Entrepreneurs United

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.

Jared Antista (CEO/Founder, IOI Ventures) has been deeply embedded in the Digital Marketing industry for over 20 years with a specific focus on converting marketing dollars into a measurable return on investment & results.  IOI ("Integrity Over Income") Ventures was founded with a specific purpose to work with small-medium sized businesses and provided them with a world-class team of experts to complement their existing sales and marketing infrastructure.   In this episode, Jared provides entrepreneurs with actionable tips on what they need to start doing to make sure they are not wasting money $$$$$$ on the ever-changing and incredibly dynamic landscape of digital marketing.

Dave Dupont (CEO/Founder, Team Snap) left corporate America to embark on his passion to solve a simple problem. "How can sports organizations provide tools to coaches, parents, and athletes to streamline constant communications?" Team Snap has since been an innovator in how sports organizations use mobile technology to manage their business and communications.   In this episode, we talk about how Dave built a Team Snap community of over 1,000,000 teams, and 24,000,000 users, in over 130 countries with a strong cultured fully remote global staff.

Alessio Artuffo (Chief Revenue Officer, Docebo) moved to the USA from Italy at the age of 20 and has been on the cutting edge of digital learning systems for his entire 20-year career.  Over the last 9 years, he has contributed to Docebo’s growth from a relatively small company to being publicly traded and named the Best LMS Software company by Digital.com.     In this episode, he describes everything from the importance of organizational culture, staying in your lane, and how he personally invests in himself as a leader/entrepreneur.

Jeff Wall (President/CEO, Handyman Connection), spent the first 23 years of his career as an executive leader within First Service Brands working with thousands of entrepreneurs running franchise businesses.  In 2010, Jeff purchased Handyman Connection (HandymanConnection.com), a national home improvement franchise company.    In addition to having a tremendous amount of experience with entrepreneurs, Jeff was also John and Rich's first boss.  As we all know, the impact your first boss has is long-lasting.  In this episode, we revisit many of those deep learnings that help mold our business skills.

Ruth Lund (President, LEGACY Center), has been impacting lives and developing leaders by working closely with Executive teams on values-based cultural alignment within their organizations.  Ruth is also a certified practitioner with the Barrett Values Centre, Giving Voice to Values (GVV), and ATD’s Internal Coaching Program.   In this episode, we talk about the differences between Entrepreneurs that intentionally invest in the cultures of their companies and those that don't, and the amazing things that a leader can accomplish with their teams when they display a strong level of humility and integrity.

Jim Ryerson (Founder and CAO at Sales Octane, Inc.):  If you want to accelerate your sales team's performance (don't we all?) you should listen to this episode right away.  Jim is the best selling author of 4 books and well sought after sales trainer/keynote speaker.     In this episode, Jim shares his personal entrepreneurial journey with us along with a deep discussion on how companies can accelerate their sales performance.  We discuss how mobile technology is being used to train sales reps along with many other tips and tricks that entrepreneurs should focus on if they want their sales teams to perform at high levels.

Jeff Levitan (Exec. Chairman, World Financial Group): John and Rich worked alongside Jeff Levitan over 20 years ago when they were a few years removed from college.  The mentorship and impression that Jeff left on John and Rich molded many of their business and life philosophies.    Jeff is an Executive Chairman with the World Financial Group (a Transamerica Company) where he oversees 700 locations, and 13,000 registered agents across North America.  In addition to his business and being an author of 3 books, Jeff found a deeper purpose in life and started a charitable organization (AllForOne.org) that has provided resources to underprivileged children in over 19 countries to date.   In this episode, we talk to Jeff about entrepreneurial leadership traits (Character, Fortitude, Vision, and Priorities) and what it takes to build a massive organization and live a life of fulfillment!