Dr. Jeremy Weisz is the Co-founder of Rise25 Media, a company that helps B2B business owners connect with their ideal clients, referral partners, and strategic partners through a done-for-you podcast service. Dr. Weisz has also been running his own podcast, Inspired Insider, since 2011. He has featured top entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs of companies such as P90X, Atari, Einstein Bagels, Mattel, the Orlando Magic, and many more through video interviews on his podcast. Dr. Jeremy Weisz, podcast...
Nov 06, 2020•24 min
Ray Carballada is the Managing Director and CEO of AmpiFLY, a next stage evolution video production company. He is an accomplished and creative business leader in the converging worlds of content: advertising, television, motion pictures, social, and online media. Before joining AmpiFLY as President & CEO/COO, Ray led Alkemy X's transformation from a small crewing and post company into a fully integrated creative content company. Ray's experience also includes building Campbell Soup's first ...
Nov 02, 2020•39 min
Mike McDerment is the Co-founder and CEO of FreshBooks, the #1 accounting software in the cloud, designed exclusively for freelancers and growing service-based business owners. Built-in 2003 after he accidentally saved over an invoice, Mike spent 3.5 years growing FreshBooks from his parents' basement. Since then, over 24 million people have used FreshBooks to save time billing, and collect billions of dollars. In this episode of the Smart Business Revolution Podcast, Mike McDerment, Co-founder ...
Oct 30, 2020•32 min
Jonathan Slain is a recession expert, traction implementer, and speaker. He coaches high growth leadership teams across the United States and helps them implement the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS). He focuses on working with entrepreneurial niche specialty firms and large corporations with over $10 million in annual revenue. Jonathan released a book about how to survive and thrive in a recession right before the Coronavirus global pandemic hit. The book is called Rock the Recession: How...
Oct 26, 2020•31 min
Dr. Jeremy Weisz is the Co-founder of Rise25 Media, a company that helps B2B business owners connect with their ideal prospects, referral partners, and strategic partners through a done-for-you podcast service. Dr. Weisz has also been running his own podcast, Inspired Insider, since 2011. He has featured top entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs of companies such as P90X, Atari, Einstein Bagels, Mattel, the Orlando Magic, and many more through video interviews on his podcast. In this episode of the ...
Oct 23, 2020•18 min
Cynthia Cleveland is a five-time CEO/President who has led companies that have generated over $4 billion in worldwide sales across consumer products, entertainment, and retail. She is an expert in developing, translating, and monetizing intellectual property rights into major global consumer brands and new businesses across diverse industries. Her 30+ year career has spanned well-known companies including Universal Studios, Mattel Toys, and Teleflora driving significant growth and profitability....
Oct 19, 2020•37 min
Rob Greenlee is the VP of Content and Partnerships at Libsyn. He is a podcasting legend, a seasoned veteran expert, and evangelist for the podcast industry. A 2017 Inductee into The Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame, Rob spent many years focused on the early development of the internet, the world wide web and technology with a nationally syndicated radio show called WebTalk World Radio Show, which started in 1999 and went through to 2006. Rob is also the chairperson of a relatively newer organi...
Oct 16, 2020•1 hr
Craig Handley is the Co-founder and CEO of ListenTrust, a bilingual call center services company which has been ranked multiple times on the Inc 500 and 5000 list. ListenTrust is currently doing about $150 million in sales for their clients and they answer hundreds of thousands of customer service calls and lead generation calls. It employs close to 1000 people working thousands of miles away in Mexico. Craig is also the author of the best selling book, Hired to Quit. Craig recently started a ne...
Oct 12, 2020•50 min
Brendon Lemon is a comedian and author from Detroit, where he started performing regularly at the famous Comedy Castle at the age of 16. Two years in, he was filmed for the documentary "Be Funny" which featured Christopher Titus and Mike Green. He moved to Paris in the summer of 2013 to write and perform stand-up in both French and English. He returned to the US and lived between Boulder, Colorado and Chicago performing and writing plays, as well as being featured on the TV show "Sex Sent Me to ...
Oct 05, 2020•50 min
Aaron Walker has founded more than a dozen companies over the past 41 years of his entrepreneurial career. He attributes much of his success to surrounding himself with mastermind counterparts and he has spent a decade meeting weekly with Dave Ramsey, Dan Miller, Ken Abraham, and other amazing entrepreneurs. He is the founder of Iron Sharpens Iron Mastermind which hosts 19 groups with national and international members around the globe. He is an author and the creator of View from the Top, which...
Oct 02, 2020•40 min
Steve Sapato is a professional speaker and corporate trainer with almost 40 years of experience. He has traveled the United States speaking and he also helps people to speak better. Based on that experience, his latest project is called SpeakerTalks Events, which are the professional alternative to TEDx in which speakers get on stage and share their message and expertise to become more visible and get a professionally-recorded speaking reel. He is also the founder of Virtual Speakers where he tr...
Sep 28, 2020•37 min
Derek Harp is a serial tech and cybersecurity entrepreneur with a passion for helping others make a difference through new ideas and new companies. He has 20+ years of experience in the cybersecurity field, and he is on a mission to change the world. After serving in the US Navy, he founded his first cybersecurity company in 1997 which produced a product called IntelliShield that was eventually acquired by Cisco Systems. He has gone on to found several cybersecurity companies since then, and in ...
Sep 25, 2020•28 min
Robert Glazer is the Founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners, which is a global partner marketing agency. He's also the recipient of numerous industry and company culture awards, including Glassdoor's Employees' Choice Awards for two years in a row. Robert is the author of the inspirational newsletter Friday Forward, which is read by over 200,000 people in 60 countries on a weekly basis and he also authored the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller Elevate, and the international best-sel...
Sep 21, 2020•26 min
Andrea Heuston is the CEO and Creative Principal of Artitudes Design, an award-winning creative agency. She has over 20 years experience in the design industry and has won several awards including Puget Sound Business Journal's 40 Under 40, the annual Enterprising Women of the Year Awards for Enterprising Women Magazine, Cambridge Who's Who for Women Achieve Award and many more. Andrea has a degree in Communications and Design from the University of Washington. In addition to being an entreprene...
Sep 18, 2020•30 min
Mark P. Fisher is the Chief Encourager of Inspiring Growth, a company that helps businesses with everything from sales and marketing to fundraising with a specialization in hospitality businesses. He also has many years of experience working with camps, retreats, and conference leaders, and recently provided a webinar to help the industry which has had to pivot and find ways to survive because of the coronavirus pandemic. Mark has consulted with 146 different for profit and nonprofit organizatio...
Sep 11, 2020•36 min
Vadim Polikov is a serial entrepreneur with several companies that he has founded, grown, and sold. His first company was American Journal Experts. They edit research papers and international research so they can publish them in top tier academic journals. The company still exists today but Vadim has exited the company in 2008.He also started a venture-backed company in the residential solar installer space called Astrum Solar and sold it for 54 million to Direct Energy. Vadim's current business...
Sep 09, 2020•58 min
Justin Breen is the CEO of the public relations firm, BrEpic Communications. He is also the author of the best selling book Epic Business: 30 Secrets to Build Your Business Exponentially and Give You the Freedom to Live the Life You Want . Justin is hardwired to seek out and create viral thought-provoking stories that the media craves. He is an amazing consummate networker who believes in the power of introductions. He has a degree in News - Editorial Journalism from University of Illinois at Ur...
Sep 04, 2020•41 min
Bob Loback is the President and CEO of two companies: Darcoid and Crest Technology, also known as CrestTec. He is an expert in supply chain management and value-added distribution services, and he has acquired four different companies and merged them to create one larger company in the critical seal business. He has also acquired the operating assets of a semiconductor, fab sourcing, and distribution company. Prior to going into entrepreneurship, Bob worked for DHL for 14 years in various divisi...
Aug 31, 2020•25 min
Uri Adoni is the author of the book, The Unstoppable Startup: Mastering Israel's Secret Rules of Chutzpah . He has over 20 years of experience in high-tech and over 12 years of being a partner at Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) Media Labs, one of Israel's leading venture capital firms with an impressive track record of IPOs on the NASDAQ and M&As to large leading multinational firms. Prior to joining JVP, Uri was the CEO of MSN Israel (Microsoft Networks) and was one of Israel's new media p...
Aug 28, 2020•33 min
John Lie-Nielsen is the Founder and CEO of One Park Financial. The company's mission is to help small to mid-sized businesses get access to working capital, both quickly and efficiently. They help customers for the long haul, growing business with customer-centric services to make it all happen. It is a business dedicated to helping other businesses gain access to working capital just like the big guys. They help get time, credit and paperwork all on your side. John is an entrepreneur specializi...
Aug 24, 2020•25 min
Ed Robinson is the Founder and President of Capacity Building Solutions Inc., a consulting firm he started in June 2002 which focuses on business management and organizational development for small and medium sized businesses and community-based nonprofits. He is also a Master Chair, which means he is one of the top performing Chairs in the Vistage International Organization, an invitation-only CEO/business owner peer leadership development organization. Ed is also an executive coach, management...
Aug 21, 2020•41 min
Kellianne Fedio is a Founder, Chief Amazon Strategist, and Exit Planning Advisor. She is a recovering attorney who went from practicing law to founding and scaling up her own multi-million dollar e-commerce brand. She then had a successful 7-figure exit from the business and now helps other brands to identify and maximize profit opportunities using Amazon businesses. Kellianne is also the co-host of the Amazing Exits Podcast where she and her business partner, Paul Miller, share insights and fea...
Aug 17, 2020•32 min
Andrea Herrera is the Founder and President of Amazing Edibles Catering , an award winning catering company in the Chicago area. She has built an amazing team and her personal mission is to foster connection to create community. Through her company, Andrea has served over a million meals in Chicago over the past 25 years. Andrea recently formed a new business called Boxperience which solves the challenges of connecting top clients in a world where lunches and dinners are no longer an option. She...
Aug 14, 2020•36 min
Dwain Farley is a Vistage Chair and the Founder and CEO of LeaSarHan Capital Investments. Vistage is a great organization of peer-to-peer roundtables for CEOs and Dwain leads private peer advisory groups for CEOs and business owners to help them step out of the daily grind to think differently, gain insights, take bold actions, and generate spectacular results. LeaSarHan Capital Investments (LCI) is a privately-funded investment firm providing growth equity and guidance to small and mid-sized co...
Aug 10, 2020•44 min
Dr. Jeremy Weisz is the Co-founder of Rise25 Media , a company that helps B2B business owners connect with their ideal prospects, referral partners, and strategic partners through a done-for-you podcast service. Dr. Weisz has been involved in podcasting for 11 years and was a senior producer for one of the early business podcasts where he helped to put all of their systems in place and helped them add volume, feature, and edify various business leaders. Dr. Weisz has also been running his own po...
Aug 07, 2020•27 min
Michael David Chapman is a father of four and an entrepreneur who co-founded a successful digital marketing company focused on helping brands grow using LinkedIn. He is a seasoned authority in B2B sales and has amassed a following of over 240,000 people on LinkedIn. Michael has a long history working in organizational labor in the transportation industry, and he also coaches men to become better fathers and have a more meaningful relationship with their spouse. In this episode of Smart Business ...
Aug 03, 2020•48 min
Carl Arnold is a Vistage Chair, a CEO, and a business coach who offers entrepreneurial leadership consulting to CEOs, Executives, and business owners around the San Francisco Bay Area. He is an entrepreneur who has scaled a company to over $100 million before selling it. A born and bred businessman, Carl started his first venture at the age of 12 selling hot dogs and Coca-Cola at Cal Stadium football games. Both his father and grandfather were entrepreneurs working in the hotel and restaurant in...
Jul 31, 2020•39 min
Dr. David Haase, MD is a renowned medical educator trained at Vanderbilt and Mayo Clinic. His expertise touches on a wide range of specialties from personalized computational systems medicine, brain performance optimization, and more. Dr. Haase is also the author of the best selling book Curiosity Heals The Human , and he presented a TED talk in which he described how treating dementia starts by changing our paradigms about health and disease. In this week's episode of the Smart Business Revolut...
Jul 27, 2020•33 min
Mike Simonsen is the Founder and CEO of Altos Research, a real estate analytics firm. He founded the company in 2006 and they provide real-time data and insight on the US housing market. He has 15 years of experience in software development, marketing of enterprise applications, and security products. In developing the Altos product offerings, he applied his expertise in analytical systems development to a personal interest in the real estate market. Mike is on the Board of Directors and is the ...
Jul 24, 2020•41 min
Tonya Twitchell is a speaker, coach, and consultant. She is the Chair for Vistage Worldwide and works with high performing CEOs, business owners, and senior executives who are working on engaging with and leveraging their best selves and their teams. Tonya is a former senior executive for two rapidly-growing companies and has helped many other companies increase revenue and profitability. She has led, trained, and coached a variety of different leaders in different industries and sectors includi...
Jul 20, 2020•39 min
