The Entrepreneur Way

Eric Kapitulik was born and raised in Thompson, CT and attended the United States Naval Academy. While there, he was a 4-year Varsity Letter winner. He graduated in 1995 served as a Marine Infantry Officer and Special Operations Officer. Eric left active duty after eight years of service and graduated from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He is also an ultra-endurance athlete and an avid high-altitude mountaineer. Eric is now the Founder and CEO of The Program, a leadership development and team building company that works with corporate teams and leading collegiate and professional athletic organizations around the United States. “everyone is going to tell you that right now is a bad time to start your business, don’t believe them. Number one in a recession or in a tough market it’s a great time to start a business because in a recession or in a tough market you will very quickly find out what your core business is because you won’t be able to sell anything else other than what you are the best in the world at because there is just not money out there being put towards it. Second on that same point though… And that it’s not the right time to start a business that is like is there a right time to get married, is there a right time to start a family? If you are waiting for the right time chances are you will wait forever. Instead if you think you want to do it then go and do it, just go and do it and then be prepared to work really hard in making that decision the right decision. Number one. Number two he told me don’t ever talk yourself into believing that you are worth less than what you are. Most people do… Things aren’t cheap or expensive it’s a question of value. Okay it cost a lot of money but I’m giving you that value that is signified by that price. Believe in it because what you are saying is you are believing in yourself. You are providing that value. Too many people talk their own personal value down. Don’t, don’t do it ”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7ft

Norm Laviolette is the co-founder and CEO of Improv Asylum, IA Innovation and Asylum Gaming and Esports (AGE). He has performed, directed or produced more than 10,000 improvisational comedy shows on three continents. He brings the experience of building companies from the ground up into multi-million dollar businesses. His new book, The Art of Making Sh!t Up: How to Work Together to Become an Unstoppable Powerhouse (Wiley, May 7, 2019), describes how the techniques of improv can transform teams into more powerful, creative and healthy organizations. “stop giving a shit about what other people think about you. That’s my best advice. It’s irrelevant what they think about you. It’s nothing, it’s air, it’s ether. You need to stop that and you need to say this is what I believe and this is what I’m trying to do. You may succeed, you may fail. Either way though what others think about you is irrelevant to either of those outcomes ”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7fj

Barbara Khozam is an award-winning international motivational speaker and trainer specializing in customer service and the patient experience. In 2019, Barbara was awarded the CSP® (Certified Speaking Professional™) from the National Speaker’s Association. Barbara is one of only two women in the world to have achieved this destination as well as the Toastmaster Accredited Speaker designation. “it’s really those baby steps. Every freaking day just take those little baby steps. Is it okay I’m going to make a list of my top 10 clients, okay that’s what am going to do today. Okay so tomorrow I’m going to email three of my top 10 clients. Okay good. And then the next day I’m going to send a follow-up email. So just little baby steps every freaking day and you can’t help but be successful”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7fd

Neal Pecchenino is the founder of Boxi, an innovative out-of-home company that puts advertisements on delivery box trucks that are already on the road. Boxi helps  businesses of all sizes reach their audience by  leveraging its network of truck drivers who drive high-exposure routes in a variety of key markets. “do the research, be relentless, answer the hard questions, just keep going. Don’t start a start-up start a company. Put your head down and make something happen… It’s not easy out there and typically people aren’t going to care about what you’re doing unless you can make them care meaning you can really get through and cut through the BS not sell something but tell a story. That’s really critical as well can’t just assume you’re going to show up and sell something and anyone is going to care. You have got to be able to tell a good story, telling a story is critical in entrepreneurship”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7f8

Contessa Louise Cooper is an author, advocate, entrepreneur and healer. She is also the president of the New Jersey chapter of the Holistic Chamber of Commerce and the founder of Modern & Alternative Health magazine. She provides safe spaces for individuals can be their authentic selves so they can begin a holistic and spiritual healing process. “trust yourself, you are an expert in your own right at this moment. And don’t let anyone, especially yourself tell you otherwise”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7f4

An entrepreneur, keynote speaker and author, Laurie Guest is a “go-to-resource” for customer service excellence. For more than two decades, she has shared her practical point of view on customer service and staff development with audiences and companies across the country, blending real-life examples and proven action steps for improvement. Her latest book is The 10¢ Decision: How Small Change Pays of Big, presenting her most sought-after and impactful strategies to find and retain the best staff and highest-quality customers while delivering exceptional guest experiences. “make sure your thinking the long game even if you don’t know you’re going to make it not. So for example knowing how you are going to capture your lead generation. So, if somebody kicks your tyre for whatever it is that you are selling and they show interest in any way… have you captured their name? Have you captured their email? Their phone number? Do you have a mechanism, a system in place to try and stay in touch with them? There is an old wise saying in sales, contact every 90 days until they buy or die. And I don’t know that’s necessarily true I think we can become menaces with that but the mentality behind it is don’t lose track of the people who are interested in you”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7eZ

Chris Prefontaine is the best-selling author of 2017’s Real Estate On Your Terms and this year’s The New Rules of Real Estate Investing. A real estate investor with over 27 years experience in the field, Chris is the founder of Smart Real Estate Coach and host of the Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast. He lives in Newport, Rhode Island with his wife, Kim, and their family. Chris operates the family business with his son, Nick, his daughter, Kayla, his son-in-law, Zach, and an amazing team. “find that person in your niche or your industry, put the blinders on for 36 months because it works in any business”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7eV

Josh Cantwell is the top residential real estate investor in his community and has been a full-time investor since 2003. He has bought and sold over 740 properties in 25 states. Josh is laser-focused on entrepreneurship and raising capital and has raised over $30 million dollars to date. “most businesses fail because of a lack of capital and a lack of funding… If your business fails it’s going to be for a lack of funding. And so my number one piece of advice would be it doesn’t matter what kind of business you have a small piece of your skill set as a CEO needs to be getting access to funding. Primarily equity investors or potential debt lines of credit but having plenty of funding…Make sure that you are properly funded by having investors invest in your business all end to your business. And make sure you have plenty of capital laying around”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7eR

Jerry Brazie is a poor kid from Portland, Oregon with eight brothers and sisters. He has owned and operated more than a dozen companies over the last 20 years with combined sales of more than $450 million. Jerry has had more than 10,000 employees and has owned and operated many types of business including: Transportation, gas stations, car washes, convenience stores, reclaimed wood, a management company, and a driver services company. He has also been active as an industrial and commercial real estate investor and own more than 100,000 square feet in the Portland area, a residential land developer and homebuilder, and has bought, sold, remodeled and flipped more houses than he can count. “don’t be scared of change and that’s change to get the business started, that’s change once you start the business, that’s change once you been successful or that’s change when you are not being successful. Don’t be scared of change. Because change can freeze you so that you make no decisions and that ultimately, I think is the ruination of more companies are less. So, ones that are failing to act even though they may know they need to act but they are scared of the change. Or you want to become an entrepreneur but you are scared of the change in your life… I embrace that and I would encourage others to embrace it the same way. Understanding that you are capable of so much more. So in personal life constantly don’t be afraid of change and then in business once you get there always be looking at it and changing it as required” …[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7eL

As a coach Eric Reid is currently working with individuals and teams to uncover their potential and help them learn to live a life of success. But what is a life of success? A life of success is more about the process of living life successfully then arriving at a 'success point' in the furture. How does he do that? Through one-on-one and group coaching, seminars, workshops, and speaking I help dream builders identify where they are stuck, remove the obstacles, design a strategic plan to active their goals, motivate them into action to allow them to grow beyond the current situation. Success Life is about personal and professional development designed to help clients shift from… * Functional to SIGNIFICANT! * Ordinary to OUTSTANDING! * Average to EXCELLENT! Everything I do - coaching, mentoring, speaking - is tailored to ensure that those I work with become… * INSPIRED to live with passion and purpose * ENERGIZED to focus on what is truly important * EMPOWERED to create lasting results When you work with me I will make sure that you have * An AWARENESS of who you are, your true purpose and gifts; * The FUEL to forge ahead and take your life and business to the next level * The TOOLS needed to strategically and successfully navigate through your life and business * SUCCESS on your terms “now that you are worthy, really worthy to pursue that dream, that ambition, that desire that in you, that you are worthy of it, that it was given to you at some level because it’s yours to have so go after it. And don’t let somebody else tell you that you can’t”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7eG