Rune Sovndahl, co-founder and CEO of Fantastic Services, has built his domestic services business from scratch. Nowadays, they serve domestic and corporate clients not only across the UK, but also in Australia and the USA. Rune has a varied career history and is a firm believer in your experience helping shape your success. With a naval background, as a trained chef and having held roles in British brands, BT and lastminute.com, he has built up an extensive range of accomplishments.
“Get ready to work hard and long. Always find the most cost effective way to grow your business, always be checking where and how much you spend on your acquisition of customers. The last couple of years during the recession, people looked at it costs this and this, we can grow x amount of customers look at the lifetime value of the customer. No matter what the lifetime value of the customer expect it to be less than that, and always look at continuing using the most cost effective channel that brings you customers in”...[Listen for More]
Larry Winget is a bestselling author, television personality, social commentator and internationally acclaimed speaker. His newest book, Grow A Pair: How To Stop Being a Victim and Take Back Your Life, Your Business and Your Sanity is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. He has also written five additional New York Times/Wall Street Journal bestselling books that have been translated into over 20 languages including Shut Up, Stop Whining and Get A Life; You’re Broke Because You Want To Be; It’s Called Work For A Reason; People Are Idiots And I Can Prove It; and Your Kids Are Your Own Fault. Larry has starred in his own television series on A&E, two PBS specials and two CNBC specials. He has appeared on Dr. Phil, The Today Show, Tool Academy, The Big Idea, Larry King, and in three national television commercials. Larry is a regular contributor on many national television news shows on the topics of success, business, personal finance, and parenting. He is also a member of the Speaker Hall Of Fame and is the trademarked Pitbull of Personal Development®.
“Get three sheets of paper, on the first write how your life, business, career, finances, relationships looks right now, on the second how you’d like it to look, on the third what you’ll give up to get there. Success is based on sacrifice; we have too many idiots out there telling you you can have it all, no you can’t you’re going to have to choose. It’s going to come down to what are you going to sacrifice. You don’t get more success, you give up what’s keeping you from being successful, you don’t get rich, you give up what’s making you broke, you don’t get skinny, you give up what’s making you fat, you don’t get happy you give up what’s making you unhappy. So what are you going to give up to get from where you are to where you want to be”...[Listen for More]
Steve Rodgers, founder and CEO of Alchemy Advisors, is a business and lifestyle consultant, and also an author. He is dedicated to helping others discover, maximize, and increase their highest good and purpose in life and business.” Steve was the CEO of Warren Buffet's California Prudential Realty Company after just 14 years and he went on to start and run the fifth largest real estate company in San Diego in less than one year and now gives back by helping others find their own unique success and happiness. Steve is highly regarded by many prominent figures such as Brian Tracy and John Assaraf and Marshall Goldsmith. His first book, “Lead to Gold” An entrepreneurs guide through transition and transformation” was just released in June.
“I always ask with my clients, who they can forgive that they’re not forgiving or who needs to forgive them that they’ve not asked for forgiveness from"...[Listen for More]
When he’s not covered in flour, you’ll find Brad Sterl is trolling through farmers’ markets, visiting local growers or creating new recipes for Rustic Crust and American Flatbread pizza. “You’ll always find me working with fresh, all natural ingredients.” As CEO, Sterl is dedicated to his mission of offering healthier options.
“You have to take a risk, being an entrepreneur is not without risk. You have to be willing to take that risk, and some people are comfortable with high levels of risk. Don’t be afraid to fail, you’re going to fail, failure is a great education. Keep moving forward, entrepreneurs need to be good at rejection and failure because it happens all the time, if you’re not excited about what you do you should not be an entrepreneur in that process. You have to be ready for the speed bumps that come along the way, if you don’t think about how to change them and accept them they can become walls”...[Listen for More]
Dale Nirvani Pfeifer is changing the way we connect online by making social giving simple. Her company, GoodWorld, is fueling the next wave of seamless, charitable donations made with just a hashtag: #donate. An award-winning researcher, Dale has also worked with organizations across the U.S. and New Zealand to help them understand their purpose and deliver cutting-edge programs and communications strategies.
“Don’t Stop. If you really believe in your heart that you’re being authentic in your mission, really pushing forward on an idea that you’re passionate about don’t let anyone stop you"...[Listen for More]
Brian is a serial entrepreneur, known for pioneering the professional junk hauling industry with 1-800-GOT-JUNK?. Since conquering that market, he’s gone on to apply the O2E (ordinary to exceptional) formula to the painting, moving, and home-detailing industry with WOW 1 DAY PAINTING, You Move Me, and O2E’s newest brand, Shack Shine.
“Have a vision. If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there. It’s absolutely paramount to have a clear vision, not how are you going to get to that place, but what does the place look like. If you imagine your business at a future point in time, how does it look, how does it feel, how do you act? So have a painted picture”...[Listen for More]
Steve Olsher is known as the world’s foremost reinvention expert. Famous for helping individuals and corporations become exceptionally clear on their WHAT – that is, the ONE thing they were created to do – his practical, no-holds-barred approach to life and business propels his clients towards achieving massive profitability while also cultivating a life of purpose, conviction, and contribution.
“Just know that the odds of your being successful is only as good as the commitment you make to making that business a success, because most of the time, entrepreneurs expect things to happen way before they do and they give up before they get to the point of being able to benefit from what it is that they were compelled to do. Most entrepreneurs give up much too soon, so stay the course”...[Listen for More]
David Ellenwood is the founder and owner of Sunny Days In-Home Care. With 15 years in marketing and sales in home health care and surgical products industries, and after working for local companies in similar industries, David started to think of ways to launch a similar business. His concept formed as Sunny Days, which places an enormous emphasis on prioritizing clients, keeping it personal and offering a family environment.
“Go for your dreams, plan research, step outside of the box and get ready for the ride of your life”...[Listen for More]
Paul Kemp is an app entrepreneur, podcaster and active maker and launcher of apps. He’s in the top 10 most active makers in the world on Product Hunt and has helped to launch a #2 chart topping recipe app and a #1 music app on Apple’s App Store.
“If you are working and you want to become an entrepreneur then give yourself the biggest runway possible, the biggest amount of money you can survive on, at least 18 months, and don’t think it’s impossible. Sometimes you don’t have save too much if you’re prepared to go and live somewhere cheap, I had one guest who lived in Cambodia for one dollar a day”...[Listen for More]
In 2009 Elyse Daniels took a niche idea for fully customisable jackets, inside and out and turned it into a multi-million dollar business. Exodus Wear now produces a range of custom apparel sold Australia wide to schools, sporting groups and community groups. They also have plans for international expansion in the near future.
“Just start. That’s me in a nutshell. I just started and worked it out along the way. Most people i think will over thinking it. I barely planned and I just went for it, and yes there were definitely things that a failed at that if i planned a bit more I would have been more successful. If you give yourself the opportunity to plan too much I think you’ll just plan and plan and plan and you’ll never actually do it. So you need that moment, whether it’s quitting your job or whatever, to push you off the ledge and get you to just go for it and fulfil your dream”...[Listen for More]
Steven Macdonald is co-founder of Reize Energy Drink, a successful startup from Australia. Reize is disrupting the energy drink market with its unique product, and direct to consumer sales channel. After already making waves in Australia and New Zealand, Reize will soon be shipping globally.
“Don’t be afraid of failing. In my opinion the only real failure is being too scared to have a go”...[Listen for More]
Prosper Taruvinga was born in Zimbabwe and is now living in Melbourne, Australia, with wife, Angela and daughter Kaliyah. A die-hard about personal development, lifestyle design and entrepreneurship, Prosper is a lifelong student of life constantly striving to become the best man that he can be and to help others along the way. He is inspiring others to achieve a happier existence through writing and podcasts on his websites ‘This Self’ and ‘Livelong Digital’. He believes everyone has the chance, yours is round the corner if you allow yourself to grab it.
“Just start. It doesn’t matter whether you are a fully fledged leader of a Fortune 500 company or you want to start a business tomorrow, you just need to start and the rest will follow. Some ideas just end up being an idea. The richest place in the world I a graveyard, it’s full of things that never got done because people are afraid to start. If you start you will feel the gut feeling we talked about. If you want to make it big then start thinking bigger, just start whatever it is that you put your mind to”...[Listen for More]
Joan Sotkin helps entrepreneurs and practitioners experience freedom from struggle personally, professionally, and financially. She is THE expert when it comes to understanding how emotions learned in early childhood can affect a person's business and financial outcomes. Thousands have benefited from her groundbreaking book Build Your Money Muscles: and her ongoing support programs.
“Don’t worry. Let go of the worry. Whatever you’re doing is fine, whatever you’re learning today is helping you to become who you’re becoming. I don’t see things as good or bad, they just are. If you don’t like what’s going on do something different. But don’t judge yourself, just keep on trucking and know that whatever you’re doing learn from it and move on. It’s really hard to die, just keep going, and when the fear comes up understand that’s not reality, it’s just your amygdale telling you not to change, and you have to learn to control that fear response because it doesn’t accomplish anything”...[Listen for More]
Nicole Holland loves helping entrepreneurs build profitable online businesses that excite & inspire them through her private & group mentoring and also her coaching programs. She also Hosts The Business Building Rockstars Show. Nicole believes there’s no “right” way to do anything unless it feels good to you.
“Really know your why, what’s most important to you. The what can change every day, you don’t have to change stuck in the what as long as you know the why”...[Listen for More]
Clarke Allen dreamed of having his own business in his hometown of Charlotte. He had no idea that his company would become one of the most sought after event design and production companies in the Southeast. His entrepreneurial spirit led to him founding a series of businesses over the last 21 years. In 2013, Clarke pulled all his companies together under the flagship Clarke Allen®, an award winning, multi-million dollar company producing over 250 programs each year. His impressive reputation has attracted clients such as the Carolina Panthers, Lowe’s Home Improvement, Samaritan’s Feet International, Preston Bailey, David Tutera, Will Ferrell, the Steve Smith Family Foundation, the late Dr. Maya Angelou, and Oprah Winfrey.
“Dare greatly, just do it, I hear so many people say I’m going to be an entrepreneur. Just do it, there’s no time like the present, there’s no perfect time. I think if an entrepreneur will just take small steps, even if it’s in their basement, as I said, go shadow, watch other entrepreneurs in the industry you’re interested in. I would say, put yourself in the arena, and dare greatly”...[Listen for More]
After burning out as an Executive in Corporate America, Kathy Perry chose to start her own business and works with Business Owners to maximize every dollar spent in Marketing to get more clients and more orders, using today's available social media technology at a fraction of the cost of traditional media.
“Hire a coach and don’t go it alone, because you need to have support from other people”...[Listen for More]
Interior designer Anouska Lancasteris the founder of Noushka Design. With a background of being trained as an artist, Anouska is a gifted individual with an impressive portfolio of projects and awards to her name. As one of the most talented professionals in the business; Anouska has an uncompromising skill for drawing out the very best qualities of your property and dusting them with her effortless style, class and taste.
“Surround yourself with positive people and have a great team of people around you. When I’m with upbeat and positive people, it’s contagious, it’s impossible to feel negative. It’s also a confidence boost to have people around you that believe in you, that share your goals and are happy for your successes. If you surround yourself with people who are jealous or who want you to fail, I believe you will, because it’s a lot easier to believe the negative, and I’ve found that so true being an entrepreneur. Don’t let there be room for negativity in your mindset, hang on to the positive, be positive and it will make a difference. It’s so much more fun being around positive people, if you hang around naysayers and toxic people; it will rub off on you. You don’t have to completely cut these people out of your life but time is precious. Go for lunch with people who are inspiring and cheer you up and get you ready for the next day because they’re the people you want to be with”...[Listen for More]
Sally Arnold is a former professional flautist, and ‘Head of Corporate Giving’ for The Australian Ballet. She has in the past 10 years leveraged all her business, arts and psychotherapy skills to specialise in coaching people over the age of 40 who are stuck in their careers. Her business ‘Creating Encores’ has won many awards for their innovative coaching programs. And she launched her book ‘Creating Encores’ in NYC in 2014.
“Don’t give up and make sure you have really good friends outside the area you’re working in, there are times where you need to sit down and have a cry or a few whines. You need to have people that are there to support you even if they don’t understand what you’re doing, it just helps to be able to talk it through. Also just really challenge yourself, are you playing small and being easy on yourself? Because it’s amazing what we can do and where we can take ourselves when we are challenged. Quite often when we go out of our comfort zones, it’s amazing what we can do”...[Listen for More]
Dean Salakas is the Chief Party Dude at The Party People. The Party People is a party supplies retailer based in Sydney Australia.
“If you’re not passionate, it’s not worth pursuing. In business you constantly get setbacks along the way, and if you don’t love what you do, no sane person will put up with a situation with not much return, so you have to be passionate and do what it takes to succeed. Then you might have a chance of being in that 5% of businesses that succeed”...[Listen for More]
Jacqui is the author of 'Book Blueprint: How any entrepreneur can write an awesome book' and the founder of Grammar Factory, a publishing company that helps entrepreneurs write and produce books that boost their businesses.
“Start small and test your idea before you quit your day job or put in a lot of money. Listen to feedback from the market, just because you think something is a good idea doesn’t mean they will. Your clients are also the ones who will lead to business growth, the questions they ask will trigger you to make new products and services, so listen to them and you’ll do well”...[Listen for More]
Holly Hurd is the founder of VentureMom.com, a web platform and national movement devoted to assisting moms in starting their own businesses. Over the last 5 years she has profiled over 250 VentureMoms making her uniquely qualified to speak on entrepreneurship for start-ups. Holly created the VentureMom Marketplace to promote mom-owned businesses by showcasing and selling the products and services of many of the moms she covers. Holly and VentureMom have received coverage in numerous publications, radio and television venues, on line and off, locally and nationally. A complete list can be found on VentureMom.com. Holly has become a sought after speaker for numerous women's groups, entrepreneurship gatherings and charity events.
“Build your business around something you’re really passionate about”...[Listen for More]
Jim is best known internationally as ‘The Newsletter Guru’ and creator of No Hassle Newsletters, the ultimate ‘done-for-you’ newsletter. Jim Palmer is a marketing and business building expert and in demand coach. He is the founder of the Dream Business Academy and Dream Business Coaching and Mastermind Program.
“Create celebrity expertise for yourself. Market yourself aggressively every single day and don’t worry about what other people think of you”...[Listen for More]
Jasmine Powers is the Founder + CMO of J Powers Marketing & Publicity, an event marketing agency that produces events for the technology, education and beauty sectors. Her latest seminar, Think Like An Agency, teaches tech challenged entrepreneurs how to leverage social media and strategic partnerships for marketing, media and sales.
“Never stop learning. Never stop trying to find ways to make your business better. Don’t get complacent, you have to be hungry and want more. You want to improve your processes, your clients and the offerings you have, to go global. Just never stop learning and finding out how to make your experience in your business a much better one than it is right now”...[Listen for More]
Jeffrey Lipsius has been a sales trainer for over 30 years. His new book, “Selling To The Point” introduces a new way to improve salesperson performance. Salespeople trained by Jeffrey have great customer relationships, enjoy selling more, and have cumulatively sold over 2 Billion dollars worth of product.
“Learn how to find good people, don’t try to do everything yourself. Learn how to spend time with someone and tell if they’re going to be the right person to help you out, rather than struggling to do something on your own. As much as possible learn to work as a team with other people, and trust the perspectives of other people”...[Listen for More]
Mary is a Business Growth Strategist and Speaker who works with ambitious entrepreneurs who are too busy to grow, and helps them double their incomes and get their lives back. Mary’s entrepreneurial journey includes successful careers in Real Estate, business-to-business Networking Events and now Business Coaching. Recently a health crisis forced Mary to completely start over and revamp her business, and from the systems she created to weather the storm, she tripled her income while cutting her work hours in half. She teaches audiences and clients the same systems she credits for her current success.
“Don’t worry about it being perfect. Find your audience, find out what they are looking to buy, craft an understanding of what you are going to sell, and then sell it to them. Take the money then deliver; you still have to deliver if it’s not perfect. Turn out a product that has the basics, get it on the market and see if people are going to buy it. You want to develop things people buy, not things people say oh that’s a great idea, if they aren’t pulling out their credit card to buy it you don’t have good market information”...[Listen for More]