Entrepreneur Wrap

This week, David and Brett were joined by Tony Raval, CEO of FrescoData, one of the nation's fastest growing data-driven solution providers. Tony's entrepreneurial path began when he was recruited from his home in India to the United States to work in the computing and data world at just 21 years old. Now, he is responsible for leading the development and sourcing of FrescoData's vastly growing database that spans across 60 countries.

This week, David and Brett sat down with Sara Brooks, CEO and Founder of Covet Public Relations, one of the fastest growing lifestyle PR firms in the country. Sara shares her career journey that has taken her through various roles as a freelance editor all the way to spearheading new departments at national PR agencies. As she sought to find a perfect job, Sara took a leap of faith in starting her own agency, using her media savvy and relentless passion to grow Covet to what it is today.

In this week's episode David and Brett talk about celebrating wins and keeping perspective, the importance of having a business mentor, the concerns about Facebook's power to shape media consumption, spotting the right time to shift strategies to achieve business goals and developing and implementing core values.

David and Brett sit down with Jack Haldrup, founder of Dr. Squatch, a soap company for men. Jack shares his inspiring journey from working as an IT consultant, being frustrated with his position in life, deciding to start his own business on a flight from LA to Chicago, and coming up with the idea for Dr. Squatch by the end of the same flight.

He also talks about his favorite and least favorite parts of the business, the marketing and business tools that have been instrumental to his success, the books that have inspired him, his daily routine and much more.

This week David and Brett sit down with Chris Lynch, co-founder of Everyday California, a lifestyle company specializing in ocean adventures and California-sourced premium apparel. Chris shares his journey starting from earning his economic degree during the global financial crisis, to his two years of acting in Hollywood, and finally, co-founding Everyday California in 2010. He talks about his biggest mistakes, his least favorite parts of the business, books that have inspired him, his daily routine, entrepreneurial guilt and much more.

Former BuzzFeed employees are trashing the company on YouTube, Biz Stone is coming back to Twitter, How freelancing is changing the way we work in 2017, Is Kickstarter the secret weapon of E-Commerce?, Epic Records boss L.A. Reid is leaving Sony Music and Ford is planning substantial cuts to its global workforce.

David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every show!

Advertising campaigns that stand out, David & Brett discuss their business mistakes and what they have learned from them, an open discussion on how to get better at delegating, keeping a balanced perspective, top movies for entrepreneurs, Twitter has a new most RT'd tweet of all time, and the FCC is investigating Stephen Colbert.

David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every show!

Bill O'Reilly looks to be done at Fox News, David & Brett recap some of this months biggest PR disasters, Facebook had their F8 conference recently and it looks like Zuckerberg is trying to take over the world, Twitter may have a new (most-engaging) tweet of all time, and how to motivate and incentivize your staff to get what you want.

David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every show!

Amazon purchases Thursday Night Football streaming rights, How do you establish company culture?, Samsung releases new facial recognition software, why people aren't taking their vacations and why Amazon is going head-to-head against retail.

David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every show!

17 years later, we learned something from Vince McMahon and the infamous XFL, Cadillac is coming out with a subscription service, the shopping mall in America may be a thing of the past, the "Cash Me Outside" girl is ranking in the cash, and why we have no problem with GoPro's eventual downfall.

David and Brett discuss their findings, industry insight and what they have learned as both business owners and entrepreneurs each and every show!