The Entrepreneur Way

Kevin MacCauley is the CEO and founder of Upper Hand, the leader in cloud-based sports management software that help sports professionals escape the administrative vortex and focus more on training athletes. As a former Little League coach, Kevin’s impeccable leadership stems from his undeniable love for sports, coaching and technology, which he has leveraged to transform Upper Hand into an industry trailblazer. Its award-winning software has undergone tremendous growth as it continues to reinvent the sports business industry and grow athlete participation worldwide. “doubt whom you will but never yourself when it gets tough because you have got to remind yourself why you started it to begin with. And always go back to that when times are challenging and when times are successful. Don’t forget that sometimes people have a hard time figuring out how to handle success and that can steer you wrong as well”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6TG

Josh Long is a consultant who helps companies in the $1M to $10M range find and fix their biggest challenge to unlock growth that lasts. He's also the author of Bottleneck Breakthrough, which outlines his proven approach he does with clients. “Simplify. A common pattern for most business owners is to complicated things, they are usually very intelligent and very interested in being stimulated by challenges and robust solutions and it ends up being super complicated. So I find more often than not number one thing I my clients is no to whatever they are asking… If you are under six figures you need to do two things and two things only. You need to figure out what your offer is and find where a lot of people are that you can make that offer to. You don’t need funnels, you don’t need and it pages, you don’t need CRM, you don’t need and also responder, you don’t need any of that stuff” …[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6TB

Rob Grupe is the founder and owner of Twice Bitten CrossFit in Oklahoma City. Before owning a gym, Rob served a jail sentence of 7 years in prison. Nearly a decade of time spent in a jail cell would typically break a man, but for Rob, it was a wake up call to create a life built around service, and helping others. “embrace failure that’s how you learn and grow. Seek out the people who have already done what you are trying to do successfully and then ask them how they did it. Learn from the best and model what they did”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6Tx

Stephen King graduated from the University of Denver with a dual degree in real estate and international business, going on to a career in real estate finance, brokerage, and mixed-use property development. Prior to launching imbrex, Stephen was Principal at King Interests, a full-service real estate firm based in Princeton, New Jersey. Stephen has launched several technology-related startups in the real estate space in his career and began participating in the blockchain community in 2013. “Don’t wait and start today. So if you are an entrepreneur and you want to build something, you have an idea then stop today building somebody else’s dream and start building your own dream. And the only way to do that is to start to do something today and not put it off until tomorrow”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6Tt

Bretton Putter is a leading expert on startup and high-growth company culture. As Managing Partner of a global executive search firm, he sourced CxOs, VPs and Directors for more than 400 startups and high-growth companies. He is the founder and CEO of CultureGene, a company culture consultancy, writes a popular blog on culture-driven companies, is a sought-after speaker, and a contributor to Forbes. His new book is Culture Decks Decoded: Transform Your Culture Into A Visible, Conscious And Tangible Asset. “if you are going to found a company and you are setting up with other cofounders do your due diligence on him. 65% of venture capital backed companies fail because of management and often founding management issues. So if you are going to set up with a co-founder or cofounders make sure you understand exactly where you all are because lawyers are expensive to undo that sort of thing. And if you have got a great team then I recommend just do it, believing it, go for it, it’s there for the taking. This is in my opinion the best time to be an entrepreneur ever. Technology is making so much more available there are billions of people on mobile, online… that you can distribute your product anywhere. If you are young and you think entrepreneurial is the answer then just go for it” …[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6Tc

Amy Coats is an Entrepreneur, Corporate Exit Strategist, CFO, and founder of Virtual COO Solutions & Two Week Notice Society. After 20 years in the corporate 9 to 5 world, she realized she was destined for something far more satisfying. But it wasn't enough for her to find her happy place in the world. She created Two Week Notice Society to empower women who feel the same way she did when she left the 9 to 5 grind and started her entrepreneurial journey. She is passionate about helping corporate women get their online businesses up and running, so they can leave their 9-5 and be the woman they dream of becoming! Her strategies contain the exact steps she followed to make it to the other side and love life all over again. “Really create a business based around what you are passionate about. Passionate is something this loose word that we use but it’s really defining what is important to you and how you can create a business around that. Because otherwise I see people get frustrated because they just create another job for themselves.  And so I think if you can really create a business around what is important to you, what you are passionate about it will really help you to show up and create that joy in your life”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to f

Matthew Luhn is a writer, story branding consultant, and keynote speaker with over 25 years’ experience at Pixar Animation Studios, with story credits including the Toy Story and Monsters, Inc. franchises, Finding Nemo, UP, Cars, and Ratatouille. Alongside his work in Hollywood, Luhn trains CEOs, marketing teams, directors, and professionals on how to craft stories for Fortune 500 companies, Academy Award-winning movies, and corporate brands grossing billions of dollars worldwide, advice he’s packed into his new book, The Best Story Wins: How to Leverage Hollywood Storytelling in Business and Beyond. “don’t be clever but be honest, the vulnerable. This applies for you if you are a writer being that… Write what you know, write things that you are passionate about… and the same thing goes with any kind of business, for any entrepreneur, don’t be clever but create things, work on things, build things that you are sincerely passionate about. It’s going to be more honest and truthful. But it does mean that there is an element of vulnerability in there, it means really thinking about what you are passionate about in life, pursuing it even if you do not know you will be able to make a living from it yet. But I really think that the best creators, the best innovators that have lived are ones that have taken chances, that have pursued their passion and it’s worked for them”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6T7

York, PA musician, Shane Speal is responsible for the modern resurgence of the cigar box guitar, a once forgotten instrument of American blues and roots music. Few artists are as committed to expanding the boundaries of such a primitive instrument as Speal does. "A Cigar Box Guitar is quirky and appears ‘broken’ from the start," says Speal. "They just don’t look like they should play any music. I love to see jaws hit the floor when I shove a socket on my finger and wail away." In addition to performing and composing on cigar box guitar, Speal has also opened the first permanent Cigar Box Guitar Museum within the walls of Speal's Tavern in New Alexandria, PA. He also has an ever-expanding lesson series on how to play cigar box guitar, found on Youtube, CigarBoxNation.com, CigarBoxGuitar.com and ShaneSpeal.com. His column, The DIY Musician has been read by thousands at GuitarWorld.com and showcases homemade instruments, players and techniques. Shane Speal & the Snakes latest album, Stay Primal features cigar box guitars, washtub bass, washboard, tin can microphones, and many other DIY instruments. “Love people and hustle every morning. You know this isn’t about you is about your customer, this is about people around you so love the people around you and then hustle every damn morning, every morning you get up. Just get ready and go”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6SY

Vin Clancy who just launched his book, Ace The Game: The 100 best growth hacks in the world right now” which is going to be the most important marketing and business book of 2018. Known for his cutting-edge growth hacks and genius business ideas he will provide actionable insight and honest feedback in honor of National Social Media Day. Vin was on social welfare in the U.K., living off less than $100 a week when he learned how to use the internet to make things go viral. His growth hacking book raised over $100,000 in pre-orders, which he supported with a 100-date speaking tour in ten countries around the world. Vin launched two websites that received over 20 million visitors, two rounds of funding, and got into the TechStars accelerator. He has spoken in over 40 different cities in ten different countries and has been featured in publications like Fortune, Buzzfeed, The Daily Telegraph, The New Statesman, Wired, Vice, Inc., and many more. Vin Clancy, internationally known Social Media Expert just launched a book called Ace The Game “Do look into Nootropics. I have tried and done many many things with personal improvement and self-development and Aniracetam has really been really good for me in terms of focus and concentration and lifting my mood”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6SU

Sean Lake is a former professional snowboarder turned Action Sports Marketing professional turned accidental entrepreneur. He’s turned tragedy into celebration following the loss of best friend and Navy SEAL Glen 'BUB' Doherty in the terror attacks of Benghazi by launching BUBS Naturals, a wellness brand that gives 10% of all proceeds directly to his namesake charity. “Practice an endurance sport before launching your business. It’s a long long road, it is arduous, it is thankless, it is tough, and the only way that you are going to get through it is by kind of having that mental fortitude which is really helped out by having a healthy dose of inspiration. So if you really feel that what you are doing is going to make a difference, if you really feel inspired by your idea, combine that the willpower and endurance to see through because it’s going to be a grind and you are going to get punched in the face over and over and over again and it’s what you do in those moments that is going to define the success of your business. And if you truly believe in it and you have the endurance inside of you, you will be able to pivot, learn, adapt and climb those mountings”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6SG