Originally from Nashville, Josh Anderson graduated from Louisiana State University in International Trade and Finance. Josh served 8 years in the U.S. Army, including a 10-month stint in Bagram, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom. These experiences, coupled with the education he received from Louisiana State, have molded him into a focused, disciplined, and strong willed individual. Josh Anderson can best be described as a man of high energy with a passion for Nashville real estate. He is a business savvy professional with a strong desire to cater to his clients' particular needs. Client satisfaction is paramount! Josh's market expertise coupled with his superior negotiating skills set him apart from the rest.
“just show up, that’s half the battle, just show up. You can’t get intimidated by people that are more successful. It’s just show up. The other piece that goes along with showing up is… A lot of what I do is basic things, I just do basic very consistently. So, it’s kind of consistent persistence. So, I just do the same thing every day and it’s worked for me for the last going on 13 years now. So, show up, stick your hand out shake hands with people, introduce yourself. Everybody puts their pants on the same way regardless of how successful or how much money they have. You put your pants on one leg it is time… Find a mentor, find and industry expert and pick their brain as much as possible. Don’t worry and invent the wheel… There is no reason to reinvent the wheel. You can put your own spin on things but don’t reinvent the entire wheel.”…[Listen for More]
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Ken Blackman is a former Apple software engineer turned full-time relationship coach who’s worked with hundreds of couples from San Francisco to Paris to Sydney and trained thousands of students in his workshops on intimacy and connection. His work has garnered mentions from Best Self Magazine to Business Insider to Cosmopolitan to Playboy. With nearly two decades of experience, Ken's powerful, unapologetic break from conventional relationship advice is shifting the global conversation around love and committed coupledom.
“believe in yourself and trust what it is that you want to bring to the world”…[Listen for More]
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Aidan Vuocolo is the founder of Stories Behind the Grind and works with small business owners to scale up the impact they are making in this world. Aidan has previously worked with some of the biggest firms in the world and draws upon this expertise and own personal experiences to deliver clarity and confidence.
“do an audit of the networks and communities you are part of and start surrounding yourself with people you would like to learn more from or be more like. Start a daily meditation practice, it doesn’t have to be long, five or 10 minutes is enough. And make it your mission to work on yourself because the more you work on yourself the better your business will be and the potential to become”…[Listen for More]
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Wendy Schultz left a senior level position in a healthcare system where she oversaw the revenue cycle to begin a life of entrepreneurship in 2013. Driven by a strong desire for success, she has built a successful business that supports her dream of owning and managing a network of vacation rental properties. In 5 short years, her commitment to integrity and excellence has rocketed the business to a level that not many businesses achieve in their lifetime. She has a Masters of Business Administration degree and is a licensed real estate agent specializing in investment rental properties. She is mainly responsible for new property and new client acquisition. Wendy is a teacher at heart and loves to help people find vacation homes that they can enjoy as well as rent to offset expenses! Wendy enjoys traveling and spending time with family and friends. Her favorite place to be is at the beach! She also has recently taken up horseback riding. She and her husband, Scott, have two daughters who are elementary school aged. They also have a love for animals with a menagerie consisting of a dog, two cats, and a horse. They reside in De Pere, WI and have a home in Venice, FL.
“if you are going to bed on a Sunday night with a feeling of dread in your stomach for Monday morning then something has to change – there is something wrong, you have got to do something different. If you are going to live for when you get to start, when do I get my next lunchbreak, when is the weekend, oh crap it’s Sunday, when is my next vacation, when do I get to retire, when do I get to stop. I think you really have to assess that and you need to build not only a life but a business to support that otherwise it is just a job. And if you are dreading to go to your business then it is no different than dreading and going to a job in the morning. You need to love what you do and create the life that you don’t need a vacation from – work life integration”…[Listen for More]
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Carrie Brummer is an artist and professional educator who taught for years around the world before creating Artist Strong, an online artists’ community and school. She now runs courses and an artists’ mastermind, as well as a thriving online Facebook community.
“embrace failure”…[Listen for More]
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Tori Thomas AND Laura Deleot built Circa Design on a set of principles: intentional design, focused processes, collaborative teamwork and creative curiosity. Within two years, they scaled to 90 clients with offices in two cities. They experienced growing pains, but they know how make good ideas grow. They are doing it themselves with Circa.
“know your audience, know yourself and be decisive in the decisions that you are making currently… What’s the worst thing that can happen…What is failing? The worst thing that could happen if we take that risk… Sometimes it helps I think to know if it’s a risk worth taking. Because if the worst thing could happen is something that we are not really willing to let happen then maybe it’s not. But most of the time it’s like the worst thing that could happen is you fail, we have to shut something down and then we go back to doing it the way were doing before, which helps me assess if it’s worth it. And I feel like most times I like oh worst thing that can happen is really kind of fine. It’s a good reality check and puts things into perspective”…[Listen for More]
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Anna Lundberg is the founder of One Step Outside, where she helps people around the world build businesses and create a lifestyle that allows them an unimagined sense of freedom, flexibility and fulfilment. Since leaving her corporate job in 2013, she’s now reimagining what success looks like and she’s passionate about inspiring and supporting others to do the same. She is the host of the Reimagining Success podcast and author of ‘Leaving the Corporate 9 to 5: Stories from people who’ve done it (and how you can too!)’.
“take a step back and ask what is success for you… It is easy to fall into other definitions… It’s easy to fall into the entrepreneurial hustle, oh I have got to get funding, I have got to make seven figures, I have got to do this that and the other. So I think take a step back, ask yourself why did you start or why do you want to start your own business, what is it going to bring you, what are your core values and priorities. And then once you’ve taken that one step back want you to take one step forward. So dreaming really big those incredible things you’ve always wanted to do that seem out of reach but would be incredible and then start small by taking that that one little step”…[Listen for More]
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Sofia Fenichell is a self-confessed lover of words. She is a former technology analyst turned serial entrepreneur. As a senior account manager at DDB Needham, she has worked on General Mills and PepsiCo. Sofia was a highly regarded technology analyst working for Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and UBS, and voted the number one buyside analyst across all sectors by Institutional Investor. After retiring from her career in finance to raise her children, she became a serial technology entrepreneur launching video apps Rockpack and WonderPL that were heavily featured by Apple. Sofia is currently CEO and founder of Mrs Wordsmith, a UK startup transforming how children learn new words. ‘The Storyteller’s Illustrated Dictionary’ is an Amazon bestseller and the company recently raised $11m (€9.7m) from investors to expand into the US and China, with plans to create a digital component and cover different languages.
“think hard about what you are going to do and why and to make sure you love it even if it fails because there is no guarantee of success. It is always a longer journey than you think it is going to be so you have to love it. If you love what you do that passion will carry you through. It doesn’t mean you are going to be right but it will keep you in the game”…[Listen for More]
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Kyle Bailey is the CEO of NuVinAir, an automotive-industry pioneer offering proprietary odor-elimination products, which he founded in 2013. He directs NuVinAir’s strategic plan, while positioning the company for international expansion and distributor success. Based in Dallas, his company’s clients include car dealerships, car washes, rental-car companies, and truck fleets.
“do not give up. If you believe in it you will achieve it… Leaders delegate, leaders multiply themselves, leaders hold people accountable, leaders celebrate others, leaders finish the job. So if you are not working for me your working for you”…[Listen for More]
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Jeanie Cockell & Joan McArthur-Blair, co-presidents of Cockell McArthur-Blair Consulting, specialize in collaboratively designing strategies with clients to surface their wisdom as individuals, groups and organizations in order for them to build positive futures and to respond effectively to change. They co-authored the book Building Resilience with Appreciative Inquiry.
“Do what you love because people noticed that you love it and as a consequence they will buy from you… Don’t be afraid… Be afraid and do it anyway… Step across that line even if it’s partially part-time… just to start stepping across the line to see if this is something that works for them because not everybody is an entrepreneur not everybody wants to run everything… I think to step across that boundary to see how it feels because you have to tell the world what you know, and that is not always easy for everybody. And tell the world why they should work with you, and that’s not always easy”…[Listen for More]
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Ken Rutsky is a renowned specialist in achieving and growing market leadership, and has advised a range of B2B companies. His new book is Launching to Leading: How B2B Market Leaders Create Flashmobs, Marshal Parades, and Ignite Movements.
“know that you are on a journey, whether the ups and downs, don’t get too high on the ups, don’t get me down on the Downs, and keep the faith”…[Listen for More]
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Lee Blue has spent the last 16 years running his web design agency and the last 10 deeply involved in the WordPress community. He developed the DoubleStack program to equip WordPress developers to rise above the saturated WordPress marketplace and succeed in today's economy.
“focus on the problem that you are solving and the outcome that you deliver and not the persona that you are trying to attract… Don’t just focus on the person, what is the problem that you are solving, what is the outcome that you are delivering, why is it going to be a fantastic thing for that person to connect with you. And focus on that I would say that is the critical thing”…[Listen for More]
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Claudette Rowley is the CEO of Cultural Brilliance, a cultural design and change management consultancy and the author of Cultural Brilliance: The DNA of Organizational Excellence (2019). Over the past twenty years, Claudette Rowley has consulted at Fortune 1000 companies, small businesses, academic institutions, and start-ups, helping them create proactive and innovative workplace cultures that deliver outstanding results.
“trust yourself, trust your gut. do your due diligence on everything and make sure that you have dotted your i’s and crossed your t’s so you are not kicking yourself later. And really look at ways to take strategic calculated risks that will drive the business forward”…[Listen for More]
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Russell Saks (CEO): Russell graduated from Indiana University with a major in Management and a minor in Entrepreneurship. Russell is the CEO and founder of Campus Protein and handles investor relations as well as our overall growth strategy. A big focal point for Russell is ensuring the company is aligned in both our long and short term strategy. Russell has always had an entrepreneurial spirit and started his first business in middle school.
“just have focus. I think that it is so easy to get caught up in the day-to-day, I think you need to think of your end goal, the big picture and constantly ask yourself if the things you are doing will positively affect that end goal and if they don’t think that those are things that need to be cut out. So I think focus is really the key”…[Listen for More]
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Mr. Robert E. Chisholm, FAIA, NCARB, graduated in 1973 from the University of Florida with a Bachelors in Architecture and in 1977 from the University of Miami with a Masters in Urban Design. His interest in architecture was founded during his childhood in Havana, Cuba amongst the colonial, baroque, neo-classical and art deco architecture. At the University of Florida, under the guidance of Harry Merritt, architecture became his passion in life. His actual career in architecture and urban planning began as a member at the Metro-Dade County Manager's Office in the Office of Community and Economic Development (OCED) during the 1970's. Mr. Chisholm was lead principal planner in charge of planning and implementation of capital improvement projects in several urban neighborhoods such as Edison Little River, Downtown Miami and South Beach. While at the OCED he developed and strengthened relationships with members of the Federal, State, County and City governments in planning, funding and implementation of projects; which would later prove invaluable in the growth of his career and future firm. In 1983, Mr. Chisholm was a finalist for the post of Assistant Secretary of Transportation for the United States Department of Transportation under President Ronald Reagan.
“I believe that any human being if they set their mind to something without selling out their value system or their integrity or their beliefs, they can just about achieve anything they want. But anything and everything that you undertake will require an incredible amount of effort and time and perseverance. You have to earn it, there is no easy road but you have to enjoy the trip and you have to balance everything and you have to think as I mentioned earlier that your wake does not overturn any of the adjacent boats because you have to think of others as you go up the ladder or down the ladder. And you have to be able to look everyone you encounter later on make sure that you look at them and they look you with both a smile on your faces because you have to set a good example all the way – going in and coming down… Enjoy life because you only get one shot. This is not a dress rehearsal”…[Listen for More]
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Psychologist Dr. Diana Kirschner appeared regularly on the Today Show and stars in an Amazon Prime TV show, Love in 90 Days: Finding Your Own True Love. Her smash bestseller, Love in 90 Days is just out in its 10th Anniversary edition. Dr. Diana’s work has been featured in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Through her books and acclaimed Love Mentor® Coaching team, Dr. Diana has helped tens of thousands all over the world to create greater self-love, empowerment and lasting passionate soulmate relationships.
“Figure out where you are going to find your bliss… Lead with that and figure out how to make the business work in such a way that you are going to optimise that”…[Listen for More]
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Patrick Bardsley is in charge of strategy and management in the running of Spectrum Designs Foundation. He holds a Masters in Special Education, with a concentration in Behavior Analysis through Long Island University. A natural leader and innovator, he spends most of his time securing future growth and relationships for the betterment and expansion of all of our social enterprises. Patrick brings an enormous skillset that spans many disciplines, as well as over 12 years of experience working with teens and young adults with autism. Outside of his work at Spectrum Designs, Patrick is a member of both the internationally renowned NationSwell Council and the invite-only Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC). Patrick also oversees the running of all Spectrum’s enterprises; Spectrum Bakes, Spectrum Suds and Spectrum Grows and serves on the board of the Nicholas Center and New York State Industries for the Disabled.
“The biggest obstacle is often yourself and the stories you tell yourself about why you can’t do something. So, I really, really believe that if you can figure out the story you are telling yourself and really question its validity you will do well…Wherever you can have your company and its actions leave the world in a better place than when it started… I believe the good you put out into the world comes back to you 10 times over”…[Listen for More]
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Ryan Boykin has over 15 years of experience as an entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and partner of Atlas Real Estate Group, which is a full-service realty group specializing in real estate investments, brokerage and property management. Ryan was also a Denver Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree in 2017 and is a graduate of the University of Denver.
“somebody told me when I was getting going two pieces of advice which I have treasured always and I have repeated so many times. This gentleman said Ryan starting a new business that’s fantastic, I’m proud of you, is going to be a long journey but he said you have got three things. You have work, you have family and you have friends. Choose two, you are only going to have time for two. What is it going to be? Obviously, you choose work and family. That’s how I have had to choose where my time goes. And that was really illuminating for me in terms of how little time will be available and how big of a lift it is to start a business. Second piece of advice that put out there is same person told me in my commute home after a long day at work, let’s say I get 15 minutes in the car on the way home. He said you have got to treasure that 15 minutes, you have got to take that 15 minutes relieve your stress, get home to whatever home is for you and find your inner peace. Because that 15 minutes is your 15 minutes to recharge for your day really begins. And you walk in that door at your house because your wife and your family are all waiting there for dad to be present. And a lot of times of you don’t have that recharge and 15 minutes on that commute home you are not going to do what you need to do when your day really begins which is being that father and that husband ”…[Listen for More]
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Guy Dawson is the Managing Member of Classy Communications, a full service public relations and advertising. He is also the host of PR Connections: The Business Edition Radio Show and The Guy Dawson Show, a video streaming show.
“find someone who has been there and follow their advice… Find someone who’s maybe not necessarily in your industry but who has achieved success and listen to what they have to say be extremely teachable”…[Listen for More]
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With us today is Dan Zurcher. Dan is the owner of The American Striping Company and the author of "How I Stripe a Parking Lot, 24 Years, By Myself". He's here to tell us why he believes that parking lot striping is the all-time best, small business startup, ever.
“look around you, just keep your eyes and ears open… I know, I bet there is a skill that you have that might be related to what you do now that you could start small business in and who knows where that might go… You need some ideas seeing if there’s a maker’s space around you… If money is tight look for an industry that has a low start-up cost, no workshop is needed, no real inventory is needed, you can start part-time and it works in almost any economy” …[Listen for More]
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Bruce Borenstein is the CEO of business accelerator PH Advisors. He is also the author of the book “Don’t Be A Schmeckle” a common sense approach to sales and inter personal relationships. He was President and CEO of AfterShokz a bone conduction headphone company and has held other executive positions with several tech companies.
“you need to have passion and you need to have persistence. Without that I just don’t think that any entrepreneur will be successful. And quite frankly if you don’t have passion and persistence you shouldn’t be an entrepreneur”…[Listen for More]
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Brian Rowe began coding at age 13, developing Internet-based applications programming. He took that love for data to a position at Cummins that won him an award from CIO Magazine for “50 Best Intranets.” Later, he founded a software company that was purchased by iGoDigital, which eventually sold to Salesforce for $21M. Today, Rowe is using his life-long love for data and analytics to change the way students experience college with Perceivant, an education technology company that replaces traditional textbooks with cost-effective and interactive digital courseware.
“Try to go out and sell your solution before you start… You don’t have to lie about it, you don’t have to say it’s done. I think you can go out and find who you think your target customer is and say here’s my solution, here’s what I think it should look like, I want it to be like this. If I can offer it to you just like this with this much money would you be a customer for me? Would you sign up if I had it six months from now? Okay can you sign and LOI now. It’s just practice closing the deal even though there’s nothing that exists that you are talking about. And find out what’s it’s like to try to sell it, what feedback you get, can it be sold you are going to find nuggets of features or twists on how it should look and how it should work before you ever really hire anybody up to team together or raise money. You can get a lot sort of done in almost have hopefully with any luck a couple of beta customers that are going to be proponents of yours when you actually do get live”…[Listen for More]
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Gabriel Safar is CEO and co-founder of LeasePilot, the only company creating a scalable, digital future for commercial real estate leasing. LeasePilot accelerates the timeframe to close leases by pairing innovative technology with rigorous legal industry standards. Gabriel received a BA in Economics from Tufts University and a JD from Boston College Law School.
“always be willing to bet on yourself. I found there are lots of circumstances where people give you advice, lots of it makes sense, a lot of it doesn’t make sense, but at the end of the day you need to be able to figure out what are risks that are not in your control and what are risks that relate to your ability to perform for your ability to achieve results. And if you bet on yourself and then effectively make whatever it is happen that you want to have happen other people will be willing to follow and will be willing to bet on you as well”…[Listen for More]
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Marty Schultz is a mentor-speaker, angel fund investor, award-winning innovator and creator of some of the US’s fastest-growing software companies over his expansive career. A firm believer in sharing his knowledge with others, Marty mentors entrepreneurs and presents at startup and venture capital conferences on how to bootstrap and grow software startups He has founded several businesses including Blindfold Games, McGruff SafeGuard, co-founded eSped , founded Omtool, and also founded and ran a company that enabled hundreds of computer resellers to prosper by selling the new generation of microcomputers.
“constantly ask for feedback and never take it personally. Get used to being rejected and learn from being rejected. When you are doing some activity that is going to have a lot of rejection like cold calling set a goal of how many you want to do each day and stick with that… If you don’t like confrontation you need to do that over and over again until you basically don’t mind it. You will have confrontation, you will have rejection, get over it. And finally do what I did and take an improv class and start enjoy speaking in front of audiences”…[Listen for More]
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An award-winning writer and former journalist, Caroline Lambert is a writing collaborator, ghostwriter and book coach. Endlessly curious about life journeys, she helps people write their stories so they can create and share their legacy.
“keep taking imperfect action. Don’t wait until the right moment, don’t wait until things are perfect just keep taking imperfect action… Live with the discomfort. Yet it is going to feel a little bit uncomfortable knowing that you know you are not ready or that things are not completely lined up”…[Listen for More]
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