Most technology decisions in scaling small businesses and growing mid-market businesses don’t fail because of bad tools. They struggle because those tech decisions are made in isolation.As your business grows, technology stops being a set of helpful...
Last week, I shared a message about why technology often feels harder right when your business seems to be working well. I was asked to take these ideas to the airwaves and expand on them in conversation on The Doug Wagner Show last Friday morning. Y...
Get ready to meet the next BizTech superhero on this episode! Host Joshua McNary talks with Alex Beaumier, founder of Beau Laundry Co., to dig into the entrepreneurial journey behind crafting the best-smelling, eco-friendly laundry balls in Iowa—and...
There’s a moment many small and mid-sized businesses hit that feels confusing at first. Revenue is growing. The team is expanding. Customers are engaged. On the surface, things are working. And yet, technology suddenly feels heavier—more complex, mor...
Host Joshua McNary talks with Greg Edwards, founder of Watchpoint IT—a Cedar Rapids-based company dedicated to saving businesses time, keeping them secure, and cutting through IT complexity. Greg shares his journey as a serial entrepreneur in the tec...
In this next episode of BizTech Superhero, Joshua McNary converses with local business champion Cherie Edilson, founder and CEO of Member Marketplace. Based in Marion, Iowa, Cherie has taken what she first started learning selling handmade goods at f...
As technology continues to shape how businesses operate, one pattern keeps showing up in my work with scaling small and mid-sized companies: the hardest part isn’t just choosing the right tools—it’s figuring out who should help you think through them...
In this show, host Joshua McNary chats with Suzy DeLine, a content marketing expert and chief content officer at Digital Artisans, based in San Francisco. With a rich background including tenures at Adobe, Intuit, Intel, and PayPal, Suzy shares her u...
This week’s IA•AI (Iowa Artificial Intelligence) meetup topic & discussions got me thinking about where AI is heading next—especially for scaling small and mid-sized businesses that are moving beyond experimenting with individual tools. Many orga...
Welcome to another episode of BizTech Superhero, where we dive into the stories behind local entrepreneurs harnessing technology to level-up their businesses. In today’s episode, host Joshua McNary sits down with Lexi Matthews, co-owner of Uptown Cof...
In this episode, host Joshua McNary chats with content process consultant Maddy Osman, author of Writing for Humans and Robots and founder of The Blogsmith agency. Based in Denver, Maddy is passionate about helping B2B technology brands streamline an...
Host Joshua McNary chat with Michelle Owens, certified EOS implementer, business coach, facilitator, and founding partner of Slingshot25. Michelle brings decades of hands-on leadership experience, a passion for development, and a reputation for askin...
In this episode of Intentional Change, Shawn FitzGerald sits down with Vada Grantham, CEO of Revelations Research Solutions, to explore the power of asking better questions and listening to customers with intention.Vada shares how market research goe...
What if the greatest opportunity for your business is already within reach—but hidden in plain sight? In this episode of Intentional Change, Shawn FitzGerald digs deep with Mitchell Kearns, Technology & Commercialization Director at Iowa’s SBDC....
Too many businesses run like high-performance sports cars with no clear destination—powerful, fast, but ultimately going nowhere. In this episode of Intentional Change, Shawn FitzGerald sit down with Rob Taylor, EOS Implementer and founder of Taylor...
