Should businesses be focusing more on engaging their customers virtually or in person? Since some customers prefer one and some prefer the other, you’re alienating people if you go too far in either direction. Dan Sullivan and Steven Krein discuss the incursion of digital elements into various aspects of human life and what this has your potential customers feeling—and seeking out. Show Notes: There was an industrial phase where everything old was torn down to build something new. And then...

For most people, entrepreneurship used to feel out of reach. Now, technology has provided the necessary tools for anyone to start a company that has all the potential to give them freedom. Dan Sullivan and Steven Krein discuss the many invaluable ways AI can be used by business leaders, and how it’s opened doors for dreamers.  Show Notes: Entrepreneurism by its very nature creates disruption and inequality. Entrepreneurs like talking to other people who are entrepreneurial about their ideas...

As of this year, Dan Sullivan has been a business coach for half a century, and Strategic Coach® has been helping entrepreneurs lead their best lives for 35 years. In this episode, Steve Krein and Dan discuss the inaugural CoachCon event that recently took place in Nashville, how the three-day conference came together, and the secrets that made it a resounding success. Show Notes: When people are committing to an event that requires traveling, they give it a lot more thought than they did...

Ever been to a concert where everyone sings along to every song? That's the power of community. Dan and Steve explore the emotional side of entrepreneurship, discussing the benefits of building a strong community. It’s an environment of shared language, shared opportunities, and shared experiences where everyone can gain and grow. Show Notes: In any community, shared language and experiences create an environment where people feel more comfortable. When you bring entrepreneurs together,...

Serial entrepreneur Lior Weinstein returns to the show. Teaming up with Dan and Steve, he shares his systematic approach for tackling business challenges and leveraging AI alongside human capabilities. Three entrepreneurs operating at the top of their game promise valuable takeaways to transform pains into new revenue streams and fuel your success. Show Notes: Every company has a history and constraints they bring along. Good marketing requires empathy. Too many entrepreneurs overthink,...

Dan Sullivan and Steve Krein welcome Lior Weinstein, a serial entrepreneur who specializes in simplifying complex concepts into actionable steps. Lior shares his background, starting in Israel and moving to the United States, where he expanded his entrepreneurial career after serving in the IDF's Intelligence Corps. Lior's experiences taught him about teamwork, tackling big missions, and winning with small teams.Show Notes: * Strategic Coach® clients learn to prioritize being happy first.*...

Many entrepreneurs don’t hire well, and those that do mostly dread the activity. Dan Sullivan aims to change that. He explains a mindset shift about hiring differently as entrepreneurs, exploring how thinking of hiring as casting a play creates a new perspective on team building and collaboration. Show Notes: * Most entrepreneurs view hiring as a cost rather than an investment.* An entrepreneur’s attitude toward hiring shapes the future of their relationship with their team.* The notion of...

Dan Sullivan and Steve Krein delve into the power of the “When Are You Great?” tool, discussing how it serves as a crucial planning aid and a potent marketing resource. Using real-world examples, they explore the implications for crafting compelling offers, narrating impactful stories, and leveraging a marketer’s secret weapon. Highlights: To figure out what gets talked about, you have to combine everything you’re telling with everything you’re being told. You share when you’re good because...

The end of a year and the beginning of another is a great time to reflect and plan. Dan Sullivan and Steve Krein discuss effective ways entrepreneurs can look back on what’s happened and look ahead to what they want to accomplish, sharing insights from their own experiences running successful businesses. Highlights: A lot of people feel uncomfortable talking about long-term planning. You can use the new year to reflect on the progress you've made over the last 12 months and what you need to...

No matter how long a company has been around, it’s vital that everyone is clear on and maintains their core values. Dan Sullivan and Steve Krein explain why this is so important, discuss why all team members need to be aligned, and share some of their own companies’ core values. Highlights: In the U.S., core values used to be structured into the environment you lived in. Reminding team members of the company’s specific purpose can help avoid distraction. The value reinforcement of a company...

Strategic Coach® is approaching its 50th anniversary, and Coach co-founder Dan Sullivan is coming up on 50 years of coaching entrepreneurs. In this episode, Steve Krein and Dan share some of the significant changes to entrepreneurism that have happened over the past 50 years and what the future holds.  Highlights: Steve and Dan discuss what is currently the number one resource on the planet If you look at cultural heroes in the business world and American life itself, they’re the great...

Dan Sullivan and Steve Krein continue their discussion about the power of thinking tools and how they can help entrepreneurs achieve their goals. They explore the importance of tension, shortcuts, and tools in simplifying complex problems and generating new opportunities for yourself, your team, and your clients. Highlights: * Strategic Coach® began with The Strategy Circle®, the primordial entrepreneurial thinking tool.* All Strategic Coach tools share the VOTA structure: Vision, Obstacles,...

How do you find great people to join your organization? How do you train them, coach them, and guide them? The answer lies in what makes Strategic Coach® different from all other companies. In this first episode of a two-part series, Steven Krein and Dan Sullivan share the thinking tool culture of Strategic Coach, how it has transformed Steven’s StartUp Health, and how you can use it to upgrade any organization you choose. Highlights: Strategic Coach team members use the same tools as our...

Most entrepreneurs believe they have to be in constant competition. But there’s a much more enjoyable way to live your entrepreneurial life to achieve bigger and better results: you can enter a zone of collaboration with like-minded people that’s entirely free of competition. Dan Sullivan and Steve Krein explain how to start. Hint: it’s all about simplifying before multiplying. Highlights: Finding collaborators who think the same way as you do is one of the most important activities an...

Innovations in the realm of age reversal are accelerating. Getting physically younger while getting older in years is a real possibility. In this episode, Dan Sullivan and Steve Krein explain the advances, discuss what’s needed for further breakthroughs, and share why age reversal developments are critical for entrepreneurs to be preparing for.  Highlights: Many entrepreneurs retire out of social or societal expectations. Setting a goal that might seem crazy serves as a magnet for what you...

A lot of entrepreneurs are scared right now, while others are excited, feeling like this is the best time to be innovating and creating value. Why these opposing mindsets? In this episode, Dan Sullivan and Steven Krein explain why some people are experiencing anxiety about the future while others are staying cool and calm.  Highlights: Some people see “scary times” as opportunities. The people who we expect to be in charge are responding not only to an event, but to other people’s...

Dan Sullivan and Steven Krein discuss Dan’s latest quarterly book, Capitalism—And Everything Else, and explain what capitalism really means, why many people believe they don’t like it, why it’s misunderstood, and its five growth stages.  Highlights: Some people incorrectly approach capitalism as a rival to ideologies like communism and fascism. Capitalism isn’t in competition with anything. Capitalism involves capitalizing on your own talent and time, your production, your abilities, your...

Ever wondered what the success formula is for top entrepreneurs? In this episode, Dan Sullivan and Steve Krein discuss the “25-Year Transformation” and how it can benefit entrepreneurs by helping them prioritize their biggest goals and measure progress every quarter. They explain how having a quarterly rhythm can be transformational, and provide insights into how to achieve long-term goals, adapt to advancements in technology and crises in the marketplace, and maintain a transformational...

Dan Sullivan and Steve Krein discuss the Free Zone Frontier® and the StartUp Health programs. They both believe it’s crucial to have the right people in the room, sharing their experiences and collaborating. Connecting like this with a community of ambitious, calm entrepreneurs makes it possible to experience five years’ progress in three months.

What does it take to make a significant impact in battling a disease? In this third episode of their three-part series, Dan Sullivan, Steve Krein, and Dr. Timothy Nelson discuss the innovative model Tim has developed for combatting congenital heart disease, the incredible commitment from others that it’s taken to reach this point, and how many other areas of medicine could be influenced by the work he and his partners are doing.

An astonishing discovery has taken the concept of stem cell usage and regenerative medicine and put it permanently on the map for future generations. In this second of their three-part series, Dan Sullivan, Steve Krein, and Dr. Timothy Nelson discuss the latest breakthroughs and possibilities that exist in stem cell research. Free Zone collaborations are making it all possible!

Dr. Timothy Nelson is an entrepreneur with a specialty in curing congenital heart disease. Dan Sullivan and Steve Krein chat with Tim about the discoveries and motivations that led him to this position. Tim explains how he and his team are on a mission to leverage the philanthropic community to focus on rare diseases that are too often neglected. Join the show to learn about some incredible, and almost inconceivable, breakthroughs that have occurred in just the past few years.

Why do some startup companies continually grow, while most fail? You need more than a great idea. In this episode, Dan Sullivan and Steve Krein discuss the successes of Steve’s unique, collaborative StartUp Health network, the mindsets entrepreneurs need in order to achieve the greatest success, and the things they do that most entrepreneurs won’t even think about.