Women in Business

New Business Spotlight - Bins Be Clean with Rather Welch

Every time we turn around we learn some thing new. While on vacation here on beautiful Anna Maria Island we noticed a machine that was cleaning out resident trash (garbage cans) and recycling carts. A day later Rather Welch walked into the Island Coffee Haus (where it seems everybody comes by) and we struck up a conversation about the new business, Bins Be Clean. Here is that story about sustainability, a dirty job and adding value to the island lifestyle. And a question: Wouldn't this make sense even in larger communities?
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 4:30pm here on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Business News Headlines 24 May 2018

Thanks for clicking through! Today on the Business News Hour (Vacation Edition) we'll take a look at the markets. Yikes! Then we'll give you a glimpse of the upcoming (shhhhh...) recession. We're not making that up. We'll also have a report on the most stressful jobs in the United States and another day, another trade issue. On tap for our interview segments Bev Lesnick in a return visit to the News Hour...we're talking women in business, Anna Maria Island and more. Then Phil K. James from Good Milkshake Digital and Michael talk about FOMO and making it easy for consumers to connect with your business. Click through for the news. 
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 4:30pm here on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

The Island Coffee Haus - Small Business Spotlight

On this Vacation Edition of the Business News Hour we're back for another conversation with a business woman and leader of the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce, Bev Lesnick. We "camp out" to do the Early Edition at The Island Coffee Haus and last year introduced you to her. She's added more to her plate so we wanted the "back-story". Here you go...
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 4:30pm here on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Business Networking and Events with Laura Kinnard

We're back with Laura Kinnard from DMBizMixer with networking and places to go to learn more about creating or making a business successful. Here's Laura: 
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 4:30pm here on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Andy McGuire for Governor Part One

As you know the Business News Hour doesn't "do politics" on a regular basis however when politics and business collide...we talk about it. Here we sit down with Dr. Andy McGuire one of six democrats vying for the opportunity to run for governor in November. Early voting has already started. We begain our conversation with a question about...Iowans.
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 4:30pm here on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Meet Business Woman Dwana Bradley

We first learned of the very busy Dwana Bradley from our friend Tiffany Menke of the Urbandale Chamber. She hooked us up and we are so grateful. Dwana is the Editor of The Des Moines Urban Experience the owner of the Urban Media Company and the Executive Director of Iowa Juneteenth. We told you she was busy. We start out talking about her magazine the Urban Experience, roll into her printing company and then talk about Iowa Juneteenth that we suspect you may not know about until...now. Oh, one other thing, the headliner for the Juneteenth Celebration is Soledad O'Brien. Have we got your attention now?  Meet Dwana... 
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 4:30pm here on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Small Business Spotlight - Transformational Wealth

This week our Small Business Spotlight...seems right for National Small Business Week, right...is Ashley Miller from Transformational Wealth. We talk about who her clients are, what she does and why she believes so many younger people need her services. Learn more wtih Ashley Miller in our Small Business Spotlight! 
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 4:30pm here on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Out to Lunch with April Samp - Part Two

In Part Two of The Business News Hour – Out to Lunch…we talk more about employment in the tv news business, ratings and research…credibility in the news room and being one of just a few female TV news directors in the Midwest….We’re Out to Lunch at Table 128 Bistro..with April Samp from We Are Iowa TV 5 WOI, Des Moines. 
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 4:30pm here on Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

The Family Business is...a Funeral Home

We found ourselves in Mason City, Iowa where our host, Michael Libbie, was attending a funeral. That's how we ended up doing our broadcast from there. Here, Michael sits down with Alyssa Fullerton from the family owned Fullerton Funeral Home.  Alyssa is one of a handful of female funeral home directors in Iowa. They talk about the business of a funeral home, the growing number of women in the business, some changes she brought to the job and what she hears from friends when they learn what she does for a living.
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

The American Heart Association and...Jovie

So, what do you do when you own the broadcast hour and your grand-daughter asks if she can be on the program to pitch her effort to raise $1,000 for the American Heart Association? Well you do it. Meet Jovie Pease a nine year-old from Clive Learning Academy who is on a mission to "save lives". She's been going door-to-door and here she explains all of that. She really is quite good...and here is the link if you would like to help out with online donations. 
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.