Business Over Beer

This episode was recorded live from The Ripple Space in Downtown Vancouver, WA at the Passages to Success Fall Conference. Our guest is Chris Hays, President and COO of ZoomInfo. It's not often that you get to talk to an executive leader of this caliber. Chris shared his experience in growing ZoomInfo into a multibillion dollar public company and provide very relatable ideas for small business owners around sales, growth, scaling, failure, exit strategy, and ways to weather an economic...

This episode was recorded live from our Passages to Success monthly member event at IV Tea Company in downtown Vancouver, WA. Our guest is Natalie Fairchild, Founder and Chief Inspirational Office with Pacific Perks, a mobile cafe that creates personalized experiences for families and organizations in the Pacific Northwest. Small Business Owners are experiencing a wide variety of hiring challenges in today's market. In this episode, we do a deep dive into some of those challenges. We...

Coming to you live from The Clark County Historical Museum in Vancouver Washington, this was recorded at our April 2022 Passages to Success member Event. We are excited to have Owners Jon Dyer and Kara Bowman of CheckRight NW, a Bookkeeping and Payroll company based in Vancouver, WA. Her journey from 10 hours a week to 10 hours a day Jon started offering bookkeeping services while getting his accounting degree and by the time he graduated, he had an established business. The question was...

Business Over Beer episode 110 with Gus Farah | Executive VP of Operations for the Ridgefield Raptors "Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack"... because we're going out to the ball park with Gus Farah, Executive VP of Operations for the Ridgefield Raptors baseball team. In this episode, Gus shares with us that he was born in Cuba and his family relocated to Portland, OR when he was a young child. Professionally, he spent 17 years running the revenue generation side for five CBS Radio...

On this episode of Business Over Beer, we have Passages To Success member and owner of Escape Zone 360, Ben Bevard. Ben originally had the idea for his escape room while taking a marketing class in college, and when the pandemic hit, he found himself in a position to start his own business. Not only was he able to get it up and running, he has expanded, adding a second escape room in 2021. Escape Zone 360 provides immersive - device free - entertainment, that is family friendly, perfect...

On this episode of Business Over Beer, we have Passages To Success member and local realty expert, Diana Rutherford. A former Collegiate Athlete, Diana's experience playing softball has helped her develop more of a teammate approach to her real estate business as a way to best serve her clients. She first got into Real Estate though her dad's business, and is now taking a fresh approach to the real estate industry centered around service. Diana believes that we are all better together and...

On this episode of Business Over Beer, we recorded live from Victor 23 Brewing with Head Brewer, Todd Britt. Victor 23 is a great local brewpub, complete with all the regulars saddled up at the bar, there to support the brewery. In this episode, we learn about where the name "Victor 23" originated from. Also, Todd talks about his journey from the Midwest to The Pacific Northwest, brewing for institutions like Goose Island and Rock Bottom, before landing the head brewer job for Victor 23....

Welcome to the first episode in our Passages To Success series, recorded live at our recent Sales and Marketing Seminar in January 2022, featuring Charles Swatzell, Formos CEO and Dave Barcos, Formos Director of Business Development. Formos, the self proclaimed "Best Kept Secret in Vancouver", is an enterprise software development company headquartered in Vancouver, WA with global offices in Vietnam and Ecuador, and a newly opened a new US office in Nashville, TN. In this episode, Charles...

Business Over Beer welcomes back Vancouver, WA City Councilor, Kim Harless, for part 2 of her interview. A lifelong resident of Vancouver, Kim has spent her entire adult life in service, working with non-profits and government agencies. Elected to the first ever Clark County Charter Commission as the only person of color, she has become the first Indigenous person elected to Vancouver City Council. In this episode, Kim shared with us that she is not viewing her City Council seat as a...

On this episode of Business Over Beer, we welcome Vancouver, WA City Councilor, Kim Harless. A lifelong resident of Vancouver, Kim has spent her entire adult life in service, working with non-profits and government agencies. Elected to the first ever Clark County Charter Commission as the only person of color, she has become the first Indigenous person elected to Vancouver City Council. As a natural introvert, Kim never really saw herself in the spotlight, but she has a greater desire for...

Episode #103 | Lacey Faught, Part 2 | Humanize Social Media Through Digital Literacy On this episode of Business Over Beer, we welcome back Lacey Faught for part 2 of her interview. Lacey is the owner of Spry, a Social Media Marketing Agency in Vancouver, WA. Not just another Social Media Marketing Agency, Spry is working from their Social Media For Good ethos by serving clients who have a cause and working to bring good into the world. Spry believes that the true ROI is not measured in...

On this episode of Business Over Beer, we welcome Lacey Faught, owner of Spry, a Social Media Marketing Agency in Vancouver, WA. As a young Entrepreneur in her early 20s, Lacey started Spry about 10 years ago after working for a digital marketing agency and seeing that clients were being underserved. She launched her business as an SEO and Web Development company and only got into Social Media because it was part of the SEO process. Over time, Spry has niched down, focusing their business...

On this episode of Business Over Beer, we spotlight John McKibbin and why there is a golf tournament in his honor. When James Oneil called us this past spring to podcast from the McKibbin Legacy Classic, we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into, but it seemed like a fun event and a good excuse to talk to some local business owners and drink beer. But, as we learned more about the tournament and specifically who John McKibbin was and what he meant to our community, it turned into...

In this episode of Business Over Beer, we learn more about James Oneil, the founder and coordinator of The Columbia Credit Union McKibbin Legacy Classic golf tournament, and what John McKibbin, and really, what the whole McKibbin family meant to him. This golf tournament was a way for James to honor John's legacy, and really be there for the family after his passing. John McKibbin lived and died as a man of service and it’s important we continue to build our community the way John showed us....

On this episode of Business Over Beer, after months of planning for the McKibbin Legacy Classic golf tournament, we finally made it for this very special interview with members of The McKibbin family, including John McKibbin's wife, Nancy. The McKibbin Sisters might have a made another appearance too, they sure aren't shy around a microphone...) They gave us fresh insight into the type of man John McKibbin was and the impact he had. He was a community leader and connector who really cared...

On this episode of Business Over Beer, we speak with Kate Sacamano and Heather Martin of Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, one of the beneficiaries of the McKibbin Legacy Classic Golf Tournament, that we were part of. John McKibbin was a longtime Board Member at Legacy Salmon Creek, so it makes sense that they receive some of the proceeds from the tournament. Specifically, the money raised goes to the Child Abuse Assessment Team (CAAT) that works collaboratively with the justice system and...

On this episode of Business Over Beer, we have President and CEO of Columbia Credit Union, Steve Kenny. Columbia Credit Union is the largest, locally owned financial institution in Clark County. Born and raised right here in Vancouver, Steve has been with CCU since 1987, and was appointed CEO in 2009. Steve talks with us about what differentiates Columbia Credit Union from others in the industry and why they chose to be the title sponsor for the McKibbin Legacy Classic golf tournament that...

On this episode of Business Over Beer, we speak with Michelle and Bethany from the Pearson Field Education Center, one of the beneficiaries of the McKibbin Legacy Classic golf tournament that we were part of. Aviation was a such huge part of John McKibbin's life, so it makes sense that some of the proceeds for the tournament go to support the Pearson Field Education center, that focus on so many different aspects of aviation, things like weather weather, math, engineering and robotics. They...

Every episode of the Business Over Beer podcast, Ben's lovely wife Angela brings us a mystery beer. We call this segment: Angie’s. Mystery. Beer. Well this season, at the Columbia Credit Union McKibbin Legacy Classic golf tournament, we did something a little different, we had an Angie’s Mystery KEG. Special thanks to Taps Growler House for sponsoring the keg. And instead of just the 3 of us tasting the beer and trying to figure out what it is, we got opinions form people all over the golf...

In this episode of Business Over Beer, we talk with Jennifer Harris McKibbin, Megan McKibbin and James Oneil. Jennifer and Megan are the daughters of John McKibbin who died in a plane crash in 2016. John was a prominent member of our community and a mentor to James Oneil, a long time friend of the McKibbin family and the founder of the McKibbin Legacy Classic Golf Tournament. Also, the McKibbin Sisters, as it turns out, are our kind people and we had some fun along the way too. The sisters...