A practising accountant since 1991, Steven Englander has taken his firm Accounts Direct from being a one-man band serving local clients into a national brand serving business owners all over the UK. Steven empowers business owners by taking a 360 degree view, in order to understand what they need to prosper.
“I always assume with an open-ended question that there is a focus, there is a target. And I think if you are starting up in business, starting up a new project you need purpose in it. You need to know why you are doing it and then you need to know where you are going with it. Just make sure that you spend a little time even if it’s only a cash flow projection just so you know where you are going and what resources you will need otherwise you are just going to get swept in the wind. So that’s it just make sure that you know what you want to achieve”…[Listen for More]
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Rishon Blumberg and Michael Solomon are co-authors of GAME CHANGER and co-founders of 10x Management, a talent agency for tech professionals that has rocketed to the forefront of the tech industry, carving out its place as a trusted and exclusive resource for companies seeking the best and most coveted freelance tech experts. Rishon is, first and foremost, an entrepreneur. It’s what he studied — graduating from the Wharton School of Business with a degree in entrepreneurial management in 1994. It’s what he’s lived and it’s what he loves. For more than 25 years, he’s harnessed that spirit to create and lead successful organizations based in tech, entertainment, and the nonprofit sphere— finding new solutions to long-standing and emerging challenges. Rishon has presented at TEDx, been published in the Harvard Business Review, and was featured on the cover of the Wharton Alumni of New York Magazine. Michael Solomon is the co-author of GAME CHANGER and the cofounder of 10x Management, the world’s first tech talent agency. 10x matches top contract technology experts, designers, and brand innovators with companies ranging from startups to the Fortune 500. Customers include American Express, HSBC, Google, Verizon, Yelp, and more. He is a recognized expert on the freelance economy and its growing impact on business and has appeared on numerous media outlets and at conferences, including CNBC, BBC, Bloomberg TV, NYU, and SXSW. Solomon also leads, with his longtime business partner Rishon Blumberg, the first-of-its-kind compensation negotiation service catering to senior tech talent, called 10x Ascend. Ascend’s mission is to help senior tech talent obtain the best compensation packages possible. The two also oversee the respected talent management and entertainment consulting company Brick Wall Management, whose clients include multiplatinum and Grammy award-winning recording artists, songwriters, top record producers, and filmmakers. Michael also co-founded Musicians On Call, a nonprofit that brings live music to over 700,000 people in health care facilities across the U.S. and remains an active member of its Board of Directors.
“definitely grit and fortitude. Make sure that you stay the course, don’t give up. Sometimes you learn new things and that changes your trajectory but if you truly believe in something and you believe in yourself and you believe that you can be the solution for changing that something or creating that something then you have got to have grit to stay with it and stick with it. Fake it until you make it. That’s the number one piece of advice I would give”…[Listen for More]
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Marin Laukka is the business owner of Yes&, LLC - wherein she coaches hard-working creatives to align with life-giving, authentic success. Marin holds a Master’s degree in Positive Developmental Psychology and certifications in life coaching & yoga. Outside of work, you can find Marin at the dog park with her pup Aatto, rock climbing with her partner Tyler, or dancing with a bowl of chocolate peanut butter ice cream.
“hire a coach… I so, so believe in the power of coaching. It does not need to be me it can be any coach and in fact make it someone that you really feel aligned with yourself that you really enjoy speaking to that you trust, that you admire, that aligns with the skill sets that you feel like you are needing and desiring at the time… Hire a coach, give yourself the time and the space to hear and value what you know and what’s already inside of you. And you deserve it. You absolutely deserve it”…[Listen for More]
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Christopher Doyle is an entrepreneur and business leader with extensive hands-on construction industry experience and a proven record of launching successful startups. He is the founder, president and CEO of Billd, a disruptive payment solution for the construction industry that helps contractors and suppliers grow their businesses with less hassle and risk. Recognizing cash flow hurdles contractors face when purchasing materials, Doyle launched Billd to make traditional Wall Street working capital accessible to these small business owners. Doyle cut his teeth in the construction industry, framing houses in high school at age 16 and working his way through college at Texas A&M before beginning his career in residential and commercial construction. During this time, he not only developed into a project manager supervising sales and operations, he also developed a passion for launching new business operations, opening and leading new divisions of construction companies in Dallas, Austin and Houston, Texas. He went on to serve as director of solar operations for the Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS), delving into energy efficiency and renewable energy program management and authoring numerous publications on renewable energy financing, including launching National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) residential and commercial best practices. Recognizing Doyle as a renewable energy thought leader, the founders of lending company Dividend Solar (now Dividend Finance) tapped him to oversee their contractor operations and sales. Doyle’s leadership and tireless work ethic helped the startup thrive and secure series A funding. He was a pivotal leader in Dividend’s first three (3) loan securitization offerings totaling over $500M. While working with Dividend Finance, Doyle recognized how a lack of access to capital impacts contractors’ ability to operate and grow their businesses. He was inspired to launch Billd, along with co-founder Jesse Weissburg, to bring traditional Wall Street access to capital to the construction jobsite, allowing contractors to bypass project hurdles with access to upfront funds while enabling suppliers to sell more materials and get paid up-front. For contractors who usually aren’t paid until more than 90 days from purchasing materials, Billd provides 120-day terms so they can scale their business and stabilize cash flow. Doyle’s technical certifications include Certified Energy Manager, Business Energy Professional, LEED AP O+M Certified, Solar PV Advanced 40 Hour (North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners), Certified Building Envelope Analyst, Infrared Level 1 Thermography Certification, Green Advantage Certified for Commercial Buildings, and a Certified Auditor, Level 3 Installer, QAP - Air Barrier Association of America. He was a founding member of the Solar Access to Public Capital working group of the Solar Energy Industries Association, the Energy Services Coalition, the U.S. Green Building Council, and he is a board member of the Building Enclosure Council of the National Institute of Building Sciences. Doyle holds a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University and an MBA from Rice University. He resides in Austin, Texas, with his two children.
“it’s a simple exercise, open up Excel and say: how are you going to find this customer? Well first start with what does it cost? What are you going to sell it at? How are you going to find them? And breaking it down into a very simple exercise to see if the economics even work. Because so many times I talk to people that are looking to start a business and we go through that very easy exercise and you are going to know… look you are going to have to do X volume to get there even close. Like this doesn’t make a lot of sense. I think a very simple Excel exercise starting from scratch or you are just starting your business and you are looking at a new product I see so many times people just miss a very simple 15 minute exercise to breakdown the economics to realise that hey that this isn’t going to work”…[Listen for More]
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Kate Lanz is the founder and CEO of Mindbridge, a UK-based global leadership company specializing in the power of modern neuroscience and releasing latent brain potential. She is the lead author of All the Brains in the Business: The Engendered Brain in the 21st Century Organisation.
“get yourself a good personal board of directors. And those people can obviously change over time and over circumstance. Let other people help you make that something that you constantly have around you”…[Listen for More]
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Jeff Kofman, CEO and founder of Trint, is a tech entrepreneur with an unusual backstory. As an Emmy award-winning network television news foreign correspondent and war correspondent with ABC, CBS and CBC News he spent more than three decades reporting from around the world. Jeff has covered many of the biggest stories of our time including the Iraq War, the Arab Spring, Hurricane Katrina, the Gulf Oil Spill and the Chile Mine Rescue. He’s won an Edward R. Murrow Award, a duPont Award and two Emmys, including one for his coverage of the fall of Muammar Gadhafi in Libya in 2011.
“make sure that your idea really is a sustainable business. I think it’s the most simple advice and it’s really important to say yeah but who is going to pay for it? And why would they pay? …I think first of all does the world need it? I think that’s a question you need to ask. Is this a nice to have or a need to have?... I think the does the world need this question is a really important one. You could argue with a gamer for example does the world need a game? No but the next question is, does the world won’t this and want it enough to pay for it in a monetizable sustainable scalable way? And I think that’s the second question you have got to answer… You really need to answer the first and you absolutely must answer the second ”…[Listen for More]
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Tripp Lanier is a professional coach, author of This Book Will Make You Dangerous, and host of The New Man Podcast: Beyond the Macho Jerk and the New Age Wimp which — for over a decade — has been downloaded millions of times. Since 2005, he has spent thousands of hours coaching people all around the world to get out of the rat race, become an authority in their field, and make a great living doing the work they were put on this earth to do. Over the years he’s designed several businesses to support a simple lifestyle focused on freedom, ease, meaning, and fun.
“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 ”…[Listen for More]
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Peter Thomas Roth is CEO, founder and formulator of his eponymously named 25-year old brand of world-renowned line of skincare products that regularly breaks sales records on QVC, and at Sephora and ULTA.
“you have just really got to have a passion for it, you have got to really live it. You also have to be able to do it, want to do it at 11 o’clock at night and still have a passion for it at three in the morning and Sunday. And not just five o’clock on Friday I am done until Monday if you want to be an entrepreneur and not just a pay check. You just have to live it 24/7 and you have to know when you want to risk and when you need to stop”…[Listen for More]
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Matthew Hunt was an ashamed introverted dyslexic but has turned himself into a successful extroverted dyslexic entrepreneur. He built 3 B2B profitable companies in the last 13 years all built on the back of smart marketing & sales. I'm honoured that 100s of companies (large & small) have hired me to help them implement my marketing & sales strategies. To name a few, I've worked with RE/MAX, Valvoline, FedEx, Chef's Plate, League & TouchBistro. His expertise is SEM, SEO, CRO, PPC, Funnel Optimization, LinkedIn Marketing, Email Automation & Sales.
“figure out and manage your stress… If you are not at your best it’s really hard for you to serve your team and to serve your customers and your clients and to serve your family and all of those other things… So, you need to take care… It usually stems from your mental health first. And of course, if your mental health is clear then you will take care of your physical health and so forth. But you must address that, you must find time, downtime from your business so that you can see the trees from the forest and that you can do these things. It’s imperative. You can’t outwork everything… So that you can think clearly and be stress free”…[Listen for More]
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Lynette M Smith authored the award-winning reference book, 'How to Write Heartfelt Letters to Treasure: For Special Occasions and Occasions Made Special.' Its role is to help millions of people worldwide to write gratitude letters so they can establish, enhance, and even rebuild their relationships and thus change their world.
“think like your customers and clients, be where they go, understand their needs and always do your best to meet those needs”…[Listen for More]
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Bird Blitch is the co-founder and CEO of Patientco, where he is striving to make the patient financial experience more intuitive, transparent and affordable while delivering more payments to health systems. He came up with the idea for Patientco after he and his wife had their first child and were subsequently flooded with bills from several different providers. Bird found this process to be overwhelming and created Patientco to make healthcare payments easier and more convenient.
“the three most important things that I can give advice to entrepreneurs is revenue, revenue, revenue. You can have a growth mindset if you have growth if you are moving up and to the right then grow cure is a lot of ills. Focus on good revenue”…[Listen for More]
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Danny Hadas is a # 1 bestselling author, entrepreneur, and advisor to the world’s most iconic brands. His work has impacted millions of people across 500+ companies worldwide, including Disney, BMW, and AT&T. With The Emovation Project, Danny teaches business leaders how to power their profits by empowering their people.
“every single day ask yourself; how do you want to feel each and every day you operate your business? And what are you going to do to have yourself feel that way? Asked that question every day and you will be on the right track”…[Listen for More]
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Cindy is the CEO of Cindy Miller, Inc. She is a certified Behavior Analyst who uses the game of Golf as a tool to improve your quality of life. She is a former LPGA Tour player and veteran of five U.S. Women’s Opens. She lost her LPGA Tour card after three seasons. Cindy says, “Of the best players in the world on the LPGA Tour, I was one of the worst.” She hung up her clubs and became a celebrated LPGA . That’s why, 25 years after losing her card, Cindy picked up her golf clubs and started playing again. She became a contestant on The Golf Channel’s Big Break III: Ladies Only show where she finished third. That same year, she earned second place on the Legends Tour Money List, proving to herself the dream she had as a seventeen- year- old was not a nightmare. Her message has reached employees such as Pepsico, Microsoft, The Hartford, LPGA, Church Mutual Insurance, Independent Health and more.
“keep doing what you are doing. Be willing to get off the nail, be willing to look in the mirror and plant a C and do something about it. No whining allowed”…[Listen for More]
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Jen Mansfield is a fulfilment coach who works with mentally exhausted women to get them feeling inspired, energised and loving life again. Having overcome her own battles with chronic anxiety and depression, Jen discovered the inner magic within us all and now teaches others how to go from mind mania to mind mastery.
“just do it. It’s easy when you just do it. When you think about it you will totally talk yourself out of it. So that’s where my launch before you are ready comes in. And just be you as well… So just be you and you will find your people”…[Listen for More]
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Mary Kelly, PhD, CSP, CDR, US Navy (ret) Leadership Expert, Economist, Best-selling Author, Keynote speaker Mary Kelly improves profit growth. As an economist, corporate strategist, and leadership development expert, Mary translates economic data that leaders can use to make the right decisions for their business. Cited in Money Magazine, Entrepreneur, Success, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, and by over 500 TV and radio stations, Mary translates theory into action. Author of 13 business and leadership books.
“surround yourself with a mastermind of other entrepreneurs who are doing either what you want to do or successful in their lanes… I am a huge fan of creating a mastermind or a board of advisers or joining something where you get other people’s perspectives”…[Listen for More]
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Leisse Wilcox is a transformational mindset + success coach who helps high-potential women courageously become the vision of themselves they can’t stop dreaming about. A passionate (and TEDX) speaker, dynamic thought leader, author, NLP practitioner, top podcast host, cancer survivor, mom of three, and taco enthusiast, her entire experience has been about coming home to her truest self and to call herself “beloved,” knowing intimately that changing the world starts by making the changes we want to see within ourselves, first. An expert featured on Simple Habit, and an entrepreneurial advisor with StartUp Canada, Leisse’s intention is to guide people to come home to themselves, giving them permission to live, authentically. Leisse’s first book To Call Myself Beloved is available now, and you can watch her on Season 2 of Amazon Prime's "The Social Movement.”
“be very intentional and be very clear on your why. It’s something I don’t think we spend enough time on really embodying. You very much need the clarity of why the hell you are doing this to act as your anchor. And when you are very clear, when you understand implicitly your purpose and your why that is the touchstone so you can detach from needing a particular outcome, you can just stay focused on why you are doing what you are doing. And as I say invite all kinds of unforeseen opportunities into your life in that way”…[Listen for More]
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Megan Hudson is a passionate connector who helps people find their natural communication and networking styles. She does this by helping people grow their networks organically, teaching them how to be present in conversations, finding ways to connect to others, and looking for opportunities to collaborate.
“build your tribe and be very, very specific and purposeful. Surround yourself with like-minded individuals but again if you are the smartest most experienced person in the room. Find people that challenge you, that expand your knowledge, that teach you, that are generous with you, and that just educate you in every way, that are also positive, that are motivated and driven… That think differently to you, that may have the same purposes and goals and values as you but think differently”…[Listen for More]
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Layne Booth CEO and Business Growth Strategist of The Project Booth, a business consulting company that uses proven metrics and data to bring business owners to the next level in their business. By strategically planning operations and creating a visual roadmap map, business owners can reclaim their time to focus on their business, make data-driven decisions, and capitalize on sales & profits. With her passion—and over a decade of “in the trenches” experience—as a guiding light, Layne ensures successful growth-minded business owners eliminate overwhelm by bringing clarity to help with teams, capacity and profits… and get back to running a business they love.
“don’t be afraid to try something that is hard. That’s when it’s worth it because you are here to provide something unique that no one else can do. And if no one else has forged that path for you then it’s going to be a little tough but it’s absolutely worth it”…[Listen for More]
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A successful entrepreneur, author, speaker, business coach, and mentor, Aurora Winter has trained emerging and established leaders both nationally and internationally. She is the author of six books, including her newest release, Thought Leader Launch. ABC, CBS, KTLA, FOX, Hallmark Channel, The Huffington Post, Oprah radio, Success magazine, and other media have featured Aurora’s uplifting and useful advice.
“what is your massively transformative purpose? So, I think defining your massively transformative purpose is really a way to add fuel to the fire that’s authentic to you so that will help you build your dream life and your dream business and not end up building a trap… Your massively transformative purpose will be you just brain dump a dozen, two dozen things that you are curious about or interested in that you naturally want to know more about. That’s your fuel. And then brain dump a dozen or so problems that you see that could be solved”…[Listen for More]
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Sarah Petty is the New York times Best-Selling Author of Worth Every Penny: Build a Business that Thrills Your Customers and Still Charge What You're Worth, a two-time Two Comma Award winner and mom of 3 teenagers. After beginning her corporate career at Coca-Cola Enterprises and a top regional advertising agency, she used her marketing chops to start one of one of America’s most profitable photography studios. Now her passion lies with coaching professional portrait photographers on how to get top-dollar clients so they never have to get a 9-5 job and leave their families again. Sarah built her multi-million dollar empire around the value of putting #familyfirst as she balanced two businesses, speaking gigs and an active crew of very-involved kids. She’s been featured in Entrepreneur, Fox Business, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal and is an internationally-known speaker.
“do hard things it expands your capacity… That’s how we get better by doing something hard and after you’ve done it a few times it’s not so hard and then you can go and do the next thing. And so I’m always trying to do hard things and of course I pushing my students to do hard things and I pushing my teenagers to do hard things as well”…[Listen for More]
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Michael Bernoff is the President and Founder of the Human Communications Institute, a leader in the personal and professional development industry. His programs, audios and seminars have impacted individuals and corporations from over 35 countries. Michael has an unmatched natural-born talent to understand the psychology of individuals, which he will pass on to you. This innate and highly-tuned awareness allows him to quickly perceive what makes people make the decisions they make and what makes them do what they do. Rather than breaking down walls, Michael is skilled at getting people to rapidly lowering resistance in themselves and others, allowing room for progress. Michael is the developer of Human Interaction Technology™(HIT), a powerful technology that allows people to understand unknown psychological triggers and powerful communication strategies so they can increase their charisma, influence, persuasion and connections with others. This leads to greater financial wealth, physical health and confidence throughout their day to day life. And with this technology, results last…permanently.
“go for it, you will figure it out. You have to understand that business, stop listening to people, do your own thing, pick who you are going to listen to and only listen to people who have what you want. Really have what you want, not have things, have what you want. And just go for it and give yourself enough time to make it work because three years is a very short period of time and that’s about what it’s going to take to make your business start to be what you want it to be”…[Listen for More]
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Corina Enache is a Language Learning Strategist & Mindset Coach to high-achieving language learners. She left her corporate job in 2018 and she is now the founder & owner of the Language Learning Accelerator Mentorship, a 12-month bespoke programme dedicated for any high-achiever who wants to get to language mastery with ease
“to find something that they are really passionate about and that they enjoy doing and find a way to help other people by doing that… Anyone can find something that they are good at and make a business out of it. My advice would be find a passion and follow your passion”…[Listen for More]
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Kathy Robinson is a former corporate executive turned entrepreneur. She is a certified wellness coach and the founder of Athena Wellness Enterprises, where she helps busy professionals optimize their vitality and well-being. Kathy is also the author of The Athena Principles, Simple Wellness Practices for Overworked Professionals.
“I’ve come to realise that the same principles that I follow for wellness. About setting intentions that I feel emotionally connected to, showing up consistently, applying a growth mindset, staying positive, having good habits, all of those good things, having compassion for myself. I would advise other entrepreneurs to think about how they are taking care of themselves and how to apply those same types of principles to what they do on a daily basis”…[Listen for More]
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Siddharth Rajsekar, AKA Sidz, is a musician turned digital geek. For the last seven years, Sidz has been running a digital agency that has represented clients like Robert Kiyosaki, Jack Canfield, Tony Robbins and many more. He’s the creator of the Freedom Business Model and is on a mission to create a million digital leaders. He currently nurtures one of India’s largest tribe of coaches and experts who are building their own digital ecosystems.
“work hard on your mindset and aim for mastery in your skill sets. Because when the mindset and the skill set are strong the tools enhance it to such a larger extent. So strong mindset is being really focused on the goal, having a clear vision, knowing what is your mission. The skill set is being hands-on in every aspect of your game… So, when the mindsets and the skill sets are strong then when you are given the tools you will be able to accelerate the growth to an unimaginable level because you’ll have that independence and self-reliance to grow your business”…[Listen for More]
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Brant Cooper is the author of the New York Times bestseller "The Lean Entrepreneur” and CEO of Moves the Needle. With over two decades of expertise helping companies bring innovative products to market, he blends design thinking and lean methodology to ignite entrepreneurial action within large organizations. He has experienced monumental milestones such as IPO, acquisition, rapid growth, and crushing failure. He serves as a keynote speaker, advisor to entrepreneurs, accelerators, and corporate leaders, and in his current venture, Moves The Needle, empowers organizations to be closer to customers, move faster, and act bolder.
“you have got to get out of the building, you have got to go and talk to your customers. Don’t go and pitch them your solution. The first time you meet with a customer don’t even talk about your idea, talk about them. I use a technique of flipping the conversation, it’s actually an old sales technique. So I briefly introduce myself then I will post some assumptions and then asked them if that’s what they face . I might say hi I’m Brant Cooper the CEO of Moves the Needle we bring an entrepreneurial spirit to large enterprises. When I talked to CEOs like yourself, I often hear that your company is moving too slowly and even though you say you are customer centric you really don’t understand your customers. And you are not able to change your plans based upon changes in the economy. Do you face any of those problems? So very quickly I’m trying to expose what I believe to be true among this market segment and then I asked them if it’s true”…[Listen for More]
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