Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration

175: The Horror Story of Finding a Co-Packer for Your Product | Laurie Nadeau of Smokin Mary

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Laurie Nadeau, the owner of Smokin’ Mary Smoked Bloody Mary Mix, is always all dolled up in her signature red-and-white polka-dot dresses, but don’...

174: Using Data Driven Marketing to Build a Successful Auto Auction Business... Roger Bryan of Enfusen

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Over the last 20 years, Roger Bryan had the honor of working with some of the world's largest companies in the creation of demand generation strategie...

173: The Inventor of Turnkey Real Estate 🔑🏘: Marco Santarelli of Norada Real Estate Investments

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Marco Santarelli is the host of the Passive Real Estate Investing Podcast and he is also the founder of Norada Real Estate, a premier real estate inve...

172: From Battleships 🚢 to Check Fraud Prevention 🏦... How Richard Reass started RynohLive at 62 Years Young...

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Reass is the CEO, Founder, & Creator of RhynohLive, the software system that has revolutionized the real estate settlement industry. Mr. Reass...

171: How to Build a Brand... from Halloween Costumes 🍂 to Personalized Wardrobe Delivery 👚 - Jalem Getz of Wantable ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jalem Getz is the CEO and founder of Wantable, Inc, a personalized eCommerce company focused on women's fashion and fitness products. Their goal at W...

170: Building a Code-Free Platform for Non-Developers to Build Online Apps | Emmanuel Straschnov of Bubble.

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Emmanuel Straschnov is the co-founder of Bubble, a visual programming language for web and mobile applications. Born in Paris, Emmanuel studied at Pol...

169: The Largest Aircraft Brokerage Firm in Russia detours to Aircraft Valuation ✈... Find Out Why w/ Jason Zilberbrand of VREF ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Zilberbrand is an aircraft valuations expert and the President of VREF Aircraft Value Reference & Appraisal Services. He is an Accredited Senior...

168: oDesk CEO Reveals... The 4 Secrets to Personal Development | Gary Swart of Polaris Partners ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gary Swart is a partner at Polaris Partners, investing in technology and healthcare companies, out of their San Francisco office. He represents Polari...

167: Surviving a Business Breakup... & Getting Creative with Bejan Douraghy of 🎨 Artisan Talent 🎨

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Bejan Douraghy made his way from New York City to Chicago with $1,000 in his pocket, big dreams, and the ambition to start a new kind of staffing agen...

166: Overcoming Cancer to Build a $250M+ Insurance Business - Heath Ritenour of Insurance Office of America

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Heath Ritenour joined Insurance Office of America in 1996. He was named Chief Executive Officer in 2008 and became Chairman in 2019. Since taking the ...

165: Ex-CEO of Meineke Auto shares his Entrepreneurial Journey 🚗... | Charles Bonfiglio of Tint World ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Charles J. Bonfiglio is the Franchise Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Tint World. The company is a privately owned franchise chain of independent...

164: How to Manage the Productivity Level of Your Virtual Staff (w/ Dave Nevogt of Hubstaff)

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Nevogt is the Co-Founder of Hubstaff, which helps virtual teams communicate better through automatic time and activity tracking. He runs the day ...

163: Turning your Website Contact Form into Instant Profit | Nicolas Vandenberghe of Chili Piper 🌶

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nicolas Vandenberghe is the Co-Founder and CEO of Chili Piper. Nicolas began his career selling newspapers in the streets of Paris in high school, stu...

162: Growing then Selling a Digital Agency in the 21st Century | Dalip Jaggi of Vincit

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dalip Jaggi is head of business at Vincit. Dalip has been recognized as an active entrepreneur filled with high-energy, passion, and new ideas. He kic...

161: How to 3x Your Sales via... Menu Pricing? The New Flat Rate System to Increasing Sales 📈... ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rodney Koop is the Founder of The New Flat Rate and Danielle Putnam is the President. Rodney has been in the industry for 40+ years and a business own...

160: Building a Software Business from a Canadian Basement - Saud Juman of PolicyMedical

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Saud Juman is the founder of PolicyMedical Inc., a healthcare software company. Over the following years, Saud grew the company to serve more than 3,0...

159: Shaking Up the Contact Lens Industry with 👓 Hubble Contacts 👓

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jesse Horwitz is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Hubble Contacts, the e-commerce contact lens company. As a serial entrepreneur, Jesse co-founded Hubble ...

158: How to Build your Mobile App... Better, Faster, & Cheaper with Chad Pytel of thoughtbot 🤖

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chad Pytel is the developer, founder, and CEO of thoughtbot. He leads the day-to-day operations of thoughtbot, including human resources, hiring, and ...

157: Overcoming Life‘s Obstacles to Start a Growing (pun intended) CBD Business | Craig Henderson of Extract Labs ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Craig Henderson is the CEO of Extract Labs, a Boulder, Colorado-based full-service hemp extraction laboratory offering a proprietary line of boutique ...

156: The Nationwide Leader in Athlete Development. How Michael Waters built... Phase 1 Sports.

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Waters started Phase 1 Sports in Las Vegas, Nevada. He built a name in the sports industry by combining exceptional skills in performance trai...

155: From Combat to Commerce... The Beginning of a Wagyu Beef Business: KC Cattle Company 🐄...

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Montgomery is the owner of KC Cattle Company. After being honorably discharged from the Army, Patrick returned to the University of Missouri a...

154: Starting a Mobile Phone Company: Let‘s Talk Cellular | Brett Beveridge of T-ROC

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brett Beveridge is the President of The Revenue Optimization Companies. Brett is an entrepreneurial, results-driven executive with over 20 years of ex...

153: How ‘Two Men and a Truck‘ moved from a Family Business to a Franchise Business (w/ 340+ Locations)

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brig Sorber is the Chief Brand Officer at Two Men and a Truck. Brig is one of the original two men along with younger brother Jon Sorber. The two star...

152: Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Extraction Systems for Oil Extractors | Andy Joseph of Apeks Supercritical

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Andy Joseph is the President of Apeks Supercritical. Andy founded Apeks Supercritical in 2001 while serving as the Director of Welding and Testing La...

151: The Nation‘s Premier, Luxury Camping Experience ⛺... How Sarah Dusek grew Under Canvas® Camping...

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Dusek is CEO of Under Canvas. Sarah and her husband, Jacob Dusek, were inspired by the African safari experience and they set out to create an ...

150: Cracking the Code to the 💪 Fitness Business 💪 with Nick Shaw of Renaissance Periodization

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nick Shaw is the Founder and CEO of Renaissance Periodization, a training and diet services company for world-class athletes. Nick is also a competiti...

149: An Innovative Window Company that Promotes Indoor & Outdoor Living - Scott Gates of WWS

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Gates is President of Western Window Systems. Prior to beginning his role as president and CEO in August 2015, Scott served as the company’s p...

148: What Mark Cuban saw in this Test Prep Business Founder... Shaan Patel of Prep Expert

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Shaan Patel is the Founder of Prep Expert. Shaan grew up in Las Vegas in his parents' budget motel, attended inner-city public schools in the worst sc...

147: Building a Virtual Receptionist Business to Millions & Finally Stepping Away | Jill Nelson of Ruby Receptionists

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jill Nelson is CEO of Ruby Receptionists. She's grown the business into a four-time winner of FORTUNE magazine’s top five Best Small Companies to W...

146: Outsourcing your Manufacturing to Survive in the 21st Century (w/ Mike Ryan of RSP Inc.) ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Ryan's company (RSP Inc.) is an end-to-end solution provider for engineering, prototyping, production, logistics, warehousing, and order fulfillm...

145: Custom Printed Packaging... for Food & Beauty Products | Raine Mahdi of Hawk Packaging

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Raine Mahdi is the founder and CEO of Hawk Packaging. He has over 15 years of experience in Sales, Marketing, and Business Development. The industries...

144: Creating a National Dealership by Starting a Small Business from the Ground Up... w/ Trever Varney of Next Ride

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Trever Varney is a driven American businessman, entrepreneur, speaker and the owner of Next Ride, a multiline full-service motorcycle dealership offer...

143: Starting Your Own Business after 20 Years in the Corporate World | Gail Davis of GDA Speakers

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gail Davis is the Founder and President of GDA Speakers. Under her passionate leadership, GDA Speakers has vetted and curated a number of highly quali...

142: Building an Amazon FBA Business to Help Amazon Sellers (a 🚫 BS Amazon Biz)

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Fernando C. oversees operations, product development, and finance of MarketplaceOps. Prior to founding MarketplaceOps, Fernando came from tech, where ...

141: How FreshBooks became a Successful SaSS Business... with Mike McDerment of FreshBooks

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mike McDerment is the co-founder and CEO of FreshBooks, the world’s #1 cloud accounting software for self-employed professionals. Built-in 2003 afte...

140: This Firefighter Expanded his BBQ Business into a Successful Restaurant... Find Out How w/ Jason Szmurlo ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Szmurlo is the Owner and Founder of BBQ King Smokehouse. BBQ King Smokehouse has been feeding foodies flavor-packed BBQ food for over 8 years. H...

139: Vacation Planning that can take you... Anywhere | Zachary Smith of Anywhere

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zachary B. Smith is the CEO of Anywhere, Inc. What started out as an after-college travel adventure in Central America has turned into a multi-millio...

138: Expanding a Family Business in the Logistics Industry (Megan Smith of Symbia Logistics)

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Megan Smith is the CEO at Symbia Logistics. Growing up on the floor of a warehouse, Megan has been getting her hands dirty since day one. She’s star...

137: Bringing Tech to Restaurants with Saleem Khatri of Lavu (the Original iPad Point of Sale System)

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Saleem S. Khatri is CEO of Lavu Inc, a global mobile point of sale software and payments platform. Before joining Lavu, Mr. Khatri was Co-Founder and ...

136: Wine from a Keg??? How Jordan Kivelstadt (of Free Flow Wines) Transformed the Wine Industry...

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jordan Kivelstadt founded Free Flow Wines with Dan Donahoe in 2009 and has been leading the growth of the business since the beginning. Jordan was tra...

135: This Fast-Growth Manufacturer tells the Fascinating Story of Fuses (Jim Kalb of OptiFuse) ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Kalb is currently the President of OptiFuse, an innovative high-growth manufacturer of power protection components distributed by high-quality sel...

134: How Grasshopper became a $176MM Virtual Phone System (w/ David Hauser of Grasshopper & SuperFat)

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

David Hauser is the Co-founder of Grasshopper & SuperFat. Grasshopper is a company that serves and empowers entrepreneurs via its powerful tools...

133: Darn Good Yarn: How to Knit a Side Business into a Big Business (with Nicole Snow)

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nicole Snow is the Founder and CEO at Darn Good Yarn. Born in northern NJ, Nicole grew up in a log cabin & spent hours playing “craft corner” ...

132: Using LinkedIn to Grow Your Business with Josh Turner of LinkedSelling...

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Josh Turner has been an entrepreneur since he was a teenager. He is the founder and CEO of LinkedSelling, a LinkedIn marketing agency recognized by ma...

131: Expanding a Tee Shirt Business from Home to $50M/year - Ryan Moor of Ryonet & Allmade ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan Moor is the CEO and Founder of Ryonet and AllMade. Ryan Moor was born to parents Jim and Lynae in Portland, Oregon on April 15th, 1981. His early...

130: Building a Custom Shutter Business w/ Rick Skidmore of Timberlane ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rick Skidmore is the Founder and CEO at Timberlane, Inc. Having been born an entrepreneur, it should have been clear early on that despite considerabl...

129: Expand your Business Globally with Nicole Sahin of Globalization Partners

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nicole Sahin is the CEO and Founder of Globalization Partners. Nicole Sahin’s mission is to eliminate barriers to doing business internationally and...

128: Transforming a Mediterranean Restaurant into a National Franchise | Dan Simpson of Taziki‘s

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Simpson is the Chief Executive Officer at Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe. Dan was named CEO in February 2018 after serving as Taziki’s Chief Inno...

127: Halo Top Creamery: How 2 Ex-Lawyers Built a Global Ice Cream Brand (via Doug Bouton) ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Douglas Bouton is the President and COO at Halo Top Creamery. The ice cream brand was founded in 2011 by former attorney Justin Woolverton of Latham &...

126: Growing a Salon... from NY to LA... the Journey of Janine Jarman of Hairroin Salon

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Janine Jarman is a nationally renowned celebrity hair stylist and the founder of Hairroin Salon. Born and raised in Huntington Beach, CA, Janine has b...

125: How to Start a Real Estate Business at 40 Years Young... Thomas McCormack of Resources RE ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Thomas McCormack is Managing Partner and Broker for Resources Real Estate located in Monmouth County, NJ. Having begun as a sales associate in 2002, T...

124: SoapBox Soaps: Growing a Business from a Purpose with David Simnick

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Simnick is the CEO and co-founder of SoapBox Soaps, a company whose mission is empower customers with the ability to change the world through eve...

123: How to Build a Fortune with Garbage (w/ Brian Scudamore of 1-800-Got-Junk) ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Scudamore is the founder and CEO of O2E Brands, the banner company for 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, WOW 1 DAY PAINTING, You Move Me, and Shack Shine. He is ...

122: Brides of Beverly Hills takes on Destination Weddings - Renée Strauss of Wedaways

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Renée Strauss is the founder of Wedaways. Her career spans decades in the luxury bridal industry, from selling wedding gowns in Beverly Hills to plan...

121: Taking Over a Family Business & Leading it to New Heights (Matthew Nix of The Nix Companies)

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Matthew Nix runs a 5th Generation, family owned and operated business... The Nix Companies. Matthew started working at the family business at a very y...

120: The Business of Luxury Estate Sales - Michael Fry of Brown Button

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Fry is the Co-Founder and CEO at Brown Button Estate Sales. He describes himself as a builder of new things and he cares about people in the p...

119: Fixing the Parking Industry through Technology - Juan Rodriguez of FlashParking

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Juan Rodriguez is the CEO & Co-Founder of FlashParking. He directs the planning, management of product development, and overall strategy of the co...

118: How this Sweatproof Undershirt made it on Shark Tank | Billy Thompson of Thompson Tee

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Billy Thompson is the President of Thompson Tee. He is the inventor of the Thompson Tee with Hydro-Shield Sweatproof Technology, a patented undershirt...

117: Reshaping the Education System through Software with Peter Kraft of EvoLabs ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Kraft is the Founder and President of Evolution Labs. Prior to founding Evolution Labs, Kraft was instrumental in forming and re-envisioning two...

116: Why did ‘The Economist‘ feature this South American Real Estate Investor? Find Out with Michael Koh… ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Koh is the Founder and CEO of Koh Inversiones (Koh Investments). Michael has often been called a visionary by locals and foreigners alike for ...

115: Fireworks, Sparklers, & Soda Stores - Oh My! This Entrepreneur Doesn‘t Hold Back... ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Lazarchic is the CEO of Serenity Venture Group. He describes himself as a serial entrepreneur with eyes always open. Mark is the owner of multipl...

114: Take Your Dog 🐶 on a Bike Ride 🚲 with Michael Leon of Bike Tow Leash

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Leon is based out of Orlando, Florida. He is the Founder of BikeTowLeash & LEON Engineering, Inc. where he oversees all aspects including ...

113: Fueling Small Business Growth with CEO John Oechsle of Swiftpage

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

John Oechsle is the President and CEO of Swiftpage. He is a recognized international business leader with a 25 year track record of building highly pr...

112: Reinventing the Trailer Industry - Steve Brenneman of the Aluminum Trailer Company

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Brenneman is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of the Aluminum Trailer Company. At ATC, they pride themselves on manufacturing World Class...

111: Creating Online Courses from South America with Freddy Vega of Platzi (a Y Combinator Co.)

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Freddy Vega is the Cofounder and CEO of Platzi. With over 700,000 students around the world, Platzi is the biggest tech school in Latin America. Platz...

110: How to Spring Some Fire 🔥 into your Company with Jay Wilkinson of Firespring

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jay Wilkinson is CEO of Firespring. The company is a Midwest-based marketing, print and software company providing exceptional creative, unmatched st...

109: Tailgaiting for the 21st Century - Parker Duffey of Tailgate Guys

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Parker Duffey is the President and CEO of Tailgate Guys. Parker began laying the groundwork for his business venture at the age of 23. He joined force...

108: Building a Logistics Company from the Ground Up... Tyler Walton of 5 Logistics

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tyler Walton is the President of 5 Logistics, which provides services for B2B fulfillment, B2C E-commerce fulfillment, packaging, assembly, cross-dock...

107: How to Start an Airline... The All-You-Can-Fly Subscription Model by Wade Eyerly of Surf Airlines ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Wade Eyerly is the Founder and CEO of the Education Insurance Corporation, which aims to insure that a student’s investment in college education pay...

106: Growing Wireless World to 50+ Stores in the Midwest (with Vince Lubben)

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Vince Lubben is the Co-Owner of Wireless World. Vince began working in the wireless sector as a sales executive for CommNet Cellular, when the cell ph...

105: Creating a Platform for Online Courses with Kenny Rueter of Kajabi

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kenny Rueter is the CEO of the World’s First Knowledge Commerce Platform - Kajabi. It's a software-as-a-service platform that lets you create priv...

104: How this Roofer from Canada Successfully Sold his Business (via Eric Gilbert-Williams)

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Gilbert-Williams is the founder and CEO of The Roof Hospital, a residential roofing and exteriors organization. His entrepreneurial path began as...

103: Growth through Mergers & Acquisitions with John Bly of LBA Haynes Strand

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

John Bly is the founding Member of LBA Haynes Strand, PLLC and LBA Haynes Strand Capital Advisors. His entrepreneurial leadership has propelled the CP...

102: Entrepreneur from Israel Quits his 9-5 to Start a... Bean Bag Company? Eyal Levy of Yogibo.

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Eyal Levy was born in one of the suburbs of Tel Aviv and he was raised by a family of entrepreneurs. When he was growing up, he did military service a...

101: Xero Shoes is Running by their Competition... Find out How w/ Shark Tank Contestant: Steven Sashen.

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Steven Sashen is the developer and CEO of Xero Shoes. Steven and his wife, Lena Phoenix, started the "Barefoot... PLUS!" sandal business in late 2009....

100: How to Run a Business with your Ex-Husband... Lacy Starling of Legion Logistics 🚛...

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lacy Starling is the Co-Founder of Legion Logistics.  As the daughter of a truck driver and a part-time librarian, she grew up seeing first-hand how...

099: Custom Doors for IKEA Furniture. How John McDonald built Semihandmade...

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

John McDonald founded Semihandmade in 2011.  The company makes doors that fit Ikea kitchens, bathrooms, closets, and media systems. As a former aspi...

098: The Wheel that Lance Armstrong road to Victory (Anne Hed of HED Cycling)

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Hed is a lifetime resident of Minnesota. Her history as a business owner began back in the 1980’s, when she raced as a professional triathlete....

097: Entrepreneur from Ukraine brings Tech 2⃣ Construction - Sergey Sundukovskiy

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sergey Sundukovskiy is currently the Co-Founder and CTO of Raken, a project software management for the construction industry. Sergey has over 20 year...

096: Pictionary Inventor (Rob Angel) shares his Board Game Journey 🎲... ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Angel was only 26 years old when he and his friends started the ground work for the phenomenally successful board game Pictionary. He was worki...

095: SnapTravel makes traveling a... Snap (with Hussein Fazal) ✈

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hussein Fazal is the CEO & founder of SnapTravel.  The company allows you to find and book the best hotel deals over Facebook Messenger and SMS....

094: Doctor turned Entrepreneur Prescribes some Zzzzs... Wei-Shin Lai of AcousticSheep 💤🐑

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Wei-Shin Lai struggled to get back to sleep after late night patient phone calls as a family doctor. She needed a natural, non-drug solution to sleep....

093: How Bankruptcy taught David Meltzer the Power of Gratitude 🙏

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Meltzer is the CEO of Sports 1 Marketing, one of the world’s leading sports & entertainment marketing agencies, which he co-founded with Ha...

092: Building a Software Company from Belarus - Mikita Mikado of PandaDoc 🐼

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mikita Mikado is an entrepreneur, executive, and former engineer. He is currently the CEO of PandaDoc, a Series-A funded SaaS business in San Francisc...

091: Creating a Multimillion Dollar 🔙 Product with Bing Howenstein of Backjoy

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Bing Howenstein began his career making movies in Los Angeles, where he made feature films for the studios, TV movies for the networks, short films fo...

090: iFart Creator goes Hunting for Bad Crypto (Joel Comm of InfoMedia)

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Joel Comm is an internet pioneer, New York Times best-selling author of 12 books, professional speaker, futurist and influencer. With more than 20 yea...

089: How to Launch a Small Business Book 📕 (Publishing Company) in 9 Weeks... Angela Lauria of Author Incubator ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Angela Lauria helps life coaches and entrepreneurs to write, publish, and promote their books via the Author Incubator. Their authors earn an aver...

088: What the Hell 🔥 is a Water 💧 Entrepreneur? Find out with Trevor Hill of FATHOM Water. ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Trevor Hill is Chairman & CEO of FATHOM Water. Prior to that, he co-founded Algonquin Water Resources of America in 2003, a division of the Algonq...

087: Is the World‘s Strongest Coffee ☕... a Death Wish ☠? The Marketing Journey of Mike Brown. ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Brown saw a need for coffee that was both strong and delicious to serve his groggy morning customers. After creating the perfect blend of beans a...

086: Creating Millionaires 💰 from Pennies ¢ (w/ stock trader Timothy Sykes of Profit.ly)

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Timothy Sykes is a day trader by day & co-founder of Profit.ly by night.  After an elbow injury eliminated his aspirations as a pro tennis playe...

085: How to Grow a Cybersecurity Startup to $20M/year (with Jonathan Cogley of Thycotic)

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Cogley is the Founder of Thycotic & a Startup Mentor (👀 his blog at Good Rain Shade). He grew up in South Africa and began his softw...

084: Hiring Virtual Assistants (& keeping them) with Bryan Miles of Belay Solutions

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Bryan Miles is the CEO & Co-Founder of BELAY Solutions, a company whose mission is to provide solutions that equip their clients with the confiden...

083: How Perseverance kept Alley Coworking in Business (via Jason Saltzman) ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Saltzman is the CEO and Founder of Alley, a post business incubator and shared workspace for entrepreneurs. He also co-founded the tech company,...

082: LiVE EPiSoDE!!! Automating Your Business like Carl Taylor of Automation Agency.

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Carl Taylor is CEO of Automation Agency. He is a highly regarded and engaging speaker who speaks at events across Australia and the United States on t...

081: How Open-Book Finance helped this Print Company Pivot - Rob Dube of ImageOne

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Dube is co-founder of ImageOne & author of donothing: the most rewarding leadership challenge you’ll ever take. He started selling Blow Pops...

080: Growing a Kickball League Nationwide with Johnny LeHane of ClubWAKA

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Johnny LeHane is the Co-Founder of ClubWAKA - Kickball & Social Sports, which has made the Inc 5000 for 3 consecutive years. He is also the managi...

079: Fired by his Family... How did Brad Martineau rebound to Build a Thriving Business?

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brad Martineau is the Cofounder of SixthDivision & PlusThis. Companies that help businesses plan out and thrive on marketing automation via Infus...

078: Should You Franchise? How Snip-its founder Joanna Meiseles grew her brand Nationally.

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Joanna Meiseles saw the need for a hair salon focusing on children and launched Snip-its in Boston, MA in 1995. As Founder and CEO of Snip-its, Ms....

077: Sex Toy Entrepreneur, Reveals his Mr. Sloan... (Brian Sloan of VIECI) ⭐

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Sloan is CEO of Very Intelligent Ecommerce Inc. (aka VIECI). Mr. Sloan quit his job as a lawyer to start a sex toy business that generates ove...

076: This Pastor Preaches Culture. Why Dave Ramsey (& others) Win with William Vanderbloemen.

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

William Vanderbloemen is the President and Founder at The Vanderbloemen Search Group. William has been able to combine over 15 years of ministry exper...