If Not Now Wen Podcast

In today’s episode, you will meet my special guest Omar Zaki. Omar is a Venture Partner with TechRanch, where he supports startups in Digital Health and MedTech, as well as empowering venture and innovative ecosystems & programs around the world.

By age 25, he pioneered an international Telehealth and EdTech startup which connected thousands of physicians across the MENA region in real-time, disrupting the traditional Continuous Medical Education industry. Since then, he has been building and managing international ventures and projects for the past 20 years.

Today's episode was one of my favorites! With his global perspective, Omar shared deep insights from his successful personal journey. I welcome you to join in as well!

In this episode, you’ll learn that:

✅ Diversity is a fruitful foundation for successful minds

✅ There are multiple pathways to success and you need to find the best one for you

✅ Optimism and curiosity can be your allies in face of challenges

✅ Perseverance, timing, and understanding people are crucial for your success

✅ Failure teaches you more than success does

In today’s episode, our guest is Amos Schwartzfarb, Managing Director at Techstars and Author of Best Selling Books Levers and Sell More Faster. Amos launched his career into the startup world by creating one of the earliest e-commerce companies.

Thanks to his passion and love for adventure, he founded six additional startups within a few years while adventure racing, where his team was ranked 2nd in the nation twice and 20th in the world after completing the 2001 Eco-Challenge.

Now, he has positioned himself as one of the most active early-stage investors, and I’m so excited to have him on the podcast today!

Today, you’ll learn how:

    - Passion and obsession may lead you to success

    - Following your gut can help you prevent failure in the startup market

    - Focusing on developing products and solutions is your best way to succeed

    - Business is about the journey rather than just the destination

    - Embracing and confronting your fears is possible

To learn more from this passionate and adventurous early-stage investor, here’s where you can watch today's episode!

I’d love to know your thoughts on this episode's takeaways.

In today's episode, our guest is Steve Hoffman, also known as Captain Hoff. He is the Captain & CEO of "Founders Space", one of the world’s leading startup accelerators. He launched Founders Space with the mission to educate and accelerate entrepreneurs. He has trained hundreds of startup founders and corporate executives in the art of innovation and provided consulting to many of the world’s largest corporations.

He is also a venture investor, serial entrepreneur, and author of several award-winning books. Steve is a fascinating storyteller who will take you on his exciting entrepreneurial journey and give you advice that you can implement in your own journey.

Today, you’ll learn how to:

🔹 Find your passion and start your journey even without experience

🔹 Survive the early stages of being a startup

🔹 Build courage, be open to possibilities and seize opportunities where they present themselves

🔹 Deal with the hardest difficulties that you can face as a startup and progress

🔹 Benefit from Steve’s biggest lessons in order to prosper in your own entrepreneurial journey

Curious to learn the best advice to grow your business from one of the top startup accelerators?

Today, Captain Hoff shared with us his philosophy and deep insight, and provided us with the best startup business tips around!

On today’s episode, we have founder, creator and curator Moe Choice! Moe is a solopreneur who works with creatives, digital nomads, freelancers, coaches & consultants who want to turn their knowhow into their model to achieve their freedom lifestyle.

Moe joins us today to share some of the things he has learned in his entrepreneurial journey thus far that have helped him achieve groundbreaking successes like co-founding 12 businesses that hire over 1000 people, raise millions in investments and found the "One Page Plan" concept.

Topics discussed on this episode include:

It was a pleasure having Moe on the podcast today as he shared a ton of insights on entrepreneurial success that I know will be super helpful to you in your own journey. Moe’s passion and vision is truly inspiring, and I know it will help you look at your journey and your goals in a whole new way.

What insight did you find the most helpful? Hit reply to this email and let me know - I would love to hear from you!

On the podcast today, we have the incomparable Carl Copeland - founder and president of Möbius Aero. Carl is an innovator, inventor, serial entrepreneur and humanitarian who boasts more than 40 granted patents under his belt. Over and above these impressive accomplishments, Carl serves on the board of two NGOs that are focused on eliminating poverty, hunger, illiteracy and human trafficking in developing nations.

Carl joins us today to share his story of how he overcame the difficult circumstances he grew up in to become the successful inventor he is today.

In this episode, we discuss:

- Rising above childhood circumstances to go on and live the life of your dreams

- Holding a vision for the future you strive for and persevering until you succeed

- How taking a different path than most people can lead to success

- The biggest lessons Carl learned during his entrepreneurial journey (and how we can benefit from them)

- Making decisions from a place of peace, rather than from a place of fear

Julia is a Recovering perfectionist, Leadership & Career Coach and a Keynote Speaker and she’s on a mission to enhance human connection and fulfillment at work and in life. 😍 She has a unique focus on emerging female leaders who are ambitious AND emotionally aware, are looking to build more authentic work-lives, and combat imposter syndrome.

She’s a Contributor to Forbes (read her articles at https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliawuench/) and was proudly named a Business Insider Most Innovative Career Coach of 2020. ✨

She has an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and she’s a certified Positive Intelligence Coach.

In her non-work time you'll catch her on her soap box talking about why "follow your passion" is terrible career advice, napping (self-described Queen of Sleep 💁🏻‍♀️), or FaceTiming with her sisters.

She lives in North Carolina with her amazing husband and floofy labradoodle.

💪🏻Her most booked keynotes and workshops are:

❌ Don't Follow Your Passion: The Career Advice You Actually Need

👩🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏽 Stop Networking and Start Connecting

🧠 Mental Fitness: Strategies for Moving Beyond Just Resilience

👹 I'm a Fraud! Kicking Imposter Syndrome to the Curb

Welcome to the newest episode of If Not Now Wen! In this episode I am talking with Maria Maso!

Maria Maso is a passionate, driven, and business-oriented entrepreneur and investor that combines her passion for innovation to support early-stage start-ups while investing in diversity. She is the founder and CEO of the Business Angel Minority Association- baMa which aims to bridge the investment gap in minority-led start-ups or start-ups targeting minority driven markets and is a growing business angel network and community.

In this episode you will learn:

- The biggest mistakes that entrepreneurs make

- How to take time off (being a full-time mom and shifting into the workforce)

- How to actually handle failure

- How to learn what you want and then go after it

- What the American dream is and what that means for Maria

Welcome to the latest episode of If Not Now Wen! In this episode I am talking with Kendall Cherry!

Kendall is a writer, podcaster, and entrepreneur based in Austin, Texas. Before she started her own business, she was bored and burnt out at her “dream job” in corporate America. 

In this episode we discuss:

- How to deal with negativity

- Why you shouldn’t be afraid of change

- How to start taking action

- Why it’s important to have support from friends or mentors

- Why your mental health is so important

Welcome to the newest episode of If Not Now Wen! In this episode I am talking with Abhijeet Khadilkar!

Abhijeet is a business operator and problem solver at heart, with experience in Management Consulting and Tech. He has worked in the past as an entrepreneur, management consultant, and product management leader from Fortune 50 companies to startups. He’s also an Amazon best-selling author of Unlock!, a modern career leadership playbook. Abhijeet loves to build great teams that are excited about solving hard problems while having fun doing it.

You’re going to feel so inspired after hearing Abhijeet talk about mentorship and how you can find the best in the business to guide you through your entrepreneurial journey!

In this episode we discuss:

- Why redefining success will make you happier.

- Why expectation management is so important.

- How to best seek mentorship and create win-win synergy.

- What the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make and how to avoid them.

- Why self-care will make you the best entrepreneur you can be.

Welcome to the next episode of If Not Now Wen! This episode features the inspiring Bryan Menell!

Bryan has founded or co-founded companies in a diverse set of industries including customer relationship management systems, point of sale technology, e-learning, systems integration, and the deskless workforce. For the past 25 years he has been doing his part to make Austin, Texas a vibrant and growing technological community.

You’re going to feel so motivated after hearing Bryan talk about flexibility in business and how you can use those principles to pivot and grow with ease when the time is right!

In this episode we talk about:

- The biggest mistake founders make.

- How good timing is everything.

- What the secret is to becoming a unicorn founder.

- How important it is to be willing to pivot your business.

- How the early days will impact your outcome.