Margaret Sheehan is the founder of Acupuncture Healing Arts in West Chester. Acupuncture Healing Arts is a non-profit that provides accessible and affordable acupuncture and other therapies to improve the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of individuals in the community. When founding Acupuncture Healing Arts, Margaret’s goal was to make this type of patient-centered care more accessible to more people.

Margaret has over 20 years of experience in these healing techniques, from acupuncture school to traveling the world and working with Iron Man athletes. Acupuncture Healing Arts continues to provide exceptional services on a sliding scale with tremendous physical, mental, and emotional benefits.

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Acupuncture Healing Arts

In this episode, we meet Jim Stewart, the founder of Your Local Network. After being a stay at home dad and being in corporate America, Jim decided to become his own boss and start Your Local Network. Your Local Network is a local business that provides local advertising and digital marketing services.

A unique service they provide is indoor digital billboards. Indoor digital billboards are TV screens that are installed in local, high traffic businesses, such as diners, gyms, hardware stores, etc. Jim has indoor digital billboards throughout the Chester County area that display a wide range of businesses, such as realtors, insurance agents, electricians, and plumbers. Your Local Network also offers Google Business Profile management, geofencing services, website design, and more for those businesses that are looking to grab the attention of the local market.

Links:
Your Local Network Website
Your Local Network Facebook
Your Local Network LinkedIn

Thomas Padula, founder of Padula Media, joins us on the Bad Rhino Local Podcast.

At just 17 years old, Thomas started a real estate photography and videography business. Today, he successfully runs a full service digital marketing company that provides web design, SEO, photography, videography, and more. Named one of Philadelphia’s 100 fastest growing companies, Padula Media continues to grow and provide exceptional services to their clients.

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Padula Media

After meeting at West Chester Chamber events, one of which he actually catered, Alex Shimpeno joins us on the Bad Rhino Local Podcast.

Alex Shimpeno is the Executive Chef and Owner of Alexander Catering Company and Shimpy’s BBQ. Since the age of 9 years old, Alex knew he wanted to become a chef. From humble beginnings, working at a Burger King at 13, he transformed his passion into a successful business and career. Shimpy’s BBQ offers delicious, classic BBQ food such as 15-hour smoked brisket, pulled pork, and mac n cheese. On the other hand, Alexander Catering Company offers 14 ethnic cuisines. Alex takes pride in honoring each and every culture through their cuisine and enjoys building a family and community with each and every client.

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Alexander Catering Company
Alexander Catering Company Facebook

Shimpy’s BBQ
Shimpy's BBQ Facebook

In this episode, we meet Ashley Sicilia, co-owner of Titan Exterior Solutions. Titan Exterior Solutions is a roofing and windows company that services the Chester County area. They are mom-powered, women-owned, and ensure care and craftsmanship meets at every shingle. Not only do they provide excellent services, but they give back to the community. They have partnered with Butterfly Baskets, an organization close to Ashley’s heart that provides comfort packages to parents that have lost little ones.

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Titan Exterior Solutions
Butterfly Baskets

After meeting at a West Chester Chamber of Commerce Event, Kevin Boylan, founder of Scapes, joins us on The Bad Rhino Local Podcast.

In this episode, Kevin talks about how himself and his counterpart, Josh Dunay, took their small landscaping business with a 20 mile radius to an international, remote-based landscape design service provider. Scapes at its root helps solve problems, makes people's lives a little bit easier, and gives back to the landscape industry. In his spare time, Kevin started MadMan Motorsports, a movement in the racing world to restore good-old-fashioned, hard, clean racing while creating badass digital content along the way.

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Scapes
MadMan Motorsports

Greg Lingo, President of Cornell Ventures and Rockwell Development Group, joins The Bad Rhino Local Podcast.

In this episode, Greg tells the story of how he started his own business in 2007 after getting fired from his previous position at a home building company. Today, Greg and his team are working on a variety of projects, including beachfront condominium projects in Avalon, NJ and building a second location for Artillery Brewing in Drexel Hill, PA. He also speaks about Last Call, a movie that he wrote and produced about a real estate developer who returns to the blue-collar Philadelphia neighborhood of his youth to save his family’s bar.

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Rockwell Custom
Cornell Ventures
Artillery Brewing
Station Tap

Aaron Hall, owner of Painter1, joins the podcast and explains his career in the custom home area by starting in real estate property management then eventually starting his own franchise in Painter1.

In this episode, we discuss how Painter1 separates itself from its competition. We talk about Aaron’s experience in the painting industry and the services he offers. We also talk about the process of helping clients decide on a color as well as the areas he serves and how he benefits from the networking community.

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Aaron Hall LinkedIn

Painter1 of Main Line