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Episode 193, Jessica Moores, Manchester Craft Market

Check out Business NH Magazine's weekly Thursday morning segment on the Morning Update with Jeff Chidester on WFEA. This segment features the owner of one of Business NH Magazine's Top Women-Led Businesses, Jessica Moores of Manchester Craft Market. Hear how she turned her crafting hobby into a thriving business highlighting NH-made products and is breathing new life onto a mall space.

This episode is sponsored by Machias Savings Bank.

This episode is also sponsored by the 2025 Dartmouth Health Children's Storybook Ball.

For more information about Manchester Craft Market, click here.

 

 

 

Episode 192, Jon Greer, Wire Belt Company of America

Today we talk to the fifth generation of the Greer family to lead Wire Belt Company of America, which was named the #1 Best Company to Work For in NH in 2025 by Business NH Magazine.

For more information about Wire Belt Company of America, click here.

This episode is sponsored by Machias Savings Bank.

This episode is also sponsored by the 2025 Dartmouth Health Children's Storybook Ball.

 

Episode 191, Jeremy Oneail, Oneail FX Studios

Today we talk to Jeremy Oneail who makes his living bringing your nightmares to life. We talk about his work making custom masks for clients, theme parks and movies as well as fantasy items for renaissance fairs and even, inadvertently, a bank robber.

For more information about Oneail FX Studios, click here.

This episode is sponsored by Machias Savings Bank.

Episode 190, Chiwoniso Kaitano, MacDowell

Today we talk to Chiwoniso Kaitano, executive director of MacDowell, one of Business NH Magazine’s Top Women-led Nonprofits, about providing a sanctuary for artists to focus on creating at a time when the arts are under attack.

For more information about MacDowell, click here. 

This episode is sponsored by Machias Savings Bank.

Episode 189, Christopher Boothby, Boothby Therapy Services

Today we talk to Christopher Boothby, who with his wife Maren co-founded Boothby Therapy Services to meet the therapy needs of students across the state and grown a thriving business that was also named to Business NH Magazine’s Best Companies to Work For Hall of Fame.

For more information about Boothby Therapy Services, click here. 

This episode is sponsored by Machias Savings Bank.

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.