The Entrepreneur Way

Chris Schultz CEO of Launch Pad - Chris Schultz is a seasoned expert in high growth startups and expansion. He’s an active angel investor, and has spent 15+ years bringing together the “doers” of the world -- startups that have raised hundreds of millions in capital and created 5,000+ jobs. He founded Launch Pad, a startup workspace and community for entrepreneurs, creatives and professionals in New Orleans in 2009, and over the past year he has guided the expansion to new markets in Newark, Memphis, and Nashville. Anne Driscoll, Co-founder, President & COO of Launch Pad - Anne Driscoll is a long-time Silicon Valley Exec and former Googler turned passionate startup advocate. Post Google, Anne took her expertise to the Valley’s high-growth startup scene focussing on championing emerging ecosystems and creating platforms to support small businesses like Ning, Dwolla and GoDaddy. In 2017 Anne took on the role of President and COO of Launch Pad to support the expansion and increase programming and services for Launch Pad members. “as entrepreneurs I think it’s really important for you to be honest with yourself and identify what your strengths are and what your weaknesses are. And it’s okay to know that you aren’t going to be great at everything, that’s just not a possibility. So it’s really important I think for you to be successful, to know what areas of expertise you need to draw from other places. You need to be confident in the decisions that you make but you can find partners or mentors or resources or employees to help you fill in those blind spots that you may have in your business or in your own skill set”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6Ww

Laura Gisborne is a highly successful business expert. She’s structured and sold multiple businesses ranging from small boutique businesses to a multi-million dollar wine and real estate empire, The innovative business model of her company exemplifies that companies can be both profitable and purposeful. Through her community thousands of women and children are receiving regular contributions across 5 continents. “learn very quickly how to get out of their own way because I find that making money is really the easy part of business once you are clear about your business model and who your ideal target is. What I find slows entrepreneurship down is the leadership component where leaders fail like they have to do things that are not really their jobs. They stay into much of a small mindset. So if you can learn to get out of your own way and surround yourself with an amazing team it accelerates success so much faster”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6Wr

Angela Carlson, ND has been a naturopathic doctor for 6 years. She uses natural medicine to help you get your health on track. She helps people with chronic stress, fatigue, women's health, men's health, Type 1 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, abdominal pain or discomfort and other disorders. “Just knowing that any income that was going to be coming was going to be immediately due to some sort of result that I was responsible for creating. Not having a paycheck for the first time just kind of coming in that was really new to me and that took a little getting used to for sure. I think most entrepreneurs especially they are just starting out just like me have to really learn how to budget your time, there’s so many different things… I am learning how do I wear these different hats and how do I structure my time out during the week in a way where I am wearing all the hats in my business right now”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6Wi

Ben Walker is the founder and CEO of Transcription Outsourcing, LLC in Denver, Colorado, which provides transcription services to the legal, law enforcement, medical, financial, academic, and business industries. Ben has become known worldwide as an expert in helping companies grow by utilizing the services of freelancers and contracted employees. He makes regular podcast appearances and has been featured in major publications like Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Inc. Magazine. “getting a coach is really important”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6We

Joe Nunziata is a best-selling author, spiritual life & business coach and professional speaker. He has been delivering his life-changing message at events and seminars since 1992. His enlightening programs are a unique blend of spirituality, psychology, philosophy and the power of internal energy. “just trust yourself and believe in yourself. Because the bottom line is we are all going to have moments where we feel fearful we are all going to have moments where we have doubt. And one of the things doing energy work that I have learned was don’t resist whatever feeling you have… What we have to learn to do is say you know what I do feel fear, everybody does… So here is the way it works with energy if you resist something you create a block. So if I feel fearful I have to say to myself I accept that I feel fearful right now but I am still going to move forward. But I don’t want to resist the idea that I had that feeling. So the key to success is accepting how you feel, you continue to move forward, because the minute you accept you have fear you begin to dissolve the energy of fear. When you resist it you actually stop yourself cold because you are now trying to make believe you are not afraid and it doesn’t work. So understand that when you accept your feelings you dissolve the emotion and that’s the key that will help you move forward faster than anything else.”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6W7

Harry Campbell is is the founder of TheRideshareGuy.com, a blog and podcast for rideshare drivers. Despite the ‘unique’ niche, he is getting ver 1 million page views a month across our websites and Youtube channel and has 75,000 e-mail subscribers. “be open to lots of opportunities because I think especially when you are first getting started out if everything that you are doing has a calculated reason then you may not find kind of what you are looking for. The path to entrepreneurship, there aren’t many people who wake up and say oh I’m going to go and start a blog about Uber and Lift Driver because five years ago the industry didn’t even exist. So I think the ultimate goal for a lot of entrepreneurs is unknown and in order to get there you just have to try a lot of stuff and be open to a lot of opportunities…” …[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6W1

Maxwell Cohen is the founder, CEO and president of Peel Away Labs, the innovative start-up company that developed Peelaways, the bedding industry’s first multilayered, disposable, waterproof fitted sheet designed for the home, industrial and healthcare markets. While attending the University of Arizona, Cohen observed students were not changing their bed sheets because stripping the bed, doing the laundry and remaking the bed were such a hassle. He also noticed his grandparents were struggling to change their own fitted sheet. Realizing this was a challenge for multiple life stages, including parents of toddlers, Cohen knew there had to be a better way. As a result, he created the patented solution, Peelaways, enabling consumers or health professionals to simply peel away the top layer to reveal a clean sheet below in seconds. Cohen’s entrepreneurial spirit and sheer determination led him to raise $1.3 million dollars in funding after three years of research and development resulting in a superior product. Cohen has appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank. Cohen studied Environmental and Water Resource Economics at the University of Arizona, where he graduated in 2013. “keep on keeping on. And back to having a great equilibrium. Be able to focus your time and effort on four, five, six things… Nothing is going to go according to plan - that is my biggest piece of advice. When you become an expert in your industry you are going to learn more and more that might allow you to pivot into a better direction than your original plan and there is nothing wrong with going off of your original plan. A plan is a living thing, your budget is a living thing, your pitch deck is a living thing. Nothing is static in a business you have to make sure to be fast smart as quick as possible, get wise, learn from as many people as you can and surround yourself with the smartest intellectual people that you trust. But it doesn’t mean they are always right”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6VW

Thom King always struggled with his weight before adopting a ketogenic lifestyle. In Guy Gone Keto he details how perseverance and a high-fat, low-carb diet enabled him to drop five waist sizes in a single year. His essential wellness program includes tips for reading and understanding food labels, supportive techniques to make you feel capable and empowered, as well as tasty recipes and easy-to-follow meal plans that will keep you fit and healthy for life. Thom King is the founder and CEO of Steviva Brands Inc., one of the largest importers, manufacturers, and distributors of natural sweeteners. A self-described “bio hacker,” he has made it his life’s work to study food science and use his knowledge to help people eat healthier, avoid harmful sugars, and maintain diet and exercise habits that defeat metabolic disease. His company, based in Portland, Oregon, derives its name from stevia, the South American plant extract that is calorie-free yet three hundred times sweeter than sugar, and does not contribute to the combination of metabolic diseases that Thom calls “diabesity.” “create your vision, understand your outcome and never ever give up on it”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6VR

Andrea Pass is the owner of Andrea Pass Public Relations. A 30+ year PR veteran, she has an expertise in national, regional and local media relations outreach for clients in such categories as consumer products, lifestyle, business, education, authors, food, non-profits and more. Her strength in relationships coupled with her knowledge of the ever-growing media landscape results in securing top tier, targeted media placements to increase brand awareness, reputation management and sales for established businesses and growing entrepreneurs alike. “understand what you are good at and what you are not good at. Focus on what you excel at. Use your resources, stay in touch with people, build relationships and use those relationships to help grow your entrepreneurial venture”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6VN

Josh Levent is a thinker, speaker, doer, and maker who solves problems to make the world better. He is a pitch coach to entrepreneurs, and a business designer to businesses looking to innovate. He is the host of the podcast Humans with Josh Levent and lives in Bern, Switzerland. “don’t be afraid to think differently. There is plenty of competition to be like everybody else and there is basically no competition for people to be their unique self… Being yourself is not about staying the same it’s about evolving into who you are becoming. And it just means not imitating other people because that’s a tendency that we have to imitate successful people. There is no space for the next Richard Branson or the next Gary Vaynerchuk those spots have been taken and it’s better to do something out and to do something new”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6VJ