The Entrepreneur Way

Neil Ball
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Aug 7, 2019 • 38min

1298: Making Space Accessible to Everyone with Gadhadar Reddy Founder and Owner of Nopo Nanotechnologies

Gadhadar Reddy is working towards a dream of making space accessible to everyone by creating the cocoon that will protect us from the harsh ravages of space. He has started by creating the ideal material for space structures; Carbon Nanotubes. He is a Chevening Fellow, an INK Fellow, an Alumnus of Singularity University, IISC 35 under 35 in space 2018. “to be bold, to go out and do things and to be very focused and disciplined about what they are creating not to waver from their goals”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-78G
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Aug 6, 2019 • 56min

1297: Creating a Makeup Business Inspired by Food and Travel with Maesa Koeber Founder and Owner of Gorge International Inc

Asian American entrepreneur Maesa Koeber is the founder of a unique cosmetics line Gorjue and expo of all things cute The Cutie Con. This business pioneer graduated from Arizona State University with a doctorate degree in nursing and worked in the field of oncology for over 13 years. She cared for and treated many patients with cancer, lead clinical trials at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and published two papers as first and third author. She eventually transformed her love for art, beauty, and fashion into her businesses and utilized her learned humility, leadership, research, and business knowledge as leverage to strategically build growth within her companies. Although her educational background is unassociated with her current entrepreneurial journey, she remains living proof that unconventional methods to success are possible. 1297: Makeup Inspired by Food and Travel with Maesa Koeber Founder and Owner of Gorge International Inc Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-78B
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Aug 4, 2019 • 41min

1296: If You Don't Sell You Don't Have a Business. But, If You Can Sell, You Can do Anything with Alison Edgar The Entrepreneurs Godmother

Alison Edgar is the Managing Director of Sales Coaching Solutions but better known as The Entrepreneur's Godmother. She has been twice voted one of the UK's top 10 business advisers, working with No 10 Downing to advise on small business matters and has been invited to tea with the Queen with the work she does for UK Enterprise. Her clients include Thomas Cook, Discovery Channel and The Apprentice and Dragon's Den winners. Regularly featured on BBC TV, Radio and national press, she is the go to person for sales advice. “if you are never going to do it. So again what’s the worst that can happen as long as you follow the tips that I have discussed. When you are on your deathbed hopefully that’s not for a long time but are you going to look back and think I wish I had. And I think that the top tip. If anything happened to me tomorrow I would never look back and go I wish I had because I have done everything I wanted to do”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-78x
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Aug 3, 2019 • 54min

1295: Starting and Growing Your Business with Confidence with Peter Bronstein Founder and Owner of Bizness Growth Inc

Peter Bronstein is an Ivy League graduate and was a practicing attorney for over 28 years before founding Bizness Growth, which he created to protect small businesses and provide an all-in-one service to maximize their profit and success. “you are going to go through struggles, is not going to be a clear straight arrow that you’re going to make it. So, one, don’t give up, two, make sure you have the resources to pursue it because that’s part of giving up. Many times, people give up because they don’t have the financial resources. Make sure you have got in place what you need, the people surrounding you are a good resource, good network of people, money, time and a position to do it. But at the end of the day just do it. It’s not Nike who say just do it you have just got to take chance no matter what your circumstances, you might not have any money, you may not have any time, you may not have anything but if you have got the will and you just pursue it sometimes it just takes off and you are very surprised, and that’s part of being an entrepreneur. An entrepreneur is taking risks”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-78s
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Jul 31, 2019 • 44min

1294: Being Proud of What You Present with Mitch Grasso Founder and Owner of Beautiful AI and Beautiful Slides, Inc

Mitch Grasso is the founder and CEO of Beautiful.AI, presentation software that will revolutionize how people create visually stunning presentations. He has more than 20 years of entrepreneurial experience building and leading design-orientated tech companies from early stage ideation to market leadership. He previously founded and served as CEO of SlideRocket. “ruthlessly questioning yourself making sure that you really know why you are doing what you are doing and not just doing it because people are saying that’s what you should be doing. You have got to be honest to yourself, you have got to be self-aware to know what you are good at and what you are not good at, where you need help. Just whether or not what you are doing makes sense… Being able to communicate that value properly, make sure that you are building something that people are going to be interested in and you have got a path to get there. And figuring that out is really the first step to building a business”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-78n
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Jul 31, 2019 • 42min

1293: Imagine It! Create It! Live it! with Galit Ventura-Rozen Founder and Owner of Empowering U, LLC

Galit Ventura-Rozen is a business performance expert, Commercial Real Estate Broker, professional speaker and 25 year entrepreneur and Author of The Successful Woman’s Mindset. She most recently received the National Association of Women Business Owner’s woman of Distinction award and the TMG Entertainment Best of the best local motivational speaker. “take action. So many of us have ideas, I believe everyone has an idea… If you are excited about that idea and you want to develop it must take action… I really recommend sitting down writing down your goals… Without thinking, writing out everything that you want to accomplish, and you can go one month, one year, 10 years, do whatever feels good for you. Once you write out your goals put them into categories, something like health, personal, financial, relationships, business, career, whatever resonates with you. Once you put them in categories the next thing I would suggest is you circle maybe your top three in each”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-78j
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Jul 31, 2019 • 56min

1292: The Importance of Not Losing Focus with Marco Streng Founder and Owner of Genesis Group and Genesis Mining Iceland ehf

Marco Streng is the CEO of Genesis Group, a Mathematician and early Bitcoin investor. “One of the most important things is to never give up and to never get demotivated and staying positive. If you can really maintain that positive attitude and use changes for the benefit of yourself and your goal and really believe in what you do, I think that’s the absolute foundation. If you lose one of these component others will sense that also. You need to believe in what you do very strongly so that you can convince others to that to and to follow you”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-78e
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Jul 31, 2019 • 36min

1291: Boosting Your Cashflow to Grow Your Business with Steven Uster Co-Founder and Co-Owner of Fundthrough

Steven Uster is the Co-Founder & CEO of FundThrough, an invoice funding service that helps business owners eliminate "the wait" associated with payment terms by giving them the power and flexibility to get their invoices paid when they want, with one click, and in as little as 24 hours. Launched in 2014 FundThrough has quickly become one of Canada’s leading fintech start-ups, funding millions of dollars in invoices every month. Prior to FundThrough, Steven was an investment banker in New York at UBS and Centerview Partners. Steven has an MBA from The Wharton School and a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours from McGill University, where he was a Loran Scholar. “don’t take no for an answer. Always remember that the best things that get created are those that others already know about. So when people tell you this is a crazy idea, it’s not going to work don’t take that as a no, plough through it, force yourself to find a way to prove it out on a microscale before you start scaling it. But make sure that you have confidence in yourself to know that what you are onto is right”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-788
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Jul 31, 2019 • 55min

1290: Technology Enhanced Meditation for High Performance in Business with Ariel Garten Founder and Owner of Muse and Interaxon Inc

Ariel Garten is probably one of the most interesting people you will meet. She is a psychotherapist, Neuroscientist, mom, former fashion designer, and the female founder and visionary of an amazing and highly successful tech start-up Muse. Muse tracks your brain during meditation to give you real-time feedback on your meditation, guiding you into the "zone" and solving the problem most of us have when starting a meditation practice- letting you know when you are doing it right. When she is not reading brains (literally) or investing in, inspiring and advising other start-ups and women in biz, you can find her on stages across the world, from TED to MIT to SXSW, inspiring people to understand that they can accomplish anything they want by learning what goes on in their own mind. “there is nothing to fear but fear itself. Really, we are so held back by the thoughts that we have in our head, by the voices that try to warn us of things that we don’t actually need to be afraid of, by the fear that we create ourselves. And if you move that fear out of the way, if you move those voices out of the way you can really accomplish and do anything you want in the world. You don’t need to have the skills and capabilities; you can just hire people who are good at it; funding there is lots of sources to find it these days. You can really accomplish anything that you put your mind to”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-782
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Jul 31, 2019 • 57min

1289: Experience, Integrity and Expertise Makes the Difference with Dr Joe Schaefer Co-Founder and Co-Owner of Motiliti Inc

Dr Joe Schaefer is a digital marketing expert with an incredibly diverse background. He started his own marketing agency in 2008 and has served hundreds of clients since then. He also is a published Neuroscience researcher with a PhD from the University of Texas, which is why his clients often call him Dr. Joe. Hundreds of people also call him Master Joe because he is also a 7th degree black belt in Kung Fu and operates a school with over 300 students in Austin, Texas. He has trained and taught Kung Fu continuously for over 30 years. He brings all of these skills into each breakthrough marketing strategy he creates for his business clients. “stay the course, picture yourself on a 10 year plan. If you want to write down belts and say hey when I am a brown belt, I will have this when I am a black belt I will be doing that, and make it very realistic. What will I be doing at these different milestones and steps on my progress and have the 10 year goal be the ultimate one that you are looking for? And then draw a line between white belt and that 10 year goal and bring some realism to your progress and congratulate yourself when you have small successes and realise that it’s a part of the path when you have setbacks”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-77X

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