Tyler McCune is a freelance copywriter and owner of Copy By McCune. He’s written and consulted for A-List Copywriters, Top Launch Strategists, and Corporate Sales Trainers. He has fans on six continents that read his emails each day.
“give up the fantasy. We are all driven by this… there is no mythical realm where you are going to be totally happy and satisfied and you are going to feel confident… Just give up the fantasy that one day your life will be perfect, that your business will be perfect because it’s not and that’s totally okay… Everyone wants to have made it and everyone has already made it. You are looking at what you need to find… Everything is perfect it’s just not perfect in the way that you may want it to be ”…[Listen for More]
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Travis Bliffen is the founder of Stellar SEO, a top-rated U.S. link building agency. As an Army veteran, Travis took a leap of faith after reading a magazine article about the future of SEO. He dove deep and spent a year perfecting his craft. When he opened his firm in 2012, they quickly gained a reputation for being a cost-effective, honest and leading SEO agency. He has written many published works on SEO and link building, as well as being a featured speaker at SEMPO Cities among other industry events.
“you have to go for it. Everybody says you have to go for it and then people say okay I am going to go for it. But going for it means different things for different people. So when I say go for it I mean that if you decide you are going to start a business, you are going to be your own boss, you are going to build a brand, whatever it is that you are going to do to kind of take charge of life. You have to be willing to push back obstacles, you have to overcome hardships potentially but you have to be all in. Don’t have one foot out of the door the whole time, don’t say I am going to do this but… Insert the laundry list of excuses everybody might have about why they won’t do anything. You can’t do that”…[Listen for More]
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Judy Weintraub is an accomplished entrepreneur, business executive, attorney and bestselling author. She runs SkillBites, providing book writing and publishing services designed to help authors get their books written and published easily and quickly. Judy also runs Weintraub Legal Services, providing dispute resolution services and corporate law services.
“if you are just thinking about becoming an entrepreneur then talked to a lot of people, both entrepreneurs outside of your field as well as entrepreneurs in your field. Find out what they went through, what their recommendations are and determine whether it’s true it the right journey for you. Not everybody has the personality or the desire for taking risks that is required to be an entrepreneur. So if you listen to what people went through and you realise that you are not the type of person who wants to take those risks who wants the rollercoaster ride then you are going to save yourself a lot of anxiety and frustration and probably money by going in a different direction”…[Listen for More]
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Angela Henderson is an international award winning business coach for women, international keynote speaker and podcaster who helps women in business get all the pieces in place to have consistent 5 figure months and then onto 6/7 figure years without burning out in the process.
“Pay to play. You pay to play, the transaction happens equals the transformation and growth is inevitable”…[Listen for More]
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Dora Lau is founder and president of Dora L International, Inc. a leader in intimate apparel design, innovation, and technical fit. She is known for tracking consumer trends and transforming it into products that shoppers desire. Her company is built on a global network that is focused on research and knowledge of the latest technologies in manufacturing, design, and fabrics to give consumers maximum product benefits.
“if you follow your heart, your passion and it will not guide you the wrong way. Most of all build up your reputation because reputation is all we can build. So I would say respect is earned not given. So when you build up your innovation on products, your reputation for the best product, best quality and on-time delivery then you will gain customers and the profit will follow”…[Listen for More]
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5 TIME #1 BESTSELLER & SPEAKER ERIK “MR. AWESOME” SWANSON As an award winning International Keynote Speaker, #1 National Best- Selling Author in 5 different categories of success & a Habits & Behavioral Coach, Erik Swanson is in great demand around the world! Speaking on average to more than one million people per year, and honored to be invited to speak to Business and Entrepreneurial school of Harvard University as well as joining the Ted Talk Family with his latest Tedx speech called “A Dose of Awesome,” Erik is both versatile in his approach and effective in a wide array of training topics. You can easily find Erik sharing stages with some of the most talented and famous speakers of the world, such as Brian Tracy, Nasa’s Performance Coach Dr. Denis Waitley, from the book & movie ‘The Secret,’ Bob Proctor, Jack Canfield, John Assaraf, Millionaire Maker Loral Langemeier, Co-Author of ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’ Sharon Lechter, Legendary Motivator Les Brown, among many others! Erik has created and developed the super popular Habitude Warrior Conference which has a 2-year waiting list and includes 33 top named speakers, all in a ‘Ted Talk’ style event which has quickly climbed as one of the top 10 events not to miss in the United States! Erik’s motto is clear: “NDSO!” No Drama - Serve Others!
Get off your ass and into your assets. Seriously all of us have assets and aren’t harnessing it. So, get out there and start doing it”…[Listen for More]
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For over 25 years, Greg has inspired hundreds of thousands of people to take personal responsibility to step into the potential of their greatness and, as such, his life of contribution has been recognized by government leaders, a foreign Princess as well as luminaries in education, business, and industry. Mr. Reid has been published in over 100 books including 28 best-sellers in 45 languages. Titles such as - Stickability: The Power of Perseverance; The Millionaire Mentor and Three Feet from Gold: Turn Your Obstacles into Opportunities, have inspired countless readers to understand that the most valuable lessons we learn, are also the easiest ones to apply. Greg Reid is known best for being Founder and CEO of the - Secret Knock, an exclusive event and professional collaboration community focused on partnership, networking, and business development. He is also the producer of the Oscar qualified film, Wish Man, based on the creator of the Make A Wish Foundation. For his work in mentoring youth in his hometown of San Diego, Mr. Reid was honored by the White House Where President Bill Clinton commended Greg for his work to positively working with youth through a mentorship program. And if that is not enough, recently Greg was honored with the star of the infamous Las Vegas walk of fame.
“seek council not opinion. That’s the biggest one. And then the second one is this it’s called CPC from one of my bestselling books, it’s called wealth made easy… Surround yourself with people that work. Play at something that you would work at and amazing things happen. CPC stands for this: Clues, Patterns, Choices this is the single greatest aha nugget you could ever have… It’s accountability, responsibility for everything that happens. Stop blaming other people it is your fault”…[Listen for More]
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Brian Bogert is a human behavior and performance coach, speaker, business strategist and philanthropic leader who helps people make their best even better. His revolutionary strategy—embrace pain to avoid suffering—has helped individuals and companies break beyond their normal to achieve the success in life and business that they’ve always wanted.
“when we feel that moment of pain, when we feel that moment of discomfort, when our gut tells us that we need to turn into something or even turn away from something I want them to literally just turn into it. Turn into those moments of discomfort because that’s where growth happens, that is where we discover who we are, that is where we discover what we are capable of. I think the world has told us to reduce, eliminate or avoid pain. And I’m telling you definitively the world is wrong. We must learn to use pain, discomfort to our advantage so that we cannot only avoid suffering but gain freedom”…[Listen for More]
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Two-time best-selling author Jeanie Cisco-Meth shares her proven system for improving communication and decreasing conflict. She has written magazine articles, been quoted in Forbes, and contributed to the TheBlaze. She has been a guest on radio stations across the country and appeared on ABC4, Free Speech TV, and others.
“keep moving forward. I what it is sometimes it’s discouraging because you are not sure if what you are doing is working… Know that whatever you are feeding your mind is where you are going. So if you are feeding it junk stop, pick up a good book, listen to things… Make things that help stretch you and try again. So often we think that I should be able to just do it right the first time because I am an adult. No, no you can’t. Just like when you were a little kid learning to walk you fell down… Encourage yourself, praise yourself… I am going to try again, here I go again, I got this. Absolutely celebrate”…[Listen for More]
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Joel Milne is the CEO of RepairSmith, which provides mobile car repair and maintenance services. Joel is a serial entrepreneur who previously co/founded four venture-backed technology startups where he served as CEO, COO, and CTO and raised over $100M in venture financing. He is also an advisor to many California-based startups.
“remember that start-ups are just a bunch of people doing things, doing something hard together. And you may think you got the best idea or you are the best at something but it’s really just a handful of people working together to solve the problem. And so, thinking hard about who those people are and how you motivate them will be a major driver in your success or failure much more than your individual skills”…[Listen for More]
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Sean Ammirati co-founded mSpoke, which was the first acquisition of LinkedIn. His next startup was Peak Strategy, which was acquired by Morgan Stanley. Today, he focuses on being a partner at Birchmere Ventures, where they invest into seed-stage SaaS and marketplace startups. Since their start in 1996, they’ve invested in 135 companies with 51 exits. Sean also teaches entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business.
“the easy advice is just do it. But we want to be more thoughtful than that. So, the way to unpack that a little bit… I think that entrepreneurs before they start the journey, they tend to think too much about the downside. And so, I would encourage you to have a rational conversation with yourself about what really are the different outcomes here. And then once you’ve done that… Once you’ve kind of thought through that and you’ve taken the leap and jumped into it you can never overemphasise spending time with your customers. The more time you spend with the customers and listening to them and understanding the problems they have the better off you will be”…[Listen for More]
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Our next guest is Craig Handley. He is hard to describe but let me try. He is an author of a best selling book called “Hired To Quit”, he is musician writing music for artists all over the world, he is a bit of a comedian who has done Stand Up on broadway in NYC he also moonlights as CEO of his company ListenTrust which was named #1 in Business Products and Service (#27 overall) on Inc. Magazine’s 500/5000 list where they do about 150M in sales for their clients, and answer 100’s of thousands of CS calls and Lead generation calls and employs close to 1000 awesome people. He has cage dived with great white sharks and rappelled down Table Mountain in South Africa, driven the Baja 500 trail in Mexico, hiked through the jungles of Malaysia, and in Iceland he snowmobiled across a live volcano, swam in the Blue Lagoon, and dove in the famed Silfra Fissure which is the only dive site in the world where your dive is in the crack between two continental plates. He is also the 85th civilian in the world ever to jump out of a plane from over 32,000 feet (HALO Dive)... He's hung out on Necker Island with Richard Branson. He's met Ringo Starr and bumped into Paul McCartney before security escorted him back to his table while trying to get a selfie, and,in Calgary, he had a scarf blessed while meeting the Dalai Lama (which he has since misplaced). He has partied with Akon, and Snoop Dogg and many other celebrities who asked him for his autograph (because they thought he starred in Vikings or Game Of Thrones and he did not correct their thinking) He served five years in the U.S. Army infantry during the first Iraqi war, leaving with an honorable discharge. Handley studied voice and piano in college. He has written and produced hundreds of songs, from rap to pop to ballads to humorous parodies, and even opened for Coolio and hosted the Adult Entertainment Awards. He once turned down a record deal because it would have been “a pay cut” from his profitable businesses - and the required tour schedule didn’t leave him enough time for his business or family...
“don’t get down, focus on the positive, seek out mentors… But really understand that being an entrepreneur means you are in for a rollercoaster ride and to try and enjoy the downs as much as you enjoy the highs. Try to understand what you can learn from the worst day of your life, don’t just learn from the best days of your life. And that’s the only way an entrepreneur is going to survive the emotional rollercoaster that you have from being an entrepreneur”…[Listen for More]
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As Chairman of American manufacturer Wendell August Forge, Will Knecht weaves together the fascinating story about the devastating fire that could have destroyed his business, but instead became a catalyst for new thinking and opportunities. Earnest and plainspoken, Will compels his listeners to look differently at trials, seeing them as the gateways to breakthrough success. He keynotes events across the country and encourages leaders to live lives worthy of their potential.
“believe in what your passion is and what you feel that you are called to do. Believe in it, don’t let the naysayers shoot you down. Believe in what you believe you have been called to do, trust it, go after it. Don’t risk the world on it may be but test it and roll with it. But believe in yourself, believe that you have been uniquely created potentially for such a time as this to start your business, to buy a business and go after it with all you have got. Persevere through the tough times, keep learning and keep growing… Believe in your calling”…[Listen for More]
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Stephen Warley has been a serial solopreneur for the past 20 years. He’s the founder of LifeSkillsThatMatter.com. He’s a solopreneur business coach on a mission to help you create work that works for you in alignment with your values, needs and abilities. He believes work is fundamentally changing as you know it and we’re all going to have to manage ourselves whether you work for yourself or someone else.
“take this deeply think of this as a thought exercise and really ask yourself this question. I really want you to be you. I really want you to be you. I really want you to be able to build a business in alignment with your values, your needs, your abilities. Why? If you can do that that will sustain your motivation unlike anything else you can do for much longer. Money is only going to get you so far… Really define, constantly ask yourself throughout the day, is this what I would want to do or am I doing it to make somebody else happy, to please somebody else? Be you ”…[Listen for More]
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Tim Fitzpatrick is an entrepreneur/business owner with expertise in marketing and business growth. He has 20+ years of entrepreneurial experience with a passion for developing and growing businesses. His first company grew an average of 60% a year before being acquired in 2005.
“I would say a for the long-term. I think a lot of people are trying to get rich quick which to me is a trap that just doesn’t exist. When we see other people’s story and learn about their success, we are really only getting the tip of the iceberg. What we are not seeing is the rest of that iceberg that’s below the surface that is all of the work, the time and the effort that they put in to get above the surface. Being an entrepreneur is a marathon it’s not a sprint. I we are far better off if we can make our business decisions based on the long-term benefit of our company rather than the short-term”…[Listen for More]
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Robinson Smith was raised in Canada, studied, lived and worked in China for almost a decade and subsequently built up a successful investment advisory. He sold his business two years ago to train other financial professionals in The Smith Manoeuvre financial strategy so many more Canadians would be able to prosper.
“number one, budget. You are properly going to spend more than you think you will. I certainly found that out when I started this up two years ago or so… I had an idea, this general roadmap of where I wanted to go and how I would do it and then the deeper you get into something in a new venture the more you realise you don’t know. So, you have got to bring more and more people on to help you do it and do it right. And so, number two is pay for it if you have to”…[Listen for More]
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With over a decade of business development experience, it’s safe to say Will William Christensen has an elevated passion for fulfilling what the end user desires and efficiently working towards faster iterations. He is the co-founder of DataAutomation, which customizes both automation and integration processes for e-commerce sellers.
“fail faster. Do not be afraid to put your baby out in front of the world and get it called ugly. The moment you start to shield your baby, your business, from the feedback of the world you have begun to make yourself obsolete… So do not shield your product from the feedback of the world, put it out there. But you can’t know that it’s ugly… You are inherently blind to the fact that what you are building is not going to do what you needed to do”…[Listen for More]
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Madeline Pratt is the Founder/CEO of Fearless in Training, a creative consulting agency specializing in helping ambitious fintech entrepreneurs with marketing, branding and business development. Madeline Pratt has spent her career serving as business development leader for technologies companies ranging from small start-ups to large publicity traded entities. In addition, she is the founder of Womxn Talk Money and the host of the Finding Fearless Podcast.
“believe in your ideas but work on your abilities. So what I mean by that is I believe ideas are a dime a dozen and the difference between somebody who is successful is somebody who puts action behind those ideas. But we also have to recognise that we don’t know what we don’t know and so I think that a lot of entrepreneurs fail because they are overly confident about their abilities and they are not willing to admit the areas where they have gaps. And I think to be a great entrepreneur you really need to be constantly investing in your own education and your personal development and building skills that you need to take your company forward further. So always believing in your ideas because you are the one who is going to have to bring that passion and bring that fire and get other people to believe in it. But also be aware of where you need to grow and invest in those areas”…[Listen for More]
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Rachael Robertson spent 12 months in the Antarctic, where she led the 58th Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition to Davis Station. She was the second female, (and one of the youngest) to ever lead a team at the Station. She managed a team of 18 people through the long, dark, Antarctic winter and built a resilient and highly successful team based on the foundation that ‘respect trumps harmony’. Since returning to Australia, Rachael has completed her MBA, is an international keynote speaker and has written 2 best-selling books: Leading on the Edge, based on Antarctica; and her latest book, Respect trumps Harmony, was released in April 2020.
“get a partner who is different to you. Whether it’s an equity partner in the business whether it’s a life partner… I think my best advice to any entrepreneur is get someone who is completely different to and get them to advise you, offer ideas and suggestions and frank and fearless feedback because you often can’t see it yourself. So, having someone completely different give you a broader range and a broader spectrum of ideas”…[Listen for More]
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Joe DeMaria started his career at 9 years old, running an illicit, back alley soda and candy cartel at his elementary school in Willow Glen, California. Within 2 weeks, he had employed 3 other hard-nosed, dirty-faced 9 year old lieutenants -- paying them 25 cents per unit sold. The Sugar Rush Syndicate was brought to an abrupt end when DeMaria's childhood best friend and wartime consigliere was caught selling an A&W Rootbeer on tape by one of the school's CCTV cameras. He was brought to justice just 5 weeks into the school year, netting an impressive $937.75. He refused to return the money. Today, he teaches coaches, consultants, and peak performers how to scale their businesses and their impact on their audiences using online courses and coaching programs -- through his company Teach To Scale
Chr(34)Chr(34)realise that you've got a gauge on your dashboard that says fun and start to pay attention to that one to. The more fun we are having in what we are do... And it does not have to be frivolous, it doesn't have to be goof... It's just that when we are having fun, we do a lot better. We are designed as mammals to play. We are at our best when we play. It's where we are strongest where we are able to take chances and experiment and learn things. So, I think those who know how to play and know how to have fun are the ones that are the toughest and the most resilient Chr(34)Chr(34)...[Listen for More]
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Syed Gilani is the CEO and President of Safr, a rideshare startup focused on women’s empowerment through safe transportation. A seasoned business leader with 25 years of experience in North American, Asian, Middle Eastern and European markets, Syed leads Safr’s global growth, investment and overall company vision to build a better, safer and more empowering future for women around the world. Syed holds a Masters in International Relations from Harvard University; an MBA in Marketing from University of the Virgin Islands; and a Master of Science degree from Lahore School of Economics. Syed writes for Forbes and other publications and has spoken at conferences around the world.
“take a chance… If you have a business idea or any kind of a service idea or a product idea take your firstly of faith. Do not sit on it for the rest of your life and think next year, oh shear, I can do it next year. There is just never going to be that next year. I would strongly urge all of your listeners that if they have a great business idea they should vet it and they should get it out. If they fail to not feel dismayed”…[Listen for More]
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Amy Posey is a Silicon Valley-based leadership consultant focused on neuroscience and high performance. As both an adventurer and leadership development facilitator, she is co author of: Wild Success: 7 Key Lessons Business Leaders Can Learn from Extreme Adventures.
“I think the biggest thing is manage your cash flow well. I think that’s where people get really stopped up, I’ve seen it. When I talk to people about managing their cash flow they are like ‘wow that’s boring’I am like yeah it’s boring but it’s the truth of trying to run a sustainable business. And that’s always been my focus is running sustainable businesses. And that to me is a measure of success. So I think really focusing… And if you’re not good at it having someone to help you do that well is critical”…[Listen for More]
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Greg Kihlström is a best selling author, keynote speaker, and entrepreneur. He is currently CEO and Co-Founder at CareerGig, after his digital experience agency, Carousel30, was acquired in 2017. He has worked with some of the world’s top brands, including Coca-Cola, Dell, FedEx, GEICO, Marriott International, MTV, Starbucks, Toyota and VMware. He currently serves on the University of Richmond’s CX Advisory Board. Greg’s newest book, The Center of Experience (2020) talks about how customer and employee experience can be operationalized into a cohesive brand experience. Greg’s previous book, The Agile Consumer (2019) explores the most recent shifts in the brand-consumer relationship and how companies must become more agile across their entire operation to remain successful. Greg is a regular contributing writer to Forbes, and has been featured in Advertising Age, SmartCEO, Website Magazine, and The Washington Post.
“talk to other entrepreneurs. I feel like it’s my job as CEO and as an entrepreneur to meet people and to learn from others. And it’s not necessarily always people like myself. I certainly like to meet other people that are undergoing similar challenges. But it’s important to meet other people from different backgrounds that have different perspectives whether it’s your competitors or your former competitors or your customers. So really just talk to people, get different perspectives and get out of the silo that that you can often find yourself in”…[Listen for More]
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Mia Hewett helps purpose-driven entrepreneurs who know they were meant for more, stop secretly struggling, live in alignment with their dreams so that they can scale to 6 and 7-figures the fast way. Mia is the founder of Aligned Intelligence™, a methodology that removes all blind spots, fear, anxiety, and self-doubt. This is for those who have tried everything to change, who realize their past is holding them back but they can't seem to figure out how to move past it. Mia has co-owned and operated seven-figure businesses, is an international speaker, and a world-class business coach.
“the way that you speed up is actually to slowdown. If you will slow down and take the time to unravel your behaviours, why you do what you do, he’ll the trauma that is in the way, what has you reacting and having those unconscious habits you will speed up and what you will create will astound you. Here’s the truth. We can be anything in this world we desire to be if we will clearly define it and then being constantly willing to occupy our intention and our mind with it it must become habitual. It cannot be a concept to be put on or taken off like a pair of clothes”…[Listen for More]
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M. Shannon Hernandez is not your average entrepreneur. After a 15 year public teaching career, she jumped feet first into her journey as a business owner, and within just a few years, she had built a multi-six figure business. A sought after expert in the world of content marketing and strategy, Shannon is known globally as the creator of the Content Personality™ Wheel. In 2016 Shannon founded The Confident Expert™ Program, where she champions and rallies coaches and consultants, teaching them how to market their businesses from a place of intuition, integrity, and JOY-and make a shit-ton of money in the process.
“go with your gut…. And it seems simple, and it is on one level but on the other level you have got to go with your gut. And when you don’t know what you don’t know yet a mentor, get an adviser. Higher coach or a consultant, get some help from somebody that’s done it before you. And still go with your gut, so use your intuition and the help of someone and you truly become unstoppable and you can accomplish anything that you put your mind to”…[Listen for More]
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