The Owner’s Guide: Strategies to Successfully Start and Grow a Business

Iris Ichishita, Founder of Toekenz, shares her journey into starting a family friendly platform for children to learn about digital collectibles. Toekenz has created the technology for educating children about NFT's, crypto and other blockchain based technologies with parental controls built in, so families can experience these communities together in a safe and protected environment. Iris also sh...

Do you need to have a partner to start your company? Many experts recommend having partners that are strong in areas that you aren't, but is that the best advice? Charles Fry has worked with many entrepreneurs and he doesn't feel that's always the way to go. Why not hire a CTO or any high level manager to compliment your strengths instead of making them a partner. There's also positives to well th...

Learn how to replace busy with better. Leah Remillet owns a business that helps business owners change their mindset to let go of tasks that can be delegated and replace them with more important decision making tasks that don't take up so much time. Free up part of your work week to treat yourself to what's important, like family, your own well being or whatever else is important, anything besides...

Are you suffering from feeling like you have a shortage of time with tasks that aren't leading you in the direction you want to go? Don Davis PhD, MBA is the author of the book, Overcommitted. Dr. Davis helps us build the life we want by creating the habits to not be overcommitted. Eliminate stacking tasks on top of each other that can't ever be finished and it leading to a place of despair. Take...

Chris Castenes is the author of, You're Going to be Great at This, A Sales Memoir. What we uncover is that sales mirrors life in so many ways. The similarities to developing relationships, meeting someone on a date, fear of rejection, or including humor into your life are just some of the aspects that we identify that happen in sales and in our personal lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

The running joke in entertainment law is everyone wants to use the opening riff of the song back in Black, but there's legal issues that need to be handles for that to be allowed. The podcast Lawyer, Gordon Firemark joins us to educate people on the right to use content for their business. What you can say in entertainment is trickier from a legal perspective than the days of Lenny Bruce or George...

Sara Phillips is a sales powerhouse that teaches a scientifically proven system that will increase your sales up to 300%. One big piece of the system is identifying and understanding the values of your buyer. Not only understanding, but knowing how to communicate with them in the style they will respond to and create a win/win result. There's so much to learn about the habits of successful salespe...

The way you allocate your money will affect your profits. Rocky Lalvani explains how you should value your profits. He explains his behavioral system and habits that will help businesses become more profitable. "The more casual you are with money, the faster it runs away." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The audience questions are finally answered. So many questions for the Russ and Greg come in each week and we dedicate an entire episode to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about our background and our opinions on hot business topics. Join us for a very informative show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Find the harmony in your life by balancing your workload and finding time for the personal priorities in your life. Whether it's family, hobbies or just spending more time with loved ones, figuring out how to make it happen with all the responsibilities at work is difficult. Jim Sabellico, Founder of J. Louis Technology helps us figure out ways to save time at work. Listen and get some great advic...

Hovalo is an online service that helps business people that are too busy to maintain their profiles and conversations on their dating apps. Koen Geron, Founder & CEO of Hovalo explains how difficult and time consuming it is for busy business people to keep up with having conversations, updating photos and ultimately trying to find the right person while working to build their careers and companies...

We all have felt our confidence drop at different times of our lives. How do you get it back and push through those tough time? Shawn Langwell, author of the book, Ten Seconds of Boldness, deals with that challenge. He also talks about goal setting and how visualization helps to achieve your goals. There's so much packed into this episode that will help you at work, but more importantly, in life....

Zeno's Boardwalk Sweet Shop was founded in 1948. John Louizes is the third generation in his family to own the business. He has taken it from a small counter selling taffy and knick knacks on the Daytona Beach Boardwalk to multi locations and producing the world's most famous taffy distributed worldwide along with ice cream, chocolate and other treats. Hear how has he taken the family baton and gr...

The topic of Mid-Life Crisis comes up a lot in conversation, but usually not conversations related to starting businesses. Executive Coach Keren Eldad helps us understand the direct correlations to mid-life crisis and how it motivates many to start companies. Keren also discusses how creating a positive mental wellness environment with help your company. We wrap up the conversation with the positi...

Russ gets interviewed by Greg. Yes, a twist that has everyone talking about. Host interviewing host. Greg talks with Russ about one of his true passions, FileMaker Pro. Is Russ the "Pro" in FileMaker Pro? You make the call after listening to Russ share his knowledge and advice for people who want to learn how FileMaker can help their company needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

Have you lost your motivation and feel like you need to get your energy back? In our interview with author and podcaster, Polly Campbell, we discuss her book, You, Recharged. A lively discussion on how to find that energy you've been looking for. Show Links: Polly's Website | Podcast | Books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meet one of the hosts of Airquote Law Pod, Jobeth Bowers. You will get the flavor of what Jobeth and his cohosts, Elisabeth and Ariel deliver to you on their podcast as we discuss a variety of topics and share what's going on in our lives. That's the beauty of Airquote Law Pod. You never know what direction they will take each show and that's the fun and it is always fun. Learn more about your ad...

What does responsible leadership mean to you? This is the first question that podcast host, Earl Breon asks his guests on The Responsible Leadership podcast. Russ and Greg also chime in on what that term means to them. It's incredible the variety of answers Earl has received over the years. Earl shares how his military background has help him form his shields or leadership and how they all work to...

Meet Thomas Christian, host of The GOATED Podcast on the Winners Edge Sports Podcast Network. Thomas talks about the drive that has gotten him a TV sportscaster job, podcast host and sports writer all while he's still in college. He has the Mamba Mentality that Kobe Bryant was so famous for and is using it to inspire other college students to follow their passion. This is truly an inspirational co...

Russ and Greg tackle the top 5 mistakes that business owners fall into the trap and make. We definitely share our stories of making some of these mistakes ourselves and how to avoid making these mistakes moving forward. Learn from history and give yourself the knowledge to be the best business owner you can be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us as we debate on the top 10 mistakes that business owners make. We agree with some of the items on this list, but not all of them. We have so much to say about these mistakes and how to improve them that we were only able to get through half the list. Make sure you check back next week for the remaining mistakes that are just as juicy as discussed on this show. Learn more about your ad choi...

People is what drives a business. Let's understand what drives the different people that make up a business. It can be management, staff or the CEO. The better we understand ourselves, the easier it is to improve. Brad Milford, Founder of Build Brilliance and host of the podcast, Unlimited Business Wisdom shares some fantastic ideas on how to be a better version of ourselves. Buildbrilliance.net L...

Creating a podcast is so much fun. Creating a podcast network is even more fun! The launch of Winners Edge Podcast Network is here. Russ and Greg have branched out to start a sports and gaming podcast network and on this episode, we interview the host of the East West Football Podcast, Fidel Barraza. Fidel shares his experiences of starting his podcast and describes the persistence it takes to get...

This week we talk with Drew Merit who joins us to discuss meeting facilitation, visualizing ideas & meetings, and improv. We learn how Drew's skills as a Live Graphic Capture Artist can help a business to brainstorm, share ideas and collaborate. http://meritillustration.com/ https://www.improvmarin.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you been wanting to write a book? If you have, but don't know the first step in writing it, let alone getting it edited, illustrated, published and finally distributed, this is the podcast for you. The Chief Sales Officer for Leaders Press, Andrew Dupy walks you through the process of creating a book that will leave your legacy or start positioning you as an expert in your field to generate l...