Empowering Entrepreneurs

Glenn Harper•empoweringtheentrepreneur.com

Join Glenn Harper and Julie Smith as they help you build your brand and gain confidence as an entrepreneur. Explore key topics like business growth, mentorship, and overcoming challenges. Their guests bring intriguing and entertaining clarity to help you increase your confidence in building your business (and enjoy your journey doing it). Drive your passion, grow your business, and empower your journey today!

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Bill Konves - Trusted Advisor for Entrepreneurs Looking to Scale

Bill is one of those guys you can say is on top of his game. Entrepreneurs seek him out to be behind the scenes to solve problems, act as a sounding board, mediate disputes, and address issues in front of the c-suite. He utilizes his strong marketing background, to facilitate growth, sales, and marketing strategy and incorporate measures to ensure revenue generation, cost reduction, and risk mitigation for his clients. As he states... I help business owners, successful business owners, scale the...

May 11, 2022•46 min•Ep. 9

Shawn Parikh - An Entrepreneur in Two Countries

Shawn Parikh is the Founder-Chairman of Entigrity Offshore Staffing. A Chartered Accountant by qualification, he has over 15 years of experience of being a problem solver for small to mid-size firms and over time he has given consultation to thousands of CPAs, accountants and tax pros. What does he feel is his role is in the entrepreneurs' journey? What I've realized is accountants are big enablers in the journey of entrepreneurs. I am a big, big believer in small businesses and entrepreneurship...

Apr 27, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Rebekah Scott from Rebekah Scott Designs

In 2003, Rebekah Scott used her curtains to make handbags for holiday presents. That's a humble beginning. Now, their team of 20 seamstresses hand sews bags and accessories for people across the nation! Every stitch and cut is done right here in the upper Midwest by mostly work-from-home women. They exist to help women realize their creativity and to feel more self-confident in their ability to tackle all of their roles. They know women gain confidence and positivity when they create, and can th...

Apr 13, 2022•54 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Wayne Shelton and Ryan Conn from Shelton & Associates

What a great story behind the changes that have occurred over the last few years at Shelton & Associates! We have transitioned from a full-service accounting firm where we have historically considered ourselves as a tax factory, and we now specialize in being advisors and relationships with our clients and working with them to just establish their best practices, build a long-lasting and mutually beneficial relationship where they can reach their financial goals through our expertise, to our...

Mar 23, 2022•44 min•Ep. 6

Don Ross from Ross Wealth Advisors

Our guest is Don Ross from Ross Wealth Advisors. As Don explains, they believe everyone should be able to live the retirement they’ve always wanted. Their team of professionals can help their clients create a well-thought-out strategy, using a variety of investments and insurance products and services, to help them address their financial needs and concerns. But how did he get here, offering the sage advice he gives his clients? OJT - on-the-job training. Thirty-three years. That's the unique th...

Mar 09, 2022•36 min•Ep. 5

Paul David Thompson - WinCore Invest

Our guest hasn't always been the CEO of multiple companies with students from all over the world and properties in various states. Back in 2015, Paul was working a corporate job… the long hours, the commute… and was tired of it. He wanted out. And real estate investing became his escape plan. And in just over a year’s time, he quit that corporate job and hasn’t looked back since! I wanted to do things that were interesting and learn what it takes to make those interesting decisions. I wanted to ...

Feb 23, 2022•44 min•Ep. 4

Brett Johnson from Circle270Media

Brett Johnson is the founder and owner of Circle270Media Podcast Consultants. He consults with businesses on developing, launching, and optimizing podcasts into their marketing strategy. Realizing that radio was on the downturn and that podcasts were always being included in marketing strategy meetings, he pivoted careers. As a 35-year radio veteran, he leverages his years of content creation, marketing skills, and sales to provide customized consulting. As a result, his clients now focus on the...

Feb 09, 2022•42 min•Ep. 3

Janel Sykora - CMO | Entrepreneur | StoryBrand Certified Guide

Janel Sykora is on a mission to help accounting firms grow profitably. She works with a lot of accounting firms. She builds sales funnels and helps them tell their brand story. She teaches firms how to create and implement marketing and sales strategies that drive profitable growth without adding resources. Business leaders can choose to grow or be comfortable, but not both. Comfort leads to falling behind, and growth requires change. Janel works with accounting firms that have a vision for grow...

Jan 26, 2022•47 min•Ep. 2

Steve Palmer from Palmer Legal Defense: Columbus Criminal Defense Attorney

We welcome Stephen E. Palmer, Columbus criminal defense attorney, and owner and partner at Palmer Legal Defense: Columbus Criminal Defense Attorney Graduating from college in 1992 with a degree in history with a liberal arts background, he soon found that the job openings were slim to none. He then decided to apply to law school. After graduation, he soon started learning from small law practices. That propelled his journey to starting his own defense attorney practice with his partner Eric Yavi...

Jan 12, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Welcome to Empowering Entrepreneurs The Harper+ Way

As a fellow business owner, our team works with clients who want to be self-employed and be an entrepreneur. And there's a decision that has to be made at some point. Am I doing business doing the work? Or do I want to build a business? For most clients, that transition is that "aha" moment. What does that mean? We help them navigate that path. That "aha" moment is when they realize they could build something that's not just them, it involves a whole team. It's a little intimidating. And when it...

Nov 19, 2021•2 min

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