The Small Business Community Network (SBCN) Small Biz Podcast. Featuring interviews with CEOs and other small business leaders, the latest new trends and tips for your successful business. Hosted by SBCN Co-Founder Linda Ockwell-Jenner, the SBCN Small Biz Podcast would be of interest to people thinking about starting a small business, or small business owners who want valuable insights for growth.
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Linda Ockwell-Jenner, Co-Founder of the Small Business Community Network (SBCN) returns with another episode of the SBCN Small Biz Podcast. In this episode, Linda discusses the importance of asking questions of potential vendors. Do you need their services? Are they delivered in a way that supports your business?
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Linda Ockwell-Jenner, and regular SBCN Small Biz Podcast guest Steve Bentley, discuss the topic of how an entrepreneur can benefit from ‘giving back’ to charity and the community. Have you heard of Giving Tuesday — perhaps the lesser known day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Beyond that, what are the benefits of giving back?
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Steve Bentley returns to chat with Linda Ockwell-Jenner about Entrepreneurs who make mistakes, and share their experiences. We all make mistakes, but what can we recognize as positive outcomes from that? What did we learn? Failure may be an "opportunity to progress".
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Nathan Parsons joins Linda Ockwell-Jenner to discuss holiday light safety! It’s the time of year when many of us will decorate our homes and gardens with Christmas lights, so what do we need to consider when brightening the winter months?
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Steve Bentley and Linda Ockwell-Jenner chat on the latest episode of the SBCN Small Biz Podcast. In this episode, the pair discuss a video and article from Ottawa Public Health. It highlights that the psychological demands in the jobs that we do today that could be a hazard to our health and wellbeing if our jobs aren’t matched properly to our skills, knowledge, and emotional intelligence. Did you know that Canada has a National Standard for Psychological health and safety in the workplace?
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Regular SBCN Small Biz Podcast guest, Steve Bentley, returns to chat with Linda about the important topic of grappling with the challenges of taking time off work… and the temptation to make it a working holiday. As an entrepreneur or small business owner, do you feel guilty when you take a holiday?
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Regular Podcast guest Steve Bentley returns to chat with Linda Ockwell-Jenner about very important topics for all small business: how to get paid for the work you’ve done, and how to get access to financing. The UK’s Guardian newspaper highlights that government’s efforts to better deal with these (and other) issues with a new Small Business Commissioner. Beyond government, what can we do?
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Chris Davis from Polarverse IT joins Linda Ockwell-Jenner to cover the topic of downtime costs and continuity. Polarverse has an online downtime calculator that can help your business make an informed decision. The costs to protect your business data might be much less that you’d think, for peace of mind.
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Linda Ockwell-Jenner and regular SBCN Small Biz Podcast contributor Steve Bentley return to discuss a Huffington Post article which highlights the problem of not having enough time in the day! It’s a common problem facing all small business owners, but how can we find the time? Beware of time suckers and use prioritization as your weapon against them!
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Regular guest Steve Bentley returns to discuss an interesting article with Linda Ockwell-Jenner. Why is it so important to express gratitude in your business? The article from US-based Smart Business emphasizes that experiences are what your customers remember. We work hard to get new clients, but the focus isn’t always the same on keeping them… so let’s focus on enhancing the relationship!
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