Entrepreneur Wrap

This week, David was joined by Brett Podolsky, Co-Founder of The Farmer's Dog, one of the nation’s fastest growing pet food brands. Brett's philosophy is all about clean and healthy food for dogs as opposed to the traditional kibble that most pet owners feed their dogs. What started as just an idea between two friends has now turned into an established brand with a large and loyal following.  We talk with Brett about starting entrepreneurship, company culture, raising capital, his favorite books, where he draws inspiration and the best advice he has ever received as a business owner.   FOLLOW THE GUEST Brett Podolsky, : LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-podolsky Twitter: @Brett_Podolsky IG: @BrettPodolsky FOLLOW THE HOST, David Brickley: Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidjBrickley Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidjbrickley/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6yZbmTvJfjY8h79Wpm49Zw LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brickley/

Ryan Bethencourt, CEO at Wild Earth, is a driven entrepreneur who's goal is to create clean, healthy and sustainable pet food. On this episode of the Entrepreneur Wrap, Ryan shares his story and entrepreneurial journey. He discusses his appearance on Shark Tank, what goes on behind the scenes, and how his past experiences have led him to where he is today.    FOLLOW THE GUEST, Ryan Bethencourt LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethencourt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanBethencourt FOLLOW THE HOST, David Brickley:Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidjBrickley Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidjbrick... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6yZbmTvJfjY8h79Wpm49Zw LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brickley/   An STN Digital Production:STN is a Social Media Marketing Agency trusted by the largest Sports & Entertainment properties in the world.https://stndigital.com FOLLOW STN DIGITAL:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/STNDigital/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stndigital/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/STNDigital LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stn-

Adam Dailey is a driven entrepreneur who's on a mission to build and innovate across any and every channel available. His expertise is in team building, business strategy, public speaking, digital media and company core values.  On this episode of the Entrepreneur Wrap, Adam shares his story and entrepreneurial journey.   FOLLOW THE GUEST, Adam G. Dailey: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamdailey/   FOLLOW THE HOST, David Brickley: Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidjBrickley Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidjbrickley/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6yZbmTvJfjY8h79Wpm49Zw LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brickley/

Grayson Lafrenz is the CEO of Power Digital Marketing, an online internet marketing agency that helps businesses scale and drive revenue through digital marketing. Over the past 5 years, he has grown the company from a team of 3 to a team of 50+. Power Digital has been named San Diego’s Healthiest Company, Fastest Growing, Top Places to work and mentioned on the Inc 500 Companies & Best Places to Work. On this episode of the Entrepreneur Wrap, Grayson walks us through his entrepreneurial journey and shares how he's been able to rapidly grow his company. Here are some of the talking points: What was your first entrepreneurial hustle as a kid? What did you think of your higher education experience? Tell me more about Power Digital Learning From Failures: What was one of the most challenging times in your business? How did you overcome? What was one of your biggest mistakes that you made in business? Rapid Fire: What time do you wake up? Workout routine? How do you manage stress? Who inspires you in business? Favorite quote? What business tools have been the most instrumental to your success? Work-life balance? Best advice, how do you deal with it? What does it mean to you to be an Entrepreneur?  Best piece of advice you've received? What book would you recommend to other entrepreneurs? Excluding yours, what company or business do you admire the most? What are they doing that you want to mimic? Whats the end-goal for your career or business?  

Johnathan Grzybowski is the co-founder of Penji, a company that provides unlimited custom design services at a flat monthly rate.  He's also the founder & host of The Blind Entrepreneur podcast where he interviews the top entrepreneurs across the globe to pick their minds and day-to-day. On this episode, Johnathan walks us through his entrepreneurial journey and provides valuable insight on what to do and most importantly what not to do. 

Rob Dube is the President of Image One, ranked by Forbes Magazine as one of the Top 25 Small Giants in America 2017. Rob also serves as a Forbes columnist, and is an author of the new book "Do Nothing" - A leaders guide to doing nothing. Rob breaks down the importance of meditation (a practice that successful entrepreneurs, executives, and world-class athletes have in common).

Steve Little is a highly sought-after adviser, mentor, coach, and business success leader who is recognized as one of the leading experts in developing peak individual and team performance. Specializing in accelerating valuation growth and creating highly successful exits, he has personally led 6 successful start-ups to successful private acquisitions averaging $100M+ each. He has also raised more than $1B in startup and growth funding for 11 different businesses in multiple industries. And he led the buy-side M&A team for a major technology innovator, acquired and successfully integrated 9 companies in less than 12 months.

Scott Fritz, serial entrepreneur and author of "The 40 Hour Work Year", joins David and Brett on the 28th episode of Entrepreneur Wrap. Scott's book focuses on his story as an entrepreneur, sharing valuable advice such as business methods, action focused exercises and mindset philosophy, all of which helped him become a passive investor in his own business. Scott also operates a business coaching company, is an active angel investor with investments in over 30 entities, and founder of Human Capital.

Our 27th episode features Nick Brune, Co-Founder and Executive Chef of EcoCaters. EcoCaters is a San Diego-based catering company that focuses on organic food catering for events of any type and size. Nick's story is a must-listen, especially to those who are looking to get into or already are in the catering or restaurant business.

David and Brett chatted this week with Rocco Cortese, Managing Director of The Heritage Group, a commercial real estate investment management firm in San Diego. Coming from a family of entrepreneurs that are first-generation immigrants from Italy, Rocco was instilled with a strong work ethic from a young age. Today, Rocco has more than 29 years of experience in commercial real estate industry and is responsible for all aspects of the capital and investment advisory business within The Heritage Group.

This week, David and Brett were joined by Tony Raval, CEO of FrescoData, one of the nation’s fastest growing data-driven solution providers. Tony’s entrepreneurial path began when he was recruited from his home in India to the United States to work in the computing and data world at just 21 years old. Now, he is responsible for leading the development and sourcing of FrescoData’s vastly growing database that spans across 60 countries.  

This week, David and Brett sat down with Sara Brooks, CEO and Founder of Covet Public Relations, one of the fastest growing lifestyle PR firms in the country. Sara shares her career journey that has taken her through various roles as a freelance editor all the way to spearheading new departments at national PR agencies.  As she sought to find a perfect job, Sara took a leap of faith in starting her own agency, using her media savvy and relentless passion to grow Covet to what it is today.

In this week's episode David and Brett talk about celebrating wins and keeping perspective, the importance of having a business mentor, the concerns about Facebook's power to shape media consumption, spotting the right time to shift strategies to achieve business goals and developing and implementing core values.

David and Brett sit down with Jack Haldrup, founder of Dr. Squatch, a soap company for men. Jack shares his inspiring journey from working as an IT consultant, being frustrated with his position in life, deciding to start his own business on a flight from LA to Chicago, and coming up with the idea for Dr. Squatch by the end of the same flight. He also talks about his favorite and least favorite parts of the business, the marketing and business tools that have been instrumental to his success, the books that have inspired him, his daily routine and much more.

This week David and Brett sit down with Chris Lynch, co-founder of Everyday California, a lifestyle company specializing in ocean adventures and California-sourced premium apparel. Chris shares his journey starting from earning his economic degree during the global financial crisis, to his two years of acting in Hollywood, and finally, co-founding Everyday California in 2010. He talks about his biggest mistakes, his least favorite parts of the business, books that have inspired him, his daily routine, entrepreneurial guilt and much more.  

Former BuzzFeed employees are trashing the company on YouTube, Biz Stone is coming back to Twitter, How freelancing is changing the way we work in 2017, Is Kickstarter the secret weapon of E-Commerce?, Epic Records boss L.A. Reid is leaving Sony Music and Ford is planning substantial cuts to its global workforce. David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every show!  

Advertising campaigns that stand out, David & Brett discuss their business mistakes and what they have learned from them, an open discussion on how to get better at delegating, keeping a balanced perspective, top movies for entrepreneurs, Twitter has a new most RT'd tweet of all time, and the FCC is investigating Stephen Colbert. David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every show!

Bill O'Reilly looks to be done at Fox News, David & Brett recap some of this months biggest PR disasters, Facebook had their F8 conference recently and it looks like Zuckerberg is trying to take over the world, Twitter may have a new (most-engaging) tweet of all time, and how to motivate and incentivize your staff to get what you want.  David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every show!

Amazon purchases Thursday Night Football streaming rights, How do you establish company culture?, Samsung releases new facial recognition software, why people aren't taking their vacations and why Amazon is going head-to-head against retail.  David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every show!

  17 years later, we learned something from Vince McMahon and the infamous XFL, Cadillac is coming out with a subscription service, the shopping mall in America may be a thing of the past, the "Cash Me Outside" girl is ranking in the cash, and why we have no problem with GoPro's eventual downfall. David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every show!  

Growing too fast vs growing too slow, an example of how marketing really matters, a typo essentially shut down the internet, how to deal with employee stress and how important it is to make business adjustments for longevity. David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every show!

Mark Cuban lashes out at Bleacher Report in a vulgar way, Uber is having some major HR problems internally, Brett and David both took away some positives from Trump's address to congress, YouTube is now offering LIVE TV, and how business owners can both avoid & recognize employee burnout? David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every show!  

Snapchat's IPO is expected to open at $20 billion and Brett thinks the app is bound to fail, the same way Myspace did, David disagrees. Elon Musk talks about a universal income to combat robots taking over jobs in the future, Facebook in talks to stream MLB, and did you ever wonder how Venmo makes money? David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every show!  

More people tuned in to watch Lady Gaga then they did the actual Super Bowl, ESPN has lost 12 million subscribers over the last 5 years, advertisers are getting away from hashtags, and what should international companies do as they await a potential tariff tax via the Trump administration? David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every

Donald Trump is the president, yet still seems obsessed with TV ratings, Snapchat growth slowed 82% after Instagram Stories launched, Walmart takes on Amazon at their own game and Twitter seems to be taking LIVE a lot more seriously.  David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every

Donald Trump has signed some executive orders that could lead to some major impact down the road, and his administration has moved on from Hillary Clinton and now considers the media the "new enemy". David also brings to light how much Facebook is paying celebrities to use FB LIVE, and how Antonio Brown of the Pittsburgh Steelers got heat from the NFL, but love from the Facebook PR team. David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every show

Apple plans to unveil its originals scripted content by the end of 2017, including a small number of original series and potentially original movies, a Facebook Live video of torture stayed up for 30 minutes & a 12 years old suicide was recently live streamed. Will this become an ongoing problem for Facebook and LIVE broadcasting in general?  David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every show.

Amazon is considering drone-friendly floating warehouses that would float 45,000 feet above ground, the CEO of Twitter is asking for suggestions on how to improve the platform, and how will Facebook avoid bad stuff happening on FB LIVE? David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every show.

ABC will produce a 10-episode series exclusively for Snapchat, Uber is following you wherever you go, and what is the Hedgehog Concept?  David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every show. 

Kanye West randomly visits Trump Tower to meet with the president-elect, Google & Chrysler are working together on self-driving mini-vans, and O.J. Simpson has a major part in the Top 3 TV shows of 2016! David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every show. 

Donald Trump is using Twitter as his personal PR feed, and Instagram has completely changed over the last 6 months. David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every show.   

David and Brett discuss CNN's purchase of Casey Neistat's company "Beme", the issue with scailing too fast and what they learned this week as Business Owners and Entrepreneurs David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every show.   

David Brickley and Brett Regan are co-owners of STN Digital, a full-service digital marketing agency out of San Diego, CA. David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every show.  SHOW RUNDOWN: (01:00) Why People Say Facebook Failed America This Year (11:52) What We Learned this Week as Entrepreneurs (16:30) What We're Reading (22:53) Tech Tip (26:10) Current Business Goals (29:39) Work Life Balance (31:34) Media Spotlight (38:03) Q&A Advice (40:29) Quote of the Show

David Brickley and Brett Regan are co-owners of STN Digital, a full-service digital marketing agency out of San Diego, CA. David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every show.  SHOW RUNDOWN: (01:51) RIP Vine (06:55) Tesla's New Roof Tiles (09:54) What We Learned this Week as Entrepreneurs (15:30) What We're Reading (17:58) Tech Tip (20:41) Current Business Goals (24:30) Work Life Balance (28:04) Media Spotlight (31:50) Q&A Advice (38:54) Quote of the Show SHOW NOTES: Twitter is Shutting Down Vine https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/27/twitter-is-shutting-down-vine/ Why Tesla’s new solar roof tiles and home battery are such a big deal https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/31/why-teslas-new-solar-roof-tiles-and-home-battery-are-such-a-big-deal/ Wrike https://wrike.com Cirrus Insight https://www.cirrusinsight.com/ Seth Godin http://sethgodin.typepad.com/ Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency https://www.amazon.com/Powerhouse-Untold-Hollywoods-Creative-Artists/dp/006244137X Kevin Hart Interview on The Breakfast Club https://youtu.be/Yq_bPAq72S4?t=35m59s