The Entrepreneur Way

Carlos Hidalgo is a 25-year business veteran. Hidalgo has held corporate roles, started his own entrepreneurial ventures and served in non-profits. Hidalgo co-founded his first company in 2005 leading it to two consecutive Inc. 5000 Awards before departing and launching two other companies. “work hard at your business, give everything you’ve got in the timeframe you are going to a lot but don’t tie your identity and worth to success or failure of your business. Because it’s a rollercoaster that you don’t want to get on, it’s not a reflection of your true self”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7u9

Dr. Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist and bestselling author of Willpower Doesn't Work. His blog is read by millions of people monthly and featured on Forbes, Fortune, CNBC, Cheddar, Big Think, and many others. He is a regular contributor to Inc. and Psychology Today and one of the most popular writers on Medium. He speaks and trains at a wide range of events. He is also currently training for his first Ironman. He and his wife Lauren adopted three children through the foster system in February 2018 and, one month later, Lauren became pregnant with twins, who were born in December of 2018. They live in Orlando. “really take the time to clarify your future self, who you genuinely plan to Be… People on their deathbed say they lacked the courage to be who they really wanted to be and instead they lived up to the expectations they thought other people had of them. Even if you are a successful entrepreneur it can be easy to get caught up into the persona or to the status that you’ve lived.. It takes giving yourself space and reflection to genuinely say is this what I really want? Even though this is great or this has been successful, is this what I truly want? I think giving yourself the honesty to clarify who you plan to be that allows you to clarify who you currently are. Because if you don’t know who you plan to be you can’t have any sense of who you are today. And then begin to tell everyone about that self, about the pivot that you’re making just the future you are striving to create, the person you are striving to become  ”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7u5

As Co-Founder and Chief Legal Officer of My Green Network (MyGN), James Shih plays a key role in developing the company’s direction and ensuring that every aspect of the business serves the needs of creative cannabis entrepreneurs. An experienced attorney specializing in investment, compliance, and business law, Shih has advised high-net-worth individuals, private equity firms, developers, and executives in investments valuing over $1 Billion. He has also served as a trusted legal expert for Fortune 500 and global companies, including OLAM, One World Properties, and Extell Capital Group. As a cannabis specialist, Shih has proudly helped countless start-ups understand how to run the business successfully from start to finish, assisting with licensing, acquisition, operations, and more. Sharing in the frustration of entrepreneurial clients and friends enduring the tedious, months-long process of taking a cannabis start-up from idea to successful enterprise, Shih co-founded MyGN as a visionary solution to make the process easier and open to everyone - not just the elite 1% who could afford it. “to create your own luck. Every successful person that I have spoken to a tribute a lot of their success to luck. But luck is such an intangible concept and it really isn’t explained well I think in many ways… You can create your own luck by creating the environment that allows that luck to come forth. So you create that environment by talking to people, by changing the people that you want around you, by going to events, by building relationships, surrounding yourselves, being in the environments that you can actually have the opportunity for these lucky things to come by“…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7u1

Samuel Gong is Ceo and Founder of Real Graphene USA Ever since Samuel Gong was born in Torrance, LA, engineering has always been a passion. His first patent in wireless energy transmission was filed on 2010 and later founded a successful business. Samuel then began researching graphene during his studies in UC Berkeley and later used his knowledge to optimize the applications and production of graphene. After several years of success, he founded Real Graphene bringing future battery technology to the present. Company Bio Real Graphene USA was founded by two UC Berkeley graduates who realized the amazing potentials of graphene during lab research. Our goal is to integrate graphene into affordable every day technology. Real Graphene guarantees that all our products use high quality real graphene in its true 2D form in film or nano-platelets. Most knock offs that claim to use "graphene" in fact use graphite (the 3D cousin of graphene) in their products which do NOT have the same capabilities as graphene. Our method of producing graphene has gone through several years of research and real application. Real Graphene has refined the process to be able to consistently create high-quality graphene nano-platelets and films with reasonable costs. “making a plan, having a plan, being ready to throw away the plan and create a new one, to fill in other plans into your current plan and just being able to adjust… Just been able to learn and adapt to the current situation… So gut feeling, adaptability and been able to perceive and internalise what you are perceiving around you”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7tW

Audie Penn is the principal/owner of Audie Penn CONSULTING. Audie has been working and consulting for over 30 years providing different services to several Fortune 50 companies in diverse industries and organizations. His approach is a lean transformation by applying training, coaching and project facilitation with local teams securing a solid foundation. Audie has been most notable as a Global Consultant where he combines tactical leadership skills with process focus improvements. Some of his clients are Caterpillar, John Deere, Martin Marietta and HON. “build great relationships with your customers. I think relationship is the foundation of trust and influence can only show up if there is trust between you as an organisation and your customers. I don’t care what size your organisation is this is true everywhere you go. And even more importantly build better relationships with your team… So build great relationships with your customers and even better relationships with your team members”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7tR

Bill Flynn is a multi-certified growth coach, author, speaker, has a Certificate with Distinction in the Foundations of NeuroLeadership and is a Certified Predictive Index Partner. When he is not off cheering on his collegiate-champion daughter, Bill lives in Sudbury, Massachusetts, with his wife, dog, cat, and four chickens. “you need to fall in love. And what I mean by that is you need to fall in love with the problem and the customer. You need to fall in love with at least something you do in your job 20% of the time, 40% of the time. And you have to do something that you love because I can guarantee you… there are days that are just going to suck or weeks that are going to be just horrible. You have to be in love it because if you are not you will give up. So fall in love.”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7tM

Francesca Baker is a writer, marketer and communications consultant. As Virginia Woolf said ‘my head is a hive of words that won’t settle.’ So she puts them to use, exploring the world and then writing about it. Everything she does is about creativity, connection, and communciation. “think about your skills and also what makes your heart sing and ideally I suppose the things that you like and things that you are good at will be the same or at least there is some kind of crossover. So that sweet spot is a perfect place to set up your business… So, what you love and what you are good at is probably the best mix”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7tF

The creative mind behind xSuit, Maximilien Perez innovated a solution to the limitations of classic suits, which are constricting, easily wrinkled, and susceptible to stain and odor. The xSuit is a modern suit that can withstand stains, smells, wrinkles and is entirely constructed from stretch material for unparalleled freedom of movement. “be prepared to make a lot of mistakes, to sacrifice a lot, to fail many times and to enjoy it all. It’s a journey, it’s a baby that you need to nurture, that you need to smile at even when all it gives you is negative things. But in the end it will all be worth it and if it’s not it will teach you a huge lesson. Most entrepreneurs need to start over many times before actually succeeding. And it’s that 1% that keeps at it and doesn’t quit that will strive through”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7tz

Mike Robbins is the author of five books, including his latest, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER: Creating a Team Culture of High Performance, Trust, and Belonging, which comes out May 5th. He's a sought-after speaker and consultant whose clients include Google, Wells Fargo, Microsoft, Gap, eBay, the NBA, the Oakland A's, and many others. “trust yourself. There is a reason why you decided to do what you do. And whether you are just starting out or you have been doing it for a long time there is that why that you have. Simon Sinek says start with why. Why did you do it? And then trust yourself and simultaneously have people around you whether they are on your team or in your circle of influence who you trust, who you can go to and really be real to get support and to get guidance when you need it”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7ts

Many real estate or business owners struggle with capital gains tax when they sell their assets. Brett Swarts is the CEO of Capital Gains Tax Solutions and every year equips hundreds of business professionals with the Deferred Sales Trust tool to help their high net worth clients solve capital gains tax deferral limitations. His company uses a deferred sales trust to help them gain tax deferral, liquidity, diversification (invest in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds) and freedom to buy investment real estate at their own timing, so they can create and preserve more wealth. “higher the who, don’t be the how…. You have really got to focus on what your vision is and who is going to help you to achieve that vision and get there the fastest way and the most profitable way and what’s best for the customer. And that often means you got to hire that person, you’ve got to write the cheque, you’ve got to bring the team member on, you’ve got to do the coaching and you’ve got to do the delegation. But you’ve really got to hire that who instead of trying to be the how yourself and getting stuck in the procrastination mode”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7tn