Rising Tide Startups

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups is Joe Valley, of Quiet Light Brokerage.  Joe is a serial entrepreneur, EXITpreneur, author, advisor, and partner at Quiet Light Brokerage, one of the leading online-focused M&A firms in the world. He has built, bought, and sold over a half dozen companies of his own, and has helped thousands of online entrepreneurs achieve their goals.

His most recent book, The EXITpreneur's Playbook is the first mergers and acquisitions book focused solely on online businesses. The book helps online entrepreneurs understand the real value of their business and reverse engineer a path to an eventual maximum value exit.

Gino Wickman, author of Traction and Founder of EOS call it "A must-read for online entrepreneurs"

Learn more at exitpreneur.io

and centurica.com

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups is Ryan Obernesser.  Ryan is the CEO of O.B. Training Inc., Gym Profits LLC, and creator of the Take Back Your Life 6 Week Challenge program. Over the last decade, Ryan and his wife Christina, have built O.B. Training into a specialty training facility that transforms the minds, body’s and lives of every adult that walks through their doors. In that time, O.B. Training has grown into a profit  machine. Churning out multiple 6-figures in profits each year despite being located in Utica, NY - a city Forbes named the third-worst place for small business and careers in the U.S. in 2015.

Learn more at:

ryanob.com

gymprofittakeoff.com

obtraining.com

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups podcast is Chris Godsall.  Chris is the President of iVirtual and former CEO and Founder of Triton Logging.

Learn more at iVirtual.com

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups is Bill Woolsey, founder of FiveTwo.  With decades of experience in starting and leading ministries, churches and networks, Bill now invests his life in men and women who want to reach people for Jesus in new, creative ways.  After serving congregations in the Midwest, he and his family planted CrossPoint Community Church in Houston, a congregation that led his denomination (LCMS) in baptisms for much of the 2000s. In 2009 he led the launch of FiveTwo, a network that helps men and women grow their God-given dreams into ministries and businesses that last.

Bill authored “Seven Steps to Start” a practical how-to start book written from a front-row seat of over 30 years of outreach experience. He and his wife of 34 years, Julie, have 3 children: Timothy, and his wife, Caitlyn; Abigail, her husband Nick and son, Ezra; and Samuel.

Website - fivetwo.com

Course - startnewcourse.com

We are excited to have a BOGO deal on the podcast today, with husband and wife team, Carrie Bohlig and Craig Clickner, founders of Tandem Consulting.  They are a Midwestern husband & wife duo, running their companies, teaching mindset from their book ‘So You Want to Start A Side Hustle’, having meaningful conversations on their podcast Tandem Talks, traveling the world doing keynotes & growing their non-profit Tandem Giving, focusing on advocacy adoption for older children without families. They are a team.

Their genesis began when a world-traveling, preschool teaching feminist met an admittedly analytical commercial banker. It was a beautiful collision of empath meets analyst. They realized that if they wanted to create an exceptional life, with choices and autonomy, they had to go out of bounds on the mainstream “go to school and get a good job” adage. Since they were not hardcore enough to quit their jobs and attempt to gut out a startup, they instead jumped into the world of moderate entrepreneurship, meaning they started their first wave of side hustles. Based on their vision they merged strengths/ personalities & entered the entrepreneurial jungle—together.

Learn more at - tandemconsulting.co

https://linktr.ee/tandemconsulting

http://tandemconsulting.co/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carriebohlig/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-clickner/

https://www.instagram.com/tandem.consulting/

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups is David Wachs.   David is a serial entrepreneur, David's latest venture, Handwrytten, is bringing back the lost art of letter writing through scalable, robot-based solutions that write your notes in pen. Developed as a platform, Handwrytten lets you send notes from your CRM system, such as Salesforce, the web site, apps, or through custom integration. Used by major meal boxes, eCommerce giants, nonprofits and professionals, Handwrytten is changing the way brands and people connect.  Learn more at Handwrytten.com

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups podcast is Bryan Clayton.  Bryan is CEO and cofounder of GreenPal an online marketplace that connects homeowners with Local lawn care professionals. GreenPal has been called the “Uber for lawn care” by Entrepreneur magazine and has over 200,000 active users completing thousands of transactions per day.

Before starting GreenPal Bryan Clayton founded Peachtree Inc. one of the largest landscaping companies in the state of Tennessee growing it to over $10 million a year in annual revenue before it was acquired by Lusa holdings in 2013.

Bryan‘s interest and expertise are related to entrepreneurialism, small business growth, marketing and bootstrapping businesses from zero revenue to profitability and exit.

Business Website - https://www.yourgreenpal.com/

Links:

http://linkedin.com/in/bryan-clayton

https://twitter.com/bryanmclayton

https://instagram.com/bryanmclayton

https://app.box.com/s/78xhkbustiwpd7cqnkyza0jknmpocq7k

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups Podcast is Karthy Chandra.  Karthy is the founder of Goalden Hour, a tech startup building a goal-driven productivity tool that empowers people to prioritize and plan for the truly important things. She has worked in product management & tech, and specializes in customer validation testing. She's passionate about education reform and sits on the board of Rooted School, a nonprofit laying the groundwork to close the wealth and skills gap for students in underserved communities. In her free time, she likes to bike, hike, dance, and travel.

Learn more at goaldenhour.com

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups is Paul Chambers, subscription box expert and founder of Subta.com. For over 20-years, Paul has built, scaled, and sold multiple subscription-focused businesses and today runs the largest conference and trade group focused on the DTC subscription space. An around-the-clock volunteer firefighter, husband, and father of four, Paul's passion for helping others is a central part of his character. From launching a SaaS company at SXSW to building one of the biggest brands in the subscription box economy, Paul has a handle on every aspect of a subscription-focused business and exactly how they succeed… and fail.

Learn more at subta.com

Our special guest this week on Rising Tide Startups is Jonathan Baktari, M.D.  When Dr. Baktari was arguably at the peak of his medical career, he saw an opportunity to try something new. Taking everything he’d learned as a doctor, medical director and educator, he launched two businesses—a vaccine clinic and drug-testing enterprise—that are driven by technology and designed for fast, customer-centric service. Now, as those businesses grow, he’s continuing to write his second career chapter as a health care CEO.

Learn more at  baktarimd.com