Just Go Grind

John Lee Dumas is the host of Entrepreneurs on Fire, an award winning podcast where he interviews inspiring Entrepreneurs who are truly ON FIRE. With over 2000 episodes, 1 million+ listens a month, and seven-figures of annual revenue, JLD is just getting started. Show Notes: https://www.justgogrind.com/john-lee-dumas-podcast The Just Go Grind Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/justgogrind/

Khaled Elmasri is the founder of the RISE Event, a fun packed 3 day business conference that brings together hundreds of gym owners, studio founders, and independent trainers to learn and grow with the leading entrepreneurs in their industry. In just 3 days the conference can take you from knowing absolutely nothing about growing a business in the fitness world to understanding the exact marketing strategy, mindset, and business structure to succeed and scale your company. Khaled is also an experienced leader with 11 years of managing fitness and sales. He has a proven record of taking teams to new levels of growth and success and takes a solution focused approach to developing business strategies that increase revenue. He also has strength in building high-performance teams through effective recruitment, training, and development. On this episode, Khaled Elmasri talks about how to put on a conference including the details on how to get speakers, sponsors, venues, and more. The show notes are at: http://www.justgogrind.com/podcast/ 

Justine Reichman is the founder of NextGenChef, a San Francisco based culinary platform that allows Foodpreneurs to sandbox their ideas and connect with advisors who provide expert advice and support, enabling these Foodpreneurs to take their idea from concept to product. NextGenChef specifically targets aspiring chefs & Foodpreneurs who want to create local, affordable and regenerative food businesses. They partner with collaborative kitchens allowing Foodpreneurs to test their ideas and get their business off the ground. The show notes for this episode are found at: https://www.justgogrind.com/justine-reichman-podcast/

Avi Flombaum is a Co-Founder, Dean, and Chief Product Officer at the Flatiron School which provides technical education on coding and programming and was eventually acquired by WeWork to further their mission of enabling the pursuit of a better life through education. Avi has changed thousands of lives by teaching students - with little to no experience - to code and actually launch careers as developers. A self-taught programming prodigy and CTO-by-20, Avi is passionate about helping people learn to love code.  The show notes for this episode and all episodes can be found at: http://www.justgogrind.com/podcast/ Get help launching and growing a business by signing up for the weekly newsletter: http://www.justgogrind.com/newsletter/   

Shiv Gaglani is the co-founder and CEO of Osmosis, a medical and health sciences education technology company aimed at revolutionizing the way clinicians learn and retain information. Osmosis' social learning platform and high-quality content are being used by 800,000 present and future medical practitioners. They also currently have around 1 million YouTube subscribers and a total of 100 million video views. Shiv is also an editor at Medgadget, the co-founder and chairman of Quantified Care, and has an MBA fro Harvard Business School. On this episode, Shiv tells us how he built Osmosis into the success it is today and what the future holds for the company.

Candice Lu is a founding partner at OnPrem Solution Partners and has 20 years of experience in media and entertainment consulting, focused now on surrounding herself with the best talent to do the best work for clients. At OnPrem Candice and her team spend every day innovating and building a next-generation consulting firm. They are passionate about hiring the best people and empowering them to become industry leaders. They pride themselves on leveraging the latest technologies and creating a collaborative organization. On this episode, Candice talks about a process she uses to solve problems, how to get to the core of a problem, the importance of treating their people right, and how they grew the company from 4 to 200 employees.

Taylor Simpson's entrepreneurial spirit emerged when he was just seven years old and launched his first business – an art studio (selling crayon masterpieces for a few dollars). When that didn’t pan out, he moved on, undeterred, to businesses such as a graphic design company and other garage ventures, all before college. Using experience gained from the failure and success of his first 3 technological ventures, Taylor now serves as CEO of The Halo App, a marketplace lending platform that is sure to jar the landscape of lending and transform the way people define being free. He leads with special intentions to help create a company culture that infuses the science of happiness into its business model. Taylor is a graduate of Ball State University’s college of Architecture and Planning. He lives in Indianapolis, Indiana with his wife and business partner, and their new baby girl.

Cody is a Partner at Techstars – the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed – and works as steward of Techstars’ equity investments and venture capital funds for one of the most active early stage venture investors in the world. As of October 2018, Techstars is investing in 460 companies per year and the Techstars portfolio has gone on to raise nearly $6Bn in follow-on capital. Techstars Accelerator programs are the first investor in 5% of all Series A financings in the USA. Cody works at the board level with companies including Two Bit Circus, StatMuse, WELL Health, Tasso, WeBuyGold, and GameWisp. Previously, Cody was Executive Director at Techstars and head of Techstars accelerator investments and operations in North America, which roughly doubled in size to over 20 locations across the region and ~200 investments per year during his tenure. Cody joined Techstars in 2013 to launch and serve as Managing Director for the Disney Accelerator, powered by Techstars, co-investing in 20 startups alongside The Walt Disney Company in 2014 and 2015. Earlier in his career, Cody held roles including Chief Product Officer at StumbleUpon, Vice President of Product Management at Yahoo, and Product Manager at The New York Times, Sprint, and NBC Internet. Cody holds an M.A. in Transnational Communication and Global Media from Goldsmiths College, University of London, and is a Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude graduate of the University of Kansas with a B.A. in History and East Asian Languages and Cultures with emphasis on Mandarin Chinese.

Serah Blackstone-Fredericks, the Founder and CEO of Books in Harmony, works with individuals and small businesses to help them efficiently track their finances. By starting with clear goal setting of what is needed, they can structure a streamlined bookkeeping system and then create an action plan to process a range of items including: Monthly Bookkeeping Accounts Receivable Accounts Payable Courtesy Reminder Calls Financial Reporting Interim and Transitional Bookkeeping Support They strive to create a valued client relationship with the goal of adding value to the businesses of others by saving them time and giving them peace of mind. In this episode we discuss how Serah launched her business, how she's built her team over time, lessons learned in her entrepreneurial journey, and some of the tactics and strategies she's used to grow her business.

As of one of Dallas' most aggressive real estate magnates in the making, Chris D. Bentley has built his reputation upon surpassing client expectations. Having sold millions of dollars’ worth of homes during his 15+ year career, 50% of Chris’s business has consisted of repeat and referral clients and the other 50% from social media exposure. Specializing in the most elite properties in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Chris epitomizes integrity, energy, hard, work, and excellent customer service in every detail of the real estate transaction. He has been featured and recognized by D Magazine as one of the magazine’s Best Realtors in Dallas (2017, 2018) and as one of the most followed Realtors on social media (currently 13th). Chris continues to provide savvy marketing strategies and unparalleled client service to his real estate clients to this day. When Chris isn’t working, he can be spotted at many of the networking and charity events in the area. He’s the creator and organizer of, Plano Socialites, a local business networking Facebook group of over 3,700 members. Trained and inspired by his trusted colleagues, Chris has made a high level commitment to his real estate education. He continually challenges himself to bringing the best knowledge and service to his clients. Focusing on his customers, Chris has built a successful real estate career by providing clients with five star-worthy service that goes far beyond the selling or purchasing of a home.