Grow A Small Business Podcast

In this episode, I interview Andrey Koslov, Social Media Marketer from eCommerce and Udemy Instructor based in San Diego, United States. Andrey set up his own dropshipping business to help consumers order and get their online items conveniently through Facebook Marketplace. From being a fresh graduate intern of a company, Andrey decided to leave his job and pursue bigger opportunities by growing his own business. Andrey Koslov's drop shipping online business was established in 2020 and has been running for over 2 years with Andrey has said that growing a small business requires continuous learning on the craft that you are doing, so he says, "always try new things to open new doors and new opportunities." This Cast Covers: Focusing on the Drop Shipping model of E-Commerce. Working with Amazon, eBay, Walmart, Expert in selling and advertising products online and efficient shipping of items. Helping buyers how to order and get their items conveniently through Facebook Marketplace. Teaching how to be a smart and responsible entrepreneur. Learning how to save money by doing a commission-based business. Exploring Facebook Marketplace as a sales channel. Learning how to sell marketable products by doing product research. Helping entrepreneurs improve their marketing skills. Additional Resources: Ecommerce Udemy Rich Dad Poor by Robert Kiyosaki _________________________ Quotes: "Always try new things to open new doors and new opportunities." —Andrey Kozlov "If you are problem-focused, then doing a business can be tough when problems arise." —Andrey Koslov "Growing a business can help you learn a lot of skills and become a stronger person." —Andrey Koslov "If you keep doing everything on your own, there would be no opportunity to scale" —Andrey Koslov "Consistency and solution-focused pays off in the long run." —Andrey Koslov _________________________ Music from https://filmmusic.io "Cold Funk" by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com. License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

In this episode, I interview Yulia Vasilyeva, Founder and CEO of Intelocate based in Toronto, Canada. Yulia has set up her own software program operations platform to help multi-location businesses streamline task management, issue resolution, and communications operations. From being a project manager, Yulia decided to leap a faith and pursue her dream of building a business. Intelocate was established in 2015 and has been running for over 7 years. Became the first operations platform that is specifically designed for the complexity of a multi-location business with 13 FTEs. Yulia said that growing a business requires balance and professionalism, so she says, "Keep on engaging but don't forget to draw a line." This Cast Covers: Providing software for retail chains and property managers from managing operations. Managing issues that are happening across the locations, tasks compliance, performance, and communications. Expert in simplifying the overall operations in different issues and different locations. Managing projects with over 19,000 locations. Learning how to make phenomenal growth in business. Teaching people to find solutions through the help of technology. Helping entrepreneurs how to overcome their weaknesses in growing a business. Sharing the importance of creating a culture and promoting excellent employees for the growth of the business. Helping entrepreneurs build an organization that represents their value. Giving practical advice on how to be a professional and effective entrepreneur. Additional Resources: Intelocate Amp It Up by Frank Slootman Outside In by Deborah Underwood ________________________ Quotes: "Success means having a profitable business with very happy employees and happy customers." —Yulia Vasilyeva "Build an organization that represents your values." —Yulia Vasilyeva "If you don't have the right attitude at work, then you can easily give up and walk away." —Yulia Valisyeva "Seek knowledge and you'll move smarter." —Yulia Valisyeva "Be friendly, but don't forget to draw a line." —Yulia Vasilyeva ________________________ Music from https://filmmusic.io "Cold Funk" by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com. License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

In this episode, I interview Paul Shepherd from Paulbshepherd based in Sydney, Australia. Paul set up his own Soul Inspired Transformation Coaching to help entrepreneurs and small businesses to find their purpose and design their personal life based on science and genetics. From being a worker and business owner of different fields and industries, Paul decided to find his real purpose and value by doing the things he's passionate about. Paulbshepherd was established in 2020 and has been running for over 2 years. Became the world's first evidence-based life planning methodology using genetics and quantum physics. Paul has said that growing a small business requires passion and consistency, so he says, "Money wasn't the most important thing, it's always been about legacy and things to be proud of." —Paul Shepherd This Cast Covers: Helping entrepreneurs to find their real purpose and real skill sets. Learning how to maximize your profit, energy and flow in life. Providing business coaching and consulting. Helping entrepreneurs align their skills to what they are passionate about. Empower and inspire others to step up and be their best selves. Focusing on serving at the highest level possible. Helping entrepreneurs increase their self worth by adding more value to their work. Learning the importance of consistency. Teaching entrepreneurs how to be an effective leader and lead by example. Learning how to connect with people who are aligned with your values. Additional Resources: Paulbshepherd The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer ___________________ Quotes: "Money wasn't the most important thing, it's always been about legacy and things to be proud of." —Paul Shepherd "Success is all about having a balanced life and doing what makes you more happy and excited." —Paul Shepherd "Sometimes you need to learn when to say no." —Paul Shepherd"Don't just make money, deliver value as it shows who you are as a person." —Paul Shepherd "We've all got a unique design, we're all designed for something specific, regardless of what your resume and credentials says, you actually have a design." —Paul Shepherd ____________________ Music from https://filmmusic.io "Cold Funk" by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com. License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

In this episode, I interview Chris Michael Harris, Founder, CEO & Host of StartupU TV and Podcast, based in Austin, Texas, United States. Chris set up his business to help entrepreneurs obtain high-quality information and education in growing a business. From working at a regular job, Jay decided to quit his job and pursue bigger opportunities. StartupU was established in 2021 and has been running for over a year. Became a firm aimed at delivering the highest quality information to entrepreneurs across the globe with over 8 FTEs. Chris has said that growing a business requires patience and faith, so he says, "A true success takes a long time to achieve, so you better prepare yourself to handle the rainstorms in your journey until you achieve the fruit of your hard work." This Cast Covers: Helping people and entrepreneurs to bring out their unique talent and abilities to find something they can do and like to do. An online business platform focusing on education and vertical integration. Building tools and resources for entrepreneurs. Help build multimillionaire companies with zero outside funding. Integrating online programs with similar growth trajectories. Serving thousands of students all over the world. Passing 65,000 people in just 6 years of growing a business. Helping entrepreneurs enhance their marketing skills. Teaching entrepreneurs how to get their target people. Helping entrepreneurs to focus on impact areas and making sure to get the resources needed. Additional Resources: StartupU The One Thing by Gary Keller Rocket Fuel by Gino Wickman ________________________ Quotes: "Success is a north node, and faith is our compass." —Chris Michael Harris "If you're not aligned with God's purpose for your life, you're going to create a miserable prison cell for yourself." —Chris Michael Harris "Don't try to be everything to everyone. Be everything to the people you serve." —Chris Michael Harris "Marketing practices are your campfire, you have to understand what's meaningful to your audience." —Chris Michael Harris "Be proactive, and know that it's going to take way longer than you think it's going to cost a lot more than you think." —Chris Michael Harris ________________________ Music from https://filmmusic.io "Cold Funk" by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com. License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

In this episode, I interview Marie-Claire Ross, Trust Leadership Speaker, Coach and Facilitator from Marie-Claire Ross based in Melbourne. Maire-Claire has set up her own trust leadership coaching program to help leaders and organizations to build trust with each other and make wise choices for the business and team. With over 21 years of experience in the business industry and corporate contracts, Marie-Claire decided to leave the business and pursue new opportunities. Trustologie was established in 2020 and has been running for over 2 years. Became a phenomenal public speaker and coach with over 9 FTEs. Marie-Claire said that growing a business requires trusting yourself first to earn other people's trust at the same time. So she says, "Believe in yourself and in your work and learn to love what you are doing so that people will follow your good example." This Cast Covers: Helping with leadership, teams, SMEs, and leaders to build trust. Offers coaching, keynotes, or workshops with teams. Giving support to leaders to help them make wise choices and do things more effectively. Providing a book to help leaders create a thriving environment for their team. Giving tips on how to make people feel safe and connected. Helping entrepreneurs grow their business by writing a blog. Learn how to cultivate autonomy and flexibility. Helping entrepreneurs value the importance of work-life balance. Showing the advantages of hiring people who are aligned with your values. Helping to build a cohesive team. Additional Resources: Marie-Claire Ross Trusted To Thrive by Marie-Claire Ross The Myth by Michael Gerber Quotes: ___________________ "Work more on yourself as a human being to change things that cause chaos." —Marie-Claire Ross "Doing business is in alignment with your purpose." —Marie-Claire Ross "Stop thinking of work as an obligation, and you'll start to love what you are doing." —Marie-Claire Ross "Be good at positive self-talk." —Marie-Claire Ross "Learn to look after yourself to avoid messing up in your work." —Marie-Claire Ross ____________________ Music from https://filmmusic.io "Cold Funk" by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com. License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

In this episode, I interview Jeremy Miller, Chairman and Founder of Health-E Commerce based in New York, United States. From working as an employee, Jeremy has decided to leave his former job to pursue bigger opportunities. Health-E Commerce was established in 2010 and had been running for over 12 years. Serving 60 million consumers with over 100 FTEs. Jeremy has said that growing a business requires building a good relationship with the people you work with within the industry to gain and maintain a good connection with your consumers. So he says, "Be the person that you need to be, meet people and build relationships." This Cast Covers: 12 years in the industry of helping to grow a business. Allowing consumers to use pre-tax benefits such as FSA and HSA. Helping consumers to purchase 1000s and 1000s of eligible health care products. A core site that helps people by educating them on using tools that will help them spend money on qualified expenses. A growing company with over 100 core team members. Teaching entrepreneurs how to grow a business by building connections with other companies and employees. Helping entrepreneurs on how to bring their people. Teaching entrepreneurs how to use the right tools in growing a business. Additional Resources: Health-E Commerce, The Dealmaker's Ten Commandments by Jeff Cohen ___________________ Quotes: "Success is individual and personal, like an art, an attainment type of thing." —Jeremy Miller "You never know what's coming until it actually comes." —Jeremy Miller"Be the person that you need to be, meet people and build relationships." —Jeremy Miller "Learn to understand what's happening to avoid falling apart." —Jeremy Miller "You need to know the place you want to be so that you can jump in the right direction." —Jeremy Miller ___________________ Music from https://filmmusic.io "Cold Funk" by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com. License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

In this episode, Troy had a chat with Levent Yildizgoren, Co-Founder and Managing Director of TTC Wetranslate Ltd., based in London, UK. Levent has set up his own translation company to help businesses, manufacturing businesses, and International design and design businesses connect with their international audience. From having a stable job in a company, Levent decided to leave his job to pursue bigger opportunities and control his own life. TTC wetranslate was established in 1992 and has been running for over 30 years. Became a multi-award-winning translation, and localization company with 11 FTEs. Levent has said that growing a business requires having core values to hire the right people and help your business excel. So he says, "matching to those core values has worked really well."This Cast Covers: Enable businesses, manufacturing businesses, International Design, and Design businesses, to connect with their international audience. Manufacturing companies with over 100 languages. Offers agreements contracts to the target audience. Working with professional translators and freelancers. Learning how to grow your business by hiring more people. A company accredited by ISO 9001 started with 7100 translation quality. Working with colleagues who are purely focusing on project management, etc. Teaching how to grow a business properly by implementing core values in hiring people. Provides 300 videos on how to create a statement and project management things for businessmen and entrepreneurs. Learning how databases can become a great marketing tool for business. Additional Resources: TTC Wetranslate Traction by Wickman Oversubscribed by Daniel Priestley Good Business in any Language ________________________ Quotes: "Success is about providing good service to customers and supporting the development of our colleagues." —Levent Yildizgoren "When there is a niche, it is so much easier to market." —Levent Yildizgoren "Seeing other people's growth and professionalism can give satisfaction to the business owners." —Levent Yildizgoren "Don't let your people sit down and just do what they need. Make them enjoy themselves on what they are doing." —Levent Yildizgoren "Work is part of our life, and what we do defines who we are." —Levent Yildizgoren ________________________ Music from https://filmmusic.io "Cold Funk" by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com. License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

In this episode, I interview Franziska Iseli C0-Founder of Basic Bananas based in Sydney, Australia. Franziska has set up her business to help entrepreneurs enhance their marketing knowledge and strategy from different parts of the world through online platforms. From managing a surfing business, Franziska has decided to explore and pursue new opportunities by creating a marketing mentoring organization. Basic Bananas was established in 2009 and has been running for over 13 years. Became the world's largest marketing mentoring organization with over 18 FTEs. Franziska has said that growing a business requires consistency. So she says, "If you're consistent with how you lead, the team will feel safe and the growth of your business will be smooth." This Cast Covers: Offering a flagship program focusing on the entirety of marketing for both online and offline Helping entrepreneurs to upgrade their marketing knowledge and strategy. Learning how to market your business. Provides a marketing education program. Providing the best marketing mentoring to help business owners succeed. Teaching how to use a Customer Relationship Management system (CRM). Learn how to do cohesive marketing. Teaching how to cope with adjustments and changes in the situation of the company. Learning how to be consistent with your work to avoid complications. Helping how to make your business become a good impact in the community. Additional Resources: The Basic Bananas BasicBananasTV The Culture Matrix Losing My Virginity by Richard Branson ________________________ Quotes: "When you say no to something, something better comes along, you make room for the good stuff to come in." —Franziska Iseli "As long as you can help business owners succeed, you are successful yourself." —Franziska Iseli "Letting go is the hardest and most rewarding thing you could ever do." —Franziska Iseli "Make sure that you live the life you enjoy." —Franziska Iseli "Take the advice that people give generously with a grain of salt." —Franziska Iseli ________________________ Music from https://filmmusic.io "Cold Funk" by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com. License: CC by https://incompetech.com.

In this episode, I interview Mark Ritson, Virtual Marketing Professor and Founder of Mini MBA in Marketing based in Cygnet, near Hobart here in Tasmania. Mark Ritson has set up his own Mini MBA to help entrepreneurs learn more about marketing and brand management conveniently through an online platform. From teaching in Business School and University, Mark decided to apply his knowledge in business and pursue new opportunities through online teaching platforms that are exclusive to marketing. Mini MBA in Marketing was established in 2016 and became a CPD accredited & MBA standard course with over 8 FTEs. Mark has said that growing a business requires a lot of knowledge and consultations from skilled, successful & professional businessmen. So he says, "It's listening to others that balance things out."This Cast Covers: Provide online courses for marketing and brand management. Helping people and entrepreneurs to study business conveniently. Sharing experiences as Professor in a Business School and a worker at a huge International Business Companies. Offering brand consultation for businesses and companies. A company that represents 60 countries in the program. Teaching how to avoid messing up with your work. Providing training with the same kind in school business or MIT. Learning how to apply self-discipline in growing a business. Teaching on how to use and benefit from Net Promoter Score. Giving tools to become the best marketer. Additional Resources: Mini MBA in Marketing The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway ___________________ Quotes: "Maintain discipline and you will stay focused." —Mark Ritson "Seeing your efforts pay off is a great and satisfying pleasure every businessman could have." —Mark Ritson "Having a good relationship with your employees is also an essential way of growing a business." —Mark Ritson "It's listening to others that balance things out."—Mark Ritson "You'll never regret investing in yourself for this will play out the rest of your career." —Mark Ritson ___________________Music from https://filmmusic.io "Cold Funk" by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com. License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

In this episode, I interview Shaahin Cheyene, President at Accelerated Intelligence Inc. & a Leading Amazon Expert based in Venice Beach, USA. Shaahin has set up his own Integrated Media Agency Company to help entrepreneurs create global social media, marketing, and PR strategies. At the tender age of 15, he had already begun to bond and left their home to seek his fame and fortune. Accelerated Intelligence Inc. was established in 2008 and has been running for over 14 years. Became a Leading Brain Supplement Manufacturer in the United States with hundreds of FTEs in 32 offices all over the world. Shaahin said that growing a small business requires determination and smart work. So he says in his book 'Billion: How I became King of the Thrill Pill Cult', "If I had 10 hours to cut down a tree, I'd spend nine and a half sharpening my ax." This Cast Covers: Teaching and empowering people to make money on the Amazon platform. Developing smart pills and brain supplements. Teaching how to sell on Amazon. Using Fulfilled by Amazon exclusively for clients. Sharing ideas on how to become a young millionaire. Teaching people how to start a business from nothing into predictable recurring revenue streams. Offering courses to help entrepreneurs how to grow their businesses. Providing tips on how to handle money properly for business. Teaching how to handle complications in your business. Giving practical advice on how to manage your business despite human imperfection. Additional Sources: Accelerated Intelligence Inc. Billion: How I Became King of the Thrill Pill Cult by Shaahin Cheyene The Art of Impossible by Steven Kotler _________________ Quotes: "Success is freedom. It's being able to do what you want." —Shaahin Cheyene "Life is so much easier when you have money." —Shaahin Cheyene "You need to be the first one to determine yourself." —Shaahin Cheyene "There's only one person in your company that's irreplaceable - you." —Shaahin Cheyene "Let people do what they're good at." —Shaahin Cheyene __________________ ​​Music from https://filmmusic.io "Cold Funk" by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com. License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0