SQUARE UP WITH GRAYSQUARE

Landon Atkinson & Tim Koontz catches up with Steve Bussa, and old friend and past business partner of GraySquare. He talks about how he got started in YouTube as a reactor, getting to interview artists from different parts of the world. To follow Steve Bussa on social media:

Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/SteveBussaGS⁠

YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@SteveBussaGS⁠

Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/SteveBussaGS/⁠

LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/SteveBussaGS⁠

Blog: ⁠https://gsgspotlight.net/⁠

Discord: ⁠https://discord.com/invite/cRemxN4

In this episode of Square Up with GraySquare, we interviewed Emma Criddle and her father Jason Criddle about their businesses and successes. Emma Criddle started her own podcast back in 2016 at only 6 years old after falling in love with books. Inspired by Reading Rainbow and her father's brands, she began recording books for a nonprofit operating out of Tanzania, with kids that could only listen to audio online due to limited 2G and 3G internet access. The kids wanted books for Christmas, so she delivered them stories. Emma is now on a path to teach school-aged children the importance of reading, writing, and starting their own brands. Entrepreneurship is her passion, and she realizes kids can contribute to their families, too. So, after partnering up with the Smartr brands, we are launching The Kids' Publishing Company! Built to help kids publish their own books, start their own brands, and to bring the love and gift of business, reading, and writing to children all over the globe!    Jason Criddle Criddle is a millennial business leader with a passion for helping entrepreneurs and business-minded individuals succeed, while focusing on the metaphysical and spiritual aspects of what it takes to drive greatness within one self. He has been running the Smartr brands since the creation of The Smartr App Company in 2015. Now, as the Creative Director of SmartrHoldings, Jason Criddle provides exclusive services to entrepreneurs and small and large businesses alike.   To get in contact with Emma & Jason Criddle, follow the links below: Podcast: Story Time with Emma Book: Designs by Emma The Kids’ Publishing Company: https://thekidspublishingcompany.com/  GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/thekidspublishingcompany Jason Criddle website: https://jasoncriddle.com/ SmartrHoldings: https://smartrholdings.com/

In this episode of Square Up with GraySquare, we interview our newly promoted Sales Managers, Sofia Masseroli and Carlo DeLuca. Catalina Lopez, Executive Assistant & Social Media Manager, and Landon Atkinson, Vice President, co-hosts in this episode and gives the listeners a bit of our Boston's company culture.   They bring up their experience in time management and how it has helped with Sofia and Carlo's promotions. We also had a friendly banter on which city has the best culture: Boston, NYC, Nashville, and Philadelphia. This lead to our two biggest offices, Philadelphia and Boston, and their differences and similarities. We then discussed on how working out and "gainz" can relate to work ethic. Carlo DeLuca, a gym-aficionado on his part-time, brings up how the two can be related. We finish our episode with Landon discussing on how his age and knowledge has helped him become a mentor for the younger generation in the company.    To get in contact with Sofia Masseroli, follow her on Instagram (@sofiamasseroli), LinkedIn, and Facebook. To get in contact with Carlo DeLuca, follow him on Instagram (@carlo_deluca_), his fitness Instagram (@carlo_gainz), LinkedIn, and Facebook. To get in contact with Catalina Lopez, follow him on Instagram (@katalina_was_here), LinkedIn, and Facebook. To get in contact with Landon Atkinson, follow him on Instagram (@landon_atkinson), LinkedIn, and Facebook.

In this episode of Square Up with GraySquare, we interview our Campaign Manager, Do Hoang, and his Team Lead, Pedro Martinez. Catalina Lopez, Executive Assistant & Social Media Manager, shares their experiences before GraySquare and how they are making it to the top of the company.  They bring up the diversity in GraySquare and how their upbringings have helped shaped their multifaceted skill sets. We also discussed friendly rivalry and how that can motivate your team.  To get in touch with Do Hoang and Pedro Martinez, follow them on LinkedIn.

This week on "Square Up with GraySquare", we had the opportunity to interview Mike Grainger, Owner and Operator of Tink Construction Service (Full Home Remodel/New Construction), TransformationbyTCS (Kitchen & Bath), and TinkBuilt (Cabinetry & Architectural Millwork). Started his company in 2009, he has gained plenty of experience in the business world and specifically in construction. In this interview, Steve Bussa, Campaign Manager at GraySquare, goes head to head with Mike Grainger, discussing Blue-Collar and White-Collar perspectives. Starting with the overall perspective in construction businesses [51:30] and marketing, and the negative effects in appealing to customers [7:15]. They then tackled the perspective in tenure [9:30] and on union and non-union companies [19:15]. The next topic leads to Industry pitfalls [30:20] and the downsides of the industry and finally work culture and work ethic [39:10] and how it affects their business.  To get in contact with Mike Grainger and to learn more about Tink Construction Services, follow him on Instagram (@transformationbytcs), Facebook, Houzz or their official website - https://www.tinkconstructionservices.com/.

This week we had the opportunity of interviewing the successful business women of Energetek, Eva Gerrits & Kristin Debias. We discussed our biggest struggles in building our customer/client base and how to overcome it. We also brought up what made us want to start our own businesses and what it is like to work with our business partner. Finally, we mentioned ways to decompress on our downtime.  To learn more about Energetek, follow their social media accounts on Instagram (@energetekbiz), Twitter (@energetekbiz), and Linkedin.