Ditch Digger CEO with Gary Rabine

John Jonas helped thousands of entrepreneurs succeed in their business by doing outsourcing differently. He created the world’s largest website for finding Filipino Virtual Assistants, OnlineJobs.ph, which has over 1,000,000 Filipino resumes and hundreds of thousands of employers from around the world using it. 

John had a normal "job" for 8 months after college and his biggest goal at that time was to be able to quit that job. He managed to quit back in 2004 and worked from home for himself ever since then. It was in 2006 that he first hired someone from the Philippines, he immediately knew he was onto something special.

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Website: http://www.onlinejobs.ph 

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

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXKa0JRgZg0kiZbU_w5bW0A? 

Testimonials: https://www.onlinejobs.ph/success-stories 

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01:30 Getting to know John Jonas  

04:41 How Onlinejobs.ph works  

08:40 John’s childhood 

010:55 Building his own business 

17:40 The importance of adding value  

19:00 How OnlineJobs started 

21:45 Why John decided to build a business with Filipinos 

26:30 John’s relationship with his employees 

35:00 The challenges of hiring virtual VAs  

39:10 Challenges that John faced  

46:00 Training leaders to make the most out of each opportunity 

54:30 How VAs can ease your life  

57:30 Aiming for excellent customer experience 

1:02:47 Why the Philippines is so appealing  

1:04:25 Replacemyself.com  

1:15:16 What John does in his spare time 

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Brian Spaly (@BrianSpaly) is currently the General Partner at Brand Foundry Ventures and Executive Chairman at Tecovas, a direct-to-consumer Western Bootmaker based in Austin, TX.  Up until January 2017, Brian was Founder and CEO of Trunk Club, where he focused on making it easy for men and women to discover and acquire awesome clothing without the hassles of the traditional shopping experience. 

Prior to leading Trunk Club, Brian founded Bonobos, a men’s clothing company that is famous for the best-fitting pants on earth, by selling trousers out of the trunk of his car during business school in Palo Alto.

Brian holds an MBA from Stanford and an AB degree from Princeton. He is an avid hockey player, cyclist, squash player, and enjoys watersports. He’s completed three Ironman distance triathlons and three adventures to Burning Man. His favorite authors are Roald Dahl, Neal Stephenson, Mark Helprin, and Nicholas Taleb. He is married to Carly Spaly and they have two daughters, Ruthie and Sylvie.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianspaly/  

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02:30 Getting to know Brian Spaly 

05:15 Discovering his entrepreneurial side  

09:15 The private equity guy who made his own clothes 

11:00 Finding your passion beyond conventional jobs  

15:30 Bonobos’ history and differentiation 

21:30 Success, responsibility, and life lessons from business 

30:45 Letting go of Bonobos 

40:00 Brian’s career with Trunk Club 

49:30 What companies excite Brian Spaly to invest 

1:04:45 Mentors that inspired Brian 

1:11:30 How Brian inspires his team  

1:18:15 Balancing your company’s priorities 

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Erik Weir (@WCMGlobalWealth) is the Founder and Principal of WCM Global Wealth, which seeks to deliver optimum quality investment advice and money management for high net-worth investors. Erik joined Merrill Lynch in 1989 and subsequently worked at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette as a Senior Vice President providing money management services to various founders of technology companies. He opened Weir Capital Management, LLC in 1999, developing a global client base for financial solutions, and was twice named one of the fastest-growing companies in South Carolina by the state's Chamber of Commerce. He launched WCM Global Wealth in 2011. 

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02:15 Getting to know Erik Weir  

06:15 Erik’s film ventures  

17:15 Erik’s upbringing 

22:15 Starting out in business early 

28:00 Erik’s college life 

32:00 Erik during the tech bubble  

36:00 The 2000s in Erik’s eyes 

40:30 Getting into film 

48:30 Erik’s other ventures  

54:45 What excites Erik Weir?  

58:00 What’s next for Erik  

1:05:45 How companies are changing  

1:07:15 Erik’s mentors  

1:12:15 Building relationships and setting goals 

1:18:45 Making lemonades out of lemon  

1:25:30 What do you want your epitaph to say?

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Eva Yazhari (@beyondcapital) is the Co-Founder and CEO of Beyond Capital, an impact investment fund founded on the belief that investing is a powerful mindset that can inspire good and improve lives. Throughout her 16-year career, Eva has worked in the impact investment, finance, and asset management industries. 

Eva built Beyond Capital to be a recognized global brand. Its portfolio improves the lives of a growing 7 million low-income individuals, including investments in Kasha, a technology-driven e-commerce women's health company in East Africa; and Frontier Markets, a fast-growing distribution business providing goods and services for consumers living throughout rural India. Both companies are targeting addressable markets numbering billions of consumers and are uniquely poised for commercial financial returns as well as social returns. When it comes to impact measurement, Beyond Capital partners with pioneering firm Proof of Impact to independently verify and track the growth of outcome-linked metrics. 

Eva has interviewed more than 40 purpose-driven leaders to shed light on their professional and personal stories for The Beyond Capital Podcast. She has also explored the various angles of conscious money and living on The Conscious Investor, a weekly online magazine. Eva is also an impact investor. She lives in Dallas, TX, with her family.

www.beyondcapitalfund.org

www.theconsciousinvestor.com

www.beyondcapitalpodcast.com

www.evayazhari.com

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Eva Helene Yazhari on LinkedIn

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01:30 Changes in business due to COVID  

03:45 The globalization of solutions  

05:30 Identifying a conscious leader  

11:30 How Eva learned from the leaders in her portfolio  

14:15 An insight into the capital raise  

17:45 Do we need to lower expectations on profit for conscious leaders? 

22:30 Balancing ESG factors in a company  

25:30 Finding recession-proof companies  

28:00 Leveraging on your network of leaders  

29:30 Eva’s 10-year vision  

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Dean Vicha has accumulated 27 years in the truck rental and leasing industry. He has held a variety of posts of increasing responsibility up to his current position of President of NationaLease, obtained in 2012. He currently oversees the North American Organization which provides NationaLease Membership with Member to Member Support, Purchasing, National Account Acquisition and Management, and Meeting/Training Coordination to over 900 locations.

In this episode, we talk about his stellar career at NationaLease, the company, and how his experiences shaped him to be the leader he is today. We also talk about his secrets to success and what are the three elements he looks for to know how someone can succeed.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dean-vicha-8a414822 

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01:30 Start

03:15 Get to know Dean Vicha’s company, Nationalease 

05:15 What makes Nationalease different  

07:46 The Ace Hardware model 

10:40 Getting to know Dean Vicha  

22:15 Getting a CDL license  

25:45 Dean’s challenges as a leader and lessons 

29:45 Dean’s leadership style 

35:15 Taking responsibility  

38:45 Three elements of success  

46:50 Shifting his focus from sports to education during college 

53:50 How COVID affected the company culture  

56:45 Preparing for 2021  

59:30 Post COVID changes  

1:08:25 Developing your company culture 

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Mark Kaufman (@Athltcoguy) is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Athletico Physical Therapy a leading provider of outpatient physical and occupational therapy. Athletico offers the highest quality orthopedic rehabilitation services to communities, employers and athletes in over 500 locations throughout 12 states. He attended the University of Iowa, receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Training and Physical Education in 1986. In 1988, Kaufman obtained an M.S. in Exercise and Sports Sciences from the University of Arizona, and in 1989 he earned his B.S. in Physical Therapy from Northwestern University.

Athletico employs over 5000 clinical and administrative staff and offers over 50 specialty programs and services. The growth of Athletico’s outreach programs has mirrored the advancement of their patient care. Athletico remains very much a close-knit, caring place to work, where a strong work ethic, commitment to continuing education, and dedication to superior customer service and community service are highly valued.

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2:45 Getting to know Mark Kaufman and Athletico Physical Therapy 

5:455 Mark Kaufman’s memories growing up in Iowa 

13:45 How Mark’s parents shaped his work ethic  

15:15 How Mark developed his work experience  

18:15 Mark and wrestling 

23:15 Mark’s career in sports  

28:15 Starting a career in Physical Therapy  

31:30 Mark’s Big Fat Greek Wedding  

32:45 Differentiation 

39:45 Athletico’s equity structure  

42:30 When the right person does not work out  

48:00 Scaling Athletico  

53:10 Acquisitions, core values, and how to grow your company 

1:05:0 Athletico now  

1:07:15 How Mark inspires his team 

1:12:10 Mark’s 10-year vision 

1:20:00 Physical Therapy and technology 

1:25:15 Athletico during the pandemic  

1:29:00 Mark’s interests  

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Peter Kozodoy (@PeterKozodoy) is a TEDx speaker, author of Honest to Greatness: How Today's Greatest Leaders Use Brutal Honesty to Achieve Massive Success, and serial entrepreneur, currently serving as the CEO of Stradeso and the Partner/Chief Strategy Officer of GEM Advertising. Peter’s largest business has appeared on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in America, and his articles on business, leadership, and entrepreneurship have appeared in Inc., Forbes, The Huffington Post and more. He holds a BA in Economics from Brandeis University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

In this episode we talk about how Peter got started in the business, building his first company, and how he defined his own success.

Website: https://peterkozodoy.com/about

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/peterkozodoy

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2:15 Getting to know Peter Kozodoy

6:45 Peter’s childhood

9:15 Peter’s first business

13:30 Realizing what success meant for him

17:45 How Peter changed his business principles

23:15 How Peter hires the right people

29:30 Stradeso - Peter’s new business

33:15 Peter’s other businesses

37:00 Peter’s differentiation

42:15 Peter’s plans for the future

45:15 Getting to know Peter beyond the business

47:00 The reason behind Stradeso

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PJ Taei (@pjtaei) is a video monetization expert obsessed with creating a profitable space for creators, instructors and educators. After founding, growing and selling his first company, WebNet hosting, he founded Uscreen, a video monetization platform with clients like iChuze, Vida, Fitness Connection and more.

In this episode, PJ talks about his family background, growing his first business, and his dedication to his newest company, Uscreen. He also talks about the value of handling feedback, and how he found growth in the midst of a pandemic.

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5:00 Getting to know PJ

7:30 PJ’s immigration story

8:30 How PJ started his first business

11:15 Selling his first business

12:30 Going all in and starting UScreen

20:00 Growing in the midst of a pandemic

22:00 How Uscreen works

26:15 PJ’s learnings growing uscreen

29:45 Focusing on that feedback loop

34:15 Differentiating from competitors

37:15 Uscreen’s core values

38:30 PJ’s vision for Uscreen

40:45 PJ’s mentors

44:15 PJ’s hopes for his future

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As executive chairman of ESD, Raj Gupta leads the company's mission to Improve Society Through the Built Environment. He works on long-term initiatives to support the company’s future, including the expansion of career development paths for employees, promotion of the ESD brand and corporate governance. He champions ESD's embrace of globalization and positions the firm to compete in our digital economy. He nurtures ESD’s unique culture and advances its values: respect everyone, work hard and play to win.

In this episode, Raj talks about his journey to success. From the humble beginnings with his parents working for their American Dream, to facing two financial crisis, a pandemic, and innovating their company to the success that it is today.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajpgupta/

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6:00 Getting to know Raj

9:00 Raj’s take on failing and failures

14:15 Raj’s family business and how Raj started

23:15 Differentiate or die

28:30 Raj’s education

31:15 Your children joining the family business

36:45 Visionaries in the business

41:30 Raj’s views on mentorship and leadership

47:15 Raj’s three core values

53:15 Applying your company’s culture and values

57:15 Raj’s toughest times in business

1:04:00 Improving indoor air quality

1:13:00 Raj’s company Cohesion

1:18:45 Raj’s take on partnerships

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Eva Yazhari (@beyondcapital) is the CEO of Beyond Capital, an impact investment organization that believes investing is a mind-set that can inspire good and improve the lives of impoverished communities. Throughout her career, Yazhari has worked in the impact investment, finance, and asset management industries.  Eva founded The Conscious Investor, a weekly magazine that sheds light on the world of impact investing. Eva is the co-host of the Beyond Capital Podcast. She speaks to audiences about the Power of Impact Investing. Eva graduated from Barnard College, Columbia University with a B.A. in Mathematics. Eva lives in Dallas, TX with her family and when possible travels often to Los Angeles, London and Zurich.

In this episode, Eva talks to us about her experience growing up in the art community, her educational life and career, and her amazing journey putting up Beyond Capital and making an impact while investing in sustainable startups from across the world.

www.beyondcapitalfund.org

www.theconsciousinvestor.com

www.beyondcapitalpodcast.com

www.evayazhari.com

https://www.instagram.com/beyondcap/

https://twitter.com/BeyondCapital

https://www.linkedin.com/in/eva-yazhari/

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5:45 Getting to know Eva

9:15 Growing up an only child in the art community

12:30 Eva’s school life

16:30 The mentors in Eva’s career

18:30 Making the transition from hedge fund to impact investor

21:30 Starting Beyond Capital

30:45 Beyond Capital’s community partners

43:15 Eva’s core values

55:30 Eva’s vision for the future

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