Wild Business Growth

Nick Fogle, the Founder and CEO of Churnkey and Co-Founder of Wavve, joins the show to share his journey from teaching himself how to code as a shuttle driver to launching and selling creative startups. Hear how to find problems to solve, sell your business, reduce churn, overcome self-doubt, and whether Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul is better. Connect with Nick on Twitter @NickFogle

David Selinger, the Co-Founder of Deep Sentinel, Redfin, and RichRelevance, joins the show to share his journey from working directly with Jeff Bezos at Amazon to disrupting the home security industry. Hear how to stand out from competitors, handle adversity as CEO, combine humans and AI, sleep better, and the future of robotics. Connect with Deep Sentinel on YouTube and Selly on LinkedIn

Roberto Blake, the Creative Entrepreneur and Keynote Speaker, joins the show to share his journey from Sears Portrait Studio to creating over 1,500 YouTube videos to help over 500,000 subscribers. Hear how to succeed in the creator economy, build an audience, create multiple revenue streams, be prolific with your content, and lessons from Emperor Palpatine. Connect with Roberto on YouTube, Twitter @RobertoBlake, and check out his book Create Something Awesome

Jason Feifer, the Editor in Chief of Entrepreneur Magazine, joins the show to share his journey to thought leadership for the premier magazine for entrepreneurs. Hear how he approaches Entrepreneur, Opportunity Set A vs. Opportunity Set B, the funny thing about accomplishing your dream goals, the moment you realize you wouldn't go back, and the best entrepreneurship advice he's ever received. Connect with Jason at JasonFeifer.com and check out his book Build for Tomorrow

Barry Lunn, the Founder and CEO of Provizio, joins the show to share his journey from dropping out of school in 5th grade to building advanced car accident prevention technology using AI. Hear how to test new technology, build towards the future, what 5D perception is, how to apply physics principles to your business, and the best pub in Limerick, Ireland. Connect with Barry on Twitter @Nouvation and Provizio.Ai

Melinda Emerson, the SmallBizLady, joins the show to share her journey from leaving her "dream job" to becoming America's #1 Small Business Expert. Hear the top things to keep in mind when launching a new business, the most effective way to scale, how to set up processes and systems without slowing down efficiency, decide what type of exit is best, and the coolest college town Melinda's spoken at. Connect with Melinda on social media @SmallBizLady, SmallBizLadyUniversity.com, and her book Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months

Carlton Calvin, the President and Co-Founder of Razor, joins the show to share his journey from being intrigued by hot crazes in the toy industry to bringing Razor Scooters and other iconic toys to the US. Hear how to keep your eye out for hot trends, generate explosive demand, continue to innovate, the most bizarre products to come out of Razor, and the most impressive trick performed on a Razor Scooter. Connect with Carlton at Razor.com

Krystal Proffitt, the Content Strategist, Coach, and Host of The Proffitt Podcast and The Poddy Report, joins the show to share her journey from stay-at-home mom to helping entrepreneurs start, launch, and market their content. Hear how to become a confident content creator, repurpose content, create a solo podcast, wild fun facts about Krystal, and her favorite moments from The Office and Office Ladies. Connect with Krystal at KrystalProffitt.com

Todd Radom, the Designer, Sports Branding Expert, and Writer, joins the show to share his journey from designing book covers to designing the logos for a Super Bowl, MLB and NBA All-Star Games, MLB teams, and Ice Cube's BIG3 basketball league. Hear how to design a lasting logo, what makes a logo jump off the page, Todd's approach for the Super Bowl XXXVIII logo, his favorite pro sports uniforms of all time, and the hardest thing in the world to draw. Connect with Todd at ToddRadom.com and Twitter and Instagram @ToddRadom

Bobby Healy, the Founder and CEO of Manna, joins the show to share his journey from creating video games to building the drone delivery company that can deliver goods to your home in minutes. Hear how to pioneer a new industry, improve customer adoption, find additional use cases, what makes a video game become a huge hit, and the funniest thing he's ever seen a drone do. Connect with Bobby at Manna.Aero and Twitter @RealBobbyHealy

It's getting Wilder and Wilder! Hear special reunion interviews with returning guests, classic moments from Episodes 101-199, and hilarious unreleased bloopers in this Episode 200 Special. Hear how your favorite Wild entrepreneurs are growing their businesses with creativity, marketing, problem-solving, risk-taking, customer service, grit, and more. Soak up their insights, startup stories, impressions, iconic cartoon voices, and dad jokes. Sign up for the Podcasting to the Max newsletter at MaxPodcasting.com/Newsletter

Kat Norton, Miss Excel, joins the show to share her journey from teaching Microsoft Excel in her consulting job to going full-time sharing Excel tips to millions on TikTok and Instagram. Hear how to come up with TikTok ideas, what viral TikToks have in common, how to turn social media viewers into paying customers, live the Airbnb digital nomad life, and some Excel-lent Rapid-Fire Q&A. Connect with Kat on Instagram and TikTok @Miss.Excel, LinkedIn, and Twitter

Haroon Mokhtarzada, the Co-Founder of Truebill and Webs.com, joins the show to share his journey from Harvard Law School to creating and selling multiple companies with millions of users for millions and billions of dollars. Hear how to build momentum before spending advertising dollars, set up your business for acquisition, use customer feedback to make your offering better, unplug from your family business, and Haroon's go-to magic trick. Connect with Haroon on Twitter @Haroon and try out Truebill on the App Store

Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin, the World-Renowned Pie Artist, joins the show to share her journey from fencing and filmmaking to baking the most creative pies on Earth. Hear how to do what you love full-time, Jessica's creative pie process, the science of pies, restaurant menu she can recite in its entirety, and how many digits of Pi she knows. Connect with Jessica at PiesAreAwesome.com

Kat Hantas, the Co-Founder and CEO of 21Seeds, joins the show to share her journey from turning her homemade concoctions into the fast-growing brand of flavor-infused tequila that got acquired by Diageo. Hear how to take positive and negative feedback into account, find a production partner, win your first big customer, the coolest tequila adventures in Mexico, and what Kat learned working with comedians. Connect with Kat on Instagram @21Seeds and 21Seeds.com

Channing Frye, the Founder of Chosen Family Wines, joins the show to share his journey from NBA Champion with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Road Trippin' Co-Host to wine entrepreneur. Hear how it feels to win an NBA Championship, what Channing did after winning, lessons from the NBA that parallel to the wine business, what he looks for in potential wines to offer, and the most intimidating player he ever played against. Connect with Channing at ChosenFamilyWines.com, Road Trippin', and social media @ChanningFrye

George Carter III, the Inventor of Laser Tag, joins the show to share his journey from being inspired by Star Wars to pioneering the multibillion-dollar laser tag industry. Hear how to think like an inventor, go from prototype to business, make tweaks to create immersive experiences, make things click in your head, and his times meeting Walt Disney and Kanye. Connect with George at CarterInventions.com

Bryan Clayton, the Co-Founder and CEO of GreenPal and Peachtree Inc., joins the show to share his journey from cleaning up cigarette butts at McDonald's Drive Thrus to building multimillion-dollar lawn care businesses. Hear how to become a second-time founder, where to focus your time, remove friction for your customers, Bryan's favorite hidden gem island, and Mario Kart track. Connect with Bryan at GreenPal.com and Instagram @BryanMClayton

John Lane, the Co-Owner of Winking Lizard Tavern, joins the show to share his journey from test-flying helicopters in the Army to creating some of the most beloved restaurants in Cleveland. Hear how to scale a restaurant, differentiate with your name and logo, provide a crowd-pleasing assortment of craft beers, his favorite wings flavor, and the coolest experience he's had at a brewery. Connect with John at WinkingLizard.com

Amy Woods, the CEO and Founder of Content 10x, joins the show to share her journey from 13 years in management consulting to starting the first content repurposing agency in the world. Hear how to effectively repurpose your content, refine your services, build your team, learn to juggle, and take your meal prepping to the next level. Connect with Amy at Content10x.com and LinkedIn

Arielle Nissenblatt, the Founder of EarBuds Podcast Collective and Community Manager at SquadCast, joins the show to share her journey from avid podcast listener to expert curator and community-builder. Hear how to build a community around your podcast, the art of curation, how to listen to more podcasts, find a balance between podcasts and music, and her all-time favorite trivia question. Connect with Arielle on Twitter @AriThisAndThat

Chef Robert Irvine, the star of Restaurant: Impossible and Dinner: Impossible, joins the show to share his journey from joining the Royal Navy at 15 (and a half) to creating Food Network hits. Hear how to create a thriving restaurant, succeed at a difficult cooking challenge, prepare for Plan B and Plan C, perform on camera, and his top fitness tip. Connect with Robert at RobertIrvineFoundation.com, ChefIrvine.com, and social media

Michelle Garrett, the PR Consultant and Writer, joins the show to share her journey from Silicon Valley back to her Ohio roots and the intersection of PR, content marketing, and social media. Hear how to make an impact with PR, build relationships with top reporters, the perks of being a freelancer, enormous eggs, and picking brains. Connect with Michelle on Twitter @PRisUs and MichelleGarrett.com

Ken Pomeroy aka KenPom, the Creator of the Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings, joins the show to share his journey from meteorologist to creating the most influential statistical ratings in college basketball. Hear how he got into analytics, started getting press for his site, his biggest "pinch me" moment, why Cinderella runs happen, and his love for curling. Connect with Ken at KenPom.com and Twitter @KenPomeroy

Mandy McEwen, the Founder and CEO of Mod Girl Marketing, joins the show to share her journey from realizing she didn't want to work for anyone else to building her award-winning online marketing agency. Hear how to increase revenue, drive referrals, start conversations online in a non-slimy way, appreciate each day, and the most fascinating thing about outer space. Connect with Mandy at ModGirlMarketing.com and LinkedIn

David Perry, the Co-Founder of Carro and video game industry legend, joins the show to share his journey from developing video games to selling his cloud gaming service to Sony and revolutionizing how brands partner with influencers. Hear how to make your business attractive to big players, find inspiration from other markets, the right influencers to market your brand, David's craziest skydiving story, and the time he visited Michael Jackson at Neverland. Connect with David on LinkedIn and GetCarro.com

Beate Chelette, The Growth Architect, joins the show to share her journey from studying photo design and moving to the US to selling her photography business to Bill Gates. Hear how to make your business sellable, set up systems and processes to scale your business, communicate these to your team, inspire fellow business owners, and the funniest way someone's mispronounced her name. Connect with Beate on Instagram and BeateChelette.com

Gerry Moran, the Founder and Principal of Marketingthink, joins the show to share his journey from hanging with The Sopranos cast to leading social media and content strategy for some of the biggest brands in the world. Hear how to create a great social media strategy, focus on delivering value, spark conversation, Gerry's corniest dad joke, and the Beer Crawl of Rapid-Fire Q&A. Connect with Gerry on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Marketingthink.com

Diane Helbig, the Business and Leadership Development Advisor, joins the show to share her journey from lemonade and candy stand to helping small business owners shape their business strategy. Hear how to grow your small business, tools to prioritize tasks, how to be crystal-clear with communication, pull a weird unplug, and what she'd do if she were starting a lemonade stand today. Connect with Diane at HelbigEnterprises.com

Ritukar Vijay, the Founder and CEO of Ottonomy, joins the show to share his journey from competing in robot competitions in college to creating autonomous delivery robots. Hear how to refine new technology, speed up customer adoption, win clients early on, how people react to the Ottobots, and his dream autonomous delivery location. Connect with Ritukar at Ottonomy.IO and on social media

Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson, joins the show to share her journey from troublemaker at school to becoming the Emmy award-winning voice actor on the longest-running scripted TV show in history. Hear how Nancy became the voice of Bart, what the audition was like, when The Simpsons started taking off, how Nancy gets into character for Bart and other voices, and the time Meryl Streep asked for her autograph. Connect with Nancy at NancyCartwright.com and check out her audiobook

Matt Mullenweg, the Founding Developer of WordPress and CEO of Automattic, joins the show to share his journey developing the Open Source software used by over 43 percent of the web. Hear what made WordPress take off, how to start thinking big, start a new habit, stay warm in Antarctica, and switch to a different keyboard layout. Connect with Matt at Ma.tt and on social media @PhotoMatt

Amanda Natividad, the VP of Marketing for SparkToro, joins the show to share her journey from LA Times test kitchen to social media marketing thought leader. Hear her top Twitter and LinkedIn advanced search tips, how to find your target market on social media, tools you can use for audience insights, the most bizarre tweet of all time, and her weird voices. Connect with Amanda at AmandaNat.com, Twitter at @AmandaNat, and SparkToro.com

David Brier, Google's #1 Rebranding Expert and Bestselling Author of Brand Intervention, joins the show to share his journey from defiant baby to top rebranding expert featured in Fast Company, Forbes, Adweek, and Inc. Hear the best time to rebrand, how to find your best differentiator, whether to change your logo, how to keep the optimism, and David turning into the Duluth Trading guy. Connect with David at RisingAboveTheNoise.com and LinkedIn

Matt Radicelli, The Business Handyman and Founder of Rock The House, joins the show to share his journey from DJing at age 7 to building the party production empire that's entertained over 1,500 events per year in the Cleveland area and beyond. Hear how to make a good first impression, make changes to scale your business, delegate successfully, Matt's biggest DJ influence, and the song that always makes the room shake. Connect with Matt at MattRadicelli.com

Nick Childs, the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of DIRT, joins the show to share his journey from creating Super Bowl ads to measuring the neuroscientific reactions of consumers. Hear how DIRT uses biometric sensors to measure consumer reactions to ads, the Galvanic Skin Response, secret to pulling off a great Super Bowl ad, best part of film festivals, and story behind the E-Trade baby. Connect with Nick at WeAreDIRT.com and on Twitter at @NickChilds

Dr. Willard Wigan MBE, The World's Greatest Micro-Sculptor, joins the show to share his journey from being made fun of for having Autism and Dyslexia to setting Guinness World Records and receiving an MBE from the Queen for creating the tiniest masterpieces on the planet. Hear how he started creating micro-sculptures, kept going smaller and getting better, the turning point, stories behind his most memorable sculptures, and inspiration from his mom. Connect with Willard at WillardWiganMBE.com and on social media

Jennifer Kem, the Brand Strategist and Founder of the Master Brand Institute, joins the show to share her journey from losing everything in The Great Recession to growing the brands of Oprah Winfrey Network, Steve Harvey, Verizon, and Microsoft. Hear how to strengthen your brand as a small business owner, the most important elements of building a brand, finding your brand archetype, Coke vs. Pepsi, and the brilliance of Squatty Potty. Connect with Jennifer on Instagram at @Jennifer.Kem and LinkedIn

Jon Staff, the Founder and CEO of Getaway, joins the show to share his journey from looking for a place to unplug to creating cozy cabins for busy people to escape to nature. Hear what makes Getaway cabins special, the validation process looked like, how to get yourself to truly unplug, Jon's dream Getaway cabin location, and how he prepared for Shark Tank. Connect with Jon at Getaway.House, Instagram at @GetawayHouse and @JonStaff, and LinkedIn

Randy Branstetter, The Chicken Man, joins the show for a very special family edition during Thanksgiving week to be interviewed by his nephew, Max Branstetter. Hear how he grew a low-volume KFC franchise into an award-winning customer service powerhouse, his famous radio commercials, how to move your business to a new location, stay strong through whatever life throws at you, and his most legendary concert experience

Scott Hanson, the Host of NFL RedZone, joins the show to share his journey from being engrossed in watching TV as a kid to hosting 7 hours of commercial-free football every Sunday during the NFL season. Hear the behind-the-scenes of NFL RedZone, how Scott got the job, what the set looks like on game day, what it was like being on The Simpsons, and how he holds his bladder for so long. Connect with Scott at NFL.com/RedZone and Twitter at @ScottHanson and Instagram at @ScottHanson1

Addie Gundry, the Founder and CEO of Pluie, joins the show to share her journey from starring on the Food Network and working with Martha Stewart to creating the world's first and only self-sanitizing diaper changing table for public restrooms. Hear the insights that led to Pluie's design, how to find the right technology for your product, your ideal customer, what it's like cooking on TV, and what Martha Stewart's like in person. Connect with Addie on Instagram at @Hello_Pluie and LinkedIn

Stacy Madison, the Founder of Stacy's Pita Chips and BeBOLD Bars, joins the show to share her journey from serving pita chips at her Stacy's D'Lites food cart in Boston to inventing a category and selling her brand to PepsiCo. Hear how she got Stacy's Pita Chips in stores, the moment she knew it was taking off, being in the bar space vs. pita chips space, an impromptu Stacy singing session, and mouth-watering questions from Wild Listeners. Connect with Stacy on Instagram at @_StacyMadison and BeBOLDbars.com

Jason Klein, the Founder and Executive Chairman of Force3 Pro Gear, joins the show to share his journey from getting hit in the face as a Minor League Baseball Umpire to inventing the Defender catcher's mask to minimize the risk of concussion. Hear how to design a product with safety as the priority, get early adoption by big names, expand into different product categories, Jason's craziest product idea, and how it feels to throw someone out of a game. Connect with Jason at Force3ProGear.com

Paul Baron, the Founder and CEO of The Wall Printer and Serial Entrepreneur, joins the show to share his journey from industry-agnostic entrepreneur to becoming the exclusive supplier of The Wall Printer in North, South, and Central America. Hear how to educate consumers on a product they've never thought of, Paul's 3Ts for entrepreneurial success, licensing products and securing patents, how they caught the attention of Elon Musk on Twitter, and Paul's shrewd advice for any level of math. Connect with Paul on LinkedIn and TheWallPrinter.com

Neal Schaffer, the Influencer Marketing Expert and Bestselling Author of The Age of Influence, joins the show to share his journey from living in Japan to helping entrepreneurs partner with influencers to grow their businesses. Hear how to use influencer marketing in your business, find the right influencers, create momentum with podcast guesting and Amazon reviews, Neal's favorite Japanese meal, and his fantasy baseball obsession. Connect with Neal at NealSchaffer.com, social media at @NealSchaffer, and check out his book and podcast

Marije Vogelzang, the Founder of The Dutch Institute of Food and Design and Head of Studio Living Matter at Design Academy Eindhoven, joins the show to share her journey from wanting to play with food as a kid to playing with food for her career. Hear the most fascinating food design experiments Marije has produced, why our lips are so important to the eating experience, what it's like eating hairy tofu, how to take notes in the shower, and the most difficult Dutch word to pronounce. Connect with Marije on Instagram at @Marije_Vogelzang and MarijeVogelzang.NL

Kenny Coleman, the Co-Host and Executive Producer of Bourbon Pursuit and Co-Founder of Pursuit Spirits, joins the show to share his journey from being a bourbon drinker to launching the top bourbon podcast in the world. Hear how to be efficient with your podcast thanks to automations, build a devoted community on Patreon, grow your podcast, Kenny's top bourbon tips, and the Bourbon Trail of Rapid-Fire Q&A. Connect with Kenny at BourbonPursuit.com, PursuitSpirits.com, and on social media at @BourbonPursuit

Jackie Hermes, the Founder and CEO of Accelity, joins the show to share her journey from selling her cookie business for barely any profit to scaling her B2B SaaS marketing agency from $0 to multiple 7-figures without funding. Hear how to approach unknowns, capitalize on what makes your company different, ensure frequent communication, improve your content and influence on LinkedIn, and properly embarrass your kids. Connect with Jackie on LinkedIn, JackieHermes.com, and AccelityMarketing.com

Jared Easley, the Co-Founder of Podcast Movement and Host of Starve the Doubts, joins the show to share his journey from listening to podcasts to creating the world's largest community of podcasters. Hear how to start an event in an area you're passionate about, get people to actually participate and have fun, grow your community, what Jared's ring name would be as a professional wrestler, and perhaps some beatboxing. Connect with Jared at PodcastMovement.com