Western Mass Business Show 6.1.19

Tune in to the next installment of the Western Mass. Business Show June 8, when the guest will be Kristin Leutz, director of Valley Venture Mentors. BusinessWest Editor George O’Brien will lead a broad-ranging discussion that will touch on everything from efforts to build the region’s entrepreneurship ecosystem to the upcoming and much-anticipated Innovation Fest. You won’t want to miss this insightful look into the region’s startup community and VVM’s many initiatives to promote and inspire entrepreneurship and innovation.

Western Mass Business Show 5.25.19

On Saturday, May 25, 11am, and Sunday, May 26,
8pm hear Ira speak with AJ BRESCIANO, VP and Commercial Loan officer at Greenfield Savings Bank. They discuss such things as best practices of how a business owner and a bank should relate; what it means to be a local mutual bank; how community building is key to how GSB distinguishes itself; how to help a lender see that your business is creditworthy; and how he has a personal understanding of family business, have grown up in one, which he later operated, in Greenfield.

Ingrid Bredenberg & Jessi Kirley on WMass Business Show

On Saturday, May 18, 11am, and Sunday, May 19, 8pm hear Ira
speak with INGRID BREDENBERG, Strategic Leadership Coach, and JESSI KIRLEY, co-leader of the Family Business Center. They discuss the strategic planning the FBC is doing, as they enter their 2nd quarter century, and leadership transition. It includes a Leadership Summit, on June 4th, where many business leaders will put their heads together, to determine what trends and forces, good and bad, will affect us all; and how to innovate and adapt to them. There will be a lot of wisdom present. Hear how Ingrid is leading this process, and how collected data feeds their strategic plan, that feeds the action plan. More at fambizpv.com/leadershipsummit

Western Mass Business Show 4.27.19

On Saturday, April 27, 11am, and Sunday, April 28, 8pm hear Ira
speak with JOE BLUMENTHAL, founder of Northampton’s iconic DOWNTOWN SOUNDS. Hear what distinguishes this full line music store in the age of Amazon; the wide variety of people that frequent the store; how lessons and repairs, plus sales, all fit together; how he had to retire one day, so that is now; how his employees are carrying on in a cooperative structure; how YOU can invest in the future of this historic place to be. Tune in!

Western Mass Business Show 4.20.19

On Saturday, April 20, 11am, and Sunday, April 21, 8pm hear Ira
speak with JULIA MINES about her work as a leadership and performance coach, helping people achieve a happier, more positive outlook, adopting habits that lead to greater happiness, for instance setting goals, living from one’s strengths, and daring to live one’s dreams, so as to feel alive and accomplished. Her start in radio sales (“selling air”) incorporated her innate talents for coaching, and then she just stopped the part about selling air. She also comes in handy, if you’re looking to be more compelling or inspiring when you speak, not to mention more authentic. Tune in!

Western Mass Business Show 4.13.19

On Saturday, April 13, 11am, and Sunday, April 14, 8pm hear Ira
speak with KAREN BLANCHARD & TRACY BRYANT of INVISIBLAST
They got an idea from Tracy’s days in the Coast Guard and made it work in business; cleaning every kind of things with blasts of dry ice!! It can de-gunk an ancient machine, or delicately remove the ink from your business card; not to mention safe to work on electronics, or even food. Hear how Spark, Score,
SBDC all helped them hone their plan, how they compete with sandblasting
and power washing, how they plan to grow, and more!! Tune in!

Western Mass Business Show 4.6.19

On Saturday, April 6, 11am, and Sunday, April 7, 8pm

hear Ira speak with CARLA NESS & CAROL SMITH of DELAP REAL ESTATE

Based in Northampton, and founded by Dennis Delap, who preferred a more cooperative model of agency, and bequeathed that agency to the agents, who now exemplify teamwork with their open, honest, non-competitive, supportive band of independent contractors, who together provide perspective and expertise to their clients, who are making one of the most consequential investment decisions of their life. Tune in!

Western Mass Business Show 3.30.19

On Saturday, March 30, 11am, and Sunday, March 31, 8pm hear Ira speak with LORA KSIENIEWICZ, owner of Yoga on the Vine (on Martha’s Vinyard) and now Yoga in the Valley (in Florence). A meditator since high school, she lived in an Indian monastery for several months, and opened her yoga studios, so that her students (and teachers she trains to high standards) become more adaptable and resilient, not because it makes life easy or wonderful. Yoga is for everyone, and athletes and aging adults are only 2 of her several specialties.

Western Mass Business Show 3.23.19

On Sat, Mar 23 at 11am, and Sun, Mar 24 at 8pm hear Ira Bryck,
speak with JON ARONSTEIN of Mill River Music. Jon began guitar at 12,
and was a tinkerer who built custom instruments. Now, in a time where large manufacturers, as well as retails chains, of guitars have struggled, he finds Northampton a city where guitar buffs can buy, trade, consign, fix, learn,
in stores like his, with devoted employees, transparency, effective sales systems, and a global market that allows for bringing money into the community. Hear more this Saturday and Sunday, and always online.

Western Mass Business Show 3.16.19

Hear George O’Brien, editor of BusinessWest magazine, speak with Dr. THOMAS MOLITERNO, interim dean of the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst. Hear his thoughts on the school’s rise in the ranks of the top business schools in the country and what it will take to climb higher in those polls. Also hear about the school’s new, $62 million Isenberg Innovation Hub, an exciting addition to the landscape on the Amherst campus and key component of the school’s strategy to attract top students, continue its climb up the rankings, and better prepare graduates for careers in business through state-of-the-art facilities.