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Andrew Ellenberg
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For Scott Holsman, entrepreneurship has been a series of marathons that have tested every fiber of grit, faith, and instinct in his DNA.
With unwavering confidence, optimism, and courage, this serial entrepreneur could never find a company with the high performance and enlightened culture he's been searching for his entire career.
So he created his own.
Betting everything he has on his wildly successful bootstrap operation, Scott is now the founder and CEO of an innovative technology, marketing, and recruitment agency.
Affectionately called NLP, short for Next Level Performers, he marries direct hire, executive recruitment, and creative job ads that emotionally connect with candidates.
His long-term retention of clients who experience spectacular results from a laser-sharp focus on designing compelling employee value propositions makes him the go-to for strategic intelligence in the fiercely competitive talent marketplace.
Crafting career ads that land at the top of search engines on over 150 job boards, Scott and his rapidly growing team of overachievers are reinventing the industry during one of the most challenging times in its history.
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Andrew Ellenberg is President & Managing Partner Of Rise Integrated, an innovative studio that creates, produces, and distributes original multimedia content across digital touchpoints. Email andrewe@riseintegrated.com or call 816-506-1257.
Johnathan Fischer is a visionary and early architect of educational marketing. Get ahead of the trends and find out he became a media personality without trying.
With a nod to the communications models ahead of their time to the rise of live events, roundtables, workshops, webinars, vlogs, and podcasts in the 21st Century, position your brand years ahead of your competition.
Watch this hard-hitting vlog to discover the secrets to hitting paydirt with a more authentic and personable approach to attracting your ideal customer persona with rich multimedia content.
Andrew Ellenberg is President & Managing Partner Of Rise Integrated, an innovative studio that creates, produces, and distributes original multimedia content across digital touchpoints. Email andrewe@riseintegrated.com or call 816-506-1257.
What do Hebrew National kosher hot dogs and Christian-owned Open Door Movers have in common? They both report to a higher authority. Whether Tim Neitzy and his crews are moving 50,000 library books after a flood, a Grand piano down a fire escape, or memorizing streets and neighborhoods so they can find destinations without GPS, he relies on his photographic memory, relentless work ethic, and purpose-driven culture to deliver an unforgettable customer experience. His team might even treat you to an impromptu concert before they pack up your piano.
Andrew Ellenberg is President & Managing Partner Of Rise Integrated, an innovative studio that creates, produces, and distributes original multimedia content across digital touchpoints. Email andrewe@riseintegrated.com or call 816-506-1257.
As we race ahead toward the next radical transformation of the internet, digital marketing expert Gina Sifers speeds us through the evolution starting with her entry into the business in its infancy. Follow her as she guides us through the key pivot points that paved the way for the immersive, intensely personalized experience coming to a screen near you in Web3.
Join a serial entrepreneur who has been working for decades at a feverish pace to create, produce, and distribute original dramatic series, documentaries, and feature films to Netflix, Sony TV, Amazon Prime and many other popular streaming TV platforms.
By failing fast and often, he has continuously adapted his business models to the rapidly evolving trends and share shifts in the explosive video-on-demand space. Now, springboarding from the critical and widespread acclaim of his hit series Girls Uninterrupted, he reveals what's next for entrepreneurs and streaming TV fans.
Hop on board for a wild ride through the trials and tribulations of a risktaker who decided out of the gate that failure wasn't an option. Is she a genius or just too stubborn to give up? Brilliant, bold, and brimming with optimism, Stephanie Sage is gunning for eight figures at Sage Restoration. Be a fly on the wall as she walks on a highwire in the disaster restoration business. Discover how this local mogul changed the engine in her airplane in the air without breaking a sweat.
Most people who start a business keep their jobs for a steady paycheck and secretly build their companies. But not Gina Sifers. She got permission from her manager to work for herself while working for him. Everything went smoothly until he became a competitor in digital advertising. That's when he kicked Gina to the curb and her career got interesting. Follow her story through the twists and turns that will leave you guessing until the end.
His co-founder, partner, and wife Suzie Taggart is a brilliant operator, he is a seasoned dealmaker, and they both woke up one day with the same epiphany. They wanted a larger piece of the pie. That's when the real estate business got really interesting.
Yvonne Divita is an emotionally intelligent disruptor who has been angling to disintermediate the traditional publishing industry for decades. Join her as she outmaneuvers big-name publishers, sidesteps the old guard, and ushers in fresh voices from authors who published their first book using tactics they learned from her. Serving as their coach, editor, alter ego, therapist, and story developer, Yvonne could be the muse you need to write your first book.
**Bob learned from his father that being a business owner isn't for the faint-hearted. He knew there were huge risks. But he felt that he could never work for someone else. So he stuck his neck out and bet the farm on himself.
"Sometimes, what you don't know won't hurt you," he said, smiling like the cat that caught the canary. "I didn't realize how high I was on that tightrope until I got a little older."
Once he made the leap of faith, Bob never looked down. Here's how an old-fashioned country boy learned to apply the Golden Rule that made his father successful in business.
When he feels himself running out of steam, Bob thinks about his mission to help his clients generate a lifetime income in retirement.
"When I get frustrated or worried, my wife reminds me that my business model sits on a solid foundation of doing the right thing every time, especially when no one will notice the difference except me. "
Bob isn't a complicated guy. He likes to keep things simple. His clients choose to work with him because he doesn't try to impress them with how much he knows. "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care," he said.
Discover how Bob, a baby boomer allergic to new technology at first, learned to embrace all the new ways of marketing in the digital world. He wouldn't have made it if he didn't because his marketing challenge is audacious.
Bob is fighting an uphill battle. His financial solution makes all the sense in the world but it has a negative perception. Hear about his journey to rebrand an old-fashioned insurance product in the minds of his prospective clients.**
Humans are wired for meaning so when business owners and executives get more meaning from their businesses, they feel more connected to the people around them. Welcome to Entrepreneur Files with Andrew Ellenberg, the fast-paced 30-minute podcast for business owners and executives tuning in for fresh perspectives into their personal and professional motivations. Gain deeper insights into why you do the work you do. Join the conversation with inspiring guests who pump you up with the energy you need to continue the daily grind of running a business.