Biz Owners Ed

As a board member of Biz Owners Ed, Tim is the epitome of an entrepreneur. With over 130 unique income streams, he has mastered the art of monetizing his ideas. In this interview, he talks about how to create just 1 more way to make money, and how to manage your own mental state by being kind. Enjoy!

FreedomPark is a valet and service company at DFW and PHX airport. They cracked the code for transportation at the airport by revolutionizing and simplifying the way people leave their cars and pick them up. FreedomPark allows customers the ability to pull up to the gate, leave their car, receive virtually any service while on a trip, and return with a welcome from your valet driver.

John is the 2nd generation within the company. As a member of Biz Owners Ed class this year, he brings unbelievably clear cut insight to running a family business, and also keeping your head right to run a company and a family to the max.

As a French Canadian powerhouse entrepreneur that has built her business from scratch, Annye is a firm believer in process, positivity, and humility and it is a joy to sit down and have a She was a member of the Biz Owners Ed class of 2019 and tiring this podcast, she talks about the personal side of being a business leader. Topics like mindset, positivity, joy, and intentionality are all covered in this powerful interview with an incredible female entrepreneur.

For over a decade, Boardroom Salon for Men has set the standard for the men’s grooming industry through 27 locations strategically placed across Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Georgia.

John is the president of FreedomPark, a giant airport valet service based in Dallas, Texas. As a member of the Biz Owners Ed Live class this year, he closes out our season with an excellent speech.

Jay is the founder of Biz Owners Ed. He is a true business mogul having started and exited 24

different companies. The author of "Entrepreneurial Reflections" he is a true master of

founding, scaling and selling and he has a passion for mentoring business owners.

Tony Hartl founded Planet Tan in 1995 with three locations. In 2008 he sold Planet Tan with 17 locations and 160 employees. Tony Hartl is the CEO of PAH Capital. In addition to his contributions to the community, Tony has a passion for mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs. He currently sits on the board of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), an organization dedicated to helping young people from low-income communities build skills and unlock their entrepreneurial creativities. Additionally, Tony has been a guest lecturer at The Caruth Institute of Entrepreneurship at SMU’s Cox Business School. His achievements have been published in numerous well-known print media, including Inc. Magazine, Fortune Small Business and The Dallas Morning News.

Tony built one of the most well known tanning salon franchises, Planet Tan.  With 160 employees and 17 locations, he sold his company after building an incredible culture and team around him.  He now talks about his current ventures and what it takes to build an outstanding company culture.

Williford started his career as an entrepreneur in the first grade and has not slowed down since. With the experience in startups (several of his own), Fortune 500s and a heavy concentration on midmarket players, the application of the "who and how to hire" while building an efficient and effective team has proven paramount. Jason's experience includes partnering with organizations specializing in a wide variety of industries and disciplines including but not limited to: advertising automotive, construction, consulting, restaurants, design, architectural, engineering, manufacturing, legal, financial, oil and gas, senior housing, technology and transportation - to name just a few.

Jason Williford, a Culture Index Licensee and Consultant since 2009, is a well respected and sought after Trusted Advisor to CEOs and Leadership Teams of high growth organizations around the globe. By applying cutting edge behavioral analytics as objective data that doesn't miss, Jason assists his clients in taking a current inventory of who is the right place, who might be struggling with the current workload, and why. Together they build a team of A players that consistently hit the company's top and bottom line goals. And by driving accountability from the boardroom to the "boots on the ground", Jason delivers an implementation process to increase ROI on a all payroll expenses.

Jason is a master of people. In this episode, he analyzes our class members using the Culture Index and exposes the cold hard truth. It is an important episode especially if you are building a team around you and need to know who exactly you should and shouldn’t partner with.

Rex Kurzius is the Founder and CEO (Chief Panda) of Asset Panda, a revolutionary new system that automates and simplifies the job of tracking, managing and supporting fixed assets. The powerful cloud based platform combined with mobile apps is used by companies all over the world for the following purposes: Fixed Asset Tracking/Audit, Facilities Management, Equipment Support Ticketing, Compliance and Purchase Order management.

Kurzius was the Founder and President of Timberhorn IT Solutions. Timberhorn was recognized by Inc. magazine in September 2013 as one of the “Inc. 500 Fastest-Growing Companies in America.” In fact, this prestigious list ranked Timberhorn number 25 in the country and Number 2 on the list of Top 100 IT service companies. Rex sold Timberhorn to the Ettain Group in October of 2015.

Timberhorn is Kurzius’ second company to be recognized as an Inc. 500 business. Few entrepreneurs have accomplished the feat of founding and growing more than one company that makes the prestigious Inc. Fastest-Growing list. An earlier Kurzius-founded company named Resulte was included in the Inc. 500 Fastest-Growing list, from 2003 – 2006. Kurzius has since sold Resulte.

In addition to the companies he leads and controls, Kurzius also operates LRK Partners, serving as a board member, advisor and investor in several other operating companies including SmartShift. SmartShift is a mobile app that helps people obtain on demand work based in San Francisco.

A respected leader in the North Texas entrepreneurship community, Kurzius is the former president of the Dallas Chapter of Entrepreneurs Organization and former chairman of the North Texas Young Presidents Organization. Kurzius is passionate about entrepreneurship and comes from a family of Entrepreneurs. His father Karl was a first generation American from Germany who owned a bakery in New Mexico. Rex’s older brother, Dan Kurzius, is the co-founder of Mailchimp, one of the largest email marketing services in the world. Rex is a sought-after speaker and donates a significant amount of his time to mentoring entrepreneurs. He graduated from Southern Methodist University with a bachelor’s degree in business and lives with his wife and three children in the DFW area. Rex is an Eagle Scout and loves the outdoors.

Rex has an infectious passion for entrepreneurship. Right as he was about to close his business down, his daughter asked him how Asset Panda was going, his response of course was, “Its awesome!” His story of one of great success as well as failure. This episode is a must listen for business owners and people who are in the inevitable rut of their company.

Dave Casey currently is the principal of Calvus Consulting, a business process and technology advisory firm headquartered in Frisco, TX. Calvus specializes in advice to small and medium firms that have reached a plateau in development, or desire to change from a lifestyle company to a growth engine. Previously, Dave co-founded and grew Westron Communications, an advanced technology and network solution provider for more than 20 years. Prior to that Casey held management roles in sales and business development for Burroughs Corporation (now Unisys), and Infinet, a Memotec company. He subsequently completed a successful exit, selling Westron to Peak Uptime, a large regional IT Managed Services firm. Casey remained with Peak for 48 months, growing the Texas division to represent more than 50 % of Operating Profit for the firm, before forming Calvus.

He holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Management from State University of NY at Buffalo.

Cybersecurity has never been more important as it is today. Attacks are especially detrimental to new businesses who may not have their eye on it. Dave outlines key weak points in new companies and how to not only fix them, but how to make sure they build a secure foundation.