Real Business Owners

By Trevor Cowley & Kale Goodman

Business

What's Real Business Owners about?

Two serial entrepreneurs, Trevor Cowley and Kale Goodman, are on a mission to help businesses of all levels develop and grow by sharing their past experience building several successful business ventures. It's their goal to convey effective techniques and strategies that any business owner can implement TODAY.

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01.31.2023

In this episode Trevor and Kale speak with Corey McNeil. Corey has been active in the internet marketing world since 2004 and has been working with Trevor and Kale for the past 5 and half years. He is one of ...

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01.31.2023 Entrepreneur to Intrapreneur \| Episode 192 In this episode Trevor and Kale speak with Corey McNeil. Corey has been active in the internet marketing world since 2004 and has been working with Trevor and Kale for the past 5 and half years. He is one of ...
01.24.2023 Leadership Requires Sacrifice \| Episode 191 What makes a good leader? Is it their ability to inspire others? Is it the sacrifices they make for their team? In this episode of Real Business Owners, Kale discusses leadership and sacrifice. Kale takes inspiration from Tom Brady's story, ...
01.17.2023 Outwitting the Devil \| Episode 190 There are some people in life who lack direction and purpose. They are easily swayed by their emotions and the opinions of others and they lack the determination and focus needed to achieve success. They have the gifts and the ...
01.10.2023 Cutting the Rope \| Episode 189 In life and in business there are times that we are the lifeline and there are times when we are the dead weight. In this episode Kale shares a couple stories and he talks about the need to sometimes cut ...
01.03.2023 The Thirst for Success with Ethan Cisneros \| Episode 188 Meet Ethan Cisneros, a 25 year old business owner with a very impressive resume. Ethan is the founder of Thirst, a fast food shop that sells sodas, pretzels, and other delicious snacks. Ethan has been in the game since he ...
12.27.2022 Creating Your Own Environments \| Episode 187 In this episode Trevor talks about the importance of constantly improving oneself and one's mindset in order to achieve success in business and in life. It's true that personal growth and development are key to achieving our goals and making ...
12.20.2022 Raisin' Hell with Nancy Johnson \| Episode 186 Episode 186 is 38 years in the making! Rags to riches story aren’t new. We’ve all seen movies and read stories with that plot from starting at the bottom and working your way to the top. However, it’s almost always ...
12.13.2022 Betting On Yourself \| Ep185 In this Episode Trevor and Kale sit down to talk with RBO Mastermind member and owner of Design It Wraps & Tint Brent Knott. Brent talks about his beginning stages of business and the influence of his mentor and how ...
12.06.2022 Mission: Build Better Men, Build Better Women \| Episode 184 Less than one quarter of Americans report finding their purpose or calling in life. When you look at the data it’s not surprising to find so many people aren’t happy, but finding your life’s purpose can be one of the ...
11.29.2022 From Crackhead to Sober Sales GOAT with Eric Cline \| Episode 183 Success is the mark of a hardworking individual. Everyone can be successful; it doesn’t matter how far you have fallen or how bad your situation is. The lowest of the low can, with enough dedication and hard work, rise to ...
11.22.2022 The Critical Importance of Investing in Yourself \| Episode 182 In this episode of the Real Business Owners Podcast Trevor and Kale talk about the power of networking and masterminds and how they have directly impacted their lives and the people around them. They discuss the importance of expanding your ...
11.15.2022 You ARE Enough \| Episode 181 SUCCESS leaves clues… So do deep rooted INSECURITIES. Just because someone is successful doesn’t mean they aren’t insecure. The hardest insecurities to spot are usually the ones in ourselves. If you are always CHASING more… I want ANOTHER business… I ...
11.08.2022 Your Self Belief Impacts You & Your Business with Andrew Ammons \| Episode 180 Confidence is critical to success. In this episode, Andrew Ammons shares his experiences and perspectives with self-belief. Andrew explains why it was so important to success today. His humble beginning s working at his father's roofing business was the ground ...
11.01.2022 Find a Way or Make a Way with Austin Park \| Episode 179 This week on Real Business Owners, Trevor and Kale welcome Austin Park onto the show. Austin is the CEO of Visual Illustrations, a member of the Arete Syndicate, and a successful business owner. In this episode, Austin talks about the ...
10.25.2022 Be the One with Justin Prince \| Episode 178 How do you grow a business and help it thrive? Justin Prince has the answer! This week on Real Business Owners, Justin Prince returns to announce his new and upcoming leadership event: Be the 1. The event takes place in ...
10.18.2022 The Married Game with Keith Yackey \| Episode 177 Do you put the same focus and energy into your relationship as you do in other areas of your life? Do you feel responsible for any of the relationship struggles you may have? With so much going around us all ...
10.11.2022 Defining Your Identity with Adam Smith \| Episode 176 Who are you? What is your mission? What is your purpose? It may seem like a simple question, but it is surprising how many people never take the time to ask them! This week on Real Business Owners, Kale and ...
10.04.2022 'Til You Collapse with Brian Nabavi \| Episode 175 People have countless reasons why they give up on their passion. They have even more excuses why they fail. In this Episode Brian Nabavi, entrepreneur and Owner of Til You Collapse apparel brand shares his journey and explains you are ...
09.27.2022 Finding the Right Tools with Mike Kemski \| Episode 174 In this episode Trevor and Kale talk with Mike Kemski, a 3 time #1 bestselling author. Mike has shared the stage with some of the biggest names in the industry including Bob Procter, Marianne Williamson, Harv Eker, Mark Victor Hansen, ...
09.20.2022 The Power of Influence with Jeremiah Evans \| Episode 173 "The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse." -Edmund Burke In this week's episode of RBO, Kale and Trevor bring on Jeremiah "The Bull" Evans. They discuss power and the innate influence that comes with it. Jeremiah delves deep ...
09.13.2022 Recipe for Success with Bennett Maxwell \| Episode 172 From selling cookie dough for his school’s wrestling team, to a door-to-door salesman, to the owner of Dirty Dough (a fast-growing Utah cookie company) Bennett Maxwell is an entrepreneur who understands how to be successful. In this week’s episode of ...
09.06.2022 Standing out to Succeed with Peter Vekselman \| Episode 171 When you are an entrepreneur who is in an industry with a lot of other entrepreneurs, it can become really difficult to make yourself stand out in the crowd. How do you do it, and how do you make your ...
08.30.2022 Weird is the Way with Jeff Lerner \| Episode 170 Weird /wird/ adjective 1. suggesting something supernatural; uncanny. "the weird crying of a seal” noun ARCHAIC•SCOTTISH 2. a person's destiny. In this week’s episode of Real Business Owners, we are proud to re-introduce Jeff Lerner. Having appeared previously on the ...
08.23.2022 Focusing on Relationships vs Transactions \| Episode 169 Too many entrepreneurs or businesses focus on the money or just the transaction part of business. This narrow thinking causes them to ignore the fundamentals: customer service and relationship building, which actually act as multipliers when it comes to the ...
08.16.2022 Marketing Secrets with Sean Malone and Chris Baden \| Episode 168 Do you need to master the lost art of prospecting and sales? In this episode Sean Malone and Chris Baden share insights and wisdom that will provide hungry and ambitious entrepreneurs a recession proof growth system and unlock the secrets ...
08.09.2022 Bouncing Back \| Episode 167 What would you do if you were in a lawsuit that was draining you personally and financially and had the potential to destroy your business? Imagine that stress, but add to it the compounding effect of the pandemic lockdown. In ...
08.02.2022 The Importance of Acknowledgement \| Episode 166 Everyone wants to receive credit for the things they do, the hard work they put in, the amazing accomplishments that they have pulled off. People want to feel that their time and effort was worth it and that their work ...
07.26.2022 Combatting Complacency with Nick Rastopchin\| Episode 165 Meet Nick Rastopchin: early gym-goer, real estate owner, entrepreneur, and Russian born. Having moved to the United States when he was only a child, Nick has an unique perspective compared to the average American. In this week’s episode, Trevor, Kale, ...
07.19.2022 Setting the Bar \| Episode 164 Are you a good friend? Are you a good family member? Are you a good coworker? Many people would likely answer yes to all of these questions. The true answer, however, may surprise you. Everyone has good intentions, but not ...
07.12.2022 The Hunt Ends \| Episode 163 There are two kinds of people when it comes to businesses. There are starters: the people who are good at pulling an idea from nothing and making that idea happen. Then there are the finishers: the people who can take ...
07.05.2022 Talking Trash with Garett Larson \| Episode 162 Kale and Trevor talk to Garrett Larson, son of a hard working blue collar entrepreneur who taught Garrett the value of hard work. Garrett is the owner of Larson Waste from Snowflake Arizona and shares wisdom he has gained from ...
06.28.2022 Recession Proof Your Business \| Episode 161 The economy whispers to the business owner, "You can not withstand the storm." The business owner whispers back, "I am the storm." In this episode the guys talk about the elephant in the room. There are some things you can ...
06.21.2022 Victim vs Victor with Amanda Catarzi \| Episode 160 Everyone reaches a point in their life where they run into obstacles and setbacks. The difference though is how we choose to respond and overcome these obstacles. In this episode of Real Business Owners Podcast Kale and Trevor sit down ...
06.14.2022 How Humble Leadership Really Works \| Ep 159 Leaders are not defined by their title. They’re defined by what they do for the people who work for them. Your employees will succeed or fail on your watch. One of the best characteristics a leader can have is humility. ...
06.07.2022 The Roadmap to Money Freedom \| Episode 158 Most entrepreneurs start their business so they can have time and money freedom. The reality is that most business owners just end up becoming an employee to their own business. In this episode Kale Goodman shares the business and investment ...
05.31.2022 The Golden Handcuffs Handbook \| Episode 157 Obviously, no one wants to lose integral key players of the day-to-day operations of your business. One of the most common ways to avoid this is to pay them well and offer additional value compensation, but there are always risks ...
05.24.2022 Design Your Life By Choice \| Episode 156 There is so little time in the day, and yet there are hundreds of decisions to be made and options for you to consider. So how can you decide what life you want when your time is occupied by decision ...
05.17.2022 Doubling Down On Your Strengths \| Episode 155 Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. But while people can be insanely good at one thing and terrible at another, they also have the time and resources to to improve themselves on both accounts. In this episode of Real ...
05.10.2022 When Opportunity & Preparation Meet \| Episode 154 At 19 years old, Shane Brinkerhoff started his first company which would eventually lead him into becoming one of the founders of the digital marketing online revolution that was just beginning in 1995. This was before Facebook, Twitter or even ...
05.03.2022 Why Standards & Values Matter \| Episode 153 It is no secret that the world is steadily going down the proverbial toilet. The theories for why it is like this are countless, but at the end of the day it boils down to a simple fact: people today ...
04.26.2022 How We Succeed in a Partnership \| Episode 152 A business partnership is just like any other relationship. You get out of it what you put into it. You won't always agree, but you have to agree to always communicate in order to be successful. In this episode, Kale ...
04.19.2022 Living in 4D \| Episode 151 There are 4 disciplines in your life that when you devote time and effort will bring you immeasurable happiness and provide the means for a fulfilling life, but you must actively be working one each one in order to bring ...
04.12.2022 Tuning Into Yourselves \| Episode 150 Nowadays it seems like people are trying new things just because someone told them to do it. People see hyper successful individuals toting their own finely tuned routines and then they try to replicate it. But more often than not ...
04.05.2022 Hunting For Our Replacement \| Episode 149 In this episode, Trevor and Kale talk about the skill sets and demands required for a start up business vs the skill sets and demands that are required to run a business at $15 million. They open up about the ...
03.29.2022 What It Takes: Street Fighter & Custodian To Successful Business Owner \| Episode 148 Steve Pedrosa, owner and President of Triton Consulting Group, a Southern California commercial construction company that oversees K-12 school district facilities. In this episode we learn what it takes to come from being known as a scrappy scrappy street fighter ...
03.22.2022 Getting Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable with Yelesay Cholak \| Episode 147 The son of a Ukrainian immigrant, Yelesay was brought up knowing the value of hard work, but his desire to make an impact is what has fueled this 21 year old entrepreneur to get comfortable with being uncomfortable in an ...
03.15.2022 Facing Adversity with Douglas Mitchell \| Episode 146 It doesn’t matter who you are. You can be the poorest individual on Earth or you can be the most successful entrepreneur to ever live. Either way, no matter what you do or where you turn, you will always encounter ...
03.08.2022 Adapt or Die \| Episode 145 The world is constantly changing. From new technology, to marketing, to hiring, and to managing a business, the process of being a successful entrepreneur is ever evolving. The strategies and tricks business owners used 5-6 years ago may no longer ...
03.01.2022 Rising Up After Being Paralyzed Twice! With Matt Blanchard\| Episode 144 This is the inspirational journey of Matt Blanchard, an entrepreneur who had it all and then nearly lost everything in an instant when he became paralyzed in a car accident, not just once, but twice! Despite being paralyzed, getting hooked ...
02.22.2022 The Process of Getting Rich \| Episode 143 Everybody wants to know how to get rich, but no everyone wants to do the work to get rich. In this episode we will talk about our own personal experience on becoming successful. From delayed gratification to making the sacrifices ...

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