Michael Bauman is the CEO of Success Engineering, a Tony Robbins certified coach and he helps entrepreneurs feel that they are enough and know they are not alone. He is also the host of the podcast, Success Engineering, where he interviews experts and industry leaders, from Broadway Directors and actors to multi-millionaire CEO’s, to neuroscientists and more to uncover how they define success, how they create it on a daily basis and explore the challenges they have overcome both internally and e...
Jan 17, 2022•26 min•Ep. 613
With 27 years of B2B marketing and sales experience ranging from mid-sized local companies to enterprise organizations, Darrell has diverse experience across the sales and marketing landscape. He has trained thousands of salespeople in solution selling, created digital marketing strategies for hundreds of companies, and consulted with Fortune 500 technology companies. He knows what works—and what doesn’t. We discuss: The contrast in feelings when you finally pull the plug [02:17] The moments of ...
Jan 10, 2022•26 min•Ep. 612
Diane Tarshis is a seasoned business advisor and founder of Startup Distillery. Working with entrepreneurs across the US and around the globe, Diane uses her unique mix of finance, retail, manufacturing, and operations experience to help entrepreneurs distill their ideas into profitable, growing businesses. We discuss: Shifting from corporate life to small business life [02:32] A double-edged sword or a fantasy [05:30] A DIY kit for entrepreneurs [07:22] Reasons to write a business plan [11:38] ...
Jan 03, 2022•24 min•Ep. 611
Jaime Jay is the founder and managing director of Bottleneck Distant Assistants. Founded in 2016, Bottleneck is an outsourcing agency that helps businesses identify, hire, and cultivate their workforce through a carefully designed systematic approach to growth. A veteran US Army paratrooper who received the Army Achievement Medal for Meritorious Service, Jay’s additional business experience includes a twelve-year career in corporate America and advanced education in Business Administration and M...
Dec 27, 2021•24 min•Ep. 610
With over two and a half decades of strategic communication, employee brand engagement, and internal brand development, Suzanne’s inside-out brand-building strategy creates the clarity and actions necessary for her clients to drive consistency, distinction, and advocacy long-term. We discuss: The many expectations of a logo [02:24] A framework that helps you say “no” [06:45] What marketers miss when they’re out there marketing [09:37] The good and the bad news about personal brands [12:02] The m...
Dec 20, 2021•24 min•Ep. 609
Gio Marcus is copywriting mentor who teaches high-converting copy to entrepreneurs who want to reach millions and make millions. We discuss: How to become your brand’s own best copywriter [02:32] A copy that’s more than a static set of words on a page [05:51] What makes people bolder in their copywriting [07:06] The first thing to do to get your copy generating revenue immediately [10:12] The price of effectively communicating your value [11:51] The missing element in LinkedIn [16:37] The basis ...
Dec 13, 2021•23 min•Ep. 608
Tom Bailey is the founder of Succeed Through Speaking and he spent the first 25 years of his life becoming an expert at AVOIDING public speaking, presenting and being in front of groups of people. However, since overcoming his life-limiting fear of speaking and presenting he has experienced first-hand how people can succeed through speaking. He now helps other Entrepreneurs, Experts, Coaches and Consultants use speaking to raise their profile and gain new clients. We discuss: An expert at avoidi...
Dec 06, 2021•25 min•Ep. 607
Aurora Winter is an award-winning, bestselling author. She is a successful serial entrepreneur, media trainer, creator of the Spoken Author™ method, and founder of Same Page Publishing. We discuss: Leveraging the number 3 search engine [02:00] The secret to producing hundreds of podcast episodes [03:39] How the Spoken Author method helps non-writers fill in the blank page [05:29] Those who tell the stories rule society [09:18] How to add significance to your stories [11:21] The essence of a pers...
Nov 29, 2021•26 min•Ep. 606
Evan Rabin was born and raised in New York. After working in Corporate America, doing enterprise sales at Oracle and Rapid 7, he formed Premier Chess in September 2017. Premier Chess currently runs programs in 80+ schools and companies including the law firm Kramer Levin. He is a US Chess National Master. We discuss: What it means to be analytical in sales [02:09] Why entrepreneurs don’t make good fits as employees [06:09] The most important prerequisite to run a chess company [07:56] What made ...
Nov 22, 2021•25 min•Ep. 605
Terri Maxwell is the Founder and CEO of Share On Purpose, Inc, a business cultivator that created six innovative brands using her Conscious Business Growth Platform™. She also started a Speculator Fund to invest in social ventures focused on making the world better. In an entrepreneurial career that spans almost 30 years, Terri has launched, owned, sold, rebranded, or turned around more than 50 brands. Her latest concept is https://shiftco.global/ a business growth platform for conscious entrepr...
Nov 15, 2021•21 min•Ep. 604
Lynn is a tax attorney-turned consultant who finds innovative and novel ways to create fiercely loyal clients and employees. As employees uncover their untapped potential, they become deeply engaged and excel at delighting customers. Consequently, these businesses achieve higher levels of profits, growth, and retention! We discuss: Organizations that [don’t] care about their employees [02:14] The obstacles that stand in the way of a change agent [05:46] How to see the answers that are right in f...
Nov 08, 2021•28 min•Ep. 603
Best known as the founder of Beast Gear, Ben Leonard is the classic millennial entrepreneur. He built a business on a laptop, in a cupboard, in his spare time. The difference? Ben grew an international 7-figure business and successfully exited after 3 years which is the business holy grail. Now Ben is doing it all over again and helping others to do the same with his ecommerce consultancy and ecommerce brokerage. We discuss: How to sell the business when you’re the business [02:38] Less about yo...
Nov 01, 2021•23 min•Ep. 602
Paul Sherman is a dynamic C-suite leader with finance, strategy, operations excellence, customer success, and business development experience in healthcare services and technology, commercial real estate and multi-unit restaurants. We discuss: The basics of relationship-building [02:52] The givers, takers and exchangers [4:58] The fine line between helping for free and helping for money [6:23] Not a template of questions but a natural flow [07:45] What adds more meaning to being a solopreneur [1...
Oct 25, 2021•26 min•Ep. 601
Chris Weller is an award-winning storytelling expert. He's the co-creator and producer of the Netflix Original Documentary "Spelling the Dream," an Ironman triathlete, and a crossword puzzle aficionado. He is currently a senior editor at Insider, overseeing coverage that explores the human side of work and business. We discuss: The time when podcasts were not even a thing [05:03] The impression that consistence creates [08:11] The evolution of audio on demand [11:30] Why content creators don’t h...
Oct 18, 2021•25 min•Ep. 600
John Neral helps mid-career professionals prepare, position, and promote who they are and what they do, so they can SHOW UP to find a job they love or love the job they have. He's the author of the newly published book "Your Mid-Career GPS - Four Steps to Figuring Out What's Next." He and his spouse are the proud parents of a rescue cat named, "Amy Farrah Meowler" named after their love of the show, the Big Bang Theory. We discuss: The fear of being stuck [02:44] What to do with your unique prof...
Oct 11, 2021•26 min•Ep. 599
Christy Metcalf helps women rewrite their story from former corporate yes girl to successful entrepreneur on their terms. We discuss: The problem with being conditioned to our 1% salary increase [02:13] The key to sticking to your value [06:01] Why McDonald’s don’t sell tacos [10:28] Nobody knows who you are [12:23] How to deal with the fear of showing up [16:28] Money is all around if you’re willing to ask for it [19:05] Riding the bike to make yourself successful [22:31] A reformed yes girl, p...
Oct 04, 2021•27 min•Ep. 598
Dan Bennett was born and raised in the gritty city of Flint, MI. He is the Founder of 1 Minute Media, a company that empowers individuals to tell their stories with great video through coursework and private membership. He is also a digital media freelancer who offers direct consultation for companies as well as decades of experience in video production, video editing, motion graphics, sound design, graphic design and digital content development. We discuss: Back and forth between left and right...
Sep 27, 2021•28 min•Ep. 597
Jonathan Keyser is the founder of Keyser, one of the largest independent, occupier services commercial real estate firms in the country. Additionally, Keyser is a founding member of EXIS Global, the largest independent, commercial real estate organization in the world committed to exclusively representing corporate end users. We discuss: Changing the mechanics of a whole industry [02:45] The universe can’t handle an imbalance [06:35] Why you should start using the L word in business [09:08] Rein...
Sep 20, 2021•26 min•Ep. 596
David Crysler is the founder of the Crysler Club and host of the Everyday Business Problems Podcast. Having spent nearly 20 years working for a publicly traded corporation that grew through acquisition provided Dave with the opportunity to grow several different businesses during his career. We discuss: A different way for small business owners to build a business [02:24] What large corporations do best [06:46] The four pillars of scaling [09:53] The common problems that trading and manufacturin...
Sep 13, 2021•24 min•Ep. 595
As the official Zig Ziglar Small Business Lawyer and a Ziglar Legacy Certified Trainer, it’s no wonder that Scott Reib is known as “America’s Legal Coach.” For the last two decades, Scott has been helping business owners, entrepreneurs, and coaches “shatterproof” their businesses by implementing specific strategies for structure, growth, and protection. Over the last three years, Scott has been sharing these strategies with business owners and coaches, and watching them grow and succeed! We disc...
Sep 06, 2021•25 min•Ep. 594
