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Episode 188, Nate Tennant, Kirk Tech Solutions

Today’s guest is Nate Tennant, founder of Kirk Tech Solutions, a growing tech firm based in Portsmouth that works with technology, biotech and pharma companies to enable them to make better decisions with their data and become more efficient. This fast growing firm grew revenue by more than 160% between 2022 and 2024.

Click here for more information about Kirk Tech Solutions.

This episode is sponsored by Machias Savings Bank.

Episode 187, Marian Noronha, Turbocam International

Today we talk to the founder of one of the top five family-owned businesses in NH, Marian Norah of Turbocam International, about how technology and faith fuel his growing turbomachinery manufacturing company.

For more information about Turbocam, click here. 

Episode 186, Elm Grove Companies

Today we talk to Chris Schleyer and Matt Menning, two of the leaders behind Business NH Magazine’s 2025 Business of the Year winner for Construction and Real Estate about their efforts to build housing to meet the needs of Granite Staters and the challenges they and other developers face in abating the state’s housing crisis.

For more information about Elm Grove Companies, click here.

Episode 185, NH's Childcare Crisis

Today we talk to two of Business NH Magazine’s Business Leaders of the Decade — Tom Raffio, president and CEO of Northeast Delta Dental, and Howard Brodsky, founder of CCA Global Partners — as well as one of NH’s leading advocates for the early childhood education  sector — Jackie Cowell, executive director of Early Learning NH — about the childcare crisis in NH, and what they are doing to move the needle in the right direction.

For more information about Early Learning NH, click here.

For more information about CCA Global Partners, click here.

For more information about CCA for Social Good, click here.

For motor information about Northeast Delta Dental, click here.

To read the original Business NH Magazine article that is the basis for this podcast is based, click here. 

Episode 184, Michelline Dufort, CEO & Family Enterprise Center

Today we talk to the director of the CEO & Family Enterprise Center at the University of NH about what it takes to help family businesses succeed and make it to the next generation, as well as the common challenges facing today’s executives.

For more information about the CEO & Family Enterprise Center, click here.

Episode 183, Nicole Heller, NH Fiscal Policy Institute

New Hampshire is getting ready to go back to school. Today we talk with Nicole Heller, senior policy analyst at the NH Fiscal Policy Institute, about the state of education in NH, from the childcare crisis to the Institute's recent report on NH ranking last in the nation for financial support of public colleges and universities. 

For more information about the NH Fiscal Policy Instate and its reports on education, click here.

Episode 182, Lionel Loveless, The Collector’s Eye, Route 1 Antiques, and Officially Knotted Bowties

Today we talk to NH’s own “Mr. Bowtie,” Lionel Loveless, about what it has been like as a gay man of color to build several successful businesses in NH and about his efforts to provide opportunities and community for other entrepreneurs of color.

For more information about The Collector’s Eye, click here.

For more information about Route 1 Antiques, click here.

For more information about Officially Knotted Bowties, click here.

Episode 181, Elizabeth Chilton, University of NH

The University of NH is the flagship of the state’s public higher education system and experienced steep cuts in the latest state budget. Today we talk with Elizabeth Chilton, who took the reins of UNH a year ago, about the challenges facing the university and how she will lead it forward.

For more information about the University of NH, click here. 

Episode 180, Anna Brown, Citizens Count

It seems like American citizens have never been more divided over politics. Today we talk to Anna Brown of Citizens Count about the state of democracy in NH, and how Citizens Count is working to provide unbiased information about the issues impacting NH and the candidates running for office.

To learn more about Citizens Count, click here.

 

Episode 179, Ryan Robinson, Mainstay Technologies

Today we talk to Ryan Robinson, senior director at Mainstay Technologies, one of NH’s largest IT firms, about what businesses need to consider when using artificial intelligence. As AI technology continues to grow, will your business get left behind or is it diving into the AI pool too deep and too quickly?

For more information about Mainstay Technologies, click here.