The Entrepreneur Ethos

Support the Show. Get the NEW AudioBook! AudioBook: Audible | Kobo | Authors Direct | Google Play | Apple Summary Hey everyone. I wanted to jump in quickly let you know about the release of the audio version of my book, The Entrepreneur Ethos, narrated by David A. Conatser. If you want to support the show, you can buy it wherever audiobooks are sold. Links are also in the show notes.  Now on to my...

Support the Show. Get the NEW AudioBook! AudioBook: Audible | Kobo | Authors Direct | Google Play | Apple Summary Hey everyone. I wanted to jump in quickly let you know about the release of the audio version of my book, The Entrepreneur Ethos, narrated by David A. Conatser. If you want to support the show, you can buy it wherever audiobooks are sold. Links are also in the show notes.  Now on to my...

Support the Show. Get the NEW AudioBook! AudioBook: Audible | Kobo | Authors Direct | Google Play | Apple Summary Hey everyone. I wanted to jump in quickly let you know about the release of the audio version of my book, The Entrepreneur Ethos, narrated by David A. Conatser. If you want to support the show, you can buy it wherever audiobooks are sold. Links are also in the show notes.  Now on to my...

Support the Show. Get the NEW AudioBook! AudioBook: Audible | Kobo | Authors Direct | Google Play | Apple Summary Hey everyone. I wanted to jump in quickly let you know about the release of the audio version of my book, The Entrepreneur Ethos, narrated by David A. Conatser. If you want to support the show, you can buy it wherever audiobooks are sold. Links are also in the show notes. Now on to my...

Get the NEW AudioBook! AudioBook: Audible | Kobo | Authors Direct | Google Play | Apple Summary Hey everyone. I wanted to jump in quickly let you know about the release of the audio version of my book, The Enterpenreuer Ethos, narrated by David A. Conatser. If you want to support the show, you can buy it wherever audiobooks are sold. Links are also in the show notes. Now on to my guest for today,...

Support the Show. Get the NEW AudioBook! AudioBook: Audible | Kobo | Authors Direct | Google Play | Apple Summary Hey everyone. I wanted to jump in quickly let you know about the release of the audio version of my book, The Enterpenreuer Ethos, narrated by David A. Conatser. If you want to support the show, you can buy it wherever audiobooks are sold. Links are also in the show notes. Now on to my...

Support the Show. Get the NEW AudioBook! AudioBook: Audible | Kobo | Authors Direct | Google Play | Apple Summary Hey everyone. I wanted to quickly let you know about the release of the audio version of my book, the Enterpenreuer Ethos, narrated by David A. Conatser. If you want to support the show, you can buy it wherever audiobooks are sold. Links are also in the show notes. Now on to my guest f...

Support the Show. Get the NEW AudioBook! AudioBook: Audible | Kobo | Authors Direct | Google Play | Apple Summary David A. Conatser describes what he does as being part of “making a good story happen.” David is a voice-over actor who narrates audiobooks, including my book The Entrepreneur Ethos.  I was struck, in particular, by how David brought the right emotional tone and depth to my book. You’l...

On this episode of the podcast, I speak with Denise Shiffman who discovered the power of group therapy after experiencing chronic anxiety when she was an executive at multi-billion-dollar companies where her hectic lifestyle was starting to catch up with her. Having grown up believing that only weak people went to counseling, she realized that therapy, and in particular group therapy, can be a key...

After 25 years of teaching, J. Thorn wanted more -- he wanted more challenge and more money. So he did what he warns people exactly not to do: quit his job with only a month’s salary to survive.  At first, he thought he’d devote himself full-time to writing. But he found he couldn’t spend all day doing the same thing. So he channeled his expertise and energy into a different kind of teaching—throu...

Today I talk with Mark McGuiness who hosts the 21st Century Creative Podcast, where he interviews creatives and entrepreneurs of all types, because in this day and age, “there's a lot more opportunity for creatives and a lot fewer excuses for playing small.” Mark’s also a poet who finds that poetry helps him relate to the creative struggles his clients face. I have known Mark for the better part o...

My guest today is Japanese graphic designer and entrepreneur Ryo Kikuchi. Ryo credits a research fellowship at the Rhode Island School of Design with completely changing how he looked at Design. Now, he hopes his company, ZeBrand, will change how entrepreneurs and business owners look at branding.  Using algorithms, ZeBrand develops a branding plan in minutes for anyone. As Ryo explains it, ZeBran...

My guest today is Melinda Wittstock who was dubbed “disruptive” by her grandmother at a young age, and it’s a label she’s proudly lived up to as the enterprising female founder of several companies.  While a business reporter for the London Times in her early 20s, she gained a lot of insight into entrepreneurship and building a business from scratch.  After climbing the ranks of the news media wor...

Today, I talk with John Burton who has been on and off the entrepreneurial track but definitely now prefers being an entrepreneur. John started his career as an electrical engineer and was tapped to run a start-up in Ireland, where he learned how to build a company from the ground up. He’s founded and ran several businesses, most recently a fast-growing software services company which he cofounded...

On this episode, I speak with Nadine Cino, who drew on her experience in design to develop a sustainable, cost-effective moving box and system called Tyga Box. She’s now turning her attention to solving the next set of problems because of COVID -- ones that she hopes will save lives.  Nadine came up with the idea for more sustainable moving boxes when she was attempting to move her design consulta...

On this episode, I speak with Jeremiah Adler, the founder of UP(st)Art Creative Living, a unique co-living community for artists, musicians, and other creatives in Los Angeles. He recently founded Agile Medical Systems, which takes the living pods his company developed for Up(st)Art for use in hospitals and as shelters to address COVID-19 challenges.  Jeremiah has always been an entrepreneur, star...

Today on the podcast I speak with Dilip Venkatraman, CEO and cofounder of VideoTap, a video experience management platform. He reflects on breaking free of the one-sided experiences of news delivery to engaging consumers with video experiences, and how belief in a vision, luck, and humility are all critical factors for success.  Dilip credits much of his success so far to luck, but also in believi...

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Overcast Context This bonus episode is a bit of an experiment to sharpen my skills in machine learning. You see, I ran Anji and I’s original interview through a speech to text program to get the transcripts. I then took a look at the keywords and found this gem about complementary cofounders skills. Find a Cofounder that Complements You Anji and I w...

On this episode, I talk with Brady Morgan who founded Financial Automation in February of this year after working as a financial analyst. He, his partner, and his team of twelve build automated systems for businesses to manage their money so they can free up time to focus on the aspects of their businesses they know best. Brady also hosts a podcast, Budget Trek, where he covers personal finance an...

Today I talk with Jo Lynn Clemens is CEO and Founder of I’ve Been Vetted, a company that helps companies improve risk management of employees with a risk scoring platform, Risk Karma. Like many other successful startups, Clemens found a need and sought to fill that need by providing a scoring system to help companies reduce risks in one of the most expensive areas of risk management -- employee be...

On this episode, I speak with Jennifer LeBlanc who started out as a scientific researcher in Canada but soon found she preferred doing research on people and their projects. She moved from writing about people to being part of corporate launches, having been “bitten by the tech bug” when she came to the Bay Area. In 2003, despite being told she was “crazy” for starting a business during a recessio...

Today I talk with Kurt McIntire who is a San Francisco-based software engineer and entrepreneur. His first business was a mobile app development company he co-founded with his college roommate, called Vektor Digital. After five years of successfully developing applications for clients, he and his cofounder decided to go separate ways to explore other avenues. Kurt then went to work for Meraki, whi...

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Today on the podcast, I talk with Gregory Roufa, founder and CEO of Sodalis, a company that is transforming the way we interact with each other. Gregory started off in the mortgage brokerage business where he learned how to work with others to get stuff done. Gregory then went on to form Corrigo, a platform to help manage facilities with wireless work orders back in 1999. His time at Corrigo was a...