Decoding Business

What inspires someone to leave a six-figure career and launch their own transformational leadership coaching business? How does one break into business coaching?

Michellea Millis Rucker, Founder/CEO of Transforming Your Practice, LLC.,. is our guest and gives us the back story of her leap. From assisting non-profits and education to being an Entrepreneur herself, Michellea's journey is unique and will reveal learning expe...

The code of conduct for MMA-style training camps and facilities align closely to successful business models: Trust, Embracing failure, Emotional control and Fundamentals. They are also pretty close to our BBB 8 Standards of Trust!

This is why we invited Sensei Scottie C. Jackson of PKIMMA San Antonio to walk us through (or kick our way through) the values of operating a mixed martial arts facility. What brought a retired A...

Dog training in 2022 has truly adapted! With record adoptions during COVID, many families turned to professional dog trainers. As we learn, not all organizations practice a positive-reinforcement model, nor take time to truly understand their 4-legged clients.

Our guest Glenda Herrin of Heeling Hounds Dog Training welcomed us to her ranch and gave us a glimpse of how she develops 1:1 relationships with pets (and their own...

The pandemic allowed the greatest remote work experiment the world has known. According to Ergonomic Trends, 68% of Americans now prefer a hybrid work model that consists of some sort of remote working. Enter: flexible office space rentals.

Just like many industries, coworking operators took a hit during COVID-19 but is experiencing a major resurgence thanks factors like: proximity to the suburbs, office sites by the hour and manag...

Over $10 Billion dollars in insurance claims were paid out to property owners in Texas as a result of Winter Storm Uri. What did we learn? What does this teach us about risk mitigation for a future event? Who do we contact when we see insurance fraud?

We chat with Melissa Herman from TDI (Texas Department of Insurance) on what small businesses should look for in their insurance companies. We also ask a few questions to learn more a...

Hundreds of thousands of dollars are lost annually to unsuspecting buyers or sellers of timeshares. Many times, we need experts, agents or companies to help timeshare owners navigate the choppy waters. But not all timeshares are the same and not all companies are playing a fair game. 

Our guest is J. Andrew Meyer, an attorney with Florida-based Finn Law Group who specializes in this area. Andrew will help us break down the com...

Think about your last hotel stay (if you can remember). You wanted everything to be just right, after all, it was your home away from home. From the booking process to service, cleanliness to price, COVID-19 severely disrupted the hotel business. Smaller hotel operators struggled to keep rooms booked, yet maintained operations and safety for employees. So what does their recovery look like?

We sit down with Sarah Japalucci, Directo...

What are the advantages of living, working, and playing in a mixed use community? Business park? While the amenities may seem attractive to small business, Brooks in San Antonio is amping up the tired business model. A former U.S. Air Force base, Brooks houses International headquarters, hotels, apartments and a variety of small businesses into a dynamic ecosystem (with its own zip code).

Connie Gonzalez is the newly minted Chief S...

Our guest is Melissa Vela-Williamson, award-winning PR strategist who breaks down the basic for Public Relations and why each business big and small needs to understand it. 

Melissa brings a wealth of corporate marketing and public relations work into her own consulting business. However, it's with the Hispanic/Latino/Latinx culture where she helps clients speak with purpose, poise and getting it right. 

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Could we have predicted today's sizzling residential real estate market last year? We sat down with Cesar Amezcua, broker/realtor from CA&CO in San Antonio to dissect what is driving an incredible sellers market in Texas. We also discuss what types of realty fraud he has witnessed and advice for numerous, new realtors entering the market. 

This is a deep dive into understanding what today's realtors are facing and what buy...

If you can run your business like a zoo (which you already might), what lessons can exotic species teach us about business? This episode features Tim Morrow, CEO of the San Antonio Zoo. Drawing on his career from two large theme parks, Tim wanted to put sizzle and excitement into the 109-year-old zoo.

In addition to redesigning habitats, the zoo opened a nature-based preschool, a rhino exhibit, moved the city’s iconic Kiddie Park t...

2021 dealt quite a few challenges for local auto dealerships. From semi-conductor chip shortages affecting new car production, to the exploding used vehicle market, dealerships had to get creative to keep margins flowing and showrooms busy.

We re-visited with April Ancira, VP of Ancira Auto Group in San Antonio and current chairwoman of the Texas Auto Dealers Association, to gain her perspective on what keeps their car lo...

Just 7 years ago, Travio Ward was on the field with several Semi-Pro football leagues playing wide receiver and quarterback across the U.S.A. Travio carried his gridiron lessons into a new business venture in Harker Heights, Texas.

Today, T.P.G. (Team Perseverance Global) Lawn Care is a six-figure, multi-industry venture that Ward credits to grit, determination and climbing from the darkest days since losing his mom to cancer. This...

Veronica Morales, President and Founder of The Social Being, almost threw in the towel on her social media business. Like many entrepreneurs and small business owners, she struggled with the idea of a safe/secure career with another company, or continue her passion of consulting clients on their digital marketing. What changed her mind? How lucrative is a social media management business owner? 

Veronica shares her story of st...

Most companies budget plentiful dollars into fun products for promoting their business. It's a $28 Billion dollar industry with many companies ranging from startups to global players. 

Our guest is Sonia Cisneros, owner of TruBranding, who reveals her recipe for taking a part-time promotional gig to a FT operation. Plus, she learned the art of "pivoting" to designer masks in the wake of COVID-19. And when Fiesta San Anton...

Many say the most important part of a home is the foundation... we feel it's the same for businesses of all sizes. If the roots are strong and you have a solid business plan, the rest can be fixed. 

Our guests are John and Melanie Chaney of Baird Foundation Repair in San Antonio, Texas; a legacy operation which builds on doing the right thing, even if it's the hard thing to do. We focus on how the pandemic propelled Baird...