Latest Lendio Podcast Episodes
Vlada Lotkina | Communication Is the Foundation of Success
Defining Moments - February 04, 2021 08:00 - 31 minutesGrowing up in an entrepreneurial family, Vlada Lotkina, CEO and co-founder of ClassTag, saw firsthand the successes and failures that inevitably come with following your dreams. It was that inherited pioneering spirit that drove Vlada to emigrate from Ukraine to attend the University of Pennsylv...
Gail Sexton Anderson | Helping Build Families Through Comfort and Connection
Defining Moments - January 28, 2021 08:00 - 43 minutesWhen Gail Anderson began working in third-party fertility nearly 25 years ago, she dreamed of opening a one-stop-shop that would give prospective parents all the resources to face the challenges ahead. Whether it’s mental, emotional or educational support, Gail is determined to provide it to her...
Brock Blake's Live Lendio PPP Loan Update
Defining Moments - January 25, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutesWatch the video on YouTube! This new round of PPP comes with bolstered support for the businesses that need it most, including: The ability to receive a 2nd PPP loan for borrowers who previously received a loan. Funding specifically earmarked for performance venues and BIPOC-owned businesses...
PPP Update From Lendio CEO Brock Blake
Defining Moments - January 25, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutesWatch the video on YouTube! Lendio's CEO, Brock Blake, gives an update on this new round of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The latest round of PPP comes with bolstered support for the businesses that need it most, including: The ability to receive a 2nd PPP loan for borrowers who previou...
Sam Frank | Quitting Corporate for Construction
Defining Moments - January 21, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutesIt took quitting a corporate job and living in Morocco for a year for Sam Frank, co-founder of and partner at Four Twelve Roofing, to realize that his heart belonged in the city he’d grown up in. Sam was inspired by the incredible design projects and architecture he saw in Morocco and wanted to...
Pat Dossett | From Navy SEAL to Self-Improvement Entrepreneur
Defining Moments - January 14, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutesNatural ability is a useful starting point, but the trait that will push you over the finish line is grit. Navy SEAL veteran and Madefor co-founder Pat Dossett admits that he isn’t the best at anything, but he is extraordinarily resilient. After studying hard to get into the Naval Academy, Pat ...
Robin Chase | Driving Transportation Into the Future
Defining Moments - January 07, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutesSometimes being green means charging ahead even when everyone else is applying the brakes. Robin Chase is a serial transportation entrepreneur, but she had no idea what she was getting into with her first project — and that’s how she pushed the market forward. Robin is the co-founder and former...
Jesse Jacobs | Redefining Growth in 2020
Defining Moments - December 29, 2020 08:00 - 39 minutesIn March 2020, Jesse Jacobs, the founder of Samovar Tea, was poised for growth. He planned to expand his organic small-batch tea house cafes from four Bay Area locations into Southern California and over to the East Coast. Then COVID-19 happened. Jesse is no stranger to overcoming obstacles. Wh...
Noam Cohen and Hannah Genton | Changing the Legal Status Quo
Defining Moments - December 17, 2020 08:00 - 43 minutesLawyers get a thrill from a fight. And Noam Cohen and Hannah Genton, founding partners of transactional law firm CGL, are taking on a major opponent: cultural expectations that lawyers must burn themselves out in exchange for high salaries and big bonuses. CGL is a distributed law firm, meaning...
Liz Mumford | Building a Creative Work Environment
Defining Moments - December 10, 2020 08:00 - 39 minutesLeaving the beaten path and forging your own can lead to success — but not without obstacles. Liz Mumford, co-owner of creative agency Mabble Media, is still charting the best course. One thing Liz believes in firmly is giving her staff a work-life balance that can help foster their creativity ...
Lillie Frances | Improv in the Age of COVID
Defining Moments - December 03, 2020 08:00 - 41 minutesImprov training teaches you to deal with the unknown. But Lillie Frances, owner of Chicago Comedy Company and Laugh Out Loud theaters, says nothing could have prepared her for 2020. “You would think that as an improviser, I'd be better at this stuff, but I hate ambiguity. I hate not knowing whe...
Dave Saylor | Ingredients for Long-Term Restaurant Success
Defining Moments - November 24, 2020 08:00 - 31 minutesThe restaurant business was tough even before COVID-19, but Dave Saylor, owner of Acadiana Café in San Antonio, Texas, believes two crucial ingredients make up the recipe for success. “What's let us prosper and stay in business for 34 years are our employees and our community involvement,” he s...
Paul Adams | Embracing the Path You’re Given
Defining Moments - November 19, 2020 08:00 - 48 minutesWhen a door you spent years opening is slammed shut in your face, don’t waste time shouting at it. Instead, find another door. Paul Adams, founder and CEO of Sound Financial Group, learned that the hard way. Paul spent a decade working for and climbing the ladder at a large financial institutio...
Nick Loper | Following Your Side Hustle Dreams
Defining Moments - November 12, 2020 08:00 - 40 minutesForget your parents’ advice: Nick Loper wants you to quit your day job. The founder of Side Hustle Nation and host of podcast The Side Hustle Show has made a career out of helping other people follow their non-9-to-5 dreams. Nick will be the first to tell you that doesn’t mean climbing on a des...
Scott Porter | How Customer Experience Can Set You Apart
Defining Moments - November 05, 2020 08:00 - 43 minutesNo matter what industry you’re in, the one thing that can set you apart from your competitors is excellent customer experience, says Scott Craig Porter, founder, and CEO of San Diablo churros. To call Scott’s career eclectic would be an understatement. He’s worked in PR and as a nursing home ad...
Luke McElroy | Choosing Optimism
Defining Moments - October 29, 2020 07:00 - 41 minutesOptimism is a vital ingredient for entrepreneurs. As Luke McElroy, founder and president of Orange Thread Media, says, if you can’t believe in your own crazy idea, who else will? Luke has been an optimist and an entrepreneur since he was a teenager. And with a company built around live events, ...
Brian Smith | The Good, the Bad and the ‘UGGly’
Defining Moments - October 22, 2020 07:00 - 48 minutesSurfing can teach you a lot about business. UGG founder Brian Smith learned that in both, you have to keep pushing towards the next opportunity — the next wave — or you’ll go under. Today, UGG is well-known around the world for its sheepskin boots and other products. But Brian weathered many st...
Andrew Vasylyk | Grow by Going Remote
Defining Moments - October 15, 2020 08:00 - 31 minutesOnce you’ve made it past the “start” in startup, you realize that was the easy part. Scaling, says Andrew Vasylyk, is the real challenge — and he should know. Andrew and his brother and business partner Alex are startup-obsessed. As co-founders of StartupSoft, they help early-stage tech compani...
Miha Matlievski | Succeeding at Failing
Defining Moments - October 01, 2020 08:00 - 35 minutesBragging about success is easy: opening up about your failures — and learning from them — takes hard work. Even self-described “Fail Coach” Miha Matlievski admits it took him years. In 2009, the recession put Miha $5 million in debt. Bankrupt and hounded by creditors, he contemplated suicide — ...
Mike McKim | Cold Brew, Hot Commodity
Defining Moments - September 17, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutesPersistence and persuasion open doors. This combination took Mike McKim from the Navy to sales in the midst of the dot-com boom and eventually to his real passion: high-quality coffee. Whether working his way into a Naval academy, selling telecoms or espresso machines, or starting his own coffe...
Jeremy Stewart | Handling a Career Flip Flop
Defining Moments - September 03, 2020 08:00 - 36 minutesHaving a particular set of skills doesn’t have to limit you to one industry. You can always follow in the footsteps of Hari Mari founder Jeremy Stewart. Jeremy spent a decade as a political consultant: But after two presidential campaigns in Indonesia, he and his wife Lila were burned out. Thei...
Danielle Shoots | Bringing the Real You to Work
Defining Moments - August 20, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutesThere’s no one-and-done course that can teach you to be a great leader. It requires a willingness to learn and improve every single day. That’s no small task, which is why Danielle Shoots created Daily Boss Up. Subscribers to Daily Boss Up receive inspirational quotes, prompts and constructive ...
Sasha Rowe | Trusting Your Vision
Defining Moments - August 06, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutesThe way we think about work/home balance is evolving rapidly in the era of coronavirus. But entrepreneur Sasha Rowe foresaw the switch to online work way back in 2015 (and before the pandemic) when she founded virtual assistant business Rivvly. After Sasha had her son, she decided not to go bac...
Jodi Brandon | How to Finally Write That Book
Defining Moments - July 23, 2020 08:00 - 33 minutesBeing an entrepreneur requires more than business instinct: you need creativity too. Word nerd, editor and publisher Jodi Brandon helps people channel theirs into books. Jodi always knew she wanted to work with words — but she also had “the entrepreneur bug.” After majoring in English and bus...
Sandy Abrams | Shifting Your Day From Chaos to Calm
Defining Moments - July 09, 2020 08:00 - 36 minutesWho you know can make up for what you don’t know in business. That personal touch served Sandy Abrams well when she started her company, Moisture Jamzz, in 1993. Sandy’s idea for moisturizing gloves wasn’t new, but she was convinced she could improve on the existing product. The trouble was, sh...
Danielle Rocco | Finding Success by Leaning Into Strengths
Defining Moments - June 25, 2020 08:00 - 32 minutesControlling your destiny is one of the great promises of entrepreneurship. But getting there isn’t easy. Just ask Dani Rocco, a relationship expert for members of the military. These days, Dani focuses on her documentary work — aimed at helping veterans — but her path to “serving the ones that...
Kelly Fitzsimmons | Finding Beauty in Failure
Defining Moments - June 11, 2020 15:29 - 44 minutes“Because almost all of us will not handle failure gracefully...it'll take a while to finally get to the, ‘Oh, this had everything to do with me, didn't it?’” Kelly Fitzsimmons is an author and technology entrepreneur with experience in information security, voice interface, and reality. In thi...
William Manzanares | A Guide to Success Through Failure
Defining Moments - May 28, 2020 08:00 - 31 minutes“How you react, that defines who you will be, not what you do.” William Manzanares is a serial entrepreneur who started a number of businesses including a bar and restaurant, health food store, a smoke shop, and even a magazine. In this episode of Defining Moments, William describes why entrep...
Scott Simson | Overcoming Failure by Becoming Fearless
Defining Moments - May 14, 2020 08:00 - 31 minutes“As an entrepreneur, you have to be fearless and you just have to acknowledge that you're going to learn from those mistakes. But if you don't take that step, then you'll never know.” Scott Simson is a full-time YouTube content creator and CEO of Video Marketing World. But before his success wi...
Ryan Combe | Becoming A Game Changer
Defining Moments - April 30, 2020 19:10 - 32 minutes“A big part of being a game changer - and being successful - is you have to be willing to look at what other people are doing around you and adapting that to work for you and your industry.” Ryan Combe is the Managing Partner at Better Way Franchise, where he works with franchises that already ...
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