The Finjan Show

Join Founder and CEO of SWALeadership LLC Zachary Hoffman and Finjan Show host Faris Alami as they discuss the journey of entrepreneurship specifically through the path of an athlete and how the skills learned through sports can create a powerful entrepreneur if utilized correctly.

Join Finjan Show host, Faris Alami, as he discusses some insights specifically for small business owners and entrepreneurs with the hope to start a conversation and creating change within the development space.

Join CFO and President of The Cash Lab, Kirsha Campbell as she discusses her journey to living out her dream of being a business owner. Helping other business owners and entrepreneurs manage, understand, and simplify their cash flow, she understands the journey of building a business.

Join Finjan Show host Faris Alami as he discusses the concept of leadership and how he has implemented those concepts in several of his programs. Influence and education is the key to creating leaders throughout communities and programs.

Join Finjan Show host Faris Alami and Malaysian entrepreneur Asyraaf Fero as they discuss the journey of starting and maintaining a podcast as well as strategies to be successful in the podcasting world.

Join Finjan Show Host Faris Alami as he discusses the importance of creating programs for small business development and the strategies needed to foster the growth of these types of programs within the community.

Join Finjan Show Host Faris Alami and NYU Adjunct Professor Marc Manashil as they discuss the dynamics of startups with youth and communities in need of adaptive consulting in the ever-changing world of entrepreneurship.

Join Finjan Show host Faris Alami as he discusses the topic of acquiring investors as an entrepreneur and avoiding the common mistakes made by entrepreneurs early in their journey.

Join Finjan Show host, Faris Alami and Mind Muscles Academy Founder Richard Friesen as they discuss the importance of understanding ourselves and our relationship with money to understand the psychology of proper money management.

Join Finjan Show Host Faris Alami as he discusses the very real phenomenon of entrepreneurship burnout and how to manage it. Everyone experiences exhaustion and burnout from time to time and learning how to manage it is crucial to success!

Join Faris Alami and Opulent Mindfulness Founder Meris Gebhardt as they discuss the journey to entrepreneurship and navigating the highs and lows of owning a business as well as practicing mindfulness in the corporate world. Opulent Mindfulness provides a meditation platform for the corporate world on both in person and remote platforms.

Join host Faris Alami as he discusses dealing with the inevitable failure expected throughout the journey of entrepreneurship and building a business.

Join Faris Alami and Founder and CEO of The Ambition Academy, Fatima Barnes, as they discuss navigating the entrepreneurial journey and setting yourself up for success.

Join host Faris Alami as he discusses the importance of developing the ecosystem for entrepreneurship within the community.

Join Faris Alami and Social Bee Co-Founder Ovi Negrean as they discuss the importance of resiliency in being an entrepreneur and listening to the market when a product doesn't work. "Fall in love with the problem and not the solution. Things change all the time-be focused on the problem and providing value to your target audience." -Ovi Negrean

Join Faris Alami and Opulent Mindfulness Founder Meris Gebhardt as they discuss navigating the highs and lows of starting and owning a business and also discussing the importance of mindfulness in the corporate space. Opulent Mindfulness focuses on providing meditation for the corporate world both in person and remotely in the everchanging work environment.

Join Finjan Show host Faris Alami as he discusses some insight on what judges or investors are looking for in your project pitch or presentation. "Trust comes from understanding the frame of reference of the judges and filling in the information they need to make a decision in the most compelling way." -Faris Alami

Join Finjan Show host Faris Alami and entrepreneur Alexis Williams as they discuss the journey of entrepreneurship throughout the pandemic and how it helped and hurt the journey to success. "I think all of my experience allowed me to deal with the highs and lows of being a business owner-but I'm still determined because I love what I do." -Alexis Williams

Join Finjan Show Host Faris Alami as he discusses the steps necessary to crafting and pitching an idea to funders or investors. The key to crafting a good story is keeping your experience present and pulling from that to evoke action from your audience. "Focus on why you're doing what you're doing-this comes from the experience you've had throughout your journey" -Faris Alami

Join Faris Alami and Founder and CEO of Mirror Ink, Beatrice Adenodi as they discuss her entrepreneurial experience and how she utilizes communication and problem solving skills to help her clients. "I offer effective tools and systems for my clients to not only be problem solvers in their business, but problem solvers in their life" -Beatrice Adenodi

Join host Faris Alami as he discusses the importance of creating a connection with your audience by telling a story instead of just 'pitching your product'. Storytelling is the key to getting your reason 'why' to the world.

Join Faris Alami and his guest, managing director of Ad Science Lab, Dave Caha as they discuss the scientific, data-driven strategies to marketing and how to approach marketing as an entrepreneur.

Join Finjan Show host Faris Alami as he discusses optimizing your business by recording and creating processes to allow for your team to operate seamlessly. This is a crucial process for ensuring that you and your team's time is spent wisely.

Join Michael Stein and host Faris Alami on The Finjan Show discussing his entrepreneurial journey with both of his companies.

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing the Art of Networking. Networking can be difficult, especially when you first start. Just like any business skill, it takes time to master. Tune in to this two-part podcast to learn key skills for becoming an effective and high-level networker.

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing Entrepreneurship with Clarisse Machanguana who says the best advice she has to give is to "educate yourself and not imitate others," and that entrepreneurship is about creating opportunities that engage and motivate to create significant and relevant changes for both yourself and others.

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing the Art of Networking. According to Faris, networking can happen anywhere - just look for the opportunity!

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing Entrepreneurship with Jonathan Ortmans who says what Global Entrepreneurship Network is really about, is accelerating entrepreneurship in the post-pandemic world and utilizing technology for those entrepreneurs who might not have had access previously.

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing how you should Never Doubt, but Always Question. In the communities that we serve Entrepreneurs many doubt their abilities, their connections or their skills to accomplish what they set themselves out to do - rather than doubting you might want to be thinking about questions. What questions to ask is key – tune in to learn more.

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing Entrepreneurship with Will Russell who believes entrepreneurship equals mental health and that the best advice he has for those trying to start a business comes from Dory herself - "Just Keep Swimming."

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing Goal Setting. Having goals to work towards is key to accomplishment and knowing what needs to be done by when. In addition, setting realistic goals that can actually be met will help you feel accomplished while allowing you to increase your goals for the next round. Reach them and then increase them. Learn more through this podcast.

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing Entrepreneurship with Becca Lory Hector who says she was tired of others "owning" her time. She knew her own value and decided to take the first step and "just do it." Now she leads by example within the freedom of entrepreneurship!

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing Victorious vs Victimized. During our Resilient Entrepreneur Program© we discuss the resilience mindset, one aspect of that is the understanding of feeling victory versus victimized when dealing with adversity. Without discounting any challenges a person may be experiencing, tune in to join the discussion on how you can adjust your mindset from feeling victimized to feeling victorious.

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing Entrepreneurship with Chris Davis who says the most valuable advice he ever received was to stay focused on content. "You have to make people see you so post as much as humanly possible and offer VALUE. The more value you give for free, the more opportunities will come your way."

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing Getting Your Business Online. Get a basic domain an email address for your business and get on social media. Here we will walk you through some strategies to get you online.

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing Entrepreneurship with Jennifer Smrz who wants audience members to remember not to take 'no' personally - "to succeed, you need a lot of no's before getting a yes." https://www.linkedin.com/in/%F0%9F%8D%81jennifer-smrz-%F0%9F%8D%81-wellness-resilient-empowering-61a2b01b/

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing How to Support Entrepreneurs in Your Community. We all have heard the term "it takes a village” – it also takes a village to raise an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs need all kinds of support while they make things happen. Let's create an entrepreneurship ecosystem that supports entrepreneurs starting and growing businesses.

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing Entrepreneurship with Cathy Nesbitt who says the best advice she ever received was regarding branding - if doing markets/exhibits, get t-shirts! https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathynesbitt/ https://www.cathyscomposters.com/

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing Entrepreneur Mindset. Entrepreneurship is more than actions, it's a way of thinking. Entrepreneurs can be found in a variety of ways, from starting and growing businesses to being employees; but the way they approach problems or opportunities by seeking solutions makes them unique. That mindset is really important for keeping their businesses going.

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing Entrepreneurship with Ruksana Hussain from http://www.travelerandtourist.com who says the most valuable advice she ever received was - "Listen to the cues from your environment"

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing Launching Entrepreneurship Activities in Local Communities. Tune in to learn more about how to make this happen in your region and/area.

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing Entrepreneurship with Jerry Fu who wants listeners to remember that Avoiding conflict is not resolving it! Also, you must have a plan in order to increase your chances of successfully resolving conflict.

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing Celebrating Leadership There are all types of different leadership styles that can impact how a person leads. In addition, the leader's background can attribute to the approach and style of leadership.

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing Entrepreneurship with Dawn Bates, who knew from the age of 8 she would be a business owner - and who believes that entrepreneurship and creating a powerful positive impact on the world go hand-in-hand.

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing the How to Digitally Network. Living in the cloud the last couple years, and planning to continue living there, networking with people is key to many small business owners. Learning how to network digitally so you can keep your business going is important. What should you be doing, or not doing, to network digitally? Tune in to find out.

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing Entrepreneurship with Jamie Meyer who shares her advice on waiting to start your business: "If you are waiting for the perfect time, you are mistaken. It is always the perfect time."

While there are so many things you can do to digitalize your business, there a few things you may want to focus on to make sure you are capturing the new wave of online products and services that can be offered by your firm; whether it's operations, marketing, sales, intake or forms - there are countless ways to digitalize your business today. Tune in to learn more.

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing Entrepreneurship with Karwan Qadir who says don't run for money, run for sucess!

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing the Power of 777 Marketing. Understanding how to specifically identify and market for potential customers so therefore you can follow a strategy that works.

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing Entrepreneurship With Linda Lausell Bryant. Discussing how we each have unique gifts and talents to bring to the marketplace and somewhere there is someone who can benefit from what you and I have to give.

Faris Alami on the Finjan Show discussing Business Coaching