Small Business Miracles Podcast Small Business Miracles Podcast

Celeste Carlson used her experience as a program officer for a local community foundation to fuel her consultancy at Growing Good, where she helps nonprofits grow capacity. Listen in for tips about making sure your grant funding matches your organization’s expertise - plus a tip to target your audience after they’ve left the building.

Chef Shanita McAfee Bryant is the founder of The Prospect KC. We stop in for a coffee and conversation to talk about The Prospect KC's amazing work fighting food apartheid, promoting food education, and teaching the next generation of chefs. And you can just stop it with the cake pops anytime you want. Plus, our marketing tip is going to help you focus your marketing by helping you test the factors that make the biggest impact.

Joe Beveridge is the 4th generation President & CEO of Russell-Hampton Company. If you've ever seen a Rotary logo on any product, he's likely involved! Our conversation with Joe talks about multi-generational business ownership, expansion and acquisitions, and the 2026 World Cup, to name just a few. In this week's marketing tip, we encourage you to check those long-held assumptions about your audience so you don't get in your own way.

We’re on location for a special episode with a group of your peers as we get expert insights and actionable strategies to ensure your business not only adapts but thrives in the evolving landscape of 2024. How’s that 2024 plan working out after Q1?

Our featured panelist for this special episode includes:

Rich Cornell, Senior Consultant with RPS Benefits by Design.. Learn from Rich how to bend the benefits cost curve while improving employee engagement.

Katheigh Degen, Co-owner of Twin Financial. Benefit from Katheigh’s expertise in working with business owners to identify how to use the business to achieve their personal financial goals.

Angela Eberhart, Director of Crown CFO. Angela has more than 20 years of varied experience and proven expertise guiding businesses with financial insight and strategic planning.

Mike Jackson, President of Pendello Solutions. With two decades of experience in the industry that changes more than any other, he’s up for the challenge.

Tricia Luedke, Vice President at Enterprise Bank. Hear what can be done from a true concierge for everything businesses need, through Tricia’s very personalized community bank experience with expertise in business banking.  

Michele Markham, Owner of EAG Advertising & Marketing. From her experience running an agency that serves small businesses throughout Kansas City and beyond, Michele will speak to the marketing strategies and tactics for both B2B and B2C companies, along with the trends that could change everything.

Valerie Vaughn, Certified Mergers & Acquisitions Professional with Apex Business Advisors. Planning to plan to sell your business in the future? Find out what you don’t know from Valerie, who has been successfully consulting with business owners through the process of confidentially selling their business for the past decade.

Dr. Cokethea Hill is a true force for advocacy in education, helping local charter schools find a match with the best advocates, training them, and drafting them NFL style into school board positions. Tune in to hear all about it and what’s next for BLAQUE KC. Plus, what can The Princess Bride teach us about doing a SWOT analysis?

Giving back through volunteerism and mentorship is altruistic. It’s also selfish because you get so much of the feels out of it! We caught Theodis Watson to talk about his mentorship, volunteerism, community development, and financial literacy. Plus, some very timely advice on using AI to create unoriginal content on your website.