It's Your Business

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It's Your Business Podcast

Hosted by Topeka Capital-Journal reporter India Yarborough, It's Your Business aims to explore the business side of community growth through conversations with those in the Topeka area who are advocating for various improvements at the neighborhood, city-wide and regional levels. Whether it’s programs to help local entrepreneurs, relocation initiatives that aim to bring young talent to the area, small business owners trying to promote community pride or nonprofit leaders pushing for digital equity — Yarborough engages in conversation with movers and shakers in northeast Kansas who are invested in seeing their communities thrive.

  1. Ep. 18 - Topeka entrepreneur shares the story behind her family's popcorn business and talks about their growth to come

    20/10/2021

    Ep. 18 - Topeka entrepreneur shares the story behind her family's popcorn business and talks about their growth to come

    In this co-hosted episode, reporter India Yarborough and Katrin Bridges, of the Greater Topeka Partnership, sit down with Angie Anderson, co-owner of Cashmere Popcorn. She shares the story behind her family's business, explains why she didn't have entrepreneurship in mind when they got started, and talks about their future growth, which includes expanding to a new production facility.

    38 min
  2. Ep. 17 - Think public libraries are antiquated resources in today's society? Think again.

    06/10/2021

    Ep. 17 - Think public libraries are antiquated resources in today's society? Think again.

    This week on the show, Capital-Journal reporter India Yarborough is joined by Meredith Snepp, business and careers librarian for the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library. Snepp shares what exactly a business and careers librarian does, points listeners to a variety of resources offered by the library, and challenges the idea that such institutions are a thing of the past.

    36 min
  3. Ep. 16 - How one Topeka entrepreneur found herself opening a non-traditional coffee shop

    22/09/2021

    Ep. 16 - How one Topeka entrepreneur found herself opening a non-traditional coffee shop

    This week on the show, Capital-Journal reporter India Yarborough and the Greater Topeka Partnership's Katrin Bridges sit down with Caitlyn Halsey, owner of Dialogue Coffee House in Topeka. Halsey shares what first got her interested in entrepreneurship and why she decided to start a business that puts people with disabilities first.

    25 min
  4. Ep. 15 - How a mobile shower trailer is improving job prospects for homeless Topekans

    01/09/2021

    Ep. 15 - How a mobile shower trailer is improving job prospects for homeless Topekans

    On this week's show, Capital-Journal reporter India Yarborough sits down with Kristin Stock, of Valeo Behavioral Health Care, and Mark DeGroff, with the Topeka Rescue Mission, to talk about a mobile shower trailer in Topeka that is helping the city's unhoused population. The shower trailer, which also offers laundry services, is the result of local partnerships and has broader implications for employment, as it helps the unhoused get back on their feet.

    40 min
  5. Ep. 14 - Entrepreneur Manny Herron shares lessons from his business journey

    11/08/2021

    Ep. 14 - Entrepreneur Manny Herron shares lessons from his business journey

    In this co-hosted episode of "It's Your Business," India Yarborough, of The Capital-Journal, and Katrin Bridges, of The Greater Topeka Partnership, sit down with Manny Herron, CEO of Infinite Properties Group in Topeka. Herron, who is involved in multiple local business ventures in the real-estate realm, shares lessons from his entrepreneurship journey and explains how he got to where he is today.

    57 min
  6. Ep. 13 - "Topcityflavorista" talks small business, supporting local

    28/07/2021

    Ep. 13 - "Topcityflavorista" talks small business, supporting local

    This week on the show, Capital-Journal reporter India Yarborough sits down with Alison Beebe, manager of the "Topcityflavorista Local Eats & Events!" Facebook group. Though she is a full-time psychiatric nurse, Beebe has spent many hours promoting small businesses in the Topeka area — and now she has a side business of her own. Hear about her journey to entrepreneurship and more on the latest episode of "It's Your Business."

    34 min
  7. Ep. 12 - This startup founder has taken part in 7 Plug and Play programs. Here's what he's learned.

    15/07/2021

    Ep. 12 - This startup founder has taken part in 7 Plug and Play programs. Here's what he's learned.

    In this co-hosted episode of "It's Your Business," India Yarborough, of The Capital-Journal, and Katrin Bridges, of The Greater Topeka Partnership, talk with John Brown, founder of the startup StenCo. Brown tells of his entrepreneurship journey — which began in his basement — and shares what he has learned from the seven different Plug and Play accelerator programs he has participated in, the latest being Topeka's.

    33 min
  8. Ep. 11 - How important is social media for today's small business?

    30/06/2021

    Ep. 11 - How important is social media for today's small business?

    Topeka Capital-Journal reporter India Yarborough talks with Sheila Ellis-Glasper, founder and CEO of Manhattan-based SEG Media Collective. As an expert in social-media management and entrepreneurship, Ellis-Glasper talks about the power of connecting with customers through social media and why it's an important tool for small-business owners to keep in their toolkits.

    35 min
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Hosted by Topeka Capital-Journal reporter India Yarborough, It's Your Business aims to explore the business side of community growth through conversations with those in the Topeka area who are advocating for various improvements at the neighborhood, city-wide and regional levels. Whether it’s programs to help local entrepreneurs, relocation initiatives that aim to bring young talent to the area, small business owners trying to promote community pride or nonprofit leaders pushing for digital equity — Yarborough engages in conversation with movers and shakers in northeast Kansas who are invested in seeing their communities thrive.

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