Episodes

Episode 288: 10-30-14 Lauren Book In South Africa Lauren Book, founder of Lauren’s Kids, was a victim of childhood sexual abuse for six years at the hands of her nanny. Armed with the knowledge that 95% of sexual abuse is preventable through education, Lauren sought to turn her experience into a vehicle to prevent childhood sexual abuse and heal survivors. …

Episode 287: 10-23-14 Maximizing Employee Satisfaction Larry Zinn, general manager of Warren Henry Infiniti, Jaguar, and Fisker, talks about what’s hot in the auto industry this fall, including the new Jaguar F-Type Coup. Larry also discusses what is behind his management strategy. He keeps winning employee satisfaction awards. We also discuss Warren Henry in the community, some of their upcoming …

Episode 286: 10-16-14 Commercial Real Estate Investing and Capitalization: New Trends Jean-Louis Guinchard is a Senior Managing Principal of Silver Portal Capital LLC. He has over 25 years of investment banking, merchant banking and private equity experience. Mr. Guinchard is also a founding partner of O&A Real Estate Development Partners, a $150 million private equity real estate investment company sponsored …

Episode 285: 10-09-14 Social Media for Business John Mahoney (@socialmedia305) and Jim discuss using social media to build your business. Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Google+ and other platforms are discussed. What is the best platform for you to promote yourself and your business? John gives tips and Jim relates his growing pains and how he now is a Twitter master – …

Episode 284: 10-02-14 Business Capital Options James S. Cassel is co-founder and chairman of Cassel Salpeter & Co., a middle-market investment banking firm. Cassel Salpeter & Co., LLC, focuses on providing independent and objective advice to middle-market and emerging-growth companies. Their investment banking and advisory services include broad capabilities for both private and public companies. Mr. Cassel has negotiated, structured …

Episode 283: 09-25-14 BNI Networking and Mindfulness Dr. Ivan Misner is the founder and chairman of BNI, the world’s largest business networking organization. BNI was founded in 1985 and now has 6,300 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world. Dr. Misner’s Ph.D. is from the University of Southern California. He is a New York Times bestselling author who has …

Episode 282: 09-18-14 Why We Honor Lauren Book Todd Paton, president of Paton Marketing and incoming president of the Biscayne Bay Kiwanis, will discuss why the Kiwanis have decided to honor Lauren Book, founder and CEO of Lauren’s Kids – an organization dedicated to preventing childhood sexual abuse and healing survivors – as the recipient of the Biscayne Bay Kiwanis …

Episode 281: 09-11-14 The Evolution of Florida’s Flagship University Dr. Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, is the chief academic officer and the second ranking officer of the University of Florida. Acting for the President in his absence, the Provost and Senior Vice President supervises allocation of resources in academic areas, improvement of instruction, coordination of …

Episode 280: 09-04-14 South Florida Business and Wealth Magazine Debut Kevin Gale, publisher and editor-in-chief of South Florida Business and Wealth Magazine, discusses this month’s maiden issue of SFBW, a media partner of Fried on Business. This is a new monthly publication being launched by Lifestyle Media Group, which already publishes 10 titles under the Life and Lifestyle names in …

Episode 279: 08-28-14 Miami Condo Market Update Carlos Rosso is president of condominium development for The Related Group. Since joining the company in 2002, Rosso has been responsible for a broad range of activities. He directed all aspects of residential development in Florida, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Uruguay. Throughout his career Mr. Rosso has developed more than 20 properties with …