Janet Steiner is the CEO of Make Dust. She is a Professional Speaker, Mentor and Connector of Entrepreneurial Women. She has over 30 years of CEO and Board of Director experience, and is the right woman to have on your side to help with the trials and tribulations of running your own business or succeeding in a professional position. Jan is a heartfelt leader who made her mark in a male dominated world. As the CEO of Thoro Packaging, Jan scaled the company from $1 million to just under $40 million dollars in revenue, proving you can turn your power as a woman into purposeful profit. Today, Jan speaks and leads other driven women by sharing her core principles of success and passion for business. In this episode, we discuss: How Janet describes her current self, and what she does in Make Dust What are Jan’s top things that she would like to share to business owners to Build Better Businesses Jan’s stories in the past and influences that formed what she is today and how did she grow Thoro Packaging from a million dollar to 40 million dollars in a short period of time? What Janet likes most about what she does today and some great advices that she received, and would like to share as well. How to stay relevant and in-the-know of the current changes I hope you will find this episode as exciting and informative as I have. Janet is on a new journey into helping and inspiring people in business, especially women, and those in the manufacturing world. She hopes that one day, all business owners get to a point of building a better business and achieve the success they are aiming! Please let me know your thoughts! Connect with Janet Steiner/Make Dust: Website: https://www.makedust.com/
Steve Eschbach is founder and president of Eschbach Enterprises, Inc. (EE), a comprehensive business advisory firm focused on enhancing corporate value to take business owners to their next level of success. Through the various subsidiaries under the EE umbrella as well as the established affiliations/strategic partnerships he has established in his 40-plus years as a senior financial executive leader, Mr. Eschbach has the direct experience and/or knows subject matter professionals that enables business owners to continue to thrive. His companies over the years have represented both the sellers and buyers in dozens of business transactions over 40 years, ranging in size from under $100 thousand to over $15 billion, and in industries such as energy, technology, entertainment, healthcare management, retail and home services to name a few.
Building upon this, Mr. Eschbach is a published author, sought-after public speaker, audio and video podcast host at both the local and national levels and community leader – both past and present – on a number of community nonprofit boards and professional organizations. Mr. Eschbach holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Connecticut and a Master of Business Administration degree in Investment Finance from the University of Hartford. He has been a Chartered Financial Analyst since 1989 and is an Illinois licensed producer in life/health insurance as well real estate.