This week on BIZ BUZZ 413, host Jill Monson is joined by Brandy Sullivan, UMass Dining Meal Plan Manager and they chat about the fabulous upcoming UMass 5K Dash and Dine. This event is more than just a run, it is a powerful example of community...

Jessika Rozki, owner and CEO of Rozki Rides, a small, woman-owned, and minority-owned certified business that provides professional and reliable transportation services for children and teens. Spoiler alert – she shares BIG news wit...

Meet Sarah Tsisto, Executive Director at The Zoo in Forest Park and learn about their mission to inspire our community to respect and value the natural world through education, conservation and rehabilitation. CONTACT INFO:

Lynn Turner, Chief Explorer of Core Business XP Solutions. Helping individuals and organizations build a strong CORE (of People and Culture), so that they can weather this VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) world!!CONTACT ...

This week Jill is pumped to chat with Alex (Alexandria) Eberhardt, Executive Director of the Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce. They discuss...The Chamber’s drive for equitable economic development, how the Chamber helps streng...

The BIZ BUZZ 413 guest this week is Gordon Oliver, Director of Business Development with Cambridge Credit Counseling Corp. Host Jill Monson and Gordon chat about how debt isn’t a failure, how just making minimum credit card payments can keep pe...

This week on BIZ BUZZ 413 we sit down with Gabrielle "Gaby" King Morse, the President & CEO for the Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE) for a sneak peek to the March 413 Entrepreneur Spotlight with our partner, Common Capital. They’re t...

Live from the 413 Entrepreneur Spotlight (February) with our partner, Common Capital. Our guest is Victoria Accorsi, Community Financial Coach at United Way Pioneer Valley. Here about the Thrive Financial Wellness program they offer...

Live from the 413 Entrepreneur Spotlight (February) with our partner, Common Capital. The Black Economic Council of Massachusetts (BECMA) is our featured partner this month. BECMA is dedicated to advancing the economic well-being of...

Live from the 413 Entrepreneur Spotlight (February) with our partner, Common Capital. Our guest is Ray Berry from White Lion Brewing Company. Check them out at https://www.whitelionbrewing....

We are joined by the remarkable Samalid Hogan, CEO of Greylock Management Consulting. She shares more about her company, about why the need for bilingual expertise is key to success, about a new and VERY exciting program called the BII GreenEdg...

This week host, Jill Monson, has a SWEET guest just in time to talk Valentine’s Day. She welcomes Tarah Warner, the 413’s very own Willy Wonka – chocolatier and owner of Truffles by Tarah. This Berkshire-based business is a PERFECT ...

Another episode of BIZ BUZZ 413 is LIVE and this is one you DO NOT WANT TO MISS! This week, Jill Monson, our host sits down (finally LOL) with founder and President of Living Local 413, Bill Cole. They chat about a lot including…&nb...

Join Jill Monson with guest Elizabeth Staples; founder, president and co-owner of The Good Dog Spot. On this 'Beyond the BIZ Card' episode they go behind the scenes and discuss her background as an entrepreneur, balancing a family, and more; pl...

Welcome to Season 3 of BIZ BUZZ 413. Host Jill Monson is so excited to sit down with the new President & CEO of the Western Mass Economic Development Council (EDC), Aaron Vega, along with Xiomara DeLobato, Vice President and Chief of Staff....

For this last episode of 2025 it’s a special episode - a ‘Beyond the BIZ Card’ feature with Angela Park, Executive Director & Co-Founder of Springfield Performing Arts Ventures at 52 Sumner ("SPAV"). Host Jill Monson takes you behind the sc...

This week we chat with Emily Carlson, Agency Owner at We Do Travel Right. We discuss: The myths about working with a travel agent, Why WDTR’s tagline “Life is short… take the trip” is so much more than just a mark...

Host Jill Monson shares about Dri Umbrellas. What exactly is a Dri umbrella? Why do you need one? And more specifically... What can getting this one umbrella do for the greater good?

This week’s BIZ BUZZ 413 episode drops a few days early because of the holiday. Jill, our host, had a blast welcoming Dawn Creighton, Liberty Bank’s Community Outreach Officer. They chatted about a very important survey that entrepreneurs are b...

Thank you to Bax from Rock’s “Bax and Nagle” morning show for joining host Jill Monson to share about their annual Mayflower Marathon. It returns this coming Monday for three days leading up to Thanksgiving!Bax and Nagle will broadcast f...

LIVE from November "413 Entrepreneur Spotlight" brought to you by Common Capital Chatting with Janell Caldwell, Founder & CEO of Phenomenal Js LLC. They are committed to helping companies maintain a safe and compliant wor...

LIVE from November "413 Entrepreneur Spotlight" brought to you by Common Capital Host Jill Monson catches up with Kelly Thadison, Business Navigator, at Common Capital. Kelly equips entrepreneurs with technical assistance, fu...

LIVE from November "413 Entrepreneur Spotlight" brought to you by Common Capital DeeDee, Partner of Mimi’s Queer Shack - a PHENOMENAL food truck in Western Mass (this isn’t just conjecture — I just tried the butternut squash ...

Host Jill Monson sits down with Mary-Anne Schelb from JGS Lifecare to discuss ways to help an aging loved one (or prepare ahead for yourself), learn more about JGS, and explore what holistic life coaching is all about.THANK YOU TO OUR...

In this episode, our host, Jill Monson caught up with Bud Sumner, Partner at Sumner & Toner Insurance Services. She admitted early on that the topic could be one less than exciting (LOL), but she was pleasantly surprised and you will be too...