Podcasts: The Western Mass. Business Show
The Western Mass. Business Show
Entrepreneurs undertake risk and responsibility, in order to solve problems, contribute their passions and talents to society, and make the world go round. Our success and survival depends on them, and they depend on you. Hear their stories, perspectives, and inspirations every week, as they reveal themselves in a conversation with Tara Brewster. Saturdays at 11AM and Sundays at 2PM on The Western Mass Business Show.
Western Mass Business Show 7.27.19
7.27.19 George O’Brien from Business West Magazine guest hosts and talks with Tessa Murphy-Romboletti – Executive Director, EforAll Holyoke
Western Mass Business Show 7.20.19
On Saturday, July 20, 11am, & Sunday, July 21, 8pm
hear Ira speak with JOSH CHERNIN of the Greater Business Improvement Group about what their 120 years of combined experience in 20 industries on 4 continents have told the about hiring in a tough economy, healing conflicts among senior leaders, working with a company’s trusted advisors; and the benefits of being a loosely structured group of consultants, with the support from each other, and all the freedom one would want.
Western Mass Business Show 7.6.19
On Saturday, July 6, 11am, & Sunday, July 7, 8pm
hear Ira speak with ADAM METSCH aka The College Advisor
of New England about common errors people make around
college finances; how to maximize the odds of your child
finding the right college; how colleges build a diverse class;
what achievements and characteristics are they looking for;
what a college advisor can help with; and more! Listen in
Western Mass Business Show 6.29.19
On Saturday, June 29, 11am, & Sunday, June 30, 8pm
hear Ira speak with JIM YOUNG, business coach and gentle man.
They discuss how leaders can be coached to greater effectiveness,
to achieve their most important goals. And how Jim came to realize
that he is a gentle man, and how he might help increase an awareness
of how we can build more productive and harmonious outcomes when
we use a gentler approach to business.
Western Mass Business Show 6.20.19
George O’Brien from Business West Magazine interviews Carol Leary, President of Bay Path University.
Western Mass Business Show 6.8.19
On Saturday, June 8, 11am, & Sunday, June 9, 8pm hear Ira speak with ADAM ZUCKER of Eclipse Energy. They discuss the state of solar technologies, the changing marketplace; and how government has viewed supporting this for home and business owners. Also, the life of selling door to door, and training others at that timeless talent.
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!
