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China announced a 34% retaliatory tariff on all goods imported from the U.S. on Friday morning following President Trump's decision to slap steep tariffs on many countries. University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business professor Jeremy Siegel calls Trump's actions the “biggest policy mistake in 95 years.” Meanwhile, in the nation's capital, Senators Maria Cantwell and Chuck Grassley introduced bipartisan legislation to give Congress more power in setting and approving trade policy. Sen. Cantwell explains the push to limit the President's authority. Plus, Snap-on CEO Nick Pinchuk weighs in on whether the broad tariffs were actually necessary and how they place the spotlight on the difficulties of manufacturing. Jeremy Siegel - 11:40Sen. Maria Cantwell - 25:46Nick Pinchuk - 33:18 In this episode:Maria Cantwell, @SenatorCantwellBecky Quick, @BeckyQuickJoe Kernen, @JoeSquawkAndrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkinKatie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

Taxes on wages make up the bulk of federal revenue every year. Where does that money go, and who decides how much you should pay?The process is extremely complicated - and deeply political - which is why it's important for everyday taxpayers to understand how the people they elected choose to spend the money voters give out of their paychecks every year. We talk with tax policy expert Beverly Moran, a Paulus fellow at Boston College Law School and professor emerita at Vanderbilt, about how budget reconciliation works: where Congress decides where it will cut taxes, and how it will make up for those cuts. We also talk about how those decisionsaffect the vast majority of taxpayers, who earn most of their wealth from salary or wages... and how it looks different for the wealthiest Americans. Find Beverly's research on the impact of the 2017 TCJA here.  Listen to our episodes on the history of the income tax in the United States, and how the tax return process works. We used a number of sources in this episode. Here are some, in order of appearance: How much revenue has the US  government collected this year? from the US Treasury Department. Reconciliation explainer from the Congressional Budget Office.Budget Reconciliation: Tracking the 2025 Trump Tax Cuts from the Tax Foundation. What are itemized deductions and who claims them? from the Tax Policy Center. How did the TCJA change taxes of families with children? from the Tax Policy Center. The 2017 Tax Law Was Skewed to the Rich, Expensive, and Failed to Deliver on Its Promises from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Lifting the SALT Cap: Estimated Budgetary Effects, 2024 and Beyond from Penn Wharton Budget Model at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business. Differences between the traditional CPI and Chained CPI from the Congressional Budget Office. Republicans say Medicaid cuts won't happen. But does their budget work without them? from NPR. Republicans want to lower taxes. The hard part is choosing what to cut. from the New York Times.  Want our new "Civics is my cup of tea" mug? CLICK HERE TO DONATE AND GET YOURS!CLICK HERE: Visit our website to see all of our episodes, donate to the podcast, sign up for our newsletter, get free educational materials, and more! To see Civics 101 in book form, check out A User's Guide to Democracy: How America Works by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice, featuring illustrations by Tom Toro.Check out our other weekly NHPR podcast, Outside/In - we think you'll love it!

Join us as we sit down with Ken Cella, a seasoned senior executive with Edward Jones. Ken has found joy by integrating his faith and work. In this episode, Ken shares unique insights on the importance of financial resiliency, honoring God through financial stewardship, and leaving a values-centered legacy.  His wisdom and guidance are helpful for those seeking to become servant leaders.About KenKen Cella, Principal and Head of External Affairs at Edward Jones and is responsible for fostering strategic partnerships, expanding relationships with policymakers, industry leaders and other influencers to make a greater impact on society. He is a member of the firm's Enterprise Leadership Team, which guides the firm strategy to grow its impact and create value for clients, colleagues and communities, today and in the future.Ken began his Edward Jones career in 1990 as a financial advisor and was named a principal in 2002. In 2012, he was asked to lead Branch Training, the area responsible for the professional development of financial advisors and branch office administrators, and in 2022, he took over sole responsibility for the Branch Development division.Ken serves as chair for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Board of Directors. At Edward Jones, he helps support the firm's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion by serving as the senior executive sponsor of the Interfaith Business Resource Group.He is deeply engaged in the St. Louis community. He serves as Chair of the University of Missouri-St. Louis Chancellor's Council, on the board of directors for Greater St. Louis, Inc., as board chair for Chamber STL, and on the Concordance Academy of Leadership Board of Directors.Ken has a degree in marketing from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis. He is also a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School's Securities Industry Institute.He is a native of St. Louis, where he currently resides with his wife and their four children.Support the showTransforming the workplace one Bible study at a time - DONATE today! CONNECT WITH US:B-B-T.org | News | LinkedIn | Instagram Biblical Business Training (“BBT”) equips busy, working people to grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ and empowers them in small-group Bible study settings to apply Biblical principles to their every day lives - especially in the workplace. BBT is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization which exists to help people develop their Christian “Faith for Work – Leadership for Life!”

This week on the Here's What We Know Podcast, our host Gary Scott Thomas welcomes our special guest, Johnny Sirpilla, an entrepreneur, founder and chief encourager of Encourage LLC, and the best-selling author of Life Is Hard but I'll Be OK. Johnny opens up about how he inherited not only a successful RV business from his father but also an ethos of hard work and integrity. He discusses how these values have shaped him into who he is today—driven, and perfectionistic, yet always striving to honor his family name. We also delve into the respective childhoods and parental expectations, highlighting both differences in upbringing and common threads such as love, support, and setting standards. This episode is filled with insights on personal growth and dedication towards family values. Tune in now!In this Episode:Gary and Johnny share amusing anecdotes about their distinctive hairstyles during their younger years. Discover Johnny's impressively long bio and wealth of experiences.Discussions on full-blooded Italian traits lead to light-hearted banter about food preferences between Italy vs America.Insights into how family expectations shaped and influenced Johnny's decision to continue his father's legacy while creating new avenues within the RV industry.Hear about reflections on parental expectations, love, and support while also setting standards around honor, integrity, and a hard work ethic without spoiling children materially.As a board member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Johnny shares his passion for football and his favorite player.This episode is sponsored by:Winchester Western Wear (Be sure to tell them Gary sent you so you can save 20%!)Dignity MemorialBio:John A. Sirpilla is a 1988 graduate of Miami University with a degree in Accounting and a special interest in Psychology and Finance, a 2000 graduate of the University of Phoenix with a master's degree in Organizational Management, and holds a certification in Executive Presence and Influence: Persuasive Leadership Development from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business. In 1992, Johnny became President of Sirpilla R.V. Center, Inc.. Within a few years, he was recognized out of more than 3,000 dealers as the National RV Dealer of the Year for best overall run dealership in the country. In 2003, Johnny was one of the initial acquisitions by Camping World and sold his family business to become part of the executive team to attempt the first RV dealership roll up plan in the industry's history.Johnny served as President of Camping World, a 140-store nationwide retail chain serving the RV industry and was promoted in 2012 to Chief Business Development Officer for the parent company, Camping World and Good Sam with annual sales of nearly $4 billion. Johnny retired from Camping World in 2017 after a successful IPO.His company, Encourage LLC, has various holdings in industries including leadership development, population health management, employee benefits, medical device innovation, e-commerce roll up, executive leadership and consulting, fashion and interior design, senior living communities, and has become an international best-selling author with his book, Life Is Hard but I'll Be OK.Johnny has been married to his college sweetheart, Susan for over 30 years, and they reside in Canton, Ohio and Naples, Florida.  They have three grown children, Beau, Bella, and Stone who all reside in downtown Chicago, Illinois.Website: https://johnnysirpilla.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnny-sirpilla/www.GaryScottThomas.com

In this episode, David is joined by Philip Holt, who has over 30 years of experience in working with industry giants such as GKN Aerospace, Phillips, Gillette, and Travelport. He has built a reputation for being a global expert in Lean thinking, but also in lean doing and in lean being. Leading Lean by Living Lean, which is also the title of his new book Philip explains how to use Lean tools to improve the workplace and the chances of success. He does this by sharing several real-world examples. KEY TAKEAWAYS Making the workplace better for your people your business performs better. Lean is not about reducing the number of employees. You need to address people´s fear of losing their job and show them what is in it for them e.g., less need to work late. Engagement is essential, if someone feels threatened by a change, they will resist it. The tools aren´t the end game, business improvement is the end game. Lean enables you to build strategies and engage everyone in delivering them. Lean works for every kind of business and process. When introducing technology focus on the people engaging in that technology. BEST MOMENTS‘It´s about respect for people and engaging those people in making results better,' ‘Standardize the ways of working, where we know the solution.' ‘We´ve got to keep the humanity in how we deploy it (AI)' EPISODE RESOURCEShttps://uk.linkedin.com/in/philipholthttps://leadingwithlean.com/  Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ro/podcast/leading-lean-by-living-lean-with-philip-holt/id1444154403?i=1000574562273 Philip Holt Books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Philip-Holt/author/B06WD2G1VB Clifton Strengths - https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/252137/home.aspx https://kaizen.com GUEST BIO Philip is the founder and Managing Director of Leading with Lean, a Consultancy Service which provides companies with a People-centred approach to Business Transformation. Until late 2023, he was Senior Vice President, Operational Excellence at GKN Aerospace, the world's leading multi-technology tier 1 Aerospace supplier and previously Vice President, Continuous Improvement & Intelligent Automation at Travelport, a leading Travel Commerce Platform. Prior to that he held a number of senior Lean Leadership roles within Royal Philips, most notably Head of Continuous Improvement for Philips, Head of Continuous Improvement for the Consumer Lifestyle sector, and Head of Operational Excellence, Accounting Operations. Philip was the lead author of the Philips Lean Excellence Model. Philip has over 30 years of business experience in leadership roles spanning the customer value chain, in Industry Leading Companies such as GKN Aerospace, Philips, Gillette, and Travelport. During this time he has built up an impressive reputation in Lean Leadership practices and is a regular speaker at industry conferences. He studied at Manchester Metropolitan University, Warwick Business School, and the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School). Leading Lean by Living Lean: Changing how you lead, not who you are; is his third book, following the Axiom 2020 Business Book Awards Bronze Medal winner, The Simplicity of Lean: Defeating Complexity; Delivering Excellence and the success of Leading with Lean: An Experience-based guide to Leading a Lean Transformation. ABOUT THE SHOWPeople with purpose make a difference. Imagine a world where more people can just get their purpose out of them, into a plan and then actually make it happen. What a world that would be - People everywhere finding meaning and harnessing that to bring inspiration and energy to each and every day, changing lives for the better. But no one ever achieved anything on their own - we all have something unique to bring and that means we all have to play our part - if we want to go far, we have to go together and lead or serve towards a vision of the world we want to see. Everyone has a story to tell, and this show is where these stories come to life. ABOUT THE HOSTDavid Roberts is a highly regarded CEO, mentor, and investor with 30 years of experience across multiple sectors. As an intrapreneur and entrepreneur, David has bought, grown, started and sold several businesses, working with values-driven start-ups, award-winning SMEs, and multinational corporations on strategies for service excellence, leadership, and profitable growth. David's passion is for purpose and creating an environment where everyone can succeed, through building teams that get things done, execute on their mission with passion, deliver exceptional service and really make a difference. ARTWORK CREDITPenny Roberts - https://www.instagram.com/penpennypencils  CONTACT METHODS LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-roberts-nu-heat/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DavidRobertsPeopleWithPurposeInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/davidcroberts_/Clubhouse - https://www.clubhouse.com/@davidcroberts?utm_medium=ch_profile&utm_campaign=MBv1ubya1-oOBXc_uQKFHw-46334

With refreshing honesty, candor, grace, and ease, today's special guest, Johnny Sirpilla, -–a master storyteller– serves as our guide through a life story that seems too traumatic to be true, yet true it is. Johnny and Susan Sirpilla were a happily married couple. Like so many couples, they wanted to be parents. He tells their astonishing story in his book Life Is Hard But I'll Be Okay. From infertility to unexpected dangerous pregnancies, adoptions, international adoptions, twins, triplets, life-threatening medical concerns, moral and faith crossroads, their story never ceases to fascinate. Through their journey, you'll discover the mindset that will set you on a course of positivity and resilience to navigate any of your own difficult times in life. Johnny Sirpilla has personal insight into deep traumas and has made it to the otherside of healing. He is a 1988 graduate of Miami University with a degree in Accounting and a special interest in Psychology and Finance, a 2000 graduate of the University of Phoenix with a master's degree in Organizational Management, and holds a certification in Executive Presence and Influence: Persuasive Leadership Development from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business.  He travels the country as an inspirational speaker using the power of connection to help others work through their unique experiences of loss. The company Encourage, LLC was founded by Johnny Sirpilla based on the principle that inspiring others can lead to a positive impact on the world. Encourage pursues equity investments & provides enlightening consulting to drive meaningful and lasting change at work and at home.

On Episode 341 of The No Limits Selling Podcast, we have Andy Miller. Andy Miller is a 28-year international sales strategist specializing in helping companies dominate their markets resulting in explosive growth by using his proprietary methodology to double their growth rate by leveraging sales strategy, landing major accounts, sales force optimization, and consultative selling. He grew his software company in Europe from $0 - $23 Million in 3 years. He has worked with companies from $1 Million - $2 Billion including Intuit and IBM, across industries from construction to technology to pharmaceuticals.  He is called “the best kept secret” by well-known business experts Jay Abraham, Verne Harnish, Chet Holmes & Tony Robbin's organizations - all of which have used Andy's services. Having trained over 18,000 salespeople, managers, and CEOs worldwide, Andy is a recognized authority on sales and sales management. Andy is a current member of Vistage and previously sat on the advisory boards of The American Society of Training and Development (ASTD), Objective Management Group, Sandler Systems, and The United Professional Sales Association (UPSA). He has been a guest lecturer at Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, University of Houston Sales Excellence Institute, and University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business.  Find Andy Miller: LinkedIn, Website, [EDITOR'S NOTE: This podcast is sponsored by No Limits Selling. It is a fun, fast-paced podcast that delivers hard-fought business advice that you can implement today to improve your sales and performance] Interested In Our Real Estate Coaching Services? Explore Our Website: Link Feeling Not Well Today? You Can Use Our Mindset Boosters App To amp Up Your Mood: Link Find us on Social Media:   LinkedIn | Facebook community | Instagram Like what do you listen to? Subscribe to our podcast! Ready to become fearless? We can help you become fearless in 60 days so you accomplish more in your career Schedule A 15 min Call with Umar

In this episode, Yvonne Harris engages in an interesting conversation with John Shegerian, the Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of ERI, the largest electronic waste recycler in the United States. John is a serial social entrepreneur who co-founded Homeboy Industries, FinancialAid.com, Engage, and many other impactful organizations. As a leader in his field, John has played a pivotal role in paving the way for the electronic recycling, data protection, and ITAD industries as a whole. Under his stewardship, ERI has successfully expanded its operations to process over a billion pounds of electronic waste annually, with eight certified locations that cater to every ZIP Code throughout the US. Currently, John serves as a member of the Advisory Board for the Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (IGEL) at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business. Additionally, he was recognized as the Clean Tech Entrepreneur of the Year for Northern California by Ernst & Young and was honored with a spot on City & State New York's esteemed "Responsible 100" list in the previous year. He is also a respected member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). Listen along as Yvonne and John discuss his career journey and how he channeled his innovation and passion for protecting the planet to focus on creating sustainable solutions for e-waste. John also shares his insights on the transformative changes that have occurred over time, making e-waste the fastest-growing waste stream on the planet.  The topic of responsible recycling is further explored as they reflect on how companies and individuals can responsibly recycle their e-waste and protect their data. This inspiring conversation may encourage individuals to consider more mindful consumption decisions. Do you really need the latest smartphone? As a thank-you gift to ESG Decoded listeners, we are happy to offer you a FREE copy of John Shegerian's book, The Insecurity of Everything: How Hardware Data Security is Becoming the Most Important Topic in the World.  Unlock the world of sustainability and join the ESG Decoded Podcast community! Make sure to subscribe to be notified of new episodes on your favorite streaming platforms, YouTube, and our social channels (linked below). Get ready for thrilling new episodes that will ignite your passion for positive change. Tune in, engage, and let's decode ESG together! Episode Resource Links John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnshegerian/  Yvonne's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ynharris/  ERI Website: https://eridirect.com/  Check out John's book, The Insecurity of Everything: https://eridirect.com/insecurity-of-everything-book/

Order my first book 'Build, Don't Talk' here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu--------------Subscribe To Our Other YouTube Channels:-https://www.youtube.com/@rajshamaniclipshttps://www.youtube.com/@RajShamani.Shorts----------------------In this enticing episode of Figuring Out, host Raj Shamani sits down with brilliant entrepreneur and Cars24 Founder Vikram Chopra. Prepare for an exciting conversation that delves into Chopra's incredible Bombay experience, his journey of self-discovery, early career ventures, and the game-changing transformation of India's car auction industry going online!Vikram Chopra, Co-Founder and CEO of Cars24, an e-commerce platform for pre-owned cars, attributes the success of his second startup to the entrepreneurial lessons he learned from his first, FabFurnish. Vikram previously worked as a business analyst for McKinsey & Company. He earned a BTech and MTech in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and an MBA in Finance from the University of Pennsylvania-Wharton School.Explore the intriguing concept of learning from successful people and the notion that those who excel have taken shortcuts. Vikram Chopra shares his wisdom on how to obtain valuable feedback from others and the importance of constantly improving. Learn the art of asking the right questions and identifying areas for improvement in order to improve your skills and achievements.Discover the profound influence Mahendra Singh Dhoni had on Vikram Chopra's life and business. Learn firsthand about the mindset, work ethic, and leadership qualities that have made Dhoni an icon both on and off the field.Subscribe to the podcast now and activate the notification bell to stay up to date on future episodes. -------------

After spending years researching and teaching behavioral economics and household finance at Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and the University of Chicago, Brigitte C. Madrian accepted a position as the ninth dean of the Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University. She brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to this episode of the Church News podcast, discussing the importance of faith-based education, ethics and empathy in economics and business, and the positive influence of BYU.  The Church News Podcast is a weekly podcast that invites listeners to make a journey of connection with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe. Host Sarah Jane Weaver, reporter and editor for The Church News for a quarter-century, shares a unique view of the stories, events, and most important people who form this international faith. With each episode, listeners are asked to embark on a journey to learn from one another and ponder, “What do I know now?” because of the experience. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Health is here!  Nutrilite Adult Vitamins  Nutrilite Kids Vitamin Gummies   Nutrilite Balanced Probiotics   Nutrilite Kids Complete Immunity Fast-Melt Powder    Intro  Danny Hundert Founder and CEO (Camp Executive Officer), a Dartmouth and University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business MBA graduate, is the founder of Ivy Camps USA. With over 20 years of experience in building and advising educational operations across the world, Danny is one of America's most respected and recognized supplemental education administrators.   He was awarded ‘The 2013 Business of the Year' and ‘The 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year' by the Aspen Chamber of Commerce due to the positive impact he and Ivy Camps continues to have on children's lives. He is passionate about connecting kids around the world to learn about different cultures while also cultivating soft skills such as leadership, problem-solving, and above all else: self-discovery.  Top three takeaways  You can in fact get a more well-rounded experience than what is considered at a traditional school.  How with technology, children can interact with others around the world with different backgrounds, and share opinions and goals. This leads to a well-rounded education for success in a globally connected world.  Lastly that learning styles, passions, motivations, ability, and outcomes will vary from student to student no matter what type of educational experience they have access to. In their experience, no matter what, if the student enjoys the learning process, then they will come away with a much richer and meaningful experience - something that will greatly help them as they continue in a life of learning.   Call to Action  Ivy Camp USA Website     What is Next!  Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!   Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!   Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share!  Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!   Bex Buzzie  The Homeschool Advantage Podcast          

In today's episode, Dr. Jonah Berger, a bestselling author and University of Pennsylvania Wharton School marketing professor, shares how great catalysts remove the barriers to change. By understanding and tapping into these drivers of change, you can become more effective in your own life, career, and relationships. We discuss his latest book, The Catalyst. Purchase The Catalyst by Jonah Berger: https://amzn.to/3Y9Rh0q (Amazon Link) What I Discuss with Dr. Jonah Berger About How We Change Dr. Jonah Berger is a world-renowned expert on change, word-of-mouth influence, consumer behavior, and how products, ideas, and behaviors catch on. His work has been responsible for the transformation of countless businesses and organizations. By learning how catalysts work, we can better understand how to use them to achieve our goals and unleash the power of change in our life and business! Full show notes and resources can be found here: https://passionstruck.com/jonah-berger-the-catalyst-remove-change-barriers/  Brought to you by MasterClass, Omaha Steaks, and POM Wonderful. --► For information about advertisers and promo codes, go to: https://passionstruck.com/deals/  --► Prefer to watch this interview: https://youtu.be/5YUn8E_po4U  Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter or Instagram handle so we can thank you personally! --► Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnRMiles Want to find your purpose in life? I provide my six simple steps to achieving it - passionstruck.com/5-simple-steps-to-find-your-passion-in-life/ Did you miss my interview with NYU Stern School marketing professor Scott Galloway? Listen to episode 218 on why America is adrift and how to fix it. ===== FOLLOW ON THE SOCIALS ===== * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/passion_struck_podcast * Gear: https://www.zazzle.com/store/passion_sruck_podcast Learn more about John: https://johnrmiles.com/ 

As Hurricane Ian bears down on Florida, residents in several counties are under an evacuation order. Hillsborough County Fire Chief Dennis Jones describes how local residents are preparing for the region's biggest hurricane in 101 years. Then, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business professor Jeremy Siegel explains why the Federal Reserve's policy of hiking interest rates could lead to a major recession. And, many credit Bill Monroe as the "father" of Bluegrass. But when you listen to his music, you hear echoes of the man who mentored Monroe — Arnold Shultz, the son of a formerly enslaved man in Ohio Country, Kentucky. Among those working to restore that legacy is Dr. Richard Brown, a dentist and acclaimed mandolin player.

Jenn Foster and Melanie Johnson co-owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Johnny Sirpilla about his new book, Life Is Hard but I'll Be Ok. With refreshing honesty, candor, grace, and ease, Johnny Sirpilla -–a master storyteller-- serves as our guide through a life story that seems too traumatic to be true, yet true it is. Johnny Sirpilla is an entrepreneur, author, and speaker. He speaks professionally to businesses, communities, and universities on the importance of managing thoughts, internal honest reflection to develop meaningful professional and personal relationships and re-framing each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-development and growth. Addressing college students, young professionals, and emerging leaders to discover the power they must develop for their personal brand is one of his passions. Johnny is the owner of Encourage, LLC. and the retired President and Chief Business Development Officer of Camping World and Good Sam. He graduated Miami University in 1988 with a bachelor's degree in accounting, a minor in Finance and a special interest in psychology and received his master's in Organizational Behavioral Management in 2000 from University of Phoenix. In 2022, he received certification from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School in Executive Presence and Influence & Persuasive Leadership Development. Learn More Here Johnny and Susan Sirpilla were a happily married couple. Like so many couples, they wanted to be parents. This is their astonishing story that included thirteen different scenarios to build a family. From infertility to unexpected dangerous pregnancies, adoptions, international adoptions, twins, triplets, life-threatening medical concerns, moral and faith crossroads, their story never ceases to fascinate. Through their journey, you'll discover the mindset that will set you on a course of positivity and resilience to navigate any of your own difficult times in life. Learn More Here

Before we begin this show, be sure to check out this week's sponsor CityVest, the #1 platform where physicians and other high-income earning professionals can go to get access to institutional private equity real estate deals. Also, be sure to hit the like, subscribe, and notifications bell so that you can get the latest up-to-date podcast releases from the channel. In this week's podcast, we interview Dan Kryzanowski of BV Capital and Rocket Dollar. We discuss: 1. How his career progressed from Wall Street to the SelfDirected space? 2. How accredited investors invest their IRAs, once they have the freedom to invest in anything they want 3. What Dan learned from speaking to over 500 sponsors/syndicators in 18 months? 4. What is the most surprising investment you've heard of someone making, and do you think it's going to pay off? As well as: • Investing in Alternative Assets • Niche commercial real estate (Land, Industrial, Self-Storage) • “No Taxes” & “More Money Faster” • 21st Century Diversification Bio: Dan Kryzanowski is an active capital raiser, equity owner, and passive investor, generating double digit yields and lower taxes via commercial real estate. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, Dan's investment portfolio includes 2,600+ storage units, 1,500+ multifamily doors, and dozens of industrial, infrastructure, and residential properties. Dan has personally raised millions of dollars from accredited investors and family offices, and empowered his partners to raise seven-figures on multiple occasions. Dan is the Founding Vice President at Rocket Dollar, unlocking the $10T pool of untapped retirement assets for the alternative investment community. He previously led commercial real estate initiatives for GE Capital in Mexico and South America. Dan's interests include self-storage, and self-directed accounts (solo 401(k), self directed IRA's). He can be reached at www.BVCapitalTX.com

Brigitte C. Madrian is the Dean and Marriott Distinguished Professor in the Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business where she has a joint appointment in the Department of Finance and the George W. Romney Institute of Public Service and Ethics. Before coming to BYU, she was on the faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School (2006-2018), the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School (2003-2006), the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (1995-2003) and the Harvard University Economics Department (1993-1995). She is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and served as co- director of the NBER Household Finance working group from 2010-2018. Dr. Madrian's current research focuses on behavioral economics and household finance, with a particular focus on household saving and investment behavior. Her work in this area has impacted the design of employer-sponsored savings plans in the U.S. and has influenced pension reform legislation both in the U.S. and abroad. She also uses the lens of behavioral economics to understand health behaviors and improve health outcomes. Dr. Madrian received her Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and studied economics as an undergraduate at Brigham Young University. She is a recipient of the Skandia Research Prize for outstanding research on “Long-Term Savings” with relevance for banking, insurance, and financial services (2019), the Retirement Income Industry Association Achievement in Applied Retirement Research Award (2015) and a three-time recipient of the TIAA Paul A. Samuelson Award for Scholarly Research on Lifelong Financial Security (2002, 2011 and 2017).

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Nathan Bomey, the author of "Bridge Builders: Bringing People Together in a Polarized Age", to tell the stories of the countercultural leaders who combat polarization by pursuing reconciliation, rejecting misinformation, and rethinking the principle of compromise. Nathan Bomey is a business reporter for USA TODAY, an author and documentary scriptwriter. Nathan is also currently serving as principal scriptwriter on a full-length documentary film on the Detroit bankruptcy produced by Philadelphia-based History Making Productions. At USA TODAY, Nathan covers business news, the automotive industry, bankruptcy and misinformation. Before joining USA TODAY in the Washington, D.C., area in 2015, Nathan covered Detroit’s bankruptcy and General Motors as a business reporter for the Detroit Free Press. He also spent several years as a business reporter for publications in Ann Arbor, Mich. Nathan has made many appearances on national TV and radio networks, including CNN, ABC, NBC, Fox Business, MSNBC, Cheddar and NPR. Nathan has won several national journalism awards, including a 2018 National Headliner Award for business coverage and multiple honors from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW). He is also a recipient of Governing magazine’s Hovey-Harkness Award, honoring the best public service journalism on government issues. He has been a finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award and has received numerous other journalism honors. In 2015, he was named Young Journalist of the Year by the Society of Professional Journalists Detroit. A 2006 graduate of Eastern Michigan University, Nathan received EMU’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award in 2015. He has also completed a fellowship program in China through the East-West Center in 2012 and earned a certificate from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business’ Seminars for Business Journalists in 2014. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Nathan moved to Michigan in third grade and grew up in the Ann Arbor area. His journalism career started when he was a junior in high school, working as a staff writer for community newspapers in his hometown through his college graduation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Powerful Stories Raise Capital w/Marc Kramer✨“Entrepreneurs are those amazing people in the world, they are the ones who change the world and create all the great opportunities and they stabilize the world by providing opportunities for everyone”

Early indicators show that charitable giving was up in 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Projections for giving in 2021 and 2022 are even rosier. Charitable giving is expected to increase 4.1% this year, buoyed by individual giving (+6%), and another 5.7% in 2022 on the strength of increased giving via foundations (+8.8%) and estates (+11.9%). On this episode of the Fresh Research podcast, Una Osili, Ph.D., joins us to break down the projections from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI in Indianapolis, Ind. She is associate dean for research and international programs and a professor of economics and philanthropic studies at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. She's also a dean's fellow at the Mays Family Institute on Diverse Philanthropy. The Lilly School partners with the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business, which provides data using the Penn Wharton Budget Model for select economic variables used in producing the estimates. Growth rates are based on predictions for giving in inflation-adjusted 2019 dollars using 2020 as the base year. Projections are a “best-case scenario,” if Gross Domestic Product (GDP) recovers in 2021 as is expected by the Congressional Budget office (CBO) and others. “In terms of overall growth in philanthropy, we do have to be concerned that underlying models show recovery but that recovery certainly is not expected to be broad based,” Osili said. “Some sectors of the economy are recovering faster than others, and some households have been more affected by the pandemic, not just their health conditions but also their incomes, their wealth, their ability to access employment,” she said. “This is the extension of the K-shaped recovery we heard a lot about in 2020 where some American workers are able to work from home, work remotely, and their incomes, their wealth, if not grown, have at least stayed relatively stable through 2020-2021,” Osili said. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nonprofittimes/message

In April 1982, President Ronald Regan gave a speech before the U.S. Chamber of Congress saying:  “Entrepreneurs are heroes of modern times. They rarely receive the credit they deserve. Treasury Secretary Don Regan recently reminded the student body of Bucknell University that it was under capitalism that mankind brought ‘light where before there was darkness, heat where once there was only cold, medicines where there was sickness and disease, food where there was scarcity, and wealth where humanity was living in squalor.' And much of what he was talking about came into being in the lifetime of many of us here in this room. But the societies which achieve the most spectacular progress in the shortest period of time are not the most tightly controlled, the biggest in size, or the wealthiest in material resources. They are societies that reward initiative and believe in the magic of the marketplace…” (Source: Small Business Trends) As we take this day to remember our presidents, we want to also recognize and learn from those presidents who made entrepreneurial ventures, took risks, and helped add to the prosperity of this country. Although each of them was not successful, there is something to be learned from their stories. Today we will be recognizing 11 entrepreneur U.S. Presidents along with their challenges, resilience, and successes.  These 11 entrepreneur Presidents are from both major U.S. political parties, and I understand that some of these Presidents are controversial to some people. By including them in this article, I'm not endorsing their political views. Instead, I'm trying to learn and teach what I can from their experiences as entrepreneurs.    1. George Washington (1789-1797): 1st President   “The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.”- President Washington  While most presidents were entrepreneurs before they took office, President Washington didn't become an entrepreneur until after his final term as president. For much of his childhood, Washington lived on a farm in Mount Vernon, Virginia, which was later inherited by his half-brother, Lawrence. When Lawrence passed away, Washington leased it from Lawrence's wife and inherited it in 1761 (Source: History.com). He later renovated the estate into a mansion, gardens, a place to lay family tombs, shops, barns, and various living quarters. Washington even turned a large portion into farms as wheat being his main harvest. He then packaged the wheat and created GW Flour, one of the very first branded food products (Source: GoodReads review of “George Washington, Entrepreneur”), which was then exported throughout the US and Europe. President Washington's farm manager, James Anderson, later encouraged Washington to open up a distillery on the grounds of Mount Vernon, Virginia, and “with just a boiler and five copper stills, the 2,250 square-foot distillery became profitable almost instantly.” (Source: Ondeck) By the year 1799, Washington had one of the largest distilleries in the country making 11,000 gallons per year (Source: Business News Daily).    2. Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865): 16th President   “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.”- President Lincoln In 1833 and at the age of 23, President Lincoln and his friend, William Berry, opened up a general store called Lincoln-Berry in New Salem, Illinois. Many sources say that they were not very successful as they purchased inventory from other stores on credit and then made a profit by reselling the items. Although the economy was doing very well at the time, the location of their store wasn't ideal as the town stopped growing. Lincoln had to sell his share of the store as a result, and after Berry died, Lincoln received his $1,000 debt (Source: Business News Daily), which resulted in Lincoln's bankruptcy. Over 17 years, soon to be President Lincoln was required to pay his creditors back (Source: Legal Zoom).  “Despite it all, Lincoln was known to rise triumphantly out of failure. He went on to launch a successful law practice in 1837, and became the only president to receive a patent in 1849” (Source: OnDeck), which was for a device to lift riverboats over sandbars.  “The best way to predict your future is to create it.”- President Lincoln    3. Andrew Johnson (1865-1869): 17th President   “I realized, there are people out there who can beat me, want to beat me. And unless I continue to innovate and evolve, I am going to learn a painful lesson from someone who has.”- President Johnson Before becoming President of the United States and running political campaigns, President Johnson was a very successful tailor and real estate owner. His mother was also a very talented seamstress who helped Andrew find an apprenticeship in Greeneville, Tennessee when he was only 18-years-old (Source: OnDeck). His talents with tailoring flourished, he opened up a shop in 1826, which became very successful, and he started investing in real estate from there. A fun fact about President Johnson is that while working at his tailor shop, “it eventually became a gathering place for political debate, and Johnson held his first meetings as an alderman (an elected member of a municipal council) in 1829.” (Source: OnDeck)   4. Warren Harding (1921-1923): 29th President   “America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.”- President Harding President Harding was raised in a family that found interest in the newspaper. He eventually attended school at Ohio Central College, and there, according to an article by Business News Daily, “he studied the newspaper trade in college after dabbling in teaching, insurance, and law,” and graduated at the age of seventeen. Two years later, he and several partners purchased the Ohio newspaper, The Marion Star, for $300 (Source: OnDeck) while it was near bankruptcy. Their biggest challenge was owning a Republican newspaper in a Democratic area (Source: OnDeck), but Harding completely turned things around with his wife's help in managing the newspaper. The Marion Star eventually became “the city's official daily newspaper.” (Source: CheatSheet)  After receiving full ownership of the paper at the age of 21, Harding became worn down and had to spend time at a local sanitarium (Source: Business News Daily). He eventually recovered, found favor in his writing from local politicians, and earned revenue to run his political campaigns (Source: FreedomVoice Blog). He was a very successful businessman and after being in the newspaper business for 39 years (Source: TIME), he was able to sell the newspaper before dying in 1923 for $550,000, which is equivalent to $7 Million today (Source: Business News Daily). “Today, the business (from the newspaper in Ohio called the Marion Star) is still alive and owned by the Gannett Company, a publicly-traded media holding company.” (Source: NextShark)   5. Herbert Hoover (1929-1933): 31st President   “Competition is not only the basis of protection to the customer, but is the incentive to progress.” - President Hoover At the age of 40, Herbert Hoover became a millionaire (Source: FreedomVoice Blog), but he found success from his labors by being diligent and resilient. When Herbert was 9-years-old, he became an orphan along with his two siblings. His uncle eventually took them in, but according to an article by Miller Center, “the young Hoover was shy, sensitive, introverted, and somewhat suspicious, characteristics that developed, at least in part, in reaction to the loss of his parents at such a young age.” Although he had average to failing grades except for math (Source: Miller Center), Hoover was determined and attended Stanford University. According to the same source, he worked in the clerk's registration office to pay for tuition and began using his entrepreneurial skills by creating a student laundry service.  After graduating college with a geology degree, he got a job with Bewick, Moreing & Co working 70 hours/week in a gold mine pushing carts. Hoover then left to start his own mining consulting business called Burmese silver mines, which focused on reorganizing failing companies and finding investors to pay for developing new mines. His company quickly employed 175,000 employees (Source: Entrepreneur), and the success that he built with his company earned him the title of “Doctor of sick mines.” (Source: OnDeck) By the time that he was forty, his wealth had grown not only from his company but from publishing a leading textbook on mining engineering. Other entrepreneurial successes he had included inventing a new process to extract zinc that had been lost and starting up in the Zinc Corporation, which later became part of a larger corporation (Source: Business News Daily).   6. Franklin Roosevelt (1933-1945): 32nd President   “The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it: If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.”- President Roosevelt At the age of 39, Franklin Roosevelt became ill with many symptoms, including paralysis of his legs. Although he was first diagnosed with paralytic poliomyelitis, his symptoms were shown to be more consistent with Guillain-Barre syndrome (Source: Pubmed). Despite his physical circumstances, he refused to accept that he would be permanently paralyzed. He became president in 1933, but before his political endeavors, he founded a hydrotherapy center in 1926 for the treatment of his disease, according to the FreedomVoice Blog. It became known as the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation and still operates, serving about 4,000 people each year with all types of disabilities (Source: Entrepreneur).   8. Harry Truman (1945-1953): 33rd President   “I studied the lives of great men and famous women, and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.”- President Truman Due to medical issues, President Truman is the only president elected after 1897 who did not earn a college degree (Source: Business News Daily). He then served in France during WWI and upon returning home, Truman and his wartime friend, Eddie Jacobson, opened up a men's clothing store in Kansas City, Missouri, which was successful for three years before failing, due to the postwar recession. “After his shop went bankrupt, it took him 15 years to pay off his share of the firm's debts. Nevertheless, the store established Truman's reputation as a respected businessman, which in turn set him on the path to civic engagement.” (Source: OnDeck) This new path paved the way for greater success in other offices. According to the same article by OnDeck, he even joined the Triangle Club, which is an association of businessmen committed to improving the city, and became involved in activities with the American Legion.    9. Jimmy Carter (1977-1981): 39th President   “It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.”- President Carter When President Carter was 10-years-old, he stocked his family's peanut farm with produce and took it to town to be sold. He continued to save the money he made, and by the age of 13, “he bought five houses around the plains which the Great Depression put on the market at rock-bottom prices. He then rented the homes to families in the area.” (Source: Abby Connect)  The risk of losing the 2,500-acre peanut farm became very high when his father died of cancer in 1953. According to an article by Entrepreneur, Carter then returned home from the Navy to manage the struggling peanut farm. “Carter reportedly threw himself into farming the way he had with his naval duties, and hard work and effective management made the Carter farm prosperous by 1959.” (Source: Entrepreneur)  In 1971, a sudden drought hit, bringing another risk to the farm, so Carter bought local farmers' peanuts and sold them in bulk to big processors. “This led Carter Warehouse to gross $800,000 annually by 1971, up from a mere $184 when Carter started.” (Source: TIME)   9. George H.W. Bush (1989-1993): 41st President   "No problem of human making is too great to be overcome by human ingenuity, human energy, and the untiring hope of the human spirit."- President George H.W. Bush President George H.W. Bush found much entrepreneurial success from the oil industry, after graduating from Yale with an economics degree. He first started in oil as a salesperson for Dresser (Source: Time), then later formed a partnership with his neighbor, John Overby, and created the Bush-Overby Oil Development Co. in 1951. Due to family connections, the company was financed with nearly half a million dollars from Bush's uncle (Source: Entrepreneur).  The success of the company grew, and in 1954, Bush-Overby Oil controlled 71 wells, which produced 1,250 barrels of oil per day (Source: LegalZoom). By 1953, their company then merged with another independent oil company to create Zapata Petroleum, of which Bush became president (Source: Entrepreneur). After years of growth and in 1966, Bush was able to sell his holding and made about $1 Million doing so (Source: TIME). "Be bold in your caring, be bold in your dreaming and above all else, always do your best."- President George H.W. Bush   10. George W. Bush (2001-2009): 43rd President   “Prosperity results from entrepreneurship and ingenuity.”- President George W. Bush George W. Bush earned his bachelor's degree from Yale and then became the first US president to earn his MBA, which he received from Harvard. After school, he followed in his father's footsteps in the oil industry, but took a different approach as he “searched mineral-rights titles in county courthouses around West Texas and then would see if the owners would lease those rights to oil companies.” (Source: Time) In 1977, he then founded his own company called Arbusto (Spanish for Bush), which focused on low-risk, low-return wells, and found a relatively low gas field (Source: Abby Connect). Eventually, the price of oil dropped, and their company became very high-risk. Spectrum 7 Energy Corporation jumped in and rescued their company, merging the two in 1984 with Bush as the CEO, according to an article by LegalZoom. “After losing $400,000, it was purchased by Harken Energy Corporation, and Bush served as a consultant to Harken,” (Source: LegalZoom) After working in the oil industry for many years, Bush decided to move into sports and invested in the Texas Rangers MLB team with $600,000 (Source: Entrepreneur). According to the same article by Entrepreneur, he then sold his stakes for the team in 1998 for $15 Million, a 2,400% ROI.   11. Donald Trump (2017-2021): 45th President   “As long as you are going to be thinking anyway, think big.”- President Donald Trump Donald Trump is a real estate guru. He studied real estate at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and invested in Philadelphia real estate while studying there. He took over his family's company to develop it into an international brand and according to Abby Connect, in the 1970s he began branching into Manhattan skyscrapers and renamed the company Trump Organization. He's built luxurious hotels such as the Grand Hyatt Hotel and Trump Plaza, Trump's Tower on Fifth Avenue, as well as the Trump headquarters. In the 1980s, he started placing casinos in Atlantic City, adding to Trump Plaza, and Trump Castle. In 1990, he even opened up his own Trump Taj Mahal, known as his own “eighth wonder of the world.” (Source: Abby Connect)  According to Time, Trump appears to own or control more than 500 businesses in some two-dozen countries around the world! He has been very successful, but not without several bankruptcies, according to Abby Connect. Amidst his many businesses all over the world, he has also published books, opened up golf and hotel resorts, owned beauty pageants, and created his own branded products such as Trump steaks, Trump University, Trump shuttle, and Trump Success Eau De Toilette (Source: Business News Daily).  “Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don't just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won't happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here.”- President Donald Trump Key Takeaways Here are some of my key takeaways from this episode: President  Washington the greater the conflict, the better the triumph. We savor the hard-won victories even more.  President Lincoln taught us to not let failure stop us. Perseverance is a key attribute of successful entrepreneurs. President Johnson taught us that unless we continue to innovate and evolve, we're going to learn a painful lesson from someone who has. This is so true with tectonic shifts.  Don't be afraid to take risks. Be determined, don't get caught up in the circumstances, and press forward as President Harding did.  Current circumstances will not remain forever. Diligence and resilience go on a long way as President Hoover has proven.  President Roosevelt encouraged us to be bold and persistently experiment. Try something. If it fails, pivot or move onto another. President Truman taught that those who made it to the top were those who did the work, with enthusiasm and everything they had. Whatever we do, we should do our best and give it all we have. President Carter taught us that we don't need to be afraid of failure, we just have to be determined no to fail.  President George H.W. Bush taught us to be bold in our caring and dreaming. President George W. Bush taught us that prosperity comes from entrepreneurship and ingenuity.  President Trump taught us to move forward, aim high, and create a plan. We shouldn't wait around for others to do the work for us or to make things happen. Want to be a Better Digital Monetizer? Did you like today's episode? Then please follow these channels to receive free digital monetization content: Get a free Monetization Assessment of your business Subscribe to the free Monetization eMagazine. Follow the Monetization Nation Blog. Join our private Monetization Nation Facebook Group. Subscribe to the Monetization Nation YouTube channel. Subscribe to the Monetization Nation podcast on Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher.  Connect with Nathan on Linkedin.  Follow Monetization Nation on Instagram.  Follow Monetization Nation on Twitter. Challenge If we desire monetization we have never before achieved, we must leverage strategies we have never before implemented. I challenge each of us to pick one thing that resonated with us from today's episode and schedule a time this week to implement it to help achieve our monetization goals. 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Featured interview: Trump's pending impeachment and controversy surrounding his social media ban -미국 트럼프 대통령의 SNS 계정 정지 및 선별적 검열 주장을 둘러싼 논란 Guest: Professor Pinar Yildirim, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School

Hiring….There are so many approaches to hiring, right? And what does hiring have to do with the future of the planet. Well, I would contend you want the right person in the job you can provide maximum impact and value to build better companies and organizations for our world. We are inundated with statistics and methods advising us on the best, effective method to engage in hiring. Do you rely on personality assessments? Do you have your potential employee take multiple cognitive and social tests? Do you put them through an interview with tricky problems to see how they react to stress? Do you LQ, IQ, EQ? Or, do you just go with your gut, like Malcolm Gladwell? Maybe there is a better way. Mike Brady, was CEO of Greyston Inc. and launched The Greyston Center for Open Hiring advocates a decidedly different approach, one which you may want to consider. Join me in my conversation with Mike as we talk about the nature of his business and approach to hiring the best person for the job. A little more about Mike: Mike Brady is an experienced chief executive, business advisor and entrepreneur specializing in using regenerative business practices to unlock value for businesses and communities. His passion for social entrepreneurism and the use of business to solve social issues are fundamental to his work. Most recently, Mike was the President and CEO of Greyston Inc., one of North America’s largest and oldest social enterprises. During his tenure, he achieved record growth by overhauling operations at Greyston’s 23,000 sq. ft. commercial bakery and tapping into global development opportunities with Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever. His TED Talk titled " (https://www.ted.com/talks/mike_brady_and_dion_drew_why_we_hire_unemployable_people)" established the vision that led to launching the Greyston Center for Open Hiring in 2018 and to his selection to the inaugural global list of the Top 100 Meaningful Business Leaders in 2019. In 2020, Mike was selected as a member of the Council of Criminal Justice. Mike is a frequent speaker on the topic of the future of work and creating opportunities for people excluded from the workforce. Mike earned an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School. He grew up in Rochester, New York and now lives outside of New York City with his wife and two sons.

In this episode we sit down with Bob Young of Weitzman Group. We discuss the character makeup of what it takes to make it in commercial brokerage and what the future of retail real estate looks like. Professional Background Robert E. Young, Jr., is Executive Managing Director for Weitzman. Young utilizes his extensive brokerage and management experience on Weitzman business development and brand promotion. Young also directs the statewide initiative to grow all of the business lines of the Weitzman platform. Additionally, through active International Council of Shopping Centers involvement and national leadership in the Retail Brokers Network, Young works to extend the firm's reach and presence with clients, prospects and the overall industry at large. Prior to joining Weitzman, Young was senior managing director for Kennedy-Wilson. His extensive commercial real estate career also includes service as executive vice president and managing director in charge of the Dallas operation for Grubb & Ellis and as executive vice president for BEI Management, Inc. Professional Organizations Young serves on the Board of Directors and was the 2009 President of the Retail Brokers Network, a nationwide retail networking group whose member companies specialize in retail real estate brokerage. RBN's independent firms work together on a regional and national level in tenant representation, project leasing and investment sales. Young also is a member of the North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors (NTCAR) and is past president of its board of directors. In addition, he is active in The Real Estate Council, the International Council of Shopping Centers and, the Urban Land Institute. Young co-authored a chapter in “Leasing for Non-leasing Professionals,” a book published by the International Council of Shopping Centers. He is a regular instructor for ICSC nationwide educational programs and was dean for the ICSC University at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business and is now a faculty member of ICSC's John T. Riordan School for Retail Real Estate Professionals. Contact Information T: 214.720.6688 M: 214.228.2785 F: 214.953.0860 E: byoung@weitzman.com

CEO of Red Eagle Ventures Inc., Former CEO of Charles Schwab, advisory Board Member of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business, Senior Fellow at the Wharton Center for Leadership, former Penn wrestler and football player Dave Pottruck talks about sports and business success and his winning mindset.https://linktr.ee/wrestlingmindset Courses: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/product-category/courses/ Ebook: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/product-category/ebooks/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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In this episode, Dr. Scott Looney, Head of Hawken School in Cleveland, Ohio, talks about his passion for reinventing the industrialized school model as the founder of the Mastery Transcript Consortium (MCT) that takes a new and innovative approach to the high school transcript. Looney also reflects on the growth of MTC that has now expanded to more than 300 schools in 24 countries, winning the prestigious Reimagine Education K-12 Gold Award in 2019 as presented annually by the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business for innovation, uniqueness and scalability. Looney also talks about the development of a brand new high school (The Mastery School of Hawken) that will open in the Fall of 2020 in downtown Cleveland with an innovative model of “micro” and “macro” course offerings, replacing traditional curriculum and archaic grading practices, with a new focus on apprenticeship and solving real-world problems. Twitter: @slooney. Website: www.mastery.org. About Dr. Greg Goins As the Founder/Host of the Reimagine Schools Podcast, Dr. Greg Goins has emerged as one of the nation's leading voices on visionary leadership and the path to transforming our schools. He currently serves as the Director of the Educational Leadership Program at Georgetown College (KY) and previously spent 15 years as a school district superintendent in Illinois. Dr. Goins is a passionate keynote speaker and is available to speak at your next education conference or school PD day. To book Dr. Goins, please send inquiries to drgreggoins@gmail.com. Twitter: @DrGregGoins. Website: www.reimagineschools.net. Become A Supporter: You can now help keep the conversation going by supporting the Reimagine Schools Podcast with a small monthly donation to help sustain future episodes. Thanks for your support! anchor.fm/greg-goins/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/greg-goins/support

“When little people are overwhelmed by big emotions, it’s our job to share our calm, not join their chaos.” L.R Knost.  I’m eager to share this episode as it is all about perspective, choices and how to dive into opportunities under challenging circumstances.  Our conversation about taking control over your attitude and your actions will remind us all that we are in the drivers seat our own destiny.   Today on Baring it All, I'm talking to Erica Ligenza Gwynn, founder of the hit lifestyle blog, Coming Up Roses and host of the Thrive Podcast. Erica gives her listeners tactical tips to not just survive but thrive and this is premier brain food that we all need right now! This Philadelphia- based business owner, mom, and wife encourages women to own their true worth, take action, and pursue their purpose.  This motivational episode dives into the combination of entrepreneurship, relationships, and motherhood. Erica started her blog, Coming up Roses, as a creative outlet while attending college at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business. After finding success in managing her blog, Erica created BossPitch, an online course that guides aspiring bloggers and social media influencers through finding and maintaining the right brand partnerships. As a business owner and mother, Erica brings up the realities of being a mother while trying to work full time. Although grateful to work from home while taking on household and parenting responsibilities, many mothers need to ask for help, yet feel guilty doing so. At the end of the day, we're all human. We need to recharge, and need to give ourselves fuel because we all deserve to thrive.  Show Notes: www.barbaramajeski.com/podcast/erica-ligenza-gwynn

Brigitte C. Madrian is the Dean and Marriott Distinguished Professor in the Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business where she has a joint appointment in the Department of Finance and the George W. Romney Institute of Public Service and Ethics. Before coming to BYU, she was on the faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School (2006-2018), the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School (2003-2006), the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (1995-2003) and the Harvard University Economics Department (1993-1995).

Brigitte C. Madrian is the Dean and Marriott Distinguished Professor in the Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business where she has a joint appointment in the Department of Finance and the George W. Romney Institute of Public Service and Ethics. Before coming to BYU, she was on the faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School (2006-2018), the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School (2003-2006), the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (1995-2003) and the Harvard University Economics Department (1993-1995).

Duncan Campbell is the VP of Project Development at Scale Microgrid Solutions, where he focuses on deploying hybrid microgrid systems for commercial and industrial customers throughout North America. Additionally, Duncan co-founded the NYC DERs Meetup, a monthly education and networking forum for professionals in the distributed energy space. Prior to joining Scale, Duncan was a Business Development Associate at ENER-G Rudox where he was responsible for leading the development of several high-profile distributed energy projects prior to the company's acquisition by Centrica. Duncan also has experience in the energy industry with Veolia Energy, Canterbury Road Partners, and UGI Utilities. Duncan holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Energy Systems from Temple University. In 2016, he earned a professional certificate in Energy and Innovation from Stanford University, and a professional certificate in Business and Financial Modeling from the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School). https://www.meetup.com/NYC-DERs/ https://scalemicrogridsolutions.com/

Ro$$ Mac is an Ivy League graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business that returned to his native Chicago to be a financial advisor after stints in Philadelphia and New York City. Upon his return to Chicago Ross began his music career as a rapper that educates people on how to "Get to the Bag" in his music with the Album Maconomics 101 and his show that now appears weekly on Revolt TV also titled Maconomics. This is his Homecoming Story. Episode #26 now available on Applepodcast Spotify Anchor.FM Googleplay and YouTube #WallstreetRap #Maconomics #vision #dream #plan #execute #realestateinspiration #realestate #justdoit #naturalcrownproperties #lifeinspiration #entrepreneur #doubledownbrothers #hgtv @thedowningbrothers #spotify #anchorfmpodcast #applepodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anthony-downing/support

Nick Cherukuri is the CEO and founder of ThirdEye Gen, a maker of see-through, AR smartglasses for enterprise. Similar to the Hololens approach, ThirdEye Gen is making an all-in-one device that sits on your head with no tethered compute pack, but they’ve got a significantly smaller form factor.While attending the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, Nick started an AR/VR club that quickly grew to several hundred participants. Straight out of college, and using a combination of his passion, vision, and fresh thinking about the market, Nick was able to recruit a team of experienced engineers to join him as he founded ThirdEye Gen in 2016.In this conversation, Nick describes his early experiences with AR & VR, and how he came to to found ThirdEye Gen straight out of college.He describes the lessons they learned after releasing their first product in 2018, and the characteristics they discovered that matter most to enterprises. These learnings are baked into the new X2 product.These X2 glasses certainly satisfy a lot of the standard enterprise use cases, but we also talk about a couple of novel use cases as well as Nick’s perspectives on the broader industry.You can find all of the show notes at thearshow.com.

The way Americans think about and plan for retirement is changing. Gone are the days when Americas drop out of the workforce at 65 and hit the golf course, according to the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School’s Dr. Olivia S. Mitchell, the 2019 recipient of the Ketchum Prize. Sitting at home for 30 years or longer simply isn’t financially viable anymore. Dr. Mitchell’s research into the evolving world of retirement security earned her the 2019 Ketchum Prize, the FINRA Foundation’s highest honor, which looks to recognizes outstanding service and research to advance investor protection and financial capability in the U.S.On this episode of FINRA Unscripted, Dr. Mitchell walks us through her research into everything from pensions, Social Security, annuities and more, and discusses how the issues have changed – and what Americans can do about it. Resources mentioned in this episode:FINRA Foundation Awards 2019 Ketchum PrizeDr. Mitchell’s Latest ResearchKnowledge@Wharton High SchoolFollow Dr. Mitchell on Twitter

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Welcome to Season 8 Episode 20 of the ParentingAces Podcast! In this week's episode we hear from two Tennis Dads who have seen their sons rise to the highest levels of junior and college tennis. Ron Hohmann lives in New York. He grew up playing both tennis and volleyball then played Division I volleyball in college. His son, Ronnie, is choosing the tennis path instead.  You may remember my podcast with Ron and Ronnie and Ronnie's coach, Todd Widom, from a few months ago (click here to listen). Since that episode, Ronnie has had a tremendous year, winning the 2019 Easter Bowl just last month and earning a full scholarship to play tennis at LSU. Throughout his junior tennis career, Ronnie has been at the top of the national rankings, finishing as the Number 1 recruit in the 2019 class on TennisRecruiting.net. Eric Mautner grew up playing tennis, among other sports, and played at Boston University during his college years. His son, Kyle, is graduating next month from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business where he played all four years in the top spot on Penn's tennis team. Kyle was a Blue Chip recruit on TennisRecruiting.net in the 2015 class. Both Ron and Eric chose to send their sons to train with Todd Widom down in Florida at relatively young ages. Hear from these two dads about what went into their decision, what they feel their sons gained from the experience, and what they might do differently. These two dads have generously offered to answer any questions you might have. To reach Ron, you can email him at H5Roroc@aol.com. To reach Eric, you can email him at Eric.mautner@nindelivers.com.  As I mention in the podcast, our first online webinar is coming up on May 9 for our Premium Members. For more information, click here.  Thank you to my son, Morgan Stone, aka STØNE, for our intro and outro music this season! You can find more of his music at SoundCloud.com/stonemuzic. If you’re interested in House Music, please be sure to check out his social media channels: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. If you’re so inclined, please share this – and all our episodes! – with your tennis community. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or via the ParentingAces website. If you haven’t already, be sure to become a Member of ParentingAces – we have 4 options for you – by clicking here. Thank you!

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews David Hunt, president and chief executive officer of Prudential Financial Inc.'s global investment management business, PGIM. Hunt oversees all aspects of PGIM's businesses, including its fixed income, real estate, equity, and mutual fund units, and is on the operating council of Prudential Financial Inc.'s U.S. businesses. Hunt was previously at McKinsey & Company for 22 years, advising financial executives worldwide. Hunt has a bachelor's degree in engineering from Princeton University and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School.

John Shegerian- CEO Som Sleep- Profit with Purpose  John Shegerian is the CEO of Som Sleep, a drink formulated to help individuals achieve better, more restorative sleep. John is a serial social entrepreneur who focuses on solving global problems through game changing innovation to build successful, socially responsible companies. Shegerian co-founded Homeboy Tortillas and Homeboy Industries, which serves as a paradigm for urban renewal in America, he is also the creator of the popular Bulldog Root Beer brand, co-founded FinancialAid.com, filling the financial aid gap for higher education and generating one of the most successful student loan companies in the country, and Addicted.com one of the largest web resources for those seeking help for addictions online. He is also the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of ERI, the United States’ leading recycler of electronic waste and the world’s largest IT asset disposition (ITAD) and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company and the co-founder of The Marketing Masters, a digital marketing and web development company that builds effective marketing campaigns.  Shegerian is a member of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business’ Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (IGEL) Advisory Board and was named the Clean Tech Entrepreneur of the Year for Northern California by Ernst & Young.   4:35- “Faith is the MOST critical element of mental toughness”, what John says it takes to get to the finish line.7:43- The real reason why John’s companies are so successful.10:26- Connecting his WHY to his faith, how John keeps the dream going.11:35- In recovering from addiction John found his purpose and his HINGE moment.13:41- How John turned his struggle into destigmatizing society.15:45- A personal need for better sleep transformed into an amazing product, Som Sleep!19:23- Why Som Sleep is a way to solve the “Insomnia Generation” problem.23:24- How John is changing the “No Sleep” culture in our society today.24:58- Mental Toughness is “a daily practice”, we must work the muscle! Join The Mental Toughness Newsletter and TEXT DRROBBELL to 33444   ENTER MENTALTOUGHNESS for 15% off at SOS Rehydrate ENTER DRROBBBELL at Getsom.com for 15% off.    If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe on itunes and leave a review Dr. Rob Bell drrobbell.com

Michael Roub is the Founder and Managing Partner of Inflection 360, a strategic consulting firm focused on small businesses and healthcare practices.  Inflection 360 is a collaborative partner for clients at the most critical points of their business life cycle. The Inflection 360 team has significant experience in business planning, operations, acquisitions and exit strategies.  Michael began his career as an investment banker but moved to the private sector to lead start-up and growth companies. He also has been a corporate development executive at two leading healthcare companies where he led acquisition efforts.  Michael received his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business.  He currently resides in Los Angeles but works with clients throughout the U.S. to maximize performance and value. Inflection360.com

In Their Own Words - An Introduction to the Inspiring Children Foundation Today we are kicking off a series of interviews spotlighting an amazing organization called the Inspiring Children Foundation.  You are going to hear from a group of inspiring individuals, many of whom are just teenagers.  But let me be the first to tell you that these "kids" have wisdom beyond their years.    The Foundation was started by Ryan Wolfington and renowned Las Vegas tennis coach Marty Hennessy, and is designed to provide children, many of whom come from difficult and disadvantaged life situations, the tools necessary to become their very best in academics, athletics, interpersonal skills, and leadership positions.   They are becoming professionals in life. It is done using a variety of tools including mentoring, project-driven learning, entrepreneurship, a focus on education and athletics, and a special emphasis on mindfulness and self-awareness.   It started about 16 years ago, with the simple goal of helping one child make the right life choice of staying in school and staying out of trouble.  There was no Foundation or even a vision of what was to come.  It was simply Marty and Ryan showing interest in a child who was taking tennis lessons, a young teenager named Frideric, who they saw as extremely vulnerable to peer pressure and potentially making some poor life choices.      Since those early days, the impact from the Foundation is nothing short of amazing.   Thousands of kids have been served by the Foundation. There is a select group of children chosen for the what's called the Leadership Program.  Ninety-Five percent of them have earned academic and athletic scholarships to colleges such as: Stanford, Princeton, Oxford, Yale, Georgetown University, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania-Wharton School of Business,  Vanderbilt, United States Air Force Academy, The Citadel, Villanova, Williams, Vassar and many others.  The Foundation is funded through donation, but I know first hand from being there that it thrives on volunteering and sweat equity, if you will, on the part of parents, the children, and community supporters.  They operate a very tight budget and the return on donation is high.    From the $3 million donated to the foundation over the years, over $18 MILLION IN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS have been earned by the youth.  What you are going to pick up immediately is the clarity with which these kids see life.  They have learned to trust in themselves, and have become leaders among their friends, families, and communities.  It makes me think about a growing concern that the education system in this country is broken, and kids are not well prepared for the life ahead of them, much less able to handle the moral and ethical challenges they will confront in high school and college.  But after several visits and spending time with these kids, my hope is renewed that the blueprint drawn up by the Foundation can set a new standard for educating and preparing youth to be whole humans, capable of deep and meaningful relationships, living with mindful awareness, in the pursuit of wisdom.  And to that end, the Fuller Graduate School of Psychology is in the process of documenting the foundation's success and creating a curriculum that can scale even further.  Currently the Foundation's program is being duplicated by 22 organizations around the world.  You may have noticed that the music behind the opening montage and the one you will hear as we head out is by the singer-songwriter Jewel, who took notice of the Foundation and how they align with the principles she personally developed to navigate a very challenging early life of her own.  She started a non-profit organization called Jewel Never Broken to teach these lessons and has now partnered with Inspiring Children to provide online resources for mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and wellness, through her site, JewelNeverBroken.com.    So I'll let some of the kids take us out on this episode with their thoughts on the Foundation and how it has affected their lives.  Then tune in for my conversation with co-founder Ryan Wolfington, whose fascinating and insightful story of personal transformation is where this all got started.  Thanks for joining me on Deep Sit and I hope you enjoy my interview series spotlighting the Inspiring Children Foundation.  Thanks for listening, PF All interviews will be available on www.DeepSitPodcast.com

In this bonus episode of the Hashtag HigherEd Podcast, marketing professionals from Temple University, The University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business, Peddie School, and Lehigh University discuss branding in higher education, the biggest shift in education marketing over the past decade, the importance of meeting students where they are, why brand ambassadors are the key to marketing authenticity, and more. This audio is from a 2017 Philly Tech Week event hosted by eCity Interactive, titled "Digital's New Role in Education Marketing."

Today’s program is really special, because my guest is Brigitte Madrian. Brigitte is the Aetna Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management at the Harvard Kennedy School, and also co-director of the Household Finance working group at the National Bureau of Economic Research. She is a leading expert in behavioral economics and consumer decision-making regarding both health and finance, and in finance,especially savings and retirement. Importantly to me, she is also my faculty advisor for the book I’m writing. Regular listeners know I’m spending two years as a Senior Fellow at the Center for Business and Government in the Kennedy School.  As I started into my fellowship last year, I had the great fortune of linking with Brigitte as my faculty advisor for the book.  She is part of the movement in economics that’s rethinking the classical theory that assumes that everyone behaves rationally. That work goes to the very heart of the condundrum in consumer finance, where both policymakers and industry have to grapple with the fact that consumers don’t always make the choices that are best for them. Understanding the many reasons why that happens, and how to elicit better decisions, is one of the keys to improving consumer financial health. For this podcast, I met with Brigitte in her office on a lovely summer day. The Kennedy school is a complex of brick buildings clustered on the bank of the Charles River – it’s located about halfway between the Harvard Business School, on the other side of the river, and the old Harvard Yard, which is the traditional heart of the college (Harvard was founded in 1636). The Kennedy School has been undergoing construction ever since I got here – I get a fascinating display of cranes and I-beams and such from my little office space in the Belfer building – but Brigitte and I had a quiet talk during summer semester, with most of the students away. She came to Harvard about 10 years ago, and in our talk, she quoted someone once saying that professional schools tend to be run very much like the professions they represent. It’s certainly true of the Kennedy School, which is all about gathering together a multiplicity of voices to grapple with public policy challenges. And it’s especially true for my center, which is the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. All of our fellows are working on finding practical solutions at the nexus of public policy and the private sector. That’s what Brigitte has done in her research. She started out by looking at data on retirement plans (her first paper was about automatic enrollment), and she found the results so compelling that she didn’t even need to do statistical analysis to see that automatic enrollment led to dramatic increase in savings plan participation, especially among the groups least likely to participate -- employees who were younger, lower-paid employees, newly-hired, black and latino. The automatic enrollment caused an amazing 50-60% increase in plan participation. That paper got a lot of attention and led her to a 20 year research agenda trying to understand financial decisions. I think you’ll be very interested in her views about the track record for policies like financial literacy education and financial incentives to save. She pinpoints complexity as a critical problem, and she’s not a fan of disclosure as the solution. Our talk was especially timely because we met shortly after release of an important study she helped produce, by the Retirement Security and Personal Savings Commission of the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington.   The report is titled Securing Our Financial Future, and makes recommendations for policymakers on how to increase income security for older individuals. She’ll describe some of the highlights. I’m excited about behavioral economics because when these insights are combined with new technology, it becomes possible to create vastly better financial products. You may remember my discussion with Ethan Bloch of Digit, which incorporates these same principles of letting people save automatically instead of through daily effort, and in trying to bring financial decision-making time to zero. Easy and sound financial management is suddenly becoming possible. Brigitte’s biography: Brigitte Madrian is the Aetna Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management at the Harvard Kennedy School.  Before coming to Harvard in 2006, she was on the Faculty at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School (2003-2006), the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (1995-2003) and the Harvard University Economics Department (1993-1995).  She is also a research associate and co-director of the Household Finance working group at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Dr. Madrian’s current research focuses on behavioral economics and household finance, with a particular focus on household saving and investment behavior.  Her work in this area has impacted the design of employer-sponsored savings plans in the U.S. and has influenced pension reform legislation both in the U.S. and abroad. She is also engaged in research on health, using the lens of behavioral economics to understand health behaviors and improve health outcomes; in the past she has also examined the impact of health insurance on the job choice and retirement decisions of employees and the hiring decisions of firms. Dr. Madrian received her Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and studied economics as an undergraduate at Brigham Young University.  She is the recipient of the National Academy of Social Insurance Dissertation Prize (first place, 1994) and a two-time recipient of the TIAA-CREF Paul A. Samuelson Award for Scholarly Research on Lifelong Financial Security (2002 and 2011). Also…. Please sign up for our mailing list, which includes our newly-launched newsletter highlighting events of the month and my thoughts about them. I have some big news coming up – I’m co-founding a Reg-Tech venture, so don’t miss hearing about it! Subscribe Sign up with your email address to receive news and updates. Email Address Sign Up We respect your privacy. Thank you! Also, please send in your “buck a show” to support Barefoot Innovation. Have you ever noticed that we often have long lapses of time between when we record a podcast and when we post it? That’s because the show is free, but takes huge amounts of time to produce. And we produce it on a shoestring – I work with my little cadre of young part-timers. If we can develop more revenue, we want to get onto a more frequent and regular schedule. 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Greg Kaplan is a college application strategist and author of Earning Admission: Real Strategies for Getting into Highly Selective Colleges. Greg focuses on empowering families to develop their children’s high-value skills, interests, and passions and market the value they would bring to colleges. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business and UC Irvine School of Law, where he received almost a full tuition scholarship. Secret – timesaving technique Greg writes down today the tasks he needs to accomplish tomorrow -- go to bed with a plan. ONWARD! Daily habit that contributes to success Take the time to invest in your health and happiness -- Greg works out early every morning. Could have ruined your business – but now – an invaluable learning experience Greg didn't launch well and considered backing out -- and Greg tells the whole story here. Most critical skill you think business owners need to master to be successful "Be flexible and understand the changing market." Most influential lesson learned from a mentor "Cash flow is key."   Final Round – “Breaking Down the Recipe for Success”  What systems would you go back and put into place sooner? I would have had reached out for more support. What one strategy or “recipe” would compound into big wins for business owners? Never lose sight of the forest through the trees -- keep the big picture in mind. How to exceed expectations and add the most value? An individual would have perspective that I don't have. What strategy would you recommend new business owners focus on to best ensure success? Be flexible and open-minded about collaboration and outsourcing How best to connect with Greg: Website: www.earningadmission.com Twitter: @Greg_Earn_Admsn

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview Greg Kaplan Author of  Earning Admission: Real Strategies for Getting into Highly Selective Colleges. Greg Kaplan is a college application strategist and author of Earning Admission: Real Strategies for Getting into Highly Selective Colleges. Kaplan focuses on empowering families to develop their children's high value skills, interests, and passions and market the value they would bring to colleges. Kaplan is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business and UC Irvine School of Law, where he received close to a full tuition scholarship. See www.earningadmission.com for more information.

Social Media Headlines for April 1, 2016: 1. Mamma mia, Instagram! Last week, we found out women love social media. This week, Instagram revealed that 93 percent of moms access its network at least once per week, with 68 percent doing so daily. What's more, more than half of mothers on Instagram follow businesses. 2. Facebook is still about likes Unmetric, per The Social Times, looked at 10 of the top brand Facebook posts (based on the data vendor's proprietary engagement score) from Feb. 25 to March 5. The mission: to see how the social platform's new reaction buttons—such as Love, Haha, Wow, Sad and Angry—are performing for marketers. Its research entailed posts from Nissan, Mini Babybel, Bertolli, Windex, LG Mobile, Giorgio Armani Beauty, Arby's, Rebel's Market, LittleThings.com and US Cellular. The stats show that 93 percent of all interactions are still Likes, while Love is used 4.6 percent of the time. 3. Livestreaming comes of age Periscope celebrated its 1-year birthday by revealing that it broadcasted 200 million livestreams, and that 100 million of those real-time videos were made in the last three months.  4. Bedside buttons  On Thursday, Amazon said orders via its Dash buttons have increased 75 percent in the last three months. By pressing the Wi-Fi-enabled buttons, Amazon Prime members can quickly order household goods for home delivery.  The Seattle-based e-retail giant released buttons for 78 brands Thursday, including Red Bull, Energizer, Illy Coffee, L'Oréal Paris Revitalift, Slim Jim, Clorox and Trojan, the condom company. So now folks don't have to stand in line at the grocery store to buy rubbers—they can do it without getting out of bed.   5. Official global hashtags Trademarks specialty company Thomson CompuMark says that in the last five years 2,898 applications have been filed globally to trademark hashtags. And last year alone, 1,398 applications were filed worldwide to trademark hashtags. 6. The real social happens @work The influencer marketing player Experticity, buzz-focused company Keller Fay and University of Pennsylvania Wharton School professor Jonah Berger teamed up to run a survey to suss out the volume and impact of recommendations from the average consumer versus an influencer. The study, which polled more than 6,000 people in the U.S., unearthed this interesting tidbit: 53 percent of influencers' recommendations happen while th

I was really excited to sit down with Cenk from The Young Turks. He's one of the pre-eminent political voices online, and his TYT YouTube network is a mini empire on YouTube.  I went to his office and studio in Culver City to speak to him on the podcast. They were kind enough to host me in their newly built studio, on The Young Turks set. What's remarkable about Cenk and his team, is how deep their community connection runs. In many ways, their community is an additional host and correspondent on the Young Turks Network. The Young Turks have a continual open dialogue with their audience and it's destroying the TV model of network filtered news.  Cenk is building the next CNN, but better and much improved. We talk at length about their shows, political beliefs and the old networks and out-dated models in news and politics. Our older acrchives:  http://www.influencereconomy.com/ Please subscribe and leave a review on iTunes:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/stories-from-influencer-economy/id820744212?mt=2 The Young Turks:  http://www.tytnetwork.com/ Find the TYT on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/user/TheYoungTurks Cenk:  https://twitter.com/cenkuygur Cenk's background: Cenk Uygur is the host and co-founder of The Young Turks online which is the largest news show on the Internet. Uygur is the former host of The Young Turks on Current TV, MSNBC Live and has appeared numerous times on CNN, CNN Headline News, E! Entertainment Channel, Al Jazeera, ABC News, Voice of America, NPR and even Fox News Channel. He is one of the most popular bloggers on The Huffington Post, and also a contributor to Daily Kos and Politico. Uygur is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business and Columbia University Law School. He worked as a lawyer, television writer and television host before co-founding The Young Turks.

The Social Network Show welcomes Dorie Clark, Branding Expert, Author, Marketing Strategy Consultant and Adjunct Professor to the March 23, 2015 episode. As everyone knows, there is an enormous number of blogs, podcasts and websites on the internet. So, how can you stand out on the web as an expert in your field? How do you get a following for your breakthrough ideas?  Dorie answers these questions in this episode and in more detail in her new book, Stand Out.  Dorie interviewed 50 thought leaders in different fields for their success secrets and in this episode you will hear about how to develop your breakthrough ideas, how to promote your ideas and finally how to get a following. Dorie Clark, is a branding expert, an author, a marketing strategy consultant, an adjunct professor, and a former presidential campaign spokeswoman. She is a contributor to the Harvard Business Review and Forbes, and is the author of Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013). Her clients include Google, Fidelity, Microsoft, Yale University, Morgan Stanley and the World Bank. Dorie is an Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and has taught at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler School of Business and HEC-Paris. She has also guest lectured at Harvard Business School, the Harvard Kennedy School, Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, and the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School. Dorie has also been published in the Harvard Business Review Guide to Getting the Right Job and the Harvard Business Review Guide to Networking and she has appeared in the media including NPR, BBC and MSNBC. Learn more about Dorie at her website 

Adam Grant, the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School's youngest tenured professor, and author of one of the best books of 2013 - Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success - joins The James Altucher Show today.   Helpfulness is Adam's message.   James asks Adam how he got into a topic that resonates so much with people. He says it all started in his early life when he was a diver. He started giving pointers to his competitors, and eventually one of those he helped ended up beating him in the state finals.   This got him thinking...   Is giving a zero-sum game? If he wants to win, do other people have to lose?   Do you have a hard time asking people to help you? Adam talks about the huge difference between taking and receiving.     Some interviews James does make you think hard about yourself. This one takes that to the extreme ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

Adam Grant, the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School's youngest tenured professor, and author of one of the best books of 2013 – Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success – joins The James Altucher Show today. Helpfulness is Adam's message. James asks Adam how he got into a topic that resonates so much with people. He says it all started in his early life when he was a diver. He started giving pointers to his competitors, and eventually one of those he helped ended up beating him in the state finals. This got him thinking... Is giving a zero-sum game? If he wants to win, do other people have to lose? Do you have a hard time asking people to help you? Adam talks about the huge difference between taking and receiving. Some interviews James does make you think hard about yourself. This one takes that to the extreme See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Social Network Show welcomes back Dorie Clark for another episode in her series on "Reinventing You", March 21, 2014. Dorie Clark tackles the very timely topic of how people can use her book to help them re-enter the workforce or change careers. Dorie gives suggestions to those who have been out of the workforce regarding tuning their skills and building their confidence. Regarding the way that other people see you, Dorie suggests not leaving it "to chance". Hear her talk about body language, temp jobs, attitude and "owning your story". Check out the book that Dorie suggests written by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Off Ramps and On Ramps: Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success. Dorie Clark, is a branding expert, an author, a marketing strategy consultant, an adjunct professor, and a former presidential campaign spokeswoman. She is a contributor to the Harvard Business Review and Forbes, and is the author of Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013). Her clients include Google, Fidelity, Microsoft, Yale University, Morgan Stanley and the World Bank. Dorie is an Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and has taught at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler School of Business and HEC-Paris. She has also guest lectured at Harvard Business School, the Harvard Kennedy School, Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, and the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School. Dorie has also been published in the Harvard Business Review Guide to Getting the Right Job and the Harvard Business Review Guide to Networking and she has appeared in the media including NPR, BBC and MSNBC. Learn more and connect with Dorie at her website 

The Social Network Show welcomes Dorie Clark back to the show on March 14, 2014. The National Association of Broadcasters Show (NABShow) is coming up in the beginning of April and today's discussion with Dorie included how businesses can present their brand at a large conference like NAB. This brought up more discussion on those who work in media. Dorie gives some advice on how to secure future employment if you work in a field where there is no security. Listen to the show to hear what Dorie says are the major concerns from people who work in the media field and how important it is to know your online reputation by Googling yourself monthly. If you do not understand the difference between the @ (at reply) versus .@ (dot at reply), listen to the show to get some good Twitter hints. Dorie Clark, is a branding expert, an author, a marketing strategy consultant, an adjunct professor, and a former presidential campaign spokeswoman. She is a contributor to the Harvard Business Review and Forbes, and is the author of Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013). Her clients include Google, Fidelity, Microsoft, Yale University, Morgan Stanley and the World Bank. Dorie is an Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and has taught at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler School of Business and HEC-Paris. She has also guest lectured at Harvard Business School, the Harvard Kennedy School, Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, and the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School. Dorie has also been published in the Harvard Business Review Guide to Getting the Right Job and the Harvard Business Review Guide to Networking and she has appeared in the media including NPR, BBC and MSNBC. Learn more and connect with Dorie at her website or follow her on Twitter @dorieclark.

Audio File:  Download MP3Transcript: An Interview with Shellye Archambeau CEO, MetricStream Date: September 5, 2008 NCWIT Interview with Shellye Archambeau BIO: As the CEO of MetricStream, Shellye Archambeau is responsible for running all facets of the business. Ms. Archambeau has a proven executive management track record and over 20 years of experience driving sales growth in the technology industry. Prior to joining MetricStream, Ms. Archambeau was Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of Sales for Loudcloud, Inc. [renamed Opsware], responsible for all global sales and marketing activities. At Loudcloud she led the transformation into an enterprise-focused company while growing sales 50 percent year over year. Previously, she served as Chief Marketing Officer of NorthPoint Communications, where she led the design and implementation of all sales and marketing strategies. Ms. Archambeau also served as president of Blockbuster, Inc.'s e-commerce division and was recognized by Internet World as one of the Top 25 "Click and Mortar" executives in the country in June of 2000. Ms. Archambeau spent the prior 15 years at IBM, holding several domestic and international executive positions. Ms. Archambeau is an author and sought-after speaker on the topics of compliance, marketing, and leadership. She has been featured or quoted in numerous business publications including BusinessWeek, InformationWeek and the San Jose Business Journal. She is co-author of Marketing That Works and she guest lectures at The Wharton School West and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Ms. Archambeau currently serves on the board of directors for Arbitron, Inc.[NYSE: ARB] and The Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives. She is also a member of the Trustees Council of Penn Women at the University of Pennsylvania and the Information Technology Senior Management Forum. She earned a B.S. degree at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business. Larry Nelson: This is Larry Nelson with w3w3.com. And we are fortunate to be right here in the headquarters of the National Center for Women in Information Technology. We are so excited about this particular series, because it is really targeting young people and trying to get them more interested in getting involved with IT and how exciting it is. But most of all, on the entrepreneurial side. So Lucy Sanders, who is the CEO and founder of NCWIT, as we call it, for all of our friends. Lucy... Lucy Sanders: Well thanks Larry. We are excited about this series, as well. With me is NCWIT Board Director, Lee Kennedy from Tricalyx. She is a serial entrepreneur. And we are speaking today with Shelley Archambeau, who is the CEO of MetricStream, which is an incredibly cool company. Very timely in today's regulatory and quality environment. Shelley, welcome. Shellye Archambeau: Thank you. Glad to be here. Lucy: Why don't you tell us a little bit about MetricStream? You do a lot. You have software, you have services, and you have training. Tell us a bit about what you do. Shellye: Absolutely. What we do is to provide solutions to companies to help them ensure they can comply effectively with rules, regulations, and mandates that are out there in the marketplace. So whether that is Sarbanes‑Oxley or that are FDA regulations or ISO 9000 processes, any time they basically need a solution to ensure that they comply with the regulations so they can reduce their corporate risk, as well as get the visibility to be able to manage that risk and apply appropriate resources as needed. That is where MetricStream comes in. So we have customers in the FDA space, everything from Subways, which I'm sure a lot of people have eaten at, to pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer. We also run a high technology space, with companies like Fairchild Semiconductor, Hitachi America, and etcetera. So, we work with companies of all sizes to help them comply by providing the full software services total solution. Lucy: Well, we are excited. I must make a plug about Pfizer. Pfizer is an investment partner for NCWIT. Larry: Oh, right. Shellye: All right. Lucy: They help us by funding our K‑12 Alliance. We love Pfizer. Shellye: Excellent. Well, we do too. Lucy: We can have a Pfizer love fest. Larry: There we go. Lucy: Yeah, I love them. One of the things that I noticed too, while I'm looking at your website, was that MetricStream just won an award, the Stevie Award. Shellye: Yes. Lucy: And that is, I think, is that focused on your portal that uses an innovative use of open source? Shellye: Yes, absolutely. We won first place for Compliance Online. Compliance Online is a web portal where we bring together all of the different information about compliance: rules, regulations, best practices, training, and etcetera. To make it easy for compliance professionals to find out and learn what's new, where the areas of focus, where the areas of risk, get updates on how companies are best handling the management of different issues and regulations, etcetera. And we're pleased that in just a very short time, and we just launched this basically the beginning of last year, we have become the number one compliance portal. Lucy: Wow. Shellye: We are leveraging a unique model, where we basically have experts from around the world that provide training to those that need it. And we create an environment in which professionals can come and ask each other questions, interact, etcetera. As well as do vertical search, meaning when they want to find information on FDA CFR part 11, they can do a search on that and just get that, versus getting something that may have the same part number, like a widget on a car if you do a broader search. So all of those things are actually bringing a significant value. And we were recognized, as you said, as a Stevie Award, which is basically an international business award. Larry: Fantastic. Shelleye: As the number one player in that particular category. Lucy: Well, I'm sure you use a lot of technology with that. And certainly you're Compliance Online Portal is one such. And by the way, congratulations. I read you got to go to a great gala to get the award. Lucy: I was hoping I could come carry your bags. Our first question for you really does, in fact, relate to technology and how you first got interested in technology and also, as you look out onto the horizon, which technologies you see as being very important in the future. Shellye: Certainly. So first, interest. It was really college. And now I'm going to date myself, because I went to school in the early '80s. That was around the time frame that Apple Computers and all those things were starting to come out, and really seeing just the changing horizon out there. So, I went to Wharton and focused on business marketing. But where I really put my focus was doing all that in the area of technology. I thought this was really how we could change the world. Again, you're 18, 19, 20 years old and you believe you could do all that, so I did. But I wanted to get into this space. It was hot. It was new. It really looked like there was a lot of leverage that could happen by getting involved. And it hasn't let me down. I've spent over 20 years now in the technology space, and it's just amazing how fast technology continues to change. Harnessing the power is just an exciting, exciting area to be in. Lucy: So Shelley, when you think about the series we're doing, it's all about different, fabulous entrepreneurs and what they've done. So we love to find out, why did you decide to be an entrepreneur? And what is it about it that really makes you tick? Shellye: You know, it's interesting because I actually started my career not as an entrepreneur, per se. I joined IBM. You can't get much bigger than that in terms of a conglomerate to join. [laughs] But I joined IBM with the objective of wanting to run a company, so I might as well try to run IBM. I spent a good number of years doing that, running different divisions and operations both domestic as well as overseas. But the piece that I was missing in all of that was that the higher I got in the company, the farther removed I felt from the market and what was really happening. You spend more focus trying to get things done within the company. With that, I said let me take what I've learned ‑ all the technology focus, I had lots of opportunities to go and fix divisions, build new divisions, get them growing, et cetera ‑ let me take that and apply that to smaller companies. Because now I want to have more of an impact, if you will, on a business. So becoming an entrepreneur to me was really taking a set of skills and trying to get out there and just have an impact. When you think about all that we're learning in our careers and all the skill sets that we're building, that's really what we're trying to do. Whether you're trying to do that against a company or against a technology or against a social issue, et cetera, we're all just trying to make an impact with what it is that we're doing. I don't think there's any better way to make an impact than to be an entrepreneur. You're bringing a new idea, a new concept, a new way to approach technology. All of those things you can do as an entrepreneur and really have an impact on the market space that you're targeting. Lucy: Along the way you have a fascinating career path coming through a large corporation like IBM and then starting your own company. Who influenced you along this path? Do you have role models or mentors that you remember? What kinds of influences shaped you? Shellye: It's interesting. I think one of the things that shaped me in the beginning is that I've always been a planner. I knew, as I said, that I wanted to run a business. I didn't have, really, a view of being an entrepreneur when I first came out of school. Going to Wharton, everything was pretty much focused on big companies, et cetera, and that's what I did. But as I started to progress and see what kind of changes people could make by being an entrepreneur, and then getting connected with people in this space. You talk about mentors. One of my mentors and advisers is Mark Leslie. Mark Leslie built Veritas, which was just acquired about a year and a half ago by Symantec. He took a company from start to four billion dollars in market cap. Seeing what can be done is just amazing. I'm a big believer in mentors and advisers in general. You didn't quite ask me this question, but let me just frame it a little bit. One of the tidbits that I like to offer people is that as you're moving forward in your career, try to adopt mentors. And I say adopt, meaning look for people who are doing things you want to do, or things you think you might be interested in, and just spend some time. Try to reach out, talk to them, ask them for advice, etcetera. There is so much to be learned. And it was really in doing that kind of thing that enabled me to develop a set of really strong relationships that helped me shape what I wanted to do with my career. I still reach out and grasp for mentors and advisors and ideas, because there is so much going on in the world. There is no way you can experience it all yourself. So the best way to try to get broader perspectives is try to leverage other people's experiences, which is really what mentoring is all about. Larry: I haven't had this type of corporate experience, like being with IBM. So, going from IBM to now being a real, full‑fledged entrepreneur, along the way I am sure there's been a bit of course correction and other challenges. If you were to pull something out, what would be the biggest challenge that you had to either try to overcome, or maybe you didn't overcome it, you just had to learn to live with it? Shellye: Gosh, probably the biggest challenge I'd almost put as two things, and I'll answer two ways. In the corporate world, it was all about rightsizing, downsizing, whatever word you want to use. It doesn't matter how many times you do it, that is just a hard thing to do. You are obviously trying to get the business models right, but you're also impacting individuals very specifically. So that is something that is hard to do. Have I done it? Absolutely. Can I do it? Yes. But that doesn't mean that that is something I enjoy. What we've tried to do, when taking that experience and coming to build MetricStream, is try to ensure that we're growing at the right pace and path with the business growth and momentum. So to try to avoid having to go through that kind of activity as you grow. On the entrepreneur side, as to what has been the toughest, it's really...Gosh, we've put two companies together. Part of MetricStream's growth, we actually merged with another company three years back. And that was probably one of the toughest things. Because now you're trying to a business that you've got, investors that you've got, match it and marry it with another company that has its own set of investors, their own original business plan. And make it work both from a financial standpoint, from a structural standpoint, as well as from a market standpoint. So, I would say merging MetricStream three years ago was probably one of the hardest things that I've done, because it touched on every aspect of running and operating a business. Lucy: So Shelley, you had some great advice earlier about role models and mentors. If you were sitting here today with a young person, what advice would you have to them about entrepreneurship? And what advice would you give them? Shellye: Well, first would be only do what you're really passionate about. I mean, this is hard work. Being an entrepreneur is not showing up at nine o'clock in the morning and leaving at five, and being able to put all of the stuff behind you. Being an entrepreneur is totally encompassing, because nothing happens unless you make it happen. If you work for a big company, if you don't show up for work, there is already an engine. There are people doing other pieces, people pitch in, things will still happen and still work. When you're an entrepreneur, if you don't show up, things don't happen. Because you don't have all of that infrastructure and things in place. So if you're going to work hard, make sure you are doing something that you are really passionate about. So that when you have the good times, which you will, you can celebrate and enjoy. But when you have the bad times and the struggles, you still want to persevere. And you do because you are really passionate about what it is that you are doing. As an entrepreneur, the ups can be almost euphoric. But the downs can have you second guessing everything that you are doing. It's important to do something that you love, so you can power through all those cycles that you go through. So that's number one. Do something that you are passionate about. Second would be, create an informal network of advisers. I touched on this, in terms of mentors and things. There are a million people out there who have done what you are getting ready to do. Maybe not in the same industry, maybe not with the exact same model, but in terms of creating a business, finding customers, creating a business model that works, getting investors and funding, etcetera. All those things have been done by others, so create a network of advisers to help support you in that overall process. And then lastly, test your ideas before you just launch into it. You know, make sure that there is a good niche that you're targeting. So testing ideas, either with others like these advisers I talked about or just with people on the streets, to see what kind of feedback you get about your concept and what you're doing. And then get launched into it. Do something that you're passionate about, number one. Two, make sure you create this informal network of advisers. And three, make sure you test your ideas before you jump into it. Lucy: That's all really great advice. I'm really resonating to the testing of the ideas, because it's only then that you test it with your advisers and they love you, they're going to give you the hard news. It's great.. Larry: Now we have to listen. Lucy: Well, you know, they're giving you all the input that you need. Shellye: You know it's true. And it's interesting, because a lot of people come up with great ideas for the product, whether that product is software or it is hardware, or it's a cool widget, whatever it might be. The hard part is, how do you get that product to market? Hundreds and thousands of new businesses and new ideas are created every day. The ones, however, that make it, are not always the ones that actually have the best product. This will be the ones that end up with the best business plan and marketing strategy to get it to market. So, and I'll put a little plug, I hope you don't mind, but I'll put a little plug in there for a minute because I actually co‑authored a book on Marketing That Works. That is all about how to use different techniques and capabilities and structure and discipline to make all that work. Really, that is where to spend the time to make sure that you can be successful. Lucy: Well Larry, I think just as a side note, that's another interview for you. Larry: There we go. Lucy: You need to go look at the book. Larry is an author, as well. Larry: We'll put that up on the blog. Lucy: Yeah. Shellye: Oh, Okay. Great. Lucy: You have great insight and advice. What other personal characteristics have given you an advantage as an entrepreneur? Shellye: You know it's interesting, in terms of reflecting on that. A couple things. One is, I'm a pretty good leader. And when I say a good leader, I think of leader as people who operate in a way that people want to follow them. Making sure you provide the vision, the strategy, the direction, and just stay two inches ahead of everybody. So that you are pushing out the boulders and blockades, etcetera, so that everyone else can be successful in what it is they are getting ready to do. I think leadership is an important characteristic, and one that has definitely helped me. The other is being a listener. And this one's a little different, because people don't always think about this. But it's really being a listener. To make sure that as you come out with your product or your set of solutions, that you don't fall so much in love with your product. When I say in love, it's very much like falling in love with a person. When you fall in love with someone initially, you are almost blinded to everything else. All you see is all of their positives, all their best traits, etcetera. You tend to diminish and not focus on maybe some of the negative traits, etcetera. Well it's easy to fall in love with your product. So that you're not really listening to what the market is telling you so that you can make that product better in what you are doing. So listening has been another key piece to all of this. I mentioned earlier that I'm a planner, and I think that has helped. I absolutely have been able to bring both to my own personal career. A game plan for what I want to do, so what do I need to be able to get there? And making sure I put those things into place. And frankly, once I've gotten here, the other thing that's an advantage is being a woman. There are so few female entrepreneurs running companies in different places, as a percentage. When people do meet you, they tend to remember you, which actually helps your company because they then can associate it with what it is that you do, etcetera. So I actually think that's an advantage. The last would be, I like to win. I like to set objectives. I like to work with teams to go make it happen and win. That's what this is all about. As you build a company, an organization, it is how do you make sure your product fits the market needs? It's making sure that you're building a team and leading it to be able to deliver on those overall needs. And putting a plan in place that will be successful and then making sure you win if you're getting out there and competing. Speaker: Wonderful. Lucy: That's great advice. So Shelley you've had such a wonderful career. You're running a company now. How do you bring balance to your personal and professional life? Shellye: That's interesting. I think about balance and I tell people I think balance is a misnomer. Balance to me means you spend equal energy, time, hours, whatever it is in one area as well as another area at all times, right? That's balance. I don't have balance. What I have is integration. So I think of this more work‑life integration. I've got a fabulous husband. We celebrate 23 years in August. Lucy: Wow. Shellye: And two kids, which, however knock on wood, are turning out really well. But I've been able to do that because number one I work in partnership with my husband so we view each other as a team in terms of how we execute. But number two I've been able to leverage. I'm going to use technology to actually make it all work. My son, as an example, my son played in a basketball championship when he was in high school, which was last year. And they actually made it to the States. When I was in home and in town I didn't miss a game. Now how did I do that? I did that because of the Blackberry and a cell phone. It doesn't mean I was in the stands... I couldn't focus every second on every game. There were times when I was actually plugging away on email, there were times I had to step out and take a call but you know what? I was there. Without technology I couldn't have been there all those times and making sure that things are happening the way they need to happen. So I think integrating the two in a way where you can physically be where you want to be and yet insure that things are getting done that need to get done really makes a difference. It's very hard I think to actually shut out and say, "Okay, from this time to this time I do X. And from this time to this time I do Y. And never the two shall meet." That doesn't work for me. It works for me to integrate the two and to be available. For part of my career I actually commuted. So for three years I left home Monday mornings and I came home Thursday night if I was lucky but usually it was Friday night. And my kids were at school at the time. So the deal I had with them was, "Listen, when you want to talk to me or reach out to me you just call me. Just call my cell." And folks that I worked with knew that when my cell phone rang if it was my kids I was going to answer it. Now it didn't mean I stayed on the phone. I'd answer it and say, "I'm doing this do you need me to step out or can I call you back?" And you know what? 95% of the time I could call them back. But that just knowing that they could reach me meant that I was still there, right? There was no difference if I was at work three miles away versus being three thousand miles away in terms of what was happening. And me taking those phone calls? That didn't impact my ability to execute on the overall job. So when I say integration if it's both kinds of things, figure out how you can make it work together so that you can be available in both sides of your life. Lucy: Well, and we asked this question. I won't say it's a trick question but we all agree with you. We are a fan of integration and blending. I personally think this word 'balance' does us a disservice. And one reason why we really wanted to ask the question is because we want young people to know that there are ways to blend these types of very aggressive and time consuming jobs with having a rewarding personal life. So... Shellye: That's right. Now listen, can I add a couple more things to that? Lucy: Absolutely. Shellye: Because what happens to a lot of young people especially is they put themselves in a trap. And when I say "they put themselves in a trap" meaning my biggest advice to people, which has helped my husband and I, is you need to get help. And I don't mean a psychiatrist. Shellye: When I say, "You need to get help" meaning those things that really aren't as important to you whether it's cutting the grass, whether its' cleaning your house whatever it happens to be for you and your husband, get somebody else to do that. So the people say to me, "Damn it, how can you afford all that?" Especially when you get started, and the whole bit. My answer is to plan it in. When my husband and I got married, I knew that I wanted to have kids right away and so did he. I'm right out of college just starting and the whole bit. Well, we bought a house that was a small, little house that was a fairly decent commute in terms of overall distance. But we did that because I spent more on childcare and help than we did on our mortgage. And we did that so that it would work and we wouldn't be pulling our hair out to be able to get it done. Now, that takes discipline. Everybody else you want to take and say, "OK, let me get the best and biggest house I can get for what I'm spending." We looked at it and said, "Oh no. I want to consider childcare and support and mortgage as one big hunk." Now, what can that be? And now we've got to divide it up between the two. But plan for it. What tends to happen is we come out of school, we work for awhile, we get married, we get the house, we get the cars. Next thing we know, our fixed expense is so high that we don't have the tangible or flexible dollars to be able to go get the help that we need to enable us to better balance. Because I will tell you, it is impossible to do it all without any help and still retain your sanity and your health and all those things. You've got to figure it out. Start financially with, "OK, what can I do". Then work from there. It makes a huge difference. Lucy: Well, I know you can't retain your rotator cuffs either if you try to do it all. That's great advice. One last question for you. You've achieved a lot in your career. I want to also tell listeners that, although you didn't mention it, we know from reading your bio that you also have a big heart. You're involved with a lot of non‑profits ‑ the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives, you're also involved at Penn. What's next for you? You've done so much and you have so much time ahead of you. What's next for you and your company? Shellye: Well, the immediate next is to build a great company and metric strength, and to indeed have an impact on the whole marketplace of how large and small companies comply with the rules and regulations and mandates. So first, next, is absolutely to build a great company. The follow on to that is that I want to continue to do things that have an impact. Whether it is an impact in business, in terms of driving and building and growing another company, or it's on the social entrepreneurial side in terms of looking at ways to have an impact and take some of the skills and capabilities that I've built to go do that. I'm not sure yet which that will be. What I can tell you is that if you flash forward five or ten years, I still absolutely expect to be out there and creating an impact in both the business world as well as in the non‑profit space. Because you're right, that is an important thing to me. I know that I have not achieved everything that I've achieved because of me, because of Shelley Archambeau. I've been able to do it as a result of a lot of good support, advice, and path paving that was done in front of me. And I want to make sure that I'm helping to do that for others.. Larry: Well Shelley, based on the experience and the lessons you learned going from IBM to trying to figure out how to apply these lessons you were learning at IBM to a smaller company, you've done a magnificent job. Of course, a couple of words that really pop out in my mind is being a good leader, a good planner, a good listener, and really liking to win. Shellye: Right. Lucy: Yeah, go! Larry: With a team. With a team, of course. Lucy: And she's an author. Larry: And she's an author. "Marketing That Works". Lucy: Yes. Larry: What a title. I like that. Lucy: We'd love to help you advertise your book. Shellye: Well thank you. I definitely appreciate the help. Larry: We'll do that for sure. This is Larry Nelson here at NCWIT. I'll tell you, this is another exciting interview. I don't know how you and the board line up all of these wonderful people, but I'm just happy to be a part of it. You'll be able to hear this and other interviews at ncwit.org, that's after the www of course. Lucy: Yes, of course. Larry: I just don't like to say it with ours. We have the podcast, and so.... Lucy: Yeah, too many w's. Larry: Yeah, www.w3w3.com. All right, thank you for joining us Shelley. Lucy: Thank you Shelley. Shellye: You're quite welcome. Thank you all. Lucy: We appreciate it. Shellye: Okay. Bye bye. Series: Entrepreneurial HeroesInterviewee: Shellye Archambeau Interview Summary: Shellye Archambeau offers three great pieces of advice for entrepreneurs: only do what you're passionate about, create an informal network of advisers, and test your ideas before you launch. Release Date: September 5, 2008Interview Subject: Shelley ArchambeauInterviewer(s): Lucy Sanders, Larry Nelson