The Proven Entrepreneur

Great entrepreneurs have nerves of steel. At the peak of his career, Roland found himself in legal hot water. That event cost him his house, money, marriage, freedom, law and accounting licenses. Roland has gone on to build &/or exit 24 businesses with sales from $3 million to almost $4 billion. Roland is currently a Principal in Scalable.co, DigitalMarketer, Traffic & Conversion Summit, W...

Jordanian Proven Entrepreneur Abeer stand amongst the ranks of great entrepreneurs. She is a woman, a mom, and an entrepreneur, but that didn't stop her from building a multi-million dollar business. Small child, big dreams Abeer grew up in Jordan, a country whose claim to fame is being the lowest point on Earth. As a child, she watched her father work in one business after another. Her father wor...

Dr. Carrie Santos, PhD is a superwoman. She started her entrepreneurial journey as a lead strategist in the US State Department. Today Dr. Santos serves as CEO of Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO), which is home to 15,000 of the world's most successful entrepreneurs.  Making a Career out of Nation-building Carrie was born in a small town in the deep Midwest, where every house looked the same....

Former NFL player John Madsen shares his success story on how he trains athletes and CEO's to success.

Nicholas shares his success story. Nick lost his father at an early age, became a pastor, added a side hustle, became a full time entrepreneur and today is the world's leading Facebook strategist.

Rock Star community builder Lan Phan shares her story. Lan was born in Vietnam and her family immigrated to the US as a refugees. She earned degrees from both Stanford & Harvard. And Lan founded the the community of SEVEN which grew to 200,000 members in one year when she lost her job at the start of the pandemic.

David Anderson shares his story from country club caddy to entrepreneurial success and global leadership of Entrepreneurs' Organization.

Marcelle LeBlanc shares her story from almost bankrupt to success on this episode of the Proven Entrepreneur Show. Marcelle owns Velvet Box which is an upscale adult store chain specializing in adult toys, lingerie and education from licensed sex educators.

In this episode Don interviews Best Selling Author Dr. Karyn Gordon. Dr. Gordon started DK Leadership on TV and pivoted to online delivery during COVID. Dr. Gordon boasts of 4,000+ clients in 17 Countries.

Passing down a business to your children is one daunting task full of risks and challenges. Doug Renfro gives a peek at what it's like to be in such a situation by sharing his work as a third-generation entrepreneur of Mrs. Renfro's . He sits down with Don Williams to talk about the biggest roadblocks he faced upon taking the reins of their family business and the lessons of persistence he learned...

The desire to serve others is one of the most powerful drivers of any successful entrepreneur. This is what spelled success for Andrea Albright 's publishing business. She joins Don Williams to share her proven entrepreneur story of building Beverly Hills Publishing . She explains how she gives aspiring authors a chance to share influential ideas and bring enlightenment through their books. Andrea...

If you're stuck on your career and need a pivot, always go back to what you enjoy. For Eric Robb , that was construction. Building, renovating, and flipping dream houses has always been something he enjoyed and is good at. Join Don Williams as gets Eric to talk about how he started his business Cortex Construction . Discover his journey through various different jobs. Learn that life isn't easy, b...

There are finance secrets that proven entrepreneurs need to know to keep growing. Don Williams warmly welcomes his friend Paul Whitley , the Fractional CFO of C-Suite Support . Paul shares how business people need to consider joining the Entrepreneur Organization, a great organization for small companies. It’s where company owners who maybe had never had any “help” from the federal government rece...

Trent Clark was a former 3X World Series Coach. Now? He is the CEO of Leadershipity , a business consulting firm that helps create winning systems for sustainable organizations through exceptional leaders/coaches. He joins host Don Williams to discuss the common formula in sports and business that equals success. Trent discusses the most important characteristic that differentiates a leader. A hin...

Presenting your business to the public correctly and well can go a long way. That is why public relations is important. In this episode, we have  Evan Nierman , the founder and CEO of Red Banyan with 20 years of high-level experience in public relations, marketing, crisis management, online media, international relations, and public affairs. He talks to Don Williams about his secrets to growt...

A lot of entrepreneurs can start a business but a lot of them fail to scale it. Everything will go down the drain if you don’t know how to grow it. In this episode  Allison Maslan  shows us the ropes of scaling a business. Allison has had her fair share of business failures but she stood her ground and studied what worked and what didn’t. She is now the CEO of  Pinnacle Global Netwo...

Do you have what it takes to venture into the world as an IT entrepreneur? Join us in this episode as Rishi Khanna discusses how he is keeping and managing his business while trying to scale it. After graduating, Rishi worked for a consulting company but soon decided to start his own software development company. The interest comes from his younger years, but he still pursued a different degree in...

The path to success in entrepreneurship is not a straight. Here to share his journey is Kevin Bonfield , founder of Concentre and co-owner of EcoClean . From growing up in the UK and studying law to migrating to Texas and starting multiple businesses, Kevin has certainly taken a less orthodox to business success but has achieved it either way. Listen in to learn more about his journey and gain per...

What’s the secret to landing a Shark Tank Deal with Barbara Corcoran? Here to share his wisdom and experience is  Mitch Allen , the Founder and Head Elf of  HireSanta . This is far from Mitch’s first-hand in entrepreneurship, but the failures and the many lessons he learned along the way brought him to his success now. Tune in as he joins Don Williams to share the ups and downs of his en...