The Lea-ding Edge

Lea Strickland, business expert, consultant, author, speaker, radio host, and columnist shares her insights on business success, leadership, and hot topics.

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Author Jean Costa on Choosing Your Words, Crafting Your Life

Author Jean Costa on Choosing Your Words, Crafting Your Life

Author Jean A. Costa joined me in the studio to discuss her new book: Choosing Your Words, Crafting Your Life.

Jean is a former high school math teacher with a BA from St. John’s University in NYC and a Masters in Social Work from UNC, Chapel Hill.

She has practiced Yoga for over 40 years and received her Registered Yoga Teacher from Kripalu School of Yoga in 2007.  

She is a breast cancer…

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NC PACES Act Crowdfunding in North Carolina

NC PACES Act Crowdfunding in North Carolina

Host Lea Strickland talks with Benji Taylor Jones of Ward and Smith law firm in Raleigh, NC about the NC PACES Act Crowdfunding in North Carolina and the specifics of  NCPO and LPO.

Benji recently joined the Raleigh office of Ward and Smith.  She has been a trusted counselor to numerous private and public companies in a variety of corporate and securities law matters for nearly two decades. Most…

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Food Trucks, Technology and FooSye's Ray Chow

Food Trucks, Technology and FooSye’s Ray Chow

Host Lea Strickland talks with Ray Chow of FooSye about the transformation of the food truck industry with new business models and technology. Ray has been in the restaurant Business for 20 years.

Ray was on our show in June of 2015 and shared insights and experiences with the food truck industry.

About Ray Chow:

Happily Married to wife Rachael and has 3 kids ( Nathan, Madi, Ali)

Lives in Cary, NC

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Customer Satisfaction and Social Media for Small Businesses

Customer Satisfaction and Social Media for Small Businesses

Guest Nancy MacCreery of Broad Reach Marketing Services:

Broad Reach develops practical, effective marketing solutions that ensure local businesses attract, engage and retain customers. She’s worked with both large and small organizations, developing successful market strategies, directing groundbreaking market research, and distilling compelling messaging for interactive campaigns.

Additionally,…

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Donate Buy Real Estate Do you have a favorite Charity? Are you buying or selling a home? What if you could donate to your favorite charity or non-profit simply by listing them as a beneficiary of your home buying or selling transaction?

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Chris Heivly: Startup Communities - Taking Ideas and Building Businesses

Chris Heivly: Startup Communities – Taking Ideas and Building Businesses

Host Lea Strickland talks with Chris Heivly of the Start-up Factory and LaunchBox Digital about entrepreneurs, start-ups, and what’s next for him. He shares lessons learned, insights from his book, Build the Fort (available on Amazon.com) and the need for entrepreneurs in our communities.

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Crowdfunding: What You Need to Know for Your Business

Crowdfunding: What You Need to Know for Your Business

Crowdfunding Information and Insights from the Regulatory Perspective

Guest: Leo John

Leo John is the Investor and Business Outreach Legal Specialist at N.C. Department of Secretary of State, Securities Division. The state agency registers legal entities, administers and enforces state securities laws, administers the state trademarks database and performs various other functions that intersect…

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Air Probe UAV Veteran-owned Business

Air Probe UAV Veteran-owned Business

Host Lea Strickland talks with Probyn Thompson and DA Harris of Air Probe UAV of Fayetteville, NC about starting and growing a technology veteran-owned business.

http://www.airprobeuav.com

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NC National Defense Industry Association Chapter Launch

NC National Defense Industry Association Chapter Launch

Host Lea Strickland and Guest JV Miller of the NC NDIA talk about the launch of the newest National Defense Industry Association chapter in NC. They cover the goals, activities, and information on the vision and programs for the new chapter. To join NDIA and the NC Chapter click here:

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Ending Veteran Homelessness in NC - North Carolina Gaining Ground in Fight Against Veteran Homelessness

Ending Veteran Homelessness in NC – North Carolina Gaining Ground in Fight Against Veteran Homelessness

Lea Strickland talks with Terry Allebaugh of NC’s Department of Military and Veteran Affairs about the program to end veteran homelessness. Ending Veteran Homelessness program statistics:

Veteran homelessness has decreased by 19% over the last year. For chronic veteran homelessness, meaning those veterans who have had sustained homelessness and have a disabling condition, there was a 45%…

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Veteran Entrepreneurship - Lessons from Veteran Business Owner

Veteran Entrepreneurship – Lessons from Veteran Business Owner

Host Lea Strickland shares information on The American Mission: From Battlefield to Business Veteran Entrepreneurship program (americanmission.org) and talks with Alisha Ramsey, CEO of Tellurvision Studios about her business, being a veteran-owned business and making the transition from military to private sector business owner.

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Small Business Funding Alternatives

Small Business Funding Alternatives

Host Lea Strickland provides an introduction and overview of the various types of business funding available to small businesses and introduces crowdfunding topic. Part 1 on Small Business Funding  LISTEN NOW

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IEEE-MOVE Community Outreach

Host Lea Strickland talks with Mary Ellen Randall founder/CEO of Ascot Technologies about IEEE and the MOVE Community Outreach Program.

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Crowdfunding Lessons with Jonathan Lamb of MySideandYours.com

Host Lea Strickland talks with Jonathan Lamb serial entrepreneur, millennial economist, and founder of MySideandYours.com about his Kickstarter campaign. LISTEN NOW

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The JOBS Act - Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act

The JOBS Act – Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act

In 2012, the JOBS act was signed. The JOBS Act goal was to ease security regulations on small businesses to foster job growth through news business startups. The act consists of two key components:

Title II (Access to Capital for Job Creators) removes the ban on advertising for regulation D Rule 506 and Rule 144A offerings and on general solicitations.

Title III of the JOBS Act focuses on…

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SEC - Securities Exchange Commission

SEC – Securities Exchange Commission

The SEC is the Securities Exchange Commission. The SEC as a federal agency enforces federal securities laws and oversees the securities industry.

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Regulation A+

Regulation A+ is a securities law and is the amendment to Regulation A. The A+ amendment enables businesses to offer and sell up to $50 million worth of securities in a 12 month period to accredited and non-accredited investors.

There are Two Tiers of companies:

Tier 1 Businesses can offer and sell up to $20 million of equity in a 12 month period.

Tier 2 Businesses can offer and sell up to $50…

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