Small 2 Scaled - From Vision to Venture

Zora Chase, Founder Chasing Nectar Digital Solutions

I walked away from a successful 25-year career as an “advertising seller” for mega media companies to fulfill my entrepreneurial dream as a “business owner and trusted media advisor”. In leaning into my clients’ businesses, I quickly became intrigued by their stories. I witnessed heaps of creativity, motivation, drive, patience and fluidity to push through challenging economic times. I saw these courageous individuals create ideas around a passion, sprinkle it with courage (real or imagined) and pursue that vision to venture status. Inspired by their journeys, I found myself writing blogs about their dedication. I learned that these are the busiest people on the planet. I learned that when you are doing what you love, every day is “Blursday” and there is no such thing as a 5-day workweek. Through these interviews, my accomplished guests become storytellers connecting with us on a very basic level, sharing their own experiences, generously providing inspiration and a much-needed boost of encouragement. We will learn something about trusting our vision, getting through the unfun stuff entrepreneurs endure, and seeing what it takes to achieve a business that suits your individual desires.  Nobody needs to do this alone and there is more than one way to skin the proverbial “cat”.  Come with me while we listen and learn from those visionaries who went from small to scaled. read less
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Create an Online Course to Scale Your Expertise with Dr. D of Healthy with Dr. D
11-02-2023
Create an Online Course to Scale Your Expertise with Dr. D of Healthy with Dr. D
Today’s guest is Ayim Darkeh, an ER physician, wellness expert, leadership coach and transformation expert. He’s not only an ER doc in Brooklyn, he’s the founder and CEO of “Healthy with Dr. D”, a health and wellness initiative that empowers people to move away from disease management and reclaim their physical and psychological fitness. Another hat he wears is as CEO and founder of The Life and Leadership Lab, where he guides professionals through the process of reimagining success and fulfillment. He’s also a husband, dad and snowboarder and just a super dynamic dude. You are sure to enjoy this episode - and come away feeling inspired to go out and do escalate your wellness and business. This episode is brought to you by Chasing Nectar Fractional CMO Services. Hire exceptional marketing talent for a fraction of the cost of hiring a full time Chief Marketing Officer. Chasing Nectar turns your marketing department from a cost center into a profit center. Visit us at https://www.chasingnectar.comAyim Darkeh Bio: Dr. Ayim Darkeh is a board-certified physician fondly known by his patients, students, and colleagues as "Dr. D." Dr. D is a supportive husband, a loving father, and a physician with 20 years of experience in the emergency department. A dedicated health care provider and advocate for underserved communities, he is also a speaker, leadership expert, coach, and transformation specialist.Dr. D has made it his mission to keep you out of the modern healthcare system by promoting scientifically proven tools that will transform your health.Website: https://healthywithdrd.com/Link to Course: https://healthywithdrd.com/mastering-your-childs-sick-day/Social Media:Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/HealthywithDrDInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/healthywithdrd/?hl=enLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayim-darkeh/
USING HOSPITALITY TO SCALE YOUR BUSINESS
31-01-2023
USING HOSPITALITY TO SCALE YOUR BUSINESS
Can a hospitality mindset make you rich? In this episode with Andy McNeill we’ll explore a key to building brand equity: service and hospitality. Making each customer feel special not only fuels the soul but gives life and longevity to the business. Go the extra mile. Think about having a mindset of service to enhance your work and to have great life experiences.  Takeaways this Episode:Why does hospitality matter?Learn how to apply “emotional deposits” to your brand’s experienceWhat are the little things that count - example story: Maui Jim’s sunglassesDisaster stories - how to botch the customer experienceHow can I use hospitality to land a Fortune 500 account…  hint.. adopt a well-planned process thinking about the end user all the way throughFREE GIFT - “The Everywhere Book”!!! Andy’s digital book featuring his favorite 100 hotels around the world - get it here: http://www.ourfavoritehotels.com/ This episode is brought to you by: Chasing Nectar Fractional CMO Services - Need the mind of a Chief Marketing Officer but can’t afford a full time top talent? Hire us on a fractional basis to turn your marketing from a cost center into a profit center.Andy’s Bio:For as long as he can remember, Andy McNeill has had a heart for hospitality. After 30 years of working in the industry specialized in serving others, he has helped thousands of organizations build stronger relationships through shared human experiences. He is a successful entrepreneur and founder of AMI, a global Hospitality and Marketing Firm that elevates the corporate meetings experience to the next level. Andy has helped thousands of businesses and Fortune 500 Companies travel to unique, once-in-a-lifetime destinations. AMI operates in 100+ countries and works on a global scale with some of the world's top brands including Salesforce, Mars Candy Bar, PepsiCo, Pfizer, and  CVS Health. Andy is the host of the Destination Everywhere Podcast where he and his co-host Todd Bludworth to give unique travel tips and destination insights from around the world. Andy’s Websites & Podcastswww.destinationeverywhere.com https://americanmeetings.com/podcast/Social Media:Facebook - 411,946 Followers - https://www.facebook.com/destinationeverywherepodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/americanmeetingsinc/https://www.instagram.com/destinationeverywherepodcast/LinkedIn - 6764 Followers - American Meetings, Inc. (AMI) https://www.linkedin.com/company/ami-global-meetings-solutions-inc./https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-mcneill Book: The Everywhere Book - https://americanmeetings.com/visit-destination-everywhere/This episode is brought to you by: Chasing Nectar Fractional CMO Services
A Quest to Help Victims of Human Trafficking - How one caring attorney used her skillset to raise $1M in funds & boost awareness for your nonprofit
19-07-2022
A Quest to Help Victims of Human Trafficking - How one caring attorney used her skillset to raise $1M in funds & boost awareness for your nonprofit
Did you know that the business of human trafficking in the San Diego area alone generates $810Million annually for the area's underground economy - second only to the drug trade? There are thousands of known victims each year, and the majority of these victims are caught up on our legal system being blamed for the crimes they were forced into. Not only were their lives ruined by their captors, but they are marred with criminal records that prevent them from living the life they deserve as human beings.This interview with Jamie Beck, founder of Free To Thrive, brings to light a cause that I support, but also describes how a young attorney found a calling and used her knowledge of the legal system to develop a foundation and raise her first million dollars in just a few years. She went from zero to hero in my book. They just opened their LA division - so get involved... take a listen and see how she made it happen!Want to learn more about Free To Thrive? Check out their website: https://www.freetothrive.org/Follow Free To Thrive:IG: https://www.instagram.com/freetothrivesd/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/FreetoThriveSD/Twitter: https://twitter.com/FreetoThriveSDYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOVDu9Y1IIseZGlXtbxL9XQLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/free-to-thrive/Need your business to scale? Chasing Nectar Digital has the solutions to meet your business goals. Contact us at https://www.chasingnectar.com/contact-us
Ultimate Bootstrapping - From Homeless to Multi-Million Dollar CEO  - Natasha Miller's relentless tale of success
01-03-2022
Ultimate Bootstrapping - From Homeless to Multi-Million Dollar CEO - Natasha Miller's relentless tale of success
“SHE’S RELENTLESS - FROM HOMELESS TO INC 5000 ENTREPRENEUR” WITH NATASHA MILLER – INC 5000 ENTREPRENEUR, SPEAKER, AUTHORIn this episode you’ll first hear Natasha’s backstory. This part of her journey starts at age sixteen when, fearing for her life, she was abandoned by her family and living in a homeless shelter. A passionate and talented musician, she gained mentors who supported her. Coupled with unyielding optimism and a love of learning, she eventually becomes the CEO of a multi-million dollar event and entertainment company holding a place on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies for the last three years in a row. Her fascinating story as a celebrated jazz artist and single mother turned badass business exec is revealed in her book “Relentless: From Homeless to Inc 5000 Entrepreneur”.  Publishing this book enabled her to give back to her community in a profound and personal way.In the episode she shares these business growth tips:Results of laying down an operational foundation Excellence vs. perfectionSystems and collaborationWhat it means to be scrappyThe joy and freedom that comes from working on your business rather than in your businessWant to read or gift her inspiring book? Visit https://www.officialnatashamiller.com/relentless/ and order yours today. You can also find her at https://www.officialnatashamiller.comCheck out Entire Productions: https://entireproductions.com/And if you want to scale YOUR business, contact our host, Zora Chase, at zchase@chasingnectar.com or DM @zorachase
Can You Scale a Law Firm? With Ashley Andrews
14-12-2021
Can You Scale a Law Firm? With Ashley Andrews
How does a lawyer start their own law firm? In this episode, I talk with Ashley Andrews, who runs her own successful Family Law practice in Southern California.  She shares how she broke out of the massive law firm mold and created her own firm. Ashley is a sophisticated, highly ethical, and tenacious lawyer who built a team to focus on her clients and their very personal and sensitive family legal issues. She’s top dog in the area of divorce, child custody, property division, paternity law and is consistently awarded recognition by Pasadena Magazine as a top attorney and was designated a Super Lawyer. She’s wicked smart and as tough as they come.  Listen and learn:How to leverage connections to get startedWhy it’s important to start with a big firm, embrace learning and build a foundation of law firm management and the business side Know when it’s time to change the structure and start your own practiceImportance of networking and digital ads to keep your business pipeline fullHow the courtrooms pivoted during Covid Mentors and building a reliable, loyal teamThe best family law attorneys will have a forensic accountant on staffIf you do a great job and you continue to advocate for your clients you get referrals years or even decades laterBest advice: start your own firm to manage your work-life balance, yet work for the biggest and best firm you can learn fromMake solid connections with attorneys in your practice area. Advice + referralsContact Ashley: Find her email and phone number on her website: https://www.ashleyandrewsapc.comNeed marketing guidance? Text or Call Zora Chase at Chasing Nectar Digital Solutions zchase@chasingnectar.com phone: 626-644-0560
Get Paid! With Finli.com Founder Lori Shao
16-11-2021
Get Paid! With Finli.com Founder Lori Shao
FinTech is HUGE and growing stronger every year. This episode explores what it takes to get a Financial Technology platform off the ground. Our guest today is Lori Shao. She is the Founder of Finli.com, a tech platform that helps solopreneurs and small businesses get paid - for free. Lori tells us her reason for leaving behind a 17-year lucrative investment banking job at JP Morgan to become an entrepreneur herself.  As a parent and provider, leaving the familiar was risky, but she knew a market existed and her product has the potential to reach millions of small business owners and allow them the opportunity to do more.Lori shares her modern journey of how she navigated through Covid, raising capital, and being in sync with the small business owner she was solving for in the year 2021.Knowing her end users, she operates on these four pillars that truly apply to every business:Has to be affordable Easy to useHas to be easy to migrate toEasy to talk aboutWhether you are running a small business, a dog-walker, tutor, or piano teacher, she allows you to amplify your reach and run your business more professionally without incurring any costs. Quote of the show: “Leverage technology. Technology is your friend.”Check out Finli - and Get in Touch With Lori: Email: lori@finli.comWebsite: https://finli.com/Hosted by Zora Chase, Founder of Chasing Nectar Digital Solutions https://www.chasingnectar.comContact me to learn how to scale your business with digital ads: zchase@chasingnectar.com
Insider Secrets From an Ex-Banker - Financing Your Business, with Gene Valdez
02-11-2021
Insider Secrets From an Ex-Banker - Financing Your Business, with Gene Valdez
In this episode, ex-banker Gene Valdez reveals critical information about getting your business financed and how to use financial institutions to your business’s advantage. Gene has worked with hundreds of businesses and started a few of his own. He knows the financials around launching a new enterprise and scaling an established brand. Listen as he points out common limiting factors. Existing businesses – beware of complacency!Other tips include:How to qualify your business for a loanWhat you’ll need to show the banks – including their #1 priority in making the loan decisionWhen to use a short-term loan versus a line of creditHow to avoid being this statistic: over 50% of businesses fail in the first five yearsThe power of referral marketingAnd a heads up to CEO’s on priority skillset Gene’s distinguished career as a banking executive spans 40-years.  He’s worked for some of the world’s largest banks like Wells Fargo, Bank of California, and Citizens Business Bank. He’s started three businesses of his own, authored a book titled “How to Start a Business From Scratch,” and currently runs a firm called The Loan Doctor Associates, where they coach owners and CEO’s on finance and strategic planning. Gene doesn’t take sides. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from UCLA and his MBA from USC!I think you’ll get a lot of useful insights today. Enjoy the show!Get in touch with Gene Valdez, The Loan Doctor: Office: 909-230-0024https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugene-e-valdez-39550a25/ https://www.theloandoctor.loans/Small 2 Scaled, the podcast,  is brought to you by Chasing Nectar Digital Solutions. We help businesses scale with digital ads. Contact Zora Chase at zchase@chasingnectar.com. Go to: https://chasingnectar.com
How to Get on The First Page of a Google Search With SEO Expert David Finberg
12-10-2021
How to Get on The First Page of a Google Search With SEO Expert David Finberg
In this episode, we get insights from David Finberg, founder of peak digital and a specialist in “SEO” – a.k.a. search engine optimization. You’ll want to listen if you care to know how to get your business seen on the first page of a Google search. The competition online is fierce, and every business needs organic search to work for them. You may never want to do this yourself, but you still need to have an awareness of the strategy and what questions to ask your digital/SEO provider.Why listen to David Finberg? David founded Peaks Digital Marketing in 2015. Since then, he’s generated tens of millions of dollars in revenue and has a passion for growing small businesses and corporations through data-driven strategies.  He found creativity lies at the heart of this SEO and SEM innovator.  As a "Digital Sherpa" for his clients, he helps guide them on the best online path for the success of their business.  He defines success as doing what you want to do and making an impact in the lives of others.In this episode, you’ll hear aboutThe Art of Ranking on the First Page of GoogleThe Importance of Creating an SEO Roadmap to Guide Strategic, Timely & Measurable ROI-Driven Results How to Align Data & Your Goals for Scalable Success The 7 Core Areas of SEO & How to Find Someone Who is the Best at All of ThemSmall 2 Scaled is brought to you by Chasing Nectar Digital Solutions. We help businesses scale with digital ads. Contact Founder, Zora Chase at zchase@chasingnectar.com. Go to: https://chasingnectar.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/zorachase/Contact David Finberg:Phone Number:  202-308-3517Skype ID:  contentkingfinWebsite:  www.peaksdigitalmarketing.comSocial Media:Twitter - https://twitter.com/davidafinberg/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DavidFinbergSEOexpert/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/davidafinberg/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidfinberg/
How to have a $15K A Day Integrative Medical Practice with Dr. Debra Muth
27-07-2021
How to have a $15K A Day Integrative Medical Practice with Dr. Debra Muth
Can doctors still earn $15k A Day? Listen to this episode as I chat with Dr. Debra Muth, the founder of “$15K A Day Doc” and owner of Serenity Health Care Center – a thriving functional medical practice. She shares her expertise on how to create systems to scale an integrative medical practice. You will love her energy and how she juggles caring for others while running a profitable business. Over the last 20 years, she’s built it while flying, and now shares with us how to avoid the pitfalls and navigate the business essentials such as billing, hiring, firing, contracting with insurance companies, vendors, and marketing legalities. Maybe you’ll find inspiration and join her “$15K A Day” coaching program where she doles out her entire blueprint for creating your dream practice.What you’ll hear:-       Have a practice worth selling-       The nuances of starting a medical practice business… finance, hiring, firing, contracting with insurance companies and vendors, marketing legalities-       Words of wisdom: “Hire quickly – fire fast”-       Once your dream team is in place - Invest in your team – it will help your business grow-       Importance of coaching and structure in place-       What kind of credentials and license do you need to start a practice?-       Benefits of having a cash practice or hybrid-       Evaluating relationship with insurance companies-       Brand your business not you – it will be worth more money-       If you think you can’t do $15K A Day, you’re wrong. It’s worth exploring, and you can do it much more quickly with some coachingHow to tap into 15k A Day Doc Integrative Medical Practice Guide:-       https://15kadaydoc.com/Facebook-       Upcoming 2-Day Intensive link: https://training.15kadaydoc.com/registration-page/optin-1/-       Serenity Health Care Center: https://www.serenityhealthcarecenter.com/Brought to you by Chasing Nectar Digital Solutions – we help businesses scale with digital strategy. https://www.chasingnectar.comBrought to you by Chasing Nectar Digital Solutions. Contact  Founder, Zora Chase, at zchase@chasingnectar.com or visit our website: https://www.chasingnectar.com
MICHAEL GERBER: "IT'S THE SYSTEM, STUPID!"
04-05-2021
MICHAEL GERBER: "IT'S THE SYSTEM, STUPID!"
“Every Life a Legacy! Every Small Business a School!” – Michael E. GerberAfter reading his New York Times bestseller “The E Myth Revisited: Why Most Businesses Don’t Work and What To Do About It”, I knew Michael E. Gerber had to be on my show!  There’s a reason why his book has been read by millions worldwide, published in 30 languages and is required reading for over 100 universities and business schools. This episode is a MUST LISTEN for anyone who has either started their own business or intends to use their skillset to build a business down the road. I talk with Michael Gerber, a business legend, someone Inc. Magazine calls “The World’s Number One Small Business Guru”. He sums it all up for us here in 20 minutes; so listen in! Key takeaways:Don’t fall into the trap of making your own business a “job, job, job”. Design your company to grow based upon dream, vision, purpose, & mission. Why are we here? Develop a SYSTEM –to do the work, not you! Turn the most avid technicians into the greatest entrepreneurs step by step by step by step. The 8-fold path to entrepreneurial development process1)    Dream2)    Vision3)    Purpose4)    Mission5)    Job6)    Practice – client acquisition system7)    Business8)    Enterprise“What’s missing in this picture is the system, stupid!” Then you have a turn-key methodology to grow your business.Where to start? Start anew.. a blank piece of paper and a beginner’s mind. Make what you’ve built so far sustainable, then go to work on everything new to enable your company to grow. Your future is your dream, your vision, your purpose, your mission. Every entrepreneur in the making must have one. Find yours!Contact Michael Gerber: www.MichaelEGerberCompanies.comFrom Chasing Nectar Digital Solutions https://www.chasingnectar.comContact: Zora Chase zchase@chasingnectar.clm@chasingnectarmm #chasingnectar