Vanessa Shaw is designing the business that will give her the life that she loves. In today's episode she shares how you can do the same thing with your business and how you can reconnect with your dreams and passions. Her specialty is the 'Zone of Genius'. She gives us insights into what the Zone of Genius is and how you can find your zone. Along the way you will learn how you can put the right team around you so that everyone is living to their full potential in their zone of genius too.
E96 | More is Never Enough | Damion Lupo
Damion Lupo is a disruptor changing the perceptions around money, business, and life. In today's episode Damion shares that we are not meant to play small and should start designing the life we want to live. We dive deep into the world of learning versus our traditional model of education. Other topics include: redefining success, finding fulfillment, starting with gratitude, expanding our impact, developing our confidence muscle, and much more.
E95 | Creating a Culture of Collaboration | Steve Lowisz
Steve Lowisz is a specialist in the world of Human Resources, entrepreneurial best practices, and talent management. In today's episode he give insights into identifying talent including where to find it, what to do with it, how to develop it, and how to maintain and retain it. We also discuss purpose versus motivation. Steve dives deep into the importance to culture in your organization and how a culture of diversity can set you up for success.
E94 | Systems for Success | Whitney Nicely
Whitney Nicely is an expert in Real Estate Investing. In today's episode she share about being the 4th generation entrepreneur and how it has set her on her own path of entrepreneurship. On her journey of entrepreneurship she found a passion for Real Estate Investing as her key to freedom. She finds people with a problem and she solves it. Over the last few years Whitney has been able to create systems and strategies in place to automate the daily operations of her business.
E93 | The Uncommon Entrepreneur | Jeffery Shaw
Jeffrey Shaw has been a leading portrait photographer for the last 30 years. In this episode he shares the story that set him up for success in business. It all comes back to speaking the secret language of your customers. Jeffrey also gives us some insights into how you can take the uncommon and make it into a thriving business. We also discuss why many of the 'traditional' views of business and marketing need to be changed. It all starts with taking your area of authority and turning it into the new niche. Other topics covered in this episode include: moving past audience into community, the importance of gratitude, the validation paradox, building businesses with a soul, and understanding your ideal customer's perspective.
E92 | The Health of Alternative Medicine | Dr. Rachna Patel
Dr. Rachna Patel shares in this episode how Alternative Medicine is going against the world of traditional Medicine. Her speciality is Medical Marijuana. She shares about the difference between medical marijuana versus consumer marijuana. She also shares about the responsibility around medical marijuana. The industry has also been held back from fully researching marijuana and gathering good data around this type of medicine. This lack of research has held back the potential of the medical value it offers. We also discuss the Opioid and Prescription epidemics hitting the US.
E91 | Targeting the Right Audience | Bud Torcom
Bud Torcom shares the importance of social media and digital marketing for small businesses and entrepreneurs. He gives valuable insights, tips and tricks you can use to learn how to maximize your online exposure. This starts with targeting the right audience with the right message and then using the tools available to craft a strategy to reach your goals. Beyond marketing, Bud has a passion for creating culture in the work place. A culture that enables people to reach their full potential without anxiety or being overworked. He also believes it's important to make the work place a fun place filled with adventure.
E90 | Untaught Lessons in Small Business | Tim Fulton
On today's episode Tim Fulton shares untaught lesson and realities of small business ownership. Tim has over 30 years helping small businesses achieve their vision. In the episode we discuss many important topics for small business owners and entrepreneurs including knowing your strengths and building a great team around you, seeing your blindspots as a business owner, why you need a visionary and a business integrator, the power of coaches / mentors and pier group, why business is personal, anticipating your business needs, letting go and delegating, hiring early, and finding and retaining good talent.
E89 | Changing Culture and Cultivating Greatness | Jeff McManus
On today's episode we chat with Jeff McManus on how to help others find greatness. While Jeff's primary role is to oversee Landscape Services at the University of Mississippi, he knows that his larger role is to grow leaders. Topics in the episode include: landscaping, passion, leadership, culture, and failure / success.
In the episode, Jeff shares a quote from former Chancellor Robert Khayat. 'Don't do it for me, let's do it because we are doing it together.' This belief is lived out every day by Jeff and his team.
E88 | Living Your Mission | Tom Mulliez
On today's episode we chat with Tom Mulliez on how he turned his love for the outdoors and adventure into thriving business. We also discuss how you can take an idea and make it into a reality. Along the way Tom has kept business fun while building a fine tuned team to build his business. He shares how hiring the right or wrong people will deeply impact the success of your business.
E87 | Rethinking Food | Glenn Livingston
On today's episode we chat with Glenn Livingston. Glen shares his journey of overcoming obesity and his food prison. As a psychologist Glenn researched and studied different approaches with overcoming eating disorders. He has now taken his own experiences and research to help others overcome their problems with food so that they 'Never Binge Again'
E86 | Having the Courageous Voice | Dave Cornell
On today's episode we chat with Dave Cornell. Dave shares his journey of overcoming fear and finding fulfillment. His story is filled with loss, hidden passions, and discovery. Dave shares how you can find your own voice by crafting a life of courage. Ultimately your passions and gifts don't go away, you just need the courage to step into them.
E85 | A journey of discovery | Tommy Breedlove
On today's episode we chat with Tommy Breedlove. Tommy has been on a journey of discovery to go beyond the typical definition of success to write his own definition. In the episode he shares his love for business, going from jail to coach, how change your mindset of one of abundance, and dealing with fear and insecurity. Ultimately he believes that as business owners we need to be intentional about blending humanity with profitability. Ultimately this will lead you to your zone of brilliance.
E84 | No such thing as safe | Maxwell Finn
On today's episode we chat with Maxwell Finn. Max is a third generation entrepreneur. He shares the lessons that he has learned from his Dad and Grandfather on his own journey of entrepreneurship. We also talk about the death and rebirth of entrepreneurship in fabric of American Culture and how it is affecting the Millennial Generation. We finish the episode chatting about digital marketing and how small businesses can adapt and use it to their advantage.
E83 | A Lifestyle of Adventure | Erik Seversen
On today's episode we chat with Erik Seversen about what he has learned through his life of adventure. He shares how he balances everything all while staying authentic to himself. Throughout the interview we discuss a wide range of topics including following opportunities, leadership, approaching adversity and the unknown, going against the expected, passion, purpose, meaning, and belonging. Erik shares amazing insights that will transform our thinking and changing our perspective on how we approach life and living to the fullest.
E82 | Finding Your True Genius | Jeremy Adams
On the episode Jeremy Adams shares how he started his journey into the business world at a very young age. One of his keys to success is building incredible teams of experts. Other topics discussed are finding true success, how to build a network of influencers, the importance of giving, what he learned from hospitality, and taking the risk to chasing your dreams.
E81 | From Y2K to Cyber Security Expert | Adam Anderson
Adam Anderson, entrepreneur and cyber security professional partnered with Tom Gilkeson, Director of Corporate Security for Michelin North America to produce “Small Business Cyber Security, Your Customers Can Trust You... Right?” to help small business owners think through their cyber security and communicate effectively with large organizations in their language.
E80 | Being Present in a Digital World | Eric Allred
Eric Allred has co-founded (or been a partner in) three companies that have eclipsed seven figures (the fourth will happen this year), invested in two startups, built a solid personal cryptocurrency portfolio (hedge fund coming soon), and helped contribute to a 21.4M raise for a venture-backed men’s apparel company.
E79 | Building Life on Your Terms | Mark Podolsky
E78 | It Takes Teams to Build Ideas | Nathan Hirsch
Nathan Hirsch is a 28 year old serial entrepreneur who is an expert in hiring remote workers and eCommerce business. He co-founded his first company out of his dorm room in 2009 drop shipping products on Amazon.com and built it to sell over $20 million worth of products over 5 years. While scaling, Nathan discovered the power of outsourcing and ended up building an remote army of freelancers.