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Strictly Business is the official podcast of the nation's largest industrial park. Hosted by Josh Grodzin, the podcast shares news and information about the village's diverse business community, highlighting the people and companies that make, invest and live in Elk Grove Village.
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EP 52: 2021 Marked Continued Growth and Support of Businesses and Residents from 2022-01-05T09:32:25
In the 2021 End of Year ‘Strictly Business’ podcast episode, Nick steps in to interview Mayor Craig B. Johnson about the exciting initiatives accomplished during the past year. Mayor Johnson recaps...
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EP 51: How To Be A Better Employer: Our Chat With HR Source CEO Mary Lynn Fayoumi from 2021-08-13T14:39:48
In this ‘Strictly Business’ podcast episode, our hosts Josh and Nick sit down with HR Source CEO Mary Lynn Fayoumi. HR Source has been working with Illinois companies for over 120 years on becoming...
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EP 50: Just In Time For Tokyo: Our Interview With Olympic Gold Medal Winner Mike Conley from 2021-07-22T03:16:53
In this episode, Josh speaks with Olympic Gold Medal winner Mike Conley about what it’s like to train for the Olympics, including maintaining the motivation and discipline needed to work towards an...
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EP 49: Working Past Doubt: Termico’s Journey to a Life-Saving Invention from 2021-06-07T16:27:12
In this episode of “Strictly Business,” learn how an accident during a snowstorm led Termico Technologies, specialists in highly versatile heating technology, to discover a life-saving solution. An...
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EP:48 Why Demand for Space in Elk Grove Village is on the Rise from 2021-04-02T21:26:06
Thinking about moving or growing your business? In this episode of “Strictly Business” we talk about why now is the time to make moves in Elk Grove Village. Learn how Elk Grove is helping to lead t...
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EP 47: Staying on the Cutting Edge: 2020 in Review from 2021-01-07T22:29:59
Mayor Craig B. Johnson, who talks about how Elk Grove took community, experience, and solid foundations from old-fashioned ideals into innovative groundworks. From a Microsoft contract to community...
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EP 46: Pandemic Fitness AND a Lab Where Futures Are Made from 2020-11-09T23:53:27
Josh interviews …
Justin Mayer, Managing Director at F45 Training in Elk Grove, who discusses the creative ways he and team are keeping Elk Grove moving during the coronavirus pandemic. H...
EP 45: Helping Manufacturers Sleep at Night Kathleen Burley, Executive Director of GCAMP from 2020-09-10T15:31:05
Ask local manufacturers what keeps them up at night and you’ll likely hear: “workforce development.”
Kathleen Burley, Executive Director of GCAMP—the Golden Corridor Advanced Manufacturin...
EP 44: John Hamilton of CBRE Shares Insights on Reshoring from 2020-08-12T20:10:04
Empty store shelves were one of the first, most visible signs that the coronavirus pandemic put a huge strain on global supply chains.
Now as U.S. businesses race to increase inventories,...
EP 43: The most stress in my career from 2020-07-17T13:00:30
You won’t want to miss this month’s “Strictly Business” podcast.
Jeff Taylor, President of Crafts Technology in Elk Grove, shares a gripping story about how his company got an urgent call...
EP 42: Business Coaching Pays Off - Min Bowler, principal at Lakeshore Title from 2020-06-24T21:00:20
Min Bowler, principal at Lakeshore Title, teamed up with NLNW Coach Jeff Williams during a growth phase for her business. Working mostly virtually to save time, they made some key changes, and busi...
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EP 41: Business Coaching Pays Off - Manan Joshi, owner of Country Style Donuts from 2020-06-24T20:39:13
Manan Joshi, owner of Country Style Donuts, applied to NLNW and was paired with Coach Sybil Ege, who brought fresh perspective to his business. She evaluated everything from marketing and operation...
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EP 40: Strengthening Your Mindset in This Crisis from 2020-05-06T18:37:05
Business leaders are grappling with many emotions during the coronavirus pandemic. The right mindset is everything right now, says John R. Dallas, Jr., Co-Chairman, President and CEO of ENCLAVE Fou...
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EP 39: Relief, Resources and Retooling During Coronavirus from 2020-04-09T19:50:17
Tom Cassell, director of the Harper College Small Business Development Center, provides an overview of coronavirus relief programs available for small businesses. Learn about the Economic Injury Di...
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EP 38: Blink Tees Gets Real About Business Coaching from 2020-03-10T18:23
Elk Grove Village is a founding partner of Next Level Northwest (NLNW), a nonprofit business accelerator that supports businesses in the Northwest Chicagoland region with free business coaching an...
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EP 37: Elk Grove Village 2019 Year in Review from 2020-02-10T20:33:04
Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson joined Josh Grodzin and Nick Radcliffe for a special episode to recap 2019, an exciting year for our business residents on many fronts. They also discussed som...
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EP 36: At the Front of the Race to 5G from 2019-12-09T17:41:26
Elk Grove aims to be among the first communities in our region to deliver a Village-wide 5G wireless technology network by 2021. The platform will make the future possible: autonomous transportatio...
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EP 35: Industrial Real Estate Roundup With JLL from 2019-10-04T17:38:40
On this month’s episode of Strictly Business, the real estate experts from JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle) discuss what commercial real estate trends are taking hold in the Elk Grove area, share the tools...
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EP 34: Expert Tips To Maximize Your 2019 Expo Appearance from 2019-09-16T18:04:27
On this episode of Strictly Business, Josh Grodzin and Nick Radcliffe welcome two Expo veterans - Gladys Moscoso, sales and marketing director at E-M Metal Fabricator, and Jeff Taylor, president of...
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EP 33: Attracting Global Businesses with Intersect Illinois from 2019-08-12T15:17:18
There are many benefits to establishing your business in Illinois, and Brent Case, Senior Vice President of Business Development at Intersect Illinois, is the person who helps organizations underst...
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EP 32: International Collaboration Fuels Local Innovation from 2019-06-27T19:50:01
John Dallas, CEO of ENCLAVE, recognized that Europe's overwhelming support for new businesses and their ways of developing future leaders are quite different from typical practices found here in th...
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EP 31: Relish Catering Kitchen Discovers the Recipe for Success with Next Level Northwest from 2019-05-28T14:26:07
John Eggert set out to create a from-scratch catering business in 2013 that would get people's taste buds talking. After growing Relish Catering Kitchen to nearly 20 employees, he was ready to take...
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EP 30: EarthPaint Creates Opportunity One Paint Can at a Time from 2019-03-19T15:48:29
Chris McCarthy is a professional painter who was always on the lookout for a greener, more sustainable paint product. After being actively involved in Little City Foundation(an organization that pr...
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EP 29: A Next Level Northwest Success Story from 2019-02-05T20:33:24
Thomas Tkaczyk, owner of Rada Auto, was the very first participant to complete the Next Level Northwest(NLNW)accelerator program. NLNW is a not-for-profit public-private partnership that helps loca...
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EP 28: Elk Grove's Year in Review with Mayor Craig B. Johnson from 2018-11-29T21:54:25
On this month’s episode of Strictly Business, Mayor Craig B. Johnson joins Josh Grodzin to reflect back on one of the biggest years for Elk Grove Village. Now standing at the lowest vacancy rate to...
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EP 27: ENCLAVE Celebrates First Anniversary in Elk Grove Village from 2018-10-17T21:15:59
On this month’s episode of Strictly Business, John R. Dallas, Jr. joins Josh Grodzin to celebrate ENCLAVE's first anniversary of opening its doors to the business community. At ENCLAVE for Entrepre...
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EP 26: GHP Group Founder Gus Haramaras' Entrepreneurial Story from 2018-09-12T16:41:40
Founder and President of GHP Group, Gus Haramaras, started the company in 2003 with nothing but grit. Today, GHP Group, a consumer goods manufacturer and distributor, continues to grow with locatio...
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EP 25: Exhibit at the Expo and Secure Leads from 2018-07-27T16:26:16
On October 15, Elk Grove Village is hosting their 6th annual Made in Elk Grove Manufacturing and Technology Expo. The Expo is free for both exhibitors and attendees and is a great way to connect wi...
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EP 24: What's Fueling the Industrial Real Estate Market from 2018-06-29T15:32
Elk Grove Village’s industrial park, the largest in the U.S., is seeing a record-high occupancy rate standing at 98%. On this episode of Strictly Business, Josh Grodzin invites top local real estat...
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EP 23: Pitch Your Business and Grow with Next Level Northwest from 2018-05-15T21:21:27
Next Level Northwest is an accelerator program for established businesses that are ready to ignite new ideas that lead to major growth. The public-private partnership was founded by five municipali...
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EP 22: Elk Grove Partners with SelectChicago from 2018-03-21T21:40:40
Mike Edgar from the Greater Waukegan Development Coalition and Doug Petroshius from SelectChicago joins Josh Grodzin to discuss what foreign direct investment (FDI) means to the Chicago economy and...
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EP 21: Lawrence Foods' Secret Ingredient to Business Success from 2018-01-23T21:39:13
Marc Lawrence is part of the family owned Lawrence Foods’ leadership team, which has operated in its current Elk Grove facility since 1960. A producer of premium bakery ingredients and one of the l...
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EP 20: Elevating the Elk Grove Village Community from 2017-11-28T21:10:09
October was a big month for Elk Grove Village! First was ENCLAVE for Entreprenuers at O'Hare's grand opening, a not-for-profit economic development education initiative supporting the entreprenuers...
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EP 19: Nutphree's Bakery: Amateur Bakers to Business from 2017-10-02T19:04:16
Brian Walker worked in marketing and advertising. His wife, Sonia, was an attorney. When their oldest son was diagnosed with a peanut and tree nut allergy, they struggled to find baked goods he cou...
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EP 18: Meet Jon Pieper: EGHS' Chief Manufacturing Instructor from 2017-09-06T16:48:58
Jon Pieper is the chief manufacturing instructor at Elk Grove High School. In this month's podcast, Pieper walks us through the curriculum and the many benefits it offers for students. Through vari...
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EP 17: Your Resource for Doing Business with and in Bulgaria from 2017-07-27T21:49:27
Meet Teodora Boteva. She heads the Commercial and Economic Office in Chicago at the Consulate General of the Republic of Bulgaria. Teodora helps both US and Bulgarian businesses with trade, investm...
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EP 16: Mikerphone Brewing: Meet Elk Grove's Beer Maker from 2017-06-16T12:23:39
Craft Brew Maker Mike Pallen was looking for the ideal facility to expand his craft beer company, Mikerphone Brewing. He found the perfect place in the heart of Elk Grove's industrial park, equippe...
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EP 15: Introducing ENCLAVE for Entrepreneurs from 2017-05-14T23:05:35
ENCLAVE for Entrepreneurs at O’Hare is a new learning-and-earning center located in Elk Grove Village. The center makes self-awareness a priority over business venture and offers workspaces, worksh...
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EP 14: The Makerspace Phenomenon from 2017-04-11T14:38:45
How do you grow the pipeline of skilled workers in manufacturing? Provide makers with a space full of industrial tools, 3-D printing equipment, CNC machines, and opportunities to develop as entrepr...
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EP 13: EGHS: Home to the Next Generation of Makers from 2017-03-22T21:24:37
Chad Froeschle teaches the Business Incubator program at Elk Grove High School. This program teaches students, hands-on, how to take an idea and make it a reality. He's not the only one who teaches...
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EP 12: Your Community Bank Is Here to Help! from 2017-02-15T20:30:24
This month on Strictly Business, CEO of Schaumburg Bank and Trust, Joe Bohne, joins us to talk about the benefits of building a relationship with your local community bank. As the landscape of busi...
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EP 11: Introducing the Business Leaders Forum from 2017-01-12T19:57:43
With its vacancy rate down to 3.98%, Elk Grove Village’s industrial park is stronger than ever before. It’s time to make Elk Grove a regional powerhouse, but we need your help. In the latest Strict...
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EP 10: Harper College Gets Its Groove Back from 2016-12-02T21:45:14
Several years ago, as more companies started to outsource jobs, Harper College’s manufacturing program dwindled. In 2012, a group of business leaders came to Harper College seeking skilled workers....
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EP 9: How Strength Exploration Enables Growth from 2016-11-11T17:25:47
Will Busch III is the managing consultant of economic development at Gallup. Gallup delivers analytics and advice to help organizations solve today’s biggest challenges. On Episode 8 of Strictly Bu...
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EP 8: What It Takes to Be a Manufacturing Leader from 2016-10-28T14:47:06
Host Josh Grodzin invites three manufacturing leaders for a business roundtable discussion. Anne Gruber, president of Ashland Lock and Security Solutions; Jeffrey Taylor, VP and general manager of ...
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Ep 7: What Is Character-Based Capitalism? from 2016-09-29T19:20:29
President of GuideStar, Ray Benedetto, stops by to discuss the meaning of Character-Based Capitalism and the positive impact it has had on businesses. Drawing on his personal experience within the ...
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Ep 6: Women Who Lead in Manufacturing from 2016-06-08T19:07:47
Gladys Moscoso and Kathryn Miller, two women leading the manufacturing industry in their respective areas, stop by to discuss all things women in business. They touch on topics such as what being a...
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EP 5: Why Mentors Are Essential in the Workplace from 2016-06-08T19:07:30
Seasoned business advisors Daven Morrison and John Dallas join us to discuss how important it is to have a trusted mentor in your business ventures. They also discuss potential leadership pitfalls ...
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EP 3: How the Entrepreneurship Model Is Changing from 2016-06-08T19:06:59
Tom Walter of Tasty Catering and Junto’s Raman Chadha shine light on the major economical and social shifts that have impacted entrepreneurship. They touch on failure and the need to educate entrep...
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EP 4: Between Startup and Established from 2016-06-08T19:05:20
How should business leaders adapt when their companies are too small to be big and too big to be small? Established business owner Tom Walter joins us again along with Andre Janus, CEO of Cristaux ...
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EP 1: Creating Career Pathways for Manufacturers in Training from 2016-06-08T19:04:26
Bill Merchantz, manufacturing instructor at Elk Grove High School, and Deb Lawrence of Illinois workNet Center discuss the many resources available to help manufacturers connect with new talent, de...
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EP 2: Addressing the Skills Gap: How Did We Get Here? from 2016-06-08T19:03:53
Bill Merchantz of Elk Grove High School joins us again along with CEO of Diemasters Paul Rimington. Paul talks about how the industry has changed over the last 10 years and shines light on how the ...
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