SharkPreneur

Unicorn Venture Partners

Jonathan Hung, Unicorn Venture Partners

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 848 Jonathan Hung

Jonathan Hung is a transformative Los Angeles angel investor and venture capital partner who believes in a bright future for businesses seeking to broaden their horizons in North America and Asia. One of the most active angel investors in Southern California, his mission is to drive value creation within each portfolio company. In support of this mission, he serves as Co-Managing Partner at Unicorn Venture Partners and Senior Venture Partner and Head of Due Diligence at Expert Dojo providing a hands-on approach to supporting companies by offering strategic expertise in operations management, finance, business development, multinational business strategy, entrepreneurship, networking, data analysis, and leadership.

Jonathan and his team target investments in US companies that have global market potential with a focus on long-term growth expansion to East Asian markets

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Jonathan Hung about Unicorn Venture Partners.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- Why Unicorn Venture Partners was created and how it all came together.

- How being a founder means raising money and trying to go from zero to one.

- Why you don’t even know what you have until you’ve raised and spent a million dollars growing a business.

- How you must get to a certain velocity if you want to exit your company successfully.

- Why founders should remember they are going to get many noes before someone says yes.

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@JonathanhungVC

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Sciential

Athens Ramseyer, Sciential Agency

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Kevin Harrington and Seth Greene Episode 847 Athens Ramseyer

Athens Ramseyer is the Founder of Sciential Agency, a neuromarketing agency staffing psychologists and neuroscientists with either doctorates and/or PH.D's in their field as project managers. It’s the world's first agency that requires to partner with charities and has an option to donate on their sites.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Athens Ramseyer about his company, Sciential.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How aligning celebrity endorsement power with advertising is beneficial.

- Why Sciential is looking to work with clients who want to make an impact in the health and medical field.

- How becoming successful allows you to focus on the purpose driven part of your work.

- Why Sciential mandates that every company they partner with be aligned with a charity.

- How biases play a part in framing the buyer’s behavior and journey.

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facebook.com/ScientialJournal

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/athens-ramseyer-marketing

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sciential.agency

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846: Beach Money

Jordan Adler, JordanAdler.com

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 846 Jordan Adler

At 34 years old Jordan Adler was living in an enclosed garage. His rent was $200 a month and he had 2 roommates. He carried $36,000 in Credit Card Debt and his job paid him $14,000 a year. Today he is one of the highest paid Network Marketers in the world. Jordan's best-selling book “Beach Money” has sold over 1 million copies and 100% of the profits of his book are donated to an organization that helps entrepreneurs in developing countries start small businesses through Microloans.

He has been featured in over 100 books and has been a guest on over 300 podcasts. He has spoken on stages with Richard Branson, Tony Robbins, Pitbull, and Eric Worre. Jordan splits his time between 2 mountain homes, a condo on the Vegas Strip and of course the beach! 

Six years ago, he decided to get his helicopter pilots license for fun. He is also scheduled to become the first network marketer to travel to space as part of Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic civilian space program.

Jordan’s believes a big dream and a will to work hard and never quit is the secret to success.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Jordan Adler about his book, Beach Money.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How quitting repeatedly robs you of lessons you would otherwise learn.

- Why not giving up on yourself could lead to success beyond your wildest dreams.

- How you should make your decisions based on what your committed to, not how you feel.

- How you can have a big bank account and a fancy lifestyle if you choose to persevere.

- Why it’s important to send a thank you card or a get-well card to your client.

Connect with Jordan:

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@BeachMoneyClub

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facebook.com/beachmoneyclub

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jordanadler.com

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845: MySquard – Disrupting Home Services , Matutu Nyabange, MySquard Inc

MySquard – Disrupting Home Services

Matutu Nyabange, MySquard Inc

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Kevin Harrington and Seth Greene Episode 845 Matutu Nyabange

Matutu Nyabange is an entrepreneur and business magnate. He is the founder, CEO, early-stage investor, CFO, and Product Developer of MySquard Inc; founder of One Care DC Inc, and co-founder of Prestige Health Care Inc. Nyabange is the the sole owner of One Care DC, One Care PA, One Care NC, One Care VA, Prestige Home Health Care Inc, and HoookedUP Inc.

Nyabange was born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and raised in Washington, DC. He briefly attended the University of Maryland but decided to pursue a business career, co-founding the web software company IT Services India with his colleague Dilip Patel. The startup later grew into other successful ventures such as HoookedUP Inc (a social media app) and MySquard Inc (an on-demand marketplace). Almost simultaneously, Nyabange co-founded One Care Inc, which has subsidiary branches and has grown into a multimillion-dollar franchise. In 2021, Nyabange assumed a full-time role as founder and CEO of MySquard Inc to dedicate all his time and resources to make the young company grow.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Matutu Nyabange about disrupting home services with MySquard Inc.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How the pandemic forced the service industry to pivot and change in new ways.

- Why it can be a delicate situation when you’re looking to partner with vendors while creating a user base.

- How it’s important for MySquard to support local businesses better than their giant competitors.

- Why your business can benefit from partnering with MySquard and how you can do that.

- How MySquard provides many at home services including beauty and cleaning.

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@mysquard_

Instagram

@mysquard_

Facebook

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LinkedIn

linkedin.com/company/my-squard

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mysquard.com

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844: Business Divorce, Jonathan Stemerman, Armstrong Teasdale

Business Divorce

Jonathan Stemerman, Armstrong Teasdale

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 844 Jonathan Stemerman

Jonathan Stemerman advises clients in a wide variety of complex litigation, transactional and insolvency matters. He concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate, commercial and bankruptcy litigation, as well as corporate transactions, workouts and restructurings.

Jon has represented clients in numerous corporate and complex commercial litigation cases in Delaware and Pennsylvania. He frequently litigates matters in Delaware’s Court of Chancery, including actions involving breach of fiduciary duty, business divorce, receiverships, and books and records requests. Additionally, he represents both plaintiffs and defendants in breach of contract actions and other complex commercial disputes in state and federal courts.

He regularly serves as counsel to debtors, creditors and trustees in a wide variety of bankruptcy matters. Jon often represents plaintiffs and defendants in preferential transfer and fraudulent conveyance actions. He also advises clients in bankruptcy matters involving the sale or purchase of assets, assumption and assignment of leases and contracts, and intellectual property issues. He also assists debtors and creditors in out-of-court restructuring and workouts.

Further, Jon represents startups and emerging companies in transactional matters, including entity formation, investment rounds and wind downs.

Jon also counsels clients on D&O insurance coverage matters, including issues surrounding the duty to defend, priority of payment, advancement and indemnification. He has defended entities in Delaware in bad faith denial of coverage and advancement actions.

A certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Jon leverages his skill set to provide cost efficiencies to his clients. He is also active in the American Bar Association, having held various leadership roles throughout his career.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Jonathan Stemerman about business divorce.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- Why it’s important to envision a way out of the business when you’re going into business with someone else.

- How business partners must reach out to a professional when they can’t agree on how to solve a dividing issue.

- Why compromises must be made during any merger or acquisition.

- How you must always read what you sign before you sign it.

- Why it’s important to be honest and up front with what you can provide your clients as an attorney.

Connect with Jonathan:

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@AT_Law

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facebook.com/ArmstrongTeasedaleLLP

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linkedin.com/company/armstrongteasdale

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armstongteasdale.com

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843: Marketing Online Courses , John Ainsworth, Data Driven Marketing

Marketing Online Courses

John Ainsworth, Data Driven Marketing

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 843 John Ainsworth

John Ainsworth is the CEO and founder of Data Driven Marketing. They help online course creators increase revenue by 4.86x on average. With 20 years’ experience in building funnels and a degree in Mathematics, John has conducted extensive data analysis of hundreds of millions dollars of online business to create the field of Strategic Funnel Optimization. Data Driven Marketing has proven this process by helping dozens of online course creators 2x - 5x their revenue, and directly drives several million a year in revenue.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with John Ainsworth about marketing online courses.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How using marketing funnels works well for businesses that have online courses.

- Why businesses need to have a system to get people from their audience to buy their course.

- How increasing the revenue per sale is the quickest way for business to get good results.

- Why creators need to have order bumps and upsells in place to be successful.

- How having the right email sequence leads to an increase and sales and making more money.

Connect with John:

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@DataDrivenMarketing

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facebook.com/datadrivenfunnels

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Courseprofitreport.com

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842: IBET – Capitalizing on the Sports Betting Industry , Jeffrey Kamys, Inherent Wealth Fund

IBET – Capitalizing on the Sports Betting Industry

Jeffrey Kamys, Inherent Wealth Fund

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 842 Jeffrey Kamys

Jeffrey Kamys has decades of experience working in the technology industry as well as the analytics field. Jeffrey is the Founder, Chief Investment Strategist & Portfolio Manager at Inherent Wealth Fund. Inherent Wealth Fund is the Investment Advisor to the IBET Sports Betting & Gaming ETF, the only actively managed sports betting & gaming ETF. The IBET ETF is a basket of stocks that represents the sports betting, casinos and gambling sector, including but not limited to: DraftKings, Penn National Gaming, Caesars, MGM and Wynn.

Jeffrey is the Founder, Creator & Owner of Dr. Stats Fantasy Sports. After an injury sidelined his dream of playing baseball, Jeffrey wanted to remain a part of the sport. He could no longer take the field, but he *could* use his knowledge to create a new business. Dr. Stats Fantasy Sports was officially established in 1996 and was a big pioneer of the fantasy sports industry. Initially starting as a "snail-mail" business, Dr. Stats became an early adopter of the "World Wide Web" and took its business to "the Interwebs."

Dr. Stats was the first website to offer fantasy sports players customized cheat-sheets. Finally, users could enter their own league's scoring system to produce information that would help them draft the strongest team for their individual league. Jeffrey created a suite of online tools for fantasy players to use to analyze player performance and value. Along with his business partner Whitney Johnson, Jeffrey Kamys established Baseline Investments in 2019. 

Jeffrey took his years of sports analytics to the world of stocks. Jeffrey's writing and analytical work has appeared prominently in hundreds of national publications. As a registered investment advisory, Baseline's goal is to assist its clients in making smart investment decisions. To accomplish this mission, Baseline Investments offers holistic, comprehensive advisory services to help clients prioritize and attain their life goals.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Jeffrey Kamys about using IBET to capitalize on the sports betting industry.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How investing in Inherent Wealth Fund is an investment in the growth of the sports online betting industry as whole.

- Why it’s important to be involved with and in love with what you are doing.

- How people will continue to do what you love even if the marketplace shifts.

- Why you should invest in something you are excited about and love.

- How the Cincinnati Bengals are the first team to file for a gaming license.

Connect with Jeffrey:

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@InherentWealth

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inherantwealthfund.com

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841: Brick Business Law , Kevin Brick, Brick Business law

Brick Business Law

Kevin Brick, Brick Business law

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 841 Kevin Brick

Kevin is the founder and managing partner of Brick Business Law. He serves as outside general counsel to numerous local and national businesses and litigates business-related issues. Kevin is recognized by the Florida Bar as a board-certified expert in business litigation. The Florida Bar rigorously evaluates the experience and competency of attorneys to determine board eligibility. There are less than 250 board certified attorneys in business litigation out of over 100,000 members of the Florida Bar.

Kevin is also Martindale AV-rated and has been recognized as a member of the Florida Legal Elite and as a SuperLawyer for several years. He is rated 10/10 by both Justia and Avvo. He was rated as one of the Top 100 "Bet The Company" Litigators in the nation in 2019. He is a former Hillsborough County prosecutor where he took over 100 cases to trial.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Kevin Brick about his firm, Brick Business Law.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How you must have a legal agreement in place when you go into business with others.

- Why focusing a specific niche can lead to a lot of referrals from other attorneys.

- How having a strong team leader is an important part of a successful business.

- Why it feels good to help small business owners succeed at what they do.

- How businesses should focus on the work they are both excellent at and passionate about.

Connect with Kevin:

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brickbusinesslaw.com

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Creative Guerilla Marketing

Mark Newsome, YouCanMarketOnlineNow.com

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 840 Mark Newsome

Mark Newsome (aka) Mr. Marketing is a small business marketing consultant as well as a cash flow generation strategist who specializes in using proven direct response marketing strategies and tactics, which help today's savvy small business owners and service providers uncover and monetize what they previously considered dead or greatly underutilized assets and or resources. So, they can unlock previously hidden, little known profit centers, which are currently buried within their current business or service.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Mark Newsome about creative guerilla marketing.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- Why business owners should work on their business not in their business.

- How people waste too much money on institutional marketing and advertising.

- Why business owners you must leverage relationships with their clients.

- How 50% of small business owners in America don’t have a static website and why that is a problem.

- How you have to have an online presence to attract the younger generations.

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Personal Branding at Work 

Divya Parekh

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 839 Divya Parekh

Divya Parekh, a 10-time #1 bestselling author combines her years of neuro-leadership, writing experience, and positioning coaching to help high-achieving business leaders uncover their potential, build confidence in their life's narrative, and create an executive presence so they get recognized as the trusted leader in their industry. The positioning helps them establish the authority and social proof to influence stakeholders and drive impact. Divya has coached thousands of corporate and business leaders to implement their vision and garner five and six-figure opportunities.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Divya Parekh about personal branding at work.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How relationships are the basis of everything, including in business.

- Why serving your relationships creates a path for impact and influence.

- How business owners should strive to be the sought-after expert in their marketplace.

- Why you must position yourself to be the trusted leader in your industry.

- How you must be clear on your offering through your messaging.

Connect with Divya:

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@coahcdivya

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facebook.com/divyaparekh.790

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linkedin.com/in/divyaparekh

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entrepreneur.divyaparekh.com

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