Business Design

👽 Rich is an entrepreneur with a bold look that incorporates body modification and tattoos inspired by H.R. Giger’s art. 02:15

🤯 Helping businesses save themselves from software and technology “tragedies.” 03:17

🤝 Building high-caliber teams and focusing on long-term partnerships. 06:16

🧱 On educating and having the hard conversations with clients to get to the core goal of the project. 08:24

💫 The evolution of Tragic Media. 10:45 

🤏 On the prototyping process: “Starting small and really honing in on a niche market that you can move a needle fast on.” 12:46

🦄 Brands should be more expressive and step out of their “templates.” 15:45

😎 What to expect of technology in the future? 19:10

Connect with Rich: www.tragic.media

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🦅 The story behind the Eagles’ record on Steve’s wall. 01:28

💻 Using proprietary software to uncover businesses’ hidden annualized revenue in just 45 minutes. 04:58

⚠️ Small businesses waste their money on ineffective marketing! 05:51

🔑 Strategy is key: Steve prefers a sniper approach. 07:54

👔 Steve’s passion is to help small businesses. 09:51

🦄 Becoming a “unicorn” overnight is not possible in business. 12:58

🏀 Steve’s experience with the Harlem Globetrotters. 14:36

🔥 Know who your target market is and satisfy them. 16:48

Connect with Steve: www.bizcoachsteve.com

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🙏 A family history of service and selflessness. 2:31

🧐 How her methods uplevel clients’ resumes and cover letters. 3:17

🤝 A legacy of helping, and the success of her methods. 4:50

🤔 COVID has made people reconsider working from home. 6:50

🏠 Her daughter is continuing the family legacy. 8:11

💼 2 business models: a for-profit and a nonprofit. 9:09

🛠️ The importance of an effective cover letter and LinkedIn profile. 9:42

🏷️ TPG’s ideas on pricing options for AnnaMaria. 11:50

💰 Going back to her lineage, folks who want to give, give, give! 12:25

📈 Kent and Randy discuss experimenting with pricing. 14:50

Connect with AnnaMaria: www.prosperitypathways.com

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🙃 Randy has an affinity for the last name Holden. It was the brand of his first car. 1:36

🤯 From a homeless mother of 6 to city council nominee. 02:05

🔀 On changing trajectory and the beginning of her fight for change. 04:00

🎓 On suicidal thoughts, matriculation to college, and her idols. 07:24

😇 On mindset and the principles of servant leadership. 10:31

⚡On survival mode and chasing purpose, not perfection. 12:06

🏡 “Leadership really starts in the home, not in the boardroom.” 14:16

🏆 On steering her kids on the right path and winning the National Mother of the Year award. 16:49

🖇️ Connect with LaTarsha: www.drlatarshaholden.info

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🌱 Raised by a single mother, Collin’s story starts with dropping out of high school. 01:57

💰 Collin and his then-girlfriend, now wife started his first company together. 06:48

🎙️ Why it is good to have your own podcast? A story about starting his hustle. 08:57

📈 What clients can expect from a podcast business model and how it works. 2:09

💪 Optimizing the Boot Camp process in order to scale up. 17:51

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Collin’s family is his driving force, and podcasting is his way of giving back to the sales community. 20:47

Connect with Collin: www.salescast.co

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🐥 The song by The Andrews Sisters that inspired a nickname that soon became a very memorable first name. 01:25

💥 Chicke’s story about her grandmother's visit to the dictator's wife in Brazil. 03:42

🏥 The reasons why Chicke created her company and its products. 05:46

🤩 Passion is the initiator of everything. 08:43

🌎 Chicke has the wherewithal to solve problems and make a long-term difference in the world. 10:30

😍 “Hotels Nearby Hospitals” donates 10% of their revenue to charities. 13:06

🛠️ Pandemic affected travelers: Traveling to Give and Trip Proximity Tool. 14:42

📱 Portable capability for devices Chicke created is a great way to attach to any app or site. 18:36

Connect with Chicke: www.solutionz.com

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✈️ Wilbert spent 40 years in the aerospace industry. 02:54

🎯 Exercise-induced neck and back pain spurs an invention. 04:19

🤩 Product users discovered new and innovative uses. 08:40

🤑 Are you in this for money or to help people? 11:43

💪 Fitness product uses in the medical community..13:40

🤔 Wilbert’s product has not yet reached the masses as it should. 20:27

📜 Holding the patent and profits from licensing. 22:18

😇 Often the simplest devices are the ones that get us through life. 23:30

Connect with Wilbert www.abcollar.com

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👔 Scott has owned nine businesses. 01:50

🛑 Burnout is a typical occurrence for most entrepreneurs. 03:38

⚠️ The reality of a “burnout pandemic” will become more evident in the next year. 05:28

🐘 Birthing and nurturing their “baby elephant” is the ‘“juice” for most entrepreneurs. 07:43

🫂 Scott believes his most important work is in helping others through depression stemming from burnout.12:22

🤔 Nurturing your business can be an addiction. 15:23

Connect with Scott: www.doubledareyou.us

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👨‍⚕️ Bob “the Retail Doc” works to cure retail’s illnesses. 01:46

👦 He was a very curious kid, and some thought he would be a scientist, but he chose to be a performer. 04:51

🏡 Bob worked many different jobs early in his career, and he surprisingly found that he loved retail. 06:07

🎭🎶 On music, writing to 20 conductors on Broadway in the ‘70s, and ending up in retail. 07:08

🛒 It's hard to convert "just-looking" into "I'll take out my wallet." 09:06

🫂 People who feel they matter, purchase more 

(Another line) The secret sauce of retail is discovery. 13:13

💲 Retail is mindless in most cases, with too much noise and distractions. 17:49

Connect with Bob: www.retaildoc.com

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🤩 On the power of music. 01:29

🎸 What is "profitable happiness"?  02:00

🤠 On the power of a good hat.

🤔 On "Minnesota nice" and tribalism. 04:51

🖥️ Interruption marketing vs. permission marketing. 08:07

🇳🇬 What Pele learned from life in a refugee camp: Happiness comes before success. 10:32

🎵 On the power of singing in a warzone.  14:16

🐰 A self-proclaimed, “energizer bunny” or a “broken clock”. 15:56

⚽ The meaning of Pelè; Naming children in Ebo culture. 17:435

https://drpele.com/

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