The Ready Entrepreneur Podcast

You can stop saying you do not have money to start your business.  In this episode of the Ready Entrepreneur Tour special series, Case Lane discusses money and how entrepreneurs can get started without the 'no money' excuse.  This episode focuses on identifying what you have, owe, save and spend, and learning how much you need to get started.  From that gap, you focus on understanding ho...

For aspiring entrepreneurs who say they do not have time to start a business, make time for this podcast.  On Stop Two of the Ready Entrepreneur Tour, Case Lane discusses how you can find more time to move forward with your business ideas.  From avoid time-wasting activities, to carving space out of mandatory tasks, an aspiring entrepreneur can find time if the business is put first.  By keeping t...

This episode begins The Ready Entrepreneur Tour, a special series in the Ready Entrepreneur podcast to help aspiring entrepreneurs get started with understanding how  - Confidence, Time, Money, Value, Plan and Transition - help determine their success.  This introductory overview to the series introduces the six concepts aspiring entrepreneurs should understand when first deciding to start a busin...

This special episode of the podcast is Stop One on the Ready Entrepreneur Tour: Confidence.  This episode is about how to find confidence by doing activities related to your business idea.  Case Lane discusses how listeners can begin immediately to develop knowledge about a product, service or industry of interest by research, reading, or even walking around to find gaps in the global marketplace....

Aspiring entrepreneurs can learn from the experiences of those who have taken the path to starting their own business.  In this extended interview episode of the Ready Entrepreneur podcast, hear tips, strategies and ideas from Andrea Guevara, Brand Strategist.  Andrea shares her story of building multiple different businesses, leveraging local resources, and staying persistent in pursuing her goal...

Is the global high tech world a threat to your economic future?  In this episode of the Ready Entrepreneur podcast, Case Lane discusses how you can take your fear of being replaced by robots and use it to create your own business.  By leveraging the globalization opportunities offered by the connected marketplace, and technology tools designed to make work easier, you can build your business on th...

Interested in an intriguing entrepreneurial journey to business ownership and lifestyle freedom?  In this extended interview episode of the Ready Entrepreneur podcast, Case Lane has a conversation with Teri Ijeoma, CEO and Founder of Invest with Teri.  Teri began as an intrepid entrepreneur in high school and has extended her skill to the world of financial trading and global travel.  She has many...

Do you wonder how high performance, efficient people manage to function in success mode all the time?  Maybe they have embedded good habits so deeply, their behavior is part of their DNA.  In this episode of the Ready Entrepreneur podcast, Case Lane discusses how you can enhance your abilities by being proactive with managing your best habits.  Case focuses on how to use these factors - desire, ef...

In this episode of the Ready Entrepreneur Podcast, Case Lane discusses the need for rising entrepreneurs to be informed and aware of growing global markets in the developing world.  New markets provide entrepreneurs with opportunities to access a rising middle class who are looking for viable products and services to meet their needs and desires.  With a focus on the transformation of Ethiopia, Ca...

In this extended episode of the Ready Entrepreneur podcast, Case Lane has a conversation with Darrell Vesterfelt, the founder of Good People Digital.  In this far-ranging discussion, Darrell describes his journey to finding work he was passionate about and turning it into a business through the background and key opportunities that fueled his entrepreneurial story.  Darrell's tips, strategies...

In this episode of the Ready Entrepreneur podcast, Case Lane discusses how to keep your entrepreneurial dream alive when naysayers may be trying to discourage you.  Case points out the value of holding on to your entrepreneurial dream by remembering why you want to start your own business and achieve lifestyle freedom.  You also have to be aware of the motivations people have for fearing the risks...

In this episode of the Ready Entrepreneur podcast, Case Lane interviews Patrick Rauland, eCommerce Entrepreneur and Educator about starting a business; multi-tasking as a podcaster, blogger, instructor, and board game creator; experimenting with new technology and ideas; software and apps to use; and many other topics.  Patrick has a range of information for aspiring entrepreneurs.  This episode i...

Do you wake up confident to face the day or afraid and uninspired? Would you like to be like one of those people who easily describe their business endeavors and are certain they are going to be successful? In this episode of the Ready Entrepreneur podcast, Case Lane discusses how to behave as if you were born with confidence. For aspiring entrepreneurs who are missing the courage spark to get sta...

In this episode of The Ready Entrepreneur podcast, Case Lane interviews rising entrepreneur Sharlene Sobrepeña, the creator of Rudder Planner about starting a business as a solopreneur, tips and strategies for developing a physical product, global manufacturing, inspirational people and content to use, how to manage running a business on your own and more. This is one in the series of interviews w...

In this special explanation episode of The Ready Entrepreneur Podcast, Case Lane introduces the upcoming podcast interviews with The Rising - rising entrepreneurs who have started businesses and have valuable information to offer those who would like to do the same. In this introduction, Case reviews the questions that will be asked and the motivation and purpose behind interviewing people from di...

In this episode of the Ready Entrepreneur podcast, Case Lane discusses the battle between choosing popularity or excellence as the best way to market your business. Case looks at the current marketplace that rewards 'popularity' but may be losing its commitment to excellence, and considers how aspiring entrepreneurs can make a decision based on their preferences, product, service or indu...

In this episode of the Ready Entrepreneur podcast, Case Lane discusses the urgency to become an entrepreneur. Given the transformation of the economy by globalization and technology, people who have business ideas in their heads should take advantage of available resources and start a business. Case discusses how globalization and technology can be used by rising entrepreneurs to get in with the &...

Do you think your dream to become an entrepreneur is part of your own isolated plan? In this episode of the Ready Entrepreneur podcast, Case Lane discusses how the official agenda of global organizations promoting entrepreneurship applies to you - the aspiring entrepreneur. Many organizations have active entrepreneurship programs designed to foster job creation and economic development. Case looks...

In this episode of the Ready Entrepreneur podcast, Case Lane looks at the top reasons why people say they hate their jobs, and why becoming an entrepreneur would address all those concerns. Case includes outtakes from her own experience working for others in small business, government, a professional partnership, and a big corporation to illustrate why the reasons people hate their jobs are so com...

In Episode 14, Case discusses the need for entrepreneurs to overcome negative external influences - society, government, family, friends - who may be interfering with their plans. In a rapidly changing global and high tech world, innovative, creative and independent people are needed to help forge new ideas. Entrepreneurs are those people, but are often discouraged from their intentions by people...

In this episode, How to Measure your ROI for Marketing Decisions, Case focuses on helping you figure out if you are making any money from your advertising. Rising entrepreneurs often listen to the ideas of others without knowing their own revenue, costs and profit. Case discusses how to analyze your own numbers and make a decision based on the actual potential profit you expect to receive from the...

In this episode of the Ready Entrepreneur podcast, Case Lane discusses how entrepreneurs define success. If people are looking only at the societal definitions of money or fame, what should a rising entrepreneur do? The answer is to define your own definition of success in the goals and objectives that you set for yourself, not just in terms of business revenue, but in the enjoyment you have in ma...

In this episode, Case discusses how the 21st century changes from globalization and technology provide an opening for people to become entrepreneurs. Wantrepreneurs can embrace the changes to take advantage of technology developments and build a new business. Instead of waiting for the business changes dictated by others, entrepreneurs can create the world they want to live in and better predict t...

In episode 10, Ready Entrepreneur discusses whether entrepreneurship can be taught? Are the traits needed to start a business only belong to certain personalities or can people read books and listen to lectures and become an entrepreneur? Is the issue of getting information to potential entrepreneurs really just about making sure people implement what they learn or should some people count themsel...

In this episode, we ask and answer the question: what is lifestyle freedom? Some would say money. We say having the flexibility to do what you want with your time. We cover examples of lifestyle freedom in everyday life, like attending events during the weekday, or starting early in the morning instead of fighting everyone commuting at the same time. To reach this goal, the focus is on entrepreneu...