FreshBooks is proud to be a Baeumler Approved partner. Check out their website to learn more about joining the program or finding your next contractor through them! Bryan doesn't believe he's put in an honest day's work unless he gets his hands dirty! A natural-born teacher, the Gemini-award winning host has been educating and entertaining viewers across Canada and the US for over seven years on the hit shows House of Bryan, Disaster DIY, and Leave it to Bryan. Learning valuable tricks of the tr...
Nov 09, 2020•33 min•Season 3Ep. 9
When times get tough (like, say, most of 2020), it can be easy to dismiss an accountant or a bookkeeper as a business frill. Let Twyla Verhelst change your mind. She’s the Head of FreshBooks’s Accountant Channel, and while she’s got a numbers background, her greatest strength is bridging the gap between small business owners and the accounting professionals who work with them. She’s a former start-up founder and one of Practice Ignition’s 2018 Top 50 Women in Accounting, and she’s “an entreprene...
Nov 02, 2020•25 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Join us on October 27th for 'From Firm to Fintech: A Candid Conversation with Twyla Verhelst, FreshBooks & Will Lopez, Gusto' a webinar brought to you by FreshBooks! click HERE to Register! “We’re better together, and we go further together.” This is Kalani Hubbard talking about one of the perks of working with his wife Stefanie at their video production company Galaxy Visuals. Together, Kalani and Stefanie have worked on projects ranging from commercials to training videos; their most recent wi...
Oct 26, 2020•28 min•Season 3Ep. 7
“Your job is to make good decisions. Hopefully great decisions!” Rand Fishkin is one of the best SEO resources currently working: from his early days at Moz to the market research and audience intelligence firm SparkToro , to his popular Whiteboard Friday series, Fishkin knows how to max out marketing. These days, he's putting his considerable energy into helping small businesses thrive, and helping founders avoid the endless IPO chase. Fishkin started as a college dropout who went into business...
Oct 19, 2020•40 min•Season 3Ep. 6
We’re celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with Farah Sosa and Fred Villanueva, a pair of artists and entrepreneurs who combine their creative passions with a social mission and culturally-driven values. As Sosa , a concert photographer in the midst of a COVID pivot, explains: “I like humans from all over the planet.” Sosa's recent project , portraits of music venues that have been shuttered during COVID, explores the vital energy of live performance spaces. Villaneuva takes a complementary appro...
Oct 12, 2020•33 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Mimi G doesn't have a typical success story, but you'd never know it from her four million social media followers or her million-dollar businesses (she has two of them!). Mimi is a former teen runaway and homeless single mom who turned her childhood interest in sewing into a thriving website, consulting business, and online learning hub. With Mimi G Style and Sew It! Academy , Mimi supports sewists of all levels in following their own design dreams. In this week's episode, Mimi tells us about ho...
Oct 05, 2020•32 min•Season 3Ep. 4
“At the root of our work is education, civic engagement, youth leadership, and wrapping it up with a bow of creative problem-solving.” This is how Antionette D. Carroll explains her work on the Creative Reaction Lab, a nonprofit that trains Black and Latinx youth to redesign their own communities for better health and racial equity. We sit down with her to talk about Black Lives Matter, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, and white supremacy, and how it all relates to entrepreneur...
Sep 28, 2020•38 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Nicole Gibbons wants to change how we make our homes beautiful. “My aspiration was to be the next Martha Stewart,” she says, and she's on her way. The former PR rep has leveraged years of networking, blogging, media experience, and PR savvy to launch Clare , a direct-to-consumer business selling interior paint. In this week's episode, Gibbons gives us behind-the-scenes access to how she landed an on-air hosting gig soon after leaving her day job (hint: it involves a lot of networking!), and how ...
Sep 21, 2020•35 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Welcome back to season three of I Make A Living! We're so excited to bring you another round of inspiring entrepreneurs and kick-butt creatives to help you figure out your path in this new normal. We're starting off with Jack Phan: investor, founder, advisor, and unexpected K-Pop influencer. Phan got his start in medical school, but a detour into telemarketing (that was supposed just for beer money) ended launching a whole new way of marketing home improvements. Phan now mentors entrepreneurs to...
Sep 14, 2020•37 min•Season 3Ep. 1
In season 3, we are moving past survival mode and onto the future; a better and stronger business on the other side of a global pandemic. Each week you can listen to some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs guide you through the small business solutions of today.
Sep 08, 2020•3 min
From this episode, here are 3 ACTIONS to make your business more inclusive of sexual orientation and gender identity. If we’re looking to make lasting change, we need to continue the conversation around workplace intersectionality all the time - not just in reaction to current events. Encourage use of pronouns - not just for queer employees but for everyone Revise company policies - act in accordance with the law and your values on everything from workplace dress codes to hiring and firing pract...
Jun 29, 2020•24 min
Guest- Eric Williams The Silver Room
Jun 10, 2020•26 min
Some of us want to be Lay's Chips—national! popular! instant recognition!—but Terry O'Reilly thinks we could learn a few things from Utz, Baltimore's hometown favorite chip brand that outperforms Lay's by a huge margin. In other words: small can be excellent. Terry O'Reilly is the host of the marketing podcast Under the Influence , and has 30 years of experience directing marketing for brands big and small. In this week's episode, O'Reilly reminds us to put on our marketing hats at least once a ...
May 25, 2020•36 min•Season 2Ep. 20
While today's bonus episode focuses on the government programs set in the U.S., we believe that the experiences and tips shared by our financial expert guests are relatable to everyone, regardless of where you are located. Thank you to our guests Phylecia an Oona and the 3 entrepreneurs who shared their experiences with us. Find them all below. GUESTS- Phylecia Jones - https://www.keepupwithmrsjones.com Oona Rokyta, CEO and Co-Founder, Lance - https://www.justlance.co/covid19 ENTREPRENEURS Julia...
May 21, 2020•30 min
“Artists starving? There’s absolutely no reason for that.” Sonja Rasula is the founder of Unique Markets, a Los Angeles-based pop-up market showcase for artisans and makers. In this week's episode, she talks to us about her hands-on approach to training small business owners in the art of selling their art, why she launched Unique Markets during a recession, and why hitting the pause button now can help businesses recover down the road. Rasula, who got her start in retail and later launched webs...
May 18, 2020•30 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Allis Markham describes herself as “An artist with a really strong stomach.” She's the founder of Prey Taxidermy, a Los Angeles studio that serves clients ranging from luxury brands like Gucci to natural history museums all over America. We chat about her transition from Director of Social Media Strategy for the Walt Disney Company to running her own shop that's for the birds...and foxes...and armadillos. Markham walked away from a six-figure job "explaining social media to boardrooms full of ol...
May 11, 2020•30 min•Season 2Ep. 18
"Always have a hustle that’s paying the bills," says Steve Barnes, who knows plenty about hustle. Barnes, who got his start as a radio host and actor, combined his love of travel with a passion for content production to launch Barnes Creative Studios. Now, he travels the world shooting promo videos and VR for brands and destinations that make us want to book that vacation time. In this week's episode, he talks to us about getting ahead of the pack with technology (and how working with camera dro...
May 04, 2020•32 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Feeling a little...unmotivated? You’re not alone. With most of us working from home, we've lost some of our best productivity tools, and we might not even know it. In this week's minisode, Dr. Sahar Yousef of UC Berkeley chats with us about why setting clear cognitive boundaries between "work" and "everything else" makes a difference when all our days feel kind of the same. She shares insights on how we can recreate and reinvent go-mode triggers for the home: setting up rituals that prime our br...
Apr 30, 2020•28 min
In our special Masterclass episodes, we collect questions from real-life entrepreneurs at our live #IMakeALiving shows around the world, and ask our favourite experts to weigh in. From social media to scaling, from advertising to work-life balance, we get insights and guidance from folks who have been there. When Pat Flynn was laid off from his architecture job in 2008, he wasn't sure what to do next. On a hunch, he developed a test-prep course for architects in training; over the next year, his...
Apr 27, 2020•47 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Notes: How does a mother of eight balance a thriving design career with a family the size of a baseball team? Well, for starters, she doesn't sweat the mess. Lisa Canning is an author, coach, and design expert, and this week, she joins us to talk about how entrepreneurs can get family life and work goals to align, even during a pandemic. She counsels us to let go of perfectionism, schedule deep-focus time, and to delegate household chores to the kids. Most importantly, she says this unique time ...
Apr 23, 2020•26 min
Do you find your brain buzzing when you look at your to-do list? Rich Jones knows that feeling. As host of the personal finance podcast Paychecks and Balances, creator of the podcast consulting business Showstarter, and as internal communications manager at Google, Jones has a lot on his plate. On this week's episode, we do a deep-dive on the tools he uses to make sure that everything gets done. Jones suggests doing a bit soul-searching to figure out what's important to your business, and which ...
Apr 20, 2020•28 min•Season 2Ep. 15
When you're trying to manage stress levels, tapping into simple strategies can make a big difference. In this week's minisode, John Kim of The Angry Therapist talks to us about why we're feeling worried, and what we can do about it. He touches on why getting some exercise can help structure your day, why a flow state can be the best kind of distraction, and how we can use this time to connect with audiences online. It's self-care for the shelter-in-place entrepreneur. Resources: Stages of Grief-...
Apr 15, 2020•19 min
Can you get your business to one million dollars in revenue without any employees? Not only is it possible, but Elaine Pofeldt has written the blueprint. As the author of The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business, Pofeldt tapped into years of experience writing about business, and running her own successful business, to give a guide to scaling up. Pofeldt started as a staff writer, and launched her writing business in 2007 in order to balance the needs of her growing family against her bottom line...
Apr 13, 2020•35 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Everyone knows something: whether it’s mortgage expertise or breastfeeding advice, we all have pockets of knowledge that make us everyday experts. Imagine being able to reach an online audience with that info, and charging them to learn it. Ankur Nagpal has this vision, so he created Teachable to help people earn money from what they can share with others. Nagpal, whose background includes both real-life teaching and tech development, was a Forbes’s 2019 30 Under 30 Education honoree. This week,...
Apr 06, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 13
On this week's episode, we chat with Michael Kass, the founder of Story and Spirit. Kass has tapped into his deeply varied background—think theatre, financial management, breath work and vision quests—and now uses the power of storytelling to help people and businesses transform. The importance of storytelling as a business tool has been highlighted by Harvard Business Review and Google as a key skill for success. It goes past the “why” of the business and into the “who,” as in how who you are d...
Mar 30, 2020•39 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Gritty Birds Podcasting has been developing podcasts since 2014. Owned by producer and artist Jeni Wren Stottrup, Gritty Birds started as a music podcast interviewing label runners, lawyers, magazine owners, booking agents and more in the PNW community sponsored by Vortex Music Magazine. Wren had been deeply active as a singer, journalist, festival producer and in media sponsorship, with a desire to explore how create a successful career in music and audio production. Guest- Jeni Wren Stottrup J...
Mar 26, 2020•21 min
NOTE: In light of the Covid-19 outbreak and the current landscape for entrepreneurs, and small business owners, we are working hard to bring you more resources and conversations to get you through these difficult times. Stay tuned for some special episodes in the coming days and weeks. Stay strong, you are not alone! Follow our community at facebook.com/groups/imakealiving We know you like podcasts, but have you ever thought about starting one? On this week's episode, we talk to two women with a...
Mar 23, 2020•49 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Lisa Carmen Wang has spent a lot of time falling and even more time getting back up. As a rhythmic gymnast, she took home Pan-Am Games gold and was the US National Champion for three years running. In 2015, she founded SheWorx, a platform devoted to launching and scaling female-headed businesses. In this week's episode, she talks to us about her newest project, The GLOW. “How do you get your foot in the door when you aren’t born in a rich family and you aren’t born into these Silicon Valley circ...
Mar 16, 2020•31 min•Season 2Ep. 10
James Beard award-winning restaurant, Guelaguetza in Los Angeles’s Koreatown, puts Oaxacan cuisine and culture at the forefront of today’s dynamic culinary scene. Bricia Lopez - Bricia Lopez is an entrepreneur, cultural ambassador, and a key figure in Los Angeles’ gastronomic scene. The New Yorker called Bricia the “Queen of Mezcal.” This year she opened Vegas’s first ever mezcal bar – ‘Mama Rabbit” inside The Park MGM. Launched the Super Mamas Podcast with Paulina, that has become a lifestyle m...
Mar 09, 2020•44 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Something we've heard a lot from the female entrepreneurs at our I Make A Living live events, is that so many of you have trouble with sales. Even though we know what we have to offer we sometimes feel uncomfortable asking for what we’re worth. Carmelia Ray is an internationally acclaimed matchmaker for high achieving men and the quality women they’re searching for. She’s also a renowned TV personality from Mom Vs. Matchmaker , The Real Housewives Of Toronto , and A User’s Guide to Cheating Deat...
Mar 02, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 8
