In this episode of "Live Your Edge," Gilbert interviews Brad Lea, who brings a refreshing perspective to sales. Brad underscores the importance of honing empathy and active listening skills, emphasizing salespeople as problem solvers more than product pushers. He highlights the need for understanding customer pain points and tailoring solutions accordingly. Brad also offers novel strategies, such as helping customers "feel" their problem and recognize their need for the offered solution. He urges salespeople to foster a client relationship that values the product more than money, further stressing the importance of listening rather than dominating conversations. Exploring his business growth, Brad points out the significance of recurring revenue and discusses the challenges of selling online courses. The conversation also delves into the importance of scaling, clear vision of success and developing resilience to discomfort. In a final note of advice, Brad underscores the necessity of clear, decisive choices in life and business.

In the "Live Your Edge" podcast, host Gilbert interviews LinkedIn influencer Eric Sim, who discusses his journey from a UBS managing director to a LinkedIn influencer with close to 3 million followers. Sim emphasizes the importance of consistency, authenticity, and the value of content in personal branding. He shares his approach of bridging online and offline relationships, creating a more personal connection with followers. He underscores the need for creating insightful content that benefits readers more than just showcasing personal life or achievements. Sim also highlights the importance of risk-taking and transforming setbacks into opportunities, as exemplified by his academic career progression after rejection from a Ph.D. program. He encourages engaging with others' posts on LinkedIn to build relationships and expose oneself to a wider audience, asserting that social media offers opportunities beyond likes and followers.

On the Live Your Edge podcast, host Gilbert Joa converses with Jesse Li, a former banker who pivoted to a lifestyle influencer, co-founder of Change Global Media, and a women's entrepreneurship coach. Li's professional journey took her from Australia to Hong Kong, where she transitioned from investment banking to the media and PR industry, driven by burnout and a lack of fulfillment in finance. She attributes her courage to make this shift to her uncle, Dr. Harley Sardine, and her aunt, an influential female entrepreneur. Her "superpower" is her adaptive mindset, which she credits for her success. She also discusses managing her multifaceted role while maintaining physical and emotional health, stressing on daily exercise, meditation, and regular reading. Towards the end, Lee reveals her upcoming venture, a premium supplement brand enhancing body functions by increasing NAD+ levels.

Known as the Modern Day Renaissance Man, Alon Braun is also a member of Israel's cyber special force unit, a marine biologist, a body movement teacher, an online group marketing, children's book author, business accelerator strategist, and a decision making coach for business leader.

And for today's episode, Alon will talk about how you can accelerate your business and make a conscious decision using some of his strategies.

Samit Patel is a crowdfunding expert. In this episode, Samit will share his expertise and experiences in terms of scaling business. He believes that if you make a positive impact on other people, it will create a difference in the world and it will create success for people.

In this episode, Steve Tan shared his expertise in e-commerce or digital entrepreneurship.

Steve is a Singapore-based serial entrepreneur, a renowned eCommerce drop shipper, and a full-stack digital marketer. He and his brother Evan Tan was entitled as the “indestructible duo” who conquered the eCommerce game by selling $100 million worth of their products. His business called “Super Tan Brothers Groups” consists of eCommerce, education, software, supply chain, and marketing agencies.

Aside from the business-related topics, he also gives moral values on how to be a good entrepreneur. He highlighted how important to provide value not only for ourselves but also for the employees, family members, and society.

Steve always says that “You have to learn your roads. You have to learn how to walk before you learn to run and before you learn how to fly”.

He also believes that “The more you don’t focus on making money, the more money you can make”.

In this episode, you will learn to be an empowered woman just like our guest Genecia Alloura, a former Miss Singapore, Cafe Retail Chain Owner, Southeast Asian Woman Excellence 2010, and International Progressive Women 2019.

She is also the Founder of Soul Rich Woman, the #1 female entrepreneur network in Southeast Asia that connects more than 200,000 women across the region in the ‘Soul F’ membership program.

In this episode, you’ll learn about the fundamentals of marketing and small actions that’ll help small business owners.

Thus episode’s guest, Pamela Slim is an award-winning author, speaker, and small business strategist, the co-founder of The Main Street Learning Lab where she works with business owners to remove obstacles to small business success and test and try new business ideas.

She started the Escape from Cubicle Nation blog, which became one of the top career and business blogs on the web. Since 2005, Pam has helped thousands of entrepreneurs to start successful businesses. She has partnered with small business leaders like Progressive Insurance, Prezi, and Infusionsoft to deliver strategic content to the small business market.

Her first book Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur won Best Small Business/ Entrepreneur Book of 2009

Vanessa Shaw is the CEO of the Business Growth Academy that helps business owners to get more clients and increase their revenue. She is an inspirational speaker who has worked with hundreds of clients and major firms, she is a highly sought-after speaker on business leadership and income strategies.

"There's nothing central that can actually be scaled." - Vanessa

Three kinds of key mindset as a business owner

1. The business will only grow by the amount you are willing to grow yourself

2. You got to hold yourself to high standards

3. Let go in order to grow

Alex Charfen Bio

This episode’s guest Alex Charfen is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and coach who has spent 3 decades on the front lines of entrepreneurship and business, and is helping tens of thousands of entrepreneurs with six-, seven-, and eight-figure businesses to grow and scale.

Sharing his journey with others has led Alex to write for publications such as Success, Entrepreneur, and Inc. Magazine, and his story has also garnered attention from major media outlets like MSNBC, CNBC, FOX News, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, and Investor’s Business Daily. As a result of his mentorship and success, Alex is now known as the go-to person for helping entrepreneurs ascend the Billionaire Code and understand how to plan strategically.