Enterprise Podcast Network

Hylah White, Owner of Hylah White Special Events joins Enterprise Radio. Hylah is a Luxury Wedding and Event Planner, as well as a New-Business Educator. She joing the program to discuss how to maintain balance when you are an entrepreneur.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Hylah White discuss the following:

* What is your background prior to becoming the Owner of Hylah White Special Events?

* Why do you feel it is so crucial to create balance when being and/or becoming an entrepreneur?

* What are some daily rituals to maintain that balance throughout work and home life?

* What should your main focus be on when trying to maintain a balance when running a business?

* Prioritizing and being knowledgeable of the importance of tasks is key to living a balanced life. What are some other ways to excel in your field while being an entrepreneur?

With the combination of passion for creativity, business experience, and eye for luxurious design details to create extraordinary events, Hylah White is an industry leader in luxury weddings and events. By pulling inspiration from a love of the beauty and romance that her couples express towards each other, she brings your one-of-a-kind vision into a gorgeous, breathtaking reality.

After acquiring degrees in business management and accounting; Hylah worked at a major accounting firm, as a family law forensic accountant on high profile divorce cases. After 5 years she realized that her heart wasn’t in financial litigation, but in romance and designing fabulous events.

Hylah captivates audiences with her charismatic personality. By embracing her event experience in utilizing her business savvy and finance background, she shares a new and unique perspective on business management and the wedding industry.

Website: www.hwsevents.com

Social Media Links:

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hwsevents

Scot Wingo, CEO at Spiffy, an on-demand car cleaning technology and services company with the mission to redefine the car washing experience everywhere joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Scot Wingo discuss the following:

* Let’s start with how you came up with idea of Spiffy?

* How does this benefit customers who are used to going to a car wash establishment?

* The on-demand economy is popular today, catering to those at work and at home. How is Spiffy helping revolutionize this industry today?

* Can you explain the anti-DIY trend and what trends do you see now & even looking to next year 2018?

* What would you tell future CEOs who are thinking about joining the on-demand economy?

Scot Wingo is a four-time serial entrepreneur and industry thought leader in the e-commerce and on-demand economy realms. The former Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year winner (2012) has appeared on CNBC, The Today Show and contributed his expertise to the WSJ, New York Times, Washington Post, Bloomberg, AP, Reuters and many other publications. Recently, he has been featured on outlets like Forbes discussing trends in the trends in the on-demand economy.

Website: www.getspiffy.com

Social Media Links:

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

Twitter: @getspiffy

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New York Times best-selling author and serial entrepreneur Tony Tjan, CEO of investment firm The Cue Ball Group and co-founder of MiniLuxe, a tech-enabled retail lifestyle brand joins Enterprise Radio to discuss the importance of hiring for character instead of competence.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is brought to you by DesignCrowd.com. Learn more and receive your Entrepreneur Podcast Network $100 VIP offer when you start your next project.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Tony Tjan discuss the following:

* Why is there a need or urgency for this topic of goodness now?

* What does goodness really mean, especially in leadership?

* You looked at 100 case studies – why is this so hard to do?

* How can we become better judges of people?

* What else can we do about it?  What can an average listener do for a call to action?

Anthony Tjan is an entrepreneur, strategic adviser, and venture investor who has sought at each step of his career to channel the power of good people and authentic culture into enduring value. Tjan began his career with McKinsey & Company. In 1996, he founded the Internet services firm ZEFER, which grew to more than $100 million in annual revenues before merging with NEC. Tjan then joined the boutique strategic advisory group Parthenon (now Parthenon E-Y) as its Vice Chairman and began his tenure as senior strategic advisor to CEO of the Thomson Corporation. There, Tjan helped catalyze one of the world’s largest information media transformations, developing and executing a business and cultural strategy that led to the creation of Thomson Reuters.

Today, Tjan takes his business builder and people lessons as CEO of the Boston-based investment firm The Cue Ball Group and as chairman and co-founder of MiniLuxe, a tech-enabled retail lifestyle brand with a mission to elevate the nail salon industry through experience design, health and hygiene, and professional fulfillment. Tjan serves as a board member for several rapidly scaling culture-technology companies and as a senior adviser to public figures and research organizations like the MIT Media Lab. He is the author of the book Good People and a co-author of the New York Times best-seller, Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck.

Websites: aboutgoodpeople.com | www.cueball.com

Social Media Links:

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

Twitter: @AnthonyTjan

Julio Gonzalez, a tax reform expert and the CEO and Founder of Engineered Tax Services, Inc., which is the country’s largest specialty tax engineering firm in the United States joins Enterprise Radio to talk about what you need to know about tax reform.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Julio Gonzalez discuss the following:

* What does the current tax reform blueprint outline?

* Will tax reform turn out to be the disaster that healthcare has been – in terms of getting done?

* When will tax reform likely get done?

* What’s the likely outcome of tax reform?

* How does one plan accordingly for tax reform?

* Is it a good idea to do capital purchase this year?

* And for those looking, when is the best time to sell my business?

Mr. Julio P. Gonzalez founded the Gonzalez Family Office and is the CEO and Founder of Engineered Tax Services, Inc. (ETS). ETS is the country’s largest specialty tax engineering firm which specializes in the preservation of wealth and United States’ job creation through IRS engineering-based services to include research and development manufacturing tax credits, energy tax incentives studies, cost segregation deprecation studies for buildings, and disposition studies. Julio started ETS in 2001 to bring specialized engineering tax studies to mainstream America, which have historically only available to the Fortune 500 companies through the Big 4 National Accounting Firms. ETS has 16 offices nationally and is headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida.

In addition to ETS, Julio started several other family operational companies including his family office, Gonzalez Family Office (GFO), Calle Gato Ocho (CGO), Engineered Venture Services (EVS) and Engineered Family Office (EFO). Gonzalez Family Office manages the Gonzalez family capital by investing primarily in real estate, private equity and venture capital. CGO owns and operates direct real estate investments in multi-family housing and office/mixed use real estate for the Gonzalez family. EVS was started to provide high-level due diligence in venture capital investing at affordable costs through the application of Prado principles. EFO provides a multi-family office environment for high end athletes and top entrepreneurs.

Julio works weekly in Washington D.C. weekly to advise on tax reform and is the go-to tax expert representing Hispanic 100, Hispanic Council and family offices. He is a regular public speaker on a national level regarding tax reform and tax sophistication for wealth preservation.

Website: www.EngineeredTaxServices.com

Social Media Links:

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

Twitter: @engineeredtax

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Stephanie Leffler, Co-Founder and CEO of OneSpace that is a virtual workforce platform that brings businesses in need of scalable on-demand talent together with freelancers seeking assignments that match their skillsets joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is brought to you by DesignCrowd.com. Learn more and receive your Entrepreneur Podcast Network $100 VIP offer when you start your next project.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Stephanie Leffler discuss the following:

* How did you come up with the idea that eventually became OneSpace?

* Biggest “win” in your business’s history? Explain what it was, how it came about, and what it meant to your business.

* What’s the biggest risk your business ever took?

* What is the biggest lesson that you learned as an entrepreneur?

* This is your second entrepreneurial venture, how is it different this time around?

TIP: When you’re pitching to a potential client, make sure you know who the decision-makers are and how their decision-making process works. Enterprise-level clients have a lot of bureaucracy and red tape to get through compared to smaller businesses, so you can save a lot of time by doing your research ahead of time.

Stephanie Leffler has led multiple successful software startups including MonsterCommerce, a leading e-commerce storefront solutions company. Leffler grew MonsterCommerce, powered by 80 team members, to more than 10,000 small businesses before selling the company to Network Solutions in 2006.

Most recently Leffler co-founded OneSpace, a virtual workforce platform that brings businesses in need of flexible, scalable talent together with freelancers seeking assignments that match their skillsets. OneSpace works with 14 of the top 30 online retailers and 3 of the top 10 publishers on the internet.

Stephanie has received numerous awards, including: 2003 St. Louis Business Journal “30 Under 30” Winner, 2006 Finalist for Best Young Entrepreneur at the Stevie Awards, 2011 St. Louis Business Journal Most Influential Business Women Winner, 2013 St. Louis Business Journal “40 Under 40” Winner, and 2013 Finalist for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.

Website: www.onespace.com

Social Media Links:

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/OneSpace.com1

Twitter: @onespace_com

Jen Brown, Founder of The Engaging Educator that runs public classes and private workshops for non-actors that improve presentation, communication, and social skills through improv-based continuing education joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Jen Brown discuss the following:

* How does improv help people that have no desire to be on stage?

* What are professionals looking for when they take an improv class?

* Do you ever have people that say ‘this isn’t for me’ and take a class anyway? Or do it because they thought it would be fun?

* What’s the one thing that every entrepreneur, regardless of experience, can learn from improv?

* If you aren’t not in NYC or Winston Salem, how can one find an improv program that works for them?

TIP: Active listening tip – make a choice to pay attention, and identify one to two points in a conversation and one question you can ask to get more information. After the conversation, think about your why – why did you have this conversation? Did you need something? Did they? Did that need drive the conversation, or get ignored, or dominate your attention? Prior to important conversations, make a note of what you WANT out of the conversation. Be sure that want guides – not drives – you, and you remember to actively listen to the person you are talking to instead of fixating on your need.

JEN BROWN (OLENICZAK) is the Founder and Artistic Director of The Engaging Educator. Through EE, her pedagogical approach of Improv as Continuing Education has reached over 25,000 people – all non-actors!

Since 2012, Jen has given three TEDx Talks on the power of Improv, grown EE to three locations in NYC, Winston-Salem, NC and LA, and recently began The Engaging Educator Foundation, a 501(c)(3) which offers free and low-cost Improv workshops for educators, at-risk adults, teens and students on the Autism Spectrum. Jen holds degrees and accreditation from Marquette University, City College of New York, St. Joseph’s University and Second City.

Website: www.theengagingeducator.com

Social Media Links:

Twitter: @theengaginged

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

Youtube: Click here

Joan Wyndrum, Floral expert and Co-Founder of Blooms by the Box, one of the largest online wholesale floral marketplaces for Do-It-Yourself creatives and brides joins eCommerce Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Joan Wyndrum discuss the following:

* What was the biggest challenge getting BloomsByTheBox off the ground?

* Why would someone want to buy flowers from BloomsByTheBox instead of hiring a florist?

* What’s behind the growth of the DIY market today?

* How does an online business reach a national market?

* How do you keep up with all the changes in online technology?

* What advice do you have for someone wanting to start an eCommerce company?

Joan Wyndrum has been working with her BloomsByTheBox co-founders since 1993 developing B2B and B2C applications and eCommerce sites, with a big focus in the wholesale flower industry.  Some had also worked in the retail florist space.  They already had an established business, but wanted to try their hand with an online marketplace, and the idea for Blooms – providing premium-quality flowers at wholesale prices to the public – came pretty naturally.

About BloomsByTheBox.com

BloomsByTheBox shops the world to deliver fresh cut flowers and greens and professional floral supplies throughout the continental US. They have a live US-based customer support team to provide flower selection, floral design, and flower care advice along with a large offering of online videos and tools free of charge to their shoppers. In business since 2007, BloomsByTheBox has built its success with three key ingredients: Quality products, low prices, and outstanding customer service.

Website: www.bloomsbythebox.com

Social Media Links:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bloomsbythebox

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bloomsbythebox

Writing under pen name, Cheryl Bannerman, Ms. Powell is an author of two self-published books, and an owner of a 22-year-old Training and Development company, specializing in eLearning, called Learn2Engage joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is working in conjunction with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Cheryl Powell discuss the following:

* How did you get started with writing?

* You write in your personal and professional life. What inspires you to keep writing?

* As a writer in today’s times, how do you keep the messages in your books so positive in a world full of so much negativity?

* What makes this last book, Words Never Spoken, so unique?

* How have you incorporated your faith into both your novels and your Training and Development business?

Writing under pen name, Cheryl Bannerman, Ms. Powell is an author of two self-published books, and an owner of a 22-year-old Training and Development company, specializing in eLearning, called Learn2Engage.

In her personal life and relationships, Ms. Powell has learned how to turn tragedies into triumphs through her strong will, faith, tenacity and most importantly, her quirky sense of humor. She now turns that keen knowledge of relationships and people, along with her various degrees and experience in Training and Development, into fun, engaging online courses for ‘Corporate America’, and, of course, in her works of fiction.

Within each of her works of fiction, a topic of social concern is addressed. From addictions to domestic violence, and suicide to molestation.

Her writings inspire people to live, laugh, love, learn and grow. She believes that when the world laughs at you, laugh harder. In Ms. Powell’s real and fictional world, she has learned how to create her own ‘happy ending’…one day at a time.

Websites: Bannermanbooks.com | Learn2Engage.info

Social Media Links:

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

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/graphik1

Twitter: https://twitter.com/cbannerman01

Seth Kniep, Founder of Just One Dime who teaches people how to build passive income streams so they can fire their boss and do the things they love with the people they love joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Seth Kniep discuss the following:

* What was life like before you became an entrepreneur and decided to start doubling your dime?

* Why a dime?

* How did you go from a dime to $100,000 and then on to more than $1,000,000 in less than 2 years?

* What advice would you give to someone trying to get out of debt and start a new life so they can have margin to do the things they love with the people they love?

* A lot of people started to reach out to you to learn how to do this. What is that coaching program like and how can it help them?

Seth Kniep worked for the richest company in the world. Although he outperformed 800 sales people and at one point received two prestigious offers for promotion within the same week, Seth was tired of working for someone else. He was $24,000 in debt and breathed and lived corporate monotony.

One day Seth’s boss told him to create a tracker for a tracker of his daily tasks that needed to be tracked. It was tacker inception. The insanity drove Seth to paint “Live Like No One Else” on the wall of his office. Seth turned to his wife and said, “I’m going to build a new life for our family.”

Fascinated with the dime, Seth pondered doubling it 20 times. Double a dime just 20 times and it becomes over $100,000. Seth shared his vision with random strangers and asked them to double his dime. He turned it into $400 just for asking.

Seth began to study online commerce and soon purchased inventory and sold it quickly on eBay. He did it again. And again. His dime was now $100,000. Seth fired his boss and built his own e-commerce store which failed miserably. He sold it for $35 on eBay.

He built another e-commerce store in two weeks, garnered 2,000 followers, and sold it for $500.

Seth created passive income machines via e-commerce, real estate, eBay, Instagram and Amazon, generated over half a million in 6 months.

Seth then began helping friends do what he did. Then he taught their friends.

People’s minds were blown with 150-500% financial growth. One client could now travel the world. Another could now support her family of four children.

Seth decided to create a coaching program and Just One Dime was born.

Today, Seth can work as little as 30 minutes a day, and take the family whenever he wants almost anywhere he wants. Seth has time to do the things he loves with the people he loves.

Sick of living paycheck to paycheck? Want margin to do the things you love with the people you love?

Seth will not waste your time with craptaculous claims. He is extremely practical, to the point, and honest to a fault. If you are serious about ending the paycheck death cycle and ready to build passive income and change your life, join Seth and his team: https://justonedime.com/amazing-bundle.

Website: www.justonedime.com

Sahil Gupta, Co-Founder of Patch Homes a modern, consumer focused company that is helping homeowners access their home equity wealth without the burden of debt and monthly payments joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is brought to you by DesignCrowd.com. Learn more and receive your Entrepreneur Podcast Network $100 VIP offer when you start your next project.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Sahil Gupta discuss the following:

* How did you and your co-founder, Sundeep Ambati, come up with the idea for Patch Homes?

* How would you describe Patch Homes?

* How do defer from a traditional loan offerings like home equity loans and HELOC?

* What type of consumers are coming to Patch Homes today? What are they using the funds for?

* What is unique about Patch Homes that sets it apart from other offerings?

* What is next for Patch Homes?

Sahil Gupta is the Co-founder of Patch Homes and a visionary within the consumer finance space. Mr. Gupta is passionate about blending technology and financial services to develop innovative solutions to help consumers improve their financial health and well being. He has held leadership and operating roles at early stage startups and Fortune 500 companies over the past decade.

Most recently, he was an early employee at Motif Investing, a fintech startup backed by Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, and then YCombinator startup Sliced Investing – both companies helping consumers invest their money in a novel way. Now, one and a half years into his newest venture, Patch Homes, Mr. Gupta has developed a new way for homeowners to access home equity without any interest or monthly payments.

Website: www.patchhomes.com

Social Media Links:

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

Twitter: @patchhomes