Zen Business - Mindfulness, Hustle and Fulfillment
105 episodes - English - Latest episode: 28 days ago -Zen Business is a casual, interview-style show unpacking the minds of the most brilliant entrepreneurs and thought leaders - downloading their mindset, strategies and tactics - as well as how they use mindfulness as a means of being a better CEO. We also take deep dives on mindfulness, various spiritual modalities, "hard topics", human psychology, religion and more.
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78) Marco Yammine; Viral App Design
April 01, 2024 20:01 - 50 minutes - 59.1 MBMost startups are built on hope. The ones that succeed are those that are built around value. On this episode of the Zen Business podcast, your host Jonathan Maxim sits down with a serial entrepreneur and app builder who delivers the value to users that makes apps go viral and earn life-changing profits for their founders. Traveling all the way from Italy, Marco Yammine shares his experience and knowledge of successful app design and marketing. Marco has built and helped launch – from “Ze...
77) The Viral App Launch Mentorship Program
March 04, 2024 16:10 - 12 minutes - 25.2 MBEver heard of a business think tank or mastermind group? Zen Business podcast host Jonathan Maxim has an exciting announcement in this episode. He is putting together a founder’s group for app startups that will include mentorship and education for fellow app founders. In this pod, Maxim cuts through the pedigrees and good-old-boy’s network to tell you the growth recipe that no one outside of Silicon Valley talks about. You’ll learn how to create viral products, leaving open loops, active ...
76) Allyson Schrier; Helping the Elderly While Profitably Growing a Bootstrap Tech Startup
February 19, 2024 23:57 - 50 minutes - 78.3 MBAltruistic business ideas? Can they scale and become profitable? For this episode of ZBP, we sat down with Allyson Schrier, co-founder and president of Zinnia Technologies, Inc. She has an enormous amount of passion for the company, its customers, and their service. ZinniaTV is an app for mobile devices and connected TVs that supports people living with dementia and those who care for them. ZinniaTV helps foster connection and engagement for caregivers and their loved ones suffering with d...
75) What Makes a Winning App Launch
February 05, 2024 16:38 - 28 minutes - 55.8 MBThis episode of the Zen Business podcast could be your ticket to a huge number of high-quality, low-cost downloads if you’re ready to launch or relaunch your business’ killer app in 2024 In today’s episode, Jonathan Maxim breaks down the elements that all successful app launches have in common. This isn’t textbook theory or guesswork. It’s based on 23 launches that Maxim led in 2023. There were 18 winners and 5 losers. But what made the winning app launches successfully profitable for thei...
74) How To Double Your Learning Speed: Reflection
January 08, 2024 17:00 - 17 minutes - 33.9 MBIf you're a fan of efficiency & happiness, or if you are moving so fast in life, you don't know where the time goes, this episode is for you. Jonathan takes the beginning of the new year to reflect on the power inside of reflection. Consider this.. Had you taken enough time to reflect on your learnings or tasks recently, would you have caught that latest mistake you made at work? The why behind all this reflection is simple. This practice of intentionally slowing down allows your brain ...
73) Caitlin Spears; Unlocking Your Mind, Body & Soul with Integrative Health Techniques
December 18, 2023 20:48 - 45 minutes - 76.6 MBCaitlin Spears, a leader in holistic health through her unique method "CAIT", joins Jonathan on the show to continue her quest helping others relearn nutrition & in the process, discover who they really are - Beyond merely the physical, but into the mental and spiritual realms. Caitlin is a certified health & nutrition coach who recently launched her course "Look Good, Feel Good" on November 27 - as she seeks to aid others in building lifelong habits, rather than temporary fixes. Her "Comp...
72) Eric Creekmore; The Origin of THR & Launching A New App
November 27, 2023 16:29 - 47 minutes - 77.5 MBWhat if you knew where your closest friends were, before they even got there? Eric Creekmore joins Jonathan for a second time on this Zen Business episode, to relive the journey of how he got his app, THR, to the finish line. In this episode, they explore the "Whatever It Takes" mentality, offering advice to other founders, and give insight into building the bridge between where you are now & where you can be in the future. *** Listen to New Zen Business episodes every Monday - Available...
61) Geoffrey Campbell; Universal Music's VP of eComm Speaks on how to Maximize AI
November 27, 2023 16:20 - 1 hour - 89.3 MBGeoffrey Campbell, a partner at Praxis Engineering, comes on the show to talk about how data is shaping the way content is made today. Campbell & Zen Business host, Jonathan Maxim, have worked together before for Universal Music Group, representing major artists like Taylor Swift, Migos, and Billy Eilish, among others. Big data is changing how content is being created from large scale productions all the way down to individual creators. Access to statistically meaningful information has p...
62) Santi Pereira; How Lucra Sports App Raised $12 Million & Where It Spends on Marketing
November 06, 2023 17:20 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBJonathan Maxim of K&J Growth Hackers sits down to speak with brand-building extraordinaire, Santi Pereira. With a business degree from the Wharton School and a job working for online sports and games betting platform, Lucra Sports, Santi has an enormous amount of experience building audiences online and promoting businesses with branded content. On this episode of the Zen Business podcast, Pereira tells us about one of the craziest marketing experiences he’s had in his career. He also give...
71) Shirin Etessam; "Free To Be" A Six Week Guide To Reclaiming Your Soul
November 06, 2023 17:15 - 59 minutes - 62.1 MBFrom a young age, we're conditioned to believe that achieving various milestones is the path to happiness. We chase accomplishments, continually striving for the next big win, hoping that it will validate our existence. Yet, many of us find ourselves in a paradoxical situation: We've checked off the boxes for family, career, and social life but still feel a void when it comes to personal fulfillment. It's a conundrum that raises an important question: why do we feel so unfulfilled despite ...
70) Logan Fields, Ten Must-Knows for Anyone Who Wants to Build an App, with "The App Guy"
October 16, 2023 15:42 - 1 hour - 120 MBAre you considering entering the world of app development? In the latest Zen Business Podcast episode, Logan Fields, CEO of The App Guys, joins Jonathan to share valuable insights into what it takes to succeed in app development. The conversation focused on unlocking a treasure chest of knowledge accumulated through scores of app builds. Listen in for an inside scoop on the secrets to conquering the competitive world of app development. **** Listen to New Zen Business Episodes on Monday...
69) David Gull; Co-founder of Ogimi, the First AI Meditation Coach, Helping 1 Billion People Fix Their Mental Health & Become More Resilient, Happy, & Peaceful
September 25, 2023 16:21 - 1 hour - 117 MBIn our latest podcast episode, Jonathan had the privilege of chatting with David Gull, an entrepreneur whose journey is nothing short of remarkable. He made the leap from the world of architecture to the crossroads of technology and mindfulness. David's story is a testament to transformation, fueled by unshakable passion and an unwavering commitment to creating a positive impact on the world. During our conversation, we delved into David’s personal experiences, charted the evolution of h...
69) David Gull; Co-founder of Ogimi (now Vital), the First AI Meditation Coach, Helping 1 Billion People Fix Their Mental Health & Become More Resilient, Happy, & Peaceful
September 25, 2023 16:21 - 1 hour - 117 MBIn our latest podcast episode, Jonathan had the privilege of chatting with David Gull, an entrepreneur whose journey is nothing short of remarkable. He made the leap from the world of architecture to the crossroads of technology and mindfulness. David's story is a testament to transformation, fueled by unshakable passion and an unwavering commitment to creating a positive impact on the world. During our conversation, we delved into David’s personal experiences, charted the evolution of h...
68) How To Launch Your App (Pt 5/5) - Capital Raise
September 11, 2023 17:50 - 18 minutes - 27.2 MBHow’s your pitch deck doing? This episode of the Zen Business podcast could be a game changer for your fundraising efforts, or show you what to do if you’re just getting started. In the last episode, KJ Growth Hackers’ Jonathan Maxim took listeners on a journey through referral campaign hacks that boost app subscriptions on the cheap and by the bootstrap. Today’s episode is the fifth in a series on viral app launch strategies, presented to you by the digital ad team that helped push TikTok...
67) How To Launch Your App Into Virality (Pt 4/5)
August 28, 2023 18:31 - 11 minutes - 18 MBWe’re back with another episode of the Zen Business podcast to continue a multi-part series connecting the dots that ALL successful viral growth campaigns take to monetize & scale an app. In the last episode, your app marketing guru, Jonathan Maxim broke down A/B testing, mobile app monetization, and ad campaign optimization. With those crucial set-up strategies in your rearview, here’s the super simple and powerful growth formula to make an app go viral with scalable referral campaigns. ...
66) How To Launch Your App (Pt 3/5) - AB Testing & Monetization Phase
August 21, 2023 13:06 - 21 minutes - 30.1 MBWe’re back with another episode of ZBP, continuing a five-part series connecting our patented steps for a successful viral growth campaign for app. It's time to take monetization seriously and begin scaling the app with precisely tested ads. In the first two episodes in the series, Jonathan broke down the pre-launch & beta testing phases for the listeners. Now, with these critical set-up and beginning objectives in your roadmap, here’s the super simple and powerful growth formula that isn’t...
65) Cameron Labrecque; How This 23-year old Founder Raised $220,000 For His Start-up App
August 14, 2023 15:52 - 56 minutes - 48.3 MBThe viral app user growth company behind our podcast, K&J Growth Hackers, shook up digital marketing, having worked with clients such as TikTok in 2018, Triller in 2020, and Universal Music Group in 2021. Guest Cameron Labrecque, a serial entrepreneur, app designer, startup founder, and creator of the Rememery app sits down with Zen Business host Jonathan Maxim and discusses his path of entrepreneurship, app marketing, and raising funding for his big idea. Cam started with only the idea a...
64) How To Launch Your App (Pt 2/5) - Beta Launch Phase
August 07, 2023 16:00 - 17 minutes - 25.6 MBThis episode of Zen Business is the second part of a series teaching the basics of our best viral app launch strategies. We’re especially excited to bring you this program! Our viral app growth marketing company, K&J Growth Hackers, changed the game with big clients like TikTok in 2018, Triller in 2020, and Universal Music Group in 2021. Zen Business host Jonathan Maxim breaks down how we A/B tested user-generated content to help make TikTok the biggest hit of 2019 on Google Play and Apple ...
63) How To Launch Your App (Pt 1/5) - Prelaunch Phase
July 31, 2023 16:00 - 29 minutes - 40.1 MBThe latest episode of Zen Business is the first of a five-part series teaching the fundamentals of our most effective strategies for launching apps into virality. We are thrilled to present this program to you. Host Jonathan Maxim breaks down everything our marketing company did to make TikTok the app stores’ biggest hit of 2019. We repeated that success with Triller in 2020 and Universal Music Group in 2021. On this episode, Jonathan dives into the tools and proven strategies that pave th...
60) Brian Murphy (Living Prana) How To Create A Purpose-Driven Brand That fulfills Your Heart & Goals
July 10, 2023 15:24 - 1 hour - 94.7 MBIn this episode, Zen Business Podcast welcomes Brian Murphy, the founder and CEO of Living Prana, an organic food business. Brian shares with Jonathan and the Zen Business audience some issues plaguing the American Food system today. Discussing topics such as artificial chemicals, the super-abundance of sugar, and all the preservatives that are making Americans obese. It's clear that eating healthier is a challenge for millions of us. We go into the misalignments in the system that leave o...
59) Brian D. Evans - Web3 Master On Exponential Knowledge & How To Raise Investor Capital
June 26, 2023 16:27 - 1 hour - 107 MBIn this episode of the Zen Business podcast, host Jonathan Maxim gets to sit down and speak with Inc. 500 Entrepreneur and 40 Under 40 2023 winner Brian D. Evans. He started his first business on eBay, selling car parts. Intent on expanding his business, Brian found ways to get other traffic online using strategies like SEO and affiliate marketing. He wound up selling other products, and eventually creating his own products and selling them direct-to-consumer. Brian started a digital marke...
58) Chris Cunningham; Founding Member Of ClickUp Explains The Meteoric Rise Of The Tech Giant
June 19, 2023 15:37 - 34 minutes - 40 MBOn this episode of the Zen Business podcast, yours truly got a chance to sit down with a great ally and even better friend, Chris Cunningham. Cunningham is a founding member of ClickUp, as well as its Head of Brand Strategy & Influencer Marketing. ClickUp, if you don't know about it, is a software/app that has reimagined team productivity and collaboration. K&J Growth Hackers has had a lot of success onboarding clients using ClickUp’s dashboard, tools and interface. We get into the nuts and...
57) Five Steps To A Successful Mobile App Launch
June 12, 2023 13:24 - 40 minutes - 53.8 MBMake your mobile app launch go viral using our proven strategy! In this podcast, I teach you how to plan your mobile app launch strategy so you are set up to go viral. If you're investing your time into designing an app & listing it on the app store, it's essential to align the right factors and drive growth. Increasing the adoption of your app is critical. This episode is for mobile apps that are ready to launch, meaning that your product is built out and ready to be installed from the Ap...
56) The Million User Funnel
June 05, 2023 12:58 - 21 minutes - 26.3 MBIn this episode we’re going to be Funnel Hacking! I’m going to teach you the exact marketing strategy that we used to get HeyPal over a million downloads in six months, to get TikTok 24,000 downloads in 24-hours, and to get Triller 400% better marketing results from their user acquisition marketing. These are the actual funnels, the tactics and strategies that we use to make apps go viral. This episode is about the positive aspects of virality. First off, there’s how to engineer viral ma...
55) Things To Know Before Investing In Passive Income Assets
May 29, 2023 16:04 - 23 minutes - 28.6 MBInvesting your extra wealth for passive income producing businesses can yield big returns! The money printer passive income seeking entrepreneurs want, however, is not an opaque and mysterious black box. Neither is it an instrument of e-commerce that works without some sophisticated initial setup and routine management. There are the necessary refinements of a business plan to serve an ultra-niche online market that must be made to find a sustainable, long-term business model. There’s also...
54) How To Get Profitable On Ads In 4 Weeks (Or Less!)
May 22, 2023 20:14 - 19 minutes - 24 MBAre your advertising campaigns really getting the fattest part of the fish? If your ad spend is returning $0.50, $0.25, or even as bad as $0.10 profit for every $1 you put into your campaign, your business might be leaving big monthly income on the table! Using our proprietary A/B testing methods at our digital marketing firm, K&G Growth Hackers, we are used to getting campaigns to yield at least a dollar or two back for every dollar spent on ads (That’s why we are performance-based). That...
53) Alan Howard; How To Embrace Your Masculinity To Make A Bigger Impact
May 15, 2023 16:21 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBAfter a multi-million dollar exit, this laptop entrepreneur won’t quit making businesses! Alan Howard is a search engine optimization and digital marketing extraordinaire. He grew his digital marketing business from scratch to serve Fortune 500 companies, Fortune 200 companies, and many large corporate clients. Then, after reaching a high-flying level of success with this business, Alan exited with a big sale, to travel the world and start even more businesses. Now, he lives in Latin Ameri...
52) Chris Harder; How A First Time App Founder Raised 1.2M In A Week (During A Down Market)
May 02, 2023 00:11 - 55 minutes - 77.9 MBLaunching an app is no small-feat but these two entrepreneurs are living the vision. Jonathan sits down with Chris Harder to discuss Frello, a new peer-to-peer lending app that brings people & opportunities together. These philanthropic visionaries have been leading their teams, collaborating on this project for over a year now. Here, they've sat down to co-create a co-episode, going in-depth on numerous topics, including how to create social momentum, the origin story of Frello, and how gr...
51) Five Books That Changed My Life Forever
April 18, 2023 20:52 - 19 minutes - 25 MBWant a Matrix-style download on five life hacks? 1) Modern applications of classic stoic wisdom 2) How to utilize your mind & network to assemble the ultimate vortex 3) How to take better care of your body by breathing differently 4) How to jumpstart healthy blood flow and recirculation, and 5) How to fight your way up from the bottom to accomplish your dreams. Boom, there you have it. Here are my five book recommendations for 2023 (They handily answer all the questions, amazingly). Pleas...
50) Ten AI Tools That Are More Impressive Than Chat GPT
April 10, 2023 15:08 - 23 minutes - 31 MBThese AI Tools Are Primed For Business-Use Breakthroughs. AI is one of the hottest topics globally. The thrilling global conversation about chat AI that OpenAI’s ChatGPT launched last November has resounded. The chatter about AI has risen to such volumes that some commentators are warning that we’re already in an AI bubble. But, I believe there’s more to it than just hype. AI, as a class of tools have already competently and professionally handled millions of creative requests & the number ...
49) Four Things I'm Investing In (2023 Edition)
March 27, 2023 14:43 - 21 minutes - 26.1 MBWe’re almost a full quarter into the new year and markets are chaotic, to say the least. There’s so much going on, positive and negative, and that means there are opportunities and threats on the landscape. Smart investors are holding their cash close. If you are in the same boat, taking a wait and see approach, this podcast is for you. I’ve had success with K&J Growth Hackers over the years, so I’ve got a little war chest I’ve been saving up myself. This isn't financial advice but if yo...
48) The Million Dollar Morning Routine
March 06, 2023 18:03 - 23 minutes - 29.2 MBThe resolutions you make for a new year fall by the wayside far too quickly, for far too many people. Are you curious why that happens? It’s because most people don’t follow up their resolutions with planning, changes to their routine, and constant self-management. The “Million Dollar Morning Routine,” is a guide that can help readers establish a morning routine that maintains & builds momentum. At the start of each new day, this is a dive into pushing aside excuses, laziness, and complacen...
47) How To Put Chat GPT To Work For Your Business
February 06, 2023 18:24 - 18 minutes - 23.6 MBSince its launch in November 2022, Chat GPT has been wowing users with the sophistication of its answers to their writing prompts. Powered by a large family of language models and a huge database of machine learning interactions, Chat GPT delivers instantly researched, fact-checked answers to your questions. If that weren’t impressive enough, the answers are conversationally interesting and unique to each chat. AI is now beginning to rival human counterparts. In this episode, we explore t...
46) The Future of Investing: Automated Businesses
January 23, 2023 18:47 - 24 minutes - 30.1 MBAs 2023 opens, e-commerce businesses, managed by automated means and put together by a growing strata of digital growth artisans, are spinning up all over the place. Of course, not every online promise to make a million dollars in a month is true, but there are certainly unique opportunities emerging. With the advent of automated businesses, many entrepreneurs are making more money than ever in this niche. Drop-shippping products on Amazon and Shopify has been dead since the pandemic. Fi...
45) Revisiting the Process of Making my First $1M
January 03, 2023 17:14 - 26 minutes - 34.6 MBMaking your first million dollars isn’t really an arrival point. It’s a place of transition. An interesting, trying, and illuminating transition. After our Los Angeles-based growth hacking business crossed our first million dollar threshold not long ago, I found it was just the beginning of my journey in business and life. Now I’m meeting so many others at my level, just ahead of me, and right behind me on this abundant path. In this episode, I revisit the circumstances surrounding this m...
44) Ten Steps To Achieve Flow-State
December 13, 2022 18:04 - 14 minutes - 23.1 MBEnhance your output & your well-being. To achieve flow-state you need balance in every area of your life. If you've never experienced it before, it can feel euphoric. So, describing flow-state, essentially, means that your mind, body and spirit are all in synchronicity. Your creative and analytical sides of yourself are in alignment and working together "in the edge". Work and creativity just start flowing out of you. This ability is crucial to achieving ground-breaking change and suc...
43) Kevin Krieder; From Addiction To Netflix Superstar on "Bling Empire"
November 28, 2022 16:49 - 56 minutes - 60.5 MBAdversity on the path to stardom. Here’s how one man overcame addiction and became a star on the hit Netflix series, ‘Bling Empire’. In this episode we cover: Tips on making it in LA (The honest way) Resisting the triggers of doubt Building your spirit with resilience of faith Leaning into sobriety and receiving signals from the ether Learning how to trust your intuition How to develop your emotional guidance system Connecting with source and methods to staying in connection Links ...
42) Eric Creekmore; The Man Responsible For Refunding Millions In Gov't Credits To Small Businesses
November 15, 2022 01:04 - 50 minutes - 69.6 MBHere’s how one man single-handedly drove over 5.5M in gov’t refunds to small businesses like you (and how to get your free cash refund). In this episode we cover: Tips on increasing efficiency The psychological connections between sports and business The importance of not being afraid to face down adversity How to develop a fearless mindset The art of looking for problems that need solving and how to capitalize on them when you see them Links & Resources Apply for an ERC Refund here ...
42) Eric Creekmore; The Man Responsible For Refunding Millions in Gov't Credits To Small Businesses
November 14, 2022 19:17 - 50 minutes - 69.6 MBA prolific serial entrepreneur joins us. Here’s how one man single-handedly drove over 5.5M in gov’t refunds to small businesses (and how to get your free cash refund). In this episode we cover: Tips on increasing efficiency The psychological connections between sports and business The importance of not being afraid to face down adversity How to develop a fearless mindset The art of looking for problems that need solving and how to capitalize on them when you see them Links & Resourc...
41) Why The Lazy Guy Is Richer Than You Are
November 07, 2022 18:29 - 36 minutes - 43.9 MBNew problems require new perspective. A bit of background on the current landscape. Here at K&J, it took us four years to reach 250K per month in revenue. Recently though, we launched a drilled-down business & it took us one month to reach the same milestone. What can be learned here? We stretched our minds to consider the possibility that we could deliver 10x the value at one tenth the cost. We leveraged laziness into getting monster results and outsized outcomes. First, let's step...
40) How I Got Kevin Hart To Commit To A $2.2 Million Investment
October 24, 2022 17:31 - 36 minutes - 34.2 MBEpic stories contain critical lessons. If you listened to the last episode, you'll have an idea how my first company led me to the verge of several life-changing moments. In this episode, I recount all the details behind this $2.2 million investment from Kevin Hart. Then, how it crumbled in front of my eyes. I share this story with you in the hopes that you can relate to my experience and feel reassured whenever you may be experiencing a piece of failure in your life. When you are livin...
39) A Story Of Resilience: How I Built My First Company (& Learned To Raise Capital The Hard Way)
October 17, 2022 17:48 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBThe true story behind my first company. This is perhaps the most vulnerable story I've ever told and one most people would never dare tell. I share the background behind starting a fitness app, buying the biggest penthouse in Philadelphia with 4 friends, getting a huge celebrity to commit to investing $2.2 million, then watching as it all fell apart. Hopefully, you can learn from my mistakes and take your own lessons from this crazy and totally candid story. As a founder, you have to s...
38) How To Manifest Anything You Want (Part 3)
October 04, 2022 16:39 - 20 minutes - 19.3 MBDive into the practical and tactical approach to actually manifest what you desire. However, be aware: The bigger the thing you wish to manifest, the higher your vibrations and state of awareness have to be. This episode is the third in my series on manifestation. Building on Part 1 and Part 2, where three key laws and seven critical mindset habits are discussed, I dive into the nitty-gritty of this mystical practice. Let's take a step back, slow down and feel into our internal compass...
37) How To Manifest Anything You Want (Part 2)
September 19, 2022 17:33 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBWhen you are ready to begin manifesting anything you want, this is part of the play book available to you. This episode is the second in our series on manifestation. Continuing forward from the foundational video, where the three key laws were discussed, I introduce the necessary mindset habits that must be understood at a deeper level. Remember, you are literally programming your mind here. One of the critical lessons that must be absorbed, and felt at a subconscious level, is accept...
36) Non Synthetic Hormone Therapy, How Does It Work?
September 13, 2022 17:24 - 1 hour - 140 MBEveryone wants fitness results fast, but at what cost? If any cost? Here's the secret no one is talking about. How can we live 100 years instead of 75 years? Is your body secretly stuck in negative feedback loops you don't even know exist? These are the questions myself and my special guest, Dustin Stanley, explore in this podcast. Muscles are made up of specific muscle cells and, as many know of us already know, everything in our body has a trigger. This trigger, or signal, is meant to ...
35) How To Manifest Anything You Want (Part 1)
August 30, 2022 18:16 - 35 minutes - 65.3 MBIf you want to begin manifesting anything you want, there is a play book available. This episode represents the first in a series of episodes I will be doing on the subject. Have you ever wondered, when you buy a car, why you always see the same car on the road? Not only is there a mindset that comes with this phenomenon, there are many books on the subject. But, the bottom line is you need to lean into your feeling side to make your manifesting dreams work. Emotions are the frequency o...
34) Where Most Marketers Fail
August 23, 2022 16:14 - 41 minutes - 76.6 MBWe are extremely picky in who we bring on as clients. They have to bring something to the table that's unique if it's going to be a win-win situation. This is the truth in the matter because we, at the end of the day, are performance-based. Explosive growth does not come from being lucky. There's a formula to it that can be cracked. As a team, K&J drills down into these important differentiators. Adam Stinson, K&J's Junior Partner, joins Zen Business for a discussion on the many issues...
33) My Coach Passed Away
July 28, 2022 18:31 - 40 minutes - 73.9 MBThere's really no reason to "Learn the hard way" yourself. That simple concept is what led me to value coaching so much. Fast forward to Ian, my coach who passed away. This 23 year old was revered by executives twice his age so I hired this true visionary alien when I was 27, and even after five years, the knowledge he shared is extremely relevant. He was so on target with his recommendations, I almost couldn't wrap my head around it at first. I was much more of a doer and this guy was a...
32) My Cofounder Wanted to Dump Me for Doing This
June 13, 2022 15:28 - 35 minutes - 64.1 MBWould you make a change in the business that threatened its very existence? Here's the story of how we took a massive leap of faith, and ended up doubling our revenue in six months. And why you should be willing to take risks in business, in life and in relationships. Vulnerability is the core of all risk taking and those who avoid risk not only reinforce their insecurity toward perfection but threaten the blessings of an exciting, fulfilling and rewarding life. Follow along as I tell the...
31) Why We Rejected An Acquisition in the Millions
April 18, 2022 21:45 - 26 minutes - 47.8 MBEvery entrepreneur dreams of having a multi-million dollar exit and retiring to a beach, but it’s not that simple. A close confidante asked me, “If you had ONE chance to make an "exit", would this be the one? Are you willing to give up the last 5+ years of your life for this acquisition?" I provide my thinking behind our answer, no. If you’re considering selling your company or your dream is to exit with your current company, think through a few practical concepts before romanticizing thi...