The Entrepreneur Way

John Vuong is the owner and founder of Local SEO Search. He helps small and medium-sized businesses rank on Google and dominate their local market. John puts a strong emphasis on relationships and treats his client’s like family, wanting to not only help them rank but to help their business grow and succeed. “don’t give up. I know there is a very high failure rate in terms of people that give it X amount of time - six months, three months, one year, two years… There’s things that you have to in terms of the benchmark look back at how do people survive if they didn’t have what you have in terms of the ability to make it successful. So benchmark yourself. Because if you understand what differences you have in terms of an entrepreneur skill set you are way more valuable than someone that’s an employee because your mindset is completely different. So don’t give up because there are resources, there are people, there is free tools out there, there is great people that that even can provide great valuable insight that is willing to help you because the most successful people out there in the world are the most helpful and the friendliest people out there if you reach out and you ask questions ”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7zN

Hayden Crabtree is a commercial value add real estate investor, self storage expert, and author of best selling 'Skip The Flip: Secrets the 1% Know About Real Estate Investing' “separate yourself from the pack. When other people are listening to music you should be listening to podcasts or audiobooks… Go above and beyond don’t just become a passive networker in terms of listening to content and meeting people. It’s called net work and it requires work to do so if you want to become a successful entrepreneur… you need to start building out that network of other people. And I would tell you go and meet as many people, local business owners, by then coffee, take them to lunch and start building relationships with other entrepreneurs”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7zJ

Robert Angel is a speaker, author, and entrepreneur. His forthcoming book is Game Changer: The Story of Pictionary and How I Turned a Simple Idea into the Bestselling Board Game in the World (June 2020). In 1985, using a few simple tools, a Webster's paperback dictionary, a No.2 pencil, and a yellow legal pad, he created the phenomenally successful and iconic board game Pictionary®. Putting together the first 1000 games by hand in his tiny apartment, Angel mastered all the needed business skills including sales, marketing and distribution before selling the game to Mattel in 2001. Today, he makes his home in Seattle where he is involved in philanthropy and mentors young entrepreneurs. “you kind of act like a spider because what he does is… You’ve got this web and you look at it you see it go oh my gosh it’s amazing, it’s beautiful and he doesn’t plan that spiderweb, he doesn’t know where is going to put it, he just kind of stands there, jumps, total intuition somewhere else. And he goes okay here I am now I go back and start making my web and get the points down… Just jump, wherever you land then you go different direction and you just keep going until you get that web built”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7zF

Professor John Rizvi is a Board Certified Patent Attorney, Adjunct Professor of law, and recognized speaker in the field of intellectual property. He has over 25 years of experience in patent and trademark law and is one of the first group of attorneys ever to be Board Certified as an expert in this field. He is a recognized TED Talker with 2 of his talks featured last year in Inventor’s Digest in a listing of the “top 10 TED Talks for Inventors” and is the best-selling author of "Escaping the Gray" and "Think and Grow Rich for Inventors". “become comfortable with being uncomfortable. I would have a slight spin on that because I don’t think it’s really good to be uncomfortable but what I would say is become comfortable with uncertainty. And that’s been something that held me back for years. Like if you have uncertainty you feel as if something is wrong but I think as an entrepreneur just reaching a level in your thinking where you have uncertainty about steps or actions but that is just par for the course, that’s just how things are going to be.”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7zA

Rayne Guest is founder and CEO of R-Water, whose patented computerized device is helping fight COVID-19. Installed in facilities like hospitals and nursing homes, R-Water uses only pure salt, softened water, electricity to produce a nontoxic healthcare-grade disinfectant that kills pathogens lightning fast, and a nontoxic all-purpose cleaner and degreaser. “unless you are starting a business that keeps you up at night thinking about it don’t do it. Wait until you really have a passionate cause that you can go after that you can use your entrepreneurialism for. And as you go into business really keep your karma in check. There is going to be multiple times throughout a business where you have a choice to make and the most cost-effective choice may not be the most karmically correct choice. I say even if it costs your bank account little bit more go with the proper choice”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7zv

Robert Wright is the founder of Wright Law Office, PLLC - a boutique virtual law practice that helps e-commerce sellers across the globe protect and scale their online businesses. Since launching his practice, Robert has advised thousands of e-commerce sellers on how to protect their personal assets, bulletproof their brands, weaponize their works and safeguard their sales online. “Figure out your why. Really ask yourself why do you want to start this journey? What are you looking to accomplish? If it’s to make money there might be easier ways to do it. You are going to inevitably find yourself in a spot where the journey is difficult. And understanding that why in that moment is going to help you get past that spot”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7zr

Dr Dennis Jaffe, a member of Wise Counsel Research, is a San Francisco-based advisor to families about family business, governance, wealth and philanthropy. He is author of Borrowed from Your Grandchildren: The Evolution of 100-Year Family Enterprises; Cross Cultures: How Global Families Negotiate Change Across Generations; Stewardship in your Family Enterprise: Developing Responsible Family Leadership Across Generations, and Working With the Ones You Love. His global insights have led to teaching or consulting engagements in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America. The Family Firm Institute awarded him the 2017 International Award for service, and in 2005 he received the Beckhard Award for service to the field. In 2020 he was awarded a special commendation as an individual thought leader in the field of wealth management by the Family Wealth Report. He has a BA degree in Philosophy, MA in Management, and Ph.D. in sociology, all from Yale University, and professor emeritus of organizational systems and psychology at Saybrook University in San Francisco. “be thoughtful, to seek out other people. We have not talked about how entrepreneurship is not an individual behaviour it’s a way of building a culture and building a community. And I think that entrepreneurs have to build a community of people rather than think it’s my idea and I am going to do it on my own and that the other people are just going to come in and help me do my idea. Those that are community builders, those that build a team, those that bring in other people those are the people that are successful”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7zk

Dr. Allen Lycka has been acknowledged as one of the leading cosmetic dermatologists in the world for three decades. A pioneer in cosmetic surgery, he helped to develop laser assisted tumescent liposuction - an advanced body sculpture technique, and Moh’s Micrographic Surgery, an advanced means of removing skin cancer with 99% success. He has lived and practiced in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada since 1989. He’s written 17 books, 30+ academic papers and hosted the number one internet radio show in the world - Inside Cosmetic Surgery Today. He is a co-founder of Doctors for the Practice of Safe and Ethical Aesthetic Medicine and founder of The Canadian Skin Cancer Association. He has won the prestigious Consumers Choice Award For Cosmetic Surgery for 16 consecutive years. “it’s not what happens to you it’s what you do with what happens. That is a very fundamental thing that I think everybody must realise. It’s a very fundamental tenant that people really must take to heart. Remember that over and over again. If something goes wrong remember maybe it’s teaching you a lesson, maybe you could learn from that lesson and be better off. I would not want to go through my diagnosis of ALS again but look where it’s taken me, look at the journey it’s taken me on. You know it taught me a lot of lessons and I think that’s the important thing. It’s not what happens to you it’s what you do with what happens”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7zf

Beth Armknecht Miller is an accomplished author, speaker, and solution provider; her insight and expertise make her a sought-after leadership influencer. A serial entrepreneur and executive coach as well as a former Vistage Chair of 13 years, Beth is featured in numerous industry blogs and publications including Entrepreneur, Leadercast, and TalentCulture.com. Her book, “Are You Talent Obsessed?,” compiles her best practices for business leaders. “quickly learn from your failures, adjust and move on”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7zb

Nick Wolny is a writer and messaging strategist helping entrepreneurs write content faster than ever before. He’s given over 40 live TV interviews commenting on marketing and technology, writes articles for Entrepreneur, Business Insider, and Social Media Examiner, and has been featured with Reader’s Digest, Mens’ Health, VICE, the Houston Chronicle, and USA Today. “launch often then keep tuning into your core audience… Get on the phone with people in your audience. If you have got a new subscriber ask them if they will get on the phone with you for 10 or 15 minutes and you could just ask them some questions about what they are working on and you will discover that that market research process goes so much faster. And you are also going to discover that there are always cool new products, programs and services to create using your existing expertise and your existing knowledge that are going to help you grow your business in the long run”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7z7