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The Welsh Wire: AJ Willit of LogiQuip “Frankly, if I can do it just about anybody could.” The “it” is coming up with the money…

The Welsh Wire: Amy Ritsema, OnSite Wellness One of the biggest benefits to having a wellness program for employees is that is demonstrates that you…

The Welsh Wire: Amy Ritsema, OnSite Wellness for Retention and Recruitment It’s tough to recruit and retain talent in our evolving, post-COVID-19 environment. Employees who…

The Welsh Wire: Ana Gonzalez of Grand Valley State University New research on gender diversity in family businesses shows that women tend to be more…

The Welsh Wire: Ana Gonzalez, Director of the Family Owned Business Institute Family businesses perform better in highly competitive environments if they invest in risky…

The Welsh Wire: Becky Poe, Agritek Industries In today’s tight labor market, it makes sense to look for opportunities to nurture high school students for…

The Welsh Wire: Best of 2018 Sheri Welsh interviewed lots of fascinating business leaders on The Welsh Wire podcast this year. Listen to this week’s…

The Welsh Wire: Best of 2019 Sheri Welsh talked to many outstanding business leaders on The Welsh Wire podcast in 2019. Listen to this week’s…

The Welsh Wire: Bill Boersma of OC Consulting Group When it comes to life insurance, business owners have to deal with a key factor of…

The Welsh Wire: Brad Morrill, Crystal Flash Setting up a Customer Relationship Management system, or CRM, can improve the way your small business interacts with…

The Welsh Wire: Bradley Hartwell, Northtown Real Estate Grand Rapids’ booming economy has led to a shortage of industrial and office space and a surge…

The Welsh Wire: Brian Calley, SBAM President Right now many members of our community are navigating unexpected career changes or are evaluating taking their skills…

The Welsh Wire: Chris Shires, Gilmore Car Museum What’s it like running USA Today’s #1 Michigan tourist destination? Much like running a successful small business.…

The Welsh Wire: Culture Insights With employment markets tight all across west Michigan, more and more businesses are focusing on the ways that great company…

The Welsh Wire: Cynthia Kay, Cynthia Kay & Company Media Production A notable west Michigan’s small business leader, author and public speaking expert says every…

The Welsh Wire: Cynthia Kay, Cynthia Kay and Company Video interviews with current employees, used on your website and in social media posts, can play…

The Welsh Wire: Cynthia Kay, Cynthia Kay and Company and Author of Small Business for Big Thinkers As a small business owner, how do you…

The Welsh Wire: David Campbell, Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency (KRESA) The support of the business community is vital to successfully redesigning southwest Michigan’s career…

The Welsh Wire: David Rhoa of Marana Group When you’ve been around for over four decades and been known by the same name that entire…

The Welsh Wire: Dr. Dino Signore When someone owns the company, it’s easy to get immersed in the day-to-day minutiae of running the firm. But…

The Welsh Wire: Dr. Jan Akervall, Chief Medical Officer of Akervall Technologies A prominent physician and successful small business owner recently wrote a paper describing…

The Welsh Wire: FBA Rightsizing Risk Series - Embezzlement with Hungerford Nichols CPAs + Advisors The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners expects employee embezzlement to…

The Welsh Wire: FBA Rightsizing Risk Series - John Ruther, Creating Value for the Future As the economy begins to emerge from beneath COVID-related restrictions,…

The Welsh Wire: Fred Schubkegel, Varnum Lack of access to legal expertise is no barrier to small business growth, thanks to MiSpringboard, the Varnum law…

The Welsh Wire: Gary Kushner of Kushner & Company Recent federal regulations give business owners new options for providing health insurance benefits to their workers.…

The Welsh Wire: Gary Kushner of Kushner & Company Everyone in business uses technology, so it’s less of a competitive advantage. Instead, an important trend…

The Welsh Wire: Gretchen Dettloff, Kalsec and Laura Keiser, Leslie Poucher Pratt, and Martha Todd, Farmhouse Early Learning Center As part of their efforts to…

The Welsh Wire: Heather Isch of LKF Marketing and Elizabeth Wright of 633 Group When the 633 Group decided to go through a redefinition of…

The Welsh Wire: Hungerford Nichols CPAs + Advisors Mentoring and talent identification are important elements of successful succession planning, according to two Hungerford Nichols CPAs…

The Welsh Wire: Jeff Disher of DISHER and Brad Hilleary of Webb Chemical When Webb Chemical Service Corporation, a full-service chemical distributor with locations in…

The Welsh Wire: Jennifer Swan and Carrie Hoch-Mortlock of TowerPinkster and James Devers of CIS Kalamazoo Thanks to the support of her TowerPinkster co-workers, Jennifer…

The Welsh Wire: Jesse Young, Kreis Enderle Non compete agreements can be an important component of your plan for long term business success. Jesse Young, an…

The Welsh Wire: Jim Coyle, Nexus Business Solutions Managing and maintaining growth is crucial to long term business success. A key factor is surrounding yourself…

The Welsh Wire: Jim Medsker, Keystone Solutions Group A 20-year veteran in the fast moving and dynamic manufacturing industry has a sage suggestion for how to…

The Welsh Wire: John Barry of Schupan Aluminum & Plastic Sales Most businesses in Michigan offer some level of health insurance coverage if they want…

The Welsh Wire: Kevin Murphy of Miniature Custom Manufacturing Miniature Custom Manufacturing of Vicksburg has grown from a single employee in 2007 to over 75…

The Welsh Wire: Kristyn Buhl-Lepisto, Kalamazoo County Ready 4s Anyone who thinks that pre-kindergarten is on par with babysitting just doesn't understand the science or…

The Welsh Wire: Kyle Kunnen of Mercantile Bank of Michigan Fraudulent communications are one of the biggest challenges facing customers of any financial institution, according…

The Welsh Wire: Kyle Kunnen, Information Security Officer at Mercantile Bank of Michigan Ransomware is a major cybersecurity problem that unfortunately has no simple silver-bullet…

The Welsh Wire: Larry Faragalli, CEO of Brightly Digital transformation is the adoption of technology to replace manual or analog processes, or to replace legacy…

The Welsh Wire: Marc Foerster, Crystal Flash If you sense that your sales have stagnated, that you’re not as operationally efficient as you used to…

The Welsh Wire: Mark Pruss, TecNiq Inc. Many firms struggle to handle rapid expansion. The co-founder of a fast-growing Galesburg firm says he and his…

The Welsh Wire: Mark Smith of Rhoades McKee The U.S. Department of Labor has issued final rules increasing the minimum annual salary level paid to…

The Welsh Wire: Mary Jane Mapes of The Aligned Leader Institute What is the “executive presence” that helps you better engage with people and be…

The Welsh Wire: Mary Jane Mapes, Building a Culture of Trust Trust is the foundation to developing really solid relationships with your employees. “And to…

The Welsh Wire: Mary Jo Asmus, Aspire Collaborative Services LLC What is leadership? How is it different than management? “A lot of people think about…

The Welsh Wire: Mary Jo Asmus, Aspire Collaborative Services LLC Building positive relationships is a crucial skill if you want to be a great small…

The Welsh Wire: Mary Jo Baweja, MA, LLP, Director of Business Development at Ulliance Extended mandates on business closures and continuing work-from-home directives are taking…

The Welsh Wire: Matt Rampe of Beene Garter One way to handle risk in your family-owned business is by being a turtle -- huddling under…

The Welsh Wire: Matthew Allard of Brightstar Capital Partners Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) can be a potentially valuable tool to help shape the financial future…

The Welsh Wire: Mike Ritsema of i3 Business Solutions Recent cyber-security disasters around the country this year underscore the importance of having layers of security…

The Welsh Wire: Nate McFadden, Elevator Service Inc. How do you survive in a sea of whales and sharks? By swimming faster, smarter and more…

The Welsh Wire: Nolan Finley and Stephen Henderson of The Civility Project Is it possible to have civil conversations with people whose politics you disagree…

The Welsh Wire: Pam Olson of Crystal Flash Crystal Flash is an eight-decade-old employee-owned petroleum distribution company. Because their 280 employees are spread out in…

The Welsh Wire: Park Kersman and Phil Pearce, 75th Anniversary, Lorin Industries, Inc. Lorin Industries, Inc. of Muskegon, the global industry leader in the innovation…

The Welsh Wire: Park Kersman and Phil Pearce, Lorin Industries There are not many small firms that stay in business for 75 years, through three…

The Welsh Wire: Patrick Miles, Jr. of Barnes & Thornburg LLP Privately-held companies can substantially benefit from having a board of directors, according to Patrick…

The Welsh Wire: Randy Boss of Ottawa Kent Insurance One of the first steps in managing risk in your business is to identify what the…

The Welsh Wire: Rob Elliott of Pondera Leadership Consulting Do you know who you really are? You better if you want to be an effective…

The Welsh Wire: Sara Fazio, Kreis Enderle One of the key but underappreciated benefits of having a succession plan for your small business is the…

The Welsh Wire: Shannon Bronsink and Cassie Goodband, Keyser Insurance A couple of Kalamazoo insurance executives are shaking up the West Michigan human resources world…

The Welsh Wire: Shawn Premer and Monica Lloyd Remote work will continue to be a reality in the business world in 2021, which means that…

The Welsh Wire: Shawn Premer, Consumers Credit Union Consumers Credit Union is one of west Michigan’s premier financial institutions and a desirable employer of choice.…

The Welsh Wire: Stacey Hamlin of CTS Telecom Millions of years ago, nimble mammals managed to survive beneath the feet of mighty dinosaurs. There are…

The Welsh Wire: Stacy Paul on Winning the War for Talent with Culture One of Michigan’s top small business engineering firms has built its company…

The Welsh Wire: Steve Owens of Consumer Credit Union Do you have a strategic plan? Of course you do! What business doesn’t at least profess…

The Welsh Wire: Steve Owens of Consumers Credit Union A billion dollar, 100 thousand-member credit union may not seem like the kind of place you’d…

The Welsh Wire: Sue Tellier, JetCo Solutions When you’re a small business that relies on highly skilled but highly specialized workers, you need to craft…

The Welsh Wire: Talent Attraction and Retention Tips Talent attraction and retention remains a major challenge for businesses large and small. Here are tips and…

The Welsh Wire: Doug Lepisto, Sleeping Giant Capital “We're all about creating a big win” for sellers of west Michigan businesses and their potential buyers,…

The Welsh Wire: Throwback Thursday Business Insights In this “Throwback Thursday” edition of The Welsh Wire podcast, Sheri Welsh revisits three of the top five…

The Welsh Wire: Todd Mulder of Old National Bank and Heidi and Amanda Smith of 2K Tool Family-owned small businesses face lots of challenges. 2K…

The Welsh Wire: Tom Emigh of Acorn Leadership What’s the key to effective leadership in a family business? Identity. “You have to know who you…

The Welsh Wire: Tom Mathison, Mathison | Mathison Architects If you want to successfully launch a business with your children, a spouse or other family member,…

The Welsh Wire: Tom Olive, Crystal Flash Crystal Flash was founded 85 years ago as a one-truck fuel distributor. Today, it is one of Michigan’s…

The Welsh Wire: Von Washington Jr. and Sarah Klerk, The Kalamazoo Promise The Kalamazoo Promise pays for up to four years of college tuition and…

The Welsh Wire: Von Washington Jr. of The Kalamazoo Promise The Kalamazoo Promise announced they have signed an agreement with the state’s largest skilled trades…

The Welsh Wire: Wade Wyant of Red Wagon Advisors Legacy is both a challenge and a blessing for established family businesses. “But the world doesn't…

The Welsh Wire: Wade Wyant of Red Wagon Advisors Navigating the complex dynamics of decision making can be one of the biggest challenges to family…

The Welsh Wire: William Crane on Supply Chain Strategies for 2021 Many businesses have seen dramatic disruptions in their supply chains over the past year.…