Small Biz Florida
Small Biz FL was designed to highlight issues and promote business assistance resources available throughout the state of Florida.
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Monday Jul 26, 2021
Monday Jul 26, 2021
After spending more than 17 years in diverse industries nationally & internally as a head of finance advising owners, executives and companies, Agile CFOs’ founder, Javier Ramirez, decided to embark in building a new kind of remote financial consulting company rooted in outstanding client service, agile processes & systems, and high quality deliverables.
In this episode you will hear him talk about his dream to build a strong network of businesses that will benefit from supporting each other and that can be a stepping stone for new entrepreneurs & innovation.
Thursday Jul 22, 2021
Thursday Jul 22, 2021
Natsuyo Lipschutz is an award winning speaker, TEDx speaker, 5-time Toastmasters district 46 finalist and 2-time runner up in New York district final, World Class Speaking certified coach, strategy consultant, author, competitive ballroom Latin dancer, mother, and cancer survivor.
On this episode of Small Biz Florida Natsuyo joins Tom live from the Small Business Leadership Conference hosted by the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship,to talk about her career as a business consultant and what inspired her to change the way she conducts business and builds business strategies.
Natsuyo also covers the importance of story telling to successfully market your products or services as a small business owner and how you can change that story today to build strong relationships with your customers.
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Monday Jul 19, 2021
This episode of Small Biz Florida features another interview from the JMI Small Business Leadership Conference in Orlando Florida, Timothy Raines is interviewed by Tom our Regional Director of the Small Business Development Center at Indian River State College
Timothy Raines is an experienced tax partner with a demonstrated history of working in the tax and accounting industry.
Timothy Raines talks about the importance of developing a relationship with your accountant as a business owner. He stresses how important this connection is for the growth of your business.
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Joining Tom on the podcast this week is Gibran Jones, owner of Krimson Square a company designed to provide high level online public relations and digital marketing to businesses of all sizes and industries. Gibran Jones is a military veteran assigned to the historic 1/10 Calvary ‘Buffalo Soldiers’ in Fort Hood, Texas.
On this episode of the podcast Tom and Gibran discuss his journey to starting his digital marketing company ‘Krimson Square’. He covers everything from what inspired him to start his business to talking about his top 5 tips for business owners starting to build an online presence.
Monday Jul 12, 2021
Monday Jul 12, 2021
This episode of Small Biz Florida features another brilliant guest from our trip to the JMI Small Business Leadership Conference, Chuck Dinsmore. Chuck is the Co-Founder of Data Clique Market Intelligence.
Data Clique is a company created to help business owners research and apply consumer lifestyle segmentation data into their marketing strategies. Data Clique understands the relationships between businesses, marketing, and data. and take lots and lots of data and turn it into actionable intelligence, meaning. They help identify new prospects for businesses, and then track them as they turn into new customers.
Join us for this interview and learn about data collection and how to leverage it to see growth in your business.
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
On this segment of Small Biz Florida, Regional Director Tom Kindred sits down with Bernie Dandridge, 2018 North Florida District Small Business Advocate of the Year and Loan Specialist at FLC Bank.
Bernie Dandridge sits down to talk all you need to know about finances and loans that you may be able to receive through SBA programs. Bernie is a Sales/Sales Management and Operations Professional with commercial SBA/USDA lending, residential wholesale, correspondent, and retail mortgage experience. A proven builder of individual employees creating a strong team environment. Successful B2B business developer while uniquely focused on the importance of the individual consumer. Experienced speaker and visionary leader.
Bernie is a firm believer in developing long term profitable relationships, both internally and externally, by maximizing communication, education and integrity.
You don't want to miss this episode!
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
On this episode of Small Biz Florida: Host Tom Kindred Interviews Gregory "Greg" Buschman on his work in Intergenerational Management.
Greg Buschman is the founder of Strategic Leadership Development. Greg is also a keynote speaker, top-ranked business management author, and organizational trainer specializing in inter-generational leadership skills, creative leadership, and high-performing team dynamics. His newest #1 publication “I Think, You Think, We All Think Differently: Leadership Skills for Millennials & Gen Z”, is available on Amazon Kindle.
Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
On this episode of Small Biz Florida: Tom sits down with Charles Render, a consultant who has worked with companies as small as single-person start-ups and as large as Fortune 500 corporations and knows the ins and outs of maximizing business performance using data. They discuss Charles's new venture Analytics Box a tool that will help generate automated, meaningful insights at the click of a button for small-business decision making.
He started Render Analytics with the vision of leveraging knowledge gained from these experiences to help businesses grow to the next level.
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
United States Military Academy graduate Matthew “Griff” Griffin joined Small Biz Florida host Tom Kindred and Indian River State College Business School Professor Dr. Herbert Ricardo to discuss Combat Flip Flops and his mission of Doing Well to Do Good.
After graduating from the United States Military Academy in 2001, Griff accepted a commission into Field Artillery. Between 2003-2005, he deployed four times to Iraq and Afghanistan with 2d Ranger Battalion as a Company Fire Support Officer. After departing the military in 2006, he worked in the defense sector which eventually led him back to Afghanistan to assist with medical infrastructure development.
After witnessing the positive effects of economic growth in conflict areas, Griff co-founded Combat Flip Flops with a fellow Ranger and began the mission to manufacture peace through trade. He was recognized in 2017 as one of the top 100 Most Influential Veterans in America and in 2018 as a top 100 Global Visionary.
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Amanda Brinkman, Chief Brand Officer, Deluxe and creator, producer, and host of the hit series "Small Business Revolution" sat down with Small Biz Florida Host Tom Kindred and executive producer Katie Muldoon at the recent JMI Small Business Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida to talk entrepreneurship.
Amanda is a sought-after public speaker, sharing her “Do Well By Doing Good” philosophy on stages around the country. She demonstrates how both companies and individuals can make a meaningful and positive difference in people’s lives, while fostering their own success in the process. She believes that companies must not only identify their brand purpose, but put that purpose into action. Through her work, Amanda has defined what it looks like for brands to truly act “as publishers” creating movements through their content strategy
Amanda is a nationally renowned brand expert, Forbes contributor, and frequent on-camera personality for national news outlets and celebrity interviews, ranging from LL Cool J to Peyton Manning. She has appeared on CNBC’s “Cleveland Hustles,” in addition to hosting the online “Small Talks” series that features successful entrepreneurs across the country.