We Live to Build: Recent Episodes

Sean Weisbrot

Welcome to We Live to Build, my name is Sean Weisbrot, and I'm an entrepreneur, investor, and advisor based in Asia for over 12 years. Join us every week to fast track your personal growth so you can meet the ever-increasing demands of the company [or companies] you are passionately building. Time waits for no one, so let's get started now!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

GUEST INTRO

Angela Druckman is the President of The Druckman Company, which provides Scrum Training services. She's also a Certified Scrum Trainer and Agile Coach, and the author of 30 Days to Better Agile, the definitive guide to resolving the toughest challenges in every agile implementation.

With over two decades in the business, Angela has introduced Scrum and agile practices to thousands students around the globe. She has worked with some of the largest technology, manufacturing, retail, and financial services companies in the world, along with small start-ups, government organizations, and not-for-profit entities.

⚠️ JOIN OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF ENTREPRENEURS LEARNING AND GROWING TOGETHER

👉 https://discord.gg/welivetobuild 👈

WHAT YOU LEARN

What is Scrum?
What are other methodologies?
Why do you focus on Scrum then?
How do you know which project should use Scrum or Waterfall?
What difficulties do you see clients have struggling to adapt to Scrum?
What do you mean by reporting on project health being wrong?
The Iron Triangle
Technical Debt
Y2K Bug
And much more!

EPISODE LINKS

https://angeladruckman.com

TIMESTAMPS

Coming Soon

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

GUEST INTRO

Cecil Robles is the Co-Founder and CMO of NFT IQ, an enterprise data and web3 technology company.

Cecil has helped many companies go on to raise over $75M in crowdfunding.

⚠️ JOIN OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF ENTREPRENEURS LEARNING AND GROWING TOGETHER

👉 https://discord.gg/welivetobuild 👈

EPISODE LINKS

NFT IQ: https://nftiq.io

TIMESTAMPS

Coming soon

GUEST INTRO

Robby Wade is the Co-Founder & CEO of ThisApp, an all-in-one chat platform that makes it easy to connect with anyone and organize anything.

⚠️ JOIN OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF ENTREPRENEURS LEARNING AND GROWING TOGETHER

👉 https://discord.gg/welivetobuild 👈

EPISODE LINKS

ThisApp: https://www.thisapp.com

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Introduction

1:58 What is ThisApp?

4:07 Working on an app with similar concepts

6:57 The Dunning-Kruger Effect

8:00 Messaging apps in the West and East

16:54 How WeChat became a super app

21:26 Paywalls in Messaging Apps

25:37 The struggle of building foreign businesses in China

28:24 Simplicity works well

32:31The problems with centralized currency

35:19 Data privacy and data leaks

41:39 Innovating in the messaging space

49:19 Don’t give away your contact book

52:50 Keeping focused

56:17 Making good decisions

59:21 Working on a timeline

1:01:15 The need to pivot

1:03:40 Follow up with Robby

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

GUEST INTRO

Anna Wong is the Co-founder and CEO of Female Entrepreneurs Worldwide, Asia's largest business platform for female founders and business executives to learn and network.

FEW runs Accelerator that offers mature startups a range of services from cash investment, mentorship, media coverage and valuable access to FEW’s exclusive investor network.

Anna leads FEW’s strategic developments, branding, fundraising, market entry, and business growth.

Anna is a speaker at regional conferences, universities, publications, and TEDx. Prior to starting her own ventures, Anna worked at the PR team of Hong Kong’s business magnate Lui Che Woo and later joined the world’s leading communications agencies O&M and Edelman.

EPISODE LINKS

Female Entrepreneurs Worldwide: https://few.community

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Introduction

2:18 Anna’s Backstory and FEW

7:49 The Skill of Networking

14:27 How Can you Grab People’s Interest

21:55 How to Start Your Network

33:02 How to Improve Your Network

48:30 Follow Up with Anna

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

GUEST INTRO

Uros Mikic is the Founder and CEO of Flow Ninja, a Serbian-based Webflow enterprise partner and development agency.

⚠️ JOIN OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF ENTREPRENEURS LEARNING AND GROWING TOGETHER

👉 https://discord.gg/welivetobuild 👈

WHAT YOU LEARN

Coming soon

EPISODE LINKS

Website: https://flow.ninja

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/flow-ninja

Twitter: https://twitter.com/UrosMikic2

TIMESTAMPS

Coming soon

GUEST INTRO

Dr. Eduardo Rocha is the Senior Sales Engineer and Security Analyst at GlobalDots, an independent cloud and performance optimization integration partner.

⚠️ JOIN OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF ENTREPRENEURS LEARNING AND GROWING TOGETHER

👉 https://discord.gg/welivetobuild 👈

WHAT YOU LEARN

What are Layer 7 Attacks?
What are SQL injections?
What are False Positives?
What are False Negatives?
What are 0day exploits?
What is Scraping?
What are Biometrics?
What is the Blockchain?
How do you steal biometric data from a device?
What is Pegasus?
What is Log4j?
How will Quantum computing affect cybersecurity?
How is AI affecting cybersecurity?
How does Blockchain affect cybersecurity?
What keeps Eduardo awake at night?

EPISODE LINKS

Website: https://globaldots.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduardo-rinn-rocha

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Introduction

0:56 GlobalDots

2:51 What are Layer 7 attacks?

5:55 What is a zero day exploit?

6:43 What issues scare Dr. Rocha?

8:00 Going Passwordless with Biometrics

11:36 Using Blockchain for identity?

14:58 How security breaches happen

15:36 Pegasus scandal

17:01 What’s exciting in cyber security?

18:09 More about Log4j

19:30 The threats of quantum computing

25:51 How ready are we?

28:19 A.I. in cyber security

32:22 Follow up with Eduardo

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

GUEST INTRO

Dennis Lenard is the Managing Partner of Creative Navy, a design agency he as been running for 13.5 years which specializes in embedded GUI and web/mobile UX for the Medical, Marine, Industrial, and Automotive sectors.

WHAT YOU LEARN

· What is group think?

· Why do you need diversity?

· How do you remove bias to avoid to groupthink?

· Why you need to be open-minded about criticism?

EPISODE LINKS

Website: https://creativenavy.com

Elon Musk quote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmM_JhyWeeE

TALK TO US

Ask Sean a Question: https://forms.gle/DGqdTASqsvMwV2Nw7

Who should we interview next? https://forms.gle/gad6cCmscj8fVnR27

What are your go to resources for business? https://forms.gle/xJdLex2NRGisTGHw7

PODCAST INFO

Website: https://welivetobuild.com

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-live-to-build/id1531994765

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68lykxIMOyofZNiWSF4vFx

RSS: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6038f74c4164e91ed17171db

YouTube Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRxmA5Mnz8sWx5mYD6l5HMA

YouTube Tips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT6qsgoUkPdDYLY7osG7wcA

SUPPORT & CONNECT

Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/welivetobuild

Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/welivetobuild

Twitter: http://twitter.com/welivetobuild

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sweisbrot

TIMESTAMPS

Coming Soon

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

GUEST INTRO

Omri Shafran is an Israeli serial entrepreneur based in the US who is currently the CEO of Texas Medical Technology, a company that produces personal protective equipment as well as physical machines that dispense the equipment safely. He’s also the CEO of iNitrile, the CEO of SureSpot, and owns and manages many different real estate properties. He’s also gone to Harvard Business school!

WHAT YOU LEARN

How he got into doing PPE

What made him want to create the machines

Where healthcare is going next

EPISODE LINKS

Website: https://texasmedicaltechnology.com

Email: Omri.shafran@texasmedicaltechnology.com

TALK TO US

Ask Sean a Question: https://forms.gle/DGqdTASqsvMwV2Nw7

Who should we interview next? https://forms.gle/gad6cCmscj8fVnR27

What are your go to resources for business? https://forms.gle/xJdLex2NRGisTGHw7

PODCAST INFO

Website: https://welivetobuild.com

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-live-to-build/id1531994765

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68lykxIMOyofZNiWSF4vFx

RSS: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6038f74c4164e91ed17171db

YouTube Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRxmA5Mnz8sWx5mYD6l5HMA

YouTube Tips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT6qsgoUkPdDYLY7osG7wcA

SUPPORT & CONNECT

Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/welivetobuild

Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/welivetobuild

Twitter: http://twitter.com/welivetobuild

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sweisbrot

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

GUEST INTRO

Irakli Litanishvili is the founder of the Aim of Emperor Group, which consists of 15 companies and over 250 employees across charter brokerage, international aircraft handling, aircraft/helicopter/yacht sales and acquisition, as well as travel and marketing divisions.

One of Irakli’s companies which we’ll discuss in this episode, Mirai Flights, just raised a $3M USD fundraising round.

WHAT YOU LEARN

How the pandemic changed the way people travel
How society is changing
Electric planes

EPISODE LINKS

Mirai: https://miraipay.co

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/irakli-litanishvili-0057ba5

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LitanishIrakli

TALK TO US

Ask Sean a Question: https://forms.gle/DGqdTASqsvMwV2Nw7

Who should we interview next? https://forms.gle/gad6cCmscj8fVnR27

What are your go to resources for business? https://forms.gle/xJdLex2NRGisTGHw7

PODCAST INFO

Podcast Website: https://welivetobuild.com

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-live-to-build/id1531994765

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68lykxIMOyofZNiWSF4vFx

RSS: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6038f74c4164e91ed17171db

YouTube Full Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRxmA5Mnz8sWx5mYD6l5HMA

YouTube Tips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT6qsgoUkPdDYLY7osG7wcA

SUPPORT & CONNECT

Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/welivetobuild

Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/welivetobuild

Twitter: http://twitter.com/welivetobuild

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sweisbrot

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

GUEST INTRO

Ray Arata is the Co-Founder of the Better Man Movement based in San Francisco. His company helps organizations focus on going beyond establishing equity and equality between the men and women they employ by pursuing partnership that creates powerful synergies by leveraging the differing competencies of men and women.

He’s recently written and published the book Showing Up: How Men Can Become Effective Allies in the Workplace.

WHAT YOU LEARN

How to discover if there are problems?

How to handle people being hesitant to report problems?

How to handle people being unwilling to acknowledge problems?

What happens when a company has allegations but they aren’t real?

And more..

EPISODE LINKS

Services: Rayarata.com

Ray’s Book: Showingup.com

Newsletter: Bettermanconference.com

TALK TO US

Ask Sean a Question: https://forms.gle/DGqdTASqsvMwV2Nw7

Who should we interview next? https://forms.gle/gad6cCmscj8fVnR27

What are your go to resources for business? https://forms.gle/xJdLex2NRGisTGHw7

PODCAST INFO

Podcast Website: https://welivetobuild.com

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-live-to-build/id1531994765

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68lykxIMOyofZNiWSF4vFx

RSS: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6038f74c4164e91ed17171db

YouTube Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRxmA5Mnz8sWx5mYD6l5HMA

YouTube Tips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT6qsgoUkPdDYLY7osG7wcA

SUPPORT & CONNECT

Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/welivetobuild

Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/welivetobuild

Twitter: http://twitter.com/welivetobuild

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sweisbrot

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

GUEST INTRO

Erika Andersen is the founding partner of Proteus, a coaching, consulting, and training firm that she has been running for over 30 years.

Proteus focuses on supporting leaders at all levels to become change capable, an underappreciated skill that will make their organizations much better at thriving through the trying times we’re about to endure.

Erika is also one of the most popular leadership bloggers at Forbes.com. She is the author of Be Bad First, Leading So People Will Follow, Being Strategic, and Growing Great Employees, and the host of The Proteus Leader Show, a regular podcast on management and leadership.

Much of her recent work has focused on organizational visioning and strategy, executive coaching, and management and leadership development. She serves as consultant and advisor to the CEOs and top executives of a number of corporations, including NBC Universal, Condé Nast, National Geographic Partners, GE, Comcast Corporation, and Madison Square Garden.

She also shares her insights on leadership and business by speaking to corporations, non-profit groups and national associations. She has been quoted in a variety of national publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Fortune and The New York Times.

EPISODE LINKS

https://proteus-international.com

http://erikaandersen.com/

TALK TO US

Ask Sean a Question: https://forms.gle/DGqdTASqsvMwV2Nw7

Who should we interview next? https://forms.gle/gad6cCmscj8fVnR27

What are your go to resources for business? https://forms.gle/xJdLex2NRGisTGHw7

PODCAST INFO

Podcast Website: https://welivetobuild.com

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-live-to-build/id1531994765

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68lykxIMOyofZNiWSF4vFx

RSS: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6038f74c4164e91ed17171db

YouTube Full Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRxmA5Mnz8sWx5mYD6l5HMA

YouTube Tips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT6qsgoUkPdDYLY7osG7wcA

SUPPORT & CONNECT

Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/welivetobuild

Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/7b2bgH8sAK

Twitter: http://twitter.com/welivetobuild

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sweisbrot

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

GUEST INTRO

Rom Lakritz is the founder of Anchor, a platform that helps companies focus on being a business while they take care of your billing. He has founded multiple companies in different industries, raised tens of millions of dollars, and had very nice exits from several of the businesses.

WHAT YOU LEARN

We talked about the 4 stages: Idea, Customer Discovery, Customer Validation, and Customer Creation. We also went into the opportunities, obstacles, and wisdom he's gained by going through these stages, and Sean shares some of his own experiences.

EPISODE LINKS

Website: sayanchor.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/romlakritz

TALK TO US

What do you want us to talk about next? https://forms.gle/DGqdTASqsvMwV2Nw7

Who should we interview next? https://forms.gle/gad6cCmscj8fVnR27

What are your go to resources for business? https://forms.gle/xJdLex2NRGisTGHw7

PODCAST INFO

Podcast Website: https://welivetobuild.com

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-live-to-build/id1531994765

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68lykxIMOyofZNiWSF4vFx

RSS: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6038f74c4164e91ed17171db

YouTube Full Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRxmA5Mnz8sWx5mYD6l5HMA

SUPPORT & CONNECT

Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/welivetobuild

Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/7b2bgH8sAK

Twitter: http://twitter.com/welivetobuild

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sweisbrot

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

GUEST INTRO

Dr. Linda Strause, Ph.D has a doctorate in Neurophysiology and Biochemistry. She is currently the President of two companies and is using her talents to ensure the vision of creating synthetic psilocybin (PSLY.com) that can be used with therapy in Virtual Reality (EI.Ventures) comes to fruition.

In this very interesting conversation, we discuss how the FDA works, how researchers conduct trials, how society is shifting it's attitude towards psychedelics, and why she believes in psilocybin (magic mushrooms) as a potential healer alongside therapy.

EPISODE LINKS

Website: PSLY.com

Website: https://www.ei.ventures

TALK TO US

What do you want us to talk about next? https://forms.gle/DGqdTASqsvMwV2Nw7

Who should we interview next? https://forms.gle/gad6cCmscj8fVnR27

What are your go to resources for business? https://forms.gle/xJdLex2NRGisTGHw7

PODCAST INFO

Podcast Website: https://welivetobuild.com

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-live-to-build/id1531994765

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68lykxIMOyofZNiWSF4vFx

RSS: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6038f74c4164e91ed17171db

YouTube Full Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRxmA5Mnz8sWx5mYD6l5HMA

YouTube Tips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT6qsgoUkPdDYLY7osG7wcA

SUPPORT & CONNECT

Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/welivetobuild

Twitter: https://twitter.com/welivetobuild

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sweisbrot

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

GUEST INTRO

Patricia Recarte is the CEO and Co-Founder of KADO, which turbocharges what is really important in building this long term relationships with easily exchangeable digital business cards and by centralizing all client data in one simple app. From digital contacts, notes, emails, meetings and deals, to even information from public sources like LinkedIn, news and other databases, all at the tip of their fingers.

TOPICS

What you must do as a CEO of an early stage company to survive.

EPISODE LINKS

Kado: https://kadonetworks.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patriciarecarte

PODCAST INFO

Podcast Website: https://welivetobuild.com

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-live-to-build/id1531994765

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68lykxIMOyofZNiWSF4vFx

RSS: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6038f74c4164e91ed17171db

YouTube Full Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRxmA5Mnz8sWx5mYD6l5HMA

SUPPORT & CONNECT

Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/welivetobuild
Twitter: http://twitter.com/welivetobuild
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sweisbrot

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Yaron Ben Nun is the founder and CEO of Nostromo Energy, a publicly listed company in Israel that provides a unique energy storage system to commercial buildings based on freezing water.

We talked about how he discovered his life's purpose was in clean tech, his journey in developing their product, and other opportunities in clean tech.

To be honest, it gets a little silly at times, but it's because he's a guy who doesn't take himself seriously, and that made the interview a lot of fun for me.

https://nostromo.energy

Today's episode is with Martin Tobias, the founder of Incisive Ventures.

He has a long and storied career as an investor in different verticals.

I brought him on the show because most recently he's been investing in Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality companies.

We talked about the current situation of AR/VR, and where it's going.

It's simple, you need a design system because it creates standards for typography, color scheme, UI elements, icons, and design style.

Once you create the foundation, you can make it very easy to build a scalable design system that is responsive and impossible to mess up.

Lastly, you can create prototypes that will save you tremendous amounts of time, energy, and money.

Today's episode is about Psychedelics, specifically psilocybin, or what some people would call magic mushrooms.

I decided to bring Tyler Strause onto the show because of his extensive experience with hemp, marijuana, and psilocybin.

Tyler is the VP of Product Development at Ei.Ventures and PSLY.com.

These companies are working on two aspects of psychedelics:

1) Developing psychedelic-assisted therapy sessions inside Virtual Reality

2) Developing an FDA approved synthetic psilocybin drug to ensure stable dosage and equitable access for all patients and consumers.

In this episode, you'll hear about:

What is the default mode network?
What is it like to experience a psychedelic trip?
How have psychedelics changed your life?

You can follow up with Tyler at https://psly.com

Ray Blakney is an award-winning Filipino-American entrepreneur who has over a decade of experience building (bootstrapping) and operating 6 and 7-figure location independent businesses. He and his businesses have been featured in magazines such as Entrepreneur, Forbes, The Boston Globe & other top publications.

He's currently running Live Lingua, an online language learning platform, and Podcast Hawk, a SaaS system that helps businesses and influences find and pitch podcasts on auto-pilot.

In this wide ranging conversation that is very lightly edited, we discuss language learning, travel, bootstrapping companies, manufacturing, and kendo.

Death and Illness is something we all hate to think about, but it happens to everyone.

Paige Arnof-Fenn is the Founder and CEO of Mavens and Moguls, and has been running it for over 20 years (Congrats Paige!!!)

Paige had to go through 7 deaths in her family in a 7 year period, and she learned a lot about how to be a patient advocate, manage estates and wills, and most importantly, how to worry less about her business, which got clients coming to her and making her business explode.

Website: https://mavensandmoguls.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paigearnoffenn/

I brought my team into Virtual Reality last week for a bonding experience, and it was incredible.

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today's guest is Sara Raymond, the Founder of The Mindful Movement. She's a trained hypnotherapist, pilates instructor, yoga instructor, and meditation teacher. She runs a YouTube channel with over 600K followers at https://www.youtube.com/c/TheMindfulMovement

This was probably the hardest episode I've recorded for many reasons, so I hope you stick through to the end.

In this episode, we discussed:

Meditation
Emotions
Logic
Mental Health
The Pandemic
Psilocybin
Some issues I've been going through
And more!

Reflecting on 2021 is really important before mentally moving into 2022 because it helps you take stock of what happened, what didn't happen, and how you can re-adjust your goals for 2022 based on that.

In this episode, I shared my 2021 goals and whether I achieved them or not. If I didn't achieve them, I explain why not, and if I did, I explain how I made them happen.

I then explain how this lead me to my goals for 2022, and how I plan to achieve them.

Lastly, I discuss what you can expect from the podcast in 2022 (it's going to be really cool)!

Hiring a Virtual Assistant used to be difficult for many reasons, but it’s become more popular over the last few years.

There are many professional groups, platforms, and agencies that can help you find the person or people you need with the right skills to make sure you are successful in growing your team and your business.

Today’s guest is Pavel Stepanov, the founder and CEO of Virtudesk, a subscription based personnel solution for small and medium sized businesses.

They have been around for 5 years and have over 600 employees working full-time for clients around the world.

We talked about :

Why did you want to want to work with VAs and help them find jobs?
How can VAs help you scale?
How can you go looking for VAs to hire?
Are contracts necessary?
What are the most common methods of payment?
How do you handle weird payment requests outside of normal payments?

Things you’ll learn in this episode:

How to prepare yourself for hiring a VA
Hire for your weaknesses, not your strengths
Why you need Standard Operating Procedures to guide VAs
Why you need to create a Job Description before hiring a VA
Why you need hard skills tests in your interview
Why you need to talk about their personal life in an interview
How to determine fair market value for hiring a VA
How to establish accountability for VAs

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When startups think about how they will pay for things, they first think of bootstrapping with their own money. The goal is to either get to profit naturally, or raise money from investors in order to fuel further growth.

Very few people think about venture debt, or the act of borrowing money in order to fuel growth.

That’s why I invited Paul Ong to be a guest with us today.

Paul is a partner at Innoven Capital SEA, which provides loans to companies backed by venture capitalists in the SE Asian region, including India and China.

We talked about whether venture debt is something startups should consider, and why.

Despite not taking equity from your company, the value they provide seems to be quite clear:

They can introduce your team to the rest of their portfolio, assist with further equity funding, mergers and acquisitions opportunities, hiring opportunities, and much more.

I asked specifically:

How is venture financing different from being a founder?
Do you get more leads from VCs or startups?
How is marketing different for this kind of firm?
Why would a founder choose to work with you?
What are your terms?
How do you justify de-leveraging to future investors?
Do VCs find this concept digestible?

LinkedIn: Paul Ong

Email: paul@innovencapital.com

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today’s guest is Rajat Mishra, the Founder and CEO of Prezent.ai, the presentation productivity platform for enterprise teams, which recently closed a $4.3M USD funding round.

He’s also the President of Prezentium, a business presentation firm.

He’s also the Executive Producer of Think Deeply, Speak Simply podcast, which talks about the art and science of communicating ideas.

He formerly ran the $14B Customer Experience business unit of Cisco which consisted of over 1000 team members.

While the original goal of the conversation was to discuss business presentations, we went deeper and discovered how his family is a huge part of his companies and his life, and the lessons they are learning from working together.

You will learn about why he started his company, how he includes his family in his work, how he gives back, what he has learned, and where he is going next.

LinkedIn: Rajat Mishra

https://Prezentium.com

https://Prezent.ai

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Anthony Frasier is the Founder and CEO of ABF Creative, a Webby award winning data-driven podcast network and production company that bridges the gap between culture and media.

He also used to be a producer at NPR!

We talked about:

Why your company needs a podcast
What are the benefits of having a podcast
How to get started on creating a podcast
What hardware and software you should consider using
What kind of content you can create
How often you should be publishing content
And some special social media hacks to get your content seen!

Welcome back to another episode of the We Live to Build podcast.

Today's guest is Mark Beneke, the owner of 2 car dealerships and numerous real estate properties.

We delve into my favorite topic of 2021: psychedelics.

I've been very curious about psilocybin and LSD this year, and I've put in a tremendous amount of research to learn about how they can help entrepreneurs deal with anxiety, stress, burnout on the down side, but also improve patience, empathy, and other leadership skills on the positive side.

Mark spent more than a year microdosing LSD, and I'm so glad he was willing to share his experience with us.

Despite it being illegal in almost every country, at least in the US a revolution is occurring, and psychedelics are in the process of being decriminalized and legalized across the country, which is why I feel it's the best time to start talking about it.

I hope you enjoy this episode with Mark Beneke.

David Garcia-Gonzalez is the Co-Founder and CEO of GoLocalise, a firm which specializes in translation and localization.

We’re similar in that we’ve lived and travelled all over the world.

David was born in Spain, emigrated to the UK and lived there for many years, and more recently he’s been living in the US.

We talked about how to do translation and localization right, what happens when you fail to care about the details, and I share some funny stories about China.

This was a fun episode, and while I wish you could have heard the entire hour, I cut out 40 minutes so it was more on point and concise.

If you want to hear the full episodes in the future, send me an email to welivetobuild@gmail.com and let me know. If I get enough feedback in this regard, I’ll start to cut less out!

Thanks again for sticking with me through 79 episodes, and here’s to another 79!

Let’s get to the interview!

Website: https://godavidgg.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com/godavidgg

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to another episode of the We Live to Build podcast.

Today's guest is Kim Desmond, one of the co-founders of CodingNomads.

CodingNomads teaches software development training courses both online and offline, and helps students prepare to launch a tech career.

In this episode, we discussed not only how the pandemic forced her business to go completely online, but what it's like living abroad as a nomad entrepreneur.

Website: https://codingnomads.co

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlynk/

Welcome back to another episode of the We Live to Build podcast.

My guest today is Lindsey Allard, the Co-Founder and CEO of PlaybookUX.

PlaybookUX allows you to conduct video-based user testing and interviews with your target audience.

I haven't used it, but I've seen it, and it's really cool.

Website: https://playbookux.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindseyallard2

Barry Levine is the founder and CEO of Sperry West, a 30 year old manufacturer of body temperature warning cameras, covert cameras to assist in recording criminal activity and related systems.

We discussed how he got the government to buy his products, he shares a few stories of employees getting caught doing dumb things, why privacy is dead, and more!

https://sperrywest.com

barry@sperrywest.com

info@sperrywest.com

Corinna Bellizzi is the CEO and Principal Advisor of A Growing Need, a natural products consultancy.

She's also the Host of Care More, Be Better, a podcast about sustainability.

We talked about how she helped a company grow from $1M to $100M in sales, as well as how to handle retailers and getting them to give your product a chance, and more!

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cbellizzi/

Podcast: https://caremorebebetter.com

I talked with Loretta Markevics, the Founder and Chief Strategist of Sed Communications about PR Strategy.

She has a fantastic approach to doing PR, and her firm's business model is one every startup would love.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lmarkevics/

Website: https://sedcommunications.com

My guest today is Brad Cleveland, an author, speaker, and consultant who focuses on Customer Strategy and Management.

We talked about employee experience, customer experience, and everything in between that makes a great company.

He has worked across 45 states and in 60 countries for clients as diverse as American Express, Apple, USAA, the University of California, and the governments in the U.S., Canada, and Australia.

Brad is author of "Leading the Customer Experience: How to Chart a Course and Deliver Outstanding Results" (1st ed. 2021) and "Contact Center Management on Fast Forward: Succeeding in the New Era of Customer Experience" (4th ed. 2019). His books and LinkedIn Learning courses have been translated into a dozen languages.

Brad has appeared in media that has included the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Fast Company, Inc. Magazine, Kiplinger's, television networks (PBS, CNBC, Fox, MSNBC), and NPR’s All Things Considered. He was nominated for the prestigious Computerworld Smithsonian 21st Century Pioneering Award, and was recipient of ICMI’s Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award.

Brad was founding partner and former CEO of the International Customer Management Institute, ICMI, where he serves as an advisor. He works with organizations as a keynote speaker, workshop leader, and consultant.

https://bradcleveland.com

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today's episode is with Katerina Sukhenko, the Co-Founder and Chief Business Development Officer of Postoplan, a platform that helps companies manage their social media and marketing campaigns.

We spoke about how Gen Z has changed the game, and what your business needs to do to get them engaging with you!

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katerinasukhenko/

Company: https://postoplan.app

Today's guest is Vladimir Gendelman, the founder of Company Folders.

This is a special episode because we talk about how his wife became sick, how she developed a sense of purpose that helped her beat cancer, how he developed a support network that helped him help both of them get through it, and why support networks can be amazing sources of strength.

https://companyfolders.com

vladimir@companyfolders.com

Freddie Laker and I talk about why he became an entrepreneur (hint: his father who was famous in Britain was also an entrepreneur and inspired him), how he takes a unique approach to helping VC/PE firms turn around or accelerate growth in their portfolio companies, and why he does it all.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/freddielaker/

https://ohshipshow.com/

https://chameleoncollective.com/

In the future, data will be better organized and managed using AI alongside humans.

In this episode, I speak with Brad Schneider, the CEO of Nomad Data, a platform that uses machine learning to help buyers of data find the right data sets based on context.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradschneider

The way we work has changed, and I don’t think it’s going back.

In fact, I’m happy to see this revolution finally taking shape.

People are demanding higher wages, more autonomy, more flexibility, and a sense of purpose connected to their careers, and it’s way past the time that they did this.

What’s come with Covid is the Great Resignation, and what will come out of this is people doing work they love, even if it means a higher percentage of people end up working on multiple projects at the same time to ensure a more stable career, or working for themselves to build something they can take ownership of.

Either way, we must think differently about the ways in which we find people, the types of engagements we use to work with people, and the way we compensate them.

In this episode, I talk with Yossi Mlynsky, the Founder of UpStack, which helps companies build their dream product teams, about how the labor market has shifted, and how we need to adapt to stay relevant and competitive when trying to find great people in this decade.

What are the different types of engagement? (Full-time vs Part-time vs Hourly vs Contract)
What are the different types of In-house vs freelancers vs agency vs consultancy
What are the different methods of finding people?
How do you identify talent in people?
How do you help people with no remote experience ease into it?

yossi@upstack.co

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to another episode of the We Live to Build podcast.

Today we’re taling about what it’s like going through an accelerator, butthis time from the point of view from a startup founder.

If you want to know more about what it’s like for an accelerator picking companies, look for an episode with Ee Ling Lim, one of the directors for the SE Asia region for 500 Startups.

In this episode, you’ll hear me talk with the founder and CEO of Autify, a company that uses No Code and Artificial Intelligence to help companies manage their resources for automating testing and maintaining test scripts.

Because this is a huge problem that a lot of companies have and there is a massive market for it, and you’ll hear more about his story about how he pivoted and how he came to discover this, and it’s something that the accelerator helped him to realize.

In general, he had a great experience with the accelerator, and while I have no experience being part of an accelerator because I chose a different path for my startup, that doesn’t mean that there isn’t value in working with an accelerator, as long as you choose the one that fits you the best.

So, now I’m going to turn it over to Ryo in this very brief, but important episode packed with a lot of information.

Why you should apply to the accelerators that focus on your vertical or B2B/B2C type
Why you should apply early and often
Why you will get rejected many times
How quickly do they give you money?
Do you need to commit to being there for the whole time?
What was the hardest thing about starting the program?
The 2 main points that will make or break your company
What was Demo Day like?
How many investor meetings did you have after Demo Day?
Did you actually raise any money from those investors?
Did you find that using the name Alchemist helped you to raise funds?
How do you keep in touch with each investor from Demo Day

Website: Autify.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ryochikazawa

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to another episode of the We Live to Build podcast.

Building marketplaces is hard because you have multiple customer types you have to serve, and always at least one side that supplies a service or good, and one side that consumes the service or good.

There a probably a million ways that you can fail when trying to build marketplaces, which is why there aren’t more marketplaces out there, why the ones that succeed do very well, and why there is so much potential to take advantage of a niche while still being able to generate 8 or 9 figures a year in revenue.

Of course, it takes years of grueling work to make it to that point, if you ever get there, and it’s something Bryan Clayton, Co-founder and CEO of Your Green Pal, is very familiar with, because his company will do over $20M USD this year in revenue.

And oh yeah, he bootstrapped the business to profit.

Bryan was very blunt about the struggles they faced, and how they worked through them all, and how he would do it again if he had to so that you can learn to avoid specific pitfalls that cause other companies with this type of business model to fail miserably.

Even if you don’t plan to build a marketplace, you will still find his experience translates to entrepreneurship as a whole, so I urge you not to skip this episode!

We spoke about things like:

What’s the best strategy to start?
Why you should bootstrap first.
Why you should focus on a very small niche first as a testing ground.
Why you should develop a specific, attainable KPI like transactions per week
Why you should tackle demand side first by supplying demand internally
How do you expand to a new market?
How do you make each market mature, and does that hurt the supplier by forcing them to compete downward on price?
How do you develop a strategy around expanding (where, when, how, budget?)
What are some ideas for multi-sided marketplaces you don’t mind giving away?

And now let’s welcome Bryan Clayton!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to another episode of the We Live to Build podcast.

Today’s episode is with Stephen Keighery, an Australian entrepreneur who started, grew, and IPO’d a company on the Australian Stock Exchange.

And now he’s based in Louisiana buying houses, flipping them, and holding on to them.

The reason why this is relevant is because his strategy is extremely important.

You’ve heard this before, diversify, diversify, diversify.

When you’re running a company, there’s a chance that it might exist today, but doesn’t exist tomorrow, and if you ask Warren Buffett how to make billions of dollars, he’ll say to start as early as possible.

So if you understand this concept of compounding your wealth over time and you couple that with owning a company, there’s a lot of ways in which you can grow your wealth and diversify during the process of running and growing a company, and do it in a way that if your company should ever die, you walk away with something of value, and if your company doesn’t die, you still walk away with something of value.

So my conversation with Stephen was really interesting because he not only talked about specific legal loopholes to maximize your profit and minimize your taxes through the process of diversification from your company and purchasing property, but we also got to hear his story.

So, I hope you enjoy this episode, and I hope that you come away from it with a deeper sense of appreciation for your own value, for all of the hard work you’re putting into starting and growing the company you have, and don’t forget through it all that you need to get paid too.

So without further ado, I bring you Stephen Keighery.

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to another episode of the We Live to Build podcast.

This is a special episode because Shlomi and I geek out over the Psychology of gaming, why people love playing games, how the pandemic is changing gaming, and what you need to know about people who love games (in case you want to start your own game studio, game accessories company, ecommerce brand, etc).

https://www.welivetobuild.com/podcast/64-the-psychology-of-gaming-and-business-with-shlomi-ben-atar/

Welcome back to another episode to We Live to Build podcast.

Today I spoke with Julien Salinas, the founder and CEO of NLP Cloud, about what it’s like being an entrepreneur while being a parent.

I loved this topic because both identities are important, but how does one reconcile in their mind having both hats at the same time?

Does being a parent make you a better entrepreneur?

Does being an entrepreneur make you a better parent?

Did having a kid make you more ambitious?
Does your growing business give you more or less time with your kids?
Do you plan your day around your kids or your company?
When is the best time to start a business (when having kids?)
Do your kids understand what you are doing?
How do you handle your kids when you are working and they are at home?
What is the best thing about having kids while working?
What is the worst thing about having kids while working?
Is having 2 kids harder than having 1 in terms of being an entrepreneur?

I really appreciate how honest Julien was about his situation, and I could feel from our conversation how much he loves his family and his business, and that they absolutely affected the other.

I took away from this episode that while it’s hard to be both, it’s not impossible, and it might just make you a better human being, but I’ll leave that up to you to decide.

And now, I give you Julien Salinas.

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to another episode of the We Live to Build podcast.

I know that our audience consists of 2 main groups of people:

The first group are company owners, and the second group are people who haven’t started a company yet but are thinking about it.

While we normally focus on the first group, I felt it was important to encourage the second group, so this episode is about why you should be an entrepreneur.

I had a great chat with Alex Armitage, a serial entrepreneur who’s currently focused on Nectarine Credit, which helps companies automate credit applications when dealing with manufacturing partners.

Alex is a non-traditional guy who’s lived and traveled abroad while working for other companies, and decided to finally leave the corporate world to start his own business after the financial crisis.

He graciously shares his story, and through it, I hope you’ll gain insight into how entrepreneurs think about their careers and their life, so that by the end of the episode, you’ll have a great sense for why you too should become an entrepreneur.

And now, I bring you Alex Armitage.

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Raising funds is something that entrepreneurs struggle with in many regards.

The first question we ask ourselves is, should I bootstrap to profit, or raise VC funding to grow at all costs?

Before you make that decision, you should listen to today’s episode with Benn Stancil, the founder and CEO of Mode.

After working at Yammer and going through their acquisition to Microsoft, Benn left and started Mode with a few co-workers in 2013.

To date, Mode has raised $80M USD, and Benn is going to share with us how raising money from investors changes yourself, your team, and your business.

Hopefully what you hear today will better inform you on if you should raise capital, and if you do, how to do it wisely.

So thanks to Benn for joining us, and I hope you enjoy this episode.

What was the toughest round to raise?
What are things people should prepare for?
What was the easiest thing about raising?
How long does the average round take to raise?
How to tell if an investor is right for you?
People say taking investment is like marriage, do you ever feel stuck with them?
What has been the largest change in yourself? Your team? Your business?
Does having investors on a board of directors help or hinder progress?

Email: benn@modeanalytics.com

Twitter: @bennstancil

Substack: benn.substack.com

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, I share what's been going on in my personal and professional life, and what's coming next for the podcast!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to another episode of the We Live to Build podcast.

Product Management is something that didn’t come naturally to me, and is something I’ve been working on for the last 3 years since I started my company.

Thankfully, I’m at a point now where I recently hired a Product Manager to take over for my shortcomings in that aspect of running the company.

Going through this process made it clear to me that we all struggle to manage this part of our business, and so I decided to invite Matt Barnett, founder of Bonjoro, to talk with me about it in this episode.

I chose him because he has a background in industrial design and lots of experience managing product development for various companies, including several of his own like Bonjoro, which helps companies customize their onboarding experience for users.

We spoke specifically about:

Why should a founder focus on their product?
Why you should start with the problem?
Why you should try to consider all possible solutions before taking action?
Why is making mistakes an acceptable and constant part of innovation and progress.
What are the 3 stages of feature conceptualization?
If a founder wants to step back, what are the first steps they should take?
What kinds of people should you hire, and is there a logical order for hiring them?

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbjbarnett/

https://bonjoro.com

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to another episode of the We Live to Build podcast.

One of the toughest problems any entrepreneur faces is how to manage time.

Effective Time Management means being able to accomplish the most important things as efficiently as possible, and the more we grow into our roles, the best people to delegate as many of our responsibilities to as possible.

Doing this gives us what should amount to a tremendous hole in our daily schedules, and yet the best entrepreneurs are barely free ever.

Why is that you ask?

It’s because they fill as much of that free time with the things they want to do in order to improve themselves so they can be better for their self, their family/friends, and their teams.

Today I speak with Anthony Mongeluzo, the founder and CEO of PCS LLC, a 150-person team that provides IT consulting to companies around the world.

He runs multiple companies and still has time to do the morning news for Fox29 in New Jersey.

More specifically, we talk about:

What does time management mean to you?
What is the most important thing you learned?
Why you should develop a morning routine?
How can you start developing a morning routine?
How can you add something to your routine?
What tips and tricks can you share?

Twitter: @pcs_anthonym

Email: anthony@helpmepcs.com

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to another episode of the We Live to Build podcast.

No matter how you choose to run your business, if you don’t have a deep understanding of your finances, you will be doomed to fail.

If you take the time to understand your finances, make sound decisions around who has what kind of access to that information, and empower great people to be honest with you about financial decisions, you are much more likely to succeed.

Our guest today is Angela Rice, a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Fraud Examiner, a former forensic accounting consultant, and now the co-founder of Boutique Travel Advisors and of Centered CEOs.

If these company names sound familiar, it’s because I interviewed her co-founder for both of these companies Janet Semenova in episode 49, where we talked about isolation and loneliness as an entrepreneur and how to handle it.

If you haven’t listened to that episode yet, I hope you do!

In this episode, Angela and I talked about:

What are CFOs, Accountants, and Bookkeepers and what are the difference?
When should you consider hiring each of these three?
Who should have access to view your finances within your organization?
Does the CFO actually control the finances and can block a CEO from spending money, or merely just manages the finances and advises the CEO on how to spend it more wisely?
What are GAAP standards?
What is the difference between an unaudited and audited financial statement?
What is forensic accounting?
How can you tell is someone is cooking the books?
What are some ways you discovered people cheating?
How do you prepare for being acquired?
How do you prepare for going public?
How do you handle bankruptcy

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to another episode of the We Live to Build podcast.

Many people praise technical founders for being the lone hacker who puts together the product and then magically launches and gains fame.

The reality is that technical founders are just like non-technical founders, but with a different skillset they bring to the table.

Being a technical founder can be an advantage, but it can also be a disadvantage.

In this episode about how to succeed as a technical founder, our guest is Dave Shanley, the founder and CEO of Content Camel, a Sales Enablement Tool for Sales Content Management.

He’s a Serial Entrepreneur with experience in bootstrapping, raising venture capital, acquisitions, and growing product lines to $25MM+ in B2B SaaS.

He was previously the Founder and CEO of Notion (acquired by Jama Software).

The Founder and CTO of CrowdCompass (acquired by Cvent).

And before that, he ran a global team at Syclo (acquired by SAP).

More specifically, we touch upon:

What is the hardest lesson you learned becoming a technical founder of a company?
What did you wish someone had told you before you started?
What is the most important soft skill you have developed through all this?
Why you should set expectations early?
What are the most common pitfalls a technical founder experiences?
How should a technical founder decide whether to learn how to be a CEO or hire a CEO and be the CTO?
The most common thing in startups is the main founder is the CEO, but have you seen them run where the CTO is the main founder?
How to deal with legal issues when you’re not the CEO?

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With the US stock market historically high, and the US interest rates historically low, capital is really cheap to come by, and startups are raising more than ever at the earlier stages.

For some reason, that hasn’t changed the mindset of investors, who are as prudent as ever.

Whether you’re an entrepreneur looking to better understand how angel investors think, or you’re looking to get started being an angel investor, this episode is really important.

I spoke with Mysty Rusk, the Executive Director of the Free Enterprise Institute at University of San Diego School of Business, and the founder of the San Diego Angel Conference, which seeks to activate new angel investors at a local level while committing to investing a specific amount within a specific time frame in order to ensure great startups actually get the money they need to move to the next level.It was a lovely chat, and I specifically questioned her about:

What made you interested in becoming an angel investor?
How do you identity who is the right person to become an angel investor?
What should potential angel investors be learning to become successful?
What are angel investors looking for when reviewing a pitch deck?
What are angel investors listening for during a live pitch?
Why you should tell a story with a path to success?
What you should prepare for the due diligence process?
Why you should never ask investors to sign an NDA at first sight?
Why the terms of the deal can make or break the investment?
What can stop the investment at this point?
And much more!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Often times entrepreneurs choose co-founders to help them build their idea, knowing that this person (or these people) have complementary skill sets.

Some of us even dream of starting a company with our significant other because we assume our goals are aligned and we understand each other better than if it were a friend or stranger.

While everyone can gain something from this episode, it’s really tailored for people who either currently work with their spouse, or are thinking about starting a company with their spouse.

It’s important that you learn how to understand how to make it work, because it’s certainly not easy and can result in a failed business or a failed romantic relationship.

So thanks to Nellie Akalp, CEO and Founder of https://CorpNet.com, who started a business with her husband, grew it for 9 years, sold it to a publicly listed company, and then started NetCorp with him a few years later and they still run it together after 11 years, for peeling back the curtain on what it’s like to work with your spouse and how to keep it all from going sideways.

In this episode, you’ll hear us talk about:

When did you know you wanted to work with your spouse?
How did you decide what kind of company to start?
Were there any boundaries or splitting of roles from day 1 to help?
Was it possible to prevent the blurring of work and romance?
Why you should seek a couple’s therapist?
Why you should set boundaries?
Why saying no is okay.
What did you learn from this experience?

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I’m sorry for the recent slowdown of publishing episodes and late releases of the ones that do come out.

I’ve been extremely busy with my company and preparing it for the onboarding of a new Product Manager, which involves me doing a massive overhaul of our documentation, design, and product planning so they align and fit together in a nicely packaged bow so that when she starts working with us, she won’t inherit a mess, and this has been taking me a long time to complete on top of my normal duties as CEO.

I will do my best to get back to regular releases as soon as possible!

Thanks for bearing with me, as I love doing the podcast, and I have seen from our almost 4000 downloads that you love what we do too!

Now let’s get back to the intro for this episode.

I spoke with Chris Out, a Dutch Growth Hacking expert, guest lecturer, keynote speaker, and consultant about, you guessed it, growth hacking and setting up a marketing team.

More specifically, you’ll hear about:

What is growth hacking?
How do you create ideas around experimentation, and how do you know if the experiments work or not?
Why you should reverse engineer your first 10 customers process?
How does your competition do things?
Why you should talk to your competitors customers?
Why you should read Start From Zero?
Why Canny is great?
When should you start developing your Marketing department?
Why founders should do 1-to-1 business development?
Whether to hire Marketing people from bottom-up or top-down?
What is cohort-based analysis?
How to institute governance?

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Entrepreneurs aren’t born, they are molded.

The people around us help us set expectations for ourselves while understanding the world around us that we often may not be capable of seeing without them helping shine a light for us to see the path forward.

Sometimes we call them family, friends, advisors, consultants, but everyone is a mentor.

Most if not all of us have had the benefit of one if not more mentors, and some of us have already realized some or a lot of our potential, and have decided to start giving back and helping the next generation of entrepreneurs.

In this special episode with Eropa Stein, the Founder and CEO of Hyrestaff, we talk about our experiences being mentored, as well as how we identify potential people we want to mentor, decide if they are teachable, and what the cross-section between what they need help with and what we can help with, and how to keep them honest and responsible and on track to success.

I had such a blast with Eropa and I wish more episodes could be like this!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We’ve talked a lot about starting and growing businesses on this podcast over the last 51 episodes.

Many people forget along the way to think about when, why, and how to sell their business.

Even more importantly, they forget to prepare themselves mentally, emotionally, and professionally for what happens AFTER they sell their business.

Jay Myers ran a business for over 20 years before finally selling it, and even though he was prepared in as many ways as possible, he still is learning to deal with what the rest of his life is going to be.

Jay is currently focused on mentoring, investing, speaking, and publishing books.

In this episode, we specifically discussed:

How soon should you be thinking about selling your company?
How to handle acquirers pursuing you when you aren’t interested?
Did those calls change how you thought about your business?
What you do to make your company look sexy?
How do you determine what your reputation in the market is?
How do you decrease turnover among employees?
How do you get yourself onto those fastest growing lists like Forbes and Inc?
What is the most important thing you wish someone had told you about selling a business?
How did the buyer find you?
Who from the team knew?
What kind of legal prep?
Did they make you an offer, or did you make an ask, and how did the negotiation work?
Why you should get a personal good will audit?
When should you sell your business?
What is your plan for the next 5 years?

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Every entrepreneur has to make many legal decisions, often without solid access to advice around what their best options are.

That’s why I invited Cassady Toles, a licensed corporate lawyer based in California but with national and global legal experience.

In this heavily focused episode on legal issues, we covered important topics like:

What is the best strategy when starting a company?
How to know where to incorporate?
How to protect Co-founder relationships?
How to handle Marital divorce?
When should you prepare a Shareholder Agreement?
What are Classes of Shares?
What are NDAs and are they actually useful?
What is the Employee Agreement + ESOP?

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Something every entrepreneur goes through, but is not often talked about before, during, or after

the experience, is feelings of isolation.

Being an entrepreneur puts you in a lonely place mentally because you are at the top of your

organization, and no one can understand what you are going through in trying to build, launch, and

grow a successful company.

Add on to that the pandemic forcing people to be literally isolated from each other, and you have a recipe for success (or disaster).

In this very candid and frank episode about loneliness, I talk with Janet Semenova, the co-founder and CEO of Boutique Travel Agents and Centered CEOs about her experience as an entrepreneur, and how important it is to understand and develop coping mechanisms.

More specifically, we talk about:

What is isolation?
How long after starting your company did the pandemic force your team to go remote?
What’s the difference in a normal day between working in an office with your team and being remote?
How did this experience change you as a person?
Did the feelings of isolation get worse, better, or no change?
Do you think working fully remote long-term is making people stronger, or weaker/causing a soon to be seen mental health pandemic?

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The first thing anyone hears about your company is the brand name and your messaging.

Developing a corporate brand identity, training your team to understand and internalize it, and creating multiple versions based on who you are talking to is crucial to your success.

(Remember we’ve spoken about personal branding before with Stacey Ross Cohen from episode #39, so if you haven’t heard it yet, go do it now!)

In today’s episode, we’ll be talking about how to handle these things with Hope Timberlake, the founder of Forte Consulting, which helps executives hone their team alignment, branding, presentation, and other various leadership skills.

More specifically, we discuss:

What is a corporate brand identity?
How do you develop your corporate brand identity?
What is the logical order of how to establish a corporate brand identity?
How do you differentiate your messaging based on who is the audience?
Why you should create a repository for messaging?
How do you test your messaging for clarity?
How to train your team to parrot your messaging?
Why you should use video to train for messaging?
Why you should ask people individually about their understanding of the messaging?
How do you put it all together to develop a pitch deck and talk to investors?
What is the best storytelling formula?

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Starting a company is hard enough, but recruiting and retaining talent is much harder.

Our guest today is Michael Podolsky, the founder and CEO of Wiser Brand, which helps brands with

their marketing efforts.

His company has over 80 employees, and today we learn how he has built his team to last.

Specifically, we talk about:

What was the most important first hires?
The importance of hiring in-house?
When should you hire an HR Manager?
How does your company change after hiring an HR Manager?
How does having an HR Manager help with the recruitment process?
How often should you communicate with your department heads?
What can you do to retain your employees?
How have you changed over this entire process?

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Microsoft Teams saw massive growth because of the pandemic and acceleration of the remote work trend.

Whether you are an end user Microsoft Teams or are thinking about developing apps for the Microsoft Teams marketplace, this episode will help you better understand the pros, cons, and full process of what it’s like to develop, submit, and launch a Teams app.

Our guest is Hilton Giesenow, the founder and CEO of ChitChattr, which develops a family of products on Microsoft Teams, including Quicklinks, Reminderz, Shortlinks, and TeamMate.

He’s also the Founder of Experts Inside, which provides a wide range of SharePoint, Office 365 and Yammer services, including strategic consulting, architecture, infrastructure, development and implementation.

In this podcast, you’ll hear about:

Some background on Teams growth, and the store
Why did you decide to build apps on MS Teams?
Some background on Teams growth, and the store
The "Good" and “Bad” of building an app for MS Teams store
What was the hardest thing about launching your first app?
What does it cost to launch and or maintain an app?
What is the process of launching an app?
How to get an MVP into the MS Teams store
And much more!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As entrepreneurs, we must always keep our eye on future trends, especially related to technologies because they may cut costs, improve efficiencies, improve profitability, or introduce competitors or opportunities to pivot.

That’s why I decided to invite today’s guest Darrian Parrish, the Co-Founder of Rad Seattle, to come on and talk with me about an emerging software trend called “No Code.”

Rad Seattle focuses on advancing underappreciated technologies by identifying new markets, applications, and customers.

Before Rad Seattle, Darian has co-founded and led multiple companies at the cutting edge of FinTech and AI.

Specifically we talk about:

What is no code?
What is the history of No Code and what made it necessary or viable?
Are there any live products or platforms using No Code?
What are the pros and cons of using no code?
Are there any No-Code frameworks?
So what exactly do you need to get started?
How easily can you get payments into No-Code systems now?
Will AI No-Code become the norm?
What does the next 10 years look like for No-Code?

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We’ve discussed the Spanish, Romanian, and EU-wide ecosystems, and now it’s time to cover France, everyone’s favorite country of love and passion.

Our guest today is Gabriel Cian, the founder and CEO of GetEmail.io, a technology based on AI & Big Data, which helps sales & marketing find the professional email address of anyone on Earth.

Gabriel is also a long-time expat entrepreneur who’s been in France for over 15 years, which is why he’s a great person to share with us what it’s like being an expat entrepreneur in France.

More specifically, we talked about:

What is the process of setting up a company?
How the government is improving the incorporation and management processes?
Can you set up locally but live and work in another country?
How much can you expect to pay in taxes?
How often do you have to file your taxes?
Everything about paying salaries
The best strategy for managing your company in France?
The best place to live in France?
The cost of living in France
And much more!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Technology and Covid-19 are forcing Healthcare to change at a rapid pace.

From the rise of wearables to tele-health and beyond, healthcare tech is shaping up to be a very interesting industry in the next few years.

Our guest today is Blair Hirst, a biomedical engineer by trade, the founder of Digital Health Review, a platform for people to educate themselves about what’s going on in the world of healthcare including products, services, and more. She’s also the Senior Engagement Manager at Acorn AI Labs, a company focused on medical data solutions.

In this conversation, we talked a lot about healthcare, and somehow we ended up mentioning the role government, politics, lobby groups, insurance companies, and big pharma affect how it all works.

More specifically, we spoke about:

What is the current state of the health care tech industry?
How do you think COVID 19 has impacted technology in healthcare?
Do you think people will learn anything from Covid-19 and adapt so it doesn’t happen again?
Should healthcare be for profit or non-profit?
What are the pros and cons of getting into the industry right now?
What are some barriers to entry?
Speak to the regulatory hurdles?
What do you think are the major shifts occurring in the digital health industry as it concerns consumer usage?
What are some examples of interesting companies in the last 2 years?
What are some types of products and services coming up soon?
What is going to define the growth of technology adoption in healthcare?
What trends do you see emerging in the next 5-10 years?

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Recruiting, onboarding, retaining, and upskilling should be one of the things every company owner thinks about and develops a solid strategy around, because without a team, your company won’t survive in the long-term.

Today’s guest is Pia Beck, the CEO of Curate Well Co, which coaches impact-driven entrepreneurs who want to intentionally scale while maintaining the integrity of their work — and without losing connection to their community.

Pia spent a lot of time in HR Management before starting this company, and can relate to the nuances of bringing humanity to the forefront of your organization.

We talk about:

How can you establish an HR strategy?
How do you know the first position to hire for, second, etc?
What is the best way to search for potential people?
How can you setup a hiring process that measures everyone in the same way?
What would a normal hiring process look like?
What are great questions you ask during an interview?
The three things she gives her employees

Thanks so much to Pia and I hope you enjoy the show!

In honor of International Women’s Day, I decided that instead of having a guest on today, I wanted to speak with you directly.

My message is short, but hopefully sticks with you.

What I want to say is that women are amazing.

They are our mothers, sisters, daughters, wives.

They give us their love and energy, and encourage us to be better humans.

Without them, life would be boring.

They deserve our love, our respect, our kindness, and our support.

So I hope that today you can think about what you can do to help the women in your life.

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Running a startup can be tough for different reasons depending on where you are in the lifecycle of your company.

Accelerators like 500 Startups popped up around the world to support local startups and develop an ecosystem which teaches, connects, funds, and helps them grow big and strong to support the local and regional economies as they grow.

Today I have the privilege of speaking with Ee Ling Lim, who was recently promoted to be the Head of APAC Business Development at 500 Startups, where her and her team focus on working with corporations and governments to invest in the development of local startup ecosystems alongside them.

She’s also the Co-Founder and CEO of Smarter Me, an education platform, which equips children with the skillset, mindset and heartset to define their own success and happiness in the future.

We talk about:

Why would a founder apply to 500 Startups?
What does 500 Startups look for in companies?
How do people apply for 500 Startups?
What is the best part of working with startups?
What is the hardest part of working with startups?
What is the best startup idea you’ve been pitched?
What is the worst startup idea you’ve been pitched?
What is something you wish you could change about startups and the investment world?
How is investment changing?
What does the future of investing and startups look like?

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Whether we like it or not, Personal branding is one of the most important things you need to be thinking about as an entrepreneur.

A poorly developed and poorly managed Personal brand might cost you opportunities or destroy your chances at starting a successful business.

A poorly developed but well-managed Personal brand might confuse people as to who you are, what you do, and how you can help them.

A well-developed but poorly managed Personal brand might waste your time and offer the wrong opportunities.

A well-developed and well-managed Personal brand will get you the right traction in a timely manner and on a low-cost budget.

Our guest today is Stacey Ross Cohen, the founder and CEO of Co-Communications Inc, a Personal Branding firm that specializes in executives, entrepreneurs, and especially CEOs.

Co-Communications delivers high-impact, targeted communications programs to local and national clients across diverse industries, including real estate, education, healthcare, non-profits, hospitality, information technology and professional services.

She is a regular contributor to Huffington Post, and has to have been featured in a variety of national and local publications, including Entrepreneur Magazine, Crain’s, Sales & Marketing and most recently Inside Chappaqua.

We discuss:

· Why is she so passionate about Personal Branding?

· Why is it necessary to have a Personal Brand?

· How can you refine your Personal Brand?

· What is Sean’s Personal Brand?

· How to develop a consistent Personal Brand?

· What are the right channels for you to focus your energy?

· How to make your content get discovered?

· And much more!

Thanks so much to Stacey for this great conversation, I hope you enjoy the show!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meet Dimitry Farberov, a Certified Financial Planner and Chartered Financial Analyst at Miracle Mile Advisors LLC who helps successful entrepreneurs make long-term plans for developing and diversifying their financial portfolios.

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Customers are the lifeline of all businesses, and the customer is always right, but sometimes customers aren't great at knowing how to tell us really important things like how they found us, why they like us, what they want to see us develop next, and what we can do to make them stick around long-term.

That's why the marketing department of any company should be getting very serious about how to use data to learn what they can about their users, so those users don't have to fumble over their words telling us about their habits, behaviors, likes, and dislikes, among other very important things.

Allison Hartsoe is the CEO and Founder of Ambition Data, which helps companies use customer data to make better decisions about how they attract and retain customers.

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we center our attention on the Spanish startup ecosystem and what it's like being a female entrepreneur trying to navigate the system.

Today's guest is Emily, the CEO and Co-Founder of Froged, a Spanish startup focused on helping companies improve customer onboarding and retention while reducing churn rate.

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mike Dragan is the founder and CEO of Streams Live, which is taking advantage of all these technologies to push the boundaries of such an experience.

Even before the pandemic began, we started to see the shift from physical to online eCommerce happening.

Smartphone technology, Artificial Intelligence, improved cameras and sensors, and 4G combined to allow for a next generation shopping experience.

In this fascinating talk, we started discussing what it was like to be an entrepreneur born and raised in the European Union, but who straddles the EU and the US physically and professionally.

Later in the conversation, we moved towards what the future of technology and the shopping experience might look like, so if you're interested in extrapolating and predicting the future, you'll love this conversation.

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Woman on woman bullying and violence is common around the world.

People don't normally talk about it because of fear of retribution, but we MUST talk about it.

Women already have a tough time in the workplace and are constantly passed over for promotions or investment because of their gender, so instead of women treating each other badly to cement their own position, they should be helping each other.

Our guest today is Susan Blanchet, the CEO and founder of Origen Air, and she experienced bullying in the workplace and discusses the experience with us.

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Many people I talk to started a company to solve a problem they encountered and found no other solution, or the solutions they found didn't do a good enough job to satisfy their need.

Today's guest Sam Starns is no different.

After regretting her own traditional wedding, she wished there was someone who could have advised her to find the strength within herself to fight for the wedding she really wanted.

That led Sam to start her own company which specializes in advising, planning, and leading couples to experience a custom elopement style wedding with under 25 guests in the most beautiful parts of the world.

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Building a website, setting it up for SEO, and developing content in order to launch your marketing strategy is extremely important for any successful business.

It's also one of the most underappreciated aspects of your business.

That's why I invited Kevin Geary, CEO of DigitalGravy, which specializes in websites and SEO, to sit down and talk with me about the nuances of doing it intelligently.

He's also the Founder of DigitalAmbition, which helps companies learn how to start, grow, or scale their businesses online.

Altogether he has over 15 years of experience in these areas, which makes him a great person to spill the beans on this topic.

We specifically talk about:

What types of websites are there (landing pages, one pagers, full websites)
Which is the world's best website framework to use?
What kinds of pages and content must you have?
What is a Responsive website?
What is SEO?
What's the difference between Global and Local SEO?
What are backlinks and how do you get them?
What is Domain Authority and how do you improve it?
What are keywords and how do you rank on Google for them?
Shorttail vs Longtail keywords
Shorter vs longer articles
What's the difference between doing a website yourself and having a specialist design and develop one for you?

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Karl Shallowhorn helps people with substance abuse and addiction problems.

Today, we talked about stress from entrepreneurship may make some people more prone to developing addictions.

Sean reveals his own secret
How to identify if an indulgence has become an addiction
How to ask for help
How to avoid getting addicted
How to develop a support network
How to talk to someone you believe may be addicted

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meet Dr. D'vorah Graeser, who helps founders successfully navigate the world of patents.

Dr. Graeser and I break down everything so you can walk away an expert in patents just like her.

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What is Blockchain?

What are the pros and cons of Blockchain for business owners?

What are cryptocurrencies?

What are the pros and cons of cryptocurrencies for business?

And more!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam Lane Robinson is a Wall Streeter who turned to entrepreneurship after several unique experiences made him realize that it's what he was made for.

He currently runs GetEmails, the World's First-Ever Email-Based Retargeting Software.

He's also the Co-Founder and President of Robly, an Email Marketing firm.

In this fascinating talk, you'll hear about:

What made Adam want to become an entrepreneur
How to validate your idea
How to determine when to pivot
How to come up with new ideas to test
3 great tools for measuring user behavior
And much more!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meet Jason Todd, who has started multiple multi-million dollar companies and coached dozens of entrepreneurs.

Today, we talk about his journey and why you should love your own:

The amazing way his family dealt with arguments
How he struggled to understand other people
The most important lesson he's learned in life
How he learned to become a salesman?
How did he get the idea to start his first company?
What was the hardest lesson he learned from starting his first company?
And much more!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meet Eric Vardon, a serial entrepreneur, advisor, and investor. His businesses help companies in and around the marketing field, and he recently sold one business for 8 figures.

Today, he shares the process of selling the business:

Why he always bootstrapped to profit
Why he stepped back as CEO in preparation for a sale
What the process for selling the business was like
Was he satisfied with how much he earned?
Sean talks about why Blockchain and Bitcoin is so hot right now
And much more!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meet Ryll Burgin-Doyle, who helps business owners solidify their lifestyle and financial goals, then measure how to reach them as fast as possible.Today, she teaches you how you can do it too!We talk about:* How to figure out a baseline for your business * The best time to think about your business goals * Surrounding yourself with people who are more successful than you * The fastest way to reach your business goals * Analyzing data to drive your strategy * The most important data points to measure * Ryll's top 3 favorite things to focus on with clients * And more!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The first thing you should think about when starting a company is your WHY.After a horrible experience that you'll hear about today, Ryan discovered his new why, and it drove him to start a new company as a result.We talk about:* How he became interested in entrepreneurship * His first job (he made more than his other friends!) * Graduating at the start of the Great Recession * The travel bug which started his first company * The reality behind Shark Tank * The most important thing he learned as a result of Shark Tank * How that led him to create his current company VIVAHR * And much more!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Knowing at least some Psychology WILL help you be better in every relationship you have, whether it's owner, manager, co-worker, business partner, investor, whatever.I sit down to talk with Jenny Gustafson about WHY Psychology is so amazingly useful!We Talk About:* How has knowing Psychology helped us * Why is Psychology important for all founders to know * How Psychology can help you better understand your team members * Why you MUST learn empathy NOW * How Psychology can help your team members better understand each other * What it's like to be a working mom * And much more!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sometimes we can be blind to the problems plaguing our business, and if you're not careful, they can destroy your business.We sit down to talk with Michelle Diamond about how to prevent that from happening!We Talk About:* How to identify problems in your business * How to align strategy with growth * How to create a strong foundation to monitor internal and external changes in anticipation of problems arising * How to escape the rat race of developing features and functions to stand out from your competition * The most important thing you should do for yourself as a founder * Why being authentic is the only way to succeed * And much more!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Doing business doesn't always have to be about making the most money, sometimes it's about helping people.

Hugo knows this all to well, because he went up against the Chinese mafia and took them down.

Why his family has been very successful
Why this caused him to become an entrepreneur
Why moving to China was the best decision he's ever made
How being in China made him realize his unique advantage
How he set up his company and struggled through fundraising
One very important thing he recently realized which changed his business
The story of how he came to take down the Chinese mafia
And much more!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Most people struggle to start and run one company, but with the right knowledge and enough money, you can easily manage multiple companies without burning out, and in today's episode with Stephen Halasnik, we'll tell you how!* Why he developed multiple businesses * Why bootstrapping to profit IS still a viable option * How to offset taxes by re-investing in new companies * How to start multiple companies without burning out * Why family is so important * And much more!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Toby is the CEO/Founder of a startup that has the operations team in Silicon Valley and the development team in China.

We talk about:

The benefits of having a US company with a global, distributed workforce
How to get them to work well together at a distance
The difference between Chinese and American engineers, including salaries and work time
And much more!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Many companies struggle by doing too much, too soon.

This makes it harder to manage because you have too many employees and costs are too high.

Pieter believes the most important thing you can do to be successful is cut out all the noise and focus on what makes your business profitable first.

We talk about:

How to identify what is the most important part(s) of your business
How to cut everything else out
How to communicate these changes to customers
How to identify new opportunities and cut them if they aren't working
And much more!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Starting companies is becoming easier every year, but so is losing them.

Yuri started a bottled water company using water from the wells on his family land.

He spent 4 years building it and found incredible success, but 1 day it all ended.

Learn his story of:

How he found himself in the position to become an entrepreneur
How he realized what his business should do
How he put the right pieces in place to start the company
How he used PR to grow faster than he knew how to handle
How he lost it all over night and had to shut the company down

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How people do business has changed over the last 30 years, and internet has been an incredible catalyst for such change.

Learn from Greg Zen, an entrepreneur and futurist exactly the why, how and what that's changed:

So in today's episode, Greg and I talk about:

Introduction of the internet (early 1990s)
Dot-com bust
Recovery and 9/11
The rise of social media and accelerators
What the future might look like
And much more!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Automating processes that are repetitive can help make your company more efficient and lower costs.

So in today's episode, Frank and I talk about:

What is automation?
Why is automation important for now and the future
What are examples of automation you can use in your business
Why millenials and Gen Z are making companies better
And much more!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Feeling burned out is something no one should ever have to experience, so in today's episode, KC and I talk about:* What experiencing burnout feels like * Understanding when you have burnout * How to start developing a self-care routine * Meditation, nutrition, exercise * Why we do what we do

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Technology is supposed to help us, but instead it's destroying our lives and society.

You'll learn about:

The current situation
How it affects you
How you can make changes

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Everyone needs to take care of themselves on a daily basis, and Gresham has spent years perfecting the hacks necessary to do that.

You'll learn about:

365 Gratitude Journal
Insight Timer
I am Coloring

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Just because your business looks like it's doing well, doesn't mean there aren't people and things conspiring against you.

Lori went through Shark Tank, lawsuits, and a pandemic that all tried to destroy her company, and she's still just walking it off!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today's episode is very special because we talk about how geopolitics affects your business now and in the future.

You will learn about:

1) How immigrants are good for the US

2) How Trump is dangerous for the health of the world

3) How everything is connected and how it affects your business

4) How Xi JinPing and Trump are similar but different

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Comparing yourself to others is the fastest way to prevent yourself from growing every day!

You will learn about:

1) Why it's dangerous

2) How it affects you

3) What you should do instead

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode with Mony Gueorguiev, we talk about:

Being an immigrant in the US
Fitting into life in the US
Being multi-lingual and how it's beneficial for solving problems
Discovering the American dream isn't what they said it was
Figuring out how to take advantage of a situation and turn it into a business
Why ecommerce businesses are hard
How to approach any new business

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode was meant to be an interview about Aaron Shu, but he ended up interviewing me instead!

We talk about:

How sound is important to everything we do
The original idea behind Sidekick (Sean's startup)
How Psychology played a role in Sean starting his first business
How Meditation is extremely important to being a great leader
How to prevent bias from playing a huge role in validating your idea

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode includes our very first guest James Mayes.

We talk about:

Event management
Adapting in the face of the pandemic
The future of work
How will events change in the future

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Every day is just one leg of a long rollercoaster that doesn't want to let you off, so you have to learn to take care of yourself.

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode is titled “How to turn a weakness into a strength,” and it's something very important for any entrepreneur to be capable of, lest they desire to quickly crash and burn for forsaking the mantra to be a lifelong learner.

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode is titled “3 Ways Meditation Will Save Your Life,” and I chose it because meditation is an amazing way for anyone to cope with stress.

It has become a daily ritual for me, and I'm going to share with you why that is.

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

No one imagines that going on a vacation to rest and relax could have such a drastic affect on the rest of their life when things go badly.

Thankfully, I learned an amazing lesson that will seem very obvious when you hear it!

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is the introductory episode, where Sean talks about himself, and what you can expect from the podcast and community going forward.

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.