Veteran Owned Business

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Veteran Owned Business

In honor of Memorial Day, Diane has a rebroadcasting of the show devoted to veteran owned businesses with her guest Kyle Blades.

We are seeing an influx of people coming out of Iraq and opting to start their own businesses instead of going down the traditional work route; they are doing this through government backed loans through the SBA's Veterans Loan Program.

In the past we have had the good people at the SBA and our friend Eric Ness, the Wisconsin State Director for the SBA, on the show and we have even featured veteran owned businesses. Today we have invited Kyle Blades, the President and owner of "Time for a Rebel," who has stepped out of Iraq and into his own business, to share his story with us.

Differentiation: It's Not Business as Usual Anymore

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Differentiation

While Diane was away on business, she thought that she would re-air one of her most talked about shows - Differentiation.

Differentiation is something that each company needs to discern for itself in order to stand apart from the rest of the marketplace, create an identity/brand, and develop a marketing strategy around.

Listen in to this popular show and brainstorm some ideas for your own business differentiators!

Wisconsin Politics with Mark O'Connell

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Mark O'Connell and Robert Henken

This week our resident political expert, Mark O'Connell, is in the studio with his guest Robert Henken. Robert is the president of the Public Policy Forum, a non partisan government watchdog. The Public Policy Forum focuses its research on education, tax and economic development policy, transportation, public safety, health, public infrastructure and other quality of life concerns in and around Southeast Wisconsin.

The Forum serves the public, businesses, government and other interested constituencies by spotlighting trends, defining emerging issues and facilitating productive interaction among local governments and the private sector to promote sound and innovative policy solutions.

It tracks and compares performance for more than 250 government units in southeastern Wisconsin and suggests ways to improve their effectiveness.

Robert frequently contributes to the Forum's blog, the Millwaukee Talkie, which can be found at http://milwaukeetalkie.blogspot.com/