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On this episode of The Small Business Radio Show…

SEGMENT 1, starting at 0:00: A lot of small business owners grapple with the same issue: when does my business outgrow an early accounting solution like Quickbooks? We’ll show you when it may be time to put in a new system, such as an ERP system, that can grow with your business exponentially. Here to help is the co-founder and EVP of Oracle NetSuite, Evan Goldberg.

SEGMENT 2, starting at 16:30: One of the biggest risks facing our businesses and our society is health care. It’s becoming so expensive that less and less people can afford it, especially those with chronic conditions. How can we use technology to take better care of people? Here to help is one of Chicago’s leading entrepreneurs, Glen Tullman, Executive Chairman of Livongo.

SEGMENT 3, starting at 37:30: Let’s say you had a great idea for a product, you produced a prototype, you made some changes, you manufactured it… now how do you actually get it out into the world? Kevin Mako, founder of Mako Design and Invent is here to walk us through the process.

 

Segment 1: Evan Goldberg is the Co-Founder and EVP of Oracle NetSuite. Prior to Oracle’s acquisition of NetSuite, Goldberg was CTO and Chairman of the NetSuite board. Before co-founding NetSuite in 1998, Goldberg spent eight years at Oracle Corporation, where he served as a vice president.

1:00 – What happens when you outgrow a system like Quickbooks or Zoho?

2:30 – How do you know if you have too many systems in your business?

3:45 – Systems once available only to large companies are now available to small companies. How?

5:00 – What are the biggest benefits of an ERP system like NetSuite?

7:30 – How does NetSuite work with point of sale systems?

9:30 – How NetSuite scales with your business.

11:00 – How do you grow your company without sacrificing your company’s culture?

12:30 – Advice for small business owners who see themselves as the next big thing.

Segment 2: Glen Tullman is the Executive Chairman of Livongo and is passionately committed to finding a cure for diabetes and other chronic conditions and keeping people healthy until we do. A visionary leader and entrepreneur, he previously ran two public companies that changed the way healthcare is delivered. Most recently, Tullman served as Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts, the leading provider of Electronic Health Records, Practice Management and Electronic Prescribing systems. He is the author of “On Our Terms: Empowering the New Health Consumer”, which proposes new solutions to address the chronic-condition epidemic facing our country.

16:30 – Why is health care such a big issue in our society today?

19:45 – How do you empower people with chronic health conditions to take care of themselves?

22:00 – How Livongo is using technology to change the experience of how people with chronic conditions manage their health.

25:00 – Why has healthcare been so difficult for technology to conquer?

27:45 – How Livongo is working with employers to help employees with chronic conditions, and show them an ROI.

31:30 – How Target and other visionary employers are employees with chronic conditions get and stay healthy.

32:45 – What was your motivation for writing “On Our Terms: Empowering the New Health Consumer”?

Segment 3: Kevin Mako is the founder of Mako Design and Invent, a product development firm that helps inventors and startups bring their invention ideas to life.

37:30 – What is one of your favorite projects you’ve ever helped put into market?

40:30 – At what point should you post your product online?

42:00 – How do you get your product into distribution?

46:00 – What if you don’t have the funds to get a product all the way to production?

48:45 – What kind of support do inventors need to provide if something goes wrong with the product?

 

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