The Entrepreneur Way

Zvi Band is the cofounder and CEO of Contactually, a leading CRM platform for relationship-oriented businesses. He is author of SUCCESS IS IN YOUR SPHERE: Leverage the Power of Relationships to Achieve Your Business Goals (McGraw-Hill). As an entrepreneur and relationship marketing strategist, Zvi has been named a Washingtonian Tech Titan four times. He lives in the Washington, DC area. “it’s not going to be fun every day but you have got to wake up every day as an entrepreneur and pursue your dream, pursue something that you wanted to see in the world. That’s a fun experience. That’s something that most people won’t, most people don’t have the opportunity to do. For you as an entrepreneur no matter how much adversity you may face remember this is an incredibly fun amazing part of your life. So just have fun”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7aj

Jerry Colonna is the CEO, and co-founder, of Reboot.io, an executive coaching and leadership development firm dedicated to the notion that better humans make better leaders. For nearly 20 years, he has used the knowledge gained as an investor, an executive, and a board member for more than 100 organizations to help entrepreneurs and others lead with humanity, resilience, and equanimity. Prior to his career as a coach, he was a partner with JPMorgan Partners (JPMP), the private equity arm of JP Morgan Chase. Previously, he led New York City-based Flatiron Partners, which he co-founded in 1996 with partner, Fred Wilson. Flatiron became one of the nation’s most successful, early-stage investment programs. His first leadership position, at age 25, was editor-in-chief of InformationWeek magazine. Jerry lives in Boulder, Colorado. “be not afraid but if you are afraid let people know”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7af

British author, piano player, international racing driver and business coach Jonny Cooper is the founder of Jonny Hates Marketing Jonny supports coaches and therapists with his Client Attraction Blueprint programme, filled with eager students every month, and runs the legendary Jonny Hates Marketing Facebook Group. Also, he really, really does hate marketing. “treat others as you would like them to treat you. And that spins off into a bunch of other stuff about being kind, being generous but being firm”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7ab

Alex Mehr is a serial entrepreneur who specializes in digital marketing. He founded the dating site Zoosk, which recently sold for $255 Million, as well as his current business MentorBox, which has 80,000 paid subscribers watching 300 video courses taught by best-selling authors. “take a lot of risks in a calculated manner. In other words, have conviction so it’s again keeping two opposing ideas in your head. One of them is having conviction and the other one is not being fully committed to an idea until it’s proven itself. So, the solution to that, to have those two opposing ideas in your head simultaneously is to take risks. Meaning look this is a project, this is an idea, I’ve researched it for a couple of weeks or whatever a month. I think it’s worth a try and then you have enough conviction to actually try it. So that’s the risk you are taking however that risk has to be balanced with progress. And if you have launched and if you have tried it and you are not making progress you have to reassess”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7a6

CEO/Founder of converged creative agency Bluewater Media, Andy Latimer is a director/producer with 20+ years of experience in the TV and film industry. Latimer’s storytelling ability crosses genres and categories delivering clients results in sales through D2C response. Bluewater is an expert in digital, social media and influencer marketplace. “there is going to be roadblocks along the way, there is going to be walls that you are going to hit. Don’t stop there is always a way to go over it, under it, around it or through it. Don’t let limitations stop you, don’t let limitations stop you especially. You are going to hear from person after person after person you can’t, what makes you think you can, why do you think that’s achievable. These are all points of people who are trying to stop your growth and feed you with negativity. Don’t accept the negative, understand that there is always a way, it might not be the easiest way but there is always a way to achieve your goals”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7a2

Dr.Robyn Odegaard is a former competitive beach volleyball player and spent her career using goal-achievement psychology to motive, inspire and focus clients on achieving success. She holds a certificate from the Center for Nutrition Studies at Cornell University. She is the co-founder of Whole Food Muscle Club and co-author of 'How to Feed a Human: The Whole Food Muscle Way' (April 2019). She highlights her journey of a plant-based diet with no 'fake food' coupled with exercise for a healthy lifestyle. “do the hard thing first… I think a lot of times entrepreneurs try to put off things they don’t want to do until they are emotionally, psychologically and physically exhausted and then it gets even harder”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-79Y

Our guest today led some of the biggest global mergers in the finance, tech, and oil industries, and went on to become one of Silicon Valley’s top business advisors. Tom Eddington is founder of Eddington Advisory Services and an expert in the field of conscious leadership. Welcome, Tom. What is conscious leadership and how can it help leaders of America’s top companies and organizations? “constantly be reminded or remember that at the end of their life, whenever that’s going to be, that they look back and be proud of the life that they’ve led. Not just the job they did all the company they created or how many employees that they had or how many hundreds of thousands or millions or billions of dollars that they’ve earned but to truly look at their legacy. Not that you want to linger on that or allow it to drive your life to a large extent but never lose sight of your legacy, never lose sight of having fun, never lose sight of recognising that we are all human beings and we make conscious and unconscious choices each morning about how we are going to show up in the world. Being really intentional about what you are doing and why you are doing it”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-79T

Andrew Keel is the owner of Keel Team, LLC and his team currently manages 14 manufactured housing communities across six states - IL, IN, IA, OH, PA and TN. His expertise is in turning around under-managed manufactured housing communities by utilizing proven systems to maximize the occupancy while reducing operating costs. He specializes in bringing in homes to fill vacant lots, implementing utility bill back programs, and improving overall management and operating efficiencies, all of which significantly boost the asset value and net operating income of the communities. Two interesting facts about Andrew are that he started out as a “Lonnie Dealer” investing in individual mobile homes and that in order to successfully implement his management strategy, Andrew usually moves on location during the first several months of ownership to implement his management plan. “hire right and take the time. Because a bad hire, I’ve learned the hard way, it sets you back more than it puts you forward. In the beginning I hired my friends and family because I could trust them and I believe that that was the best fit. But looking back I probably would have gone about things differently. I would have hired people with more experience in that field and we would be in a different atmosphere right now had we have done that but I did was comfortable and I had to learn the hard way”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-79P

Tom Rubens is a business coach and expert in corporate culture and strategy. In his 40 years of diverse experience in business, Tom founded a commodity trading company, a real estate brokerage and assembled investment groups that raised millions of dollars to buy minor league baseball and basketball franchises. In his coaching practice, The Accountability Factor, Tom helps businesses increase revenue and productivity, and manage relationships and collaborations while living harmonious lives. Tom’s first book, Lifeness: Harmonize an Entrepreneurial Life was released in April 2017 “Seek honest feedback, really ask for and then embrace the feedback you get. Whether that’s determining whether a new product should go to market, whether it’s deciding whether to hire, fire, promote someone within your organisation. Get feedback and listen to it. And I guess the trump card to that is ask people around you what you are missing, what your blind spots are, because you have got them and as long as you ignore them, they will be there to torture you. So, ask for feedback about yourself. What I missing is one of my favourite questions because you can see it I can’t”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-79L

As the founder of Lunya, Ashley Merrill and her team are reinventing sleepwear for the modern woman through innovation, design, and quality; resulting in a carefully edited collection of must-have pieces. Lunya’s core mission is simple - to make women’s lives better through product, experience and example. Ashley is utilizing Lunya, her background in tech and investing, to build her personal mission of helping create opportunity for women and girls. Beyond building Lunya, Ashley is an active supporter and board member for Girls Inc., a supporter of both Upstream and Planned Parenthood, and invests in many female entrepreneurs and funds. She is a Southern California native and resides there with her two young children and her husband. “it kind of comes back to that hedgehog principle. I like to advise people to really challenge themselves on their ideas long before they try to start anything. And I think you should be your harshest critic so that by the time you go to other people you are very confident in asking the tough questions and in answering the tough questions. And I do find that that trio of questions, that hedgehog principle about whether it’s defensible, about whether your idea can make money and about whether you have the passion and drive to go with distance are very useful”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-79G