The Entrepreneur Way

Louis Stack, “Leading the World to Better Balance” since 1985. His brand Fitterfirst is recognized worldwide for supplying premium professional and personal products that help people recover from and prevent injury, maintain balance and fitness and keep moving at work. He has built a foundation of integrity and quality in everything he does. Along his journey, Stack has been an advocate and industry expert, often leading the way in the physical rehabilitation world and setting precedence in the way we approach of office environment. Nothing makes him happier than improving someone’s life with one of his products - a “win-win-win” as he likes to call it. Canadian National Speed Skiing Team, 1990 - 1995 Calgary's Small Business of the Year Award, 2002 Winner of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2016 “you have got to be passionate and believing what you are doing. Anything less than 100% commitment and passion, it doesn’t guarantee failure. But it’s not a ticket to success. There is going to be hardships, there is going to be challenges, you are going to have adversity. That’s called life, that’s what happens while you’re busy making other plans, you are living your life, crap happens and you have got to get through it. I always look for the light at the end of the tunnel, I look for the opportunity, I look for the diamond in the rough. And for me I tend to find them very very early in the game which makes it a little bit harder. It would be nice to hit a home run all of the time. ”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7d2

Ryan served our country in Ramadi and Fallujah with the U.S. Marine Corps in some of the most intense fighting of the Iraq war. Ryan reached platoon sergeant status and received combat promotions and awards as an infantryman as well as being recognized as Marine of the year in 2005 and Non-Commissioned Officer of the year in 2006. He also trained Iraqi Police and Navy Corpsmen in infantry tactics. He earned a Naval Achievement Medal for his Combat Valor. Ryan has been with the Department of State for four years. He served on the Ambassador Susan Rice’s Protective Detail for three years and currently serves as a General Services Specialist. In addition to his service Ryan Tate has always been an animal lover. After returning from one of his tours in Iraq he was deeply affected by a program he watched on TV that showed an African rhino still alive and suffering greatly with half its face hacked off solely for its horn. Tate, realizing that criminal poaching networks operate very much like the intricate terrorist networks in the Middle East, set out to repurpose his skills into an effort to stop the slaughter of these magnificent endangered animals. Many Post 9-11 U.S. veterans often have difficulty leveraging their combat skills in a conventional civilian vocation. Ryan realized these vets could benefit profoundly from the opportunity to utilize their valuable military skills in combat-related areas protecting endangered wildlife in Africa and saving lives. With Tate’s military experience and savvy navigating the tumultuous world of “boots on the ground” conservation, he’s able to speak directly to the unique skills that veterans can bring to anti-poaching efforts making a vital difference for endangered species and veterans that now have a renewed sense of purpose. “take negative criticism as just criticism or as just help. Don’t look over all look past negativity it’s happening for a reason and so it should be focused on but it shouldn’t be taken to heart. You have got to grow a thick-skinned, you have got to be able to take a punch, you have got to be able to take several punches to the mouth over and over and over again. But if you don’t get up you are not an entrepreneur – you are not. So be prepared to take a hit, grow thick skin, don’t let it alter your direction, let it improve your direction and the efficiency and the speed that you are headed in. And just take everything as a learning lesson. It’s all part of the journey. The Quicker that you can take criticism as a learning lesson instead of negativity the quicker that you are going to get your mission done and certainly the less years are going to be taken off of your life from the stress that comes with that negativity. So as negative as it is try to just take it in stride and build off of it.”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7cX

Randy McKee is the Owner of Tax and Income Management Enterprises. . He helps them with many aspects of the financial sides of their businesses including managing their bank accounts, income and expenses, bookkeeping and setting up LLCs. “just go for it. It is life changing to have your own business… People say you are your own boss, I don’t really look at it that way, I look at it as I am in control of my destiny, I can choose how much I work, I can choose how much money I make, I can choose when I work, I can choose what clients I work with, and if I don’t want to work with the client I don’t have to work with that client. I am able to do the things that I want to do so I am really in control of my future. And if I want to build this business a really hard and partner up with someone and start franchising or whatever I might go into I can do that if I want to. I have that potential to become a millionaire, a billionaire. But I wouldn’t have that potential if I was a paid employee. So for all of those entrepreneurs out there go for it”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7cQ

Scott York escaped from his corporate job 20 years ago and has been helping athletes become bigger, faster, and stronger out of his garage gym ever since. His goal is to educate and motivate high school and college athletes to maximize their playing years by becoming stronger physically and mentally. “follow your passion… Find a mentor or mentors. I think a really good one also public speaking… If you want to live the fullest life you are going to have to step outside of yourself and put yourself in those types of situations… Toastmasters helped me… Learning public speaking because you are going to have to do it just like I am doing right now, just like you are doing. And there is going to be opportunities in your life as you get better at your craft, at your job that people are going to want you to speak. And it’s going to help you if you can really polish that, polish your public speaking”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7cL

I am Alison Standish, a professional colour consultant who is passionate about colour and how it's can positively affect our lives. They say 'our eyes are the windows to our soul' so colour is a very important part of how we see the world and also how the world see us. Colour is the first tool of communication and is widely used in branding and marketing affecting our emotional responses to what we purchase, we just don't think about it. Colour affects us not just psychologically, but physically and emotionally. When we combine the ancient art of colour therapy along with today's science, we can harness a powerful tool to support our businesses, employees and our own personal health and wellbeing. “’face the fear and do it anyway’ Susan Jeffers talks about that. But it’s instead of across the mating and thinking about it all the time is actually to get it down, get it written and then slowly but surely it will start to actually appear. So as long as you have your ideas in writing and you are able to see them then that will actually focus your mind about where you need to be. And life is a bit of a gamble, change happens be prepared that it will always change and it will never be what you think it is ”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7cG

Raju Mirchandani is the owner and founder CEO of Bar & Books, a chain of upscale cocktail lounges in New York City, established in 1990. He is also the proprietor of Le Bateau Ivre, New York City’s first authentic “Bistro a Vins.” Mirchandani has worked in several internationally acclaimed/renowned hotels including the Dorchester Hotel, London, U.K. and The Taj Mahal Hotel, Bom-bay, India. He was with the elegant Westbury Hotel in New York for a decade as its Director of Catering. Subsequently, he spent two years as a partner with the Park Bistro Group, which owned and operated Les Halles and Park Gourmandises. “always look for loyalty. If you have loyalty, whether it’s within your team of employees, co-workers partners, vendor’s, government agencies (if they are loyal to your cause), politicians (there are some that are remarkable and actually help entrepreneurs)… Go for loyalty at every level whether it’s employees or anything related to your business, look at the word loyalty, take that word and apply it to each of people around you and use that as a yardstick to continue and develop relationships with that group of people. I think that’s your key to success”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7cC

Christopher Burres is a Mechanical Engineer turned scientist turned entrepreneur. Using a Nobel Prize Winning molecule tested and used by NASA that has been shown to almost double the lifespan in test subjects, Chris is on a mission to make ESS60 a household name to help people live longer, healthier and pain-free lives one dose at a time. “business your business so that it runs without you. Like even if you’re on day one having your mind what are the processes, what are the systems, how is the company ultimately going to define its culture, how is the company ultimately going to hire people and get new business and on-board new customers? Be thinking in terms of how all of that’s going to happen without you. Because ultimately that’s going to be a more valuable business both to you and your customer”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7cv

As mother-daughter co-founders of the newly announced executive coaching startup, LeaderEQ, Chessa Eskandanian-Yee and Katherine Eskandanian-Yee are reimagining the way today’s executives grow into great leaders. The two have built and just launched the first ever AI-powered executive coaching platform, giving executives unlimited access to a perfectly matched coach. As Katherine and Chessa grow the company together, they are working to not only advance their business, but also the opportunities for women to succeed in the mainly male-dominated tech hubs around the world, including Silicon Valley. “listen to your customer and don’t think for your customer”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7cr

Bestselling author Steve Farber is the founder and CEO of The Extreme Leadership Institute—a learning and development firm devoted to helping its clients develop award-winning cultures and achieve radical results. His much-anticipated new book, Love is Just Damn Good Business, is published by McGraw-Hill. “be really clear on why you love whatever endeavour you are in, pursuing or about to pursue. I think we skip over that question. So specifically it would be why do I love this business? Or why do I love this project? Or why do I love this product? Or why do I love this service? You pick the context. Why do I love this? And how can I show it in my actions. I think a lot of time we start businesses because we get excited about an idea but we don’t take the time to really reflect and personalise it. And I think if you do that, if you start that and then asked that question of yourself frequently it’s going to keep your fire burning, is going to keep you energised. Because there is going to become a time, there are going to become many times where you wake up in the morning and it’s not why do I love this work that I’m doing? It’s not going to come out that way is going to be more like why the hell did I sign up for this or what was I thinking. So what I’m going to suggest to you is the more difficult it is to answer this why do I love this work question the more important it is to answer that question because that’s what’s going to keep your own fire burning especially at the times when you need it most”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7cm

Lisa Johnson is a multi 6-figure business coach specialising in helping entrepreneurs scale their businesses using passive income from memberships and courses. After a tough childhood spent in social housing, Lisa went on to have successful careers in law, banking and the entertainment industry. Her background and overcoming obstacles has helped mould her into a bold, straight talking coach, who is never afraid to be an authentic and outspoken truth teller. Lisa lives in Hertfordshire, UK with her Husband and 7 year old twin sons but coaches entrepreneurs around the globe. “stay in your own lane, keep really focused on what you are doing and don’t get shiny object syndrome where you look at somebody else and what they are doing and decide to do what they are doing instead because maybe what you are doing hasn’t had an immediate result. I think that the whole of business rests on consistency. So you have to do something over and over again for a long period of time before it can work”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7cg