Segment 1 with Liz Elting starting at 0:00. Do you have to invent something entirely new to become a successful entrepreneur? Liz Elting, is an entrepreneur, business leader, and bestselling author. She founded TransPerfect out of an NYU dorm room in 1992 and served as Co-CEO until 2018. TransPerfect is the world's largest language solutions company, with over $1.2 billion in revenue and offices in more than 100 cities worldwide. Liz has been recognized as a NOW Woman of Power &...

Segment 1 starting at 0:00 with Justin Jones-Fosu. Let’s face it, we live in a divided world. This happens in business and our personal life.  Staying in our own bubble isn’t the solution. So how do you have these difficult conversations. When Justin Jones-Fosu is not summiting life's metaphorical mountains, he's literally trekking around world, whether on Mt Kilimanjaro, Patagonia, camping out in the Grand Canyon, or navigating the ancient steps of Machu Picchu. Author of books that are...

Segment 1 with Alphonsus Obayuwana starting at 00:29. If there is a happiness formula, I know that every Small biz owner would want to have that, In this segment I interview Alphonsus Obayuwana, MD, PhD, CPC, is a physician-scientist, a happiness coach, and the founder and CEO of Triple-H Project LLC. He is the author of The Happiness Formula: Using Science to Understand Personal Satisfaction, Human Hope, and Subjective Well-Being. Segment 2 with Jesse Kalsi starting at 18:43. I have always...

We’re living in frenetic times. Amid all the busyness and the FOMO, you may also feel directionless and overwhelmed. Maybe you know there’s more to life, but you have no idea what that “more” is. Maybe you sense there’s a message you need to hear, but the noise of everyday life is drowning it out. My guest is coach and healer Elaine Glass, who is the author of "Get Quiet: 7 Simple Paths to Finding Out Truly Who You Are". We discussed why it's so hard in this world just to "be with yourself"...

SEGMENT‌ ‌1 with Chloe Valdary‌ ‌‌starting‌ ‌at‌ ‌0:18‌. Diversity, equity and inclusion, commonly referred to as DEI. You would think that all of these things would be good for American business and society at large. But ni longer; more and more companies are coming under attack for having a DEI policy. Chloé Valdary who is the founder of the Theory of Enchantment, a New York-based DEI organization that fights against racism and bigotry by teaching love. SEGMENT‌ ‌2 with Gary Hawkins‌...

SEGMENT‌ ‌1 with Shawn D. Nelson,‌ ‌‌starting‌ ‌at‌ ‌0:00‌:‌ ‌ ‌What would you do in your business differently if you could do it all over again? Shawn D. Nelson is the author of Let Me Save You 25 Years: Mistakes, Miracles, and Lessons from the Lovesac Story. He is the founder and CEO of the Lovesac Company, which designs, manufactures, and sells such furniture as modular couches and bean bag chairs. Nelson holds a BA in Mandarin Chinese from the University of Utah and a Master’s degree in...

SEGMENT‌ ‌1 with Josh Greene,‌ ‌‌starting‌ ‌at‌ ‌0:00‌:‌ ‌ ‌ Its lonely at the top, especially as a solopreneur. Where and to whom does a business owner turn? Josh Greene is the co-founder and CEO of Groove where he builds on his passion for community, helping solopreneurs find the support and human connection they need to accomplish great things. Prior to co-founding Groove, Josh served as part of the leadership team at WeWork and held various roles as a strategy and innovation...

SEGMENT‌ ‌1 with Elliot Holland,‌ ‌‌starting‌ ‌at‌ ‌0:00‌:‌ ‌ ‌ I spend a lot of my time these days helping business owners buy and sell companies. Almost always, buyers and sellers are never prepared for the process. Elliott Holland is a Harvard Business School alum & expert in the small business acquisition space.  Elliott helps entrepreneurs do two very important things:  (1) execute great small business acquisitions and (2) kick bad deals out quickly, saving time and money.  He...

SEGMENT‌ ‌1 with Guy Kawasaki,‌ ‌‌starting‌ ‌at‌ ‌0:00‌:‌ ‌ ‌As we get more experienced in our careers, some of us give up on truly making a difference in our work and other people’s lives. That has never happened to my next guest. He’s here to help us transform our lives and make a difference. Guy Kawasaki is the chief evangelist of Canva and the creator of Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People podcast. He was the chief evangelist of Apple and a trustee of the Wikimedia Foundation. His new book...

When Elon Musk first announced his deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion in 2022, the billionaire tech mogul believed that his ownership of the company would restore free speech to the masses and even help to preserve humanity. Then, almost immediately, everything went sideways. Kurt Wagner is a Bloomberg journalist who used his years of knowledge and experience covering social media to write the ultimate book on the story of Twitter: “BATTLE FOR THE BIRD: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, and the $44...

SEGMENT‌ ‌1 with Akeem Shannon,‌ ‌‌starting‌ ‌at‌ ‌0:00‌:‌ ‌ I love to share comeback from failure stories since we can all relate to that… Akeem Shannon has had more than his fair share of failures, fall downs, setbacks, and hurdles. But through failing again and again, he found himself inching his way toward success. From college dropout to CEO of an Inc Magazine Top 50 Fastest Growing Consumer Brand, Akeem has shared his story on stages to antsy 3rd graders and the walls of the...

SEGMENT‌ ‌1 with Mike Michalowicz,‌ ‌‌starting‌ ‌at‌ ‌0:00‌:‌ ‌ ‌ It has never been harder to build successful teams. With the challenges of work-from-anywhere, flex-scheduling, and generational divides, business leaders bend over backward searching for solutions that work. They’ve tried everything from food perks and ping pong tables to endless team-building exercises and training—but nothing sticks. Mike Michalowicz leads two new multi-million-dollar ventures, as he tests his latest...

SEGMENT‌ ‌1 with Alexandra Watkins,‌ ‌‌starting‌ ‌at‌ ‌0:00‌:‌ ‌ ‌ What is the key to picking the right brand name for your company and the products inside your company? Alexandra Watkins is a leading and outspoken authority on brand names with buzz. If you have ever eaten a Wendy’s Baconator, you have literally eaten her words. For nearly 20 years, she and her naming firm, Eat My Words, have created love-at-first sight brand names for countless companies including Amazon, Coca-Cola, Disney,...

SEGMENT‌ ‌1 with Robert J. Khoury,‌ ‌‌starting‌ ‌at‌ ‌0:00‌:‌ ‌ ‌With few professional job opportunities, lots of job seekers and employers are now turning to “the internship.” As a small business owner, how do you make sure the internship benefits your company, and as an intern, how do you make sure you can do meaningful work? SEGMENT‌ ‌2 with Jacqueline Snyder,‌ ‌‌starting‌ ‌at‌ 17:00:‌ ‌ ‌ Product-based small businesses have special challenges over service-based businesses, including...

SEGMENT‌ ‌1 with Dr. Steven G. Rogelberg,‌ ‌‌starting‌ ‌at‌ ‌0:00‌:‌ ‌ A lot of people in small business don't really like to get together with their team members on a one-on-one basis. Is it necessary? What can be gained from it? SEGMENT‌ ‌2 with Katie Desiderio and Michael Frino,‌ ‌‌starting‌ ‌at‌ 21:10:‌ ‌ ‌For most small business owners, it is hard to be the leader in the organization. It’s even harder to train others to be leaders in your organization. How can small business owners...

SEGMENT‌ ‌1 with Bill Raduchel,‌ ‌‌starting‌ ‌at‌ ‌0:00‌:‌ ‌ ‌ What is it like to be “in the room where it happened” for some of the big moments in tech history like the launch of iTunes or a bid to buy Apple? Over more than half a century at the forefront of the technology revolution, Bill Raduchel encountered them all as a pioneering executive for McGraw-Hill, Xerox, Sun Microsystems, and AOL—where he was behind the scenes for the landmark merger with Time Warner. SEGMENT‌ ‌2 with Matthew...

SEGMENT‌ ‌1 with Amy Padnani,‌ ‌‌starting‌ ‌at‌ ‌0:00‌:‌ ‌ Let’s kick off the new year with an interesting story about being first. What drives some people always want to be first? Here's the untold story of Mr. First himself. Amy Padnani, a journalist for the NY Times, works on a series that tells the stories of remarkable people whose deaths were not originally reported on by The New York Times. One featured article is about Brooklyn-born Omero C. Catan who was known by New Yorkers as Mr....

SEGMENT‌ ‌1 with Morgan Housel,‌ ‌‌starting‌ ‌at‌ ‌0:00‌:‌ ‌ ‌ Many people say that the only constant in life is change. In fact, I wrote an entire book called Changemasters to help people make the changes they want. Our next guest says that some things don’t change and that’s what we should focus on. SEGMENT‌ ‌2 with Sabrina Starling, PhD,‌ ‌‌starting‌ ‌at‌ 23:45:‌ ‌ ‌ I have to tell you – I hate the hustle culture. It tells us that we must work harder in order to get where we want to go,...

SEGMENT‌ ‌1 with Adam Ireland,‌ ‌‌starting‌ ‌at‌ ‌0:00‌:‌ ‌ ‌Many entrepreneurs and startups make the same mistake. They believe that if they build it, people will come. Well, I am here to tell you, it doesn’t happen that way. You need a go-to-market strategy to figure out how you are going to get in front of your prospects. Marketplaces can help you do that. SEGMENT‌ ‌2 with Mischa Zveginzov,‌ ‌‌starting‌ ‌at‌ 15:15:‌ ‌ How are you getting your business in front of customers? Increasingly,...

SEGMENT‌ ‌1 with Lindsey Day and Mark Williamson,‌ ‌‌starting‌ ‌at‌ ‌0:00‌:‌ ‌ ‌Transactions within the small business sector have been prevalent in 2023. According to the latest BizBuySell’s Insight Report, small business acquisitions increased by 2% in Q3 2023 compared to last year. What other small business acquisition trends took shape in 2023, and what should small business owners looking to sell their business think about in 2024? SEGMENT‌ ‌2 with Cathy Christen,‌ ‌‌starting‌ ‌at...

SEGMENT‌ ‌1 with Steve Strauss,‌ ‌‌starting‌ ‌at‌ ‌0:00‌:‌ ‌ ‌ For many years now, the barrier to starting a business has been much lower than it used to be. Some entrepreneurs do it while they are still working at their full-time jobs and call it a side hustle. What are the keys to getting a side hustle off the ground? Steve Strauss has some great ideas. SEGMENT‌ ‌2 with Mary Beth Simon,‌ ‌‌starting‌ ‌at‌ 17:45:‌ I am reading an apocalyptic fiction book that says “No plan survives contact...

SEGMENT‌ ‌1, ‌‌starting‌ ‌at‌ ‌0:00‌:‌ ‌ ‌Do you ever think you’re the only one making any sense? Or have you tried to reason with your partner, employee or customer with disastrous results? Do certain people just rub you the wrong way? Did you ever feel in business that you were “surrounded by idiots”? Knowing how to communicate with your customers, employees, and vendors will be one of your keys to success. Thomas Erikson is a motivator, author and public speaker. His book “Surrounded by...

Now for something completely different. I can honestly say that in the 15 years of doing this show, we have never covered this topic. Can Psychedelic mushrooms help the performance of entrepreneurs and small business owners? Rob Grover and Gary Logan are the founders of The Journeymen Collective, the company creating luxury guided magic mushroom retreats in the mountains of British Columbia, Canada. They believe when psychedelics are facilitated in a professional manner, it can help us with...

What do orgasms, business, and cults have in common? I’m sure not many of us thought about that until a new documentary on Netflix aired called “Orgasm, Inc: The Story of OneTaste.” When does a business become a cult and can a cult be a business? Ellen Huet is an award-winning journalist who currently writes for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Businessweek. She is writing a book about OneTaste, a sexual wellness company that’s alleged to be a sex cult. She also hosted a seven-episode Bloomberg...