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WOW! 100 episodes. I invited Martin Moore to come into the studio and take a look back and the evolution that took place with Local First Podcast.

I want to thank every guest and all the listeners that make Local First Podcast possible.

Local First Podcast Celebrates 100th Episode, Announces New Platforms for Listening

Local First Podcast founder and host Rob Kochanski will welcome back Martin Moore, a regular guest on Local First Podcast whose main gig is a content developer for Milwaukee’s iconic Koss Corporation, for the 100th episode. Sharing the mic, Moore and Kochanski will reflect on Local First Podcast’s first 99 episodes, analyze the impact of 2020’s bizarre twists on Milwaukee’s business scene, and perhaps insert some humor in their 40-minute conversation.

“I’m also thrilled to announce the launch of Local First Radio, continuous streaming online, 24/7 on Alexa and the Local First web sites,” Kochanski said. Listeners from Milwaukee to Macau can hear compelling stories that highlight companies, leaders, artists, authors and entrepreneurs.

“Local First programming connects businesses with their communities,” Kochanski continued. “Local First Radio has new apps available on both iPhone and Android devices, enabling access anytime and anywhere in the world.”

“Everyone has a story to tell and, as a globally-recognized tech hub for the past century, full of entrepreneurs, I wanted to help raise Milwaukee’s profile,” he added. “I give my guests credit for opening up on-air and being honest and vulnerable about their businesses and related decisions, especially about why they are located in the region. The podcast is not commercial – it’s deeply personal.”

Anyone interested in sharing a story of their business, passion or another pursuit can apply at www.schedulemypodcast.com.

Guests appearing on Local First Podcast can avail themselves of several proactive marketing programs. The recording session and first month of broadcasting is free. Afterward, for as little as $9.99 per month, guests promote their episode on a continuing basis via web ads, audiograms, e-mail, social media, and other channels to an ever-increasing audience, locally and around the world.

Kochanski, a Milwaukee-born U.S. Army sergeant veteran who lives in the city’s Avenues West neighborhood, started Local First Podcast in June 2018.

Local First Podcast is supported by area businesses, with studios located on the campus of the Milwaukee County Research Park. More information about Local First Podcast and Local First Radio is available at https://www.localfirstpodcast.com and at https://www.localfirstradio.stream.

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In this episode with Maggie Mongan, we go deep in understanding and recognizing the Monster that lurks within your business. She also provides six great steps on marketing and sales.

Enjoy

Key takeaways from Maggie:

• Show up every day
• Celebrate small successes every day
• Not time management but self-management
• Simplify your business by setting up routines

Maggie Mongan, of Brilliant Breakthroughs, Inc., introduces a new way of conducting business!

Her clients learn how to tame the business monster they created.

Then, she gets busy helping them build a simplified business model for success, by implementing her proprietary framework of The 4 Performance Pillars for Small BusinessTM (Profitability, People, Productivity, and Peace). Bottom line: Maggie swiftly helps Small Business Owners succeed by simplifying strategies and aligning actions to build their profitable and peaceful business.

Maggie is a Master Business Coach, Strategist, & Trainer, and recognized as a Thought Leader of Small Business.

In 2003 she founded a Premier Business Coaching Practice, specializing in Leadership & Enterprise-wide Small Business Coaching known as Brilliant Breakthroughs, Inc.

She founded a #1 Annual Bestselling Business Book Series for Small Businesses, including its dedicated app, weekly podcast, and annual online summit. She is an avid blogger, international speaker, course creator, and community builder.

Maggie is seriously committed to bolstering Business Excellence. Her passion has been with bolstering the Small Business Sector for almost 20 years. She says, “After all, all business begins small”. Being a serial entrepreneur, she should know!

She is known for working with clients, who are committed to creating what she calls a “Brilliant Business”. Together, they intentionally build a simplified business of profitability and peace, while releasing the old under-performing business. And this, is precisely why Maggie is in high demand!

Maggie is a Wisconsinite, who appreciates stargazing and Harley cruising. She is still madly in love with the US Marine she married in the early 80s and toured with him. Her adult sons are highly accomplished in their respective musical careers. Above all, Maggie is a Possibilitarian.

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Asim Khan has a story that is full of challenges but he chooses to make a life-changing transformation by starting a new business in a very competitive market of healthy drinks he created Zyn.

Key takeaways from Asim Khan:

• Start now don't wait.
• The biggest failure in life is doing nothing.
• Overcoming fear.
• Taking the jump to become an entrepreneur.

Asim Khan is co-founder of ZYN. Previously he spent nearly 20 years in finance industry (investment banking & private equity). He received a B.S. in Accounting & Finance from Marquette University. Asim is married with 2 boys and a girl.

ZYN comes from the word “zyndagi,” which means LIFE for over 1 billion people in South Asia.

The ZYN “aha” moment happened during a family trip to Pakistan in November 2016 with our parents. After the long plane ride over, our father who is diabetic, suffered from sudden and severe diabetic nerve pain in his foot, to the point where he couldn’t walk. Our aunt made a paste with Turmeric powder and olive oil and applied it to our father’s foot. Within an hour, his pain was completely gone. Natural healing has been a part of our Eastern culture for over 5000 years. Our family has used ancient, natural remedies for everything from colds, to indigestion, to reducing inflammation. We decided Turmeric was something that we wanted to share with others.

Upon our return to the US, we began to further research Turmeric and discovered its immunity-boosting and inflammation-reducing healing power comes from a tiny compound called CURCUMIN. We began crafting drinks in our kitchens with CURCUMIN, combining it with PIPERINE to boost absorption. We tested the recipes on ourselves and noticed our everyday aches and pains went away and we felt rejuvenated. We were onto something we felt needed to be shared with the world. So we kept crafting ZYN and introduced the recipes to our family and friends, then to local grocery stores and hospitals, and from there our amaZYN journey has led to nationwide expansion of ZYN.

In the end, health is not just about outward appearances, but rather it’s the holistic package. We are all about promoting balanced health and wellness lifestyles that incorporate the endless goodness that nature provides in a socially, ethically and environmentally responsible manner.

Shake Well, Be Well

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ZYN

Amazon

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In this episode, Scott Choppin dives deep into Wealth Creation Through Real Estate. He has created a plan for anyone to participate in creating wealth creation through real estate.

Key takeaways from Scott's conversation:

• The need for greater challenges.
• Being the conductor.
• Having a detailed plan.
• Complete in uncommon ways.
• Families are underserved.

Meet Scott:

Scott Choppin is the CEO and Founder of The Urban Pacific Group of Companies, a Long Beach, CA-based real estate development company, founded in 2000, that focuses exclusively on workforce rental housing communities throughout California and the western US. Urban Pacific has created a new housing innovation called Urban Town House (UTH), which pairs private capital with middle income multi-generational rental housing, while producing market superior yields on invested equity. Historically, Urban Pacific’s UTH projects have delivered 22.66% programmatic IRR yields on equity.

With over 35 years in the development business, Scott is a leader in the field, and is a regular contributor to major media outlets throughout the nation. Scott has been published in Forbes Magazine, GlobeSt.com, Los Angeles Times, Builder Magazine, Affordable Housing Finance, Affordable Housing News, and most recently, the cover and feature article about the UTH housing model in Multi-Family Executive magazine.

Scott and his wife Becky have been happily married and together for 27 years, and are raising their 3 kids in Long Beach, CA - Sean Patrick 19, Dylan 16, and Jenna 13. Scott and Becky’s three kids are the 4th generation of the Choppin family in Long Beach.

For over 50 years, Urban Pacific and it's founding family have been developers of premier residential and commercial projects. Including development of the Long Beach World Trade Center, and the Axis at Westminster project, Urban Pacific and the Choppin family have built superior identities of trust, value, authority, and leadership in the real estate development domain throughout the nation.

Connect with Scott

LinkedIn

Facebook

Instagram

Website

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My conversation with Dr. Jim Taylor is right on time. We go deep on what you need to do during this time of crisis. Dr. Jim Taylor covers the different types of crisis and as a bonus, he gives us 5 life hacks you can start using today during COVID.

Ket Takeaways from Dr. Jim Taylor

• What makes COVID-19 such a significant crisis?
• Our natural reactions not suited for modern-day crises.
• What is an opportunity mindset and why is it important?
• What are some ways that we can grow from a crisis?

More about Dr. Jim Taylor

Dr. Jim Taylor is an internationally recognized authority on the psychology of sport and parenting. His professional expertise encompasses sport psychology, child development and parenting, and coaches education.

Dr. Taylor has worked with professional, world-class, collegiate, and junior-elite athletes in tennis, skiing, cycling, triathlon, track and field, swimming, football, golf, baseball, car racing, and many other sports. He is the author of 15 books and has been an invited speaker throughout North and South America, Europe, and the Middle East.

A former alpine ski racer who competed internationally, Dr. Taylor is also a 2nd degree black belt and certified instructor in karate, a marathon runner, and an Ironman triathlete.

Dr. Jim Taylor's Philosophy

INSPIRE, INFORM, TRANSFORM, PERFORM

Dr. Jim Taylor's podcast

How to Survive & Thrive When Bad Things Happen

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Do you know whether or not the water coming out of your faucet is full of chemicals? Gordon Nameni founder of the Smart Water Club and I discuss how the water is different depending on where you live. He explains how you can have an affordable solution for clean water.

Key takeaways from Gordon

• Is soup coming out of your facet?
• Be true to your heart
• It's my passion, it's all about helping people having access to clean water
• Some people don't take showers

More about Gordon Nameni

Gordon is one of the founders of the Smart Water Club, a data-driven platform that provides custom water tech solutions based on the specific water type of consumers.

Gordon Nameni is the Managing Director of August Brown, a Midwest-based strategy and technology management consulting firm. August Brown works with Fortune 200 and companies down to small engineering firms on the commercialization of emerging technologies, business models, and strategy development for market placement of advanced materials-based technologies in the energy, power, sensor, and environmental market.

Gordon's professional experience spans semiconductor engineering, product development, and R&D in industrial goods, water treatment, and chemical-induced sensors. He has worked as a process engineer in a semiconductor bunny suit within a wafer fab and has also led board meetings in the C-suite.

As the COO of Platypus Technologies, Gordon developed the strategic growth plan which enabled the company to expand its product portfolio by 45%, increase sales for its flagship liquid crystal sensor products by 2.8x and maintain a positive EBITDA Y/Y during his tenure.

He earned a patent when he developed the concept that produced a new technology and product platform from 100% post-industrial recycled waste material for PPG Industries, Inc

Gordon earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Brown University in Materials Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, respectively. After earning his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, he completed a Fulbright Fellowship and an NSF Post-Doctoral Fellowship with AO Smith Corp. in 2011. For leisure, Gordon enjoys recreational activities with his family including ultimate frisbee, golf, and slam poetry.

Connect with Gordon

August Brown

Smart Water Club

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This is Local First Podcast's first international interview with John Vuong out of Toronto, CA. We take a deep dive into how to get your business is searched for online.

As the owner of Local SEO Search since 2013, my mission is to equip local business owners with the right products (websites), services (SEO) and knowledge to grow and expand to position these business owners as the industry thought leaders by being honest, transparent and having a strong will to succeed in business.

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Local SEO Search is a full-service search engine optimization (SEO) company. Founder John Vuong started in SEO near the beginning. Back in 2010, he was working with Yellow Pages and the company was offering SEO strategy.

However, he found that the supposed experts at that time didn’t understand why some companies ranked above others. In fact, he felt that the offers were damaging his relationships with small businesses because they weren’t getting the results they paid for.

John cares a lot about the small businesses he works with, especially family businesses. That’s why he began to focus on understanding search engines, their rankings, and how companies can benefit from a variety of digital marketing platforms.

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Over 30 years ago, Dr. Dennis Hill predicted that the only way we would make a change regarding our privacy would take a significant world event.

After having several conversations, I would have to agree that Dr. Hill was right.

Dennis Hill profiled in 1987 Business Journal Magazine (Cover Story)

Published in 1987 (8/24/1987), the magazine profiled the rise of cyber-security and several of its pioneers. A computer prodigy at 14 (pre-PC era) and a computer engineering professor at 23, Dennis Hill of MSOE University, was highlighted with other computer experts in this article. Hill predicted the rise of cyber-terrorism and the lack of security investment by businesses and consumers, citing awareness and change only in response to breaches and data violation catastrophes.

This past month Netflix released the documentary /the social dilemma_ This documentary from Jeff Orlowski explores how addiction and privacy breaches are features, not bugs, of social media platforms.

EXACTA engineered and supports Family Organizer Plus. This software platform powers the most important social network in history, the Family. Individuals and families reclaim their digital privacy and regain control of digital records under new and emerging laws worldwide, including the U.S. FamOrg+ promises to be a leading disruptive technology with a positive impact on the modern digitized family.

What is Family Organizer Plus or FamOrg+?

FamOrg+ is EXACTA's first software platform for end-users and specifically families and individuals who care about privacy and security. FamOrg+ includes a robust contact manager, private and secure "in-family" chatting, an aggregated family calendar derived from individual member calendars, and complete management of records, photos, and AV files.

What technology makes FamOrg+ game-changing?

FamOrg+ is an entirely new concept in the consumer software market because it leverages current and emerging technologies, including 5G security protocols and cloud-based decentralized data storage known as a blockchain. Blockchain is the same lock-tight technology underlying cryptocurrencies.

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Mama said... Do you remember when your mother gave you advice or shared her wisdom with you? Did you listen? Can you hear her voice in the back of your head?

Bonnie shares in her interview how her mother of 7 influenced her so much that she wrote a book about it.

Bonnie's key take-aways:

• Never give up
• Celebrate your mother
• Celebrate small victories
• How her mother influenced her

Bonnie J. Edwards received her Master’s Degree in Education, Professional Development from Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

She pursued Advanced Doctoral Studies in Adult Education at Walden University in Minneapolis, MN.

Bonnie added two additional licenses, one in Administrator Leadership and Director of Instruction certified through the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI).

Inspired by the power of raising awareness, Bonnie designed, implemented, and instructed a graduate course in Interpersonal Communication for educators to renew their licenses through McPherson College, Milwaukee Campus.

She is recognized by her colleagues for her personable and reflective leadership style. After 14 years of teaching middle school and participating in educational community outreach, Bonnie retired in 2015.

Bonnie is founder of B.J. Edwards Professional Development & Communication, owner and co-publisher with her husband, Cary Edwards. They are proud parents of Danny, Lisa and Mildred.

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Hey local listeners, are you in sales? I think the answer is yes. Everyone is selling something to someone. Celia and I dig deep on what it takes to sell big-ticket items.

Celia's key takeaways:

• Fear is a source of opportunity and growth
• Storytelling vs. Just the Facts, please
• How has the selling process changed?
• Strategies - Skill - Tactics

Connect with Celia:

Website: Ceila Fay Meisel

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Hi! My Name is Celia Faye Meisel

It’s my mission to guide heart-centered entrepreneurs to hit their sales goals and reach for their dreams.

My clients come to me when they are:

• Ready to stop spinning their wheels and get on track to set and accomplish all of their sales goals.
• Betting on themselves by pursuing entrepreneurship full-time.
• Looking for a trusted sales mentor and guide to help them level-up and feel at ease with the process.
• Aware that it’s time to get support to get out of the income plateau and sales rut they’ve been in for years.

Meet Celia:

As a kid, I can recall the stress my mom endured when unexpected expenses came up.

She, and many others like her, didn’t know how to generate income outside of a 9-5 job. She was a smart and savvy businesswoman who was sought out by many for guidance and answers.

A University education helped her to gain confidence and climb the corporate ladder. There were always limitations around how far she could climb and the rate at which she could grow.

From a young age, I demonstrated entrepreneurial qualities and a sense of intuitiveness. My parents did what they could to give me entrepreneurial experiences.

There were parts of my personality that didn’t fit a picture of conventional living. As a result, I experienced years of emotional discomfort because I felt like I never fit in

Deep inside, I always had a sense of knowing that gave me hope to move forward and find my own unique path.

In my late-twenties I discovered that my entrepreneurial spirit was one of my gifts. For the first time in my life, I felt free.

Celia Faye Meisel is a Business Strategist & Sales Trainer. As a career entrepreneur, she has enrolled over 200 clients to work with her in a group format and 1-1.

She has supported her clients to celebrate milestones that include:

$15K in online launch profits. Going from $0-70K (cash) in one-year of business. Five-figure months in cash and sales. Making the shift from selling low-ticket single sessions to selling transformational high-ticket packages. Blasting through upper limits for group enrollment numbers. The launches of dozens of new service-based businesses. Since the pandemic, she has provided sales team support to teams generating $1.1 Million in high-ticket program sales.

Celia finds joy and meaning in developing & writing training content for her clients. She loves networking, meeting new people, and making heart-centered connections with fellow entrepreneurs.

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