The power of storytelling and animation to communicate complex ideas with Karl Pontau

Posted in Business Growth Cafe with tags , , , on November 18, 2021 by OC Talk Radio

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Karl Pontau, founder of Squash and Stretch Productions joins me at the Business Growth Cafe to discuss the power of storytelling and animation to communicate complex ideas, simply. 

Karl’s mission is to improve the lives of people around the world by telling engaging stories that build empathetic connections and inspire positive change. 

You can find Karl’s LinkedIn profile here: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kpontau

As a special free offer to Business Growth Cafe listeners, Karl is offering you a 30 minute Exceptional Brand Storytelling coaching session over Zoom. Click this link to schedule your session now!

Running 2 Businesses at Once

Posted in electric bikes on November 15, 2021 by OC Talk Radio

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Who says you can’t successfully run two businesses at once? Not today’s guest, Jordan Clark.  A hard charging corporate executive who found himself out on the road (as always). But stranded in his hotel down by the beach with an afternoon to kill. 

He spots a Pedego Electric Bike in his hotel lobby and on a whim decides to rent one and try riding a bit (not easy with his then 330 pound frame). And eureka!  He gets his own eBike epiphany and decides to buy a few for fun. Only to end up buying the whole store in Summerlin, NV and two more in Henderson and Lake Las Vegas. After dropping 80 pounds along the way from his new found passion for riding.

All while continuing to run his own corporate meeting business from his base in Las Vegas. 

Showing once again what can happen when people simply say “Hello Fun” and start pedaling along on a Pedego. And follow the path driving more and more entrepreneurs and enthusiasts to the eBike Revolution.  

Creating a world where consumption leaves no footprint, one single-use plastic at a time!

Posted in Business Growth Cafe with tags , , , on November 13, 2021 by OC Talk Radio

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Five hundred million plastic straws are used daily, and with many states and cities issuing bans on single-use plastics, what’s the alternative?  Well, it’s UrthPact! UrthPact is now the leader in compostable manufacturing focused on developing products from earth-friendly materials.

UrthPact CEO Paul Boudreau joins me at the Business Growth Cafe to discuss his mission to keep 25 billion plastic pieces from reaching the oceans and landfills by the year 2025 and how UrthPact straws can help, one sip at a time!

How to Write Your Book While Working Fulltime with Kanika Tolver

Posted in book publishing, Business on November 11, 2021 by OC Talk Radio

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On this episode of the Pub Date podcast, Jen Dorsey and Vanessa Campos talk with Kanika Tolver, CEO and founder of Career Rehab LLC and author of Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work. Kanika shares:
  • How she side hustled a book while working full time
  • Her decision to date jobs in order to pursue her dreams
  • Tips for carving out time to write, edit, and market your book
  • When you know it’s time to divorce the job for the dream
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Kanika Tolver is the CEO and founder of Career Rehab, LLC in Washington, D.C., where she helps clients transform their careers with coaching programs, events, webinars and digital resources to help people reach their career goals. An in-demand coach, consultant, speaker and thought leader, she has been featured on CNN, CNBC, CBS Radio, Yahoo!, Black Enterprise, Glassdoor.com, Entrepreneur.com, The Washington Post and a variety of radio interviews and podcasts. Kanika is the author of the acclaimed title, Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work.
 
Connect with Kanika on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter
Get a copy of her book here https://amzn.to/3k3brXM

Best Practices for Building Your Author Brand with Stephen A. Hart

Posted in book publishing, Business on November 9, 2021 by OC Talk Radio

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On this episode of the Pub Date podcast we’re joined by Stephen A. Hart, founder of Isles Media, LLC, host of the top-rated Trailblazers.FM podcast, and creator of Brand In Demand™ as we discuss how authors should build their brand as they get ready to promote, launch, and sell their book.⁠ Stephen shares personal branding tips so you can:

  • Set yourself apart from other people in your field
  • Clarify who you are, what your message is, and who your audience is
  • Earn trust by being your authentic self

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Stephen A. Hart is a marketer, podcaster, brand strategist, speaker and entrepreneur. He is known as the creator and host of Trailblazers.FM, but is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs and leaders (just like you!) to design the personal brand and life you live and leave™. Learn more about him at www.stephenahart.com.

Connect with him on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and listen to his podcast.

 

90 and Still Going Strong

Posted in electric bikes on November 8, 2021 by OC Talk Radio

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Today we talk with former physician Erwin Bondereff who at 90 jumped on an eBike and kept going. Eventually convincing his son and daughter-in-law, David and Brenda Bondareff to ride along with him, after which they decided to leave their long careers in hospitality and find a new way to serve others by opening their own Pedego Electric Bike store in Bethesda, Maryland. Where dad serves as a living inspiration (and enthusiastic salesman), sharing his new found passion and purpose. And recruiting others to jump on a bike and join the eBike Revolution.

Exploring the world startup accelerators with Steve Hoffman

Posted in Business Growth Cafe with tags , , , on November 4, 2021 by OC Talk Radio

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Steve Hoffman, CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading startup accelerators, with over 50 partners in 22 countries joins me on the Business Growth Cafe to explore and discuss the world of startups.

Founders Space was ranked the #1 incubator for overseas startups by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazines. Hoffman is also a venture investor, founder of three venture-backed and two bootstrapped startups, and author of several award-winning books. These include “Make Elephants Fly” (published by Hachette), “Surviving a Startup” (published by HarperCollins), and “The Five Forces” (published by BenBella).

www.foundersspace.com/10 to download the 10 Commandments of raising venture capital

What inspired this woman to join the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network?

Posted in charities, non-profits on November 2, 2021 by OC Talk Radio

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Jenny Isaacson was attending a conference when she heard Julie Fleshman, President and CEO of The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, speak about her vision of progress to double the survival rate for pancreatic cancer by the year 2020.  Jenny was so impressed by Julie and her vision that she also wanted to be part of that vision. Jenny picked up the phone called Julie, that was ten years ago.  Though Jenny has filled different positions since joining PanCAN her position now allows her to oversee partnerships including the World Pancreatic Cancer Coalition.  Learn more about PanCAN, the World Pancreatic Cancer Coalition and why it is so important to have a month, November and a day, November 18, dedicated to pancreatic cancer?  Only on OC Talk Radio, Orange County’s Only Community Radio Station which streams live from @UCI Beall Applied Innovation Center www.livinghopepc.com  www.pancan.org #WPCD 

This episode of Living Hope is dedicated to Brenda Coleman a 13 year pancreatic cancer survivor at the time of her death.

“At the end of the day, I want everyone to know that our experiences with pancreatic cancer can serve a purpose. Every experience, everyone’s journey, can bring hope and inspiration, if we all work together to make a difference.” 

Birding and Biking

Posted in electric bikes on November 1, 2021 by OC Talk Radio

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Many years ago, our guest suffered a debilitating car injury, severing his sciatica leading to long lasting pain and loss of function in his left leg. Since then, he’s refused to give up, logging long bike rides for both physical and mental well being. And when that became too physically hard, he found a whole new way to pursue his passions of “birding and biking” when he walked into a Pedego Electric bike store in Wheaton, Illinois (50 miles from his home) and rode out with his new ebike. 

Logging in over 5000 miles in his first six months as he follows his heart and goes where few bird watchers can manage on long trips thru long forgotten trails from Green Bay to the Mississippi.  Like Johnny Appleseed, sowing smiles along the way and seeing what most others miss.

Listen as he recounts his routes and share in his indominable spirit and determination to always see what’s over the next horizon. And go where the wild geese go. Here on the Pedego Podcast and EBike Revolution…

PEDEGO PODCAST: Riding the Range on EBikes

Posted in electric bikes on October 25, 2021 by OC Talk Radio

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Today we talk with pioneers James and Rachele Lorentzen about how (and why) they gave up their careers in aircraft sales and Olympic Swimming (respectively) to follow a different current and open a Pedego Electric Bike store in Tucson, Arizona.  Riding the range in their new eBikes and loving the Wild West experience of selling Electric Bikes to ranchers (and all the other suburban and city dwellers riding along).  On this week’s PEDEGO PODCAST.