Abundant Culture Podcast

This week we’re giving you some news and updates about where we’re headed!

In this week’s episode we’re talking with Tim Milazzo about his fintech startup, StackSource.

Some of the topics we hit on in the episode include:

Finding out how to create systems and processes for scale.

How you can learn from experience and doing.

The better alternatives to a loan broker for your real estate business.

Tim is the co-founder & CEO of StackSource. He identified the market opportunity for a tech-enabled commercial real estate financing platform, recruited Nathan as a co-founder, and built the company. Prior to StackSource, Tim worked for tech giants Facebook and Google where he helped expand B2B marketplaces in ad tech. Years ago, he interned at a top NYC real estate company before the current real estate tech wave. He comes from a family with history in real estate.

Connect with Tim:

StackSource.com

This week we’re covering the topic of accepting the best offer for your business when it’s for sale.

This week we’re interviewing a brand messaging genius, Mike Verret! 

In this episode we’re covering all of this and more:

Use marketing to drive efficiency

Understand your audience for maximum delivery success

Figure out what and when to say things to get more sales

Mike has more than 20 years of experience in advertising and marketing, and his ability to understand and connect with an audience is the hallmark of his career. The approach he shares is what taught him how to understand an audience and deliver his message in a way they will not forget. Mike spent 13 years in the agency world as a client services specialist before joining Hasbro Toys and Games on the global marketing team, where he developed marketing and retail programs for brands like Transformers, Tonka Trucks and Jurassic World. In 2015, he became the face of the Hasbro Gaming franchise, with the charge to establish the personality, attitude and style of the Hasbro Gaming portfolio by creating a message the audience won’t soon forget. Mike has engaged his practice with audiences in the US, Hong Kong, India, Germany, Mexico, Brazil and the UK, and every one of these audiences remembers him for not just what he says, but how he connects with them. After over 20 years of real-world experience, Mike is thrilled to share his experience with you, and to show you how to get your audience to say… “TELL ME MORE!”

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This week we’re going over the top 7 books that we’d recommend any business owner read for better wealth and business. In this episode we cover how you can:

This week’s episode is all about our very first business acquisition with one of our coffee shops we currently own/operate. Here’s what you’ll gain by listening to this episode:

Dr. Marc A. Silverman has consulted with family businesses from startups to multi-nationals, from first through sixth generations, and from three to over 100 family shareholders. He specializes in working with complex family systems of over 25 family shareholders and particularly in integrating the needs of different generations into clear succession and governance structures. Many of his clients have more than 2000 employees. A frequent seminar leader, he has conducted over 100 workshops and seminars in over 15 countries. He has given many keynote addresses to YPO, Heckerling Institute,  Financial Planners Association, Society for Trusts, and Estate Planners.

He has published over thirty articles on Succession Planning, Family Governance and Offices, Family Business, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, and Conflict Resolution. He works primarily as a Family Business Consultant and Coach to national and multi-national family businesses. He specializes in succession issues, developing effective corporate and family governance structures, emotional intelligence, conflict resolution processes, and family wealth preservation. He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Family Business at Florida International University. He has worked as a columnist for “Dinero” and other business publications.

An early member of this relatively new field, Dr. Silverman is considered a pioneer in Family Business, particularly in Latin America, and has been granted “Fellow” status by the Family Firm Institute. He has been given the Richard Beckhard Award for outstanding contribution to the field of Organization Development internationally. He has worked with dozens of families in various countries, including several well-known family dynasties.

He brings over 25 years of experience in Family Business Consultation, specializing in Emotional Intelligence in Family Business, Conflict Resolution Between Family Shareholders, Succession Planning, Board Development, and Corporate and Family Governance. His work includes the development of Emotional Intelligence in Family Businesses, Family Business Assessment Tools, effective Boards of Directors, Family Councils, and Family Constitutions and Protocols. He has served on the Board of Advisors to Association of Organization Development of Latin America,  Chair of Saul A. Silverman Endowment Fund, Treasurer of Psychodynamics of Family Business Association, and as President of the International Organization Development Association for nine years.

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Boris is currently the CEO and Co-Founder of an electric bike company, EVELO, as well as a real estate investor focusing specifically on the short term rental market. Working together with his wife, they acquire, renovate and launch short-term rental properties all over the U.S. and currently host over 10,000 guests per year.

His specialty with real estate is using technology to automate the business and being able to run it remotely from anywhere. Boris' focus is on "live where you want to live and invest where the economics make sense". He shares all about the short-term rental sector and their investment strategies at BuildYourBnb.

Boris believes that your success is likely not because you’re smarter or better than someone else, but rather it’s the willingness to take on more risks, being at the right time at the right place, and giving it time to grow. As they say, it's a 10-year overnight success.

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Maceo Jourdan is a serial entrepreneur with two decades of building businesses by creating great products and great marketing. With his background in discretionary and algorithmic trading, he is able to merge the risk management of a portfolio trader with the aggressive risk-taking of an entrepreneur to time business trends with uncanny accuracy.

Startup to Scale: Maceo scaled his company Insider Code from a $25,000 ‘friends and family’ loan to $23 million in annual sales in under 3 years while pioneering several new technologies in video streaming, asynchronous audio chat, and a revolutionary database methodology to handle large scale data. He led his team into developing some of the first cloud-based web applications as well as a best-in-class desktop application for high-frequency traders. Including acquisitions, the combined revenues at exit were just under $50 million with a remote workforce of just 26.

Turn Around: After his exit, Maceo was responsible for turnarounds as a confidential CEO/CMO for hire. Mixing direct response sensibilities with digital targeting and scalability, Maceo developed a non-linear integrated marketing system that reduced churn, on average, by 28% while increasing Average Order Value by 86%. His proprietary bidding algorithms enabled a niche CPG company in the pet food vertical to increase revenue from $6 million to $11.2 million allowing the team to successfully negotiate 3 key acquisitions and position the company as an add-on sale to Purina.

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John Vuong is the owner and founder of Local SEO Search, a boutique agency from Toronto, Canada. He helps small and medium-sized businesses rank on Google and dominate their local market.

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Chad started investing in the equities market when he was just 17 years old, and a few years later moved over to currency markets.

Real Estate had always interested Chad, but he didn’t know how to effectively get into the market at the time.

He leveraged his skills building digital marketing systems to get involved with other experienced real estate operators.

Today, he's partnered on over $40,000,000 in real estate syndications and It is by far his favorite asset class because of the controllability of inputs and outputs, risk aversion, and tax incentives!

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Duncan is the CEO of LITTLEFIELD, a company that owns companies such as The Littlefield Company, Paper Airplanes, Sidecar, and who are critical equity partner contributors to profit-focused companies. The engine of our company is The Littlefield Company, where they tell under-told stories by delivering scalable content for purpose-driven companies. Plus, he is on a mission to always be a part of the larger conversation and to support everyone become obsessed with their own unique life. He has stated that he never turns down a cup of coffee and so far... that is accurate!

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This week’s episode is covering the topic of KPIs (key performance indicators) in business.

This week we’re covering all of the lessons we’ve learned from starting a fund!

This week’s guest is a powerhouse serial entrepreneur, Joe Rare!

In this episode we're covering:

How to hire for a creative position

How to manage multiple businesses at once

Why you should leverage VAs

and so much more!!

Joe Rare is a serial entrepreneur, marketing strategist, business coach, and venue owner/partner. To this date, he owns four digital companies, a wedding venue, an association for event venues and invests in real estate.

His businesses, all run by his virtual assistants, have been generating a continuous and substantial flow of income, successfully winning the race of 7-figure a year businesses. He focuses on helping small- to medium-sized businesses around the world, while working from the comfort of his home in Montana and enjoying the presence of his wife and two girls.

Connect with Joe at the following:

WEBSITES:

This week we’re covering the question “What is venture capital?”.

In this episode we talk about:

What venture capital is

Venture capital pros and cons

Mind blowing knowledge about what’s going on in the venture capital industry

and more!

This week’s guest is the ultimate wealthy franchisee guide, Scott Greenberg!

In this episode we're covering:

How to become a wealthy franchise

Creating a scalable concept

Is a franchise right for you

and so much more!!

Scott Greenberg designs game-changing steps to grow businesses, build high-performing teams and create unforgettable customer experiences. For ten years Scott was a multi-unit, award-winning franchise owner with Edible Arrangements. His operation won international recognition: “Best Customer Service” and “Manager of the Year,” out of more than 1000 locations worldwide. Today he’s a sought-after international speaker, business coach and author with clients that include McDonalds, Great Clips, GNC, RE/MAX, Allstate, the U.S. Air Force, and countless other companies in all 50 U.S. states and throughout the world. Going beyond numbers and profits, Scott delves into the human-side of business to help organizations boost performance and make a memorable impact on the lives of customers and employees. He is a VIP contributor to Entrepreneur.com and the author of the book, The Wealthy Franchisee: Gaming-Changing Steps to Coming a Thriving Franchise Superstar.

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This week we’re covering continuing the conversation on our best and worst hiring experiences.

In this episode we talk about:

What to do before a job interview

What to do during a job interview

How to make a hiring decision

and more!

This week’s guest is a company valuing expert, Charles Sunnucks!

In this episode we're covering:

How to value companies

How to invest in other countries

and so much more!!

Charles Sunnucks is a  successful professional investor. He has lectured at Cambridge University, made multiple TV appearances commenting on markets, and actively run a London stock exchange listed investment fund. University educated in China, he speaks fluent Chinese, and is both a Chartered Financial Analyst, and a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.

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This week we’re covering our best and worst hiring experiences.

In this episode we talk about:

Where to find job candidates

What to say in job postings

The mindset you need for hiring

and more!

This week’s guest is a ghost writer of many books, Laura Gale!

In this episode we're covering:

How a book can grow your business

How to improve your writing skills

Best marketing tips for new books

and so much more!!

Laura Gale got her start as a publicist for Hachette, a global publishing house, and worked on projects like the Twilight phenomenon, JK Rowling's post-Harry Potter publications, and the personal memoirs of Michael Palin, Nelson Mandela and Tina Fey.

She started Laura Is Writing to help entrepreneurs to write, publish and market books that transform their businesses and leave a legacy they're proud of. She has ghostwritten over 15 books and has helped dozens of authors to edit and market their books.

Laura is also the author of 'How To Write This Book: Write, Publish and Market Your Business Bestseller' and 'Content That Converts: How to Build A Profitable and Predictable B2B Content Marketing Strategy'. Both books were bestsellers in Amazon's Marketing category for several months. She is also the co-host of the Business of Writing Podcast. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, Laura now lives in Lisbon, Portugal.

Connect with Laura:

https://lauraiswriting.com/

This week we’re having a controversial conversation on investments: Small Business vs Real Estate. Of course, we rep small business until we die!

In this episode we specifically talk about:

How small business is safer than real estate

How small business can give a higher return than real estate

How to use business and real estate for ultimate growth

and more!

This week’s guest is an all-star insurance agency owner, Jeremy Goodrich!

In this episode we're covering:

What you need to know about your business insurance policy

How to grow your business with systems

What tools to use for your business systems

and so much more!!

Jeremy is the owner of Shine Insurance and specializes in making commercial real estate insurance smart & simple.

As the host of the most watched insurance agency channel on Youtube, Jeremy has answered hundreds of real estate insurance questions in a way that actually makes sense and is interesting.

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This week we’re letting you in on an amazing employee meeting we just had that will grow our business!

In this episode we talk about:

Growth ideas we got for free from our team

How to structure your team meetings for growth

How to leverage others’ ideas

and more!

This week’s guest is an attorney, real estate investor, podcast host AND business owner, who happens to do everything exceptionally well, Seth Bradley!

In this episode we're covering:

How to delegate tasks to expand your time

How to make changes in your business to become recession resistant

How to navigate through anything along your entrepreneurial journey

and so much more!!

Seth Bradley is real estate entrepreneur and an expert at creating passive income while working as a highly paid professional. He’s closed billions of dollars in real estate transactions as a real estate attorney, investor and broker. He’s the managing partner of Law Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on multifamily and opportunistic acquisitions. He’s a former big law attorney and is now the managing partner of his own firm, Bradley Law Limited, helping his clients with their real estate and asset protection needs. He’s also the host of the Passive Income Attorney Podcast, educating attorneys and other professionals on how to stop trading their time for money so that they can practice when they want to, not because they have to.

Seth’s Free Gift to Us: The Cash Flow Calculator – Free download for a limited time at

This week we’re covering the question “I want to sell my business, where do I start?”.

In this episode we talk about:

Making sure you actually have a business to sell

The business systems you need to have in place before you sell

Who to talk to about the business’s transition once sold

and more!

This week’s guest is NWI’s leading real estate company co-owner, Adrien Chabot! This also happens to be his second time on the Abundant Culture Podcast.

In this episode we're covering:

How to hire employees that fit your company values

How he’s able to be almost completely hands off of one of his real estate companies

His top business mistakes

and so much more!!

Real estate has been a passion of Adrien’s since he was a teen. He became a landlord by default in 2012 when he turned his personal residence (which was heavily upside down) into a rental. In 2015, he left his position as an insurance agent with a company he’d had been with for over 8 years to start a property flipping company.

Since then, his company has completed over 600 transactions. In addition to flipping houses, he’s loaned on several projects for other local investors as well as large multi family syndications.

Adrien received his real estate license in July 2017 and opened a real estate brokerage and property management company. One of his passions is teaching and mentoring others in real estate investing.

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This week we’re covering the difference between entrepreneurs and business owners.

In this episode we talk about:

How to know which category you fall under

The process of going from entrepreneur to business owner

and more!

This week’s guest is an amazing fund manager, Bridger Pennington!

In this episode we're covering:

What a fund is

How to start and launch a fund

How a fund can help you scale your business exponentially

and so much more!!

Bridger Pennington is the founder of an investment group that has done over 317 deals in the last 3.5 years.

Bridger has started helping others launch their own funds through Investment Fund Secrets, an online program to help people start investment funds without working on Wall Street or having an Ivy League degree.

Bridger has spoken on stage to tens of thousands of people across the United States and is on a mission to help entrepreneurs scale their businesses through launching their own funds.

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This week we’re covering how to sell when your partner doesn’t want to.

In this episode we're covering:

How to talk to your partner about selling

How partner buyouts work

and more!

This week’s guest is an incredible technology integrator, DJ Scruggs!

In this episode we're covering:

How technology is implemented in his real estate business

Specific software and platforms that he uses to automate his business

How to overcome tech challenges in business

and so much more!!

DJ Scruggs is the CEO of BlueSpruce Holdings. He has owned and operated multiple businesses for over twenty years. Prior to investing in real estate full time, DJ founded, co-founded or was an early employee for eight companies in the software and digital media industries. He has successfully filled many roles in business, including raising capital, marketing, sales, operations and software development. A technology junkie, DJ frequently presents strategies for leveraging technology for real estate investing.

Connect with DJ:

This week we’re covering how we successfully combined our marriage and business, and how you can, too!

In this episode we're covering:

Why your significant other should be involved in your business

What our roles are in our business

What work life balance is for us

and more!

This week’s guest is the best networker ever, Frank Agin!

In this episode we're covering:

How to build a great network

What to do and say when networking as an introvert

How you can monetize your network

and so much more!!

This week we wanted to talk to you about the importance of business systems.

In this episode we're covering:

Why business systems are so importance

How we wrote our SOP for a successful business

#1 thing to make sure of with your new business systems

and so much more!!

This week’s guest is an agile marketing expert, Jim Ewel!

In this episode we're covering:

How the 6 principles of agile marketing relates to your business

A management system that makes your business more efficient

What actually matters in marketing

and so much more!!

JIM EWEL is one of the leading voices on Agile marketing. He co-organized the first meeting of Agile marketers and co-authored the Agile Marketing Manifesto. Since 2010, he has helped over 60 organizations adopt Agile to their marketing practice using his Six Disciplines and Four Shifts approach. Today, his blog is one of the most trusted sources on Agile. Ewel runs an Agile marketing consultancy, where he helps organizations adopt this tried-and-true approach to marketing. Jim also spent twelve years at Microsoft in marketing and sales and was the CEO of three startups: GoAhead Software, Adometry, and InDemand Interpreting.

This week we hit EPISODE 100 🎉

In this episode we're covering:

Our why behind the podcast

What’s next for the Abundant Culture Podcast

What’s next for Abundant Culture company

and so much more!!

This week’s guest is one of the best leaders of them all, Anthony Casablanca!

In this episode we're covering:

How to be a phenomenal leader that you’re team needs

Knowing how to help employees in the grieving process

What NOT to say when your employees are grieving

and so much more!!

Anthony Casablanca is an accomplished senior executive and leadership consultant on grief, and co author of: The Dying Art of Leadership: How Leaders Can Help Grieving Employees Excel at Work.

This week’s guest is phenomenal and fun attorney, Steven Lefkof!

In this episode we're covering:

How to DIY your small claims case and win

Things to know before, during and after representing yourself in court

Tips to avoid the small claims process altogether

and so much more!!

Steven Lefkoff is the founder of Small Claims Academy, a business established in 2020 to empower litigants to perform as well as they can in their small claims case by providing individuals and businesses with products designed to help them navigate their state’s small claims court. Small Claims Academy's first product, Gavel (www.gavel.legal), is an online course to teach litigants the tips, tricks, and procedures of small claims courts.

Reach out to Steven at the following sites:

www.gavel.legal

Steven’s quote to share with the world:

“Push the button!”

*Disclaimer: This podcast should not be construed as legal advice. It is solely for informational purposes.

Let us know how you like it. Rate us. Leave a comment. Email us at info@abundantculture.co. Do something!

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This week’s guest is a leader in the promotional marketing industry, Matt Deutschman!

In this episode we're covering:

How to be more efficient in your business

How to lead through challenge

How to pick the right promotional product for your brand

and so much more!!

Matt Deutschman is the owner of Doubletake Promotional Marketing, a company that specializes in custom branded promotional products for colleges and universities, advertising/marketing agencies, professional services firms and the finance industry. Matt founded Doubletake in 2010 and is fourth generation in his family in the promotional marketing industry, previously working for his dad in the family business. He also has a background in journalism, which provides the framework for his unique ability to ask insightful questions and tell his clients’ stories. Matt is married and has two children (4 and 2), and has recently published his first children’s book.

Matt is passionate about forging a work/life balance that allows him to spend as much time with his wife and kids as possible, while also building a great company with a tight-knit team and an elite level of service and professionalism. Doubletake has grown in sales every year since its inception, and Matt spends most of his afternoons running around with his kids, soaking up the joy of fatherhood. His interest in children’s book writing stems from his fond experiences reading to his kids.

Reach out to Matt at the following sites:

This week’s guest is phenomenal podcast and meetup host, Adam A. Adams!

In this episode we're covering:

Business mistakes to avoid that Adam personally went through

How to market yourself to your avatar

How to launch a podcast like the top 1% podcasters

and so much more!!

This week’s guest is an incredible banker, Roy C. Schultz III!

In this episode we're covering:

How to get approved for loans with banks

How to determine the best bank for you

The inside strategies that banks use for profitability

and so much more!!

A native Chicagoan, Roy Schultz joined the United States Army in 1993 to earn money for college. After being honorably discharged in 1996, he returned home and enrolled at Northern Illinois University where he earned a Bachelor’s of Science in finance. Schultz joined LaSalle Bank as a credit analyst in 2000 and was eventually promoted to a division manager in 2007. In 2008, Schultz purchased a small equity position in American Chartered Bank, a privately owned boutique commercial bank that was headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois until it was subsequently sold in 2016.

Roy Schultz is currently a Senior Vice President and Division Manager with Cornerstone National Bank & Trust Company in Schaumburg, IL. As a member of Cornerstone’s commercial banking team he is focused on providing commercial banking services to privately owned companies and commercial real estate investors.

Cornerstone offers a full suite of commercial banking services including lines of credit, equipment loans, real estate financing, and treasury management services. Cornerstone National Bank & Trust Company was founded 20 years ago with a unique model that includes extraordinarily high customer service standards, cutting edge technological capabilities, and localized decision making.

In addition to his role at Cornerstone, Roy serves on the board of directors of the Northern Illinois University Executive Club, an organization dedicated to raising scholarship funding for students interested in attending NIU. Roy also serves on the board of directors of the Fox Valley Patriotic Association, a non-partisan not for profit dedicated to raising funds for the construction of a historical Flag Day monument in Batavia, IL. Roy is married to Lisa Schultz and they have lived in Schaumburg for over twenty years with their two daughters, Emma and Elizabeth. In addition to his professional and civic responsibilities, Roy enjoys several hobbies including triathlon training, traveling, and reading.

Roy’s quote to share with the world: If you can't think of a recent failure there is a good chance you aren't pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone.

Reach out to Roy at the following site:

This week’s guest is a strategy and execution mogul, Sean Ryan!

In this episode we're covering:

How to drive strategy to execution

How to properly communicate strategy to your team

How to differentiate yourself from competition

and so much more!!

Our business superwoman, Emily Mishler, is back for a bonus episode!

In this episode we're covering:

How to raise capital for your nonprofit

How to raise capital for for profits

Business advice for busy business owners

and so much more!!

Born and raised in the rural Midwest of the United States, Emily Mishler is an intrepid optimist with a keen sense of adventure, eye for design, hand in the start-up world, and heart for philanthropy. She is the driving force behind The Cultivated Group and the world of Esmè the Curious Cat – on a mission to ignite and empower individuals and organizations to: "be the change you wish to see in the world.

Specializing in business development, creative strategic planning, and fundraising, Emily launched her first company at the age of 22 and has since raised and distributed over $20M of private investment for private clients, for-profit entities and NGO's.

Reach out to Emily at the following site:

The Cultivated Group

Instagram: @thecultivatedgroup

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecultivatedgroup

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-cultivated-group

Website: www.thecultivatedgroup.co

Esmè the Curious Cat:

Instagram: @esmethecuriouscat

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esmethecuriouscat

Website: www.esmethecuriouscat.com

This week’s guest is a superwoman in business, Emily Mishler!

In this episode we're covering:

Managing multiple businesses at once

How to become more curious

Esme The Curious Cat children’s books

and so much more!!

Born and raised in the rural Midwest of the United States, Emily Mishler is an intrepid optimist with a keen sense of adventure, eye for design, hand in the start-up world, and heart for philanthropy. She is the driving force behind The Cultivated Group and the world of Esmè the Curious Cat – on a mission to ignite and empower individuals and organizations to: "be the change you wish to see in the world.

Specializing in business development, creative strategic planning, and fundraising, Emily launched her first company at the age of 22 and has since raised and distributed over $20M of private investment for private clients, for-profit entities and NGO's.

Reach out to Emily at the following site:

The Cultivated Group

Instagram: @thecultivatedgroup

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecultivatedgroup

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-cultivated-group

Website: www.thecultivatedgroup.co

Esmè the Curious Cat:

Instagram: @esmethecuriouscat

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esmethecuriouscat

Website: www.esmethecuriouscat.com

This week’s guest is an insightful leader within the multifamily community, Jerome Myers!

In this episode we're covering:

Who should take the red pill

The 4 step process to investing in apartments

How to use Linkedin to its advantage

and so much more!!

Reach out to Jerome at the following site:

This week’s guest is a champion leader, Nate Bailey!

In this episode we're covering:

How to get through extremes in life

What it looks like to be a great leader

How to train up great leaders

and so much more!!

Nate is a natural leader and a speaker who knows how to impact and reach an audience.

He is a best selling author with three books as well as an entrepreneur. He has built multiple successful businesses in the areas of Insurance and Real Estate. He recently fulfilled his long-time dream of selling his insurance agency to follow his dream of being a full-time coach.

Nate was a Lieutenant, serving our country in the United States Army. As a Platoon Leader during the Operation Iraqi Freedom, Nate was charged with the safety and leadership of 42 soldiers as they served our country in Kuwait.

Nate has a simple philosophy on life - "live you what you teach." Nate sees what needs to be done and he does it. He pushes his teams to the max and he makes sure he's always leading from the front by pushing himself one step beyond.

Reach out to Nate at the following site:

This week’s guest is an ecommerce whiz, Douglas Levin!

In this episode we're covering:

Knowing the different models in selling on Amazon

3 tips for amazon and ecommerce sellers to start implementing today

How to work with private label products

and so much more!!

Douglas was a professional drummer living in Chicago, IL for about 10 years before starting to sell on Amazon in his spare time in 2014. He’s done everything from arbitrage to wholesale to private label and eventually got enough money coming in that his wife could work full time for the company.

In preparation for the launch of his first brand, Douglas started to become obsessed with chatbots and built up a messenger list of over 20k subscribers, which led to over 20k in monthly sales within the first 3 months of launch. It also helped him to start building his brand away from Amazon. Douglas currently lives in the Illinois suburbs with his wife and two step sons.

Reach out to Doug at the following sites:

This week’s guest is the world’s best tutor, Lindsey Wander!

In this episode we're covering:

How to run a successful tutoring company

How to motivate kids towards success

What skills are needed to navigate entrepreneurship

and so much more!!

Lindsey Wander, Valedictorian of her high school, originally enrolled at Cal State Fresno to study Biomedical Engineering. In just four years, he graduated with a Bachelor’s in Biology, a Bachelor’s in Chemistry, and a Minor in Mathematics. Several domestic and international internships later, she discovered her passion for teaching and re-enrolled in college to earn her teaching credentials.

For several years, Lindsey taught math, biology, and STEM in the low-income neighborhoods of California, making it her mission to create a learning environment that was so engaging that it motivated her students to come to school. They explored, questioned, investigated, learned, laughed, and loved - all within her classroom walls.

However, time and financial restraints, added to endless bureaucratic red tape, prevented Lindsey from being able to dedicate the 1-on-1 time to her students who needed it. Thus, many of her “kids” fell through the cracks - and there was nothing she could do about it.

So, when Lindsey moved to Chicago at the ripe age of 30, she decided to start her own tutoring business, which later became WorldWise Tutoring. Her mission was to help students of all abilities to not only improve their grades and scores, but to also learn the skills to become confident and independent lifelong learners, and grow into competent and conscious leaders. She sought to empower our youth with the tools to succeed in school, work, and life – so that they were in the powerful position to direct their own lives.

Lindsey’s methodologies were so effective that her business quickly grew beyond what should could handle alone. So she started to “teach the teachers,” guiding tutors dedicated to her cause with her best practices. Now, years later, she has seen her kids return home from college as accomplished, self-sufficient adults who are still eager to learn more.

Reach out to Lindsey at the following:

This week’s guest is a human behavior hacker, Susan Ibitz!

In this episode we're covering:

What language to use during negotiations

How to read your clients’ body language

How to overcome fear

and so much more!!

Imagine LEARNING a SUPERPOWER... Imagine being able to read people like a book. Susan is a Human Behavior Hacker- some people hack computers she hacks humans.

Today, communication is an art and science plus most of the first interaction with clients, and future prospects are on the media, phone, or email. Body Language, Micro-Expressions, Linguistic, and Face reading can make a big difference in the process of building rapport with clients and co-workers, as expedite the trust cycle.

Susan has 28 years of experience using behavior to apply in sales, communication, negotiation, and everyday life. Susan is the only expert doing all the channels in Deception Detection and Behavior

Susan has trained, consulted, and worked with people and fields such as:

Journalist & Producers.

Politicians & political campaigns.

Law Enforcement-Realtors.

Lawyers.

Market Research.

Insurance Fraud.

Headhunters.

Match Makers.

Managers.

Love life.

Medical field professionals.

Sales team.

Job Seekers.

Sperm Donor Selection.

Couples compatibilities.

Human Resources Professionals.

Negotiation.

Hospitality & Customer-oriented services.

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This week’s guest is an all around marketing machine, John D. Saunders!

In this episode we're covering:

How to delegate your most of your work

How to build an online community for profitability

Best resources for small businesses to use

and so much more!!

Working with brands like Land Rover, Audi and the NAACP, he has utilized Website Development, Standard Operating Procedures, Content Marketing and Social Media Strategy to create marketing campaigns that resonate with the consumer and drive consistent sales and conversions.

John’s main focus is to provide VALUE to business owners and entrepreneurs through web design and marketing strategy. By launching an online course with more than 1,900 active students and building, scaling and selling three ecommerce businesses, John hopes to continue spreading digital marketing knowledge around the world while providing stellar marketing tactics to local and national business owners.

This week’s guest is a real estate syndication expert, Andrew Campbell!

In this episode we're covering:

Investing in Texas

How to scale in multifamily real estate

How to raise capital

and so much more!!

Andrew Campbell is the Founder and Managing Partner of Wildhorn Capital, a Multifamily Investment firm focused on buying value-add assets in Central Texas. Today, he controls and manages a portfolio of over 1850 units valued at over $220,000,000.

A native Austinite and father of four, he is focused on Acquisitions and maintaining Investor Relations at Wildhorn, amongst all the other hats required to build and support a growing business.

Andrew’s background is in Market Research & Brand Strategy, spending time in both advertising agencies and emerging technology consultancies, where he was most recently a Partner at an award winning app developer. He received a BS in Advertising from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Baylor University.

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This week’s guest is a design expert, Chelsie Tamms!

In this episode we're covering:

How to brand your company

How to overcome the ‘starving artist’ stereotype

When’s the best time to start a passion project

and so much more!!

Chelsie Tamms is the lettering artist and designer behind Lettering Works, LLC - a Chicago-based, modern brand design studio that specializes in customized designs to help passions shine.

Chelsie works primarily with established artists, makers, and small business owners who are passionate about their craft to create compelling visuals to build their confidence and get them the attention they deserve.

Chelsie founded Lettering Works in 2016 while attending Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois and winning $10,000 in startup funding from Bradley’s annual student entrepreneurship competition. She spent three years in Peoria growing her business before relocating to Chicago in June 2019.

Throughout her career, Chelsie has focused heavily on personal passion projects that showcase her interests and attract ideal clients around topics of community building, kidney disease, chronic illness, and arts advocacy. Some of her most well-known projects are 100 Days of Peoria (and Chicago), Cool Beans, Steph’s Stickers, and Chronically Positive. She has self-published two books: Just my Type of Lettering and 100 Days of Peoria.

This week’s guest is a marketing expert, Tim Fitzpatrick!

In this episode we're covering:

Defining your target audience

Getting your 90-day marketing plan together

How to generate more leads and conversions

and so much more!!

Tim Fitzpatrick is an entrepreneur/business owner with expertise in marketing and business growth. He has 20+ years of entrepreneurial experience with a passion for developing and growing businesses. That passion served him well in operating and managing a wholesale distribution company he co-owned for nine years. His company grew an average of 60% a year before being acquired in 2005.

Since then, he’s had failures and successes that have been valuable learning experiences. He started Rialto Marketing in 2013 and has been helping small business owners and entrepreneurs eliminate the confusion of marketing using an amazingly simple plan so they can grow. Most people overcomplicate marketing. It doesn't have to be that way.

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This week’s guest is a phenomenal attorney and multifamily investor, Charles Dobens!

In this episode we get to hear so many great and crazy stories in the multifamily industry.

Charles Dobens is a multifamily investor, attorney, and mentor to multifamily investors all around the country. Charles founded the Multifamily Investing Academy, where he works with students in his Owner Forum program to train them in the correct way to acquire, operate and own multifamily property.

His legal and consulting practice has one specialty - helping new investors overcome any lack of confidence in moving toward their financial objective of owning and operating apartments. Charles is uniquely qualified to walk investors confidently through the entire process: analyzing property, negotiating contracts, organizing funding as well as transitioning to ownership.

Charles Dobens is principal at Dobens Law and founder of the Multifamily Investing Academy.

I have owned and operated over $20MM of multifamily property in my career and have represented over 1000 investors throughout their transactions. I know multifamily. I have done them all, no money down, syndications, master lease options, Class A through Class D properties, rehabs and repositions, foreclosures, assumptions. You name it, I have done it. I am currently in the process of liquidating my portfolio so I can start building apartments and help to solve the demand crisis.

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This week we have our amazing marketing team with us, Matt Zamutt & Lyle Leads!

In this episode we're covering:

How to create an effective sales funnel

How to run ads for maximum success

3 marketing tactics small businesses can implement TODAY

And so much more!!

Lyle Leads is a professional marketing strategist and business coach. He owns Digital Success Advantage, a full service online marketing company in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. He has partnered up with Matthew Zamutt, a certified social media manager and content marketer, to start a company to help entrepreneurs grow called DFW Top: Designed For Winners To Optimize Profitability. Matthew is the Chief Officer of Product Awesomeness and Lyle is the Chief of Making Things Happen.

This week’s guest is an amazing researcher and leadership professional, Kate Lanz!

In this episode we're covering:

The benefits of having male and female brains within the business

Some of the male and female brain differences

How to maximize efficiency at home and work with both brains

And so much more!!

This week we’re talking with tax saving experts, Michael Brady and Alex S.!

In this episode we're covering:

How to save taxes on your investment properties

When NOT to use a 1031 exchange

Deadlines to hit

Finding the correct qualified intermediary to help with your 1031 exchange

And so much more!!

Michael S. Brady is an attorney who has over 25 years of experience representing clients in commercial and residential real estate transactions, as well as a wide variety of business transactions and commercial litigation matters. In addition to representing clients in legal matters, he serves as Executive Vice President for Madison Exchange, a national qualified intermediary for tax-deferred Exchanges pursuant to Internal Revenue Code §1031. During his career, he has also served as general counsel to a leading title insurance company, and served on the board of several not-for-profit organizations. Mr. Brady has published many articles on tax and legal issues and is the primary author behind the Madison 1031 Zone blog. His seminars have received rave reviews for being both entertaining and informative, and his audiences have included top law and accounting firms as well as brokerage companies nationwide.

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