The Entrepreneur Way

Peter Ticktin is the Senior Partner at the South Florida-based firm, The Ticktin Law Group. In the years that followed, Mr. Ticktin was on the cutting edge of law, appearing in Court TV, Inside Edition and many others for his perspective. For this work, the Daily Business Review in South Florida honored Mr. Ticktin with an award of being a “Distinguished Leader” in his profession. “you have got to know where you are going in order to get there… Goals are everything. If you don’t have your goals well established you are not going anywhere. And they have to be real goals and they have to be written down. Business plan is important because the business plan is your way of documenting and making solid those goals. So, my advice is to stop dreaming, stop changing your dreams”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-fdu

Matt Johnson is a marketing agency founder, podcaster, and musician. Matt runs a podcast launch & production agency based in San Diego, an international team that helps business coaches, consultants and thought leaders use done-for-you podcasting to attract an audience, build influence & become MicroFamous. “decide as quickly as possible who the right person is that you want to have in your life especially if you are doing client work. One of the best questions I have asked myself was if a client landed in San Diego, got off a plane and texted me and said hey man I just dropped in let me buy you a drink, come out. Who is the person I would want to get that text from that I would want to say yes to?… The faster you figure out who that right person is the faster you can make all those other decisions that I mentioned. Like what’s the one thing I am going to sell to them? How do I become micro in that space to them? You can’t make any of those decisions or take any action there until you make that very first decision. Who is that person that I want to serve and impact, person that I want to teach, train and lead? Who is that person that I want to hang out with? Make that decision as quickly as possible and then you can get busy doing the other stuff”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-eXY

After spending significant time as both a driver and a passenger of ride-share companies like Uber and Lyft while in the military, Ryan Green saw a problem: drivers didn’t have enough data. A strong drive toward entrepreneurship prompted Green to launch Gridwise in 2016 and address that problem with a crowdsource-powered app that empowers rideshare and delivery drivers to earn up to 39% more per hour. “one, is don’t try to build your vision from day one. I think a lot of people who come into starting a company have the vision and have the passion associated with how they want to grow the company. But everyone wants to jump in and try to build this sleek, perfect mobile app or web app from day one. And what you end up doing is you end up building something from day one that most likely people don’t want”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-eHZ

Paul Smith is one of the world’s leading experts in business storytelling. He’s the bestselling author of several books, including The 10 Stories Great Leaders Tell and Lead with a Story, holds an MBA from the Wharton School, and is a former executive of The Procter & Gamble Company. “test market your ideas… Test market your idea before you quit your job… Test market your idea while you have still got your main job and the income is coming in because you might have to try three or four ideas before you find one that works. And that we you have not thrown your family out on the streets trying to find this brilliant entrepreneurial idea. And establish your success criteria upfront… Pick what are your success criteria for this test market and then if you hit it then you can go and you can feel good about it that you’ve made a wise decision”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-eqx

Sahin Boydas is a serial entrepreneur living in Silicon Valley. Sahin has built and managed 100% remote teams for over a decade now. In the past, he co-founded 3 Startups, he is alumni of 5 accelerators such as Stanford StartX, 500 Startups, FI, Betaworks Vision, Quake Accelerator. He sold his first company to Gfycat in silicon valley. Sahin is currently working on RemoteTeam.com to bring his vision to the future of work. With his 10 years of experience managing remote teams successfully, he is now on the media about the future of work-life and Silicon Valley, sharing his experiences on building a company culture and a successful team. “you have to be good at something first and then you have to learn to learn a lot of things and then you have to see what is missing in what you want to build because you need to have some experience… You need to know the market a little bit. And so now in the market, knowing the need of the people and then trying to build something… And learn how to convince people”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-eaF

Dr. James Richardson is the founder of Premium Growth Solutions, a strategic planning consultancy for early-stage consumer-packaged goods brands, and has helped more than 75 CPG brands. James is the author of Ramping Your Brand: How to Ride the Killer CPG Growth Curve, the #1 Best-seller in Business Consulting on Amazon. “as you launch don’t think like you are NASA. What I mean by that is that the rocket is finished. NASA it is otherwise people are going to die… 99-point nine percent thinking at NASA is prelaunch and I think it’s a really bad way to be as a business entrepreneur… You need to have a vision of what you want to accomplish but who the audience is, what the offerings are what the pricing are all those should be open to change based on what the market is telling”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-dUa

For almost a decade, Annie Passanisi Ruggles has harnessed her Hulk-like disdain for hard-sales, tacky self-promotion, and overly competitive sleazeballs as inspiration to help people find better ways to grow their small businesses. She's guided hundreds of people toward making deeper connections, lasting impressions, and friendlier, more lucrative conversations and transactions. “you are not a non-profit unless you are a non-profit. If you overly sacrifice yourself through ask avoidance, through loocey goocey the boundaries… through over delivering as a negative. I don’t mean over delivering in a way that we all aspire to with customer service. I mean really over delivering and not demanding what you earn, what you deserve, what you are entitled to, what you are worth then you are going to allow other people to slow the rate of your business for their own gain and you will keep yourself small. Do not do that. If you are an entrepreneur you are a business, show up like a business, treat yourself like a business, respect yourself like a business”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-dD4

After a 35-year career in the IT industry, Pat Alva-Kraker was faced with a series of challenges that altered her professional life forever. Pat stepped onto her own journey to elation and along the way inspired other women to own their feminine power, create a successful business and lifestyle. “be clear with what it is that you want out of your business. Have the courage to step in and realise that that business dream of yours and in that will come the confidence that you need to make it all happen”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-dne

Bimal Shah is on a mission to deliver breakthroughs to entrepreneurs by reaching their three-year goal in one year through customized systems of coaching, planning, & accountability that provide Security from Enemies of Prosperity. The CEO of Rajparth Achievers, LLC., is founded on three platforms: Thrive, Transform, and Transcend. “the best advice I can give to entrepreneurs and it depends where they are in their stage of their business. But the one thing that every entrepreneur should be focused on is you have to be different; you can’t be doing the same thing that your competitors do, you have to be unique and you have to become the only one. Every day you should strive how can I be the only one in the business that I’m doing? How can I become the only one? Whichever way it is you should be striving for that; you should be asking that question to yourself every single day”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-d7s

Carolyn Colleen is the founder of the FIERCE Network, an online program that helps women create life strategies that enables them to have the life they dream of—without sacrificing their families, careers, or lifestyles. Author of F.I.E.R.C.E.: Transform Your Life in the Face of Adversity, 5 Minutes at a Time! “try it and test the concept and see what lands”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-cRS