Parents Making Profits

In this episode,  James  and  Lavelle Smith Hall help you learn how to effectively use a virtual assistant (VA) to free up more of your most precious asset, your time.  They interviewed VA expert, TaJuanna Taylor , of Bootstrap Dreams to help you out. Here's a free VA onboarding checklist from TaJuanna.  And stick around for the dad joke shenanigans! Dad joke hater, Lavelle Smith Hall, finally tel...

In this episode,  James  and  Lavelle Smith Hall unpack the nuances of when and if you should take things personally as an entrepreneur. To do so, they got the help of a few entrepreneurial friends:  Tamara Lucas , founder of a concierge service app,  My Panda .  Chelsea Elliott , founder of Somocom Lab , a social-emotional intelligence game for kids.  Kimberly Jolasun , founder of Villie , a plat...

In this episode,  James  and  Lavelle Smith Hall , share an interview James did with ADHD Executive Coach, Brett Green . Brett gives us three tips to help us thrive as entrepreneurs with ADHD. Stick around for the adorable dad joke with Jason Feifer, Entrepreneur Magazine Editor-In-Chief, and his four-year-old son.    To get two free months of podcasting service on Libsyn, use code "PARENTS". Plea...

In this episode,  James and Lavelle Smith Hall , share three tips to find a co-founder and to manage that important relationship, and they got some help from their friends: Erica Harris : Co-founder of MOMLogics   William Ward : Founder of Flexie Marketing legend, Seth Godin , shared a dad joke with us - listen to see if Lavelle liked the joke or if she hates on it...as usual.  And here's the co-f...

In this episode,  James  and  Lavelle Smith Hall , discuss what resilience is and how entrepreneurs can get more of it. The hosts relied on this article to drive the conversation:  Five Science-Backed Strategies to Build Resilience When the road gets rocky, what do you do? BY KIRA M. NEWMAN, The Greater Good Magazine at Berkley University To get two free months of podcasting service on Libsyn, use...

In this episode,  James and his new co-host, Lavelle Smith Hall , discuss how to avoid startup ecosystem burnout, and they got some help from their friends: Sharonda Davis - Founder of The Huddle DAO And Denise Calixte - Founder of  Easy Oat Burgers   To get two free months of podcasting service on Libsyn, use code "PARENTS". You know we LOVE dad jokes.  Submit your dad joke here and it might get...

In this episode,  James introduces his new co-host, Lavelle Smith Hall , and the duo asks the question: if all overlooked founders combined are only going to raise less than 10% of VC funding, should they even try?  To tackle this conundrum, we got the help of a few of our friends:  Kimberly Evans : Founder of Just Her Ridesare , a service for women rideshare passengers and drivers.  Abraham Willi...

In this episode,  Mario  and  James debate what comes first, sales or marketing, what do you think?  If you're feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  You know we LOVE dad jokes.  Submit your dad joke here  and it might get featured on the show! P.S. If you're a tech entrepreneur and are looking for a c...

In this episode,  Mario  and  James talk about how Mario's messy experience starting his business impacted his relationship with his wife who is also his business partner.  If you're feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  You know we LOVE dad jokes.  Submit your dad joke here  and it might get featured...

In this episode, Mario and James talk about two of James' favorite books that he thinks can help you turbo-charge your marketplace-based business and help you be a more effective giver. If you're feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  You know we LOVE dad jokes. Submit your dad joke here and it might g...

In this episode, Mario and James are big mad about people who are ageists and they discuss why you are more likely to be successful as an entrepreneur until the age of sixty. Sixty! If you're feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  You know we LOVE dad jokes. Submit your dad joke here and it might get f...

In this episode, Mario and James tell you how to focus on what's important so you can stop majoring in the minors. If you're feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  You know we LOVE dad jokes. Submit your dad joke here and it might get featured on the show! Lesssssssss go! 🚀 P.S. If you're a tech entre...

In this episode, Mario and James tell you how to turn your mentor into a sponsor because sponsorship is where the real opportunities lie for you! Here's the link to the Harvard Business Review article, How To Build a Great Relationship With a Mentor mentioned in the episode. If you're feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share...

In this episode, Mario and James talk about why entrepreneurs have more faith than non-entrepreneurs. If you're feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  You know we LOVE dad jokes. Submit your dad joke here and it might get featured on the show! Lesssssssss go! 🚀 P.S. If you're a tech entrepreneur and a...

In this episode, Mario and James help you overcome imposter syndrome. We hear from Allison Byers , CEO of pitch deck platform Scroobious , and Brandon Brooks , Co-Founder of VC firm Overlooked Ventures , as they share inspiring stories about how they overcame imposter syndrome and had great results. If you're feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a r...

In this episode, Mario and James inspire you with a story to help you reframe your thinking about losing because often the things you think are losses end up being wins for you. If you're feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  You know we LOVE dad jokes. Submit your dad joke here and it might get featu...

In this episode, Mario and James talk with Rarebreed Ventures' Managing Partner, Mac The VC who tells us how he used Twitter to get 1,100 meetings in 90 days and raised $10 million for his first venture fund. We also talk about what the challenges are for underestimated founders and emerging VCs raising capital in the current fundraising environment. If you're feeling the podcast, please subscribe...

In this episode, Mario and James talk about Mario's #1 tip for you to focus on if you want to build your personal brand. Can you guess what it is? If you're feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  We LOVE dad jokes. Submit your dad joke here and it might get featured on the show! Lesssssssss go! 🚀 P.S....

In this episode of the podcast, Mario and James help you learn how to get people to say yes to your proposals. We mentioned the pitch deck platform, Scroobious , to help you create your investor deck. And here's the Hustle Fund VC YouTube video about creating pitch deck slide titles. If you're feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, ple...

In this episode, Mario and James are inspired by a Good Housekeeping article about the toxicity of hustle culture and share tips for how you can avoid it. If you're feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  Lesssssssss go! 🚀

In this episode, Mario and James share their favorite apps to help you be more productive and more effective in your business.  But first, the guys shared the amazing news that the Parents Making Profits podcast is now inside the top 100 Entrepreneurship podcasts in ten countries around the world - after only launching three months ago! Thank you, everyone, for listening! Here's a list of the apps...

In this episode, Mario and James go through the rest of the Inc. Magazine article's list of excuses people make for why they can't launch their business, product, service, course, or whatever.  After these two episodes, we hope you are inspired to push past the obstacles - real and imagined - and launch the damn thing already! If you're feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast pl...

In this episode, Mario and James go through a list of excuses people make for why they can't launch their business, product, service, course, or whatever. It turns out some people have all the excuses in Excussissippi. Spoiler alert : The guys are not here for it! If any of these excuses sound like something rattling around in your head, we hope that by the end of this episode and part two, you'll...

In this episode, the guys give you advice that is easily worth $100K to you! Mario and James tell you the biggest mistake you are probably making when trying to get introduced to someone you think will help your business, and they give you the money tip for how to properly connect with people on LinkedIn. Here's the link to the article Mario and James mentioned that teaches you how to write a forw...

In this episode, Mario and James have two listeners share an inspiring story from their DadPreneur journey. Plus Techstars co-founder, David Cohen , talks about how his dad inspired him to help so many entrepreneurs. The stories are from: Doug Fox - Fox Brand Marketing consultancy Kevin Thai - Three Circles Studio Photography David Cohen - Techstars Mario also put James on the spot for a dad joke...