365 Driven

Chad Felderhoff and his brother Mitch are co-owners of Muenster Milling Company, a premium pet food manufacturer located in Muenster, Texas. Chad is a 4th generation owner of this family business, which was started in 1932. Throughout the decades this business has evolved from a flour mill to freeze dried meats, and from localized business focus into a global digital retailer. Not all family businesses are inherited, as you'll hear. In this episode we discuss the challenges of buying a family business.

Akemi Sue Fisher is known as "The Amazon Queen" because she has generated over $2 Billion in sales through Amazon. Her story didn't start with this hero result, however. She was a struggling single mom who hated her career, so she looked to selling things online to earn extra money. She discovered Amazon and simply put in the work to figure it out. While you are shopping Black Friday deals, Akemi is earning Black Friday millions.

Marley Jaxx is a highly sought-after expert at building content and video marketing strategies. She helps people create strategically omnipresent video content that ranks on YouTube, Google, and social media platforms. Marley has worked with top-dogs like Daymond John, Cristy Code Red, Alex Charfen, Rachel Pedersen, and has shared stages with Gary Vaynerchuck and Seth Godin. She was also a featured speaker at Funnel Hacking Live in 2020. Her company, Jaxx Productions, is waging war against short-term influencers and creating an army of visionary leaders who refuse mediocre, mundane, and average video strategy.

Mike Malatesta is a successful entrepreneur that founded, scaled, and sold one of the largest environmental services companies in America. He's developed a mindset that is built on designing a life that is driven by Options, rather than Obligations. His goal is to create new opportunities, relationships and success stories as a result of doing the things he most wants to do while avoiding the things he does not want to do. The Options he's now focused on include Health, Family, new business ventures like ERC Midwest, LLC, the How'd it Happen Podcast, the completion of his first book. Mike also enjoys investing in startup companies and other interesting opportunities.

Steve Sims is the Best-Selling Author of "BLUEFISHING - The Art of Making Things Happen", a sought-after coach and a speaker who has given presentations at The Pentagon, and Harvard University. Quoted as "The Real Life Wizard of Oz" by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine, he's worked with Sir Elton John and Elon Musk, he's sent clients down to see the wreck of the Titanic on the sea bed, and closed museums in Florence for a private dinner party and then had Andre Bocelli serenade them while they eat their pasta. Do you have a big dream experience? Steve makes it happen.

"Nikki B" Bondura is a Correspondent for the Golf Channel and Founder of Nikki B Academy, a mentorship and coaching program for young female golfers. Nikki played on the women's golf team at Sacramento State, where she discovered her desire to work on camera in the golf industry. After not receiving any opportunities to work in media or the golf industry, she created a blog upon graduation called Nikki B Golf to review golf products, courses, tournaments, and more. After 3 years, she landed her dream role of working for the Golf Channel.

Jake Kelfer is the bestselling author of Elevate Beyond and Elevate Your Network, a high-energy motivational speaker, and the founder of the Professional Basketball Combine which helps NBA draft prospects turn their dreams of playing pro basketball into their reality. He also coaches ambitious entrepreneurs to create incredibly impactful and profitable businesses. Jake and his work have been featured on Forbes, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, and many other major media outlets.

Martyn Cook is a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded a software company, built multiple 7-figure Ecommerce brands, and co-founded a high-level digital entrepreneur mastermind that hosts luxury meet-ups around the world. He has spoken from stages around the world and still somehow found the time to self-publish two books. Martyn's latest project, Noobru.com , a cognition drink, is on a mission to fortify 1 Billion meals by 2025, helping to tackle the 2 billion person, worldwide malnutrition problem Martyn absolutely loves connecting with interesting entrepreneurs and he regular does that via his Smarter Destiny Podcast.

Lauren Johnson holds the position of Mental Conditioning Coordinator for the New York Yankees, where she is responsible for aiding in the development of athletes and staff through education, application, and support. From the playing field to the boardroom, Lauren Johnson helps elite performers develop mental toughness so they can be their best, regardless of circumstance. She is an athlete-turned-mental conditioning coach, who trains professional athletes, military personnel and business professionals.

Justin Breen is CEO of the PR firm BrEpic Communications and author of the No. 1 International Best-Selling Book, Epic Business. Justin is hard-wired to seek out and create viral, thought-provoking stories that the media craves. And he finds the best stories when he networks with visionary entrepreneurs and executives who understand the value of investing in themselves and their businesses. Justin believes strongly in the power of introductions and creates important relationships through those introductions. He is an extremely active member of Entrepreneurs' Organization, Strategic Coach, Secret Knock and ProVisors, and he has an incredible global network of visionaries and exceptional businesses.