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  • Building A CBD Luxury Wellness and Beauty Empire with Olivia Alexander

    In this episode, Don interviews Olivia Alexander. She is the CEO and Founder of Kush Queen, a luxury wellness and beauty brand making the finest cannabidiol (CBD) infused personal care products.

    Olivia talks about her journey and humble beginnings as an actress but one day she realized her potential and wanted more. Now, she has turned Kush Queen into a multi-million dollar and award-winning company thanks to her bath bombs, pain relief lotions, edibles, wellness supplements, and skincare products.

     

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    About My Company Story

    A Podcast for business owners by business owners. Each Episode will explore the challenges business owners face and how they’ve overcome them.

    19 min
  • Creating A New Standard of Telemedicine with Dr. Mohan Ananda

    In this episode, Don interviews Dr. Mohan Ananda. He is the Executive Chairman of Second Opinion Expert, a healthcare technology company facilitating telemedicine and health services to patients anywhere in the world. Before this venture, he was the founding chairman, CEO and President of Stamps.com starting back in 1996.  

    Dr. Ananda talks about his journey as a serial entrepreneur. He talks about the technical hurdles and challenges that he faced to build the multiple ventures in which he is involved. Dr. Ananda makes a prediction that the standard will soon become telemedicine and eventually the medical offices become obsolete. Tune in to hear Dr. Ananda talk about his top 4 takeaways to be a successful entrepreneur.

     

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    About My Company Story

    A Podcast for business owners by business owners. Each Episode will explore the challenges business owners face and how they’ve overcome them.

    20 min
  • People First Approach to Marketing with Cynthia Johnson

    In this episode, Don interviews Cynthia Johnson. She is the Co-Founder and CEO at Bell and Ivy, a company focusing on a people first approach to marketing. Her mission is to create strong leaders and proliferate influence from enterprises to achieve goals for their brand.


    Cynthia talks about how important it is to have an organizational structure when running a business. She also lays out the pros and cons of having a business partnership but most important how to identify the perfect partnership to succeed.

     

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    About My Company Story

    A Podcast for business owners by business owners. Each Episode will explore the challenges business owners face and how they’ve overcome them.

    18 min
  • Solving The Opioid Epidemic with Dr. John Hsu, CEO and Co-Founder of iPill Dispenser

    In this episode, Don interviews Dr. John Hsu! He is the CEO and Co-Founder of iPill Dispenser, a solution to the opioid epidemic. 

    Dr. Hsu has been an anesthesiologist and pain management physician for over 20 years. Through his experience as a physician, he’s seen the first-hand effects of opioid addiction. Dr. Hsu created a pill dispenser that is only accessible to the prescribed person through facial recognition registered by smartphone. 

    Dr. Hsu talks about the next steps his company needs in order to go to market. His biggest piece of advice is to “think several steps ahead, because as you solve one problem, two or three more pop up.”

      

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    About My Company Story

    A Podcast for business owners by business owners. Each Episode will explore the challenges business owners face and how they’ve overcome them.

    21 min
  • Learn To Sell & Enjoy Selling with Ryan Born, Founder and CEO of HAAWK, Inc.

    In this episode, Don interviews Ryan Born! He is the Founder and CEO of HAAWK, Inc., managing music rights on Youtube, Facebook, and Instagram. Put simply, HAAWK helps people who own music to collect and get paid on other people using their music. 

    HAAWK represents over 1,000 record labels, music publishers, publishers, and independent music producers and artists. Ryan talks about his previous company exit and successfully selling a company for over $25 million dollars. Ryan’s biggest piece of advice is to: “Learn to sell, and learn to enjoy selling.” 

     

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    About My Company Story

    A Podcast for business owners by business owners. Each Episode will explore the challenges business owners face and how they’ve overcome them.

    22 min
  • Adapting To The Rise of Amazon with Dieter Ammann, CEO of Fulfillment Express Inc.

    In this episode, Don interviews Dieter Ammann! He is the CEO at Fulfillment Express Inc, an inbound and outbound international shipping company located in Montebello, California. The company’s mission is to provide the highest quality services making sure to preserve competitive fees.

    Dieter Ammann talks about all the challenges he has faced throughout his 27 years in business. Especially when the internet emerged in the early 1990s, Dieter struggled to compete with the online shipping industry because he was doing his business through phone calls. Amazon was one of the biggest obstacles for Dieter and so he came with a philosophy of “If you can’t fight them, join them.” He also emphasizes the importance to make customers and employees happy as he considered these two his major assets to succeed as a business owner.

     

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    About My Company Story

    A Podcast for business owners by business owners. Each Episode will explore the challenges business owners face and how they’ve overcome them.

    21 min
  • Staying Nimble Through Challenging Times with Sharone Hakman, CEO of Chef Hak’s

    In this episode, Don interviews Sharone Hakman! Sharone is the CEO of Chef Hak’s, a chef-centered clean and organic food company. Sharone stepped into the culinary scene when he earned a spot on FOX’s Masterchef.

    Sharone talks about staying nimble through these challenging times. His top pieces of advice are to trust your intuition and to learn from your mistakes by implementing systems. He speaks on the challenges that many entrepreneurs face - comparison. Sharone reminds listeners to understand that we are all on our own individual paths. You have the choice to either embrace your journey or let it consume you - it’s completely up to you.

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    About My Company Story

    A Podcast for business owners by business owners. Each Episode will explore the challenges business owners face and how they’ve overcome them.

    25 min
  • Using Shortcomings As An Opportunity to Innovate with Alper Cakir, CEO and Founder of Xtensio

    In this episode, Don interviews Alper Cakir! Alper is the CEO and Founder of Xtensio, a collaboration platform for creating and sharing beautiful living business documents. 

    After experiencing a disjointed experience collaborating on documents at his agency, Alpersaw the opportunity to start Xtensio which allows anyone to design and create professional documents like pitch decks, case studies, and more. Alper talks about being able to empower your team: “You need to be able to let things go. Set up your team in a way that they take charge in those areas that you’re letting go.”

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    About My Company Story

    A Podcast for business owners by business owners. Each Episode will explore the challenges business owners face and how they’ve overcome them.

    23 min
  • Transitioning To CEO In A Family Business with Leiman Chan, Owner and CEO of Nonstop Printing

    In this episode, Don interviews Leiman Chan! Leiman is the Owner and CEO of Nonstop Printing. Nonstop Printing is on a mission to help creatives design more fearlessly and for businesses to only make what they need with no minimums while providing high quality print. “We make prints that make you stop.”

    Leiman talks about his experience and struggles transitioning into the role of owner and CEO of his family’s business. His parents started the company in 1993 and initially it was not quite clear where Leiman saw his role in the company. He talks about his mindset shift and taking ownership, which has led him to continuing the success his parents began. Leiman talks about his passion, “I think I was put on this Earth to help people create. To help remove obstacles to help them be more creative. Helping creatives become their best selves.”


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    About My Company Story

    A Podcast for business owners by business owners. Each Episode will explore the challenges business owners face and how they’ve overcome them.

    24 min
  • Logan Gelbrich, CEO of Deuce Gym

    In this episode, Don interviews Logan Gelbrich! Logan is the CEO of Deuce Gym. Deuce Gym is an aspiring “deliberately developmental organization” in which the core business is human performance. The brand has multiple locations and is a resource for men and women to be coached in classic strength and conditioning disciplines. 

    Logan brings light to the dynamic of the fitness business and the general health of the population. He says, “We spend a lot of money on not a lot of results.” He wanted to address this problem to bring people to achieve results and maintain accountability.


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    About My Company Story

    A Podcast for business owners by business owners. Each Episode will explore the challenges business owners face and how they’ve overcome them.

    25 min

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My Company Story is a podcast for business owners by business owners.Each episode will examine the journey of business owners, the challenges they faced, and how they overcame them.