News Talk 94.1 Business Works

Business Works

From growing an idea to slowing down turnover, it's all how Business Works.

Spark your entrepreneurial ideas and pursuits with some of our Guests’ best-kept secrets for growing their business and healthcare practices. Get the how-to’s that national award-winning author and host Hal Alpiar uses to win record sales success for business owners and managers. BusinessWorks from News Talk 94.1.

From growing an idea to slowing down turnover, it's all how Business works. Sunday afternoons at 1pm.

Local conversation for local business. News Talk 94.1.
Weekly English United States Business · Education Narrated by Johnny Stites
95 Episodes
32 – 52

French's Shoes & Boots

Host Hal Alpiar is joined by Brian Springston, manager of French's Shoes & Boots in Cookeville. This week, they take a look at the retail perspective of owning and running a business for anyone with retail business aspirations. Whether you're aspiring to open your own retail store, or an already…
29 Sep 2019 23 min

Overcoming Adversity

Host Hal Alpiar is joined by Randy Kidd, owner of Cookeville Transmission. Randy's father opened Cookeville Transmission in 1969, where the shop continues to be family owned and operated to this day. In November of 2012, Randy's adopted son Caleb passed away at the age of 25 shortly after becoming…
22 Sep 2019 30 min

Should You Start A Business?

Host Hal Alpiar is joined by Alex Maddux, a successful, local, up and coming entrepreneur. Together they tackle the question that is, "Should you start a business?" You may have an idea to start something practical, or to go all out and pursue your dreams when it comes to starting…
15 Sep 2019 23 min

Wilson Bank & Trust

Host Hal Alpiar is joined by Phillip Clemmons, Vice President and Office Manager of Wilson Bank & Trust in Cookeville. Together they provide an overview of the role that banks play for small business people trying to get started outside of the usual checking and savings accounts that you are…
8 Sep 2019 23 min

Father and Son Family Medicine Clinic

Host Hal Alpiar is joined by Laurie Smith, Practice Manager for Father and Son Family Medicine Clinic in Cookeville. She shares the story of how Father and Son came from Canada to right here in the Upper Cumberland, and the services that the practice provides for the community. She touches…
1 Sep 2019 23 min

Fastrak Solutions

Host Hal Alpiar is joined by Randy Robbins, owner of Fastrak Solutions in Cookeville. Established in 1989 as a software development company, Fastrak Solutions has demonstrated long term success by staying on top of the various technologically trends that have come and gone throughout its years of service in order…
25 Aug 2019 23 min

Outdoor Experience

Host Hal Alpiar is joined by Heather Call, owner of Outdoor Experience in Cookeville. With over 20 years of experience under her belt from running Outdoor Experience, Heather has learned many lessons on what it takes to not only run a local business in general, but what it takes to…
18 Aug 2019 23 min

Stress & Thinking Clearly

It's incredibly common to become continually distracted throughout your day thanks to events occurring in your personal life, your work environment, and even all the way around the world thanks to the day to day news cycle. This kind of stress and distraction can have very negative impacts on your…
11 Aug 2019 23 min

For-Profit Vs. Nonprofit Businesses Ep 2

Special guest Melissa Parks of the Upper Cumberland Habitat For Humanity joins host Hal Alpiar to continue discussing the differences between running a for-profit business versus a nonprofit business entity. With experience running the Upper Cumberland Habitat For Humanity, Melissa explains how the organization functions, and how they are able…
4 Aug 2019 23 min

For-Profit Vs. Nonprofit Businesses

With experience running both for-profit businesses, and nonprofit businesses, special guest Ron Graves, President of the Cookeville Breakfast Rotary, joins host Hal Alpiar to discuss the key differences between the two business entities, what it takes to run either type of business, as well as getting to know more about…
28 Jul 2019 23 min

Valerie Connelly & Entrepreneurship Pt 2

Host Hal Alpiar finishes a three part interview series with local entrepreneur Valerie Connelly. A creative individual in many fields, Valerie has reached the top of her life pursuit mountain through her many endeavors in art, music, writing, and more. This week, Valerie shares her recent experiences working on her…
21 Jul 2019 23 min

Valerie Connelly & Entrepreneurship Pt 1

Host Hal Alpiar continues a three part interview series with local entrepreneur Valerie Connelly. A creative individual in many fields, Valerie has reached the top of her life pursuit mountain through her many endeavors in art, music, writing, and more. This week, they discuss Valerie's entrepreneurial journey, and defining what…
14 Jul 2019 23 min

The Cannes Film Festival

Host Hal Alpiar begins a three part interview series with local entrepreneur Valerie Connelly. A creative individual in many fields, Valerie has reached the top of her life pursuit mountain through her many endeavors in art, music, writing, and more. This week, they discuss their recent trip to The Cannes…
7 Jul 2019 23 min

Success In Life

Starting your business, making it through those first few months or even years, and growing your customer base are great measures for your initial success when it comes to your business. However, what about your success in life? Your success in life will depend on what you do after you…
2 Jun 2019 23 min

Are You On Target?

We all like to help the people around us to some extent, however some of us may end up dwelling on being a "do-gooder" much to the detriment of your personal and professional success. We can only truly help other people when we are coming from a position of strength…
26 May 2019 23 min

What Can We Learn From Entrepreneurs?

Becoming an entrepreneur is no easy task. Whether you think you are one, or would like to become one, you have a long road ahead of you, and if you already are an entrepreneur, you likely had to study what it means to be an entrepreneur before you "made it."…
12 May 2019 23 min

Direct Mail & Marketing

Thanks to newer companies offering deals on printing postcards, catalogs, and more, direct mail is making a come back. Many modern, online-focused have already begin adopting direct mail in their marketing practices, often targeting previous or current customers to entice further sales. But just how effective is direct mail when…
5 May 2019 23 min

How Do I Get More Customers?

It doesn't matter if you're an inventor, retailer, wholesaler, manufacturer, service business, surgeon, veternarian, creative genius, or a lawyer. It doesn't matter if you have a top notch sales team if you don't have enough customers or clients that are paying for your services. But how do you attract more…
28 Apr 2019 23 min

Workplace Safety Policies

If you own a business, regardless of what industry, you need to have some type of safety policy in place to govern yourself and your employees. However, the term "safety" doesn't stop at having clearly marked emergency exits, and knowing where the fire extinguishers are in the building. You need…
14 Apr 2019 20 min

Business Structures

You have an idea for a business. You decide to pursue your dreams by yourself, or perhaps you're going in with like-minded individuals to start a business. You know the what, who, how, and why, but then you're hit with a huge question. What type of business structure should you…
7 Apr 2019 23 min
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