success lives on. This week, Dean plays highlights of his two interviews with Fey and demonstrates why the rocker was an entrepreneurial and marketing genius.
[Pick up a copy of Barry Fay’s 2011 book, Backstage Past, featuring forewards by Pete Townshend and Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne.]
Photo: Barry Fay, FeylineOriginally Posted: May 6, 2013Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: March 8, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 1 hour, 13 minutes
The landing of the Perseverance rover on Mars has reignited the public’s interest in space exploration and possible associated commercial opportunities.
Christine Nobbe, an educator, space enthusiast, and past president of St. Louis Space Frontier, has been dreaming about conducting classes on the moon — or perhaps Mars — her whole life.
When host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart caught up with Christine in September 2018, the two of them discussed the coming age of entrepreneurs in space and the prospects for small businesses to participate in the push to the stars. Listen in on this Best of Monday Morning Radio episode as the two space buffs explore out-of-this-world business concepts and opportunities.
Photo: Christine Nobbe, Educator and Space EnthusiastOriginally Posted: September 16, 2018Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: March 1, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 34:12
Azi Hendi and her husband, Dr. Ali Hendi, now in their fourth year of operations, are the founders of Luminora, a stylish clothing line designed to protect women from the sun’s harmful rays.
When they were featured on Monday Morning Radio in August 2018, they were still feeling their way as entrepreneurs, aware of the great potential but also struggling with the realities of being small business owners.
Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart forecast they would be a success, and by all outward appearances, he was correct.
Luminora’s offerings now include resort wear, fashionable activewear, and even matching facemasks.
It’s been bone-chilling cold over the past couple of weeks in most of the country. So Dean thought a reminder that bathing-suit weather and summer are only 119 days away would be in order. Listen in as Azi and Ali shine some light on both their accomplishments and their frustrations as first-time entrepreneurs.
Photo: Azi Hendi, LuminoraOriginally Posted: August 13, 2018Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: February 22, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 44:56
Which of the following sentences do you think conveys costly, erroneous “business think”?
- This is the way we’ve always done it; no reason to change now.
- You get what you pay for.
- We can probably do that ourselves.
- The customer is always right.
The correct answer is “E” – all of the above.
As business consultant Jack Quarles first explained to host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart in March 2017, American companies pay a massive penalty for buying into outdated thinking. Jack’s book, “Expensive Sentences,” is an international bestseller and will make you think twice about bogus business aphorisms.
Photo: Jack Quarles, “Expensive Sentences”
Originally Posted: March 13, 2017
Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: February 15, 2021
Monday Morning Run Time: 43:52
Sarah Cooper has become a TikTok superstar. Her hilarious video lip-syncs to the voice of former President Donald Trump made her a national celebrity, even serving as a substitute host for Jimmy Kimmel on his late-night ABC talk show.
Host Dean Rotbart knew Sarah was special when he interviewed her four years ago about her half-serious, half-humorous book, “100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings.” Sarah was inspired to write the book after sitting through boring meetings at her previous employers, Yahoo! and Google.
This week on a Best of Monday Morning Radio episode, Dean reprises his 2017 conversation with Sarah, and “objectively speaking” – as you’ll hear [Trick #19], he’s still the best podcast host on the planet.
Photo: Sarah Cooper, 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in MeetingsOriginally Posted: April 10, 2017Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: February 8, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 30:06
Fifteen years ago, three college friends holed up in a yurt in Santa Barbara, California, and set about engineering a new sales and marketing software platform designed specifically to help small businesses succeed.
Today, Ontraport and its 120-plus employees power thousands of global businesses, and serve as a role model for how any size business can attract and retain high-quality, fulfilled employees.
Ontraport founder and CEO, Landon Ray, first shared his blueprint for building a profitable corporate culture with host and award-winning reporter Dean Rotbart in November 2014. If anything, Landon’s guidance is even more relevant now.
Photo: Landon Ray, OntraportOriginally Posted: November 8, 2014Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: February 1, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 23:07
The global office real estate market – both for tenants and landlords – is in total chaos. Even after the Covid-19 pandemic has passed, America’s workplaces will never return to the old normal.
Chris Kane, a former senior real estate executive with The Walt Disney Company and the BBC, has reimagined tomorrow’s workplace. In his new book, Where is My Office? Chris spells out what it will take to make the office an attractive place to work and serve as a means of invigorating employee productivity.
Where will you and your employees be working in the years ahead? Chris shares his forecast with host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart.
[Pick up your own copy of “Where is My Office?” here.]
Photo: Chris Kane, Six IdeasPosted: January 25, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 53:38
Peet’s Coffee & Tea, which will celebrate its 55th anniversary this year, has more than 200 retail outlets and is sold in more than 14,000 grocery stores across the United States.
The Boston Beer Company, whose best-known brew is Samuel Adams, was founded in 1984 and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The company produces which produces beers, hard ciders, hard iced tea, spiked sparkling water, and high alcohol kombucha.
Peet’s and Boston Brewing share a lot in common.
Both companies began with a single visionary crafter. Both grew large by attracting a niche following of deeply loyal customers. And both saw fit, eventually, to ask Dave Burwick, a former executive at PepsiCo and Weight Watchers, to take charge of their businesses.
When host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart interviewed Dave back in May 2016, he was president and CEO of Peet’s, which was celebrating its 50th anniversary. Today, Dave runs the Boston Beer Company, also serving as president and CEO.
In both cases, Dave’s specialty, as he described it, is “scaling the smallness” — a method that allows businesses to remain true to their founding principles, while constantly keeping pace with the changing times.
Dave's is a recipe for growth and success that every entrepreneur should know.
Photo: Dave Burwick, Boston Beer CompanyOriginally Posted: May 9, 2016Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: January 18, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 26:44
How do you say “One Thing” in Chinese? Or Spanish. Or Russian?
Since Jay Papasan first spoke with host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart in April 2013, Jay’s mega-bestseller, The One Thing, co-authored with Gary Keller, has been translated into 40 foreign languages. The wisdom contained in their book, obviously, is universal.
Jay’s premise is that everyone should decide on what matters most in their personal and work lives, and then focus their energy on one thing at a time.
Voted one of the Top 100 Business Books of all time, The One Thing, from the incomparable Bard Press, is one life-changing concept that you can’t afford to miss.
[Pick up your own copy of “The One Thing” here.]
Photo: Jay Papasan, “The One Thing”Originally Posted: April 29, 2013Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: January 11, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 26:42
The lucky children in Mrs. Hassenger’s 4th grade class at Brown Elementary in St. Joseph, Michigan, have no idea what a superstar entrepreneur their teacher is.
Sarah Hassenger launched her home-based business, Four Black Paws, in 2010, working after school and on weekends to hand-sew the doggie bow ties and related accessories.
Since host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart first spoke with Sarah in April 2016, her line has expanded dramatically to include an organic collection; dog treats, toys and shampoo; and even t-shirts, hats, headbands, and scrunchies for her loyal two-legged followers.
Sarah Hassenger continues to demonstrate that solopreneurs can succeed even in a dog-eat-dog world.
While Dean is on book leave, we hope you’ll enjoy this Best of Monday Morning Radio re-airing.
Photo: Sarah Hassenger, Four Black PawsOriginally Posted: April 25, 2016Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: January 4, 2021Monday Morning Run Time: 30:26
Author Jen Sincero has turned being a “Badass” into a mini-industry, incorporating books, audiobooks, notecards, calendars, refrigerator magnets, even a “Badass” talking button.
She is also a success coach who helps people transform their personal and professional lives at seminars, speaking engagements, and in newsletters.
When host and award-winning reporter Dean Rotbart first interviewed Jen in June 2013 for his Business Unconventional radio program, few people had heard of her fresh-off-the-presses book, You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life.
Dean takes no credit for the book’s amazing global success, charting at the #1 spot on the New York Times bestsellers list and selling more than three million copies in 35 languages.
But in this Best of Monday Morning Radio replay of his 2013 interview, you will hear for yourself why Jen’s book and career took off like a badass muscle car.
[The Jen Sincero "Badass" Library: You are a Badass; You are a Badass Every Day; You are a Badass at Making Money; and Badass Habits: Cultivate the Awareness, Boundaries, and Daily Upgrades You Need to Make Them Stick.]
Photo: Jen Sincero, “You Are a Badass”Originally Posted: June 17, 2013Best of Monday Morning Radio Update: December 28, 2020
Monday Morning Run Time: 26:23
After a year in which all of our lives have been turned topsy-turvy, the notion that we can be in full command of our lives going forward may seem fanciful.
But Dr. Paul Napper, a renowned psychology expert and business consultant, has developed a science-based approach to living life on our own terms.
In his latest book, “The Power of Agency,” co-authored with Dr. Anthony Rao, Dr. Napper outlines seven empowering steps that anyone can use to take charge of their life.
Of the seven principles, Dr. Napper tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, one that is particularly important during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis is to associate yourself with supportive positive people who you can learn from. Hear all seven of Dr. Napper’s steps now and start off 2021 fresh; ready to succeed regardless of what life throws your way.
[Resolve to purchase your own copy of “The Power of Agency” here.]
Photo: Dr. Paul Napper, Performance Psychology Consulting Posted: December 21, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 51:16
Bill Fox is helping businesses in the United States design the workplaces of the future, from, of all places, his base in Estonia.
American-born and educated, Fox is co-founder of Forward-Thinking Workplaces and the author of The Future of the Workplace. With more than three decades of experience in project management and leading successful transformations, he’s now focused on helping organizations get more done with fewer people.
In addition to his own leadership experience, Fox tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart that to formulate his “Forward-Thinking Workplaces” approach, he interviewed more than 100 top global business leaders and executives.
To learn how your workplace can become forward-thinking, and to discover why Fox runs his operations out of Estonia, you’ll have to listen in for yourself, right now.
[Pick up your own copy of Bill's book, The Future of the Workplace: Insights and Advice from 31 Pioneering Business and Thought Leaders, here.]
Photo: Bill Fox, Forward-Thinking WorkplacesPosted: December 14, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 44:53
Matt Murray, editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal, describes Joann S. Lublin as relentless, blunt, persistent, honest, collegial, exhaustive, and exhausting.
Joann, arguably the nation’s top authority on careers and management, is the author of the forthcoming book, Power Moms: How Executive Mothers Navigate Work and Life. For the book, she interviewed 86 executive moms and 25 of their grown daughters to document the rapidly changing landscape facing women in the “C-Suite.”
Power Moms, says host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, is not only for women on the rise or already at the top but also for men who still have lots to learn about making parenthood work for all employees.
Photo: Joann S. Lublin, Power MomsPosted: December 7, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 44:51
Charles Duhigg is the mega-bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better. His books use masterful storytelling and real-life examples to help readers be more productive, and improve all aspects of their lives.
Shortly after The Power of Habit was first published in 2012, host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart interviewed him for this podcast. Earlier this month, Dean caught up with Charles again to discuss both books and how he applies the lessons of his writing to his own life.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, peel back the covers and delve into the mind of one of this decade’s most successful business authors.
Photo: Charles Duhigg, AuthorPosted: November 30, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 43:06
Tim Ringo has some unconventional ideas about how owners and CEOs can inspire greater productivity from their employees and turbocharge their companies’ profitability.
Among these: hire people on the Autism spectrum, forget about requiring a college degree for job candidates, and use robots to replace employees who hold repetitive, mundane jobs — retraining the displaced workers for better, higher-paying positions.
Tim, with more than 30 years in the Human Resources field, is the author of the newly published book, “Solving the Productivity Puzzle: How to engage, motivate and develop employees to improve individual and business performance.”
This week, Tim shares with host Dean Rotbart why he believes America is entering a “perfect storm” of new opportunities for employees and organizations.
Photo: Tim Ringo, Solving the Productivity PuzzlePosted: November 23, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 42:06
Four-time Olympic athlete Ruben Gonzalez likes to recite the Proverb “Iron sharpens iron,” in explaining the philosophy of his new Facebook group, the Goal Achievers Club.
Launched earlier this month, the group not only relies on Ruben himself for success and leadership tips, it draws on its growing roster of accomplished owners and entrepreneurs to share the wisdom of their experiences.
Host Dean Rotbart first interviewed Ruben — a much-in-demand corporate speaker and author — four years ago, when the two discussed how he overcame a lack of athletic talent to become the first Olympian ever to compete in four Olympic games in four different decades.
This go-around, Ruben shares the formula he’s using to attract and grow a quality membership to his Goal Achievers Club and why other ambitious entrepreneurs might want to sign up (it’s free, of course).
[Note: Listeners can register as a member of Ruben’s Goal Achievers Club and get a free copy of his popular e-book at RubenU.com.]
Photo: By TimeinaBottlePhotography
Posted: November 16, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 44:42
The first interview that Kanye West granted after his July 4th announcement that he would run for president was to Randall Lane, editor and chief content officer of Forbes. It was no coincidence that Kayne chose Randall and Forbes.
Randall’s story, posted four days later, quickly attracted more than 3.1 million page views.
These days, Forbes.com is an internet juggernaut, attracting a larger daily U.S. page view count than The New York Times, The Washington Post, or Wikipedia. It is #1 among all business websites when it comes to attracting Gen Z and millennial readers.
In the final installment of his three-part Editors-in-Chief series, host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart plumbs Randall’s playbook to discover how Forbes has reinvented itself to serve a 21st-century entrepreneurial audience.
Photo: Randall Lane, ForbesPosted: November 9, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 46:06
More than 30,000 global makers and innovators registered for the recently concluded Fast Company Innovation Festival, a virtual cornucopia of influential speakers ranging from the CEOs of Verizon and Novartis to celebrities including Robert Downey Jr. and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Credit Editor-in-Chief Stephanie Mehta and her team at Fast Company for attracting a young, progressive, business-centric audience, much like the readers of the 25-year-old trendy magazine.
This week, in Part Two of his Editors-in-Chief series, host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart speaks with Stephanie about her career and her magazine’s unique focus on innovation in technology, leadership, and design.
If you weren’t one of the lucky ones to attend the Innovation Festival, hearing what Stephanie and Dean have to say might just be the next best thing.
[Did you miss last week’s podcast featuring Adi Ignatius, editor-in-chief of the Harvard Business Review? You can stream or download it here.]
Photo: Stephanie Mehta, Fast CompanyPosted: November 2, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 1 Hour, 8 Minutes
Host Dean Rotbart, an award-winning journalist, has been peeling back the curtain of the nation’s most influential business newsrooms for more than two decades. This week he begins a three-part series of oral histories that he’s recently conducted with three powerful editors-in-chief.
Adi Ignatius
His guest this week is Adi Ignatius, who has overseen the influential Harvard Business Review since 2009. Adi shares with Dean HBR’s updated approach to helping owners and managers create healthier, better-run, more successful companies.
Next week, Dean speaks with Fast Company's Stephanie Mehta about her career and her magazine’s focus on innovation in technology, leadership, and design.
In the final episode of the series, Rotbart holds court with Randall Lane, editor and chief content officer at Forbes, which focuses on business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership, and lifestyle.
You won’t earn an MBA after listening to these three influential journalists, but you’ll feel as if you have.
Photo: Adi Ignatius, Harvard Business ReviewPosted: October 26, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 1 Hour, Three Minutes and 30 Seconds
When McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Chick-fil-A, and the Green Bay Packers were searching for ways to turn their managers into leaders who employees would want to follow, they turned to Jill Ratliff, an executive coach with more than 25 years of Fortune 100 human resources management experience.
By making surprisingly few and modest changes, as Jill outlines in her new book — Leadership Through Trust and Collaboration — owners and managers can become results-driven leaders who not only inspire their colleagues but also get much greater satisfaction from their work.
“Let’s just end the debate; leaders are not born, they’re made,” Jill tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart. Hear her proven formula for success exclusively on this week’s Monday Morning Radio.
Purchase your own copy of Leadership Through Trust & Collaboration here.
Photo: Jill Ratliff, Jill Ratliff Leadership
Posted: October 19, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 49:36
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and the massive number of people who’ve lost their jobs, it should come as no surprise that America is in the midst of a small business startup boom.
The Wall Street Journal reports that applications for new employer identification numbers — an indicator of new business launches — are up by 18.5% over 2019, and growing at the fastest rate since 2007.
Which is perfect timing for authors Jonathan Littman and Susana Camp, whose recently released book, The Entrepreneur’s Faces, relies on real-life profiles of small business founders to help owners find their individual innovation style and edge.
The good news, Littman and Camp tell host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, is that people from all backgrounds and walks of life can master the challenges of entrepreneurship.
Purchase your own copy of The Entrepreneur’s Faces here.
Photo: Susanna Camp and Jonathan Littman, The Entrepreneur’s FacesPosted: October 12, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 54:19
Imagine a professional baseball league with teams located in Small Town America, such as Garden City, Kansas; Roswell, New Mexico; Trinidad, Colorado; and Tucson, Arizona.
Now imagine you’re tapped to manage one of these independent league teams — featuring a squad of not-ready-for-prime-time players — and trying to win a national championship.
Finally, ask yourself, if such a challenge existed in real life (it does), what lessons might you discover about competing, recruiting, and marketing your team that also apply to small businesses?
Bill Rogan, the 2019 rookie manager of the Tucson Saguaros, joins host Dean Rotbart this week to share the thrills of victory and the agonies of defeat managing a team far from the big city.
Pick up your own copy of Bill Rogan’s “Life Ain’t the Same in the Pecos League” here.
To add your name to the list of those who would like more information about joining Bill and Dean at a Pecos League game next season, email dean@MondayMorningRadio.com and be sure to include your name and phone number.
Photo: Bill Rogan, Manager, Santa Fe Fuego
Posted: October 5, 2020
Monday Morning Run Time: 51:42
In 1996, Dave Nassaney’s wife, Charlene, suffered a massive stroke that left her severely speech impaired and paralyzed on her right side.
Dave, a USC graduate, entrepreneur, and service station owner, had no one to turn to and few resources to help him handle the tricky navigation he faced.
Like that of thousands of other entrepreneurs who each year find themselves in similar situations, Dave’s challenge was not merely how to manage for a couple of weeks or even months. That’s hard enough.
He soon realized his new family responsibilities would be with him for years, even decades to come. Indeed, it’s now nearly 25 years later, and Dave remains Charlene’s primary caregiver.
Dave turned his family’s misfortune into a business, CaregiverDave.com, that instructs other caregivers — especially entrepreneurs — how to handle unexpected caregiving duties.
Dave is the author of “It’s My Life Too: Thrive and Stay Alive as a Caregiver.” He is also a much-in-demand public speaker, a radio host, and a frequent media guest.
Dave’s insights, says host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, are especially valuable as we continue to struggle with COVID-19, which has spawned more first-time caregivers over the past six months than in any era since the scourge of polio.
“Even if such a crisis never comes knocking at your door, there are some valuable lessons that we can all learn from how Dave was dealt a truly awful hand, and yet, using ingenuity, dedication, determination, and persistence converted his experience into an invaluable service for others,” Dean notes.
Photo: David Nassaney, CaregiverDave.comPosted: September 28, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 36:30
Women entrepreneurs are starting and running businesses in record numbers. Today, the number of women-owned firms in the United States is more than double what it was in 2000.
Yet, as Madeline Pratt knows from first-hand experience, women in business face unique obstacles on the path to success. So Madeline, founder of the “female-forward” consultancy, Fearless in Training, specializes in helping other women level the playing field when it comes to technology, accounting, and business in general.
For those who have XY chromosomes (i.e., Men), host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart says Madeline is a great model for creating a business concept with a mission and targeted audience. Her entrepreneurial insights, he adds, are universal.
[Note: Did you know that Monday Morning Radio is now available to stream or download from Amazon Music Podcasts? Also, subscribe for free at Apple Podcasts.]
Photo: Madeline Pratt, Fearless in Training
Posted: September 21, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 39 minutes
Sandi Masori is a small business alchemist, turning doctors, real estate agents, insurance salespeople, financial planners, and all variety of entrepreneurs into authors.
Sandi, owner of ExpertBook4U.com, has leveraged her experience writing books about decorating with balloons into a lucrative business and a platform for coaching others on how to follow in her footsteps.
Not to burst your balloon, but as Sandi tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, her method is more likely to help you grow your business, practice, or sales than it is to land you a megabucks book advance. The good news, Sandi says, is that if you start today, your “business authority” book will be available from Amazon.com before the year is out.
Book It! by Sandi Masori is available now from Amazon.com.
Are you already a self-published author or do you plan to be? You can sell your book at GutenbergsStore.com, and receive a better cut of sales than Amazon offers. Contact host Dean Rotbart at 303-296-1200 for details.
Photo: Sandi Masori, ExpertBook4U.com
Posted: September 14, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 53:05
Black Enterprise magazine is marking its 50th Anniversary in 2020, dedicated to educating, inspiring, and uplifting readers.
The magazine’s founder, Earl G. Graves Sr., who passed away earlier this year, was already a successful entrepreneur when he began the magazine in 1970, and headed multiple businesses in his lifetime.
Unlike most other business magazines, the editorial staff at Black Enterprise often practice what they preach, simultaneously reporting for the publication and running their own outside entrepreneurial ventures.
This week, host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart speaks with one of the magazine’s longest-serving top editors, Alfred Edmond, Jr., about his successful business, A2Z Personal Growth Enterprises, aka GrownZone.com. GrownZone delivers “relationship education” to business owners who often don’t recognize the strong correlation between the success of their love life and the profitability of their companies.
Alfred’s book, Loving in the Grown Zone, co-authored with his wife and business partner, Zara Green, is a no-nonsense guide to making healthy decisions in the quest for loving, romantic relationships of honor, esteem, and respect.
The book will be of particular interest and help to anyone who has messed up when it comes to their romantic relationships.
Loving in the Grown Zone makes a wonderful graduation gift for high school or college students, allowing them to avoid the mistakes that so many couples make. You can purchase copies of the book here.
Photo: Alfred Edmond, Jr., GrownZone.comPosted: September 7, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 56:43
As CEO of Maui Wowi Hawaiian Coffees & Smoothies, Mike Weinberger helped build the chain to 500-plus franchises, and then oversaw the 2015 sale of the brand to a global leader in the quick-service restaurant industry.
Mike is back, this time as COO of Unity Rd., a Denver-based cannabis dispensary franchiser that is a leader in the rapidly expanding $30 billion legal marijuana industry.
As Mike tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, today’s cannabis marketplace is teaming with the type of potential - as well as risk - not seen in the U.S. since prohibition ended in December 1933. Listen in as Mike spells out the unique challenges and opportunities that today’s dispensary owners face.
Photo: Mike Weinberger, Unity Rd.
Posted: August 31, 2020
Monday Morning Run Time: 47:51
Carrie Melissa Jones is a master-builder of so-called “Brand Communities,” which go way beyond common social networking and online forums to cement a life-long sense of belonging among core customers, employees, and even vendors.
Done right, brand communities can dramatically enrich the success of both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. The devil, of course, is in the details.
Carrie is co-author of “Building Brand Communities: How Organizations Succeed by Creating Belonging.” As important as who successful brand communities seek to attract, she tells host Dean Rotbart, are who they consciously choose to alienate.
Pick up your own copy of Carrie’s book here.**
Photo: Carrie Melissa Jones, Gather Community Consulting*Posted: August 24, 2020*Monday Morning Run Time: 49:22
You're sitting at an outdoor café and an important client of yours spots you. He comes over and extends his hand in greeting. Do you shake it or do you risk offending him by saying that you’re adhering to social distancing rules?
Likewise, you’ve scheduled a video conference with a prospective customer. You’re both working from home. What do you wear? Business casual? Business dress? Shorts and a t-shirt?
The rules of business etiquette in the coronavirus era have had to be rewritten, which is just fine with etiquette expert Maryanne Parker, who observes that since the days of Louis XIV of France, what is and isn’t appropriate has been an ever-evolving standard.
Maryanne, an author and owner of Manor of Manners, joins host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart to address a variety of common, modern etiquette dilemmas that business owners face.
Be sure to pick up a copy of Maryanne’s latest book, Posh Overnight: The 10 Pillars of Social Etiquette.
Photo: Maryanne Parker, Manor of MannersPosted: August 17, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: One-hour, one-minute, and 37-seconds
TikTok is the seventh most popular social-media app worldwide, with 100 million users in the U.S. alone.
TikTok celebrities, such as Chef Vivian Aronson – with 20 million-plus likes on TikTok – have used the short-video platform to become highly successful internet entrepreneurs.
But Chinese-owned TikTok is facing political headwinds, with India already banning the service and the United States threatening to do likewise.
The future of TikTok is unclear. It might be acquired. It might be shut down. Or it might find another resolution to the crisis it is facing.
In June, host and award-winning reporter Dean Rotbart hosted an invitation-only briefing — “Understanding TikTok and How It Can Turbocharge Your Sales” — featuring Vivian and other TikTok cognoscenti.
On this week’s podcast, Dean shares a replay of that invitation-only panel and provides an up-to-the-minute postscript with Evan Morgenstein, a social media rainmaker and CEO, of multiple companies, including The Digital Renegades, The Food Renegades and CelebExperts.
Whether or not you “TikTok,” this week’s podcast will prove invaluable when it comes to understanding what it takes to be a successful social media influencer and how companies can turn to TikTok and similar platforms to, indeed, turbocharge their sales.
Don't miss our June 15th podcast, The Emerging Cold War Between the United States and China Explained, with guests Lingling Wei and Bob Davis, reporters for The Wall Street Journal.
Photos: VIvian Aronson and Evan Morgenstein
Posted: August 10, 2020
Monday Morning Run Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
INTRODUCTION A: On this week’s podcast, host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart interviews the co-founders of surefoot, a boutique agency offering an experienced, nimble team of strategists, designers, developers, and data analysts obsessed with growing companies like yours.
INTRODUCTION B: On this week’s podcast, host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart and his guests, the co-founders of surefoot, a boutique agency that has run more than 4,200 strategic A/B tests resulting in dramatic improvements turning online visitors into paying customers.
Whichever introduction you prefer, you’ll hear Wizard Academy alumnus Brian Schmitt and his partner, Laura Stude, explain their uncanny ability to boost online sales of clothing, gadgets and dozens of other product categories and services.
Brian, Laura, and their team at surefoot are conversion optimization gurus. They use A/B testing and other sophisticated analytical tools to determine how improvements to their clients’ websites – colors, content, graphics, placement, and functionality – can boost sales.
In their experience, they report, clients get back nearly ten times as much as they spend with surefire. That’s a staggering ROI.
Photos: Brian Schmitt and Laura Stude, surefoot.mePosted: August 3, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 50:18
“I believe that capitalism is the most significant man-made invention ever.”
So declares this week’s guest Dan Bruder, a respected author, business strategist, and educator.
Dan is fully aware that his viewpoint isn’t politically correct. Indeed, it conflicts
with millions of dissatisfied Americans and protestors who blame the economic and political system that vests our country’s trade and industry in private hands society’s many ills.
But rather than turn to socialism, or even Marxism, as some people advocate, Dan says capitalism can be refocused to best address its failures and the inequalities that have arisen over the past 50 years.
Dan’s book, “The Blendification System: Activating Potential by Connecting Culture, Strategy, and Execution,” teaches capitalism as a means of not only generating profits for owners and shareholders, but also for enriching the lives of employees and customers. And, importantly, of building better communities as a result.
More than a philosophical treatise on private ownership and the good it can do, Blendification is also a “roll-up-your-sleeves and take these steps” playbook that shows readers how to transform theory into reality.
Listen in as Dan and host Dean Rotbart, an award-winning financial journalist, discuss the merits of making better applications of capitalism to ensure it works well for everyone.
To order your copy of “The Blendification System,” click here.
Photo: Daniel M. Bruder, The Blendification SystemPosted: July 27, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 51:02
Why be an ordinary entrepreneur when you can become a “Celebrity Entrepreneur” and watch your bottom line grow along with your reputation?
Clint Arthur, a Wizard Academy alumnus, trains business owners on his “scientific formula” to land TV interviews, paid speaking engagements, VIP invitations, and book contracts. As their visibility grows, so do their bank balances.
Join Clint and host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart as they pull back the curtain on how reputations are manufactured, and reveal why merit alone has very little to do with modern celebrity status.
Register here for Clint Arthur’s “Medical Marketing Miracle Conference” in Atlanta, featuring Dr. Oz, Dr. Drew, Jocelyn Elders, former U.S. Surgeon General, and astronaut Mike Massimino.
Purchase a copy of Clint’s “Celebrity Entrepreneurship” book here.**
Photo: Clint Arthur, Celebrity EntrepreneurshipPosted: July 20, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 1 hour 3 minutes
When the COVID-19 shutdowns hit, entrepreneur Edwin Dearborn, an author and veteran advisor to small businesses, faced a double whammy: His Las Vegas-based consulting group helped clients grow their brands and sales by relying heavily on live, face-to-face conferences, exhibitions, and speaking engagements, the kind that Vegas is famous for hosting.
But since the social distancing quarantines began in March, the in-person conference and workshop industry has imploded, and with it, the opportunities for in-person branding.
Rather than call it quits, Edwin and his partner launched a new consultancy — Green Dragon Communications — that uses Zoom, YouTube, LinkedIn, and other digital platforms not only to promote his clients but also to attract new clients to Green Dragon.
In these unprecedented times, Edwin tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, entrepreneurs must be willing to discover and exploit the opportunities created by the new business environment or fade into oblivion.
Photo: Edwin Dearborn, Green Dragon Communications
Posted: July 13, 2020
Monday Morning Run Time: 41:50
Former British Prime Minister and global diplomat Tony Blair credits Cheryl Strauss Einhorn, founder of CSE Consulting, with developing “the science of decision-making” and helping him resolve tough choices.
Einhorn, a master problem-solver, business consultant, author, and public speaker, is the developer behind the AREA Method, an increasingly popular framework that allows executives, politicians, and even investors to make better choices, especially when the stakes are high.
When you’re trying to answer significant business or personal questions, those with large and long-term repercussions, Cheryl tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart that her proprietary method will lead to better outcomes and a more efficient, less-stressful, decision-making process.
One high-impact decision that is actually easy to make, is not to miss this week’s valuable edition of Monday Morning Radio.
To order your copy of Cheryl Strauss Einhorn’s Problem Solved: A Powerful System for Making Complex Decisions with Confidence and Conviction, click here.
To order your copy of Investing in Financial Research: A Decision-Making System for Better Results, click here.
Photo: Cheryl Strauss Einhorn, CSE ConsultingPosted: July 6, 2020Monday Morning Run Time:54:25
After scrutinizing Microsoft, Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon daily for more than five years, Alex Kantrowitz decoded the single secret they all share: No matter how large these and other successful tech giants grow or how established they become, they still run their companies with the mentality and risk-taking attitudes of a startup.
Alex, who earlier this month launched his own independent newsletter and podcast called "Big Technology," recently published “Always Day One: How the Tech Titans Plan to Stay on Top Forever.”
To successfully compete with the Amazons and Googles of the world, Alex tells host and award-winning reporter Dean Rotbart, today’s companies of all sizes not only have to adopt an “Always Day One” approach, they have to execute it better than the tech titans themselves.
The alternative, he warns, is “Day Two,” or stasis, where most once-profitable companies operate, leading inevitably to irrelevance, followed by a gradual decline culminating in total failure.
Did you miss Monday Morning Radio’s live panel, “Understanding TikTok and How It Can Turbocharge Your Sales”? Download the replay at https://tinyurl.com/Replay-TikTok.
Discover how you can put TikTok to work for your brand, and why it’s better than other social media platforms.
Photo: Alex Kantrowitz, Always Day OnePosted: June 29, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 49:13
Working from home? Stealing from your employers at home?
In the new COVID-19 era, ripping off employers is easier and more common than you might imagine.
The coronavirus outbreak has been a boon to employees who are willing to steal from their companies, as fraud and embezzlement are harder to prevent and detect when a company’s workforce is able to cheat remotely.
In addition, when employees must rely on video teleconferences and personal email accounts and cell phones, it increases the vulnerability of their employers to cyber-crime and theft of sensitive intellectual property.
Doug E. Cash and Trent L. Leavitt are white-collar crime specialists with Eide Bailly, one of the country’s most respected and most trusted CPA firms.
Doug is one part crime fighter and one part prevention expert. Trent is a cyber-detective, providing computer forensics, cell phone forensics, and eDiscover.
This week, Doug and Trent join host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart to inform business owners how to prevent their companies from falling victim to coronavirus-inspired criminals, and how to detect small problems before they grow into financial nightmares.
Download a free Eide Bailly special report, “How to Deal with Fraud Risk in a COVID-19 World,” prepared by guest Doug E. Cash, here.
Hear our January 2020 episode, Who’s in Your Wallet? How to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Dishonest Workers, featuring Doug Cash and two other distinguished panel members, here.
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This episode marks the beginning of our 9th year producing this podcast, which launched in June 2012.
Since our first episode, more than 750,000 listeners — most of them owners of small businesses and professional practices — have tuned in to gather actionable insights from their peers and from a who’s who of small business coaches and consultants.
A complete archive of this podcast, featuring nearly 400 full episodes, is available for free here. Subscribe to Monday Morning Radio on Apple Music here.
Photo: Doug E. Cash (l) and Trent L. Leavitt, Eide Bailly
Posted: June 22, 2020
Monday Morning Run Time: 61 Minutes
U.S.-China trade relations has been bumped off the front pages of American newspapers lately, as the toll of COVID-19 and race-related protests take center stage.
But over the long-term, the U.S.-China trade conflict will have consequences for all American businesses – spreading from the political arena to every nook and cranny of our economy.
Two of the most astute observers of this global financial story are Bob Davis and Lingling Wei, distinguished reporters for The Wall Street Journal. Bob is a Pulitzer Prize-winning senior editor who covers economic issues from the paper’s D.C. bureau.
Lingling, who until earlier this year reported for the Journal from China, is now based in New York, where she continues to focus on the intersection of Chinese politics and the economy.
Together, Bob and Lingling have written a terrific book looking at the roots and the consequences of the U.S.-Chinese trade conflict, titled: “Superpower Showdown: How the Battle Between Trump and Xi Threatens a New Cold War.”
Published just last week, Superpower Showdown draws on Bob and Lingling’s vast experience covering the topic – having conducted 100s of interviews with government and business officials in both the U.S. and China -- to trace how relations between the two superpowers went sour – and how the prospects for global peace and prosperity are threatened by the current stand-off.
Bob and Lingling have worked together covering U.S./China relations for more than seven years. Having the perspective of both the Americans and the Chinese make their book, Superpower Showdown, especially compelling reading.
Click here to hear a preview of Monday Morning Radio’s free, live, panel “Understanding TikTok and How It Can Turbocharge Your Sales.” Co-Hosted by Dean Rotbart and Evan Morgenstein, founder of The Digital Renegades, the panel takes place on June 18th at 11:30 am EDT. Registration is available at http://tinyurl.com/MMRTikTok.
Preview our new Monday Morning Radio community, Small Business Paramedics, featuring expert advice on how to buttress your business and reach your goals. Coming Summer 2020.
Photos: Bob Davis and Lingling Wei, Superpower ShowdownPosted: June 15, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 59 minutes 25 seconds
Todd Sattersten is an author, literary agent, editor, blogger, and since January 2019, deputy publisher at Bard Press, the boutique house responsible for the success of The Little Red Book of Selling, The Gift of Struggle, The One Thing, and, of course, the incomparable Wizard of Ads Trilogy by Roy H. Williams.
Todd makes his living, in part, by trying to forecast where consumer taste in reading — specifically in business books — will be a year or two down the road. He is an acute observer of the industry; what’s hot, what’s not, and what’s likely to be the next in-demand topic.
Whether you’re already an author, a would-be author, or an avid reader, as host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart explains on this week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio, Todd’s analysis of current trends in the book industry and what’s driving them is intelligence that every owner and professional can profit from.
Click here to hear a preview of Monday Morning Radio’s free, live, panel “Understanding TikTok and How It Can Turbocharge Your Sales.” Co-Hosted by Dean Rotbart and Evan Morgenstein, founder of The Digital Renegades, the panel takes place on June 18th at 11:30 am EDT. Registration is now open at http://tinyurl.com/MMRTikTok.
Preview our new Monday Morning Radio community, Small Business Paramedics, featuring expert advice on how to buttress your business and reach your goals. Coming Summer 2020.
Photo: Todd SatterstenPosted: June 8, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 1 hour, 7 minutes
[Monday Morning Radio listeners are eligible to register for “Understanding TikTok and How It Can Turbocharge Your Sales,” an invitation-only live video conference on June 18th. Sign up here.]
Zero to $1 Billion in a relatively short time is the stuff that entrepreneurial dreams are made of. Yet, a number of recent starts ups have done just that.
In his new book, Billion Dollar Brand Club, veteran journalist Lawrence Ingrassia takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the secret sauce used by Harry’s, Warby Parker, Dollar Shave Club, Third Love, and other disruptors to take the express train to the top.
Ingrassia, a highly regarded former senior editor at The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Los Angeles Times, tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart that every company – regardless of its size or ultimate potential – can glean practical lessons from the entrepreneurs who he profiles in his book.
Will you be the next member of the Billion Dollar Brand club?
To order your copy of “Billion Dollar Brand Club,” click here.
Photo: Lawrence Ingrassia, Billion Dollar Brand ClubPosted: June 1, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 54:15
When Kevin Vallely isn’t working his “day job” as an architect, he can be found on one of many adventures, such as breaking the world record for the fastest unsupported trek to the geographic South Pole.
When Amy Posey, a management consultant and former leadership expert with Deloitte, isn’t at her desk, she’s might be found paragliding, or joining Kevin in crossing Baffin Island in the Canadian High Arctic in winter, on foot.
Both Kevin and Amy describe themselves as extreme adventures, and in their new book Wild Success, both offer seven key lessons business leaders can learn from their experiences pushing themselves to do the seemingly impossible.
Although host Dean Rotbart has never raced to the South Pole or soared hundreds of feet off the ground in a harness below a fabric wing, this week he quizzes both Kevin and Amy on the extreme adventure of entrepreneurship.
Photo: Kevin Vallely and Amy Posey, Wild SuccessPosted: May 25, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 51:21
It if wasn’t so serious, it would almost be laughable, the contortions that people employ to open public doors without using their hands in the current coronavirus culture. The most common methods involve elbows, knees, and feet.
For those who aren’t contortionists, Dave Jabbas, a small business owner for the past four decades, and proud Wizard Academy alumnus, suggests a better solution. Touch-free doors that make each workplace and public facility safer and less threatening.
Dave, founder of WholesaleLocks.com, is one of the nation’s foremost experts on touch-free doors, and he joins host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart this week for a hands-on, hmmm, make that a “hands-off” tutorial on how any workplace, retail store, or restaurant can better serve their employees and customers with a simple wave of the hand.
Dave is perfect proof that you don’t need to live in Silicon Valley or have an Ivy League MBA to be a business innovator and visionary.
Preview our new Monday Morning Radio community, Small Business Paramedics, featuring expert advice on how to buttress your business and reach your goals. Coming Summer 2020.
Photo: Dave Jabas, WholesaleLocks.com Posted: May 18, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 37:49
When the history of the COVID-19 pandemic is written, it is certain to include many examples of government overreach and outright stupidity. The State of Maine will be a prime exhibit.
With a total population of fewer than 1.5 million citizens, and only a fraction of New York’s coronavirus deaths, the governor of Maine has imposed some of the most draconian lockdown rules in the nation.
For residents of Maine, particularly those requiring regular dental treatments for ailments such as gum disease, the result has proven disastrous.
This week, host and award-winning reporter Dean Rotbart speaks with a panel of four distinguished dentists who explain the serious health risks to patients who are locked out – whether in Maine or any other state – and also the economic ripple effect of shutting down dental practices and other health providers to all but emergency care.
Included on Dean’s panel is a Floridian, Dr. Samuel B. Low, who is an internationally renowned periodontist, academic, and expert on the risks of delaying dental care.
Photos: Dr. Samuel B. Low, Dr. Daniel L. Steinke, Dr. David H. Pier, and Dr. Ted MorganPosted: May 11, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 57:28
When you think of today’s entrepreneurs, who comes to mind: Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Mark Cuban, or Jeff Bezos?
Wrong.
Today’s entrepreneurs are the owners of hair salons, restaurants, car washes, jewelry stories, and tens of thousands of other small businesses and professional practices that comprise the modern economy.
In his new book, “The Soul of an Entrepreneur,” author David Sax debunks just about every stereotype people have about founders, including their backgrounds, motivations, and measures of success.
“David has his finger on the pulse of today’s entrepreneur, much as author Studs Terkel did in his seminal 1974 book, ‘Working,’ says host Dean Rotbart. “Genuine entrepreneurs who hear this podcast will take comfort in knowing their dreams and struggles are shared by so many others, while nine-to-five workers will discover the truth behind the entrepreneurial myth.”
To order your own copy of "The Soul of an Entrepreneur," click here.
Photo: David Sax, The Soul of an Entrepreneur
Posted: May 4, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 47:31
Host and award-winning journalist, Dean Rotbart, and his multi-talented wife, Talya, recently co-authored a book about two Canadian entrepreneurs, Margaret and Riyaz Adat, who have become global role models for do-it-yourself charitable projects.
The book, Perfectly Ordinary, Yet Extraordinary, recounts how the Adats, an upper-middle-class couple, used determination, focus, love, and limited personal resources to rescue a woebegone school in faraway Arusha, Tanzania, from the brink of collapse.
This week, Margaret and Riyaz join Rotbart to share their experiences and lessons-learned, noting that anyone, no matter their resources, really can make a meaningful difference in the lives of others.
The Rotbarts are donating 100% of the profits from their book, available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble to the students and faculty of the J.K. Nyerere School in Arusha.
Photo: Margaret & Riyaz Adat, "Perfectly Ordinary"Posted: April 27, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 57:02
Wayne B. Titus III, a CPA whose Plymouth, Michigan, financial advisory firm, AMDG Financial, has assets of more than $150 million, digested all 800-plus pages of the $2 trillion CARES Act legislation to help his clients take full advantage of the various government programs aimed at helping employers and employees weather the COVID-19 shutdown tsunami.
CARES is complex, and without a guide such as Titus, many owners and entrepreneurs stand to overlook aspects of the mammoth government program that could make the difference between survival and bankruptcy.
One step, in particular, is critical for all employers, Titus explains to host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, who dubs Titus, “a small business paramedic.” Discover Titus’s #1 recommendation this week exclusively on Monday Morning Radio.
Pick up a copy of Wayne Titus’s small business primer, The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Financial Well Being, here.
Photo: Wayne B. Titus III, AMDG FinancialPosted: April 20, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 37:11
Too often entrepreneurs and business owners burn out, giving up on the dreams that propelled them in the first place.
It happened to Dr. Dravon James, a pharmacist, and successful movie and stage actress. Having grown up in poverty on the South Side of Chicago, she eventually overcame multiple personal and professional hardships and formulated an approach that all of us can use to rekindle the fire within. Today, Dr. James is a successful author, consultant, and motivational speaker.
Regardless of the obstacles we face, Dr. James tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, we can rediscover our passion for what we do and pursue the life of our dreams.
Pick up a copy of Dr. James’s new book, Freedom Is Your Birthright, here.
Photo: Dr. Dravon James, Everyday PeacePosted: April 13, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 41:15
More than a decade ago, Robbie Kellman Baxter – a graduate of both Harvard University and the Stanford Graduate School of Business who worked as a strategy consultant at Booz-Allen & Hamilton – coined the phrase “The Membership Economy” to describe the trend of consumers to embrace subscription-based products and services.
Popular examples include: Stitch Fix, Dollar Shave Club, Netflix, BarkBox, and Freshly.
Now, in her just published book, The Forever Transaction: How to Build a Subscription Model So Compelling, Your Customers Will Never Want to Leave, Baxter details how any business – big or small – can create and attract membership clients and keep them for a lifetime.
Especially as people hunker down in response to COVID-19, Baxter, founder of the consulting firm, Peninsula Strategies, tells host and award-winning reporter Dean Rotbart that subscription-based business models are proving invaluable.
To purchase a copy of The Forever Transaction, click here.To order fresh-roasted coffee from Creature Coffee, click here.
Photo: Robbie Kellman Baxter, Peninsula StrategiesPosted: April 6, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 47:41
In October 2019, host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, invited Michael Craig on Monday Morning Radio to detail his quixotic quest to build a three-headed company, Creature Coffee, selling specialty blends at pop-up expresso bars, online, and at his bricks-and-mortar coffeehouse in Austin, Texas.
Everything was going according to plan for Craig until a few week’s ago when Austin’s South by Southwest mega-event was cancelled due to coronavirus, and rapidly thereafter the city’s mayor ordered all dining areas closed.
Like tens of thousands of American small business owners, overnight, Craig found his business endangered, and his many baristas without work. Not just a statistic, this week Craig shares his very personal struggle to survive the fallout from coronavirus and live to fight another day.
Photo: Michael Craig, www.CreatureCoffee.coPosted: March 30, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 21:50
Twenty years ago this month, Henry Dubroff threw caution and reason to the wind and – after quitting his safe job as editor of the Denver Business Journal – headed west to California to launch his own, independent, weekly business newspaper.
Dubroff’s Pacific Coast Business Times defied the long odds, and today, with the largest full-time team devoted to business and financial news on the central coast, serves readers in Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo counties, including, of course, Oprah Winfrey, just one of many prominent area residents.
The secret of his survival, and that of all successful entrepreneurs, Dubroff tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, is to know the community of customers who you serve and become an integral part of it.
[The conversation with Dubroff is adopted from the Business News Visionary Awards oral history of Dubroff, recognizing him as one of 52 journalists whose foresight and efforts have transformed the journalism profession during the past two decades. For additional information, visit http://www.newsluminaries.com/.]
Photo: Henry Dubroff, Pacific Coast Business TimesPosted: March 23, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 56:59
The coronavirus is wreaking havoc on businesses large and small, curtailing travel, sporting events, and gatherings of all manner; even weddings.
For many owners and entrepreneurs, it portends financial disaster.
But this week’s guest this week, Evan Morgenstein, a veteran talent agent who specializes in representing social media mega-stars, sees a path for companies to not only survive coronavirus but to thrive.
As Evan points, all the people who are confined to their homes, working from home, or planned to attend now-canceled conferences and entertainment events, will almost certainly be surfing the internet and watching more television than ever.
That makes this the perfect time, Evan contends, for companies to use strategic influencer programs to bolster their brands and their revenues in ways that will continue to serve them long after the current health crisis passes.
Join host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart for a timely examination of influencer marketing.
Photo: Evan Morgenstein, CelebExpertsPosted: March 16, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 50:52
When some of America’s most successful blue chip investors and securities analysts want to increase their exposure on CNBC, Fox Business Network, Bloomberg TV, and other financial broadcast networks, Zach Leibowitz is their go-to PR guru.
Zach is executive vice president and head of broadcast operations at Dukas Linden Public Relations.
In the past year alone, Zach and his colleagues have landed their clients on more than 600 broadcast segments. That’s an incredible track record.
Zach’s proprietary formula for getting TV producers to showcase his clients is applicable to any business seeking visibility, whether it operates on Wall Street or Main Street. This week, Zach gives host Dean Rotbart an exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of what makes TV producers say, “Yes.”
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Photo: Zach Leibowitz, Dukas Linden Public RelationsPosted: March 9, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 38:28
Growing a business from one employee to more than 3,000 in three decades is a notable achievement, regardless of what field you’re in.
Journalist and entrepreneur Matthew Winkler did just that at Bloomberg News.
When billionaire businessman and 2020 presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg had the idea of starting a financial news organization back in 1989, his first hire was Winkler, who at the time was a reporter with The Wall Street Journal.
Winkler signed on as editor-in-chief in February 1990 and proceeded to build Bloomberg News into a global news and money-making juggernaut.
Host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart joined Winkler at Bloomberg’s Manhattan headquarters earlier this month to talk about Winkler’s journey and what other entrepreneurs can learn from his experience.
Dean’s interview with Winkler was conducted as part of Dean’s special “News Luminaries” project, honoring journalists who have had – or are having – exemplary careers. Beginning on Thursday, March 12th, and each week thereafter, Dean will post an oral history with a prominent 21st century journalist at www.NewsLuminaries.com.
Other journalists participating in the oral history podcast include: Andrew Ross-Sorkin of The New York Times and CNBC; Randall Lane, chief content officer of Forbes; Steve Adler, editor-in-chief of Reuters; Maria Bartiromo of Fox Business News; and Charles Duhigg, best-selling author of The Power of Habit, and now a writer for The New Yorker.
If your company or professional practice would like to help support www.NewsLuminaries.com, contact Dean directly at 303-296-1200 or email him at dean@mondaymorningradio.com.
Photo: Matthew Winkler, Bloomberg NewsPosted: March 2, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: One hour and 22 minutes
Ever attend a large conference, with 10,000-plus registrants, and have one of the presenters blow your mind – and knock your socks off?
Host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart did just that in January, and Dean came back raving about speaker Ramon Ray, an effervescent small business evangelist, entrepreneur, public speaker, and author of The Celebrity CEO – a book that spells out in detail how any owner or entrepreneur can effectively build a strong, profitable, personal brand and influential network.
“There is nothing quite like seeing Ramon in person. He’s funny, he’s quick on his feet, he jumps off the stage, he jumps back on the stage, he engages members of the audience, and he delivers a bulls-eye message tailored to small business owners and professionals,” Dean says.
But for those who don’t have the opportunity to see Ramon live, his appearance on this week’s podcast is the closest thing. It’s what you’ll be talking about for hours, days, and weeks to come.
For more information on Ramon, visit his website, SmartHustle.com.
Photo: Ramon Ray, Smart HustlePosted: February 24, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 55:21
Nearly two-thirds of all employers now offer a work-from-home option, at least for some of their employees.
But few employers provide their staff instructions on how to be most productive and satisfied working remotely, and most employers don’t know how best to manage their far-flung team members.
Teresa Douglas, who has worked from home since 2010, recently co-wrote a book, “Working Remotely,” to help employees and employers alike navigate the shoals of off-site workers. She shares her best insights this week with host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart.
Photo: Teresa Douglas, Working RemotelyPosted: February 17, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 34:15
Star Wars fans and collectors are legion, but among them “The Force” is undoubtedly strongest with Steve Sansweet, who spent more than 27 years as a reporter and bureau chief with The Wall Street Journal.
Steve is, as certified by Guinness World Records, the owner of the world’s largest private collection of Star Wars memorabilia, and President and CEO of Rancho Obi-Wan, an independent non-profit museum in Petaluma, California that houses part of his cache. (He loans his collection to the museum but continues to own it privately.)
As Steve explains to host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, he began collecting in 1976 as a passion, and in November 2011 “retired” to open and operate the museum. Although Steve doesn’t say so directly, Dean estimates his Star Wars collectibles are worth many millions of dollars, far more than if he had invested his available funds on Wall Street.
Dean’s interview with Steve is an edited excerpt from his extended conversation with the Star Wars memorabilia Jedi that will be available later this year as part of Dean’s “News Luminaries” project, honoring journalists who have had – or are having – exemplary careers. Beginning on Thursday, March 12th, and each week thereafter, Dean will post an oral history with a prominent 21st century journalist.
Stay tuned to Monday Morning Radio for more details on the journalism honors program.
You may also enjoy these past editions of Monday Morning Radio, featuring other successful entrepreneurs and professionals who’ve launched their own amazing non-profit projects:
- The UnBusiness Story Behind Chapel Dulcinea: A Special Episode Featuring Pennie and Roy Williams
- All Kids Bike® Aims to Teach Every Kindergartener in America to Ride
Photo:* Steve Sansweet, Rancho Obi-WanPosted: February 10, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 43:38*
What if employers spoke less and listened more?
In the case of Kevin Hancock, Chairman and CEO of his family’s sixth-generation Maine lumber business, there was little choice after he was diagnosed with spasmodic dysphonia, a rare neurological speaking disorder that made verbal communications difficult. So he let his employees do most of the talking.
Eight years on, Kevin says that the employee-centric model that he instituted at Hancock Lumber, founded in 1848, has generated more profitability since his diagnosis than in the previous 160 years combined.
Kevin’s voice is still halting but his message to host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart is crystal clear: Shared leadership generates more employee satisfaction and greater profits.
Be sure to pick up a copy of Kevin’s new book, The Seventh Power: One CEO’s Journey into the Business of Shared Leadership. The book is a bold call for a new form of management where power is dispersed, leadership is shared, and every voice is heard.
Photo: Kevin Hancock, Hancock LumberPosted: February 3, 2020Season Eight, Episode: 32Monday Morning Run Time: 37:40
Some of the most entrenched business problems that owners face have nothing to do with sales, marketing, employees, venders, or regulations. They have to do with “Mom.”
Unresolved childhood issues often creep, surreptitiously, into adult decision-making and can be a huge hindrance to successful goal-setting.
Dr. Patti Ashley, a psychotherapist, international speaker, and author calls her approach to resolving lingering childhood and adolescent problems, Authenticity Architecture. Only by casting off the misguided vestiges of our upbringing, Dr. Ashley tells host and award-winning reporter Dean Rotbart, can entrepreneurs realize their most heartfelt business goals.
[Pick up a copy of Dr. Ashley’s new book, Living in the Shadow of the Too-Good Mother Archetype.]
Photo: Dr. Patti Ashley, Authenticity ArchitecturePosted: January 27, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 40:22
When Jackie Jenkins-Scott was appointed president of the historic Dimock Community Health Center, whose roots in Boston date to 1857, the bankrupt institution was shopping its architecturally magnificent campus to real estate investors for redevelopment.
Instead, Jackie revived Dimock, as she did 21 years later when she stepped in as president of failing Wheelock College.
Jackie believes that many dying businesses and nonprofits can turn their fortunes around if their leaders will embrace the approach she dubs, “Responsive Leadership.”
Jackie boils down her method of turning around troubled organizations to seven secrets. She shares them with host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart on this week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio.
Order a copy of Jackie’s new book: The 7 Secrets of Responsive Leadership: Drive Change, Manage Transitions, and Help Any Organization Turn Around**
Photo: Jackie Jenkins-Scott, JJS AdvisingPosted: January 20, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 33:45
Employee fraud and embezzlement cost American companies $50 billion annually, much of that coming out of the pockets of small business owners.
It’s often an employee who you trust the most who turns out to be the most untrustworthy.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, three experts on employee theft – an investigator, a litigation attorney, and a prosecutor – join host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart for a panel discussion on how to prevent, detect, and respond to dishonest employees.
Panelists:
- Doug E. Cash, Senior Manager (Fraud Investigator), Eide Bailly (Photo Center)
- Lisa M. Six, Partner (Litigation), Crowley Fleck PLLP (Photo Right)
- Carolyn O’Hara, Deputy District Attorney (Economic Crime Unit), Jefferson County, Colorado (Photo Left)
Posted: January 13, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 1 hour and 20 minutes
Some of the most important decisions in history, from President Abraham Lincoln’s bold move to publish the Emancipation Proclamation to Harry Truman’s order to drop the atomic bomb, offer all of us lessons about how to make the tough choices that inevitably face us.
In his new book, Decisions, historian, author, and strategic public relations counselor Robert L. Dilenschneider gleans practical advice on how to make the best decisions from 23 men and women who shaped the world, including Henry Ford, Howard Johnson, and A.P. Giannini.
When life demanded it, each of the 23 individuals profiled in Decisions followed a path that Dilenschneider admires in order to reach their conclusions and subsequently act upon them.
What all of his profile subjects have in common, Dilenschneider tells host Dean Rotbart, is a sense of purpose. “They all knew who they were, and they constantly moved toward who they were.”
Each of us eventually has a Rubicon to cross. Knowing how others have faced their biggest challenges can help us make the best choices in our own lives, Rotbart says.
Dilenschneider is the founder of The Dilenschneider Group, a corporate strategic counseling and public relations firm based in Manhattan. In that capacity, he has advised numerous Global 500 corporations and CEOs.
In addition to Decisions, he is the author of several other popular books, including Power and Influence, and 50 Plus! Decisions will be turned into a PBS television series later this year.
Photo: Robert L. Dilenschneider, Decisions
Posted: January 6, 2020Monday Morning Run Time: 58:19
For the third consecutive year, host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart turns the microphone over to his son, Maxwell, who reviews the top business lessons of the past year, gleaned from ten of the weekly guests appearing on Monday Morning Radio.
Among the priceless business insights and actionable tips for success included this week are the gift of struggle; the simple truths of great customer service; the proper care and feeding of bosses; how to build an ironclad brand; and the Bezos method of business growth and risk-taking.
Give Maxwell Rotbart less than an hour to start off the New Year, and he’ll give you a year’s worth of business magic.
Photo: Maxwell Rotbart, Guest HostPosted: December 30, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 54:56
Jeffrey Gitomer is the all-time, best-selling author of sales books; better even than Dale Carnegie, Zig Ziglar, and Napoleon Hill.
Gitomer’s “Little Red Book of Selling” is a classic, not only for dedicated salespeople, but for anyone seeking to sell a product, service, idea, or even to market themselves.
Dean Rotbart, host of Monday Morning Radio, previously hosted a live weekly radio show - Newsroom Confidential - on KRLA 870 AM radio in Los Angeles. Back in 2006, when Gitomer had just published his second book – “Little Black Book of Connections,” Dean interviewed him about his methods and how they apply to everyone – not just professional salespeople.
This week, as an audio stocking stuffer, Dean plumbs the Newsroom Confidential archives to replay his actionable interview with Jeffrey Gitomer.
Photo: Jeffrey Gitomer, Little Red Book of SellingPosted: December 23, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 27:31
Whether in business or your personal life, if you have a dream, don’t let anyone tell you that it’s impossible.
In fact, Jason Caldwell, this week’s guest on Monday Morning Radio, makes his living by teaching people how to move beyond the normal bounds of possibility and shatter all expectations.
Jason – an adventure racer who set a world record in 2017 for rowing across the Atlantic in 35 days, 14 hours, and 3 minutes – is the founder of Latitude 35 Racing, a global leadership training firm whose clients include Nike, Booking.com, and Santander Bank.
This week, Jason shares many of his hard-earned insights, and excerpts from his new book, Navigating The Impossible, with host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart.
Photo: Jason Caldwell, Latitude 35 RacingPosted: December 16, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 38:56
On the rollercoaster of life, Ken D. Foster has seen the peaks and the valleys, working his way up from gas station attendant to head of a $200 million securities business, and back to the very bottom.
Ken finally found stability, and success, when he cleaned his slate of beliefs and behaviors and began anew. Now a best-selling author of five books, a podcaster, and an empowerment coach, Ken has released his newest book, The Courage to Change Everything, which provides daily strategies to overcome life’s greatest challenges.
As Ken explains to host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, his approach to success is a hybrid of ancient and modern wisdom, Eastern and Western philosophies.
Photo: Ken D. Foster, AuthorPosted: December 9, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 43:44
In the spirit of the 7th Annual GivingTuesday, this week’s podcast examines the growing number of small business owners who are creating 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundations to buttress their philanthropic efforts.
In the spotlight is Ryan McFarland, a sterling example of CEOs who are giving back in gratitude for their own success.
Ryan is the founder of Strider Sports International and its nonprofit sibling, the Strider Education Foundation, or SEF.
Ryan worked closely with Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart, who is a National Ambassador for the All Kids Bike® movement, to set an audacious goal: teach every child in America how to bike before they reach the first grade.
Through SEF, the All Kids Bike® movement has already donated free bikes, helmets, and training programs to 136 schools in 26 states. And the campaign is just getting pedaling.
Ryan is Dean’s guest on this week’s Monday Morning Radio, sharing the ups-and-downs of simultaneously running a for-profit and not-for-profit organization.
To learn more about All Kids Bike® and support its efforts on GivingTuesday, visit www.allkidsbike.org. To donate now, click here.
Discover the science behind the All Kids Bike® movement by viewing the inaugural All Kids Bike® Health and Education Symposium – five panels featuring global experts on the physical, psychological, and academic benefits of early childhood biking.
Photo: Ryan McFarland (l) All Kids Bike® and Dean Rotbart, HostPosted: December 2, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 48:05
Karen Wickre has worked in Silicon Valley for more than 30 years, including stints as the editorial director of Twitter and a senior global communicator at Google, which she joined when there were only 500 employees. By the time she left, there were 50,000 people on the payroll.
During that time she became globally recognized as an über networker - connecting with the world’s elite and harnessing the power of her contacts.
A self-described introvert, Karen shares with host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart steps anyone can take to build and fill their own business network with meaningful connections.
[Be sure to pick up a copy of Karen’s book, “Taking the Work Out of Networking: Your Guide to Making and Keeping Great Connections,” available here.]
Photo: Karen WickrePosted: November 25, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 39 minutes and 5 seconds
Rob Kessler is on a mission – a mission to eradicate men’s ties.
Aware that 100% of business-casual shirts are designed for ties – yet 90% of the time men don’t wear neckties – he’s invented an entirely new category of shirts – goTIELESS.
Rob comes from good entrepreneurial stock. His pop, Richard Kessler, the Diamond Engagement Ring ‘King’ of Wisconsin, taught him a thing or two about sales and marketing. And it shows.
This week Rob tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart how he and his partners aim to collar the men’s fashion market.
HOLIDAY GIVING GUIDE:
- All Kids Bike® – ON A MISSION TO TEACH EVERY CHILD IN AMERICA HOW TO RIDE A BIKE IN KINDERGARTEN PE CLASS
- Chapel Dulcinea – The First (and Finest) Free Wedding Chapel in the World
- The Stories Behind the Smiles – Photographs and Essays Celebrating the Magic of a Healthy Smile (by Avital Rotbart)
Photo: Rob Kessler, goTIELESSPosted: November 18, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 50 minutes and 23 seconds
Mary Fran Bontempo, an award-winning speaker, author, and humorist, just came out with a crisis management book called, “The 15 Minute Master.” The book promises to teach readers “how to make everything better 15 minutes at a time.”
With no advance warning, host Dean Rotbart decided to test the premise on Mary Fran, herself, using his stopwatch to give her exactly 15 minutes to explain her method, why it works, and how business people can apply her lessons both at work and in their personal lives.
“15 minutes could save you more than just car insurance premiums,” Rotbart says. “In a crisis, it could save your backside.”
Click here to hear Mary Fran Bontempo’s July 2017 interview on Monday Morning Radio.
Photo: Mary Fran Bontempo, The 15 Minute Master
Posted: November 11, 2019
Monday Morning Run Time: 22 minutes 32 seconds
It’s hard enough for American entrepreneurs to launch a new business and gain traction with American consumers.
Doing it from Istanbul, Turkey, primarily in Turkish, as Rasim Cin is doing, complicates the task exponentially.
Rasim is the visionary behind Woppy, a new subscription game-box company that aims to teach kindergarten-age kids STEM skills, without using digital technology. Woppy was recently a participant in the WSJ Tech Live global conference held in Laguna Beach, where Rasim and his team generated a great deal of positive buzz from the world’s high-tech whizzes.
Joining host Dean Rotbart for a discussion of the obstacles Woppy faces, and what other businesses can learn about working internationally, is Mel Ayan, an early-stage investor in Woppy.
Photo: Rasim Cin, WoppyPosted: November 4, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 54 minutes, 25 seconds
Bert and Tracy Gervis are two successful California entrepreneurs and philanthropic superheroes who own and operate one of the nation’s fastest growing pet food companies.
Their proprietary Gentle Giants Dog and Puppy Foods is helping canines to live twice, even three times longer than average, with many dogs behaving like puppies well into their twenties.
No wonder their wholesome dog food is flying off the shelves of Walmart Supercenters and hundreds of major supermarket outlets nationwide, not to mention on Chewy.com and Petsmart.com.
Bert and Tracy not only don’t take a salary, since 1994, they’ve personally cared for more than 15,000 rescue dogs in their home.
If that’s not impressive enough, this week, on a special “What’s My Small Business Secret” edition of Monday Morning Radio, both Bert and Tracy reveal to host Dean Rotbart their separate background stories that make their accomplishments all the more extraordinary.
[Spoiler Alert: If you just can’t wait to know Bert and Tracy’s secret, skip ahead in the podcast to 35 minutes and 50 seconds, and all will be revealed.]
Photo: Bert John Gervis, Jr. - Gentle Giants Dog & Puppy FoodsPosted: October 28, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 1 Hour 8 Minutes
On paper, at least, Creature Coffee looks like a bad idea.
Founded two years back by Michael Craig, a barista, it is aiming to carve a niche for itself in the crowded and competitive coffee marketplace. To make the task all the more difficult, Creature Coffee is spreading itself between three sales channels: walk-in retailing, online sales, and pop-up coffee bars.
But Michael – like the best entrepreneurs – believes in himself, believes in his concept, and does not believe all the naysayers.
When he launched Creature Coffee, Michael began with a budget of $1,000 – all that he could scrape together at the time.
Today, the success of Creature Coffee is evident, from the non-stop flow of fans into his retail outlet – located in a gentrifying neighborhood of Austin, to the corporate clients he’s attracting, including IBM, American Express, Mercedes Benz, Hitachi, Deloitte, and Dell.
Earlier this month, Monday Morning Radio host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart paid a visit to Creature Coffee and shares both good conversation, and a satisfying cup of Columbian expresso, with Michael Craig.
You can purchase up to 200 varieties of coffee from Creature Coffee online at www.CreatureCoffee.co. As always, the plug for this week’s guest comes gratis. Monday Morning Radio never charges its guests to be on the podcasts or accepts payments in kind.
Photo: Michael Craig, Creature CoffeePosted: October 21, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 41 minutes 40 seconds
Last week, more than 45 international companies competed in the annual Global Bottled Water Awards competition, presented in Dubai.
Water is big business, with more people in the U.S. drinking bottled water than soft drinks, and new packaged-water entrants continuing to flood the market.
Duane Stanford, executive editor of Beverage Digest, was one of the judges for this year’s water competition, and he joins host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart to talk about the innovators and entrepreneurs who are making a big splash in the water industry, and the rip currents they face.
Photo: Duane Stanford, Beverage Digest
Posted: October 14, 2019
Monday Morning Run Time: 39 minutes and 57 seconds
On a special edition of Monday Morning Radio, Alan Murray, president and CEO of FORTUNE magazine, shares the business and journalism insights that he’s gleaned during the course of his 40-plus year career.
In particular, Alan talks about how FORTUNE, under his leadership and new ownership, is positioning itself to be the preeminent global business media brand. Take notes. Because the strategy that Alan describes can just as effectively be utilized by any business – large or small – that seeks to propel itself to the forefront of its industry or business niche.
“Business success today has much more to do with inspiration, with being able to give people a purpose and direction, not so much direct orders,” Alan tells host Dean Rotbart, himself an award-winning journalist. “Business leaders have to be able to see into the future and see around corners in ways that it just wasn't nearly as necessary ten years ago.”
Today’s FORTUNE, Alan explains, is no longer merely a chronicler of the world’s top companies and executives. Rather, Alan and his team are dedicated to providing their readers and attendees the content and connections they need “to help them drive toward business success.”
“What can we do to make business better?” is the question that Alan says guides FORTUNE’s content and event strategy under his leadership. “I want people to look at FORTUNE and say this magazine is going to help me navigate the future.”
Photo: Alan Murray, FORTUNEPosted: October 7, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 41 minutes 52 seconds
In this one-minute preview of next week's podcast, featuring Fortune Magazine CEO Alan Murray, he explains how Fortune selects it covers and who get to grace them.
Alan is interviewed by host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart.
You can stream of download the full interview on Monday, October 7, 2019 from MondayMorningRadio.com.
You can also subscribe to every episode of Monday Morning Radio for free from the iTunes store: http://tinyurl.com/mmr-iTunes.
In this one-minute preview of next week's podcast, featuring Fortune Magazine CEO Alan Murray, he describes the ingredients of building a preeminent brand.
Alan is interviewed by host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart.
You can stream of download the full interview on Monday, October 7, 2019 from MondayMorningRadio.com.
You can also subscribe to every episode of Monday Morning Radio for free from the iTunes store: http://tinyurl.com/mmr-iTunes.
Everyone knows the unprecedented journey that propelled Jeff Bezos from the owner of a tiny online bookstore that he launched in July 1994, to the head of Amazon, the fastest company ever to surpass $100 billion in annual sales; making him the richest man in the world.
What few people know are the 14 principles that Bezos followed to accomplish the unimaginable feat. In The Bezos Letters, author Steve Anderson dissects the 21 annual letters that the Amazon founder has written to shareholders to glean the essence of Bezos’s business philosophy.
Most amazingly, Anderson tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, Bezos is relying on those same 14 principles not only to continue to grow Amazon at a rapid clip, but also, soon, through his privately-owned Blue Origin aerospace company, to revolutionize space travel and manufacturing.
Photo: Steve Anderson, The Bezos LettersPosted: September 30, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 51 minutes and 40 seconds
Exposure in Inc. magazine or its annual Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest growing companies assuredly will bolster the reputations and prospects of any small business. But what kind of stories are the journalists at Inc. interested in – and is there a backdoor shortcut to landing on the Inc. 5000?
Those are just a few of the questions that host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart puts to Inc.’s Editor-in-Chief James Ledbetter on this week’s episode of Monday Morning Radio. James is only too happy to provide an up-close look at how Inc. operates, and what type of stories appeal most to editors and readers alike.
Photo: James Ledbetter, Inc.Posted: September 23, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 47 minutes and 35 seconds
Following a serious ski accident and two failed spinal surgeries, Gina Gardiner had to relearn to walk. Not once, but twice.
The experience led Gina to segue from her role as a school principal in the UK to a motivation coach, helping a large and growing flock of international followers find greater happiness, success, and fulfillment.
From Colchester, England, Gina shares with host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart her five secret pathways to “thriving, not simply surviving.” Gina’s mission now, she says, is to help one million people discover their “Genuine Selves” within the next five years.
Photo: Gina Gardiner, Genuinely YouPosted: September 16, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 39 minutes 54 seconds
Aaron LaPedis owns a fine art gallery in one of the swankiest retail areas of Colorado.
But paintings, sculptures, and limited edition prints are not all that fascinate Aaron, who is best known nationally as The Garage Sale Millionaire. For more than three decades, Aaron has hunted hidden treasure at garage and estate sales, as well as online auctions.
Whether you’re a treasure-hunting hobbyist or simply looking to offload some business, household, or collectible items you no longer want, Aaron can guide you how to buy and sell most profitably.
Back on Monday Morning Radio after a six year hiatus, Aaron shares with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart the unvarnished truth about becoming your own garage sale aficionado.
This week’s episode comes to you from the campus of The Wizard Academy, located in Austin’s renowned Texas hill country.
[Be sure to pick up a copy of Aaron’s garage sales “Bible,” The Garage Sale Millionaire.]
Photo: Aaron LaPedisPosted: September 9, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 44 minutes 48 seconds
It’s been more than 50 years since Walter Elias Disney departed for the great amusement park in the sky, yet his legacy consistently inspires new generations of business owners and creators.
Michael Goldsby and Rob Mathews, two professors of entrepreneurship at Ball Street University, have encapsulated Disney’s magic rules of success into a must-read book, Entrepreneurship the Disney Way.
As Goldsby tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, two traits that Disney embodied that to this day are hard-wired into The Walt Disney Company are an obsessive commitment to product quality and a refusal to stop innovating and creating.
For businesses owners who wish upon a star that they could emulate the success of the Disney and the Magic Kingdom, Goldsby says the pixie dust is simple: Just ask yourself time and again, “What would Walt do?”
Photo: Michael Goldsby, Ball State UniversityPosted: September 2, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 42 minutes 42 seconds
In the eyes of more than 200,000 women entrepreneurs in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Indonesia, Genecia Alluora is already a business rock star.
The former Miss Singapore – who founded and leads Soul Rich Woman – the #1 network of female entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia, now wants to spread her message of empowerment and financial independence to the women of North America.
Genecia specializes in teaching woman the secrets of successful online marketing and digital branding. This week, she connects by phone from the Republic of Singapore with host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, and explains why her step-by-step system of success speaks a universal language. Oh yes, men, too, stand to learn a lot from Genecia’s playbook.
Photo: Genecia Alluora, Soul Rich WomanPosted: August 26, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 49 minutes 30 seconds
Owning a business while raising a family is challenging enough. Mix in caring for one or both aging parents, and the complexities of life expand exponentially.
That’s especially true for women, who comprise a majority of the 44 million unpaid eldercare providers in the United States.
Liz O’Donnell, who enjoyed a fast-paced career in marketing, can speak from experience. She was already juggling her job and two children when both her parents were diagnosed with terminal illnesses on the same day.
Liz, author of Working Daughter: A Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parents While Making a Living, not only shares her advice with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart for coping with the added responsibilities of eldercare, she also spells out ways that aging Baby Boomers can lessen the burden on their kids when they cross the Rubicon into old age.
[Be sure to pick up a copy of Liz O’Donnell’s new book, Working Daughter: A Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parents While Making a Living.]
Photo: Liz O’Donnell, Working DaughterPosted: August 19, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 37 minutes 23 seconds
There are strategies of when, how, and why to use LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram, and Andrea Stenberg is an expert at helping small business owners and entrepreneurs harness them.
Good content – including the use of self-produced videos – Andrea explains to host Dean Rotbart, is only part of the equation. More importantly, knowing exactly how to target prospective customers and clients, and how to buy paid messaging, will determine whether even the best content ever gets noticed, much less goes viral.
This week Andrea guides Monday Morning Radio listeners through the shoals of social networking visibility.
[Be sure to visit Andrea’s website, The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur, to get a free copy of “The Low Cost Online Video Toolkit.”]
Photo: Andrea Stenberg, The Baby Boom EntrepreneurPosted: August 12, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 38 Minutes 09 Seconds
Rudy Schmid is a veteran accountant and first-time author who’s written a book – America’s Guide to Starting Your Own Company – that’s helping large numbers of young adults launch their own side hustles free of the flaws that too often hobble new businesses.
The concise book is also helpful for established businesses, especially when it comes to hiring and managing people, and sizing up banking relationships.
Rudy seems a bit embarrassed that he waited so long to share the lessons he learned from his own accounting practice with today’s eager young entrepreneurs.
"Nonsense," replies host Dean Rotbart, “At 86 years of age, Rudy is an inspiration to every would-be author who thinks he or she is ‘too old’ to start.”
By the way, the Guide has been so well-received that Rudy is already working on a sequel, “How to Build Your Company for Success.”
Photo: Rudy Schmid, author
Posted: August 5, 2019
Monday Morning Run Time: 24 minutes 46 seconds
Jordan Goodman is one of the country’s best-known personal finance journalists and authors, appearing frequently on national radio and television call-in shows to answer consumer questions on how to save and invest wisely.
With 13 books under his belt, including the encyclopedic 992-page Everyone’s Money Book, he joins host Dean Rotbart this week to dispense insightful personal finance recommendations with a special emphasis on the finances of small business owners and entrepreneurs.
If you’ve got solid financial assets, Jordan will share his advice on how to generate even more of them. If you’ve got too much debt, he’s got a lot to say about how to offload it.
Visit Jordan’s website: www.MoneyAnswers.com
Everyone’s Money Book
Master Your Debt
Photo: Jordan E. Goodman, Author and Journalist
Posted: July 29, 2019
Monday Morning Run Time: 52 minutes 57 seconds
Fauzia Burke and her team at FSB Associates specialize in creating online awareness for books and authors.
Since Fauzia launched her specialty marketing and publicity firm in 1995, FSB has orchestrated more than 2,000 successful book publicity campaigns, including those for award-winning actor Alan Alda; mega-authors Ken Blanchard and Brian Tracy, South Beach Diet guru Dr. Arthur Agaston, entrepreneur and publisher Arianna Huffington; broadcaster Mika Brzesinski; former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley, and Jordan Goodman, America’s Money Answers Man.
Fauzia, herself, is the author of “Online Marketing for Busy Authors” - a must-read for any writer who doesn’t want to see his or her book make an express trip to the Bargain Books shelves at Barnes & Noble.
This week, in an extended interview, host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart talks with Fauzia about good PR, but more importantly, they detail how authors and publishers can successfully sell their books online.
Refreshingly, as you’ll hear, when Dean asks Fauzia a straight question, she gives him a straight answer. Questions include:
- Can you make money writing books?
- Does celebrity fluff sell better than quality research and writing?
- Do mainstream publishers do a good job promoting their books?
- How often has FSB failed to promote a book successfully?
Fauzia - a Pakistani immigrant who arrived here in 1981 and was raised by a single mom - is an American success story, an inspiration, and an entrepreneur who has helped hundreds of authors fulfill their own dreams.
Listen and Profit Now™ as she shares her inspirational journey – both business and personal.
Photo: Fauzia Burke, FSB Associates
Posted: July 22, 2019
Monday Morning Run Time: 1 Hour 11 Minutes
What your company or product “sounds” like is an essential component of its success.
When companies including Microsoft, Cisco, GoDaddy, and Shopify need to hire talent to be the voice of their commercials and other scripts, they look to Voices.com – the world’s largest online marketplace for voice over products and talents.
Since David Ciccarelli and his wife Stephanie wrote their business plan for Voices.com on a napkin back in 2005, they have expanded into 160 countries, bringing talent and clients together, and raising more than $20 million in venture capital.
This week David shares his entrepreneurial wisdom with host Dean Rotbart. No scripts. No second takes. Just the unvarnished voice of hard-fought experience.
Photo: David Ciccarelli, Voices.comPosted: July 15, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 44:14
Can a Zen-like philosophy of money translate into greater success and happiness for American business owners and entrepreneurs?
Ken Honda, a bestselling author in Japan who is known there as the “Zen Millionaire” believes it can, which is why he just published his first English-language book: Happy Money: The Japanese Art of Making Peace with Your Money.
Honda, no relation to the automotive family, tells host Dean Rotbart in an interview from Tokyo that how we think and feel about money is as important to wealth accumulation as where we invest it.
Even those who have very little money can profit by making sure that the resources they do have are “happy,” Honda contends.
Photo: Ken Honda, Happy MoneyPosted: July 8, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 29:43
When seemingly every path to funding is closed to business owners, entrepreneurs, and inventors, Kedma Ough – a national award-winning small business champion – helps them find the money and resources they seek.
Kedma, a fifth generation entrepreneur, learned the secrets of business funding the hard way – by having countless doors slammed in her face. Now, after helping more than 10,000 individuals to get the funding they thought they could never qualify for, she’s written a book – Target Funding: A Proven System to Get the Money and Resources You Need to Start or Grow Your Business – detailing a wide range of alternative funding options.
Too many great concepts never see the light of day, Kedma explains to host, author, and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, because they can’t find the necessary funding. She’s on a mission to change that.
Photo: Kedma Ough, Target FundingPosted: July 1, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 49:19
On a special edition of Monday Morning Radio, to mark the launch of its 8th season, host Dean Rotbart flew to Austin, Texas, and, in the inner sanctums of The Tower at Wizard Academy, brought together two of the world’s marketing legends: The Wizard of Ads, Roy H. Williams, and The Digital Marketer, Ryan Deiss.
It’s no exaggeration to say that a one-hour private consultation with either Roy or Ryan would easily command a king’s ransom from their legions of fans. Put Roy and Ryan together, combining their expertise, and no small business owner or entrepreneur can afford to miss the priceless insights they deliver.
But put away your checkbooks. Dean’s exclusive conversation with Roy and Ryan is available right now, for free, compliments of MondayMorningRadio.com.
Photos: Roy H. Williams (l) and Ryan Deiss; Overhead view of The Tower at Wizard AcademyPosted: June 24, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
The June 9th episode of Monday Morning Radio features a full-length interview with Richard Kessler, co-founder of Kessler’s Diamonds.
This is an excerpt featuring Host Dean Rotbart.
Joanne Lipman has had a storied journalism career, serving as the first woman to become a deputy managing editor at The Wall Street Journal; founding editor-in-chief of Condé Nast’s Portfolio magazine; and most recently as editor-in-chief of USA Today and Chief Content Officer of its parent company, Gannett.
Yet during her 35-plus-year career, Joanne never felt that the professional playing field between her and her male colleagues was level. And, as she found out, millions of women in the American workforce share her on-the-job frustrations.
Rather than berate men, in her bestselling book, That’s What She Said, Joanne aims to help men – especially managers and owners – better understand the obstacles that women face in the workplace and why it’s in everyone’s interest to strive for gender-equal work environments.
When listeners hear the insights that Joanne shares with host Dean Rotbart, the women will applaud her for finally expressing what they’ve been thinking and feeling for years; and the men will wonder how they could possibly have been so tone-deaf to the circumstances of their female coworkers.
Purchase your own copy of That’s What She Said by clicking here.
Photo: Joanne Lipman, AuthorPosted: June 17, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 1 hour 4 minutes
Richard Kessler was the diamond engagement ring “King” in the state of Wisconsin for 35 years. His ubiquitous radio commercials, created in conjunction with Roy H. Williams Marketing, were legendary in the state, and not only were his Kessler’s Diamonds’ stores extraordinarily successful, Richard also became a well-known local personality and philanthropist.
One of the first and most popular guests ever on Monday Morning Radio, Richard recently retired from the jewelry business and is now on to other pursuits. But the techniques he used to build Kessler’s Diamonds – including instituting an employee stock ownership plan – remain invaluable gems.
For flawless entrepreneurial advice, clarity, and value, host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart assures listeners that his latest conversation with Richard is pure gold.
By the way, if you’d like to hear Dean’s full interview with Richard back in July 2012, all you need to do is click here.
Photo: Richard Kessler, Founder, Kessler's DiamondsPosted: June 10, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 49:40
In his new book, The Gift of Struggle – out today from Bard Press, Bobby Herrera tells the true-life story of how the hardships he faced as one of 13 children in a Mexican migrant family, provided him the drive and backbone to make possible the impossible.
More importantly, Bobby shares specific life-changing lessons about leadership that turns conventional wisdom on its head. It is the formula that Bobby used to launch Populus Group in 2002 and build it into a $500-million-a-year HR services company – one of the fasting growing such concerns in the United States.
What makes Populus Group a role model for many businesses – large and small – is not its size, but its culture. As Bobby details in The Gift of Struggle, after a rocky start as CEO, he learned to foster a sense of purpose, mutual trust, and community among his employees.
Bobby is an evangelist for compassionate leadership. A key characteristic of compassionate leaders, he tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart, is recognizing that everyone struggles – from the migrant workers of rural America to the silver-spoon babies of the Ivy League – and that at the end of the day, we all – more or less – strive for the same thing: to believe our lives matters.
Rotbart, who doesn’t just read the books of guests who appear on his program, he devours them, says he scribbled notes throughout The Gift of Struggle, including on many pages that provided him actionable steps.
Bobby, soon to be a bestselling author, is only the latest in a long line of popular authors published by Bard Press, headed by the incomparable Ray Bard, and deputy publisher Todd Sattersten.
Among Bard’s best-known titles: The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan; Jeffrey Gitomer’s Little Red Book of Selling; Nuts! – the story of the legendary Herb Kelleher and Southwest Airlines; The Wizard of Ads Trilogy by none other than Roy H. Williams, and Fired Up Selling, Ray Bard’s own collection of wonderful quotes designed to inspire, energize, and succeed.
It is so common in life to conclude that our struggles are what hold us back. Without them, we tell ourselves, we could accomplish so much more. But Bobby explains that such thinking is erroneous. Adversity, properly harnessed, can become the rocket fuel of personal and professional growth.
Purchase your own first-edition of The Gift of Struggle by clicking here.
Photo: Bobby Herrera, Populus GroupPosted: June 3, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 50:37
Terry H. Monroe has been the owner of more than 40 businesses, and helped to facilitate the sale of more than 500 other companies.
So when he offers no-nonsense advice on how owners can be certain to get the full value for their businesses or professional practices, he knows what he’s talking about.
Terry who condensed all the wisdom he’s gained over more than 30 years establishing, operating, and selling businesses into a new book, Selling with Certainty, tells host Dean Rotbart that the very best time to learn the lessons he teaches is before owners ever even considers selling. That way they can bypass the costly errors that prove so aggravating to others.
Photo: Terry H. Monroe, Selling with CertaintyPosted: May 20, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 39:02
Question: Can a business ‘tiger’ change its stripes?
An excerpt from Monday Morning Radio with Host Dean Rotbart.
Brett Vance is a veteran combat and military test pilot who has flown F-16s and commanded the 514th Flight Test Squadron.
But he admits that no battle has tested his mettle like working to produce and distribute Jet Jockeys, his educational and inspirational docu-reality video series that showcases aviators and aviation feats, and targets the large potential audience of aviation enthusiasts.
He and his wife, Sherri, the program's creator and executive producer, join host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart this week to share their flight plan for entrepreneurial success.
Photo: Brett Vance, Jet JockeysPosted: May 13, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 45:40
Monday Morning Radio Host Dean Rotbart confesses that he doesn’t know who his guest is on this week’s podcast.
It’s not that Dean doesn’t have a fascinating guest, or that the guest’s book – “Undistrupted: How Highly-Effective People Deal with Disruptions” – isn’t a valuable business read; it’s just that Dean literally does not know who wrote the book.
The author, who lives in The Netherlands [Dean phoned him there], uses the pseudonym John Vespasian and has written ten books.
What Dean also knows is that this week’s mystery guest is a well-read student of global history [think Russian industrialist Savva Mamontov (1841-1918), and 12th-century French statesman, Abbot Suger], and draws excellent insights from bygone eras that we all can apply to our lives today.
So Dean assures us that his guest has plenty of good advice to dispense; he just doesn’t know who he’s talking to.
Illustration:The author known as John Vespasian
Posted: May 6, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 32:45
When business owners and leaders align their personal interests with the best interests of their companies and employees, the resulting “Fusion” becomes a powerful force for success.
Too often, says Dudley R. Slater, former CEO of Integra Telecom - with more than 2,500 employees - leaders put their egos and self-interest ahead of what’s best for their organizations.
Dudley, author of Fusion Leadership, tells host and award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart how leaders and team members who work together for a shared purpose can unleash powerful synergies - not only in business, but also in society as a whole.
Photo: Dudley R. SlaterPosted: April 29, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 35:04
Although Clorox Beach is virtually the same formula as most generic and store brands, it enjoys a consistent 65% market share. Learn its secret in this edition of The Monday Morning Radio Minute Featuring Lindsay Pedersen, author of ‘Forging an Ironclad Brand.’
Clorox Bleach is 6% sodium hypochlorite and 94% water, the exact formulation of most generic store brands. Yet Clorox consistently commands 65% of U.S. bleach sales.
Why?
Because, says Lindsay Pedersen, who oversaw the hygienic cleaner for The Clorox Company, Clorox Bleach is an “ironclad” brand, one of many she showcases in her new book, “Forging an Ironclad Brand: A Leader’s Guide.”
Lindsay, whose Ironclad Brand Strategy consulting firm has also helped build ironclad brands for Starbucks, T-Mobile, Zulily, and other large companies, believes that a business’s brand it too important to be left to marketers alone. As she explains to host Dean Rotbart, brand is such a crucial driver of value creation that it needs to be developed and supported by virtually every employee at a company or organization, starting with the CEO.
Good brand, Lindsay notes, really is just good business.
You may think you know enough about branding or that your business or practice doesn’t need to have an ironclad brand to succeed.
You’d be surprised at how many customers and how much profit you likely are missing out on.
Hear for yourself on this week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio.
Photo: Lindsay Pedersen, Ironclad Brand StrategyPosted: April 22, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 45:17
The Monday Morning Radio Minute Featuring: Dean Rotbart, host, and Lindsay Pedersen, author of ‘Forging an Ironclad Brand.’
“When people buy Clorox, they’re not buying bleach at all.”
What are they buying? Listen and Learn in less than 60 seconds.
An excerpt from the April 22, 2019 edition of Monday Morning Radio.
Question: You didn't go to business school and yet you launched a successful business right out of college. How?
An excerpt from Monday Morning Radio with Host Dean Rotbart.
Entrepreneurial magic often results when education meets opportunity.
In the case of Maxwell Cohen, the education was in environmental and water resource economics, and the opportunity was to save millions of gallons of water annually by finding a way for hospitals, nursing homes, and even parents of newborns to avoid having to wash so many bed sheets.
His company, Peel Away Labs, developed the first multilayered, disposable, waterproof, fitted sheet designed for the home, industrial, and healthcare markets. Basically, when a bed sheet is soiled, users simply peel off the top layer — like an onion — and expose a fresh sheet.
Maxwell’s Peel Aways are a big success, selling at Walmart, Bed Bath & Beyond, Amazon, and other popular retailers.
This week, Maxwell shares his journey - including a total misfire on Shark Tank in 2015 - from drawing board to final product with host and prize-winning journalist Dean Rotbart. Now an unabashed success, Maxwell recently celebrated his 28th birthday.
Photo: Maxwell Cohen, Peel Away LabsPosted: April 15, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 43:37
Question: What does it take to be a successful one-person business?
An excerpt from Monday Morning Radio with Host Dean Rotbart.
Christina DeBusk spent 15 years working in law enforcement before, in 2012, she caught the writing bug. Without formal journalism training, she took anything and everything that she could get, grinding out content 16 hours a day.
Well, it paid off. Today Christina is an Olympic-caliber writer, having completed six books – including How to Earn a Comfortable Living as a Freelance Writer
and I’ve Always Wanted to Write a Book! – 10 Easy-to-Follow Steps to Becoming a First Time Author; ghost-written a handful of others; and generated a whopping 5,000-plus paid content projects.
She both teaches and personifies the notion that anyone can be a successful writer. This week, Christina shares the secret of her phenomenal output with host Dean Rotbart, who readily confesses his envy of her productivity.
Photo: Christina DeBusk, Freelance OlympiadPosted: April 8, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 39:27
Question: Why is it so hard to recognize our purpose in life?
An excerpt from Monday Morning Radio with Host Dean Rotbart
If you want to learn how to do it right, a great place tobegin is by studying what not to do.
Skip Prichard, a successful CEO and former head of publishing giant, Ingram Content Group, is a leading scholar of missteps and miscalculations.
For his Wall Street Journal bestseller – The Book of Mistakes – he’s condensed the hard-earned lessons he gleaned from interviewing more than 1,000 successful people – from Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice – down to nine common errors.
Avoid these nine missteps, Skip tells host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, and you will achieve greater success than you ever imagined possible.
Photo: Skip Prichard, Book of MistakesPosted: April 1, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 33:47
Are your customer service representatives ducks or eagles?
An excerpt from Monday Morning Radio with Host Dean Rotbart
@Nordstrom @Disney @SouthwestAir
You might say (or even sing) that Beth Kendall and her husband Bill are as lucky as lucky can be.
The couple, after all, have co-owned All Out Chimney Sweep in Charlotte, North Carolina for the past 35-plus years.
With all due respect to Mary Poppins and her friend Bert, successfully running and maintaining a 21st Century chimney sweep business in the face of advancing technologies and changing consumer tastes is no song and dance.
This week Beth, who earlier this year was elected as the first female president of the North Carolina Chimney Sweep Association, takes host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart up where the smoke is all billered and curled, and shares some smokin’ lessons that any business owner can readily profit from.
Photo: Beth Kendall, All Out Chimney SweepPosted: March 25, 2018Monday Morning Run Time: 33:05
Since he co-wrote The One Minute Manager in 1982, Ken Blanchard has rarely been off the bestsellers list, having authored or co-authored 60 books and landed a spot in Amazon.com’s Hall of Fame, as one of the 25 top revenue generators of all time.
One of Dr. Blanchard’s favorite topics over the years has been customer service and how businesses can excel at it. He recently reissued his 2005 book, The Simple Truths of Service, which has sold more than 5 million copies. This week he joins host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart to share some of the common-sense wisdom that the book imparts.
By the way, Dean, who teaches the Reputation Tool Chest workshop at Wizard Academy, took the opportunity with Dr. Blanchard to make a couple of his own reputation recommendations to the legendary author. No one ever said that Dean, a former investigative reporter, isn’t dogged.
Photo: Dr. Ken Blanchard, AuthorPosted: March 18, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 28:44
This week’s special guest, Matt Mason, was recently appointed by Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts to be the state’s official poet.
It’s a position whose roots date back to 1921 and highlights the fact that the Cornhusker state is quite fertile ground for literary creativity.
For almost ten years, Matt has served as executive director of the Nebraska Writers Collective, a nonprofit group that promotes poets in the schools and organizes quality poetry programs for adults.
As the Nebraska State Poet, Matt plans to travel the state – from schools to prisons – sharing his love of poetry, supporting the state’s writers, and inspiring Nebraskans from all walks of life to express themselves creatively.
As Monday Morning Radio host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart – himself a Pulitzer Prize nominee when he wrote for The Wall Street Journal – points out, Matt joins a lengthy honor roll of Wizard Academy graduates who have been recognized globally for their creativity and professional excellence.
Rotbart explores the role of creativity in society with Matt and asks him to explain why the arts matter. You’ll want to hear his answer.
And, you’ll also want to hear his exclusive reading of a chapter from his latest book, The Baby That Are Cincinnati. So be sure to listen – or if time is short, skip – to the end of this week’s episode.
Photo: Matt Mason, Nebraska State PoetPosted: March 12, 201Monday Morning Run Time: 38:22
For a business to be truly successful, it requires executives who excel at managing their employees and, according to Andy Singer, employees who excel at managing their executives.
Andy is the founder and CEO of Singer Executive Development, a Florida consultancy that trains both executives and employees on ways to maximize their performance, including managing each other well.
As Andy tells host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, employees who “manage up” are not suck ups – they’re savvy career strategists who understand that when their bosses look good, their career prospects look even better.
Photo: Andy Singer, Singer Executive DevelopmentPosted: March 4, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 36:11
With roughly 90 million dogs in America and tens of millions of dog-lovers, it probably was inevitable that Happy Tails Canine Adventure Tours would emerge – offering eco-tours designed especially for dog lovers and their companions.
David Blank, who along with his wife Claudia co-founded the company in 2018, is a veteran of the travel tour industry as well as a professional dog trainer. He’s decoded the labyrinth of logistics necessary to safely and happily take a couple dozen dogs and their humans on travel adventures – including bus transportation, motels, restaurants, and even medical care.
You may not be a pet lover, but you’ll feel like a lucky dog after listening to David’s interview with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart and discovering David’s formula for tapping into the robust pet market.
Photo: David Blank, Happy Tails Canine Adventure ToursPosted: February 25, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 40:46
Despite all of the television viewing options open to today’s consumers – broadcast, cable, satellite, and streaming – surprising little of the available programming is local, much less hyperlocal, in nature.
Simon Bray, a veteran Fort Wayne entrepreneur, is on a mission to change that. Simon is the founder and CEO of Streaming Television, which is rolling out laser-focused local programming channels in more than 190 markets nationally. STV programs are available on major streaming platforms – including Roku, Amazon Fire, and Apple TV, as well as directly from dedicated websites.
Whether you’re a dry cleaner, plumber, accountant, dentist, or pizza shop owner, Simon tells host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart that STV aims to provide you the opportunity to reach your customers where more than 150 million Americans watch their other streaming programs and movies.
Photo: Simon Bray, Streaming Television, Inc.Posted: February 18, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 39:40
The days when men shaved with safety razors – where the user inserts a single double-edge blade into a shaving implement – are long gone, made obsolete by cartridge blades and electronic razors.
Or are they?
Since 2012, Douglas Smythe, founder of Phoenix Shaving, has seen demand for his safety razors, blades, and other related grooming products for men boom. Douglas attributes the success of his business to three main factors: 1.) safety razors provide a more comfortable shave, despite all the hype around 3-blade and 5-blade cartridges. 2.) The replaceable blades cost only a fraction of cartridges. 3.) Men fondly remember their fathers or grandfather’s using a safety razor.
As Douglas tells host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, he is using 21st Century marketing – including a YouTube breakfast-hour show called I’d Lather Be Shaving – and an annual confab of hobbyists and other shaving enthusiasts, to drive sales and an expanding line of related products.
Believe it or Not: Rotbart brand razors, blades, and accessories were the best-selling shaving products in Germany in the early part of the 20th Century. In fact, in about 1927, Gillette bought out Rotbart and for many years thereafter used Rotbart’s designs and patents.
Photo: Douglas Smythe, Phoenix ShavingPosted: January 28, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 41:53
Not for the first time, or even the second, or the tenth: Dean Rotbart’s scheduled guest on this week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio was a no-show.
You absentee guests know exactly who you are. Shame on you!
The good news is that without a guest, Dean is able to reach into his Reputation Tool Chest and share three self-marketing gems for companies and individuals who seek the attention of journalists and other influencers.
Dean has taught at The Wizard Academy since the early 2000s, first sharing his Newsroom Confidential insights, then Buzz Snatching, and most recently Reputation Tool Chest. All three workshops have this in common: they defy the conventional wisdom of how influence is created, relying instead on deconstructing real-world success stories.
When they show up, Dean always enjoys interviewing business owners and experts, because he can not only share their wisdom with listeners, he can learn from his guests himself. This week, alas, he can only pass on what he already knows.
Photo: Dean Rotbart, Host, Monday Morning RadioPosted: January 14, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 10:00
If the most popular episodes of Monday Morning Radio in 2018 are an accurate barometer, then last year was one filled with both hopes and anxieties for America’s entrepreneurs.
Listeners by the thousands tuned to the weekly podcast, hosted by Wizard Academy alumnus and faculty member, Dean Rotbart, to learn how fellow entrepreneurs were succeeding, overcoming their mistakes, and discovering means to avoid making those errors in the first place.
Join guest host Maxwell Rotbart as he counts down the Top 10 Monday Morning Radio episodes of 2018. Maxwell is the 26-year-old son of host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, and himself an entrepreneur and radio veteran.
Photo: Maxwell Rotbart
If you missed any of these ten amazing episodes, now is the perfect time to catch up.
- Your Company May Very Well Face Opioid-Related Liabilities, Even If You Don’t Sell or Distribute the Painkillers
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The New Tax Code Will Save Most Listeners to This Podcast Thousands of Dollars http://traffic.libsyn.com/mondaymorningradio/Tax_Savings.mp3
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Forget About Email and Social Networking Marketing: Text Messaging Is Where It’s At
http://traffic.libsyn.com/mondaymorningradio/Mobit.mp3
- You Can Eradicate Sexual Harassment in Your Organization
http://traffic.libsyn.com/mondaymorningradio/Sexual_Harassment.mp3
- How Influence and Thought Leadership Are Manufactured in the Competitive Marketplace
http://traffic.libsyn.com/mondaymorningradio/Adam_Witty.mp3
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If This Company’s Stock Was Publicly Traded – It’s Not – Would You Invest in It?
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Sears Once Resembled the Amazon Juggernaut – What Happened?
http://traffic.libsyn.com/mondaymorningradio/Sears_Bankruptcy.mp3
- The Time to Call in the ‘Swat Team’ is Before You Ever Need Them
http://traffic.libsyn.com/mondaymorningradio/Armoured_One.mp3
- CEOs, Celebrities, and Politicians Turn to One Man When Their Reputations Are on the Line
http://traffic.libsyn.com/mondaymorningradio/The_Fixer.mp3
- Carl Schramm, “The Evangelist of Entrepreneurship,” on the Proven Formula for Success
http://traffic.libsyn.com/mondaymorningradio/Carl_Schramm.mp3
Photo: Maxwell Rotbart, Guest HostPosted: January 7, 2019Monday Morning Run Time: 14:35
After almost 30 years in business, Roland “Buddy” and Dixie Huthmaker, owners of Huthmaker Violins – one of the finest violin and string instrument stores in the country – faced a choice that many owners do after pouring their hearts and souls into a business: sell it, close it, or pass it on to a willing heir.
Fortunately for the Huthmakers, their daughter Anna (photo), a gifted musician and entrepreneur, stepped up, and in January 2019 will officially become the new owner of their beloved shop.
All three Huthmakers attribute some of their success to the classes they’ve taken at Wizard Academy, including host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart’s “Buzz Snatching” course on reputation building.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Anna shares the planning that went into the ownership transition and what she plans to do differently now that her parents report to her.
[You may also wish to here our interview from September 2014 with Buddy, Dixie, and Anna. Click here.]
Photo: Anna Huthmaker, Huthmaker ViolinsPosted: December 17, 2018Monday Morning Run Time: 30:23
In her 1957 classic, Atlas Shrugged, author Ayn Rand argued that the business of business is to make money – nothing more.
In her new book, The Conscious Professional: Transform Your Life at Work, due out next month, Jennifer Hartung pointedly disagrees.
There is much more to business than pursuing profits and earning a paycheck, Jessica argues. Founder and CEO of Integrated Work, a Boulder, Colorado-based consulting firm, Jessica is an evangelist for purpose-driven workplaces, where owners and employees alike strive to integrate their personal values into their workday.
In fact, Jessica believes that professionals who embrace a mission that goes beyond making money are more influential, effective, and fulfilled on the job.
As Jessica tells host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart on this week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio, even those with the most mundane jobs can find meaning in their everyday tasks.
Photo: Jessica Hartung, Integrated WorkPosted: December 10, 2018Monday Morning Run Time: 41:43
If Jeremy Dale hadn’t spent the last eight years as a vice president of Microsoft Corp., people might dismiss his new book, The Punk Rock of Business: Applying a Punk Rock Attitude in the Modern Business Era, as a flight of fancy.
But Punk Rock and successful businesses have much more in common than you might imagine, starting with authenticity and a refusal to conform.
Coincidentally, Jeremy’s interview from London with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart comes on the very day that Jeremy is officially launching his latest venture – Otro, a global digital club for soccer fans that is designed from the ground up to be a Punk Rock business.
Do you have what it takes be a fast-paced, hard-edged business punk rocker? Find out this weeks, only Monday Morning Radio.
Photo: Jeremy Dale, Punk Rock of BusinessPosted: December 3, 2018Monday Morning Run Time: 37:26
Imagine if 95 percent of your marketing messages were opened, and not merely opened, but read within three minutes of you hitting the ‘send’ button.
What would you call that kind of turbocharged email?
Jim Koch calls it text message marketing – and he built a budding global empire on the fact that while email and social network marketing are now saturated and largely ignored – few people ever ignore their text messages.
Jim launched Mobit, his text-marketing platform almost five years ago, and having recently sold it, continues to head its North American and UK operations.
This week he shares with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, poolside in sunny Scottsdale, Arizona, the rules of successful text message marketing – as well as its limitations.
[Monday Morning Radio listeners who wish to learn more, without obligation, can text the word “Mobile” to 72000. They will then get access to a 30-minute strategic presentation on how mobile marketing for businesses works. In addition, they will have an opportunity to book a 30-minute free one-on-one consultation with a Mobit marketing specialist.]
Photo: Jim Koch, MobitPosted: November 26, 2018Monday Morning Run Time: 45:28
Can two entrepreneurs with limited previous online retail experience take a meaningful chunk of business away from Amazon?
The concept of XYZBuys is a good one: to serve as an “online mall” with Amazon, Best Buy, and dozens of other leading retailers as so-called tenants. While consumers may be drawn to the mall by one anchor store, in theory they’ll buy from other retailers – big and small, while they are already there.
Will it work?
The odds are against it. But after interviewing Dan Thomas, VP Marketing, host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart says that XYZBuys’ audacious business model does offer innovative ideas that any online retailer or service provider may want to adopt for themselves.
Photo:Dan Thomas, XZYBuysPosted:November 19, 2018Monday Morning Run Time:37:24
Host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart is talking trash this week, but even those with delicate ears will want to listen in.
His guest is Patty Penke, the CEO of an Omaha estate sales company who has been selling collectibles and antiques for more than 20 years. Patty is the author of “Stop Throwing Cash in the Trash,” a book that shines a spot light on the hidden treasures that so many people, literally, dump in the trash – especially when disposing of the estate assets of a loved one who has recently died.
Beyond recognizing your family’s own undiscovered heirlooms, Patty and Rotbart talk about the abundant money-making opportunities that arise by discovering hidden treasures at garage sales, flea markets, neighborhood auctions, and in your own attic.
Photo: Patty Penke, Stop Throwing Cash in the TrashPosted: November 12, 2018Monday Morning Run Time: 38:47
Most people hope the day will never come when the SWAT team arrives at the door of their business, school, or house of worship.
But calling in the Calvary – before they are actually needed – could very well prevent, or at the very least mitigate, the kind of massacre of innocent lives that occurred on October 27th at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, and just last Friday at a yoga studio in Tallahassee, Florida.
Tom Czyz is a SWAT team operator and former homicide detective who launched his company, Armoured One, in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School attack in 2012. Joining him in advising business and community leaders on security measures are homeland security active shooter experts, a former Navy Seal Master Chief, a Delta Force team leader, and former FBI and CIA agents.
Tom has personally has investigated what happened at more than 50 gun attacks – including the October 1, 2017, Las Vegas mass shooting that killed 58 people and injured more than 850 others. His goal: how to protect more people in the future.
As Tom tells host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, there are steps everyone can take to prepare for the unlikely event of a live shooter at your facility, as well as life-saving instructions to follow if an attack is actually in progress.
You won’t want to miss this week’s episode of Monday Morning Radio.
Photo: Tom Czyz, Armoured OnePosted: November 5, 2018Monday Morning Run Time: 31:41
There are plenty of lessons to be gleaned from the bankruptcy filing of Sears last week, and Steven D. Goldstein is just the expert to articulate them.
Steve, a one-time chairman of Sears Financial and member of the company’s executive committee, is an expert on management disengagement and the problems that ensue. He is currently president of Engaged Leadership Advisors, advising corporate leaders on ways to drive change, accelerate innovation, and assemble highly effective teams.
You may recall that in 2016, Steve was featured on Monday Morning Radio after he wrote the book, Why Are There Snowblowers in Miami?, which detailed how Sears continued to stock snowblowers in its Florida garden centers even though it hasn’t snowed in Miami since 1977.
Host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart caught up with Steve to get his advice for other retailers and businesses that seek practical recommendations on how they can avoid Sears’ missteps.
Photo: Steven D. Goldstein, Engaged Leadership AdvisorsPosted: October 22, 2018Monday Morning Run Time: 24:01
Elliott Neff, a United States Chess Federation National Master, is passionate about helping others – especially young people – discover valuable life lessons through the game of chess.
Elliott is the author of the just-released novel, A Pawn’s Journey, a motivational speaker, and the founder and CEO of Chess4Life, which teaches sportsmanship, good decision-making, patience, planning, and how to learn from mistakes.
Would you like to gain greater insight into your colleagues or rivals? Why not challenge them to a friendly chess match?
Indeed, you’re quite likely to gain fresh insights into your own strengths and weaknesses if you regularly mind your knights and bishops.
Pairing Elliott’s insights about life and business, against the inquisitive skills of host and veteran reporter Dean Rotbart, is a match you don’t want to miss.
Photo: Elliott Neff, Chess4LifePosted: October 15, 2018Monday Morning Run Time: 48:30
Shay Myers is general manager of his third-generation, family-owned business – Froerer Farms – winning national acclaim for the innovation he’s brought to his company.
Just about any entrepreneur can profit from hearing Shay’s story of breathing fresh life into a long-established business.
In Shay’s case, the business is produce - onions, asparagus, sweet potatoes and yams.
Do you think you could find a way to make onions sexy – more than a simple commodity?
Shay did.
Hear how this week on Monday Morning Radio as Wizard Academy alumnus Lem Lewis stands in for host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart down on the farm.
To learn more about Lem Lewis, be sure to visit his website TheRanchBroker.com or hear all of his RANCHAST episodes at www.Ranchcast.com.
Photo: Shay Myers, Owyhee ProducePosted: October 8, 2018Monday Morning Run Time: 40:43
Readers of Roy H. Williams’ Monday Morning Memo are well-acquainted with Indiana Beagle, the legendary curator and editor-in-chief of the Rabbit Hole.
Although “Indy” is a metaphorical, metaphysical canine – the twin brother of Intuition, a leading character in the Destinae trilogy – he embodies spontaneous, impulsive, reckless curiosity.
Which is exactly why Monday Morning Radio host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart asked Indy to serve as the guest host of this week’s episode.
Don’t be fooled, however. Indy’s interview with Dean is not only entertaining, it’s also actionable, as Dean shares a behind-the-scenes look at how Monday Morning Radio is produced and the lessons that Dean has gleaned in the course of hosting and producing more than 300 episodes.
Do his guests all share common traits? Yes. And no.
Are they all business successes? More yes, than no.
Might you be a suitable guest for Monday Morning Radio?
Tune in and discover for yourself, not only what it takes to land a slot on Dean’s very popular podcast, but also how you can ace any broadcast or print interview that comes your way.
Arooo! Aroo-Aroooooo!
Photo: Indy Beagle, Guest Host, and Dean Rotbart, Guest GuestPosted: October 1, 2018Monday Morning Run Time: 43:03
Michael Diamond is an expert when it comes to building, motivating, and growing business teams.
He honed his skills in war zones – first fighting Iraq in Operation Desert Storm – and more recently, battling the fierce competition in the highly competitive mobile products marketplace.
Michael is currently general manager of payments for Mitek Systems. If you’ve ever deposited a check by taking a picture of it with your mobile phone, then you’ve probably used the technology that Michael and his team oversee.
Michael is passionate about leadership, and innovation, and this week he reveals to host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart the most valuable – and actionable – lessons he’s learned along his life’s journey.
Photo: Michael Diamond, Mitek SystemsPosted: September 24, 2018Monday Morning Run Time: 37:45
What was once science fiction, is rapidly becoming reality – especially when it comes to the prospects of small businesses operating in space, or at the very least, feeding commercial space operations.
Earlier this month, a group of scientists, entrepreneurs, and space futurists gathered in St. Louis for Gateway to Space 2018: Destination Moon – a one-day conference about working and living on the moon.
Christine Nobbe, an educator and president of St. Louis Space Frontier, was the opening speaker. She is host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart’s guest this week, as the two explore out-of-this-world business concepts and realities.
Photo:Christine Nobbe, St. Louis Space Frontier
Posted: September 17, 2018Monday Morning Run Time: 33:35
In a very, very crowded market for pizza restaurants, Drew French discovered the recipe to stand out from the crowd – offering made-to-order pies, baked in brick ovens, using a wide variety of fresh ingredients, hand-tossed doughs, and served in just four minutes.
Drew’s Athens, GA-based Your Pie, launched a decade ago, now has 58 locations in 19 states, with nearly 60 additional locations in development.
Drew is widely credited with pioneering the now-popular and highly competitive “fast casual” pizza concept. The distinction is all the more impressive, says host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, given that Drew only recently turned 35 years old.
“A well-known adage says, if you want something done, ask a busy person to do it,” Dean observes. “Perhaps, in a similar vein, Drew French and Your Pie embody the entrepreneurial concept: If you want to succeed, look to innovate in a market that is already crowded. At least, when you launch, you’ll know there are plenty of ready prospects to win over.”
Photo: Drew French, Your PiePosted: September 10, 2018Monday Morning Run Time: 36:11
Millions of small business owners stand to realize big savings on their 2018 taxes, thanks to revisions of the federal tax code that were signed into law in late 2017.
Only in the past few weeks, however, has the IRS fully explained who stands to profit from the so-called Section 199A deduction for qualified business income – and who will be left out.
Rachel Sawyer, a partner in Denver-based TaxOps, a respected business tax specialty and advisory firm, joins host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart this week to delve into the nuances of the new tax code and what entrepreneurs can do to take maximum advantage of the savings it offers. If you qualify, Section 199A could mean tens of thousands of dollars of extra cash in your pocket come next year.
Photo: Rachel Sawyer, TaxOpsPosted: September 3, 2018Monday Morning Run Time: 26:41
[Note: Our guest on last week’s podcast, was Dr. Nate Regier, who discussed harvesting conflicts in your life, rather than fearing them. However, due to a mix up, some listeners instead were treated to an advance airing of this week’s podcast, featuring Alex Vorobieff.]
If you already heard what Alex had to say last week, we encourage you this week to go back and hear our conversation with Dr. Regier. In both instances, you’ll profit from priceless business insights.]
When the wheels on a car are out of alignment, it impacts the car’s steering and suspension, not to mention the durability of the tires and all the parts that control them.
When a business is out of alignment, its path also faces uneven friction and greater resistance. Eventually, it drives off the road altogether.
Alex Vorobieff, founder and CEO of The Vorobieff Company, is a business alignment expert. Sometimes hired as a stand-in CEO or CFO, Alex uses a suite of alignment tools to get a poorly operating business back on track.
The secret to fixing most ailing businesses, Alex tells host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, rests with remediating its core, NOT focusing on the surface where the issues are most visible.
BRING YOUR BUSINESS INTO FOCUS: Pick up a copy of Alex’s well-reviewed book: Transform Your Company: Escape Frustration, Align Your Business, and Get Your Life Back.
If you own a small business and would like to be a guest on this podcast – and get some free reputation advice from me – I invite you to contact me at dean.rotbart@gmail.com*. You can also phone me at 303-800-6081.*
Photo: Alex Vorobieff, The Vorobieff CompanyPosted: August 27, 2018Monday Morning Run Time: 39:36
It sounds like an oxymoron: Positive Conflict
But Dr. Nate Regier, a former practicing psychologist, has built a successful second career as an author, business coach, and popular keynote speaker teaching business people how to fight productively – both on the job and at home.
With endorsements from management gurus including Dan Pink, Ken Blanchard, and Marshall Goldsmith, Nate’s book, Conflict without Casualties, has become must-reading in boardrooms and business schools across the country.
Rather than fear conflict, Nate tells host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, the smart thing for businesses and organizations to do is channel it.
[Follow Dean’s newest entrepreneurial venture, SpacEnterprise, as he explores out-of-this-world business concepts and realities.]
Photo:* Dr. Nate Regier, Next Element
Posted: August 20, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 39:13
It’s not been easy, but Azi Hendi and her husband, Dr. Ali Hendi – a lawyer and a cancer surgeon – have combined their talents to launch 15-month-old Luminora, a stylish clothing line designed to protect women from the sun’s harmful rays.
The Hendi’s know that three million Americans are diagnosed annually with a form of skin cancer, and most fashionable clothes do little, if anything, to protect wearers from the sun.
In a frank conversation with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, this week the Hendi’s share both their accomplishments and their frustrations as first-time entrepreneurs, and Dean offers them some actionable advice on positioning themselves for greater success.
If you own a small business and would like to be a guest on Monday Morning Radio – and get some free reputation advice from Dean – we invite you to contact him at dean.rotbart@gmail.com. You can also phone him at 303-296-1200.
Photo: Dr. Ali Hendi and Azi Hendi, Luminora Posted:* August 13, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 42:30
When Ross Kimbarovsky started his company, crowdspring.com, a decade ago, he had a vision for a new kind of logo creation service – one in which logo buyers would be offered a wide range of original, creative, logo concepts at a readily affordable price.
Today, more than 200,000 designers from nearly 200 countries compete to design the winning logos for crowdspring’s 50,000-plus clients.
Ross knows all the do’s and don’ts of choosing an effective logo for your business or product, and this week he shares his best insights with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart.
Photo: Ross Kimbarovsky, crowdspring.com Posted:* August 6, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 39:01
What would you guess is the percentage of small business owners who hope that one day their children will follow in their footsteps?
For all the headaches that ownership brings, a surprising 84% of the more than 1,000 small business owners who responded to a recent survey said they’d wish the blessings and the curses of entrepreneurship upon their kids.
Kathryn Petralia, president of Atlanta-based Kabbage – the global financial services and technology company that conducted the survey, tells host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart that in the eyes of survey respondents, nothing defines the American Dream better than being your own boss and owning your own business.
Hear all the fascinating results from the Kabbage small business survey this week on Monday Morning Radio.
Photo: Kathryn Petralia, Kabbage Posted:* July 30, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 17:43
Ten years from now, 20 years, even 50 years, will anyone remember you or your company?
In a short-term world, too few business leaders contemplate their long-term brand.
Mark Miller and Lucas Conley, authors of the new McGraw-Hill business book, Legacy in the Making, are out to change that. Miller and Conley argue that leaders with long-term ambitions are the best equipped to stand out, get ahead, and make their mark.
Even if your company is just out of the starting gate, as Miller and Conley tell host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, the surest way to be around for decades to come is to start building your legacy right now.
Photo:Mark Miller and Lucas Conley, The Legacy Lab Posted:* July 23, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 38:44
40 million Americans, or roughly one-third of the workforce, have at least two jobs – their fulltime position and what many Millennials have come to call the “side hustle.”
There are advantages for both the primary employer and the secondary employer to bringing aboard side hustlers, but there are also a host of legal landmines that could prove a costly nightmare to employers who are caught unawares.
Mark F. Kluger, founding partner at the New Jersey employment law firm Kluger Healy, is an expert at clearing all types of workplace landmines, and this week Mark walks host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart step-by-step past the explosive, often-hidden, issue of side hustlers.
Photo: Mark F. Kluger, Kluger Healy Posted:* July 16, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 36:25
Business conferences are big business.
The World Economic Forum in Davos, the Milken Institute Global Conference, and the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference are among the largest and best-known of the lot.
By comparison, the annual Fireside Conference – held at a remote retreat a 3 ½ hour drive from Toronto – is a puppy; but a best-in-show gathering at that, attracting a small group of top innovators, thought leaders, and investors in the entrepreneurial universe.
Fireside’s co-founder, Daniel Levine, tells host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart just why every year Fireside gets more than ten times the number of applicants than it accepts – and the secret to having what it takes to land a coveted invite to the off-the-grid, off-the-record meeting of some of the brightest minds in business.
Photo: Daniel Levine, Fireside Conference Posted:* July 9, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 42:30
For just shy of four decades, Mark H. Fowler has helped reengineer companies that are underperforming or outright failing. His Santa Monica consulting firm, Stowe Management Corporation, relies heavily on building enhanced communication between corporate management, employees, and customers to achieve amazing operational turnarounds.
Mark has created a proprietary set of tools to foster what he terms “Revolutionary Conversations.” Hear Mark’s revolutionary interview with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart on this week’s episode of Monday Morning Radio.
Photo:Mark H. Fowler, Stowe Management Corporation Posted:* July 2, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 35:16
The Economist magazine once described Carl J. Schramm as “The Evangelist of Entrepreneurship.” Professor Schramm earned the moniker during the decade he was the president of the $2 billion Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, which is among the largest private foundations in America, working to help entrepreneurs succeed.
These days Professor Schramm writes about entrepreneurship and teaches at Syracuse University, one of only 16 members of the faculty since 1870 to be given the prestigious, at-large title of University Professor.
This week Professor Schramm conducts a Master’s Class in entrepreneurship exclusively for host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, using the professor’s new book – Burn the Business Plan: What Great Entrepreneurs Really Do – as assigned reading.
Think you need an MBA to be a business success? Think again. Professor Schramm says that the proven path to business success is one of passion, determination, and a willingness to experiment and innovate. Class is starting right now.
Photo: Carl J. Schramm, Burn the Business Plan Posted:* June 18, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 35:07
To kick of his 7th year of hosting Monday Morning Radio, award-winning journalist Dean Rotbart invited back one of his most popular all-time guests, Davia Temin, founder & CEO of crisis management firm Temin and Company, to talk about a very hot button issue in America at the moment: sexual harassment.
Davia serves as an advisor to senior executives and boards at the highest levels of American business, and she has emerged as the go-to consultant on what companies and other organizations must do to eradicate sexual harassment in their organizations.
Featured often for her expertise in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Forbes, Institutional Investor and other respected news outlets, Davia shares with listeners her 15-point plan for business owners, boards, and CEOs to not just respond to the wave of sexual harassment complaints, but to actually get ahead of the issue.
Photo: Davia Temin, Temin and Company Posted:* June 11, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 46:01
Getting a popular entertainer, athlete, author, blogger, or YouTuber to say nice things about your business or products is a powerful way to generate sales.
Greg Jameson, author of The Influencer Effect, specializes in helping companies identify the influential men and women who can provide them the greatest endorsement leverage, and then negotiating terms with those influencers.
As Greg explains to host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, an effective influencer needn’t have a household name. Anyone with a loyal following, no matter how small, can often produce over-sized results for the companies and products that they endorse.
Photo: Greg Jameson, The Influencer Effect Posted:* June 4, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 35:41
Ty Crandall is CEO of Credit Suite, the largest business credit coaching operation in the United States. He and his colleagues know the ins and outs of finding the funds to fuel your business and its growth, without having to provide lenders a personal credit check or personal guarantee.
Ty tells host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart that he is shocked by how little most business owners know about business credit and how best to obtain it. Even simple strategies, such as selecting the right name and email address for your business, can often make the difference between being approved and being denied credit.
If you need business credit, or need more business credit, you won’t want to miss what Ty has to say.
Photo: Ty Crandall, Credit Suite
Posted: May 28, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time: 35:53
Some people look to Warren Buffett and Mark Cuban for investment wisdom. Timolin Langin looked to Big Mama and Biggie – her grandmother and great-grandmother – for her financial sensibilities.
Timolin was born and raised in Mississippi to sharecroppers and cooks – none of whom graduated high school. Yet leveraging the wisdom imparted to her by Big Mama and Biggie, she became a school teacher, and then a real estate investor, author, world traveler, and ultimately a millionaire.
In her book, Mind Over Money, Timolin says anyone, on any budget, can live like a millionaire when they dedicate themselves to her wise saving and spending strategies. This week she shares her five-step program for achieving greater financial well-being with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, who may not in fact be a multi-millionaire, but after talking to Timolin already thinks like one.
Photo: Timolin Langin, Mind Over Money
Posted: May 21, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time: 41:18
June 12th has been set as the date when President Donald Trump will meet in Singapore with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
With so much at stake, President Trump and his entourage most certainly will get lots of advice from the State Department and CIA concerning what cultural landmines to avoid.
For companies and organizations that engage in important cross-cultural interactions, Dean Foster serves as a one-man State Department/CIA. Foster – who is the founder of DFA Intercultural Global Solutions, hosts a series on the subject for CNN, and has written the “Culture Wise” column for National Geographic – is an expert on training Americans on the intricate nuances in cross-cultural communications, foreign negotiation best practices, and global etiquette.
Foster will share his own advice with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart regarding the President’s upcoming trip, as well as what every American who does international business – even in nearby Canada – must do so as not to sabotage relationships before they’re even formed.
Photo: Dean Foster, DeanFosterGlobal.com
Posted: May 14, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time: 45:55
Chris Ronzio knows the anatomy of a successful small business better than most owners and CEOs. Chris recently launched a new software venture – a tool called Trainual – that dissects every small business and professional office, breaking them into core components: every process, every job responsibility, every policy, every document – all in one place.
Trainual is a digital company handbook on steroids.
As Chris explains to Monday Morning Radio host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, Trainual takes the painful process of onboarding and training employees that has been in use for decades and gives it a thorough 21st Century makeover.
Photo: Chris Ronzio, Trainual
Posted: May 7, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time: 37:27
Negotiation expert Elizabeth Suárez says that the secret to being a master negotiator is not outsmarting the other guy or gal, it’s being confident about who you are and what are your goals.
Once you know your own priorities and what you bring to any negotiation, Elizabeth says that reaching agreement is much easier; whether you’re negotiating a corporate acquisition, a pay raise, or the hour of your teenager’s curfew.
Elizabeth, educated at The Wharton School of Business and the Harvard University Executive Management Program, is the author of “The Art of Getting Everything: How to Negotiate for What You Want and More.” This week, she shares some of her best negotiating strategies with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart.
[For more on Elizabeth, visit her website at http://www.negotiationunleashed.com/.]
Photo:* Elizabeth Suárez, Negotiation Unleashed
Posted: April 30, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 37:37
Back in 1995, when the internet was still only a toddler, Jeff Hall started a search engine optimization company from his bedroom in Ontario, Canada. In time, Jeff developed programs and systems to help his clients show up high in the organic results of Google and other search engines.
Today, Jeff 's Overflow Cafe boasts more than 45,000 small business and professional clients in 170 countries, most of whom pay no more than $29 a month to draw relevant traffic to their websites, and sell lots more products and services.
You could do what Jeff and his team do on your own, although as Jeff tells host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, it would take most owners 100-plus hours monthly. In less than one hour on this week’s episode, Jeff breaks down effective SEO strategy in terms that anyone can comprehend.
Photo:* Jeff Hall, Overflow Cafe
Posted: April 23, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 46:26
May McCarthy can explain her success at co-founding and growing seven successful companies in a single word: Gratitude.
In fact, May believes that gratitude is the missing ingredient responsible for the large number of struggling owners and entrepreneurs who have yet to achieve their business goals.
In her new book, The Gratitude Formula, May spells out a 7-Step system that she pioneered – all grounded in gratitude – which she promises will help everyone who follows her system earn more and enjoy it more. Roving reporter Rotbart has the scoop.
Photo:* May McCarthy, The Gratitude Formula
Posted: April 16, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 39:42
Brian Harman works in supply chain management for a large multi-national pharmaceutical company. He relies on storytelling, humor, and a splash of vulgarity to instruct lousy business leaders in the art of leadership excellence.
Stepping aside from his day-to-day responsibilities, Brian recruited family and friends to help him write, publish, and promote a book he hopes will inspire a new generation of leaders who aren’t burdened with the bad habits of existing owners and bosses.
Brian’s book, How to Avoid a Leadersht, co-written with his cousin, Stephanie M. Taglianetti, uses an expletive in its title, just like the enormously popular bestseller, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck.
If foul language – or innovative thinking – offends you, host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart suggests you skip this week’s episode.
Photo:* Brian M. Harman, Author
Posted: April 9, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 35:01
Steve Clayton was a 7th grade teacher with a love for DJing; a vocation he used to earn some extra cash.
Self-taught, and relying primarily on grit and determination, Steve took his tiny DJing side business, Soundskilz, and built it into an industry-leading major event production and talent booking company, landing festival headliners including Wu Tang Clan and Ice Cube.
One event alone, the annual Chalice Festival held outside of Los Angles, Steve grew from 8,000 attendees to almost 40,000 in just four years.
No long spinning records, Steve, a self-made man, is now teaching and coaching other would-be entrepreneurs of all types how to develop their own entrepreneurial hits, and this week, he shares some of his favorite business tunes with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart.
Photo:* Steve Clayton, Soundskilz
Posted: April 2, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 35:25
When a big time CEO, celebrity, or politician is thrust into an unwanted and unfavorable media spotlight, more than anyone else their first call goes to “The Fixer,” public relations guru Michael Sitrick, founder of Sitrick And Company.
Michael Vick called, as did Roy Disney, Rush Limbaugh, the Church of Scientology, and the Estate of Michael Jackson, among more than 1,000 other high-profile individuals and organizations.
Sitrick earned the nickname “The Fixer,” because like the fictional fixer in the movie Pulp Fiction, his reputation clients look to him to wash away the splatter and gore of their media messes.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Sitrick shares some of his most interesting cases with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, who as an award-winning former investigative reporter undoubtedly drove a fair share of business to Sitrick And Company or similar PR firms.
[To purchase up a copy of Michael’s Sitrick’s new book, The Fixer: Secrets for Saving Your Reputation in the Age of Viral Media, click here.]
Photo:* Michael Sitrick, Sitrick And Company
Posted: March 26, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 43:50
Colleen DeBaise, the former small business editor of The Wall Street Journal, says there are seven crucial stages in the life of a startup. In her new book, Start a Successful Business, Colleen, herself an entrepreneur and podcaster, draws lessons from companies including Warby Parker, Slack, and Lego to help would-be business owners learn how it’s done.
But what about existing small businesses, asks host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart? Not to worry. Colleen notes that what works for startups also offers ways for established businesses to freshen their own success strategies.
Photo:* Colleen DeBaise, Start a Successful Business
Posted: March 19, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 42:39
Andrea Hence Evans is one of the most-respected patent, trademark, and copyright lawyers in the country, specializing in helping small business owners grapple with the mountains of red tape that must be surmounted in order to create and protect all manner of intellectual property rights.
Andrea has been selected by PBS to serve as the on-air legal expert for Season Two of its popular program, Make48, in which teams have 48 hours to plan, prototype, and pitch an idea for an invention.
Want to know if your idea is patentable or if your existing IP rights can withstand a challenge? Andrea shares the answers with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart on this week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio.
Photo:* Andrea Hence Evans
Posted: March 12, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 39:20
Jean Ginzburg is an expert when it comes to attracting, connecting with, and converting prospects into satisfied customers. She’s been doing it for more than a decade and has refined her approach by testing it on more than 2,000 of her own clients – ranging from Fortune 500 companies to one-person consultancies.
Jean, herself a serial entrepreneur and CEO of Ginball Digital Marketing, is a huge believer in the ability of quality content to help businesses attract new customers. She is also an evangelist for using digital marketing – first and foremost – to secure those new paying contacts.
In her Amazon bestselling book, WIN New Customers!, Jean promises those who apply her formula that they will see it pay big dividends in only 60 days. But no need to wait even two months, when you can jumpstart your new customer-acquisition program in just 35 minutes by joining Jean and host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart on this week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio.
Photo:* Jean Ginzburg, WIN New Customers
Posted: March 4, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 32:07
This week’s guest on Monday Morning Radio is Adam Witty, CEO of Advantage Media and ForbesBooks.
Adam is “The Authority” on authority marketing, having helped more than 1,300 now-published authors conceive, write, publish, and market their books. In 2016, he joined with Forbes, the influential financial news media company, to launch its own business book imprint.
Advantage Media is a vanity press, but not your run-of-the-mill self-publishing concern. Adam and his team think, act, and get results that are more akin to Simon & Schuster and Random House than conventional vanity publishers.
If you’ve ever thought of writing a book to serve as a calling card for you professionally, Adam is just the man you want to hear from. But even if you know there is no authorship in your future – and some people shouldn’t write books for reasons you’ll hear, you’ll learn a lot from Adam about how influence and authority are “manufactured” in the competitive marketplace in which we all operate.
Host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, who interviews Adam, says, “You may think that Adam Witty is in the publishing business. But he’s not. His unassailable core product is not ink on paper, or even digital ink, but raw, impactful influence.”
Photo:* Adam Witty, Advantage Media
Posted: February 19, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 49 minutes 38 seconds
Did you read that CVS is buying Aetna and Japan’s Fujifilm is buying Xerox? JAB Holding Co, which already owns Krispy Kreme, Panera, and Keurig, is now snapping up Dr. Pepper Snapple? And Arbys recently swallowed Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants.
What’s happening here?
Allen Adamson knows: Aetna, Xerox, Dr. Pepper Snapple, Buffalo Wild Wings, and dozens upon dozens of other brand-name companies are failing to stay relevant in our fast-changing world, and are ceasing to survive as independent companies, or worse, like Toys R Us, closing up shop altogether.
Allen, a noted industry expert in all disciplines of branding is a counselor to some of the country’s most successful companies. He is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Metaforce.
Along with Joel Steckel, a vice dean at NYU’s Stern School of Business, Allen has written a compelling new book: Shift Ahead: How the Best Companies Stay Relevant in a Fast-Changing World.
Shift Ahead spells out the warning signs that it’s time for reinvention, and exactly what separates the survivors – and those companies that thrive – from the businesses destined for the corporate graveyard.
That’s true of Blockbuster and Kodak and Toys R Us, Allen tells host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, and that’s also true of small businesses and professional practices. To learn just how you can stay ahead, hear what Allen has to say on this week’s Monday Morning Radio.
Photo:* Allen Adamson, Metaforce
Posted: February 12, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 39 minutes 38 seconds
For most businesses, routine meetings are mind-numbing experiences that are a black hole of time, energy, and motivation.
Dick and Emily Axelrod, co-founders of The Axelrod Group and authors of Let’s Stop Meeting Like This, advise companies such as Coca Cola, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, and General Electric, how to transform business meetings into enjoyable, productive, collaborative experiences where meaningful work gets done, better decisions are made, and managers and employees together bring about organizational change.
Hear what Dick and Emily have to tell reputation coach and host Dean Rotbart this week – including their recommendation that attendance at all business meetings be strictly voluntary – then schedule your own staff meeting to share your newfound wisdom.
Photo:* Emily and Dick Axelrod, The Axelrod Group
Posted: February 5, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 41 minutes 31 seconds
In the business world, there is leadership, and then there is high-stakes leadership. The skills required to be a good leader day-to-day do not always stand up in a crisis, where an extra dose of courage, judgment, and fortitude is required.
Constance Dierickx, founder of CD Consulting Group, is a crisis leadership consultant; coaching executives at companies including AT&T, IBM, and AAA on the mindset and actions that the best leaders take to guide their companies through the most turbulent of times.
Constance, aka “The Decision Doctor,” has crammed a lifetime of experience and coaching into her new book, High-Stakes Leadership, and on this week’s episode of Monday Morning Radio she shares with us her formula for helping business owners make tough decisions, take decisive stands, and kick aside convention in a crisis.
When the going gets tough, Constance teaches the best CEOs and owners how to get going.
Join host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart as he and Constance explore what it takes to be a High-Stakes Leader.
Photo:* Constance Dierickx, CD Consulting Group
Posted: January 29, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 39 minutes 24 seconds
Not since John Chapman introduced apple trees to large swaths of the U.S. and Canada – earning the nickname Johnny Appleseed – has one man on his own done so much to introduce a thriving agriculture industry to North America.
Indeed, Jim Henry may well go down in history as Jim Oliveseed, because he single-handedly can claim credit for seeding the commercial olive industry in the United States – and Texas, in particular.
Jim is the owner and founder of Texas Olive Ranch, which was the first U.S. commercial producer of high quality olive oils and today struggles to keep up with demand for its growing line of products.
Host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart shares the unique tale of the Texas Olive Ranch with all due credit to Wizard Academy graduate, Lem Lewis, aka The Ranch Broker, who conducted the interview.
This is an abridged version of Lem’s interview with Jim Henry. To hear the full interview, visit http://www.ranchcast.com/.
Photo:* Jim Henry, Texas Olive Ranch
Posted: January 22, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 29 minutes 02 seconds
When Dennis Kneale publishes a scoop, smart business people sit up and pay attention.
Dennis’s blue-chip media credentials include influential positions at Fox Business, CNBC, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal.
Writing earlier this month for the prestigious Op-Ed page of The Wall Street Journal, Dennis issued a warning that when it comes to product liability, the nationwide Opioid Crisis could very well dwarf the sum total of all cancer claims against Big Tobacco .
And it’s not just the giant Fortune 500 companies whose behinds are on the line. Even small businesses that simply provide health insurance might be libel if their employees get addicted to Opioids – or worse, overdose on them.
Dennis Kneale joins host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart with a clear message for listeners: If you’re in business and you’re not already closely monitoring the Opioid crisis, you need to be.
Photo:* Dennis Kneale, Dennis Kneale Media
Posted: January 15, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 23 minutes 23 seconds
This week’s guest, Rick Snyder, was living and working successfully in Oregon as a coach to international businesses, when just shy of three years ago a persistent, deep, voice inside told him he really ought to get out of the American bubble and move to the South of France. So that’s exactly what he did.
That wasn’t odd for Rick, who teaches global business owners and entrepreneurs to listen closely to the instinctive voice we all have inside of us, and act more frequently on our sixth, intuitive sense.
Rick is the lead coach and founder of the business consulting firm Three Hats, and he’s in the process of writing a book – The Invisible Edge: Six Steps for Harnessing Your Intuition – all about using intuition as a business North Star.
Honing and trusting your intuition is not the stuff they teach in Business School, but as Rick is quick to point out, increasingly some of the most-successful and respected companies in America – including Zappos, Apple, and Google – are tapping into mindfulness, intuition, and similar alternative approaches for strategizing and planning.
Host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart says that his instinct tells him that some listeners will dismiss Rick and his reliance on instinct as nonsense. But Dean notes that Rick’s perspective is fresh and it is compelling. Moreover, it’s worked well for him and many of his clients.
So listen to this edition of Monday Morning Radio, and trust your own good sense to decide whether or not following Rick’s advice is right for you.
Photo:* Rick Snyder, Three Hats
Posted: January 8, 2018
Monday Morning Run Time:* 43 minutes 13 seconds
Journey with us as we revisit the 10 most popular podcasts of the year – with stops including the North Carolina truffle miner; the entrepreneurial coach…to 5-year-olds; the business lessons of the Chicago Cubs’ World Series victory; the quote book that will inspire and energize you; and the little free wedding chapel that could.
Which was your favorite episode?
Guest Host: Maxwell Rotbart
The 2017 countdown is hosted by entrepreneur and radio veteran Maxwell Rotbart, who for three years hosted a weekly half-hour public affairs program on 990 KRKS AM Radio in Denver. Maxwell, 25-years-old, is the son of Monday Morning Radio founder and executive producer, Dean Rotbart.
Launched in June 2012, Monday Morning Radio was downloaded more than 350,000 times in 2017. Hear highlights from the Top 10 episodes of year, or click on the links below and re-listen to the entire episode.
| 10 | The World’s Most Costly Business Utterances | http://traffic.libsyn.com/mondaymorningradio/Expensive_Sentences.mp3 | | 9 | Along Your Path to Success, Avoid This Excursion: The Ego Trip | http://traffic.libsyn.com/mondaymorningradio/Todd_Lemense.mp3 | | 8 | Thanks to Sarah Cooper, This Week’s Show - Objectively Speaking - is the Best Ever | http://traffic.libsyn.com/mondaymorningradio/Appear_Smarter.mp3 | | 7 | The Amazing Tale of the Chicago Cubs World Series Championship as Told by a Master Storyteller | http://traffic.libsyn.com/mondaymorningradio/Go_Cubs_Go.mp3 | | 6 | If the Whole Leaf is not Your Cup of Tea, You May Be Missing a Great Business (and Health) Opportunity | http://traffic.libsyn.com/mondaymorningradio/Tea_Spot.mp3 | | 5 | The UnBusiness Story Behind Chapel Dulcinea | http://traffic.libsyn.com/mondaymorningradio/Chapel_Dulcinea.mp3 | | 4 | The Wisdom of Teaching Your 5-Year-Old to Think Like a CEO | http://traffic.libsyn.com/mondaymorningradio/VentureLabs.mp3 | | 3 | Setting Business Goals and Scoring Them | http://traffic.libsyn.com/mondaymorningradio/Renee_Lopez.mp3 | | 2 | It Took This Entrepreneur More Than a Decade To Prove Her Concept | http://traffic.libsyn.com/mondaymorningradio/Nancy_Rosborough.mp3 | | 1 | Ray Bard’s New Book is Intended to Help Salespeople; But Don’t Be Fooled | http://traffic.libsyn.com/mondaymorningradio/Ray_Bard.mp3 |
Photo:* Maxwell Rotbart, Guest Host
Posted:* January 1, 2018
“All the world’s a stage,” Shakespeare wrote. But what happens when you find yourself on the “stage” – whether it’s a business meeting, a news conference, an elevator full of colleagues, or even a platform such as Twitter – and no one has handed you a script?
In her new book, Impromptu: Leading in the Moment, Judith Humphrey teaches business leaders, owners, and entrepreneurs how to prepare to speak spontaneously and win over their audiences. But can she talk the talk?
Host and Reputation Coach Dean Rotbart, a one-time Colorado state high school extemporaneous speakers champ, puts Judith to the test this week, as he probes her ability to ad-lib answers to some of his toughest questions.
Photo:* Judith Humphrey, Impromptu
Posted: December 25, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time:* 33 minutes 18 seconds
In his new book, When to Jump, Mike Lewis profiles 44* men and women who enjoyed successful careers in one field, and then made the leap to something entirely different.
There is the journalist who enlisted in the marines; the public relations executive who became a Bishop in the Episcopal Church; the commercial banker who became a brewery owner – and Mike Lewis, himself, a rising star at Bain Capital, who at age 24 walked away to pursue his dream of being a professional squash player.
Mike says that jumping is more about the pursuit of your life’s dream career, than necessarily achieving it. As he confesses to host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, his squash dreams didn’t pan out as he’d hoped, but they did lead him to a new career as founder and CEO of When to Jump, a global community of like-minded individuals who share their stories, attend events, take courses, and pursue a variety of other learning opportunities.
On this week’s Monday Morning Radio, Mike details how and when to “Jump.”
*The 45th Jumper who appears in Mike’s book is Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, who jumped from government to Google, before landing happily at a startup run by then 23-year-old Mark Zuckerberg. Sheryl, who writes the book’s preface and has been the keynote at Mike’s When to Jump conferences, is Mike’s second cousin.
Photo:* Mike Lewis, When to Jump
Posted: December 18, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time:* 42 minutes 28 seconds
Although blockchain is hard for many people to understand, there is zero doubt that blockchain is poised to revolutionize global commerce and digital privacy on an order of magnitude comparable to the transformation brought about by the introduction and growth of the Internet itself.
Hundreds of billions of dollars will be made by the fortunate few who can unlock blockchain’s complexities and act accordingly.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Chris Boscolo, founder of lifeID provides a Master Class on the blockchain juggernaut. Moreover, Chris spells out how lifeID plans to replace all of our passwords, paper IDs, and even physical keys with its new blockchain-enabled smartphone application.
Host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, who admits to being a blockchain neophyte, has got the scoop.
Photo: Chris Boscolo, lifeID
Posted: December 11, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 58 minutes 57 seconds
The final days of 2017 are ticking down and smart business owners and professionals are once angling for any legal strategy they can uncover to cut their tax bill before the ball again drops in Times Square on New Year’s eve.
Rob Eagleston, who along with his brother John, runs Eagleston Financial Group in Mesa, AZ, is both hunting for great ideas to use for their own successful financial planning agency, and dispensing some of the best ideas that Rob has accumulated during his 18-plus-year career serving entrepreneurial clients.
Rob shares his common-sense approach to year-end business tax strategy with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, a fellow entrepreneur, beginning with the first thing every business owner and professional absolutely must do, if they haven’t already. Rob’s advice isn’t flashy or revolutionary. It is, however, bankable.
Photo: Rob Eagleston, Eagleston Financial Group
Posted: December 4, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 19 minutes 34 seconds
This week’s special guest – award-winning journalist Elisabeth Leamy, may know more than anyone else in America about helping people and organizations locate and capture unclaimed money – funds due them from a variety of governmental, banking, insurance, and other organizations. Even refunds for unclaimed gift certificates and gift cards may be there – just waiting for you to ask for your money back.
Many listeners will know Elisabeth from her on-air work for the Dr. Oz Show and Good Morning America. She also writes regular columns in The Washington Post and is the author of two engaging books – The Savvy Consumer and Save Big.
This past June, Elisabeth joined the podcasting universe, launching her own weekly program – Easy Money with Elisabeth Leamy. Her podcast teaches listeners not only how to find unclaimed money – but also how to earn more money and how to save money. You can find Easy Money at EasyMoneyShow.com or subscribe to it for free from the iTunes store.
Before Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart even spoke to Elisabeth, she found seven different accounts, including ones at Sprint, Charles Schwab, and Citibank, that have money on hold for Dean. Granted, he won’t be able to retire on those recoupable funds. But he should be able to purchase some extra special holiday gifts for his family and friends this year.
Elisabeth estimates it will take Monday Morning Radio listeners less than five minutes to discover what is – or is not – owed to them. Discover all the details on this week’s episode.
Photo: Elisabeth Leamy, Easy Money with Elisabeth Leamy
Posted: November 27, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 35 minutes 07 seconds
Scott Mautz learned how to motivate employees and managers at Procter & Gamble, where he ran several of the giant’s largest multi-billion dollar businesses. Now, as CEO of his own company, Profound Performance, he helps owners and leaders transform their organizational culture.
In his new book, Find the Fire: Ignite Your Inspiration and Make Work Exciting Again, Scott pinpoints nine forces that block business and personal success.
This week, Scott reveals to host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart exactly how to disintegrate the most common obstacles that stand between us and living and working an inspired life.
Photo: Scott Mautz, Profound Performance
Posted: November 20, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 42 minutes 21 seconds
If you could cross the late, great, sales coach Zig Ziglar – a master of face-to-face relationship selling and networking – with Gary Vaynerchuk, the digital marketing and social-media pioneer – what you’d get would think and act an awful lot like David J.P. Fisher.
David, who everyone calls “D. Fish,” is an expert on the convergence of old-school sales skills and 21st Century e-commerce. His “hyper-connected” approach to sales allows businesses and entrepreneurs to succeed by building and leveraging their networks and personal influence.
Fish combines nuanced strategy and real-world tactics to guide individuals and organizations as they navigate and leverage the evolving landscape of sales.
As he tells Monday Morning Radio host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, D. Fish’s home office overlooks a vast cemetery in Evanston, IL. His view serves as a potent daily reminder of what happens to companies that fail to keep up with the times.
MONDAY MORNING RADIO BONUS: To download a free copy of D Fish’s 19 Ways to Immediately Skyrocket Your Sales Network, visit www.DavidJPFisher.com/mondaymorning.
Photo: David 'D. Fish' Fisher, Hyper-Connected Selling
Posted: November 6, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 40 minutes 27 seconds
Filmmaker Graham Meriwether is hoping his newest documentary, Farmers for America, four years in the making, will help inspire a new, younger, generation of farmers to replace the rapidly aging population of growers. The film, narrated by TV star Mike Rowe, had its national premier last week.
Rather than distribute Farmers for America the conventional way, Graham is partnering 50-50 with entrepreneurs and others who host local screenings of the film and split ticket sales with him. Already, more than 600 people have signed up be partners.
This week, Graham shares his vision and unique financing strategy with Wizard Academy alumnus Lem Lewis, who along with Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart produce the popular rural business podcast, RANCHCAST with Lem Lewis. Rotbart says he may be a hayseed when it comes to farming, but even a yokel can see that farmers and city dwellers alike can harvest some organic business insights from Graham Meriwether.
Photo: Graham Meriwether, Farmers for America
Posted: October 30, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 35 minutes 43 seconds
Will Wise isn’t a journalist, although host and veteran editor Dean Rotbart swears he’d make one fine correspondent. That’s because Wise has mastered the art of asking insightful questions – those designed to reveal truths that often go unspoken.
Wise uses his ample probative skills to help companies - including GE, JetBlue, and Mead – transform their workplaces, by creating authentic connections and building trust with employees through well-thought dialogue.
Ten years in the making, Wise just published his first book, Ask Powerful Questions: Create Conversations that Matter, which not only covers how to ask the right questions, but how to listen to the answers, and what to do with them.
He and Rotbart cross-examine one another in a battle of the inquisitors on this week’s Monday Morning Radio.
Photo: Will Wise, Ask Powerful Questions
Posted: October 23, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 43 minutes 30 seconds
This week’s guest, Daniel Burrus is a time-traveler of sorts. He regularly journeys to our collective future and returns with recommendations for companies large and small on how to prepare for what’s to come.
Having previously written six New York Times bestsellers, including Flash Foresight, Daniel has just published The Anticipatory Organization, a book that teaches we business owners and entrepreneurs how to accurately forecast and shape our future.
So strap in, as Daniel brings host Dean Rotbart and listeners along for a trip in his time machine, and provides all of us with strategies we can put to work in our businesses today to ensure success tomorrow.
Photo: Daniel Burrus, The Anticipatory Organization
Posted: October 16, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 31 minutes 43 seconds
Fear and perfectionism – not laziness – are two of the leading causes of procrastination. Overcome those two obstacles, and you’ll be amazed at how all of those projects, decisions, and chores you’ve been putting off will quickly get checked off your to-do list.
Eric M. Twiggs is the Anti-Procrastinator.
Author of “The Discipline of Now: 12 Practical Principles to Overcome Procrastination,” Eric has coached more than 28,000 clients on methods to overcome their procrastination habits and unleash their full potential.
This week host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart put the challenge to Eric to share with listeners some specific steps they can take - right now, to stop procrastinating, and Eric did just that. You’ll find his valuable advice when you click on this week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio. What are you waiting for?
Photo: Eric M. Twiggs, The Discipline of Now
Posted: October 9, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 38 minutes 27 seconds
This is Dean Rotbart, host of Monday Morning Radio and a proud supporter of Chapel Dulcinea at Wizard Academy.
On a recent podcast, we explored the tale of Chapel Dulcinea, the world’s first and most popular free wedding chapel. Launched in 2005 by Wizard Academy co-founders Pennie and Roy H. Williams, the magical venue now plays hosts to more than 1,000 new unions each and every year. That’s 1,000 couples, many of them with not a dime to their name, who can secure a gorgeous wedding chapel for not a penny.
My wife Talya and I, who were married in 1984 in the chambers of a criminal court judge in Dallas, have pledged our support to keep Chapel Dulcinea solvent for years to come. You can become a Dulcinea Darling for as little as $5 a month – a bargain price to be part of a newlywed couple’s lives forever.
To join Talya and me as Dulcinea Darlings – and to learn more about the wonder and magic of a dream wedding chapel -- visit FreeWeddingChapel.org, and scroll down the page until you see the icon for Dulcinea Darlings. That’s FreeWeddingChapel.org – and Dulcinea Darlings.
Sometimes the best business stories are UnBusiness stories.
The tale of Chapel Dulcinea is one of those, the world’s first and most popular free wedding chapel – launched in 2005 by Wizard Academy co-founders Pennie and Roy H. William – and playing host to more than 1,000 new unions each and every year.
Pennie and Roy, who were married with hardly a dime to their name in 1976, envisioned Chapel Dulcinea as a sanctuary to help cash-strapped couples take their vows and first steps forward as a married couple.
This week, host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart joins Pennie and Roy on a special edition of Monday Morning Radio, to share the wonder and magic of a dream wedding chapel come true. What’s your UnBusiness dream?
[To contribute as little as $5 a month to help defray the cost of keeping Chapel Dulcinea free, click here.]
Photo: Pennie and Roy H. Williams - 1976
Posted: October 2, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 36 minutes 43 seconds
Since its humble beginnings in 1981 as a small storefront in Astoria, Queens, New Yorker Bagels has grown into the universe’s largest baker of fresh, crispy-on-the-outside, chewy-on-the-inside Sesame, Poppy, Cinnamon Raisin, and Pumpernickel bagels, among other popular varieties.
Stephanos Evangelinos, president and COO, and his crew already produce one out of every two bagels consumed daily in the greater New York area. Now, as Stephanos and his masterful digital strategist Rob Kenney tell our bagel-loving host Dean Rotbart, New Yorker Bagels is expanding its distribution nationwide, offering fresh next-day delivery direct to consumers everywhere.
The story of how New Yorker Bagels overcame the incredible odds and obstacles, and how it now plans to spread its bagels nationwide, is one worth chewing on, right now, along with your favorite hot morning beverage and, of course, a healthy schmear of cream cheese.
Posted: September 25, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 32 minutes 46 seconds
Mark Nation has developed and managed businesses in five diverse industries for companies including SAP, Oracle, and UNUM. Doing so, led him to conclude that the vast majority of people have the innate talent to live amazing personal and professional lives, but don’t know how to identify and release their unique abilities.
Mark, a former Ironman triathlete and founder of Nation Leadership, has made it his mission as an executive coach, speaker, and author to help people transform their lives from ordinary to superlative.
On this episode featuring host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, Mark will be previewing some of the best insights gleaned from his forthcoming book, Made for Amazing – due out in late October. The book is an inspiring self-help parable designed to motivate each of us to see our own, deeper meaning in life, and reach our fullest potential.
Mark believes each of us has a voice – an internal song – that we need to nurture and share with the world.
This week … a podcast version of Name That Tune – Your Personal Song, featuring Mark Nation and Made for Amazing.
Photo: Mark Nation, Made for Amazing
Posted: September 18, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 36 minutes 32 seconds
From his home in Houston, Wizard of Ads Gulf Coast partner, Charlie Moger, witnessed some of the worst – and best – of Hurricane Harvey.
As the rising waters came within two inches of his home, Charlie took to Facebook and Facebook Live to keep friends, family, neighbors, and complete strangers current on the unfolding story.
Charlie’s on-the-scene reports were informative and magnetic, as he spoke from the heart in ways that made Hurricane Harvey more relatable.
Last week, still unable to drive off his property, Charlie took time out to share his personal story with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, and to talk about how businesses – big and small – stepped up AND failed to step up when they were needed most.
Photo: Charlie Moger, MogerMedia.com
Posted: September 11, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 49 minutes 45 seconds
An English aristocrat, a French nobleman, and a future President of the United States were all players during one of the greatest boom-and-bust periods in American history.
Long before Silicon Valley, rollercoaster real estate speculation, and even the American industrial revolution, the cattle barons and cowboys of Wyoming and the Old West, including Teddy Roosevelt, were engaged in an investment mania that rivals any the world has witnessed before or since.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, host Dean Rotbart and Wizard Academy alumnus Lem Lewis, aka The Ranch Broker, jointly interview Christopher Knowlton, a former Fortune magazine staff writer and London bureau chief, about his new book, Cattle Kingdom, detailing the hidden history of the cowboy west.
Saddle up for some eye-opening, mind-boggling insights as to how today’s entrepreneurial stage was set way back in the 1870s.
Photo: Christopher Knowlton, Cattle Kingdom
Posted: September 4, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 37 minutes 06 seconds
You can pick up your copy of Christopher Knowlton’s captivating book, Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West, from our exclusive Monday Morning Radio book club.
Travel back in time to an era when Cattle Barons and Cowboys ruled the open range and Cheyenne, Wyoming played host to some of the world’s richest speculators.
Discover why Cowboys, in their own right, were the forefathers of the American entrepreneur and the pursuit of individual freedom and economic opportunity.
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This week’s episode is dedicated to Max Rotbart, of blessed memory, founder of Max’s Mobile Market: May 3, 1924 – September 4, 1982.
Last week, in a publicity stunt ripped from the pages of host Dean Rotbart’s Wizard Academy Buzz Snatching course, KIND Healthy Snacks dumped 45,485 pounds of sugar right in the heart of New York’s Times Square.
The audacious move won instant global recognition for the company’s new line of no-added-sugar fruit snacks by highlighting the mountain of sugar (20-feet tall and 30-feet wide) that America’s kids consume every five minutes.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, KIND’s Drew Nannis, vice president of integrated communication, shares the details of his company’s elaborate planning, as well as his #1 recommendation for other companies – big or small – considering similar buzz snatching events.
Photo: Drew Nannis, KIND Healthy Snacks
Posted: August 28, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 31 minutes 15 seconds
82-year-old Kendrick Mercer is a 21st century philosopher who, in the spirit of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, has spent his life in the pursuit of truth.
Kendrick lives, works, and writes from his home on Wahsumka Island on Lake Pend Oreille in northern Idaho. Despite the fact that the island has no roads or motor vehicles and is only accessible by boat, corporate CEOS, business owners, politicians and professionals of all variety regularly make the pilgrimage to Kendrick’s scenic home, Stonehaven Cottage, to seek his wise counsel.
Kendrick’s core philosophy centers on what he describes as Whole Self, an instinctive human talent that evolution has chiseled over billions of years into our DNA; but one that most people have lost touch with.
This week, host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart treks to Stonehaven Cottage to talk with Kendrick about his life, human history, his new book titled Whole Self, and what the world might look like if only more people would join Kendrick in his search for truth. You can begin your own pursuit of truth right now at MondayMorningRadio.com.
Over the past three decades Al Zdenek, CEO of Traust Sollus Wealth Management in Manhattan, has honed an approach to managing money that helps those business owners on the brink of financial collapse bounce back – and those with lots of money already in the bank grow it richly.
Apropos a financial wizard, Al is the creator of “The Wealth Building Formula,” an approach to successful money management that he spells out in his Amazon bestselling book, Master Your Cash Flow.
This week, Al brings Monday Morning Radio listeners into his inner sanctum to reveal the magic-like steps that every business owner can take to grow and retain their wealth. Best of all, it’s free.
Photo: Albert J. Zdenek, Jr., Traust Sollus Wealth Management
Posted: August 14, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 34 minutes 47 seconds
You can pick up your copy of Al Zenek’s Amazon bestseller, Master Your Cash Flow, from our exclusive Monday Morning Radio Book Club:
You’ll discover the key to grow and retain your wealth in this sophisticated, yet easy-to-read and understand volume.
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One of Ray Bard’s favorite quotes in Fired Up! Selling, his compilation of great quotes out today (Monday, August 7th), comes from comedian Steve Martin: “Be so good they can’t ignore you.”
Which, says host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, is an apt description of every book that Ray and his Bard Press publishing house produce, including bestsellers The ONE Thing; The Little Book of Selling; and, of course, The Wizard of Ads Trilogy, by Roy H. Williams.
In asking more than 1,200 quotes judges to help him select the 324 quotes used in Fired Up! Selling, Ray’s intention was to inspire, energize, and help salespeople succeed. But as Rotbart and Ray demonstrate on this week’s special edition of Monday Morning Radio, Fired Up! Selling is overflowing with wise words to motivate us all.
To order your copy of Fired Up! Selling right now, visit www.TinyUrl.com/RayBard.
Photo: Ray Bard, Fired Up! Selling
Posted: August 7, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 42 minutes 42 seconds
Corey Poirier is a big talker.
In fact, by his reckoning, he has given more than 2,000 speeches before a total of more than 200,000 attendees during his career as an award-winning keynote speaker, author, radio host, and speech coach.
Corey specializes in helping business owners and entrepreneurs leverage speeches to grow their companies, brands, and income.
This week Corey takes Monday Morning Radio listeners behind the podium to reveal his tricks of the trade.
Corey and host Dean Rotbart will cover Corey’s formula for securing and delivering a world-class TEDx talk; Corey’s storytelling strategy designed specifically for entrepreneurs and business owners; and how even those leaders who aren’t natural-born speakers can learn to hone the craft and wow their audiences.
Corey tells Dean that one of the secrets of being a great speaker is to be a great listener. Well, this week’s podcast is your opportunity to begin testing out your listening skills.
Photo: Corey Poirier
Posted: July 31, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 39 minutes 36 seconds
Forty-five years ago, comedian George Carlin immortalized seven words too profane for the broadcast airways. When you heard them, you knew exactly why the government banned them.
By contrast, the eleven words that are the focus of The Woman’s Book of Dirty Words, by businesswoman Mary Fran Bontempo, seem perfectly innocuous on the surface, including: vacation, dinner, holidays, adventure, and change.
Yet Mary Fran’s premise is that some everyday words, such as these, carry a powerful emotional load – especially for middle-age women like her – that marketers, journalists, and middle-age women themselves seldom recognize as being explosive – but most definitely are.
Host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart says not everyone will agree with Mary Fran’s list of dirty words – but her book is an important reminder of the care that all wordsmiths must take in realizing that what they write and speak may be skewed by the prisms of age, gender, race, nationality, and life experience.
Photo: Mary Fran Bontempo, The Woman's Book of Dirty Words
Posted: July 24, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 40 minutes 46 seconds
Last night – Sunday, July 16th – was the Season 7 premiere of HBO’s smash hit, Game of Thrones, which consistently averages more than 23 million viewers per episode.
One byproduct of the show’s huge popularity is that it has ignited global demand for genuine Viking and medieval collectibles.
This week, on a special double-header edition, host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart showcases two businesses that have ridden the Game of Thrones coattails to phenomenal success.
First, Dean interviews Bob Dodge, co-founder of Artemis Gallery, a leading U.S. auction house selling Viking artifacts and jewelry; and then Dean sets sail on an entrepreneurial voyage of discovery with http://www.artemisgallery.com/, a senior executive with LiveAuctioneers.com, which runs live auctions in 47 countries worldwide and has hard data on just how “hot” the Viking collectibles market is right now.
This week, on a special holiday-weekend edition of Monday Morning Radio, host Dean Rotbart interviews Richard G. “Rick” Ross, founder and owner of GALERIE Candy & Gifts. GALERIE is known the world over for creating highly original, trendy novelties and gifts around candies, including collector’s items, interactive toys, plush characters, and the like.
Rick’s company also produces and distributes branded treats for Hershey, Disney, Warner Brothers, Marvel – and tons of popular movies, including Star Wars, Despicable Me, Minions, and Trolls.
The interview is a reunion of sorts for Dean and Rick, who first met back in 1981 – when Rick was a 19-year-old jelly bean entrepreneur and Dean, then 24, was a cub reporter working for The Wall Street Journal in its Cleveland bureau.
That year, Dean actually profiled Rick on the front page of the Journal, a distinction that few small business owners will ever be lucky or successful enough to merit.
Rick, now 56, is in the Candy Hall of Fame.
This week, Rick not only catches up with Dean, he shares his storybook journey from teen tycoon to candy industry senior statesman, and talks about the pluses and minuses of achieving success and recognition at such an early age.
Fittingly, Rick’s mother, Helen, makes a cameo on the podcast, as it was Rick’s mother who really launched him on his path to success.
Photo: Richard G. "Rick" Ross, GALERIE
Posted: July 3, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 38 minutes 40 seconds
Renee Lopez spent 14 years coaching college soccer, turning around losing teams, recruiting all-conference talent, and being named by her peers in the NCAA, Coach of the Year.
These days, Renee is coaching teams of business owners, entrepreneurs, and their employees on the art of winning, leadership development, and recruiting all-American workplace talent.
Renee, head of Renee Lopez Coaching, says that the competitive fields of college athletics and Corporate America have more in common than most people realize.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Renee shares her insights with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart on ways to properly set business goals and score them.
[One difference between soccer and business that Dean is quick to point out – and Renee readily concedes, is that in business you don’t get to kick your rivals in the shins, as satisfying as that can be.]
Photo: Renee Lopez, RL Academy
Posted: June 26, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 36 minutes 17 seconds
This week’s guest, Dr. Cristal Glangchai, is a successful entrepreneur and educator, who runs the Austin-based nonprofit, VentureLab. Beginning at the tender age of five, VentureLab teaches students to think like entrepreneurs – by anticipating needs, innovating, creating, and taking calculated risks.
VentureLab, which Dr. Glangchai founded and heads, enjoys a nationwide reputation, in particular, for helping students – especially girls – fuel their passion for STEM subjects - science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
By putting VentureLab’s courses online for free, Dr. Glangchai is on track to have three out of every four high school students in America complete at least one of her classes before they graduate.
Dr. Glangchai tells host Dean Rotbart, her “graduates” will be well positioned to be the innovators and builders of our future.
Photo: Dr. Cristal Glangchai, VentureLab
Posted: June 19, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 38 minutes 53 seconds
Daniel DiPiazza is a successful, 29-year-old entrepreneur, who has built a massive, cult-like social networking following by advising other 20 and 30-somethings how to escape average jobs and become self-directed entrepreneurs.
Daniel’s website and freshly minted book are titled Rich20Something.
But this week, in a surprising interview with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, Daniel reveals that his advice actually is not aimed exclusively at those born after 1977.
Instead, Daniel sees all of us who own or operate businesses in 2017 as being part of the millennial generation – because, he contends, it is the tools, ideas, and philosophies of the millennial generation that are currently disrupting the business world.
[Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) is 33; Evan Spiegel (Snap) is 27; Kevin Systrom (Instagram) is 33; and Brian Chesky (Airbnb) is 35.]
“Millennial,” Daniel says, is a frame of mind, not a birthdate. How old is your thinking?
Photo: Daniel DiPiazza, Rich20Something.com
Posted: June 12, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 34 minutes 54 seconds
Do you own a business or a job? Perhaps, all you really own is an expensive hobby.
David C. Barnett, an expert on business valuations and how to buy or sell small businesses, meets with many small business owners who are disappointed to learn that their companies have zero market value without them.
To own a genuine business, David tells host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, you must have systems, procedures, and processes in place that aren’t reliant on any single individual.
[Visit David's website at www.HowToSellMyOwnBusiness.com]
If one day you plan to sell your business, or you would like to transform your business from one wholly reliant on you to one that will attract serious buyers, you’ll want to hear what David has to say on this week’s Monday Morning Radio.
Photo: David C. Barnett, www.HowToSellMyOwnBusiness.com
Posted: June 5, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 41 minutes 52 seconds
One of the best untold stories in Silicon Valley has been how Mark Zuckerberg and his talented team of associates, built Facebook from the successful started up depicted in the book – Accidental Billionaire – and its movie version – The Social Network, into the globally dominant corporation that Facebook is today, with more than 2 billion users.
That coming of age story, following Facebook from its IPO to becoming a $300 billion-plus powerhouse, is chronicled in Becoming Facebook, a riveting new book by this week’s guest, Mike Hoefflinger.
From 2008 to 2015, Mike worked in the upper-most echelons of Facebook, not only with Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, but with other legendary Facebook visionaries including: Chief Product Officer Chris Cox, Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer, and People Vice President Lori Goler.
Becoming Facebook, Mike’s first book, does much more than give readers a seat at the table inside of Facebook.
Subtitled, The 10 Challenges That Defined the Company That’s Disrupting the World, the book takes a big step back to ask – and answer – the question: What it is that has made Facebook such a huge success – and what lessons can everyone in business draw from the Facebook formula.
Mike Hoefflinger now services as entrepreneur-in-residence at XSeed Capital, a Silicon Valley seed stage venture capital fund. His job now, in part, is to try and spot the next Facebook, and the ones after that.
Beyond sharing with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart his Facebook experience, Mike reveals where he’s looking for the next big breakout company and technology.
Photo: Mike Hoefflinger, Becoming Facebook
Posted: May 29, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 37 minutes 32 seconds
This week's episode of Monday Morning Radio is ripped from this month's business headlines. It will be of special interest to listeners who own or operate online businesses.
Our guest is Tom Kemp, CEO and co-founder of Centrify, one of the fastest growing security vendors in the industry, serving more than 5,000 customers, including a majority of the Fortune 50.
Initially, our plan was to speak Tom about data breaches - such as those that hit Yahoo and Target. These much-publicized cyber attacks are becoming more frequent, more costly, and more widespread among all online businesses - big and small.
Then the WannaCry ransomware attack hit, impacting hundreds of thousands of the world’s computers in more than 150 countries. The malware forced some businesses to close while their IT people scrambled to find solutions.
So we expanded the scope of our interview with Tom Kemp to include data breaches and ransomware. - They are, after all, cyber attack first cousins.
Centrify recently commissioned an independent study, conducted by the Ponemon Institute, to gauge the impact of data breaches on companies and their customers. The study is unique in that it incorporates the view of three diverse groups: IT experts; senior level marketing and corporate communication professionals; and consumers.
What Centrify discovered are insights that every CEO and business owner should be aware of: Cyber attacks are never confined to your IT staff. They impact every aspect of your company, including sales, marketing, finances - and for publicly held companies - shareholder value.
Whether you work at an Inc. 5000 company, a Fortune 50company, or simply a business that does business with these companies, you need to know how to protect yourself from data breaches and other cyber attacks sure to make you - and your customers - wanna cry.
Lem Lewis, aka The Ranch Broker, steps to the mellifluous Monday Morning Radio microphone this week as guest host.
Lem, who in addition to his duties as a trusted advisor to ranch buyers and sellers, is a certified whiskey sommelier, having earned his credentials from The Whisk(e)y Marketing School – part of Wizard Academy.
For Lem's popular podcast, RANCHCAST with LEM LEWIS, he recently interviewed Dan Garrison proprietor of the award-winning Garrison Brothers Distillery. When Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart heard Lem’s RANCHCAST interview with Dan, Dean told Lem, “I have to share Dan’s story with my Monday Morning Radio listeners.” Lem graciously consented.
Dan’s is a great business and whiskey story.
Headquartered on a ranch in tiny Hye, Texas, Garrison Brothers defied all the naysayers who warned Dan and his loyal crew that quality bourbon was strictly the province of distillers in Kentucky and Tennessee.
First distributed in 2011, Garrison Brothers bourbons have become so popular that like the best Texas barbecue, they regularly are sold out.
In fact, Dan’s bourbons have such a cult-like fan base that his wait list for volunteers to help him inspect, seal and box his spirits has grown to 9,000 names and counting. Dan’s secret: those volunteers who agree to spend two days helping out are rewarded with a shot of “courage” every half hour during the workday.
As you’ll hear, Dan Garrison is overflowing with big-as-Texas swagger and valuable entrepreneurial insights that you’ll want to drink in slowly.
But be forewarned: Dan’s language, like his prize-winning unfiltered and uncut Cowboy Bourbon, is occasionally 137 proof. If four-letter words offend you, you may wish to skip this week’s episode.
Photo: Dan Garrison, Garrison Brothers Distillery
Posted: May 15, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 33 minutes 39 seconds
This week is exactly ten years since Mark Moore, a 46-year-old multi-millionaire tech entrepreneur, had back-to-back strokes that nearly killed him.
His recovery was arduous and life-changing. When he could walk again, Mark walked away from the business world and now dedicates all his talents and energies to helping other people rebound from some of life’s most debilitating challenges.
Mark is the author of a just-off-the-presses book titled, A Stroke of Faith: A Stroke Survivor’s Story of a Second Chance at Living a Life of Significance.
The book retells the uplifting story of Mark’s recovery and rebirth, and is an inspiration for anyone – not just stroke survivors – who are faced with what may seem like insurmountable obstacles.
Mark is interviewed on this week's program by host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart.
Photo: Mark Moore, A Stroke of Faith
Posted: May 8, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 33 minutes 55 seconds
How do you take your coffee: cream, sugar, politics?
Like so many other retailers today, the coffee industry - led by giant Starbucks - has made buying a cup of java not just about taste, but also about where you stand on the hot-button issues of our day.
In late 2014, Evan Hafer, a former Green Beret who did tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, saw an opportunity to appeal to fellow military veterans and 2nd Amendment advocates by launching a coffee brand aimed at them: Black Rifle Coffee Company.
Sure enough, the firearms specialist hit a bullseye. Salt Lake City-based Black Rifle Coffee has seen explosive sales growth and he has pledged to hire 10,000 veterans over the next six years to staff his rapidly expanding mail-order and franchise business.
This week pistol-toting Hafer joins host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart to talk about coffee beans, veterans, guns, and earning profits in an increasingly politicized marketplace.
Photo: Evan Hafer, Black Rifle Coffee Company
Posted: May 1, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 38 minutes 50 seconds
Our guest this week, Steven Buchwald, founding partner of Manhattan-based Buchwald & Associates, specializes in helping business startups – and those companies seeking capital infusions – to navigate the legal, regulatory, and operational mine fields that await.
Steven is especially experienced in providing valuable legal counsel to tech startups, advising them on the most appropriate legal structure for their companies; non-disclosure agreements and other tools to protect their intellectual property; employee retention and employee equity agreements; and the best ways to prepare for outside investors – be they venture capitalists, crowdfunders, or your retired Uncle Phil.
Steven defines a startup – his specialty – more broadly than most people. Whether you’re just now putting together a business plan or whether you’ve been in business for a decade, if you’re moving in a fresh direction – especially one that entails third-party investors – in Steven’s eyes you’re a startup.
On this week’s episode, Steven and host Dean Rotbart will discuss a range of legal issues that face business startups and he’ll cast a spotlight on common mistakes you’ll want to avoid.
Photo: Steven Buchwald, Buchwald & Associates
Posted: April 24, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 35 minutes 51 seconds
Universities and colleges profit from their alumni networks, so why not businesses?
That’s one of the innovative concepts that serial entrepreneur Lee Caraher explores in her newly released book, “The Boomerang Principle: Inspire Lifetime Loyalty from Your Employees.”
Ex-employees, if you treat them right when they still work for you, can become great resources for posting positive reviews, providing referrals, recommending potential employees, and even arranging for outside investments and partnerships.
Indeed, Lee tells host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart – whose own publishing and consulting business counts more than 500 ex-employees in its “alumni” network – that some of a company’s most valuable workers may well be those who no longer work there.
Photo: Lee Caraher, Double Forte
Posted: April 17, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 40 minutes 07 seconds
On this week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio, we introduce a new an improved version of your host Dean Rotbart.
Effectively immediately, Dean is now – objectively speaking – the best podcast host on the planet.
That’s because Dean read the half-satirical, half-serious book, “100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings,” by author Sarah Cooper, our guest this week. Many, many of the tricks in Sarah’s book apply to any type of business meeting – even podcasts.
[Trick #19: If you start a sentence with “objectively speaking,” anything you say afterwards must be 100 percent correct.]
Sarah learned the tricks of appearing smart while sitting through countless meetings at Yahoo! and Google, where she worked before leaving to become an author and stand-up comedian. [Amazing how well her tricks advanced her career, isn’t it?]
Sarah’s book is one of the funniest business books you’ll read this year. Perhaps ever. It’s also chock full of actionable ways to use words like “actionable” in order to sound smart.
Keep your ears open for other savvy image tricks as Dean and Sarah converse; including interrupting an important meeting to take a call; and repeating what the other person just said, very, very slowly.
So…be sure to listen in, and you too, will immediately appear smarter and earn lots more money. Objectively speaking, of course.
Photo: Sarah Cooper, The Cooper ReviewPosted: April 10, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 29 minutes 31 seconds
Maria Uspenski’s company, The Tea Spot, is in the sweet spot of the $170 billion American beverage industry, which is undergoing a sea change, as consumers shift from sugary drinks and those that rely on artificial sweeteners, to all-natural refreshers.
Maria’s signature whole leaf blends and single-estate teas not only offer satisfying alternatives to sodas and coffee, they are rich in anti-oxidants, vitamins, and other healthful ingredients.
An MIT educated mechanical engineer, Maria discovered the marvels of tea after surviving a harrowing battle with cancer. Tea transformed Maria’s life and health.
In addition to serving as CEO of The Tea Spot, Maria is the author of the recently published Cancer Hates Tea – a paperback that is part easy-to-understand health primer, part tea bible, and part lushly illustrated recipe book.
Host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, an avowed coffee drinker, recently visited with Maria at The Tea Spot’s world headquarters in Boulder, Colorado, and drank in her business and health wisdom, as well as some freshly brewed organic Sugar Tamer exotic herbal infusion.
Photo: Maria Uspenski, Cancer Hates TeaPosted: April 3, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 47 minutes 15 seconds
Todd Lemense built a highly successful business with 80-plus employees and seemingly could do no wrong. At least that’s what he thought.
Turns out Todd let his success-fueled pride get the better of him and, confident in his judgment above all else, led his business to crash and burn.
From the ashes, Todd rebuilt his life and developed a passion for helping others escape his ill-fated ego trip. His bestselling e-book, Lose Your Ego – Gain the World, has helped tens of thousands of CEOs, owners, and entrepreneurs better manage their success and keep their proper perspective.
Todd shares his life story, his hard-earned insights, and his infectious inspiration on this week’s podcast with host and reputation Dean Rotbart.
Photo: Todd Lemense, Lose Your Ego
Posted: March 27, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 40 minutes 16 seconds
Last year, Lem Lewis attended The Wizard Academy’s Reputation Tool Chest workshop taught by our very host Dean Rotbart. The two entrepreneurs hit it off, and earlier this year, with Dean's help, Lem launched his very own podcast – RANCHCAST – that serves ranchers, farmers, and other rural producers.
This week DEan and Lem co-host a joint edition of Monday Morning Radio and RANCHCAST featuring special guest Michele Payn, a nationally recognized influencer in the large, growing, and very successful farm-to-table movement.
Michele is CEO of Cause Matters Corp., a consulting firm that advises companies and individuals on how to influence public discourse surrounding agriculture, health, and nutrition topics. This week is the official publication of Michele’s newest book: “Farm Truths – From Farm to Table.”
The pairing of Dean and Lem is ideal, especially this week. Lem is a 4th generation Texas Rancher, who knows cattle, crops, wildlife, and rural real estate. Dean, of course, is an award-winning business journalist, small business expert, and reputation coach.
Dean and Lem: Just one of thousands of productive partnerships and new friendships made possible by Wizard Academy.
Photo:* Michele Payn, Cause Matters
Posted: March 20, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time:* 37 minutes 52 seconds
They are everyday business-world expressions that we all use and take for granted. But they are costing American companies a fortune in missed opportunities and bad decisions.
For example:
- The customer is always right
- We can probably do that in-house
- You get what you pay for
- We’re too swamped for that now
Jack Quarles, an entrepreneur and procurement expert, is author of “Expenses Sentences,” a book that promises to debunk our most common expressions and rewrite the business vernacular.
Tune in this week as Jack not only shares with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart some of the business world’s costliest sentences, he also offers wise ways to reply to the bosses and colleagues who utter them.
Photo:* Jack Quarles, Expensive Sentences
Posted: March 13, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time:* 48 minutes 34 seconds
Do you have what it takes to be the next Thomas Edison or Nikola Tesla? You might just be surprised.
Filip Valica, a freelance engineer and founder of The Product Startup, specializes in empowering small business owners and professionals – especially doctors – to succeed at do-it-yourself product development; coaching first-time inventors along a 16-step path from idea, to prototype, to manufacture, and ultimately, to shipping.
Join Filip and host Dean Rotbart as they explain how you, too, can turn a product idea into a profitable reality.
Photo:* Filip Valica, The Product Startup
Posted: March 6, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time:* 38 minutes 48 seconds
When surgeon Ryan Jones isn’t operating on patients, Dr. Jones is a busy entrepreneur aiming to redefine how students of all ages learn boring, but necessary course material.
Dr. Jones is co-founder of CoursePics, an impressive Phoenix-based start-up that combines elements often used in effective marketing – strong visuals, storytelling, surprise, and originality – to teach otherwise leaden topics such as biology, pharmacy, and social and behavioral science.
Join host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart as he tests the CoursePics method of learning, challenging Dr. Jones – and listeners – to quickly visualize and create a story based on ten randomly selected objects, and then commit those objects to long-term memory.
Photo:* Dr. Ryan Jones, CoursePics
Posted: February 27, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time:* 47 minutes 29 seconds
This week on a special “Spring Training” edition of Monday Morning Radio, host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart interviews master storyteller Philip Revzin, author of “Just One Before I Die: A Cub’s Fan’s Chronicle of a Championship Season.”
A Chicago native, Phil’s career in journalism spans more than 40 years, and includes stints as Editor and Publisher of The Wall Street Journal Europe; senior editor at St. Martin’s Press; and Editor at Large at Bloomberg News.
In a wide-ranging discussion, Phil shares his insights on how others can publish a so-called instant book; the business lessons that can be gleaned from the Cubs’ World Series success; and why good writing and storytelling will never go out of style.
You can pick up your very own copy of “Just One Before I Die” from our Monday Morning Radio Book Club. Whether or not you’re a Cubs fan, or even a baseball fan, you’ll find yourself caught up in Phil Revzin’s storytelling. To purchase your e-book and begin reading instantly, visit: http://tinyurl.com/BestBizBooks056.
Photo: Phil Revzin and his wife, Betsy Berry
Posted: February 20, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Ever wonder what happens after the cameras stop rolling on the CBS hit show, Undercover Boss? For Gina Rivera, who along with her company, Phenix Salon Suites were featured on Undercover Boss two years ago, her appearance launched enormous revenue growth and new opportunities.
In fact, with a boost from Undercover Boss, Phenix Salon Suites has become the fastest growing salon suite franchise in the U.S., zeroing in on 200 nationwide locations, and soon to enter the Chinese market.
This week, Gina regales host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart with the story of her exploding franchise business; her expansion into multiple beauty products lines; and her budding film career.
Photo:* Gina Rivera, Phenix Salon Suites
Posted: February 13, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time:* 41 minutes 05 seconds
Brian O’Shea is in the business of stopping corporate spies and vandals from doing harm to businesses and professional practices. For every company, regardless of its size, Brian says there’s a criminal just salivating at the prospect of exploiting your security gaps.
Brian founded Striker Pierce Private Investigations in 2009, and has since conducted more than 3,000 investigations. Striker Pierce not only catches the bad guys, it also trains owners and executives how to prevent criminals from doing damage in the first place.
This week, Brian tells host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart what every business executive, owner, and entrepreneur must know about crime prevention.
Photo: Brian O'Shea, Striker Pierce Investigations
Posted: February 6, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 38 minutes 22 seconds
Nancy Rosborough is a modern-day gold miner; only the nuggets she mines are wonderfully fragrant white truffles that despite their $500-a-pound price tag, are in great demand by gourmet chefs around the world.
Nancy’s company, Mycorrhiza Biotech, spent more than a decade figuring out how to successfully grow genuine Bianchetto truffles on loblolly pine trees – the only company in all of North America that’s cracked the code.
This week, our truffle sniffing host Dean Rotbart, not only shares Nancy’s story of perseverance and success, he reveals how other entrepreneurs can stake their own gilded truffle harvesting claims.
Photo: Nancy Rosborough, Mycorrhiza Biotech
Posted: January 30, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 34 minutes
When it comes to leadership advice, Bill Treasurer doesn’t mince words. What great leaders need, he’s found, is a good kick in the A#%.
Okay, so in his latest book, A Leadership Kick in the Ass, Bill doesn’t euphemize the word ass. We do here strictly to placate those readers and listeners who are easily offended.
Bill is the founder and chief encouragement officer at Giant Leap Consulting, which excels at leadership development, strategic coaching, and team building. Bill’s corporate clients include Bank of America, Accenture, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Hugo Boss, among many other blue-chip businesses.
Bill believes there are only two types of leaders: those of us who have been humbled, and those who are about to be. Sooner or later, Bill opines, every business owner, entrepreneur, and executive – regardless of the size of his or her company – will run into a wall of incompetence, weakness, or hubris.
Join Bill and host Dean Rotbart, who has run into more than a few walls of his own, this week as Bill shares for some powerful tips on how to transform embarrassing career setbacks into leadership gold.
Photo: Bill Treasurer, Giant Leap Consulting
Posted: January 23, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 36 minutes
Are you an early adopter? We’re looking for a few creative individuals to join the Monday Morning Radio team in launching and promoting the “Small Business Cures America” campaign to harness the energy and resources of entrepreneurs in the fight against some of America’s most brutal diseases. Our first “target” is cancer. If you are a cancer survivor or have a loved one who has battled the dreaded illness, we especially need your help. Email us at: smallbusiness@curesamerica.com or phone host Dean Rotbart at 303-800-6081.
Can a single, solitary word change the nature and success of your business? Evan Carmichael says it can. His special word, unique to him, has transformed his young entrepreneurial life into that of a widely acknowledged social networking guru, not to mention a Toronto salsa-dancing legend.
In his new book, Your One Word, Evan spells out what he says is the “powerful secret to creating a business and life that matters.”
This week, Evan reveals his “one word” and shows our hoofing host, Dean Rotbart, how he and his listeners can find and utilize their own special life-changing term.
Photo: Evan Carmichael, Your One Word
Posted: January 16, 2017
Monday Morning Run Time: 33 minutes 19 seconds
Every business owner has blind spots. It’s just the downside of being talented.
Gene Naftulyev is a business seeing-eye dog, sniffing out ways for small business owners to significantly increase productivity, reduce expenses, and eliminate problems. Frustrations go down. Profits go up. And the owners join the chorus of entrepreneurs who sing Gene’s praises.
Gene, author of Business Growth Roadblocks: How to Use Uncommon Sense to Surpass $5 Million, hangs his shingle at CompanyOverhaul.com. This week he joins host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart to guide him and our listeners around the major obstacles that stymy so many business owners.
You can pick up your copy of Business Growth Roadblock by Gene Naftulyev from our all-new Monday Morning Radio book club: Discover how your business can blast through the $5 million glass ceiling at: tinyurl.com/BestBizBooks055.
Photo: Gene Naftulyev, CompanyOverhaul.com
Posted: December 19, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 40 minutes 42 seconds
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David Hoffeld, CEO and Chief Sales Trainer at Minnesota-based Hoffeld Group, has made a career of studying the science of selling, and he’s discovered that the number of common misconceptions – often peddled by highly respected sales gurus – is off the charts.
Based on extensive research into a variety of disciplines – including cognitive psychology, social psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral economics – David has compiled a new book, The Science of Selling, that is rewriting decades of erroneous sales advice.
As certain as two parts hydrogen combined with one-part oxygen will produce water, David tells Monday Morning Radio Host Dean Rotbart that those who master the scientific formula of selling will produce a veritable cloudburst of record sales.
You can pick up your copy of "The Science of Selling" from our all-new Monday Morning Radio Book Club: You’ll find plenty of scientifically proven sales formulas at tinyurl.com/BestBizBooks050.
Photo: David Hoffeld, The Science of Selling
Posted: December 12, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 35 minutes 11 seconds
Editor-in-Chief.com offers same-day and next-day copyediting services, from a staff of veteran editors.
Visit Editor-in-Chief.com or call 1-866-NEWS-070, ext. 7. Founded by Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart, Editor-in-Chief.com is a service of NewsBios.
Corporate veterans Jennifer Rock and Michael Voss set out to write a book about internal communications – how companies and organizations can best talk amongst themselves. Rather than your typical “How-To” tome, however, they packed their extensive knowledge on the topic into an enjoyable, laugh-out-loud novel, titled B.S. Incorporated.
Of course, B.S. stands for ….. Business Solutions.
Rock and Voss, cofounders of ROCKdotVoss, a Minnesota-based consultancy, imbue their fictional doppelgängers with candor and insights that would be nearly impossible to reveal if they had chosen to write a nonfiction book.
The two authors spread their B.S. and share their storytelling mastery with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, this week on Monday Morning Radio.
You can pick up your copy of B.S. Inc. from our all-new Monday Morning Radio Book Club: You’ll find plenty of B.S. at tinyurl.com/BestBizBooks054. Just don’t blame us if you’re caught laughing out loud at your desk.
Photo: Jennifer Rock and Michael Voss, RockdotVoss
Posted: December 5, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 39 minutes 09 seconds
Editor-in-Chief.com offers same-day and next-day copyediting services, from a staff of veteran editors.
Visit Editor-in-Chief.com or call 1-866-NEWS-070, ext. 7. Founded by Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart, Editor-in-Chief.com is a service of NewsBios.
If Russ DiGilio pitched his business concept to you, chances are you run from it as fast as your legs could carry you:
A new donut chain (just what the world is lacking); named Duck Donuts (who doesn’t associate tasty fresh donuts with ducks?); that defies health food advocates (not even a gluten-free variety); and requires customers to come into the donut shop to buy the product (online retailing, what’s that?).
So much for conventional business wisdom.
DiGilio’s Duck Donuts are a mega-success, rapidly spreading across 13 states and more than 100 stores.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, DiGilio demonstrates to our donut-loving host Dean Rotbart, why there is always hope for the entrepreneurial iconoclasts of the world.
Photo: Russ DiGilio
Posted: November 28, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 36 minutes 52 seconds
As small business success stories go, it’s hard to do much better than David Erickson and his FreeConferenceCall.com service.
Launched 15 years ago, David has amassed an amazing record of success that includes serving millions of global users daily; adding more than 100,000 new customers a month; counting 800,000 other businesses as customers; processing more than 1.5 billion total calls; and doing it all without taking on one cent of debt.
David had one secret weapon since day one, the word “free,” which he swears is the best marketing word in the universe.
On this edition, David shares many of his best entrepreneurial insights with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart. Like FreeConferenceCall.com, this podcast is coming to you for FREE.
Photo: David Erickson
Posted: November 21, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 34 minutes 33 seconds
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This week on a special edition of Monday Morning Radio, host and veteran journalist Dean Rotbart has assembled a panel of five experts who address the question: How will the election of Donald Trump impact small business owners and entrepreneurs – and what can YOU do to protect yourself – and to take advantage of fresh opportunities.
Dean’s panel includes Roy H. Williams, co-founder of Wizard Academy and author of the blockbuster book, Pendulum; Mike Agugliaro, co-owner of Gold Medal Services, the largest home service provider in Central New Jersey; Raymond Hennessey, the founding news director of the FOX Business Network and a communications consultant with JConnelly in New York; Frank Lalli, a multi-award winning health and personal finance journalist and author; and Michele Miller, a Wizard of Ads partner and expert on marketing to woman.
You can fork over big bucks to hear the insights of any one of these small business experts or you can listen for free and come away wiser and better prepared. The choice is yours.
Photo (Clockwise): Michelle Miller, Raymond Hennessey, Frank Lalli, Mike Agugliaro, and Roy H. Williams
Posted: November 14, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 1 Hour 10 Minutes
When it comes to putting on dynamic, effective events – whether in the for-profit or non-profit universe – Morty Sibler is the go-to man.
A Wizard of Ads partner, based in Montreal, Canada, Morty consistently shows his clients how to squeeze ten times – sometimes even more – the sales or donations out of once-ho-hum sales presentations and fundraising dinners.
Morty named his company Mad Strategies, as in crazy or angry. In fact, as he explains to host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, M.A.D. stands for “Making a Difference,” and Morty spells out exactly how to you, too, can go MAD, this week on Monday Morning Radio.
Photo: Morty Silber, Mad Strategies
Posted: November 7, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 36 minutes 39 seconds
Let’s face it, beards are in vogue. Bushy beards, long beards, well-coiffed beards, wild beards – sprouting on men in all walks of life – music, sports, film, business, even politics.
It’s no coincidence that sales at Lovely Beards, a San Francisco-based online seller targeting facial hair aficionados are waxing in response.
Rip Bains, the cofounder of Lovely Beards, shares his company’s transformation from an Irish blog for hirsute men into a “Content & Commerce” retailer that is quickly emerging as one of America’s premiere male grooming companies.
Listen in this week on Monday Morning Radio and hear what Rip tells host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart about the journey from content maker to product maker.
Photo: Rip Bains, Lovely Beards
Posted: October 31, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 32 minutes 12 seconds
If you struggle each week to find enough time – even to read the Monday Morning Memo or listen to this podcast – then you might need some coaching from Ronald Tabachnick, aka The Swamp Doctor.
Ron, is an “overload” expert. He and his Toronto-based firm, RT Planning Strategies, have worked with companies including Amazon, FedEx, Terradata, and Audi to help their employees clear their “mental swamps” of clutter, and discover how to separate important details from unimportant distractions.
Ron, author of “A Breakthrough in Strategic Planning,” says his methods can help almost anyone achieve greater focus and peace of mind, even, he promises, our very own host, Dean Rotbart. This week on Monday Morning Radio: The Swamp Doctor v. the King of the Mental Swamp. It’s a duel you won’t want to miss.
Photo: Ronald Tabachnik, RT Planning Strategies
Posted: October 24, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 37 minutes 34 seconds
What are the greatest rewards, and the greatest frustrations, of owning your own small business?
You may be surprised to learn that money isn’t the answer to either question.
What matters far, far more to America’s entrepreneurs? And what do they absolutely abhor?
The SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard has taken the pulse of American small business owners every month since 2010.
This week on Monday Morning Radio with host Dean Rotbart, SurePayroll’s Andy Roe, head “scorekeeper,” shares some of the most surprising insights into the way entrepreneurs feel on a wide variety of business topics.
Did you know, for example, that 46% of small business owners are unable to break away from work long enough to have lunch? What about you?
Listen in to hear other eye-opening results from the SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard and see how your small business experience compares to the mainstream.
Photo: Andy Roe, SurePayroll.com
Posted: October 17, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 35 minutes 01 seconds
Steve Strauss wrote The Small Business Bible. Literally. The best-selling book, now in its third edition, is widely considered the ultimate small business resource.
Strauss also writes the weekly “Ask an Expert” column for USAToday.com, and has been doing so for 20 years.
As listeners will discover, there is no small business question too hard (What’s the most important small business tip from among all you offer?) or too odd (How did you come to abhor the ketchup business?) for Strauss to field.
Hear for yourself this week as Strauss joins host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart on Monday Morning Radio.
Photo: Steve Strauss, TheSelfEmployed.com
Posted: October 10, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 35 minutes 03 seconds
Do you care deeply about making the world a better place, whether the goal is ending poverty, preventing war, or saving the climate and environment?
Increasingly those who answer ‘yes’ are choosing to launch civic-minded, for-profit businesses as their community activism vehicle of choice.
Shel Horowitz, author, speaker and founder of GoingBeyondSustainability.com, is one of the country’s most-respected and influential evangelists for earning money – more money actually – by doing the right thing.
As Shel explains to host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, ambitious, talented, dedicated people no longer need to choose between serving humanity and building their net worth. In fact, Shel says, it’s easier than ever to do good and do well.
Photo: Shel Horowitz, GoingBeyondSustainability.com
Posted: October 3, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 43 minutes 42 seconds
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Ken Lain is a master at cultivating profits from a small business in a small market. Along with his wife, Lisa, Ken owns Watters Garden Center in Prescott, Arizona – a city of about 42,000 residents located in the mountainous area of central Arizona.
Ken, a graduate of host Dean Rotbart’s “Reputation Tool Chest” course at Wizard Academy, relies on a rich bouquet of marketing tools – including over-the-air radio programs, YouTube videos, on-site courses, and rock ‘em, sock ‘em customer service to beat back the predatory tactics and pricing of nearby Big Box competitors.
Ken definitely has a green thumb – both for gardening and profit-making. Ken shares his proven financial seeding and growth tips this week on Monday Morning Radio.
Photo: Ken Lain, Watters Garden Center
Posted: September 26, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 38 minutes 20 seconds
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Dave Chandler is the consummate do-it-yourself entrepreneur. The creator of Running Belt Max, a popular Lycra waist belt that appeals to athletes and non-athletes alike, Dave has no employees.
The Atlanta native serves as Running Belt Max’s designer, marketer, distributor, PR guy, and webmaster. Moreover, he’s orchestrating all of this from Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he relocated four years ago.
Although Running Belt Max is less than a year old, it is already selling better than 97% of all sports waist belts on Amazon.com. It's first production run sold out in only ten weeks.
This week, via Skype, Dave shares secrets from his one-man-band entrepreneurial playbook with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, exclusively right now on Monday Morning Radio.
Photo: Dave Chandler, Running Belt Max
Posted: September 19, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 40 minutes 59 seconds
For a limited time, listeners to Monday Morning Radio can distribute a FREE new release on EIN Presswire at no cost and zero obligation.
Host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart recommends EIN Presswire as an effective, low-cost alternative to the major wire services, including PR Newswire,Business Wire, and PR Web.
“Since it’s free, I encourage listeners seeking greater public awareness to give EIN Presswire a try and see how it compares with your existing news release distribution service,” Dean says. “For my clients and me, I have found that EIN Presswire gets the job done for a fraction of the cost of the major PR press wires.”
To open your account with EIN Newswire and place your first news release for free (no credit card required), visit www.EINPresswire.com/success
In high school and college, Ruben Gonzalez displayed hardly a lick of athletic talent. Yet he dreamed of becoming an Olympian and being counted among the elite athletes of the world.
That he did.
From benchwarmer to recordholder, Ruben made courage and perseverance his mantra, and went on to become the only Olympic athlete ever to compete in four Olympic games in four different decades – most recently in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, at age 47.
These days Ruben is a much-in-demand corporate speaker and author, translating his strategies for success from the icy luge track to the fast-paced, often icy business and career world.
Reputation coach and host Dean Rotbart recently visited with Ruben at his home near the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Hear Dean’s gold-medal report this week on Monday Morning Radio.
Photo: Ruben Gonzalez, Olympic Motivation
Posted: September 12, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 33 minutes 05 seconds
For a limited time, listeners to Monday Morning Radio can distribute a FREE new release on EIN Presswire at no cost and zero obligation.
Host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart recommends EIN Presswire as an effective, low-cost alternative to the major wire services, including PR Newswire,Business Wire, and PR Web.
“Since it’s free, I encourage listeners seeking greater public awareness to give EIN Presswire a try and see how it compares with your existing news release distribution service,” Dean says. “For my clients and me, I have found that EIN Presswire gets the job done for a fraction of the cost of the major PR press wires.”
To open your account with EIN Newswire and place your first news release for free (no credit card required), visit www.EINPresswire.com/Success
The technology that powers Pokémon GO is coming to a small business, perhaps yours, soon.
Augmented Reality, which allows smartphone and tablet users to locate, capture and train virtual Pokémon creatures in real-world settings, is also enabling consumers to test drive virtual furniture in their living rooms, authors to make photos leap off the pages of their books, real estate agents to offer immersive virtual tours of homes for sale, and doctors to test, virtually, surgical procedures on live patients.
IT Craft, based in Ukraine, is a leader in the global effort to bring Augmented Realty, known as AR, to Main Street businesses.
This week, Anthony Suddia, a Kharkiv-based content specialist with IT Craft, takes host Dean Rotbart and his Monday Morning Radio listeners on a wild tour of AR and how it is transforming the small business world.
Brace yourself, for your own reality is about to be augmented.
Photo: Anthony Suddia, IT Craft
Posted: September 5, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time:
For a limited time, listeners to Monday Morning Radio can distribute a FREE new release on EIN Presswire at no cost and zero obligation.
Host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart recommends EIN Presswire as an effective, low-cost alternative to the major wire services, including PR Newswire,Business Wire, and PR Web.
“Since it’s free, I encourage listeners seeking greater public awareness to give EIN Presswire a try and see how it compares with your existing news release distribution service,” Dean says. “For my clients and me, I have found that EIN Presswire gets the job done for a fraction of the cost of the major PR press wires.”
To open your account with EIN Newswire and place your first news release for free (no credit card required), visit www.EINPresswire.com/Success
This week’s guest, Gregory Zuckerman, is marking his 20th year as a reporter with The Wall Street Journal.
Greg, who himself has been a publishing entrepreneur, is fascinated by unlikely characters who overcome life’s obstacles to achieve phenomenal success.
Already the author of two blockbuster books – The Greatest Trade Ever, and The Frackers – Greg enlisted his two sons to pen a third book, Rising Above, the tale of how 11 athletes overcame challenges in their youth to become stars.
Among those Greg and his sons profile are LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Jim Abbott, Shane Battier, and Althea Gibson.
Rising Above is targeted at school-age readers. But whether you have kids who are still in school, or you are a seasoned entrepreneur looking for inspiration, the core message of Rising Above is essential: It’s not where you begin, but where you journey that matters most.
Greg and Gabriel share their experience studying adversity, and working together on a family book project, with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart.
Photo: (L-R) Eli, Gabriel and Greg Zuckerman
Posted: August 29, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 33 minutes 34 seconds
For a limited time, listeners to Monday Morning Radio can distribute a FREE new release on EIN Presswire at no cost and zero obligation.
Host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart recommends EIN Presswire as an effective, low-cost alternative to the major wire services, including PR Newswire,Business Wire, and PR Web.
“Since it’s free, I encourage listeners seeking greater public awareness to give EIN Presswire a try and see how it compares with your existing news release distribution service,” Dean says. “For my clients and me, I have found that EIN Presswire gets the job done for a fraction of the cost of the major PR press wires.”
To open your account with EIN Newswire and place your first news release for free (no credit card required), visit www.EINPresswire.com/free and enter Promo Code: Dean.
If you love sports, or have customers, friends, and family who do, this week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio may offer you a low-risk way to earn some extra income – and really enjoy it.
My guests – John Zehr and Robb Lewis, say they’ve developed an opportunity to leverage your existing customer base and social networks to grab a slice of the $45 billion apps industry.
Robb Lewis is an executive with Utah-based United Games, which has created a live, interactive sports app that promises to let sports fans – in the stadium, on their televisions, or using their smart phones – experience and interact with live sporting events like no game app ever before.
John Zehr, an early adopter, is one of thousands of affiliate hopefuls who plan to use word-of-mouth buzz to attract players to the free app – and profit when those players buy tokens, or watch commercials embedded into the game.
The opportunity intrigued host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart enough that he not only invited John and Robb on the program, he agreed to pay the rather minimal upfront fee and small monthly retainer to try his hand at becoming a games app mogul.
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To paraphrase President Reagan, Dean says, “I plan to trust United Games, but verify. I encourage my listeners to do likewise.”
Photo: Robb Lewis (l) and John Zehr
Posted: August 22, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 40 minutes 58 seconds
For a limited time, listeners to Monday Morning Radio can distribute a FREE new release on EIN Presswire at no cost and zero obligation.
Host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart recommends EIN Presswire as an effective, low-cost alternative to the major wire services, including PR Newswire, Business Wire, and PR Web.
“Since it’s free, I encourage listeners seeking greater public awareness to give EIN Presswire a try and see how it compares with your existing news release distribution service,” Dean says. “For my clients and me, I have found that EIN Presswire gets the job done for a fraction of the cost of the major PR press wires.”
To open your account with EIN Newswire and place your first news release for free (no credit card required), visit www.EINPresswire.com/free and enter Promo Code: Dean.
Reputation coach and Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart recently bought an unusual gift for himself: lunch with Mark Jackson, a three-time Super Bowl wide receiver for the Denver Broncos.
Dean was able to arrange the tête–à–tête through ProHero.com, a new web service and app that offers entrepreneurs and fans hundreds of one-on-one celebrity experiences, including workouts, golf games, concert-going, and private dining.
Steven Ogunro, a one-time investment banker and co-founder of ProHero.com, joins Dean this week on Monday Morning Radio to talk about how small business owners and entrepreneurs can harness ProHero.com to impress customers and prospects, to glean practical lessons from successful athletes and public figures, and to meet some personal heroes.
Photo: Mark Jackson, ProHero.com Celebrity
Posted: August 15, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 39 minutes 49 seconds
Your reputation is your most valuable asset. Learn how to amplify it using Dean Rotbart’s proven 5 Pillars of Reputation method. Join Dean for his next FREE one-hour live webinar, on Thursday August 18th, at 4 pm EDT. Register at MondayMorningRadio.com. You’ve only got one reputation, make sure to protect and nurture it.
Noah St. John is the creator of the 6-Figure Business Machine, a self-paced mentoring program that allows any entrepreneur or professional to automate profits, increase sales, and work a lot fewer hours each week.
Noah specializes in turning AFOS (average frustrated opportunity seekers) into HSBOs (highly successful business owners).
Noah’s popular Mastermind group for small business owners requires a 5-figure admissions fee, if you’re lucky enough to grab an open slot. But this week on Monday Morning Radio, Noah shares many of his best insights and recommendations – as encapsulated in his 6-Figure Business Machine program – for FREE.
Beginning this week, Monday Morning Radio welcome Noah and 6-Figure Business Machine as official sponsors of our program.
To learn more about the 6-Figure Business Machine, and evaluate whether Noah’s approach is right for you and your business, visit http://tinyurl.com/mmrns01. Noah offers Monday Morning Radio listeners a variety of business tools, including an eBook and helpful videos, without cost or obligation.
Photo: Noah St. John, 6-Figure Business Machine
Posted: August 8, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 39 minutes 39 seconds
Rieva Lesonsky is a living, breathing, encyclopedia of small business wisdom. Whether the topic is boosting sales, harnessing technology, overcoming obstacles, or finding that extra dose of entrepreneurial inspiration, Rieva is the expert. She’s the former award-winning editorial director of Entrepreneur Magazine, a syndicated small business writer, an author, and CEO of her own successful business, GrowBiz Media.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart taps into Rieva’s vast almanac of knowledge to extract practical advice and insights that you can put to use in your own business, today.
Photo: Rieva Lesonsky, GrowBiz Media
Posted: August 1, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 48 minutes 16 seconds
Your reputation is your most valuable asset. Learn how to amplify it using Dean Rotbart’s proven 5 Pillars of Reputation method. Join Dean for his next FREE one-hour live webinar, on Thursday August 18th, at 4 pm EDT. Register at MondayMorningRadio.com. You’ve only got one reputation, make sure to protect and nurture it.
Ann Parker is an expert on talent development. As editor of CTDO Magazine – Chief Talent Development Officer – she has a unique window on state-of-the-art personnel development, be it at Fortune 500 companies or small businesses with fewer than ten employees.
This week on Monday Morning Radio with reputation coach and host Dean Rotbart, Ann shares some of her practical insights, highlighting the power of talent development to make or break a business.
Photo: Ann Parker, CTDO Magazine
Posted: July 25, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 31 minutes 04 seconds
Your reputation is your most valuable asset. Learn how to amplify it using Dean Rotbart’s proven 5 Pillars of Reputation method. Join Dean for his next FREE one-hour live webinar, on Thursday August 18th, at 4 pm EDT. Register at MondayMorningRadio.com. You’ve only got one reputation, make sure to protect and nurture it.
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Emerson Daub recently published his second book, HyperKid v. BullBorg. Backed by a national PR campaign, the juvenile novel is selling well on Amazon in several categories, including Growing Up & Facts of Life.
What makes Emerson different from the crowd of other children’s books writers is that, he, himself, is just 9 years old – at least until July 22nd that is, when he turns the big 1-0.
Many parents think about teaming with a young son or daughter to create a book, write an opera, or launch a business, but never actually act on their ideas. Emerson’s parents did, and this week, reputation coach and Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart – in his best investigative mode – gets the scoop from both Emerson and his proud papa Richard. (Hint: Emerson’s favorite color is red; Richard’s is blue.)
If you’ve ever dreamed of going into business with your children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews, you’ll want to hear the inspiring tale behind Hyperkid v. BullBorg.
Photo: Emerson and Richard Daub
Posted: July 18, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 35 minutes 04 seconds
Your reputation is your most valuable asset. Learn how to amplify it using Dean Rotbart’s proven 5 Pillars of Reputation method. Join Dean for his next FREE one-hour live webinar, on Thursday August 18th, at 4 pm EDT. Register at MondayMorningRadio.com. You’ve only got one reputation, make sure to protect and nurture it.
Scott Frazer and his son, Sean, help run the family’s service station and convenience store, Milne Court, in tiny New Minas, Nova Scotia, population 2,500.
Last month, when out of the blue an elderly customer in their store asked Sean to dance with her, he obliged. Sean’s impromptu senior citizen waltz was captured on Milne Court’s security cameras and Dad Scott posted it to Facebook. In a two-step, the video went viral and is now nearing 1 million views.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Scott and Sean share with reputation coach and host Dean Rotbart the story behind their viral video, and the takeaways we all can utilize to generate our own popular online videos.
Photo: Screen shot of Sean Fraser doing the "Senior Citizen Waltz"
Posted: July 11, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 51 minutes 01 seconds
Your reputation is your most valuable asset. Learn how to amplify it using Dean Rotbart’s proven 5 Pillars of Reputation method. Join Dean for his next FREE one-hour live webinar, on Thursday August 18th, at 4 pm EDT. Register at MondayMorningRadio.com. You’ve only got one reputation, make sure to protect and nurture it.
From the time she was in high school, Janine Stange was touched by our national anthem, The Star Spangled Banner, and all it represents. So she began singing it, and singing it, and singing it, right into the record books.
Now known as the National Anthem Girl, Janine has performed the Star Spangled Banner publicly thousands of times, in all 50-states, in venues from Madison Square Garden to Arlington National Cemetery, and at untold numbers of major sporting events, festivals, and patriotic celebrations.
In one 24-hour period last August, in fact, Janine performed publicly 24 different times.
For Janine, singing the national anthem is a cause, a passion, and increasingly a business.
Does patriotism make for a good business platform? This week on Monday Morning Radio, Janine will address that question, as well as share with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart what it takes to be a hall of fame-caliber reputation builder.
We all can’t be rich in life, but by relying on some well-established business protocols, we all can be much healthier than we are today.
That’s the premise behind Jill M. Ginsberg’s new book, “Self-Made Wellionaire,” which draws on her background as an MBA, serial entrepreneur, and former corporate brand manager to show overworked business owners, professionals, and do-it-all working moms how to succeed at health.
Jill, who is based in Seattle, is a much-in-demand health coach and corporate wellness speaker. Jill’s aim is to empower all of us to become the CEOs of our own health – a goal, which she says, can take a few dedicated months, but is far more certain to produce a positive result than most business ventures.
The irony of Jill’s approach, as she explains to host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, is that when people become the CEOs of their own health, usually their business performance also shows impressive improvement.
Photo: Jill Ginsberg, Author
Posted: June 27, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 33 minutes 11 seconds
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After 33 years as an IRS tax collector, Richard M. Schickel and two of his former IRS colleagues have written a tell-all book intended to help small business owners and others defend themselves from the harsh tactics of the IRS.
What to Do When the IRS is After You is not a book the IRS wants you to read or to own. Why? Because it is brutally honest about the vindictive nature of the IRS, and what you can – and can’t – get away with once the IRS is on your case.
Join host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart this week on Monday Morning Radio as he and Richard Schickel, head of RMS Consulting in Tuscon, undertake their own no-holds-barred audit of the IRS.
Photo: RIchard M. Schickel, Author
Posted: June 13, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 40 minutes 06 seconds
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Having spent more than 10,000 hours coaching senior executives and their teams to greater performance, Allan Milham concluded that genuine curiosity is the core trait that separates successful leaders from the pack.
Together with Guy Parsons, a lean manufacturing consultant to companies such as BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman, Milham is helping Corporate America redefine the role of owner/CEO from “Knower Leader” to “Learner Leader.”
Milham and Parsons, co-authors of Out of the Question: How Curious Leaders Win, demonstrate the best ways to ask business questions this week on Monday Morning Radio, hosted by reputation coach Dean Rotbart.
Photo: Allan Milham (l) and Guy Parsons
Posted: May 30, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 37 minutes 02 seconds
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Every president since Teddy Roosevelt has been the guest of Denver’s iconic Brown Palace Hotel & Spa, except two (Calvin Coolidge and Barack Obama).
Wizard Academy co-founders Roy & Pennie Williams are among the list of distinguished guests whose names grace the venerable logs of the hotel’s register.
Built in 1892, the triangular-shaped Brown Palace is the crown jewel of Rocky Mountain luxury hotels.
For the past 11 years, Marcel Pitton has served as the managing director of the hotel – overseeing its day-to-day operations and $42 million in facility upgrades.
At the end of May 2016, Marcel checks out of the Brown Palace to pursue new adventures.
Originating this week from the Eisenhower Presidential Suite at the hotel, reputation coach and Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart talks to Marcel about what it takes to orchestrate a team of 400 employees to provide consistent world-class service – including the Forbes Four-Star and the Triple A Four Diamond designations every, single year.
Investigative reporter that he is, Rotbart also gets Marcel to settle the question once and for all about whether the Brown Palace’s permanent guests include ghosts – who many people swear they’ve encountered. Get the definitive answer, exclusively, on Monday Morning Radio.
Photo: Marcel Pitton, Brown Palace Hotel & Spa (Photography by Avital)
Posted: May 23, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 32 minutes 37 seconds
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Until March of this year, Raymond Hennessey served as the editorial director of Entrepreneur Media, publisher of Entrepreneur magazine. He was one of the nation’s top small business journalists.
This week, Ray sits for a candid X-It Interview with Dean Rotbart, host of Monday Morning Radio and executive editor of NewsBios.com. Ray is now Chief Innovation Officer at JConnelly, a respected New York-based communications and marketing agency.
Free to speak his mind, Ray shares his frank thoughts on journalism and public relations.
Highlights of the interview include:
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How companies large and small are successfully bypassing the newsroom and connecting directly with consumers
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What many companies still misunderstand about content marketing
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Where most PR agencies still fail to understand journalists and consumers
Photo: Ray Hennessey, JConnelly
Posted: May 16, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 41 minutes 26 seconds
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Peet’s Coffee & Tea has grown from a single retail shop at Walnut and Vine in Berkeley, California, into an $800 million, 240-store chain now celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Dave Burwick, president and CEO, ascribes the success and longevity of the coffee roaster and retailer to “scaling the smallness” – a method that allows businesses to remain true to their founding principles, while constantly keeping pace with the changing times.
Sit back, and drink in some genuine business wisdom as host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart and Dave Burwick toast the success of Peet’s Coffee on its 50th business birthday.
Posted: May 9,, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 27 minutes 40 seconds
You may think you have little in common with a pig farmer and butcher in upstate New York, and you’d be right, unless you value great customer service, superior products, passion, perseverance, and profits.
Heather Sandford has carefully packaged each of those qualities into her store, The Piggery, which helps explain why there are often lines of customers snaking out the door of her farm-to-table butcher shop.
Heather joins host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart this week on Monday Morning Radio, where he huffs, and puffs, and blows away the notion that so-called dirty businesses can’t be great businesses and role models.
Read about Heather's recipe for success, and Dean's observations on what other entrepreneurs can learn from The Piggery's success here.
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Posted: May 2,, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 40 minutes 51 seconds
Sarah Hassenger is a successful entrepreneur, making and selling quality handcrafted bowties that are so popular they’ve been included in the swag gift bags distributed at the Primetime Emmys and MTV Movie Awards.
Celebs who proudly own Sarah’s products include Ryan Gosling (and George), Amanda Seyfried (and Finn), Rachel Ray (and Isaboo), and Alison Sweeney (and Jorge and Winky).
Oh…. Yes…. did we forget to mention that Sarah’s company, Four Black Paws, makes bowties and a full range of stylish designer collars and accessories for dogs, not humans?
Join host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart this week on Monday Morning Radio as he showcases Sarah and the lessons she offers other entrepreneurs. When it comes to identifying a market ripe for original, playful, and useful products, Sarah is definitely barking up the right tree.
Photo: Sarah Hassenger and her dog, Leila - Four Black Paws
Posted: April 25, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 33 minutes 12 seconds
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If you love larger-than-life personalities, you’ll enjoy hearing Dave Thorell’s colorful reflections on his career at KRVN 880 Rural Radio in Lexington, Nebraska.
Farmers and ranchers in the Midwest consider Dave Thorell as much a part of their daily routine as milking the cows, watering the crops, and planting seeds. Later this year, Dave will be inducted into the Nebraska Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
Monday Morning Radio host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart and his photographer daughter Avital, drove to Nebraska to capture this broadcast legend in conversation and photos.
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Jeffrey Biers, who heads Pittsburgh-based All Season Productions, is an entrepreneur and aspiring filmmaker who has written the script and intends to play the lead character in a new Spiderman fan film. The catch: Jeff is swinging into more obstacles than success at the moment.
As many an entrepreneur can attest, pursuing your dreams can at times seem like a scene from a horror film. This week on Monday Morning Radio, Jeff shares his struggles to vanquish the business villains that stand between him and commercial and artistic success. Join host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart for a preview of Spider-Man: Night of the Hunter.
Photo: Jeffrey Biers, All Season Productions
Posted: April 11, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 34 minutes 17 seconds
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It’s been almost exactly 140 years since Alexander Graham Bell first phoned his assistant, beckoning, “Mr. Watston – come here – I want to see you.”
While the telephone is decidedly old-school, it is still one of the most prominent and important conduits for business. Charlie Fusco specializes in turning each and every call from, or to, a business prospect into a brand-building exercise.
Charlie, founder and CEO of Synergixx, chats this week with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart about the best – and worst – ways for a business to communicate by phone. Listen in on their call right now - and profit.
Photo: Charlie Fusco, Synergixx
Posted: April 4, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 41 minutes 53 seconds
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Do you worry that your business might be going belly-up? Just launching a business means you’re not a yellow-belly, although most entrepreneurs do have a propensity to bellyache.
Are you detecting a pattern here?
Well, belly-up to the bar and share a few belly laughs this week on Monday Morning Radio as Dr. Per-Olof Hasselgren, a professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, shares his collection of common idioms, slang, and everyday English expressions that reference body parts.
Everyone who has a nose for the language arts will find Dr. Hasselgren’s brainchild – and his new book, Body Language – From Head to Toe – an eye-opening experience.
As usual, our gutsy host, Dean Rotbart, cuts right to the heart of the matter.
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Photo: Dr. Per-Olof Hasselgren
Posted: March 28, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 26 minutes 38 seconds
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The former deputy speaker of the New Jersey State Assembly, a diehard Democrat, and a prominent New Jersey Republican businessman are on a bipartisan campaign to get more private businesses to give their employees partial ownership of their companies.
As Upendra Chivukula and Veny Musim view it, the only way to save capitalism is to exponentially increase the number of capitalists. Their new book, The 3rd Way, spells out the argument and backs it up with substantial empirical evidence.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Democrat and Republican make their joint case for employee-owned businesses. Upendra and Veny are interviewed by reputation coach and host, Dean Rotbart.
As an added bonus this week, be sure to stay tuned following Dean’s interview to hear a short excerpt from Martin’s Business Milestones’ interview with the incomparable Eddie Gossage, president of the Texas Motor Speedway. TMS is celebrating its 20th Milestone Anniversary this year and will be featured soon at www.MartinsBusinessMilestones.com.
Monday Morning Radio listeners get a sneak peak of Eddie’s interview with Dr. Charles W. Martin, founder of Martin’s Business Milestones, a new website created to celebrate and support entrepreneurs. Dean serves as Editor-in-Chief of MBM.
Top Photo: Upendra Chivukula, The 3rd Way
Bottom Photo: Eddie Gossage, Texas Motor Speedway
Posted: March 21, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 28 minutes 33 seconds
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How’s this for role reversal – Gen X and Baby Boomer business owners stand to learn a lot from (…wait for it) – Millennial business owners. That’s the conclusion of a survey of 600 American small businesses conducted for The Principal Financial Group, a Fortune 500 financial services company based in Des Moines.
Amy Friedrich, a senior vice president at The Principal who helps oversee the Index, shares the survey results and her analysis this week with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart.
They may be younger than their Gen X and Baby Boomer peers, but Millennial-generation business owners are doing astonishingly well and also crushing it when it comes to work/life balance.
When compared to earlier generations of entrepreneurs, The Principal discovered that Millennials are working fewer hours, providing extra and innovative employee benefits, and projecting a higher level of optimism.
An article featuring a partial transcript of Dean's interview can be found on Martin’s Business Milestones at: http://wp.me/p770YJ-dq.
“Millennials are demonstrating they’re a new driving force as business owners,” says Friedrich. “Between working fewer hours, more growth and higher optimism, millennial business owners are a force to be reckoned with.”
Photo: Amy Friedrich, The Principal Financial Group
Posted: March 14, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 40 minutes 30 seconds
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Celebrity endorsements are not just for giant consumer-products brands anymore. Many small businesses are discovering the sales magnetism of celebrities who talk up their products – whether in advertisements or social media posts.
Evan Morgenstein, president and CEO of CelebExperts, specializes in matching celebrities with businesses – including startups and not-ready-for-prime-time companies. His results have been nothing short of amazing.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Morgenstein shares with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart the ins-and-outs celebrity endorsements.
Photo: Evan Morgenstein, Celeb Experts
Posted: March 7, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 51 minutes 52 seconds
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For decades, Sears stores in Miami stocked snowblowers in their garden centers, even though no one ever bought one and it hasn’t snowed in Miami since 1977.
That, says Steven D. Goldstein, a former Sears senior executive, results from management disengagement – an ailment that plaques many owners and senior executives.
Steve, who has been a top executive at several Fortune 500 companies, is an evangelist for management engagement. His first book, Why Are There Snowblowers in Miami? – due out later this year, details five positive principles of engagement that can prevent boneheaded management actions.
Steve shares those principles this week on Monday Morning Radio with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, and answers the obvious question: What was Sears thinking?
Photo: Steven D. Goldstein, Author, Why Are Their Snowblowers in Miami?
Posted: February 29, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 37 minutes 33 seconds
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Success has killed more than a few companies that had plenty of orders, but not enough affordable funding to finance sufficient inventory.
Sean De Clercq and his company, Kickfurther, solve that age-old problem. Kickfurther is a unique business-funding marketplace in which investors – rather than taking equity in a company – actually purchase a share of its inventory. In exchange, the investors get a potential return on their money that trumps the stock market, mutual funds, and real estate.
Reputation coach and host Dean Rotbart brings his Monday Morning Radio microphone to Boulder, Colorado this week to take his own inventory of how Kickfurther is revolutionizing small business financing.
Video: Watch Dean and Sean in a video version of this week's Monday Morning Radio
Photo: Dean Rotbart (l) and Sean De Clercq in Boulder
Posted: February 8, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 39 minutes 10 seconds
Dean Rotbart will next present his popular Reputation Tool Chest Workshop at Wizard Academy on February 16th and 17th. Let Dean teach you to how to build an unparalleled online reputation for you or your business.
The big party is on today in Lexington, Nebraska, as the town and nearby residents gather to celebrate 65 years since local farm radio station, KRVN, began broadcasting. There is no other radio station in America comparable to KRVN, which is owned by more than 4,000 Nebraska farmers and ranchers.
How in this day and age a rural AM radio station that concentrates on commodity prices and weather forecasts has survived and prospered holds ample lessons for all business owners and entrepreneurs. As reputation coach and host Dean Rotbart discovered, knowing your customers and working hard each day to serve them is a winning formula – both down on the farm and in major metropolitan markets.
You’re invited to join the anniversary festivities today on Monday Morning Radio, featuring interviews with KRVN general manager Craig Larson and station manager Tim Marshall. Be sure to save room for some homemade anniversary cake.
Note: On this week’s episode, Dean is joined by Dr. Charles W. Martin – “Charley” – the founder of Martin’s Business Milestones – an unprecedented nationwide campaign just getting underway that is designed to showcase and honor small business owners and entrepreneurs.
Martin’s Business Milestones - which you’ll be hearing a lot more about in the coming weeks and months - is dedicated to celebrating those businesses that have demonstrated the tenacity, agility, creativity, know-how, loyalty and experience that are required to tackle the challenges that bring down so many other small businesses. Businesses such as KRVN.
Be sure to visit the Martin’s Business Milestones Twitter page at: www.twitter.com/milestonecos
When most Americans think of doing business with China, they think of outsourcing American manufacturing jobs. But that’s not the big opportunity according to Mark Matsumoto. “Why buy from China when you can sell to China?”
Many small and mid-size businesses today are making jumbo profits by exporting products and services to China and other Asian Pacific markets. Thanks to modern technology, it’s easier than you might think. According to Matsumoto, who has been doing it for 25 years, all you need is a smart phone and some common sense.
You can buy his book – Exporting in the Connected World – or you can hear it straight from the expert himself as Matsumoto is interviewed on this week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio by host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart.
p.s. Do you remember when Roy H. Williams, the Wizard, and his co-author Michael Drew, talked about this very topic in Pendulum?
Robert Gerlach, a global expert on organizational creativity, has taught companies such as Microsoft, Samsung and BASF the fine art of inspiring creativity.
Based in Stuttgart, Germany, Robert’s company – iQudo, recently conducted a landmark survey in the U.S. to discover the secret ingredients of company-wide creativity. The results were not what anyone expected.
This week on Monday Morning Radio with reputation coach and host Dean Rotbart, Robert offers some of his best tips on how to inspire your business to be more creative.
Photo: Robert Gerlach, iQudo
Posted: January 18, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 31 minutes 39 seconds
Dean Rotbart will next present his popular Reputation Tool Chest Workshop at Wizard Academy on February 16th and 17th. Let Dean teach you to how to build an unparalleled online reputation for you or your business. Registration is limited, so don't delay.
Each year, Stratfor – which is based not far from the Wizard Academy in Austin, Texas – issues its much-anticipated predictions for what we can expect in the coming year on a geopolitical front – and how developments in areas such as the Middle East, Russia, and China will affect global economics. That includes the impact on commodity prices, the value of the U.S. dollar in global markets, and consumer consumption.
By placing global events in a geopolitical framework, Stratfor gives its clients a strategic advantage as they strive to be better prepared to seize opportunities and avoid risks.
This week’s guest on Monday Morning Radio, Sim Tack, is Stratfor’s director of analytical support. While the battlefields in Syria and Iraq, and the general political stability in Africa, may feel like there are light years removed from the day-to-day concerns of most American business owners and entrepreneurs, they are anything but.
As Sim explains to host and noted reputation coach Dean Rotbart, what’s happening a world away from Main Street USA – in our increasingly connected world economy – will impact every one of us in 2016.
Photo: Sim Tack, Stratfor
Posted: January 4, 2016
Monday Morning Run Time: 33 minutes 56 seconds
For a residential and commercial architect, Mark Grisafe has an unusual business motto: Advise, Advocate & Collaborate. It’s an unconventional approach that over the past decade has helped him grow his Long Beach, California, firm – M. Grisafe Architect – into a thriving business.
While many professionals shun taking advice from their clients – think lawyers and accountants, for example – Mark actually cultivates his clients’ involvement at every step of the way. In turn, they consistently reward him with repeat business and word-of-mouth referrals.
This week on Monday Morning Radio with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart, Mark shares his unique blueprint for building a professional practice in close cooperation with his clients.
Photo: Mark Grisafe, M. Grisafe Architects
Posted: December 28, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 33 minutes 10 seconds
Dean Rotbart will next present his popular Reputation Tool Chest Workshop at Wizard Academy on February 16th and 17th. Let Dean teach you to how to build an unparalleled online reputation for you or your business. Registration is limited, so don't delay.
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain! Perhaps. But Audrey Hepburn’s My Fair Lady transformation from a lowly Cockney flower girl to a gentile society lady with impeccable speech is anything but authentic.
It’s not that such a speech makeover isn’t possible, it’s just that the fictional professor of phonetics Henry Higgins doesn’t use the correct methodology.
Ita M. Olsen, this week’s guest on Monday Morning Radio, has spent more than two decades honing the right methods to correct speech and empower speakers. Ita is one of the world’s leading speech coaches.
Whether you’re addressing an auditorium with thousands of listeners, a bank lending committee, a radio interviewer, or your own employees, how you deliver the message can actually be more important than what you say.
Ita and her company, Convey Clearly, have trained executives at American Express, JP Morgan, New York Life Insurance and many other leading global companies on ways to effectively deliver messages so that they have the desired impact.
This week Ita shares her top insights – both on how you can speak more clearly, and why you should.
Monday Morning Radio is produced and hosted by noted reputation coach Dean Rotbart.
Photo: Ita M. Olsen, Convey Clearly, and Audrey Hepburn, My Fair Lady
Posted: December 14, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 39 minutes 41 seconds
Dean Rotbart will next present his popular Reputation Tool Chest Workshop at Wizard Academy on February 16th and 17th. Let Dean teach you to how to build an unparalleled online reputation for you or your business. Registration is limited, so don't delay.
A few days after Lara Spear Riley and Rob Bouley were guests on Monday Morning Radio this past October, they appeared on ABC-TV’s Shark Tank, asking $55,000 for a 25% equity stake in their company, Switch Witch. Instead of funding, Lara and Rob got ridicule and left empty-handed.
Shark Kevin O’Leary was blunt: “If I were you, I’d take this behind the barn and burn it. Because I think it sucks.”
This week, Lara and Rob return to Monday Morning Radio to reflect on their Shark Tank experience and offer other entrepreneurs some surprising advice about whether or not to follow them into the Shark Tank.
As you'll hear, Lara and Rob are troopers. Despite getting slammed on air - with family, friends, and customers watching, they report that 2015 Halloween sales were strong and they are marching ahead. To be a successful entrepreneur, you have to have a fighting spirit and get back up even when you've been knocked to the ground.
Be sure to also listen to our first interview with Lara and Rob. Although they couldn't tell anyone when they spoke to us back in October, they already knew that the Sharks had taken a big bite out of them. Nonetheless, their comments on the judges and the program were - and continue to be - nothing but classy.
To hear the October 19th interview, click here.
Photo: Rob Bouley and Lara Spear Riley, Switch Witch
Posted: December 7, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 31 minutes 05 seconds
Visit Switch Witch and pick up a truly special treat for the children in your life: www.Switch-Witch.com.
Wes Schaeffer has helped tens of thousands of entrepreneurs and salespeople sell more goods and services, and amazingly, actually come to enjoy the sales process that so many people dread.
Wes, a Wizard Academy alumnus who is known as The Sales Whisperer, not only teaches others how to electrify their sales, he demonstrates the process – (walks the talk) - daily on his website, in his sales newsletter, his weekly podcast, and via his free online mini course.
Anyone, Wes believes, can become a better, more satisfied, salesperson. He explains how this week on Monday Morning Radio.
Monday Morning Radio is produced and hosted by noted reputation coach Dean Rotbart.
Photo: Wes Schaeffer, The Jury Whisperer
Posted: November 30, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 39 minutes 15 seconds
Dean Rotbart will next present his popular Reputation Tool Chest Workshop at Wizard Academy on February 16th and 17th. Let Dean teach you to how to build an unparalleled online reputation for you or your business. Registration is limited, so don't delay.
On important decisions, do you have a difficult time making up your mind? Do you engage in endless, “on the one hand, but on the other hand” thinking?
Shelley Row, a self-described “recovering over-thinker,” coaches executives and entrepreneurs on ways to make better, smarter, more insightful decisions. In her new book, Think Less, Live More, Shelley promotes a Cognition-Intuition Balance Model, which strikes a balance between relying on hard data and gut feel when it comes to making crucial decisions.
One easy decision is to hear what Shelley has to say this week on Monday Morning Radio, featuring host and noted reputation coach Dean Rotbart.
Photo: Shelley Row, Think Less, Live More
Posted: November 23, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 32 minutes 52 seconds
Dr. Cheryl Bauman is a global evangelist for face-to-face communications.
In this increasingly digital age, Dr. Bauman, author of Just Say It, is reintroducing the world to the many benefits of holding face-to-face meetings – and sharing her insights on how to make those interactions even more successful.
To demonstrate her point, this week Dr. Bauman joins reputation coach and Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart via a Skype video call, so you can both see and hear her business communications insights.
Watch and listen now.
The Fired Up Selling Project is a nationwide campaign to identify and showcase the top 300 statements ever made for brightening the spirits and focusing the minds of sales professionals and entrepreneurs.
Would you like to be one of the judges who gets to decide which quotes make that list? Ray Bard, the owner of Bard Press (and the first-ever chairman of the board of Wizard Academy) is inviting you to help him select the final 300 quotes that will be published in 2016 and sold in bookstores nationwide.
Ray tells reputation coach and Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart all about it this week. You’ll be glad you listened. And you can quote us on that.
Photo: Ray Bard, Bard Press
Posted: November 9, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 34 minutes 38 seconds
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The human foot contains 26 bones, 33 joints, and more than 100 muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Perfect for walking. But when many people tuck their tootsies under their bed covers – to read or sleep - they wind up with leg and foot pain, and cramps.
Hal Mintz was one such sufferer. So the seasoned entrepreneur and venture capitalist set out to invent better bedding. The result: Kangapoda, a line of U.S. made, patented ergonomic sheets and blankets that offer relief to bedtime foot-pain sufferers.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart goes under the covers to get the skinny on Kangapoda and its unconventional challenge to mainstream bedding manufacturers.
Photo: Hal Mintz, Kangapoda
Posted: November 2, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 31 minutes 01 seconds
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Can a free phone and desktop application reduce the incidents of distracted teenage driving?
Las Vegas entrepreneurs Leon Wilde and Phil Randazzo believe it can, and they are betting their ample experience as successful business owners and investors on DriveSafe Mode, a patented application they designed to save lives – and parental anxiety.
Think of DriveSafe Mode as a 24/7 tattletale. If your teen is texting, tweeting, snapchatting, of otherwise posting – when he or she is in a moving vehicle, DriveSafe Mode can shut down the phone and notify you immediately. If your teen tries to disable the application, DriveSafe Mode will let you know that as well.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Leon and Phil tell host and noted reputation coach Dean Rotbart how they are navigating the highly competitive web app marketplace, and why they believe DriveSafe Mode is their express lane to a much larger, more successful suite of profitable products.
| Posted: October 26, 2015 Monday Morning Run Time: 35 minutes 09 seconds |
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Business partners Lara Spear Riley and Rob Bouley are the co-creators of Switch Witch, a Halloween-themed plush doll, cauldron, and accompanying storybook. Come Halloween, children dress up and still go trick-or-treating. Only when the kids get home, they deposit a portion of their candy stash with their Switch Witch, and in the morning – Presto, Change-o – the candy has been transformed into a special switch gift.
The real magic is how this unlikely product and duo caught the attention of the producers at ABC-TV’s Shark Tank. Riley and Bouley will face off against the notorious panel of sharks on Friday, October 23, 2015, at 9 pm Eastern Day Time.
But first, Riley and Bouley share their own entrepreneurial tale - and the steps they took to earn a spot on Shark Tank - with reputation coach and Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart - our resident guppy.
Posted: October 19, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 32 minutes 45 seconds
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Author, entrepreneur, and business coach Barbara Wittmann gives new meaning to the term, “Chief Executive Officer.”
Because the chiefs Barbara models her management advice after are those historic leaders of Native American tribes who led their people drawing upon ancient wisdom and a respect for the natural world.
Barbara, who is based in Munich, Germany, and runs an IT consulting business, is the author of “Meetings in Moccasins,” which is a practical and spirit guide to sustainable business success.
Host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart invite you to join him and Barbara for very special Pow Wow this week on Monday Morning Radio.
Photo: Barbara Wittmann, "Meetings in Moccasins"
Posted: October 12, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 32 minutes 45 seconds
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Groucho Marx famously used to warble, “Hello, I must be going.”
Most business owners don’t pay nearly enough attention to their eventual exits, nor are they prepared to answer the soul-searching question, “Who am I, if not my company.”
Enter Dr. Pamela Dennis, author of Exit Signs – The Expressway to Selling Your Company with Pride and Profit. She successfully sold her own multi-million consulting practice and has never regretted it for a moment. This week on Monday Morning Radio, she’ll share her formula for gracefully exiting the company you’ve built and love.
Photo: Dr. Pamela Dennis, Author
Posted: October 5, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 30 minutes 12 seconds
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On October 8th, in Ogden, Utah, Janelle Page and Matt Misbach will seal their love by exchanging wedding vows in front of a large gathering of family, friends, neighbors and colleagues.
Theirs is not only a story of romance, it’s also a valuable lesson in personal branding and video marketing. Divorced and the mother of four, Janelle was having no luck attracting eligible suitors last year when she decided to apply her business experience - using video testimonials to help her clients generate more leads and make more sales - to the dating game.
Her 8 ½ minute autobiographical YouTube video, #ManHunt, spelled out exactly who she is, who she is looking for, and who need not apply. It worked.
Janelle and Matt share their tale this week on Monday Morning Radio with host and reputation coach Dean Rotbart. As Dean points out, mass marketing is great, but sometimes superfluous. “Whether you’re looking for a spouse, an employee, an investor, or a few new clients, laser-targeted marketing might just prove a perfect match for you as well,” Rotbart observes.
Janelle is the CEO of KickFire, based in Kaysville, UT. Her firm specializes in customized, laser-beam focused marketing campaigns.
Photo: Janelle Page of KickFire, and her husband-to-be, Matt Misbach
Posted: September 21, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 33 minutes 43 seconds
Want to learn how to generate free publicity and social media "buzz" for your business? Schedule a one-hour phone consultation with Monday Morning Radio co-host Dean Rotbart: 1-303-296-1200. Limited slots now booking for October and November 2015.
You don’t have to be Mark Zuckerberg, Noah Glass, Biz Stone or any of the other social media moguls to own and operate your own successful online community.
Which is great news, because custom online communities – where customers, clients, or members talk to and support one another - are rapidly surpassing blogs and the major social networking platforms as the very best vehicle for fostering brand loyalty and engagement.
That said, what works in theory often fails miserably in practice.
That’s why Katie Bapple and Joshua Paul, top experts in the field, have written a new book, The Online Community Blueprint, designed to help even small businesses master the art of online community creation and operation.
Katie and Joshua, both executives at Socious, whose software engages more than 1.3 million online community members, are my guests this week on Monday Morning Radio.
Katie and Joshua will talk us through the basics of building a successful, proprietary online community. It is the cutting edge of online marketing and too important to ignore.
Photo: Joshua Paul and Katie Bapple, Socious
Posted: September 14, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 42 minutes 17 seconds
Want to learn how to generate free publicity and social media "buzz" for your business? Schedule a one-hour phone consultation with Monday Morning Radio co-host Dean Rotbart: 1-303-296-1200. Limited slots now booking for October and November 2015.
Larry Jacobson walked away from a lucrative business and well-established life to spend six years sailing around the world. Why? Because he dreamed of doing it since he was a boy. Now Larry has set sail on a new voyage – teaching others how to follow in his wake.
Larry’s “Sail Into Retirement” program is NOT about 401ks, pension plans or reverse mortgages. It is about finding the courage and the commitment to weigh anchor on your old life and begin anew. Join Larry and Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart, his ersatz first mate, as they explore the unchartered waters of retirement bliss.
Photo: Larry Jacobson, Sail Into Retirement
Posted: August 31, 2015
Run Time: 31 minutes and 44 seconds
Hiring the wrong person to go to work in your company can be a very expensive mistake. But don’t feel bad. Four out of five new hires nationwide never see their 18th month.
Jeff Wilson knew there had to be a better way. A graduate of the Wharton School, Jeff designed the Ultimate Hiring System, a simple-to-follow method that allows every business – no matter how large or small – to attract, hire, and retain great people. Learn the dos and don’ts of recruitment this week on Monday Morning Radio.
[This is Jeff’s second visit to Monday Morning Radio. During his earlier interview, in November 2012, Jeff and his son Jake discussed the unglamorous world of bookkeeping and accounting, and demonstrated how to spot opportunities for profits that most business owners overlook. The episode is among the ten most popular all-time editions of the show.]
Photo: Jeff Wilson, Ultimate Hiring System
Posted: August 24, 2015
Run Time: 37 minutes and 03 seconds
Dean will be teaching his amazing 2-Day Mile High Reputation Tool Chest Workshop in Denver on September 3rd and 4th. The workshop will provide registrants with all the knowledge and training they need to rocket launch their local, national, and even global reputations. For more information or to register, visit MondayMorningRadio.com.
Heidi Ganahl has lived a dog’s life. And a lucky dog at that. She is the founder of Camp Bow Wow, which she grew from one doggy day care center into the largest pet-care franchiser in North America.
When Heidi sold her company in 2014 (she remains CEO), it had about 3,500 employees and generated system-wide sales of $71 million. Want to know how you can follow in her paw-steps? Heidi shares her favorite entrepreneur treats this week on Monday Morning Radio.
Photo: Heidi Ganahl, Camp Bow Wow
Posted: August 17, 2015
Run Time: 31 minutes and 41 seconds
Dean will be teaching his amazing 2-Day Mile High Reputation Tool Chest Workshop in Denver on September 3rd and 4th. The workshop will provide registrants with all the knowledge and training they need to rocket launch their local, national, and even global reputations. For more information or to register, visit MondayMorningRadio.com.
Procrastinators and self-doubters forewarned. This week on Monday Morning Radio, Wizard Academy graduate Julie Anne Eason will kick to the curb all your best excuses for not writing a book to help promote yourself and your business.
Julie, a professional writer and coach, has heard every excuse in the book – for not writing one. She’s not buying any of them.
Julie’s own book, The Profitable Business Author, is due out any minute. Moreover, Julie will be joining Rich Carr (last week’s guest) and Elad Hogen as guest faculty members at Dean Rotbart’s upcoming Mile High Reputation Tool Chest Workshop.
On this week’s podcast, Julie shares some of her best publishing insights and previews her presentation at Dean’s awesome workshop (September 3rd and 4th.)
p.s. There is no “Rabbit Hole” on Monday Morning Radio. But, if you’ve ever considered writing a book and haven’t yet so, be sure to keep listening this week after the formal portion of the podcast ends. We dare you!
It’s Back-to-School week at Monday Morning Radio. Only your role is as teacher of your own powerful online course.
Online education is a booming industry and Rich Carr, founder of The Education Engine and a Wizard Academy alumnus, is here to explain how business owners and managers can easily become online professors.
Whether your students are employees, customers, or paying registrants, The Education Engine makes building an effective online course simple and effective.
Rich and his programmers have designed The Education Engine to be intuitive enough that anyone can design and offer an effective online course, yet sophisticated enough to easily surpass face-to-face workshops, speeches, and Power Point presentations in their impact. Clients of The Education Engine include Fortune 50 companies and small Mom & Pop retailers.
Rich Carr will be one of the guest faculty members at Dean Rotbart's upcoming Mile High Reputation Tool Chest Workshop in Denver on September 3rd and 4th. For more details or to register, visit: www.rtc.events. Reinvent your reputation in two extraordinary days.
You’ve read this week’s Monday Morning Memo, now hear all about the Whisk(e)y Marketing School from Professors Daniel Whittington and Tom Fischer.
Daniel, in Austin, and Tom, in London, will orate on exactly why storytelling, showmanship, and Single Malt Scotch make for an ideal blend.
As Daniel and Tom instruct the always sober Dean Rotbart, the Whisk(e)y Marketing School is only partly about understanding the world of whiskey. More importantly – and in keeping with the ethos of The Wizard Academy – the new school is really about making memories and creating experiences that people throughout the nation will soon be clamoring to partake in.
Whether you imbibe or not, there are some great business and marketing principles to savor on this week’s episode of Monday Morning Radio. Drink it in.
Photo: Daniel Whittington (l) and Tom Fischer
Posted: June 29, 2015
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 24:46
Dean will be teaching his amazing 2-Day Mile High Reputation Tool Chest Workshop in Denver on September 3rd and 4th. The workshop will provide registrants with all the knowledge and training they need to rocket launch their local, national, and even global reputations. For more information or to register, visit MondayMorningRadio.com.
Claire Dorotik-Nana has experienced adversity of a severity few of us will ever know.
The day before Valentines Day in 2001, Claire's mother murdered her father, who was bludgeoned and strangled. Only days earlier, Claire's family seemed about as normal as they come.
If that wasn’t awful enough, the lawyer defending Claire’s mother subsequently suggested that Claire, who was 24 at the time, had been the one to perpetrate the heinous crime.
Under such stress, most people would have crumbled.
Instead, Claire – this week’s guest on Monday Morning Radio - grew from the traumatic experience, and ever since has been helping others who face all variety of stress and trauma.
Claire, a licensed therapist and popular online columnist, is the author of a new book, Leverage: The Science of Turning Setbacks into Springboards. The book offers insights that can help small business owners and entrepreneurs cultivate the necessary skills to overcome adversity, both on the job and in their private lives.
Turn up the volume, as Claire shares the amazing story of her rebound this week with host Dean Rotbart.
Photo: Claire Dorotik-Nana
Posted: June 22, 2015
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 29 mins 47 secs
To kickoff our 4th year of weekly podcasts, Monday Morning Radio is honored to welcome Dr. Bill Dorfman, television personality, best-selling author, inventor, entrepreneur, and world-class philanthropist.
Dr. Dorfman, whose dental patients include a who’s who of Hollywood’s brightest stars, has previously been a guest on Oprah, The Tonight Show, The Today Show, Dr. Phil, and many other national programs. He is currently a featured dentist and occasional host on the CBS award-winning daytime show, The Doctors.
This week, Dr. Dorfman explains how he made the journey from a fresh dental school graduate to a multi-millionaire business owner and celebrity. Open wide and let the wisdom in.
Dr. Dorfman interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, an award-winning journalist and veteran broadcaster.
Dean will be teaching his amazing 2-Day Mile High Reputation Tool Chest Workshop in Denver on September 3rd and 4th. The workshop will provide registrants with all the knowledge and training they need to rocket launch their local, national, and even global reputations. For more information or to register, visit MondayMorningRadio.com.
Photo: Dr. Bill Dorfman Posted: June 15, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 30 minutes 56 seconds
Did you hear the story about the two guys from Europe who moved to Salt Lake City, bought a street food cart, and began peddling fresh hand-made Belgium waffles and fries?
One day, if Pierre Vandamme and Philippe Wyffels have their way, their tale will the the stuff of legends, much like Ray Kroc and McDonalds, and Dave Thomas and Wendy's.
Pierre and Philippe are the co-founders of Bruges Waffles & Frites, which has grown into a booming four-restaurant chain in Utah, and is now expanding to other states across the Mountain West. Relying on authentic Belgium recipes, Bruges Waffles & Frites draws cult-like crowds of customers clamoring for their fast-casual cuisine.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Pierre and Philippe will whet your appetite for their style of cooking up impressive profits - along with the best darn fries this side of the Atlantic Ocean.
Pierre and Philippe are interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, an award-winning journalist and veteran broadcaster.
Dean will be teaching his amazing 2-Day Mile High Reputation Tool Chest Workshop in Denver on September 3rd and 4th. The workshop will provide registrants with all the knowledge and training they need to rocket launch their local, national, and even global reputations. For more information or to register, visit MondayMorningRadio.com.
Photos: Pierre Vandamme (R) and Phillipe Wyffels (L) Posted: June 8, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 34 minutes 09 seconds
Little mermaids are big business. Spurred, in part, by the hit Australian TV show, “H2O: Just Add Water” - which airs in more than 120 countries - we are in the midst of a bona fide mermaid feeding frenzy. Among the more popular items making waves are mermaid tails, such as the children and adult swimming fins being marketed nationally by Swimtails, a company that recently surfaced to meet the burgeoning demand.
Husband-and-wife team Kristie Foster and Ryan Newman share their entrepreneurial tale this week on Monday Morning Radio and disclose their blueprint for making a business splash from mermaid mania.
Kristie and Ryan are interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, an award-winning journalist and veteran broadcaster.
Dean will be teaching his amazing 2-Day Mile High Reputation Tool Chest Workshop in Denver on September 3rd and 4th. The workshop will provide registrants with all the knowledge and training they need to rocket launch their local, national, and even global reputations. For more information or to register, visit MondayMorningRadio.com.
Posted: June 1, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 21 minutes 25 seconds
Are today’s young adults ready to succeed in business and life? Most, in honesty, aren’t. The reason, observes Dr. Joanie Connell, is that too many members of the so-called millennial generation have been (silver) spoon fed for too long.
This week on Monday Morning Radio Dr. Connell, author of Flying without a Helicopter: How to Prepare Young People for Work and Life, explains how she inspires young people to get R.E.A.L.: Resilient, Empowered, Authentic, and Limber.
Dr. Connell is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, co-host of Business Unconventional, the one-hour radio newsmagazine that aired weekly on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Photo: Dr. Joanie Connell, Flexible Work Solutions
Posted: May 25, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 31 minutes 44 seconds
Spend Labor Day weekend in gorgeous Colorado after having completed Dean Rotbart’s amazing 2-Day Mile High Reputation Tool Chest Workshop. You’ll leave with all the knowledge and training you need to rocket launch your own profitable local, national, even global reputation. To register or for more information, visit MondayMorningRadio.com.
Would you be more inclined to listen to this week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio if you knew that one lucky listener would win a Silver Aluminum Apple Watch? Perhaps.
But this week’s guest, Susan Fowler, thinks such prize incentives are an awful way to win customers or to encourage employees to perform better on the job. In the long run, they don’t work.
Susan, who has worked alongside management guru Ken Blanchard for more than two decades and co-authored three books with Ken, is an expert on the science of motivation.
Her own book, Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work…and What Does, explodes the conventional wisdom that to motivate others – or even yourself – you have two choices, the carrot or the stick. That may work for horses, Susan says, but not for listeners of this podcast or for any other sentient human being.
Susan is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, co-host of Business Unconventional, the one-hour radio newsmagazine that aired weekly on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Photo: Susan Fowler, Why Motivating People Doesn't Work
Posted: May 18, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 38 minutes 12 seconds
Spend Labor Day weekend in gorgeous Colorado after having completed Dean Rotbart’s amazing 2-Day Mile High Reputation Tool Chest Workshop. You’ll leave with all the knowledge and training you need to rocket launch your own profitable local, national, even global reputation. To register or for more information, visit MondayMorningRadio.com.
Wine dispensed from stainless steel kegs has begun to flow from some of the nation's top vineyards and restaurants. At the forefront of this liquid revolution are Napa-based Free Flow Wines and its CEO and co-founder, Jordan Kivelstadt.
Free Flow Wines is defying convention in asking fine restaurants and other venues to shift from bottles to kegs. It's a business challenge worthy of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine. This week on Monday Morning Radio, Kivelstadt uncorks his secret plan to bring technological and environmental innovation to the age-old wine industry.
p.s. Just a few short weeks ago, the Wizard Academy's resident oenophile, our very own Roy H. Williams, sipped his very first glass of wine on tap. Sacrilege? Apostasy? Depravity?
No, in Roy's own words, "I liked it."
Photo: Jordan Kivelstadt, Free Flow Wines
Posted: May 11, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 37 minutes 20 seconds
Spend Labor Day weekend in gorgeous Colorado after having completed Dean Rotbart’s amazing 2-Day Mile High Reputation Tool Chest Workshop. You’ll leave with all the knowledge and training you need to rocket launch your own profitable local, national, even global reputation. To register or for more information, visit MondayMorningRadio.com.
Is podcasting an effective marketing tool?
Bo Bennett sure thinks so. The serial entrepreneur just launched his 7th podcast – The Dr. Bo Show. “Dr. Bo” – who has a Ph.D. in social psychology – finds that podcasts deliver a steady stream of customers for his various ventures, including online courses, public speaking, and ebooks.
Why? Dr. Bo says many people have brains that are hardwired to be more receptive to audio input than reading or videos. (Where have we heard that before?) Join in this week on Monday Morning Radio and be counted among the audio cognoscenti.
Photo: Dr. Bo Bennett, The Dr. Bo Show
Posted: May 4, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 33 minutes 44 seconds
Spend Labor Day weekend in gorgeous Colorado after having completed Dean Rotbart’s amazing 2-Day Mile High Reputation Tool Chest Workshop. You’ll leave with all the knowledge and training you need to rocket launch your own profitable local, national, even global reputation. To register or for more information, visit MondayMorningRadio.com.
The odds that would-be inventors will cash in their innovations for a giant payday are astronomically small.
Each year tens of thousands of Americans – driven by a hunger to make life a little simpler or more rewarding – aim to bring their innovations to market. The vast majority of them fail. For more than 30 years, InventHelp, a Pittsburgh-based inventor service company, has aimed to improve the odds for their inventor-clients.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, InventHelp’s Nicole M. Lininger, who has worked for the company for more than 13 years, recounts some of the savvy methods used by the lucky few who do beat the long odds. Hint: Persistence pays.
Discover why you MUST have your own Wikipedia profile and how to generate one. Read Dean Rotbart's groundbreaking series here.
Photo: Nicole Liniger
Posted: April 27, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 28 minutes 23 seconds
There are more than ¾ of a million franchise establishments in the U.S. and that number continues to leap every year.
Stacy Swift advises individuals who are considering investing in a franchise how to narrow the vast field down to the right one. In fact, Stacy, who owns and operates FranNet offices covering five states, likens her role to that of a marriage matchmaker, bringing together franchisor and franchisee for what she hopes will be a happily – and profitably – ever after.
Learn the secrets of a successful match this week on Monday Morning Radio.
Stacy is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, co-host of Business Unconventional, the one-hour radio newsmagazine that aired weekly on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow Dean on Twitter: @RepToolChest and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Stacy Swift, FranNet
Posted: April 20, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 32 minutes 40 seconds
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Real-time market intelligence, gathered 24/7/365, is so quaint. Whether online, at a live event, or in retail stores, the new equation is 60/60/24 – every second, every minute, every day.
No one does this better or understands its vast, vast power better than Elaine Feeney, president and CEO at Wayin, a small company – (backed by Scott McNeally – the former Sun Microsystems co-founder and CEO) – that is already generating giant ripples.
Listen in this week on Monday Morning Radio, as Elaine Feeney gives host Dean Rotbart a private tour of the cutting edge of social marketing.
Discover why you MUST have your own Wikipedia profile and how to generate one. Read Dean Rotbart's groundbreaking series here.
Customer Experience – which is often abbreviated as CX – is rapidly surpassing price and product as the #1 brand differentiator. Nonetheless, Denise Graziano, this week’s guest on Monday Morning Radio, reports that six out of every ten companies have done zilch to improve their CX.
Denise, owner of Fairfield, CT-based Graziano Associates, is an expert on the subject of CX and how it impacts revenue, client retention, and overall brand image. She recently led a national SCORE workshop on the subject of CX.
Denise is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, co-host of Business Unconventional, the one-hour radio newsmagazine that aired weekly on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow Dean on Twitter: @RepToolChest and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Denise Graziano, Graziano Associates
Posted: April 6, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 29 minutes 11 seconds
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On April 10th, more than 500 WILD businesswomen and students will gather near Boulder, Colorado for a one-day conference that has become a must-attend symposium for women at all stages of their careers.
Women Inspiring Leadership Development – or WILD – is the brainchild of Cindy Carillo, a multi-millionaire entrepreneur, who built the non-profit WILD from the ground up three years ago and serves as its chair.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Cindy tells listeners how they can develop similar, regional educational and networking conferences – and spells out the many rewards of doing so.
Cindy is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, co-host of Business Unconventional, the one-hour radio newsmagazine that aired weekly on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow Dean on Twitter: @RepToolChest and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Cindy Carillo, CU Leeds School of Business Women's Council
Posted: March 30, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 34 minutes 55 seconds
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Davia Temin is in the business of creating, building, and rescuing reputations. As the founder of New York-based Temin and Company, she has advised dozens of Fortune 500 CEOs, entrepreneurs, authors, and politicians on the best methods to secure their image in the public arena.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Davia tells listeners how to forge thought leadership and reputation management into titanium-strong marketing tools – both for yourself, and for your company or products.
Davia is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, co-host of Business Unconventional, the one-hour radio newsmagazine that aired weekly on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow Dean on Twitter: @RepToolChest and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Davia Temin, Temin and Company
Posted: March 23, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 32 minutes 22 seconds
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In fewer than eight years, Sharon Vinderine has built a North American network of more than 70,000 families who help her company evaluate toys, baby goods, and other consumer products. Sharon is founder of PTPA Media – Parent Tested, Parent Approved – and her Toronto, Ontario-based company and its PTPA Seal of Approval have become the gold standard when it comes to certifying family-friendly products.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Sharon opens her playbook to share her magic formula for building large virtual communities and mobilizing them. She is interviewed by host and award-winning journalist, Dean Rotbart.
Discover why you MUST have your own Wikipedia profile and how to generate one. Read Dean Rotbart's groundbreaking series here.
Mike Agugliaro was an electrician so busy working in his business he had no time to work on his business. Finally, Mike and his partner took the time to rethink their business category. The result is Gold Medal Service, the largest home service provider in Central New Jersey, generating $23 million a year and climbing. Listen in on this week's edition of Monday Morning Radio as Mike tells host Dean Rotbart his story of transformation and shares the secrets of market domination. Mike says it will work for any business.
You’d be hard-pressed to find any American industry riper with entrepreneurial opportunity than senior care. But knowing there is a bundle to be made and actually doing it are two entirely separate matters.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Porsha Vogt shares her strategy to build Golden Care – a concierge elder care provider in Southern California – into a model of both quality and profitability. Listen in right now and discover her unique prescription for success in the senior care space.
Porsha is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, co-host of Business Unconventional, the one-hour radio newsmagazine that aired weekly on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow Dean on Twitter: @RepToolChest and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Porsh Vogh, Golden Care
Posted: February 23, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 21 minutes 54 seconds
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Scott Edinger is a business treasure hunter.
As head of Edinger Consulting Group and a contributor to Forbes and the Harvard Business Review, Scott excels at helping business owners and executives unearth potential leaders in their midst – the kind of men and women who are crucial to long-term success, but don’t fit the conventional mold of executive-track employees.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Scott and host Dean Rotbart go prospecting for business leadership gold. Which treasures might you be overlooking?
Dean is a Wizard Academy faculty member and co-host of Business Unconventional, the one-hour radio newsmagazine that aired weekly on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow Dean on Twitter: @RepToolChest and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Scott Edinger, Edinger Consulting Group
Posted: February 16, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 31 minutes 48 seconds
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Immediately after you listen to this week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio, how much of what you heard will you retain? About 50%. Two days from now, that percentage will plummet to 25%.
Learning to become a better overall listener can provide you and your business a strategic edge, which is why this week’s guest, Marian Thier and her company, Listening Impact, are in such great demand. Marian specializes in helping companies and business leaders make great listening a part of their business DNA.
(For those of you who weren’t paying attention, let us repeat this: Tune in to Monday Morning Radio this week and you’ll discover ways that you can listen and profit now.)
Marian is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, co-host of Business Unconventional, the one-hour radio newsmagazine that aired weekly on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow Dean on Twitter: @RepToolChest and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Marian Thier, Listening Impact
Posted: February 9, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 29 minutes 51 seconds
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With so much attention these days focused on e-commerce and optimizing the customer experience online, many Main Street businesses have lost of art of connecting with – and impressing – customers face-to-face.
Pamela Herrmann, founder of Reach Across the Register, coaches the owners of brick-and-mortar businesses how to win customer loyalty within the first 10 seconds of their arrival – and even when they phone in.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Pamela provides listeners an exclusive preview of the remarks she’ll make come April 2015, when she headlines The National Main Street Conference in Atlanta.
Pamela is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, co-host of Business Unconventional, the one-hour radio newsmagazine that aired weekly on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow Dean on Twitter: @RepToolChest and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Pamela Herrmann, Reach Across the Register
Posted: February 2, 2015
Monday Morning Run Time: 27 minutes 50 seconds
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Women may be every bit as talented as men, even more talented, but they often fall behind in the business world because they haven’t mastered the rules of networking, office politics, and self promotion.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Bonnie Marcus, founder of Women’s Success Coaching, shows women business owners, entrepreneurs and professionals how to get ahead and stay ahead in today competitive workplace.
Men will especially want to hear what Bonnie has to say. If she’s right, your business and/or your job is on the line.
24% of Wives Earn More Than Their Husbands
40% of Mothers are the Sole or Primary Breadwinners in Their Homes
50% Increased Likelihood of Divorce When the Wife Outearns Her Husband
(Source: MarieClaire.com)
Photo: Bonnie Marcus, Women's Success Coaching
Posted: January 12, 2015
Run Time: 24 minutes, 55 seconds
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When America is living through a “Me” generation, we admire bold, assertive people.
This is that time when multilevel marketing thrives and hard-sell pressure tactics work best. And the most cutthroat salesmen of all go into the business of selling replacement windows. But when the pendulum has swung into a “We” generation – such as we’re in today – we admire people who are considerate.
Michal Bohm is the highly considerate owner of BM Windows, a replacement window company that has risen to the top of the market through a consumer-friendly website that stresses education, not sales.
Listen in as Michal tells Dean Rotbart, host of Monday Morning Radio and Business Unconventional, how ethical behavior and a customer-friendly website put his company at the top of the heap. Michal and Dean are waiting for you right now.
| Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free! Photo: Dean Rotbart, Business Unconventional Posted: January 5, 2015 Monday Morning Run Time: 21 minutes Want to learn how to generate free publicity and social media "buzz" for your business? Schedule a one-hour phone consultation with Monday Morning Radio co-host Dean Rotbart: 1-303-296-1200. Limited slots now booking for January and February 2015. |
With more than 750 million impressions, it’s no wonder that Google Play named Drew Bartkiewicz’ social messaging app one of this year’s best.
The app, lettrs – spelled l-e-t-t-r-s – morphs the art of personalized letter writing – complete with postage stamps and original signatures – into the digital age. Lettrs is already changing the way some companies, products and nonprofits brand and fundraise. Discover what it might do for your business this week on Monday Morning Radio.
| Drew is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, co-host of Business Unconventional, the one-hour radio newsmagazine that aired weekly on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver. Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free! Photo: DrewBartkiewicz, Lettrs Posted: December 22, 2014 Monday Morning Run Time: 30 minutes 32 seconds Want to learn how to generate free publicity and social media "buzz" for your business? Schedule a one-hour phone consultation with Monday Morning Radio co-host Dean Rotbart: 1-303-296-1200. Limited slots now booking for January 2015. |
"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.”
When Lawrence of Arabia wrote those words, he could easily have been speaking of Julian Flores of GetOutfitted.com. Julian’s dream was that skiers from anywhere in the world would be able to rent all their ski gear with just a few clicks on a website – clothing, goggles, skis, boots and even action cameras – and have it delivered to their mountain lodge to await their arrival.
To make this dream happen by the light of day is a logistical ballet worthy of NASA or Amazon.com. If your dream requires that you execute complex operations with incredible precision, you’ll definitely want to be wide awake when you listen to Julian Flores tell Dean Rotbart how his dream came alive – and went skiing – at MondayMorningRadio.com
Photo: Julian Flores, Founder, GetOutfitted.com Posted: December 15, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 33 minutes 43 seconds
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Brian Lawley trains business owners and executives to be "product CEOs." Like the CEO of a company, a product CEO - formally known as a Product Manager - oversees every aspect of bringing a successful product to market, including knowing customers, technology, trends and the competition.
Brian, founder of 280 Group in Campbell, California, has worked his magic for companies including Apple, Digidesign and Symantec. This week he shares some of his most important rules of product management on Monday Morning Radio.
Brian interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, and wealth management expert David Biondo. Rotbart and Biondo are co-hosts of Business Unconventional, the one-hour radio newsmagazine that aired weekly on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Brian Lawley, Founder & CEO, 280 Group Posted: December 8, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 22 minutes 26 seconds
Want to learn how to generate free publicity and social media "buzz" for your business? Schedule a one-hour phone consultation with Monday Morning Radio co-host Dean Rotbart: 1-303-296-1200. Limited slots still available before the end of the year.
Tom Doyle, his wife, and seven kids started their business around their kitchen table 16 years ago. Basically, they laminated cards that allowed high school swimmers to track their progress without getting soggy.
Today, Evanston, Illinois-based Bag Tags is one of the premier event credentials and baggage tags companies in the United States, punching out more than 1 million tags annually for clients that include the NCAA, Nike, American Cruise Lines and Genworth Financial.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Tom has words of wisdom and encouragement for all entrepreneurs who dream of starting small and growing large and successful.
Tom is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, an award-winning veteran broadcast journalist. Dean is co-host of Business Unconventional. The one-hour radio newsmagazine debuted in October 2011 on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Want to learn how to generate free publicity and social media "buzz" for your business? Schedule a one-hour phone consultation with Monday Morning Radio co-host Dean Rotbart: 1-303-296-1200. Limited slots still available before the end of the year.
Photo: Thomas Doyle, Bag Tags
Posted: December 1, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 20 minutes 26 seconds
You don't have to be Jewish to love Kosher food…or to profit handsomely from it.
Thousands of business owners from around the world turned out earlier this month for the 26th annual Kosherfest trade show, a showcase of kosher food and beverage industry. This week on Monday Morning Radio the event's founder, Menachem Lubinsky, explains why so many non-Jewish business owners are hopping aboard the Kosher bandwagon and how you can come aboard.
Menachem, who is President & CEO of LUBICOM Marketing Consulting, is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, an award-winning veteran broadcast journalist. Dean is co-host of Business Unconventional. The one-hour radio newsmagazine debuted in October 2011 on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Want to learn how to generate free publicity and social media "buzz" for your business? Schedule a one-hour phone consultation with Monday Morning Radio co-host Dean Rotbart: 1-303-296-1200. Limited slots still available before the end of the year.
Photo: Menachem Lubinsky, Lubicom Marketing Consulting
Posted: November 24, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 29 minutes 30 seconds
What would you do if you controlled a high-value URL such as Thanksgiving.com?
This week's guests on Monday Morning Radio share a thick slice of their plans to grow their newly launched site into an Internet force and profit generator.
Kyle Cox, founder and CEO of Grateful Ventures, which runs Thanksgiving.com, is the former president and founder of the phenomenally successful site, SheKnows.com. He is joined by Kristin Bustamante, editor-in-chief.
Kyle and Kristin aim to build Thanksgiving.com into a smooth flying bird that generates $1 million a year in revenues for at least the next 50 years. Listen in to discover how and you'll be grateful that you did.
Kyle and Kristin are interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, an award-winning veteran broadcast journalist. Dean is co-host of Business Unconventional. The one-hour radio newsmagazine debuted in October 2011 on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Want to learn how to generate free publicity and social media "buzz" for your business? Schedule a one-hour phone consultation with Monday Morning Radio co-host Dean Rotbart: 1-303-296-1200. Limited slots still available before the end of the year.
Photo: Kristin Bustamante and Kyle Cox, THANKSGIVING.COM
Posted: November 17, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 33 minutes 02 seconds
Two times every workday, for 90 minutes, employees at Santa Barbara-based ONTRAPORT go radio silent. That means no phone calls. No incoming or outgoing email. No staff meetings. And no socializing.
How do ONTRAPORT's employees react to being unplugged so frequently? They absolutely LOVE it. In fact, the company's "Time Block" is one of several unique aspects of ONTRAPORT's culture that has fueled its incredible growth - allowing all employees to focus on the Big Picture and long-term projects.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Landon Ray, ONTRAPORT's founder and CEO, demonstrates how even small companies can go giant when it comes to creating profitable corporate cultures.
Landon is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, an award-winning veteran broadcast journalist. Dean is co-host of Business Unconventional. The one-hour radio newsmagazine debuted in October 2011 on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Want to learn how to generate free publicity and social media "buzz" for your business? Schedule a one-hour phone consultation with Monday Morning Radio co-host Dean Rotbart: 1-303-296-1200. Limited slots still available in November and December.
Photo: Landon Ray, ONTRAPORT
Posted: November 10, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 23 minutes 28 seconds
There are business owners who are good at what they do but not necessarily good people. And there are good people who own businesses, but are not necessarily good at what they do.
Paul Batz has built a thriving practice coaching clients how to be BOTH good people and savvy business captains. Paul is the founder & president of Good Leadership Enterprises in Minnesota. This week on Monday Morning Radio, he discusses the four cornerstones of business goodness - building blocks that he promises can provide any company a powerful competitive edge.
Paul is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, an award-winning veterarn broadcast journalist. Dean is co-host of Business Unconventional. The one-hour radio newsmagazine debuted in October 2011 on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Want to learn how to generate free publicity and social media "buzz" for your business? Schedule a one-hour phone consultation with Monday Morning Radio co-host Dean Rotbart: 1-303-296-1200. Limited slots still available in November and December.
Photo: Paul Batz, Good Leadership Enterprises
Posted: November 3, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 31 minutes 35 seconds
New York Times bestselling authors Bryan and Jeffrey Eisenberg are out with their latest blockbuster book, Buyer Legends, a Master Class that shows companies large and small how to use customer narratives to turbocharge sales and transform business cultures.
Bryan and Jeffrey are recognized global authorities in marketing optimization, analytics and customer experience design. With their new book, they demonstrate how to best communicate your brand's story intent at each and every level of your organization, from the stockroom to the boardroom.
Buyer Legends is available now as a download from Amazon.com. On this week's Monday Morning Radio, Bryan and Jeffrey take listeners on an exclusive tour of their new book and the concepts that are already revolutionizing sales and performance at companies such as Google and HP.
The Eisenberg brothers are interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, an award-winning veterarn broadcast journalist. Dean is co-host of Business Unconventional. The one-hour radio newsmagazine debuted in October 2011 on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Photo: Jeffrey (l) and Bryan Eisenberg, Buyer Legends
Posted: October 27, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 31 minutes 01 seconds
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How does the outlook for your small business compare to that of other owners across the United States? This week on Monday Morning Radio, hear the exclusive results of a survey of 600 small business owners who were asked their feelings on a variety of topics, including the financial health of their companies, plans to hire, employee benefits, and how they maintain a work/life balance.
Our guest is Amy Friedrich, a vice president at Des Moines-based Principal Financial Group, which conducted the Financial Well-Being survey for the third consecutive year.
Amy is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, an award-winning veterarn broadcast journalist. Dean is co-host of Business Unconventional. The one-hour radio newsmagazine debuted in October 2011 on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
The complete results of the Principal Financial Well-Being survey is available from www.Principal.com/wellbeing.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Posted: October 20, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 24 minutes 20 seconds
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Talk with the Queen of England. Chat with the president of Turkey.
David Schlesinger, founder of managing editor of Hong Kong-based Tripod Advisors, travels the world to stay atop international affairs, risk analysis, politics and economics. His clients are big businesses and major news organizations, but his insights have value to small business owners and entrepreneurs as well, especially if you do, or ever plan to do business in China.
Formerly the global managing editor of Reuters, David takes Dean Rotbart on a thrill ride this week on Monday Morning Radio. Want to come along? Hang on tight.
| Dean and wealth management expert David Biondo are co-hosts of Business Unconventional. The one-hour radio newsmagazine debuted in October 2011 on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver. Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free! Photo: David Schlesinger, Tripod Advisors Posted: October 13, 2014 Monday Morning Run Time: 33 minutes 38 seconds Want to learn how to generate free publicity and social media "buzz" for your business? Schedule a one-hour phone consultation with Monday Morning Radio co-host Dean Rotbart: 1-303-296-1200. Limited slots still available in November and December. |
Just over 15 years ago, David Crook founded what has grown into the largest-circulation personal-finance publication in the United States, reaching the homes of 6.6 million subscribers each week.
Guess where David works? Money magazine? Kiplinger's Personal Finance? How about Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek, Barron's or Consumer Reports?
Nope.
David Crook is the editor of The Wall Street Journal Sunday, which is distributed weekly in 69 partner newspapers, targeting the Main Street reader - people who have substantial assets in their 401(k)s or IRAs, but don't invest for a living.
[Listen and Profit Now™]
David discusses the unique reach and mission of The Wall Street Journal Sunday in an exclusive audio interview with Dean Rotbart, executive editor of NewsBios and himself a former Journal reporter and columnist.
If you write about personal finance or work in the financial services industry, you need to hear what David has to say.
Follow NewsBios on Twitter @newsbios. Order NewsBios at 1-866-NEWS-070, ext. 2. "Because what's not in their official bios is often far more important than what is."
Matt Smith is a small business owner who didn't think that magazines such as Inc., Entrepreneur, and Fast Company provide enough valuable information to truly small businesses seeking helpful resources. So Smith, a Southern California web designer, built and launched Businessing Magazine, a digital publication with a special focus on the 75% of American small businesses that don't have any non-family employees.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Smith discusses the strategy behind his new publication and how other entrepreneurs can also leverage content marketing to generate rapid growth.
Matt is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart. Dean and wealth management expert David Biondo are co-hosts of Business Unconventional. The one-hour radio newsmagazine debuted in October 2011 on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Matt Smith, Businessing Magazine Posted: October 6, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 30 minutes 53 seconds
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This week on Monday Morning Radio, The Wizard Academy's Buzz Snatching maestro, Dean Rotbart, takes listeners behind the scenes of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - a global viral marketing campaign that raised more than $110 million for charity in about one month.
Dean's guest is Tanner Hockensmith, Executive Director of the ALS Association Texas Chapter and a national spokesperson for the organization. Tanner dissects the success of the Ice Bucket Challenge and offers advice on how charities and business owners can generate their own buzz snatching campaigns.
You can also read Dean's article about his interview with Tanner on Examiner.com.
Donate now to the ALS Association.
Dean teaches the popular Buzz Snatching course at The Wizard Academy. Those interested in attending his next class (in early 2015) should email him at: dean@mondaymorningradio.com.
| Dean and wealth management expert David Biondo are co-hosts of Business Unconventional. The one-hour radio newsmagazine debuted in October 2011 on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver. Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free! Photo: Tanner Hockensmith, ALS Association Posted: September 29, 2014 Monday Morning Run Time: 28 minutes 44 seconds Want to learn how to generate free publicity and social media "buzz" for your business? Schedule a one-hour phone consultation with Monday Morning Radio co-host Dean Rotbart: 1-303-296-1200. Limited slots still available in October and November. |
For way too many small business owners and entrepreneurs, a major obstacle they regularly encounter is listening to the wrong adviser: themselves.
What you say to yourself, ask yourself, and think DOES make a huge difference in how well you perform in business and life. That is the premise behind AFFORMATIONS: The Miracle of Positive Self-Talk, a new book that author Noah St. John promises will help busy people "accelerate income, boost self-confidence, and make success automatic."
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Noah shares with listeners his own Afformations. It's kind of like a Vulcan mind meld, only you don't need to be a Vulcan and have pointy ears to get inside Noah's head.
Noah is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart. Dean and wealth management expert David Biondo are co-hosts of Business Unconventional. The one-hour radio newsmagazine debuted in October 2011 on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Noah St. John Posted: September 22, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 28 minutes 00 seconds
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Award-winning journalist Dennis Kneale is a self-described provocateur, who has spent 25 years afflicting the comfortable and comforting the afflicted.
Most recently, Dennis was an anchor and senior correspondent on Fox Business. Before that, he worked at CNBC, was managing editor at Forbes, and a senior editor at The Wall Street Journal.
Now Dennis has started his own consulting agency, Dennis Kneale Media, and this week on a joint NewsBios-Monday Morning Radio podcast, he dishes dirt on his old journalism colleagues, talks about the impact of powerful storytelling, and shares with host Dean Rotbart some of the trials of segueing from journalist to business owner.
Whether you are a senior Fortune 500 corporate communications executive or the owner of your own, growing business, Dennis has some valuable media relations tips for you.
Visit Dennis' website here and his LinkedIn page here.
Follow NewsBios on Twitter @newsbios. Order NewsBios at 1-866-NEWS-070, ext. 2. "Because what's not in their official bios is often far more important than what is."
Photo: Dennis Kneale
Posted: September 15, 2014
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 36 min 06 secs
As graduates of virtually every class offered at Wizard Academy, Anna, Roland and Dixie Huthmaker have learned very well the lessons taught by Roy H. Williams and showcased here each week on Monday Morning Radio.
Huthmaker Fine Violins is nationally renowned not only for its world-class collection of string instruments, but also for its warm, caring and oh-so-knowledgable customer service. This week on Monday Morning Radio, the 3 Huthmakers share with us how they fine tuned their retail business and why they purchased an 1880 historic hotel as their brand new headquarters. Hint: Roy teaches that expensive rent is the best advertising money can buy.
Listen and laugh with joy as your friends, the Huthmakers, tell of their happy journey to fame, fortune and romance.
The Huthmakers are interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, and wealth management expert David Biondo. Rotbart and Biondo are co-hosts of Business Unconventional, the one-hour radio newsmagazine that aired weekly on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Anna, Roland & Dixie Huthmaker Posted: September 8, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 31 minutes 12 seconds
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At some point in their lives, 80% of Americans will suffer from back pain, creating ample opportunities for entrepreneurs who can help prevent or address the problem.
An Oscar-nominated film sound mixer with more than 4 decades experience in Hollywood, Robert Wald launched a second career selling The Body Archer stretching chair in 2012. Handcrafted in the USA, the Body Archer replaces run-of-the-mill ergonomic desk chairs.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Robert shares his experience licensing, manufacturing and marketing The Body Archer. Even if your back isn't achy, his business insights will make you sit up and take notice.
Robert is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, and wealth management expert David Biondo. Rotbart and Biondo are co-hosts of Business Unconventional, the one-hour radio newsmagazine that aired weekly on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Robert Wald, The Body Archer Posted: September 1, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 26 minutes 27 seconds
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The Apple store in New York on Fifth Avenue and the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas are just two examples of retailers that use the ancient concept of feng shui to drive sales.
Kathryn Weber, publisher of Red Lotus Letter - with more than 30,000 subscribers, is one of the nation's leading feng shui experts. This week on Monday Morning Radio, Katie explains how the power of feng shui can be harnessed by all small business owners and entrepreneurs. As she explains it, it boils down to "5,000 years of common sense."
Katie is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart. Dean and wealth management expert David Biondo are co-hosts of Business Unconventional. The one-hour radio newsmagazine debuted in October 2011 on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Kathryn Weber, Red Lotus Letter Posted: August 25, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 34 minutes 36 seconds
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Most experts offer advice on how to get off the daily work treadmill. Entrepreneur Steve Bordley makes his living encouraging small business owners and professionals to get on the daily work treadmill. Literally.
Bordley is the inventor of TrekDesk, a specially designed treadmill desk that allows users to conduct their daily affairs - whether they're graphic designers, accountants or salespeople -- all while walking slowly on a treadmill.
Bordley and TrekDesk have become global sensations, as more and more otherwise sedentary executives recognize the health benefits of walking while you work. Bordley is this week's mobile guest on Monday Morning Radio.
Bordley is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart. Dean and wealth management expert David Biondo are co-hosts of Business Unconventional. The one-hour radio newsmagazine debuted in October 2011 on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Steve Bordley Posted: August 18, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 33 minutes 31 seconds
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How do the skills associated with operating a successful restaurant compare to those required to run any successful service business?
Until recently, Roger Beaudoin operated a seasonal restaurant that rang up more than $1 million in revenues in just 4 months each year. It's one reason why he is known as THE Restaurant Rock Star.
On this week's Monday Morning Radio, Roger reveals 10 of the ineffective restaurant service traps that he avoids at all costs. Importantly, most of his do's and don'ts apply not just to the restaurant industry, but to every successful service enterprise.
Roger is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, and wealth management expert David Biondo. Rotbart and Biondo are co-hosts of Business Unconventional, the one-hour radio newsmagazine that aired weekly on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Roger Beaudoin Posted: August 11, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 42 minutes 40 seconds
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Jaymes Sorbel knows how to get the immediate attention of your customers and drive them to action: text message them.
Sorbel, founder of MeTesto Professional, says the 160 characters contained in well-executed text-message campaigns can generate a huge response. A key reason?
Customers are so viscerally addicted to receiving and sending text messages that 80% of us text while watching TV and 44% of us take our smart phones to bed with us.
Sorbel details the dos and don'ts of effective text-message marketing on this week's Monday Morning Radio.
[Note: At several spots in this week's episode, the audio quality is briefly warped. The poor audio passes very quickly.]
Sorbel is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart. Dean and wealth management expert David Biondo are co-hosts of Business Unconventional. The one-hour radio newsmagazine debuted in October 2011 on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Jaymes Sorbel Posted: August 4, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 34 minutes 41 seconds
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The online education industry is lava hot, with tens of millions of adult students around the globe eagerly enrolling in paid digital courses, ranging from how to write computer code to knitting.
Founded in 2010, Udemy, based in San Francisco, is on the cutting edge of this new educational marketplace, having already enrolled more than 3 million students in its 18,000 online courses.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Shannon Hughes, Udemy's senior director of marketing, reveals the numerous ways that small business owners and entrepreneurs can get straight A's and profit from the online education marketplace.
Shannon is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart. Dean and wealth management expert David Biondo are co-hosts of Business Unconventional. The one-hour radio newsmagazine debuted in October 2011 on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Shannon Hughes Posted: July 21, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 34 minutes 39 seconds
Is patriotism marketable? Will consumers buy products commensurate with their affinity for their country of origin or residence?
For the past 25 years, Atlanta's The Flag Company has studied the market value of patriotism and discovered quite a bit about what works - and what definitely doesn't. This week on Monday Morning Radio, Vicki Lawrence, Flag Company's co-founder and CEO, shares some banner ideas for translating love of country into love of your products and services.
Vicki is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart. Dean and wealth management expert David Biondo are co-hosts of Business Unconventional. The one-hour radio newsmagazine debuted in October 2011 on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Posted: July 14, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 33 minutes 26 seconds
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It may seem simply a matter of semantics, but after 25 years advising more than 100 companies, Thomas P. McNulty has stopped referring to himself as a consultant and begun describing himself as an activist.
"Today's clients don't want advice," McNulty says. "They want action."
This week on Monday Morning Radio, McNulty explains how his Buffalo, NY healthcare management and marketing firm, Success Stories, has written a new and improved financial chapter for a vast array of large, medium and start up clients who have replaced their consultants with activists.
McNulty is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart. Dean and wealth management expert David Biondo are co-hosts of Business Unconventional. The one-hour radio newsmagazine debuted in October 2011 on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Thomas McNulty
Posted: July 7, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 31 minutes 07 seconds
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This week's guests on Monday Morning Radio, the co-founders of Tap For Message, pose a challenge to the imaginative, courageous and ambitious alumni and friends of Wizard Academy: Take a look at their patent-pending audio and video chip technology, and figure out how your business might utilize it in ways they, themselves, never imagined.
Brothers Kadeer and Ahmer Beg have invented a means for consumers and businesses to easily create customized videos that "jump" from greeting cards, stickers, hang tags and invitations directly to smartphones. Suddenly, even the most mundane gift or correspondence comes to life.
Listen to this week's audio and view Kadeer's exclusive video message that helps clarify how Tap for Message can turn into Tap for Profits for your business.
[View Kadeer's video at: http://www.tapformessage.com/invite/TFMMMR]
Kadeer and Ahmer are interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart. Dean and wealth management expert David Biondo are co-hosts of Business Unconventional. The one-hour radio newsmagazine debuted in October 2011 on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Ahmer (left) and Kadeer BegPosted: June 30, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 29 minutes 47 seconds
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People want to do business with owners who they know and trust. But in our digital age - where so much commerce is conducted online - building that personalized relationship can be difficult.
Sunpop Studios and its founder Rex Williams have spent 14 years perfecting the art of "Authentic Business Videos" - in which you, the owner, is guided to produce a 2-to-3 minute "video conversation" with your customers and prospects that delivers proven results.
This week Monday Morning Radio launches its 3rd year of weekly, informative, small business podcasts with a revealing interview featuring Sunpop's Rex Williams. And yes, as you'll quickly hear, Rex has been blessed with the creative DNA of his proud parents, Wizard Academy founders Roy and Pennie Williams.
Rex is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart. Dean and wealth management expert David Biondo are co-hosts of Business Unconventional. The one-hour radio newsmagazine debuted in October 2011 on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
To view a Sunpop video that features Dean Rotbart promoting the Wizard Academy's "How to Make Awesome Sauce" course (September 2011), click here.
Posted: June 23, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 42 minutes 46 seconds
The Mutt and the Mustang is a children's book, inspired by a true friendship between a dog and a horse.
The story-behind-the-story is brimming with inspiration as well. Listen in as Dean Rotbart and David Biondo ask Judy Archibald - a widowed senior citizen on a limited income - how she cracked the self-publishing code and turned her illustrated children's book into a critical and financial success.
The story of Judy's Pet Pals Publishing is completely true; it only feels like a fairytale.
Rotbart and Biondo are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Posted: June 16, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 30 mins 05 secs
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TED Talks have captivated tens of millions of YouTube viewers and helped energize the entire public speaking industry.
Which is great news for Karen Loucks Rinedollar, founder of Denver Speakers Bureau, which despite its Rocky Mountain name, matches compelling speakers with organizations and companies nationwide.
There is an art to identifying the right speaker for the right occasion, and Rinedollar is a master artist. Have you ever considered getting paid to speak publicly, or do you need a standout speaker for an upcoming event? Then be sure to listen as Rinedollar takes the podium on this week's Monday Morning Radio.
Karen interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart. Dean and wealth management expert David Biondo are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Karen Loucks Rinedollar Posted: June 9, 2014 Monday Morning Run Time: 33 mins 13 secs Want to learn how to generate free publicity and social media "buzz" for your business? Schedule a one-hour phone consultation with Monday Morning Radio co-host Dean Rotbart: 1-303-296-1200. Limited slots still available this month.
You're never too old or too inexperienced to succeed in business, if you have a vision and the courage to try.
That's one of the key takeaways from this week's Monday Morning Radio interview with Jan Erickson and Jon Thomas, the husband-and-wife duo who launched Janska Clothing in 2003 - when both of them were already in their 50s.
Since then, Janksa, which specializes in making women's outwear that is both fashionable and comfortable, has beat the odds. The company will earn nearly $3 million this year and Jan was named a U.S. Small Business Administration "Small Business Person of the Year".
Jan and Jon are interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart. Dean and wealth management expert David Biondo are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Also participating in this week's interviews is Talya Rotbart, Dean's wife, who also serves as Director of Guest Relations for Business Unconventional.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Talya Rotbart (l) and Jan Erickson
Posted: June 2, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 26 mins 59 secs
Google has become a gargantuan global company one AdWords click at a time. Each year, however, tens of millions of those clicks are wasted - costing small business owners and entrepreneurs far more than they imagine.
Dr. Jason McDonald, a self-described technologist and founder of the JM Internet Group, is one of the world's leading experts on AdWords optimization. This week, Dr. McDonald exposes the four most common AdWords "gotchas" and how to sidestep them. If you use pay-per-click online marketing, be sure to click on MondayMorningRadio.com and realize immediate savings.
Jason is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart. Dean and wealth management expert David Biondo are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Posted: May 26, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 37 mins 29 secs
Photo: Dr. Jason McDonald
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Dr. Lori Barr is the epitome of the renaissance woman: she is gifted pediatric radiologist, a bestselling author, an expert in managing health, wellness, fitness and stress; a mother, a mentor, a volunteer, and a woman who approaches each day and challenge with passion and gratitude.
Of yes, did we forget to mention that she is a dedicated - and much appreciated - member of the Wizard Academy board of directors?
Lori joins Dean Rotbart and David Biondo on this week's Monday Morning Radio for a wide-ranging and inspiring interview, including an exclusive peak between the covers of her newest book: Think & Grow Well.
As entrepreneurs, the husband-and-wife duo of Jan and Sassa Akervall make their money where your mouth is.
Dr. Akervall, one of the top ENT physicians in the United States, invented a mouth guard to prevent his patients from having their teeth accidentally chipped or broken during surgery. Thin and strong, yet pliable, his Sisu mouth guards have now leapt from the operating room to mainstream America, where they are all the rage with professional and amateur athletes alike.
The Akervalls - both originally from Sweden - are anything but guarded as they share their small business success secrets on this week's Monday Morning Radio.
Jan and Sassa are interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Posted: May 5, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 29 mins 20 secs
Photo: Sassa Akervall, Sisu
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KGBTexas is a 20-year-old marketing and advertising agency based in San Antonio, Texas that is demonstrating how a boutique regional player can successfully compete nationally with much larger rivals.
On this week's Monday Morning Radio, Chris Day, KGBTexas's general manager, opens his agency's strategic playbook to reveal how a savvy small business can become a forceful player on the national stage.
Chris is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Posted: April 28, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 31 mins 42 secs
Photo: Chris Day, General Manager, KGBTexas
Want to learn how to generate free publicity and social media "buzz" for your business? Schedule a one-hour phone consultation with Monday Morning Radio co-host Dean Rotbart: 1-303-296-1200. Limited slots still available this month.
JP Stonestreet is a web startup guru who helps entrepreneurs develop successful online business. He has built applications and websites for large and small companies, and sold two of his own very successful sites.
On this week's Monday Morning Radio, JP maps out the steps you must take if you want to start, market, run and potentially sell a successful online business.
JP is the author of The Web Startup Roadmap: Navigate Your Way to a Successful Online Business.
JP is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: JP Stonestreet Posted: April 21, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 30 mins 36 secs
Jack Larson says that far more small businesses than you might imagine fall behind in filing their tax returns and paying their taxes. So in 2005, Jack and his brother Ron established Larson Financial to help taxpayers who are in hot water with the IRS. Business, not surprisingly, has boomed. On this week's Monday Morning Radio, Jack offers some seasoned advice on how to negotiate successfully with the IRS and explains how he and Ron have managed to expand Larson Financial's client base so rapidly to all 50 states.
Jack is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Jack Larson, Larson Financial Posted: April 14, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 29 mins 37 secs
Advertising fails when you lack the right idea, strategy and campaign. David Biondo learned this the hard way, as he has gone about promoting his wealth management practice, Signal Butte Financial Corp.
So David, who is based in Denver and co-hosts Monday Morning Radio, recently retained Wizard of Ads Partner Mike Slover, who is based in Carbondale, Illinois, to help him do it the right way. On this week's Monday Morning Radio, Mike drops by the radio studio to explain to David and Dean Rotbart how he and his fellow Wizard of Ads partners consistently help their small business clients grow using savvy advertising and marketing.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
For sponsorship opportunities, phone Dean Rotbart at 303-800-6081.
Posted: April 7, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 25 mins 23 secs
Photo: Mike Slover (l) and David Biondo
In the age of ubiquitous cell phone cameras and selfies, Kalvis Jauanarajs and his company, Snapden, have had to rethink and reinvent the low-tech photo booth, which once flourished as a novelty located at F.W. Woolworth and other five-and-dime stores.
In fact, the photo booth business is anything but obsolete. Thanks to savvy design improvements and greater mobility, Snapden photo booths are popping up everywhere from punk rock shows to the dentist's office. Kalvis provides a close-up snapshot of how he is reinventing the photo booth experience on this week's Monday Morning Radio.
Kalvis is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
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Posted: March 31, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 28 mins 40 secs
Just on time for spring, meet Nova Covington, a "mompreneur" whose natural sunscreen products are among the bestselling in the nation. Nova started her company, Goddess Garden, 10 years ago, when she was searching for a solution to allergies that her newborn daughter had to the chemicals contained in conventional bath and skin care products. Goddess Garden has enjoyed sunny growth almost from day one.
Nova shares her formulation for success on this week's Monday Morning Radio and makes clear that necessity really does remain the mother of invention.
Nova is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
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Photo: Nova Covington and her daughter, Paige Posted: March 24, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 17 mins 44 secs
Tom Fischer is a Renaissance Man, whose life credentials include being a successful entrepreneur, world-class bourbon connoisseur, Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue model, butler, Oxford professor and - perhaps most importantly, a proud Wizard Academy graduate.
In a wide-ranging interview, Tom, proprietor of BourbonBlog.com, talks about the booming bourbon industry, his eclectic career, and his special connection to Gilligan's Island - all on this week's Monday Morning Radio.
Tom is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Posted: March 17, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 35 mins 09 secs
Photo: Tom Fischer, BourbonBlog.com
Jeff and Tina Schmitt work on the cutting edge of the apparel industry and are leaders in producing fashions that help women of all shapes and sizes feel comfortable and confident in their clothing. Their "of-the-moment" lifestyle brand is super hot.
The Schmitts, a small-business duo, founded their company, Soybu, in 1998, and now sell their women's active wear through major retailers, including Sports Authority, REI and CorePower Yoga. Last month, they opened the first of many dedicated retail outlets.
On this week's Monday Morning Radio, the Schmitts explain the secret to thriving in the highly competitive women's clothing industry.
The Schmitts are interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Posted: March 3, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: mins secs
Photo: Tina and Jeff Schmitt, Soybu
Want to learn how to generate free publicity and social media "buzz" for your business? Schedule a one-hour phone consultation with Monday Morning Radio co-host Dean Rotbart:1-303-800-6081. Limited opportunities available in March and April. $495 for the first hour.
Have you got an important interview coming up, perhaps for a new job or with an angel investor? Do you know how to best answer the questions? Can you turn the tables on your interviewer and actually ask the correct questions?
Gail Palubiak has spent more than 30 years studying the art of the interview and her company, Interview Academy, now tutors experienced executives and others in guerilla-like techniques for acing any crucial interview. Gail, herself, is in the hot seat on this week's Monday Morning Radio.
Gail is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
For sponsorship opportunties, contact Dean Rotbart at 303-296-1200.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Posted: February 24, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 38 mins 56 secs
Photo: Gail Palubiak, Interview Academy
Compared to weighty LinkedIn, with well over 250 million worldwide users, Renee Wilbur's ReciProty has all the heft of a fleck of dust.
But it's ReciProty's small size, and the tight-knit community that it begets, that makes the Beaverton, Oregon, online resource exchange so valuable to those members who do discover it.
Wilbur reports that her small business members regularly go out of their way to help one another, whether they are searching for client referrals or seeking funds to rebuild after a tragedy or natural disaster.
Hear Wilbur argue that the best things really can be found in small packages, this week on Monday Morning Radio.
Renee is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
For sponsorship opportunties, contact Dean Rotbart at 303-296-1200.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Posted: February 17, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 25 mins 50 secs
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Shannon and Dino Watt, owners of The Business of Marriage, teach couples how to run their relationships more like a business, and vice versa.
The Watts, who call themselves "Marriage Mentors," coach couples throughout the country to create a mission statement, take periodic relationship inventories, and schedule regular Marriage Mastermind meetings. Just in time for Valentine's Day, the Watts reveal how to help both your love life and your bottomline deliver record "profits" -- this week on Monday Morning Radio.
Shannon and Dino are interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
For sponsorship opportunties, contact Dean Rotbart at 303-296-1200.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Posted: February 10, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 33 mins 21 secs
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DOING MUCH MORE WITH WHAT YOU ALREADY EARN! A FREEDOM FASTTRACK/MONDAY MORNING RADIO FEATURE Valentine's Day 2014 Edition By Dale Clarke and Dean Rotbart Regardless of your budget, Spend This, Not That™ offers our suggestions for choosing wisely; leveraging cash outlays with infusions of creativity and imagination; spotting and utilizing savings opportunities; and above all else, making your Valentine's Day gifts count.
Chocolates (Not That): Godiva offers Valentine’s Day chocolates in a keepsake, fabric heart-shaped box that contains 40 limited-edition heart-shaped pieces. “Make a grand romantic gesture with our…quintessential gift of love,” the chocolatier coos. Cost is $100, which includes free standard shipping. Chocolates (Spend This): That limited edition fabric heart-shaped box will have little utility once the goodies inside are gone. The box isn’t designed to be refillable and, in our experience, emits a stale smell in time. For under $90 online, you can purchase the Sephra 16-Inch Stainless Steel 4-Pound home fondue fountain, capable of dispensing premium Belgium dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate and other delectable varieties (including liquid caramel) guaranteed to make your sweet-loving lover’s heart melt. Plan your entire evening around the chocolate fountain, including what you’ll dip into it – strawberries, pound cake, pretzels, body parts… whatever. Four pounds of your favorite fondue chocolate, more than enough to satiate even the most voracious chocoholic, will run you about $32. Dishwasher safe parts are easy to clean and the fondue fountain can be used to entertain small gatherings year round – or to reenact your Valentine’s Day liaison whenever the mood is right.
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Whether you've always dreamed of running for public office or you're campaigning to win new clients for your business, the skill sets required are Ben Eisenberg's professional domain. Ben, president and founder of Smarter Campaigns, has participated in nearly 30 campaigns, ranging from State Representative to President of the United States.
On this week's Monday Morning Radio, Ben reveals the characteristics of winning leaders and explains how to avoid the costly missteps that befall so many campaigners.
Ben is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
For sponsorship opportunties, contact Dean Rotbart at 303-296-1200.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Photo: Ben Eisenberg, Smarter Campaigns
Monday Morning Run Time: 26 mins 54 secs
Turns out that words comprise only 7% of what people communicate, while 93% of person-to-person communication show ups in body language.
Think about what you may be missing, if you can't correctly read the body language of employees, customers, salespeople, even your own spouse and children?
Kirk and Kim Duncan have built their Salt Lake City-based company, 3 Key Elements, into an Inc 500 (#257) growth business by training business owners, entrepreneurs and others to correctly read - and project - body language.
See what they have to say on this week's Monday Morning Radio.
The Duncans are interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
For sponsorship opportunties, contact Dean Rotbart at 303-296-1200.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Posted: January 27, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 27 mins 32 secs
Love and money are not oxymorons, although plenty of otherwise bright and successful entrepreneurs behave like blockheads when it comes to nurturing the single most valuable asset in their lives - their relationship with their spouse.
Even if you're not a romantic dimwit, world-renowned marriage counselor (and Wizard Academydirector) Dr. Richard D. "Nick" Grant offers plenty of great insights on how to make both your marriage and your net worth grow.
Dr. Grant dishes on the secrets of great romances and fortunes on this week's edition of Monday Morning Radio. Consider it an appetizer for the 2-day/ 3-night Money & Love Getaway that Dr. Grant and Jean Carpenter-Backus will be leading at the Academy beginning on February 13th.
Forget the chocolates and the flowers. Do your love life a real favor and join Nick and Jean for a romantic and enlightening Valentine's Day at the Wizard Academy.
Dr. Grant is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
For sponsorship opportunties, contact Dean Rotbart at 303-296-1200.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Posted: January 20, 2014
Monday Morning Run Time: 26 mins 36 secs
Ben Kramlich has a beef with the way most meat snack-food products are produced in this country. So the Oshkosh, Wisconsin-based entrepreneur is traveling a different path, producing his Gourmet Grassfed nutritious snacks in an ecologically and economically responsible fashion: relying on local farms that raise their animals strictly on grass. No antibiotics. No hormones. No artificial nitrates, and 100% ethically and sustainably produced. Oh yes, Ben's legion of growing fans nationwide also report that his Gourmet Grassfed snacks are great tasting.
Can a mission-driven, ethically minded business prosper in today's cutthroat corporate snack world? Hear what Ben Kramlich has to say on this week's Monday Morning Radio.
Ben is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
For sponsorship opportunties, contact Dean Rotbart at 303-296-1200.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Run Time: 16 Mins 52 Secs
Photo: Ben Kramlich, Gourmet Grassfed
In the mold of great motivational speakers, including Zig Ziglar and Les Brown, Jonathan Sprinkles has been wowing nationwide audiences - both large and small - with his wisdom and humor, helping those who attend recommit to excellence and success.
At one time a top salesman at Dell Computers, Jonathan was honored for his leadership, customer service and team-building skill, and chosen by Dell for its most elite group of sales executives. But Jonathan left the fast track at Dell to launch his own company, Sprinklisms Inc., which aims to inspire entrepreneurs and organizations.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Jonathan shares his best tips for making powerful business and life connections.
Jonathan is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
For sponsorship opportunties, contact Dean Rotbart at 303-296-1200.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Run Time: 28 Mins 06 Secs
Photo: Jonathan Sprinkles, Sprinklisms Inc.
Janet Sanders, founder and CEO of Incom Direct, is an entrepreneurial rebel with a cause.
With her last $500 - and working out of the back of her home - Janet set out in 2002 to revolutionize the credit card processing industry. Her goal was to bring down the price that merchants, such as she, paid for accepting MasterCard and Visa.
Today, Janet's Incom Direct clears more than $2 billion annually in credit card charges and she has rewritten the industry's playbook. Janet tells the story of her amazing journey - and the important lessons other entrepreneurs can learn from it - on this week's Monday Morning Radio.
Janet interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
For sponsorship opportunties, contact Dean Rotbart at 303-296-1200.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Run Time: 17 Mins 31 Secs
Photo: Janet Sander, Incom Direct
The Guppy Tank is small group of investors who conduct regional competitions around the country among small business owners. Based loosely on ABC TV's popular program, The Shark Tank, these so-called Guppies allow entrepreneurs to vie for either an equity investment, a cash flow business loan, or some combination of both.
This week's guest on Monday Morning Radio is Darrin Ginsberg, founder and creator of The Guppy Tank. Joining Darrin is David Bowen, whose toy company, BeginAgain, recent won a $150,000 investment.
Darrin may describe himself as a guppy, but to some deserving small business owners, he looks a lot more like Santa Claus.
Darrin and David are interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
For sponsorship opportunties, contact Dean Rotbart at 303-296-1200.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Run Time: 29 Mins 20 Secs
Photo: David Bowen (l) and Darrin Ginsberg
Zach Randall and his partner Nick Yorchak earn their living advising other entrepreneurs how to build online traffic and revenue strategies.
Earlier this year, Zach and Nick decided to take their own advice - launching ShaveMOB.com, a national web retailer that let's men and women purchase premium shaving razors at discounts of as much as 70%.
On this week's edition of Monday Morning Radio, Zach talks about betting on himself and his skills as a digital marketing consultant as he takes on the multi-billion dollar razor industry. Talk about having "skin in the game!"
Zach is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
For sponsorship opportunties, contact Dean Rotbart at 303-296-1200.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Run Time: 20 Mins 11 Secs
Photo: Zach Randall
This past October, nearly 6,000 business executives, most of them mom-and-pop operators, gathered in Austin, Texas to attend a global conference designed to make them more successful at their jobs…. as Funeral Directors.
Death remains a huge business in the United States and one of the few major industries that continues to be dominated by individual and family owners.
On Monday Morning Radio this week, Jessica Koth, public relations manager for the National Funeral Directors Association, explains why the challenges and prospects facing funeral home operators are a microcosm of the broader entrepreneurial ecosystem. She also highlights the numerous opportunities for other small businesses to sell their products and services to funeral home directors.
Jessica is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
For sponsorship opportunties, contact Dean Rotbart at 303-296-1200.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Run Time: 24 mins 39 Secs
Photo: Jessica Koth, National Funeral Directors Association
Are you tough enough for the Wizard Academy and its vigorous creative and intellectual obstacle courses?
Well toughen up, because this week's guest on Monday Morning Radio is none other than Academy graduate Mark Divine, who served two decades in the elite U.S. Navy SEALs, retiring as a commander.
Mark, author of the new book, The Way of the Seal, reveals how anyone can "think like an elite warrior to lead and succeed." Mark's business credentials include an MBA, a CPA and the role of founder and CEO of SEALFIT and NavySEALs.com.
So listen if you dare. Remember the SEALs motto: "The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday."
Monday Morning Radio is produced in cooperation with Business Unconventional, the weekly radio news magazine broadcast every Sunday at 8 am (Mountain) on 710 KNUS AM in Denver. For sponsorship opportunties, contact Dean Rotbart at 303-296-1200.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 34:21
Photo: Mark Divine, Way of the Seal
John Lavenia has hit deeper bottoms than most people ever do. Down on his luck, broke, a drug addict, from an abusive home, he turned his life around - both personally and professionally - and has become a much in-demand speaker and trainer, who has taught thousands of others how they can write their own "rags-to-riches" life script.
Lavenia, who dubbs himself "The Godzilla of Personal Growth," is this week's guest on Monday Morning Radio. He discusses his methods, a blend of Eastern and Western thought, as well as his popular book, "Integrity is Everything."
If you think you face a hard climb to the top, you'll be inspired by what Lavenia has been able to accomplish.
Monday Morning Run Time: 28 min 14 Secs
Photo: John Lavenia
In a little more than three years, Craftsy.com has added more than 2 million members who gobble up its online classes, free videos and how-to articles. This week on Monday Morning Radio, Craftsy.com founder John Levisay reveals how he and his team crafted their own entrepreneurial success story, relying heavily on social media.
Also appearing on today's show is Wizard Academy alumnus Homer Hudson Hillis, Jr., whose company, HHH Enterprises sells crafts supplies. Feeling crafty?
Monday Morning Radio is produced in cooperation with Business Unconventional, the weekly radio news magazine broadcast every Sunday at 8 am (Mountain) on 710 KNUS AM in Denver. For sponsorship opportunties, contact Dean at 303-296-1200.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Run Time: 28 mins 01 Secs
Photo: John Levisay, Founder, Craftsy.com
If you're not among that lucky bunch who will hang out with Jeff Sexton and Chris Maddock this week during the Writing for Radio and the Internet workshop at Wizard Academy, here is some consolation: Jeff Sexton is Dean Rotbart and David Biondo's guest on this week's edition of Monday Morning Radio.
Whether you're writing your own web copy or hiring someone else to do it for you, this interview - like the two-day course itself - will open your mind to a brave and lucrative new world where words make all the difference.
Monday Morning Radio is produced in cooperation with Business Unconventional, the weekly radio news magazine broadcast every Sunday at 8 am (Mountain) on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Run Time: 18 mins 54 Secs
Photo: Jeff Sexton, Wizard Academy
Having returned to the fanfare of trumpets following his incredibly successful secret mission for the CIA,
Dean Rotbart is back on the job this week with another installment of Monday Morning Radio, joined by his son and guest-host, Maxwell.
This week, the Rotbarts casts their eyes on newly named Wizard Academy Vice-Chancellor Daniel Whittington, who talks about the growth and direction of the Academy, its upcoming courses, and his own background as a professional musician and creative thinker. If you've ever been to Wizard Academy or thought about attending one of its courses, don't miss this opportunity to meet the pirate.
Monday Morning Radio is produced in cooperation with Business Unconventional, the weekly radio news magazine broadcast every Sunday at 8 am (Mountain) on 710 KNUS AM in Denver. Business Unconventional is hosted by Dean Rotbart, a Wizard Academy faculty member, and David Biondo, a wealth management expert and founder of Signal Butte Financial Corp.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Run Time: 31 mins 27 Secs
Photo Collage: Daniel Whittington
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The Astronomy of Business Success:
By Garret B. Gunderson Founder, Freedom FastTrack Until the 16th Century, when Nicolaus Copernicus, the Renaissance mathematician and astronomer, formulated his heliocentric theory of the universe, placing the Sun at its midpoint, the cosmos revolved around us. Ironically, for many small business owners and entrepreneurs, it still does....
- Why a well-run business can be likened to a scientific experiment
- 6 questions all owners should answer to make their enterprises commercially valid
- Revisiting Michael E. Gerber's E-Myth 25 years later
- Free yourself of the gravity that weighs down so many entrepreneurs
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Since 1986, Dr. TC North has been coaching small and medium-sized businesses to create high-performing organizations that have extraordinary profitability and that people love to work for.
Dr. North recently joined Business Unconventional and Monday Morning Radio hosts David Biondo and Dean Rotbart for a lively discussion of his column, which appeared in Colorado Biz magazine, highlighting nine entrepreneurial characteristics - exemplified by Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning - that every great small business owner should emmulate.
- Be a Visionary Leader
- Have a Maniacal Focus
- Constantly Communicate
- Take Control
- Raise All Boats
- Pursue Passion
- Learn From Failures
- Possess Emotional Toughness
- Be Coachable
To read Dr. North's full column, click here.
Dr. North, is CEO and Founder, of Catalyst High Performance, which is located in the Denver / Boulder corridor. He is recognized nationally as a high-performance executive coach, speaker, sport psychology consultant, and media personality.
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 16 min 39 secs
Photo: Dr. TC North and Peyton Manning
Anyone who wants to start her own business, but is scared of failure, could take a page from Lyla Padden’s book. For Lyla, it was simple: she loved to bake, and she wanted a business. Thus, Flour Gal was born.
Lyla’s mom, Monica, says that in 2010, “[Lyla] used to watch Cake Boss on TV and she just decided one day that she was going to start her own cupcake business.”
The very next day, Lyla hung flyers around her Denver neighborhood. From there, business grew. Today, what started as a passion for baking and a handful of flyers has turned into www.FlourGal.com, an online custom cupcake shop that delivers delicious treats to anywhere in the greater Denver area. [Phone 720-443-2750]
Aside from her drive, dedication, and passion, there is just one thing unusual about Lyla: she was only 10 years old when she founded her business.
Sometimes good things come in young packages.
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Monday Morning Run Time: 15 mins 51 Secs
Photo: Radio Host Steve Kelley clowns around with Lyla and her mother, Monica
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The so-called sharing economy is growing rapidly in the United States as consumers and business owners recognize the value of sharing everything from private jets and cars to vacation homes.
Entrepreneur Melissa Kaye Snyder reasoned that such sharing services need not be confined to the rich. So she launched Nannyshare USA, which pairs families who want in-home daycare with one another and provides them a qualified, carefully screened nanny who they share. The service has proven particularly popular with small business owners who are seeking an alternative to standard daycare for their children.
Joining Melissa this week on Monday Morning Radio is one of her satisfied clients, Chad Davis, who this month opens his new eXtreme Bodyshaping fitness center in Parker, Colorado.
Melissa talks about the sharing economy and her conviction that it will continue to represent a larger and larger slice of our economy in the years to come.
Robert White and his global training businesses have helped 1.3 million people squeeze more joy and satisfaction out of life while increasing their incomes and the profitability of their companies.
Although many business coaches focus on operations and strategic planning, White is more of a "Head" coach - showing business owners how to dispose of the mental garbage that limits their achievement.
On this week's Monday Morning Radio, White, author of Living an Extraordinary Life, shares some of his most effective "Human Potential" training tools.
Monday Morning Run Time: 28 mins 01 Secs
Photo: Robert White, ExtraordinaryPeople.com
Angela Cody-Rouget spent 14 years in the U.S. Air Force, where among other lessons she learned the value of systems and processes. Now Cody-Rouget, who attained the rank of Major, leads an expanding squadron of professional organizers in carpet bombing the piles of clutter and junk that busy executives and entrepreneurs accumulate in their business and personal lives.
Cody-Rouget, whose company is named Major Mom, shares some incredibly useful tips for decluttering both your physical and mental space on this week's Monday Morning Radio.
Cody-Rouget is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Run Time: 30 mins 26 Secs
Photo: Angela Cody-Rouget, founder, Major Mom
Healthcare may very well represent the largest prospective financial kitty ever dangled in front of risk takers and entrepreneurs.
Medicine, medical services and medical devices are booming profit centers, and not just for those with science or medical degrees. Everyone from accountants to real estate agents stand to claim their stake of the healthcare pie, if they know where the opportunities lie.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Arlen D. Meyers, who holds both an MD and an MBA, talks about the financial rewards available to those who can help accelerate biomedical and healthcare innovation and get ideas to patients faster. Dr. Meyers is the president of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs, a global organization that encourages doctors and others to roll up their sleeves and create profitable businesses.
Though you might not realize it, Dr. Meyers explains why doctors, in particular, make exceptional entrepreneurs.
Dr. Meyers is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Run Time: 26 mins 14 Secs
Photo: Dr. Arlen D. Meyers, President, Society of Physician Entrepreneurs
Healthcare reform. Gun control. Gay Marriage. Global Warming.
Week in and week out across the country, legislation addressing some of the most contentious issues of our time is produced, debated, revised, and implemented in all 50 states.
Serial database entrepreneur Karen Suhaka recognized that small businesses and average citizens had no easy way to stay informed on the thousands of bills generated across the country each year. So Karen launched BillTrack50.com, a comprehensive, online portal that lassos millions of pages of legislative gobbledygook, organizes them, and presents the documents in a logical and easy-to-access manner.
On this week's Monday Morning Radio, Karen discusses her proven formula for turning vast quantities of free government data into small business gold.
Karen is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 27 mins 11 secs
Photo: Karen Suhaka, BillTrack50
Southwest Airlines, which prides itself on boarding and deplaning its passengers rapidly and efficiently, is a mere babe compared to Dr. Chris Zaino and his team in The Woodlands, Texas.
Dr. Zaino, a one-time world-class body builder and winner of the Mr. America competition, relies on refined systems and software to treat from 500 to 700 patients each day at his Abundant Life Chiropractic clinic, the largest such practice in the country.
Even more impressive, Dr. Zaino's patients report an extraordinarily high level of satisfaction with him and the treatments he provides.
There are chiropractors and there are entrepreneurs. Dr. Zaino is at the top of both classes. Let Dr. Zaino teach you how to adjust the backbone of your business operations on this week's Monday Morning Radio.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by Dean Rotbart and David Biondo.
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 37 min 04 Secs
Photo: Dr. Chris Zaino, Abundant Life Chiropractic
Remember the days when where you were listed in the Yellow Pages and how eye-catching your ad was could make or break a local retail or service business?
Those days aren't gone, they've just morphed to the Internet, where so-called "local search" is helping some businesses soar while others languish.
Debbie Josendale, founder and president of 3C Marketing Group, identifies five foundational components to becoming a Local Search giant. She also has some recommendations for how to respond when your business gets "slimed" by an unhappy consumer reviewer.
Josendale is this week's guest on Monday Morning Radio.
Most of what conventional financial planners tell entrepreneurs about how to grow and protect their wealth is crap. Okay, so that's not a very polite thing to say. But it's painfully true.
Otherwise savvy small business owners can be totally stupid when it comes to trusting their money and investment strategies to others.
That is a sermon that Garrett B. Gunderson - who became a multi-millionaire before age 27 - has been preaching from coast-to-coast business pulpits for years and is a core concept in his New York Times groundbreaking bestseller, Killing Sacred Cows.
Garrett, an educator and financial advocate, is the force behind The Freedom FastTrack, a phenominal go-against-the-grain process of building and protecting your wealth that defies conventional wisdom, yet produces extraordinary results.
On this week's Monday Morning Radio, Garrett unloads on commission-obsessed financial planners and explains why chasing interest rates will never produce the phenomenal wealth that comes when you chase your life's soul purpose.
Garrett is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 49 mins 37 secs
Photo: Garrett B. Gunderson, Freedom FastTrack
An exclusive Monday Morning Radio Interview with David Kallery - President, Inspirato with American Express.
As a futurist, Thomas Frey stands shoulder-to-shoulder with such well-known contemporaries as John Naisbitt, Alvin Toffler and Ray Kurzell.
In fact, according to Google's highly prized ranking system, Frey is America's #1 rated futurist speaker.
He's also the exclusive guest on this week's edition of Monday Morning Radio.
Frey is executive director and senior futurist at The DaVinci Institute, which he launched in 1997. Among his intriguing Monday Morning Radio forecasts: As early as 2020, 40% of all jobs in America will be project-based, as the United States evolves into a full-fledged "freelance economy."
Moreover, many of these project-based workers will locate and affiliate in so-called Business Colonies, where assignments will be carefully meted out to those with highly specific skill sets.
While heads of state and Fortune 500 CEOs regularly consult futurists, Frey is an advocate of using his skills - including 15 years at IBM as an award-winning engineer and designer - to benefit small business owners and entrepreneurs.
p.s. In case you're not already impressed, Frey qualifies for the elite Triple Nine Society, representing those few among us with I.Q.s above the 99th percentile.
Frey is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 30 mins 43 secs
Photo: Thomas Frey, The DaVinci Institute
| Next month, some of the top CEOs, business powerbrokers and entrepreneurs in Colorado will gather at a by-invitation-only executive briefing to hear from one of the nation's leading experts on the Affordable Care Act - popularly known as Obamacare - and how it will impact businesses. Moreover, the speaker, William N. Lindsay, III, president of Lockton Employee Benefits Group, will offer suggestions on ways business owners and entrepreneurs can plan ahead, as well as hints about the unexpected consequences that may arise as a result of health care reform. On this week's Monday Morning Radio, Lindsay shares his thinking about the Affordable Care Act and tells listeners how they can handicap what lies ahead for health care reform. Lindsay is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver. Lindsay's presentation at the August 15th briefing, Business for Breakfast, will be hosted by Vectra Bank Colorado, which serves small, middle-market and corporate businesses clients throughout the state. Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free! Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 27 mins 15 secs Photo: William N. Lindsay, III - President, Lockton Employee Benefits Group |
When it breaks, fix it immediately.
That is the business strategy behind Benjamin Head’s Shatter Buggy, an iPhone and iPad mobile repair business that uses a fleet of snappy smart cars to draw the public’s attention and make rapid repair calls to your home, your business, coffee shops and even gyms.
Head, a former commercial airline pilot, launched Shatter Buggy in January 2012, realizing that each day, thousands of us -- mere mortals that we are - drop our iDevices or otherwise obliterate our screens and inflict bodily damage on these high-tech marvels.
Apple Inc. expects to sell 200 million iPhones this year, plus another 100 million iPads. Shatter Buggy is counting on the “klutz” in all of us to grow his business nationally.
Benjamin Head, founder of Shatter Buggy, showcases his company on this week’s Monday Morning Radio.
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 13 mins 48 secs
First Broadcast: February 3, 2013
Photo: Shatter Buggy "Surfing"
Why do some franchise stores succeed while so many others stumble or just get by? For a few powerful insights, look at Which Wich Superior Sandwiches, a nationwide chain of popular restaurants focused on the “wich,” a customizable sandwich available in more than 50 varieties.
On this week's Monday Morning Radio, Jay Goldstein, partner and chief operating officer for 9 Which Wich outlets, including one location that last year out-sold every other restaurant in the chain, offers his exclusive perspective on the secret business ingredients for success. It’s a recipe that other franchise owners can readily follow, regardless of what sort of business they operate.
Also interviewed is James Pa, vice president of operations for the national Which Wich chain. Pa sums up the reason for Goldstein’s success this way: “If you believe that you’re going to succeed, you’re going to materialize it. It’s going to crystallize. We call that ‘the vibe.’ They’ve got the vibe.”
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 15 mins 07 secs
First Broadcast: March 3, 2013
Photo: Jay Goldstein, Which Wich
The ancient Greek, Diogenes of Sinope, went in search of an honest man. Dafna Michaelson of Cincinnati went in search of problem solvers and idea generators. She had better luck.
In fact, Dafna, founder and president of The Journey Institute, traveled to all 50 states and Washington DC to hunt down people doing extraordinary things on behalf of their businesses and communities.
Dafna detests whiners. Her philosophy is straightforward: If you want to complain about some aspect of your business or community, then you have to be willing to do something about it. And if you can't do it yourself, find those who can and cheerlead for them.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Dean Rotbart and his guest co-host, son Maxwell, interview Dafna and hear how she's mobilizing people to solve their own problems.
Dean and Maxwell share the hosting responsibilities each Sunday on Radio Chavura, a 30-minute broadcast radio program that focuses on the Jewish Community of greater-Denver. The program airs at 6:30 pm on 990 KRKS AM in Denver.
Dean, a member of the Wizard Academy faculty, is also the weekly co-host of Business Unconventional, a one-hour weekly broadcast that airs on 710 KNUS AM in Denver. David Biondo, a wealth management expert and authorized Bank on Yourself advisor, is the regular host of B. Unconventional.
When he’s not on the radio, Maxwell teaches 12th grade psychology and 9th grade geography at Grandview High School in Aurora, Colorado.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 27 mins 15 secs
Photo: Dafna Michaelson, The Journal Institute
Shane DeRolf is an eleven-time Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, director, narrator, and composer.
He's also an entrepreneur who recognizes the huge potential market in educating and entertaining young children.
Shane's latest venture, Yesterday's Zoo, is a unique monthly book club designed to teach kids about endangered species, while engaging their imaginations. Can Shane translate his success in television to the highly competitive (and crowded) children's publishing industry? Listen to this week's Monday Morning Radio and discover Shane's game plan.
Shane is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 23 mins 20 secs
Photo: Shane DeRolf, CEO and Chief Creative Officer, Yesterday's Zoo
Most businesses don't do them. Of those that do, very few do them well. We're talking about workshops, seminars and webinars, which hold the potential to draw in new, loyal customers regardless of the nature of your business.
Jean DiGiovanna is a workshop and webcast guru. As founder of Workshop University, she teaches business professionals to design, develop and deliver high-impact presentations. On this week's Monday Morning Radio, Jean reveals some of her top insights for creating impactful, actionable seminars - both digitally and face-to-face.
Jean is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 32 mins 16 secs
Photo: Jean DiGiovanna, Workshop University
Jen Sincero uses foul language and in-your-face candor to get the attention of potential consulting clients and the media. A one-time, self-described 'big fat looser,' Jen turned her life around and is now traveling the world advising others how to do likewise.
Her latest book, You Are A Badass, builds on her success with two previous books quasi-autobiographical books, "Don't Sleep with Your Drummer," and the bestselling, "The Straight Girl's Guide to Sleeping with Chicks." Yes. You read that correctly.
(We asked Jen the business lessons contained in "The Straight Girls Guide" and she quipped without missing a beat: "That was a different kind of business.")
Jen is one part-comedian, one part success coach, and two parts Badass. She is also Dean Rotbart and David Biondo's guest on this week's edition of Monday Morning Radio.
[Jen's childhood friend, Sarah Shaw, aka 'Entreprenette' was the featured guest on Monday Morning Radio on March 25, 2013. Missed Sarah's segment? You can hear it here now.]
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 27 mins 33 secsPhoto: Jen Sincero
Year-Two of Monday Morning Radio arrives with a special delivery of entrepreneurial insights from London, England, where Tom Allason and his team at Shutl are preparing to rewrite the rules of retail delivery.
Relying on a network of existing local carriers - linked by Shutl's proprietary software platform, Allason says consumers in major cities throughout the United States will soon be able to purchase items online and have them delivered - get this - within 60 minutes, or less. Talk about disruptive innovation.
The Shutl service is already proving itself the U.K. and is on the cusp of launching in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. Shutl will shake up both online and bricks-and-mortar retailing. Hear what it will mean for your business on this week's Monday Morning Radio 2.0.
Allason is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 27 mins 16 secs
Photo: Tom Allason, Shutl
Little girls can't grow up fast enough and their parents can't keep them little long enough. It's an age-old conundrum.
So Shelly Coffman, who worked in securities laws for an investment bank, sought out a happy medium for her own daughter who wanted to wear pierced earrings just like the Big Girls do. Shelly invented Poppy Drops, a temporary tattoo that lets little girls enjoy all the fun of earrings without the complications and responsibility of permanent piercing.
Poppy Drops has grown into a mega retail success, selling removable earrings and tattoos across the country both online and at an impressive and growing number of retail outlets.
On this week's Monday Morning Radio, Shelly shares the story behind her unexpected kid-hit. As you'll hear, little girls are big business, especially because parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles seem to have almost no self-control when it comes to doting on them.
Shelly is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 28 mins 04 secs
Photo: Shelly Coffman, Poppy Drops
Gaining wisdom and practical solutions from one another is the premise that drives The Alternative Board, a global organization that brings together business owners in small peer-advisory groups that meet monthly to help one another.
Founded in 1990, more than 13,000 business owners from Iowa to Ireland have joined "The Board."
This week on Monday Morning Radio, Jason P. Zickerman, president and CEO of TAB (the business group - not the diet soda), talks about the wisdom of asking business owners, who initially are strangers to one another, to form a functioning, mutual advisory board.
In Jason's view the equation is quite simple: If you're the smartest person in your own company, you better look to outsiders if you want your business to demonstrate breakout profitability, productivity and - importantly - to provide you greater personal fulfillment.
Jason is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and wealth management expert David Biondo. Dean and David are co-hosts of the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 41 mins 07 secs
Photo: Jason P. Zickerman, The Alternative Board
Entrepreneur Tim Storm sold his business, Fat Wallet, in September 2011, after more than a decade of pouring his heart and soul into the online consumer savings site. The sale put Tim on a solid financial footing for the rest of his life. Tim's has had time to reflect on his Fat Wallet days, and on this week's Monday Morning Radio, Tim shares some of the most valuable decisions he made and some of the wisest lessons he learned. He also drops some enticing hints about what's next on his business agenda. If you dream about cashing out your business one day and living the good life, then Tim's story will provide plenty of encouragement.
Tim is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, who along with wealth management expert David Biondo co-hosts the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 26 mins 23 secs
Photo: Tim Storm, Fat Wallet (2010)
Brad Kriser's growing chain of Kriser's all-natural pet food stores is taking a big bite out of the $51 billion pet industry pie.
Launched in Chicago in 2006, Kriser's is expanding rapidly with more than 15 locations now in greater Chicago, Denver and Southern California.
Brad and his Kriser's are the antidote to the big box pet food stores. On this week's Monday Morning Radio, he shares the customer and customer-service insights that are fueling his success.
Brad is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, who along with wealth management expert David Biondo co-hosts the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 18 mins
This week on Monday Morning Radio, a special tribute to music promotor Barry Fey, who became a millionaire and rock 'n roll legend organizing shows by U2, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, the Grateful Dead, The Who, Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Springsteen.
Fey, a two-time guest on Dean Rotbart and David Biondo's radio program, Business Unconventional, died on April 28th at the age of 74. He was the ultimate "unconventional" entrepreneur.
Rotbart and Biondo play excerpts of Fey's broadcast interviews with them, as well as never-before-heard outtakes and bonus material.
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 1 hour 14 mins
Photo: Barry Fey at 710 KNUS AM (Business Unconventional) - April 27, 2012
Each of us has one secret to unlocking our true potential in business and in life. In their new business book - The One Thing - bestselling authors Gary Keller and Jay Papasan chart the way for busy people to identify the one area of their lives that will allow them to accomplish much more by doing less. Their book is published by Bard Press.
On this week's Monday Morning Radio, Jay talks about the advantages of having a one-track mind. It helped Jay's co-author, Gary, build the largest real estate franchise in America, Keller Williams Realty.
What's Your One Thing? Listen and you may very well discover your unique key to extraordinary results.
Of yes, if Bard Press sound familiar, it's because Ray Bard is also the publisher of the bestselling Wizard of Ads Trilogy. All told, tiny Bard Press has brought 15 national bestsellers to market, earning it the title, "America's Best-Selling Business Book Publisher."
Jay is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, who along with wealth management expert David Biondo co-hosts the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 26 mins and 03 secs
Adrian Van Zelfden is an author, an attorney, a CPA, an MBA and a magna cum laude graduate from the USAF Academy.
Talk about underachievers!
Adrian, who is on the faculty at The Wizard Academy, advises small businesses and their owners how to safeguard their assets from legal predators and the IRS.
On this week's Monday Morning Radio, Adrian discusses his new book, Fearless Business Ownership, which sums up decades of experience in a highly readable, understandable fashion.
Adrian is a force to reckon with. You won't want to miss this interview!
Adrian is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, who along with wealth management expert David Biondo co-hosts the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio Run Time: 30 mins and 23 secs
Photo: Adrian Van Zelfden
Aaron LaPedis is one of the world's great treasure hunters. His "Collect This!" television program on PBS, which aired for seven years, reached 1.5 million viewers each month.
On this week's edition of Monday Morning Radio, Aaron reveals key strategies for discovering hidden treasures at garage sales and auctions. He should know, he became a millionaire following his own advice - thus the title of his award-winning book, "The Garage Sale Millionaire."
Aaron also explains to hosts Dean Rotbart and David Biondo how to clear the clutter from your business, office or home by conducting your own money-generating garage sale. Aaron's business philosophy is simple: buy very low, sell very high.
Rotbart and Biondo co-host Business Unconventional, a one-hour radio news magazine that is broadcast each Sunday on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 29 min 24 secs
Photo: Aaron LaPedis
What could be more enticing than the smell of fresh, buttered popcorn? How about the smell of success?
Entrepreneurs Renée and Rob Israel enjoy the aroma of both, as the founders of Doc Popcorn, a nationwide, rapidly growing chain of all-natural gourmet popcorn retail outlets.
The Israels count on the smell of freshly popped popcorn to draw in impulse buyers, who are also encouraged to sample the merchandise. The formula works.
Renée is bursting with insights for other entrepreneurs, as she shares the story of Doc Popcorn's phenominal growth with Dean Rotbart and David Biondo on this week's edition of Monday Morning Radio.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 30 min 44 secs
Photo: Renée Israel, Doc Popcorn
Wizard Academy grads Homer Hudson Hillis, Jr., Tanya White and Erik Eustice, each of whom attended the recent Measurement and the Mind course taught by brothers Mark and Gene Huffman, provide some on-the-spot feedback on this week's edition of Monday Morning Radio.
Homer, a regular contributor to Dean Rotbart and David Biondo's Business Unconventional broadcast radio show, recruited Tanya and Erik to share their first-hand Wizard Academy insights and impressions.
All three guests are successful entrepreneurs and/or consultants in their own right. And if you weren't lucky enough to attend the Huffman brothers' course, this audio is the next best thing.
Oh yes, you'll also discover why "Let's Make a Deal" Homer always trades for "Door #2." Hint: It's the goats. (Don't ask. Just listen.)
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free! Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 27 min 10 sec
Photo (Clockwise): Homer Hudson Hillis, Jr.; Homer's Wizard Academy chair; Homer's dream Let's Make A Deal Prize; Measurement and the Mind guests, Erik Eustice and Tanya White
Sarah Shaw knows glamour and she knows Hollywood, a powerful combination for entrepreneurs who aspire to see their fashions, cosmetics, jewelry and accessories worn by some of the Big Screen’s hottest actresses.
Shaw, a Los Angeles ex-pat, is a successful “entreprenette” – the moniker she adopted for herself and her consulting business – which focuses on helping women fashion designers and business owners bask in front of the klieg lights. Sarah, whose own purses have been worn on screen by Julia Roberts and Reese Witherspoon, can help you catapult your product from the kitchen prototype to the red carpet.
Sarah shares some of her trade secrets for nabbing celebrity clients and high-impact press placements on this week’s Monday Morning Radio with Dean Rotbart.
Rotbart, a veteran broadcast journalist and Wizard Academy faculty member, co-hosts the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver along with wealth management expert David Biondo.
On May 2nd, Sarah will host a one-day training event that promises to help those who attend place their products in film and on television. View details here.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free! Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 17 min 22 sec
Photo: Entreprenette Sarah Shaw
The Rolling Stones at Memorial Auditorium (1964). Jimmy Hendrix playing the HIC Arena in Honolulu in 1968. The Grateful Dead at Trouper's Club in Los Angeles (1966).
Posters for these concerts and hundreds of others featuring rock 'n roll legends of the 1950s and 1960s were never intended to last. Which is why today's hardcore collectors will pay thousands of dollars to acquire the few concert promotions that have survived the decades.
If you love the early pioneers of rock music, you won't want to miss this week's edition of Monday Morning Radio, featuring Andrew Hawley, a rock historian who makes his living trading vintage rock concert posters and related ephemera.
Hawley's Vintage Rock Posters is a niche business, but one that reinforces the notion that personal passions and business savvy are not mutually exclusive.
By the way, Hawley will lay down some fast and serious cash if you've got the right memorabilia hanging around your garage or attic. This show could be music to your ears.
Hawley is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, who along with wealth management expert David Biondo co-hosts the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 32 min 57 sec
Photo: Host David Biondo (l) and Andrew Hawley with a Greatful Dead poster.
Bill Chrismer makes his living making men look successful and advising them on how to "look the part." Okay, so he's a barber. But the former investment banker - yes you read that correctly - is no ordinary stylist.
In truth, he leaves the actual grooming to others. But Bill and his Denver-based GQ Barber Lounge - one of the first upscale male-specific salons in the country - do provide mens' haircuts, straight razor shaves, manicures, pedicures and hair removal. It's all part of Bill's mission to help power brokers and would-be power brokers look and feel the part.
On this week's Monday Morning Radio, Bill details why that cheap $15 trim you currently opt for just doesn't cut it.
Bill is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, who along with wealth management expert David Biondo co-hosts the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 28 min 25 sec
Photo: Bill Chrismer, GQ Barber Lounge - Denver
It's not enough for small business owners and entrepreneurs to understand key trends in their neighborhood or even in our nation as a whole. What happens to your business is not only impacted by local activities, but by developments around the globe.
This week on Monday Morning Radio, George Feiger, CEO of San Francisco wealth management firm Contango Capital Advisors and a respected economist, offers his take on five key global trends that will drive entrepreneurial success in the U.S. over the next several years.
While the outlook is bleak in some parts of the globe - and will dampen American economic growth - George offers a roadmap to where the best domestic opportunities will be found.
George is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, who along with wealth management expert David Biondo co-hosts the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 28 min 04 sec
Photo: George Feiger, Contango Capital Advisors
Comedy Central star Kyle Cease will be making an encore appearance at Wizard Academy for 2 days, March 6th and 7th, presenting his powerful, transformative "Groove of Greatness Seminar." On this week's Monday Morning Radio, Kyle talks about his evolution from comedian to professional business presenter and motivator. Kyle used his proven techniques and creative insights to overcome his own severe stage fright and win recognition as the Number #1 comedian on Comedy Central in 2009. Tune in. You'll laugh. You'll think. And you'll book your reservation to attend Kyle's Wizard Academy class. Just don't fly Trans Sky Air (you'll understand why when you hear Kyle's interview.) Kyle is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, who along with wealth management expert David Biondo co-hosts the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 40 min 11 sec
Photo: Kyle Cease on Comedy Central
Five minutes. 300 seconds. 1/20th of an hour. Perhaps the most important time span in the life of entrepreneurs who are seeking to raise crucial angel capital.
Five minutes is all that most angel capital forums allow owners who are lucky enough to be selected to present their business concepts to a gathering of interested, but highly skeptical potential investors.
This week's guests on Monday Morning Radio, Dom DiDia and Frank Hofmeister, are veteran pitching coaches who volunteer their time and experience helping startup businesses prepare for their brief moments in the capital-raising spotlight. Even if you're not in the market for outside capital, what Dom and Frank have to say will make you a better overall communicator.
Dom and Frank are interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, who along with wealth management expert David Biondo co-hosts the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 31 min 17 sec
Photo: Frank Hofmeister (l) and Dom DiDia
Innovator Chris Tucker had absolutely no experience in the art or sports collectibles worlds. But he had an idea - to bronze the hands of famous athletes, including John Elway, Todd Helton, Larry Walker, Troy Aikman, Dan Marino,Ted Williams, Ernie Banks, Bob Gibson and Goose Gossage.
Tucker, a "Simultaneous Entrepreneur," teamed with artist Raelee Frazier, who perfected the method of making such life casts.
His company, Allstar Casts, is unique - creating museum-quality bronze life cast hands and selling them to private patrons, galleries, sports arenas and even The Smithsonian.
In this week's fast-paced Monday Morning Radio interview, Tucker traces his entrepreneurial journey and the lessons it offers to anyone who may lack experience, but has plenty of vision and drive.
Chris is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, who along with wealth management expert David Biondo co-hosts the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 20 min 23 sec
Photo: Chris L. Tucker, Allstar Casts
Each of us has an individual -- personal -- "brand" and Lida Citroën is an expert on helping small business owners and others create power through personal branding.
Lida is a consultant, lecturer and author. Her book, Reputation 360, shows how executives, professional and entrepreneurs can harness their power and attract ideal opportunities using techniques commonly employed by successful global leaders.
Lida is a proud Colorado small business owner, serving since 2008 as Founding Principal of LIDA360, LLC. Her company's specialty is creating corporate marketing and personal branding strategies that have authenticity and durability.
Lida is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, who along with wealth management expert David Biondo co-hosts the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 25 min 37 sec
Photo: Lida Citroën
We Can Protect Our Children: The Guide to Securing Our Schools and Daycares spells out with clear, easy-to-understand descriptions and illustrations, how fast and simple upgrades to a building’s door locks and related security hardware can prevent or significantly hinder an intruder’s access to students and teachers.
Written by Wizard Academy alumnus Dave Jabas, a veteran security specialist and CEO of WholeSaleLocks.com, the premise of We Can Protect Our Children is that well-informed parents need not wait another day to inspect their schools’ existing intruder-prevention locks and hardware and to take immediate proactive steps to greatly improve school security.
Dave is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, who along with wealth management expert David Biondo co-host the weekly Business Unconventional radio news magazine broadcast on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
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Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 25 min 20 sec
Unleash your inner crocodile?
Australian corporate trainer Roger Anthony teaches that individuals and organizations should take their lead from the crocodile, which has adapted and thrived for more than 300 million years.
Roger uses unique training techniques - including learning with crayons - yes crayons - to empower business owners and entrepreneurs to remain cool, calm, creative and productive under pressure - like a Crocodile. It might sound offbeat, but it works.
Roger explains why, and offer specific steps anyone can follow to improve personal and business performance on this week's edition of Monday Morning Radio.
Roger is interviewed on Monday Morning Radio by fellow Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur. Rotbart and Biondo produce Monday Morning Radio and serve as co-hosts in cooperation with Business Unconventional on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
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Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 28 min 48 sec
Photo: Roger Anthony, Crocodiles International
Beneath every small business owner is an optimist who dares to dream big. Facing down challenges comes with the turf. Yet with eyes on the prize, we sometimes forget the importance of getting the little things right. Developing a habit of regularly examining our own choices can be key to success.
Don Kuhl has spent decades studying how small changes can have a major impact on our lives. He’s the founder of The Change Companies, a provider of resources that assist people in making choices that result in positive changes.
The company’s focus is guiding people to help themselves. “I was vice president of business for a pretty large health company and time and time again it struck me, real change is self change,” he recalls during a recent radio interview conducted with Monday Morning Radio.
Don is interviewed on Monday Morning Radio by fellow Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur. Rotbart and Biondo produce Monday Morning Radio and serve as co-hosts in cooperation with Business Unconventional on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
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Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 22 min 38 sec
Phil Wrzesinski owns and operates one of the world's most magical independent toy stores, named “one of the 25 best independent stores in America” in the book Retail Superstars. He teaches and consults retail businesses on how to raise the bar in everything from financials to customer service to hiring and training a staff that is a work of art.
Phil and Tim Miles will be teaching a two-day course at Wizard Academy that will provide you with the tools and techniques you need to raise your level of Customer Service to the point where your customers will want to brag about their terrific experience with you.
Hear Monday Morning Radio's recent interview with Tim Miles
Register for Phil and Tim's Wizard Academy class
Phil is interviewed on Monday Morning Radio by fellow Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur. Rotbart and Biondo produce Monday Morning Radio and serve as co-hosts in cooperation with Business Unconventional on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
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Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 28 min 56 sec
Photo: Phil Wrzesinski, Toy House and Baby Too
Do you love classic cars? Entrepreneur Jack Farland earns his living restoring some of the world's greatest automobiles to their original showroom condition: A 1962 Porsche Super 90; a 1960 Ferrari 250 PF Cabriolet; a 1970 Fiat Dino; and a 1941 Cadillac Series 61 - to mention only a few.
Farland, owner of Classic Restoration By Country Club - one of the nation's most respected classic restoration shops - discusses the high-end restoration business and the business lessons he's learned from helping make client fantasies come true.
Farland is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur. Rotbart and Biondo produce Monday Morning Radio and serve as co-hosts in cooperation with Business Unconventional on 710 KNUS AM in Denver. Also joining the conversation is Jeff Wilson a small business expert and co-founder of LoomView Enterprises. Wilson is a regular contributor to B. Unconventional.
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Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 31 min 44 sec
Photo: Jack Farland and one of his recent restorations
Entrepreneurial talent is not confined to conventional businesses. Nathaniel Drew, this week's guest on Monday Morning Radio, is combining his musical talents with his business instincts to grow his Salt Lake Pops Studio Orchestra into a global Internetphenomenon. You will learn a lot by listening to Nathaniel - not to mention enjoying his music immensely.
Drew is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur. Rotbart and Biondo produce Monday Morning Radio and serve as co-hosts in cooperation with Business Unconventional on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
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Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 37 min 51 sec
Photo: Nathaniel Drew
David McInnis, Wizard Academy faculty member and benefactor, revolutionized the news release industry when he founded PRWeb. Now, McInnis is back with another forward-thinking company - Cranberry Newswire - that takes the concept of 'Media Bypass' to the next level.
Media Bypass allows small business owners and entrepreneurs to navigate around news media gatekeepers - distributing their carefully crafted stories directly to existing and potential customers. Unlike conventional news releases, the stories appearing on Cranberry Newswire have been professionally researched, reported and written by veteran journalists.
That means customers and other readers will actually want to read about the companies, services and organizations featured on Cranberry Newswire.
McInnis's partner in Cranberry Newswire is veteran, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist Dean Rotbart, a fellow Wizard Academy faculty member.
Rotbart and David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur, produce Monday Morning Radio in cooperation with their weekly radio newsmagazine, Business Unconventional, which airs each Sunday morning at 8:05 a.m. (Mountain) on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 30 min 47 sec
Photo: David McInnis, Co-Founder, Cranberry Newswire
Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, originator of the Buzz Snatching™ method of grabbing more-than-your-fair-share of the public's attention, is in the middle of a viral Buzz Snatching™ campaign designed to raise 50,000 pair of new socks in only three weeks to donate to the homeless. Listen in as Dean explains how the idea arose and how YOU - listeners to Monday Morning Radio - can participate.
Dean will also host a free telephone conference on Wednesday, December 5th, at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern) to brief members of the Wizard Academy community on how YOU can do a holiday-season good deed and win some national attention for yourself, your products or your company.
To register for this no-cost conference call and receive dial-in instructions, email Dean at: NoSocksToWork@gmail.com. Be sure to include your name, company name, and contact phone number. The call will last only 15 minutes - but the good it can do will knock your socks off. Literally!
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur. Rotbart and Biondo produce Monday Morning Radio in cooperation with their weekly radio newsmagazine, Business Unconventional, which airs each Sunday morning at 8:05 a.m. (Mountain) on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 36 min 48 sec
Sports marketing is huge. But getting it right is no layup.
On this week's edition of Monday Morning Radio, we go behind the story of one successful sports marketing partnership, between 2012 RE/MAX World Long Drive Champion Ryan Winther and his earliest and most ardent sponsor, Mark Sarale, a regional director at Max Muscle Sports Nutrition in Northern California.
Early on, Sarale and Max Muscle generously supplied their sports nutrition expertise and powerful proven supplements to Winther, who with their backing rose rapidly to the top of his sport. "That moment changed my life," Winther says of the first time he walked into one of Sarale's Max Muscle Sports Nutrition Store located in Sacremento.
Three months later, Winther, who once aspired to a career as a professional baseball player, broke the golf ball speed record with a swing that sent the ball rocketing 402 years at 237 miles per hour.
Winther talks about how the lessons of golf success can be applied to the business world. And, importantly, what other business owners should know before they hook up with an athlete in pursuit of a marketing championship.
Monday Morning Radio is hosted by Wizard Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur. Rotbart and Biondo produce Monday Morning Radio in cooperation with their weekly radio newsmagazine, Business Unconventional, which airs each Sunday morning at 8:05 a.m. (Mountain) on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 44 min 56 sec
Photo: Ryan Winther, 2012 RE/MAX World Long Drive Champion
Renowned financier, philanthropist, and medical innovator Michael R. Milken is the featured guest on this week’s special edition of Monday Morning Radio.
Milken spoke earlier this month in Colorado before a distinguished audience of business and political leaders, outlining for them his thoughts on the rapid and significant changes that legal immigration have brought to America and how the “changing face” of our nation will have enormous impact on business and government policy in the very near future.
Milken notes that worldwide population growth and education patterns make it clear that China, India, and Latin America will be among the key global economic powers for the rest of this century. If America is to remain competitive, it must invest far more in educating our young people and re-opening our boarders to legal immigrants.
Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart attended Milken’s speech and had the opportunity to meet privately with the billionaire for 40 minutes following his remarks.
What Milken has to say – about the forces that are changing the world as we know it – is priceless business intelligence.
As Rotbart notes at the opening of this week’s audio, portions of Milken’s remarks are difficult to hear. Rotbart recommends using earphones to capture the clearest possible audio.
Those Monday Morning Radio listeners interested in hearing more of Milken’s insights and influences can also visit www.Chavura.com - a weekly broadcast radio program aimed at the Jewish community – where Rotbart and his son, Maxwell, in an exclusive interview, discuss with Milken how his Jewish roots have influenced his business and philanthropic thinking.
Rotbart and David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur, produce Monday Morning Radio in cooperation with their weekly radio newsmagazine, Business Unconventional, which airs each Sunday morning at 8:05 a.m. (Mountain) on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
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Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 29 min 45 sec
Photo: Michael Milken and Maxwell Rotbart
Wizard Academy helps business owners and entrepreneurs discover the science in every art. In its unconventional classes, which draw creative men and women from around the world, the goal is to demonstrate step-by-step how to do consciously what gifted people do instinctively.
In the generally unglamorous world of bookkeeping and accounting, Jeff and Jake Wilson are two such gifted visionaries. The Wilsons, a father-son duo, look at the same tedious numbers that other bookkeepers and accountants crunch, only the Wilsons spot opportunities for profits and positive change that typically go undetected.
The Wilsons, cofounders of LoomView.com, are this week’s guests on Monday Morning Radio, produced in cooperation with 710 KNUS AM’s Business Unconventional, the weekly radio newsmagazine airing each Sunday at 8:00 a.m. in Denver and is streamed simultaneously around the world at www.710KNUS.com.
While Jeff, a Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, is a nationally recognized business coach, son Jake comes to the task as someone trained in an entirely unrelated field – architectural design.
Building a successful business is similar to building a great structure, Jake explains. “If you don’t know where the beams are, if you don’t know what the foundation is made of, and if it’s not constructed properly, it will not be able to hold up and perform.”
The Wilsons are interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart. Rotbart, along with David Biondo, serve as cohosts of Business Unconventional. Jeff Wilson is a regular contributor to the broadcast radio program.
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Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 24 min 16 sec
Photo: Jake (l) and Jeff Wilson (r), LoomView CoFounders
This week on Monday Morning Radio, an exclusive, extended interview with Rieva Lesonsky, a pioneering journalist who spent almost 25 years as the editorial director at Entrepreneur magazine. When Rieva began, in the early 1980s, few news organizations paid any attention to small business owners. And most business reporters didn't even know the meaning of the word "entrepreneur."
Rieva has helped many thousands of people start and grow their own businesses. Now, as the head of her own company, GrowBiz Media, Rieva continues to write about small businesses and is a much-in-demand public speaker and consultant.
This week's audio was recorded simultaneously with the taping of Business Unconventional, the weekly one-hour radio newsmagazine that is broadcast each week on 710 KNUS AM and around the world at www.710KNUS.com.
B. Unconventional is hosted by Wizard Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur. Also joining the conversation in the second half of this week's audio is Jeff Wilson a small business expert with ActionCoach - Team Empowerment. Wilson is a regular contributor to B. Unconventional.
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Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 50 min 28 sec
Photo: Rieva Lesonsky
Leadership is comparatively easy. Leading with honor requires men and women of special character and skills. So says Colonel Lee Ellis (ret.), this week's guest on Monday Morning Radio.
Colonel Ellis, an Air Force fighter pilot, spent 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. He was the youngest POW to be imprisoned along with Senator John McCain at the notorious "Hanoi Hilton." If leaders can act with honor under those circumstances, Colonel Ellis teaches, they certainly can act with honor as the heads of corporations, small businesses and nonprofits.
Colonel Ellis is an author and expert in the areas of team-building, executive development and - of course - leadership. He shares his unique insights with Monday Morning Radio listeners.
Colonel Ellis is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur. Rotbart and Biondo produce Monday Morning Radio and serve as co-hosts in cooperation with Business Unconventional on 710 KNUS AM in Denver. Also joining the conversation is Jeff Wilson a small business expert with ActionCoach - Team Empowerment. Wilson is a regular contributor to B. Unconventional.
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Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 29 min 56 sec
Photo: Colonel Lee Ellis
One single word in its name changed. From College to University. Yet it took four years to win all the political buy-in and votes that were necessary.
Dr. Stephen Jordan, president of Metropolitan State University of Denver – with nearly 24,000 students – believes there was a strong “business case” – yes a business case, for going through all the expense and effort to adopt a new school identity.
Can a single word, University v. College, really matter all that much to the bottom line? Are there lessons to be learned from Dr. Jordan’s journey?
Decide for yourself whether you believe Dr. Jordan was correct – or simply making much ado about nothing. He and his associate for marketing and communications, Cathy Lucas, are the guests on this week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio.
Dr. Jordan and Ms. Lucas were interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart and his Business Unconventional co-host, David Biondo, on July 1, 2012 – the very day the name change went into effect.
This week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio is sponsored, in part, by The Wizard of Ads Group, which will be presenting a Marketing Masterclass in Denver on Tuesday, October 30th.
The Wizard of Ads Group is assembling some of its top speakers from across the United States and Canada to share their secrets on how small business owners can streamline their marketing and grow their businesses. Instructors will include: Ray Seggern, Chuck McKay, Sarah Klenke, Mike Slover and Charlie Moger.
To register for the Marketing Masterclass, visit www.WizardofAdsGroup.com. Tuition for the full day is only $67.00. To hear a 60-second commercial for the course, click here.
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Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 24 min 39secPhoto: Dr. Stephen Jordan and Cathy Lucas, Metropolitan State University of Denver
This week’s guest on Monday Morning Radio, produced in cooperation with Business Unconventional, is Dawn Miracle, owner and founder of Hot Straw. Dawn’s 8-month-old company, Hot Straw, is one of thousands of small businesses across the country that are bypassing bankers, Wall Street and so-called angel investors, preferring to appeal directly to the public at large to raise the money they need to grow their businesses.
Miracle is interviewed by Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur. Rotbart and Biondo produce Monday Morning Radio and serve as co-hosts in cooperation with Business Unconventional on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Dawn is using a popular crowdfunding website, www.IndieGoGo.com, to alert prospective supporters throughout the country to her current fundraising campaign.
On IndieGoGo, Dawn is asking the public to “donate” a minimum of $10 to her company, in exchange for getting a sampling of her products and the satisfaction of knowing that they are helping an up-and-coming entrepreneur succeed. As of Sunday evening, October 14th, she has only reached about 40% of her goal.
[Read more about Dawn and her crowdfunding campaign in Dean Rotbart's Examiner.com column: http://www.examiner.com/article/denver-entrepreneur-down-to-her-last-48-hours-to-raise-18k-via-crowdfunding]
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Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 20 min 53 sec
Photo: Dawn Miracle, Owner, Hot Straw
Pinterest is the 'hot' new social media site. Originally designed to cater to brides and weddings, the site has boomed in popularity and is now used by more than 16 million visitors a month.
Cyndie Shaffstall, a social media expert and author, is the guest this week, helping to explain Pinterest and why it is a must for some business owners. Shaffstall is the founder of Spider Trainers in Lakewood, Colorado, and the author of more than a dozen books, including What, How, Who & When: Small-Business Guide to Winning at Web Marketing.
Shaffstall is interviewed by Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur. Rotbart and Biondo produce Monday Morning Radio and serve as co-hosts in cooperation with Business Unconventional on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
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Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 28 min 40 sec
Photo: Cyndie Shaffstall, Spider Trainers
Necessity, we are told, is the mother of invention. But when Steve Ellenburg and his brother, Mark, first dreamed up the Wrist Rocket slingshot 60 years ago, it was revenge they had on their minds.
Steve, now 71 years old, tells the tale of his journey as a successful inventor on this week's Monday Morning Radio. Steve will be the keynote speaker on October 6th at the Fourth Annual Mother of Invention Regional Conference in Denver.
Steve is joined in a quick-paced roundtable discussion by Rita Crompton, founder of the Inventors' Roundtable and the progenitor of five successful businesses; Ian Osborn, inventor and founder, Wild Ideas Light Company; and Homer Hudson Hillis, Jr., co-founder of HHH Enterprises in Abilene, Texas.
Homer is a frequent student at the Wizard Academy and a regular contributor to the weekly Business Unconventional radio newsmagazine, heard in Denver Sunday mornings on 710 KNUS AM radio.
The Monday Morning Radio inventors' panel is led is by fellow Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur. Rotbart and Biondo serve as co-hosts of Business Unconventional .
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Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 22 min 48 sec
Photo (L-R): Ian Osborn, Wild Ideas Light Company; and Steve Ellenburg, President & CEO, DPM Associates, LLC.
Tim Miles, a faculty member at The Wizard Academy and a Wizard of Ads Partner, specializes in helping owner-operated companies do more with less. He is the founder and head custodian - his words - of The Imagination Advisory Group, based in Columbia, MO.
He is also the author of the recently released book, Good Company - Making It, Being It, Keeping It. He is already at work on his next book, to be called We All Have Special Needs.
Tim is interviewed on Monday Morning Radio by fellow Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur. Rotbart and Biondo produce Monday Morning Radio and serve as co-hosts in cooperation with Business Unconventional on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
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Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 31 min 17 sec
Photo: Tim Miles, The Imagination Advisory Group
Michael R. Drew, a veteran faculty member at The Wizard Academy, is a global superstar when it comes to helping authors propel their books onto the most-influential bestseller lists. To date, 74 books represented by Drew and his Promote-A-Book marketing agency have earned the title "bestseller." A dozen of his books, in fact, have become New York Times #1 top sellers.
After helping so many others promote themselves and their books, Drew has joined with Wizard Academy co-founder Roy H. Williams to pen the new book, Pendulum: How Past Generations Shape Our Present and Predict Our Future.
Drew and Promote A Book strive to build strong and real relationships with clients and their audiences, increasing sales in a natural manner, and maximizing the depth and longevity of that relationship through its Persona Architecture and Platform Building programs. Drew has presented the Pendulum theory on stage with and for the Dali Lama, Sir Richard Branson, and Steven R. Covey, and privately for the Executive Committee at Franklin Covey.
Drew is interviewed exclusively on Monday Morning Radio by fellow Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur. Rotbart and Biondo produce Monday Morning Radio and serve as co-hosts in cooperation with Business Unconventional on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
NOTE: The Monday Morning Radio interview with Michael R. Drew was orginally conducted on July 20, 2012. Since then, publication of Pendulum has been rescheduled for October 2, 2012.
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Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 30 min 40 sec
Photo: Pendulum book cover. Now scheduled for publication October 2, 2012.
Lauren E. Miller is a nationally recognized expert on anxiety relief and stress reduction; an author; motivational speaker; and one-to-one coach (four, six and eight-week programs). A majority of her clients are business owners and entrepreneurs.
Miller is interviewed by Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur. Rotbart and Biondo produce Monday Morning Radio and serve as co-hosts in cooperation with Business Unconventional on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
This week's audio explores ways that listeners can navigate their way back to inner peace. Lauren’s core advice is to “remain the gatekeeper of your thoughts.” Along with noted author and speaker Les Brown, Lauren is a cofounder of Stress Solutions University.
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Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 15 min 02 sec
Photo: Lauren E. Miller
New Orleans Pastor Manley Miller is a jack of many trades. One of them is showing non-profits how they can vastly improve their fundraising efforts.
Miller, who spent more than two years reverse engineering 'Hall of Fame' fundraiser groups - such as the American Red Cross - teaches the definitive 12 techniques that any non-profit can use to electrify their campaigns.
Miller'a next two-day "Fundraising for Non-Profits' class at the Wizard Academy will be begin on September 25th. He is interviewed by Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur.
Rotbart and Biondo produce Monday Morning Radio and serve as co-hosts in cooperation with Business Unconventional on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
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Monday Morning Radio - Run Time: 19 min 32 sec
Photo: Manley Miller, Wizard Academy Faculty - Fundraising for Non-profits, Churches, Politicians and Educational Institutions
Doreen Bloch has written the book - literally - on which companies constitute "The Coolest Startups in America."
Bloch, herself an entrepreneur and founder of Poshly.com, has surveyed the American business landscape to reveal the country's most innovative newcomers. She reveals the common threads among these uncommon small businesses.
Bloch, who personifies the cutting-edge, unconventional thinking taught at the Wizard Academy, is interviewed by Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur.
Rotbart and Biondo produce Monday Morning Radio and serve as co-hosts in cooperation with Business Unconventional on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
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Run Time: 31 min 01 sec
Photo: Doreen Bloch, Poshly.com and The Coolest Startups in America
Mike O'Neil teaches businesses and professionals how to supercharge their LinkedIn pages to generate new customers and clients - and to build a priceless business network. O'Neil, CEO of Integrated Alliances in Minneapolis, is an author, consultant, event organizer, and world-class networker. Consider this your personal introduction to someone you really ought to know.
O'Neil, who personifies the cutting-edge, unconventional thinking taught at the Wizard Academy, is interviewed by Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur.
Rotbart and Biondo produce Monday Morning Radio and serve as co-hosts in cooperation with Business Unconventional on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
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Run Time: 29 min 30 sec
Photo: Mike O'Neil, Integrated Alliances: Home of The LinkedIn Rockstars
Holly Hamann is an indefatigable entrepreneur who has helped launch six start ups. Her latest venture, Blog Frog, was just named one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s “100 Brilliant Companies.”
Blog Frog, whose clients include national brand companies – such as Intuit, KinderCare, Shutterfly and Subway – connects clients with popular bloggers and other social media influences to generate peer-driven content on topics including food, fashion, parenting, fitness and technology.
Blog Frog leaps past the clutter of Internet ads to harness the power of more than 100,000 social influencers. Everyone benefits. Ribbit. Ribbit.
Hamann, who personifies the cutting-edge, unconventional thinking taught at the Wizard Academy, is interviewed by Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur.
Rotbart and Biondo produce Monday Morning Radio and serve as co-hosts in cooperation with Business Unconventional on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
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Run Time: 33 min 19 sec
Photo: Holly Hamann, Blog Frog
Rich Christiansen, author of The Zig Zag Principle and Bootstrap Business, writes from experience - lots and lots of experience. Over the course of his serial entrepreneurial career, Rich has started 33 businesses on a shoestring budget. Some have been amazing successes - 11 generated multi-million dollar revenues. Others, he's cut loose and chalked up the failure to experience. Indeed, part of what Rich teaches entrepreneurs is "how to fail efficiently."
Christiansen, who has taught courses at the Wizard Academy, is interviewed by Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur. Rotbart and Biondo produce Monday Morning Radio and serve as co-hosts in cooperation with Business Unconventional on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!
Run Time: 18 min 44 sec
Photo: Rich Christiansen, The Zig Zag Principle
Peter Nevland didn't start out to be a much-in-demand business writing coach. In fact, he began his professional career as an engineer for Motorola. But Peter discovered that good writing - even great writing - is within the grasp of every executive - regardless of how 'techie' that executive may be. Peter's journey from slide rule junkie to wordsmith and word coach has an important lesson: If he can do it, so can you!
Peter shares some of the key lessons from his popular How To Write Workshops, including this tip: "Combine the familiar with the unexpected" if you want to grab your readers by their eyeballs.
Nevlan is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur. Rotbart and Biondo produce Monday Morning Radio and serve as co-hosts in cooperation with Business Unconventional on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
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Mark Huffman has spent nearly 30 years working at the world's top advertiser, Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble. During that time, he has contributed to some of the most successful - and well known - advertising campaigns. Mark will be teaching the very popular Measurement and the Mind - a two-day Wizard Academy course scheduled for November 15th and 16th in Austin. Mark offers listeners a preview of the lessons he'll share with those lucky enough to register.
Huffman is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur. Rotbart and Biondo produce Monday Morning Radio and serve as co-hosts in cooperation with Business Unconventional on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
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Calling in from the newsroom of The New York Times, where he is an award-winning reporter, Charles Duhigg explains the methods that individuals and businesses can use to break bad habits and build new positive behaviors and patterns.
Duhigg is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur. Rotbart and Biondo produce Monday Morning Radio in cooperation with Business Unconventional on 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
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Run Time: 26 min 39 sec
Original Broadcast Date: March 25, 2012
Photo: Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit
Don't blink or you'll miss this marketing gem. Read more about it at www.MondayMorningRadio.com.
The commercial is short and to the point: "Please take me to Kesslers." It lasts only 2 seconds. But Kesslers Diamonds runs the "blink" ad, and others like it, twice an hour, every hour, on 30 or so different radio stations where the Wisconsin-based retail jewelery chain promotes itself. It's not the only marketing that founder and President Richard Kessler engages in, but it is indicative of his unconventional style.
On this edition of Monday Morning Radio, produced in cooperation with Business Unconventional on 710 KNUS AM in Denver, co-hosts David Biondo and Dean Rotbart trace the unlikely mega-success of Kesslers Diamonds and its two-decade plus association with Roy H. Williams Marketing of Austin.
Don't be fooled. Although Richard has yet to teach an actual course at The Wizard Academy, we defy any business owner - especially one whose company works in retail - to listen to this full audio and not come away with valuable, practical, entrepreneurial insights.
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Run Time: 30 min 16 sec
Photo: Richard Kessler, Kesslers Diamonds
B. Eric Rhoads, chairman and CEO of Streamline Publishing Inc., provides some valuable insights on how he succeeded in the publishing industry. This exclusive bonus audio follows Eric's June 24, 2012 broadcast interview on Business Unconventional. Among the magazines that Eric publishes are: Radio Ink; Plein Air and Fine Art Connoisseur.
The Rhoads to Success: Putting Passion to Work - the broadcast portion of Eric's interview, is available here: http://mondaymorningradio.libsyn.com/webpage/the-rhoads-to-success-putting-passions-to-work
Based in Austin, Texas, Eric is a frequent visitor to the Wizard Academy and a longtime friend of Academy co-founder Roy H. Williams.
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Business Unconventional is hosted by David Biondo and Dean Rotbart and airs each Sunday morning at 8 a.m. (MDT). The program is also streamed over the Internet at www.710KNUS.com.
Run Time: 14 min 35 sec Photo: Path to Engelbrech House, Wizard Academy Campus
B. Eric Rhoads, publisher, serial entrepreneur and talented oil painter, is the guest on this edition of Monday Morning Radio. Among the magazines that Eric publishes are: Radio Ink; Plein Air and Fine Art Connoisseur.
Eric explains that the secret to his success is creating magazines, conferences and websites that appeal to people's passions. Likewise, he follows his own passions in identifying business opportunities. Based in Austin, Texas, Eric is a frequent visitor to the Wizard Academy and a longtime friend of Academy co-founder Roy H. Williams.
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Business Unconventional is hosted by David Biondo and Dean Rotbart and airs each Sunday morning at 8 a.m. (MDT). The program is also streamed over the Internet at www.710KNUS.com.
Original broadcast date: June 24, 2012
Photo: B Eric Rhoads, Streamline Publishing
On this edition of Monday Morning Radio, two veteran advertising strategists discuss the merits of investing in advertising campaigns, including the many non-tangible benefits that create value.
Rich Carr, a regular Business Unconventional contributor and Wizard Academy graduate, heads Carr Knowledge Interactive Marketing & Advertising, Inc., based in Seattle. To read a full profile of Rich, click here.
Ric Bender, a top account executive with Salem Radio in Denver, specializes in helping small businesses harness the power of radio advertising and social marketing to give their businesses a competitive edge. Ric is the liaison between Business Unconventional and its host station, 710 KNUS AM in Denver.
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Business Unconventional is hosted by David Biondo and Dean Rotbart and airs each Sunday morning at 8 a.m. (MDT). The program is also streamed over the Internet at www.710KNUS.com.
Original broadcast date: April 29, 2012
Photo: Ric Bender, Salem Radio
Greg Farrell, author and influential reporter for Bloomberg News, makes a surprise visit to share with listeners some of the best advice he ever received from Roy H. Williams, author of the new book, Pendulum.
Roy is the sole guest on a recent edition of Business Unconventional, where he shares the insights and experiences that have drawn thousands of successful business owners and entrepreneurs to beat a path to his door at The Wizard Academy in Austin, Texas.
Roy is interviewed by B. Unconventional hosts Dean Rotbart and David Biondo. Their weekly business radio newsmagazine is broadcast each Sunday morning at 8 a.m. (Mountain Time) on 710 KNUS AM in Denver. It is also available as a live stream from www.710KNUS.com.
Innovative business owners and entrepreneurs who would like to share their stories with Monday Morning Radio listeners are invited to contact us at: 303-800-6081. Sponsorship opportunities are also available for those seeking to reach small business decision makers.
Original Broadcast Date: June 10, 2012
Photo: Greg Farrell, Bloomberg News
Roy H. Williams points to Wisconsin's largest diamond and diamond engagement ring jeweler, Kesslers Diamonds, as an example of a company that caught the Pendulum at the right time and really succeeded from understanding how the Pendulum operates. Kesslers Diamonds is owned by Richard Kessler.
This is Part Three of Four.
Roy advises listeners and readers of his new book, Pendulum, to stay away from "Me" advertising and instead make a connection with customers and prospects by speaking about something that both seller and buyer care about. In the case of Kesslers Diamonds, that "something" was the fight against breast cancer.
Roy is interviewed by B. Unconventional hosts Dean Rotbart and David Biondo. Their weekly business radio newsmagazine is broadcast each Sunday morning at 8 a.m. (Mountain Time) on 710 KNUS AM in Denver. It is also available as a live stream from www.710KNUS.com.
Innovative business owners and entrepreneurs who would like to share their stories with Monday Morning Radio listeners are invited to contact us at: 303-800-6081. Sponsorship opportunities are also available for those seeking to reach small business decision makers.
Original Broadcast Date: June 10, 2012
Like a metronome on top of a piano, society has followed predictable cycles dating back at least 3,000 years. In his new book, Pendulum, bestselling author Roy H. Williams spells out the "We" and the "Me" zeniths and everything that falls between them.
On this segment, Roy, the sole guest on a recent edition of Business Unconventional, explores the "We" side of the Pendulum, noting that its "not about what you include, but what you exclude" that really counts now.
This is Part Two of Four.
Roy is interviewed by B. Unconventional hosts Dean Rotbart and David Biondo. Their weekly business radio newsmagazine is broadcast each Sunday morning at 8 a.m. (Mountain Time) on 710 KNUS AM in Denver. It is also available as a live stream from www.710KNUS.com.
Business Unconventional is sponsored in part by High Plateau Truss, serving Colorado homeowners and contractors for more than two decades. Contact John Peer: www.hptruss.com Ph: 303-278-9744 5465 Quebec Street, Commerce City, CO 80022
Original Broadcast Date: June 10, 2012
Photo: (L-R) Wizard Academy Instructors David McInnis, Jeffrey Eisenberg and Roy H. Williams
Meet Roy H. Williams, author, teacher, entrepreneur, philanthropist and modern-day philosopher. Roy is the sole guest on a recent edition of Business Unconventional, where he shares the insights and experiences that have drawn thousands of successful business owners and entrepreneurs to beat a path to his door at The Wizard Academy in Austin, Texas.
This is Part One of Four.
Roy is interviewed by B. Unconventional hosts Dean Rotbart and David Biondo. Their weekly business radio newsmagazine is broadcast each Sunday morning at 8 a.m. (Mountain Time) on 710 KNUS AM in Denver. It is also available as a live stream from www.710KNUS.com.
B. Unconventional is sponsored in part by Signal Butte Financial Corp., which provides individuals and businesses no-risk, proven methods to safely grow their wealth and wave goodbye to conventional banks and other lenders. For more information, click here or phone David Biondo for a free, zero-obligation personal briefing. His number is 303-800-6420.
Original Broadcast Date: June 10, 2012
Roy H. Williams welcomes readers of his popular Monday Morning Memo to Monday Morning Radio, a weekly audio that features some of the country’s most innovative business owners – men and women who are putting into practice the profitable lessons that can be gleaned by reading Roy's Monday Morning Memo.
Monday Morning Radio is produced by Dean Rotbart and David Biondo, who co-host the popular Business Unconventional radio newsmagazine that is broadcast each Sunday on 710 KNUS AM radio is Denver.
Monday Morning Radio makes a fine compliment to the Monday Morning Memo. Listen often and be sure to pass it along to your friends and colleagues.