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Business Growth Spotlight
Welcome to Business Growth Spotlight, the podcast where we shine a light on innovative business leaders, cutting-edge strategies, and the latest trends shaping the world of business growth. Whether you're a CEO, Founder, Corporate leader or Entrepreneur, this podcast delivers actionable insights and expert conversations to help you scale your business, increase revenue, and stay ahead in a competitive market.
Join host Heidi Schalk as we dive deep into the stories and strategies of industry…
Episodes
- Business Growth Spotlight
Ep. 149 Fixing the Revenue Gaps in Medical Billing with Wise Medical Billing
Show Notes: In this episode of the Business Growth Spotlight, Heidi Schalk sits down with Raja Danish, Co Founder and CEO of Wise Medical Billing, to unpack…
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Ep. 148 How MedVector Is Fixing Patient Recruitment in Clinical Trials with Scott Stout
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Scott Stout, CEO of MedVector, to unpack one of the biggest…
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Ep. 147 The Future of Adult Learning: AI, Skills Gaps, and Scalable Learning Design with Lisa Doehnert
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Lisa Doehnert of Ease Learning to explore how organizations can…
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Ep. 146 Lean Startup Strategies Every Founder Should Use Before Spending Money
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk, Co-Founder of HLH Growth Solutions, sits down with Maura Mitchell, Managing…
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Ep. 145 Scaling Mental Health Care Through Integrated Hospital and Outpatient Models
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Clayton Swalstad, President of Integrated Psych Solutions, to…
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Ep. 144 The Business of Senior Living: How Doing the Right Thing Drives Growth
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk, co-founder of HLH Growth Solutions, sits down with Chris Brown, owner of Abbey…
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Ep. 143 Subscription Fatigue Bundling and the New Streaming Business Models with Ben Goodfriend
In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Ben Goodfriend, an advertising executive in the sports streaming and media…
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Ep.142 The Future of Outsourcing How People and AI Work Together at CertainlyCX
Show Notes: In this episode of the Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk welcomes Cindy Terapak, Co Founder and Chief People Officer of CertainlyCX, for…
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Ep. 141 Scaling Senior Care With AI While Keeping Care Personal with Matthew Yaari
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Matt Yaari, Founder of My Family Home Care, to explore what it truly…
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Ep. 140 The Science of Self-Awareness: Rethinking Leadership Assessments with Pam Boney
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk speaks with Pam Boney, Founder of Tilt 365, about why effective leadership…
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Ep. 139 The Power of Emotional Intelligence in High-Stakes Conversations with Janine Klein
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Janine Klein, Founder of the Emotional Intelligence Institute (EII)…
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Ep. 138 From Mentorship to AI: How Solvery Is Redefining Employee Growth with Anton Volkov
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Anton Volkov, Co-Founder of Solvery, to unpack his entrepreneurial…
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Ep. 137 From Customer to CEO: Competing With Billion-Dollar Companies by Solving Real Problems
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Sean Lee, CEO of OpenDrives, to explore what it really takes to…
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Ep. 136 How Continuous Improvement Drives Scalable Growth in Modern Companies with Ron Pereira
Show Notes: In this episode of the Business Growth Spotlight, Heidi Schalk sits down with Ron Pereira, co-founder of Gemba Academy, to explore the journey…
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Ep. 135 The Future of Business Networking: Inside Alignable’s AI-Powered Platform
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, Heidi Schalk sits down with Don Martelli, VP of Integrated Marketing & Communications at Alignable…
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Ep. 134 How DocsInk is Redefining Personalized Care with Wearables and AI
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk, Co-Founder of HLH Growth Solutions, sits down with Clay Malloy, President of…
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Ep. 133 Fixing Social Media: How Aglow Is Rebuilding Human Connection in a Digital World
Show Notes: In today’s episode, host Heidi Schalk, Co-Founder of HLH Growth Solutions, sits down with David Lipscomb (CEO & Co-Founder) and Stefan Martin (CTO…
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Ep. 132 AI in Legal Tech: A Deep Dive with Skribe Co-Founder Tom Irby
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk, Co-Founder of HLH Growth Solutions, sits down with Tom Irby, Co-Founder of Skribe…
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Ep.131 The Hidden Leadership Trap Slowing Down Company Performance with Hein Knaapen
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Hein Knaapen, Managing Partner at CEO Works, for a powerful…
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Ep. 130 Joe Gagnon on Culture, Curiosity & Building High-Performance Teams With AI
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk, Co-Founder of HLH Growth Solutions, sits down with Joe Gagnon, CEO and Co-Founder…
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Ep. 129 How Virtual Assistants Help Founders Scale Faster and Less Stress with Workergenix
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Harley Green, co-founder of Workergenix, to explore how founders…
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Ep. 128 How The Grit Game Scaled to 30 Employees in Under 3 Years: Real Growth Strategies That Work
Show Notes: In this high-energy episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Laci Davis: entrepreneur, operations expert, and…
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Ep. 127 Avoiding Spam Jail: The Do’s and Don’ts of Cold Email Campaigns with Aurora Alvarado
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk talks with Aurora Alvarado, executive and operations leader at Senders, a…
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Ep. 126 Belief, Evidence & Entrepreneurship: Gloria’s Path to Creating a New Industry with Gloria DeGaetano
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk, sits down with Gloria DeGaetano founder of the Parent Coaching Institute (PCI) and…
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Ep. 125 Why Language Learning Is the Next Big Competitive Edge for Growing Companies
Show Notes: In this episode of The Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk, Co-Founder of HLH Growth Solutions, sits down with Stacy Richter, CEO of Live…
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Ep. 124 From Simulation to Success: Why Gamified Learning Builds Better Leaders with Matthew Confer
Show Notes: In this episode of The Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Matthew Confer, Head of Strategy at Abilitie, an experiential…
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Ep.123 Scaling Smart in EdTech: Inside Bibliu’s 8-Year Growth Journey
Show Notes: In this episode of The Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk, Co-Founder of HLH Growth Solutions, sits down with Alex McPherson, VP of…
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Ep. 122 Human-to-Human Leadership: Building Trust in a Data-Driven World with Wayland Lum
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Wayland Lum, Founder and CEO of Copperbox Leadership Advisory, for a…
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Ep. 121 Selling Without Pressure: How Aslan’s “Other-Centered” Approach Transforms Sales Teams
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Jesse Rome, VP of Training and Solutions at Aslan Sales, to explore…
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Ep. 120 Inside the Economic Recovery Center: Funding, AI, and Resilience for Small Businesses
Show Notes: In this insightful episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Chase Henderson, President of the Economic Recovery…
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Ep. 119 Scrappy and Scaling: How Sturdy AI Turns Customer Conversations into Churn Prevention Gold
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Alex Atkins, VP of Growth and Operations at Sturdy, the world’s…
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Ep. 118 The Future of Cloud Infrastructure: Performance-Driven Growth with Harper
Show Notes: In this episode of The Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Drew Chambers, EVP of Marketing at Harper, a next-generation…
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Ep. 117 Leading with Heart: How Compassionate Leaders Empower Others to Lead
Show Notes: In this episode of The Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk welcomes Laurel Donnellan, founder and CEO of Compassionate Leaders Circle, a…
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Ep. 116 The Future of Software Development: AI, No-Code, and the Rise of “Vibe Coding”
Show Notes: In this episode of The Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk, Co-Founder of HLH Growth Solutions, sits down with Maksym (Max) Petruk, CEO…
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Ep. 115 Faith, Fun & HR Tech: How Tammy and Santiago Castro Built a Purpose-Driven Business
Show Notes: In this heartfelt and fun episode of The Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with the dynamic husband-and-wife duo Tammy and…
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Ep. 114 Transforming Supply Chain Tech and Building a Venture-Backed Startup
Show Notes: Host Heidi Schalk welcomes Kathleen Chan, Founder and CEO of Calico, for an in-depth discussion on entrepreneurship, innovation, and resilience…
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Ep.113 Reimagining Startup Investing: Inside Systematic Ventures’ Global Strategy with Max Wolff
Show Notes: In this episode, Heidi Schalk sits down with Max Wolf, Managing Partner at Systematic Ventures, to explore how his firm is transforming the venture…
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Ep. 112 The Power of Intelligent Data: How Ocean IO Helps Businesses Connect Smarter
Show Notes: In this episode of the Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Michael Heiberg, founder of Ocean IO, to explore how intelligent…
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Ep. 111 Building Smarter: How Sunman Engineering Stays Ahead in a Rigid Market
Show Notes: In this episode of the Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Allen Nejah, founder of SunMan Engineering, to explore how his…
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Ep. 110 Inside Qrvey: How All-in-One Analytics Platforms Empower SaaS Growth
Show Notes: In this episode, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Arman Eshraghi, Founding CEO of Qrvey, to explore how embedded analytics is transforming the SaaS…
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Ep.109 The Human Side of AI: How Aecho AI Is Redefining Recruitment Through Voice Technology
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Adam Hocek, founder of Aecho AI, to explore how artificial…
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Ep. 108 How AI Agents Will Transform Business: Shashank Sripada on Gaia’s Vision
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Shashank Sripada, co-founder and COO of Gaia, a decentralized AI…
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Ep. 107 Scaling Startups and the Rise of Go-to-Market Engineers with Evolve AI
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Megan Wells, VP of Marketing at Evolve AI, to explore the future of…
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Ep. 106 How Civic is Shaping the Future of Authentication and AI Innovation
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Titus Capilnean, VP Go to Market at Civic Technologies, to explore…
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Ep. 105 The Power of Direct Mail + Digital Integration for Business Growth
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk interviews Dennis Kelly, CEO of Postalytics, a leading platform that is…
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Ep. 104 Linda Albright on AI Misconceptions, Business Growth, and Women in Leadership
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Linda Albright, founder of Albright AI, to explore how entrepreneurs…
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Ep. 103 The Power of Speed to Lead: Omer Jamal’s Secrets to Sales Success
In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, Omer Jamal takes us inside his entrepreneurial journey and reveals what it really takes to build a business in…
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Ep. 102 Sales Enablement Reinvented: Inside Zoomifier’s Approach to Growth
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Chetan Saiyo, CEO of Zoomifier, to explore the transformation of B2B…
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Ep. 101 Efficiency Meets Empathy: The Tilt Approach to Leave Management
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Jen Henderson, founder and CEO of Tilt, the HR tech company…
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Ep. 100 Navigating ERP Growth Challenges: Insights from WM Synergy’s CEO
Show Notes: In the 100th episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Paul Tedford, CEO of WM Synergy, to dive into the critical…
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Ep. 99 The Future of Global Food Systems: Insights from Alex Karzag and Producers Trust.
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Alex Karzag, the VP of PMO at Producers Trust, to explore how…
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Ep. 98 The Future of AI in Business: Insights from Hatchworks AI’s CEO
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Brandon Powell, Founder and CEO of Hatchworks AI, to explore how…
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Ep. 97 How to Scale in a Crowded SaaS Market
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Akash Mukherjee, Head of Product Management at Chartmetric, to…
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Ep. 96 Inside NileBits: Lessons in Trust, Growth & Global Impact
Show Notes: In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Amr Saafan, founder of NileBits, a leading software development…
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Ep. 95 How Commander AI is Revolutionizing Sales in Waste Management
Show Notes: In this episode of the Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with David Berg, Founder and CEO of Commander AI, to explore how he…
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Ep.94 Dog Training, Business Growth, and Franchising with Ryan Wimpey and Tip Top K9
Show Notes: In this episode of the Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk chats with Ryan Wimpey, founder of Tip Top K9 Dog Training, about building a…
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Ep. 93 The Evolution of Customer Success in the Age of AI with Katie Mineck
Show Notes: In this episode of the Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Katie Mineck, VP of Customer Success at DigitalOwl, to dive into…
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Ep. 92 Building Sales Systems That Drive Growth with Jill Pederson and SalesStar
Show Notes: What does it really take to build a sales engine that fuels long-term business growth? In this episode, we sit down with Jill Pederson of…
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Ep. 91 Pitch Perfect: How Ryan O’Hara and Pitchfire are Reinventing Sales Prospecting
Show Notes: What happens when a creative intern with a knack for storytelling decides to shake up the way businesses connect with prospects? You get…
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Ep. 90 Scaling Without Stumbling: Avoiding Common Pitfalls in AI Integration with IKA
Show Notes: In this episode of the Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk interviews Carlos Mats, the founder of IKA, a company focused on leveraging AI…