Gabriella Saab knocked my socks off with her first book, The Last Checkmate. It was fantastic. Her second book arrives mid-January called Daughters of Victory. Another historical fiction novel, this one is set during the Bolshevik revoltuion and travels in time through to the Nazi occupation of the Soviet Union. The books are meticulously researched and Gabriella will always feature a female protagonist. I catch up with her as a part of my December reconnects with previous guests. Buy The Last Checkmate. Show Sponsors: Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE) – Presenting Sponsor Get The Tea Roy Lewis Construction Persons… Read More
Categories: LibsynFairhope, Alabama has lots to brag about. The biggest is that it’s the home of Bill-E’s Bacon. It’s the best bacon in the world. Bill-E Stitt and I sit down to check in on how his business is growing since I first met him a while back. He’s now shipping bacon all over the country and the country’s top chefs are using his bacon in their masterpiece dishes. His is a story of fantastic growth with new opportunities arriving every day. Show Sponsors: Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE) – Show Sponsor E3 Termite & Pest Control Allison Horner –… Read More
Categories: LibsynDr Jim Purcell is Alabama’s Commissioner on Higher Education. Each year the state’s colleges and universities send students into the workplace and too many of them find work outside the state. Dr Purcell is trying to get them to stay. Alabama has the jobs available and needs the talent. Additionally, Dr Purcell is working to lure those with roots in the state back to Alabama through targeted campaigns. He fights historic deep-south stereotypes as well as the reputation of low pay. Listen as he explains the challenge, highlights the opportunities, and discusses his strategy. This broadcast in collaboration with Business… Read More
Categories: LibsynWhen I first interviewed Lane several years ago he had about 600,000 oysters growing at his oyster farm in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Today it’s about 30 million. His distribution is now far and wide but he’s still going through the back doors of restaurants, shucking his oysters for the chefs, and taking their orders when they’re surprised to learn these tasty delights orginate in the Gulf. Lane’s kindness, generosity and optimism stands out each time I speak to him and I learn that it springs from a wound that, Lane says, he hopes never heals. Check out the Oyster… Read More
Categories: LibsynJustin Patton leads Auburn’s RFID team and has participated in most of the seminal business case research for RFID in the United States for retailers. His client list is full of national retail brands and major manufactorers. The technology is everywhere, from embedded in the tag the airline puts on your luggage to the wristband you wear at a theme park. This tech is changing the way companies interact with their customers – from spending hours and hours counting inventory and finding things to letting the tech do it (better) and return to serving the customer. Show Sponsors: Alabama Center for… Read More
Categories: LibsynJames Lomax manages boatloads of office space in and around Huntsville. He tells me who is returing to tradiational office environments and why, who is not, and how some companies are changing their office design to lure employees back. I then talk with friends of What’s Working Johnny Gwinn and Stacy Wellborn who are part owners of a co-working space in Mobile called The Container Yard about the surge of interest in their space since Covid has let up. Show Sponsors: Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE) – Presenting Sponsor Roy Lewis Construction Persons Services Corps Burr Forman Attorneys United… Read More
Categories: LibsynBuddy & Nikki Cummings have grown and sold several businesses of their own and put them in position for an early retirement if they wanted. Instead, they keep at it, getting involved with business that catch their eye and coaching entrepreneurs to grow and spread their own businesses. Theirs is an infectious energy and their lessons come from their own successes and mistakes, not business school texts. Common business problems addressed in common-sense, simple ways. Show Sponsors: Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE) – Presenting Sponsor Roy Lewis Construction Persons Services Corps Burr Forman Attorneys United Bank Angelo DePaola –… Read More
Categories: LibsynThe commercial aviation industry faces a wave of retirements soon and needs new blood. Auburn University has trained college students to become pilots for many years and today their program is bursting with undergraduates eager to help fill these soon to be vacated airline cockpits. Professors James Birdsong and Jim Witte run the Auburn University School of Aviation. Students graduate with a pilot’s license and are well on their way to the needed flight hours to begin their careers with a major airline. This episode is in collaboration with Business Alabama magazine. Thanks to Show Sponsors: Alabama Center for Real… Read More
Categories: Libsyn, What's Working with Cam MarstonEllen Douglas Alves sat with my family at a delicate point in the care for my now deceased mother and calmy offered insight and options to a family nearly paralyzed with sadness. She’s part of a growing cadré of geriatric care managers who assist families who have very difficult decisions to make – love for a sick person, limited financial resources, lack of knowledge of options, the list goes on. With a rapidly aging society, demands for geriatric care managers are expected to soar. Meet Ellen Douglas, learn about her role as a “professional relative,” and why you may need… Read More
Categories: LibsynTim Dozier is CEO of full service ad agency Hummingbird Ideas in Mobile. His clients pay his firm to put them in the best light and make them easily found online. However, Tim tells us, search is changing. No longer is Google the go-to like it once was. And it’s today’s youth who are disrupting this market – using non-traditional online sites (i.e. TikTok, YouTube) to drive their search. Even though the results are less accurate, today’s kids continue to go back, meaning Tim and team have to become more and more savvy to keep their clients in buyers’ eyes. … Read More
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