INspired INsider Podcast

John Jantsch is a marketing consultant, speaker, and the best-selling author of the book Duct Tape Marketing. He also wrote the books The Referral Engine, Duct Tape Selling, The Commitment Engine, and SEO for Growth. His newest work is The Self Reliant Entrepreneur which contains 366 daily meditations to feed your soul and grow your business. He is the host of Duct Tape Marketing Podcast and has been doing his podcast since 2005.

Mitch Russo is the go-to person for companies that want to build a quality certification program. He helps Founders, CEOs, Authors, and Coaches build 8 figure companies by maximizing resources, deploying technology and streamlining systems and processes. He is the Founder of Power Tribes where he helps 7 figure companies add multiple recurring revenue streams.

Richard Rossi is the co-founder of two of the world's largest and most prestigious enrichment programs for high achieving students. In 1986, he co-founded InVision EMI which became one of the country's largest providers of live leadership and career exploration programs for high achieving students. They sold the InVision EMI in 2011 and Richard has since gone on to create a company that connects high-achieving kids with high achievers in the STEM fields. He also owns Davinci50, the highest-level live coaching program in the world on Superaging: biohacking our bodies for boundless energy and a dramatically extended life without disease, physical limitation, or mental decline.

As an entrepreneur, the one thing that keeps you pushing for more is your WHY. Why do you do the business you do? For Richard Rossi, co-founder of the DaVinci Education, it is about living up to his mother's request to help people. It has been his driving force behind all his business ventures and it shows just how much a committed and loving mother can impact her child's life.

In this episode of Inspired Insider, Richard talks about how his mother inspired him to do what he does best, and why putting your heart in the right place even in business can help you succeed. He shares with Jeremy his beginnings as an entrepreneur, his marketing and sales strategies, and his insights on life that has helped him better understand and appreciate the importance of living a healthy and full life.

It's an awesome episode filled with nostalgia on personal lessons on life, family, and career so make sure to tune in.

John Jantsch is a marketing consultant, speaker, and the best-selling author of the book Duct Tape Marketing. He also wrote the books The Referral Engine, Duct Tape Selling, The Commitment Engine, and SEO for Growth. His newest work is The Self Reliant Entrepreneur which contains 366 daily meditations to feed your soul and grow your business. He is the host of Duct Tape Marketing Podcast and has been doing his podcast since 2005.

What was your mindset when you first started your business? Like most people, John Jantsch just wanted to go out there and hustle. His initial motivation, as with anyone, was money. But as he continued to work with clients, he had an interesting experience with one of them which became a pivotal moment in his career as a businessman.

On this episode of Inspired Insider, John opens up to Jeremy about how the wrong mindset almost landed him and what he realized as he sat there taking in the situation as it was rolling out in real-time. It's a short but informative episode about what you should keep in mind when doing business and why having the right mindset matters. Stay tuned.

Mitch Kahn is the co-founder of Grassroots Cannabis which began operations in 2014. Through his leadership as CEO, the company has since grown to have 61 licenses and operations in 11states with more than 800 employees. Mitch recently led his company into a merger with Massachusett-based company, Curaleaf, in a stock and cash deal worth $875 million.

Have you ever started a business that almost everyone thought was a terrible idea? What about a business with a questionable reputation? How do you even get started with it in the first place?

Mitch Kahn of Grassroots Cannabis and his partners defied the odds and started a business that didn't sound too great at the beginning but is now America's largest medical and adult-use cannabis company. They took a leap of faith and braved the initial resistance they faced from starting the business, getting the funding, and convincing people that what they were doing made sense.

Tune in on today's episode where Mitch shares with Jeremy how Grassroots Cannabis began and everything that has happened between then and now. Mitch talks about his business model, his leadership style, and the kind of grit you need to start a business that you believe in even when nobody else does.

Richard Rossi is the co-founder of two of the world's largest and most prestigious enrichment programs for high achieving students. In 1986, he co-founded InVision EMI which became one of the country's largest providers of live leadership and career exploration programs for high achieving students. They sold the InVision EMI in 2011 and Richard has since gone on to create a company that connects high-achieving kids with high achievers in the STEM fields. He also owns Davinci50, the highest-level live coaching program in the world on Superaging: biohacking our bodies for boundless energy and a dramatically extended life without disease, physical limitation or mental decline.

Robert is the founder of four successful companies that grew from zero to $10 million. In the past few years alone, he grew those companies from $10 million to over $100 million in sales. His companies include Absolute Wireless, a preferred partner for Sprint, Dang IT Repair, a cell phone repair company, and Call Proof, a CRM for B2B companies to manage their sales process. Robert is also the founder of Shift Your Time, a company where he teaches business leaders and entrepreneurs how to get back an extra 40 hours of productivity a month using specific communication techniques.

Jeff Jordan is the General Manager of the Fazer U.S team, a 129-year-old international family-owned company out of Finland that specializes in making some of the world's best confectionery. Jeff led Fazer's U.S team to the successful launch of the Nordi brand of chocolates into the U.S market. Nordi is a premium brand of chocolate inspired by Nordic recipes.

David Long is the Founder and CEO of My Employees, a company that specializes in helping business managers grow through the development of their relationships with their employees.

David has worked with many major corporations such as McDonald's, FedEx and Walmart. David is also the best-selling author of Built To Lead: 7 Management R.E.W.A.R.D.S. Principles for Becoming a Top 10% Manager.

Robert Hartline is the Owner of Absolute Wireless. He is also the Founder of Shift Your Time, which teaches entrepreneurs and business leaders how to give their staff an extra 40 hours of productivity a month. Over the past 21 years, he has started and grown four companies from zero to $12 million. Just in the past few years alone is taken those businesses from $12 million to over $100 million in sales. His success has earned him recognition, being named the fastest growing business in Middle Tennessee two years in a row.