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Misfit Nation! Welcome to the Misfit Entrepreneur 2023 year in review where each year I attempt to boil down all of the incredible, useful information, strategies, and tips that our guests have given on the show into less than one hour for you…with a few surprises thrown in. Now, it's impossible for me to go over every single best piece of advice and that is why I urge you to take some time and go...

This week's Misfit Entrepreneur is Kevin Surace. Where to start with Kevin? He is a Silicon Valley innovator, serial entrepreneur, CEO, keynote speaker and futurist. He has been named INC Magazines' Entrepreneur of the Year, a CNBC top Innovator of the Decade, Chair of Silicon Valley Forum, Planet Forward Innovator of the Year nominee, just to name a few. If that is not enough, he holds 94 worldwi...

This week's Misfit Entrepreneur is Adam House. Adam is a highly success entrepreneur and former professional athlete. Adam has started and built multiple entities to 7-figures and has had several 7-figure exits. He also is co-owner of a team. Through his company, House of Bricks, Adam advises businesses and provides strategic direction where he blends his experience as an entrepreneur with his exp...

This week's Misfit Entrepreneur is Jon Ostenson. Jon is the nation's  #1  national franchise broker,  #1 ! He is also an author, investor, and international speaker specializing in an area he has called "Non-food franchising" – which incidentally is the name of his best-selling book. His business is called Franbridge Consulting and he has helped thousands of entrepreneurs and investors succeed in...

Many years ago, I introduced a new format that alongside our regular episodes called "Lessons for Hannah." Hannah is my daughter and one of the main inspirations for the Misfit Entrepreneur. I wanted to have a place where she could go and learn from her daddy and his Misfit friends throughout her life….even after I am gone. If you haven't listened to the first episode of "Lessons for Hannah," I ur...

This week's Misfit Entrepreneur is Robb Green. Robb is an interesting entrepreneur. He was a successful executive, that gave up that career to create the life he wanted for him and his family. He found his niche in building brands on Amazon. In fact, he's created, built, and owned 17 brands, doing hundreds of millions in revenue. Robb has been featured in the New York Times and many other publicat...

This week's Misfit Entrepreneur is Preston Brown. Preston is a multiple 8 figure entrepreneur specializing in disruptive innovation & profitably scaling companies. He started his first company in college and was soon making more than his professors which prompted him to drop out of college and never look back creating 18 successful business with revenues over $180 million. Preston has cracked to c...

This week's Misfit Entrepreneur is Heidi Schalk. Heidi is a business strategy and leadership coach, author, speaker and host of the Be S.H.E. Podcast (Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Empowered) who has been featured everywhere from FOX, ABC, NBC, CBS and The Daily Herald just to name a few. She is also a former top finalist in body-building and fitness competition. Heidi works with female entrepreneurs, giv...

This week's Misfit Entrepreneur is Alex Concepcion. Alex has a very interesting story, but let's just say that fate helped him find his way and part of that fate was never working for someone. As he'll share, it took him a while to find his way, but he did so in starting a niche high-end apartment location business called Taco Street Locating based out of Austin, Texas. Alex went from broke to hav...

Many years ago, I introduced a new format that alongside our regular episodes called "Lessons for Hannah." Hannah is my daughter and one of the main inspirations for the Misfit Entrepreneur. I wanted to have a place where she could go and learn from her daddy and his Misfit friends throughout her life….even after I am gone. If you haven't listened to the first episode of "Lessons for Hannah," I ur...

This week's Misfit Entrepreneur is Mark Willis. Mark is a man on mission to help people think differently about money. He is the founder of Lake Growth Financial Services, a three-time  #1  Best-Selling Author, and host of the Not Your Average Financial Podcast. After graduating with six figures of student loan debt and discovering a way to turn his debt into real wealth as he watched many people...

This week's Misfit Entrepreneur is Joel Gandara.  Born in Havana, Cuba, Joel emigrated to the United States as a child. He was poor and from a very early age had a hunger for success, leading him to become an entrepreneur.  In fact, he started out selling trading cards and candy bars.  He went on to create a multi-million-dollar business that allowed him to semi-retire before age 40.    Nowadays,...

This week's Misfit Entrepreneur is Joel Gandara. Born in Havana, Cuba, Joel emigrated to the United States as a child. He was poor and from a very early age had a hunger for success, leading him to become an entrepreneur. In fact, he started out selling trading cards and candy bars. He went on to create a multi-million-dollar business that allowed him to semi-retire before age 40. Nowadays, he has...

This week's Misfit Entrepreneur is Tom Jackobs. Tom has an incredible entrepreneurial story and that's fitting because he's devoted his life to helping entrepreneurs and business create more opportunity and sales through story-telling. Tom quit his job to buy a personal training franchise and was broke in 6 months. It was in the moment of just about losing it all that he realized his biggest flaw...

Many years ago, I introduced a new format that alongside our regular episodes called "Lessons for Hannah." Hannah is my daughter and one of the main inspirations for the Misfit Entrepreneur. I wanted to have a place where she could go and learn from her daddy and his Misfit friends throughout her life….even after I am gone. If you haven't listened to the first episode of "Lessons for Hannah," I ur...

Many years ago, I introduced a new format that alongside our regular episodes called "Lessons for Hannah." Hannah is my daughter and one of the main inspirations for the Misfit Entrepreneur. I wanted to have a place where she could go and learn from her daddy and his Misfit friends throughout her life….even after I am gone. If you haven't listened to the first episode of "Lessons for Hannah," I ur...

This week's Misfit Entrepreneur is Pavel Stuchlik. Pavel, also known as NOA|AON, is a professional cyclist turned serial 7-figure entrepreneur and investor. As an entrepreneur, Pavel made his first million before the age of 21 and successfully launched, scaled, and exited many brands, including Orange Theory Fitness. On top of that, Pavel is also an internationally conscious DJ and producer who he...

This week's Misfit Entrepreneur is Orrin Klopper.  Orrin is the CEO of Netsurit, a company he co-founded 24 years ago during the lead-up to Y2K that provides managed IT services.  In that time, he has grown the business to over $40 million in revenue through acquisitions and organic growth.  He is also very active in the EO and YPO organizations and has a master's in Entrepreneurship from MIT whic...

This week's Misfit Entrepreneur is Shawn Dimartile. Shawn is the founder of Takeoff Capital, a private real estate equity firm with over $50M in assets under management spread across over 300 units. He is also the co-host of The Real Estate Takeoff podcast and author of California Gold, Unlocking SoCal's Most Profitable Real Investment Strategy Over the Next Decade. The thing I love about Shawn is...

This week's Misfit Entrepreneur is Jeff Lerner. Jeff went from being a broke jazz musician to making over 100 million Dollars in online sales. After a decade of building multiple online businesses to over 8 figures and landing on the Inc. 5000 four times, Jeff turned his focus to educating entrepreneurs about the power of digital business through his Entre Institute which to date has helped over 2...

Many years ago, I introduced a new format that alongside our regular episodes called "Lessons for Hannah." Hannah is my daughter and one of the main inspirations for the Misfit Entrepreneur. I wanted to have a place where she could go and learn from her daddy and his Misfit friends throughout her life….even after I am gone. If you haven't listened to the first episode of "Lessons for Hannah," I ur...

This week's Misfit Entrepreneurs are Elliot and Dom Chapman. Elliot and Dom are brothers and Co-Founders of Chapman Capital. Through growth and strategic acquisitions, they have built a group of successful agencies across the UK and the US, including Speak On Podcasts, which is well known in the podcast world. Elliot has been running businesses since the age of 20 creating, building and growing a...

This week's Misfit Entrepreneur is Kash Hasworth. Kash went from prison at 16 to scaling a single mall kiosk to a 28-location franchise that was eventually acquired in a takeover deal worth $640 million. Nowadays, Kash is the CEO of Solar Ignite, a best-selling author, and a leading broker in the solar space making seven figures a month. One area that Kash has focused intently on over the years is...

This week's Misfit Entrepreneur is Brian Beers. Brian is an entrepreneur, investor, and host of the Business with Beers podcast. Brian grew his small family single-franchised auto repair business into an enterprise with over 30 locations, and last year they generated over $40M of revenue. Brian's passion is teaching people how to create freedom & build wealth by owning franchises and secrets to ru...

This week's Misfit Entrepreneurs are Anthony Faso and Cameron Christiansen, founders of Infinite Wealth Consultants. Anthony is a self-described "recovering CPA" who worked at the world's largest accounting firm and served as CFO of a chain of restaurants. After the 2008 recession, he realized that the solution to financial freedom would never be found in the latest Wall Street-created financial p...