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It’s a fun experience being on the other side of the mic early Saturday morning for Tony Truitt’s News Radio show out of Birmingham. It was a quick chat in which he asked me to tell a bit of the story of my show.
All the talk of recession pushed me to reach out to friend of the show Peter Ricchiuti to get his take on things. Always a very entertaining guest, Peter gives us a sense of what to focus on, what “tea leaves” he’s reading, and perhaps most importantly, he tells us what the businesses he and his students study do when recession looms on the horizon. The businesses are a part of Burkenroad Reports which has brought him and his classes wonderful acclaim over the years. Want predictions for the economy in the new year? Start here.
Show Sponsors:
Allison Horner – State Farm Agent
Trey Langus – Transworld Business Advisors
Angelo DePaola – The Coastal Connection Realty
Lauren Weber left LA for LA (lower Alabama). She had a hunch this stretch of the Gulf Coast was home to some great stories that needed to be told. After renting a car in Pensacola, she eventually made her way to Fairhope looked around, and parked the car. Fairhope would become her new home. She relocated her production company, Tremont Road, to town, started meeting people, and eventually made a concept pitch based on what she saw to a well known streaming service. They bought it immediately. Today Lauren is finalizing the show, filming in Fairhope and shuttling to the other LA to work on editing. It’s “scripted reality TV” featuring women of various ages in various stages of relationships to begin streaming in the fall.
Show Sponsors:
Allison Horner – State Farm Agent
Trey Langus – Transworld Business Advisors
Angelo DePaola – The Coastal Connection Realty
Troy knew nothing of coffee when he heard a call from the Lord, obeyed, and now serves the homeless in Birmingham through his Modern House Coffee Shop (www.CoffeeAndCommunity.com). He employs them at the coffee shop and the profits go to support the homeless in the area. Troy is another example of someone who was guided by a higher power and is finding success much easier now that he’s doing was he was told to do. His growth plans include roasting his own coffee in the very near future. Troy is motived, is motivational, and is a great story for the final What’s Working episode of 2022.
Show Sponsors:
The Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE) – Presenting Sponsor
Angelo DePaola – The Coastal Connection Realty
Allison Horner – State Farm Agent
Trey Langus – Transworld Business Advisors
Jim Cox is a regular visitor to the show this time of year, bringing wine for us to tase (not drink, it’s a subtle but real difference) and discuss. He and his wife own Southern Napa Wine Store in Daphne, Alabama. Jim and I discuss the new popular wines that have emerged over the year (sauvignon blanc) and the soaring prices of Napa cabernets as well as some new “mocktail” mixes that are actually verty tasty – good news for the designated drivers and teetotalers. Jim is always a fun and loquacious guest. This is another of my favorite guests that come back each December. Cheers!
Show Sponsors:
Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE) – Presenting Sponsor
Allison Horner – State Farm Agent
Trey Langus – Transworld Business Advisors
Angelo DePaola – The Coastal Connection Realty
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
Angelo DePaola – The Coastal Connection Realty
Trey Langus – Transworld Business Advisors
Allison Horner – State Farm Agent
Fairhope, 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
Allison Horner – State Farm Agent
Trey Langus – Transworld Business Advisors
Angelo DePaola – The Coastal Connection Realty
Dr 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 Alabama magazine.
Show Sponsors:
Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE) – Presenting Sponsor
Allison Horner – State Farm Agent
Trey Langus – Transworld Business Advisors
Angelo DePaola – The Coastal Connection Realty
When 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 Cook-Off presented by Murder Point on November 19th. (Very cool Murder Point Video!)
Thanks to Show Sponsors:
Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE) – Presenting Sponsor
Allison Horner – State Farm Agent
Trey Langus – Transworld Business Advisors
Angelo DePaola – The Coastal Connection Realty
Justin 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 Real Estate (ACRE) – Show Sponsor
Angelo DePaola – Coastal Connection Realty
Trey Langus – Transworld Business Advisors
