Dan Greenberg is the CEO & Founder of Sharethrough, the largest independent native advertising platform that powers in-feed native ads for publishers like Forbes, Time and CBS and enables marketers like Coca Cola and P&G to programmatically distribute branded content at scale.
“1) marry the problem not the solution. Spend your time validating the problem, spend your time learning the problem, spend your time with customers about the problem not your solution and the solution will come out of that. 2) work with people who share your values and that you can trust in the long run. The rest won’t work without that”…[Listen for More]
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Luke Shankula is a mortgage marketing expert and the CEO of Paragon Digital Marketing Group. With his result-focused services, he aims to help people systemize their work and go beyond lead generation. Besides running a successful 7-figure mortgage marketing agency, Luke has spoken at several Legion of Loan Officer events.
“continue to do the things that scare you because ultimately those are the things that are going to cause the growth… The one thing that you need for success is to never give up, to never stop and to never get complacent with your growth because every single day if you are continuing to work on yourself the only thing you can do is grow. So, taking one step forward every single day and doing one or two or three actions every single day that is going to move your business forward or your personal development forward. That I’ll have a massive impact on your success”…[Listen for More]
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Jared Pope is the CEO and founder of Work Shield. While practicing law focused on human resources, ERISA, benefits, and employment matters, Jared realized industry-standard practices and the "system" for managing workplace harassment and discrimination were broken. Despite using outside reporting platforms, internal incident investigations meant employees were not reporting incidents due to fear of retaliation, and employers were not protecting their culture or themselves from the risk of legal action. Always ready for a challenge, Jared decided to make the system better, where voices are truly heard and incidents have a clear path to resolution. Jared created Work Shield - the first and only start-to-finish workplace harassment and discrimination solution and technology platform that gives employees a real voice, protects and ensures a safe workplace culture, and removes employer liability - all at the same time
“trust your gut and if you believe in yourself you have got to trust your gut. I assume any entrepreneur doesn’t start company because they don’t believe in themselves it’s because they do and you have to remember you have an idea and it’s okay that if it doesn’t work let the market tell you what’s good about it, what’s wrong about it, how do you need to tweak it, what’s the next iteration. But trust your gut. And no one is going to know your product better than you… And you can learn more from other people and adapt it to your knowledge but there is this intuitiveness of a gut check. And trust your gut, go with your gut and bet on yourself”…[Listen for More]
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Seth Pearson is a Self-Love Warrior based in Seattle, WA. He is the host of the Love Amped podcast, and facilitates events and life coaching sessions in the area. He helps people understand that anything is possible. He is an expert in compassionate communication and effective boundary setting.
“live from your heart, it’s going to be the best way moving forward in your business and your life that there is really no separation from your business and your life. You are creating a more expressed version of yourself by having your own business karma. So make it heart centred ”…[Listen for More]
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Elias Zepeda is founder and CEO of Need Clients Now, a national marketing agency specializing in customer acquisition. Elias and his team have been helping businesses scale their revenue by building high-converting sales funnels for their business.
“Have a mentor. I think that’s so important… For those that are looking to start, launch or grow their own business I think having a mentor or multiple mentors and people they can rely on for advice I think that’s extremely important and I think that’s going to make a very big difference. ”…[Listen for More]
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James Jacobson has founded several companies and is a serial entrepreneur whose career has primarily been focused in the media arena since graduating from the University of Virginia in 1988. Currently James is building Dog Podcast Network. In the past several years, James has been putting his attention on a promising cancer therapeutic company he co-founded with Dr. Demian Dressler in 2008 called Functional Nutriments. James Jacobson has been described as both “a serial entrepreneur” and as a “monk in the marketplace.” He has authored best-selling books, been a broadcaster and built businesses that leveraged new trends that were sometimes considered “just a little ahead of their time.” The overarching theme of his career has been building ventures that make a meaningful difference in the lives of as many people as possible. For over 20 years, that took the form of creating projects and companies that leveraged the power of media including teleproduction, radio, publishing and, the Internet. Since 2008, James Jacobson’s focus has been on Functional Nutriments, a biotech company that has developed and brought to market first-in-class nutraceuticals that induce and support apoptosis. Apoptosis is a critical biological life process that is encoded in the DNA; and the absence of normal levels of apoptosis is linked to serious diseases including cancer. Businesses that he developed, founded or helped co-found include a video yearbook company, a teleproduction and video marketing company, a talk radio station, a cable TV network, an e-commerce company, a magazine publisher, a book publisher, and a biotech nutraceutical firm. His author credits include "How to Meditate with Your Dog" and the best-selling series "Top Maui Restaurants" which he co-authored with his wife, Molly Jacobson.
“do what you love, be passionate about what you love and don’t do it for the money. If you love money don’t be an entrepreneur be a salesperson… If you are going to dedicate your life and your blood and your sweat and your tears and your shower time and endanger relationships should be for something that you really, really love. And I think that’s so critical and I think sometimes especially at the beginning of someone’s entrepreneurial journey they are just looking to make the quick buck that usually… I won’t say never… That usually doesn’t work out in the long-term and it certainly doesn’t pay the psychic dividends that will feed you when you come across adverse”…[Listen for More]
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I’m Chad Burmeister - Believer, Husband, and Author. I empower sales professionals to become the best version of themselves by focusing on their mindset, skillset, and toolkit.
“burn the bridges… When you know the time is right… I am not saying burn the bridges if you are one year out of college, that might be a high risk. But once you know the skills you know that the value that you provide in the marketplace is there have trust and confidence in yourself and in the process. Trust the process, burn the bridges”…[Listen for More]
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Tyler Jefcoat is the Founder & CEO of Seller Accountant where he exercises his passion for helping sellers maximize their businesses. Tyler provides financial coaching for sellers totalling more than $100 million per year in e-commerce sales. Tyler also leads the Sellers Roundtable, an exclusive mastermind group for seven- and eight-figure sellers.
“Four C’s: Character, confidence, communication and cash. If I am going to start a business in five years if I make my right now about cultivating experiences that build character. Like I was talking about selling, having to lead, having to charge up a hill even if I might fail. Cultivate that character of grit, that want to and that drive… And confidence as you try things and you have various levels of success it’s going to make you more confident”…[Listen for More]
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Lamine Zarrad is the SVP, Head of Product at ZenBusiness. He began his entrepreneurial journey shortly after immigrating to the U.S. and serving in the U.S. Marines. His expertise lies in banking regulations and financial services, and he co-founded fintech Joust in 2017, which was acquired by ZenBusiness in 2020.
“really learn yourself, understand your limitations and understand your strengths… I’m hesitant to tell people to trust your gut. The gut is so important and it’s very important to know when to trust it. And so, the only now you would know when to trust it and when not to trust it is by truly, truly understanding who you are. And there are many different ways you can get there… Now what your limitations are. And sometimes they are very difficult to accept but nonetheless are there. And if you are operating within that framework then you will operate with some degree of comfort and consistency and this will help you succeed”…[Listen for More]
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Peter Ticktin is the Senior Partner at the South Florida-based firm, The Ticktin Law Group. In the years that followed, Mr. Ticktin was on the cutting edge of law, appearing in Court TV, Inside Edition and many others for his perspective. For this work, the Daily Business Review in South Florida honored Mr. Ticktin with an award of being a “Distinguished Leader” in his profession.
“you have got to know where you are going in order to get there… Goals are everything. If you don’t have your goals well established you are not going anywhere. And they have to be real goals and they have to be written down. Business plan is important because the business plan is your way of documenting and making solid those goals. So, my advice is to stop dreaming, stop changing your dreams”…[Listen for More]
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Matt Johnson is a marketing agency founder, podcaster, and musician. Matt runs a podcast launch & production agency based in San Diego, an international team that helps business coaches, consultants and thought leaders use done-for-you podcasting to attract an audience, build influence & become MicroFamous.
“decide as quickly as possible who the right person is that you want to have in your life especially if you are doing client work. One of the best questions I have asked myself was if a client landed in San Diego, got off a plane and texted me and said hey man I just dropped in let me buy you a drink, come out. Who is the person I would want to get that text from that I would want to say yes to?… The faster you figure out who that right person is the faster you can make all those other decisions that I mentioned. Like what’s the one thing I am going to sell to them? How do I become micro in that space to them? You can’t make any of those decisions or take any action there until you make that very first decision. Who is that person that I want to serve and impact, person that I want to teach, train and lead? Who is that person that I want to hang out with? Make that decision as quickly as possible and then you can get busy doing the other stuff”…[Listen for More]
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After spending significant time as both a driver and a passenger of ride-share companies like Uber and Lyft while in the military, Ryan Green saw a problem: drivers didn’t have enough data. A strong drive toward entrepreneurship prompted Green to launch Gridwise in 2016 and address that problem with a crowdsource-powered app that empowers rideshare and delivery drivers to earn up to 39% more per hour.
“one, is don’t try to build your vision from day one. I think a lot of people who come into starting a company have the vision and have the passion associated with how they want to grow the company. But everyone wants to jump in and try to build this sleek, perfect mobile app or web app from day one. And what you end up doing is you end up building something from day one that most likely people don’t want”…[Listen for More]
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Paul Smith is one of the world’s leading experts in business storytelling. He’s the bestselling author of several books, including The 10 Stories Great Leaders Tell and Lead with a Story, holds an MBA from the Wharton School, and is a former executive of The Procter & Gamble Company.
“test market your ideas… Test market your idea before you quit your job… Test market your idea while you have still got your main job and the income is coming in because you might have to try three or four ideas before you find one that works. And that we you have not thrown your family out on the streets trying to find this brilliant entrepreneurial idea. And establish your success criteria upfront… Pick what are your success criteria for this test market and then if you hit it then you can go and you can feel good about it that you’ve made a wise decision”…[Listen for More]
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Sahin Boydas is a serial entrepreneur living in Silicon Valley. Sahin has built and managed 100% remote teams for over a decade now. In the past, he co-founded 3 Startups, he is alumni of 5 accelerators such as Stanford StartX, 500 Startups, FI, Betaworks Vision, Quake Accelerator. He sold his first company to Gfycat in silicon valley. Sahin is currently working on RemoteTeam.com to bring his vision to the future of work. With his 10 years of experience managing remote teams successfully, he is now on the media about the future of work-life and Silicon Valley, sharing his experiences on building a company culture and a successful team.
“you have to be good at something first and then you have to learn to learn a lot of things and then you have to see what is missing in what you want to build because you need to have some experience… You need to know the market a little bit. And so now in the market, knowing the need of the people and then trying to build something… And learn how to convince people”…[Listen for More]
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Dr. James Richardson is the founder of Premium Growth Solutions, a strategic planning consultancy for early-stage consumer-packaged goods brands, and has helped more than 75 CPG brands. James is the author of Ramping Your Brand: How to Ride the Killer CPG Growth Curve, the #1 Best-seller in Business Consulting on Amazon.
“as you launch don’t think like you are NASA. What I mean by that is that the rocket is finished. NASA it is otherwise people are going to die… 99-point nine percent thinking at NASA is prelaunch and I think it’s a really bad way to be as a business entrepreneur… You need to have a vision of what you want to accomplish but who the audience is, what the offerings are what the pricing are all those should be open to change based on what the market is telling”…[Listen for More]
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For almost a decade, Annie Passanisi Ruggles has harnessed her Hulk-like disdain for hard-sales, tacky self-promotion, and overly competitive sleazeballs as inspiration to help people find better ways to grow their small businesses. She's guided hundreds of people toward making deeper connections, lasting impressions, and friendlier, more lucrative conversations and transactions.
“you are not a non-profit unless you are a non-profit. If you overly sacrifice yourself through ask avoidance, through loocey goocey the boundaries… through over delivering as a negative. I don’t mean over delivering in a way that we all aspire to with customer service. I mean really over delivering and not demanding what you earn, what you deserve, what you are entitled to, what you are worth then you are going to allow other people to slow the rate of your business for their own gain and you will keep yourself small. Do not do that. If you are an entrepreneur you are a business, show up like a business, treat yourself like a business, respect yourself like a business”…[Listen for More]
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After a 35-year career in the IT industry, Pat Alva-Kraker was faced with a series of challenges that altered her professional life forever. Pat stepped onto her own journey to elation and along the way inspired other women to own their feminine power, create a successful business and lifestyle.
“be clear with what it is that you want out of your business. Have the courage to step in and realise that that business dream of yours and in that will come the confidence that you need to make it all happen”…[Listen for More]
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Bimal Shah is on a mission to deliver breakthroughs to entrepreneurs by reaching their three-year goal in one year through customized systems of coaching, planning, & accountability that provide Security from Enemies of Prosperity. The CEO of Rajparth Achievers, LLC., is founded on three platforms: Thrive, Transform, and Transcend.
“the best advice I can give to entrepreneurs and it depends where they are in their stage of their business. But the one thing that every entrepreneur should be focused on is you have to be different; you can’t be doing the same thing that your competitors do, you have to be unique and you have to become the only one. Every day you should strive how can I be the only one in the business that I’m doing? How can I become the only one? Whichever way it is you should be striving for that; you should be asking that question to yourself every single day”…[Listen for More]
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Carolyn Colleen is the founder of the FIERCE Network, an online program that helps women create life strategies that enables them to have the life they dream of—without sacrificing their families, careers, or lifestyles. Author of F.I.E.R.C.E.: Transform Your Life in the Face of Adversity, 5 Minutes at a Time!
“try it and test the concept and see what lands”…[Listen for More]
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Gene Guarino owns, operates & invests in Residential Assisted Living Homes throughout the US. Gene speaks in over 50 cities & 5 countries on Residential Assisted Living & the opportunities for business owners, operators, investors & entrepreneurs. He has trained over 300,000 people over the past 30 years on topics ranging from real estate investing, starting your own business, entrepreneurship & he has focused exclusively on RAL for the past 7 years.
“don’t let your entrepreneurship overtake what’s really important. What I mean by that is family, loved ones, people that you are with. You know Neil I work with seniors and people who have housing and security issues all the time and nobody especially as they get older ever sits there and says I wish I’d worked harder or I wish I’d put in more hours or I wish I’d started that the business. They all without exception are talking about their family, the events, the time they spent or unfortunately time they wish they had spent”…[Listen for More]
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Geeta Sidhu-Robb is a 5-time winner of the Entrepreneur & Businesswoman of the Year. She set up Nosh Detox after her son got severe food allergies & anaphylaxis, retraining from lawyer to wellness coach for professional women - helping them get promotions, double revenue, launch IPO’s & massive company growth.
“what do you want? What do you want to create? Then what inside of you is scared of creating that? So if you can get rid of the fears that we all naturally have about going to big or being able to do it or can it work or not. Then work on yourself to make yourself as fearless as you possibly can because that really helps and it shows up in your business”…[Listen for More]
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Liam Naden is a speaker, teacher, writer and coach to entrepreneurs in how to overcome problems and achieve true success, in their business and their life. He is the creator of Neuro-State Rebalancing (NSR), a process which helps a person to take control of their life by using their brain in a different way.
“spend at least as much of your time on learning about who you are… who you really are… as you do on your business. And I’m not really referring to developing yourself and finding out what you need to fix about yourself because that’s all superficial stuff. I’m talking about learning who you really are. What drives your life? What creates the results that you get in your life really? And it’s not about setting goals and struggling and motivation”…[Listen for More]
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Michael Lines brings 25 years’ experience in the natural and traditional consumer-packaged-goods industries. Currently as Founder, President & CEO of Wellness Natural Inc. (SimplyProtein), Michael and his team lead all aspects of the SimplyProtein business in North America and 2 international markets.
“No matter what stay true to yourself and take care of yourself... a great example if you are flying and the oxygen masks drop they are very specific about make you are taking care of your own oxygen first quickly before your family member. And I think to be the best version of myself for the team, for the brand, for investors, I have to take care of myself - exercise, sleep, nutrition, meditaion. Those are really important and I think as entrepreneurs you lose sight of that very quickly because there is always 100 things to do. Better finding that balance”…[Listen for More]
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Dario Gristina is the Chief Executive Officer for PleXus Health Science that developed the high-tech PleXus UVC-650 device that uses UV light to kill bacteria and viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Commonly used for health care facilities and labs, ultraviolet germicidal irradiation is now available to the general public for restaurants, offices, residential use and more.
“believe in yourself and just go for it and believing yourself and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise”…[Listen for More]
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Matt Clark is the founder of The Virtual Edge and co-creator of The Rainmaker System - an online marketing system that helps entrepreneurs get 2-5 high-value leads per day from LinkedIn without paying for ads. With their flagship programme Matt and his business partner, Wesley Longueira have helped thousands of businesses in 26 countries grow exponentially. They are now on a mission to reach 10k businesses worldwide and build a vibrant community of Rainmakers! The success of The Rainmaker System has led to Matt becoming a sought after international speaker and has shared the stage with Brian Tracey, John DeMartini, Michael Douglas, Stedman Graham, Peter Sage, Brandon Bays, Les Brown, and many more. Matt is also the author of The Proven Path, The Automation Playbook, and The Automated Income systems and has been featured in Wake up- How to live a Healthy Vibrant Lifestyle.
“if you are starting out keep it simple. Solve one big problem for one ideal client. Make sure that you are in an environment where people want to see you succeed where you are surrounding yourself with best possible people at the highest calibre of the highest level. In fact, I would say that is probably universal thing is make sure that your environment raises you, raises your standards and doesn’t bring you down”…[Listen for More]
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