Patrick Huey is an investment advisor representative and owner of Victory Independent Planning, LLC . He is the author of two books: "History Lessons for the Modern Investor" and "The Seven Pillars of (Financial) Wisdom"; He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional, Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® and an Accredited Tax Preparer. He has a Bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Master of Business Administration from Arizona State University. Patrick also ser...
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 55
Dean Wegner CEO of Authentically American has been on Fox News, Yahoo Finance, Fox and Friends, Forbes, Varney & Co, Mornings with Maria, The Story with Martha McCollum, Business Wire and many many more! But now he This former Army Ranger, Helicopter Pilot, and West Point Grad talks about why we need to buy American and how his company is 100% Authentically American! This episode touches on some riveting topics such as: The US Flag National Anthem Giving back o your community The business of...
Aug 15, 2021•58 min•Season 3Ep. 54
The Chief Lizard is here! Rebecca Rausch is the owner of Neon Lizard Creative Marketing & Design is here to tell you how to Catch the eye and Grab the HEART of your clients! As a "Brand Evangelist" she preaches the good word about Foundational Branding and Marketing while inspiring the world to build a brand with social impact. Listen in and here about: The Heart Principle Giddy Clients Why culture is important to your brand The #1 mistake your are making with your marketing EMBRACE THE POWE...
Jul 06, 2021•49 min•Season 3Ep. 53
Dan Hiett is an insurance professional and an expert in the Group Health insurance industry with extensive knowledge and expertise in Health Care Reform, Flexible Spending Accounts HAS, and Self-funded. He is also this week’s guest! Dan shares with us how he as managed and grown multiple businesses and divisions from start up to multi-million-dollar entities. He also discusses: 1. The biggest issue of the never-ending rising costs of benefits 2. The Manipulation Game your insurance agent is play...
Jun 24, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 52
Listen in as Sarry Ibrahim discusses how he helps high net worth individuals, real estate investors, business owners and retirees grow and protect their wealth predictably and safely utilizing the Bank On Yourself money Strategy ! Sarry has cultivated a reputation for putting his clients first and his unique strategy. He is an advocate of pursuing purposeful investment strategies that minimize risk and maximize the value of a clients’ portfolio to meet their evolving financial needs as well as m...
Mar 24, 2021•58 min•Season 3Ep. 51
Sherri Somers is a master life and financial coach who specializes in helping solopreneurs exceed 6 and 7 figures! Her secret? Master, Market, Monetize ! As a single mom and divorcee, the odds were stacked against her not to succeed. She challenged those odds and overcame them with great success to build a successful business and double her salary in one month! Sherri Somers discusses with Curphy the practical solutions and actionable strategies to help you cultivate the necessary skills in orde...
Mar 15, 2021•53 min•Season 3Ep. 50
Eric Davis is part of an exclusive and elite group that many of us cannot even fathom being a part of nor could we even be accepted. You may remember the movie American Sniper based on Navy Seal Sniper Chris Kyle who was the most wanted man in the Middle East. Eric Davis was his sniper instructor. Eric has trained, operated, and sacrificed in the shadows for many of us for many years. He and his brotherhood believe in getting the job done at all cost and could care less about what you think of t...
Mar 08, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 49
Want to know my beard secret? It is this week's guest, Mr. Adam Hahn, on Episode #48! I have been rocking the Yock since 2020! Listen in and meet the artist and owner behind the magic, Mr. Adam Hahn, of Honyocker Beard Co. Adam has created some amazing award winning products and has even created my own scent based off of me and the podcast called #BIZ which has been an amazing success! So listen in as 2 bearded guys talk about Beards, Beard Products, how he got into the industry, his evolution ...
Mar 02, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 48
Do you want to CRUSH IT? Come crush life with Joel Pilka of the Crushing life Podcast and No Booze 30 movement! Season 3 Episode #47 can now be "VIEWED" in its entirety on our You Tube Channel NOW! WATCH AND LISTEN HERE: https://youtu.be/JHKS05kqInM Joel Pilka hosts the Crushing life Podcast which he shares his short daily thoughts on becoming the best version of yourself, living up to your true potential and being present enough to balance family, work and your goals all while being truly happy...
Feb 21, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 47
The Season 2 Finale doesn't have a lot of business, but there is a whole lot of funny business! The most listened to guest ever, from Episode 11 Season 1, Todd Laux , makes his return to the Podcast for the most explicit, dangerous, and free for all show ever recorded. The episode is INTENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ( or immature ) only, as the guys go unscripted and remanence about their college days, and past life experiences (shenanigans). The Beard and Todd do get down to some serious business ...
Dec 26, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 46
Dr. Jen Welter was breaking glass ceilings since she was a kid! In fact she has been smashing glass slippers! The reason she has done this is because she "let's her game speak for itself." This episode features one of the most ground breaking people in all of professional sports. What are some of Dr. Jen's accomplishments? In women's football, she has 2 Gold Medals with Team USA, 4 World Championships, and 8 All-Star selections. The Head Coach of the First Australian Women's National Team On the...
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Heather Monahan is one of the biggest influencers on social media and especially LinkedIn . She is a Top 40 Female Keynote Speaker and an amazing TEDx presenter! As a Chief Revenue Officer in Media, she was a Glass Ceiling Award winner, named one of the most Influential Women in Radio in 2017 and Thrive Global named her a Limit Breaking Female Founder in 2018. Heather’s book Confidence Creator shot to #1 on Amazon’s Business Biographies and Business Motivation lists the first week it debuted on ...
Dec 09, 2020•52 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Almost all businesses struggle to integrate and safeguard important data across platforms. The solution to this according to Jan Arendtsz, CEO of Celigo, is iPaaS. Listen in as we sit down with Jan Arendtz as he shares how a young boy from Sri Lanka is now integrating the world with his International Tech company, Celigo which is headquartered in San Francisco with satellite offices in the Netherlands, India, and the Philippines, Jan also discusses his journey from a startup, to raising $20 mill...
Nov 25, 2020•54 min•Season 2Ep. 43
It is another solo shot that dives into 3 specific types of people that are probably negatively affecting your sales team and their performance. Listen in as I discuss why your sales team may be underperforming and who is to blame. Many sales managers face the dilemma of whether or not they should fire a highly successful sales person who is toxic to the organization's culture and negatively impacts everyone else on their sales team. I talk specifically about the Mercenary, the Missile, and the ...
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 42
THIS WEEK IS A SOLO CAST! Hey fans! I recently was a guest on a TV show called Business Forward hat will air at the end of October. I was joined by the Branding Genius , David Brier . On the show I was asked what are some new tools out there that can help you manage your brand? I shared, but I decided to go more in depth and share with you on this week's episode of #BIZ with the Beard! USING AI TO MANAGE YOUR BRAND ========== Find out in this episode how to use AI to: * Analyze your competition'...
Oct 12, 2020•51 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Marek Zymslowski is a Polish-born entrepreneur and executive that co-founded Sunroof.se, HotelOnline.com, and Jumia Travel, Africa’s Biggest Hotel Booking Portal listed on NYSE as part of Jumia Group. However, he was about to pay a price for his success as one day at the airport before a flight back to Nigeria he was arrested and quickly found out he was on Interpol's Most Wanted List. Marek is the bestselling author of the book “Chasing Black Unicorns” where he discuss this frightening experien...
Oct 06, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 40
Women in the workplace have overcome so much the past century, but there is still this unconscious bias. We bring in award-winning director of documentary Robin Hauser for a spirited discussion around this subject and many other challenges that women face in the workforce and as leaders! Robin’s most recent film, Bias , delves into unconscious bias and how it affects our lives socially and in the workplace. She was a TEDx speaker in 2019 on “The Likability Dilemma for Women Leaders.” Her film, C...
Oct 01, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 39
I think we can all agree that cancer sucks! Breast cancer especially sucks because it affects everyone. If you are like me, you probably know of someone who has had it, fought it, survived it, or, unfortunately, has lost their battle with breast cancer! That is why this week's podcast is going to focus on the American Cancer Society's 2020 Real Men Wear Pink Campaign. My good friend, Courtney Heiser, who is the Cancer Control Strategic Partnerships Manager (Big Name Big Job) joins me this week t...
Sep 21, 2020•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 38
Summer Break is over and the "Beard" is back at it with a solo shot! Check out this great episode that discusses how to get started with a B2B Marketing Strategy? The Beard discusses 10 questions that need answered before starting your campaigns. He also has a new segment called "Stop Spamming Me Bro" where he reads the best or the worst sales pitches from his inbox! Find out why The Beard has gone pink for the next couple of months and help him fight breast cancer by donating to the Real Men We...
Sep 02, 2020•48 min•Season 2Ep. 37
She is the Head of Global Marketing from SEMrush ! Olga Adreinko and her team has built one of the strongest international communities in the online marketing industry. She is also a frequent and featured speaker at the leading industry's conferences such as SMX, Pubcon, and BrightonSEO. She has also been recognized in 2018 as one of the top 25 women in digital marketing! The #BIZ with the Beard Podcast, has broken new boundaries with our first guest from Russia! Find out on this episode from th...
Jun 02, 2020•59 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Listen to how this High School drop out started a $50 million dollar business out of his bedroom with his mother! Nate Huskins , the CEO of Marshal Group and Partner in Riverside Chevy knew school wasn't for him, but he loved to work, and he never gave up amidst many, many obstacles. He took an idea that nobody believed in, and he turned it into an 8 figure international business! He took on the Illinois Department of Revenue and won! He was harassed by the IRS and didn't back down. The FBI even...
May 08, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Wow! The Beard jumps on the mic and knocks out a solo cast about the state of youth sports and parents. This is as authentic and passionate as you have ever heard him. Sparked by a Facebook post from a parent of a youth hockey team, he chimes in about how they were cheated out of the chance to play in the championship game because they were "too good." Beard lays out what is wrong with our society today and how we are setting our kids up for failure by awarding them for failing. He also talks ab...
Apr 23, 2020•48 min•Season 2Ep. 34
The Freedom Media Network owner and author of “The 5 Pillars of the Freedom Lifestyle,” Curt Mercadante, joins the podcast for episode 33 which dives right into Beards, Hawkeye Sports, Mindset and Freedom. Curt shares with us his Freedom story on how he burned his business life to the ground, started his Freedom Lifestyle, and now enjoys teaching the 5 Pillars of Freedom to Business Executives all over the world. Curt dives into each Pillar of Freedom that tackles the struggles of life that many...
Apr 15, 2020•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 33
Social distancing is here and COVID-19 has almost shut down the world economy! So as a small business owner what can you do? The Beard, Curphy Smith, who also runs ACS Executives , hops on the mic to give some advice as to what you can do to evolve your sales strategy and start to move it in a Digital Marketing direction you should have already been doing. This is not a time to crawl under a rock and wait for it all to end. It is a time to start moving forward! The truth is, if you aren't, your ...
Mar 28, 2020•36 min•Season 2Ep. 32
From a very early age Jon Miller had goals in life. He wrote them down. His family, like most, tried to temper his expectations because they didn't want him to be let down. Jon started stacking chips on his shoulder. Fast forward a few years later and Jon had started up one of the nations largest sports websites, Hawkeyenation.com , was the sports director at 1040 WHO, and had a hit show on the B1G network called The Pulse. However, it didn't last. The show was cancelled, he was battling alcohol...
Mar 25, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Matt George hails from the Whiskey City, of Peoria, IL. He is the current CEO of The Children’s Home of Central Illinois , former Executive Director of the Hult center for Healthy Living, President and CEO of the Youth Farm, and Executive director of former Fighting Illini and NFL QB the Jeff George Foundation. He is an entrepreneur who has successfully ran numerous retail and restaurant businesses in Central Illinois. He just released a book called “Nonprofit Game Plan: The Proven Strategy for ...
Mar 18, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Jerrod Hock is the President and COO of Alipro . For over 25 years, Alipro has successfully delivered projects at over 100 client sites in nearly every industry. Annually, ALIPRO manages over $2 Billion Dollars in project budget for their clients. Jerrod discusses how his team develops long-term partnerships with their clients that enable their project teams to deliver on project initiatives consistently and effectively. This isn't just another consulting firm. Jerrod has helped build efficiency...
Mar 09, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Daniel Hayes finds himself among a very hostile crowd deep in the country of Mexico. The south paw is a top rated amateur boxer. Olympic glory is just within his reach. Daniel Hayes has his opponent beaten. He strikes him once again with a very hard left. All of the sudden, he feels something that isn't right. He broke his hand. The Honey Badger will fight through the rest of the match continuously pounding his opponent with his broken hand which will eventually lead him to victory. However, Dan...
Feb 29, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Have you ever heard the term, "I woke up with one more today?" This term is used usually in a reply to the question, "How are you doing?" The answer is basically saying to the party asking the question: "I woke up today so I have at least 1 more day to do something where as others haven't been so lucky." Death is a scary and tragic event. Each day we are given is a gift to do with it as much as we possibly can. The Beard, Curphy Smith , shares with you some of the more tragic and personal death ...
Feb 24, 2020•41 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Out of no where, the "Beard" records a solo show sparked by the controversial comments made by billionaire and 2020 Presidential Candidate, Michael Bloomberg. The Beard defends farmers, his childhood, and Middle America as he tees off on anyone especially politicians who belittle the American Farmer. Beard shares with us his life on the farm, stories about his late father, and life lessons you can only get on the farm. This is an exclusive solo show! This is political! This is raw! This is Beard...
Feb 18, 2020•33 min
