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Three BROADS (Lori Highby, Kris Harrington, and Erin Courtenay) bringing you stories and strategies exploring manufacturing topics that challenge the status quo while laying the foundations for future success. Together with special guests they’ll celebrate what’s working and unpack what is not so YOU can learn, grow, and succeed. The hosts are a BROADcast for Manufacturers are: Kris Harrington | President and COO of GenAlpha Technologies | linkedin.com/in/kristinaharrington Kris Harrington i ...
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Entrepreneur Encounters

Brent Halfwassen, MKE's Small Business Coach

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Entrepreneur Encounters started as a necessity to keep small business owners focused on engaging with each other. This show encounters many owners on this journey so you can focus on how to grow and succeed in your business. This show is focused on small business owners, entrepreneurs, visionaries, and innovators just like us. Because our guests are just a little bit ahead of us on their entrepreneurial journey, we can learn insights and strategies on how to grow our businesses based on thei ...
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Meet Trevor Blondeel Trevor Blondeel founded Manufacturing Greatness. He has 25 years of experience leading manufacturing plants and is the host of the podcast Mindfulness Manufacturing. He works with organizations as a speaker, advisor, and coach to connect the top to the shop. In his spare time, he serves as the president for the Kentucky/Indiana…
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Meet Dave Oates Dave holds 30 years of strategic crisis public relations experience dealing with a wide array of adverse public events. Starting as a U.S. Navy Public Affairs Officer and later as a Corporate Chief Marketing Officer and Non-Profit President, he excels in expertly addressing a myriad of crises that span sports/entertainment, non-prof…
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Meet Jaclyn Kolodziej Jaclyn Kolodziej, Client Growth Services Specialist at the Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center (IMEC), has worked on over 220 marketing projects over the past two years. With a diverse background in various manufacturing sectors, Jaclyn has amassed a wealth of experience driving progress and innovation through marketing. …
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Meet Stacey Hall Stacey Hall, Founder of Success with Stacey Hall, is best known for her ground-breaking social media marketing training program, Go for Yes, which has helped thousands of people attract more sales, customer and employee satisfaction, and success. Stacey is an acclaimed international speaker who gained recognition for her TEDx Talk.…
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Meet Rachel Slade Rachel is an author and journalist (trained as an architect) with more than 15 years of publishing experience. Her first book, "Into the Raging Sea," about the 2015 sinking of the American cargo ship El Faro, was a NYT Notable Book and winner of the Maine Literary Award. Her second book, "Making It in America," about the American …
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Meet Chris Daigle Chris Daigle is the CEO and Co-Founder of ChiefAIOfficer.com. In these dynamic times of AI enablement or extinction, Chris’s purpose is to ensure businesses thrive through AI strategy crafted by certified Chief AI Officers (CAIOs) or the use of their education and certification program on how to use AI in your business or your rol…
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Meet Barbara Pennell Jaynes In 2013, Barbara founded Positively-Funded. She has engaged with manufacturers, facilitating their strategic growth planning: beta testing, opening new markets, product launches, and creating key industry partnerships. Highlights 00:00 Travel Stories and Favorite Destinations 03:28 Introducing Barbara Pennell Jaynes 04:5…
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This special episode, partially recorded live at the Women in Manufacturing (WiM) Southern Wisconsin Chapter event 'From Mic to Merlot' on May 15, 2024, at Wollersheim Winery, delves into the experiences and impact of WiM. The hosts share their excitement about the event and interview Andrea Virsnieks, President of WiM Southern Wisconsin, who provi…
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Meet Eleni Kelakos Eleni Kelakos, The Speaker Whisperer® , is a presence and presentation expert, and the President of the Eleni Group, established in 2003. She uses performance techniques learned over twenty years as a professional actress and award-winning, nationally touring, singer/songwriter to help speakers and business leaders across the glo…
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Meet Chris Peer Chris brings more than 20 years of experience in B2B digital marketing strategy, lead generation, and marketing consultancy for manufacturing firms. An author and entrepreneur, Chris is the founder and CEO of G8P and SyncShow. Having witnessed the pain and frustration caused by ineffective marketing, Chris and his team developed the…
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Meet Neha Bucaro With a remarkable professional journey spanning media, strategy creative and research, Neha is a true believer in the power of transformative thinking. Throughout her career, she has worn some big titles, led, and inspired brilliant teams, and collaborated with some of the biggest brands in the world. With an innate comfort with da…
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In this special 50th episode, Erin, Lori and Kris reflect on their podcast journey, celebrating the diverse and enlightening conversations they've had with various guests from the manufacturing industry. They reminisce about starting the podcast, how it's evolved, and the personal growth and gratification they've experienced along the way. Highligh…
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Meet Jim Heinigner Jim Heininger is The Rebrand Man. He leads the efforts of The Rebranding Experts, which he founded in 2017, after 30 years of business and brand strategy experience for P&G, McDonald’s, Anheuser-Busch and others. Rebranding Experts was purposefully designed to be the only agency with the comprehensive services necessary to rebran…
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#EntrepreneurEncounters​ is a forum to help entrepreneurs and business owners tell their story and build their dream. It focuses on empowering entrepreneurs to find the money, mindset, and means to unleash their business. To do this well, we have to encounter more entrepreneurs to learn how each of us are moving forward in our businesses and workin…
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Meet Jeff Beyle Jeff started out writing software and then went to law school because he played softball with a bunch of lawyers and thought their work was interesting. Then he got lucky and joined Coca-Cola and had the opportunity to move to Hong Kong. He spent 7 years there, focusing mainly on China and Korea. Jeff moved to Seattle to join Getty …
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Meet Bobbi Baehne Bobbi Baehne is the founder and CEO of Think Big Go Local, a digital marketing agency that helps small businesses succeed in their local communities by leveraging the power of online marketing. With over 15 years of experience in entrepreneurship, marketing, and small business development, Bobbi has a passion for helping small bus…
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In this episode, we encounter Jennifer Hensley, Founder of Playmaker Coaching and Consulting. Jennifer shares her story of why she went into business in the first place (spoiler alert! She saw a gap that she could fill) and what keeps her motivated. If you want to learn more about what Jennifer Hensley is up to, you can click: https://playmakercoac…
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Meet Retired LtCol Kathy Lowrey Gallowitz Retired LtCol Kathy Lowrey Gallowitz is an award-winning businesswoman with first-hand experience hiring Veterans who coaches employers how to boost productivity and reduce turnover by hiring and retaining Veterans. She helps companies become “Veteran-Ready” through the creation of a Veteran Talent Strategy…
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Meet Eugene Marshall Eugene Marshall is the Founder and CEO of Magnolia Tax Services. He is an Enrolled Agent (EA). Eugene is federally authorized to represent taxpayers before the IRS and, like CPAs and attorneys, has unlimited representation rights. He specializes in advanced tax strategies to reduce his client’s tax liability through effective t…
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Meet Holly Whitcomb Holly Whitcomb’s passion for helping people be their best drives her every day. Holly is the CEO and Founder of Novel Leadership, focused on the development of individuals and teams through coaching, workshop facilitation and consulting. Holly is well versed in working with front-line level leaders in manufacturing organizations…
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Meet Lisa Apolinski Lisa Apolinski, CMC is the CEO of 3 Dog Write. She is a content coach, teaching business owners how to use their content to attract more right-fit clients so that they experience the positive ROI on marketing and business development investments. She has written several books, including Persuade With A Digital Content Story, nam…
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Thank you for watching this amazing interview. If you want to learn more about Brent Halfwassen and MKE Small Business Coach, visit https://mkebusinesscoach.com/. You can connect with Brent on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenthalfwassen/. To join the #EntrepreneurEncounters movement, sign up at bit.ly/EntrepreneurEncounters #Entrepreneu…
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Meet Jim Bohn Jim Bohn PhD, is a researcher-practitioner focused on improving organizations one person at a time. He is a change management expert with decades of experience across multiple business markets and has spoken throughout the United States on topics of leadership, organizational performance and people development. He is currently coachin…
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Meet Frank King I am a Suicide Prevention Speaker and Comedian, was a writer for The Tonight Show for 20 years, a full-time speaker and comedian for 37. I’ve worked with Jeff Foxworthy, Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Stewart, Steve Harvey, Rosie, Ellen, The Beach Boys, Neil Sedaka, Randy Travis, and Lou Rawls. I’ve fought a lifetime battle with Depression and…
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Thank you for watching this amazing interview. If you want to learn more about Brent Halfwassen and MKE Small Business Coach, visit https://mkebusinesscoach.com/. You can connect with Brent on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenthalfwassen/. To join the #EntrepreneurEncounters movement, sign up at bit.ly/EntrepreneurEncounters #Entrepreneu…
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Meet Scott Seroka Scott is the president of Seroka Industrial Branding, providing fractional CMO services to small to medium-sized industrial companies. Scott’s approach to creating effective marketing strategies is centered on building strong, compelling, and well-differentiated brands and activating brands within organizations through organizing …
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Meet Alane Boyd Alane Boyd is the Co-Founder of BGBO Co., an operations and growth strategy agency utilizing AI and automation to improve efficiency for their clients. In 2022, her company launched Arvo, an AI-powered visual documentation software for creating standard operating procedures, training documents, and company knowledge. Alane has been …
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Meet Nicole Donnelly Nicole is a fourth generation entrepreneur and the owner of DMG Digital - a content marketing agency for manufacturers. Nicole is the host of the Tales of Misadventure podcast where she invites successful entrepreneurs to share their stories of failure and how they turned lemons into lemonade. You have two different cultures at…
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Thank you for watching this amazing interview. If you want to learn more about Brent Halfwassen and MKE Small Business Coach, visit https://mkebusinesscoach.com/. You can connect with Brent on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenthalfwassen/. To join the #EntrepreneurEncounters movement, sign up at bit.ly/EntrepreneurEncounters #Entrepreneu…
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Meet Ross Keating Ross Keating believes all businesses, regardless of their size, can be more successful, including yours. When you are successful it not only helps you and your customers, but it also helps your employees, your suppliers, the community around you, AND your family. Over the last 15 years or so his clients have been in industries suc…
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Meet Craig Lowder Craig Lowder, author of Smooth Selling ForeverTM and co-author of the soon to be released Trusted Advisor Confidential, is a lead conversion/sales-effectiveness expert with a forty-year track record of helping both business owners and independent trusted advisors achieve their sales growth goals. He is the founder and president of…
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Meet Matt Nettleton Since 2003, Matt Nettleton has coached more than 175 companies in a wide variety of industries. He has helped multiple companies grow from $1 million to more than $10 million in annual revenue and has helped clients close more than $3.2 billion in new sales. Why do you believe sales is an honorable profession? People have this i…
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Meet Dave Crysler Dave Crysler is the principal operations consultant at the Crysler Club and host of the Everyday Business Problems Podcast. Entering entrepreneurship after having spent nearly 20 years working for a publicly traded corporation, Dave quickly realized there was a tremendous need within mid-market manufacturing and distributions busi…
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Meet Scott Flood Scott Flood established Scott Flood Writing in 1995 after 13 years with advertising agencies in Chicago and Indianapolis. The Chicago native is a frequent author on copywriting and marketing topics for business websites and publications, has authored two books of local interest, and is also the author of 100 Years: The Story of the…
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Meet Amy Franko Amy Franko is the leader in modern sales strategies. She helps mid-market organizations to grow sales results, through sales strategy, advisory, and skill development programs. Her book, The Modern Seller, is an Amazon best seller and she is recognized by LinkedIn as a Top Sales Voice. amyfranko.com Sometimes we believe if we bring …
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Meet Carol Clegg Carol Clegg is a small business coach specializing in mindset and accountability, partnering with midlife women. Carol's passion lies in cultivating business balance and establishing realistic goals with an effective accountability structure. A maverick entrepreneur at heart, she founded Classic Exec Marketing a decade ago, embarki…
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Read the article here: Empowering women in the construction equipment sector Lori: Improving Economies for Stronger Communities is what the acronym stands for. So it's a non-profit organization that focuses on creating economic opportunity for people in communities, especially around like developing countries and whatnot. So I think that's fascinat…
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Meet Danielle Hughes Danielle Hughes is the creator of the Personality Brand. She teaches clients how to bring more of themselves into their message so they feel comfortable expressing it and can convey what makes them different from their competition, attracting the right audience and repelling the wrong one. Often referred to as a magician with w…
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Meet Dotty Posto Dotty started out as a business analyst and project manager. In these roles she repeatedly got 'Does Not Play Well with Others'. It wasn't until she was introduced to Change Management and Organizational Development work and received transformational coaching that her career and life shifted. Dotty has worked with iconic brands lik…
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Meet Erik Deckers Erik Deckers is a professional writer and humorist from Central Florida. He is the co-author of four books on social media marketing, and has been a newspaper humor columnist since 1994. He has owned his own content marketing agency for 14 years, and ghostwrites books for business owners who want to leave a legacy for their famili…
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