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Lauren is an entrepreneurs entrepreneur. She's a grinder, a lover of life, never settles for anything less than amazing, and in this interview completely vulnerable. She owns 13 different restaurants and can't grow fast enough. Her insights into entrepreneurship are amazing.

In this interview Lauren dishes out real, authentic experience shares, something that is talked about enough, and an inside look from her first restaurant to now!

You don't have to know how to code in order to build an app or a SAAS product, but you do need the drive and desire to solve a problem you are extremely passionate about. Marisha is the proof! She does not have a background in application development, and has overcome 6 FIGURES of mistakes to create a successful app. She create a web based application to help SLPs manage their workload, and today she has a library of over 1000 materials for her members to access.

Marisha's success also proves your MVP does NOT have to be fantastic, it just has to work and solve a problem!

Check out https://slpnow.com .

Kevin is no stranger to playing computer simulated war games.  He believe in its ability to transform organizations and develop the next class of leadership that he created an entire company to realize his vision. Kevin's philosophy is that leadership and strategy are interdependent. Most times strategies do not go according to plan, requiring leaders to drive them from the ground up.   http://edgechallenges.com

Some of the best business advice comes from entrepreneurs in growth mode.  This entrepreneur interview highlight that point!   Meet the woman changing the automotive industry!  You can call her Bogi, all her friends do.  Bogi Lateiner owns 2 female driven automotive garages, teaches woman (and men) all over the country about automotive care, and stars in a TV show called All Girls Garage.  Her personal mission is simple… she wants to empower women through automotive, and change the perception of the automotive industry.   Bogi's favorite business advice… Say YES then figure it out!  Once you're committed, you WILL find a way.   https://www.180automotive.com/

Brandon's message is simple, find your tribe!  He knows that this one thing can have a HUGE impact on how successful you can be in business.  He is so dedicated to helping early stage businesses succeed while also building a thriving ecosystem that he, along with his co-founder, started a non-profit called StartupAZ.  Their mission is to inspire connectivity and generosity among the most innovative young companies, helping them grow and give back.   They started back in 2014 with a "big tent" idea of what entrepreneurship could mean for a community and how they could help accelerate the growth of ventures in Phoenix through something called the Collective, their signature initiative designed to increase the success rate and growth of the region's highest potential startup companies.   https://www.startupaz.org

Karen was part of an exit that allowed her to not only fund the acquisition of Business Radio X Phoenix, but also her husbands auto repair company!  Now she's focused on helping entrepreneurs accelerate relationship with the right people.  She invested in the Phoenix entrepreneur community.   For over 20 years, Karen Nowicki has been helping entrepreneurs and the people who lead them drive their business strategies more effectively. As studio partner for Business Radio X and host for the metro Phoenix network shows, Nowicki has the pleasure of working with the most innovative, passionate and driven people who make a difference in their community and are willing to help others do the same.

It's not easy to be an entrepreneur… Take it from Jessie W, she owns MisGif (like in mischief) a photo booth company. She owes a lot of her success to an entrepreneurship community called #YESPHX. Through its Startup Week event she has found mentors, business coaches, and corporate partners to help her reach her goals.

Check our MisGif at https://www.themisgif.com

Tim is the head head of Canyon Angels, a Phoenix based Angel investor group, and chairs the Entrepreneur College at Grand Canyon University.  Did you know… GCU is one of the few programs in the country to be attached to an undergrad!   With his extensive experience interviewing entrepreneurs, I ask him about what an entrepreneur looks like to him, what makes a good presentation, how I would know if I would be a good fit for Canyon Angels.  He also talks about resources for accredited Angel Investors and the types of way to get involved!   If you're interested in checking out Canyon Angels check out their website at http://www.canyonangels.org

Want to learn to code?  Galvanize is revolutionizing the transition from no coding experience to qualified applicant for a real coding job.  Not only that, but they provide career services for their students and them "learning to learn" techniques.  And although Galvanize is an education house, they also provide co-working space for companies of all size, all over the US.   In this episode Katie Hurst sits down with me to talk about Entrepreneurship resources, co-working, and how Galvanize is working to solve an upcoming developer shortage of 1 MILLION developers.   Check out Galvanize at https://www.galvanize.com

Hayley Ringle from the Phoenix Business Journals sits down with me to talk about entrepreneurship resources.  Hayley has been reporting on all things technology and technology startups in Phoenix, AZ for over 6 years.   She talks about the startup scene from her perspective… seeing a lot more activity than in recent years, tons of co-working spaces popping up, big companies moving into town, and higher fundraising amounts being acquired.   She also dish on ways to get your story published in her newspaper.  Spoiler Alert… you don't need a PR company, if you have a story just give her a call!