Gym Business - Business for Unicorns Podcast

Scott Royal Smith is a real estate investor and asset protection attorney in Austin, TX.  Scott became an entrepreneur while still in law school, purchasing and running an auto mechanic shop, to pay his way through school.  After graduating, Scott begin his law career as a high-stakes corporate litigator. He spent the last 8 years of his career analyzing real estate investment and asset protection. Today,  Scott is the Founder and CEO of Royal Legal Solutions. A firm he built to offer tax, business and legal strategies to clients all over the U.S and Canada. He continues to educate the public on asset protection strategies to help circumvent debilitating lawsuits for his clients.   In this episode, Michael and Scott discuss: How to Properly Build a Business that Protects You from the Ground Up Insurances: Great Tips for what Insurance WILL and WON’T Protect How to Think Creatively to Save Money During Tax Season   Mentioned in this Episode: Royal Legal Solutions Microbiome Diet Real Estate Nerds Podcast

Emily Fletcher is the founder of Ziva, the creator of The Ziva Technique and regarded as a leading expert in meditation for high performance. Her debut book, Stress Less, Accomplish More was just published by HarperCollins on Feb, 2019. Emily describes...The Ziva Technique is a powerful trifecta of mindfulness, meditation and manifesting designed to unlock your full potential. It’s benefits include decreased stress, deeper sleep, improved immune function, increased productivity and extraordinary performance.The New York Times, The Today Show, Vogue and ABC News have all featured Emily’s work. She’s been named one of the top 100 women in wellness to watch, has taught more than 15,000 students around the world and has spoken on meditation for performance at Google, Harvard Business School, Viacom, & Wanderlust. Ziva graduates include Oscar, Grammy, Tony & Emmy award winners, NBA players, Navy SEALs, Fortune 500 CEOs, busy parents and social entrepreneurs.   Main Topics: Oversaturation and Misinformation about Meditation Ziva Meditation and her Approach Her Work as a Business Owner Creating Online Courses and Content How to Balance Working in and on Your Business   Mentioned in this Episode: Emily’s new Book: Stress Less Accomplish More Ziva Meditation David Asprey’s Headstrong B-School    

David Bach is one of the most trusted financial experts and bestselling financial authors of our time. He has written nine consecutive New York Times bestsellers with over seven million copies in print, including two #1 New York Times bestsellers, The Automatic Millionaire and Start Late Finish Rich. In addition to his books, David has impacted millions of people over the past two decades through his seminars, speeches, newsletters, and thousands of media appearances. He is also the cofounder of AE Wealth Management, regarded as one of America’s fastest-growing financial planning firms, and the founder of FinishRich Media, a website dedicated to revolutionizing the way people learn about money. Learn more at https://davidbach.com Main Topics: Paying Yourself First Managing Money in a way that Reflects Personal Values Lessons Learned from Grandma Rose Bach Importance of Cash Flow Developing a Company Based on a Strong Personal Brand Clear, Easy, Accessible Takeaways for Managing your Money Mentioned in this Episode: The Latte Factor Automatic Millionaire Smart Women Finish Rich Smart Couples Finish Rich Paolo Coehlo’s The Alchemist Simon Sinek’s Start with Why David Lynch Foundation

Nathan Hirsch is a serial entrepreneur and expert in remote hiring and eCommerce. He started his first eCommerce business out of his college dorm room and has sold over $30 million online. He is now the co-founder and CEO of FreeeUp.com, a marketplace that connects businesses with pre-vetted freelancers in eCommerce, digital marketing, and much more. He regularly appears on leading podcasts, such as Entrepreneur on Fire, and speaks at live events about online hiring tactics. Main Topics: Hiring Online Managing Remote Workers Bootstrapping & Problem Solving Mentioned This Episode: Freeeup Start Hiring On Freeeup HERE (Referral Link For A $25 Credit) Start With Why - Simon Sinek Schedule A Call With Nathan HERE

Marisa has advised many venerable brands, including Goldman Sachs, Omnicom, Morgan Stanley and NYSE Euronext. She led NYSE Euronext through a dramatic brand transformation, retooling their listings franchise to become #1 in attracting technology IPOs. Through those interactions with both Fortune 500 companies and pre-IPO startups, she identified a market need to advise growing companies on a host of marketing issues, inspiring her to found RG Marketing in 2014. She is a frequent guest lecturer at NYU Stern and teacher at General Assembly for Digital Enterprise. Main Topics: The Kitchen Table Of Business Owning A Business vs. Working For A Corporation Branding in a Human To Human Economy Mentioned This Episode: The Ricciardi Group Uberflip The Runner's Guide To The Meaning Of Life - Amby Burfoot Give And Take - Adam Grant Follow The Ricciardi Group on Twitter Follow Marisa on Twitter The Ricciardi Group Newsletter & Blog

Martin is Founder and CEO of Americord Registry, a company that preserves umbilical cord blood stem cells on behalf of expectant mothers. They ranked for the past three years as one of the fastest growing private companies in the United States. Before founding Americord, Martin was an investment banker in Healthcare and Healthcare Technology at BMO Capital Markets. Martin worked in investment banking at Wells Fargo Securities, and also at American Capital (Private Equity) and NewMarket (Venture Capital). He did work in the healthcare sector as well for Biomet, now Zimmer Biomet. Martin received an MBA from American University and graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in Biology. Main Topics: Building A Purpose Driven Organization Differentiation & Scaling Becoming A Learning Machine

Dave Gerber, President and Founder of Synergy Development and Training, LLC is a change catalyst, motivating people to become the best version of themselves. Dave inspires his audiences to transform the way they engage with the world around them, build stronger relationships and organizations. His dynamic, humorous style and remarkable depth and breadth of content has earned him the reputation of “best speaker ever” by many of his audiences. His talent for simplifying complex ideas into elegant solutions, is a gift that leaves participants with actionable learning that they can implement immediately as he helps us “Prepare for Robots!” A passionate “teacher, healer, warrior and poet”…Dave Gerber is more than a dynamic speaker.  He is also an Executive and Leadership Coach, Learning Expert, Trainer and Author. Dave has presented to more than 10,000 executives, managers and individuals from across the U.S. Some of his audiences include: SAIC, NASA, Dominion Power, Novo Nordisk, Military & Intelligence Community, Medical & Dental Community, Martial Arts Community, ManTech International, NTCA, EPA, ATPCO, National League of Cities, Project Management Institute and PA House of Representatives.   In addition to his organizational leadership and conflict management experience, Dave is a certified, Instructor-Level Black Belt in Krav Maga (self-defense), and has completed his Advanced Certification training in the art of Reiki, Japanese Energy Healing. Main Topics: Conflict Management Leadership Preparing For Robots Mentioned in this Episode: Synergy Development & Training, LLC The Celestine Prophecy - James Redfield Follow Dave on LinkedIn Learn more about Dave HERE & HERE Preparing For Robots Voice America Business Channel

Jill Coleman launched her personal brand at JillFit.com in 2010,and was a co-founder of Metabolic Effect, Inc.. Her 16-year journey in the health and fitness industry began when she got her very first job at a gym just for the free membership at age 15! Since then, it has been a whirlwind of education in exercise science and nutrition, fitness competitions, landing several national covers for fitness modeling and plenty of business growth. Her work has been featured in SELF magazine, Family Circle, SHAPE, Women’s Health magazine, Prevention magazine and many online news outlets like Yahoo Health, LiveStrong.com and AOL’s That’s Fit. Jill’s passion lies in coaching in the areas of mindset, body and business, which she does via her flagship program, The Best Of You (BOY) Coaching Club mentorship, as well as a few signature online programs, like the Mindset Makeover, the Food Obsession Boot Camp and her 52-week exercise program, the Total Training Experience (TTE).   Main Topics: Overcoming Perfectionism Building Client Trust & Creating Compelling Marketing How To Take More Action Mentioned in this Episode: JillFit Jill’s Business Mastermind for Health Pros Jill’s Best of You Coaching Mentorship Nikki Elledge Brown’s A Course About Copy Ramit Sethi’s How To Be A Successful Copywriter & Courses The Power of Full Engagement - Jim Loehr & Tony Schwartz Loving What Is - Byron Katie Follow Jill on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube

Flaviu Simihaian is a Romanian entrepreneur, angel investor, and life hacker with a passion for fixing the healthcare system. He is the co-founder of Troy Medicare, who are building the first transparent, pharmacy-friendly Medicare Advantage plan. He also co-founded Amplicare (previously iMedicare), a Software-as-a-Service platform that 6,000 pharmacies use to grow their business and save time.   Main Topics: Breaking The Rules Diagnosing Employee Morale Humor In The Workplace Mentioned in this Episode: Troy Medicare Amplicare Rich Dad Poor Dad - Robert T. Kiyosaki Traction - Gino Wickman EOS InboxZero Asana & Trello Onenote & Evernote Sleep Cycle The Reboot Podcast Flaviu on LinkedIn Flaviu on Twitter Flaviusim Blog

Miki Agrawal was named 2018 Fast Company’s “Most Creative People”.  2017 “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum, “Social Entrepreneur of the Year” by the World Technology Summit, and was one of INC Magazine’s “Most Impressive Women Entrepreneurs of 2016.” She is the co-founder of THINX, a high-tech, period-proof underwear brand and led the company as CEO to a valuation of over $150 Million and to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2017, all while helping tens of millions of women period better. She most recently founded TUSHY, a company that is revolutionizing the American toilet category with a modern, affordable, designer bidet attachment that both upgrades human health & hygiene as well as the environment from wasteful toilet paper consumption. She and her team are also helping fight the global sanitation crisis by bringing clean latrines to under-served communities in India through their partnership with Samagra. SNL just covered TUSHY after its subway campaign was banned. You can find the clip HERE. She is also the founder of the acclaimed farm-to-table, alternative pizza concept called WILD with 3 locations in New York City, one in Guatemala and more on the way. Harper Collins published her first book entitled DO COOL SH*T on entrepreneurship and lifestyle design and Hay House is publishing her second book DISRUPT-HER available now! She created a short film illustrating themes from the book which you can watch HERE. Main Topics: Disrupt-Her Trend Forecasting Breaking Taboos Mentioned in this Episode: WILD (www.eatdrinkwild.com) THINX (www.shethinx.com) TUSHY (hellotushy.com) Disrupt-Her - Miki Agrawal Do Cool Sh*t - Miki Agrawal Shoe Dog - Phil Knight Losing My Virginity - Richard Branson Miki Agrawal (https://www.mikiagrawal.com)