SharkPreneur

Scaling With Systems – How to Grow Your Business Without Going CrazyRavi Abuvala, Scaling With Systems– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Kevin Harrington and Seth Greene Episode 474 Ravi AbuvalaRavi Abuvala is the founder of Scaling With Systems, a business accelerator which works to systemize and scale their clients’ businesses leveraging elimination, automation and overseas assistants. In the past 14 months he has created 2, 7-figure businesses with less than 10 employees and has helped 143 entrepreneurs scale to 6-figures and 8 scale to 7-figures. He has spoken on some of the largest stages in his industry and has been featured on Fox News, Entrepreneur, and Forbes.Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Ravi Abuvala about systemizing and scaling businesses.Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:Why Scaling With Systems was created.How most entrepreneurs don’t have consistent lead generation.Why entrepreneurs have to be able to create cold leads.How entrepreneurs need a scalable offer in order to grow.Why his business picked up during the COVID-19 pandemic.Connect with Ravi:Guest Contact InfoTwitterInstagramFacebookfacebook.com/scalingwithraviLinkedInlinkedin.com/in/raviabuvalaLinks Mentioned:Scalingwithsystems.com/shark Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Growing Agency Owners' Sanity and Bottom LineGeoff Skadra, Focus First Business Advisors– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 473 Geoff SkadraGeoff Skadra is an artist, designer, wedding videographer, marketer, and entrepreneur. He’s worked with Fortune 500 companies and big government agencies like NASA. He loves taking a complex problem and simplifying it into a process that works repeadly. At Focus first Business Advisors, Geoff applies this idea to the companies he works with to solve their performance gaps and help them become more successful, faster.Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Geoff Skadra about helping 6 and 7-figure agency owners 2x their revenues. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:How owners struggle with and don’t know where to go.Why agency owners need to transition to a CEO mindset.How time and emotional goals should be set before profit goals.Why agency owners should be able to guard their time.How it’s really critical to have the right analytics in place.Connect with Geoff:Guest Contact InfoFacebookFacebook.com/firstfocusbusinessadvisorsLinkedInLinkedin.com/company/focus-first-advisorsLinks Mentioned:Focusfirstadvisors.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Annuity Consultants Stephani Lucas, Spiritual Masochist                                                                                                                         – The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 472 Stephani LucasStephani Lucas is the founder and CEO of the Annuity Consultants, a boutique FMO she founded in 2010. TAC specializing in annuities, life insurance, disability income, long-term care, and Asset Based LTC. She is also the co-founder and CFO of a lifestyle brand Spiritual Masochist. After almost 20 years in the insurance/financial sector, she grew frustrated by the lack of depth and egocentric business practices. Out of her passion to change the industry from the inside out, she launched the Heart Centered Planning Series, a series of guides and webinars that focus on the transformative value that mindfulness and meditation can have for your business and daily life. She holds a bachelor’s degree in International Business with a focus on leadership and management with a dual degree in marketing from the Arizona State University W.P. Carey School of Business, lives in her lovely home in Austin, TX.Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Stephani Lucas about the boutique FMO service the Annuity Consultants.Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:●    Why you shouldn’t strap yourself to a sinking ship in business.●    How the Annuity Consultants was born and how it’s grown.●    Why you should help your clients become who they want to be.●    How there are advisors out there who sell products for the money.●    Why you have to treat yourself well before you will be treated well.Connect with Stephani:Guest Contact InfoTwitter @annuityconsultant @HurtsSooooGood @StephaniLucasInstagram @theannunityconsultants @spiritual_masochistFacebook facebook.com/TheAnnuityConsultants facebook.com/spiritualmas0chistLinkedIn linkedin.com/in/stephanilucasLinks Mentioned:Theannunityconsultants.com spiritualmasochist.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mindful Money Jonathan DeYoe, Mindful.Money– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 471 Jonathan DeYoeJonathan DeYoe has led DeYoe Wealth Management since 2001, where he and his teamwork one on one with over two hundred families and foundations. Jonathan and his team teach simple steps to financial success and ways to mindfully overcome emotional and cognitive biases related to money. Jonathan is the founder of Mindful.Money, where he provides keynotes and workshops at conferences and local associations.His team works with businesses to build transparent retirement plan services and financial literacy trainings for employees. Jonathan is passionate about spreading the good news of goal-focused and planning driven wealth management to help people enjoy better financial outcomes AND happier lives!Jonathan has been a California-based financial adviser for 24 years. He managed investments at a variety of Wall Street Companies before founding his own financial planning firms. He’s a contributor on personal finance matters for the Huffington Post, Business Insider, NerdWallet, and MindBodyGreen. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.Jonathan is a longtime Buddhist, who has practiced meditation for 25 years. He lives in Berkeley with his wife and two children.Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Jonathan DeYoe about mindfulness and money.Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:●    How Mindful.Money looks at the evidence for better outcomes.●    Why they focus on goal focus and planning driven decisions.●    How the world is always going to throw questions at you.●    Why you can’t add more happiness with more money.●    How mindfulness is acceptance without judgment.Connect with Jonathan:Guest Contact InfoTwitter @MindfulMoney_EdInstagram @mindfulmoneyplanFacebook facebook.com/MindfulMoneyPlanLinked InLinkedin.com/in/jonthandeyoeLinks Mentioned:Mindful.money Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Financial Services Edition: From Elite Military Service to Hundreds of Millions Under ManagementDavid Blain, BlueSky Wealth Advisors– The Sharkpreneur podcast Financial Services Edition with Seth Greene Episode 470 David BlainDavid Blain is the Founder, CEO, and Senior Wealth Advisor at BlueSky Wealth Advisors, a fee-only, fiduciary, Independent Investment Advisor founded in 1999. He is the author of Invest in Your Life, Not Just Your Portfolio: A Guide to Achieving Financial Independence. He has been a CFA Charterholder member of CFA Institute for 16 years.David graduated with Distinguished Honors from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He led the West Point Rugby Team to its first ever NCAA final four appearance in 1980. He served 10 years with distinction in U.S. Army. His Unit Assignments included the 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, NC; 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Ft. Lewis, WA; US Army JFK Special Warfare Center & School, FT. Bragg, NC.Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with David Blain about becoming the only Independent IRA.Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:● How volunteering your time can help open doors.● Why you need to get yourself known in the community.● How BlueSky Wealth Advisors uses a flat fee.● Why asset planning and planning will only get you so far.● How you should have a niche market.Connect with David:Guest Contact InfoTwitter@blueskywealthInstagram@blueskywealthFacebookfacebook.com/blueskywealthadvisorsLinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bluesky-wealth-advisors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Lefkoe Method to Eliminating Negative Beliefs Shelly Lefkoe, Lefkoe Institute– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 469 Shelly LefkoeShelly Lefkoe is a co-founder of the Lefkoe Institute, a San Francisco Bay Area firm whose mission is “To significantly improve the quality of life on the planet by having people recreate their lives and live as the unlimited possibilities they are.”Shelly has had the privilege of helping thousands of clients worldwide rid themselves of a wide variety of problems including phobias, relationships that never seem to work, violence, procrastination, unwillingness to confront people, health and wellness issues, and sexual dysfunction. Her clients have been able to eliminate emotional patterns such as fear, hostility, shyness, anxiety, , worry about what people think of them, and a negative sense of themselves.  Her programs have reached over 150,000 people worldwide. Her work has been featured on the Today Show, Leeza, and many other media outlets. Shelly is a keynote speaker and workshop leader. Her personal vision is to transform the way people parent. She believes that if we raise a conscious generation of children, violence will end, people will treat each other with respect and dignity, and life on this planet will be better for everyoneListen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Shelly Lefkoe about eliminating negative beliefs to live the life of your dreams.Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:●    Why the Lefkoe Method got started.●    How people do things that are not beneficial to them.●    Why people can’t change their behavior without changing their beliefs.●    How people can discover what their limiting beliefs are.●    Why worrying about what people think keeps you from your authentic self.Connect with Shelly:Guest Contact InfoTwitter @recreateyourlifeFacebook facebook.com/recreateyourlifeLinks Mentioned:RecreateYourLife.comLefkoeInstitute.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Profitable PastorEllis Hammond, Kingdom Capitalist– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 468 Ellis HammondEllis Hammond moved to San Diego, CA immediately out of college to start a Christian non-profit focused on serving the city of San Diego through leader and spiritual development at the college level. He saw first-hand the challenges, particularly in regard to funding, for non-profits like his own, and began to search for his own ways to wealth in order to support the ventures he was involved in. Ellis is passionate about investing in wealth producing vehicles for long term financial growth and life changing impact.  Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Ellis Hammond about passive investment opportunities with multifamily complexes.Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:●    Why you need money to make a big impact.●    How blue collars families can change their lives with real estate.●    Why you don’t need to be a millionaire to buy real estate.●    How you can grow in your faith .●    Why networking is so important for real estate.Connect with Ellis:Guest Contact InfoInstagram @ellishammond_LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/elllis-hammong-435b40156Links Mentioned:EllisHammond.com MissionofMultifamily.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Spikeball Story Chris Ruder, Spikeball Inc.– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Kevin Harrington and Seth Greene Episode 467 Chris RuderChris Ruder is the CEO and Founder of Spikeball Inc. The Jonas Brothers, Drake, Julianne Hough, Ryan Seacrest, 21 Pilots, Casey Neistat, and numerous pro sport teams and players have expressed their love for Spikeball. Spikeball’s appearance on Shark Tank was voted as one of the best episodes of all time. ESPN went as far as to say Spikeball is mainstream. Chris started the business 2008 and ran it as a night job for 5 years while keeping his day job as an Advertising Executive. 5 years after its founding, Spikeball hit $1 million in annual sales with zero full-time employees. At that time, Chris quit his day job and went full-time. That was one of the best days of his life. Spikeball’s mission is the create the next great global sport. Tournaments appear on ESPN and take place all over the world. Chris lives in Chicago with his 3 great kids and fantastic wife. He is on the board of I Grow Chicago and the company has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to help address gun violence, the environment and education.Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Chris Ruder about the company Spikeball Inc.Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:●    How Spikeball is an international phenomenon.●    Why selling the company isn’t on the table.●    How Spikeball has been impacted by COVID-19.●    Why the name of the sport is actually called round net.●    How the mission of Spikeball is to the next global sport.Connect with Chris:Guest Contact InfoTwitter @spikeballchris @spikeballInstagram @spikeballFacebook facebook.com/spikeballLinkedIn linkedin.com/in/chrisruderLinks Mentioned:spikeball.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Black Belt LeadershipJohn Terry, Black Belt Leadership– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 466 John TerryJohn Terry is a 2X martial arts hall of fame inductee who is passionate about teaching people to become Black Belt Leaders in Life. John is the author of four books, and his latest, Black Belt Leadership 101, debuted as a #1 New Release on Amazon in late March, 2020 and remained on the Amazon Best Sellers list for over two months. John is the founder of Black Belt Leadership, a results-focused coaching and training organization, teaching leadership, communication, sales & marketing. He’s also an Executive Director and President’s Advisory Council Member with The John Maxwell Team, a DISC-Certified Human Behavior Consultant, and a Real-Life Management Master Coach & Trainer. He’s traveled extensively over a 30+ year career and has spoken and trained internationally, including the Caribbean, Guatemala, Zambia, and Cameroon where he’s taught leadership conferences and trained hundreds of business professionals, along with their staff, to pursue life with Black Belt Excellence.   John loves to ask the question, “Why just be a leader, when you can be a Black Belt Leader and live life with Black Belt Excellence?”Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with John Terry about becoming a Black Belt Leader in life and business.Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:●    How Black Belt Leadership 101 came from personal introspection.●    Why most people don’t think they have what it takes to be a leader.●    How people can grow themselves into being a leader.●    Why people need to embrace a learning lifestyle.●    How the Black Belt symbolizes dedication to lifelong learning.Connect with John:Guest Contact InfoFacebook facebook.com/beablackbeltleaderLinkedInLinkedin.com/in/johnterry3Links Mentioned:beablackbeltleader.com beablackbeltleader.com/store.html blackbeltleadership.thinkific.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mentor to MillionsKevin Harrington and Mark Timm– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 465 Kevin Harrington and Mark TimmKevin Harrington has been a successful entrepreneur for over 40 years. He’s an orginal “Shark” on the Emmy-winning TV show, Shark Tank. He is also the inventor of the Informercial, As Seen On TV Pioneer, Co-Founder of the Electornic Retailers Association, Co-Founding board member of the Entrepreneurs’s Organization, and Co-Mark Timm’s businesses have been built with international footprints in more than a dozen countries and powered by global supply chain connections and across diverse industries from retail to wholesale and from product manufacturing to digital marketing and real estate.Mark knows what it’s like to leverage exponential thinking to multiply success—he started a retail gift company out of his garage and grew it to become a multi-million-dollar enterprise and the #1 supplier of its kind in North America. One of his enterprises achieved recognition as the runner-up for The National Small Business of the Year presented by President Bush, while another venture became one of the top 100 retailers on Amazon.Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Kevin Harrington and Mark Kimm about their new book Mentor to Millions.Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:●    How Kevin and Mark were both mentored by Zig Ziglar.●    Why you need to have the courage to ask for a mentor.●    How you should be your mentor’s best student.●    Why mentors should turn things down if it’s not their expertise.●    How you have to teach other people what you have learned.Connect with Mark:Guest Contact Info Websitemarktimm.comTwitter @themarktimmInstagram @themarktimmFacebook facebook.com/themarktimmLinkedInlinkedin.com/in/mark-timmLinks Mentioned:kevinmentor.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices