21st Century Entrepreneurship

In order to make the entertainment industry more environmentally friendly, Emellie O'Brien founded her own business, Earth Angel Sustainable Production Services LLC. Her sustainability leadership on The Amazing Spider-Man 2 earned it high praise from critics as "the most eco-friendly blockbuster in Sony Pictures history." Emellie is also a Tory Burch Foundation Fellow, a Goldman Sac...

Denis O'Shea launched Mobile Mentor in New Zealand in 2004. Since then, the company has assisted over 1 million individuals in being more secure and productive with their laptops, tablets, smartphones, and apps. As a worldwide leader in the endpoint environment, the company was named Microsoft’s 2021 Global Partner of the year for Modern Endpoint Management. When it comes to consumers, busine...

Listen to Warren Hatch, the CEO of New York-based Good Judgment Inc., which specializes on superforecasting, in the most recent episode of 21st Century Entrepreneurship. In 2011, the US intelligence community's equivalent to DARPA - IARPA - launched a competition to find cutting-edge methods for forecasting geopolitical events. Four years and over 1 million forecasts later – with Philip Tetlo...

Sam N. Adams and Spencer Rascoff started dot. LA in 2020, which focuses on covering the tech scene in Southern California and organizing local events. It was almost a year after Spencer stepped down as CEO of Zillow Group that he shifted his attention to Los Angeles's technology and startup industry. I spoke with Sam about their business journey, as well as other topics related to the epidemi...

Chad Peterson had a rocky youth, but it inspired him to achieve great things. Today, Chad is a business broker who specializes in selling businesses. He works with both sellers and buyers to ensure the best outcome for the client. In this episode, he discusses why now may be the best time ever to sell your business and how his company can help you through the process.

The Great Resignation is still on the rise, stellar work relationships should be at the forefront of every leader’s mind right now. We’ve figured out why people are leaving, and now it’s time to figure out how to encourage and develop those who have stayed. As a large business owner in the hospitality industry that has survived the pandemic, Matt Rolfe discusses how leaders can maintain success be...

Jackie and Cheri are very good friends and coworkers. The fact that they support each other every day with their work is amazing in itself, but what's more impressive is the amount of power and positive energy they share between them. In our podcast episode, they freely discussed their difficulties and triumphs as individuals, as well as the benefits of having one another in their lives and s...

Slater Victoroff is the Founder and CTO of Indico, an enterprise AI solution for unstructured content that emphasizes document understanding. His company recently announced a $22 million Series B raise. Slater spoke enthusiastically about his company's progress and the award-winning AI system, as well as how he had grown it. He was recently named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 list.

Kim is a professor at the University of Michigan and author of Positively Energizing Leadership book. He is one of the most downloaded scholars in the organizational sciences. Camerons' research shows a direct relationship between positively energizing leadership and high-performance cultures. If you want to know how people can be positively energized at work, tune in to the episode!

In this episode of the podcast, I talk with author and digital innovation expert Eric Redmond about one of my favourite topics - the technologies that are changing our world. We discuss deep tech, a term used to describe technologies like AI, blockchain and the Internet-of-Things.  Eric also revealed the secrets to becoming a best-selling author.

Lance Tanaka is a global leader in the field of leadership and communication, who has been able to elevate countless individuals from different industries around the world. He uses his extensive knowledge about human behaviour as well as strategy development for success on both an individual level or company-wide scale with Dream & Achieve® (DNA). The elite-level coaching service from Lance is...

Robbie Samuels is a Business Growth Strategist & Coach, Virtual Event Design Consultant, Executive Zoom Producer, TEDx Speaker, Emcee, Facilitator, Author and top 100 Relationships expert. In his new book, Robbie writes about how you're having trouble finding clients no matter you built a great offer (such as online course, coaching program, mastermind, etc.) You built a great offer (onli...

AnneMarie was interviewed about her company Z Speak and how it is bringing GenZ voices to life by amplifying these young people's power in shaping business as we know it. They're digitally native thinkers with global connections who want more inclusion for all humans on earth--and in their way of doing so they’re creating waves right now that will change everything! AnneMarie Hayek is a...

Alex Sanfilippo started PodMatch.com, a lean SaaS company that connects podcast hosts and guests automatically. In his podcast "Creating a brand," Alex presents useful information from successful executives and subject matter experts on issues that will assist entrepreneurs to make the first or next step in their company the right choice. For this episode, we'll learn more about Ale...

SOMMER Messtechnik General Manager Michael Sommer has had the opportunity to travel around the world and work with companies from various cultures. He focused on being able to communicate with all of them despite their differences by learning about their needs for products such as advanced water measurement systems. As an international sales expert who works at global levels, he is proud that his...

Jeff Walker is the creator of Product Launch Formula - a new edition of the #1 New York Times best-selling guide that's redefined online marketing and helped countless entrepreneurs with an estimated $1 billion impact on industry revenue globally. In this episode, Jeff talks about his journey from being a stay-at-home dad to becoming one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the industry. F...

In Amazon best-selling book "Niche, Please!, Skyler Irvine shows you how to make your marketing strategy and connections meaningful. The book will teach you the platform that drives results so that in any downturn or change, your brand survives! Small businesses are finding the world has become a much smaller and complicated place. The internet, with all its wisdom, is at their fingertips--an...

Joe Pulizzi is one of the world’s top content marketing authorities. He has founded three companies, including the Content Marketing Institute (CMI), launched dozens of events, including Content Marketing World. Pulizzi is the recipient of the 2014 John Caldwell Lifetime Achievement Award for content marketing from the Content Council. Content Inc. (book) is the go-to guide to building a solid bus...

Darin Dawson is the Co-Founder and President of BombBomb, a Human-Centered Communication Platform that enables users to use simple, personal video messages to leverage their best asset … themselves. Darin leads all sales, marketing, customer success and product development at BombBomb, a fast-growing, Colorado-based software company. He’s on a mission to re-humanize the planet and he wants to star...

For the past 14 years, Calista and its founder stylist Maria McCool (an experienced and talented on-air personality), have been mainstays on the flagship shopping channel QVC, selling millions of hair products and tools that help women feel beautiful, strong, and most importantly, like their best selves. Everything Maria creates is specifically designed to educate consumers about feeling beautiful...

In Exit Rich, author and authority on buying, selling, fixing, and growing businesses, leading M&A advisor Michelle Seiler Tucker joins forces with Sharon Lechter, finance expert and co-author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, to create a must-have guide for all business owners - whether they’re gearing up to sell a business now or just starting to build their company to sell for huge profits in the futur...

Lisa is recognized worldwide as a turnaround mastermind and innovative businesswoman. For more than 30 years, she has been called to turnaround failing organizations—businesses, teams, nonprofits, political campaigns, and government projects—and solve seemingly intractable problems. Over time, Lisa has learned the key to course-correct when things go South is applying the discipline of process eng...

Brian heads the Expert DOJO high-performance accelerator and has access to thousands of experts and mentors who will help any entrepreneur find what they need to pursue their small business dream. He has spoken all over the world about the most efficient ways to start, grow and expand any business.   Brian Mac Mahon is the founder of Expert DOJO, an International Early-Stage Startup Accelerator. T...

Rod Khleif is an entrepreneur, real estate investor, multiple business owner, author, mentor, and community philanthropist who is passionate about business, life, success, and giving back. As one of the country’s top real estate trainers, Rod has personally owned and managed over 2,000 properties. He is a member of the Forbes Real Estate Council.  May 22nd & 23rd, 2021. - Rod's Multifamil...

Dan Granger is the CEO and founder of ad agency Oxford Road. It is an ad agency specializing in media placement on radio and television. His company also focuses on other media platforms such as Podcasts and Youtube. Dan works to offer the best class analytics support for media networks.   Some powerful insights in this episode: Learn how social media content can affect brand marketing. Explore ho...