We’re embarking on yet another journey here on the Business Infrastructure podcast. This season focuses on growth strategies to scale your operations, finances, and sales to the next level.  The episodes are structured as a masterclass featuring a combination of different subject matter experts who share different tools and frameworks for developing and implementing a growth strategy.  Following each expert guest’s episode our host, Alicia Butler Pierre, will apply each tool and framework...

Finally! We are at the end of another successful and exciting season of the Business Infrastructure Podcast! This Season 22 of the Business Infrastructure Podcast is focused about the use of AI technology and how to take advantage of it. The guests lined up for this specific season are guests that has success on using AI for their businesses, and we also have some guests that we had a fireside chat with about the pros and cons of using AI. It was such an amazing experience for all of us as...

We’re back! And now we are down to our last episode for Season 22 of The Business Infrastructure Podcast. In our previous episode, we learned how to leverage AI to make slides to streamline client presentations and trainings. This time, it will be a fireside chat with one of the OG in the podcast industry and she is going to specifically talk about how to build data sets and feedback loops to customize and train your AI. Our last guest for this season is the Co-Founder of Podetize and she...

Here we are again with another episode of our AI audio conference session, a Business Infrastructure Podcast special. The last time we were here, we were able to witness how AI can help you decide a name for your business or innovation, and how it can make your life easier when taking down notes whenever you are in a meeting. Now, let’s find out how AI can help us in making slides to streamline client presentations and trainings. Are you spending hours digging through information and...

We’re back with another session of our AI audio conference. The last session featured tools for using AI to become a professional sound engineer. This time, we will give you a glimpse on how to make your life easier when taking down notes whenever you are in a meeting. Have you ever had that experience when you’re trying to listen attentively to what people are saying in a meeting but afraid you’ll miss something important because you’re also busy trying to take notes? Despite your best...

Now that you’ve heard from another one of our keynote speakers, Dean Hamilton, we’re ready to resume the demo sessions at our AI audio conference is here! Similar to the video editing demo, this one also gives you a sneak peek into how AI is leveraged to produce this very show, specifically – Cloud Bounce.    Here to tell us all about it is our show’s sound designer, Clarence Levy III. As the mastermind behind Sabor! Music Enterprises, he’s no stranger to music production and sound...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a trend nowadays, especially for businesses. It is a great tool that will potentially streamline your business. But, some people negatively use AI and just lurking in the dark, waiting for their next victim.   This interesting episode will unveil the limitations of AI in decision-making. But be ready for an unexpected twist that might change your perception of automation. As we go deeper into the possibilities, you'll encounter potential risks that you are...

Here we are again with another episode of our first-ever AI audio conference. Last time, you learned about Momento FM and how it can automatically generate short video content. Now you will discover how you can use AI tools to edit videos in record time!   Does the endless cycle of watching, editing, and rewatching your raw video footage sound all too familiar? You've probably been told to just power through it, but the pain of spending countless hours in front of the screen only to...

The next session from our AI audio conference is here! It’s all about Momento FM (now known as Momento FM) – a slick video content automation AI tool.    And there’s no better person to tell us about it than Beate Chelette, the Growth Architect behind Chelette Enterprises and the wildly popular The Women’s Code.    Overcoming a series of natural disasters and being on the brink of financial ruin, Beate humbly reached out to the President of the U.S. for help. And he answered! Not only...

We’re back with another session from our AI audio conference. It features Esker, a French-based tech company that’s created a revolutionary AI solution that automates key back-office processes.     One of those processes that Esker’s AI can automate is Order-to-Cash – the cycle from the moment a customer places an order to delivering the order and providing additional support.    Here to share exactly how this AI tool works is Aurélien Coq, a product manager at Esker. His nearly 20...

We’re back with another episode of our first ever AI audio conference. In the last episode, you heard about using Perplexity AI as a research assistant. Now, you will discover another AI tool to take ideas to implementation through writing.   You know the importance of promoting your business. In the age where content is king, consistently writing and posting about your products or services is necessary for your business’s survival.    But carefully planning and writing that content...

Welcome back to our special AI audio conference. In the last episode you heard our opening fireside chat. Hopefully you now know more about AI and the possibilities it offers to boost your productivity, efficiency, and capacity to achieve better results faster.    Now it’s time to start exploring specific tools to help you do just that!   That brings us to our next speaker, Jim Stroud. He has deep experience in HR strategy, recruiting and talent management for businesses of all sizes,...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be all the rage now, so it’s easy to feel excited but also overwhelmed or even…scared.   Have you been told that implementing AI in your business is the key to upgrading your operations and staying ahead of the competition? Or, are you interested in learning more about AI and how it can help increase your operational efficiency, productivity, and profitability?   If you answered yes to either question, then you’re in the right place!   Welcome...

We've come to the end of Season 21 which featured 11 remastered episodes that we pulled from our podcasting vault.    In this monologue, host and producer Alicia Butler Pierre hints at what is sure to be an exciting future for all of us - us as the content producers and you as our loyal audience. Though our recent episode releases have been a bit sporadic, one thing that isn't is our committment to providing you with the absolute best resources for streamlining, improving, and scaling your...

We’re finishing 2023 the same way we started it – with our most popular episode to date. It comes from our original business infrastructure masterclass season.   In this remastered episode, you’ll hear the story of Emily Miller – a fictitious character from the book, Behind the Façade: How to Structure Company Operations for Sustainable Success.   She is the founder and Executive Director of a fast-growing non-profit. An appearance on a daytime talk show goals viral, giving the...

As we approach the end of 2023, we’re rounding out our season of remastered episodes. Our latest trip to our podcasting vault leads us to a guest on the other side of the world – India to be exact, with special guest Aman Agarwal.   Aman is a former engineer and B2B salesman who built SANPRAM Transnational in response to a growing crisis he noticed while working in Silicon Valley – the widening technical fluency gap between leaders and technologists.   If accounting is the language of...

We’re getting close to the end of our season of remastered episodes. These are previous episodes that were popular. We’ve taken them off the shelf of our podcasting vault and revived them with the quality you’re used to hearing now on our show!    Up next from our vault is our episode with Lynn Bonner. She’s working double duty as the CEO of her firm, Action Leadership Lab, as well as a VP at U.S. Bank.   How does she successfully manage this?   Well, as she says, it takes energy,...

We’ve selected our next episode to remaster and you’re in for a treat!   Why?   Because this episode is all about podcasting – that is, the actual business of podcasting. It features Doug Sandler, someone we refer to as a podcasting “O.G.” Not only is the co-host of the wildly successful Nice Guys on Business podcast, but he also is the co-founder of Turnkey Podcast Productions.   Like entrepreneurship, podcasting is not for the faint of heart. It requires patience, commitment,...

Our continued search through our podcasting vault has led us to the next episode to remaster. Who was selected? None other than Shellye Archambeau.   As a master planner and strategist, Shellye knows how to create roadmaps to accomplish just about anything she sets her mind to. This is what led her to attend a top-ranked university, moving up the ranks at IBM, and ultimately becoming a CEO by the time she turned 40.   In this remastered episode, we use her book, Unapologetically...

We’re back inside our podcasting vault in search of the next episode to remaster. This time we’ve selected Jeff Wald, a serial entrepreneur, investor, and bestselling author.   Jeff previously left our podcast listeners on the edge of their seats as he took us on his journey of starting, building, growing, scaling, and ultimately selling not just one but two small businesses to Fortune 500 companies.    In this remastered episode, you’ll have the benefit of listening to Jeff’s story...

What’s next as we continue searching through our podcasting vault?   None other than Jennifer Wang.     Her original interview took place during the pandemic and resulted in an outpouring of love not only from our listeners but also from many of Jennifer’s clients who saw the episode promoted across different platforms. So, it’s no surprise that this is our next episode selected for remastering.     Jennifer began her career with a major advantage. Being Chinese American, speaking...

Our next search through our podcasting vault leads us to this classic episode that generated quite the buzz when it originally aired. In fact, it stayed in our top ten most downloaded episodes for nearly two years!   Who does it feature?   None other than filmpreneur, Forrest Tuff. A former basketball athlete, he’s now an award-winning public speaker, author, founder and CEO of One Vision Productions, and a philanthropist with a focus on financial literacy.   Whether on the...

The search through our podcasting vault for “oldies but goodies” continues!   Our next episode selected for remastering features future of work strategist, Diana Wu David. As a serial entrepreneur who’s also a former Financial Times executive with a background in economics, she’s well-versed in pricing.   The price you charge for your product or service directly reflects its perceived value and is one of the quickest ways to increase profitability. Yet, some of us find it difficult to...

We’re continuing to search our vault for older episodes that previously went viral. We are putting them through the rigor of our new show’s format.   On this remastered episode you get to meet Ron Carucci, serial bestselling author, managing partner at Navalent, and prolific contributor to the Harvard Business Review. He has a 30-year track record helping organizations articulate and execute strategies that lead to accelerated growth.      In this episode, Ron shares two examples that...