Inspiring Greatness

Former global leader of the Entrepreneurs Organisation, Jodie Dharmawan was the President and Director of PT Winner Garment Manufacturing, in which he leads 1500 employees. He was also the director of the Lee-Cooper Indonesia Clothing Company which contained over one hundred outlets worldwide and manufactures over 500,000 jeans per year!  Jody explains what it was like during the Asian Crisis in 1997 when Indonesia currencies depreciated sharply, experiencing drastic slowdowns in economic growth and loss of confidence by foreign investors. The effects of downward pressure on the rupiah by 800% lead to most Indonesian companies becoming insolvent and required restructuring.   Between August 1997 and December 1998, rapid job losses saw unemployment rise in Indonesia from 4.3 million to 13.7 million people.  Listen to how Jody explains his biggest challenges during this time and that having a peer to peer learning group helped him get past his fear.

Welcome to Golden nugget Friday episode where we will share the 10 qualities of successful Entrepreneurs, provide you with a tool to see if you have some of the top 10 qualities?   Lastly, highlight the key to success by understanding how to apply your greatest talents and strengths in everyday life with your executive, employees, even family and friends.

Sick of the corporate world, its corner office and its politics, Catriona Pollard decided to leave her successful career to launch herself in the entrepreneurial life. With her passion for social media and entrepreneurial drive, she set out and became one of Australia’s top 50 most influential women entrepreneurs in 2015.  She explains her “AH-HA” moment being on stage when she realised being in the spotlight was not about her it was about how her words could influence the audience businesses in a positive way.  Step into the spot light to make the world a better place.  Adapability and creativity is her greatest strength

Being the author of “Unknown to Expert”, Pollard founded CP Communications in 2001, in which it was recognised as one of Australia’s leading PR social media agencies.

Welcome to Golden nugget Friday episode. Today’s episode was inspired by my last guest Jamie Douraghy, he shares how mentors helped him see clearly and accelerate the sale of his company and understand his “why”!   Jamie now helps others discover their WHY, HOW and WHAT, (WHW). He says once you know your WHW, you'll know your way. You will integrate passion, purpose, and energy all in one meaningful direction.  Jamie has provided a free resource for you to determine your WHY.  In case you missed episode 17 I strongly recommend you zip on over and listen to this inspiring podcast. 

Jamie Douraghy’s journey as an entrepreneur is closely related to his active lifestyle as he has been a competitive fencer for over 37 years. In this podcast Jamie shares with us how his passion has taught him the importance of focus, determination and drive, giving us an interesting parallel between being an athlete and being an entrepreneur.  Jamie shares the importance of staying physically fit, positive morning rituals as well as, that having a mentor was very mind-opening.

Welcome to Golden nugget Friday episode. Today’s episode was inspired by my last guest Ivanka Menken as well as, Dr Karl Kruszelnikcki.  In this episode we will discuss the importance for Entrepreneurs to invest in themselves.  I will share my experience on top 5 most important areas entrepreneurs need to focus on to be successful.

Ivanka is the CEO and co-founder of The Art of Service, an educator, a published author, owner of an online business – horses-store.com specialising in equestrian products, among many other things.

Starting her career as a vocational education teacher, Ivanka followed her entrepreneurial spirit and pursued her passion for technology, and began a career in IT. After working for both public and private companies in several countries across the world, Ivanka founded The Art of Service, the world’s first IT service framework company.

The Art of Service is now one of the most trusted sources globally for the career-driven IT professional, having served over 800 corporate clients and 500,000 individual clients and students in 87% of the world’s countries.

In 2015 she was named as one of the top 50 most influential women entrepreneurs in Australia as part of the Inspiring Rare Birds project.

Welcome to Golden Nugget Friday episode 14.  I want to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to YOU!  YES YOU for listening to this podcast where we share amazing stories from remarkable Entrepreneurs.  Last week I was very humbled that Inspiring Greatness podcast hit #1 in Management and & Marketing and #3 in the business section on iTunes!  Thanks to everyone for sharing and spreading the word! With 14 episodes down we would love your feedback, send us a message on Inspiring Greatness Facebook page quickly tell us 3 things.  STOP/START/CONTINUE!  Tell us what things you would like us to Stop doing, What you would like us to Start doing & What we should Continue doing….. lastly what topics you would like us to cover on GNF’s.  So lets dive into today’s GNF topic.

John Bly is the founding Member of LBA Haynes Strand, PLLC and LBA Haynes Strand Capital Advisors. His entrepreneurial leadership has propelled the CPA Firm’s growth. LBA Haynes Strand ranks as one of the Charlotte Business Journal’s Top 25 CPA Firms in the Charlotte Region and an Inc. 5000 Company. John steers the Firm’s consistent growth of personnel and expansion of client services with ten partners and over seventy professionals, John continues to grow the Firm both organically and through acquisitions. John’s strategic plan led to a second and third office in Greensboro and Mount Airy to serve the rapidly growing Triad market.  John is a frequently requested speaker who is called upon to share business ideas and growth strategies. And he is the author of "Cracking the Code: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Growing Your Business Through Mergers and Acquisitions for Pennies on the Dollar." John has received the 40 Under 40 award for National M&A Advisor Recognition, He was named Managing Partner Elite by Accounting Today, and won the 40 Under 40 for Charlotte Business Journal.

Welcome to Golden nugget Friday, today’s topic we will discuss how Small Businesses, Women, Veteran or Indian owned business in the United States can access over $500B dollars in contracts thru programs with US Small Business Administration.  To give you a bit of background on this program, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy. Although SBA has grown and evolved in the years since it was established in 1953, the bottom line mission remains the same. The SBA helps Americans start, build and grow businesses