Tony Mangat, CEO of Mangat Group, talks about his journey of escaping death threats in India and coming into the US with only $20 in his pocket.  Tony talks about how his faith in God allowed him to start a trucking company and eventually grows it a multi-million dollar group of companies.

Penny Pearl, CEO of 2Actify, talks about building a business around the need on how to effectively network with different types of people.

Todd Westra, CEO of MOKUTEKI, talks about how he built a business based on his passion.

Nat Nickele, Managing Attorney of Nickele Law Offices talks about how being different from traditional lawyers earns him more clients than he can handle without spending a dime on marketing.

Peter Liefer, President, and Founder of Primeview Marketing discuss how he helps his clients capitalize on their unique differentiator through storytelling marketing.

The CEO of Valor Global Simer Mayo talks about his leadership and company culture approach during the pandemic.  He talks about how he leads an organization of 2000 employees in 3 continents to pivot effectively while keeping all their clients happy, and employees engaged.

The CEO of Hotfoot Recruiters Roy Palomo talks about incorporating virtual recruitment for their clients quickly and effectively.

Tony Mangat is a serial entrepreneur based in Glendale, Arizona. Originally from Punjab, India, Tony immigrated to the USA on asylum due to religious and political threats in India.

Arriving in the US with only $20 in his pocket, Tony has transformed this $20 to multi-million dollars in annual revenue through his group of companies.

Through sheer grit, resiliency, perseverance, commitment, and absolute faith in God’s will, Tony has realized his ideas into revenues on multiple occasions.

Tony’s Mangat Group of Companies are involved in the following ventures:

Tony is an active philanthropist both in the US and abroad. Tony has built a school in Punjab, India for the benefit of the lesser fortunate children. Tony has also been a major donor to Food For The Poor, donating over 12,000 meals to hungry children around the world.

Connect with Tony on LinkedIn and Facebook.

While there are many Arizona firms that practice in the areas of estate planning, debt settlement, probate and real estate; not many are like the office managed by Nathaniel “Nat” Nickele. Most legal issues arise from non-legal causes.

The legal team uses multiple disciplines and a wide variety of tools to address both the legal problem and the “problem under the problem.” This methodology draws successful, elegant and simple outcomes from complicated, unusual and difficult situations.

Nathaniel Nickele has been a practicing attorney in Arizona for over a decade. His philosophy is “Underneath every legal problem is a human problem. If you solve the human problem, the legal problem becomes much easier.”

This approach has let him glide through his career without much drama or fanfare. By simply talking to clients and opposing parties, Nat usually fixes the problem without filing a single legal document. Nat is a good lawyer because he almost never has to be a lawyer. Clients, attorneys politicians and businesses around the country consult with Nat for creative solutions to big problems.

Nat lives in Glendale with his wife and three young kids. He jokes that people must think he is rich because they are way better looking than he is. Most people like him. Some people hate him. Very few people forget him. If he wrote an autobiography it would be called “More Curious than Afraid.” His teenage nieces and nephews find him to be a huge embarrassment.

PrimeView is a Phoenix and Scottsdale search engine optimization company providing comprehensive services including web design, digital marketing, and SEO in Arizona and across the USA.

One of the top 10 web design agencies in Phoenix, PrimeView have awards for significant contributions to the field of web design. The company create distinctive, professional websites for businesses of varying scales from startups to established Fortune 500 companies.
PrimeView’s team combines creative, strategic, and analytical expertise to develop user-friendly, result driven websites that help their clients establish and maintain a thriving online presence. Their professional Arizona web design and digital marketing services have led to the success of many businesses. They continue to work with many of those businesses providing 24/7 support and website maintenance.

President and CEO Peter Liefer II founded PrimeView in 1996. Originally based in Hawaii, in 2002, Peter moved PrimeView to its present location in Arizona to better serve USA mainland-based clients.

With over two decades helping clients succeed in the ever-changing and increasingly competitive landscape of the internet, Mr. Liefer’s extensive experience and leadership have positioned PrimeView as one of the top Phoenix web design agencies.

Invited to numerous speaking engagements in the Digital Marketing industry, he is known for his new and innovative ways of creating successful websites and marketing campaigns.

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2Actify helps career seekers find a job faster through a career strategy and learning how to network for generating job referrals.

Their programs include working with a career strategist to develop a career plan and a step-by-step process with a focus on articulating skills and achievements, building a value-based resume and an online profile, conversational and written communication skills, interview preparation and relationship building.

75% of action-taking clients that follow their program find a job or career advancement within 2.5 months vs. 5-7 months when only applying online.

Penny Pearl, 2Actify Founder and CEO is a career strategist, certified coach and skilled networker that serves career-seeking professionals including technical leaders, project & product managers, data scientist, and biomedical scientists.

She is an expert in using LinkedIn as a strategic networking tool. Her coaching strategies are delivered through Individual and Group Programs and offered by universities for their student’s career preparation. Penny lives in northern California with her husband and received her B.S. degree from Rutgers University.

Connect with Penny on LinkedIn and follow 2Actify on Facebook and Twitter.

Mokuteki is a Japanese word meaning “Purpose.” Like many words, its made up of 2 characters. One word means “Vision”, and one means “the way to act.” In other words… Aligning our Actions with our Vision.

After a few decades of leading his own teams, Todd Westra was brought in by some of the world’s largest organizations to conduct team building and leadership training for them.

The end result? Developing a system of helping leaders gain Clarity on their Vision, build Connection with their teams, and ultimately develop a Culture that will embrace the strategy and vision they have for their organization.

Todd Westra has spent his entire career leading teams in both his organizations and in some of the world’s largest companies. As a leader, Todd experienced first-hand times when he was in sync with his teams, and times when he wasn’t! Developing a culture that embraced a vision of where he felt the company should go led to some amazing successes.

Todd has spent the last several years helping other leaders work through the process of aligning the actions of their teams to match their vision of where they were hoping to take them. From founders to mid-level managers, the problem is the same. When the leader lacks clarity of where they want to guide their team, growth is only achieved by luck.

Todd has been teaching leaders for years how to reach amazing levels of High Performance by focusing on these 3 areas of leadership. I have recently published a course called “The 3C’s of Leadership” on toddwestra.com, and encourage leaders at ALL levels to connect with me for a FREE 30 minute coaching session to determine if the course is a good fit for resolving issues they may be facing.

Connect with Todd on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

The key to transforming ideas into a reality is by persevering, surrounding yourself with the right people, and developing the right culture within the organization.

In our first episode of From Zero 2 Revenue, we discuss company culture, hiring the right people and the importance of key performance metrics with Simer Mayo with Valor Global and Roy Palomo with HotFoot Recruiters.

Valor Global is a leader in providing Call Center solutions to customers around the world. Valor is the industry leaders in Net Promoter Score (NPS), Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) and employee retention in Customer Care, Account Management, First party collections, and technical support for its customers.

TouchPoints use neuroscience and technology to directly affect the body’s biological mechanism by altering body’s natural stress response and keeping you in a calm state of mind in as few as 30 seconds.

Simer S. Mayo is a serial entrepreneur owning and operating several companies including Valor Global, nVision and The TouchPoint Solution.

Simer has been recognized as a successful entrepreneur leading multiple organizations with extensive growth focused on Culture, Values, Servant Leadership and Conscious Capitalism.

Simer is very passionate about giving back and is engaged with youth initiatives, mentoring other entrepreneurs, providing leadership to several non-profit organizations and charities. Simer is an avid sports fan, enjoys traveling and loves outdoors.

Connect with Simer on LinkedIn and Facebook.

HotFoot Recruiters is a staffing firm that has been operating in the valley now for 10 years. While dabbling in most industries at one time or another, HotFoot’s verticals that they excel and concentrate on are Engineering, Manufacturing Production and Contact Center staffing.

The HotFoot team is equally skilled in Executive Search placements as well as production high-volume wave hiring.

Roy Palomo is a native of Arizona. He grew up in the Sunnyslope area where he then went on to college and received a degree from Northern Arizona University. His degree was in Exercise Science which he quickly put into action by developing a fitness program that was being implemented into grade schools in conjunction with their PE programs.

He was quickly recognized by the AZ Governors Council on Exercise and Physical Fitness on 2 separate occasions for his work within physical education. After a brief career in hospitality, Roy was introduced to the recruiting industry. Once he made the transition to talent discovery, Roy quickly established himself as one of the top recruiters in his market with particular expertise in engineering, manufacturing/production and call center placements.

His success ultimately led him to found HotFoot Recruiters alongside fellow co-founder Matt White just four years into his new line of work. Looking forward, Roy envisions a bright future ahead for HotFoot Recruiters. He would like to get HotFoot to 3 times the size of where it is currently, and believes that would be achievable in the next five years.

Keeping in line with his company’s #1 core value, People Fires, he wants it to be one of the best places to work in Arizona. He dreams of creating an environment where his employees love the brand, love the company, and look forward to coming to work every day.

In addition to running HotFoot Recruiters, Roy Palomo is also a member of the non-profit organization the Scottsdale Charros. The Scottsdale Charros raise money for the Scottsdale School District and over 30 other charities for the Scottsdale community.

Follow HotFoot on LinkedIn and Facebook.