Invest The Difference

This week on Invest the Difference, Claudio and Bernadette welcome special guest Chans Weber. Chans Weber is a serial entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in the marketing industry. He founded Agile & Co, located in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2012. With his digital marketing expertise, Chans turned his 483 credit score and a $15,000 loan from his parents into a digital marketing agency t...

Do you know how healthy your business is and whether you are truly on a path toward success? This week on Invest The Difference, hosts Claudio and Bernadette welcome Danielle Hayden, founder of Kickstart Accounting, to discuss the importance of managing businesses with monetary wisdom, leadership, and organization. According to Danielle, a strategic organization is essential to understanding the e...

This week on Invest the Difference, Claudio and Bernadette discuss one of their house rules: Radical Ownership. Radical ownership is the idea that everyone in the business is responsible for the success or failure of the company and should take ownership of their work and decisions. This concept helps create a culture of accountability, responsibility, and continuous improvement. Claudio and Berna...

In business, we talk about growth and scale being inevitable if done right. However, do you truly know the difference and how to prepare adequately? This week on Invest the Difference, Claudio and Bernadette draw from personal experience for a candid conversation about the challenges that have come with each stage of growth. They discuss the practical strategies that have sustained their growth an...

Everyone wants to hire, but how do you keep great people in your organization? What are you doing to retain your employees? This week on Invest the Difference, Claudio and Bernadette share their experiences managing their business's leadership role. They give practical advice on how to organize a work team to drive the business’s goals successfully. It all leads back to imparting a set of house ru...

“Your external circumstances will never change your internal conclusions.” This week in Invest The Difference, Claudio and Bernadette talk about actionable strategies for building wealth in any income bracket. In this episode, you will hear about how to build wealth by: Net worth ratio: 15-25% Liquid Net Worth Look at your financial portfolio every quarter to review and revise Reverse engineering...

This week on Invest the Difference, Claudio and Bernadette discuss office culture and its importance in business. The concept was greatly affected by Covid-19, blurring many of the boundaries set by traditional workplace settings. Companies have now begun to leave the work-at-home approach. In this episode, you will learn: - Should employees get perks before earning them? - The key benefits of In-...

How have your surroundings shaped and guided your success? This week on Invest the Difference, Claudio and Bernadette share their conversation with special guest Robb Chapin who shares his story as a leader in business and how, through generations, his family molded him to become the successful man he is today. Robb communicates the significance of the power of influence in business and life. In t...

“That’s the sign of a good leader, one that can listen as well as they can speak.” Dave Carrier joins Claudio and Bernadette on this week’s episode and discusses starting his business in the 2009 recession, how successful partnerships work, and exiting his company. Dave is the Founder and President of QuantumFlo, Inc. Having experienced the entire business lifecycle, Dave shares that the journey i...

With talks of a recession, what can you do now to strengthen your business into a position of power for 2023? This week in Invest The Difference, Claudio and Bernadette have a candid conversation about the sometimes difficult choices surrounding preparing the business for the challenging economic times ahead. In this episode, you will hear: Getting ahead in planning and avoiding “new year hangover...

Do you know who you are outside of what you do? In this episode, Claudio and Bernadette welcome special guests Charles and Yvana Bailey, founders of Aspire Higher. The Baileys share their journey from professional athletics to entrepreneurship and helping others find what they define as the propulsive purpose that accelerates you in business and life. Aspire Higher is a purpose-driven business bir...

“At the end of the day, the pain of staying becomes bigger than the pain of leaving.” - Tom Wall In this episode, Claudio and Bernadette welcome Tom Wall, Speaker, Author, Economist, PhD, and Dad; and share their conversation about career pivoting and retirement planning. Tom holds a Ph. D. in Retirement Income Planning, with original research on Whole Life as a Fixed Income Alternative under the...

Are you ready to go from W2 employee to entrepreneur? In this episode, Claudio and Bernadette welcome special guest Jamie Gruber, founder of Emerge and Ascend's lifestyle brand, producing over 30 millionaires. Jamie discusses climbing the corporate ladder for 20 years only to discover that no external things could fulfill him on the inside. In the act of what he calls “Ready, Fire, Aim,” he built...

Does your business have a proper exit strategy? In this episode, Claudio and Bernadette welcome Jessica Fialkovich, a business exit expert, author speaker, and advocate for small businesses. She explains the key factors to consider before selling your business, like a year-long dealing process and getting an accurate valuation. She discusses the level of business sustainability, working in an unex...

“Choose confidence until you become it.” In this episode, Claudio and Bernadette share their conversation with Nicole Kalil, a speaker, leadership strategist, respected coach, and host of the “This Is Woman’s Work” Podcast. Nicole shares about taking action first when seeking confidence, not the other way around. She teaches action and failure are the most vital elements necessary to grow your con...

In this episode, Claudio and Bernadette share their conversation with Grace Holt, founder of COO Insider. She discussed creating an inspiring vision and ambitious goals, finding alignment between metrics and people, and executing an operational infrastructure that scales and streamlines your business. Grace Holt co-founded a highly successful independent RIA in Pittsburgh, PA in 2020. Launching th...

Is your business truly ready to scale? While growth is an opportunity, it can also feel like chaos. In this episode, Claudio and Bernadette dive deep into the reality of what scaling looks like in business, the positive and negative impact scale can have on your business, and three indicators to determine if you are ready. Watch this show on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KJDELQkmFEg This show is spons...

In today’s episode, Claudio and Bernadette welcome Sean Sleiman, who gives us insight into his endeavors in the vaping industry. His million-dollar ideas, creative branding, and jam-butter-toast smoke juice are a few things that led to his successful transition from a small tech startup to an international product company. Monster Vape Labs, a company once led by just two guys, is now an internati...

How big is your vision? In this episode, Claudio and Bernadette welcome serial entrepreneur Aaron Nash, who shares his journey of building from the ground up. This episode guides us through growth, vision, and time along with the central idea that "If the vision is big enough, the struggle is irrelevant," also known as grit. Aaron Nash is Founder and CEO of P-Fit, a very successful gym franchise,...

What would it look like to lead as your most authentic self? In this episode, Claudio and Bernadette are joined by business strategist Kristin Andree and discuss conducting your business true to who you are, defining who your ideal client is and how having the wrong kind of clients affects your leadership and other parts of your business. Kristin Andree has made it her life’s work to coach, challe...

Claudio and Bernadette welcome Drew Bryant, Founder and Director of Operations of DB Orlando Collision. In this episode, they discuss the intentional strategies Drew has implemented in his highly successful collision repair shop, to create repeatable processes that made room for the company to scale. Drew also shares his experience and how to carry that intentionality into creating a sustainable w...

Have you started tax planning? In this episode, Claudio and Bernadette discuss the state and impact of our current economy, our most valuable resource, and how to impact your overall tax situation by not waiting until the end of the year. In this episode you'll hear: - How you can put yourself in a position to thrive in the best-case scenario - What is your most valuable resource (spoiler alert: i...

Stepping into an executive leadership role, in a male-dominated field, and scaling to a 400+ employee organization is no easy feat that comes with incredible lessons. In this episode, Claudio and Bernadette welcome Avani Desai, CEO at Shellman, the largest niche CPA firm in the world that focuses on technology and security assessments, and discuss the invaluable wisdom gained over the years regard...

What are the difference makers between Good and Great? In this episode, Claudio and Bernadette answer burning questions submitted from listeners and discuss very candidly from their own experiences how they make personal investing decisions, step outside their comfort zones, and push the limit in business and life. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_ACylVDUr3U This show is sponsored...

In this episode, Claudio and Bernadette welcome special guest Scott Joseph, CEO of J&L Marketing and host of the Move, Crush, Count Podcast, to discuss driving success through client experience, pushing through failures in entrepreneurship, and growing out of comfort zones. Connect with Scott: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyH_aBodVoPFLg7MHqHBi4w Website: https://www.jandlmarketin...