A third-generation entrepreneur, Jake Sigal co-founded Tome in metro Detroit in 2014. He’s made a career out of creating the amazing experiences consumer tech users want and deserve, by redefining the way software apps and hardware products work together. At Tome, Jake leads a team dedicated to cracking the world’s most complex tech problems. Their work within the larger Internet of Things movement creates partnership opportunities with some of the world’s most well-known companies wherever accelerated product-specific tech innovation is desired. Jake sits on the Consumer Technology Association’s Board of Industry Leaders and is a graduate of Ohio University. Ford Motor Co. acquired his first company, Livio, in 2013.
“Just do it, you got to just go for it and you got to go full speed you can’t be timid”…[Listen for More]
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Seth Buechley is a serial entrepreneur and business founder, who has used his life lessons to write a book, that tackles the plaguing question of why ambitious people struggle to find satisfaction and reveals what they can do about it. His exceptional perspective, which began in a commune in the woods and led him to financial success through several multi-million dollar businesses, shines through his candid and direct insights into the advantages and disadvantages of ambition. A seasoned entrepreneur and leader of high-growth companies, Seth illustrates the fundamental nature of gratitude in making the shift to lasting leadership impact.
“Make sure that you’re completely aligned with a support network, if you’re married, it starts with your wife, be very very intentional about seeking out mentors, people that have been there and done that before you. Often the process of designating someone is awkward and I say get past all of that and just find people that have been somewhere you want to go, develop genuine authentic relationships with them and then just learn from them”…[Listen for More]
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Shelby Rideout Shelby Luke Rideout, is the creator of Bright Signs Learning, the award winning multi-sensory program designed to inspire children ages 0-4 to read by uniting sign language and gesturing with early reading concepts. As a mother of four and professional sign language expert with credentials in education (Vanderbilt University) and sign language (Pierce College), Shelby has first hand knowledge of the many benefits sign language has on early learning. In 2012, Shelby began making her own educational videos in her basement, teaching each of her children to communicate using sign language, identify letters, and even to read by the age of two! Today, she has parlayed her success into a thriving educational company with national distribution through the Bright Signs Learning website and Amazon, and has garnered awards from Tillywig Toy & Product Awards and Moms Best Awards, among others.
“Follow your passion and not follow the dollars, it surprised me because when you do get into business it is hard to ignore the monetary part of it, once you start doing something because you think it might result in dollars, you’re going off the wrong path, I think that to really follow with a good mission and what your passion is and so I’ve had to draw myself a number of times and say wait a minute Shelby stop, what brought you here, what is your goal and my goal is to reach children, to have them feel good, to have them love learning, to have them at an early age love reading and that always draws me back in”…[Listen for More]
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Kelly Hoey is the author of Build Your Dream Network (January 2017 / Tarcher Perigee). As a connector, and networking expert, Kelly has been lauded from Forbes (“1 of 5 Women Changing the World of VC/Entrepreneurship”) to Fast Company (“25 Smartest Women On Twitter”). She has a column on Inc.com, blogs on myturnstone.com and tweets frequently (@jkhoey). Kelly’s career story is one transformation, and can only be explained by her unique ability to tap into networks and make valuable connections. Her career started in corporate law, eventually transitioning to the management side of Big Law. A chance opportunity in 2009 to work with a visionary leader sparked her transition from earning a paycheck to seeking equity. Co-founding a startup accelerator, then an interim CMO role with an emerging tech company, are part of her journey of reinvention as an author, influencer and investor. In addition to her portfolio of angel investments (Levo League, Hullabalu, Smigin, CloudPeeps, flowthings.io), she is an LP in two funds (Laconia Capital Group and Lattice Ventures) and an advisor to New Zealand Trade and Enterprise.
“Build your network, because when you’re wondering how you’re going to persist when you’ve got good days as well as those bad days it’s that network that’s either going to pull you through or blow you up”…[Listen for More]
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Jared Keen is an accomplished Entrepreneur and Executive with a proven ability to lead, everything from fast paced start-ups, to growth companies and traditional companies seeking new directions into profitability and success. Jared has been on his entrepreneurial journey since the age of 24 when he founded a marketing technology firm and digital coupon specialist, Couponstar in 2002. He was responsible for its strategic and operational direction worldwide expanding its operations across 12 countries. In Sep, 2011, Coupons.com, purchased its remaining share in Couponstar where Jared remained at the helm of the international division as the Managing Director. From May 2012 to May 2013, Jared resided in NYC working on strategic global retail initiatives for Coupons.com, Inc. In Mar 2016, Jared founded Australia's first online marketplace for property management called Rent360 where he is responsible for its overall strategy, product development, marketing and business development.
“Be genuine, be authentic in what you do and who you do it with, work smart not hard and always try your best”…[Listen for More]
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Cathy Yerges understands what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. Having grown up in her family's small retail business, entrepreneurship ran in her blood at an early age. In 2006, Cathy made the leap from corporate life to running her own virtual assistance business, Peak Profits LLC. Successful growth of that business allowed Cathy to sell a division of Peak Profits to focus more on helping business professionals engage with their clients and build relationships with their prospects. Thus, BG3 LLC was founded in the summer of 2014 to help companies grow their business three ways; through social media, email marketing and LinkedIn lead generation.
“Not to stress out when times are slow, business ebbs and flows and the key is not to get frantic if you’re in a slow period, it’s really intended to be a time to refocus and get back to the basics of your business”…[Listen for More]
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Chris Guillebeau is the New York Times bestselling author of The $100 Startup, The Art of Non-Conformity, and other books. During a lifetime of self-employment, he visited every country in the world before his 35th birthday. He hosts the World Domination Summit, a gathering of creative, remarkable people, every summer.
“Don’t be afraid, if you are afraid do it anyway because if you have that crazy idea and you can’t stop thinking about it there’s probably a good reason for it”…[Listen for More]
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Michael Palumbo is a trader, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and the author of the new book, Calculated Risk. He is the founder and controlling partner of Third Millennium Trading LLC and the principal of MJP Capital, a private regional holding company focusing on both real estate and technology. After repeated trading success, Michael entered the entrepreneurship space. He provided initial funding as the original venture capitalist for the high-frequency trading firm GETCO, which the Wall Street Journal hailed as the “High-Frequency Trade King.” That firm was valued at $1.7 billion when he exited it to a private equity group.
“Just do it, nike might sue me for that but be prepared, have a great game plan in place but then take that risk because I’m telling you when you get older and you look back and you didn’t take that risk you’re going to have some regret”…[Listen for More]
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Nik Mirkovic and Alex Tomic are the founders of a multi-million dollar e-tailer, HiSmile, which is Australia’s leading DIY teeth whitening brand. Both straight out of school, and after only two years in the market they are selling their teeth whitening sensation around the globe. The Social media realm has been the driving force behind the success of HiSmile, with Nik & Alex always ensuring the business is one step ahead of the latest changes and advancements.
“Don’t wait for perfection because it is never going to come”…[Listen for More]
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Tracee Sioux is a spiritual business and life coach, the author of the book The Year of YES! What if you said YES! to everything your Soul told you to do for one year? And her book Soul vs. Ego Smackdown.
“Don’t quit, just persist like a …[Listen for More]
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Marc Mawhinney is on a mission to help coaches build stronger businesses! A lifelong entrepreneur, he achieves this with his podcast, “Natural Born Coaches”, his coaching programs, and with his popular Facebook group “The Coaching Jungle”. He frequently makes media appearances and is a contributor for Entrepreneur.com.
“Remember the acronym KMF which stands for keep moving forward, if you’re not willing to move forward, if you get down in the dumps whenever you get beat around a little you’re not going to make it in business, you have to develop a thick skin” …[Listen for More]
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David Barnett is a three-time best-selling Amazon small business author and works as a private business sale transaction advisor.
“You have to think about selling cycles and your customers journey, I have seen so many times when an entrepreneur says I am going to get into this certain market and I have identified the million dollar market and within 3 years I am going to capture a certain percentage of this market and that is absolutely not the way to come up with a sales forecast”…[Listen for More]
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Jack Langworthy is an entrepreneur who started as a Peace Corps Volunteer in rural Tanzania, where he became obsessed with more efficiently connecting food supply and demand in the local farming economy. He has since founded NINAYO, an online trading platform for African agriculture, which is backed by the chairman and founder of Uber, Expa Labs, Science Inc. and the United Nations. Today we chat with him in his office in Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania.
“Tell your story, get your word out there”…[Listen for More]
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Makenna Johnston is an alchemist and creator. She was born into this world the love child of philosophies of non-attachment and high-level business acumen. She's also the author of The Intention Generation; a whole human leadership coach; a business consultant; artist; and chef. Makenna can be found traipsing the world, leading experiences, and coaching creative humans (she calls them unicorns). She's also the CEO of La Peetch, a food project dedicated to cultivating community and courage through cooking housed at Julia Child's home in Provence.
“Just do it, do the work and start, don’t worry about where to start just start. I think that we get wrapped up on the where and the how but the best thing to do is just to do something”…[Listen for More]
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Samantha Lippiatt is an entrepreneur, healthy lifestyle advocate and co-founder of Australia’s first dedicated wellness travel company Health and Fitness Travel. Samantha has an unbridled enthusiasm for all things travel, health and fitness and is committed to providing healthy holidays options that not only enhance but change lives.
“Just begin, don’t be afraid to fail and know that there are very, very few overnight successes, the success comes from the long haul so get prepared for that”…[Listen for More]
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Brian Shuster is one of the pioneers of the internet, and has developed and holds the patents to many core internet technologies and business methods. He is considered one of the trail-blazers in internet content provision, and has been discussed and featured in many industry and general news outlets, including: MSNBC.com, Business 2.0, Yahoo, Wired News, and many others.
“There is obviously lots of challenges one is going about starting a business. On substantial one is this sort of fear of disengaging from a more traditional path… I got in to the business of developing print materials for UCLA instructors. And so that sort helped me overcome that challenge. It sucked out all of my available free time that would have been recreation and non-productive. But by sacrificing that I was able to prove to myself that I could create a business that could generate profit and I had years to do that. By the time I was done with college I was successful in that space. So I could rely on that therefore to not got to medical school. So I would say that was certainly probably the biggest challenge was to say, how am I going to live, how am I going to deal with not having a fall back in the event that the business that I am trying to get off the ground…because getting a business off the ground is hard – most businesses fail. And most of them fail I think because you have too short a runway. If you can give yourself an unlimited runway then you are making the call of when the business is failed”…[Listen for More]
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Michael Willis, Co-founder and CEO of Medaware Systems, is a Former Vice President at Philips Electronics, and Jones Intercable who left corporate life to pursue his passion for developing innovative technologies and services. Michael has built successful start-up companies, both publicly traded and privately held, leading them to exit strategies that brought considerable value to investors and other stakeholders.
“Know your customer, who are they, what are their problems, have you talked to them at great length and what their problems are, what are their expectations and how can you really bring something of value of them”…[Listen for More]
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Calvin Correli is an artist, entrepreneur, and the CEO of a holistically focused, multi-million dollar software company called Simplero. Calvin is passionate about helping online business owners do exactly what brings them most alive.
Focus on yourself and what brings you alive, what you want to create, how you want to feel, obviously any business we’re focussed on the customer and serving the customer and all that but my advice for you is to do that for you that brings you alive”…[Listen for More]
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Tracey Osborne is an expert Online Business Manager and Virtual Assistant who specializes in telesummits and funnel strategy and creation. Tracey assists high achieving entrepreneurs in surpassing their goals by managing the behind the scenes operations. By removing the stress of daily operations, Tracey allows her clients the focus and freedom to do whatever it is that they do best…thus resulting in heightened profit and growth.
“Don’t give up, it’s out there, it’s going to happen, if you want it badly, you just got to drive and keep going”…[Listen for More]
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Mimika Cooney "South African born Mimika Cooney is a multi-passionate entrepreneur, TV Host, Branding, Video Marketing and Visibility Strategist, Award winning Photographer, Published Author, Speaker, Mompreneur. Mimika’s passion is helping female entrepreneurs build the business of their dreams, boost their visibility online, attract their dream clients, position their brand, and build a business so they can have more time to do the things they love. Mimika began her entrepreneurial journey at age 16 , and has since run four successful businesses in South Africa, England and the USA. She has experience in digital marketing, branding, website design, public relations, photography, TV broadcasting, and Video production. She has worked as a live on-air television broadcaster hosting an unscripted breakfast magazine show "York Today" in York, England. She received television broadcaster/presenting training in South Africa from Nadia Bilchick (who is a current CNN news anchor). She is an international award winning photographer with 13 years experience and has authored two books on the subject. She is a public speaker, and loves to teach workshops, courses and lead masterminds. Her signature membership site "The Worthy Revolution" and her Facebook Group help the modern female entrepreneur build her business and boost her visibility with style!
“Follow your heart and don’t water down your goals based on other people’s opinions, especially those closest to you, they mean well but sometimes they don’t see the vision. Using pen and paper really helps you to commit” …[Listen for More]
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Bob Burg is a sought-after speaker at company leadership and sales conferences, sharing the platform with everyone from today’s business leaders and broadcast personalities, to even a former U.S. President.Bob is the author of a number of books on sales, marketing and influence, with total book sales of well over a million copies. His book, The Go-Giver, coauthored with John David Mann has sold over half a million copies and it has been translated into 21 languages. It has been released in a new, expanded edition, with a foreword by Huffington Post founder and publisher, Arianna Huffington. Bob is an advocate, supporter and defender of the Free Enterprise system, believing that the amount of money one makes is directly proportional to how many people they serve. He is also an unapologetic animal fanatic, and serves on the Board of Trustees of Furry Friends Adoption & Clinic in his town of Jupiter, Florida.
“Money is simply an echo of value, it’s the thunder if you will to value’s lightning”...[Listen for More]
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Todd Hess is the CEO of SailTime, the world’s leading boat membership program. Now celebrating its 15th anniversary, SailTime has more than 28 bases in North America and seven bases in Australia. SailTime members share the use of a professionally managed boat through the use of a unique and proprietary online scheduling system. A monthly membership fee covers the slip fees, maintenance, insurance and operating costs.
“You most likely will not home run on your first venture, great if that’s the case but it may take several ventures as it did for me before you find that lane of growth, you have to also seeing for the fences whenever the opportunity arises, a lot of people hold back”…[Listen for More]
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Kathy McShane is the entrepreneur's entrepreneur. She works with women to help them to launch or expand their business. She runs an Incubator, a Mastermind and Peer-to-Peer workshops as well as a number of networking groups that are designed to inspire, motivate and bring other entrepreneurs together.
“Don’t take it personally, make sure you know the difference between your product or service and you, because if you are your product or service you will never look at that objectively” …[Listen for More]
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Jordan Edelson is a Forbes 30 under 30, a seasoned entrepreneur, and the Founder and CEO of Appetizer Mobile. He is also a Technology news contributor on CNBC, Bloomberg and others. He partnered with the Yankee Manager Joe Girardi on a new mobile game. Jordan is also a Director of Chic Sketch and a former CTO of H3 Enterprises Inc. (the first publicly traded Hip-Hop Company).
“Find something you’re passionate about because that is really what is going to carry you through and if you already have something you’re passionate about keep going with it, understand you’re aiming for that big picture”...[Listen for More]
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Jan Edwards is the founder and CEO at Paving the Way, an organization committed to ending sex trafficking in the United States. through education and empowerment. Jan spent over 25 years in sales and marketing working with big names like Time Warner, Bright House, the UN and other international organizations, before taking on the worldwide initiative to prevent children from become victims of this silent crime. She is the writer and producer of the award winning film; Trapped in the Trade that is used globally in business and educational programs across the country and believes this endeavor must start in our neighborhoods.
“Don’t ever give up, as tough and hard as it gets don’t ever give up, surround yourself with people who will both encourage you and tell it to you straight”...[Listen for More]
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