School for Startups Radio

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On 60 AmFm stations around the US, the show argues that anyone can be a successful entrepreneur when they forget creativity, risk, and passion! Join host Jim Beach, bestselling McGraw-Hill Author for his SBA award winning nationally syndicated radio show. Copy an idea, execute it better, start with less than $5,000 and reserve passion for family & religion.

Episodes

August 23, 2024 – Time-Tested Leadership Willie Pietersen and Squirrel’s Tech Radar Douglas Squirrel

Willie Pietersen – MultiBillion Dollar Brand CEO, Columbia B-School Professor and Author of Leadership—The Inside Story: Time-Tested Prescriptions for Those Who Seek To Lead Everything we do as leaders has got symbolic fallout. We need to be very intentional about our behaviors so that others can respond accordingly. Willie Pietersen was raised in South Africa and received a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. After practicing law, he embarked on an international business career. Over a per...

Aug 23, 2024•54 min•Ep 2450•Transcript available on Metacast

August 22, 2024 – IBM at US Open Kristi Kolski, She Rises Up Maureen Tusty and Strauss Naturals Wayne Elliott

Kristi Kolski – Program Director for IBM Sports & Entertainment Kristi Kolski is the Program Director for IBM Sports & Entertainment, where she leads marketing strategy and campaign development for US Open Tennis, Pebble Beach Golf, GRAMMY Awards, Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta United and Mercedes-Benz Stadium partnerships. With more than 15 years B2B marketing experience, Kristi is passionate about the intersection of sports, entertainment and technology to enhance the fan experience, drive c...

Aug 22, 2024•54 min•Ep 2449•Transcript available on Metacast

August 21, 2024 – Rockin’ the Kremlin David Junk and Fastest Growing Media Buyer Josy Amann

David Junk – First CEO of Universal Music and Author of Rockin’ the Kremlin: My Incredible True Story of Gangsters, Oligarchs, and Pop Stars in Putin’s Russia The biggest challenge for us at Universal was that the Russian mafia controlled 90% of the music business in Russia. They produced millions of counterfeit compact discs and DVD’s and the money they would make from selling counterfeits would fund terrorism. David Junk was one of the first idealistic young Americans to move to Russia after t...

Aug 21, 2024•55 min•Ep 2448•Transcript available on Metacast

August 20, 2024 – Quick 10 Suzanne Sarsfield Scarano and Environmental Entrepreneur Wayne Elliott

uzanne Sarsfield Scarano – Founder and CEO of Forethought Marketing Question 5: Best way to get your first real customer is? Do it for the passion, not the profit! Suzanne Sarsfield Scarano’s journey is a testament to visionary entrepreneurship and innovative business practices. She founded Forethought Marketing in 2009 with a bold mission to redefine traditional marketing. Her approach has not only set new industry standards but also demonstrated how authenticity and strategic alignment can dri...

Aug 20, 2024•54 min•Ep 2447•Transcript available on Metacast

August 19, 2024 - Voltcore Vlad Batkhin and Miami Restauranteur Brian Parenteau

Vlad Batkhin – Founder and CEO of Voltcore – Green Efficient Heating At Voltcore, we fight climate change by economizing energy and CO2 emissions in heating applications. Heating is responsible for about 40 percent of CO2 emissions, so it is essential to reduce it. Households are responsible for about half of CO2 emissions related to heating. Vlad Batkhin is the Founder and CEO of Voltcore , an innovative climate-tech start-up based in Luxembourg. Vlad Batkhin has over 15 years of expertise in b...

Aug 19, 2024•54 min•Ep 2446•Transcript available on Metacast

August 16, 2024 - Corporate Due Diligence & Investigations Cynthia Hetherington and Corporate Real Estate Expert Joe Brady

Cynthia Hetherington – Founder of The Hetherington Group and Author of Osint: The Authoritative Guide to Due Diligence You have control of the digital footprint you put out there. We provide digital vulnerability assessments with us finding everything about you. We build a dossier that tells everything about you. You should know everything that we find. But we also start connecting you with your behavior and profile and what you are reading out there. We know you go to Pilates on Tuesday and you...

Aug 16, 2024•54 min•Ep 2445•Transcript available on Metacast

August 15, 2024 - Directional Investing James Pinkerton and Environmental Entrepreneur Wayne Elliott

James Pinkerton – Former White House Advisor for 2 Presidents and Author of The Secret of Directional Investing: Making Money Amidst the Red-Blue Rumble The trend is your friend. The direction is your friend. So, if you can figure out the direction of a market, you will do better. Within that, you can divide direction into two categories, those directions that can be spotted and those that can be shaped. An example of a direction that can be spotted is the red blue rumble. The other category is ...

Aug 15, 2024•54 min•Ep 2444•Transcript available on Metacast

August 14, 2024 - Gritty In Pink (Female Upwork) Shira Yevin and Construction Technology Chris Callen

Shira Yevin – Punk Musician and Founder of Gritty in Pink and INPINK Marketplace Women make 50% less on digital platforms like Fiverr and it is because they are underpricing their services. There is a confidence gap when it comes to women pricing their services, maybe not having that network. We are developing an AI powered pay scale that we are excited about. We are trying to use technology to close some of these gaps. Shira Yevin’s innovative startup, Gritty In Pink, and its INPINK Marketplace...

Aug 14, 2024•54 min•Ep 2443•Transcript available on Metacast

August 12, 2024 - Smartest Woman on Wall Street Patricia Chadwick and Michigan Digital Brian Town

Patricia Chadwick – Former Global Partner at Invesco and Author of Breaking Glass: Tales from the Witch of Wall Street Once I had that first job on Wall Street as a receptionist, all my mentors were men. They had a huge, beneficial impact on my career. For me, mentoring is such an important role to play. Not everyone will be a good mentor, but there is no such thing as a bad mentor. They are not a mentor at all. The chemistry has to be right and when that happens you can benefit hugely. Patricia...

Aug 12, 2024•54 min•Ep 2442•Transcript available on Metacast

August 9, 2024 - Building African Entrepreneurs Willem Gous and Instinct Branding Leslie Zane

Willem Gous – Human Entrepreneur in South Africa We do not provide any funding for these beginning African entrepreneurs. In fact, we do not allow the language of funding in our classroom because it is a limiting belief. Our company has reduced the cost of job creation from over $20,000 per job to just at $1000 per job. We can create jobs quickly and cost effectively. Willem Gous has reduced the time to create a job to 5 weeks and the cost to just over $1,000, and they can do it at scale. They c...

Aug 09, 2024•54 min•Ep 2441•Transcript available on Metacast

August 7, 2024 - Shark Tanker Consumer Entrepreneur Adam Callinan and Founder Attorney Andrew Bauer

Adam Callinan – Founder at Pentane 60% of the deals on Shark Tank that you see don’t get done in real life. The 40% that do get done in real life, the deal is dramatically different from what you see on the show. Adam Callinan is the Founder of Pentane, the profitability system and efficiency software he wanted while operating BottleKeeper, but couldn’t find or build. Previously, Adam was Co-founder/CEO at BottleKeeper, a consumer brand that grew in its first three years from $0 to $8 million in...

Aug 07, 2024•55 min•Ep 2440•Transcript available on Metacast