Episodes

Saturday Jan 06, 2024
OC SPOTLIGHT-Expedia’s Brick and Mortar Cruise Line Agents
Saturday Jan 06, 2024
Saturday Jan 06, 2024
Chris Meyer, Owner of Expedia Cruises here in OC joins us to discuss the booming cruise business. And Expedia's role in that market, particularly with their brick and mortar franchises (like his here in Orange County).

Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
OUR COMMUNITY: Meet Lauren Franco, GIRLS WHO GATHER
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Meet Lauren Franco. Founder and Executive Director of GIRLS WHO GATHER, a non-profit that seeks to bring women who are in their early/mid-career into the community and build women leaders. Marketing Lead at WME Fashion, on the team that puts on New York Fashion Week. And OCSA and NYU Alumni, Actress and Producer.

Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
OUR COMMUNITY: Meet Yesenia Ochoa, CEO of MECCA
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Meet Yesenia Ochoa, CEO of MECCA (Multi-Ethnic Collaborative of Community Agencies) and Board Chair, Orange County Community Housing Corporation-STEPPING UP

Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
OUR COMMUNITY: Karina Fawzy, President California Marketing and Sales
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Karina Fawzy, President and Co-Owner of California Marketing and Sales joins us to discuss their plumbing supply business, where they represent more than 40 manufacturers nationwide in the plumbing industry.

Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
OUR COMMUNITY: Betty Martinez Franco, Founder and CEO, PRISMA COMMUNICATIONS
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Join PR guru Betty Martinez Franco as she shares her amazing journey from coming to the US and working the fields to getting her education at OCC, Cal State Fullerton and then a Masters at USC. After which she founded her own PR firm here in Orange County, CA. Where she now serves as the representative for FORD MOTOR COMPANY overseeing their Hispanic Communications Outreach efforts here on the West Coast.

Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
OUR COMMUNITY: Meet Remax/NewDimension
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Meet Edgar Adame (Broker/Owner) and Hugo Pompa (Managing Director) with local real estate group Remax/NewDimension, with 2100+ homes sold and counting

Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
OUR COMMUNITY: Jesse Bejarano, on MANUFACTURED HOUSING
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Jesse Bejarano, CEO Bejarano Group, joins us to discuss MANUFACTURED HOUSING here in Southern California. Including the time and cost savings of buying a pre-built home and attaching it to your land either permanently as real estate (in which case in appreciates over time like any regular home) or temporarily like a mobile home (in which case it depreciates over time like a trailer or car or any other movable personal property).

Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
OUR COMMUNITY: Meet Singer Alissa Villa
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Meet singer ALISSA VILLA who uses her talent to amplify important causes and foster a more compassionate world. Particularly for veterans like her husband.

Friday Dec 22, 2023
Real World of Sales: Santa Stops By
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Glad we had time for one more guest this year (before we take our holiday break). As the Big Guy himself (Santa...aka Kris Kringle), stopped by THE REAL WORLD OF SALES to talk about the REAL WORLD OF CHRISTMAS SANTAS (filling up every mall and holiday party this time of year). Along with the JOY and HAPPINESS that all of these amazing men experience by doing this job every year....
Ho ho ho! And Happy Holidays to all!

Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
PROFIT TALKS: TMC COMMUNITY CAPITAL and Micro-Loans
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Meet Natalie Del Toro (Community Development Officer) and Mayra Contreras (Director of Partnerships) from TMC Community Capital. A non-profit, funded by the US Treasury Dept. that provides micro-loans for those small businesses and minority communities that otherwise might not qualify for traditional lending.
It's an amazing program for existing small businesses with loans up to $50,000 for five year terms for folks who otherwise don't fit into traditional lending models. Community support at it's best.
On this week's PROFIT TALKS podcast. Brought to you by your Orange County/Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (OCIE SBDC). Funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.