SharkPreneur

By Kevin Harrington & Seth GreeneBusiness Entrepreneurship Marketing Management

SharkPreneur episodes

October 10, 2017 Bob Fine
Robert Fine Founder & CEO VR Voice
In 2011 Robert launched the only printed magazine covering social media, The Social Media Monthly. In January 2014, he launched his second print title, The Startup Monthly. In May 2016, he launched VRVoice.co, a content vertical on all things virtual reality. In addition to his publishing endeavors, Robert continues to provide IT strategic planning consulting services to both the private sector and non-profit communities.

Robert was the Director of IT for International Operations at Conservation International (CI). Robert joined CI in 2000 to take responsibility for connecting all of CI’s thirty-five field offices to the Internet with broadband connectivity and a network connection to the CI headquarters in Washington, DC. During his 10 year tenure, he built an international staff of 25 IT professionals.
Robert has over ten years of additional work experience as a systems and sales engineer with various companies including CMGI, Hughes Network Systems, ioWave and Raytheon, as well as two of his own consulting companies: GeoPlan, Inc., and The Cool Blue Company. Robert has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Villanova University and a master’s degree in environmental science and public policy from Johns Hopkins University. He is currently pursuing his PhD at George Mason University and researching the linkages between investments in information technology and achieving conservation outcomes.

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23 min
October 04, 2017 Carl George, Chairman & CEO
Innovative entrepreneur engaged in building several successful companies over the past twenty years. Has pioneered the Champions League and leads the Gotham Ballers!
Champions League, Inc. is the developer of the Champions Basketball League and is a leading developer of professional athlete sports and marketing events. With over 4,500 professional athletes in the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL, the U.S. sees over 1,000 of these athletes leave their leagues every year. This group of former professional athletes are on average 26 years old and the most accomplished athletes in their sport. Along All Stars and Hall of Fame professional athletes we organize these athletes creating events in person and online that extend the athletes career and creates fan and younger athlete opportunities to connect.

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19 min
September 27, 2017 John Lee Dumas
John Lee Dumas is the host of Entrepreneurs On FIRE, an award winning Podcast where he interviews today's most successful Entrepreneurs 7-days a week. JLD has interviewed over 1400 Entrepreneurs and EOFire has over 1 million monthly listens. If you’re looking to accomplish your #1 goal in 100 days, John’s record setting Freedom Journal is for you!

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19 min
September 20, 2017 Andrew Dewey
Organiponic, Inc. (OS) is focused on designing manufacturing and marketing state-of-the-art vertical hydroponic systems superior to current systems in use in retail/home gardening and commercial agriculture. The company has developed nine (9) systems, each designed for a specific market with a primary focus of high produce yields of quality lettuces, greens, and herbs. Our primary focus in 2016 and 2017 will be our consumer systems.
Consumer Systems: OS has three systems designed for the home, (1) Kitchen Counter Garden – 14-16 plants, (2) Table-top Farm - 24 plants, and (3) Wall Garden - 12 plants. Each system has features specifically designed with the end-user in mind, namely low price, ease of use and clean-up, and low ongoing cost for seeds & nutrients, etc. allowing for approximately 75% savings on fresh quality produce. The OS systems are designed to utilize natural light (with available optional LED lighting components). OS systems are durable, long lasting systems constructed with few moving parts.

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18 min
September 13, 2017 Steve Weiss
Steve Weiss is an entrepreneur specializing in building Online Marketing Machines acquiring users at scale. His main skill sets lie in both the execution and the building/training of teams that execute high-level growth hacking and customer acquisition initiatives.
Over the last 2 years, he has invested most of his time on both Facebook Ads for eCommerce customer acquisition and building high volume sales lead generation funnels for B2B customer acquisition.

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21 min
September 06, 2017 Kevin Van Eekeren
Kevin Van Eekeren started off as a logistics officer in a SWAT team after studying Criminal Justice at Illinois State University. After two years in that position he started Fulcrum Tactical, a charity that specialized in training SWAT teams nationwide. He spent two more years as a logistic officer before leaving to pursue his business endeavors full-time. In 2011 he successfully transitioned Fulcrum Tactical to a for-profit company. He then started a farm! It is called Fulcrum Farms and it focuses on producing meat and eggs in an environmentally sustainable way. In 2015 he sold Fulcrum Tactical and started Fulcrum Investing, a venture capital fund investing in startups nationwide. In 2016 he started hosting a podcast called Startup Static which has a planned release date of mid 2017 with a bifurcated focus on both the startup world and topics that affect our world, not just business.

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19 min
August 30, 2017 Christina Eanes
Christina specializes in superachieving and it is her personal mission to help individuals achieve more in life. She accomplishes this mission through her company, Quit Bleeping Around, and has published a series of books as well as a podcast show, all of which can be accessed at www.quitbleepingaround.com.
Prior to small business ownership, Christina spent over fifteen years in public service with a police department in California and the FBI. During this time, she worked on a variety of programs including the FBI’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program where she analyzed serial homicide and sexual assault cases in conjunction with state and local law enforcement officials, and the FBI’s Leadership Development Program where she led a team of facilitators to improve and shift the management culture in the Bureau.
Christina has a B.S. and M.S. in Criminal Justice Leadership, an M.S. in Education with a specialization in Training and Performance Improvement, and is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC).

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16 min
August 23, 2017 Ron Carson
Ron Carson is Founder and CEO of the Carson Group, which serves financial advisors and investors through its businesses including Peak Advisor Alliance, Carson Institutional Alliance and Carson Wealth.
Peak Advisor Alliance gives financial advisors a coach, a plan and accountability to get organized so they can deliver results for their clients. Carson Institutional Alliance makes the complex simple for financial advisors by handling their marketing, compliance, technology, investment management and operations so they can grow their business. The financial advisors at Carson Wealth are just as good at explaining investments as they are at making them so clients fully understand what’s happening with their money at every stage of their financial journey.
Ron first began honing his core principles while working from his dorm room at the University of Nebraska in 1983: a tenacious focus on serving clients’ best interests; a relentless pursuit of excellence across every activity; and a burning desire to learn, grow intellectually and innovate. These driving principles enabled the Carson Group to grow to over $8 billion in assets under advisement, and have led Ron to receive countless accolades. He is continually ranked among the top advisors by Barron’s magazine and was one of only two independent advisors inducted into Barron’s inaugural Hall of Fame. Ron was named to Forbes list of America’s top wealth advisors, coming in at number 13 out of thousands of advisors. He’s also recognized by FinancialTimes and WealthManagement.com as one of the top RIA’s in the country.
Ron is one of the most celebrated and respected financial advisors in the industry — and is a sought after speaker, thinker and investment strategist. In the spring of 2012, Ron co-founded aRIA, a “think-tank” group comprised of six upstanding RIA firms and Advisor Growth Strategies, a consulting firm serving the wealth management industry. As a member of the Financial Advisor Council of CNBC, Ron also writes guest columns and provides a frontline perspective to the CNBC digital news team. In 2014, Ron joined The American College of Financial Services board of trustees, helping the industry by adding capacity and building our next generation of advisors. Ron’s academic credentials include being a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and a Chartered Financial Consultant. He holds Series 7, 24, 63 registrations through Cetera Advisor Networks and Series 65 through CWM, LLC.
Ron is also actively involved in the community. He and his wife, Jeanie, founded The Dreamweaver Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to fulfilling end-of-life dreams for seniors with terminal illnesses. He also founded the American Charitable Foundation – a foundation established for a more efficient disposition of charitable assets and served as a past President of the Child Saving Institute. He and Jeanie have served as Chairs for JDRF and helped the foundation raise over $1 million!
Ron has shared his success principles, as documented in his book, Tested in the Trenches, with audiences worldwide. Ron coauthored the New York Times best-selling book Avalanche, and the blueprinting process that goes with it. Together, these tools help advisors learn how to clarify their mission, vision and values by setting business and life goals. His most recent book, The Sustainable Edge, released in 2016, was written for business owners who are seeking a fuller, more rewarding work-life balance.
Ron and Jeanie reside in Omaha and have three wonderful children, two dogs and a cat. He enjoys spending time with his family, collecting and drinking wine, golfing, flying, pheasant hunting and he’s an avid Nebraska Cornhusker fan.

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20 min
August 16, 2017 Joseph Kashurba
Joe Kashurba started a freelance web design business when he was in high school and grew it into a digital agency with a world-class team and clients around the world. He went from building $300 websites to building $30,000 websites and managing 6-figure digital advertising budgets for some of the largest manufacturing and construction companies.

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19 min
August 09, 2017 Nathan Hirsch
Nathan Hirsch is a 28 year old serial entrepreneur who is an expert in hiring remote workers and eCommerce business. He co-founded his first company out of his dorm room in 2009 drop shipping products on Amazon.com and built it to sell over $20 million worth of products over 5 years. While scaling, Nathan discovered the power of outsourcing and ended up building an remote army of freelancers.

In 2015, Nathan co-founded and become the CEO of FreeeUp, an online hiring marketplace focused on connecting businesses with the top 1% of online workers in eCommerce, digital marketing, virtual assistance, and web development. The company has been growing at rapid paces (500%+ YoY) and has quickly become a top destination to hire online for over 2,500 businesses around the world.
Nathan has built his personal brand to be synonymous with online hiring and entrepreneurship through over 75 guest appearances on top podcasts: Entrepreneur on Fire with John Lee Dumas, Eventual Millionaire, and handfuls more. He continues to share his knowledge on building remote teams with everyone he comes in contact with and just recently joined the faculty at CEO Space.
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/FreeeUpMarketplace/

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21 min

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Welcome to the Sharkpreneur Podcast with Kevin Harrington and Seth Greene. Kevin Harrington is the inventor of the infomercial, one of the original sharks from the hit tv show shark tank, and has…