Entrepreneurs United

Brandon Williams (Founder, Afterburner) is a 17 year Veteran of the United States Airforce where he was an F15E Fighter Pilot.  Brandon is now an established Keynote Speaker and Executive Consultant bringing all the concepts he learned in his years of service in the military to businesses and their executives. In today's episode, we explore the program he has developed called "Human Factors Leadership" and explore topics such as: - How to mitigate human error, - What is a Commander's intent, - Decentralized execution, - The power of Debriefs, - Developing informal leaders, and - Who should be creating tactical plans? Hope you enjoy the episode!

Michael Allosso (Speaker, Actor, Director), is a master communications expert who coaches CEO’s and entrepreneurs on their day to day leadership skills.  Michael is a top-rated Vistage International speaker traveling the world bringing his “You on your best day” program to organizations and businesses. Michael is a former drama teacher and former artistic director with numerous theaters in the Boston area. As an actor, Michael Allosso, appeared in the feature film “Pink Panther Two” alongside Steve Martin, and also appeared in many commercials and corporate films.   In this episode, we talk about how leaders can be their best authentic selves by being intentional about their micro-messaging and how structure frees your creativity.

Andre Young (Founder, Evolving Now, LLC), is a speaker and onsite/virtual corporate trainer focused on positivity, personal growth, and relationship growth; allowing men and women, students, employees, and YOU to EVOLVE in all roles and aspects of life and live the life of your dreams!   Work/Life Harmony is more important now than it's ever been and in this episode, Andre shares with us the "The Leader's 7! ".  We learn about the 7 Languages your people need, want, and benefit most from hearing and how you as a leader should understand these languages to excel in your “casual conversations” as well as those “tough conversations” most leaders struggle with!

Manny Padda (Founder, New Avenue Capital), is a Canadian based entrepreneur and investor.  New Avenue Capital, a private family office that is constantly evaluating business ventures and opportunities globally.  Manny is a world-class networker who built a very large and successful executive search company before becoming an investor in people himself.    In this episode, Rich and I talk to Manny about the entrepreneurial journey specifically from an investor standpoint.    - How can entrepreneurs attract investors,   - how entrepreneurs should be master networkers,   - how to think laterally,   - transactional vs real relationships,   - ways entrepreneurs should evaluate possible exit strategies,   - and so much more!

Vinnie Fisher (Founder/CEO, Fully Accountable), is on a mission to help over 10,000 companies double their profit margins. Vinnie is by trade and experience a tax attorney and is now the CEO and founder of Fully Accountable, a full-service accounting firm that specializes in providing fractional CFO's to medium-sized businesses.    Having an analytical CFO, for a fraction of what it would cost you to hire one yourself, can really help CEO’s find their leaky wasteful buckets and find financial opportunities that we all have hidden in our business, we just never have enough time to tackle them.   There are great actionable tips shared with us in this episode that can help you double your companies profits so we encourage you to take some of these ideas into your business today.

Mike “C-Roc” Ciorrocco (CEO of People Building, Inc.) is the powerhouse behind the “What Are You Made Of?” movement. C-Roc is a performance coach, author, dynamic public speaker, visionary, and thought leader. He has been featured by Yahoo! Finance as one of the Top Business Leaders to Follow in 2020 and is on a mission to build people. He is driven to Inspire others and he measures his success on how he is able to help others achieve greatness. C-Roc had a fire lit in him at an early age. That fire has ignited him with a fierce desire to compel people to see the greatness inside themselves using past life events to fuel their fire, inciting him to write his debut book, ROCKET FUEL, which is slated for release in February 2021.   In this episode, Rich and John learn more about how C-Roc is taken his setbacks and turned them into ROCKET FUEL by being Perversely Unyielding about his 10x goals!

2020 is almost over! There is no better time to reflect on the past and plan for our future.   Our co-hosts, John and Rich, met 25 years ago in their first job out of college. Both were sponges for information and looking for direction on how they could accomplish their wildest goals and dreams in life. They took every opportunity to read recommended books, attend inspirational seminars, and as you will hear in this episode... even purchase Tony Robins Personal Power cassette tapes… yes cassette tapes (remember those)... For the last episode of this "beyond ordinary” 2020 year, John and Rich dive deep into the extreme necessity of having a clear and specific life plan.  They talk about how they have each managed these plans over the past 25 years and the different methodologies they are using today to ensure that they are ready to kick some ass in 2021 and beyond!  Happy New Year everybody - let’s make 2021 a great year!!

Dr. Julie Bell (Founder: Mind of a Champion), has a unique and powerful blend of coaching professional athletes and business professionals to perform at their best when it matters most.  With a Ph.D. in sports psychology,  Dr. Julie Bell transfers core principles of sport psychology to the corporate playing field for immediate application with sustainable results.    In this episode, we discuss her company "The Mind of a Champion", her book "Performance Intelligence at work", and the amazing similarities between sports and business professionals.

This week we sit down with a New York Times bestselling author of 16 books and the Founder of Pain-2-Power, Dr. Keith Ablow.     Rich and I were glued to the conversation as we talked about the ability that all humans have to tap into the innate strengths to overcome any situation or obstacle.   Dr. Keith Ablow has worked with hundreds of clients around the world and developed a system that identifies negative thought patterns and limiting beliefs that are subconsciously preventing people from achieving their true goals.   Stay tuned after our conversation with Dr. Ablow as Rich and I breakdown our extensive thoughts and notes from the deep conversation.

Greg Moore (Founder, Sevwins) has been a college baseball coach for over 18 years and recently founded Sevwins, a mobile app technology focused on providing athletes with a growth mindset framework to help them in achieving peak performance by being intentional about their daily habits.   In this episode, we talk about the next generation of leaders; how they learn, think, and should be mentored by coaches, leaders, entrepreneurs, and parents to achieve their full potential.