S1 E1: Marius Dobren on Startup vs. Scale Up – Which Are You? [ Podcast for Growing B2B Businesses] [Video]

Welcome to the kick-off episode of the Go Go GROW Show, a B2B SMB Scale Up Coaching Podcast. We are excited to welcome you as we share knowledge, skills and key business strategies which entrepreneurs, founders and leaders need to scale up and transform their SMBs. We promise to keep you engaged, entertained and educated through discussions on hot topics, tutorials and how to workshops, interviews with subject matter experts, revenue and strategy specialists and live coaching. Each episode will include resources in the show notes pertaining to the topics covered for easy access and continued learning.

On our first episode, we are joined by an incredibly appropriate inaugural guest, Marius Dobren, President of Sawgrass Finance. He is also very active in the SMB and Economic Development community throughout Florida, serving on the Board of Advisors for GrowFL, Jacksonville Business Professionals, Association for Corporate Growth of North Florida, Turnaround Management Association Florida and YMCA of Florida’s First Coast – Nocatee.

Marius shares what led him to establish Sawgrass Finance, an asset based lender, which enables business owners who may be deemed unqualified for traditional lending to obtain alternative funding to achieve their American Dream. Go Go GROW is focused on growing and scaling businesses and one common denominator faced by many entrepreneurs founders is a lack of funding. The Sawgrass Finance tagline is “Funding the Growth of American Entrepreneurship” – possibly the solution many have been seeking.
Marius also reveals several stunning statistics about the state of the SMB economic impact in Florida – very eye-opening! – and the plethora of resources and organizations providing resources and peer-to-peer support. Not in Florida? Never fear – you will still reap many benefits from this lively discussion, as well as resource links to similar organizations across the nation.

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Guest Links:
Marius Dobren of Sawgrass Finance LLC
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariusdobren
https://sawgrassfinance.com

Produced by:
Michelle Page of SalesChasers LLC
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelleconklepage
www.saleschasers.com
Dasha Tyshlek of StratCraft Partners
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dashatyshlek
www.strat-craft.com

Resources Mentioned:
Sawgrass Finance Option Comparison https://sawgrassfinance.com/home/#How
GrowFL – Resource for Second Stage Business in Florida https://growfl.com
Edward Lowe Foundation – Providing Programs and Supporting Organizations Supporting Second-Stage Companies https://edwardlowe.org
SOURCELINK – National Network of Business Building Organizations – https://www.joinsourcelink.com

About Go Go GROW
Go Go GROW is a coaching style podcast focusing on providing B2B leaders the key business strategies and skills needed to scale up and transform their SMB. Hosted by Dasha Tyshlek and Michelle Page, episode formats will vary to keep things interesting. Formats will include discussions on hot topics, strategy sessions, tutorials and how to guides, interviews with strategy and revenue experts and live coaching. Listeners can ask their key questions on topics such as: operations, planning, revenue, sales, business development, scaling and overcoming plateaus, growing and developing their leadership team and organization, and so much more.

Dasha Tyshlek is the CEO & Founder of StratCraft, Partners in Strategic Growth. StratCraft desigs company-wide strategies in all functional areas of the organization for companies in high-tech and highly regulated industries including pharmaceuticals, biotech, medtech, aerospace, and defense. insights.

Michelle Page is the CEO & Founder of SalesChasers and shares 30+ years’ expertise in growing revenue and teams at all life stages of an organization. Michelle helps leaders craft and execute sales and marketing strategies, build and optimize sales and customer success teams and create a culture and mindset of growth through shared vision and goals, training and coaching, resources and technology, and establishing best practice processes to support communication, collaboration and growth.

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