Ablorde Ashigbi is the CEO of 4Degrees, a Chicago-based technology company, applying machine intelligence to help teams in relationship-driven industries manage their most important source of opportunity - their professional networks. When he's not doing that, you can usually find him lifting weights, reading books or eating BBQ.
“find your tribe of other entrepreneurs to spend time with and to commiserate with and listen to. Building a company or an organisation can be an incredibly lonely journey, you are going to go through a lot of peaks and a lot of valleys, you are going to have probably multiple new death moments where you don’t think that this is going to survive and you are going to feel an immense about pressure. And in those moments having other people who have gone through that journey or are going through it alongside you who you can commiserate with and learn from and ultimately feel like they understand this something I think every entrepreneur should pursue”…[Listen for More]
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Bryan Adams is the CEO and founder of Ph.Creative, recognized as one of the leading employer brand agencies in the world with clients such as Apple, American Airlines, GVC, and Blizzard Entertainment. Bryan is also a bestselling author, podcaster, creative strategist, and specialist speaker.
“be deliberate about thinking bigger and taking your time, slowing down in order to go faster… Thinking bigger and then seeking the advice of people that aren’t in your immediate industry to help you think bigger. Because sometimes brilliant solutions and answers come from the most unusual places”…[Listen for More]
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Rory F Stern just might be the only digital marketing and advertising expert you’ve ever met who also has a doctorate in Clinical Psychology. His initial goals were to use that training and become a behavioral profiler with the FBI. However, that all changed when he found himself in the position of being a stay-at-home Dad to his then 6-month old daughter. Despite his best efforts, being a stay-at-home Dad wasn’t enough and he still felt a calling to serve others and impact the world. That led to his discovery of digital marketing. For 8-years, Dr. Stern was a very sophisticated jack of all trades who worked for the paycheck. The underlying passion was missing until he discovered media buying. His freelance work led him to a position within a fast-growing Facebook ad agency as a copywriter. This was before Facebook ad agencies “were on every corner.” Here he was tasked with learning how to write ad copy that ultimately beat the existing controls. Not being a classically trained copywriter, and really just a high-performer, he never realized just what it meant to his skill set when he was able to beat the control 90% of the time. After a few different roles, Dr. Stern started RFS Digital Media, LLC in 2016. What started out as a one-man show grew to a point where the business had 8 campaign managers and a team that was managing roughly $8.25 million dollars in ad spend on Facebook by 2018. RFS Digital Media’s clients have included one of the largest direct response financial publishers in the world, many well-known (and not so well-known) supplement companies, e-commerce brands, experts and more.
“never give up believing something no matter what it is”…[Listen for More]
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Dr. Valerie Rein has discovered Patriarchy Stress Disorder and created the only science-backed system for helping women achieve their ultimate success, happiness, and fulfillment by healing this collective, inherited trauma of oppression. Her bestselling book and groundbreaking programs have helped thousands of women find freedom and reclaim their authentic selves.
“trust yourself even if the culture has not been trusting you, like in the case with women. We have an uphill battle here so we have some healing to do. But trust yourself every step of the way a little bit of trust and that’s all it takes. And then have more evidence, ‘oh yeah I trusted myself and I did something that propelled me forward’. And that gives you more trust for that next step”…[Listen for More]
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Dr. Jackie Noelke, MA, EdD has a doctorate in leadership, owns 3 businesses, including an agency where she helps entrepreneurs have 6 figure launches. After overcoming agoraphobia the guiding value of her business is gratitude, a state she contributes to her success. You can connect with Jackie at her new store The SheEO Store for resources and tips related to business, marketing, and paid traffic that converts.
“work on your fear of judgement… You are not going to be able to please everyone, not everyone is going to be your biggest fan and you are really not making it until you have haters… When you put yourself out there a lot sometimes you are going to get people who aren’t jamming with it and that’s fine. Just like you don’t jam with everybody’s message either. So, I just really encourage you to step out of that because your vision is bigger than that, your vision is important and you are not serving anyone by holding back. So, don’t hold back, go for it, get your message out there, get visible and just know that your people will find you through that. And the people that don’t need to work with you don’t matter in that instance. Don’t let them dictate what you may or may not say and where you are going to go and how your business will succeed”…[Listen for More]
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Known as a Snow Globe Shaker, Jeff Nischwitz’s on a mission to help people shift how they lead. An international speaker, transformation coach and author of four books, Jeff’s the Founder of The Nischwitz Group and Co-Founder of Cardivera. He's the co-host of Impact Leadership Podcast and well-known for his disruptive perspectives.
“you already have everything that you need just be bold and trust that it and you will be okay. That’s a simple thing but so many of us are worried about not being okay in some world because we are going to succeed, we are going to fail whatever it is. Trust that it, whatever you are trying to create, and you will be okay. So just be bold”…[Listen for More]
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Brent Kesler was a Chiropractor and Chiropractic coach for over 14 years. After implementing The Money Multiplier (TMM) Method, Brent paid off $984,711 in 3rd party debt in 39 months. In fact, Brent became so passionate about how powerful this concept was, he began sharing it with others. It was when his previous mentor told him that he had successfully referred over forty-one new clients into the system, that Brent took his advice and started the journey to becoming a teacher of the TMM Method. Brent’s main goal in making this move was simply to help more people understand how to manage and grow their wealth. For the last 7 plus years, Brent has been lecturing to thousands of people around the country on the dynamics of the TMM Method and helping individuals break the bonds of financial slavery they don’t even realize they are in. He teaches how to take back control of your financial life. Brent has a passionate belief that whether you make $10/hour or $10,000/hour you should know TMM Method and have this powerful information to keep control of your own money.
“find something that you are passionate about… Any career somebody gets in for any business that somebody builds it can’t just be about I am just going to do this because it seems like a good business to make money and make a living. You have to be passionate about it… It has to be something that’s inside of you that you eat, live and breathe in that when you wake up in the morning you are excited to do it, and you have a hard time going to sleep because you can’t wait until the next day to do it again. So, it’s not like a job it’s more like a hobby or an enjoyment”…[Listen for More]
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Casanova Brooks is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, high-energy keynote speaker, and real estate professional. Through his battles with adversity in many stages of his life including stage four lymphoma cancer, to losing his mother, job, and home in a matter of a couple of weeks, even with having very limited resources Casanova learned to develop a bulletproof mindset to thrive and succeed in life and business. From producing 46 deals and $8 million in his first year in real estate to now owning multiple businesses, he has been an action-taker in every sense of the word. Casanova now focuses on empowering others to focus on developing their mindset to become the best version of themselves to thrive in their own lives.
“understand that again life always has that third door… A lot of people don’t take the leap of faith because they can’t see what is it the end of the tunnel… So, all you have got to do is just keep taking one step at a time and what you will notice is that things will start to uncover and unfold for you in ways that you would have never imagined because all you in the beginning you did was keep taking action and you did it with the right integrity and the right substance behind your message that’s how the universe will conspire to give you anything that you want and then it will just be mind-blowing ”…[Listen for More]
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Toni Panea is the founder and CEO of Crmble. Crmble turns a Trello board into a powerful sales CRM… for free. Toni is a brilliant sales engineer and entrepreneur. Before Crmble, Toni ran a real estate business where he saw a business need which lead to the creation of Crmble.
“fail but fail cheap”…[Listen for More]
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For over 20 years, Albert Ahdoot has been a successful entrepreneur focused on building IT businesses through meaningful relationships. At Colocation America, his flagship company, Albert drives scalability and efficiency with his thorough understanding of data center technology and efficiency.
“take risks, don’t let things scare you. People that take risks are to me the ones that are successful. You have to take risks, calculated risks of course. And make mistakes to climb up to get to your goal. You are just going to sit there and think what if I would have done this you are never going to get anywhere ”…[Listen for More]
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A Microsoft engineer alum, sought-after public speaker and author of the #1-selling Power BI book, Rob Collie and his team are relentlessly committed to “the new way forward,” making P3 a leading consulting firm in the industry, pioneering an agile, results-first methodology that bucks the traditional BI company model.
“’one of the first things you need to do in order to succeed at anything new is to get over the advice everyone gives you that it can’t be done’ I’m butchering it in terms of the letter of the quote but the spirit of the quote is exactly that… You have to believe in what you are doing. If you don’t believe in it probably didn’t even start. But if you are not a believer you properly don’t want to be in this business, you properly don’t want to be in the business of starting things. And you do have to even after you have sort of planted your foot and said okay, I am doing this then you have to whether all of the criticism that is going to be levelled at you because now you have put your hat in the ring, you have made your bet, you are now a target for criticism in a way that you are not when you are just considering doing something or talking about it… The criticisms don’t end. The doubts don’t end when you start. In fact, they really once you are in, once you start building this thing that’s when you are really going to be tested. Your faith is really going to be tested… You are going to have to be okay with looking foolish sometimes”…[Listen for More]
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Dane Reis is the creator & host of the podcast, “You Booked It” the #1 podcast where you learn how to create a successful entertainment career from the entertainment professionals who are doing it right now! For the past 16 years Dane has entertained audiences around the World.
“I would say it is for things. 1) get clear on what it is that you want. 2) be good at what you do which is a little bit more nuanced than simply being good. It means that includes yes being good at whatever the thing is that you do. But also, that includes having integrity, being where you say you are going to be, doing what you say you are going to do. Then you have to be 3) be nice to everybody because you never know how relationships are going develop over time. And really that so much of what create success and my experience is that relationships that you have with different people or organisations. And then say yes until saying yes becomes a problem. Then you can maybe say no every once in a while”…[Listen for More]
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Andrew Royer is a Canadian CPA, CGA and a certified Profit First Professional. Andrew is the CEO of Royer Accounting Ltd., a Profit First bookkeeping firm, that helps entrepreneurs have clarity around their numbers and to become more profitable.
“not getting caught up in trying to hire somebody that will bring in money. You I think are the most as an entrepreneur going to bring in the most amount of money. You started business because it is something that you are passionate about, it’s something that you know well. And I think that’s true for most entrepreneurs. I think the money would be much better spent trying to get rid of the things that are getting in your way of being able to really grow the business and provide excellent service”…[Listen for More]
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Aviv Shalgi is a serial entrepreneur, and is the CEO of an energy tech startup, Solar Simplified.
“there are anomalies in the world where nobody knows that they have a problem because they haven’t seen the solution yet… Go and ask questions. Don’t try to ask about the problem you are trying to solve. Maybe the problem is not there, maybe the problem is elsewhere. Go and talk to people who you think might be potential customers, ordinary people, business people, small corporations, large corporations et cetera et cetera. Try to ask questions about the field that you think about starting and keep doing that even after you’ve started this innovation of his business that you are working on”…[Listen for More]
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Mari Ryan is a workplace well-being expert, international speaker and award-winning author. She is the CEO and founder of AdvancingWellness. For the past 15 years, Ms. Ryan has been creating thriving workplaces, through her consulting work and speaking on worksite well-being. Mari is the author of award-winning book The Thriving Hive: How People-Centric Workplaces Ignite Engagement and Fuel Results.
“be thoughtful about what you do. Understand why you are making the decisions that you are making and really take the time to be prepared for the decisions you are making. And no that the work that you do has to be meaningful for your customers, you have to solve a customer problem. So, make sure that you are thoughtfully approaching how you are solving that problem for your customer in a way that going to be unique and that will differentiate you”…[Listen for More]
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Antoine Martel is a 25 year old real estate investor from Toronto, Canada. While still in college Antoine learnt about real estate investing and knew it was his calling. From his dorm room he completed his first BRRRR project out of state with his father's $40,000. Since then Antoine and his family have completed over 200 real estate projects and currently have a $14M real estate portfolio. They have also helped create $50,000/mo of cash flow for their clients
“match your resources with the best business or strategy for you and start small, test things out, create an MVP and do things very low budget and low-cost. And last but not least find something that you love that you enjoy doing or you think you’re actually helping your end customer and client and not where you need to go and sell them something you really need to go and help change their lives or change their outlook or change their view. ”…[Listen for More]
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Growing up, Eric Dunavant’s family faced an unexpected tragedy and lost the family business. This loss fueled Eric’s passion for empowering families to live a better story through intentionality. Dunavant’s leadership of Paradiem has guided numerous families to create Intentional Transformation by discovering their Greatness, Growth, Governance and Generosity.
“being an entrepreneur is a bumpy journey and even when it looks like things are down things are probably much higher than you realise they are. What I’ve experienced in my entrepreneurial journey is that most entrepreneurs go through waves of success. Meaning that they start out they have success and they go up and then there is a temporary setback before they enter the next wave of success. And its often times in that setback where you feel like things are not working and you are not going that well and begin to really doubt yourself or you really begin to have uncertainty. In that uncertainty and in that doubt, I would almost say I’ve talked to entrepreneurs who said I’m just going to stop, I’m just going to quit. And what they don’t realise is how far they’ve come. And then they make the next level up and they get some relief and then they go through that again. It cycles over and over and over again. But every single setback setting the journey for the next wave higher. And each time you reach another setback I have also found that most entrepreneurs are much more successful than they were the last setback. And so they don’t realise the setback what it is which is why the setback is your setup for your next opportunity”…[Listen for More]
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Christine Kane is the founder of Uplevel You™, a multimillion-dollar business coaching company based in Asheville, NC, which was a natural evolution from her 15-year career as a touring singer-songwriter with her own record label. Both businesses were built from scratch without a single investor. Learning as she went, Kane did it all step-by-step and now shares this wisdom with her clients, so they finally get it, apply it, and succeed on their own terms. Her company’s masterminds, trainings, and events draw entrepreneurs from around the world.
“at its core your business is the territory of your own personal growth or your soul’s growth if you want to put it that way… I would say to keep that in mind. What that means is that your business is always speaking to you. Your business is always calling you out of your stuck spots, your conditioning and waking you up if you let it and if you can trust that”…[Listen for More]
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Shawn Rhodes leveraged his life as a war correspondent to become an expert in how systems affect sales success. His work from the most dangerous places on the planet has been published in TIME, Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. He’s a nationally syndicated columnist and author of Bulletproof Selling.
“figure out what you would do for free and then ask how do you get paid for it”…[Listen for More]
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Steven Lefkoff is the founder of Small Claims Academy, a business established in 2020 to empower litigants to perform as well as they can in their small claims case. Small Claims Academy's first product, Gavel, is an online course to teach litigants the tips, tricks, and procedures of small claims courts.
“push the button… If you have a great idea in your mind or you have an exciting thing that you want to do then take it step-by-step. Write out the steps, say the first five. What do you have to do at the beginning? Register the business, come up with a name, ask a bunch of people what they think about it. Whatever it is right out your steps and just start tackling them one by one”…[Listen for More]
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Titus Nichols possess over a decade of experience as an attorney handling complex litigation and representing entities facing government investigations. As data breaches became more commonplace, Titus recognized the need to work with businesses to mitigate and prevent legal risk before it got to the courtroom. Titus is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US). He is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) as well as Vice Chair of the Privacy and Cybercrimes Commitee of the American Bar Association’s Science and Technoogy Section. Titus received his Bachelor of Arts from Morehouse College and his Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law, where he has served as an Adjunct Professor in various legal topics.
“When you get started you are going to fall. That is just a natural aspect of it. But if you are going to fall, fall forward. What I mean by that is you are going to make a mistake but move forward, keep on moving forward, keep on making forward progress. Because yeah you might fall but at least you are going to fall closer to your goal than if you stood in one spot. I hear from a lot of people who have great skills and they could be great entrepreneurs but they are so busy just… It’s paralysis through over analysis. They keep on thinking well I need to get this in place and that in place and what about this that and the third? Just start moving. Move forward and you will figure it out as you go along”…[Listen for More]
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Curt Mercadante is founder of Merc Enterprises and he is a branding expert, speaker and business strategist who helps businesses increase authority brand exposure to the right clients so they can make more money. For more than 25 years, Curt has counseled small business, entrepreneurs, as well as some of the largest corporations and associations in the country. He’s built three profitable businesses, including a 7-figure Public Relations and Advertising agency. Curt is also a Gallup-Certified Strengths Trainer, host of the Freedom Mindset Radio podcast, and author of the bestselling book, “Five Pillars of the Freedom Lifestyle.” Curt has spoken, trained, and coached around the world, and his wife, Julie, and four children reside in Charleston, SC.
“create, create, create, create, create… Some people sit there and they are paralysed and say I want to speak, I want to get more speaking gigs, I want to get more speaking gigs, what do I do, what do I do, what do I do? Speak. Go speak anywhere and everywhere that you can, videotape it and then speak some more… Start doing, start creating. And you get into that flow and you create… Do what you can. You sit in the corner sucking your thumb it’s on you. But if you decide to get up and start creating something new, creating something that people want, that way you become more in control of your destiny than just becoming a victim of society or external expectations or politics or pandemic or terrorist attack or whatever the hells going on in the world”…[Listen for More]
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Joel Primus is the founder Naked Underwear. He helped raise over $17 million, establishing distribution at Nordstrom and Bloomingdales. Naked completed a merger with Bendon Lingerie, exiting in 2018. Joel also launched one of the most successful Kickstarter apparel products of all time—reaching nearly $1 million in sales.
“you are not entitled to the result. What you are entitled to in your process as an entrepreneur is your attitude and your work, your work ethic, your effort. When you focus on your attitude are you going to bring that whole, that positivity, that presence to what you are doing and just always be the person that brings that glass half full energy and the work ethic that needs to come behind that. You can feel good about as good as you can I guess it’s fair to say about anything that happens with your business and twists and turns that it takes. You know you brought that work ethic, that effort, that attitude always. And that is what you are relentless with and it’s also freeing in the sense that this is what I control. I control my effort and I control my attitude and the rest will figure itself out ”…[Listen for More]
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Howard M Shore, founder and CEO of Activate Group Inc., is a bestselling author and serial entrepreneur specializing in liberating teams from the personal and professional barriers holding them back from advancement. After owning and selling several of his own companies, working with numerous top Fortune 500 companies, and training with performance-enhancing organizations like Scaling Up, 3HAG, and Gazelles, Howard has become a sought-after business mentor, executive coach, and keynote speaker. His clients vary from private, family-owned businesses with $5 million in gross annual revenue to publicly traded, international corporations with over $1 billion in yearly gross revenue. With a 30-year track record of success, he guarantees any organization that his methods and systems can help them become more profitable, stable, and scalable.
“don’t allow external circumstances or your experience to cause you to lose your ambition”…[Listen for More]
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Brian Rollo is a consultant, speaker, entrepreneur, and the founder of Brian Rollo Consulting Group, a coaching and training company focused on helping organizations and executives harness the power of influential leadership. Brian has used his practical frameworks and processes to help hundreds of managers become influential leaders.
“somewhere out there, there is that perfect match between something you do well and something that other people need. Find out what that is, get really good at it, start telling people about it”…[Listen for More]
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