Entrepreneur Episodes

How Cody Lee Helps Small Businesses Grow Locally | 1,573Cody Lee is building more than a marketplace. He's helping local entrepreneurs thrive, one event at a time.As the founder and CEO of Food Truck Club, Cody has transformed the way businesses and communities connect with local food vendors. Under his leadership, the company has coordinated thousands of events, served hundreds of thousands of meals, and created new opportunities for independent food truck owners across the country.Before launching Food Truck Club, Cody built his career in sales, an experience that shaped his practical approach to entrepreneurship, leadership, and business growth. Today, he shares real world insights on building marketplace businesses, scaling startups, developing high performing sales teams, and navigating the challenges every founder faces.At the heart of Cody's work is a simple belief: when small businesses succeed, entire communities benefit. His mission is to empower entrepreneur…

Todd A. Krause on Scaling a Business with Better Systems | 1,572Todd A. Krause believes businesses don't struggle because they lack opportunity. They struggle because they outgrow the systems that once made them successful.A CPA, MBA, entrepreneur, and business strategist, Todd has spent his career helping organizations scale with clarity and purpose. As the owner of The Cleaning Authority in Fishers, he grew the business from $1.8 million to more than $4 million in revenue while creating an award winning workplace culture built on strong leadership and engaged teams.Today, through Silversun Consulting, Todd helps home service business owners overcome the challenges that prevent sustainable growth. His work focuses on building leadership, creating scalable systems, and developing healthy workplace cultures that allow companies to grow without relying on constant owner involvement.Drawing from decades of experience across finance, banking, entrepreneurship, and operatio…

Anthony Moreno on Fitness That Actually Works | 1,564Anthony Moreno is challenging everything people have been taught about fitness.A former British Army soldier, Royal Air Force firefighter, entrepreneur, and author of Fitness Sucks!, Anthony has spent more than 15 years helping people break free from the cycle of extreme diets, unrealistic expectations, and all or nothing thinking that keeps so many stuck.As the founder of The Fusion House, he has coached thousands of clients, trained competitive athletes, mentored future fitness professionals, and built thriving businesses around one core belief: lasting health should fit your life, not take it over.Anthony's message stands in sharp contrast to today's fitness culture. Instead of chasing perfection, he teaches consistency. Instead of guilt, he promotes sustainability. Instead of punishing workouts and impossible standards, he helps people build habits they can maintain for a lifetime.His practical, no nonsense a…

Nikki Cruise on Living with Purpose and Joy | 1,561Nikki Cruise believes joy is not the reward for overcoming life's challenges. It is the strength that carries us through them.An international speaker, coach, and founder of Joy Inspired, Nikki has dedicated her life to helping people reconnect with purpose, resilience, and authentic joy. Her message is rooted in lived experience, not theory. After overcoming profound personal adversity, including a season that left her in a wheelchair, she discovered that lasting fulfillment is not found by waiting for life to become easier. It is created through the choices we make every day.Today, Nikki equips leaders, entrepreneurs, and individuals to build lives that are aligned from the inside out. Through her signature message, The Joy Factor, she challenges the belief that joy comes after success, showing instead that it is the foundation for stronger leadership, deeper relationships, greater creativity, and meaningful impact.W…

Ramiro Moreno on Cleaner Air Healthier Living | 1,559Ramiro Moreno has spent nearly three decades solving a problem most people do not realize they are living with every day.As the founder and president of DWD2 Clean Air, Ramiro has built his career around improving the quality of the air people breathe by addressing contamination where it actually begins, inside the HVAC and air conditioning systems that power homes, vehicles, and commercial buildings.Long before indoor air quality became a mainstream concern, Ramiro recognized a critical gap in the industry. While many solutions focused on treating symptoms at the surface, the root causes, mold, bacteria, and accumulated contamination within evaporator systems, often remained untouched. Determined to change that, he introduced non-invasive evaporator cleaning technology to the United States, creating a more effective approach that challenged conventional industry practices.Today, his work continues to help organizati…

Christopher McKeithen on Avoiding Costly Cyber Breaches | 1,542Christopher McKeithen learned in combat that the most dangerous threats are often the ones you never see coming.After serving in the U.S. Army, including a combat deployment to Iraq, he carried a simple lesson into the cybersecurity world: the difference between a manageable problem and a catastrophic failure often comes down to identifying vulnerabilities before an adversary does.That philosophy became the foundation of Aegis Cyber Defense.As founder and CEO, Christopher built Aegis to help organizations uncover the security exposures hiding in plain sight. His platform provides security and IT leaders with a clear understanding of their attack surface, prioritizing real world threats based on active exploitation data rather than overwhelming teams with endless alerts and noise.Built as a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Aegis Cyber Defense specializes in helping lean security teams and r…

Matthew Fornaro on Avoiding Costly Business Mistakes | 1,530Matthew Fornaro helps business owners navigate legal challenges before they become costly problems.With more than two decades of experience serving businesses throughout South Florida, Matthew has built a reputation for providing clear, practical legal counsel in areas where entrepreneurs often need it most, contracts, disputes, negotiations, risk management, and business growth.Rather than overwhelming clients with legal jargon, he focuses on helping business owners make confident, informed decisions that protect what they have built and position them for long term success.Whether advising startups taking their first steps or established companies managing complex business issues, Matthew brings a strategic mindset that balances legal protection with real world business objectives.His philosophy is straightforward: the best legal strategy is not just about solving problems. It is about helping businesses …

Dr Alison Pattison on Turning Vision Into Action | 1,528Dr. Alison Pattison thrives at the intersection of education, leadership, entrepreneurship, and advocacy.As a professor, Senior Doctoral Chair at Grand Canyon University, entrepreneur, podcast host, speaker, and advocate, she has dedicated her career to helping people turn ideas into impact. Her work spans health and human services, leadership development, higher education, and developmental disability advocacy, all connected by a common mission: empowering others to create meaningful change.Known for her ability to bridge academic excellence with real world application, Dr. Pattison mentors emerging leaders, researchers, and professionals who want to make a difference in their communities and industries. Whether guiding doctoral candidates, launching innovative projects, or leading conversations that inspire growth, she brings a unique blend of strategic thinking, compassion, and vision.At her core, Dr. Pattison …

Chris McManus on Building a Business from the Ground Up | 1,504Chris McManus built GC Landscaping Inc. from the ground up with grit, loyalty, and a vision bigger than landscaping. What started as mowing lawns at 19 years old has grown into a trusted hometown company transforming backyards into places where families gather, memories are made, and life happens outdoors. Born and raised in Morganton, North Carolina, Chris leads with the same values he was raised on: hard work, honesty, creativity, and treating people right. From custom pools and outdoor kitchens to patios and full property transformations, GC Landscaping is known for bringing big ideas to life with craftsmanship, heart, and a team that takes pride in every single project.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love!👉 Check out today’s guest: www.gclandscapinginc.com🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier …

Jessie Tylre Williams on Healing and Finding Purpose | 1,497Jessie Tylre Williams is an author, entrepreneur, musician, and philanthropist whose life and work are defined by resilience, reinvention, and impact.With roots spanning Mexico and Canada, she has built a multi faceted career on the Riviera Nayarit, leading ventures across real estate, creative work, and philanthropy. She is the founder of Second Faze Real Estate and Property Management, as well as Planetary Persuasion, an organization dedicated to meaningful social impact.Jessie also created the National PTSD Benefit and Galas, taking her mission across Canada to raise awareness and funds for veterans and first responders living with PTSD. Her work earned her a Commendation Medal from the Minister of Veterans Affairs, one of the country’s highest civilian honors.An award winning musician and co author of the number one bestselling book Transforming Pain Into Purpose, Jessie brings a voice that is direct, live…

Troy Perkins on Smart Investing in Gold and Diamonds | 1,496Troy Perkins is a premier estate jewelry expert and entrepreneur known for bringing clarity and transparency to an industry often built on confusion.With over 20 years of experience handling millions in estate jewelry, diamonds, and precious metals, Troy has seen every side of the market, from rare heirlooms to costly mistakes. His work is centered on one mission. Give people the truth so they can make smarter, more confident decisions.While many in the industry benefit from information gaps, Troy built his business on the opposite approach. Education, honesty, and full transparency. He breaks down what dealers do not say, where hidden markups exist, and how buyers can avoid overpaying on everything from engagement rings to gold investments.Beyond consumer education, Troy brings a powerful entrepreneurial perspective. Starting with no background in jewelry, he built a seven figure business by doing what most w…

1,476 | Jake Robbins on Becoming a Stronger Version of YouJake Robbins, known as “The Modern Alchemist,” is a coach, entrepreneur, and speaker focused on deep, identity-level transformation. Based in Minneapolis, he is the owner of High Caliber Records, Built Different Music Group, and A Better Life Living, a growing platform designed to help individuals step into their next level of life and leadership.His work centers on helping high-functioning individuals break subconscious patterns, expand their internal capacity, and move beyond surface-level change. Through A Better Life Living, he also provides courses that address mental health and addiction at the root, creating lasting and sustainable transformation.Jake’s approach is shaped by lived experience. After navigating mental health and addiction challenges from a young age, he rebuilt his life through a combination of inner work, discipline, and self awareness. Today, he integrates that experience with modern coaching…

1,474 | From Breakdown to Breakthrough Gretchen SchoserGretchen Schoser, known as G Rex, is a mental health advocate, entrepreneur, and podcast host redefining how individuals and organizations approach well being.She is the co host and business manager of the award winning podcast Sh!t That Goes On In Our Heads, a globally recognized show with over 2 million downloads across more than 100 countries. The podcast creates space for real, unfiltered conversations around mental health, blending honesty, humor, and lived experience to remind people they are not alone.Gretchen’s work is rooted in her own turning point. After facing one of the most difficult chapters of her life, she made the decision to reach out for help, a moment that shifted everything. What followed was not just recovery, but a complete redefinition of purpose.Today, as the owner of Schoser Talent and Wellness Solutions, she works with small and midsize businesses to build healthier, more human centered …

1,452 | Brimstone Shares His Journey in Entertainment and MediaBrimstone is a multi-talented entertainer and entrepreneur whose career spans more than four decades across a wide range of industries. His work includes professional wrestling, radio and podcast hosting, acting, voice acting, writing, music, philanthropy, food criticism, and appearances in horror, comic books, animation, children’s media, and video games.Often described as a modern Renaissance figure, Brimstone has built a reputation as a seasoned entertainer and dynamic personality who continues to evolve and expand his impact across entertainment and media.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love!👉 Check out today’s guest: www.therealbrimstone.com🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect for creators, coaches, and brands ready to level up.👍 Like t…

1,440 | Matt Smith on Ethical AI and Business GrowthMatt Smith is a serial entrepreneur known for building valuable companies by identifying emerging trends early. Today, he is focused on the agetech space, with a strong emphasis on ethical AI and how it can be responsibly integrated into growing businesses.With extensive experience as a founder, Matt brings practical insight into what it takes to build, scale, and sustain a company. He works with entrepreneurs on navigating common pitfalls, managing finances, and making strategic decisions that support long term success.His recent work centers on helping startups adopt AI in a way that is both innovative and ethical, ensuring technology enhances growth without compromising integrity.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love!👉 Check out today’s guest: www.speak2family.com🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-ti…

1,438 | Phillip Lanier on Hard Work Faith and Business GrowthPhillip Lanier’s journey began in Fort Mill, South Carolina, raised by a teenage single mother without financial stability or a safety net. School was a struggle. He failed English, missed his high school graduation, and at 18 was sleeping in a tent while working multiple low wage jobs just to get by.Everything changed when he entered the construction industry. With no formal training and no money, Phillip started at the bottom digging ditches and learning every part of the business through hard work and persistence. Over the next 20 years, he built a company that grew to 115 employees before successfully exiting and retiring at 47.Today, Phillip leads Your Money Essentials, where he mentors individuals who feel stuck and are searching for a clear path forward. His message is grounded and powerful: with grit, faith, and the right guidance, it is possible to change your future.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love ou…

1,431 | Dr Robin Hall on Thriving After Life Changing DiagnosisDr. Robin Hall is a board certified family physician, best selling author, entrepreneur, and keynote speaker who has experienced healthcare from every angle. As a physician, caregiver to her husband during his battle with stage IV lymphoma, and a breast cancer survivor herself, she brings rare depth, empathy, and perspective to her work.She was also a pioneer in the medical field, founding one of the first concierge medical practices in Texas despite widespread skepticism. Today, she empowers others to stop putting themselves last and give themselves permission to thrive in their health, mindset, and life.Her book, The Other Side of Illness: Unexpected Blessings, is a collection of real stories from patients and individuals who faced life altering health challenges and discovered growth, purpose, and hope along the way.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love!👉 Check out today’s guest: ww…

1,424 | Build a Self Running Business with David SalernoDavid Salerno is a serial entrepreneur, author, and Vice Chair of the Montreal Economic Institute, Canada’s leading free market think tank. Over more than twenty years, he founded and scaled Solpak Packaging Solutions to eight figure revenues, serving over 530 clients across Canada before executing a successful exit.His book, *Built For Freedom*, introduces the Sherpa Method, a nine step framework for building businesses that operate independently of their founders. A three time Mercuriades finalist and Forbes Business Council member, David now leads Entrepreneur Sherpa, where he helps growth stage entrepreneurs across North America build scalable, self sustaining companies.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love!👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.davidsalerno.com🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tie…

1,409 | Florian Kemmerich on Driving Social and Environmental ImpactFlorian Kemmerich is an impact investor, entrepreneur, and author dedicated to a simple principle: impact lives and share profits. As Co Founder and Managing Partner of Human Planet and Resilienture, he works to mobilize innovative finance and partnerships that empower communities and protect the planet.A respected global leader, Florian serves as Chair of TIGER 21 Switzerland and has long been active within the Young Presidents’ Organization. Over the years, he has helped raise nearly one billion dollars for organizations and funds focused on measurable social and environmental impact.Through his book On Vocation (Routledge, 2025) and his podcast IMPACTCAST, Florian explores how leadership, purpose, and capital can work together to drive meaningful global change.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love!👉 Check out today’s guest: https://on-vocation.com🎬 Need stunning videos, clean…

1,398 | Bianca B. King on Turning $700 Into $280M in RevenueWith nearly 30 years in business and more than 1.6 billion dollars in transactions, Bianca B. King has built a career defined by resilience. That strength was forged early when she left home at 13 to escape instability and create a future on her own terms.She spent over a decade in commercial real estate on a team that closed 1.4 billion dollars in deals. In 2008, she launched Seven5 Seven3 Marketing Group with just 700 dollars. Seventeen years later, that decision has generated more than 280 million dollars in client revenue.Along the way, Bianca realized that the same strategies that build sustainable wealth can also cultivate sustainable joy. She founded Pretty Damn Ambitious®, a global collective for ambitious women entrepreneurs in expert based service businesses. Through her Joyful Ambition™ framework, she helps leaders build profitable companies while aligning success with personal values and fulfillment.…

1,394 | Ed McCarthy on the 5 Decisions That Change Your LifeEd McCarthy is a self-made entrepreneur, investor, lifestyle strategist, global nomad, and intentional dad who teaches financial freedom through purposeful lifestyle design. A first-generation American from Boston, Ed built his success from the ground up and credits intentional decisions, discipline, and clarity for shaping both his wealth and his character.Through his book Life Letters, he shares 26 Wisdom Transfer letters from A to Z that outline the key declarations and decisions that create personal and professional success at every stage of life. His message is simple yet powerful: you are only five decisions away from living the life you envision.Ed’s mission is to positively transform one million lives by helping people align wealth, wisdom, and happiness with their highest potential. He lives in the mountains of Colorado with his wife and children.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love…

1,385 | Rich Potter on Aligning Lifestyle and Business OwnershipRich Potter is a franchise consultant, entrepreneur, and the founder of Franchise Heroes, where he helps professionals leave the traditional 9 to 5 by investing in proven, scalable business models instead of starting from scratch.With more than a decade of experience as a business owner and operator, Rich has built and scaled multiple companies across e commerce, service based businesses, and marketing. Today, he works one on one with aspiring business owners, including executives, healthcare professionals, high income W 2 earners, and veterans, guiding them through franchise ownership with clarity and confidence.As a Senior Agent with Quantum Franchise Group and a recognized Rising Star within the Franchise Brokers Association, Rich is known for his data driven, no pressure approach. He prioritizes lifestyle alignment, financial transparency, and long term success, helping clients avoid costly mistakes and ch…

1,374 | Meghan Higney Reveals What It Takes to Build a Business That LastsMeghan Higney is the founder of Message, a business builder, and mother of two who believes the hardest parts of entrepreneurship are not strategic but personal. She has led a consumer brand through uncertainty, pressure, and growth while learning that resilience and integrity matter more than bravado.In 2024, Meghan moved her family to central Mexico, redefining how she leads, measures success, and sustains balance in life and business. With a background in finance, investment, and leadership, she brings both emotional depth and practical insight to conversations about money, responsibility, and building with purpose.Her work centers on thoughtful leadership, honest communication, and creating businesses that last.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love!👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.wearmessage.com🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Ch…

1,368 | Mark Victor Hansen Shares the Mindset Behind 59 #1 BestsellersMark Victor Hansen is best known as the co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series and brand, a global phenomenon that has sold more than 500 million books worldwide. His work has achieved fifty-nine #1 New York Times bestsellers and was named the Time Magazine “Publishing Phenomenon of the Decade.”A celebrated speaker, author, and entrepreneur, Mark continues to inspire millions with his message of possibility, perseverance, and purpose.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love!👉 Check out today’s guest: https://markvictorhansen.com/🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect for creators, coaches, and brands ready to level up.👍 Like this video 💬 Drop a comment & share your favorite part 🔔 Subscribe for more inspiring conversations M…