Nick Redwine has been a great friend of mine for a long time. Nick is a lifetime entrepreneur and business leader who has vast experience in starting businesses with limited resources. In this episode, we discuss what it takes to start a successful business and keep it running through the tough times. 

The topic this week is a tough one folks. One that is not usually covered in your undergraduate studies. Firing people is tough. There's no easy way around it. But over the course of my career, I have learned a lot about how to do it effectively. And occassionally, even keep the friendship. 

Shortly after earning his MBA from Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, Jacob Lewandowski took a position in product management at D.light Design, a global solar energy company delivering affordable solar home and power solutions for 2 billion people without access to reliable energy. In this episode, I sit down with Jacob in NYC in Central Park and discuss the challenges, benefits, and many other aspects of conducting business internationally. For anyone interested in international business or education, this is a must listen. I hope you enjoy. 

Here's an interview with a great friend and colleague of mine - Billy Bindel. Billy is the Corporate Director of Hospice Sales and Services for Concordance Healthcare Solutions. He has been selling professionally for over 14 years now and shares with us some of the most important things that he has learned along the way. I hope you enjoy it.

I hire college athletes all the time. I love hiring college athletes. For this reason, I wanted to share some advice on how to maximize your college athletics experience and make a great transition into the workplace. I hope you enjoy it. 

-Mark

Friends,

In this episode of Mind Your Business, I discuss 3 commonalities of elite leaders.

I have had the pleasure of being surrounded by some incredible leaders in my career, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that each one of these leaders embodied these 3 traits without fail. 

I hope you find this useful and please shoot me a question you would like me to answer in a future episode. 

- Mark 

We have all heard this message before, but far too many of us do not take it seriously: The best people in business, music, art, film - whatever industry or focus are perpetual learners. These people are veracous learners. Today's technology has created an environment where things change so quickly, if you are not investing time in staying on top of new technology, trends, strategies, you will be outdated much sooner than you think. This all can be summed up in one sentence:

If you stop learning, you stop winning. 

- Mark