Mr. Antonio (Tony) Colon successfully founded and sold three businesses, Martinelli Realty, Inc., a commercial real estate company; Splat Master’s Paintball, Inc. (SMP) known worldwide for engineering and design innovation in the paintball industry; and Combat Training Solutions, Inc. (CTS), a company specializing in Special Effects Devices to enhance military training and save the lives of warfighters nationwide and in sixteen foreign countries.

CTS received numerous awards to include the Military Technology Magazine’s Top Innovator Award for five consecutive years. Tony, among other awards, received the 2010 Colorado Small Businessperson Award and the ColoradoBiz magazine’s 2011 Top 50 Colorado Minority Owned Companies.

A service disabled 20 year US Air Force veteran who served as a jet engine mechanic and an Astronautical Engineer, Tony received his degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Mississippi. He leveraged his military experience, education, and business experiences to create each successful company.

Today Mr. Colon speaks with Dr. Karen about the ins and outs of business exits with lessons that apply to both entrepreneurs and larger Corporate companies as they execute mergers and acquisitions. Watch and listen to hear how to increase the value of your company prior to sale and how to structure the deal to benefit both the seller and employees.

Reach Tony at TC@Colonfam.com

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Bob Kulhan, known as a master improviser, is the Founder and CEO of Business Improv and adjunct professor at Duke Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School. He is also the author of the book “Getting to Yes And: The Art of Business Improv.”

With more than 27 years of studying, performing, and teaching improv, he works with blue chip companies like Mazda, CISCO, Pepsi, Ford Motor Company, Glaxo Smith Kline, and Bristol Meyers Squibb.

Today Bob speaks with Dr. Karen about how to bring empathic communication, relationship building, and Psychological Safety to today’s virtual, hybrid, and face to face workplaces.

Reach Bob Kulhan at www.businessimprov.com

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Deke Copenhaver served as Mayor of Augusta, Georgia from 2005-2014.  As mayor he helped recruit over $1 billion in investment to the local economy and created thousands of jobs by building on the strengths of Augusta’s diverse labor force and bringing in major employers such as Automatic Data Processing, T-Mobile, Starbucks, and Unisys. Among many other awards and honors, Deke has on seven occasions been recognized as one of Georgia Trend Magazine’s “100 Most Influential Georgians”.

As Principal of Copenhaver Consulting, LLC, a niche consulting firm in Augusta, Georgia, Deke serves the needs of businesses, nonprofits, and local governments. He is the author of the Forbes Books Amazon #1 bestseller “The Changemaker: the Art of Building Better Leaders” and he hosts “The Changemaker” podcast.

As a Founding Partner of Starts With Us, a newly established national nonprofit, Deke inspires a movement to foster the daily habits of curiosity, compassion, and courage.

Today he speaks with Dr. Karen about how to use listening, curiosity, positive grass roots leadership, and Christian values to create powerful communities that transcend polarization, blind tribalism, and dehumanization.

Contact Deke at www.copenhaverconsulting.com

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