Making Waves at C-Level: Business Tips for Executives, Leaders, and Entrepreneurs

Motivation and inspiration matter for entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, business leaders and anyone else. The idea of motivating employees gets push back, as people think that the whole idea is fluffy. Remember Chris Farley on Saturday Night Live and his skit about the motivational speaker who lived in a van down by the river? It was funny, but it did damage to the idea of motivation and the profession...

Tom Hunt is a TEDx Speaker, Dragon’s Den Failure And Founder of Virtual Valley a platform that connects Entrepreneurs and Rockstar Virtual Assistants with the mission of giving Entrepreneurs back 1 million hours of their time by 2018. He left the life of London big business for a chance at creating his own entrepreneurial path and has never looked back. At the time of this interview he was on an e...

Nellie Akalp is an entrepreneur and legal business expert. She is an interesting guest on the podcast and shares nuts & bolts tips for our entrepreneurial community. Nellie is a mom of four children who is married to her husband and business partner of 18 years. She and her husband started their first online legal document filing service in 1997 in their small apartment living room after purchasin...

Tim Sanders is a multi-time best selling author, speaker and business consultant. Thom Singer has known Tim for over a decade and this episode is two old friends catching up and talking about sales and success.www. TimSanders.comSanders has just released a new book, Dealstorming. Those in B2B businesses know that it takes a lot to get complex sales completed, and Tim has studied the best sales pro...

Many people who listen to this show often reach out wanting to know more about the "business of speaking". For the past seven years Thom Singer has been a full time professional speaker and master of ceremonies, and along the way he has seen a lot of things. Being active in the National Speakers Association has allowed Thom to meet working professional speakers, many of whom have become his closes...

Collectively, Ryan Jeffery and Arman Ghosh have started a dozen companies and advise hundreds of entrepreneurs. They build businesses that solve real world problems, and equip entrepreneurs with the knowledge and guidance to succeed. Ryan has worked in both venture capital and as an operator, and Arman has built and led some of fastest growing sales and ops teams. They've been working together for...

Steve Hughes is the President of Hit Your Stride, LLC, a communications company that helps people look and sound smart when they talk. He’s the author of the book Captivate: Presentations That Engage and Win Over Today’s Audiences and his speaking programs have been featured on NPR, BBC Radio, and CBS.A former owner of a 40-person ad agency, today Steve works with leading associations, Fortune 500...

FSpeaker, author, entrepreneur and recovering academic Jill Schiefelbein is The Dynamic Communicator™. From analyzing classified documents obtained from military raids of terrorist camps to assess jihad messaging strategies, to starting and managing an online education office serving 60,000+ students, to her own entrepreneurial ventures, Jill successfully creates and executes communication strateg...

On this short episode Thom Singer recaps his excitement about hosting the show and celebrates 150 episodes. He also talks about the meaning of Compounded Generosity and shares the details of the 9th annual fundraiser for the "Kate Singer Endowment for Cranio-Facial Research" http://www. CompoundedGenerosity.com"If you have ideas on how to make the next 150 shows even better, please reach out to Th...

Customer Experience: Networking is not about collecting business cards or trying to use people. It is about creating long-term and mutually beneficial relationships. Often fail in business when it comes to their strategy about how to engage with others as they have a flawed idea of what it means to really be committed to relationships. How do people "feel" when they encounter you in a personal or...

Michelle Sahr grew up in a family that owned local retail stores, including a toy store. Today she and her husband own and operate two shops in historic downtown Kent, Ohio.... one is a toy store and the other is a cheese shop. Who didn't dream of owning a toy store as a kid? And Michelle gets to live this life every single day. Join in and listen to this interview as she shares her entrepreneuria...

Tah and Kole are a husband and wife team who are doing amazing things in the world of fitness and beyond. Kole Hansen was just named the top Beach Body instructor. With over 20,000 people leading Beach Body fitness, she is the first person to receive this prestigious designation. She has lived an eclectic life and has experienced careers in sales, communications, training, full time singer/songwri...

Mary Baird-Wilcock is an experienced entrepreneur in the meetings industry. She has lead a successful events company, The Simplifiers, and has now taken her years of experience to start the Apprentice Program. She knows how to make internships successful for the intern and the hiring company, and is launching an amazing new offering. In this episode Mary talks about her company and shares her pass...

Getting around people who will inspire you and help you along your journey is key to any entrepreneur. It is more important if you are a solopreneur. Sometimes the people you are closest to in your life (fiends, co-workers, spouse, etc....) are not able to give you the right level of support and guidance. Thus you need to network to find your tribe. But networking gets a bad rap. Often people who...

Butch Bellah is the author or "Sales Management for Dummies" and "The 10 Essential Habits of Sales Superstars", and in this episode he shares his journey from a 21 year old commissioned sales person to owner of the company. Today Butch is an author, speaker and sales consultant. Butch and Thom discuss the importance of sales in the success of any entrepreneur. If you think a great product or servi...

Has your year gotten off to the right start? Some people go into a new year with big hopes and dreams, but by the end of January they have fallen into the same ruts and routines that plagued them the year before. Thom Singer spends this episode talking about actions. He wants to ensure that everyone realizes that a false start does not mean the whole year has to be blah. The time is now to take sm...

Samuel Anderson is a guy on the move. He has several businesses including the popular "Mr Preneur TV" where he and two friends chronicle their lives as entrepreneurs. He is determined to make a difference in the lives of half a million people by being an example. Originally from Lynchburg, Va, he set out on a different path. While studying Business at Longwood University, he decided it was best to...

TJ Sullivan has seen the ups and downs of the lifelong entrepreneurial career in this episode we share stories of things that went well and things that went… Not so well. This is an important episode for anyone interested in creating their own path for career and life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brooke Muldoon (CEO) and Pete Smith (COO) from Bruks Bars are the guests on this episode of "Cool Things Entrepreneurs Do". They are young entrepreneurs who are growing a business creating delicious and healthy snacks. As passionate food lovers and fitness junkies, they live to snack. They have an active lifestyle, but always found it difficult to find nutrition bars that fit within their dietary...

Alex Charfen—entrepreneur, teacher, author, speaker—is on a mission. He has spent 3 decades on the front lines of entrepreneurship and business. His journey has taught him many things, but he believes he has discovered one key that could change everything for small business owners. He is the author of The Entrepreneurial Personality Type, and has spent years helping other entrepreneurs find succes...

The first show of 2016 and Thom Singer gets real with his goals, challenges, and dealing with internal emotions, etc....This episode is about getting real in the new year and finding the direction you need to grow your career and life as an entrepreneur, solopreneur, or intrapreneur. You have to be intentional about where you want to go, and honest with yourself about any feelings and emotions tha...

Kelly Peacy is the senior vice president of education and meetings for the Professional Convention Managers Association. She has over 15 years with PCMA and is a great example of someone who is an "intrapreneur". In this episode we talk about her journey, but also about the Meetings Industry and how those who work in that business are often very entrepreneurial, even when working for other compani...

Sean Payne was following the regular career path, but early on he realized that living his parents dream was not going to fulfill his soul. After college, instead of taking a high tech job, he went to study Shakespeare in London. A chance meeting with another would-be actor lead him to moving to Los Angeles and starting a tech consulting business and a career as a professional actor. After just a...

Christine Hassler left her successful job as a Hollywood agent at 25 to pursue a life she could be passionate about . . . but it did not come easily. After being inspired by her own unexpected challenges and experiences, she realized her journey was indeed her destination. Today Christine is a Life Coach with a counseling emphasis known for catalyzing radical self-reflection while offering practic...

Dan Faill works as the director of Greek Life at a University. Doesn't sound very entrepreneurial, but Dan is a person with an internal passion for finding new ways to do things. In this episode we chat about what he learned in college as a fraternity member, and how that can be like a start, and how to work in a job and fulfill your internal spark of entrepreneurship. Finally we talk about re-inv...