Business Confidential with Hanna Hasl-Kelchner

If you’ve ever watched the TV show Shark Tank in the US or the Dragon’s Den in Canada, you may be wondering whether an angel investor is the answer to your business dreams.
Here to help you answer that question and more is Jan Davis.
Jan Davis is an investor in Triangle Angel Partners and is the immediate past President of its Executive Committee. 
She is also a retired CEO and a very active board member and advisor of companies in software, analytics, direct and interactive marketing, and personal information. Although retired from a corner office, she is definitely not retired from business and successfully leverages her prior marketing and corner office experience to help multiple businesses be more successful. 
She serves on the Investment Committee of The Launch Place Seed Fund, and as an Entrepreneur in Residence for the Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network, as well as for the Minor in Entrepreneurship in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  

Smart entrepreneurs, executives and managers know that if you don’t keep moving forward in business you get left behind. That’s why they’re always looking for ways to take their business to the next level by improving employee engagement and business performance. 
But what if the solution you need is staring at you in the mirror? What if you could unlock your own hidden power for more business success?
Dr. Donna Stoneham, master executive coach and transformational leadership expert, can show you how.
For more than twenty-five years Donna has helped hundreds of Fortune 1000 and not-for profit leaders, teams, and organizations unleash their Power to Thrive™ through her company, Positive Impact, LLC. 
She is also the author of the award winning book, The Thriver’s Edge:  Seven Keys to Transform the Way You Live, Love and Lead. It’s an Amazon #1 Best Seller and named one of “Nine Awesome Books for Your Kick-Ass Career” by BuzzFeed.
This program is proudly sponsored by the Legal Leverage® Academy, a div. of Business M.O., LLC.

The critical steps to building a sustainable sales process can elude entrepreneurs regardless of whether you’re in start-up mode and sales is not your area of expertise, or whether you’re in business for a while and looking to grow your customer base.
Here to help explain the process, the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make, and how to solve them is Mr. Jim Joyce, President of Sales Partners Inc. where he helps companies, institutions and individuals work effectively and efficiently to achieve their greatest sales potential.
Jim is a Certified Master Sales Trainer and prior to forming Sales Partners, held a number of very senior sales management positions for companies with annual revenue ranging from over $20B to less than $5MM, AND was able to achieve his sales targets over 90% of the time. That’s a remarkable success rate.
In addition to the fine work Jim does through Sales Partners Inc., he also coaches and judges business programs at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School and Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, and conducts seminars and classes for Technical Community Colleges in N.C., Chambers of Commerce, Professional Organizations and private industry.
This episode is proudly sponsored by the Legal Leverage® Academy, the education division of Business M.O., LLC

Capital markets and corporate governance expert Adam J. Epstein explains the common mistakes Wall Street newbies make after the IPO honeymoon is over, how hurt continued access to capital markets and what they can do about it. 
Mr. Epstein is a nationally recognized small-cap expert and advisor to the boards of pre-IPO and small-cap companies through his firm, Third Creek Advisors, LLC (TCA).  Prior to TCA, he was a long-tenured institutional investor. He speaks monthly at corporate governance and investor conferences, and is a distinguished National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Board Leadership Fellow and faculty member.  He is also the small-cap contributing editor for Directorship magazine and author of the best-selling book The Perfect Corporate Board: A Handbook for Mastering the Unique Challenges of Small-Cap Companies.  
He is an active supporter of U.S. veterans and their families; all of his royalties from his book are donated to Fisher House Foundation, and he serves as a mentor to retired military officers seeking board of director positions through NACDs “From Battlefield to Boardroom” initiative.
This program is proudly sponsored by the Legal Leverage Academy a division of Business M.O., LLC, 

How do you answer the question “what do you do?” at business networking or social events? Do you launch into your “elevator pitch?”
Does your elevator pitch make someone’s eyes glaze over or cause them to politely excuse themselves? If so, youre doing it wrong and it’s time to ditch your pitch.
Discover how to deliver your business message like a media pro when host Hanna Hasl-Kelchner welcomes sound bite expert, communications consultant, and Success Messaging Coach, Mary Jane McKittrick, author of Craft Your I.A.T. Pitch.™
She believes your marketing message matters most and says, "You have to craft messaging that connects the dots with everything you do – so that your world and your prospect’s world are in alignment and you’re not confusing the market.”
It’s a philosophy she’s used to guide executives, entrepreneurs, and even politicians to expand their income and circle of influence for decades.
Mary Jane has worked in in media, in front of and behind the camera, in a number of roles in TV news (as an anchor, reporter, and producer); and TV entertainment; as Director of Corporate Communications overseeing 5 offices statewide for a major NC health maintenance organization; and now as a business consultant and the Success Messaging Coach, helping entrepreneurs fine tune their message to attract their ideal customers and keep them for life.
This program is proudly sponsored by the Legal Leverage® Academy, a division of Business M.O. LLC.