The Entrepreneur Way

Tori Thomas AND Laura Deleot built Circa Design on a set of principles: intentional design, focused processes, collaborative teamwork and creative curiosity. Within two years, they scaled to 90 clients with offices in two cities. They experienced growing pains, but they know how make good ideas grow. They are doing it themselves with Circa. “know your audience, know yourself and be decisive in the decisions that you are making currently… What’s the worst thing that can happen…What is failing? The worst thing that could happen if we take that risk… Sometimes it helps I think to know if it’s a risk worth taking. Because if the worst thing could happen is something that we are not really willing to let happen then maybe it’s not. But most of the time it’s like the worst thing that could happen is you fail, we have to shut something down and then we go back to doing it the way were doing before, which helps me assess if it’s worth it. And I feel like most times I like oh worst thing that can happen is really kind of fine. It’s a good reality check and puts things into perspective”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6ZR

Anna Lundberg is the founder of One Step Outside, where she helps people around the world build businesses and create a lifestyle that allows them an unimagined sense of freedom, flexibility and fulfilment. Since leaving her corporate job in 2013, she’s now reimagining what success looks like and she’s passionate about inspiring and supporting others to do the same. She is the host of the Reimagining Success podcast and author of ‘Leaving the Corporate 9 to 5: Stories from people who’ve done it (and how you can too!)’. “take a step back and ask what is success for you… It is easy to fall into other definitions… It’s easy to fall into the entrepreneurial hustle, oh I have got to get funding, I have got to make seven figures, I have got to do this that and the other. So I think take a step back, ask yourself why did you start or why do you want to start your own business, what is it going to bring you, what are your core values and priorities. And then once you’ve taken that one step back want you to take one step forward. So dreaming really big those incredible things you’ve always wanted to do that seem out of reach but would be incredible and then start small by taking that that one little step”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6ZN

Sofia Fenichell is a self-confessed lover of words. She is a former technology analyst turned serial entrepreneur. As a senior account manager at DDB Needham, she has worked on General Mills and PepsiCo. Sofia was a highly regarded technology analyst working for Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and UBS, and voted the number one buyside analyst across all sectors by Institutional Investor. After retiring from her career in finance to raise her children, she became a serial technology entrepreneur launching video apps Rockpack and WonderPL that were heavily featured by Apple. Sofia is currently CEO and founder of Mrs Wordsmith, a UK startup transforming how children learn new words. ‘The Storyteller’s Illustrated Dictionary’ is an Amazon bestseller and the company recently raised $11m (€9.7m) from investors to expand into the US and China, with plans to create a digital component and cover different languages. “think hard about what you are going to do and why and to make sure you love it even if it fails because there is no guarantee of success. It is always a longer journey than you think it is going to be so you have to love it. If you love what you do that passion will carry you through. It doesn’t mean you are going to be right but it will keep you in the game”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6ZH

Kyle Bailey is the CEO of NuVinAir, an automotive-industry pioneer offering proprietary odor-elimination products, which he founded in 2013. He directs NuVinAir’s strategic plan, while positioning the company for international expansion and distributor success. Based in Dallas, his company’s clients include car dealerships, car washes, rental-car companies, and truck fleets. “do not give up. If you believe in it you will achieve it… Leaders delegate, leaders multiply themselves, leaders hold people accountable, leaders celebrate others, leaders finish the job. So if you are not working for me your working for you”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6ZD

Jeanie Cockell & Joan McArthur-Blair, co-presidents of Cockell McArthur-Blair Consulting, specialize in collaboratively designing strategies with clients to surface their wisdom as individuals, groups and organizations in order for them to build positive futures and to respond effectively to change. They co-authored the book Building Resilience with Appreciative Inquiry. “Do what you love because people noticed that you love it and as a consequence they will buy from you… Don’t be afraid… Be afraid and do it anyway… Step across that line even if it’s partially part-time… just to start stepping across the line to see if this is something that works for them because not everybody is an entrepreneur not everybody wants to run everything… I think to step across that boundary to see how it feels because you have to tell the world what you know, and that is not always easy for everybody. And tell the world why they should work with you, and that’s not always easy”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6Zy

Ken Rutsky is a renowned specialist in achieving and growing market leadership, and has advised a range of B2B companies. His new book is Launching to Leading: How B2B Market Leaders Create Flashmobs, Marshal Parades, and Ignite Movements. “know that you are on a journey, whether the ups and downs, don’t get too high on the ups, don’t get me down on the Downs, and keep the faith”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6Zr

Lee Blue has spent the last 16 years running his web design agency and the last 10 deeply involved in the WordPress community. He developed the DoubleStack program to equip WordPress developers to rise above the saturated WordPress marketplace and succeed in today's economy. “focus on the problem that you are solving and the outcome that you deliver and not the persona that you are trying to attract… Don’t just focus on the person, what is the problem that you are solving, what is the outcome that you are delivering, why is it going to be a fantastic thing for that person to connect with you. And focus on that I would say that is the critical thing”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6Zn

Claudette Rowley is the CEO of Cultural Brilliance, a cultural design and change management consultancy and the author of Cultural Brilliance: The DNA of Organizational Excellence (2019). Over the past twenty years, Claudette Rowley has consulted at Fortune 1000 companies, small businesses, academic institutions, and start-ups, helping them create proactive and innovative workplace cultures that deliver outstanding results. “trust yourself, trust your gut. do your due diligence on everything and make sure that you have dotted your i’s and crossed your t’s so you are not kicking yourself later. And really look at ways to take strategic calculated risks that will drive the business forward”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6Zj

Russell Saks (CEO): Russell graduated from Indiana University with a major in Management and a minor in Entrepreneurship. Russell is the CEO and founder of Campus Protein and handles investor relations as well as our overall growth strategy. A big focal point for Russell is ensuring the company is aligned in both our long and short term strategy. Russell has always had an entrepreneurial spirit and started his first business in middle school. “just have focus. I think that it is so easy to get caught up in the day-to-day, I think you need to think of your end goal, the big picture and constantly ask yourself if the things you are doing will positively affect that end goal and if they don’t think that those are things that need to be cut out. So I think focus is really the key”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6Za

Mr. Robert E. Chisholm, FAIA, NCARB, graduated in 1973 from the University of Florida with a Bachelors in Architecture and in 1977 from the University of Miami with a Masters in Urban Design. His interest in architecture was founded during his childhood in Havana, Cuba amongst the colonial, baroque, neo-classical and art deco architecture. At the University of Florida, under the guidance of Harry Merritt, architecture became his passion in life. His actual career in architecture and urban planning began as a member at the Metro-Dade County Manager's Office in the Office of Community and Economic Development (OCED) during the 1970's. Mr. Chisholm was lead principal planner in charge of planning and implementation of capital improvement projects in several urban neighborhoods such as Edison Little River, Downtown Miami and South Beach. While at the OCED he developed and strengthened relationships with members of the Federal, State, County and City governments in planning, funding and implementation of projects; which would later prove invaluable in the growth of his career and future firm. In 1983, Mr. Chisholm was a finalist for the post of Assistant Secretary of Transportation for the United States Department of Transportation under President Ronald Reagan. “I believe that any human being if they set their mind to something without selling out their value system or their integrity or their beliefs, they can just about achieve anything they want. But anything and everything that you undertake will require an incredible amount of effort and time and perseverance. You have to earn it, there is no easy road but you have to enjoy the trip and you have to balance everything and you have to think as I mentioned earlier that your wake does not overturn any of the adjacent boats because you have to think of others as you go up the ladder or down the ladder. And you have to be able to look everyone you encounter later on make sure that you look at them and they look you with both a smile on your faces because you have to set a good example all the way – going in and coming down… Enjoy life because you only get one shot. This is not a dress rehearsal”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6Z3