Adam Contos is a Partner at Area 15 Ventures, a business investment firm. As the creator of the Leadership Factory, he coaches entrepreneurs to build leaders and grow their businesses. Adam served as the CEO of RE/MAX Holdings, where he oversaw its four brands RE/MAX, LLC, Motto Franchising, LLC, booj, and First. Before joining RE/MAX, he ran a SWAT team as a Lieutenant at the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. In this episode… Some people want to start a business but are overwhelmed to the...

Nathaniel (Nate) Dodson, Esq. is a Partner and Principal Attorney at Crowdfunding Lawyers, a securities and investment law firm representing business and real estate syndications and investment opportunities throughout the US. He has represented over $2 billion in real estate and business transactions. Before Crowdfunding Lawyers, Nate was an investment broker and advisor specializing in investment sales, structures, and asset protection.  In this episode… Once you’ve learned to work on your...

Adam Webb is the Owner and Managing Partner of Quazar, a boutique investment banking firm specializing in M&A services. In his role, he helps privately held businesses in the lower-middle market sell or grow through acquisitions. Adam has led deal teams and negotiated favorable outcomes for clients in dozens of transactions with an aggregate value of hundreds of millions of dollars. Before Quazar, he was the Senior Associate of Risk Management at RSM, where he specialized in helping...

Pat Mancuso is the CEO of Mancuso Consulting Group and a highly recognized thought leader dedicated to helping CEOs, business owners, and entrepreneurs maximize their potential through coaching and consulting. After over 30 years of working with company owners, leaders, and sales teams, Pat has over 25,000 hours of coaching and consulting experience. As a serial entrepreneur who has launched multiple successful companies, Pat understands how to sustainably scale a business. He helps...

Pat Mancuso is the CEO of Mancuso Consulting Group and a highly recognized thought leader dedicated to helping CEOs, business owners, and entrepreneurs maximize their potential through coaching and consulting. After over 30 years of working with company owners, leaders, and sales teams, Pat has over 25,000 hours of coaching and consulting experience. As a serial entrepreneur who has launched multiple successful companies, Pat understands how to sustainably scale a business. He helps...

Ivan Polic is the Co-founder of Jumpstart Your Exit, which partners with million-dollar brands to help them grow, scale, and exit their businesses. As a strategic growth specialist, he has acquired, restructured, scaled, and exited small-to-midsize businesses to maximize returns. Having founded his business with his wife Mariana, they have served as advisors to small- and medium-sized businesses and on over 300 board of directors meetings in various industries and economic sectors. In this...

Brett Gilliland is the Founder and CEO of Elite Entrepreneurs, a company that helps $1 million business owners scale to $10 million and beyond. Having spent 10 years helping Infusionsoft grow from $7 million in revenue to over $100 million, he is an expert in organizational development, leadership, and strategy. Brett built Elite Entrepreneurs inside Infusionsoft and has helped hundreds of seven-figure business owners achieve new levels of success. In this episode… The $1-3 million phase is...

Brian Kurtz is the Founder and CEO of Titans Marketing, a direct response marketing educational, coaching, and consulting company. For nearly 40 years, he has employed proprietary direct marketing principles that have allowed him to scale a publishing company to $150 million. As a self-proclaimed serial direct response marketer, Brian has marketed and sold newsletters and books through infomercials, email, and the internet. He is also the author of Overdeliver. In this episode… Exiting your...

Adi Klevit is the Founder and CEO of Business Success Consulting Group, which identifies, creates, and documents processes to help businesses scale. She has 25 years of experience as a trained industrial engineer, management consultant, and business executive. With this knowledge, Adi helps organizations and companies improve efficiency and performance. In this episode… Do you feel like your business is controlling you rather than the other way around? Thoroughly documented systems and...

Jen DeVore Richter is an outsourced CMO driving millions of dollars in yearly revenue for various brands and clients. As a former Marketing Executive at NASA turned entrepreneur, she placed in the Top 10 for Marketer of the Year and has been featured on top shows and stages for direct response marketers like Russell Brunson and Dan Kennedy. Jen is also the author of Outsource Your Marketing and has created the #1 YouTube channel for magazine publishing and building six-figure businesses. In...

Pat Mancuso is the CEO of Mancuso Consulting Group and a highly recognized thought leader dedicated to helping CEOs, business owners, and entrepreneurs maximize their potential through coaching and consulting. After over 30 years of working with company owners, leaders, and sales teams, Pat has over 25,000 hours of coaching and consulting experience. As a serial entrepreneur who has launched multiple successful companies, Pat understands how to sustainably scale a business. He helps...

Ryan Tansom helped turn around his $21-million family business and facilitated its 8-figure sale in 2014. Leveraging this experience, he founded multiple companies and created the Independence by Design™ Framework, a guide for business owners to achieve personal clarity, play the game, and maximize independence. Over 1,500 entrepreneurs have attended his workshops, gaining a new mindset for decision-making and helping them create freedom over their time, optimize cash flow, increase equity...

Roland Frasier is the Principal Co-founder of EPIC Network, an M&A network for business owners and entrepreneurial investors. As an investor, business strategist, and serial entrepreneur, he has built, acquired, and sold over 1,000 businesses. Roland has been the co-founder and principal of six Inc fastest-growing companies in real estate, food service, e-learning, and SaaS. As the host of the Business Lunch Podcast, he has interviewed business celebrities like Sir Richard Branson, Sara...

Tonya Eberhart is the Founder and CEO of BrandFace, LLC, a personal branding company that helps coaches, consultants, and other experts become thought leaders in their industry. She is also a speaker, the bestselling author of Brandface, and the host of the Be BOLD Branding podcast. Known as the “Branding Agent to Business Stars,” Tonya has helped hundreds of clients present themselves to attract their ideal prospects and profit from their purpose.  Michael Carr is the Co-founder and COO of...

Ryan Deiss is the Founder and CEO of The Scalable Company, where he helps entrepreneurs build operating systems to scale their businesses. He is also the Founder and CEO of DigitalMarketer, the Founding Partner at Scalable Equity LLC, and the Founder and host of the Traffic and Conversion Summit, North America’s largest digital marketing conference. As a serial entrepreneur, author, and investor, Ryan is a digital marketing expert and the author of Get Scalable. In this episode… Some...

Marc Cove is the Chief Development Officer at First Resource Bank, a full-service financial institution serving small businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals. As a seasoned business advisor and commercial business banker, he has over 30 years of experience in the banking industry, focusing on business strategy and optimizing debt and capital architecture. Before First Resource Bank, Marc served as one of the founding partners of Platinum Bank, which he helped scale to over $300 million in...

Chris Prefontaine is the Founder of Smart Real Estate Coach, a community of associations across North America that empowers professionals to invest in real estate. With over 30 years of experience in the industry, he has coached more than 30,000 people in the US and Canada, helping them grow their real estate businesses. Chris is the best-selling author of Real Estate on Your Terms and The New Rules of Real Estate Investing. In this episode… Business owners make countless daily decisions...

Dr. Jeremy Weisz is the Co-founder of Rise25, a company that helps B2B business owners connect with their ideal prospects, referral partners, and strategic partners through a done-for-you podcast service. Dr. Jeremy has been involved in podcasting for 11 years and was a senior producer for one of the early business podcasts; he assisted in putting all of their systems in place and helped them add volume, feature, and edify various business leaders. Dr. Jeremy has also been running his own...

Pat Mancuso is the CEO of Mancuso Consulting Group and a highly recognized thought leader dedicated to helping CEOs, business owners, and entrepreneurs maximize their potential through coaching and consulting. After over 30 years working with company owners, leaders, and sales teams, Pat has over 25,000 hours of coaching and consulting experience. As a serial entrepreneur who has launched multiple successful companies, Pat understands how to sustainably scale a business. He helps businesses...

Jeremy Delk is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for disrupting industries. Since 2001, his businesses have earned hundreds of millions in revenue, created 100’s of high-paying American jobs, as well as other notable distinctions. He jumped into entrepreneurial ventures with the naivety of a child and the tenacity of a tycoon. He started the day trading at the age of sixteen, learning and failing with each trade. By the age of 19, he earned 30K to 50K a day as a day trader from the desk of...

Erik Swanson is an award-winning International Keynote Speaker, 5-times #1 International Best Selling Author, & a Habits & Behavioral Coach. You can easily find Erik sharing stages with some of the most talented and famous speakers in the world, such as Brian Tracy, Nasa's Performance Coach Dr. Denis Waitley, from the book & movie 'The Secret,' Bob Proctor, Jack Canfield, John Assaraf, Millionaire Maker Loral Langemeier, Co-Author of 'Rich Dad Poor Dad' Sharon Lechter, Legendary...

Blaine Oelkers is America’s Chief Results Officer® and a leading authority on Personal Implementation. He is an expert on creating valuable doneness. He has always loved to help people get results and knows which habits bring success and results, and how to create them instantly and stick with them for a lifetime. He is also a TEDx Speaker, Co-Authored 3 Books, and is a graduate of Purdue University & Stanford University’s Social Entrepreneurship Program. Here's What We Cover Enjoy the...

Doug Wing began working at Little Giant building ladders when he was just 10 years old. Growing up with Hal as a father gave Doug a foundation of faith, persistence, service and a love of all things fast, of course. He used that foundation to help build the brand and lead the sales team at Little Giant. He has more than 40 years of experience in manufacturing, operations, sales, sales leadership, and executive management. Today, Doug carries on the legacy of Hal in his service to his church,...

Marty Strong is a retired Navy SEAL officer and combat veteran. He is a novelist, a practicing CEO and Chief Strategy Officer, and the author of Be Nimble: How the Creative Navy SEAL Mindset Wins on the Battlefield and in Business, and a second book, Be Visionary: Strategic Leadership in the Age of Optimization, set for release in December 2022.  Marty's traveled to over forty countries, been shot at in a few, survived cancer twice, and experienced the loss of his oldest son. He has spent a...