Angie Hyche is an organization and clutter expert. Whether the mess swamps your storage room, a self-storage unit, your garage, your basement, or even your email inbox and to-do lists, she knows precisely how to sort out your possessions and calendar.

The owner of Shipshape Solutions, based in Kingsport, Tennessee, she is a writer, podcaster, and much-in-demand speaker who helps her audiences free themselves from physical, mental, and business disarray. 

Angie has spent the past seven-and-a-half years as a professional organizer, helping a wide array of organizations and individuals clean up the chaos in their lives.

This week, Angie shares how everyone can tackle their disorganization, even if it’s been accumulating for years or decades.

Books by Angie Hyche:

• Uncluttered: Shaping Your Heart & Home for What Matters Most (co-authored with Liana George)

• Unholy Mess: What the Bible Says about Clutter

Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.

Photo: Angie Hyche, Shipshape Solutions
Posted: July 29, 2024
Monday Morning Run Time: 43:14
Episode: 13.07

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Our guest this week is Richard Behar, an award-winning investigative reporter who spent 15 years chronicling the life of Bernie Madoff, the mastermind behind the largest Ponzi scheme in history.

Behar is the author of the newly released blockbuster book Madoff: The Final Word.

Before Madoff died in prison, Behar and Madoff had more than 50 phone conversations, exchanged more than 300 emails, and met face-to-face three times.

When Madoff was arrested in December 2008, his decades-long scam unraveled, revealing approximately $68 billion in purported assets across nearly 5,000 client accounts. In stark contrast, Madoff had less than $300 million, having swindled countless victims, including banks, charities, colleges, pension funds, and notable individuals such as Steven Spielberg, Sandy Koufax, Kevin Bacon, and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel.

On this week’ episode, Behar shares how Madoff sustained his scam for decades, the many people who facilitated his fraud, why his investors were so gullible, and what steps everyone should take to avoid falling victim to swindlers.

As an exclusive bonus, listeners will hear two short private phone conversations between Behar and Madoff, recorded during Madoff’s incarceration at a federal prison in Butner, North Carolina.

Behar, honored as one of the top 100 business journalists of the 20th century, has received more than 20 major journalism awards. He previously worked on the staff of Forbes, Time, and Fortune. He also contributed reporting to CNN, PBS, and the BBC.

If you believe you could never be tricked like thousands of Madoff’s trusting investors were, you need to listen closely to this week’s episode.

Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.

Photo: Richard Behar, Madoff: The Final Word
Posted: July 22, 2024
Monday Morning Run Time: 1:10:31
Episode: 13.06

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This week’s guest, Dean Guida, founder and CEO of Infragistics, has plenty of grit. 

But as he’s discovered on his way to bootstrapping a company that today serves 100% of the S&P 500, including Bank of America, Exxon, Fidelity, Intuit, and Morgan Stanley — to win in business, you also need:

• Strategic planning

• A positive and collaborative company culture

• Reliable data that informs your decision-making

• And non-stop learning

Dean launched his business in 1989 when he was only 23 years old. Today, his enterprise software company operates in six countries and serves more than two million software developers. And he’s done it all without a cent of venture capital.

Dean’s expertise is highly technical, but his new book, When Grit is Not Enough: An Entrepreneur’s Playbook for Taking Your Business to the Next Level, makes it easy for any business leader to understand how to grow a business from the ground up and compete against larger, better-funded competitors.

Monday Morning Radio is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.

Photo: Dean Guida, Infragistics
Posted: July 15, 2024
Monday Morning Run Time: 44:12
Episode: 13.05

Nick-Anthony Zamucen has the Midas touch when it comes to starting and growing franchises. As founder and president of BOR Franchising, his successful concepts include a pizza chain, a home care business, a crime scene cleaner, and, most recently, a burgeoning water and fire damage repair company.

Nick-Anthony has a proven formula for running a successful enterprise that will be of interest whether you buy into someone else’s concept or decide to franchise one of your own businesses.

This week, he shares what to look for before buying or launching a franchise and what to avoid absolutely.

Even if you have no interest in franchising, understanding Nick-Anthony’s approach and his “success breeds success” philosophy will generate plenty of productive ideas you can apply to your business.

Books by Nick-Anthony Zamucen Include:

• Maverick Franchise: How a tight budget, a desire to help, and a hunger for success can become your greatest competitive advantage

• Bits of Wisdom: The Art of Success & Fulfillment

• My Family Business: When There is No Choice

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Photo: Nick-Anthony Zamucen, BOR Franchising
Posted: July 8, 2024
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