SharkPreneur

From Music Geek to Leading the Largest Tribe of Coaches in IndiaSiddharth Rajsekar,– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 454 Siddharth RajsekarSiddharth Rajsekar, AKA Sidz, is a musician turned digital geek. For the last seven years, Sidz has been running a digital agency that has represented clients like Robert Kiyosaki, Jack Canfield, Tony Robbins and many more. He’s the creator of the Freedom Business Model and is on a mission to create a million digital leaders. He currently nurtures one of India’s largest tribe of coaches and experts who are building their own digital ecosystems.Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Siddharth Rajsekar about creating a tribe of a million digital leaders.Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:●    Why connections are so important to help open doors in your industry.●    How you can facilitate lead generations through the connections you make.●    Why you should build a knowledge business without an office or employees.●    How the Freedom Business Model works and its three key components.●    Why you need to be authentic, information backed by logic, and empathetic.Connect with Sidz:Guest Contact InfoTwitter @sidzInstagram @siddharthrajsekarFacebook facebook.com/siddharthrajsekarLinkedIn linkedin.com/in/siddharthrajsekar YouTube youtube.com/channel/UCtddlJrmNC5jIR4F4r3m5Yw Links Mentioned:Sidz.co/blueprint Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Prison to Podcasting ProfitsZachary Babcock, Underdog Empowerment                                           – The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 453 Zachary BabcockZachary Babcock is CEO and founder of Underdog Empowerment. He went from spending over five years in prison to scaling a 6-figure business. Now, he helps alpha entrepreneurs create celebrity brands and explosive businesses with a top-shelf podcast.Zachary interviews celebrities and industry leaders on his top-rated Apple Podcast, Underdog Empowerment, and has a broad perspective from both extremes of life.Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Zachary Babcock about building a 6-figure business after spending years in prison.Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:●    Why network marketing doesn’t provide a full and independent business.●    How copy writing and marketing are the skills you need to start a business.●    Why it’s important to ethically believe in the product that you are selling.●    How you have to say no to some opportunities to hit the next growth phase.●    Why being authentic is the best thing you can do for yourself and your company.Connect with Zachary:Guest Contact InfoTwitter @zacharyjbabcockInstagram @zacharyjbabcockFacebook facebook.com/zacharyjbabcock facebook.com/Zachary.babcock.1LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/Zachary-babcock YouTube youtube.com/user/zacharybabcock13Links Mentioned:underdogempowerment.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mastering Simple Topics Helps Entrepreneurs Achieve Their DreamsMike Paton, EOS Worldwide– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 452 Mike PatonMike Paton is passionate about helping entrepreneurs. After growing up in a household full of teachers and entrepreneurs and cutting his teeth in banking, he spent ten years leading entrepreneurial companies before discovering EOS® in 2007. Instantly drawn to its timeless concepts and simple, practical tools - he became one of the first Professional EOS Implementers®. Since then he’s conducted over 1,200 sessions for more than 120 companies, co-authored the book GET A GRIP with Gino Wickman, conducted action-packed talks and workshops around the world, and spent five years as EOS Worldwide’s Visionary. Today he spends all his time helping entrepreneurs implement EOS, run better businesses, and live better lives.Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Mike Paton about entrepreneurs reaching their goals using practical tools.Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:●    How thinking that what got you here will get you to the next level is a mistake.●    Why people losing the ability to control their lives during a crisis is devastating.●    How people need to make decisions, analyze the situation, and move forward.●    Why the worst decision a leader can make is not making any decision at all.●    How achieving a great vision requires great people to work for your company.Connect with Paton:Guest Contact InfoTwitter @mpaton linkedin.com/in/mikepatonLinks Mentioned: eosworldwide.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elite Military Service Leads to Smarter Investment DecisionsDavid Blain, Blue Sky Wealth Advisors– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 451 David BlainDavid L. Blain, CFA is the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Wealth Advisor at BlueSky Wealth Advisors, a fee-only, independent Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) he founded in 1999. He is responsible for defining the overall firm policies, strategy, and goals. He also formulates advanced financial planning and sophisticated tax strategies for clients and is responsible for setting the firm-wide investment strategy.David received a Bachelor of Science in 1989 from The United States Military Academy at West Point, where he was a Distinguished Honor Graduate and member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Before his career in finance, he served with distinction for 10 years in U.S. Army Airborne, Ranger, and Special Operations units.He is a member of the CFA Institute, the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), and the Financial Planning Association (FPA). He currently serves as Vice-Chairman on the Board of Directors of CarolinaEast Health System in New Bern, where he also chairs the Investment Committee. Previously David was on the Board of Advisors and Finance Committee of the West Point Association of Graduates, Treasurer for Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Eastern North Carolina, President of the Cumberland Interfaith Hospitality Network, Treasurer of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh. He served as the Chairman of the New Bern Heart Ball and has provided countless hours of volunteer service to numerous other charitable organizations. In addition to his many board duties, he has coached youth league baseball and soccer teams in the New Bern area for more than a decade.David is a recognized speaker on investments, financial planning, and taxes. He has written for and been quoted in numerous trade journals and mass media outlets, including, Wharton Business Radio "Spotlight: Your Money", BusinessWeek, U.S. News & World Report, Money magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and other national and local publications. He was for five years the host of “All Things Money with David Blain,” a weekly television and radio program. Under his leadership, BlueSky has received several awards and accolades throughout its history for their quality of advice, growth rate, and client satisfaction.Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with David Blain about lessons learned from the military and how they apply to the financial world.Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:●    Why the best investment people can make is in their intellectual capacity.●    How there are five basic habits you should use for financial success.●    Why the secret to success is producing income that isn’t reliant on your labor.●    How you need to save money and spend less money than you make.●    Why you should only invest in the market what you don’t need for five years.Connect with David:Guest Contact InfoTwitter @blueskywealthInstagram @blueskywealthFacebook facebook.com/blueskywealthadvisorsLinkedIn linkedin.com/company/bluesky-wealth-advisors YouTube youtube.com/channel/UCVJsfx0dqkrsqKuFkecLCtwLinks Mentioned: blueskywa.com/success davidblain.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 450 Clare CuiClare Cui founded the Steady Sales Method. She knows how it feels to be on sales call after call - feeling so completely confused about what wasn’t working with her strategy, energy, or leadership.Clare made it her mission to master everything sales, including training other multiple multi-million-dollar teams in the coaching industry using repetition after repetition to hone her skills. As she built her sales muscles and grew her skills, she stepped more and more into leadership to train, teach, and lead sales teams to close over 7-million dollars in the coaching industry.After leading different teams and learning different sales strategies, Clare found that the system to close more sales with authenticity, leadership, and love was simple. Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Clare Cui about having permission-based sales conversation.Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:●    How stopping a sale at an objection leaves money, you could earn, on the table.●    Why salespeople should talk less and listen more to what their client says.●    How listening to what your clients think they need allows you to sell to them.●    Why having a script is important so you rely on a plan instead of your energy.●    How you need to be willing to be curious of your client’s perception.Connect with Clare:Guest Contact InfoInstagram @clare_cuiFacebook facebook.com/TheyogathleteLinks Mentioned: closesalesconsistently.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan Hogan, Hunt A Killer– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Kevin Harrington and Seth Greene Episode 449 Ryan HoganRyan Hogan if the co-founder and CEO of Hunt A Killer. He spent 17 years in the U.S. Navy, separating from active service in 2017 to pursue entrepreneurship full-time while entering the Navy Reserves. Ryan started Hunt A Killer back in 2016 and has been leading its growth ever since. He bootstrapped his company with no outside investors and grew it fast enough to draw attention. Ryan grew Hunt A Killer’s revenue from less than $250K in 2016 to $27M in 2019 and expects a projected revenue of $50M in 2020.Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Ryan Hogan about growing Hunt A Killer to a multi-million-dollar company using a model.Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:●    Why selling experiences has become very popular and trendy in recent years.●    How Hunt A Killer provides an escape by immersing people in a different reality.●    Why it’s important to build communities around immersive entertainment.●    How the expedited option in the subscription model makes even .●    Why having a proven model means you can change genres and be successful.Connect with Ryan:Guest Contact InfoTwitter @huntakillerincInstagram@huntakillerincFacebookFacebook.com/huntakillerincLinkedIn linkedin.com/company/hunt-a-killerLinks Mentioned:huntakiller.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Riggs Eckelberry, OriginClear– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 448 Riggs EckelberryRiggs Eckelberry doesn’t look like a bomb-thrower, and yet, he’s driving the disruption of a trillion-dollar industry that has fallen behind the times and is affecting the health of millions. That industry is Big Water. Simply, those billion-dollar centralized water systems aren’t coping with demand, and water quality is getting worse. The answer? Infrastructure. Businesses are doing their own , using modular, prefabricated systems that are trucked right on site. They get better water quality, lower rates through recycling, and even improved environmental grades! Ten years after launching public company OriginClear, Riggs and his team are offering those truck-in-place modular systems in the USA, while licensees are building products internationally using OriginClear’s low-energy, chemical-free innovation. Riggs is uniquely qualified to ride the huge wave of do-it-yourself water treatment that is transforming an industry, having learned management in the nonprofit space, captained oceangoing ships, and achieved several tech successes during the dot-com boom.Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Riggs Eckelberry about disrupting businesses in the eco-space.Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:●    Why big water is a trillion-dollar industry but only 20% of the sewage is treated.●    How the water industry needs to grow a lot but doesn’t because its self-satisfied.●    Why the best way to mitigate future pandemics is through sanitation control.●    How there is no marketplace that allows for the funding of water systems.●    Why speeding up the funding cycle we can rev up the water industry.Connect with Riggs:Guest Contact InfoTwitter @OriginClearInstagram @originclearFacebook facebook.com/OriginClearLinkedIn linkedin.com/company/originclear-incLinks Mentioned:originclear.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Kevin Harrington and Seth Greene Episode 447 Michael Jr.Michael Jr. is Known as one of today’s most gifted comedians. He brings laughter and understanding to audiences all over the world. Michael got his start performing at the legendary Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach: home of Jay Leno and “The Tonight Show.” This outstanding performance led to Michael Jr. performing at the “Just for Laughs” comedy festival in Montreal where he became the first comedian to ever appear live via satellite on “The Tonight Show” which catapulted Michael’s career.Now, Michael Jr. tours the country using comedy to inspire audiences to activate their purpose and live a life fulfilled. His impactful delivery and versatility has landed him on The Tonight Show, The Late, Late Show, Oprah, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Comedy Central, TedX Talks and a keynote for Fortune 500 companies.Michael has spent a significant portion of his career making laughter commonplace in uncommon places such as homeless shelters and prisons, in addition to empowering his audiences with an appearance in Sony Pictures' feature film War Room as well as starring roles in Selfie Dad, and MORE THAN FUNNY. Michael’s motivating comedy specials, Laughing on Purpose and MORE THAN FUNNY are also available on DVD.Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Michael Jr. about using comedy to inspire and teach audiences to live a fulfilled life.Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:●    How you can use comedy to help explain to people how things work.●    Why being an artist requires you to be an entrepreneur and business owner.●    How you retain more information when laughing because you’re less stressed●    Why bringing experts and comedians together can be a great way to teach.●    How you can’t rely on your set up and why you need to know your punchline.Connect with Michael Jr.:Guest Contact InfoTwitter @michaeljrcomedyInstagram @michaeljrcomedyFacebook facebook.com/michaeljrcomedy YouTube youtube.com/michaeljrcomedyLinks Mentioned:michaeljr.com/course Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, Disaster Avoidance Experts– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 446 Gleb TsipurskyDr. Gleb Tsipursky is an internationally recognized throught leader known as the Disaster Avoidance Expert. Dr. Gleb is on a mission to protect leaders from dangerous judgment errors known as cognitive biases by developing the most effective decision-making strategies.His cutting-edge thought leadership has been featured in over 550 articles and 450 interviews in Time, Fast Company, CBS News, Business Insider, Inc. Magazine, and elsewhere. His expertise stems from his background of over 20 years of consulting, coaching, speaking, and training as CEO of Disaster Avoidance Experts. His experience also comes from his research background as a behavior economist and cognitive neuroscientist with over 15 years in academia and dozens of peer-reviewed publications.Dr. Gleb has written several best-selling books and is well known for Never Go with Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions. His newest best-selling book is called Resilience: Adapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic. Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Dr. Gleb Tsipursky about planning and adapting to life during the Coronavirus Pandemic.Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:●    How disasters can significantly affect your bottom line and your business.●    Why we make bad decisions and how we can avoid bad decision making.●    How we have to look at academic journals to understand how our brain works.●    Why our gut reaction and fight or flight is no longer helpful in modern day living.●    How business leaders reacted to COVID-19 with a fight or flight response too.Connect with Dr. Gleb:Guest Contact InfoTwitter @gleb_tsipurskyInstagram @dr_gleb_tsipurskyFacebook facebook.com/DrGlebTsipurskyLinkedIn linkedin.com/in/dr-gleb-tsipursky YouTube youtube.com/user/gleb1111Links Mentioned: disasteravoidanceexperts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andy Andrews, The Andy Andrews Group– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 445 Andy AndrewsAndy Andrews is the author of more than 25 books that have been translated into more than 40 languages. Among those books are several New York Times bestsellers, including the modern-day classics: The Traveler’s Gift and The Noticer. On ABC’s Good Morning America, The Traveler’s Gift was named one of the “Five Books You Must Read In Your Lifetime.” Andy has been to the White House on several occasions and has spoken at the request of four different Presidents of the United States. He coached our nation’s Special Operations Command for eight years and has been a part of nine College Football National Championship teams in a row. Andy works as a consultant to Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and sometimes, entire communities who hire him to create a starting point for extraordinary results. His newest book – The Bottom of the Pool: Thinking Beyond Your Boundaries to Achieve Extraordinary Results – was released in June 2019.Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Andy Andrews about his new book The Bottom of the Pool: Thinking Beyond Your Boundaries to Achieve Extraordinary Results. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:●    Why you shouldn’t let someone else put a value on your worth and your work. ●    How we are all in a crisis, headed to a crisis or coming out of a crisis. ●    Why you should never underestimate what word of mouth can do for you.●    How it’s important to explain complicated things in a way people can grasp.●    Why people live with problems instead of trying a solution they don’t understand.Connect with Andy:Guest Contact InfoTwitter @AndyAndrewsInstagram @andyandrewsauthorFacebook facebook.com/AndyAndrewsLinkedIn linkedin.com/in/andyandrews1Links Mentioned:andyandrews.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices