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In The Business
by Juan Alanis, Anjelica Cazares
The In The Business podcast is all about the business of helping you grow your business. We talk about entrepreneurship, business development, relationships, finances, networking and more, with host Juan Alanis and occasionally Anjelica Cazares. Juan and Anjelica founded the creative marketing and communications firm Big Oak Tree Media and also host the annual Latina Entrepreneurship Conference in Houston, Texas.Having bootstrapped their way to business ownership, Juan and Anjelica are now on a mission to help others avoid some of the same pitfalls and challenges they had to overcome during their first decade of entrepreneurship.
Episodes
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Patience and Persistence
Whether in business or in life, the old adage is definitely true. Patience does pay off, and so does persistance. Great news, friends! After several months of back and forth I was finally able to recover my hacked account from Meta. I'll tell you how I did it in this episode, and also share how...
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Letting Go and Starting Fresh
Recently I lost access to an 13-year-old Instagram account that had been developed over that many years, and while this loss was definitely unexpected and unwanted, it did also make me confront a harsh reality. When we are forced to start fresh and reassess what we have been doing all along it is...
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Strategically Planning for Your Business Growth
In this episode we are talking about the process of planning and taking a step back to review and analyze your business today, so that you have a clearer vision of where you are going and how you are getting there tomorrow. After more than a year, I finally broke out the old SWOT analysis to…
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DEI and The Changing Tides
Those three leters - DEI - and what they stand for have been in the news cycle quite a bit this new year, but is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion now a bad idea? If you are anything like us, you probably have been having and hearing a lot of conversations on the topic of DEI, and you may be…
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Building Businesses with serial entrepreneur Gary Acosta
In the business today, Juan sits down with entrepreneur, public policy advocate, and investor Gary Acosta. He is the Co-Founder & CEO of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP), co-founder of L'ATTITUDE, and co-founder and partner of L'ATTITUDE Ventures. Throughout...
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Still to come in 2024
As an agancy, my team and I here at Big Oak Tree Media are fully committed to elevating diverse voices and communities - and our work through the Latina Leadership Podcast is just one way we are turning our commitment into action. So far this year we have celebrated two events under the Latina...
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Behind the Scenes with Will La Salle
In the Business today, Juan sits down with American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, Will La Salle. Will is the founder of La Salle Productions, the production company behind the award-winning short film, Hillo II. Will speaks on his experience as an independent filmmaker, and how his...
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An Ode to Culture with Eric Salinas Nebel
On this week's episode, Juan Alanis sits down to speak with Eric Salinas Nebel, a native Houstonian and writer, to discuss his personal life story, cultural upbringing, and writing journey. They also dive into Eric's debut book, Hispanic in the Box: Inside the Power of Latin-Americana. The book…
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Inside the Walton Way with Robert Burns
In the Business today, Juan Alanis sits down with Robert Burns, the Home Region Program Director for the Walton Family Foundation. The Walton Family Foundation is a family-lead philanthropic organization that focuses their attention on education, environmental conservation, and improving local...
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Beyond the 9-to-5 with Juan Alanis and Freddy Cruz
In the Business today, Anjelica Cazares sits down to interview Co-founder Juan Alanis and CEO of Speke Podcasting, Freddy Cruz, to share the details of their journey from a 9-to-5 job, to successful entrepreneurs. Juan and Freddy discuss the importance of believing in yourself, putting yourself…
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Staying Focused After Prioritizing
Housekeeping and organizing your priorities are very important, but what comes next? I use a variety of effective techniques to make sure I figure out how to effectively handle the day-to-day tasks in my personal and professional life.
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Boosting the Latino Voice One Story at a Time with Fidel Martinez
On this week's episode of In The Business, Juan chats with Fidel Martinez, Editorial Director for Latino Initiatives at the L.A. Times. Fidel is originally from Texas, having grown up in the RGV, where Juan is also from. There is a lot of Latino pride that comes to play in this conversation and…
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Jose Avalos and TECH23: Bridging the Gap Between Tech and Latinos
On this week's episode of In The Business, Juan chat's with Jose Avalos, co-founder and CEO of TECH23, a media and entertainment company for the advancement of Latinos in tech. TECH23 is helping to bridge the gap between technology and the Latino community - all 23 countries. Juan and Jose…
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The Journey to Space with José Hernández
In this special episode, Juan chats with former NASA Astronaut, José Hernández - the inspiration behind Amazon Prime's new film "A Million Miles Away." José shares his inspirational story from starting out as a migrant farmworker to becoming an astronaut for NASA, and he gives credit to his…
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Jeff Jenkins on Dreaming Big
In this episode, Juan sits down with the very inspirational, Jeff Jenkins. He is the host of the National Geographic show, Never Say Never with Jeff Jenkins, now streaming on disney+ and hulu. A content creator and former teacher of 9 years, Jeff shares some great advice for anyone with a dream....
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Getting to Know Fellow Journalist Joy Sewing
Journalism picked her. We're talking to Joy Sewing this week - the talented journalist who has covered everything from fashion to issues affecting people of color. A current columnist for the Houston Chronicle, Joy has proven she is a passionate writer and shares her journey in the business. As a...
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Hello Again! We are coming back.
Hello friends! Hang on a minute while we wipe the cobwebs off our studio just a bit... Seriously though, we are happy to be back on the mics. Well on the mics for this show that is. Let's kick things off with a little conversation about buisness and growing pains, and lessons we are still…
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A little bit of a rant on getting ghosted
This has been weighing on my mind this week, and I thought I'd share some of my thoughts in this video. The topic is having difficult conversations. Or more accurately, avoiding them. Would be great to hear your perspective too in the comments.
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Checking In
On this week's episode, we're just checking in with each other and talking about how we're doing so far in 2023. From sickness to car accidents, come hang out with us as we recap our year so far, and laugh along as we poke fun at each other too! That's married life, right? How are you doing? Let…
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Leap of Faith
Thinking about our first steps and lessons learned as newbie business owners and the journey that brought us here! This week we're talking about taking risks when stepping out on your own and what has worked for us being entrepreneurs. If you're a business owner or entrepreneur then you know…
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Is it truly personal or is it fair game? On being metiche.
Let's face it. We are all naturally curious and yes, maybe even a little nosy! Have you ever been asked something quite "personal" in an unexpected moment or an expected question at an inopportune time? Preguntas necias - you might have heard of these questions being referred to as such. That's...
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For The Cultura with Author Rudy Ruiz
He's an international Latino Book Award-winning author and his latest novel "Valley of Shadows" is very much on brand with his polished storytelling, cultural immersion and magical realism style. It is a visionary novel that explores and upends classic American genres: Western, Southern gothic…
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Judgement and Confidence
When it comes to self-esteem two factors really come in to play. Often, whether it's perceived or real, we feel judged and that can directly affect our confidence. Both in ourselves and others. That lack of confidence can impact our role as professionals and business owners as well, and that is…
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Welcome. To In The Business with Juan and Anjelica!
After more than two years of starting our podcast journey we finally have taken the plunge and given the show new name! You are now about to listen to the In the Business with Juan and Anjelica podcast. Same station, same crazy hosts, but with a new purpose and commitment. In this episode we talk...
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Cancel Culture and Making Friends as Adults
Since we've been in Northwest Arkansas, one thing we have started to understand is that making friends as adults is not always easy. The same could be said for the idea of cancel culture, and we talk about it in this latest episode. Take a listen and shareyour thoughts and tips with us on both...
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The Move to Northwest Arkansas: Part Two
We are not leaving Texas. As crazy as it sounds, we are splitting our time between two states. Expanding our growing business in a new place, and taking a leap of faith on what we hope will be a very worthwhile investment of our time and resources. Aquí les damos todo el chisme!
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Dr. David Persse on COVID-19 in Houston
Dr. David Persse is the Chief Medical Officer for the city of Houston at the Houston Health Department. It's been under his guidance and leadership that we continue to navigate public health and safety around the global pandemic. On this episode, he joins me for a very informative conversation on...
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The Move to Northwest Arkansas: Part One
We are back! And this time coming live to you all the way from Northwest Arkansas. On this episode we get into what made us decide to give this part of the country a try as our new additional zip code to call home. Texas, you are always still with us!
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COVID-19 Series: Kids 5-17 Years Old
The Houston Health Department's Porfirio Villareal joined me for this important conversation in our COVID-19 Series. To increase parents' awareness and consideration of the COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-17 years old, the Houston Health Department is working diligently in the Houston...
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COVID-19 Series: Your Choice. Their Health.
Recently I had the opportunity to speak with the Houston Health Department about their public health COVID campaign called "Your Choice. Their Health." Through this initiative they are vaccinating children 5-17 years old in schools here in our community with the consent of their parents.
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2022 Goals
Hard to believe we are almost three months into the year, pero como buenos Latinos, why not take the time now to talk about our goals for this year - 2022! What are your goals? Any learnings from previous years you care to share?
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ComcastRISE Initiative: New Round & Opportunity
There is an exciting new round of oppportunities available through the ComcastRISE Initiative. We hosted a panel discussion to explain who should apply and to go into detail about this great funding opportunity for small business owners.
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Luis Garza: Justice of the Peace Precinct 6, Place 2 Candidate
Luis Garza has been a friend to Anjelica's family for years. On this episode he speaks to us about his candidacy and call to service as Justice of the Peace Precinct 6, Place 2 in Houston.
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Our Experience with COVID
It has been a minute since our last episode, but we are back today with a new podcast for you all. This time we are talking about our experience with COVID recently. Please keep in mind this is our personal account of this experience and in no way any medical advice. Hope your new year is off to…
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The Truth About The Truth
"You can't handle the truth!" Or can we? We talk about white lies, not so white lies, and everything in between when it comes to "being honest" in this conversation. Take a listen and let us know how you truly feel about the truth.
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New Mexico
We continue our trek through the southwestern United States with a stop at the Sandia Mountains in New Mexico. There we found a cliff at the top of the mountains where we set up to have a conversation with you all, and to share some of the amazing views we were witnessing.
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Live from Utah!
We filmed this episode live from Hurricane, Utah during our recent travels. And we talk candidly about some of the "profiling" we experienced while in Arizona as Latinos and Mexican-Americans.
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Here and Now in 2021
Things are starting to open up again. People are eager to get together, and we are seeing more and more people on the road too. As we get into the last quarter of 2021, we check in on how things are here and now in this part of the global pandemic.
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Latina Leadership Series
You all have heard us reference Anjelica's Latina Leadership Series before. Today, we wanted to spend a big part of the show discussing it even further and giving you the full story behind this exciting series.
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Puro Chisme for Halloween
Since Halloween is right around the corner, we get into some of the shows we grew up watching that used to scare us as kids. We also talk about a few current topics that we have been paying attention to recently.
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21 Questions: Part Two
If you enjoyed part 1 of our 2-part series, "21 Questions," this is the final installment, where we go through some of the best questions yet.
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What's the 411 with #ComcastRISE?
Comcast is offering 600 - $10,000.00 grants in six cities across the United States, including Houston. The grants available are intended for BIPOC small business owners and the application deadline is October 14th. Juan speaks with Toni Beck, Vice President External Affairs, Comcast Houston; Paul...
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21 Questions : Part One
We take turns answering random questions on this first part of our two-part series that we are calling "21 Questions." Take a listen and share your answers with us too if you're so inspired.
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"Empty Nesters"
More and more this word is coming up in our conversation with others. Technically, I guess, you could say we are "Empty Nesters" ... and we are trying to figure out what that means now. Take a listen to our conversation about this now.
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Lone Star College's Puente Program
On this episode, we connect with a few folks from Houston's Lone Star College as they share about their Latino outreach initiative known as the Puente Program.
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Lover's Road Trip: Part Three
And we finally make it to Disneyland California on this final episode of our three part Lover's Road Trip series! We hope you have stuck with us through the adventure, and that you found it funny at least, or informative.
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Lover's Road Trip: Part Two
On this leg of our trip we hit sunny San Diego, Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, and all the beautiful cool weather in California. Join us as we discuss part two of our recent Texas to Cali road trip!
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Lover's Road Trip: Part One
On this episode we are on the road. Headed for San Diego and So Cal in California, but making few stops along the way in New Mexico and Texas. This is part one of our three part series sharing our experiences on the road from this Texas to Cali trip.
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The 7 Kinds of Love
We get into everything from Eros to Stergo, and the rest of the seven kinds of love according to the research Anjelica conducted on the topic. It leads to some really interesting conversation about how we connect to each other and those in our lives as well.
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The Swedish Tradition of Fika
Or the closely related ciesta or merienda. We talk about this unique Swedish tradition, and also confess some of our most "real" guilty pleasures. Juan also shares some exciting personal news.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The In The Business podcast is all about the business of helping you grow your business. We talk about entrepreneurship, business development, relationships, finances, networking and more, with host Juan Alanis and occasionally Anjelica Cazares. Juan and Anjelica founded the creative marketing and communications firm Big Oak Tree Media and also host the annual Latina Entrepreneurship Conference in Houston, Texas.Having bootstrapped their way to business ownership, Juan and Anjelica are now on a mission to help others avoid some of the same pitfalls and challenges they had to overcome during their first decade of entrepreneurship.
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