Podcasts about entrepreneur effect

Today on Entrepreneur Effect we are joined by Craig Handley, the author of Hired To Quit Inspired To Stay. Craig structured his company, ListenTrust, with a culture that honors personal values, giving back, and allowing everyone to pursue their own dreams. With his book, Craig can help everyone do the same. In Hired to Quit, Inspired to Stay, he draws upon the trials he's faced to encourage other leaders to create their own ideal enterprises. With valuable lessons and indispensable advice, he'll show you not only how to establish a culture that inspires employees and customers, but how to survive and enjoy the bumpy business ride. Dush dives into the reason Craig wrote this book and how he developed this mentality into a winning formula. 

Today on Entrepreneur Effect we are joined by Matt Holleran, General Partner at Cloud Apps Capital Partners. Most seed rounds these days are about $2 million, but if you’re a startup, especially in the enterprise cloud space, what can you accomplish with that amount? Not much. If you're attempting to solve weighty problems for business, the product offering requires the help of experienced, high-quality engineers who don’t come cheap. Add to that marketing and sales needs, and the costs add up fast. On the flipside, CEOs and senior executives from enterprise cloud companies that have had successful exits are constantly approached by startups requesting angel/seed money. These CEOs don’t always know how best to respond to the opportunities presented to them.  It may be flattering, and the promise of a return on your investment can be enticing, but is it worth it? Cloud Apps Capital Partners is a leading venture capital firm in the cloud business application market at the Classic Series A stage.  Matt Holleran has 12 years of operating experience in successful business application companies including Salesforce.com, 12 years of venture capital and private equity experience, and a highly relevant network. He has walked in the shoes of founding teams at each stage of a business application company’s development — no customers, initial traction, scaling the team, market leadership, and global expansion. Matt has a BA in engineering and economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Today on Entrepreneur Effect we are joined by Spencer Sheinin. About 4 years ago  Spencer began thinking about what was next, and started working with startups and they kept asking him to be their CFO. He discovered he could not get info he needed from these businesses-bookkeeping 101 wasn't even in place.  Spencer started Shift Financial 1.5 years ago which serves entrepreneurs by changing the conversation around accounting and give them power . Accountants do a terrible dis-service to entrepreneurs on accounting and how it works-reports are confusing. He has tools that can be used to direct your accountant to and hold them accountable to metrics you're trying to achieve. Spencer -Bought first company at 26-manufacturing had for 15 years-highly regulated and quadrupled sales in time.He then went into partnership in construction/real estate business and worked to get him out of the day to day processes so he could flourish. 

Today on Entrepreneur Effect we are joined by Susan Solvic, THE Small Business Expert. An Internet pioneer, Solovic was the CEO and co-founder of one of the first video-based Internet sites, a company she grew from its infancy to a million dollar plus entity.   In 2006, she accepted the Stevie Award (the Oscar’s of business) on behalf of the company for the Most Innovative Company under 100 employees; that same year the company was voted the Best Investment Opportunity at a Venture Forum in the Silicon Valley. A media personality, Solovic is a former small business contributor for ABC News and hosted a syndicated radio program, It’s Your Biz. She appears regularly as a small business expert on Fox Business, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal’s “Lunch Break”, MSNBC, CNN, CNBC and many other stations across the country.  She hosted her own PBS special called Reinvent Yourself Now:  Become Self-Reliant in an Unpredictable World.  In addition to television and radio appearances, Solovic is a featured blogger on numerous sites, including Constant Contact, Entrepreneur, ATT Business Circle, FoxBusiness.com, MasterCard, Intuit, The Pulse of IT (HP) and Samsung. Solovic was recently named in the Top 10 of both SAP’s “Top 51 Potential Human Influencers” and she consistently ranks in the top 5 of the “Top 100 Small Business Experts to Follow on Twitter”   She has written four bestselling books which have been translated into multiple languages.

Today on Entrepreneur Effect our host is joined by Lindsey Phillips Creator and Founder of Lindsay Phillips Switchflops. Phillips was born in Clearwater, Florida on Dec 7, 1984. Her father, Paul Phillips, is a cardiologist and her mother, Liz Phillips, worked as a nurse. Phillips attended Berkeley Preparatory School in Tampa, Florida. It was during this time that Lindsay developed the concept for sandals that would eventually lead her to launch SwitchFlops - interchangeable flip-flops with removable straps to match any outfit. Encouraged by the favorable responses she received after creating ceramic flips flops – part of an art class project – she began expanding her vision by toying with the idea of creating colorful straps and buttons that could diversify the look of just one pair of flip-flops. She soon realized that by using hook-and-loop fasteners, her vision of “Change Your Look, Not Your Sole” was complete. By the end of her high school career, Phillips applied for a patent.Following graduation from Berkeley Prep in 2003, she attended Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, interning with Ralph Lauren Corporation in New York City during two of her summer breaks. She also attended Semester at Sea, a shipboard, global study abroad program, during which she simultaneously studied and toured several countries including Venezuela, Brazil, South Africa, the Republic of Mauritius, Myanmar, India, Vietnam, China, and Japan. Phillips has frequently commented that her travels abroad have greatly influenced her designs. She graduated in 2007 with a BA in Art History and a minor in communications.

Today on Entrepreneur Effect our host is joined by Morgan Simon. Simon is a widely-recognized leader in impact investment who builds bridges between finance and social justice.  Over the past seventeen years, she has influenced over $150 billion in capital.  Simon currently co-leads Candide Group, which supports two clients, including members of the Pritzker family on behalf of the Libra Foundation. She is also co-founder and chair of the non-profit Transform Finance. Previously, Simon served as the founding CEO of Toniic, a global network of impact investors, and as the founding executive director of the Responsible Endowments Coalition. She has worked with the United Nations in Honduras, in corporate reform with ForestEthics, and in domestic microfinance with the Women's Initiative for Self-Employment. She currently serves on the boards of the Restaurant Opportunity Center, The Working World, and CARE Enterprises. A graduate of Swarthmore College, Simon serves as an adjunct professor at Middlebury College's graduate school program. She lives in the Bay Area.

Today on Entrepreneur Effect our host is joined by Constance Dierickx The Decision Doctor® Author of High Stakes Leadership-Leading with courage, judgment, and fortitude. Constance helps senior executives succeed in high stakes transitions such as mergers and acquisitions, CEO succession, organizational change, and crisis. Her merger and acquisition clients succeed at a rate 400 times greater than the average.  In her new book, organizational and leadership consultant Dierickx describes high-stakes leadership in a simple, three-part model that illuminates the mindsets, strategies, and tactics leaders must draw upon to make tough decisions, take an unpopular stand, or ignore convention, providing real-world examples across a range of sectors and industries. Dierickx developed her model of high-stakes leadership to help her clients―executives at organizations ranging from start-ups to nonprofits to large, global companies―better define what they need to bring strategy to life. This, she found, is the great gulf in business, the vast space between idea and results.  

Today on Entrepreneur Effect our host is joined by Bestselling author and transformation and marketing executive Chris Aarons. Chris is a seasoned professional who is breaking ground at the intersection where digital transformation, sales and marketing strategies all meet. He is the co-author (with Michael Gale) of the best selling book, “The Digital Helix: Transforming Your Organization's DNA to Thrive in the Digital Age"which shows how to create a digital-first DNA for your organization to not only embrace the digital age but thrive in it. In addition, he facilitated many group programs for clients, spoken at industry group events and teaches and serves as a guest lecturer on Digital Marketing for the University of Texas at Austin. An innovator with more than 20 years experience, he has created and implemented powerhouse programs in a variety of professional settings. From international PR agencies to Fortune 500 companies, Aarons is the quintessential "go-to" guy in strategic marketing that requires the highest level of creativity and knowledge. In 2005, he launched a successful social media program at AMD, which quickly defined best practices in the world of social media and influencer relations.

Today on Entrepreneur Effect our Host Dush Ramachandran is joined by Dmitriy Kozlov. Dmitriy is a young serial entrepreneur whose purpose is to "accelerate the evolution of love through inspiring and empowering influencers." By just 27 years old, Dmitriy has built 4 separate companies around this purpose to the 6 and 7 figure mark. Originally born in Russia and raised in the Boston area, Dmitriy found his way to his “heart home” of San Diego through a long nomadic journey and has fallen in love with the community here since, with a deep dedication to servant leadership. One of those expressions has been co-creating and leading the San Diego Conscious Community Facebook Group, along with hosting many local events, gatherings, and parties.

Dush Ramachandran is a business transformation coach who grows companies from $50 to $350 million for everyday folks to have supreme business health and make their dreams come true. Dush’s podcast the “Entrepreneur Effect” is one of the most watched and respected shows on line. It guides solo businesses to know how to succeed. This show has 400,000 listeners every single month! Dush is President & CEO of a business, The Net Momentum Corp that helps people launch their products and companies. In this show, Dush discusses how he helps businesses, books and online courses soar. Everything is moving to the web, okay, maybe not surgery. But a lot. But this ability for the net to help us soar is this week under attack. We have been enjoying the “Democratization of Media.” If you wanted to attain media reach even 15 years ago, you would have had to own a T.V. station, a radio station, a newspaper, or a film production company. Today with YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Word Press, and Pinterest (and some interesting content), you could easily gain worldwide reach with a large number of followers. These platforms have leveled the playing field for entrepreneurs. They can now have an online presence similar to that of multi-billion-dollar corporations, with some effort and very little money. Now that’s exciting! But this week, “Net Neutrality” is being voted on by the FCC to try to give more business speed and oomph to the larger and richer players, like phone and cable companies. And elbow the little business out. Dush helps us surf whatever the business “is-ness” is, so we can make supreme business health a reality. Learn how Dush, an ex-VP of Business Development at the largest online marketplace of digital products, Click Bank, now helps regular folks become extraordinary. And Dush has the background and skills to do it. When Dush was with Click Bank, he helped grow the company’s revenues nearly 500% in five years. Its one thing to have a dream to invent, create, write or have a voice, but it’s another a whole other world letting the world know about it. And get them to buy it. Dush helps your dreams become win/wins. With the FCC wanting to change “net neutrality”, this could change your ability to make your dreams come true.  Call your representatives and let them know your concerns. Today! Dush gives us sound advice.   Every entrepreneur needs a plan.  Always start with a plan, even if it is sketched out on a scrap of paper. Dush remembers sketching the plan for a $200 million deal he did for one of my companies on a beer coaster in a pub in Germany. The terms for the sale of one of his companies was written up on a sheet of lined paper and exchanged with the buyers. Simply writing things down can make a plan so much clearer. I’m always telling my Net Momentum clients to write down their plans, no matter how simple they may appear. With the Baby Boomer generation growing older, the largest generation ever is now settling down and changing our very concept of aging. This generation has participated in incredible wealth creation. More wealth has been created in the last 60 years than in all of history before that time. Opportunities to serve this demographic are huge. Any idea that gives Boomers greater convenience and control over their lives will be hugely successful. Dush’s favorite online tool for you to know about: Google Trends. Google Trends tells us what people are searching for and where searches for each of these terms originate. You can even compare search volumes for two similar terms (e.g., BMW vs. Mercedes) and the impact of a news item on the search. There is nothing that pinpoints our zeitgeist like this tool. Three people Dush suggests you should follow on Twitter. Brendon Burchard, because he is one of the most ethical marketers out there. Guy Kawasaki for his trenchant views on the venture capital industry. Will Ferrell because he’s one of the funniest comedians of our generation. When Dush isn’t helping your business, he’s pushing the limits on a motorcycle in the mountains of Colorado. Contact Dush: Website: http://dushramachandran.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dush-ramachandran/1/855/47a

 Today on Entrepreneur Effect our host is joined by Alex Daly the founder of Vann Alexandra,, a creative services agency that gets projects financed through crowdfunding. Dubbed the industry's "Crowdsourceress," a name she received in the press for her expertise in crowdfunding, her clients include Neil Young, Oscar-winning filmmakers, Pentagram designers, Eric Ries, and girl group TLC. Alex has shared her expertise at top film festivals, universities, and organizations. She is in the Forbes 30 under 30 Marketing Advertising class of 2016. In The Crowdsourceress: Get Smart, Get Funded, and Kickstart Your Next Big Idea (PublicAffairs), Daly takes readers deep inside her most successful campaigns, tangible tools to run their own crowdfunding campaigns and fully connect with the crowd, get people to pay attention, and inspire them to act.

Today on Entrepreneur Effect our host is joined by Jonathan David Lewis the author of Brand vs Wild. Jonathan is a Forbes contributor and a brand survival expert at McKee Wallwork + Co. As partner and strategy director at MW+C, Jonathan led his firm to be recognized by purveyor Advertising Age as a national leader in branding and marketing, winning the Southwest Small Agency of the Year, national B2B Campaign of the Year, and national Best Places to Work awards. Jonathan sharpened his skills during the harsh years of the Great Recession, helping brands navigate today’s unforgiving new business paradigms. Jonathan’s opinions are highly sought by numerous business and marketing publications, including Forbes, Digiday, and Advertising Age, where he explores the factors of stalled growth and the principles proven to help companies traverse the dangers of the brand wilderness.

Today on Entrepreneur Effect our host is joined by Robin Behrstock. At the age of thirty-three, Robin Behrstock started Alchemade (www.Alchemade.com), a copper mug business just as they became a popular trend.  In less than three years, she grew the business to annual sales of $3 million.  For Robin, the best part of being an entrepreneur isn’t making money or selling lots of copper mugs; it’s inspiring people to take control of their lives and turn their dreams of starting a business into reality.  Robin is currently a partner in Radius Partnership, www.RadiusPartnership.com, a consulting firm focused on working with small businesses.

Today on Entrepreneur Effect our host is joined by Robin Behrstock. At the age of thirty-three, Robin Behrstock started Alchemade (www.Alchemade.com), a copper mug business just as they became a popular trend.  In less than three years, she grew the business to annual sales of $3 million.  For Robin, the best part of being an entrepreneur isn’t making money or selling lots of copper mugs; it’s inspiring people to take control of their lives and turn their dreams of starting a business into reality.  Robin is currently a partner in Radius Partnership, www.RadiusPartnership.com, a consulting firm focused on working with small businesses.

Today on Entrepreneur Effect we are joined by Sarah Cooper the Stand up comedian. Sarah is going back on tour to talk about her viral, buzz-worthy blog post that inspired her book 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings: How to Get by Without Even Trying. Do you want to appear smart in meetings but can’t stop daydreaming about your next vacation, your next nap, or your next meal? Then the 100 tricks in Sarah Cooper’s new book are exactly what you need to stop being the dud of the group and start being the star. 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings: How to Get by Without Even Trying provides hilarious and actionable ways to use words like “actionable” in order to sound smart. Poking fun at corporate and tech culture is a natural for Cooper, a veteran of corporations such as Google and Yahoo.  Her “10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings” post on The Cooper Review was an immediate viral sensation (5 million views and counting). Funny because it’s true, 100 Tricks to Appear Smart is the ultimate (tongue-in-cheek) career companion.

Re Perez Joins Dush on todays episode of Entrepreneur Effect. Re Perez is a seasoned Brand Consultant, with a Fortune 500 background at top global brand consultancies including Interbrand and Siegel+Gale. Since 2011, his agency BRANDING FOR THE PEOPLE, has delivered Fortune 500-level branding to thousands of entrepreneurs across 45+ different industries around the world — from start-ups, Inc. 5000 fastest growing companies, and established multi million-dollar businesses. He has a proven track record for helping his clients double, triple and quadruple their business.

Dush speaks with Liston Witherill, the Chief Creative of Good Funnel, which specializes in  data-driven copy and common sense marketing. He is a copy writing and sales professional with a background in consulting and marketing. They touch on creating data-driven messaging that your customers will love, making your sales and marketing efforts much easier and faster than ever before. Also this Entrepreneur Effect really focus's on creating online content for entrepreneurs, consultants, and marketers about how to improve drive conversions, automate their businesses, and improve sales.

Dush speaks withwith former ski patroller turned entrepreneur Matt Given to discuss his secrets to success and understand why he's betting on video. From recent video consumption trends to video delivery best practices, this episode is a must listen for entrepreneurs interested in selling their video content. In this interview, you will learn about how zeroing in on a niche can mean the difference between having a struggling or sustainable business. Additionally, Given shares his experience on how the small choices he makes each day have lead him to success in business and in life including the one habit guaranteed to help you "win the first battle" of every day. For the video creators out there, Matt is offering Entrepreneur Effect listeners a risk-free opportunity to check out the Intelivideo platform and discover what a video on demand offering can do for your business. To get your 3 months free, visit intelivideo.com/entrepreneureffect.

Dush speaks withwith former ski patroller turned entrepreneur Matt Given to discuss his secrets to success and understand why he's betting on video. From recent video consumption trends to video delivery best practices, this episode is a must listen for entrepreneurs interested in selling their video content. In this interview, you will learn about how zeroing in on a niche can mean the difference between having a struggling or sustainable business. Additionally, Given shares his experience on how the small choices he makes each day have lead him to success in business and in life including the one habit guaranteed to help you "win the first battle" of every day. For the video creators out there, Matt is offering Entrepreneur Effect listeners a risk-free opportunity to check out the Intelivideo platform and discover what a video on demand offering can do for your business. To get your 3 months free, visit intelivideo.com/entrepreneureffect.

Matthew Gordon, a Teacher turned Millionaire and CEO of Graduation Source joins Dush Ramachandran for a brand new episode of Entrepreneur Effect.  Matthew manages European-based glass company Avanti, graduation apparel supplier GraduationSource  and sports apparel company Teamuniforms USA.