Wiley on Business
19 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsHello and welcome to Wiley on Business, a podcast where we explore how individuals and companies make dramatic breakthroughs and transform their businesses from a job to an enterprise with real value by enabling others to realize their full potential by being crystal clear on the vision of the business. Your host is Jake Wiley and over his nearly two decades of business experience, in client service, owning a business as well as being a CFO he has had the opportunity to see the difference between slugging it out to stay above water and exponential growth. On this podcast Jake interviews amazing leaders and the authors leaders are reading who have figured it out to get their perspectives and how they did it and share it with you.
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A lookback at the lessons learned during season one
October 14, 2021 17:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBAs we near the end of season one, we've gotten a lot of feedback and questions about what are some of the key insights I've gained along the way. In this episode we've gone back through all the conversations we've had to date to try and distill out the commonalities and highlight what could and should be considered the keys to success. This is a really short episode, but is full of great little nuggets. We'd love feedback if there are any nuggets you uncovered in your listens that we miss...
Erik Oberholtzer - Building and Communicating a Ten Year Plan vs. short-term thinking
September 28, 2021 09:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBErik co-founded Tender Greens in Los Angeles in 2006, a pioneering fine casual brand with 30 locations and growing. At Tender Greens Erik focused on democratizing good food at scale, and has since moved on to join Cohere where he advises founders of food brands helping them do the same. His unique perspective on supply chain integrity, biodiversity and regenerative organic agriculture provides an intuition for future food trends in uncertain times. As a chef and entrepreneur himself, he Is a...
Dan Kan - Co-founder Cruise Automation - Is the problem you are working on hard enough to keep you interested?
September 14, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBDan Kan - A serial entrepreneur, shares some of his incredible lessons learned starting several business, culminating in Cruise Automation which was sold to GM for $1 Billion.
Garrett Sutton - Are you ready for the success that comes when you find the right team
August 31, 2021 09:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBGarrett Sutton is a corporate attorney, best-selling author and one of Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad’s Advisors. He has sold more than 900,000 books to guide entrepreneurs and investors. For more than 30 years, Garrett Sutton has run his practice assisting others in protecting assets and maximizing financial goals. Listen in to hear how Garrett met Robert and was able to become a part of the winning team that set up for the success he is today.
David Lindahl - There is a difference between having a team and the RIGHT team
July 27, 2021 09:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBListen as Dave discusses how he transitioned from a Landscaper to owning over 8,200 units and the lessons he learned along the way. Book Giveaway - Davetoday.com An amazing conversation that got into one of my favorite subjects - Great books. Here are the books Dave mentioned throughout the conversation. Books Mentioned - Multi-family Millions - David Lindahl Good to Great - Jim Collins Awaken the Giant Within - Anthony Robbins The Magic of Thinking Big - David Schwartz Raise t...
Brian Adams - Linear thinking will get you linear results
July 05, 2021 09:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBBrian talks me through some of the remarkable changes he has made to his business in the past year that have created an exponential growth in his business. Brian C. Adams is the President and Founder of Excelsior Capital, where he spearheads the investor relations and capital markets arms of the firm. He has 10 years of experience in real estate private equity and has advanced knowledge in best practices for strategic real estate investing. Prior to forming Excelsior Capital, Brian co-f...
Larry Stevens - What are the three things you really need to communicate?
June 22, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 45.4 MBDo you want to see people grabbing their pens when you open your mouth, then you've got to learn the rule of three. Join me as I chat with Larry Stevens, my former leader and an all around interesting and great person as he imparts some of the incredible knowledge of his career and two books. J. Larry Stevens, a retired partner at the international accounting firm, PwC is Executive-in-Residence and Visiting Professor at Kennesaw State University's Coles College of Business where, a...
Dr. Ioannis Tsamardinos - Sometimes a crisis in your career is exactly what you need!
June 08, 2021 09:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBDr. Ioannis Tsamardinos Listen as Ioannis explains how a professional crisis set him up for where he really needed to be. A world-class scientist and innovator, Dr. Ioannis Tsamardinos has more than 30 years of service in academia and applied science. He has co-founded and is the CEO of JADBio, the only AutoML platform specifically designed for life science data and particularly molecular data. A sui generis persona - mentor, expert, researcher, author, speaker, inventor, entrepreneur...
Dr. Mark Goulston - The formula for "Gotta Have it"
May 24, 2021 14:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MB"If you can figure out how to get to gotta have it, gotta work there, gotta invest there, you don't have to sell anything." Listen in as Mark share's how he got the formula for "Gotta have it." Mark's Website - www.markgoulston.com Mark's Podcast - My Wakeup Call Mark's LinkedIn profile
Ashley Bryant-Baker- Structured and Quick feedback loops are critical to staying on vision
May 11, 2021 09:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBAshley Bryant-Baker Ashley Bryant-Baker is Director of Digital and Analytics at Fresh Eyes Digital, a data scientist, speaker, entrepreneur, and STEM advocate. Before Fresh Eyes Digital, she ran her own consulting firm, B&B Data Solutions, where she helped brands build and leverage data solutions. She has worked in analytics for over a decade, using data to drive business decisions and built a company that focuses on the human side of data and analytics. She has become a sought after speake...
Greg McKeown - Ask yourself "What if this could be effortless?"
April 27, 2021 09:00 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MBAn author I've wanted to connect with since I first read "Essentialism: The disciplined pursuit of less" Greg McKeown is back with the follow-on book "Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most" Do you know what you should actually be spending your time on vs. what is expected? Are you spending your time on the right things, but still find yourself burned out? If you haven't read Greg's work, you should pick up both of these books, because they will change the way you li...
Harry Allen - Studio Bank - You are only as good as your network.
April 13, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBHarry Allen is the Chief Relationship Officer at Studio Bank in Nashville. Did Nashville need another bank - Most said it didn't. Three years and rapid growth says that Harry and his cofounder's commitment to see a bank for creators to fruition were right. Harry is a financial services executive and entrepreneur with broad experience in aspects of board development, raising capital, branding and marketing, external and community relations. Direct experience with commercial banking, r...
Sean Swarner - If you woke up with amnesia, how would you act if you were told you had special ops training
March 30, 2021 09:00 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MBHis first goal was to crawl 8 feet from the hospital bed to the bathroom. He went on to Redefine Impossible by climbing 29,035 feet to the top of Mt. Everest with one lung! From there he stood atop the highest point on all 7 continents, skied to the South and North Poles, and completed the Hawaii Ironman. Sean has been interviewed by Steve Harvey, CBS Evening News, Fox & Friends, The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Early Show, Huffington Post, Outside the Lines, Sports Center, Washin...
Sean Swarner - If you work up with amnesia, how would you act if you were told you had special ops training
March 30, 2021 09:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBHis first goal was to crawl 8 feet from the hospital bed to the bathroom. He went on to Redefine Impossible by climbing 29,035 feet to the top of Mt. Everest with one lung! From there he stood atop the highest point on all 7 continents, skied to the South and North Poles, and completed the Hawaii Ironman. Sean has been interviewed by Steve Harvey, CBS Evening News, Fox & Friends, The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Early Show, Huffington Post, Outside the Lines, Sports Center, Washin...
Rana Gujral - "If we are working together - You are on the inside."
March 16, 2021 09:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBWhen you bring people in to work on the vision of the company, it doesn't matter whether you are an employee or a contractor you have to be an insider. Rana Gujral is an entrepreneur, speaker, investor, and CEO at Behavioral Signals, an enterprise software company that excels at distinguishing behavioral signals in speech data with its proprietary deep learning technology. As a thought-leader in the AI/technology space, he often leads keynote sessions and joins panel discussions at indu...
Cynthia Johnson - Be Proactive about your personal Brand
March 02, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBIn this Episode of Wiley on Business with Authors - I chat with Cynthia about some key decisions to make when it comes to personal branding. It was her book Platform: The Art and Science of Personal Branding the helped lead me to this very podcast. Cynthia Johnson is an entrepreneur, marketing professional, author, and keynote speaker. She is Co-Founder at Bell +Ivy, an integrated marketing communications firm in Santa Monica, CA, and Las Vegas, NV. She is co-founder and Chairman at...
Eric Lau - Talk to everyone - The Amazon way
February 16, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBA leader and product manager for Amazon's Alexa, Eric brings compelling leadership advice for those looking to make a massive impact in the world. As a business leader with 20 years of experience, Eric has always enjoyed working on new and ambiguous challenges by clarifying problems, seeking effective solutions, and formulating strategy with diverse and efficient teams so as to create value for others be it customers, clients, or partners. Expressing this passion, Eric currently leads pr...
Tiila Abbitt - Aether Beauty
February 02, 2021 10:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBAn interview with Tiila Abbitt of Aether Beauty To ensure you are aligned with your people, ask questions to understand what they are really thinking. Once you understand what and how they are thinking you can get comfortable on where they are headed with their thoughts. If you need to learn how to ask these aligning questions, hire an intern! Founded in 2018 by Tiila Abbitt, a passionate, highly creative product development professional with 11+ years' experience- including the int...
Xander Schultz
January 15, 2021 15:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBTell the world your ideas - Don't be afraid someone is going to steal it. Everything doesn't work out like you'd hope but forward progress is net positive.