The Entrepreneur Way

Dr Shirag Shemmassian is the Founder of Shemmassian Academic Consulting and a sought-after expert on medical school admissions, college admissions, and graduate school admissions. For nearly 20 years, he and his team have helped thousands of students get into medical school and top colleges using his systematic and proprietary approach. “get started. And that doesn’t mean you don’t have a business so start a business. But that also means okay business is making 100,000 dollars a year and you know that the next step to get it to 200,000 dollars or 250,000 dollars a year is doing X. Do it, just start. That’s going to be a huge thing… It’s really making sure to document why things are working for you and why things aren’t working for you. To constantly iterate. So a goal is not oh just do it, it will work out but study the patterns”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-lIc

Amanda Rabideau built her career growing businesses using effective marketing, strategy, and sales practices. She has worked with enterprises like Dell & Microsoft. Her passion for helping entrepreneurs led Amanda to start Arch Collective. She now devotes her career to empowering entrepreneurs and business leaders to grow their companies. “Be patient and hustle. Things might not have been overnight and so that’s where the patience comes in but you’ve got to hustle, you have got to keep pushing forward. It’s a balance of the two were you have to keep the hustle going but be patient to and one day it will happen”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-lI2

Bryan Clayton is CEO and cofounder of GreenPal an online marketplace that connects homeowners with Local lawn care professionals. GreenPal has been called the “Uber for lawn care” by Entrepreneur magazine and has over 200,000 active users completing thousands of transactions per day. Before starting GreenPal Bryan Clayton founded Peachtree Inc. one of the largest landscaping companies in the state of Tennessee growing it to over $10 million a year in annual revenue before it was acquired by Lusa holdings in 2013. Bryan‘s interest and expertise are related to entrepreneurialism, small business growth, marketing and bootstrapping businesses from zero revenue to profitability and exit. “Act small but be ambitious. Entrepreneurship is full of these dichotomies and it’s like you have to have this grand vision but you have to be willing to humbly act small… If you are willing to really get in there and do things that don’t scale and hand crank and hustle your way through every level of the game but have this grand ambitious goal and be able to hold those two things in your awareness at the same time. I think it’s a talent that most successful entrepreneurs and business owners have”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-lHV

Christina Lenkowski is a forward-thinking publicity strategist and educator for entrepreneurs, speakers and authors looking to expand their credibility and go from “best-kept secret” to “go-to expert” in their industries through being a guest on other people’s podcasts. “keep going and build a business that you enjoy. That I think is the thing that I see happening is that people get really caught up in the cycle of well this is what makes me money or XYZ. And that’s great we all want money, I understand that. But if you want to be doing this business long-term that needs to be something that works for you, works for your family, and just makes you want to get up and do it – maybe not every day but the majority of days ”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-lHO

Daniel McQuade has successfully founded three companies, the latest being a DTC platform. Described as a 'Thought Leader, Visionary, Innovator and a Misfit,' he has traveled globally lecturing and teaching innovation/entrepreneurship in emerging economies for the Columbia Business School. Recently asked why at his age, why another start-up…'I'm not finished yet!' “Understand that this is a journey that passion alone is not going to get you through. There is peaks and valleys is why did I do this. But you are going to go through those and they are learning. You want to minimise the downside risk absolutely. But just understand this is a journey. There is going to be days you are just going to shake your head and say why did I do this. But there is going to be days when you are going to be so happy. The second thing I would do is seek out expertise. Smart people find smart people. That is the difference between successful people and people who aren’t… Three don’t be in a silo, stick your head out there, ask questions. If you don’t know ask, even if you know or you think you know ask. The fourth thing, don’t risk all of your own money. A lot of entrepreneurs do that… You have got an 85 percent chance of failure here. You can have some of your risk, you have got to have skin in the game, a lot of it but it shouldn’t be all you. The last thing I would say is build something that people want. That’s the key thing you’ve got to do. If you are not doing that you don’t have a business. And don’t fear failure, it should push you forward”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-lHF

Vadim Rogovskiy is a co-founder and CEO of 3DLOOK, serial tech entrepreneur and investor with deep roots in mobile tech and enterprise software. Partner at pre-seed fund WannaBiz, angel investor, advisor and mentor at 500 Startups. Named one of the ‘Forbes 30 Under 30’ in Ukraine. “Just don’t be afraid to try and test your ideas… Always test your ideas on people around you”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-lHy

Elliott Holland has 10+ years of experience executing middle market deals as an entrepreneur. He fully understands the challenges in executing good deals and avoiding lemons. He is a Harvard Business School (HBS) trained, seasoned buy-side deal advisor who spent almost a decade as an independent sponsor & business buyer “Create a future you actually want to live in. I think a lot of people follow previous models of success or put absolute dollar creation as the success metric because the world uses it as that. And they end up creating a future that they hate. But had they looked at the people who are living in that future when they started, they would have known those people hated it. And so why would they think they would like it when most of the people who are in it hate it. So, the advice I would give is think about what is the future you want to be living in? And part of it will be business and part of it will be personal and part of it will be other things that are important to you. And if you are going to build something why not build that?”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-lHq

Alex Williams is the founder and CEO of Holistic Hyperbarics. Having spent her professional life focused on health and wellness, Alex brings a unique combination of medical skills, equity activism, philanthropic values, and exceptional customer service to Holistic Hyperbarics. A Bay Area native, her career began when she launched her first business as a certified at-home healthcare aid, using her specialized training in surgical recovery and Kinesio taping to serve and support a diverse range of clients. Inspired to heighten her expertise and abilities to provide effective patient outcomes, Alex pursued concurrent work as an EMT. Treating under-served patients ignited Alex’s passion and commitment to providing exemplary care in an industry that lacks personalized attention to a patient’s well-being, highlighting Black and Brown bodies at rest. Understanding that time, care, and curated space for people to relax can expedite rehabilitation, Alex prides herself in turning a once-exclusive procedure into an affordable, accessible treatment option for the general public. Paying equal attention to the power of emotional and physical support that facilitates and accelerates healing, Alex offers clients the proven medical benefits of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in a relaxing spa-like setting. “you need to believe in what you are doing and have that belief be beyond anything that you want. You have to be so hungry for what you want that you are willing to not eat for days to focus on this thing. If you are so hellbent on making this business happen and this is what you dream about, this is what you talk about, this is what you make lists about in your phone, do it. Go with your gut and do it and don’t let anyone tell you that it’s not going to work. You need to find that for yourself … So go after it”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-lHj

Jeremy Pollack is a leader in the field of workplace conflict resolution and peacebuilding. He is the Founder of Pollack Peacebuilding Systems, an international conflict resolution consulting firm. Jeremy is a master coach, master trainer, mediator, and author. He coaches and trains executives and employees at a variety of levels and industries, from Fortune 500 companies to major non-profits. Jeremy has mediated conflicts between business partners, co-executives, and coworkers at all levels of organizations, aiming as often as possible to transform relationships and create Win-Win resolutions for all parties involved. Jeremy is a regular contributor on the topics of leadership and organizational conflict management to publications such as Forbes.com, Fast Company, Industry Week, and many more. He is also the author of the recently released book The Conflict Resolution Playbook: Practical Communication Skills for Preventing, Managing, and Resolving, Conflict by Rockridge Press. Jeremy holds a Master's degree in Evolutionary Anthropology from California State University, Fullerton and a Masters degree in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding (NCRP) from California State University, Dominguez Hills. Currently, he is completing dissertation work for his PhD in Psychology at Grand Canyon University. Jeremy is also a research fellow at Stanford University, where he leads research projects in social psychology and conflict resolution. “put care first. I believe that business is all about relationships and if you put care first both with your employees as well as your customers, put care before money, that’s really important… And I don’t mean I need to care for these individuals so I need to keep them in the wrong position but I mean care for all of your employees. If one person is in the wrong position it’s going to affect everyone. So, caring for your workforce as well as for your customer base first and then money comes second”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-lHc

Michael McAlhany serves as Founder and President of UNITS® Franchise Group, Inc., a National Moving and Portable Storage Corporation servicing over 650 cities throughout North America. ranked INC.500 in 2020. A self-made entrepreneur has granted accomplishments and success with launching and operating multiple businesses over the past 30 years. “number one is when you going put it in stone and draw the line. They say draw a line in the sand. There is no backdoor... Number two is be as involved as you can… Exercise humility, lean on others… And then hungry, being hungry for always there is no room for complacency… Then I would indulge in books… In self-help books, motivational books… The question is why. And so, for every new entrepreneur out there that’s the biggest point, the why. And you are not going to get the why without being humble to know how to get there ”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-lH4