Entrepreneurs United

Alex Brueckmann (Brueckmann Executive Consulting, Managing Partner) is a strategy entrepreneur, author, and speaker. He built and scaled companies in Europe and Canada, and led client projects across the world. His passion lies in helping clients build profitable businesses rooted in purpose and impact.  In today's podcast, Rich and John speak to Alex about his new book, "Secrets from Next Le...

Shana Francesca (Concinnate, Owner) is a speaker, writer and entrepreneur. Shana helps people live more joyful and connected lives through the principles Of life design. Shana believes our present and future are transformed when we infuse our lives with intention, we design our lives and realize the power in accepting ourselves as the author of our story. Shana has been interviewed on more than 60...

Barbara Sloan (Owner/Author/Coach, Tipped Finance) wants to help you start preparing for retirement by providing some accountability in meeting your savings goals. Barbara built a career in the Service Industry and throughout that time made every financial mistake possible. Although she is not a Stock Broker or Certified Financial Advisor she learned what it took to live on “ Tipped" inc...

Kellan Fluckiger (Coach, Speaker, Performer, Catalyst) has come through decades of depression, addictions, life-threatening illness, and a near-death experience to become the ultimate catalyst to help motivated people melt barriers, move mountains and mobilize superpowers to achieve their true desires. As a coach and keynote speaker, Kellan’s masterful approach helps people get past old...

In this special edition episode, John, Rich, and guest Nicky Billou perform the first ever EU Podcast Book Review on the best selling self help book of all time, Think and Grow Rich! Napoleon Hill's book first published in 1937 has played a major role in the development of millions of entrepreneurs and the discussion in this podcast should be both a refresher to listeners who had already read the...

Alex Sanfilippo (Founder, PodPros.com) is the host of the top-rated podcast called Podcasting Made Simple. He is also the founder of PodPros.com, a software company focused specifically on the podcasting industry. Alex and his team have created popular services like PodMatch, a service that matches podcast guests and hosts together for interviews, and PodcastSOP, a project management too...

Cory Carlson (Author, Rise and Go) & Dustin Riechmann (Owner, Simple Success Coaching) join John and Rich for an enriching conversation about how two former Entrepreneurs United guests met and developed a lifelong connection through Cory's new book "Rise and Go." Cory Carlson appeared on EP 37: Why we need to WIN @ Home First! while Dustin Riechmann appeared on EP 86: Maximize Partnership...

Billy Anderson ( The Courage Crusade , Founder), believes that Courage drives Change. His popular keynote unfreezes teams and individuals so they're ready to embrace change.  As the opening speaker at corporate conferences, Billy gets your people thinking differently about change and understanding how fear can get in the way. And he makes it FUN!  Billy is also the author of the book "Yo...

Are you ready to set big personal and professional goals for 2023?  There is no better time than a new calendar year to have clarity and intentionality around what can help make this year your best ever. In this 3rd annual New Years' kick-off episode, John and Rich flashback to what they discussed as their goals in EP 70: Make 2022 the Best Year Possible! and hold themselves accountable to wh...

Michelle Nedelec (Creative Director, Awareness Strategies Inc.) is an International bestselling author and an expert in Entrepreneurialism. Michelle has run her own series of companies for over 22 years and for over 15 years has been helping Sales reps, Entrepreneurs, and Executives to continually double their profits and revenues. Michelle not only has what it takes to help her clients...

Carly J. Cais ( Founder & CEO, RevvSpark) started in Marketing over 20 years ago, first in B2C and then in B2B. Author of the upcoming book "Startup to Scaleup" and CEO of the Content Marketing agency RevvSpark, she is on a mission to grow businesses with creative "Conversion Content" that levels up internal teams and drives demand. Startup to Scaleup: $100K Growth Secrets from SaaS...

Merrylue Martin (Owner/CEO, The Job Joy Group LLC) is an employee engagement expert who works with all types of people leaders; from corporate CEOs and entrepreneurs to first-time team leads and supervisors, on how to attract and retain the best employees. As a Fortune 50 senior executive, management consultant, and business owner, Merrylue knows first-hand what it takes to equip leaders...

Nicky Billou (Founder, eCircle Academy), aka The Millionaire Maker, is an International Best Selling Author of 8 books.  He is an inspirational speaker to corporate audiences such as RBC, Lululemon, Royal LePage, and TorStar Media.  He is the co-founder of eCircle Academy ( www.eCircleAcademy.com ) where he runs a yearlong Mastermind & Educational program working with Coaches, Consul...

Jonathan Zacks (Founder, GoReminders ) is on a mission to decimate no-show appointments. After running an appointment-based business for a decade, he co-founded GoReminders which increases business revenue and cuts wasted staff time with automated appointment reminders & online booking. Jonathan runs Growth & Marketing for GoReminders and loves helping small businesses with automation and...

Rick Girard ( Stride Search Inc , Founder and CEO) is the Founder and CEO of Stride Search Inc, an Engaged Search Firm. Rick is extremely passionate about helping startup founders win-win the strongest hires to fuel unprecedented company growth! Rick's career has kept him laser-focused on building tech startups in the highly competitive Silicon Valley. Over his career, he has helped...

Andrew McDowell (Business Owner/Founder, Generate Your Value LLC) subscribes to the famous quote of Albert Einstein, "Rather than be a man of success, be a man of value”. As the Owner of Generate Your Value he serves Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners with coaching products and services to grow their businesses. Andy is a Certified Catalyft® Coach utilizing the great platform o...

Cliff McDonald (Brainheart Growth, Founder/Managing Partner) is leading his growth advisory firm which is helping lower mid-market companies and their owners and stakeholders realize their full potential Brainheart Growth helps companies achieve high and sustained growth rates - in addition to revenue generation they also help companies grow culturally and philosophically. The scoreboard for...

Steven Lentz (Owner, Ocelot Traffic) was a career firefighter for 10 years, and now does content marketing for businesses to raise their visibility and exposure organically on Google. Steven has a wife and 2 children, and is passionate about helping others and being a beneficial presence in the world. Steven will be hosting an 8 week mastermind/group coaching for in-house marketing...

As entrepreneurs, we are often faced with the big decision (even more so post covid) to host an off site conference, summit, meeting, retreat, or other with our company and team members.  These events are a big financial and resource investment.  In this episode, John asks Rich (a master at running events) to help define the keys to running a great event. The result of the conversation i...

Jeremy Streten (Founder & CEO, Business Legal Lifecycle) is a founder and chief executive officer at Business Legal Lifecycle. He is the author of the amazon number one bestselling book “The Business Legal Lifecycle”. Business Legal Lifecycle Worldwide’s aim is to provide access to legal advice for all small to medium sized businesses around the world. www.businesslegallifecycle...

Stacey Marmolejo (Founder/CEO, Franchise Prep Academy), is the creator of Franchise Prep Academy which provides unbiased courses for first-time entrepreneurs to learn all they need to know to buy a franchise business. FPA’s mission is to arm them with the knowledge necessary to start a business that brings satisfaction and fulfillment that more closely aligns with their core values. Afte...

Kevin Herring (Founder and President, Ascent Management Consulting) is a recognized expert in team and business unit turnarounds and creator of the 90-day Turnaround, a unique program for turning any leader and workgroup into a highly engaged, high performing team in just 90 days.  Kevin has also taught consulting skills to HR, IT, finance, supply chain and other support teams to convert thei...

Jeremy Pope (CEO, Sales Call Overhaul) is addicted to helping entrepreneurs in the coaching and consulting space increase their close rates. Jeremy was never a super-talented salesperson with crazy charisma and he even hated marketing and sales for the first couple of years in my entrepreneurial journey. After honing his sales craft in the ‘non-talented’ way, he was finally able to let his ne...

Pamela Wilson (Digital Marketing Consultant and Executive Coach, Pamela Wilson Consulting) is the author of two popular books on content marketing: Master Content Marketing and Master Content Strategy. Pamela is the creator and head coach for The Offer Accelerator, where she helps people build high-value offers that generate $10-20,000 in revenue every month. Pamela helps people build pr...

Matthew Davis (Owner/CEO, Davis Business Law) is an attorney and entrepreneur that led his solely owned firm, Davis Business Law, through over 1000% percent growth over six years, making it one of very rare law firms ever to make the Inc 5000 list. The firm currently has seven offices from Dallas to Kansas City. Matthew Davis holds a bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude and with distinctio...