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In this episode of Zero to CEO I talk to successful serial entrepreneur David Valentine about practical advice on running multiple companies at once. David owns seven businesses that have generated $1B+ collectively for 1000+ clients, including major brands and Fortune 100 companies like Target, Time Magazine, and American Express, over the past 16 years. His most successful business, Avadel Agenc...

In this episode of Zero to CEO, I speak to successful author Patrick Geddes about How Your Brain Can Be Hazardous to Your Wealth. We'll be providing insights on how to be a smart consumer first as an investor, when we're wired to crave hot tips the way we crave sugar, with both being bad for your health. Learn how to tell when the investment industry can help you and when they help themselves at y...

In this episode of Zero to CEO I talk to Co-Founder and CEO of Bitmark Sean Moss-Pultz about the state of the digital economy. Sean founded and served as CEO of Openmoko, the world’s first open-source phone and precursor to the iPhone and Android smartphones. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bitmark, a blockchain startup that aims to bring traditional property rights into the digital age by providi...

In this episode of Zero to CEO I talk to Experienced Technology Executive Jaxon Repp about how to help software development teams succeed within your organization. Jaxon and I discuss the tools and technologies that developers work with day-to-day that contributes greatly to their frustration. These tools were originally developed years ago to solve complex problems without regard for simplicity o...

In today's episode I talk about the five ways entrepreneurship has changed in the last decade. I wanted to do this episode because it's been over 10 years since I jumped into the world of startups. The first one I started was around 2010. It wasn’t my first business, but it was my first tech startup. It's now roughly 12 years later, and I've noticed a lot of things have changed, some for the bette...

In this episode of Zero to CEO I speak with Life and Career Coach Rebecca Babcock about how to go from Surviving to Thriving. Rebecca shares her insights & advice on how professionals can prevent and/or overcome burnout, feeling overwhelmed, being stuck, and demotivated. She also shares ways listeners can become confident, purposeful, and energized. Rebecca  talks about her battle with an auto...

In today's episode I talk about how to find potentially habitable exoplanets in the universe. When looking for potentially habitable exoplanets, it helps to start with worlds similar to our own. But what does "similar" mean? Many Earth-sized rocky planets have been discovered: this suggests the possibility of life. Based on what we observe in our own solar system, it seems unlikely that a large ga...

In today’s episode of Zero to CEO I speak with Cofounder & CTO of Moving Analytics , Shuo Qiao about how to grow as a healthcare startup. Shuo tells us how he started to work on his startup as well as what you should expect when you work on a healthcare startup, both pros and cons. We cover the regulations in cybersecurity and healthcare compliance. Above all else Shuo is a firm believer that...

In this episode of Zero to CEO I speak to cybersecurity evangelist and enthusiast Artur Kane about how businesses can protect from online security threats. Small businesses are procrastinating when it comes to cybersecurity as a result of reading articles about enterprise-grade measures and thinking how complicated, robust, costly and overwhelming IT is. When you are a digital company, securing re...

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...