Makayla Ervin is a Brand Activation Strategist, dedicated to helping service based females establish brand authority in their niche. After years of studying the psychology of marketing and branding online, Makayla has built her dream business teaching other women how to build theirs.
“decide what you want to be known for and start making decisions from that place. Not only will that give you consistent presence to outsiders looking in but it will also feel most authentic to you. And you can never go wrong if you are acting out of movements towards becoming your highest self and becoming that next level person that you want to be. So, decide what you want to be known for and start doing things that way”…[Listen for More]
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Rahul Narvekar founder CEO of The India Network and Founder Director of Scale Ventures - an early stage investment fund, Rahul is an entrepreneur who started his career at an early age, as a door to door salesman to support his education. After being expelled from his entrepreneurship programme for asking “too many questions” and “being a trouble maker” his maiden venture in cable advertising was in 1994. In 1999, he setup Asia’s first interactive music channel - Channel Oxygen in Bombay. It was love for C. Pallavi Rao that made him move to Delhi where he started from scratch in a completely new field of work: Mall Management. He rose from the level of a Senior Manager to becoming the VP of Ansal Plaza, the first mall of India. Moving with and ahead of times being his forte, in 2009 he set up Fashion and You which was one of the earliest e-commerce fashion portals and raised more than $ 58 million for the same. In 2013 he partnered with NDTV to set up Indian Roots for selling Designer and Ethnic wear to the Global Indian diaspora. Exiting this in 2016 he set up Scale Ventures group - an early stage angel fund as also The India Network, an on-ground community for start-ups focused on Tier 2, 3, 4 and beyond cities of India and students. His passion and intent to create value for start-ups and entrepreneurs from the smaller towns of India, led him to take a cohort of 15 promising start-up founders and some young student entrepreneurs to the United States for an intensive boot camp and pitch their ideas to investors from Silicon Valley in September 2017, helping 5 start-ups raise funds and with others getting mentored.
“be shameless. The day you stop giving an F about what anybody else thinks about you you will start doing more stuff, you will start taking more chances. And a lot of times it’s just that if you do it more number of times will get good at it and you will get better at it and you will have a better shot… Just keep doing, doing, doing. So, keep hustling ”…[Listen for More]
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Nathan Jamail has spent the last two decades coaching top executives and teaching thousands of leaders around the world on Leadership, employee coaching, selling skills and cultural development. Nathan's clients span across the globe and in all industries from financial services, technology, healthcare, military, manufacturing, hospitality, and many more. Nathan has written and published 4 best selling books- which are sold all over the world, and have become guiding principals for many organizations. Prior to becoming an author and working with organizations in a coaching capacity, Nathan spent over 20 years as an Executive Director in Corporate America, as well as, a small business over of over 4 companies himself. Nathan does not just teach leadership and selling skills - he lives it every day as a Sales professional and Leader himself. Nathan has a true passion for personal development and a genuine intent to serve those he has the privilege to coach and teach.
“you have got to be committed to it more than you are than the job or the money… Don’t stop short… If you are going to work to build someone’s business stay working to build yours and be willing to sacrifice everything… You have got to study now so you can reap the rewards later… As an entrepreneur we have got to continue to sacrifice maybe what we want or maybe what makes is uncomfortable, we have got to be willing to sacrifice that and get uncomfortable, not need the things we think we need but versus we want and stay committed to it and don’t stop”…[Listen for More]
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Zachary Beach is an Amazon Best Selling Author of The New Rules of Real Estate Investing and co-host of The Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast. He is a partner, COO at Smart Real Estate Coach. In September 2020, they'll be releasing the revised edition of Real Estate On Your Terms which Zach will be co-authoring.
“Just get real clear about what you want and then take action. I don’t think it’s more complicated than that. Just get extremely clear on what you want, take action and then don’t be afraid to fail”…[Listen for More]
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Bryan Kramer is a renowned business strategist, global keynote speaker, executive trainer and coach, two-time bestselling author and Forbes contributor.
“create the life you deserve. If you are not living the life you think you deserve and you know that you deserve better and you are not living in your joy if you can seriously put your hand over your heart… And say ‘am I living the most joy now?’… In your role and your job and your life are you really honouring your true joy? And if you are not then lean into that, listen to that, write down what those things are and then zeroing on the one thing that give you joy if you could do that one thing every day. How would you move towards that? What are the things that are going to hold you back from that? And really spend some time with that and think about that”…[Listen for More]
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Karen is a Master Financial Coach, Public Speaker, Entrepreneur, and Author who has coached people with a variety of money issues: from just $500 in debt to $800,000 in debt. She has coached folks with up to 86 credit cards and taught them how to pay down and pay off those credit cards in record time. Karen’s mission is to inspire others to rid themselves of debt and build wealth. She encourages others to break the shackles of debt and gives valuable insight into building wealth so they can experience financial freedom! Karen Ford’s #1 Amazon Best Selling Book “Money Matters” is a discovery for many. This book is not only motivational, but practical. She is an avid real estate investor, who enjoys buying, selling, and flipping properties. She has even bought properties for as little as $10 and turned a few dollars into thousands! In “Money Matters” she provides keys to demolishing debt, shares how to budget correctly, and gives principles in wealth building.
“step out and find out and do it afraid”…[Listen for More]
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Jason Richmond is President, CEO and Chief Culture Officer at Ideal Outcomes, Inc. He is also an in-demand keynote speaker and widely recognized as a noted authority on helping companies build strong, sustained revenue growth by empowering their employees and developing energizing office cultures. During his career of more than twenty years, Jason has assisted companies of all sizes in a wide variety of industries. He has not only worked closely with established Fortune 100 companies to create Leadership Development Journeys, but also provided thought leadership and innovative consulting services to a range of mid-size firms. And he has guided numerous start-ups to build solid foundations that have enabled them to become industry leaders. Jason is the author of the book, Culture Spark: 5 Steps to Ignite and Sustain Organizational Growth.
“I have three things that I would like to share. I think the first one is the hardest. It is my belief that every entrepreneur has to check their ego at the door. We all have egos, we are all driven, we are all motivated, we are already to run through a brick wall but at times in your career and in your business, you really have to check that ego at the door. Number two you have to be authentic. You can’t be somebody else. You have to go and run your business as authentic as possible and be authentic not only to yourself but to your team members, to your colleagues, to your clients, to your suppliers. And then the third thing, it has to do with communication”…[Listen for More]
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Jeffrey Hayzlett is the primetime television host of C-Suite with Jeffrey Hayzlett and Executive Perspectives LIVE on C-Suite TV and is the host of the award-winning All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett on C-Suite Radio. Hayzlett is a global business celebrity, Hall of Fame speaker, Chairman and CEO of C-Suite Network, home of the world’s most trusted network of C-Suite leaders and best-selling author. His most recent book is The Hero Factor: How Great Leaders Transform Organizations and Create Winning Cultures.
“Just do it. Quit waiting, go. If you want to get to the dreams and hopes and aspirations and the things that you want to go. No one is stopping you. God”…[Listen for More]
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Melanie Parish is a public speaker, consultant, workshop leader, author, and Master Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation, from whom she received the Prism Award. An expert in problem solving, constraints management, operations, strategic hiring, and brand development, Melanie has consulted and coached organizations ranging from a Fortune 50 company to IT start-ups. Her individual clients include those in FAANG and other top global IT companies. Melanie is a Certified Professional Coactive Coach and Organization and Relationship Systems Certified Coach, and a Theory of Constraints Certified Jonah. As an author, educator, and creator of the Experimental Leader program, Melanie shows people new ways of thinking about their leadership, informed by her understanding of the fast-paced ride of technology innovation. She is based in Dundas, Ontario and Las Cruces, New Mexico.
“Run the numbers. Just because you want to do something doesn’t make it a business. Make sure you’ve got a business that makes sense before you quit your job and start being an entrepreneur. But if it makes business sense then run, run with joy to the new life”…[Listen for More]
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Kale Abrahamson co-founded Nine University, an online e-commerce training program that teaches other aspiring entrepreneurs how to start and grow profitable online businesses through Amazon FBA program. Since launching in April 2017, Nine University has generated tens of millions in revenue and has grown to 130 employees globally.
“get started now. Everyone is telling you play it safe, to see how it turns out, to sit back and relax, to kick back and to stop working so hard, stop stressing out, stop wasting your 20s, wasting your 30s, wasting your 40s. Quit listening to those people. Start now. The best time to start a business was yesterday. And I think in the long-term even if you failed, even if everything went to hell, you lost money, your family said you were an idiot, the experiences that you would get from trying to become an entrepreneur will make you into such a better person than if it pays off. So imagine if it actually works”…[Listen for More]
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Carlos Hidalgo is a 25-year business veteran. Hidalgo has held corporate roles, started his own entrepreneurial ventures and served in non-profits. Hidalgo co-founded his first company in 2005 leading it to two consecutive Inc. 5000 Awards before departing and launching two other companies.
“work hard at your business, give everything you’ve got in the timeframe you are going to a lot but don’t tie your identity and worth to success or failure of your business. Because it’s a rollercoaster that you don’t want to get on, it’s not a reflection of your true self”…[Listen for More]
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Dr. Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist and bestselling author of Willpower Doesn't Work. His blog is read by millions of people monthly and featured on Forbes, Fortune, CNBC, Cheddar, Big Think, and many others. He is a regular contributor to Inc. and Psychology Today and one of the most popular writers on Medium. He speaks and trains at a wide range of events. He is also currently training for his first Ironman. He and his wife Lauren adopted three children through the foster system in February 2018 and, one month later, Lauren became pregnant with twins, who were born in December of 2018. They live in Orlando.
“really take the time to clarify your future self, who you genuinely plan to Be… People on their deathbed say they lacked the courage to be who they really wanted to be and instead they lived up to the expectations they thought other people had of them. Even if you are a successful entrepreneur it can be easy to get caught up into the persona or to the status that you’ve lived.. It takes giving yourself space and reflection to genuinely say is this what I really want? Even though this is great or this has been successful, is this what I truly want? I think giving yourself the honesty to clarify who you plan to be that allows you to clarify who you currently are. Because if you don’t know who you plan to be you can’t have any sense of who you are today. And then begin to tell everyone about that self, about the pivot that you’re making just the future you are striving to create, the person you are striving to become ”…[Listen for More]
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As Co-Founder and Chief Legal Officer of My Green Network (MyGN), James Shih plays a key role in developing the company’s direction and ensuring that every aspect of the business serves the needs of creative cannabis entrepreneurs. An experienced attorney specializing in investment, compliance, and business law, Shih has advised high-net-worth individuals, private equity firms, developers, and executives in investments valuing over $1 Billion. He has also served as a trusted legal expert for Fortune 500 and global companies, including OLAM, One World Properties, and Extell Capital Group. As a cannabis specialist, Shih has proudly helped countless start-ups understand how to run the business successfully from start to finish, assisting with licensing, acquisition, operations, and more. Sharing in the frustration of entrepreneurial clients and friends enduring the tedious, months-long process of taking a cannabis start-up from idea to successful enterprise, Shih co-founded MyGN as a visionary solution to make the process easier and open to everyone - not just the elite 1% who could afford it.
“to create your own luck. Every successful person that I have spoken to a tribute a lot of their success to luck. But luck is such an intangible concept and it really isn’t explained well I think in many ways… You can create your own luck by creating the environment that allows that luck to come forth. So you create that environment by talking to people, by changing the people that you want around you, by going to events, by building relationships, surrounding yourselves, being in the environments that you can actually have the opportunity for these lucky things to come by“…[Listen for More]
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Samuel Gong is Ceo and Founder of Real Graphene USA Ever since Samuel Gong was born in Torrance, LA, engineering has always been a passion. His first patent in wireless energy transmission was filed on 2010 and later founded a successful business. Samuel then began researching graphene during his studies in UC Berkeley and later used his knowledge to optimize the applications and production of graphene. After several years of success, he founded Real Graphene bringing future battery technology to the present. Company Bio Real Graphene USA was founded by two UC Berkeley graduates who realized the amazing potentials of graphene during lab research. Our goal is to integrate graphene into affordable every day technology. Real Graphene guarantees that all our products use high quality real graphene in its true 2D form in film or nano-platelets. Most knock offs that claim to use "graphene" in fact use graphite (the 3D cousin of graphene) in their products which do NOT have the same capabilities as graphene. Our method of producing graphene has gone through several years of research and real application. Real Graphene has refined the process to be able to consistently create high-quality graphene nano-platelets and films with reasonable costs.
“making a plan, having a plan, being ready to throw away the plan and create a new one, to fill in other plans into your current plan and just being able to adjust… Just been able to learn and adapt to the current situation… So gut feeling, adaptability and been able to perceive and internalise what you are perceiving around you”…[Listen for More]
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Audie Penn is the principal/owner of Audie Penn CONSULTING. Audie has been working and consulting for over 30 years providing different services to several Fortune 50 companies in diverse industries and organizations. His approach is a lean transformation by applying training, coaching and project facilitation with local teams securing a solid foundation. Audie has been most notable as a Global Consultant where he combines tactical leadership skills with process focus improvements. Some of his clients are Caterpillar, John Deere, Martin Marietta and HON.
“build great relationships with your customers. I think relationship is the foundation of trust and influence can only show up if there is trust between you as an organisation and your customers. I don’t care what size your organisation is this is true everywhere you go. And even more importantly build better relationships with your team… So build great relationships with your customers and even better relationships with your team members”…[Listen for More]
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Bill Flynn is a multi-certified growth coach, author, speaker, has a Certificate with Distinction in the Foundations of NeuroLeadership and is a Certified Predictive Index Partner. When he is not off cheering on his collegiate-champion daughter, Bill lives in Sudbury, Massachusetts, with his wife, dog, cat, and four chickens.
“you need to fall in love. And what I mean by that is you need to fall in love with the problem and the customer. You need to fall in love with at least something you do in your job 20% of the time, 40% of the time. And you have to do something that you love because I can guarantee you… there are days that are just going to suck or weeks that are going to be just horrible. You have to be in love it because if you are not you will give up. So fall in love.”…[Listen for More]
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Francesca Baker is a writer, marketer and communications consultant. As Virginia Woolf said ‘my head is a hive of words that won’t settle.’ So she puts them to use, exploring the world and then writing about it. Everything she does is about creativity, connection, and communciation.
“think about your skills and also what makes your heart sing and ideally I suppose the things that you like and things that you are good at will be the same or at least there is some kind of crossover. So that sweet spot is a perfect place to set up your business… So, what you love and what you are good at is probably the best mix”…[Listen for More]
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The creative mind behind xSuit, Maximilien Perez innovated a solution to the limitations of classic suits, which are constricting, easily wrinkled, and susceptible to stain and odor. The xSuit is a modern suit that can withstand stains, smells, wrinkles and is entirely constructed from stretch material for unparalleled freedom of movement.
“be prepared to make a lot of mistakes, to sacrifice a lot, to fail many times and to enjoy it all. It’s a journey, it’s a baby that you need to nurture, that you need to smile at even when all it gives you is negative things. But in the end it will all be worth it and if it’s not it will teach you a huge lesson. Most entrepreneurs need to start over many times before actually succeeding. And it’s that 1% that keeps at it and doesn’t quit that will strive through”…[Listen for More]
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Mike Robbins is the author of five books, including his latest, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER: Creating a Team Culture of High Performance, Trust, and Belonging, which comes out May 5th. He's a sought-after speaker and consultant whose clients include Google, Wells Fargo, Microsoft, Gap, eBay, the NBA, the Oakland A's, and many others.
“trust yourself. There is a reason why you decided to do what you do. And whether you are just starting out or you have been doing it for a long time there is that why that you have. Simon Sinek says start with why. Why did you do it? And then trust yourself and simultaneously have people around you whether they are on your team or in your circle of influence who you trust, who you can go to and really be real to get support and to get guidance when you need it”…[Listen for More]
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Many real estate or business owners struggle with capital gains tax when they sell their assets. Brett Swarts is the CEO of Capital Gains Tax Solutions and every year equips hundreds of business professionals with the Deferred Sales Trust tool to help their high net worth clients solve capital gains tax deferral limitations. His company uses a deferred sales trust to help them gain tax deferral, liquidity, diversification (invest in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds) and freedom to buy investment real estate at their own timing, so they can create and preserve more wealth.
“higher the who, don’t be the how…. You have really got to focus on what your vision is and who is going to help you to achieve that vision and get there the fastest way and the most profitable way and what’s best for the customer. And that often means you got to hire that person, you’ve got to write the cheque, you’ve got to bring the team member on, you’ve got to do the coaching and you’ve got to do the delegation. But you’ve really got to hire that who instead of trying to be the how yourself and getting stuck in the procrastination mode”…[Listen for More]
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Kerrian Bard Fournier is the CEO & Founder of Vybrante Ventures, a professional services company dedicated to unlocking the highest level of performance for innovative companies, teams and professionals by igniting their vibrancy and innovation. Kerrian has 25+ years of experience in corporate strategy and is certified in coaching through iPEC.
“know what you are good at, really know… What are you looking to create? Not just what are you looking to sell, what does your business functionally do? But what are you looking to create?”…[Listen for More]
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Jen Grace Baron is an organization development leader with a track record of success leading large-scale initiatives in companies such as eBay, Hewlett Packard, and Johnson & Johnson. From both academic and applied perspectives, Jen enjoys asking new questions and connecting ideas in novel ways to innovate on how teams and organizations can grow faster and be stronger through inspiration. Jen lives for the experience where she partners with an organization to scale the next level of meaning, performance, and fulfillment then stands with them to catch the waves of positive impact that result. As the cofounder of InspireCorps, she creates and executes on inspiring partnerships that produce the greatest impact.
“my best advice to other entrepreneurs is to not be afraid to reach out to anyone… So, I would say get over it, just jump in at the deep end of the pool, reach out to people who you think you can serve and there could be some mutual benefit from the connection and amazing magical things can unfold”…[Listen for More]
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Natasha Wallace is founder and chief coach of Conscious Works, an organizational well being company. As a former HR Director, Natasha left her job having reached burnout. It led her to recognize that there are two fundamental things getting in the way of people staying well at work — self knowledge and self care. She set up her company and wrote her book, The Conscious Effect: 50 Lessons for Better Organizational Wellbeing, to help fix that problem. She now 'inspires a well world of work, coaching and advising leaders and their teams to create healthier and happier workplaces through a greater focus on wellbeing and its connection to high performance.
“take time out to take care of yourself and realise that working all of the hours that God sends isn’t going to produce the best results… Through consciously being aware of your habits and how you operate each day and through asking yourself the question of what do I actually do to take care of myself? It’s amazing how many people, especially parents do very little. So, I would say that is probably the single most important thing”…[Listen for More]
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Luke Buesnel started his media career as a commercial radio broadcaster and journalist - were he learnt how a powerful story can impact an audience. His company, Story League, is on a mission to create copywriting, podcasts and videos that are unique but driven by purpose and meaning for their clients.
“Be humble. No one knows the answer yet, no one knows whether you are going to succeed or you are going to fall away like so many of them. Being humbling what you do is very important in life… To me it’s just about being humble and realising that what you do is interesting, it’s unique and you are on an amazing journey. But if you start getting carried away with how brilliant and how awesome you are you will be heading for a fall pretty quickly”…[Listen for More]
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Dr. Roger Hall has had the good fortune to work with entrepreneurs, tech companies, big Fortune 20 companies, and professionals like lawyers, financial planners, and other high relationship sales people. He wants to influence our culture, so he enjoys working with companies that distribute information, create technology, and create entertainment
“keep your day job until your entrepreneurial job meets certain metrics that you have laid out in advance. I think it’s easy for other people to be cavalier with your life but they are not paying your bills, they are not raising your children. People over coffee or over drinks will tell you go for it you can do it but if you look at many of the successful entrepreneurs, they all started in garages working nights and weekends. Or their spouse had the day job with the healthcare until it got off the ground. So, I would encourage you to not quit your day job until your entrepreneurial venture meets certain metrics ”…[Listen for More]
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