Insight Out : Big Ideas for the Modern Entrepreneur

Justin Bariso is the author of "EQ Applied: The Real-World Guide to Emotional Intelligence”  He writes weekly on the topic of emotional intelligence, with a focus on real-life examples and practical application. Over a million people a month read his Inc.com column, and his work has been published by TIME, Business Insider, and Forbes. On the show, Justin shares how relocating to Germany led to hi...

Marcia Daszko is the author of the bestselling book Pivot Disrupt Transform; Turning Ideas Into Impact She’s a thought-provoking and caring contrarian who asks provocative questions to challenge assumptions. She’s not afraid to stand up and ask why things are done in a certain way. Her belief…Just because something is common practice, doesn’t mean is it right! She shares the story of why she start...

This week's guest is Donnie Boivin, CEO of Success Champions, Host of the Success Champions Podcast, and Founder of the Badass Business Summit. Donnie is as unfiltered, raw, and genuine as they come. He’s the real deal and an all-around badass! A big believer that the answer is always mindset, Donnie helps people get out of their own way and become the champion of their own success.  On the show,...

Dr. Erik Reis, CEO & Founder of SHIFT believes in "Prioritizing the Business of Health to Improve the Health of a Business"  While treating patients with neurological disorders and traumatic brain injuries Dr. Reis became obsessed with understanding the connection between our physicality and our brain.  As a neuroscience specialist, he sees the brain as limitless and calls it the final frontier fo...

On this episode, I interview Sam Kamani, author of The 30 Day Startup and Co-Founder & CEO of ProductDone If you are in any way involved with a startup this one is a must-listen. Sam breaks down the components of building a successful startup as well as the common mistakes he sees new founders make.  With two successful startups under his belt, Sam made the decision to give back to other founders...

In this episode, we get to know Josh Roth, a sales leader who shares his journey from the frontlines to leading high performing teams. Josh’s motto is "A river cuts through rock not with its power but with its persistence." Having personally made over 100,000 cold calls in his career, Josh is not afraid of hard work, in fact, he embraces it. After being in the President’s Club year after year, he...

On this episode, we get to know Christine Teh, and learn about her entrepreneurial journey that is rooted in spirituality. She shares her story of how she immigrated to the US from the Philippines at 20 years old, and how must of her life struggled to find true happiness in the 9-5 world.  it wasn’t until a spiritual awakening in 2016 that she began to find her true purpose, which is to help peopl...

Today’s guest is Maayan Gordon, an incredibly successful social media influencer and entrepreneur that has amassed over 2.3 MILLION followers across multiple platforms, with over 2 million on TikTok alone.  On the show, she shares how she went from starving and homeless to create multiple successful businesses.  Always an overachiever, she faced inner doubt and hit a low point after dropping out o...

Today’s guest is Keith Champion, a 27-year automotive veteran that has worked for Tesla, Toyota, and now Lucid Motors. This episode is chalked full of valuable insights and stories from Keith’s career.  We discuss the principles of lean manufacturing, the brainchild of Toyota that has since become industry standard. Keith describes how he took to heart the core value of Kaizen, which means continu...

Today’s guest is Cory Warfield, Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of Shedwool, an innovative cloud-based predictive scheduling platform for shift workers. Cory spent 20 years in the restaurant business but has always had the entrepreneurial spirit. He shares how his own experience using clunky scheduling platforms inspired the formation of his company.  Cory openly shares his entrepreneurial journ...

Today’s guest is Scott J. Miller, Executive Vice President of Thought Leadership for the FranklinCovey Company, author of the best-selling books Management Mess to Leadership Success and Everyone Deserves a Great Manager, and host of the #1 leadership podcast On Leadership.  Scott is high-energy, unfiltered, and full of insights he’s gleaned throughout his life. Just as in his books, Scott is quic...

Today’s guest is David Fields, Co-founder & CEO of Wander, an innovative internet service provider startup. Prior to founding Wander, David spent much of his career in the investment and acquisition space. He worked with Michael Eisner and Bob Iger while at Disney and was the sole analyst on the Pixar acquisition. He spent 7 years as the Head of Acquisitions & Investments at The Tornante Company,...

David Reichbaum has led a life that has been largely defined by his service to others. After a trip abroad in high school, David gained a perspective that led to joining the Peace Corps and volunteering and working around the world. David was instrumental in the formation of the non-profit Give Power, an organization that provides electricity and clean water to developing countries. On the show, w...

Today’s guest is Martin Wylie, a high performing sales executive with endless wisdom. After an insanely successful run at Tesla and SolarCity, Martin now leads inside sales for SunRun, the largest residential solar installer in the US. What I love about Martin is his ability to breakdown concepts and ideas into bite-sized pieces. He makes them easy to understand and actionable. This episode is a p...

Today’s guest is Daniel Gray, an enormously successful sales executive that leads enterprise sales for industry leaders including Deluxe Media, and previously The Hut Group, Amazon, Welocalize, and Lionbridge. On the show, Daniel opens up and shares how the worst thing that’s ever happened to him has been a catalyst for personal growth and development. We learn what he means when he says he was sl...

Today’s guest is a personal mentor of mine, Blake Maddox. I first met Blake shortly after I started at SolarCity. To say he had a strong reputation is putting it lightly. We are talking legendary status. It was clear that he had established himself as a master in the art of building a referral-based business. So much so that he literally was tasked with creating a nationwide training program calle...

Today’s guest is Dr. Bill Saleebey. Yes, it's my father! Besides being an amazing father, Doc, as I call him, has led a life that many would be envious of. Not because he’s had a fancy title or insane financial success. Because he has led a life on his terms, one filled with genuine relationships and a schedule that’s allowed him to be healthy and joyful. My dad has had what he calls a “dual caree...

Today’s guest is the founder and CEO of Powur, Jonathan Budd. On the show, we learn how the success journey Jonathan has been on is by no means been linear. He shares how a deep sense of disconnection with himself caused by wounds early in life led to him living a gangster thug-type lifestyle at a very young age. It wasn’t until he had an awakening, while looking down the barrel of a gun at the ag...

Today’s guest is the multihyphenate and multi-talented Steve Truitt. Steve has led one of the most fascinating lives of anyone I’ve met. He’s been a television host, radio personality, author, life coach, and trainer but what sets Steve apart are the experiences he's had along the way. From Landing an interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger for his book, to making the Dalai Lama laugh while interview...

Today’s guest is Randy Bishop, an entrepreneur with experience founding, running and scaling high-growth consumer and B2B businesses. He is currently the President and Co-founder of ContractSafe. We first met in 2010 at Verengo Solar, where he was the CEO. I absolutely loved my experience working at Verengo, largely due to the people-first culture he and co-founder Ken Button built, where the core...

Today’s guest is Aparna Mohla, one of the most inspiring people I’ve ever met! When I first met her at SolarCity she was proceeded by her legendary reputation as the highest performing sales consultant in the company’s history. The records she set remain unbroken to this day yet she is incredibly humble and modest. This is part 1 of a 2 part interview in which we dive into her backstory, as that i...

Today’s guest is Wei-Tai Kwok, a green-tech executive and climate leader that has been honored with the Green Ring Award, the highest honor given by Al Gore himself for the work he has done with The Climate Reality Project. Wei-Tai has entrepreneurial roots, having started and led a successful advertising agency for 20 years. On the show, we learn what made him leave that company so he could start...

Today’s guest is Liz Wiseman, author of New York Times bestseller Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools, Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger and Multiply Your Impact and Wall Street Journal bestseller Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work. Liz has conducted significant research...

Chris Maddox is an incredibly talented strategic executive that is one of the best leaders I've ever met. I was fortunate to work closely with Chris when we worked on the same team at SolarCity and then Tesla. We talk about how I went out of my way to recruit him on to my team because of his stellar reputation and proven track record. Chris is a born problem-solver with a gift when it comes to cri...

Today’s guest is Travis Walker, a dynamic sales and business development leader with a track record of leading high performing teams. Travis has consistently created a reputation for himself at each company he’s worked for resulting in promotions to senior-level executive roles, ultimately giving him the responsibility of leading teams as large as a thousand people. A master recruiter and team bui...