#25 The Power of AI for Smarter SEO with Greg Brooks from Search Tides

James Neely, SVP of KUDUCOM™, joins me to explore the intricacies of growing your company in a tech-centric environment with a remote and hybrid workforce. In this episode, we delve into three main areas: Adapting and Scaling Your Business: Discover best practices for adapting to remote work, scaling your business, and implementing effective hybrid workforce strategies. Learn how to recruit top talent remotely and maintain productivity in a tech-driven environment. Technical and Security Considerations: Understand the critical technical aspects of managing remote teams, including the use of Cisco WebEx solutions, voice over IP services, and contact center solutions. We also cover the importance of internet service providers for business and the latest in millimeter wave technology. Additionally, we address essential security considerations to ensure your data remains protected in a remote setting. Emotional and Management Challenges: Gain insights into the emotional considerations of remote work, managing remote employees, and achieving work-life balance. We

“Just start and figure it out” is common advice—but what if that mindset leads you straight into avoidable failure? In this episode, Nicole Alicea sits down with serial entrepreneur Tony Miller to break down how to properly evaluate a business idea before you invest time, money, and energy. Drawing from experience across multiple ventures—including a distillery, tech startup, agency, and a multi-million-dollar surf park—Tony shares a practical framework for pressure testing ideas and identifying risks early. In this episode, you’ll learn: • How to determine if there’s a real market for your idea • The biggest risks entrepreneurs overlook (and how to spot them) • Why “just start” can be dangerous without proper evaluation • How to assess competition, technology, and execution risk • The role of partners, funding, and team in long-term success Tony also shares real-world lessons from ventures that worked—and ones that didn’t—giving you a clearer lens on what it