ETOP Podcast with Richard Walsh

My guest Nicolas Mendiharat is the creator of the Palate Club, a wine selection app. Nicolas uses this incredible technology to help the consumer find the perfect wine for their specific taste. It's so much more than just another wine club as you'll hear in this fantastic interview. As entrepreneurs our job is to find a problem and create a solution for it and Nicolas has done just that!

Palate Club on the web: www.palateclub.com

Palate Club on iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/palate-club-wine-tasting-app/id1387419259

Palate Club on Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.palateclub&hl=fr&gl=US

Charlene Walters, MBA, PhD  is an entrepreneurship coach, business and branding mentor, corporate trainer and author of Launch Your Inner Entrepreneur. She serves as a mentor on Entrepreneur magazine’s “Ask an Expert” forum and through her own consulting business (Charlene Walters, MBA, PhD, LLC), is featured among other CEOs, influencers and celebrities on the BAM Network and was recently selected as one of 150 Marketers to Follow by Rubicly. Charlene also developed a digital entrepreneurship MBA program and is an entrepreneur who enjoys combining her knowledge and love of marketing and business strategy with her passion for innovation and desire to help others succeed. 

Charlene is also the author of  a memoir (pre-publication) about overcoming tragedy/loss and moving forward in life based on her own personal experience. As part of that, she serves as a speaker and mentor, and writes and contributes to numerous publications on business and motivational topics. She is also working on her next book, What's Next: emerging, leading and profiting post-COVID. You can find Charlene quoted in media outlets including Entrepreneur magazine, CNBC Make It, Woman’s Day, Redbook, UpJourney, Fupping, Bustle, Business Insider, Business News Daily, Best Life, Authority Magazine, Thrive Global, Women’s Health, Martha Stewart, Forbes and many others. Charlene also writes a blog called Entrepreneurship, Life Enthusiasm & Energizing Your Brand and has taught hundreds of business, marketing, and entrepreneurship courses and workshops for businesses and universities. She has also appeared in or on many podcasts, shows and blogs. 

Connect with Charlene on Social and/or find out more: 

Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn | https://www.charlenewalters.com/ | Launch Your Inner Entrepreneur

My guest Dawn Sizer of 3rd Element Consulting is the go to IT/tech expert with 25 years in the industry. Every business has IT and tech requirements at some level. In this interview Dawn breaks down the top mistakes that most businesses make when establishing their IT and tech systems. Dawn is able to also share this in a simple and  understandable way so even us with minimal knowledge and experience of the industry, get it. 

Dawn’s career in Tech started in 1995 and culminated in 2005 with the formation of her own Managed Service Provider, 3rd Element Consulting, where she has led the organization to numerous industry awards for excellence.  During this time, she also completed her MBA in IT, earned a long string of industry certifications, became a member of the FBI’s InfraGuard, led her clients to numerous Governor’s Awards for Excellence in IT, and speaks at professional organizations and universities on technology and security topics throughout the year.

www.3rdelementconsulting.com

My guest Josh Patrick, is a no nonsense entrepreneur, business coach and wealth management planner all in one. With over 40 years  in business he brings a ton of experience and know how to the table. We hit on some great points in our conversation. Everything from core values to building your business to sell and how to do it.

About Josh:
My main focus in life is helping private business owners create extraordinary value with their businesses and lives. I help create great outcomes using life experiences I’ve had during my almost forty years of running and being around my favorite people, private business owners. I’m a student, an entrepreneur and a curious observer of life.

WHAT’S REQUIRED FOR YOUR SUCCESS?

I’ve learned that creating the outcomes you want requires that I listen and ask great questions.  My job is to help you identify and attain what you want, why it’s important, who needs to help and how you’re going to reach your desired outcome.

You’ll need to be curious and willing to do a little work.  I know how hard it is to make changes in what you’re doing now.  I know how hard it is to learn to delegate and let others make mistakes.  I want to help you learn how to do these things.  It’s one of the two that will make your business really successful and even be able to be sold someday.

WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO ME?

My specialty is working with owners of private businesses. It’s where I have the most interest and can add the most value. If you own a business and are interested in a coaching relationship as well as mentoring, I’m your guy.

If you’re an advisor to private businesses I’ve been doing this for twenty years with the advantage of having been a consumer of advisory services for twenty years before switching sides of the table.  (In case you’ve been adding this up it means I’ve been obsessed with businesses for 40 years.)

I’ve owned a vending and food service company where I built the company from 1.5 employees to 90 employees before successfully selling the business.  Along the way I made about a zillion mistakes that you can learn from and hopefully not make the same ones I made.
Website

http://www.sustainablebusiness.co

Website #2

http://www.stage2planning.com

Website #3

http://www.sustainablethebook.com

LinkedIn URL

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

Facebook URL

https://www.facebook.com/joshco0752

Twitter URL

https://twitter.com/AskJoshPatrick

YouTube URL

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC55nHCobcxCG_P9J8PBKUeA

A magnificent conversation on the power of giving and how it can 3x your profit in your business. My guest EA Csolkovits founder of the Givers University explains in detail how specifically works. You'll find both him and his viewpoints fascinating.

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Quiz Title: “What Is Your GIVERS & Takers Awareness IQ?”

Go to this url to do your quiz: www.giversuniversity.info

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E. A. Csolkovits was born in 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. His humble beginnings were that of the son of a milkman. 

At age 16, he started his business career at a commission sales job selling janitorial services to business owners. 

At the age of 19, E. A. Csolkovits met Sam Robbins, a millionaire business man from Detroit, Michigan. Sam took E. A. Csolkovits under his wing and began to mentor him.

E. A. Csolkovits began working for Sam at the House of Holland Jewelers in the diamond business. 

In 1980, Sam established a private grant meant to be a part of his legacy due to his lifelong fight with diabetes. 

Due to this grant in 1980, Sam and E. A. Csolkovits began to formulate heart healthy and Wellness nutritional foods and drinks. Over the next 45+ years, 

E. A. Csolkovits was blessed with the following business and personal achievements.

 Professional Achievements:
•Chairman of House of Holland Jewelers at 21 years old.
•Started and operated Columbia Nutrition System, consisting of an international workforce organization of over 10,000 managers and professionals.
•Started and operated Delta International, which included building an international workforce organization of over 33,000, producing multimillions of dollars in volume.
•Hosted a business radio talk show (E. A. Csolkovits Live) which was heard across the U.S.A. and Canada, interviewed 3 different company presidents for 5 nightly shows each week.
•High-end, Results-oriented business consultant who received as much as $1,500 per hour for his business advice.

Other Business Interests Include:
•Conducted advanced training exclusively for presidents and CEOs (a maximum of 50 per seminar) where executives paid $5,000 each to attend and learn 400 different ways to build and grow their companies.
•National Training Company—listed in “Who’s Who” in public speaking.
•Mortgage business- originated, processed, and packaged large, multi-million-dollar packages.
•Authored weekly newsletters which were distributed in 20 countries.
•Created, designed, invented, reformulated, and/or formulated over 75 products in the health and Wellness industry.
•Distributed products in 20 countries worldwide.
•Extensive manufacturing expertise.
•Established and developed worldwide distribution and sales systems in 20 countries. 

An absolutely stellar conversation with my guest Jeff McCausland of Diamond 6 Leadership on the topic of leadership. His ability to connect historic battles and those that played pivotal roles in them to todays business world and it's leadership is simply astounding. Truly a riveting  conversation I know you'll enjoy as much as I did.

Dr. Jeffrey D. McCausland
 Diamond6 Leadership & Strategy, LLC 

Since 2000, both domestic and internationally, Dr. McCausland has conducted numerous executive leadership development workshops and consulted for leaders in public education, US government institutions, non-profit organizations, and corporations. 

Dr. McCausland is a retired Colonel from the U.S. Army and former Dean of Academics at the U.S. Army War College. He is a Visiting Professor of National Security at Dickinson College and a 

National Security Consultant for CBS radio & television. 

During his military career Dr. McCausland served in a variety of command and staff positions both in the United States and Europe during the Kosovo crisis and Operations Desert Shield and Storm. 

He is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the U.S. Army Airborne and Ranger schools, and the Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. He holds both a master’s and Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. 

Dr. McCausland is the co-author of Battle Tested! Gettysburg Leadership Lessons for 21st Century Leaders. 
https://www.diamondsixleadership.com
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Steve Dale is a contractor, entrepreneur, and author who has run a residential remodeling business for thirteen years.  He graduated from Lewis-Clark State College with a business degree and is a certified Pumpkin Plan Strategy coach.  Steve combines a strong business foundation with an insider's understanding of what is takes to run a successful remodeling company.  He transformed his own business using these skills, which fueled his passion for helping other contractors learn how to run a thriving business while still having a life outside of work.  

He lives in Lewiston, Idaho, with his wife and three children.  In his free time, he enjoys hunting, fishing, exploring the great outdoors, and spending quality time with loved ones.
Email me @:  [email protected]
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My guest Terry Rich is a man of many accomplishments one of which is being a true innovator in business. We discuss the power of innovation in business and how he, regardless of the industry, used innovation to create unique & profitable businesses. Terry is an energetic speaker and we had a tremendous conversation.

Terry Rich is a successful CEO and President of 25 years who loves to engage and entertain audiences across the globe.   Oh, and he led the team that busted the largest lottery fraud in U.S. history, was a guest on Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show”, ran a zoo and gave away $1 Billion.

During his appointment by three Governors, his leadership increased lottery sales and profits by 50%. He also led the Blank Park Zoo to profitability from a $600,000 deficit while positioning it as the second largest attended attraction in the state. But his national insight on business, banking, gaming, TV production, marketing and PR led him to success in his professional career and to his passion for public speaking.

Before that, he started four successful entrepreneurial businesses, and has numerous national media appearances including ABC, NBC, HBO, CBS, 20/20, CNN, CNBC, USA Today and The New York Times; and was a movie host on Starz!

He’s a disruptive innovator and entrepreneur with a drive for integrity and honesty. He’s worked in the trenches, survived new business trends and had success with generational changes. Terry’s keynotes are energetic, motivating and perfect for an early morning, lunch or after dinner presentation.

Terry Rich has two books: The $80 Billion Gamble and Dare to Dream, Dare to Act,   available on Amazon, Kindle and Audible.
https://terryspeaks.com

My Guest, all the way from Southern England is Jan Cavelle an entrepreneur with decades of experience in growing and scaling businesses. From her first venture that started from her kitchen table to multi million dollar enterprises, Jan shares the struggles along with the right and wrong ways of making it a truly successful business. She has a new book out called Scaling For Success that we also talk about in this episode.

Jan is an entrepreneur from the UK who has a few decades of running micro and small businesses behind her.  She is very familiar with all the challenges that go with that, having started one from the kitchen table when her children were small and she was a single mother, to go on to build that into a multi-million turnover business.

Jan has put her entrepreneurial experiences together with her passion for writing together a book aimed at helping entrepreneurs to grow their businesses during the big leap of 1-10m.  The book is called Scale for Success and it now out in the UK from Bloomsbury, with early July publication in the US and Australia.

https://www.jancavelle.co.uk   

 https://twitter.com/@jancavelle              

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

 https://www.facebook.com/JanCavelleWriter

 https://www.instagram.com/jan.cavelle.scaleforsuccess/