Business Interviews with Entrepreneurs, CEO's, Founders, Funding Sources, and Policy Makers

Apr16

“Traveling is also a terrific way to engage with a wide range of different people and network with them, which, I believe, is the basis of a successful business.”

Georgette Pascale

Pascale Communications, LLC

Founder

http://www.PascaleCommunications.com

Prior to launching her own, virtual, company, Pascale Communications, LLC, Georgette Pascale was Director of the healthcare practice at RLM PR. She formed Pascale Communications to address an underserved niche within healthcare PR by successfully forging meaningful relationships with editors, publishers and clients.

Pascale Communications, LLC (PC) is a nine-year-old virtual public relations firm that is staffed by a permanent team of senior level strategists from around the country.

PC’s focus is finely honed on the healthcare industry, with specialties in the pharmaceutical, medical device and non-profit marketplaces. The firm provides expertise in medical writing, event planning, trade/consumer relations and social media and, equally important, is skilled at cultivating and maintaining invaluable relationships with industry experts, key opinion leaders and the media. PC achieves unparalleled results by understanding the intricacies of a well-run healthcare PR campaign.

BusinessInterviews.com: When did you know that the time was right to launch your own PR firm?

Apr15

“Successful people practice deliberately, remaining conscious to the learning process, and continuously checking in with themselves to ensure their growth.”

Eric Kaufmann

Sagatica

President

http://www.sagatica.com

Eric Kaufmann coaches leaders to get home early without sorcery, magic or selling their soul. His diverse and varied life is a commitment to understanding and teaching leadership wisdom. The crucible of his journey is shaped by 15 years of leadership consulting, management at Fortune 100 firms, degrees in business and psychology, a quarter century of Zen practice, living in Israel and South Africa, and working as a certified hypnotherapist and Scuba Diving instructor.

Eric is President of Sagatica, an executive strategy, facilitation and coaching firm. Sagatica is for senior business executives in mid-market companies seeking to optimize untapped organization potential. The firm is an internationally recognized leadership growth facilitator that blends a strategic approach with Zen practice so you can consistently accelerate results!

BusinessInterviews.com: Can you expand on why you believe that success hinges on the principle of deliberate practice?

Apr10

“Without question the Internet has been a revolution to our business, and that has brought women customers into the forefront of our marketing focus.”

Stan Templeton

Majestic Roofing Oklahoma

Founder

http://www.MajesticRoofingOklahoma.com

Majestic Roofing Oklahoma is an Oklahoma City based roofing company specializing in residential and commercial roofing. Their location in the geographic center of Oklahoma gives them easy access to their markets in Central, Western, Northern and Southern Oklahoma.

Founder Stan Templeton was born and raised in Western Oklahoma and has many ties throughout the state. He has built Majestic Roofing Oklahoma into a long sustaining company that is now attaining a second generation of customers.

BusinessInterviews.com: How do you separate yourself from the competition?

Apr9

“If you don’t love working with people, it’s unlikely that you will flourish.”

Jody Johnson

ActionCOACH Team Sage

Co-Owner

http://www.actioncoachteamsage.com/

As co-owner of the ActionCOACH Small Business Coaching firm in Miami, Jody Johnson, works with clients to help them realize their dreams through thriving and successful businesses.

Perhaps the best representation of Jody’s accomplishments is the success of her clients. Using ActionCOACH’s proven methodology she routinely gets double and triple digit growth. Most importantly she inspires and motivates her clients and woman entrepreneurs to work to their strengths and passionately pursue their dreams while maintaining balance and wellbeing in their lives.

ActionCOACH Team Sage is South Florida’s #1 Business Coaching Team servicing Miami, Doral, the Gables, and Coconut Grove. ActionCOACH Team Sage has a mission of changing Florida’s economic landscape.

BusinessInterviews.com: What are some of the most common issues you see your clients facing?

Apr7

“Healthcare must be preceded by self-care, in which healthy habits, a personalized diet, movement, rewarding relationships and savoring life’s joys are indispensible parts of every day.”

Jeffrey Siegel

JES Wellness

Founder

http://www.JESwellness.com

Jeffrey Siegel holds a Master degree from Harvard University in Mind, Brain & Education and a Masters in Applied Buddhist Studies from Hong Kong University. He founded JES Wellness to explore the exciting intersection between learning, physical movement, health and fitness.

JES Wellness moves beyond sets, reps and weights to a truly holistic paradigm of health. By seeing the body, mind, spirit and environment as an integrated system, JES Wellness works on physical conditioning, behavioral habits, and mental clarity as part of integrated life training. Their approach combines individual lifestyle assessment with one-on-one personal training, health coaching and mindfulness practices. Together they help people develop sustainable self-care practices that cultivate health, wholeness and happiness.

BusinessInterviews.com: Can you talk about the process of discovering the intersection between learning and development in regards to physical movement and fitness?

Apr4

“When you’re minding your own business, you never have competition.”

Louis Dakil

Dakil Auctioneers, Inc.

President & Owner

http://www.Dakil.com

Dakil Auctioneers, Inc. is a full service auction business with the capability of conducting any type of auction at your location. To insure an orderly transfer of property and the maximum dollar return, their experienced staff assists in preparing equipment, furnishings and property to be offered.

This personalized touch is what sets Dakil Auctioneers above the crowd. Their services are attuned to providing comprehensive administration of the complex business liquidation; i.e. industrial and business equipment, oil and gas properties, estate (commercial, residential, or acreage’s). Dakil Auctioneers offers complete liquidation or cash purchase.

BusinessInterviews.com: Can you talk about the early days and how you managed to slowly but steadily gain a strong foothold in the local Oklahoma auction market?

Apr3

“Everything your organization does, how it looks, feels, and articulates itself to the world should reflect who you are. By creating a purpose-driven brand, people will be drawn to your organization — you might even make their hearts beat a little faster.”

Sunny Bonnell

Motto

Co-Founder

http://www.WeAreMotto.com

Sunny Bonnell was born with a very special gift – the ability to see a brand come alive from the very beginning. She thrives on inspiring others to pursue their passions and her work and thought leadership has landed Motto’s work in numerous publications including Forbes, AMEX, MSN, Print, HOW, The Dieline, Lovely Package, Awwwards, LogoLounge, Big Book of Packaging, and more.

Sunny and Ashleigh Hansberger are the co-founders of Motto, a comprehensive branding firm that helps visionary entrepreneurs and companies build inspiring brands using their most powerful asset: their purpose.
They believe in developing authentic and inspiring brands with a genuine story, a clear purpose, a distinctive edge, a unique value, and a compelling visual voice. They uncover a brand’s soul and turn its purpose, mission, vision, values, and culture into meaningful brand strategy and design.

BusinessInterviews.com: What are some approaches you use when it comes to uncovering “a brand’s soul?”

Apr3

“We literally built our business model on a boat with a fishing rod in our hands and now we are reeling in the customers!”

Joe Mecca & Paul Mecca

KwikBoost

Co-Founders

http://www.KwikBoost.com

KwikBoost designs, manufactures and markets mobile device charging stations, power tables, charging lockers, integratable power/charging solutions, and custom solutions built to improve how people work and learn. They focus on simple, beautiful and thoughtful products and services. Mixing good design with practicality, everyday problems are elegantly and efficiently solved. KwikBoost products enhance the technology that connects us to the people, activities and experiences we love. KwikBoost was founded in 2010 and is based in Dallas, TX.

BusinessInterviews.com: How did you come up with the concept behind KwikBoost? Can you share how the foundation of the business was planned while fishing out on a lake instead of brainstorming in an office?

Apr2

“Fitness can’t be found in a pill or the latest celebrity success article but rather a lifestyle.”

Michael Wollpert

Trainology Fitness

Founder

http://www.TrainChicagoStudios.com

Trainology Fitness is Owned and Operated by Michael Wollpert, who has over 15 years of coaching, personal training and group fitness experience. Michael has hand-picked each Coach and Trainer who works at Trainology. They come from a variety of backgrounds and core focus areas. All have a minimum of five years’ experience in addition to being highly certified and experienced to help meet your goals

BusinessInterviews.com: How did you know that the time was right to start your own fitness studio?

Apr1

”We have worked to position our voice and brand as being about more than “just another t-shirt”

Compete Every Day®

Jake Thompson

Founder + Chief Encouragement Officer

http://www.CompeteEveryDay.com

Compete Every Day® is a lifestyle brand that provides the fuel necessary to overcome life’s adversities. It is street wear inspired by sport. Sport wear inspired by Champions.

Jake Thompson’s simple idea to Compete for one’s life, and selling t-shirts from the trunk of his car, has morphed into an international lifestyle brand embraced by professional athletes, celebrities, & individuals motivated to live above the status quo.

Compete Every Day® is community built on action by individuals who refuse to quit short of victory. Inside of every one of us resides a competitor. Their goal is to pour jet fuel onto that competitor’s inner fire.

BusinessInterviews.com: How did you come up with the concept behind Compete Every Day®?

Mar31

”What the heck is going on around me?”

Cathy Cao

geosocial.io

Co-Founder

http://geosocial.io

Cathy Cao is a recent MIT graduate with a passion for using social networking to become better informed about one’s local community and more knowledgeable about one’s global community. Social media should not be limited to sharing photos of food or cute animals to your friends. She believes it has so much more power and potential to influence and spread important words and knowledge to help people around the world.

geosocial.io is a location-based social news service that allows people to see the lives of their communities, cities, and countries on an interactive world map.

On geosocial.io, anyone can tap in and share anything interesting or important to his or her entire community. Because it provides a platform for posting, upvoting, and commenting on events at any level of granularity (like Reddit on Google Maps), the community decides what information is important or not.

BusinessInterviews.com: Can you share how the Boston Bombings last year helped serve as the springboard for inspiration for geosocial.io and desire to close the “information gap?”

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“Traveling is also a terrific way to engage with a wide range of different people and network with them, which, I believe, is the basis of a successful business.”

“Successful people practice deliberately, remaining conscious to the learning process, and continuously checking in with themselves to ensure their growth.”

“Without question the Internet has been a revolution to our business, and that has brought women customers into the forefront of our marketing focus.”

“If you don’t love working with people, it’s unlikely that you will flourish.”

“Healthcare must be preceded by self-care, in which healthy habits, a personalized diet, movement, rewarding relationships and savoring life’s joys are indispensible parts of every day.”

“When you’re minding your own business, you never have competition.”

“Everything your organization does, how it looks, feels, and articulates itself to the world should reflect who you are. By creating a purpose-driven brand, people will be drawn to your organization — you might even make their hearts beat a little faster.”

“We literally built our business model on a boat with a fishing rod in our hands and now we are reeling in the customers!”

“Fitness can’t be found in a pill or the latest celebrity success article but rather a lifestyle.”

”We have worked to position our voice and brand as being about more than “just another t-shirt”

”What the heck is going on around me?”

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