Pilgrim Talks: Greg Batten and Jim Caras

Greg Batten, Coach to CEOs in the Inland Empire

Many of the small businesses owners we speak to express this concern. The Corporate CEO has a board of directors, an executive leadership team, consultants, and managers to help them with strategies and business development. They also have teams and departments to execute key growth initiatives.

The small business owner does not have the time or resources to build a board of directors.

The CEO Club provides the kind of entrepreneurial environment that helps the small business owner to think, plan, and execute like a corporate CEO.

At Estrada Strategies, we have developed a business model to help every business owner build on the Core Disciplines of Business. These Core Disciplines, when implemented via our coaching, training,and monitoring processes, provide business owners a complete strategy for successful business management. We provide the support and tools you need to implement these strategies in your business.

There is no mystery to what we do. Our methods are simple and efficient and provide the foundation for successful business management, development and growth.

We have used our model of Coach, Train, Monitor successfully with the owners of hundreds of small to medium sized businesses nationwide.

To learn more about Greg Batten, go to estradastrategies.com/ontario

Jim Caras, CEO of Health Direct

Health Direct is a privately held, formulator and provider of premium quality, non-commodity, and innovative anti-aging nutritional supplements. Health Direct's products are distributed at over 4000 locations, including independent health food stores, VitaminShoppe and GNC.

Health Direct focuses on unique, innovative anti-aging nutritional supplements that arecondition-specific. The company also specializes in and is a leader in liquid nutrition.Health Direct's products include: stimulant-free weight loss, energy, joint support andpain-relief, digestive health, and skin repair and care.

The company's well known products are: AminoSculpt (the only patented liquid collagen protein), Sculpt n' Cleanse (weight loss colon cleansing), and Ready Fiber (the world's first liquid fiber). Also the company has just introduced the world's first SodiumBenzoate and Potassium Sorbate FREE (widely used preservatives) liquid multi vitamin,Nature's Optimal Nutrition, which is a major breakthrough in the nutrition industry.

After losing over 25 pounds and dramatically changing his body, Founder Jim Caras was urged by friends and family to make his personal health discoveries, formulas, and programs available to them and the public. In 1997, Jim published his best-selling book,How To Completely Reshape Your Body! and founded Health Direct. Since then, HealthDirect has helped improve the health and lives of over a million consumers.

Started with only a $1,500 loan and originally headquartered in a very modest 575 square foot office in Huntington Harbour, California, the company grew quickly and relocated in January of 2004 to Costa Mesa, and then again last year to Irvine, California. The current international headquarters houses all sales, customer service, administrative, marketing,product development, shipping and distribution operations.

To learn more about Health Direct, go to healthdirectusa.com