Fascinating Entrepreneurs
132 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsGetting to the bottom of why entrepreneurs choose to do what they do, how they do it, and how they view and approach profitability.
How do people end up becoming an Entrepreneur? How do they scale and grow their businesses? How do they plan for profit? Are they in it for life or are they building to exit? These and a myriad of other topics will be discussed to pull back the veil on the wizardry of successful and fascinating entrepreneurs. Listen to this podcast if you want to learn how to scale and grow your business, build a team, and increase your bottom line.
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How Marcelo Leone is building a CBD Beverage Enterprise Ep. 29
August 03, 2021 12:00 - 31 minutes - 42.9 MBMeet Marcello Leone, an accomplished entrepreneur, CEO, and Founder of multiple successful consumer packaged goods businesses. Today, Marcello is the founder and CEO of BevCanna Enterprises Inc. A leader in the cannabis beverage sector. BevCanna owns and operates one of the highest-capacity cannabis beverage processing and manufacturing facilities. Where to Find Marcello Leone Twitter: @BevCanna Enterprises Facebook: Bevcanna Instagram: @bevcanna Website: https://www.bevcanna.com/ SPON...
How to Get Media Attention Without a Publicist with Annie Scranton Ep. 28
July 27, 2021 12:00 - 27 minutes - 37.2 MBSince Annie started Pace PR as a solopreneur in 2010 the company has grown out of her studio apartment with one employee (herself!) into a multi-million dollar business with more than 40 clients spanning the globe and ten employees in multiple office locations. She’s loved the journey and enjoys working with all of her colleagues and clients, even if it’s remotely for right now. Prior to forming PPR, Annie worked for nearly a decade as a seasoned television producer, booking for major netwo...
What Josh Little Invented to Help Reduce Meetings, Emails and DM's Ep. 27
July 20, 2021 12:00 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MBJosh Little is the founder of four tech companies–Maestro, Bloomfire, Qzzr, and Volley–that have collectively been used by hundreds of millions of people. His work has been featured in Tech Crunch, Mashable, Entrepreneur, Inc., and Forbes. With two successful exits and a third pending, he’s currently on a mission to save the working world from death-by-meetings with his fourth creation, Volley. Depending on what circle you run in, you may know Josh better for his pickles, performances, or p...
How to Create a Thriving Business with Employees with Differing Abilities Ep. 26
July 13, 2021 12:00 - 29 minutes - 40.4 MBJohn and Mark X. Cronin are the father-son team that founded John’s Crazy Socks. John is an entrepreneur who just happens to have Down syndrome. You may know them for being named EY Entrepreneurs of the Year or testifying before Congress or speaking at the UN. You may know them because John became “Sock Buddies” with President George H.W. Bush. Or you may know them for having grown a bootstrapped start up to a multi-million dollar business in four years. John’s Crazy Socks is an internation...
How Lately is Changing the Social Media Landscape for More Efficiency Ep. 25
July 06, 2021 12:00 - 40 minutes - 55.8 MBKate Bradley Chernis is the Founder & CEO of Lately, which uses AI to automatically transform longform content like blogs, podcasts and videos into dozens of "smart" social posts it learns will yield the highest engagement from your audience. As a former marketing agency owner, Kate initially created the idea for Lately out of spreadsheets for then-client, Walmart, and got them a 130% ROI, year-over-year for three years. Prior to founding Lately, Kate served 20 million listeners as Music Dir...
Digital Marketing, Downsizing and Differentiation - How Buzz is Optimizing His Business Ep. 24
June 29, 2021 12:00 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MBMichael "Buzz" Buzinski is the CEO and CMO of Buzzworthy Integrated Marketing, a life-long entrepreneur, digital marketing thought leader, and author. Dubbed a "visionary marketer" by the American Marketing Association, Buzz gets great satisfaction from helping entrepreneurs avoid the time drain and frustration of managing profitable digital marketing campaigns. He has simplified digital marketing success for small businesses with the Rule of 26 and is on a mission to double the website reve...
How to Turn your ConneXtions into Capital with Mike Alden Ep. 23
June 22, 2021 12:00 - 34 minutes - 47.3 MBMichael Alden, Esq. is a CEO, entrepreneur, and 3 time Wall Street Journal and USA Today, best-selling author. He was named by the Boston Business Journal as one of Boston’s “40 Under 40” and was a winner of SmartCEOs Future 50 awards largely based on his accomplishment of growing a small call center into a comprehensive multi-million dollar marketing firm ranked by Inc. Magazine for three years in a row as one of the nation’s 5000 fastest-growing private companies. He has been seen by milli...
How Beth Shaw Created a Health and Fitness Empire Ep. 22
June 15, 2021 12:00 - 25 minutes - 34.6 MBBeth Shaw is a pioneer in the Wellness, Yoga & Fitness space in North America. Beth is single-handedly responsible for the widespread growth of yoga throughout the span of the U.S. and Canada. In 1994, she founded the global mind-body education school, YogaFit, which has since certified over 200,000 instructors worldwide. Recently, Beth has led training in Saudi Arabia, Israel, Japan and many other international locations, while her team leads training throughout North America, Australia, an...
How this Mom turned a Pain Point into a Physical Product Ep. 21
June 08, 2021 12:00 - 35 minutes - 49.2 MBAmy Fazackerley is CEO and Co-Founder of Lay-n-Go, LLC. The company designs and manufactures innovative organizational solutions for life, play, and travel. Amy has been awarded three U.S. Utility Patents on her invention and distributes her products to leading retail companies domestically and internationally. Amy graduated with a B.A. in Communications from Denison University in 1993 and an MBA from Johns Hopkins University in 2000. Amy has served as a Board of Regents member for Mercersbu...
How a Non-Tech Founder Started a FinTech/SaaS Company Ep. 20
June 01, 2021 12:00 - 26 minutes - 35.9 MBNichole has more than 18 years of experience helping to grow and build businesses. She is the co-founder and CEO of Cheddar Up, a fast-growing platform that helps group organizers save time by making it easier to collect payments and information. Founded in 2014, Cheddar Up serves hundreds of thousands of groups across North America collect tens of millions of dollars. Cheddar Up is the leading group payments platform, helping Girl Scout councils across the United States collect payments as ...
The digital marketing company Elias founded Ep. 19
May 25, 2021 12:00 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MBElias Zepeda is Founder and CEO of Need Clients Now, a national marketing agency specializing in customer acquisition. Throughout the years, Elias and his team have been helping businesses small and large scale their revenue by building high-converting sales funnels for their business in various industries including tech, beauty, and service-based businesses. Where to Find Elias Instagram: elias_zepeda LinkedIn: Elias Zepeda https://needclientsnow.com Top Tech Tools Active Campaign Hi...
The 7 Lever Method to Doubling Your Revenue with Pete Williams Ep. 18
May 18, 2021 12:30 - 37 minutes - 52.1 MBPete Williams is an entrepreneur, advisor and marketer who Forbes recently called, “one entrepreneur today that every marketer should be modelling,” while Inc. describes him as, “a savvy marketing strategist.” He’s won a number of international business awards, started companies in varying industries from Telecommunications to eCommerce, and even sold Australia’s version of Yankee Stadium, the MCG, for under $500 at the age of 21. Where to Find Pete Williams https://www.petewilliams.com.a...
You too can Make your Mess Your Memoir with NYT's Best-selling Author Anna David Ep. 17
May 11, 2021 12:00 - 38 minutes - 52.9 MBAnna David transforms entrepreneurial thought leaders into bestselling authors so they can attract higher-quality clients, become go-to media sources, land speaking gigs and grow into being the leaders in their field. A New York Times bestselling author of eight books, David has written for The New York Times, Time, and The LA Times, as well as many publications without the word “Time” in their title. She has appeared repeatedly on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Talk, and The CBS...
How Kristi Piehl Flipped her Script and is Flipping the PR World on its Head Too Ep. 16
May 04, 2021 12:00 - 45 minutes - 61.9 MBKristi Piehl launched Media Minefield in 2010 following a 12-year career as an Emmy Award-winning television news reporter. With clients ranging from startups to billion-dollar brands, Media Minefield moves beyond traditional public relations with its innovative NewsabilityⓇ process. It is a one-of-a-kind full-service agency specializing in earned media, crisis communication, and social media (Positive Online PresenceSM). Kristi is passionate about supporting entrepreneurs of all genders an...
How to WOW, Surprise and Amaze your Clients with Elisabeth Vezzani Ep. 15
April 27, 2021 12:00 - 23 minutes - 32.8 MBElisabeth Vezzani is the Co-founder and CEO of Sugarwish. Vezzani noticed a gap in the corporate gift market and created Sugarwish, a startup that brings a revolutionary and sweet approach to gifting. Sugarwish is a rapidly growing Denver based gifting company with a unique digital-to-physical delivery model. Corporate gift givers can send an eCard to their co-workers, clients and prospects who are invited to visit Sugarwish.com and choose their favorite flavors of candy, cookies or popc...
What is Chris Do Focusing on This Year with The Futur? Ep. 14
April 20, 2021 12:00 - 36 minutes - 50 MBChris Do is an Emmy award-winning designer, CEO and Chief Strategist of Blind and the founder of The Futur—an online education platform that teaches creatives how to make a living doing what they love. He currently serves as the chairman of the board for the SPJA, and as an advisor to Saleshood. He has also served as an advisory board member and programming chair for AIGA/LA, Emmys Motion & Title Design Peer Group, Otis Board of Governors, Santa Monica College, and Woodbury University. He ...
What Daniel Shemtob is Doing with his Restaurants, Food Trucks, Catering and Shoe Companies Ep. 13
April 13, 2021 12:00 - 25 minutes - 34.7 MBDaniel Shemtob is a self-made entrepreneur, a chef, and an overall creative. He is also a social media creator, dog lover and world traveler. He started his first business at 19 and failed hard and fast. He started his next business The Lime Truck at age 20, then went on to win some wild accolades including, Best Restaurant, and Food Network’s Food Truck Race, and leveraged that to open their first brick and mortar in 2012. Since then he's grown multiple companies and restaurants in the foo...
How Kara Goldin Turned a Personal Need into a Thriving Brand- Hint Water Ep. 12
April 06, 2021 12:00 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MBKara Goldin is the Founder and CEO of Hint, Inc., best known for its award-winning Hint water, the leading unsweetened flavored water. She has received numerous accolades, including being named EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 Northern California and one of InStyle’s 2019 Badass 50. Previously, Kara was VP of Shopping Partnerships at America Online. She hosts the podcast The Kara Goldin Show. Her first book, Undaunted: Overcoming Doubts and Doubters, was released October 2020 and is now a W...
How Gaming Can Lead to Leadership and Success in Entrepreneurship with Eric Siu Ep. 11
March 30, 2021 12:00 - 25 minutes - 35.5 MBEric Siu is the founder of content intelligence software ClickFlow, which helps you grow your traffic while looking like a genius. He is also the Chairman of ad agency Single Grain and has worked with companies such as Amazon, Airbnb, Salesforce, and Uber to acquire more customers. He hosts two podcasts: Marketing School with Neil Patel and Leveling Up, which combined have over 43 million downloads to date. He also speaks frequently around the world on marketing and SaaS. In his youth, Er...
How Gaming Can Lead to Leadership and Success in Entrepreneurship with Eric Siu Ep. 12
March 30, 2021 12:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBEric Siu is the founder of content intelligence software ClickFlow, which helps you grow your traffic while looking like a genius. He is also the Chairman of ad agency Single Grain and has worked with companies such as Amazon, Airbnb, Salesforce, and Uber to acquire more customers. He hosts two podcasts: Marketing School with Neil Patel and Leveling Up, which combined have over 43 million downloads to date. He also speaks frequently around the world on marketing and SaaS. In his youth, Er...
How to Market Your Book (and other Industry Secrets) with Tucker Max Ep. 10
March 23, 2021 12:00 - 40 minutes - 55.2 MBTucker Max is the co-founder of Scribe Media, a company that helps people write, publish and market their books. He has written four New York Times Best Sellers, which have sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. He's credited with being the originator of the literary genre, “fratire,” and is only the third writer (after Malcolm Gladwell and Michael Lewis) to ever have three books on the New York Times Nonfiction Best Seller List at one time. He was nominated to the Time Magazine 100 Most I...
How to Prove Authority with your LinkedIn Profile with Belinda Aramide Ep. 9
March 16, 2021 19:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBWith more than 1 million content views on LinkedIn and over 10 years of executive sales experience, Belinda is an expert in leveraging LinkedIn for thought leadership positioning and generating sales qualified leads. She believes that tapping into and sharing ones' vast professional experiences on the platform, in a way that adds to the conversation and highlights the great work being done within organizations, effectively generates industry respect and drives revenue. She's since developed...
How Glenn Allen is Revving Up His Digital Marketing Company for Growth Ep. 8
March 09, 2021 20:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MBGlenn Allen is a multi-instrumental musician-turned digital marketing and business consultant. He helps CEO's and service-based consultants delegate and manages their digital course launches. He's also the host of the Glenn Allen Show, a YouTube video series about digital marketing and a podcast on entrepreneurialism called “Unstuck & Unstoppable.” He runs a side-hustle as an unpaid volunteer chef, housekeeper, and chauffeur for three small children who refer to him lovingly as “Dad.” >> 03...
How a Saas Product Spinoff is Going to Disrupt the Virtual Event Industry Ep. 7
March 02, 2021 20:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBWith over 20 years of experience in the international event industry, Sandy Hammer is the co-founder and CMO of Allseated, an award-winning event technology platform with the goal to revolutionize and digitize the event planning process. She began her career as a corporate planner for a high-tech company, running events globally. During that time, she amassed a portfolio of corporate conferences, seminars, forums, and brokerage events for customers such as Orange Global, Telefonica, and O2UK...
How Jessica Nunez is Scaling her Business During the Pandemic Ep. 6
February 23, 2021 20:00 - 43 minutes - 99.2 MBJessica Nuñez is the Founder and President of TruePoint Communications, a Public Relations and Social Media agency representing global brands including AT&T, Sally Beauty, and AmericaServes, among others. Launched in 2006, Jessica has grown TruePoint to be among the Top 100 PR agencies in the U.S., earning rankings under Best Places to Work, and Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies. Jessica has served as a communications advisor for Fortune 50 companies. She is a well-rounded communication...
How Kalika Yap Juggles Multiple Successful Businesses Ep. 5
February 16, 2021 20:00 - 37 minutes - 86.4 MBKalika Yap is a thriving serial (concurrent) entrepreneur whose businesses include award-winning brand agency Citrus Studios, Luxe Link, the Waxing Co., the Tangerine Co. & the Orange and Bergamot. >> 01:42 What Kalika loves most about entrepreneurship >> 2:38 All about Citrus Studios >> 4:11 How she manages all of her brands >> 7:33 Luxe Link >> 12:18 The Little Brand Book and what Kalika wants the book to do >> 17:10 The Maven archetype >> 19:07 The benefits of traditional publis...
How Jeremiah Adler Turned Co-Living in Pods to a COVID + Homeless Solution Ep. 4
February 09, 2021 20:00 - 47 minutes - 108 MBJeremiah Adler introduced pod-based coliving to U.S. market via UP(st)ART Creative in Los Angeles where he designed, prototyped, and manufactured 6 generations of pods in U.S. and overseas. Since the pandemic, he has launched a new endeavor under the name Agile Medical Systems. >> 5:05 How Jeremiah met Danielle Alexandra, writer and executive producer of the movie GI Jane fame, and ended up on a yacht on the French Riviera and directing a pilot. >> 9:14 Jeremiah talks about a low point of...
How Jeremiah Adler Turned Co-Living in Pods to a COVID + Homeless Solution Ep. 3
February 09, 2021 13:00 - 47 minutes - 108 MBJeremiah Adler introduced pod-based coliving to U.S. market via UP(st)ART Creative in Los Angeles where he designed, prototyped, and manufactured 6 generations of pods in U.S. and overseas. Since the pandemic, he has launched a new endeavor under the name Agile Medical Systems. >> 5:05 How Jeremiah met Danielle Alexandra, writer and executive producer of the movie GI Jane fame, and ended up on a yacht on the French Riviera and directing a pilot. >> 9:14 Jeremiah talks about a low point of...
Need Funding for your Small Business? Ami Kassar is the Man for You! Ep. 3
February 02, 2021 20:00 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBAmi Kassar is the founder and chief executive officer of Multifunding LLC, a Philadelphia-based consulting firm that specializes in helping business owners across the United States develop creative, cost-saving alternatives for their business debt needs and structure. Kassar has been involved in business finance for two decades. He has advised the White House, The Treasury Department and The Federal Reserve Bank on the state of the financing markets. He writes a weekly column for Inc.com and...
How Lauren Messiah Made the Leap into her Successful Personal Brand Ep. 2
January 26, 2021 20:00 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBLauren Messiah has 83,000 subscribers and 10mm views on her YouTube Channel, just exited her first company and is doubling down on her own personal brand. Lauren tells it like it is and gives us a peek into how she landed a major publishing deal for her book, Style Therapy. >> 00:25 How she went from retail to an Executive Assistant to CEO >> 04:49 How she discovered Entrepreneurs' Organization and became president of the LA Chapter >> 12:44 Making the leap from CEO of School of Style to...
How Josh Kopel Built Three New Businesses in the last 10 Months Ep.1
January 19, 2021 20:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBBorn in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the spawn of bootleggers and retail giants, Josh Kopel was bred for the hospitality industry. Throughout his 20+ year career in food and beverage, he has managed venues ranging from the Alligator Bayou Bar, located on Alligator Bayou Road, seated on Alligator Bayou to the hottest Hollywood nightclubs, bars, and ultra-lounges. He went independent in 2010, opening his first concept Five0Four—a New Orleans-inspired bar—on the Walk of Fame in the heart of Hollywoo...
What is the Fascinating Entrepreneur Podcast all About?
January 14, 2021 04:06 - 2 minutes - 6.72 MBThis is the inaugural episode. The first of many. The introduction of what I hope you will love as much as I do. I want to discover what makes these fascinating fellow entrepreneurs tick, what leads to their successes and also learn about the challenges they have overcome. I will be asking them about the strategies that were in place to make them a success and what strategies they'll rely on to grow and scale. In essence, I hope to get out of them as much as I can to give to you, the liste...