Joshua Spodek, bestselling author of Leadership Step by Step, is an Adjunct Professor at NYU, a leadership coach and workshop leader for Columbia Business School, a columnist for Inc., and founder of SpodekAcademy. He helped build a satellite for NASA, co-founded and led several ventures, and holds six patents.
“As someone who teaches and learns experientially, the biggest thing is that, there’s this big myth that you’re either born with it or you’re not and everyone I’ve ever come across in history or personal experience, they’ve learned what they did through doing things and in terms of leadership and business skills and things like that so If you see someone who has skills that you wish that you had, I recommend not in any way believing oh they were just born that way on the contrary they learned it from something, they had an experience that taught them this”…[Listen for More]
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Suzy Prudden, internationally acclaimed and prize winning speaker and seminar leader, New York Times Best Selling Author, TV/radio host and personality, has been inspiring audiences since 1965. She is a fitness expert, hypnotherapist, and a success and accountability coach. Suzy has authored 14 books, as well as creating and publishing Your Amazing Itty Bitty Book series and Fit For Life® Publishing.
“Trust yourself, even if you make mistakes trust yourself, you know, everybody knows deep inside their hearts they know. Build a good team, build a team that you can call on and that will be there for you, and you don’t have to do it alone, I’ve done a lot of stuff by myself, it’s easier when you have a team and you grow better”…[Listen for More]
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A single mom at age sixteen limited Edna Keep 's choices. As someone who never earned much more than minimum wage before she was 30 - she has come a long ways and is now a multimillionaire who owns $47MM of real estate primarily purchased with other people's money.
“Never stop learning, growing and sharing”…[Listen for More]
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Deb Gabor was born to brand. She is the founder and brand dominatrix of Sol Marketing, a brand strategy consultancy obsessed with building winning brands. Since 2003, the Sol Marketing team has led brand strategy engagements for organizations ranging from international household names like Dell, Microsoft, and NBC Universal, to digital winners like Allrecipes, Cheezburger, HomeAway and RetailMeNot, and dozens of early-stage tech and digital media titans. Through Investor Pitches, a division of Sol Marketing, hundreds of start-up founders have benefited from Deb’s wizardry for crafting pitches that entice investors to open their wallets to the tune of up to $85 million.
“Slow down, this is something that I’m really trying to learn for myself, you probably have picked this up we have been talking for like 35 minutes, you’ve probably realised that I talk fast, I do fast, I am fast, all these kind of things. What I do all the time is I close my mind to other opportunities that may be peaking around the corner because I am just so busy being fast and doing things”…[Listen for More]
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Paul Xavier is the founder and owner of Paul Xavier International, LLC. They help photographers and filmmakers master the necessary mindset, systems and principles for creating highly profitable businesses.
“Don’t let anything get in your way”…[Listen for More]
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Tracey Minutolo is a Side Hustle Coach, helping motivated 9 to 5'ers to choose, launch, and grow profitable side businesses they’re passionate about. When she’s not coaching, she’s probably playing with microorganisms at her day job, hanging out in the San Diego sunshine, or checking out the latest craft beer release.
“Get out of your shell and talk to other people, talk to people who are doing things that are similar to what you’re doing or what you want to do, or get out there and talk to potential customers, clients, make those connections, it’s so important”…[Listen for More]
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Col Skinner runs a one man digital marketing consultancy business via his brand: ‘Profoundry‘. He has run this for over 3 years, after 7 years in agency and client side roles. He helps brands across the globe boost their businesses by setting up and managing paid media campaigns..
“There’s no perfect time to start a business, I know logically you need money behind you and that sort of thing but just start somewhere, get stuck into something, even if it is on the side whilst you do your full time job, you can’t tell if something is going to be successful until you actually start it. Plan to succeed to prepare to fail, in event that you fail, what’s the backup, what can you rely on for money”…[Listen for More]
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Yigal Adato is a father, a husband, and a Leadership Expert. He now dedicates himself to helping business owners master self- leadership skills, find their passions, and transform their personal and professional lives into what they’ve always wanted. Since the age of 15, Yigal has been studying and practicing leadership. He is well aware of what it takes to run a business handling the speed bumps, excuses, stresses, and how to run teams. At the age of 22 he ran a Retail/Service business with his brother that earned 50 million in 15 years. His varied businesses have provided real life experiences in the trenches, achieving success in going from broke musician to selling over $50 million dollars in his business endeavors, managing hundreds of employees, raising a family, and having fun in the process. After his personal and professional successes, he courageously followed the source of his happiness to become a mentor to business owners.
“Be very clear with what you want and find people who will support you on your journey, don’t do this alone”…[Listen for More]
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Michael Mindes is the Founder and CEO of Tasty Minstrel Games (TMG) which is a multiple award-winning publisher of hobby board games. In this capacity, he has grown TMG from a side business into a company approaching $2,000,000 in annual revenues, a team of 10 people, and all without any outside investment.
“Start, listen to your customers, and if you don’t have customers, find them first, don’t build something that you don’t know you cant sell”…[Listen for More]
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Lisa Lewtan is a Health & Lifestyle Coach, the founder of Healthy, Happy, and Hip, an award-winning author, and the host of Busy, Stressed, and Food Obsessed Radio on VoiceAmerica.com (which is named after her book). Using the skills she developed as a successful technology entrepreneur, Lisa self-hacked her own mind and body to restore her health and then go on to feel better than ever. With private coaching, online courses, workshops, and retreats, Lisa helps highly successful hungry go-getters to slow down, chill-out, develop a better relationship with food and stress, look good, and feel great.
“Be patient, be honest and be fearless”…[Listen for More]
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Travis Jennings has spent almost a decade educating the wealthy on better techniques and strategies to improve their personal finance, investments, and taxes. Over time he learned that one of the key differences between those with wealth and those without, is the type of financial education they receive. The current system guides the brightest advisors to the wealthy leaving the masses to their own devices. Without a trained advisor to guide people through the process of debt elimination and then on to wealth creation, the masses have been and will continue living in financial peril with no real light at the end of the tunnel.
“Spend a lot of time with yourself, don’t get lost in the day to day grind, make sure at some point in the day, whether it’s scheduled on your calendar, or at night when you’re peaceful with yourself, but get really quiet and make sure that yourself, your essence is where it’s at and if it’s trying to guide you make sure you listen”…[Listen for More]
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Gerald J. Leonard is the author of "Culture Is The Bass: 7 Principles for Developing A Culture That Works," and is currently the President & CEO of Principles of Execution (PofE), a Strategic Project Portfolio Management and Culture Change consulting practice based in the Metro Washington, DC area.
“Find a mentor or a coach, find someone who is doing what you want to do and done well at it, who has a track record of success and consumed everything that they’ve written, that they’ve had and it’ll eventually bring you into their presence”…[Listen for More]
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Susan Barber is an Executive Leadership Coach with 20+ years as an Information Technology and Leadership Executive. She is focused on helping leaders and their teams reach their potential. She partners with business professionals to accelerate their results by building confidence, enhancing their leadership skills and finding their authentic voice.
“Don’t let fear stand in your way, it’s really easy to talk yourself out of stuff, to be afraid of something that you haven’t done and I would tell you that I was in your place, I was that same person and I just took a step every day to move what I wanted to forward and I didn’t necessarily have all of the answers at that point about what that was going to look like for me but I knew it was something I wanted to do”…[Listen for More]
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Shakira M. Brown is an award-winning PR & Branding expert and Founder & CEO of SMB Strategic Media LLC, a firm that helps small business owners that have the least but need the most opportunity to compete by providing affordable public relations, branding and content development services. Shakira has over 20 years of experience in public relations, television production, branding, marketing and website strategy. She has won over 13 industry awards in various disciplines for her work. She is also the host of the Moment Masters Show Small Business Podcast.
“You have to get your financial house in order to run a successful business, you don’t have any access to capital when you have bad credit, and you don’t have opportunity to partner, who’s partnering with someone who is broke. You have to be willing to spend your own money to make money”…[Listen for More]
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Marilyn Shannon is a facilitator, mediator, life/business coach, speaker, online TV host and founder of a networking organization. Marilyn is motivational and focuses her talks on the art of listening and communicating for individuals and corporations. Marilyn just launched her book “In Just One Afternoon – Listening into the Hearts of Men.”
“Don’t look down, don’t look at anybody else as being your balance, just go straight, keep an eye on your prize, keep an eye on your nugget, keep an eye on your intention, and just go forward, without the attention of necessarily how you think it should turn out but just go forward and keep going with the greatest intention with your heart full”…[Listen for More]
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Shri Thanedar, Ph.D., founded Avomeen Analytical Services and has served as a chief chemist for more than 30 years. Specializing in polymer and inorganic chemistry, Shri mastered a wide range of chemical and analytical testing, leading to detailed expert reports and testimonies, as well as in-depth product analysis for clients.
“Dream big, always go for the stars, never give up, you’re not always going to succeed but I always say the harder I fall the higher I succeeded and every success I’ve had was at the heels of great failure, so don’t fear the failures. Be confident in yourself”…[Listen for More]
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Jeff Epstein is the founder of Ambassador; a software platform that enables companies like Hulu, HP and Ria Financial to leverage the power of their relationships to drive more customers.
“Just power through, you have to have confidence in yourself, look for support from the people that believe in you and don’t give up, at the end of the day anything can be accomplished, it sounds kind of corny but it’s true, you have to work harder and face more frustrations than maybe you’d planned but at the end of the day it’s doable, people have done it”…[Listen for More]
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Rick Nicholson started his entrepreneurial path as a multi unit franchisee in the restaurant industry. Since then, he has started 3 different businesses, two of which were restaurants. His passion is as a marketing strategist. With 15 years marketing experience, combined with his entrepreneurial work, he understands what it means when there's not enough customers to pay the bills.
“Don’t try to be like anyone else, just be yourself, there will be other people who will like you for who you are and from there you get authentic and ultimately just go do it”…[Listen for More]
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Joseph Kashurba started a freelance web design business in high school and grew it into a digital agency with a world-class team and clients around the world. He went from building $300 websites to building $30,000 websites and managing 6-figure advertising budgets for some of the largest manufacturing companies.
“Make sure you’re doing something every single day to get in front of your target market, that means that every single day in your business there should be a marketing campaign running or you should be sending direct mail out, or making phone calls or doing something, every single day in your business you should be doing something to get more sales in your business”…[Listen for More]
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Adam J. Levinter is the founder and President of ScriberBase, a Toronto-based company helping businesses create recurring revenue through subscription e-commerce. Adam describes Scriberbase as a team helping clients be the next "Dollar Shave Club". A digital entrepreneur, Adam is a true thought leader and subject matter expert in the subscription e-commerce space.
“Health before wealth always, if you don’t have your health then nothing else matters, absolutely nothing else, entrepreneurs are obsessed with working long hours and making sure their business is hitting targets but they’re neglecting themselves personally, they’re not exercising, they’re eating poorly, they’re consuming massive amounts of caffeine or supplements just to get through the day”…[Listen for More]
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Chris Dayley is passionate about helping businesses learn what their users want on their website, through psychology based testing, and analytics. He started his Conversion Optimization agency ‘Dayley Conversion’ in 2014, which he later merged with ‘Disruptive Advertising’, where he currently works as VP of site testing and optimization.
“Just stick with it, the entrepreneurial journey is a hard, sometimes lonely journey, it can feel lonely, I mentioned that it was a really tough choice for my wife and I and my wife was fairly involved in my business early on and it was a very lonely journey even with her along by my side, even with business partners, it can just feel lonely sometimes, just know when you’re feeling lonely, number one, reach out, because there is someone who can understand the troubles you’re going through”…[Listen for More]
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Lisa Braithwaite is a public speaking coach, trainer and author, mentoring entrepreneurs and professionals to create memorable and engaging presentations in order to build their businesses through speaking. She guides her clients to ditch perfection and create connection through coaching, workshops, and her annual ‘Shake Up Your Speaking’ retreat.
“Have a business that supports my life and supports my core values, if my core values are freedom fun and inspiring people, I can’t very well teach or inspire or have freedom or fun if I’m a slave to my business, so even though my business and my life are very much entwined, life always comes first and business always comes second”…[Listen for More]
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Fleet Maull is an author, consultant, trainer and executive coach. Fleet works at the nexus of personal, organizational, and social transformation to create a more enlightened society and a more peaceful and sustainable global community.
“Just go for it, don’t hold back, live out your dream just don’t listen to anybody that would tell you that you can’t do what your dreams are. Trust your gut, don’t listen to the naysayers, surround yourself with people who are passionate and excited and moving forward in their lives and just go for it because we’ve all got a limited number of time in our lives”…[Listen for More]
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Ian Sanders is a UK-based creative consultant, coach and storyteller on a mission to make the world of work and business more human. The author of four books, Ian has been a regular contributor to the Financial Times. He works with clients from big corporations through to one person businesses.
“Stick to who you really are, and build on it”…[Listen for More]
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Matt Anderson has spent the past 14 years as a trainer and coach helping business development professionals get more referrals from their clients and professional network. He’s trained people from over 30 countries, spoken at dozens of international and national conferences and written the business bestseller, Fearless Referrals
“Ask for what you want”…[Listen for More]
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