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Leading a company isn't easy, especially in the new digital age. We speak with Robert from Twisthink about how he's setting his company up for success and building resilience in his team. This podcast is sponsored by Comcast Business. Learn more at https://business.comcast.com/

Peter Marantette has lead the team at Reserve Wine & Food through a lot of challenges throughout the years, including COVID, staffing shortages, and inflation. We had a chance to sit down with Peter and learn more about how he's tackling one of the toughest industries out there and building resilience in his team and organization for the future. This podcast is sponsored by Comcast.

This episode was recorded live at the 2023 West Michigan CEO Summit. Ben Miller & Jeff Snyder work on Comcast's Government Affairs team. Their big priority at the moment is bridging the digital divide in rural communities across the Midwest. We had a chance to sit down with Ben & Jeff and learn more about how their working to build resiliency in their networks and the communities they serve. This podcast is sponsored by Comcast.

This episode was recorded live at the 2023 West Michigan CEO Summit. Laura Hopson is the President and CEO of EM Services. We had a chance to sit down with Laura and learn more about what she's excited about in her role and how she's thinking about resilience while leading her team. This podcast is sponsored by Comcast.

This episode was recorded live at the 2023 West Michigan CEO Summit. Tim Shields is the new President & CEO of Kentwood Office Furniture. We had a chance to sit down with Tim and learn more about what he's excited about in his new role and how he's thinking about resilience while he's leading leading his team at Kentwood Office Furniture. This podcast is sponsored by Comcast.

This episode was recorded live at the 2023 West Michigan CEO Summit. Jen Crowley is a Partner at Highland Group. We had a chance to sit down with Jen and learn more about how resiliancy helped her bounce back from an unfortunate situation and start her company. Jen also serves as the Grand Rapids Chamber Board Chair for 2023. This podcast is sponsored by ⁠Comcast⁠.

This episode was recorded live at the 2023 West Michigan CEO Summit. We had a chance to sit down with Brad Kessel of Independent Bank and learn more about what he's excited about in his role and how he's thinking about resilience while he's leading his team at Independent Bank. This podcast is sponsored by ⁠Comcast⁠.

This episode was recorded live at the 2023 West Michigan CEO Summit. Dr. Charles Lepper is the new President of Grand Rapids Community College. We had a chance to sit down with Dr. Lepper and learn more about what he's excited about in his new role and how he's thinking about resilience while he's leading GRCC. This podcast is sponsored by Comcast.

This week on the podcast, we sat down with Elwood and Caylie Peet to learn more about some of the excitement and struggles of being a small business owner and Asian American business owner during Asian American Heritage Month and National Small Business Week.

This podcast is a recording from our recent Town Hall hosted by our Vice President of Investor & Corporate Relations Omar Cuevas. Recently, Silicon Valley Bank was closed by state banking regulators, and New York officials did the same to Signature Bank. What does this say about the stability of the banking system? Additionally, inflation continues to be higher than economists’ expectations.  Links mentioned in Town Hall: New York Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/18/business/why-people-are-worried-about-banks.html Federal Reserve Inflation graph: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2SL

How did we get into the situation where we are 35,000 housing units short of demand? What happens to people who can't find housing in their budget?  We sat down with Brooke Oosterman, Director of Policy & Communications for Housing Next to learn more about how we got in this housing crisis to begin with, and what we can do to find homes for the many families and individuals that are looking 

Honor Construction knows what it takes to build multifamily housing at all price points. We sat down with Honor's President, Brad Laackman to learn more about the housing shortage in West Michigan, and how he's working to overcome those difficulties.