The Entrepreneur Way

Jules Pieri is Co-founder & CEO of The Grommet, a site that has launched more than 3,000 innovative consumer products since 2008. The company's Citizen Commerce™ movement is reshaping how products are discovered, shared, and bought. She was named one of Fortune's Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs in 2013 and one of Goldman Sachs' 100 Most Interesting Entrepreneurs in 2014. She is an Entrepreneur in Residence Emeritus at Harvard Business School and an investing partner at XFactor Ventures. Jules’ first book, “How We Make Stuff Now: Turn Ideas into Products That Build Successful Businesses,” was published by McGraw-Hill in April 2019. “one is go big or go home… After that I would say more tactical things like name your company after your vision not your first product because to survive and succeed you will need a full line of products and you don’t want to be limited by the very first thing you do so name it correctly. I would say protect your intellectual property… I would say prototype the heck out of it. So you have an idea whether it’s a digital product or a physical product if you want to get some very rough low fidelity prototypes in front of potential customers as soon as possible, nothing fancy not CAD drawings, not 3D printed, like hardboard paper or really basic clickable digital prototypes so that iterate as many as possible ”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-772

David Avrin, CSP has become one of the most popular speakers on customer experience in the world today. In recent years, David has presented for enthusiastic organizations and audiences in 22 countries on 6 continents. A former CEO group leader and an in-demand speaker for Vistage International, the world’s leading CEO member organization, David Avrin has had over 4,000 one-on-one conversations with company leaders regarding their value proposition and competitive advantages. David is the author of the newly released book, Why Customers Leave (And How to Win Them Back). “be careful who you listen to. People are very free with advice. But it is easy to give advice if you don’t have a stake in the outcome. It’s astonishing to me how many people tell somebody who has a story where they have overcome something, ‘oh my god you should be a motivational speaker’and of course this is coming from somebody who isn’t a motivational speaker, has no idea what it takes, all the people who say ‘follow your passion and you will never work a day in your life’ that is such complete crap. I think passion is probably one of the leading sources of business failure because people think if you really are passionate, if you really love what you do the rest will fall into place, it is so not true, and passion is fine but nobody cares if you have passion that may be what drives you. I think the best advice recognise that the business is a business, if you like what you are doing all the better. We heard advice for years there was this old adage that said ‘if you build a better mousetrap the world will beat a path to your door’ and it’s ridiculous, just by being good that’s enough, right at the end of the day it’s about quality, no at the end of the dates about hard work, at the beginning of the dates about quality, it better be good. The best advice is you will never work harder in your life and ‘there is no elevator to success you have got to take the stairs’and success is reserved for those… My colleague Rory Vedan talks about this that, you want to show up after success be willing to do the things that other people aren’t”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-76X

Francisco Castro is Founder and Managing Partner of AnalytIQ.io, a financial planning and business analytics firm. He is a business strategist and fractional CFO who likes to work with small businesses specializing in SaaS and professional services. He founded AnalytIQ to support businesses that need analytics, payroll, bookkeeping or CFO services. He enjoys helping guide clients through coaching calls in order to improve their business. “this is a marathon, this isn’t a sprint. And so success early could be one of your worst things that could happen to. I think because it’s such a long haul a lot of times I see people starting and like oh we’ve got our clients and we are making this much money, whatever. And then all of a sudden the bottom drops because they’ve gotten too much success too early and they didn’t understand how to really manage their business very well. And so the thing to think about is that this is a long haul, you are going to have ups you are going to have downs and you have got to try and stay in the middle. And if you feel like you can’t stay balanced enough then come back to the middle and it’s going to be a very difficult grind for you”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-76S

Alon Muroch is an Israeli entrepreneur, that has been developing code from an early age. He began working for many different startups over the past decade, taking many different roles. In 2014, he read the Satoshi white-paper which inspired him to explore and get deeply involved in the world of blockchain and crypto technology. He was a code contributor to Bitcoin, Ethereum, developed his own multi-sig P2P wallet, and later on co-founded Blox.io 2017, where he serves as the company’s chief executive officer. Alon continues to be passionate about the ways decentralized finance is transforming and opening up the traditional financial industry in a way never before imagined. “just start. There is nothing like getting real feedback from people about what you are doing. So just starting out, trying to build something you are passionate about and hopefully that will coincide with other people’s passion and needs”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-76O

After Dr. Gary Salyer’s first divorce, he vowed that his next marriage would be different. So when his second marriage crumbled almost a decade later for nearly the same reasons he was devastated. He felt like an utter, complete failure. But rather than give in, he was determined to find another way. He dedicated himself to doing the deep research about all things love. He read, researched, furthered his education in the field, talked to experts and to people he loved. Most of all he did the deep transformation work that unlocked his heart and released his soul to love as he had always imagined. Love — and how to make it lasting - became his life’s highest calling—not just for himself, but others. In so doing, he has developed a powerful and effective methodology to make it “Safe to Love Again” for those who may have even given up hope. Based on a field of study called Attachment Theory, the science of intimate relationships, Dr. Sayler’s insights have a profound and often times immediate impact. As a transformational relationship mentor, he helps people re-write the rules for love in their brains. He empowers singles to reclaim their rights for a full soulmate relationship. With couples, he helps resolve their conflicts and differences so they can have the love they dream about. “my best advice is believe in yourself and to know that it is okay to reach out… Reach out for your stars and notice the stars reach back”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-76J

John Ruhlin is the world’s leading authority in maximizing customer loyalty through radical generosity. He is the founder and author of Giftology and has been featured in Fox News, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc and New York Times. While becoming the #1 performer out of 1.5 million sales reps for one of the world’s most recognizable brands, John developed a system of using generosity to gain access to elite clients and generate thousands of referrals. He and his firm now help automate this process for individuals and organizations like UBS, Raymond James, DR Horton, Keller Williams, the Chicago Cubs, and Caesar’s Palace. John and the Giftology team can help any individual turn their clients into their own personal sales force to drive exponential growth. “get in other groups. If there is a cost to it it’s often times worth it if it’s the right group, if the core values are there. But go dive in and be around other people. It’s the old quote of “Charlie tremendous Jones you become the books you read and the people you spend time with and I really believe that to be true for all groups but specifically entrepreneurs”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-76E

Helen Lawler is a diverse marketing and product management executive with more than 25 years of industry experience in the financial services space. Regarded as an industry expert, Helen often speaks to groups, as well as contributes to industry publications such as CUinsight.com and ABA's Bank Marketing Journal. After many years of business success, Helen saw an opportunity to provide the industry strategic marketing services that go deeper than a traditional agency relationship. She formed FINspiration to help clients navigate the industry’s unique complexity to: drive growth, understand data analytics, navigate marketing challenges, and make an impact in overall strategy. “there is three things to consider as an entrepreneur, eliminate the fear, find your true self and get out of your comfort zone. Fear holds people back to getting to great things. You maybe in a situation that comfortable, good income, friends at the office whatever but if it leaves you wanting more and you can’t figure why then you are not living your full potential and you are leaving something on the table. The fear of change or calculated risk or doing something new that you don’t completely understand will hold you back from your dreams. So in the end is that thing that we feared that really actually probably not as bad as we imagined it to be”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-76z

As the founder and CEO of Nectar Consulting, Inc., Michele Molitor works with executives and entrepreneurs bringing over 25 years of experience, intuitive insights and strategic business savvy to your success. Her unique Rapid Rewiring TM approach is a culmination of years of study in the realms of emotional intelligence, neuroscience, organizational psychology and Rapid Transformational Therapy, to help catalyze shifts in your thinking, and eliminate mental/emotional blocks and rapidly rewire your brain for greater confidence and success. Enhancing your capacity as a leader, to build high performing teams and exponentially increase bottom line results. “get clear on what you want to create. Create your plan based on your values and then stay focused on the goal and keep moving forward even when it gets difficult, even when it gets uncomfortable key going because the world needs your brilliance, your genius, your talents that you have to offer”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-75V

RC Peck, CFP sits at the intersection of money and human behavior. For over 20 years he’s helped people hear what their money is trying to tell them. His struggle with dyslexia, watching his parents’ life savings get embezzled, and his background in Neuro- Linguistic Programing (NLP), taught him to question the obvious. He now uses his ability to see what others can’t see which brings clarity and insight to a world that is often described as confusing and overwhelming. His message is clear. Listen to your money. It’s trying to tell you how to get the life you want. “put 90% of your attention on selling… Sell, sell, sell. Get into selling conversations, call your friends… Figure out that sales conversation and that voice to voice sales conversation which then can help with your marketing”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-75R

Monte Wyatt, award winning Business Coach As one of the top coaches in ActionCOACH Business Coaching, Monte Wyatt brings over twenty years of remarkable leadership, business and personal development experience to executives and business owners. “we have to be congruent. What I mean by congruent is we have to say what say we are going to do. So, if you are going to build something you are going to follow through, you are going to do an activity that you promised someone else, you have to be congruent. You want others to do what they say; you have to do what you say. So that do say ratio has to be high.”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-75M