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Entrepreneur Conundrum

Virginia Purnellentrepreneurconundrum.com
Join Virginia Purnell as she speaks to growing entrepreneur startups in the different ways that they are trying to become a subject matter expert. The unique thing about this show is that we are not talking to people who have been and done it and are all over the internet as superstars. We are talking to the average growing entrepreneur who is trying to get visible in their market.
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Episodes

Unlocking the Power of Personalization: Eric Melchor's Journey to Success and Fulfillment

Welcome to Entrepreneur Conundrum! In this episode, we dive into the main idea of personalization and its importance in ecommerce. Our guest, Eric Melchor, takes us on a journey from founding a non-profit for kids fitness to becoming a personalization ambassador for Optimunk, a startup providing tools for unique customer journeys. We also discuss Eric's move to Bucharest, Romania, during the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges of working remotely while caring for a newborn and young child. With...

Jul 31, 202334 minEp. 127

Unleashing the Power of Soft Skills: Rikki Smith Empowers Entrepreneurs to Own Their Experiences and Achieve Big Goals

Welcome to another episode of Entrepreneur Conundrum! In this week's episode, we delve into the world of entrepreneurship, soft skills, and public speaking. Our guest, Rikki Smith, the founder of Stratus Training and Consulting, shares her expertise on empowering entrepreneurs to own their experiences. Are you struggling with the need for more soft skills? Rikki highlights the importance of skills like public speaking and customer service in today's fast-paced world. She also discusses how publi...

Jul 17, 202320 minEp. 126

Transforming Retirement: Elite Mentorship Trainer Empowers Entrepreneurs to Reignite Purpose and Vitality with Rosemary Carminati

Are you an entrepreneur looking to transition through career changes or preparing for retirement? Then you won't want to miss the latest episode of Entrepreneur Conundrum. Our guest, Rosemary Carmenati, an international speaker and elite mentorship trainer, shares her journey of how she fell into a successful career in sales and later became an entrepreneur in the fitness industry. She incorporates her background as a personal trainer and yoga teacher into her programs, and also draws on her 30+...

Jul 03, 202334 minEp. 125

Revolutionizing Ecommerce Growth: Pink Leopard's Journey to Success with Laura Hanlon & Adam Smith

Welcome to the Entrepreneur Conundrum, where we bring you the latest insights and strategies on marketing. In this episode, we are joined by Laura Hanlon and Adam Smith, co-directors of Pink Leopard Ecommerce Growth Acceleration Agency. They share their journey and passion for helping ecommerce businesses increase their bottom line through paid ads and email marketing. What sets Pink Leopard apart is their people-focused agency, where they attract, retain, and cultivate the best talent. Laura an...

Jun 19, 202330 minEp. 124

Peaceful Living & Self-Care Culture with Wellness Coach Roberta Hughes

Discover the power of self-care and the importance of creating a self-care focused business and culture with a positive mindset in the latest episode of Entrepreneur Conundrum. Join the host as she interviews Roberta Hughes, the founder of Peaceful Living, a personalized stress relief service that combines Pilates, yoga, and meditation. Through her experience as a wellness coach, Roberta shares tips on how to manage work and life stress by finding white space in one's calendar and taking intenti...

Jun 05, 202329 minEp. 123

Unleashing the Power of Self-Discovery: Lessons from Motivational Speaker and Entrepreneur Joel Green

Join us for an upcoming episode of Entrepreneur Conundrum, featuring Joel Green, the CEO of Pro Level Training and national director of Nike Sports Camps. As a former professional basketball player and renowned motivational speaker, Joel shares his insights on how to extract strength from struggles in his upcoming book, "Filtering the Way." From childhood board game creation to running a successful company, Joel's entrepreneurial journey has been nothing short of inspiring. With a primary focus ...

May 22, 202329 minEp. 122

Overcoming Adversity: Former Felon Goes From Earning $8/hour to Multiple $6-Figures and Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur with J Haleem Washington

Looking for inspiration to overcome challenges and achieve success as an entrepreneur? Look no further than the latest episode of Entrepreneur Conundrum. In this episode, bestselling author, business coach, and corporate trainer J Haleem Washington shares his inspiring journey from an $8 an hour job to earning six figures as a commercial foot photographer, despite being a convicted felon. He developed his hashtag mantra "I won't Starve" and left his job after just one year. With international br...

May 08, 202346 minEp. 121

Maximizing Entrepreneurial Success: Time Management, Passive Investing, and Financial Planning Tips from CEO Spencer Hilligoss

Attention all entrepreneurs! Are you struggling to manage your time effectively while also planning for your financial future? Look no further than the Entrepreneur Conundrum podcast! In this episode, Virginia Purnell interviews Spencer Hilligoss, CEO of Madison Investing, about his journey as an entrepreneur and real estate investor. Spencer shares valuable insights on how to invest passively and secure your time by partnering with vetted operators. He also discusses the importance of intention...

Apr 24, 202331 minEp. 120

Creating Lifetime Income with Mark Willis' Expert Financial Strategies

Looking for ways to take control of your financial future? Look no further than the Entrepreneur Conundrum podcast! In this episode, financial planner and author Mark Willis shares his expertise on creating wealth and predictability through tax-efficient financial solutions. He emphasizes the importance of thinking differently about money, the economy, and the future to meet financial objectives, and offers real-world advice for building a more secure financial future. With a focus on alternativ...

Apr 10, 202326 minEp. 119

How Business Productivity Consultant Shanice Miller Helps Clients Automate, Scale, and Increase Revenue for Their Business

If you're a business owner who is looking to scale your business to new heights, then this episode of the Entrepreneur Conundrum is a must-listen! In it, Shanice Miller shares her expertise on how to create systems that will help businesses automate tasks and free up time to focus on growth. Shanice provides three steps for implementing these systems and offers her services to help businesses get started. By following her advice, you'll be on your way to increased revenue and efficiency -The imp...

Mar 27, 202326 minEp. 118

Willing to Learn: How a Growth Mindset Can Help You Succeed with Mournir Bouferdou

Are you an entrepreneur looking for advice on how to be successful? Look no further than the Entrepreneur Conundrum podcast. In this episode, Mournir Bouferdou and Virginia Purnell discuss email marketing, SMS marketing, coaching, growth, ecommerce, and learning. They explain how they started a clothing brand to gain empathy for startups, and how this allowed them to understand the landscape of business and marketing. They advise that anyone interested in starting a business should -What The Gre...

Mar 13, 202335 minEp. 117

Naomi Stonier Ripple Theory: How Making Small Changes can Create Big Differences in Your Life

This episode of Entrepreneur Conundrum is a must-listen for anyone interested in learning how to change their relationships for the better. Naomi Stonier is a relationship coach who helps people improve their relationships without the other person needing to do anything. She stopped waiting and went first to change her relationships. She overcame the heartbreak of infertility by making better decisions. The podcast discusses how we can turn our biggest challenges around and use them for the bett...

Feb 27, 202325 minEp. 116

Your Best Mind with Brain Lady Julie Anderson

This week on Entrepreneur Conundrum I am joined by the Brain Lady Julie Anderson. Want to improve all aspects of your life, relationships, and businesses? Would you like to discover YOUR natural secret weapon? Do you want tips and tricks to access and maximize using this secret weapon? Then you will want hear everything that Julie is saying. Julie get a little giddy as she shares about all things related to maximizing the power of your brain and understanding of the brain personality connection ...

Feb 13, 202338 minEp. 115

Asana Solutions and Process Expert Marquis Murray

Today on Entrepreneur Conundrum we are joined by Marquis Murray, Founder of Ditto — a systems and processes consultancy for organizations who need help creating clarity around the work done inside their companies. Partnering with companies like Asana, HubSpot, PandaDoc, LogicGate, and Kanbanize allows Ditto to offer some of the best in class solutions for their clients. Marquis journey began by building the necessary systems within his previous Marketing Agency, Media Crate. He found that the ne...

Jan 30, 202333 minEp. 114

Rumbly is Carving a New Way for Women to Experience Pregnancy with Marnie Madras

Today I'm talking with Marnie Madras about how she helps change the cultural narrative around pregnancy. Marnie is the founder and CEO of Rumbly. This new incredible brand is on a mission to change how women experience pregnancy. Rumbly started as a small idea during her third pregnancy when she realized women's experiences during this life changing time deserved a new narrative. With previous entrepreneurial work in hospitality, food, drink and product development, Marnie embarked on a new jour...

Jan 16, 202329 minEp. 113

Fall Back in Love with Your E-commerce Business Monica Sharma-Patnekar

Today on Entrepreneur Conundrum I am joined by Monica Sharma-Patnekar. Monica is A purpose-driven (digital) brand, marketing & strategy professional, with 17+ years of global experience building brands. I’ve worked across diverse sectors and companies from Fortune500 to scale- & start-ups. She has worked with Fortune500 companies, across Brand Management, Strategy Consulting & Global Marketing, coached and consulted with 7-figure scale-ups Tech, SaaS & digital agencies (been hire...

Jan 02, 202325 minEp. 112

PurpleFire Founder Daniel Chabert Talks About the Pull Strategy to Reaching Success

Daniel Chabert founded his first companies in the affiliate marketing industry. He had a need for development and sought to find developers that were not only reliable but also knowledgeable and proactive in their mindset. A great deal of the success he has had over the last 10 years is no doubt due to the relationship he has built with his team of developers in a variety of industries such as Ecommerce, NFTs, Blockchain, Content/Affiliate media and many more. This birthed the idea of starting a...

Dec 19, 202234 minEp. 111

Retail, Patents, Trademarks and more with Anne Zuckerman

Today on Entrepreneur Conundrum I'm talking with Anne Zuckerman about how she is changing the lives of women and entrepreneurs, and is the president of Edith Inc, a company developed as an extension of a retail business. Her story is pretty fascinating how she built her business. After her mother's passing, and with the help of an engineer, developed and got the patent for Bezi Bra Discs an intimate accessory to camouflage protrusion, and in her company ETUs own the patent as well as the molds f...

Dec 05, 202230 minEp. 110

Joshua Bloom is Harnessing Your Innate Quantum Powers

Today on Entrepreneur Conundrum we are joined by Joshua Bloom. Joshua is an Empath, Medium, Indigo and a Healer. Many, many years ago his life fell apart, much like Humpty Dumpty did, when he fell off the wall. At least he had all the king's horses and all the king's men to help him get back together again. Unfortunately, no one could help Joshua in such a way. He became anxious for no apparent reason at all and felt no control over his emotions. He became easily overloaded and had such bad migr...

Nov 21, 202257 minEp. 109

Making the Obnoxious Offer with Carl Gould

Today on Entrepreneur Conundrum Carl Gould joins the show. We discuss how Carl helps businesses grow and expand. Carl is an authority on business growth, who advises organizations to get to the next level. Carl is truly a worldwide leading authority on business and entrepreneurship, and has built three multi million dollar businesses by the age of 40. An award winning coach and mentor that has created the farthest reaching business mentoring organization in the world and his methodologies are in...

Nov 07, 202242 minEp. 108

Finding Your Masterplan in Ecommerce with Chloe Thomas

Today on Entrepreneur Conundrum our guest is Chloe Thomas about how she helps businesses grow their e commerce brands. Chloe is a best selling author, international speaker and host of both the award winning ecommerce masterclass and Keep Optimizing podcasts. Chloe is one of the top 30 ecommerce influencers in 2021. And her podcasts are regularly included in lists of the top ecommerce and marketing podcasts in the world. Chloe has been in E commerce since 2003. And there's barely a part of the E...

Oct 24, 202226 minEp. 107

Making Human Resources Fun with Balanced Perspectives President Jennifer Ireson

Today on Entrepreneur Conundrum we are joined by Jennifer Ireson and we discuss how she is making HR fun! Jennifer helps businesses grow solid teams. She has been in human resources for over 20 years and has been Chartered Professional in human resources since 2007. She holds her Master of Education and adult learning Bachelor of Science and is a professional human ecologist. Recently she has completed her registered professional recruiter studies. In 2019, Jennifer opened Casey consulting and w...

Oct 10, 202226 minEp. 106

Give Your Strategy Enough Time to Work with Noemi and Gabor

Today I'm talking with the Noemi and Gabor about how they help entrepreneurs acquire more customers, increase demand and generate more engagement. Noemi and Gabor are the owners of the podcast connections. A husband and wife team and they have worked together for 13 years. They help entrepreneurs and business owners share their knowledge and connect them with quality podcast shows. Gabor is the founder and co owner of podcast connections. He has been doing online marketing since 2008. And he is ...

Sep 26, 202237 minEp. 105

A More Connected, Intuitive You with Krishna Avalon

Today on Entrepreneur Conundrum we have a very special guest. This guest is guiding people to become their best healed, whole, connected selves. Helping seekers find their path. She is a Licensed + Intuitive Acupuncturist who has treated and coached 22K+ patients and clients for anxiety, stress, pain management, fertility, sleep disorders, digestive issues, and allergies. 18+ years of experience delivering breathwork, acupuncture, and meditation services. Currently expanding to business, life, a...

Sep 12, 202231 minEp. 104

What is Your Customer Activity Roadmap?

Today we are changing things up a little bit. It is time to share a little more about how I help people with their marketing and give a little more background into why I am qualified to do so. I truly hope you enjoy this episode and please leave a review, subscribe and share this episode with anyone that you think might enjoy it. So the topic of conversation is about knowing your customer's activity and when is the time to work on it... There's really only just three ways to find your customers ...

Aug 29, 202238 minEp. 103

Strategy Sprints, 90 Days of Focus with Simon Severino

Today our guest is Simon Severino and he is all about sprinting. "We have worked with 524 CEOs to gain market shares in sprints." Simon In 19 years of entrepreneurship Simon executed hundreds of go-to-market strategies with B2B teams around the globe. He scaled his own consultancy and have retired from operations. He reached financial freedom and became an investor. Since then he has helped thousands of entrepreneurs reach financial freedom and has a firm that runs without being dependent on the...

Aug 15, 202225 minEp. 102

Helping Small Business Leaders and Managers without the Typical Stress with Bill Ringle

The difficulties of possessing a business aren't generally about recruiting workers or fulfilling clients. In some cases, the battles are somewhat more private and the final product is normally the stress. It's difficult to consider yourself being a pioneer because the main individual you're driving is yourself. However, dealing with every day of your business won't set you up for development and achievement. You want to take a look at your business through an alternate focal point to accomplish...

Aug 01, 202232 minEp. 101

How Businesses Grow with Social Media To Seven Figures with Andre Kay

Your business needs a virtual presence and social media has become more than a trend. It is a fundamental piece of a business-promoting strategy. To drive business development, posting on social media alone isn't sufficient. You must know how to create and execute marketing campaigns and strategies that are truly in line with your business. Sociallybuzz helps with doing just that, they are an agency that specializes in using the power of social media to create highly targeted campaigns designed ...

Jul 18, 202224 minEp. 100

Helping Ecom Businesses Grow Through Using Interactive Quizzes with Gen Furukawa.

Gen Furukawa is the Co-Founder of Prehook.com -- helping Shopify merchants create amazing shopping experiences through quizzes and product recommendations. Consumers want an experience, not a sales pitch. The interactive quizzes give shoppers an engaging experience, and help merchants create personalized recommendations as they generate more leads, and a higher conversion rate. Gen have 10+ years in digital marketing, from bootstrapped SaaS to venture-backed SaaS and ecommerce companies. There h...

Jul 04, 202227 minEp. 99

Helping businesses grow stronger from the inside.with Matt May

After several years of producing and facilitating team-building programs for a variety of companies. Here’s how Matt May helps businesses grow stronger from the inside. Matt recognized that there was an alternative way to provide engaging and interactive experiences. As a result, he created premier team building and interactive experiences, delivering programs nationwide and abroad. As the company's president, he is responsible for the design and development of its experiences, overseeing the pr...

Jun 20, 202236 minEp. 98
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