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Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration274: The Cable Cowboy Who Went from Broke to Broadband 🤠 | Terry Koosed of Bel Air InternetTerry Koosed is the Founder of Bel Air Internet, a Los Angeles based Internet Service Provider, and a leading authority on successful entrepreneurship. He has founded and successfully run seven companies in the high-tech industry during the past 40 years, sometimes concurrently, and is what some would call, a serial entrepreneur.
Listen to Part II, right now: How Exceptional Customer Service made Bel Air Internet a Leading Provider (A Continuation of EP 274).
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2025-06-162h 16Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration273: Publishing to EdTech: The Unlikely Road to Evolution Labs with Founder Peter KraftPeter Kraft is the Founder and President of Evolution Labs. Prior to founding Evolution Labs, Kraft was instrumental in forming and re-envisioning two educational software companies that led the industry in recruitment, enrollment and retention of college students. He co-founded GoalQuest in 2000 and served as its CEO until 2007 when he spearheaded the company’s acquisition by EducationDynamics. Kraft served as President of the enrollment and retention division of EducationDynamics from 2007 to 2009.
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2025-05-051h 26Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration272: From Selling Phones Out of a Van to Leading a 9-Figure Empire | Brett Beveridge of T-ROCBrett Beveridge is the President of The Revenue Optimization Companies. Brett is an entrepreneurial, results-driven executive with over 20 years of experience and success in the wireless and technology industries. He has hands-on success in start-ups, profit turnarounds, mergers and acquisitions, IPOs and fundraising and is the driving force behind T-ROC’s ambitious growth.
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Jon Ostenson, Founder of FranBridge Consulting and Top 1% US Franchise Consultant is here to help you explore the world of non-food franchising opportunities today. Jon and his team are part of the largest brokerage in the US and ha...
2025-03-241h 13Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration271: How to Breathe Life into a Business... Dr. Dan Cohen of Breathe Right StripsDr. Dan Cohen is the former Chairman of CNS, Incorporated. Dr. Cohen was the driving force behind the meteoric rise of Breathe Right nasal strips, acquiring the rights to manufacture and sell the product for the medical equipment company he founded in 1982. In 2006, GlaxoSmithKline acquired CNS, including its Breathe Right nasal strips and FiberChoice chewable fiber supplement products, for $566 million. Dr. Cohen's training is in neurology at the University of Minnesota and he is a Diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Doctor Cohen also authored the books, Addicted To My Ego and Co-Authored Claim Your Basic Ri...
2025-02-1055 minEntrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration269: Blowing Minds with Carey Smith: The Big Ass Fans Story! 🫏...Carey Smith founded Big Ass Fans in 1999 and served as its Chief Big Ass until the company's sale in 2017. Under his guidance, Big Ass Fans grew an average of 30% a year, with offices across the globe. It made the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies 11 consecutive years — a feat achieved by only 34 others — and expanded from industrial products to include a line of chic, silent commercial fans. In less than two decades, he took the company from 0 to $250 million in revenue, without the help of investors.
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2024-12-021h 12Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration263: Using Real Human Connections to Achieve Exceptional Success... Doug Brown of CEO Sales StrategiesDoug C. Brown is the CEO of CEO Sales Strategies and a Sales Revenue and Profit Growth Expert. He has led client award-winning and high-performance teams as well as pioneered profitable development programs for companies. He has advised companies such as Intuit, CBS Television, Procter & Gamble, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Nationwide, Embassy Suites, Inc. 500 to 5000 companies, and thousands of other businesses and entrepreneurs.
As an independent division head, Doug created, trained, and presented high-impact, results-oriented web seminars for prospects of Tony Robbins and Chet Holmes. Doug increased their division sales by 864% and close rate by 62% in just six months.
2024-03-251h 59Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration262: From Single Mom Flipping Burgers to a Powerhouse in Venture Capital | Olga Maslikhova of The J CurveOlga Maslikhova is the founder and host of The J Curve, the podcast about Latin America tech ecosystem builders. Olga is also a successful tech investor. She aims to share insights and stories from the region's most influential entrepreneurs, investors, and experts. She also leverages her network and knowledge as a member of a global community of women investors, and as a mentor at Techstars, a leading accelerator program. Additionally, she holds an M.S. in Management degree from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a WSET Level 3 certification in wine.
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2024-02-121h 18Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration261: Buying a Business at a Great Price! Over 30 Years of Biz Buying & Selling - Richard Parker of Diomo Corporation.Richard Parker is the founder of Diomo Corporation – The Business Buyer Resource Center and author of the How To Buy A Good Business At A Great Price series. Richard has purchased thirteen of his own businesses and has been an advisor and broker to small business buyers and sellers for over three decades. He has written and been featured in more than 300 articles on the subject of buying businesses in The New York Times, Entrepreneur Magazine, The Street.com. He is also a weekly contributor to Forbes Magazine. He was recently nominated for Inc. Magazine’s ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’...
2024-01-013h 11Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration260: From Rabbi School to Supply Chain Innovator. How Izzy Rosenzweig is Saving Customers Time & Money with Portless!Izzy Rosenzweig is the Founder and CEO of Portless, a company that fulfills e-commerce orders directly from China to their client’s customers' front doors, massively improving lead times, decreasing shipping costs, and lowering import tax fees. Born from a family that has a strong entrepreneurial spirit, Izzy discovered his passion for business at an early age. He was studying to become a rabbi but he also had a side business selling Sukkah to the local Jewish community. With his early experience as an entrepreneur, Izzy started his own company called Browze, which is a marketplace that curates unique lo...
2023-11-061h 18Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration259: How this Innovative Business is Unlocking Minds... 🤯 The Psychedelic Journey of Dylan Beynon & Mindbloom 🌻Dylan Beynon is the Founder and CEO of Mindbloom. Dylan grew up in a family that was torn apart by mental illness. He lost both his mother and sister to severe mental illnesses, addiction, and eventually overdose. For years he struggled to process the impact these losses had on him. It was not until 2009 that Dylan began the healing process when he discovered psychedelic medicines. Through his experiences with these medicines, he was able to build a healthier relationship with himself and those he loves.
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2023-10-122h 01Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration258: From a Successful Exit to Closing a Company... & Biking His Way Back on Top | The Story of Mike Peregudov of WhizzMike Peregudov is the CEO and Co-Founder of Whizz, an E-bike rental service company for delivery riders. Mike has had diverse work experience, holding several high-level positions in the past. Prior to Whizz, Mike was a General Partner at S16VC starting in 2020. And from 2014 to 2020, he founded and served as the CEO of Yandex Chef, which was later acquired by Yandex. Additionally, he was the CEO of Pivot from April 2021 to November 2022. Pivot was the second company he created before Whizz but it was not able to grow and succeed.
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2023-09-111h 19Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration257: Using Science & Tech to Create a Sweet Solution (Ali Wing of Oobli)Ali Wing is the CEO of Oobli, a food-tech company that is aiming to introduce sweet proteins to everyone. Their mission is to make an impact on the world by introducing sweet proteins as a much healthier alternative. The sweet protein was derived from an Oubli plant found in West Africa and Southeast Asia, which inspired the name Oobli. There is a local story about this plant that produces fruits and berries that are so sweet that it will make you forget your mother’s milk. As their CEO, Ali has a team of biologists, engineers, food-lovers, health advocates an...
2023-08-141h 23Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration256: Solving Sexual Health Issues thru Good Vibrations... Soum Rakshit of MysteryVibeSoumyadip Rakshit is the CEO and Co-Founder of MysteryVibe, which is an award-winning world leader in medical devices for sexual health. Soum created MysteryVibe to address one of the biggest personal challenges - keeping the ‘mystery’ in the bedroom, especially after major life events like childbirth, menopause, cancer treatment or surgery. To make this happen, Soum and his team have combined their deep research & engineering expertise with leading doctors to create devices that address major sexual health issues such as erectile dysfunction, dryness & pain during intercourse. Their devices combine the best of humanity & technology to help people regain and revi...
2023-07-171h 55Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration255: The Future of Skin Care through AI with Estonian Founder - Anastasia Georgievskaya of Haut.AIAnastasia Georgievskaya is the CEO and co-founder of Haut.AI, an Estonian AI-powered skin analytics SaaS platform delivering uniquely personalized skincare recommendations and diagnostics for retail and skin wellness applications. Haut.AI is a leading European AI company delivering hyper-personalized skincare and beauty experiences. Backed by its best-in-class research, science, and tech teams, Haut.AI’s SaaS platform was trained on 3 million data points to evaluate more than 150 unique multidimensional face biomarkers to deliver interactive, customized aesthetic recommendations—with just the quick snap of a selfie.
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2023-06-191h 23Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration253: Surviving a Storm at Sea & Reflecting on Past Startups via Brett Martin of Kumospace (The Innovative Virtual Office Platform)Brett Martin is President & Co-Founder of Kumospace, the virtual office platform where teams show up, as well as Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Charge Ventures, a pre-seed-focused venture fund based in Brooklyn, NY. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, where he teaches data analytics and technology strategy.
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2023-04-241h 08Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration252: This Military Spouse takes Training 💪... to a Virtual Level | Molly Rose Speed of Virtual Assistant ManagementMolly Rose Speed is the founder of The Virtual Assistant Academy, a certification for the best Virtual Support Staff in the country, and the owner of Virtual Assistant Management, a placement agency for entrepreneurs in need of top virtual assistant talent for organizations. Her expertise is in online business, systems, and outsourcing. Molly is a talented strategic thinker with cultivated skills in online tech solutions, systems, and processes that improve company efficiencies.
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2023-03-271h 08Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration251: How an Employee Strived for Ownership in his $20MM Tech Company... Lubo Smid of STRVLubo Smid is the Co-Founder and CEO of STRV. Lubo is a tech entrepreneur with a passion for cutting-edge technology and an adventurous lifestyle. He has co-founded STRV, a design and engineering company, that built products for prominent startups like Tinder, The Athletic or Citizen and well-established brands like Microsoft or Barry’s.
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2023-02-271h 02Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration250: From Years of Being a W-2 Employee to Becoming A (Non-Food) Franchise King - Jon Ostenson of FranBridge ConsultingJon Ostenson is the Founder and CEO of FranBridge Consulting, a top 1% Franchise Consultant in the US, and frequent contributor on franchising across a variety of outlets and publications. Jon is a multi-brand franchisee himself, and along with his business partners, he has great operators leading these ventures. As a result, he is able to commit over 90% of his time to helping others achieve their own dreams of freedom and wealth generation through business ownership.
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2023-01-3057 minEntrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration249: War Survivor to Construction Industry Innovator... How René Morkos used AI to Build ALICE Technologies...René Morkos, Ph.D. is an inventor, founder, adjunct professor at Stanford University, and CEO of ALICE Technologies. He is the inventor of the world’s first Generative Construction Simulator and Optimizer and obtained his Ph.D. in artificial intelligence applications for construction as a Charles H. Leavell fellow at Stanford University, where he currently serves as an adjunct professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department. He is a second-generation civil engineer with over 15 years of experience in construction, divided between industry and academia.
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2023-01-021h 05Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration248: The Secret to Fixing Businesses like Expedia, Rosetta Stone, & PetMeds | Matt Hulett (aka The Startup Whisperer)Matt Hulett is the CEO and President of PetMeds. Matt is a seasoned technology executive leading world-class public and private companies and working closely with Boards and investors in organizations that include Rosetta Stone, RealNetworks, Expedia and many more. He has had multiple turnaround successes as a public company president as well as a private company CEO. He has a proven track record raising venture capital from blue chip firms (Sequoia Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Allen and Company, Intel Capital) with multiple liquidity events. Also, Matt is regularly featured in technology and business podcasts and media outlets, such as...
2022-12-051h 22Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration247: Content Creator Builds a Successful SaaS Business & Sells it to Adobe - Alex Packham of ContentCalAlex Packham is the Founder of ContentCal and a serial entrepreneur. During the ContentCal journey, Alex raised over £10m for ContentCal, built the business to 3,000+ customers globally, a team of 50, and consistently grew 150% year on year. ContentCal was acquired by Adobe in 2021. Alex currently serves as Product Director at Adobe and is an investor and advisor to multiple companies.
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2022-11-141h 04Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration246: Helping Entrepreneurs Grow the Value of their Business | Ryan Tansom of Arkona: Intentional Growth™Ryan Tansom is the Co-Founder of Arkona. Ryan helped turn around their family business and then sell it for 8 figures to a local competitor in 2014. The growth and exit process was an unexpectedly difficult undertaking, but the lessons that were learned have proven to be invaluable. He took his experience and co-founded Arkona where he created the Intentional Growth™ 5 Principles and Framework and hosts the popular Intentional Growth™ podcast (260+ episodes and 360k+ downloads).
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2022-10-241h 19Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration245: From Fashion Model to Nutritional Bar Startup! How Lizanne Falsetto Sold her Business & Started a New Brand: betterland foods™.Lizanne Falsetto is the Founder and CEO of Betterland Foods. Years before she became a world-renowned CEO, Lizanne Falsetto began her entrepreneurial journey at her kitchen table, inspired both by a family recipe and desire to solve a personal problem. On that table, the original thinkThin bar was created: a revolutionary bar that would become one of the most sought-after health foods on the market.
Lizanne is a prescient food pioneer and protein expert who understood the benefits of a high-protein, low-sugar lifestyle 20 years before the widespread adoption of the ketogenic diet. As thinkThin scaled to reach...
2022-10-031h 30Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration244: How a Canadian College Dropout transferred to a Tech Savvy Entrepreneur (Marc Boscher of Unito)Marc Boscher is the Co-Founder and CEO of Unito. Marc and Eryk Warren struck gold when they came up with an unconventional solution to the perpetual business problem of cross-team collaboration. SaaS tool use is on the rise, and Gartner predicts the collaboration tool market to double by 2023. But the massive proliferation of online tools is causing nearly as many headaches as it solves. Over the course of their incubation with Montreal’s Founder Institute program, the three co-founders created Unito: a project and task management “untool.”
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2022-09-121h 12Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration243: From Busboy & Broke to Building a Taco Restaurant Empire - Joe Kahn of Condado TacosJoseph Kahn is the Founder of Condado Tacos, which started as a single restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. Today, there are 32 Condado Tacos restaurants with about 3,000 employees nationwide. Since he was a teenager, Joe has been working in the restaurant industry until he was given the chance to transition to the management level. When he turned 38, Joe was able to start his own restaurant business, which gained success but it didn’t last long. On his second attempt, he founded Condado Tacos with several business partners. Joe focused on building a great culture within the business, invested in people, and to...
2022-08-231h 02Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration242: A Merger & Acquisition Expert shares... How to Create a Successful Exit Path | Touraj Parang of Serve RoboticsTouraj Parang is the President & COO of Serve Robotics. He is a veteran Silicon Valley dealmaker, a seasoned entrepreneur, investor, advisor, and M&A expert who has sat in almost every seat around the table structuring and negotiating strategic transactions since the late 1990’s, including as a corporate attorney at legal powerhouses WSGR and O’Melveny & Myers. He earned his JD from Yale Law School and his AB in Philosophy and Economics from Stanford University.
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2022-08-011h 08Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration241: How to Land your First Real Estate Deal... & Transform it into a Community. The Story of Seth Williams & REtipster...Seth Williams is the Founder of REtipster.com, an online community that offers real-world guidance for real estate investors. Seth started as a real estate investor buying and selling parcels of land in Michigan and other states. After a few years of being a real estate investor, he had an idea to share his vast knowledge in real estate with other people, which eventually became REtipster. His role in REtipster is to provide real-world guidance for part-time real estate investors, publish interviews and insights with the world's foremost real estate experts, and be a consultant for new and aspiring...
2022-07-111h 08Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration240: Italian Soccer Player takes his Digital Marketing Company Stateside (Rocco Baldassarre of Zebra Advertisement)Rocco Baldassarre is the Founder and CEO of Zebra Advertisement. Rocco is the only marketer and the youngest person globally to have ever been awarded an MVP by Microsoft. He is the youngest Google Partners All-Stars Winner. He is also included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 for Marketing and Advertising (Class of 2018). Other nominations and awards include the CSM Awards, the European and the US Search Awards, the SEMY Awards, and the Stevie Awards. Zebra Advertisement was named “One of America’s Most Entrepreneurial Companies” by Entrepreneur Magazine and was featured on the Entrepreneur 360 List.
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2022-06-201h 00Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration239: How Eco-Friendly is Your Amazon Shopping Cart? Find out with this Browser Extension... Lizzie Horvitz of FinchLizzie Horvitz is the Founder of Finch, a platform that incentivizes and educates consumers to make better decisions based on the climate & sustainability impact of their purchases. Lizzie has a decade of sustainability experience in both the non-profit and corporate sectors. She is also very passionate about finding solutions to complex problems around climate change and plastic pollution. In 2017, Lizzie started a blog to share her research and help people make more sustainable choices. As more questions came flooding in and her followers grew, it led her to the idea of starting Finch.
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2022-06-061h 09Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration236: From Producing Movies to Starting & Selling a Virtual World Gaming Community (Derrick Morton of FlowPlay)Derrick Morton is CEO of Seattle-based FlowPlay. He's been an entrepreneur, leader and innovator in the digital entertainment industry for more than 20 years. At the helm of FlowPlay for the last decade, he has established the company as the creator of the industry’s most powerful immersive gaming platform, and driven product innovation to build an engaging multiplayer social casino that captures the attention of 75 million users worldwide. He has identified new opportunities and untapped markets including free-to-play sports betting and fantasy sports gaming, and spearheaded the development of more than 200 digital entertainment projects.
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2022-04-251h 20Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration233: From Belarus to Canada ✈ How this Entrepreneur Grew his HuGE Private... Network | Yegor Sak of WindScribe VPNYegor Sak is the Founder of Windscribe, which is a privacy company that offers VPN service for everyone. Yegor was born in Belarus but is currently based in Canada. As he was growing up, Yegor developed a passion for programming and creating websites. As a teenager, he did several projects that earned him some money through online ads. These side projects continued until he decided to start a software development firm, which eventually led to Windscribe. Today, they have almost 40 million account users.
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2022-03-141h 36Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration228: From Teacher to Contractor to Manufacturer of Innovative Outdoor Living Products... Scott Selzer of StruXureScott Selzer is the CEO of StruXure Outdoor, Inc. formerly Arcadia Building Products. As a school teacher with a part-time remodeling company, Scott specialized in building decks and pergolas, refinishing basements and tackling other home improvements projects for his clients. When his students encouraged him to follow his dream to become a full-time entrepreneur, Scott started Adjustable Patio Covers, a company focused on improving outdoor spaces.
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2022-01-031h 24Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration226: How a Thousand Dollar Business Grew to a Million Dollar Empire (Steven Kinder of Loftwall)Steven Kinder is the Founder of Loftwall, Co-Founder of GoodWork, and Owner of 1808. He is a design entrepreneur who has always had an infatuation with spaces. He’s focused on the design of new flexible, dynamic environments for people to bring big ideas and be better together.
Not intimidated by the potential of a blank slate, Steve wants to create space where people can shape their own experience. As an industrial designer, he has designed award winning furniture, products and event environments for small, medium & Fortune 500 companies. He has been an active leader of Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) Dall...
2021-12-061h 10Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration225: Surviving an Arson Attack to Making it BiG in the Boating Business - Rob Hannah of Chicago Yacht Works ⭐Rob Hannah is the Managing Partner of Chicago Yacht Works. In 2011, Rob redirected his business experience to the marine industry after assuming control of Chicago Yacht Yard, a full-service marine service and storage facility located on the river in downtown Chicago. In a short time, this business has been transformed into an industry leader with significant gains in both service and storage as well as adding both brokerage and new boat sales to their business lines. They now boast the Midwest’s only Formula Factory Showroom and Factory Service Center. January 2015, Rob changed the name to Chicago Yacht Works to...
2021-11-221h 19Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration223: Using Science & Technology to invent Plant Based Meat... Paul Shapiro of The Better Meat Co.Paul Shapiro is the Co-Founder of The Better Meat Co. In addition to being the CEO of the company, Paul is also the author of the national bestseller, Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World, and the host of the Business For Good Podcast. He is a four-time TEDx speaker, he has twenty years of experience as a nonprofit executive and has published more than a hundred articles on food sustainability, from daily newspapers to academic journals. Paul lives in Sacramento, California with his wife Toni Okamoto, author and founder of Plant-Based on...
2021-10-251h 21Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration221: Pool Boy builds Tech Company that Employs Thousands Worldwide - John Simpson of PatraJohn Simpson is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Patra. An innovator and entrepreneur, John founded Patra in 2005 and has grown the company to more than 3,200 employees worldwide. In 2017, Patra landed in the top third of Inc Magazine’s fastest growing companies. John understands the importance of efficient internal systems to support the complicated needs of a service organization. As an entrepreneur, he knows that it’s vital for a business leader to have total trust in any partner. John has spent more than 20 years leading technology-focused companies, and previously founded CyberBills, an innovative web banking technology company.
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2021-09-271h 27Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration220: The Nomadic Adventure of Making Buildings More Smart-er (Felicite Moorman of STRATIS IoT) ⭐Felicite Moorman is the CoFounder of STRATIS, a RealPage Company, and SaaS Platform for large-scale Internet of Things installations. STRATIS was named a top ten “Best Company in America” by Entrepreneur Magazine and ranked in the top twenty percent of Inc Magazine’s “Fastest Growing Companies” three consecutive years prior to acquisition. Felicite was simultaneous CEO of BuLogics, which designed, built, and certified hardware, software, and ecosystems for the Internet of Things.
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2021-09-131h 05Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration219: From Y2K to Giving Your Way out of Debt w/ Paul Moore of Wellings CapitalPaul Moore is the Founder and Managing Partner of Wellings Capital. After graduating with an engineering degree and then an MBA from Ohio State, Paul entered the management development track at Ford Motor Company in Detroit. After five years, he departed to start a staffing company with a partner. They scaled and sold the company to a publicly traded firm five years later. After a brief “retirement” in his early 30s, Paul began investing in real estate in 2000 to protect and grow his own wealth.
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2021-08-301h 26Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration218: E-Comm from Ireland? How this Entrepreneur transformed into a Superhero! | Stephen Somers of Marketplace Superheroes ⭐Stephen Somers runs a company called Marketplace Superheroes. He and his business partner Robert Rickey are on a mission to help ambitious individuals build their own business selling simple branded products globally on Amazon. Stephen started his career by selling products in Amazon for several years, while Robert is also an online entrepreneur collaborating with other companies. They met and started working with each other until they created the highly successful Marketplace Superheroes.
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2021-08-161h 18Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration214: How 3 Best Friends Quit their Corporate Jobs, Moved to México, & Built a BiG eCommerce Biz - Mike Begg of AMZ AdvisersMike Begg is the Co-founder, Chief Strategist, and Chief Marketing Officer of AMZ Advisers, which helps manufacturers and brands maximize their sales on Amazon by creating content, developing marketing strategies, and managing advertising. Mike is 31 years old, from Connecticut, and currently resides in Guadalajara, Mexico. He is an Amazon marketing professional with over 7 years of experience selling and consulting on Amazon and 10 years of experience in retail and eCommerce. He is also the President of Bosque de Talentos, a nearshoring venture providing high-quality talent to foreign businesses.
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2021-06-211h 15Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration213: A Pharmacy for the 21st Century... How Medino is bringing Health, Beauty, & Drugs to the Digital Age...Christian Jakobsson is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Medino. Before founding Medino, Christian was in IT Sales and Project Management. He began his career working as an intern in an advertising agency in the Philippines. He then worked in an IT-Consultant Company in Stockholm until he transferred to London and started Medino. He works with all sides of the business in Medino and he even helps in the picking and packing of orders in the Medino warehouse.
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2021-06-071h 12Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration212: Bringing Tech... to the Water Fountain? How FloWater is Cleaning Up the Water Industry w/ Rich RazgaitisRich Razgaitis is the CEO and Co-Founder of FloWater. Raz, as most people call him, is passionate about creating a brand new, amazing type of water that’s at the epicenter of the sustainable movement. Their vision is to inspire the world with water, eliminate single use plastic water bottles, and provide everyone access to the world’s best tasting water anywhere they work, rest, and play. Raz and his FloWater team is introducing the Refill Station technology, which transforms tap water into the world’s best-tasting, most purified water, delivered on-demand and eliminates the use of plastic bottles.
2021-05-241h 22Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration211: How a Restaurant’s Predicament led to a Tech-Based Solution w/ $12M+ in ARR (Tim McLaughlin of GoTab)Tim McLaughlin is Co-Founder of GoTab, a leading contactless ordering and payment platform serving full-service food & beverage establishments in almost thirty states and still growing. GoTab launched in 2016 as a code on the receipt for mobile payment of restaurant tabs. In 2018 it became a QR code. The idea started in 2015 when Tim co-opened his first restaurant and brewery, Caboose Brewing Co., an upscale brewery based in Fairfax, Virginia. It had been a passion project in the works for many years and many of GoTab’s most important features were incubated at Caboose.
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2021-05-101h 17Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration210: Making $10MM Net Profit in 1977 Semiconductors, to Computer Store Bankruptcy, & Bouncing Back with Bel Air Internet | Terry Koosed ⭐Terry Koosed is the Founder of Bel Air Internet, a Los Angeles based Internet Service Provider, and a leading authority on successful entrepreneurship. He has founded and successfully run seven companies in the high-tech industry during the past 40 years, sometimes concurrently, and is what some would call, a serial entrepreneur.
Listen to Part II, right now: How Exceptional Customer Service made Bel Air Internet a Leading Provider (A Continuation of EP 210).
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2021-04-262h 10Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration209: An Innovative Spin on Smoking Accessories in the Cannabis Industry - Will Breakell of Blazy SusanWill Breakell is the brainchild and founder of the Blazy Susan brand. Will is a young entrepreneur from Roanoke, Virginia. Although Will graduated from the esteemed Virginia Military Institute, he soon realized that he was meant to take a different path than the majority of his peers. The mountains of Colorado were calling for him, and so was the emerging cannabis industry. Join our 🔥 Facebook Group to meet other listeners of the podcast: facebook.com/groups/mipvips.
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2021-03-291h 13Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration207: Taking Your Health to the Next Level (with Josh Clemente of Levels)Josh Clemente spent the first half of his professional career working at SpaceX and Hyperloop– two companies, one founded by and the other supported by Elon Musk. At SpaceX, Josh spent six years working on rocket and spacecraft systems, while at Hyperloop, Josh worked on infrastructure level engineering and life support systems development. To combat fatigue, Josh applied his characteristic engineering approach to his health by using glucose monitoring to analyze how his body converted food to usable energy. In time, through years of this self-experimentation and further exposure to metabolic research while at SpaceX, Josh would be compelled to...
2021-03-151h 11Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration206: How this American Truck Bed Cover withstood 10 Years of Adversity | Ethan Wendle of DiamondBack ⭐In 2003, Ethan Wendle was attending an Engineering Entrepreneurial class when he met Matt Chverchko. They partnered in a classroom project that grew from a garage operation to a real full-time enterprise. Thus, DiamondBack Truck Covers was born. Ethan attended Penn State University from 2000 to 2003 and took up Civil Engineering.
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2021-02-151h 22Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration204: Revolutionizing the Learning Industry thru Gaming... Stephen Baer of The Game Agency ⭐Since launching The Game Agency 13 years ago and The Training Arcade 3 years ago, Stephen Baer has developed award-winning games for new-employee on-boarding, sales and product training, leadership development, safety, security, compliance, systems & processes, customer service, and many other training topics.
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2021-01-251h 09Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration202: How this Israeli Entrepreneur is Simplifying the Solar Business ☀ | Aviv Shalgi of Solar SimplifiedAviv Shalgi is a serial entrepreneur, and is the CEO of an energy tech startup Solar Simplified, which is a platform that matches renters and homeowners who care about the environment and want to save money on the electricity bill with local solar farms. For more than 6 years, Aviv has been a Board Member, Mentor, and Advisor to many entrepreneurs, startups, investors, VCs, and non-profit organizations. Join our 🔥 Facebook Group to meet other listeners of the podcast: facebook.com/groups/mipvips.
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2021-01-181h 14Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration201: This Awesome Idea ”Fixed” the Alcohol Industry (Ron Alvarado of Ficks Beverage Co.)Ron Alvarado Co-founded Ficks Beverage Co, the leading manufacturer of better-for-you bar products with its line of pure fruit juice hard seltzers and wellness-focused cocktail mixers. They are based in San Francisco, California, and currently expanding their two main products to national retailers such as Whole Foods, H-E-B, Target, QFC, BevMo, and Safeway. Ron and his co-founder, Mike, have been perfecting their craft since their college days, experimenting and brewing in their small studio apartment. They were obsessed with the challenge of creating the best tasting drinks solely using all-natural ingredients. Join our 🔥 Facebook Group to meet other listeners of...
2021-01-041h 52Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration200: Bouncing Back from Y Combinator Rejection to Building a Strikingly Good Company... David Chen of StrikinglyIn 2012, David Chen dropped out from the University of Chicago to start Strikingly along with his two co founders, Teng Bao and Dafeng Guo. They moved to Silicon Valley with $100 in their pocket and were accepted into Y Combinator after eating ramen noodle in their 1-bedroom apartment for 5 months. Strikingly is a Y Combinator-backed startup that allows anyone to create a gorgeous, mobile optimized website in minutes, without any coding or design work. It has raised $1.5MM seed funding from top Silicon Valley investors. Join our 🔥 Facebook Group to meet other listeners of the podcast: facebook.com/groups/mipvips.
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2021-01-0152 minEntrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration199: Video Strategist Exits his Company to Build a Brand New One | Fritz Brumder of Brandlive & ZipcanEntrepreneur, video strategist, avid skier, proud dad & husband. In 2010 Fritz Brumder co-founded Brandlive, the leading SaaS live video events platform for brands and retailers. In 2020 he co-founded Zipcan.com - the fastest way to enable video chat inside your website or application. Zipcan's vision is to bring video chat to every corner of the web, by making it easy to embed. Join our 🔥 Facebook Group to meet other listeners of the podcast: facebook.com/groups/mipvips.
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2021-01-011h 05Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration198: From Team Mascot to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - Jim Wanner of KeyMark ⭐Jim Wanner is the founder and Chief Expectations Officer at KeyMark, an intelligent automation systems integrator headquartered in Liberty, SC. KeyMark delivers capture (OCR), workflow (ECM), case management, virtual collaboration and robotic process automation (RPA) solutions to businesses and government organizations. KeyMark helps clients leverage technology, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, to maximize productivity and increase efficiency.
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2021-01-011h 15Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration196: How a Shark Tank Contestant Battles thru Rejection, Lawsuits, & ❤️... Lori Cheek of CheekdLori Cheek is an architect turned entrepreneur, Founder, and CEO of Cheekd, a mobile dating app that makes missed connections obsolete. Cheekd uses a cross-platform low energy Bluetooth technology, which fosters hyper local engagement. The app connects people in real time, versus virtual time. After working in architecture, Lori came up with an idea that led her into the NYC World of Tech and solving missed connections. Join our 🔥 Facebook Group to meet other listeners of the podcast: facebook.com/groups/mipvips.
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2021-01-0157 minEntrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration195: From Aerospace Manufacturing to For-Profit Fundraising? Find out How... w/ Howard Gottlieb of Read-A-Thon ⭐Howard Gottlieb is the founder and CEO of Read-a-thon but in the office, everyone just calls him the Big Cheese. Howard spends most of his waking hours obsessing about how to make Read-a-thon the absolute best school fundraising idea anywhere on the planet Earth. Their goal is to have every elementary school and school library in the world raise the money they need by focusing on reading rather than selling fundraising products.
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2021-01-011h 07Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration194: Modernizing a 👕 Family Clothing Business 👕 - Sonny Balani of Balani Custom ClothiersSonny Balani is CEO of Balani Custom Clothiers, which has re-imagined the custom clothing experience as it applies to today’s client. He has designed a contemporary showroom and developed a collaborative selection process, establishing Balani as the premier custom clothier in Chicago. Join our 🔥 Facebook Group to meet other listeners of the podcast: facebook.com/groups/mipvips.
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2021-01-0159 minEntrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration182: Our Most Open Interview Yet 😱... A Tantalizing Entrepreneurial & Life Journey with Doug Smith of Hawthorne Funds ⭐Doug Smith started Hawthorne Funds to build and protect his own wealth. That goal remains the same today and he is proud to be the company’s largest investor. Doug is the founder and CEO of Hawthorne Funds. Previously a software developer for ExxonMobil, he has gone on to buy and sell over 100 houses. More recently, he has bought and sold over 2,500 acres of rural Texas land from within Hawthorne Funds and his other business entities. Join our 🔥 Facebook Group to meet other listeners of the podcast: facebook.com/groups/mipvips.
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2021-01-011h 19Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration181: Washing your Nuts in the Shower... a Ballsy Approach to Business - Adam Hendle of Ballsy BrandAdam Hendle created the idea of the Ballsy brand when he was in the shower. Ballsy is an active lifestyle brand providing high-quality men’s personal care products that inspire and motivate thrill-seekers, athletes, and everyday guys to live life to the fullest. Their current products include Ballwash, Sack Spray, and Nut Rub Solid Cologne. Join our 🔥 Facebook Group to meet other listeners of the podcast: facebook.com/groups/mipvips.
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2021-01-0153 minEntrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration180: The Uber of Swimming Lessons 🌊 | How Diana Goodwin Transitioned her Swim Business to a SaaS Business: MarketBox.Diana Goodwin is Founder & CEO of MarketBox, a B2B SaaS product which enables service-based marketplaces and businesses to grow and scale their businesses. Diana initially founded AquaMobile, an on-demand swim lesson provider which is now the largest of its kind in North America and Australia. The AquaMobile software gave her the opportunity to start and spin out MarketBox. Join our 🔥 Facebook Group to meet other listeners of the podcast: facebook.com/groups/mipvips.
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2021-01-0157 minEntrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration179: Applying the Car Dealership Model to Revolutionize Your Company... with Dr. Kolinski of USA Staffing ServicesMatthew Kolinski started USA Staffing Services to help entrepreneurs with the back-office operation of their staffing firms. He has been a leader in the staffing industry since 2006, when he started his first staffing firm in Chicago, IL. Join our 🔥 Facebook Group to meet other listeners of the podcast: facebook.com/groups/mipvips.
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2021-01-011h 00Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration178: From Doctor to Google Ads to Million Dollar SaaS Business | Rob Rawson of Time Doctor ⭐Originally trained as a medical doctor and worked 3 years in hospitals in Australia, Rob Rawson has always had the desire to start and build his own business and started several businesses even during the time when he was studying medicine. He is now the founder of Staff.com, which is software for actionable productivity metrics and Timedoctor.com, which is time tracking and productivity for remote teams.
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2021-01-0155 minEntrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration177: How this PR Firm will put you 💫 Light Years Ahead 💫 of the Competition... ⭐Megan Bennett has been part of the Light Years Ahead team for over 18 years. Her expertise focuses on managing clients and exceeding their expectations on a daily basis. She has spearheaded and implemented countless successful PR campaigns on behalf of numerous brands and is proud of the positive, lasting relationships she cultivates with the media on an ongoing basis. Join our 🔥 Facebook Group to meet other listeners of the podcast: facebook.com/groups/mipvips.
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2021-01-011h 28Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration175: The Horror Story of Finding a Co-Packer for Your Product | Laurie Nadeau of Smokin MaryLaurie Nadeau, the owner of Smokin’ Mary Smoked Bloody Mary Mix, is always all dolled up in her signature red-and-white polka-dot dresses, but don’t let the pinup girl persona fool you. Nadeau is a savvy, successful businesswoman, and major players from the food-and-beverage world are taking notice. Join our 🔥 Facebook Group to meet other listeners of the podcast: facebook.com/groups/mipvips.
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2021-01-011h 07Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration174: Using Data Driven Marketing to Build a Successful Auto Auction Business... Roger Bryan of EnfusenOver the last 20 years, Roger Bryan had the honor of working with some of the world's largest companies in the creation of demand generation strategies for their digital marketing efforts. This includes Microsoft, Goodwill Industries, The Salvation Army, The American Red Cross, Medstar Health, Intersections, as well as many others. Roger specializes in converting web visitors into paying customers at scale. He is also the founder of Enfusen. Join our 🔥 Facebook Group to meet other listeners of the podcast: facebook.com/groups/mipvips.
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2021-01-011h 14Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration173: The Inventor of Turnkey Real Estate 🔑🏘: Marco Santarelli of Norada Real Estate InvestmentsMarco Santarelli is the host of the Passive Real Estate Investing Podcast and he is also the founder of Norada Real Estate, a premier real estate investment firm offering turnkey investment property in growth markets nationwide. Join our 🔥 Facebook Group to meet other listeners of the podcast: facebook.com/groups/mipvips.
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2021-01-0148 minEntrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration171: How to Build a Brand... from Halloween Costumes 🍂 to Personalized Wardrobe Delivery 👚 - Jalem Getz of Wantable ⭐Jalem Getz is the CEO and founder of Wantable, Inc, a personalized eCommerce company focused on women's fashion and fitness products. Their goal at Wantable is to develop a deep relationship with their customers and offer them a platform for discovery. Because each customer is unique, Wantable dynamically adjusts the product assortment for each user. Jalem is 47 years young and lives in the Cayman Islands.
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2021-01-011h 19Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration170: Building a Code-Free Platform for Non-Developers to Build Online Apps | Emmanuel Straschnov of Bubble.Emmanuel Straschnov is the co-founder of Bubble, a visual programming language for web and mobile applications. Born in Paris, Emmanuel studied at Polytechnique and got his MBA from Harvard. Prior to Bubble, he was a consultant in China. He is committed to breaking the economic limits of technology and devising solutions that enable innovation and product development without coding software.
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2021-01-011h 38Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration168: oDesk CEO Reveals... The 4 Secrets to Personal Development | Gary Swart of Polaris Partners ⭐Gary Swart is a partner at Polaris Partners, investing in technology and healthcare companies, out of their San Francisco office. He represents Polaris on the boards of Quantcast, SimplyInsured, FloQast, Falkonry, Faro Health, and Qstream. He also served on the board of CliQr (Cisco).
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2021-01-011h 08Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration167: Surviving a Business Breakup... & Getting Creative with Bejan Douraghy of 🎨 Artisan Talent 🎨Bejan Douraghy made his way from New York City to Chicago with $1,000 in his pocket, big dreams, and the ambition to start a new kind of staffing agency... at the age of 25. He wanted to start a firm that nurtures long-lasting relationships with clients and talent alike. With that in mind, he launched Artisan Talent.
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2021-01-011h 08Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration165: Ex-CEO of Meineke Auto shares his Entrepreneurial Journey 🚗... | Charles Bonfiglio of Tint World ⭐Charles J. Bonfiglio is the Franchise Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Tint World. The company is a privately owned franchise chain of independent retail window tinting, mobile electronics, auto accessories and appearance centers. As the lead executive of Tint World, Charles is responsible for all functions related to the development and leadership of the company in growing the family of franchise stores.
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2021-01-0151 minEntrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration163: Turning your Website Contact Form into Instant Profit | Nicolas Vandenberghe of Chili Piper 🌶Nicolas Vandenberghe is the Co-Founder and CEO of Chili Piper. Nicolas began his career selling newspapers in the streets of Paris in high school, studied Maths at Ecole Polytechnique and then received his MBA from Stanford GSB. He started and sold 3 tech companies with up to 65 employees and $11M in revenues, and also ran sales for a $2B telecom firm negotiating billion-dollar deals with companies like Google. Most recently in 2016, he co-founded his 4th startup and presently is the CEO of Chili Piper – a pioneer in Buyer Enablement.
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2021-01-011h 01Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration162: Growing then Selling a Digital Agency in the 21st Century | Dalip Jaggi of VincitDalip Jaggi is head of business at Vincit. Dalip has been recognized as an active entrepreneur filled with high-energy, passion, and new ideas. He kicked off his career as the Founder of Devise Interactive, a brand-focused, engineering studio. Leading a team that concentrated on helping entrepreneurs & companies with their early-stage concepts & innovations. The agency was acquired at the end of 2018 by an international public-traded company, Vincit.
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2021-01-011h 09Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration156: The Nationwide Leader in Athlete Development. How Michael Waters built... Phase 1 Sports.Michael Waters started Phase 1 Sports in Las Vegas, Nevada. He built a name in the sports industry by combining exceptional skills in performance training and his leadership, which has played a major role in the success of hundreds of athletes.
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2021-01-011h 14Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration155: From Combat to Commerce... The Beginning of a Wagyu Beef Business: KC Cattle Company 🐄...Patrick Montgomery is the owner of KC Cattle Company. After being honorably discharged from the Army, Patrick returned to the University of Missouri as a full-time student to earn a B.S. in Animal Science. Upon graduation in December, he will continue to develop KC Cattle Company's customer basis in the greater Kansas City area.
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2021-01-011h 05Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration154: Starting a Mobile Phone Company: Let‘s Talk Cellular | Brett Beveridge of T-ROCBrett Beveridge is the President of The Revenue Optimization Companies. Brett is an entrepreneurial, results-driven executive with over 20 years of experience and success in the wireless and technology industries. He has hands-on success in start-ups, profit turnarounds, mergers and acquisitions, IPOs and fundraising and is the driving force behind T-ROC’s ambitious growth.
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2021-01-011h 05Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration153: How ‘Two Men and a Truck‘ moved from a Family Business to a Franchise Business (w/ 340+ Locations)Brig Sorber is the Chief Brand Officer at Two Men and a Truck. Brig is one of the original two men along with younger brother Jon Sorber. The two started the business in the early 1980s in Okemos, Mich. to earn spending money. Using a 1966 pickup truck, the brothers placed an ad in a local shopping guide that read “Men At Work Movers…Two Men and A Truck.” The ad also included a stick figure logo designed by their mother, Mary Ellen Sheets.
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2021-01-011h 06Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration152: Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Extraction Systems for Oil Extractors | Andy Joseph of Apeks SupercriticalAndy Joseph is the President of Apeks Supercritical. Andy founded Apeks Supercritical in 2001 while serving as the Director of Welding and Testing Labs for Edison Welding Institute (EWI), developers of manufacturing technologies. He first learned about mechanical operations and principles during his six years in the Navy operating nuclear submarine reactors. He is a two-time Navy Achievement Medal recipient.
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2021-01-0154 minEntrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration151: The Nation‘s Premier, Luxury Camping Experience ⛺... How Sarah Dusek grew Under Canvas® Camping...Sarah Dusek is CEO of Under Canvas. Sarah and her husband, Jacob Dusek, were inspired by the African safari experience and they set out to create an immersive outdoor escape that serves as a unique bridge between travel and the outdoors. Under Canvas began in 2009 with the opening of an all-inclusive glamping adventure package and has since grown to include eight luxury glamping resorts and a customized event’s offering, bringing the glamping experience to life anywhere in the country.
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2021-01-011h 07Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration150: Cracking the Code to the 💪 Fitness Business 💪 with Nick Shaw of Renaissance PeriodizationNick Shaw is the Founder and CEO of Renaissance Periodization, a training and diet services company for world-class athletes. Nick is also a competitive powerlifter and bodybuilder and has had the opportunity to work with numerous national level physique athletes as well as world class strength athletes. Nick holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan in Sport Management. He currently resides in Charlotte, NC with his wife and two kids.
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2021-01-0157 minEntrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration134: How Grasshopper became a $176MM Virtual Phone System (w/ David Hauser of Grasshopper & SuperFat)David Hauser is the Co-founder of Grasshopper & SuperFat. Grasshopper is a company that serves and empowers entrepreneurs via its powerful tools like Grasshopper and Chargify. Grasshopper Group was listed by Inc. Magazine among the 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America...
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2021-01-0148 minEntrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration077: Sex Toy Entrepreneur, Reveals his Mr. Sloan... (Brian Sloan of VIECI) ⭐Brian Sloan is CEO of Very Intelligent Ecommerce Inc. (aka VIECI). Mr. Sloan quit his job as a lawyer to start a sex toy business that generates over $1 million a year, and he did it without office space or full-time employees. The company's most recent product, a sex toy for men (NSFW), launched as an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign. It turned heads and raised over $260,000 — far more than its $45,000 goal— in the process.
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2021-01-0155 minEntrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration069: You Only Podcast Once… The Growth of Millionaire Interviews via Entrepreneur Stories (w/ Austin Peek)Austin Peek is the host of Millionaire Interviews, a podcast that gives actionable advice for the (future & present) Entrepreneur, Solopreneur, and Small Business Owner. He is also the Principal of RiverStone RECAP, a commercial real estate mortgage brokerage firm in Jacksonville, Florida.
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2021-01-0155 minEntrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration040: How a Podcast (accidentally) Transformed his Startup Marketing Company - James Carbary of Sweet Fish MediaJames Carbary is the founder of Sweet Fish Media, a done-for-you service that guarantees new relationships between B2B companies and their ideal clients. He’s a contributor for the Huffington Post & Business Insider, and he also co-hosts the B2B Growth Show: a podcast dedicated to helping B2B executives achieve explosive growth.
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2021-01-0142 minEntrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration001: The First 50 Millionaire Interviews in 5 Minutes (it‘s Entrepreneur Stories Show-Time!) 🔥A wild conglomeration of our first 50 Millionaire Interviews. Hope you enjoy... Visit www.millionaire-interviews.com for complete show notes of every episode.
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