The Business Credit and Financing Show

Rachel Haley has worked in the finance and tech industry for the past 10 years. Rachel started her career at Hall Capital Partners in the portfolio management group, focusing on portfolio management, market analysis, and financial modeling. After Hall Capital, Rachel moved to Salesforce to work in the finance and strategy department. In 2015, she Co-Founded Clarus Designs, which now has over 100 employees globally. Most recently, Rachel worked as the Senior Director of Sales Operations and Strategy at Snowflake, where she helped the company grow from 300 people to over 2,000 and more than 10X-ing in annual revenue. During the show we discuss: ● Prioritization framework ● Common preconceived notion most people have around starting a business ● How to best let go of tasks and delegate to other team members ● Steps in building a business ● How to find the right people for a startup company ● The best mindset in accomplishing objectives ● How to overcome issues with partners ● What successful business owners have in common ● Tried and tested strategies to scale and grow a business ● Most common mistakes sales executives make today ● What are some of the core processes that every business must have ● What are the main KPIs you must track ● How to strategically plan your sales and marketing process ● Most effective sales strategy ● Most effective marketing strategy ● Tips to grow loyal customers ● How partnerships help a business to scale and grow Show resources: https://www.clarusdesigns.com/

Dan Cuprill is the author of several books, most notably Advisor Architect: Building the Practice You've Always Wanted and Renegade Advisor: Surviving in the Age of Amazon. His firm, Advisor Architect, teaches advisors the power of systems to transition from what he calls a "crappy sales job" to becoming a real entrepreneur and owning a major profit center. A financial advisor himself, Dan's fee-based firm Money & Clarity manages close to $200 million in assets for clients in 20 states. All the while, he resides some 300 miles away from his office. He is also the host of Profitable Advisor Podcast. During the show we discuss: ● How to know if you need a financial advisor ● How to recognize the best financial advisors ● Why choose an advisor who has a specialized niche ● How to avoid "landmines" when choosing the right advisor ● How can advisors help you ● What are the advisors limitations ● Common myths about financial advisors ● Importance of having a financial advisors ● Tips in choosing a financial advisor ● Should someone always follow the advice of an advisor ● When to seek a financial advisor ● How much is needed for retirement ● 3 things financial plans must include ● Why you MUST have disability insurance as an entrepreneur ● Why you need to address estate planning NOW ● Why so many retirees make serious financial mistakes that cost them ● Good investment strategies ● How to account for inflation in your savings plan Show resources: https://matsonandcuprill.lpages.co/daily-email/ https://www.renegadeadvisor.net/ https://www.moneyandclarity.com/

During this show, you'll discover … ✅ All about equity crowdfunding, your little-known business financing secret weapon! ✅ Get equity crowdfunding explained ✅ Get an equity crowdfunding review… ✅ … including how it differs from rewards-based crowdfunding (like at Kickstarter or Indiegogo) ✅Learn about equity crowdfunding platforms… ✅ … and which may be better for your business's needs ✅ Find out the purpose behind equity crowdfunding ✅ Learn what's in it for equity crowdfunding investors… ✅ … and business owners ✅ Find out how it works ✅ Get to know why real estate is the industry most likely to use equity crowdfunding investing ✅ Find out how equity crowdfunding can work for your business ✅ Learn how equity crowdfunding is for accredited investors … ✅ … and investors like you and me

Joe Lawrence is an author and investor from central New Jersey who helps small business owners obtain large lines of business credit. Working in real estate, he discovered methods to line up cash quickly as a means to fund his business. He takes pride in correcting the myth that only "older, large companies can obtain lines of credit." His company, Business Credit Workshop, teaches the methods to develop a rock-solid business credit profile as well as the little-known techniques on how and where to obtain business loans in today's market. During the show we discuss: ● What business credit is ● Why you need business credit for your business ● How to establish business credit ● How business credit score determined ● How to create a strong business credit profile ● Checking my business credit profile ● How to improve my business credit score to improve my chances of securing financing ● Ways to strengthen your business credit ● Misconceptions from small business owners about credit ● How is business credit similar to personal credit and how is it different ● How credit card help establish credit for a new business ● How to use business credit to get high-limit credit lines ● Tips to build a strong credit profile Show resources: https://www.businesscreditworkshop.me/home/about/

In this episode, Stacy Bahrenfuss otherwise known as Stacy B. shows a proven system that helps real estate agents create explosive growth with the proper training and insider knowledge that helps them take their real estate business to an unprecedented level. About Our Guest Stacy Bahrenfuss is the Founder + CEO of Catalyst Group, and Creator of the Limitless Realtor Circle, a professional training program for Realtors. Stacy started her real estate company at the early age of 19, sustained her company through the housing crisis of 2007-2010, and continued to scale her business beyond the 7-figure mark, to become one of the top-performing real state teams in the state of Idaho. Stacy brings a unique perspective to the real estate world as her experience is vast; she has been a single agent, has run a large team, and has even operated as a Designated Broker for Catalyst Group as a brokerage. She has personally funded a development project consisting of 11 upper-tier new luxury homes while still operating her real estate team at Catalyst. In a traditionally male-led industry, Stacy had paved the way for other female leaders, leveraging her intuition and over a decade of experience in meditation, personal development, and results coaching. During the show we discuss: ● What realtors missing from their education ● Starting real estate business at the age of 19 ● Going into recession without any formal training ● Is formal education needed in real state investing ● Kind of mindset to have a successful business especially in real estate ● How integrating mindfulness and meditation help elevate results ● Winning morning routine ● Ways Real Estate Team Leaders, Managers, and Brokers work to better empower Realtors ● How to choose a niche to specialize in ● Seizing that opportunity in real estate ● Ways that realtors help to raise the industry standard, and provide even better service to clientele ● Managing positivity and helping the team with their energy and inner state ● Tips to become a magnet for more opportunities and more clientele ● Most effective ways to advertise real estate properties to prospective buyers ● Most important information when creating a new listing on the Multiple Listing Service ● Qualities to be a good real estate agent ● Lessons from a recession Show resources: http://www.limitlessrealtorcircle.com/ https://limitlesswithstacyb.com/

During this show, you'll discover … ● How to handle a credit card limit decrease ● Steps to take as a business when your business credit card limit is reduced ● How lenders are changing the way they do things ● They are lending less ● Some changes are positive for borrowers ● Some changes are negative for borrowers ● Lenders are monitoring business accounts for risky behavior ● And some are even reducing existing credit card limits based on perceived risky behavior ● The Credit CARD Act of 2009 does not protect from this ● Neither Does the Truth in Lending Act of 1968 ● What should you do if your business credit card limit is decreased? ● How to monitor your personal and business credit ● Why you shouldn't close accounts with decreased card limits ● How to look for options to bridge the gap ● Options like the Credit Line Hybrid ● What is the Credit Line Hybrid? ● What benefits does the Credit Line Hybrid offer? ● Why you need expert help to guide you through the business financing process ● How to get expert help on how to handle a credit limit decrease

In this episode, Thom King reveals his secrets to building a hugely-successful company and having optimal health so you can be the best version of yourself. About Our Guest: Part CEO, part personal development wonk, and part biohacker info geek, Thom King is a self-confessed serial entrepreneur. While his favorite book list contains many success-oriented and personal-development classics, the traditional definition of achieving success (e.g. make a lot of money) is not what inspires or motivates King. He follows more of a "you aren't doing well unless you're also doing some good" line of thinking. King's company has been built around the simple principle of "do the right thing". In 1999, Thom's personal passion for food and his concern over the explosion of metabolic disease led him to found Steviva Brands known as Icon Food, with a mission to help food manufacturers replace unhealthy sugars in their products with natural options. With 20 years of R&D work, Thom has helped hundreds of manufacturers improve the quality of their products. In recent years, his passion for food and optional health has intersected with his embrace of a ketogenic (low carb, high fat) diet. During the show we discuss: ● What makes a successful entrepreneur ● How to build a business with 'why' ● Key habits and mindset needed to be a successful entrepreneur ● Important things to know before pursuing entrepreneurship ● Why drive and determination are essential with running a successful business ● Smart ways to win competitions ● Why a lot of people failed to start or grow a business ● Common mistakes when starting a business ● "Catalysts" or exponential growth points for business ● Importance of a business plan ● Should you or should you not use venture capital to grow ● How to use crowdfunding to grow ● Why self-care is important to your success ● Best way to market your product ● What makes a successful marketing strategy Show resources: http://thomking.com/ https://www.guygoneketo.com/ https://iconfoods.com/

In this interview, David A. Schwerin, Ph.D author of Know Your Soul: Bring Joy to Your Life reveals the best way to know yourself, get in touch with your soul, and how to bring true joy to your life. About Our Guest: David A. Schwerin, Ph.D., founder and former President of D J Investment Advisors Inc., is the author of three books and dozens of articles published worldwide. His latest book, co-authored with Diana Muenz Chen, Know Your Soul: Bring Joy to Your Life, was published in late 2019. His other books include Conscious Globalism: What is wrong with the world and how to fix it, and Conscious Capitalism: Principles for Prosperity. During the show we discuss: ● Getting to know yourself ● What mystery schools are and how can they help ● How to discover why you are the way you are ● How to learn more about your soul ● How to determine the life path you should be on ● How to know your soul's true intention ● How to better assess what you should be doing with your life ● How to know when you're on the wrong path in life ● How to best discover what it is you should be contributed to life ● How to overcome uncertainty ● How to get in touch with your higher self ● Why meditation is so important ● What's the origin of your soul ● How to best overcome the most emotionally painful obstacles in your life ● How do you bring true joy into your life Show resources: https://www.amazon.com/KNOW-YOUR-SOUL-BRING-LIFE/dp/0976518910 http://www.consciousthinking.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidschwerin/

During this show, you'll discover … ✅ How efforts to combat the financial effects of the novel coronavirus have caused other problems for small business owners ✅ How scammers are trying to take advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program ✅ How a combination of unprecedented need… ✅ … $2 trillion in funding… ✅ … some relaxed rules… ✅ … desperation… ✅ … and unethical people… ✅ … has created a situation where some are trying to cheat the system ✅ How bad actors are already trying to game the system ✅ Ways to protect yourself against SBA loan scams ✅ What the Small Business Administration says about avoiding scammers ✅ What to look for ✅ How and why a dose of skepticism is healthy ✅ Where online lenders fit into the picture… ✅ … and how they may end up being able to participate in the SBA Paycheck Protection Program… ✅ … and how reputable online lenders can be a part of getting your business back on its feet ✅ How federal oversight affects the SBA PPP and the CARES Act ✅ How to get a forgivable loan from the stimulus package ✅ How to get a legit SBA PPP loan ✅ Where we have up to date information on the SBA Paycheck Protection Program… ✅ … which we are updating regularly

In this interview, Mark Kumar reveals the easiest way to get a podcast off the ground, the best way to host your show, and how to use a sales funnel to maximize your podcast potential and grow your online business. About Our Guest: Mark Kumar is a Lifestyle Entrepreneur. He coaches entrepreneurs to run a profitable online business by sharing their own advice. If you ever helped anyone with your advice, then you are ready to create and run a successful online business today. During the show, we discuss: ● What lifestyle entrepreneur is ● Turning your passion into a profitable company ● How to take offline businesses online during the pandemic ● What SaaS Company is ● What sales funnel is ● How to be the best host on an online podcast ● How popular is podcasting now ● How hard is it to get a podcast off the ground ● What kind of people can succeed podcasting ● Which channels you need to have your podcast on ● What kinds of analytics and tracking is available with podcasting ● Using a sales funnel with podcasting ● Importance of building a sales funnel ● Using a sales funnel for a business ● Secrets and powerful tips in building sales funnels ● How to use Pixeling to grow an online business ● Aligning marketing strategy in the sales funnel ● Getting paying clients for online businesses Show resources: https://markkumar.com/ https://simplepodcastcloud.com/

See how you can accelerate your brand in this interview with our special guest Andy Seth. Andy teaches us how to develop brand guidelines and use them to establish your brand identity so you can be recognized by your potential clients without spending lots of money to do it. About Our Guest: Andy's entrepreneurial journey has taken him through 4 successful seven-figure exits. His company Flow Marketing is recognized as being in the top 10% of the B Corps worldwide. Thriving in the face of COVID-19, Flow Marketing is on track for a $10M run rate in 2020. Andy's agency is the nation's first accredited with federally registered apprenticeships. He's helped more than 1,000+ low-income students go to college on scholarship. Andy has received numerous awards such as "40 Under 40", "Top 25 Most Influential People", and "Leader of the Year". He's started 9 companies (8 of which are professional services), scaled four into multi-million dollar companies, and has generated millions for clients such as Microsoft and Levi Strauss. His mindfulness blog generates thousands of visitors per month, his book is a #1 bestseller, and his album has been listened to in 36 countries. During the show we discuss: ● What are a brand and branding are ● The difference between branding and marketing ● Why should businesses invest in branding ● How branding attract target customers ● What branding guide is and it works ● What's in a good set of brand guidelines ● Things to consider before starting a brand identity ● How to create a brand identity and what should it include ● How to establish my brand ● When to use your personal vs business brand ● Guidelines to follow in branding ● How to build a brand identity campaign ● Effective strategies that we can apply in creating a brand identity ● Fundamentals of a successful branding strategy ● How to execute a branding strategy ● How to evaluate the current branding ● How to increase brand recognition ● Why companies do rebranding ● Most important things to know about rebranding Show resources: https://feelmeflow.com/branding/ https://feelmeflow.com/ www.andyseth.com

Tamara Brock AKA Ms. Diva Trucker has made the transition from a lease driver of 6 years to paying off her truck. She became a Female Trainer who advocates for Women Drivers in Trucking. She started her own Independent Recruiting Business that has grown to be one of the Top Independent Recruiting Companies in the Trucking Industry. 2020 she started her own Freight Brokerage Firm called Brock Logistic LLC. 2020 Real Women In Trucking Trailblazer Award Recipient 2019 Real Women In Trucking Queen of the Roads Nominee Featured on GMA for her dedication in Helping Truckers receive PPE equipment during the Pandemic of COVID-19 Featured on Spectrum TV Female Trucker Documentary Life of A Female Trucker Road to Ownership Invited as a guest appearance in VOLVO semi-truck commercial on back pain Ms. Diva trucker has been featured in several of the Trucking magazines such as Overdrive magazine. Ms. Diva Trucker was invited to the Department of Transportation along with RWIT to meet with FMCSA for changes for women who deal with Sexual Assault/ Harassment. Raised money for 2019 Make-A-Wish Foundation Ms. Diva Trucker now assist Truckers in Getting their Own Motor Carrier Authority/Freight Broker License Tamara Brock is the Founder of (WOCAB) Women-Owned Carrier and Broker Association In order to join must have active USDOT and MC# Brock Logistic LLC is an SBA Certified Women-Owned Business Certified Economic Disadvantaged Women-Owned Business During the show we discuss: ● Getting into trucking as a female ● Training women in the trucking industry ● Getting into recruiting and freight broker ● Secret on Growing a YouTube Channel ● Developing a career even after the industry ● Brokers and carriers ● Negotiating skills ● Decorating your Truck ● Women dominating the trucking industry ● Volvo commercial ● Making videos as an influencer Show resources: www.msdivatrucker.com

During this show, you'll discover … ✅ How hacks are fine – but business credit building cheats will never be worth it ✅ Why dishonest business credit building methods will set you back every time ✅ How cheating the system can be a disaster when trying to get funding during a recession ✅ The three main ways people try to illegitimately speed up business credit building ✅ Why buying business trade lines is expensive and unnecessary… ✅ … and how it can sometimes be connected to identity theft… ✅ … but where personal credit differs ✅ What the FBI, FICO, Equifax, and Nav all say about buying trade lines ✅ How Dun and Bradstreet will flag your credit profile for decades ✅ What a Credit Privacy Number (CPN) is, and how they are legitimate for some people… ✅ … but how they are also unethically used ✅ Why using a CPN for your Social Security number is a Federal crime… ✅ … where you can be fined or put in prison… ✅ … and how paying for a CPN is unnecessary, and can be connected to identity theft ✅ What the FTC, Social Security Administration, Department of Justice, and Better Business Bureau all say about buying CPNs ✅ What a shelf corporation is, and how it differs from a shell corporation ✅ How they used to be legit, what they do, and how much they can cost ✅ What the FDIC, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and Experian all say about buying shelf corporations ✅ What CRAs and lenders will do if they find out you bought a shelf corporation… ✅ … and how else they can be more trouble than they are worth You can build business credit fast without the cheats! Find out more here 👉 https://www.creditsuite.com/business-...

Marty McDonald, CEO and founder of Bad Rhino, teaches how to master digital advertising to scale your business by affordably getting a high-volume of leads and sales. About Our Guest: Marty McDonald is a cofounder and the CEO of Bad Rhino Inc., a full-service social media marketing agency. Since 2002, Marty has consulted with small businesses and start-ups to help them succeed online. Bad Rhino is a full-service social media marketing and digital agency founded in 2011. Today, it services clients locally, nationally, and globally. One of the reasons Bad Rhino has grown to be so successful so quickly is due to their ability to develop utterly unique and highly customized strategies that create incredible exposure for their clients' businesses. Their full-service approach means they not only create these amazing strategies and plans, but they also implement them and manage them day to day, including delivering messages to their customers. During the show, we discuss: ● Differences between traditional and digital marketing ● Importance of using digital marketing especially at this time of pandemic ● How affordable is digital marketing ● Investments needed to get started with digital marketing ● Proven strategies to apply in digital marketing ● Developing digital marketing strategies for business ● Identifying which social media channels and sub-channels to use effectively ● Most effective types of ads ● How retargeting works ● Importance of congruency of your ad and landing page ● Digital Advertising to get cold leads into sales funnel ● Digital advertising to market warm leads ● Kinds of effective contents ● Leveling up social media content Show resources: https://badrhinoinc.com/

Laura Khalil is a speaker and trainer focused on teaching courageous leadership skills to help women and allies succeed inside and outside the corporate world. A two-time entrepreneur working with Fortune 500 companies, Laura's programs and coaching encompass real-life experience navigating complex organizational structures. Combined with science-backed research in emotional intelligence, neurobiology and communication, Laura helps women become leaders, make more money, and have people knocking down their door with opportunities. She has worked with Intel, GE, Twitter, Forbes, WeWork, Creative Mornings and many more. Laura is also the host of Brave by Design, a podcast that helps ambitious women rise and thrive. During the show, we discuss: ● Importance of leadership in business ● Traits of exceptional leaders ● Qualities that successful leaders have in common ● Becoming a badass leader ● Effective leadership skills ● Why empathy is essential in being a great leader ● Becoming the visionary for your business ● What Imposter Syndrome is ● Why people have Imposter Syndrome ● Overcoming Imposter Syndrome ● How goals help a person become a badass leader ● How a badass leader handles disagreements and miscommunications with the team ● How an exceptional leader responds to criticisms ● How badass leaders face challenges ● Importance of asking for feedback on leadership Show resources: https://www.bravebydesign.net/ https://twitter.com/4ceofbadassery https://www.instagram.com/forceofbadassery/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurakhalil/

Ellen Voie is the President/CEO and founder of the Women In Trucking Association, formed to promote the employment of women in the trucking industry, address obstacles and to celebrate the successes of its members. Voie's prior role was Manager of Retention and Recruiting Programs at Schneider after serving as the Executive Director of Trucker Buddy International. Voie is a Certified Association Executive. She holds a Class A CDL and a private pilot's license. She has been honored by the White House as a Transportation Innovator Champion of Change. She received the 2015 "Distinguished Alumna of the Year" award the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Division of Communication. Voie was named one of Supply & Demand Chain Executives magazine's "2016 Pros to Know." In May, 2016, she was chosen as one of Fleet Owner's Dozen Outstanding Women In Trucking. In 2017 Voie was named to Insight Success Magazine's "The 30 Most Inspirational Leaders in Business" and "The 30 Most Innovative CEOs To Watch." Voie was appointed to the FMCSA's Entry Level Driver Training Advisory Committee. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Motor Carrier Association and is a member of the Wisconsin DOT's Motor Carrier Advisory Committee. During the show we discuss: ● Pursuing the trucking industry ● Women in trucking ● Telling stories to encourage others ● Challenges of the female drivers ● Safety culture ● Challenges in corporate for women ● Empowering Women ● The change of training processes ● Equality in the trucking industry ● Challenges in starting a non-profit organization ● Recruiting women ● Driver Ambassador Program ● Getting into radio ● Ellen Voie's legacy ● Realwomenintrucking.com Show resources: http://www.realwomenintrucking.com/ https://twitter.com/womentruckers

Ms Petty was born and raised in Atlanta, GA. She is the owner of Bumble Bee Dispatch, Bumble Bee Vending, and Bleu Luxury. And a author of 'How to Become a Freight Broker Agent She has able to overcome life's adversity. Started working at the age of 15, always been a hustler and go getter. She started her trucking career in 2013 and within the first year was able to make over six figures working from home. She started Bumble Bee Dispatch and from there she started a vending company in 2018 called Bumble Bee Vending. Recently she just purchased an online boutique. At the age of 28 she was financially stable, learned about credit and how you can leverage your credit to get ahead. She work with a few brands within the trucking industry who pays her to promote their products. She has pulled herself up by her own boot straps. In this show, we discuss: Getting into businesses and trucking industry One-stop shop Bumble Bee Dispatch Bumblebeevending.com Bleuluxury.com Bumble Bee Dispatch Youtube Channel Bumble Bee's purpose How women are taking over the Trucking Industry Bumble Bee's Legacy 'How to Become a Freight Broker Agent' book Show resources: https://www.bumblebeedispatch.com/ http://www.bumblebeevending.com/ https://bleuluxury.com/

During this show, you'll discover … ✅ How peer to peer lending works ✅ Just what peer to peer lending is… ✅ … and how it can work for your business ✅ Who the biggest players are in the P2P lending space ✅ All about Prosper… ✅ … and how their scoring works ✅ About Lending Club… ✅ … the world's largest P2P lending platform ✅ What you need to know about Funding Circle… ✅ … including where they operate ✅ The basics on Upstart… ✅ … and just how accurate their modeling system is ✅ What StreetShares is all about… ✅ … and in particular how they offer advantages to veterans ✅ The basics on Fundrise… ✅ … and how it can help with real estate investing ✅ A look at Peerform… ✅ … and its many nuanced investment options ✅ How you can work with Kiva to change the world… ✅ … or the life of a small business owner here in the US

In this interview, Nathan Jones shares how to properly wipe electronic devices such as computers and smart devices so criminals don't steal and misuse your personal information. About Our Guest: Nathan Jones is a data security industry expert is responsible for overseeing sales efforts globally. He has over 14 years of experience and is a regular speaker at Industry Conferences. He handles Worldwide Sales and Strategic Relations for White Canyon Software. Often, people overlook the importance of data security when they're growing and cultivating a successful business. During the show we discussed: ● Data Leakage ● How hackers use data ● Best ways to protect data ● Mistakes business owners make when getting rid of old computers ● Wrong ways people get rid of their electronics ● What NSA recommends to do with old electronics ● Why is it bad to improperly discard old electronics ● Data persistence/remanence ● How data persistence harm businesses ● Eliminating remnant data ● Methods to permanently erase data ● How to 100% wipe your data before getting rid of a device ● Plugging a tool into your USB to completely wipe hard drive ● Electronics to wiped before getting rid of it ● Wiping your smart device before getting rid of it ● The necessity of data destruction ● Data destruction tools Show resources: https://www.whitecanyon.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-jones-3879388/

Rod Khleif is a multiple business owner and philanthropist who is passionate about entrepreneurship and giving back. Rod Khleif soared from humble beginnings as a young, impoverished Dutch immigrants to incredible success. Khleif's experience involves both remarkable triumphs, and spectacular failures, which he affectionately calls "seminars." Rod will explain the mindset required to recover from loosing $50m in the crash of 2008 to the success he enjoys today. Rod brings incredible authenticity and insight to his approach to real estate, business, success and life. During the show we discuss: ● Managing your focus to accomplish ultimate success ● Getting your mindset right to reach unimaginable levels of success ● How to pivot during times of crisis to have even greater success ● The goal setting strategy to adopt to get through the worst crises ● Using visualization to get everything in life that you want ● Why put time limits on your goals to better accomplish them ● Why insert pain into your goals for better success ● Why experience what you want to have a better chance of getting it ● Why practice gratitude every morning ● Why staying positive is so essential to navigating crisis ● Why stay focused on your strengths and use those to propel you ● Avoiding the crisis from happening Show resources: https://rodkhleif.com/ www.realestatewithrod.com www.multifamilyvirtualbootcamp.com use code RODFRIEND

Ruthann and Troy started a TalkCDL Trucking Podcast for fun which talks about trucking-related issues and right now, they have over 500,000 downloads. During the show we discuss: ● Entering the trucking industry ● Extending trucking knowledge to YouTube and other platforms ● The start of Talk CDL Trucking Podcast ● Growing the community ● How Talk CDL Trucking Podcast help its audience ● FMCSA pilot program lowering the age limit from 21 to 18 ● Recent laws and regulation that affects the trucking industry ● How dangerous is driving trucks professionally ● Avoiding aggressive drivers ● Avoiding and preventing accidents ● Overlooked issues in the trucking industry that needs a solution Show resources: TalkCDL Trucking Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/talkcdl-trucking-podcast/id1070264994 http://talkcdl.com/

Tierra Allen is also known as the sassy trucker. She's been driving trucks for 3 years. She has her YouTube channel The sassy trucker with more than 12 thousand subscribers and counting. Her contents are about trucking and traveling. During the show we discuss: ● Entering a Male-Dominated Industry ● Starting trucking ● How the trucking community grow throughout the years for women ● Best things in being a trucker ● How pandemic affects truckers ● How women in trucking deal with flat tires and other mechanical aspects ● Tips on Flatbed maintenance ● The most challenging part of being a trucker ● Making a Youtube Channel and growing the community ● Growing a loyal tribe of subscribers ● Showing your true self to the audience ● Surprising lessons learned along the way Show resources: The Sassy Trucker https://www.youtube.com/c/TheSassyTrucker/

During this show, you'll discover … ✅ How starting a recession-proof business can be a viable recession survival strategy… ✅ … because it's highly likely that a recession is coming ✅ The best business ideas 2020 should come with a plan to establish business credit ✅ That business credit works and it can get you money even in the worst of economic conditions ✅ Why it can be much harder to get small business funding from banks during an economic downturn ✅ How building business credit doesn't depend on what banks do ✅ What business credit is ✅ 10 huge benefits which come from building business credit… ✅ … and they don't depend on a good economy at all! ✅ How to set up your business for fundability no matter what the economic indicators are saying ✅ Where your business address, phone number, bank account, and more can work for you ✅ How to get started with business credit building… ✅ … and how starter vendor credit gets you going ✅ How much you can save with business credit monitoring from Credit Suite… ✅ … and why monitoring matters ✅ Where to update your business credit records ✅ How to qualify for store credit … ✅ … fleet credit … ✅ … and the more universal credit you can get with MasterCard and Visa ✅ How building business credit for your business is a great plan for recession recovery

In this interview, Tony Martignetti pulls back the curtain and reveals what it really takes to become a good leader. See how to overcome challenges, how to constantly improve as a leader, how to inspire your team, and much more. About Our Guest: Tony is an executive and leadership coach with a specialty in working with leaders and their teams to navigate through change and unlock their true potential. He supports leaders in gaining clarity so they can make well-informed decisions, improve their leadership skills, and ultimately increase their impact. Tony is known for supporting leaders in finding clarity so that they are energized, unstoppable, and able to lead with a strong presence. Before sharing his experience as a coach, Tony was finance and strategy professional with experience working with some of the world's leading life sciences and biotech companies. Along his journey, he also managed a number of small businesses and ran a financial consulting company. It is his passion for helping people that fuels his inspiration at Inspired Purpose Coaching. During the show we discuss: ● Becoming a leader ● Leader characteristics ● Becoming an inspirational leader ● Gaining the trust of your team ● Getting your team to believe in you and your vision ● Finding passion for leadership ● Being humble as a great leader ● Unlocking the true potential of a good leader ● Importance of a good leader ● Mistakes done by bad leaders ● Avoiding burnout and stress ● Why taking time off is essential ● How to get past imposter syndrome ● Importance of investing in yourself and your team ● What good leaders include in their morning routine ● Inspiring your team to have a bold vision and effective leadership ● Building a high-performing team ● The help of giving feedback to members Show resources: https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/ https://www.facebook.com/inspiredpurposecoach https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonymartignett1/

In this episode Vlad Edelman teaches us how to radically improve our ad results by using localized data to get the customers we want when we want them. About our Guest: Looking for someone known for improving the customer experience? Look no further, Vlad Edelman is your man. Vlad has been in the restaurant industry for over ten years and has helped the likes of Ansible, Soapbox Mobile, and ESPN's mobile business increase their CX. In 2014, he founded the game-changing product, HEROFI, that focused exclusively on creating better customer engagement tools for restaurants. Through all of his wins (and loses), Vlad continues to look for ways to improve customer experiences with countless brands. Over the last five years, he has built a company that focuses on equalling out the advertisement playing field. Through using modern rules-engines, real-time data visualization and automated content targeting, Vlad's company, Targetable, delivers an incredibly powerful, affordable, and platform-agnostic advertising engine that allows all retail companies to play like consumer giants. During this show we discuss: What localization is What localization data is Difference between an ad using localized data and one that doesn't Why ads localization cheaper now How to effectively recycle promotions How geocoding works and how to focus on customers when they're at your location Best social media platform for localized ads How to run ads only when you're not hitting your sales numbers to get to your goals How artificial intelligence can help you hyper-target your ads How to get your ads to learn what's working and get better in time How brand-new tech can help you advertise like billion-dollar companies do How to run ads based on topographical information to get better results How AI finds patterns to help you run better ads Show resources: https://www.targetable.com/

Brittney Richardson is a Social Media Influencer who is taking the Internet by storm. Brittney has been featured on ABC News, Nightline, 20/20, Fox News Subsidiaries and numerous Local TV, Radio, Podcasts and Websites. She began her career in Law Enforcement and also serving on 2 Local Fire Departments as a Fire Rescue Volunteer. She also served 8 Years as a Truck Driver. Brittney is now an Entrepreneur who's focused on inspiring others to do things they never thought possible and to living the life they dream of. During the show we discuss: ● Getting into law enforcement as women ● Drivers slamming breaks ● Helping people as a fire rescue volunteer ● Getting into the trucking industry ● Brittney in Pink on Facebook and American Truckers on YouTube ● Breast cancer awareness truck ● How influencer affect trucking journey ● Impacting lives as an influencer ● Starting to influence and help people change their lives ● Chasing your passion ● Basics in trucking that everyone needs to know ● Having great knowledge and understanding in business/ industry ● Trying something new ● What knowledgeable leader imparts to the improvement of the team ● Brittney Richardson on Youtube Show resources: www.BrittneyRichardson.com Facebook & Instagram @RealBrittneyRichardson

Mark has been a truck driver for 32 years and he turned his knowledge and experiences into a successful Youtube Channel that teaches new drivers about the industry as well as entertains more experienced drivers. He even branched out to a website, blog and even wrote a book when his channel started getting views. He also has a podcast Blue Collar to No Collar where people from around the world listen in on the ways to change their life. During the show we discuss: ● Starting the journey in trucking ● Teaching others about trucking ● Growing a platform ● Blue Collar to No Collar Podcast ● How Trucking Answers platforms help its audience ● Most rewarding things ever done or experience ● Finding your purpose ● Finding the right job for you ● Living your life to the fullest Show resources: LAUNCHWITHMARK.COM

During this show, you'll discover … ✅ All about the five main Equifax business credit scores ✅ The purposes and what goes into an Equifax credit score ✅ What's in your Equifax credit reports ✅ The purposes behind your credit scores ✅ All about the Credit Risk Scores in your Equifax business credit reports ✅ The differences between the Equifax Small Business Credit Risk Score for Financial Services… ✅ … and the Equifax Small Business Credit Risk Score for Suppliers ✅ What the Small Business Failure Risk Score is all about ✅ How to read your Equifax Small Business Failure Score ✅ How the Equifax Payment Trend fits in ✅ Why the Equifax Payment Index matters ✅ How and why Equifax is blending its business credit scores with Equifax consumer scores ✅ Where Equifax shows credit utilization ✅ Where Equifax reports show firmographic data … ✅ … like bankruptcies, liens, and judgments ✅ How these 5 main Equifax business credit scores affect your business's ability to borrow money and get business credit

Justin Winter is the co-founder and CEO of Boostopia. Justin exited his prior company after growing it to $22 million in annual sales to focus on a new problem. Boostopia is the missing link to your support help desk software built for managers to understand, manage, and improve both your team and customer experience. Justin has a rich history as an entrepreneur. Prior to founding Boostopia, Justin was the co-founder of Diamond Candles, the fastest growing and largest online home fragrance brand in the world, and grew its revenue run rate to $12M within just 12 months of launching in 2011 despite not taking any outside funding. During the show we discuss: ● Ideal customer service people love to receive ● How efficient can the workforce become if we have one system ● Working collaboratively and independently ● Importance of working collaboratively with other customer services ● Importance of giving a high-quality customer service experience ● Kind of data to use in offering good customer service ● How bad customer service affect businesses ● What to do to provide excellent service to a customer ● How to evaluate customer service if it is working or not ● The biggest challenge customer support is facing ● Most effective customer service strategies ● Tools and resources for giving customer service ● Mistakes companies make that may lead to customer disappointments ● How to utilize customer's feedback to ensure business excellence ● What Boostopia is ● How Boostopia help companies with resolving customer issues Show resources: https://boostopia.com/ https://iamjustinwinter.com/

Water is the new gold and in this episode, Riggs Eckelberry shows how you can invest in the future while changing the world. About Our Guest: Riggs Eckelberry doesn't look like a bomb-thrower. And yet, he's driving the disruption of a trillion-dollar industry that has fallen behind the times and is affecting the health of millions. Riggs Eckelberry is uniquely qualified to ride the huge wave of do-it-yourself water treatment that is transforming an industry, having learned management in the nonprofit space, captained ocean-going ships, and achieved several tech successes during the dot-com boom. Ten years after launching public company OriginClear, Riggs and his team are offering those truck-in-place modular systems in the USA, while licensees are building products internationally using OriginClear's low-energy, chemical-free innovation. During the interview, we discuss: ● Why is water taken for granted? ● The current state of the world's water ● The future of water if we didn't take any action for it ● How water affects businesses ● What Instant Infracture is ● What Water Is The New Gold™ and MergerMarket are ● The ONLY vital scarce and recession-proof market ● What Democratizing Water Investment is ● Why entrepreneurs invest in a democratized water ● How democratized water investment help or save millions of people ● Why there are no alternative investments in water ● How Investor Waterworks ● Why this investment has a Low Default Rate ● How can it help the environment/ planet Show resources: https://www.originclear.com/ https://www.originclear.com/ceo

Kuenn McClinton is the owner, editor, and photographer for Elegance on Eighteen Wheels magazine and De-Elegant Model Truck Fleet in Illinois. He started De-Elegant in 1985 with the inspiration of Mr. Ray Miller of Double Eagle Industries in Shipshewana IN, and in 2013 introduced the world to Elegance On Eighteen Wheels magazine. He had the honor to shoot and to build some of the world's famous and exotic big rigs in the trucking world. With a host of rewarding shoots and creations, from Wells Fargo stagecoach teams, Budweiser Clydesdales, and Transformers 2, 3, 4, to creations for NASA, medical research mobile units, movie concept vehicles etc, he has a broad and exciting life adventure During the show we discuss: ● Starting in a trucking industry ● Getting an inspiration into reality ● Building prototypes for big and famous clients ● Getting into custom pieces ● What Kuenn's YouTube channel and Magazine goal ● Growing the audience in the social media platform ● The inspiration of Elegance on Eighteen Wheels ● One of the coolest truck so far ● Things to be excited for Elegance on Eighteen ● Meeting new people in the trucking industry Show resources: http://eewmag.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRDghyEzf2XSrOf44hfsibg/ https://www.facebook.com/EleganceOnEighteenWheels/

Justin is a Dump Truck Fleet owner from Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was born and raised. After years of working on Nitro Fuel cars on the NHRA Top Fuel Circuit, he decided to make a major career change. He bought his first dump truck in 2015, thus the start of Justin Sturgill Trucking. From that first truck, he knew that he wanted more and build his company up. He is the current owner of 13 Peterbilt dump trucks. During the show we discuss: ● Making a career change into trucking ● Scaling Peterbilt dump trucks ● Being your own mechanic ● Starting a YouTube channel ● How to run a show ● Gaining massive followers ● Key to growing a loyal tribe of subscribers ● Managing time in business and social media platforms ● Working under pressure ● Biggest failure ● Being a good leader ● Doing what you love and doing your best ● The best part of being an influencer ● Justin's legacy that he wants to impart ● The worst thing of having a lot of followers ● The help of business credit in building a business ● Improving your credit score Show resources: Justin Sturgill Trucking Email: [email protected] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JUSTINSTURGILLTRUCKING/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/JUSTINSTURGILLTRUCKING

During this show, you'll discover … ✅ How to get funding for minority business owners – even now ✅ How entrepreneurs who are members of minorities can get business funding to grow, survive, and thrive ✅ How it's not your imagination… ✅ … it truly is tougher for business owners who are members of minorities to get business loans for a minority business enterprise ✅ But there is funding out there ✅ Find grants and loans for entrepreneurs who are… ✅ … female … ✅ … members of native tribes … ✅ … African American … ✅ … and Latinx ✅ There are business grants for women… ✅ … and small business loans for members of any minority group ✅ And that includes money from the SBA's Paycheck Protection Program ✅ Don't let current conditions stop you from getting financing for your business ✅ Funding for minority business owners can be yours

Greg is currently CEO and Co-Founder at CareerGig after his digital experience agency, Carousel30, was acquired in 2017. He has worked with some of the world's top brands, including Coca-Cola, Dell, FedEx, GEICO, Marriott International, MTV, Starbucks, Toyota, and VMware. He currently serves on the University of Richmond's CX Advisory Board. Greg's newest book, The Center of Experience (2020) talks about how customer and employee experience can be operationalized into a cohesive brand experience. Greg's previous book, The Agile Consumer (2019) explores the most recent shifts in the brand-consumer relationship and how companies must become more agile across their entire operation to remain successful. Greg is a regular contributing writer to Forbes, and has been featured in Advertising Age, SmartCEO, Website Magazine, and The Washington Post. During the show we discuss: ● How the pandemic affects workforces and businesses ● How the workplace will change over the next decade and how can companies prepare for it ● What a remote workforce is ● The difference between a freelancer and a regular employee ● The misconception that remote work is just a 'gig' ● The benefits of hiring a freelancer ● All the risks of having remote workforce ● How to decide if you should hire a freelancer ● Things to know before hiring a freelancer ● The difference between hiring a freelancer and a traditional employee ● Kinds of assessments you can do to find the best freelancers ● Doing a background check on Freelancers ● How to manage freelancers efficiently ● Tools to adapt into remote work ● Ways to use gig economy freelancers to transform your business ● How to build a team of freelancers ● How the future workplace needs to adapt ● Transitioning to remote work permanently ● How remote workforce improve diversity and inclusion Show resources: https://www.careergig.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregkihlstrom/

There's a 5-step process you can master to be in a Zen state and thrive under pressure. In this episode, Dr. Steve Taubman teaches us all 5 steps and how to overcome our mental obstacles to reach once unobtainable levels of success. About Our Guest: Dr. Steve Taubman is a bestselling author and world-class speaker who has dedicated his life to show people how to thrive through their challenges. He's written extensively on the application of contemplative practices in stressful situations and has spoken worldwide on mindset mastery for goal-oriented and helping professionals. Dr. Taubman's works include his bestselling book, UnHypnosis; his sales mastery program, The Magic of Inner Selling; his online productivity masterpiece, Procrastination Annihilation; and his latest book on thriving through stress on life's battlefields, Bulletproof. He's also written hundreds of articles for major publications and has produced specialized hypnotic programs for business professionals to remove mental barriers to success. In this show we discuss: ● Why people experience challenges and difficulties ● What makes it hard for people to face adversities ● How to uncover unconditional happiness ● How to reframe to be happy on the current state ● How to reject conditional happiness and control the state of always happy ● How to develop mindfulness ● Steps to overcome adversities ● How to develop a code of conduct to live your life ● How to master focus to get more done and succeed ● How to conquer frustrations by "leaning in" ● Being simultaneously ambitious while filled with Zen-like detachment ● How to improve ourselves when what we do is not working ● How to master adversities ● How to overcome adversities ● How to stay calm in the midst of chaos ● How to easily adapt to changes ● How to reset the mindset for success ● How can challenges and difficulties mold a person ● How can Zen and a positive mindset help a leader ● How to assess business and life

During this show, you'll discover … ✅ The details on a look at angel investors ✅ How some angel investors may be looking for financial safe havens… ✅ … and one of them could be your business ✅ How to get angel investing for your business… ✅ … and how it can be easier to get than venture capital ✅ What angel investors are… ✅ … and what they do ✅ The difference between affiliated and unaffiliated angel investors ✅ How to get in touch with unaffiliated angels for your startup company ✅ The sorts of risks and returns angel investors can expect ✅ How your business can get angel investing… ✅ … including how find an angel investors network on the angel investors website Gust.com… ✅ … plus, more sources of angel investors ✅ A look at the biggest angel investor groups in the United States… ✅ … including specialty angel investor groups ✅ How angel investors vs venture capitalists differ

Most new businesses fail, and existing businesses often struggle to scale. Buying business is the solution to both issues because you can get an already-established business that's cash-flowing and that's proven itself, and even add it on to your existing business. During this show Carl Allen maps out the steps to acquire a business to rapidly scale and existing one or buy one instead of starting one from scratch. About Our Guest: Carl Allen is a world-class entrepreneur, investor, and corporate dealmaker who has worked on more than 330 transactions worth close to $48 billion. Carl first earned his reputation during his 16 years on Wall Street working for Bank of America, Hewlett-Packard, Forrester, and Gartner. There he advised some of the world's largest corporations on investments, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, and restructuring. And he helped hundreds of business owners raise both equity and debt financing. Carl founded Dealmaker Wealth Society (formerly Ninja Acquisitions) because he believes starting a business from scratch is certifiably, BATSH*T CRAZY! He wanted to use his highly specialized skill set to help others realize their dream of self-employment didn't have to be a long, hard, up-all-night slog with a 96% failure rate in 10-years, according to The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber. Today he is helping thousands of entrepreneurs all over the world buy existing, profitable small businesses that will immediately put money in their pockets. And best of all — he teaches them how to do this without using a dime of their own capital! During this show, we discuss: ● Why buy a business instead of starting one ● Why businesses fail and how to succeed ● Why owners sell their businesses and how you can benefit ● People to speak to before buying a business ● How to use network and brokers to find a business to buy ● The value of buying a business rather than starting one ● Where to find businesses to buy ● How to evaluate whether a business is worth buying ● Types of businesses you can buy if you own a business now ● Ways to use partners to run the businesses you buy ● How to use LinkedIn to find people to run the businesses you acquire ● Questions to initially ask every seller to see if you should buy ● Things to look for when finding someone to run your business Show resources: http://tradewithcarl.com/BCFSHOW http://www.dealmakerwealthsociety.com/

Many people dream of financial freedom, but few people actually obtain it. In this show, Jonathan DeYoe shares with us the tips and path to accomplish the allusive goal of true financial freedom. About Our Guest: Jonathan DeYoe has led DeYoe Wealth Management since 2001, where he and his team work one on one with over two hundred families and foundations. Jonathan and his team teach simple steps to financial success and ways to mindfully overcome emotional and cognitive biases related to money. Jonathan is the founder of Mindful.Money, where he provides keynotes and workshops at conferences and local associations. His team works with businesses to build transparent retirement plan services and financial literacy trainings for employees. Jonathan is passionate about spreading the good news of goal-focused and planning- driven wealth management to help people enjoy better financial outcomes AND happier lives! Jonathan has been a California-based financial adviser for 24 years. He managed investments at a variety of Wall Street Companies before founding his own financial planning firms. He's a contributor on personal finance matters for the Huffington Post, Business Insider, NerdWallet, and MindBodyGreen. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Jonathan is a longtime Buddhist, who has practiced meditation for 25 years. He lives in Berkeley with his wife and two children. During this show we discuss: ● 4 Ps of finance and how to use them to accomplish your financial goals ● How to set financial goals and accomplish them ● How to develop financial plan based on what makes you the happiest ● The thing that makes 401k amazing that you can duplicate with other investments ● How to prevent SB 401(k) from being eliminated due to the falling economic market ● Other options you have to make sure your retirement plan isn't on hold If your 401(k) is terminated ● Ownership in companies as a key to financial freedom ● How to develop financial goals ● How to plan to reach goals ● Why diversification in investing is important ● Why have a clear retirement goal ● How to develop healthy habits for financial goals ● 5 tips to consider when planning for your retirement finances ● 5 ways to boost my retirement savings ● Why planning becomes harder for this generation Show resources: https://deyoewealthmanagement.com/ https://mindful.money/

During this show, you'll discover … 👉 The many options in financing the SBA has to respond to the coronavirus situation 👉 Learn all about the SBA Paycheck Protection Plan 👉 Find out if you are eligible to apply… 👉 … plus learn the terms and other details 👉 Find out where to apply… 👉 … and how to get loan forgiveness 👉 Get the lowdown on Economic Injury Disaster Loans… 👉 … and SBA Debt Relief 👉 Learn about the SBA Express Bridge Loan Pilot Program 👉 Find out about other financing options… 👉 … like our credit line hybrid… 👉 … or cash flow financing… 👉 … or asset-based financing 👉 And don't forget about business credit!

Most people avoid tough conversations. By, my embracing tough conversations, you can reach once unobtainable levels of success in all aspects of your life. In this show, David Wood shares how you can become a tough conversation ninja by following 4 simple steps. About Our Guest: Afterlife as a consulting actuary to Fortune 100 Companies, David Wood built the world's largest coaching business becoming #1 on Google for "life coaching" and serving an audience of 150,000 coaches, and coaching thousands of hours in 12 countries around the globe. He is the author of "Get Paid For Who You Are," with a foreword by Jack Canfield. He was nominated to the Transformational Leadership Council alongside such thought leaders as Don Miguel Ruiz, John Gray, and Marianne Williamson. David believes that the tough conversations we avoid, are our doorways to confidence, success, and love. They become defining moments that shape our world. He coaches high performing entrepreneurs, executives, and teams - and now prison inmates - to create amazing results and deep connection. One tough conversation at a time. During the show, we discuss: ● Why people avoid speaking up ● Why people need to speak up their truth ● Recognizing tough conversations ● The 4-step model to tough conversation ● What CARE Model is ● How to master CARE Model ● Why people should have tough conversations ● Why people avoid tough conversations ● Tough conversation topics people avoid ● Typical conversations people dread at work that could make a huge difference to career and life ● How to find our tough conversations ● When do tough conversations go bad ● How CARE Model helps with business Show resources: https://playforreal.life/

Most people don't have enough money to retire when they want to. In this show Eric D. Brotman reveals how to disregard retirement and focus on graduating instead. Eric shares his insider knowledge on how to achieve true financial freedom, no matter the stage of life you're in now. About Our Guest: Eric D. Brotman is Chief Executive Officer of BFG Financial Advisors, and independent firm assisting clients with wealth creation, preservation, and distribution. Eric has over 25 years of experience in financial planning and founded the firm in Baltimore in 2003. BFG provides investment, retirement, estate, insurance, and comprehensive financial planning services for families, professionals, executives, and business owners. Eric is host of the Don't Retire… Graduate! Podcast, which is dedicated to teaching listeners how to advance into retirement rather than retreating into it. Every episode provides listeners with inspiration and actionable advice to guide each of them towards a seamless transition into a dignified retirement. His new book 'Don't Retire, Graduate' is due to be published in April 2020 and discusses similar themes to the podcast. Eric appears regularly on television on 11 News Sunday Morning on WBAL in Baltimore and has written articles for numerous print and online media outlets. As a sought-after speaker, Eric frequently gives seminars and workshops for companies, membership organizations, and fellow financial advisors. During the show, we discuss: ● About Don't Retire… Graduate! ● Why people need to retire ● Things that successful retirees have in common ● Ideal age for retirement ● Preparing for retirement ● Steps to take for financial independence ● When to start saving for retirement ● How to get out of debt ● How people can afford to retire ● Working in retirement ● What you can expect after retirement ● Things or activities to do after retirement ● Preventing yourself from outliving your money Show resources: https://www.bfgfa.com/ https://brotmanmedia.com/

During this show, you'll discover … ✅ Why better business funding can be yours ✅ How our hybrid credit line can get you the money you need to ride out this unprecedented COVID-19 storm ✅ The world is changing rapidly ✅ Conditions are constantly in flux ✅ But it's an amazing time to get business funding ✅ Interest rates have never been better ✅ You can get better business funding than you ever dreamed of! ✅ Your business funding options are unprecedented ✅ Consider our credit line hybrid… ✅ … it's unsecured… ✅ … and your small business can get terrific cash out of this program ✅ Learn how the SBA's loans and disaster relief have money to give to small businesses ✅ Find out why you need to act FAST ✅ How online lending can be a great alternative ✅ Business loans for startups and preexisting businesses are out there ✅ Which online lenders to go to if you need cash fast… ✅ … or don't have a very high personal credit score… ✅ … or not a lot in annual revenues ✅ How a guarantor or collateral can make approval more likely… ✅ … and how to use even stocks as loan collateral ✅ Get funding for business now

Getting a college degree requires a lot of time and money. In this episode, Grant Aldrich shows how you can get your degree at a fraction of the cost and time. Find the right college for you, take courses for free, test out of other courses, and get your degree quickly and affordably even if you're working full-time or running a successful business. About Our Guest: Grant Aldrich founded OnlineDegree.com with a purpose-driven mission: make college more accessible and affordable for everyone. After graduating college with an overwhelming amount of debt, he was determined to change how students embark on their college education. Grant has spent his entire career working in startups with nearly 15 years of experience and 2 prior exits to a publicly-traded company. He has been a board member and donor to a number of non-profits, an advisor to many publicly traded companies, and a guest speaker at seminars and graduate school courses. He graduated with honors from the University of California Irvine in Economics. During this show we discuss: ● How to earn a degree while running a business without failing on both ends ● Getting a degree online ● Why people aren't getting degrees ● How to get college courses for free ● How to run a business while part-timing in college without breaking the bank for either ● How to get a degree on your timetable ● Reducing the number of courses to get a degree ● How to take the courses you want to take and get your degree ● How to test your way out of courses and still get the credit ● How to radically reduce your cost to get a college degree ● How to get your student loan forgiven ● How to access all types of private and public schools in one place ● How to get a massive discount on college classes ● The most popular degrees that people are pursuing now How to pay for college tuition without taking too much loan from the government ● 3 things to take into consideration when financially planning for college ● How to earn units to be used to shorten time at the university for free Show resources: https://www.onlinedegree.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/grant-aldrich-56721b31/

Brian is a computer scientist, entrepreneur, and angel investor. Brian currently serves as Chairman of Gillware, which provides cyber risk assessments, data recovery, incident response, and digital forensics services. He is a co-founder of Phoenix Nuclear Labs and served on PNL's board from inception to when it decided to spin-off SHINE Medical Technologies. Those two companies have raised over 100 million dollars of venture capital and employ hundreds of people in Wisconsin. During this interview, we discuss: ● What's happening now with the cybersecurity ● What is ransomware ● What you should be doing to protect yourself against ransomware ● How bad guys infiltrate your network and access your information ● How to protect yourself from hackers ● What user authentication is and why it's important ● How to best protect your login credentials ● How to create multiple levels of user authentication ● Why Google Authenticator is one of the best ways to protect yourself ● Why getting an email to validate your login won't protect you ● Why hackers hack ● The different ways hackers use to hack you and how to prevent it ● How someone can gain root access to your system and how to stop them ● Which is safer, Mac or PC? ● Which is a safer Apple or Google phone? ● What a YubiKey is it and why you should use it ● How to find the right

During this show, you'll discover … ✅ All about 5 vendors who can help you build business credit – in a recession ✅ Exactly how to get approved with no personal credit check or guarantee ✅ How the world is changing, but you can still build business credit! ✅ How business credit is built – even in a recession ✅ How you'll be denied if you try with your bank first ✅ How to build trade lines to establish a business credit foundation ✅ The typical terms for starter vendor credit accounts ✅ How vendor credit leads to revolving and more credit ✅ And how retail credit leads to business credit not requiring a personal guarantee ✅ How some vendors have a time in business requirement ✅ How starter vendor accounts will give you the means to grow your business credit ✅ Five proven companies which will give you vendor accounts AND report to the big credit reporting agencies ✅ The correct process you MUST follow for each of these five vendors to give your business vendor credit ✅ How to easily find these five proven companies online ✅ How to get approved with no personal credit check or guarantee ✅ What a payment experience is, and how many you need to move onto store credit ✅ How to make sure a credit provider pulls your BUSINESS credit scores and NOT your PERSONAL credit scores when you apply

Many business owners lose countless hours manually tracking their employee's hours and the hours they bill to customers. But there's a much faster and easier way to track expenses and time. In this interview, Marc Summe shows us the easiest way to track time and expenses saving organizations a lot of money in the process About our Guest: Marc Summe is the CEO of Minute7, which does time and expense tracking for professional service businesses. Minute7 helps professionals service businesses get paid faster from their customers. The company is bootstrapped and has thousands of users. The company doubled its revenue last year. Prior to Minute7 Marc worked in finance and private equity. He met a lot of successful entrepreneurs along the way before deciding to make the leap himself. He walks to the office every day and loves the autonomy that comes with running your own business. In his younger days, Marc had ambitions for comedy and completed training at Second City in Chicago. Now he lives in the suburbs and has three kids under the age of 5. During the show, we discussed: • Reasons why tracking expenses is important • Wrong-way of tracking expenses and how to fix it. • About Minute7 • How Minute7 is different from other applications • How Minute7 help businesses • Features and benefits of Minute 7 • How Minute7 works • The time and money you can save with Minute7 • Why businesses need a time tracking system • The need to track time • What the system does once it starts tracking time • What to do when an employee forgot to clock in or out • Using Minute7 to prevent time theft • Auditing data • Tracking who edited the data • How Minute7 help with payroll • Setting the rate of an employee • Keeping up with reimbursements and other invoices • Devices we can use for Minute7 • Customizing Minute7 • Security measures that Minute7 offer Show resources: https://www.minute7.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-summe-15b3293/

Sean Castrina is a bestselling author, speaker, and entrepreneur. He lost his dream job 25 years ago and decided he would never be dependent on an employer for his financial security again. He became a millionaire at 36 years old by becoming a serial entrepreneur, starting more than 20 companies, and currently running nine companies. Now, Sean devotes his time to equipping entrepreneurs for success, authoring bestsellers like The Greatest Entrepreneur in the World and 8 Unbreakable Rules for Business Startup Success. His newest book, The World's Greatest Business Plan, helps people by providing a simple step-by-step plan for those who cannot afford to fail. He has contributed to some of the most recognized media outlets including Forbes, Inc., Yahoo Finance, MSNBC, as well as guest lectured at some of America's finest colleges. During the show, we discussed: • Starting a business • Things to know before starting a business from scratch • Importance of having a business plan • Importance of having a coach • Ways to improve entrepreneurial skills • Entrepreneurs as good leaders • Things to expect when starting a business • Reasons why startups fail • Choosing the right partners • Finding the right partners • Things you need to have for a successful business • Kinds of businesses that are mostly to be successful • Qualities of successful entrepreneurs • Mistakes startup entrepreneurs make • Maintaining the success of a business Show resources: https://seancastrina.com/ https://www.instagram.com/sean.castrina/

During this show, you'll discover … ✅ How veterans can get business capital… ✅ … and all of the business funding for veterans options there are ✅ The kinds of awesome business funding for veterans there is out there ✅ How veterans are getting into the small business game more and more these days ✅ How the SBA Veterans Advantage program can help ✅ What the Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (MREIDL) is all about… ✅ … and how it provides small business loans for veterans ✅ How SBA Coronavirus Disaster Relief can work for veterans under the CARES Act ✅ We show you how to qualify for an SBA loan ✅ How to sign up for the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern program ✅ How to apply for grants through the StreetShares Foundation ✅ Get to know the kind of funding you can get from the StreetShares Veteran Small Business Award… ✅ … and the StreetShares Female Founders Veteran Small Business Award Grant Program ✅ How collateral-based funding can help ✅ Why our hybrid credit line program could be perfect for all of your business funding for veterans needs ✅ What our credit line hybrid program is all about ✅ How to get help from the Boots to Business | Reboot program via the Department of Defense

Most people have heard of compounding interest, but is your money really doubling every 7 years as it could be? In this show, Curtis Ray talks about his 6 years of research into compounding interest and reveals the best way to get your money to safely and securely double every 7 years using the lost science of compounding interest. About Our Guest: Curtis Ray founded SunCor Financial, LLC, and serves as the President and CEO. By bringing awareness about the 5 Rules of Wealth, Curtis is helping hardworking people, from all walks of life, to maximize retirement income through discipline, secure leverage, and achieve Exponential Growth. He designed and developed the patent pending MPI™ Strategy (Maximum Premium Indexing) to accomplish all 5 Rules of Wealth simultaneously, thereby solving the riddle of investing, and increasing retirement income by up to 400%. Throughout his life, Curtis has been a serial entrepreneur and inventor. With a passion to take on issues that some accept as the status quo, Curtis solves inefficiencies with entirely new approaches. During the show, we discussed: • How to always be compounding • The 5 rules of wealth • Paying yourself first • Saving 10% of your income • Developing a financial plan and how to commit to it • How to double your money every 7 years • The safest way to protect your money • The MPI strategy • How to invest in MPI to get maximum benefits • The definition of financial freedom • Achieving financial freedom • Defining IUL • IUL costs • Rate of return of an IUL • IUL as a better retirement vehicle than others • Benefits of purchasing an IUL • How the Rules of Wealth help with the exponential growth curve • Compounding as a key for long-term growth • Securing compound interest Show resources: https://www.suncorfinancial.com/ https://www.compoundinterest.com/

There's an entire business model that allows you to make money leasing cell towers. In this show, we decode how it works, how to make money leasing cell towers, and all the details you should know to succeed. About Our Guest: Hugh Odom is a former AT&T attorney (for over 11 years) and the founder and president of Vertical Consultants, a telecom consulting firm that has provided consulting advice for companies like WalMart, McDonalds and Disney, and governmental institutions like the United States Postal Service; New York Housing Authority; Veteran Affairs; the City of Atlanta and the City of Charlotte. Hugh can share the evolving story of how the telecom industry (services, infrastructure, cell site locations) has and will become more crucial based upon the COVID-19 pandemic and the "new normal" that will result after COVID-19 has run its course. As the founder and President of Vertical Consultants, Hugh wants to demystify not only what is being reported in the news but what is going on behind the scenes inside companies like AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile. Hugh has been a resource to newspapers, podcasts, radio shows, and blogs for years. During this show, we discuss: • About a cell tower lease • 5 pros & cons of using property as a cell tower lease • Two things you must ask a cell tower company and clarify in order to avoid confusion and being cheated • Why is it important I understand the dynamics of why your property and why they decided to use a particular space on my property • 4 steps to take to get a better lease offer • How the pandemic has affected cell tower leases • 3 typical mistakes property owners make when negotiating a cell tower lease without a cell tower consultant to help • 5 benefits of using a consultant for a cell tower negotiation • 3 important things that impact the value of cell tower contract • How long is the typical lease on a cell tower • Amount to earn on a cell phone lease • How a cell tower increases the value of property • About a cell tower lease buyout • How to know if a buyout is the best decision • Disadvantages of selling a cell tower lease • 5 important things that the property owner should look out for in the agreement