Send us a text “It's all about how to run a business without it running you” - Jodie Cook Jodie Cook is a Forbes 30 under 30 social entrepreneur in Europe. In 2011, Jodie started a digital agency that was later acquired in 2021. Alongside running a business, Jodie writes books and articles about entrepreneurship and powerlifting. Jodie's books include Stop Acting Like You're Going to Live Forever, Daily Me, and Instagram Rules. Jodie also co-wrote How to Raise Entrepreneurial Kids and the clever...
May 11, 2022•47 min•Season 3Ep. 124
Send us a text “Business relationships are what separate the winners from the losers.” - Jeffrey Feldberg Jeffrey Feldberg is the co-founder of Deep Wealth. The M&A journey for Jeffrey began when he said "no" to a 7-figure and "yes" to mastering the art and science of a liquidity event. Two years later, Jeffrey said "yes" to a 9-figure offer. During the process, Jeffrey increased his company value by 10X. How did Jeffrey increase his company value 10X and go to a 9-figure liquidity event? Je...
May 09, 2022•38 min•Season 3Ep. 123
Send us a text “The learning becomes part of the joy.” - Dan Rogers Dan Rogers never expected to go from rolling burritos to becoming the CEO of his own company Point to Point Transportation. In defying the odds and always looking to challenge the status quo, he helped to grow a quick-serve restaurant chain, tripled annual sales for an existing book of business, and pivoted his own company to navigate tremendous growth; the 2008 recession; and being listed for seven consecutive years of Inc 5000...
May 04, 2022•43 min•Season 3Ep. 122
Send us a text “There's a real joy and figuring out the solutions to people's problems.” - Chris Morton Chris Morton is an operating partner at Orchid Black. Chris launches and accelerates the profitable growth of companies by creatively mapping technology to successful business models and market penetration strategies, leveraging industry partnerships, and securing institutional and strategic investment. Highlights for Chris include being the co-founder of SkyCross which sold over 750 million a...
May 02, 2022•47 min•Season 3Ep. 121
Send us a text “You have to think differently. ” - Henry Daas Henry Daas is a serial entrepreneur, business coach, screenwriter, and self-described ordinary guy, and now a personal financial coach. Born in Brooklyn at the tail end of the Eisenhower years, Henry has lived his entire life in and around New York City. Henry who's focused his life around money from cutting lawns as a kid to managing a stock portfolio as an adult and everything else in between. Henry built his consulting business Daa...
Apr 27, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 120
Send us a text “Peoples' currency is often praise and not money.” - Jeffrey Feldberg Jeffrey Feldberg is the co-founder of Deep Wealth. The M&A journey for Jeffrey began when he said "no" to a 7-figure and "yes" to mastering the art and science of a liquidity event. Two years later, Jeffrey said "yes" to a 9-figure offer. During the process, Jeffrey increased his company value by 10X. How did Jeffrey increase his company value 10X and go to a 9-figure liquidity event? Jeffrey created the 9-s...
Apr 25, 2022•34 min•Season 3Ep. 119
Send us a text “Create your life so your work is play and your play is work.” - Rich Kozak Rich Kozak is rocket fuel for people who want their brand to impact others' lives or the world. Rich is a sage voice of Impact Driven Branding. Rich's the Los Angeles coauthor of Cracking The Rich Code Volume Six, an Amazon bestseller in several countries where he tells his story to find your purpose and grow your business after these apocalyptic times. His next book Impact Driven Branding, The Brand You W...
Apr 20, 2022•55 min•Season 3Ep. 118
Send us a text "The wisdom that I have today as a result of the path that I've chosen." - Ted Lindsley Ted Lindsley is a serial startup, CEO, and technopreneur with three successful ventures under his belt and two exits, including one to a $2.5 billion NASDAQ traded company. He has a proven track record of recruiting exceptional talent and leading those teams to achieve success. Ted has raised millions of dollars in venture capital, secured over 20 patents, has been interviewed on every major te...
Apr 18, 2022•48 min•Season 3Ep. 117
Send us a text “Don't worry about it, it's all going to be fine. Just relax and enjoy the journey.” - Bharat Kanodia Bharat Kanodia has valued over 2000 businesses and signed off on assets worth $2.6 trillion in value. He has appraised unique assets, like the Golden Gate Bridge, Atlanta Airport, Uber, Airbnb, Yahoo!, Brooklyn Bridge, and Mirage Casino in Las Vegas among many others. Bharat is the founder of Veristrat a company that helps startup founders and VCs by telling them what their compan...
Apr 13, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 116
Send us a text “Be yourself. The universe has your back. Enjoy the ride.” - Jeff Munn Jeff Munn helps frustrated executives and business owners take the leap into the bigger mission that's calling them. As an Executive Coach, Jeff helps clients see work and career as a spiritual journey. Business owners and executives want to make the world a better place while creating an abundant life for themselves and loved ones. A healthy bottom line is often no longer enough and simply managing a business ...
Apr 11, 2022•44 min•Season 3Ep. 115
Send us a text “The more that you can simplify your life, the more that you can appreciate and be grateful for what is right in front of you.” - Sandy Vo Sandy Vo is a visionary, meditation teacher, and Yogi. She's the founder of the globally rated Prosperous The Podcast and her signature transformation program, Prosperous: School of Self-realization a 90-day integrative breakthrough experience for modern-day leaders. Sandy encountered the path of meditation after living with crippling depressio...
Apr 06, 2022•44 min•Season 3Ep. 114
Send us a text “Where I am today is because of the things I've done in the past.” - Andy Cabasso Andy Cabasso is a startup founder, speaker, lawyer, former Guinness World Record holder, and occasional wedding officiant. He is the co-founder of Postaga, an all-in-one platform for link building and email outreach. Prior to Postaga, Andy started grew and then successfully sold a digital marketing agency for seven figures. Before building his agency, Andy practiced law. Please enjoy! Click here to s...
Apr 04, 2022•38 min•Season 3Ep. 113
Send us a text Dave's Zumpano was born and raised in Central New York. Dave began his professional career with Price Waterhouse and graduated from Syracuse College of law in 1992. Dave has founded The Estate Planning Law Center, The Estate Planning Protection Trust Medicaid Practice Systems, and provided the first cloud-based law practice management system, integrated with documentation creation software for estate, Medicaid, and asset protection planning law firms. In 2021 Dave's newest innovat...
Mar 30, 2022•46 min•Season 3Ep. 112
Send us a text Prantik Mazumdar is an entrepreneur and venture investor and acts as a digital transformation catalyst in organizations to drive sustainable change and impact. He started his entrepreneurial journey with Happy Marketer in 2011 where he spent a decade building and scaling up one of the best and most awarded independent digital marketing services firm in the region that served brands like Standard Chartered Bank, Coffee, Bean and Tea Leaf, Starbucks. Kimberly Clark. Property Guru, S...
Mar 28, 2022•52 min•Season 3Ep. 111
Send us a text "Employees don't quit jobs, but instead, quit toxic cultures” - Jeffrey Feldberg Jeffrey Feldberg is the co-founder of Deep Wealth. The M&A journey for Jeffrey began when he said "no" to a 7-figure and "yes" to mastering the art and science of a liquidity event. Two years later, Jeffrey said "yes" to a 9-figure offer. During the process, Jeffrey increased his company value by 10X. How did Jeffrey increase his company value 10X and go to a 9-figure liquidity event? Jeffrey cr...
Mar 23, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 110
Send us a text "Do what's right and get help doing anything that you're not great at.” - Mike Malatesta Mike Malatesta is a successful entrepreneur and business executive who founded, built, and sold one of the largest environmental service companies in the upper Midwest. Mike currently heads up ERC Midwest, LLC. A holding company he formed with Rock Island Capital to purchase and grow companies specializing in recycling and disposal solutions for commercial and manufacturing clients. ERC Midwes...
Mar 21, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 109
Send us a text “Enjoy the journey so you can relish the time on the core things you want.” - Adam Blakney "You're going to have to live in the world as it is today. Not in the world that maybe we wish we had” - Josh Peck Running a lean single-family office isn't easy, and Adam Blakney runs the daily gambit of public portfolios, real estate, direct investments, and various board positions to keep the family on track towards its vision for future generations. Adam says that the money is the easy p...
Mar 16, 2022•56 min•Season 3Ep. 108
Send us a text "Be confident in the decisions that you're making with the information that you have at the time" - Mark Colgan. Mark Colgan is an entrepreneur and revenue leader responsible for increasing revenue across a small portfolio of companies where he leverages his 13 years experience of in B2B sales, marketing, and recruitment. Mark currently splits his time as co-founder of Speak On Podcasts, mentoring B2B startups via GrowthMentor and ScaleWise, the Product Onboarders, and coaching 10...
Mar 14, 2022•42 min•Season 3Ep. 107
Send us a text "There are things that are much more important than how much money you make or how powerful you become" - Leo Popik. Leo Popik is a CEO advisor, mentor, coach, and board facilitator. He is the founder and CEO of Leading Peers, the premier empowerment community for CEOs. Leading Peers, helps CEOs become better leaders, live out their values, and achieve improved business results. Leading Peers provides coaching content and connections to its members and is the support and accountab...
Mar 09, 2022•48 min•Season 3Ep. 106
Send us a text "To capture the deal of your dreams, build the highest level of trust with your buyer.” - Jeffrey Feldberg Jeffrey Feldberg is the co-founder of Deep Wealth. The M&A journey for Jeffrey began when he said "no" to a 7-figure and "yes" to mastering the art and science of a liquidity event. Two years later, Jeffrey said "yes" to a 9-figure offer. During the process, Jeffrey increased his company value by 10X. How did Jeffrey increase his company value 10X and go to a 9-figure liq...
Mar 07, 2022•42 min•Season 3Ep. 105
Send us a text Type image caption here (optional) "What does work provide for me other than financial security and money?" - Denise Logan. Denise Logan knows that to business owners, selling a business is more than a transaction. To them. It's an emotionally fraught period of transition filled with unexpected highs and lows with no clear vision of what waits at the other end for them and their family. Her passion for this work is colored by her own experience of being an unprepared business owne...
Mar 02, 2022•57 min•Season 3Ep. 104
Send us a text "Focus on revenue and revenue growth." - Lowell Ricklefs. Lowell Ricklefs is the CEO and Founder of Traction Advising, which specializes in helping B2B SaaS companies with a greater than 5 million ARR get acquired. Lowell has been a Co-founder, CEO, Chairman, and COO of $120 million public company, Startups CRO, and Global VP at Rockwell. Lowell is a global mentor, investor board member, and CEO coach. Lowell's current business Traction Advising. Started out of his frustration whe...
Feb 28, 2022•46 min•Season 3Ep. 103
Send us a text "Everybody has unique abilities, and you must hone in on what you're really good at." - Guy Remond. Guy Remond is an experienced individual with over 20 years in tech, software and consulting, advisory industries, founder, director, investor, and advisor. Guy's working career began in retail where he enjoyed an 11-year stint in various managerial positions. Following this, he followed his passion for anything technical and branched out on his own, into the technical world. In 20...
Feb 23, 2022•40 min•Season 3Ep. 102
Send us a text "Make people want to say yes to you because when they want to say yes to you, they find a way to say yes to you" - Michelle Tillis Lederman. Connection creator Michelle Tillis Lederman is an expert on workplace communications and relationships. Michelle's mission is to help people work better together and advance their individual impact. Named by Forbes as one of the top 25 networking experts, Michelle is a speaker trainer, coach, and author of four books, including the Connector'...
Feb 21, 2022•43 min•Season 3Ep. 101
Send us a text "Give yourself the ability to see those new opportunities by giving yourself the time and find that Kairos moment" - Steve Wells. Jeffrey Feldberg and Steve Wells are the co-founders of Deep Wealth. The M&A journey for Jeffrey and Steve began when they said "no" to a 7-figure and "yes" to mastering the art and science of a liquidity event. Jeffrey and Steve said "yes" to a 9-figure offer two years later. During the process, Jeffrey and Steve increased his company value by 10X....
Feb 16, 2022•45 min•Season 3Ep. 100
Send us a text "Failure is an excellent teacher." - Todd Wilkowski As a member at Frost Brown, Todd. Todd Willkowski focuses his practice on serving private, closely-held, and family-owned businesses as their outside general counsel, consigliere, and trusted advisor on all legal, risk management, and strategic growth issues. In this role, Todd provides timely, practical, strategic, and value-added insight regarding issues related to strategic planning, enterprise risk management, contract draft...
Feb 14, 2022•53 min•Season 3Ep. 99
Send us a text "Everyone wants to be on the winning team." - Tim Fischell Dr. Tim Fischell is a Professor of medicine at Michigan State University and Medical Director of the Department of Cardiovascular Research, as well as Director of the Interventional Cardiology fellowship program at the Borgess Heart Institute in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He has an active practice as an interventional cardiologist at the Borgess Heart Institute in Kalamazoo. After receiving his medical degree from Cornell Unive...
Feb 09, 2022•46 min•Season 3Ep. 98
Send us a text "Despite your past you can create any future you want." - Tony Grebmeier As a husband, father, friend, and serial entrepreneur, Tony Grebmeier's current ventures include co-founding ShipOffers with his childhood friends and he's the creator of the Be Fulfilled brand. Tony's journey of finding fulfillment was filled with thoughts that it either wasn't possible or even of giving up. Tony's desire to give back and help people happened when his friend John saved Tony's life. Leveragin...
Feb 07, 2022•48 min•Season 3Ep. 97
Send us a text "Be the best version of who you were created to be and what a fulfilling life you're going to have." - Todd Wilkowski As a member at Frost Brown, Todd. Todd Willkowski focuses his practice on serving private, closely-held, and family-owned businesses as their outside general counsel, consigliere, and trusted advisor on all legal, risk management, and strategic growth issues. In this role, Todd provides timely, practical, strategic, and value-added insight regarding issues related ...
Feb 02, 2022•51 min•Season 3Ep. 96
Send us a text Type image caption here (optional) "Accountability is the key that unlocks success" - Jeffrey Feldberg. Jeffrey Feldberg is the co-founder of Deep Wealth. The M&A journey for Jeffrey began when he said "no" to a 7-figure and "yes" to mastering the art and science of a liquidity event. Two years later, Jeffrey said "yes" to a 9-figure offer. During the process, Jeffrey increased his company value by 10X. How did Jeffrey increase his company value 10X and go to a 9-figure liqu...
Jan 31, 2022•39 min•Season 3Ep. 95