Introduction
On this episode of Business Insanity Talk Radio, we first help small business owners make time for silence in a noise-addicted world. Plus, Dr. Philip Kotler is here to discuss what’s wrong with capitalism and how we can fix it. Next, we all heard about the shocking news that the UK will leave the EU, but what is the effect on US small business? Finally, hear an entrepreneurial success story that started with a personal pain and ended with a product sold in Walmart.
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Segment 1: Michael Linenberger has held major roles in the field of information technology and business management for over twenty years. He is a former vice president at the management consulting firm Accenture; prior to that he worked as head of technology at US Peace Corps. An expert on managing work tasks and communication, Michael has written seven books on workday productivity, among them several best sellers. For more than forty years, Michael has also been interested in the development of consciousness. He currently gives talks and seminars on improving business and personal life.
2:00 – What does the title of your book, Simple Awakening, mean?
3:15 – How do you start incorporating moments of silence into your life?
4:45 – Would you say that most Americans are addicted to noise? That they are afraid of taking or experiencing silence?
5:45 – What happens when we are silent?
7:15 – The first step to experiencing simple awakening.
8:30 – How to start small and keep it simple.
Segment 2: Philip Kotler is the S.C. Johnson & Son Distinguished Professor of International Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Although best known as a marketing guru, Kotler is a classically trained economist. His newest book is Confronting Capitalism: Real Solutions for a Troubled Economic System.
15:25 – Winston Churchill said that “Democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.” Can the same thing be said about capitalism?
16:45 – In Dr. Kotler’s newest book, he examines capitalism’s fourteen major shortcomings. What’s at the top of his list?
17:22 – The solutions that Dr. Kotler proposes.
19:25 – Where does Dr. Kotler stand on raising the minimum wage and how does it affect capitalism?
21:41 – Can capitalism supply enough jobs to satisfy the demand and need for work? Can America ever get back to a job-abundant society?
Segment 3: Alexandre Wentzo is Chief Executive Officer of Casewise. He is responsible for leading the company vision and strategic direction as well as its operational excellence.
31:00 – How could Brexit even happen?
32:00 – What is the biggest impact on the economy?
33:00 – What is the biggest impact on contractual agreements between countries? How will this affect the business world?
34:30 – What should US small businesses who do business in the EU be worried about, if anything?
Segment 4: Barry Moltz shares how to get your business unstuck.
40:30 – Do any of these sound familiar?
41:15 – How to take your business to the next level.
42:45 – What’s in the Unstuck course?
46:00 – Special offer code.
Segment 5: Linda Collinson is the founder of Dewberry Lotion. She has won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, The Maryland Blue Chip Award, The Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Small Business Achievement Award, and was inducted into the University of Maryland’s Michael Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship.
49 : 45 – How Linda’s ill son lead her to create Dewberry Lotion.
51 :30 – How Linda got her product into Walmart.
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