In The Business

Feb 18 2025 108 ep. 45 mins 14
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The In The Business podcast is all about the business of helping you grow your business. We talk about entrepreneurship, business development, relationships, finances, networking and more, with host Juan Alanis and occasionally Anjelica Cazares. Juan and Anjelica founded the creative marketing and communications firm Big Oak Tree Media and also host the annual Latina Entrepreneurship Conference in Houston, Texas. Having bootstrapped their way to business ownership, Juan and Anjelica are now on a mission to help others avoid some of the same pitfalls and challenges they had to overcome during their first decade of entrepreneurship.

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Letting Go and Starting Fresh

Feb 18 2025 18 mins  
Recently I lost access to an 13-year-old Instagram account that had been developed over that many years, and while this loss was definitely unexpected and unwanted, it did also make me confront a harsh reality. When we are forced to start fresh and reassess what we have been doing all along it is uncomfortable and pretty difficult. On this episode I share more about this experience

Strategically Planning for Your Business Growth

Feb 11 2025 17 mins  
In this episode we are talking about the process of planning and taking a step back to review and analyze your business today, so that you have a clearer vision of where you are going and how you are getting there tomorrow. After more than a year, I finally broke out the old SWOT analysis to review where I am in business and to identify the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and

DEI and The Changing Tides

Feb 07 2025 8 mins  
Those three leters - DEI - and what they stand for have been in the news cycle quite a bit this new year, but is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion now a bad idea? If you are anything like us, you probably have been having and hearing a lot of conversations on the topic of DEI, and you may be feeling a bit nervous about where we are and where we may be headed. As of Februrary 2025, t

Building Businesses with serial entrepreneur Gary Acosta

Apr 23 2024 45 mins  
In the business today, Juan sits down with entrepreneur, public policy advocate, and investor Gary Acosta. He is the Co-Founder & CEO of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP), co-founder of L’ATTITUDE, and co-founder and partner of L’ATTITUDE Ventures. Throughout the conversation, Juan and Gary discusses his personal story, his work with the La

Still to come in 2024

Apr 16 2024 12 mins  
As an agancy, my team and I here at Big Oak Tree Media are fully committed to elevating diverse voices and communities - and our work through the Latina Leadership Podcast is just one way we are turning our commitment into action. So far this year we have celebrated two events under the Latina Leadership Podcast umbrella, and we have plenty more to come. In May, our inaugural Mind,

Behind the Scenes with Will La Salle

Apr 09 2024 34 mins  

An Ode to Culture with Eric Salinas Nebel

Mar 26 2024 62 mins  
On this week's episode, Juan Alanis sits down to speak with Eric Salinas Nebel, a native Houstonian and writer, to discuss his personal life story, cultural upbringing, and writing journey. They also dive into Eric's debut book, Hispanic in the Box: Inside the Power of Latin-Americana. The book was written in the midst of a historic Hollywood labor strike and the first months of f

Inside the Walton Way with Robert Burns

Mar 12 2024 23 mins  
In the Business today, Juan Alanis sits down with Robert Burns, the Home Region Program Director for the Walton Family Foundation. The Walton Family Foundation is a family-lead philanthropic organization that focuses their attention on education, environmental conservation, and improving local communities in the home region of the Walton family, Northwest Arkansas, and the Arkansa

Beyond the 9-to-5 with Juan Alanis and Freddy Cruz

Feb 27 2024 48 mins  
In the Business today, Anjelica Cazares sits down to interview Co-founder Juan Alanis and CEO of Speke Podcasting, Freddy Cruz, to share the details of their journey from a 9-to-5 job, to successful entrepreneurs. Juan and Freddy discuss the importance of believing in yourself, putting yourself out there, and learning when complacency becomes hazardous to your authenticity. The tr

Staying Focused After Prioritizing

Feb 13 2024 16 mins  
Housekeeping and organizing your priorities are very important, but what comes next? I use a variety of effective techniques to make sure I figure out how to effectively handle the day-to-day tasks in my personal and professional life.