Adventures in Business Podcast
Episode 19: Achieving Zen Through Art – Amy Phillips
Today’s Guest: Amy Phillips, local artist, and owner of Good Vibes Art Studio. Amy is a local artist and has a mobile art studio based out of Okemos, Michigan. Besides having her beautiful abstract art pieces in local art galleries, Amy offers art classes. Amy is a certified happiness coach and her superpower is creating…
Read MoreEpisode 18: Heart for Serving – Amy Smith
Today’s Guest: Amy Smith, owner of Dazzle Cleaning Service, a company with a Heart for Serving. Stepping into the role of mother of two children from her husband’s previous marriage, Amy rose above the step-parenting taboo and founded her business so she could work around their schedule. With her amazing team, she continues to…
Read MoreEpisode 17: Safety Queen – Tracy Hazel
Today’s Guest: Tracy Hazel, Safety Queen—The critical eye. Owner of Advanced Training and Consulting- Solutions for Safety Training and Safety Management. Tracy has a single mission: to be your “go-to” safety resource. Regardless if you’re a big or small company we want to work with you. We approach each of our clients with fresh eyes…
Read MoreEpisode 16: Gratitude Warrior – Kristine Kuhnert
Today’s Guest: Kristine Kuhnert, a gratitude warrior who focuses on the good in the world. Kristine serves as the Director of Ele’s Place-Capital Region. Kristine and her husband, Scott, strongly believe in the mission that no child shall grieve alone and both had witnessed the effects of unresolved childhood grief. In December 2014, Scott was…
Read MoreEpisode 15: Kristin Ray – Children’s Author and Advocate
Today’s Guest: Kristin Ray, Author, Mother, Chronic life multi-tasker Kristin finds “peace in the action” and has her hands in many pots. In her day job, Kristin is a salesperson for Physicians Health Plan. She also found the time to become a self-published author, a wife, and mother of a toddler. While she is very…
Read MoreEpisode 14: Heavy Weight Sales Champion – Justin Madar
Today’s Guest: Justin Madar, Heavy Weight Sales Champion with Meiers, Lombardini Lemanski Insurance. Justin is a producer of commercial, personal lines, and life insurance at Meiers Lombardini Lemanski Insurance. Caring about helping people and protecting them with one of their biggest investments and having that competitive edge from his early years playing football has contributed…
Read MoreEpisode 13: Serial Entrepreneur – Amy Zander
Today’s guest: Amy Zander is a self-proclaimed serial entrepreneur (she’s owned 5 businesses) and is the owner of Zeedia Media. Amy is also an avid supporter of the Local Lansing art scene and The Artist Umbrella. Amy started as a business owner in high school, cleaning a few neighbors’ houses. Then in college she wrote…
Read MoreEpisode 12: Video Storyteller Extraordinaire – Paul Schmidt
Today’s Guest: Paul Schmidt, storyteller extraordinaire and owner of Unodeuce Multimedia a full-service video production company that specializes in crafting the stories of others. Starting his career at a television camp in Seattle at a young age, he won an award for producing. This was the beginning of his journey to becoming an “accidental business…
Read MoreEpisode 11 – Fierce Advocate & Artist – Melina Brann
Today’s Guest: Melina Brann, Fierce advocate for Women and self-taught up and coming Artist. Utilizing her Master’s Degree in social work, Malina, Executive Director of the Women’s Center of Greater Lansing, is passionate about helping women through difficult times by empowering them to work through their situations. Melina feels the aftermath of Legislative…
Read MoreEpisode 10: Helping Women Period – Lysne Tait
Today’s Guest: Lysne Tait, founder of Helping Women Period- it’s a great day to end period poverty! After reading an article in 2015, Lysne learned of homeless women not having the supplies they needed for their monthly cycle and she and her friend wanted to make a difference and started their journey making a difference…
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