Carol Roth joins Tim to talk about a wide range of things, most notably how to use humor to make a point. Carol is a 2020 version of a renaissance woman, a national media personality, a former investment banker, a New York Times best-selling author, and now an investor, business advisor and entrepreneur. We talk with Carol about her career and the niche she has carved for herself providing tough love on business, entrepreneurship and how she leverages the power of humor to make a point.

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Carol Roth describes herself as a recovering investment banker and billion-dollar deal maker, and that’s just the beginning.

She’s a national media personality, a business advisor, a company director, investor, sought after speaker and the author of the New York Times bestseller, “The Entrepreneur Equation.”

She was a judge on the Mark Burnett TBS network series called “America’s Greatest Makers.” Think of it as a “Shark Tank” for technology ideas.

She’s been the host of Microsoft’s Office Small Business Academy, and makes frequent appearances on Fox Business Network’s Bulls & Bears, CNBC and many other network news programs. She has a popular blog and is the host of a podcast called “The Roth Effect.”

And, of course, she’s what you might consider a social media influencer, with a legion of followers on Twitter and a big presence on other platforms.

But as I mentioned, if Carol has a super power, it’s probably her ability to drive a point home with a sense of humor that’s edgy and contains no small amount of truth.

Links

* Carol Roth (website)

* Carol Roth Twitter Account

* The Entrepreneur Equation, by Carol Roth

* The Roth Effect, (podcast on Apple)

* Future File

About this Episode’s Guest Carol Roth

Carol Roth is a national media personality, creator of the legacy planning system Future File, ‘recovering’ investment banker/billion-dollar deal maker, business advisor, company director, investor, speaker and author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Entrepreneur Equation. She has been a judge on the Mark Burnett (Shark Tank, The Voice, Survivor, The Apprentice) produced technology competition series, America’s Greatest Makers, on TBS and the Host of Microsoft’s Office Small Business Academy show, among other on-air engagements.

Carol also contributes various media, where her multimedia commentary covers big and small business and the economy, current events, politics and pop culture topics. She hosts the podcast The Roth Effect and is a weekly panelist on Fox Business’s Bulls & Bears, as well as other programming. Her avid defense of capitalism, free markets and reason finds her op-eds published in a variety of outlets.

Previously, Carol was the host of The Noon Show, a current events talk show on WGN Radio and a contributor to CNBC where she was a weekly panelist/co-host of CNBC’s Closing Bell. Carol has also been seen weekly on a variety of national television outlets including Fox Business, CNN, Fox News and MSNBC.

Carol has worked with hundreds of companies, ranging from a single entrepreneur with an idea to Fortune 500 businesses, on all aspects of business and financial strategy. Collectively, she has helped her clients complete more than $2 billion in deal transactions, including raising more than $1 billion in capital, completing $750+ million in mergers and acquisitions,