

Everyday MBA
Kevin Craine
Entrepreneur and business success techniques and tips that you don't learn in business school.
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Apr 6, 2021 • 20min
Sell Your Business and Exit Rich
Michelle Seiler Tucker discusses her book "Exit Rich" (a #1 new release on Amazon) and a six step method for selling your business for a huge profit. Michelle is the Founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker, a merger and acquisition advisory firm, and an expert in buying, selling, fixing and growing companies. Listen for action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Do you want to be a sponsor?

Apr 4, 2021 • 20min
Predicting the Future
Margaret Heffernan discusses her book "Uncharted" and how to prepare for the unpredictable challenges ahead in business and in life. Margaret is an award-winning journalist and BBC documentary maker whose TED Talks have been viewed more than twelve million times. You've seen here in places like NPR, CNN, CNBC. Her six previous books include "Willful Blindness," which was named one of the most important business books of the decade by the Financial Times. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Do you want to be a sponsor?

Mar 30, 2021 • 27min
Selling Your Business for Big Profit
Laurie Barkman discusses perspectives and strategies needed to grow and sell your business for big profit. Laurie is an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University and the CEO and founder of Small Dot Big, a value acceleration and growth advisory firm working with business owners to maximize company value and return. It's one thing to start a business, but another to grow that business...and yet another to successfully sell your business for a profit. Listen for action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Do you want to be a sponsor?

Mar 27, 2021 • 20min
The Making of a National Brand
Kara Goldin discusses her book "Undaunted" and the making of a national brand. Kara is the founder of Hint Water. Fortune named her one of today's most powerful women entrepreneurs. Fast Company called her one of the most creative people in business. She started Hint purely out the necessity as a busy mom (four kids) for healthy flavored water. Now Kara is leading one of America's must successful national brands. Listen for her story and for action items you can use today to build your brand's success. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Do you want to be a sponsor?

Mar 23, 2021 • 16min
Cracking the Vision Code
Oleg Konovalov discusses his book "The Vision Code" and ways to create and execute a compelling vision for your business. Leadership vision is a subject that is often talked, but much more difficult to implement in practical terms. Oleg says that vision is a leadership skill that can be developed as a practical business tool. Listen for three action items. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Do you want to be a sponsor?

Mar 20, 2021 • 24min
The CEO Test
Adam Bryant discusses the book "The CEO Test" and how to master the challenges that make or break all leaders. After interviewing more than 600 CEOs, Adam has identified seven key reasons why leaders either succeed or fail. Adam is a senior adviser at Columbia University. Prior to that he was a journalist with The New York Times where he interviewed scores of leading executives for his popular Corner Office columns. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Do you want to be a sponsor?

Mar 18, 2021 • 27min
Journey to "The Last Unknown"
Ian Shive discusses "The Last Unknown" now streaming on Discovery+. Ian takes viewers on an incredible journey to Alaska's Aleutian Islands -- one of the most inaccessible, remote and wild places on the planet. We talk about the journey, as well as his entrepreneurial journey as an award-winning author, photographer, and film producer. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Do you want to be a sponsor?

Mar 13, 2021 • 22min
Secrets from Inside Amazon
Bill Carr discusses the book "Working Backwards" (a #1 new release on Amazon) and insights, secrets and stories from inside Amazon. Bill spent more than 15 years at Amazon as VP of Digital Media and we'll get unprecedented access to the inner workings of one of the most successful companies in modern history. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Do you want to be a sponsor?

Mar 9, 2021 • 22min
Why Your Business Isn't Making More Money
Suzanne Evans discusses her book "The Way You Do Anything is the Way You Do Everything" and why your business isn't making more money. In less than three years, Suzanne went from being a secretary to running a 7- Figure business. Now she is the founder of the advisory firm DrivenInc.com. Find out how to select the right business and craft a meaningful plan for growth. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Do you want to be a sponsor?

Mar 6, 2021 • 23min
A New Roadmap for Workforce Education
William Bonvillian discusses "Workforce Education – A New Roadmap", a new book from MIT's Task Force on the Work of the Future. Bill is the Director of the MIT Office of Digital Learning and he leads major research projects on workforce education. He argues that we need to train more workers more quickly, and provides a roadmap for how we can rebuild America's working class by transforming workforce education and training. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Do you want to be a sponsor?


