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In this episode, I speak with songwriter, entrepreneur and author Dave Combs. Dave has four decades of experience writing over 20 songs and creating fourteen albums of soothing, relaxing instrumental piano music. His songwriting began with the now popular standard, Rachel’s Song. His soothing, relaxing music has been played millions of times worldwide on radio, satellite, and all internet streamin...

In this episode of Zero to CEO I speak with Founder of Core Three Brandworks Mark Drager about The Secrets, Insights, and Advice of Business Success. In this episode, Mark Drager shares the insights, advice, and lessons he has learned from growing a multi-million dollar business. This includes his secret success formula, building entrepreneurial confidence, and the differences between a wannabe an...

In this episode, I talk about how to disrupt an industry. This episode is extremely relevant because I recently launched an app called Spinnr , which is a short form video app to help people meet new friends based on hobbies, interests, so you can engage in fun activities together. I feel like our app is really disrupting the social environment of friendships, matchmaking, hobbies, and group activ...

In this episode of Zero to CEO I speak to President/CEO Dealey Media International, Niki Dealey. We discuss how Artificial Intelligence and Technology (mobile apps) now have the ability to acquire "customers on demand" and set a business apart from their competition. Inflation is causing buyers to become more savvy on who they do business with and business owners are trying to lower their expenses...

In this episode I speak to Fractional CMOs & Entrepreneurs, Paul Counts & Shreya Banerjee  about the 3 pillars to effective marketing. Paul and Shreya talk about their biggest pet peeve when it comes to how marketing is taught and implemented. They also explain why the letters FTE will literally transform a business or organization. They'll tell you why businesses market themselves like th...

In this episode of Zero to CEO I speak with Entrepreneur & Scaling Expert Brandon Dawson about how to Scale Smart and Grow Your Business in ANY Economy. Any business owner will tell you this: growing and scaling is NOT an easy job. In fact, as Brandon Dawson, CEO and Co-Founder of Cardone Ventures says, scaling is not an event — it’s a process. It’s the culmination of all the incremental, gran...

In this episode of Future Tech, I discuss what having a moon base would be like. The reason I want to talk about it is because NASA is planning to launch the Artemis Mission to the Moon and establish a base over the next couple of years, including the first woman on the moon and the first person of color on the moon. These are two exciting things and a lot of people say to me like well, why a moon...

In this episode of Zero to CEO I talk to LeiLani Quiray, the Founder & CEO of be the change HR about Social Entrepreneurship Insights. LeiLani lives by Mahatma Gandhi’s words “Be the change you wish to see in the world”. That’s what led her to start be the change HR as a social enterprise, which not only does great HR work but also contributes to the betterment of the world through their work....

In this episode of Zero to CEO I talk to LeiLani Quiray, the Founder & CEO of be the change HR about Social Entrepreneurship Insights. LeiLani lives by Mahatma Gandhi’s words “Be the change you wish to see in the world”. That’s what led her to start be the change HR as a social enterprise, which not only does great HR work but also contributes to the betterment of the world through their work....

In this episode of Zero to CEO I talk to LeiLani Quiray, the Founder & CEO of be the change HR about Social Entrepreneurship Insights. LeiLani lives by Mahatma Gandhi’s words “Be the change you wish to see in the world”. That’s what led her to start be the change HR as a social enterprise, which not only does great HR work but also contributes to the betterment of the world through their work....

In this episode, I speak to entrepreneur, author & systems lover David Jenyns on how to create time by reducing errors in order to scale profits. We discuss how to break free of your business shackles, and how David fired himself, hired a CEO, moved to the beach and tripled his bottom line. He also covers the 7 myths of business processes and why most people fail at systemisation. we go over h...

In this episode, I'm going to discuss how to market music in a digital world. Music has been around for thousands of years, and has been a way to bring people together in a unique way. It's almost like another language. Music has changed over the centuries, with the types of instruments that were used, or the way that people presented the music. Whether in an orchestra, a rock band, or just a solo...

In this episode of Zero to CEO, I speak to Founder & CEO of Dune Jewelry, Holly Daniels Christensen about how she went from a dropout to a multi-million dollar business. Do you dream about starting a business but you don't have a college degree or specific training? Don't dream, do it! The founder of Dune Jewelry left home at 15 years old, and never looked back. She held a variety of jobs with...

In this episode I speak to entrepreneur and author Arnaud Henneville-Wedholm about how to seek and embrace failure in your startup. Arnaud first dives into how he started with a B2C social network aiming at disrupting Facebook. After 6 years and numerous pivots, he found himself with an Enterprise Social Network, which was launched way before Workplace by Facebook - now Meta. Unfortunately he was...

In this episode of Zero to CEO I speak to best-selling finance authors Alex Cabot & Ed Lambert about how to make smarter financial decisions. We discuss how to create the right mindset to achieve financial freedom. How to avoid common financial pitfalls like adopting a groupthink approach or investing with emotion as well as providing insightful perspectives designed to weather stock market vo...

In this episode, I talk about why science fiction doesn't exist anymore. The reason I say this is because for 100 to 200 years, authors have been writing science fiction stories, people like Jules Verne, Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and HG Wells with stories like "From the Earth to the Moon", "Brave new world", "1984", "The time machine", and so many other stories. In these classic tales, the au...

In this episode I speak to successful business owner Edgar Sierra about being creative and turning a concept into a business. We talk about how he bootstrapped his thriving video production studio and entrepreneurship shop. Edgar discusses the rule of doing versus learning, especially with photography. Finding something you love and having fun is the best part of being creative, without worrying a...

In this episode of Zero to CEO I speak to creative agency founder and entrepreneur, David Feldman. David’s first book, “Small By Design: The Entrepreneur’s Guide for Growing Big While Staying Small,” has been named a bestseller by the Wall Street Journal and USA Today. He will share valuable insights and advice on how to successfully build and scale a business. In particular how to grow your busin...

In this episode of Zero to CEO I speak to multi-passionate entrepreneur R.T. Custer about the journey to the American dream. R.T. built his American-made watch company from the ground up with his partner, Tyler, and he learned a lot while starting Vortic Watches. We discuss some of those lessons, as well as how he preserves American history along the way. We also cover how to attract customers to...

In this episode, I want to give you my top four reasons why you shouldn't listen to gurus. These self proclaimed experts in business or entrepreneurship claim they can help you succeed and help you become a millionaire. All for the low low price of a $3,000 to $5,000 masterclass. Don’t fall for it, and I’m here to tell you why. So tune in! This episode is sponsored by the world’s first productivit...

In this episode of Zero to CEO I speak with CEO & Tech Entrepreneur Gil Mayron about how to use automation to scale your business. Gil is the founder and CEO of Cobot Nation , a global seller of Collaborative Robots (Cobots) specializing in automation for manufacturing and custom engineering. Gil dives into the impact of automation, the exponential potential of Cobots, and more. We discuss the...

In this episode of Zero to CEO I speak with Author, speaker, executive coach Fred Joyal about boldness and how it's the ultimate life hack. Boldness is a superpower, and most people don't believe you can learn it. But you can, quickly, and it will effect every aspect of your life and your business. Fred is a successful entrepreneur who went from very shy to superbold, and now teaches you how you c...

In this episode I speak to high-ticket mastermind launch advisor Chris Williams from Group Coach Nation about how to sell your expertise to clients. Chris talks about how most people don't want to go through the pain of starting something new and making mistakes, which is why they would pay you to do it right the first time. We also discuss how people think their ideas are amazing, but they don't...

In this episode of Zero to CEO I speak to Web3 Infrastructure Builder James Bayly of subquery.network about the fundamentals of building a Web3 SaaS business. We delve into the topics of building a sustainable business in blockchain, and how driving community growth is critical to your success. We discuss the difference between token versus equity projects, Tokenomics, community growth strategies...

In this episode of Zero to CEO I speak to Co-founder of Windscribe , Yegor Sak about how to crush your competition in tech with a small team. Yegor is the co-founder of Windscribe, a free VPN and Ad Block that has over 43 million active users. Yegor started and grew Windscribe with zero outside capital and made the business profitable by month two and currently are doing around $3M in annual reven...