SharkPreneur

608: Crossing the Billion Dollar Mark on Amazon

Crossing the Billion Dollar Mark on Amazon

Shaahin Cheyene, Accelerate Intelligence

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 608 Shaahin Cheyene

Shaahin Cheyene is the founder of the brain nutrition startup Accelerate Intelligence (AI). He is also an award-winning business mogul, author, filmmaker, and inventor of Herbal Ecstasy, the nootropic that sparked the (100% legal) Smart Drug Movement.

His serial entrepreneurial career has spanned more than 30 years, earning over $350 Million. Shaahin’s Amazon products have outpaced Fortune 500 companies’ sales on the platform, selling millions of units worldwide. Many of these multimillion-dollar companies noticed, which led him to become one of the world’s most sought-after Amazon experts.

Shaahin’s Amazon sales approach for start-ups and Fortune 500’s is the same approach he uses to accelerate his own success: a mix of proprietary software, Amazon promotions, copywriting, Amazon ads and social proof. He excels in a variety of niche verticals and have grown brand success for Dr. Breus, Elissa Fisher Harris, Vitagene, KOR Water and many others. In addition to Amazon consulting, Shaahin gives talks on Amazon, Amazon branding, guerilla PR and product development.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Shaahin Cheyene about crossing the billion-dollar mark on Amazon.

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

●    How it’s not about the product, it’s about the distribution of the product.

●    Why not having to pay, pack, and ship, made it easier for people to make money.

●    How Amazon became the great equalizer by allowing small sellers to compete with publicly held companies.

●    Why speaking the language of the consumer they can beat out big brands.

●    How people need guidance and mentorship to be successful on Amazon.

Connect with Shaahin:

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@shaahincheyene

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@shaahincheyene

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Shaahincheyene.com

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Win at Work, Succeed at Life

Michael Hyatt, Michael Hyatt & Co.

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Kevin Harrington and Seth Greene Episode 607 Michael Hyatt

Michael Hyatt is the founder and chairman of Michael Hyatt & Co., which helps leaders get the focus they need to win at work and succeed at life. Formerly chairman and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, Michael is also the creator of the Full Focus Planner and a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of several books, including Free to Focus, Your Best Year Ever, Living Forward, and Platform. His work has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Inc., Fast Company, Businessweek, Entrepreneur, and other publications. Michael has been married to his wife, Gail, for more than forty years. They have five daughters, three sons-in-law, and nine grandchildren. They live just outside Nashville, Tennessee. Learn more at MichaelHyatt.com.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Michael Hyatt about winning at work and succeeding at life.

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

●    Why having a work and life balance is incredibly important for everyone.

●    How people need to define their wins in advance to achieve them.

●    How the new book focuses on five principles to free people from the ‘cult of overwork.

●    Why people can accomplish more when they work fewer hours.

●    How there are benefits to moving to a 6 hour work day.

Connect with Michael:

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@michaelhyatt

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@michaelhyatt

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michaelhyatt.com

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606: Building a White Label Agency Ken Knorr, That! Company

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 606 Ken Knorr

Ken Knorr is the CEO of That! Company, an Inc 500 business. At our Agency, we have one mission: to ensure that the client is happy. A happy client is a busy client. Nothing else matters. It just so happens it takes a lot of energy, dedication, confidence and leadership to develop creative, effective advertising campaigns with measurable results.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Ken Knorr about building a white label agency.

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

●    How business owners shouldn’t be afraid to pivot in order to grow their business.

●    What the difference between white label and private label companies are.

●    How using a white label service allows businesses to expand their offering without hiring more employees.

●    How That! Company is a white label service that will talk to your clients for you.

●    How That! Company will meet with your prospects and help you close a deal.

Connect with Ken:

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@kenknorr

@thatcompanycom

Instagram

@thatcompanycom

Facebook

facebook.com/thatcompanycom

LinkedIn

Linkedin.com/in/kknorr

Links Mentioned:

thatcompany.com/podcast

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605: Immigration Lee Sobieski, Berger, Berger, & Sobieski

Immigration

Lee Sobieski, Berger, Berger, & Sobieski

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 605 Lee Sobieski

Lee M. Sobieski, Esq. is a partner in the firm of Berger, Berger, & Sobieski, having been with the firm for a total of over six years. 

Mr. Sobieski graduated in 2010 from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law. He was admitted to the practice of law in New York State in 2011. He has practiced with the firm in the area of Immigration Law for a total of over six years. Mr. Sobieski practices all aspects of Immigration Law, including both Family-based and Employment-based visa applications, in addition to handling the bulk of the firm’s removal matters in the Federal Immigration Court.

In addition to being a member in good standing of the New York State Bar Association, and the Erie County Bar Association, Mr. Sobieski is also an active member of the Young Lawyers Section of the New York State Bar Association, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association, or AILA, for short.

Mr. Sobieski has also served regularly as a Volunteer / Pro Bono Attorney for the Volunteer Lawyers Project, on behalf of tenants appearing in front of Buffalo City Court, for eviction matters, since June of 2016. Additionally, Mr. Sobieski has given various presentations in the field of Immigration & Nationality Law at Buffalo State University, in Buffalo, New York, and has previously served as a Volunteer Evaluator for the first round of the February 2011 National Trial Competition, at Buffalo City Court, in Buffalo, New York. He has lived in the Buffalo area nearly all his life and is proud to call this area home.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Lee Sobieski about immigration.

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

●    How immigration law is federal and the same across the U.S.

●    How immigration is one of the few areas of law where you can genuinely help people.

●    How people dealing with immigration laws are not guaranteed council in court.

●    How immigration lawyers can help people who deserve to be here and can’t help themselves legally.

●    How there is family-based immigration and employment-based immigration.

Connect with Lee Sobieski:

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@bbimmigration

Facebook

facebook.com/BergerImmigration

Links Mentioned:

usavisa.net

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Coaching with Faith

Dana and David Hagstrom, DavidnDana.com

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 604 Dana and David Hagstrom

Dana and David Hagstrom help people just like you to succeed by learning how to be your own boss, build your home business, and enjoy your life. 

Maybe you're just curious. Maybe you've been burned in the past. Maybe you are like we were, stuck and ready to throw in the towel. How do we help? First, we listen and take time to understand you and your specific business.

With years of expertise as a pastor and paralegal, David & Dana bring you wisdom and integrity, as well as a level of compassion and attentiveness you'll not often find in this industry.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Dana and David Hagstrom about coaching with faith.

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

●    Why it’s important for people to define their target market.

●    How business owners often do things in the wrong order.

●    Why people need to know the foundational elements of owning a business.

●    How people need to know exactly how they are going to monetize their business.

●    How it all starts when you stop learning and start teaching others.

Connect with Dana and David:

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@davidghagstrom

@danahags

Instagram

@davidndana

Facebook

facebook.com/AskDavidnDana

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/davidhagstrom

linkedin.com/in/dana-hagstrom-global

Links Mentioned:

davidndana.com

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603: Replacing Tobacco and Saving Lives

John Friess, Metolius Hemp Company

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 603 John Friess

John Friess is focused on founding and building the marketability, viability and exit ability of idea and emerging stage startups. His career in this realm began in 1999 when he was a Marketing Manager on behalf of the VC backed kozmo.com, the $250M backed startup delivered convenience goods to your door in an hour. This role helped shape his thoughts on funding, brand and startup best practices.

Most recently in 2020, John joined on, Co-Founded and is the President of Metolius Hemp Company, a completely vertically integrated industrial hemp medicine (CBD, CBG, etc.) and consumer product company. The company was launched out of an organic industrial hemp farming company and was co-founded by family and friends who managed the hemp farms. As a company and brand Metolius believes ‘Medicine Is The Mission’ and the company develops, manufacturers and delivers first to market industrial hemp products to consumers to either ‘Reduce Or Replace Tobacco’. The company accomplishes this through launching the world’s first set of Canna Clubs, which deliver industrial hemp tobacco replacement products direct to consumers at the same price they were spending previously. The company ships to 46 of the 50 United States and has products within its line to replace cigars, cigarettes, dips and pipe tobacco.

John previously also served on the Board of Directors of the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, which provides resources and support to entrepreneurs throughout the state, and Incight, which provides education, scholarships, career support and empowerment to individuals with disabilities. He has also been angel investing in startups sine 2001, with ownership in 17 startups to date, and has sat as an advisor to a series of Starve Ups and non-membership startup companies since 2000. A graduate of the University of Oregon, John received a B.A. in Business Administration. 

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with John Friess about replacing tobacco and saving lives with hemp.

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

●    How organic CBD and CBG are used in Metolius Hemp products.

●    How Metolius Hemp provides a clean hit with 0 carcinogens or additions.

●    How Metolius Hemp will match the price that you spend on tobacco every month.

●    How cannabinoids work and why they are good for people.

●    How CBD does not get people high but still has all the health benefits of cannabinoids.

Connect with John:

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@metoliushemp

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602: Common Path to Uncommon Success John Lee Dumas, Entrepreneurs on Fire

Common Path to Uncommon Success

John Lee Dumas, Entrepreneurs on Fire

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Kevin Harrington and Seth Greene Episode 602 John Lee Dumas

John Lee Dumas is the founder and host of Entrepreneurs On Fire, an award-winning podcast where he interviews inspiring entrepreneurs to help YOU along your entrepreneurial journey!

If you’re tired of spending 90% of your day doing things you don’t enjoy and only 10% doing things you love, then you’re in the right place. JLD goal with Entrepreneurs On Fire is to deliver the inspiration and strategies you need to FIRE UP your entrepreneurial journey and create the life you’ve always dreamed of.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with John Lee Dumas about his book, Common Path to Uncommon Success.

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

●    Why some people think the path to success is hidden or complicated.

●    How successful people became prosperous by making the same moves.

●    Why people must have the right mindset to become entrepreneurs.

●    How it’s important for entrepreneurs to hire the right people for help.

●    Why your right mentor is someone who is currently where you want to be.

Connect with JLD:

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@johnleedumas

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@johnleedumas

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linkedin.com/in/eofire

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601: Prepared Marketing David Baer, ThePreparedGroup.com

Prepared Marketing

David Baer, ThePreparedGroup.com

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 601 David Baer

David Baer is a veteran direct response marketer who started his career selling classical music subscriptions online at the dawn of email marketing. Since then, his copy and strategic guidance have earned his employers and clients millions in sales. Through his consulting work, David has served clients in industries ranging from Theater & Opera to Wine to Health & Wellness to Professional Services. David, along with his partner Ken Cook, run the marketing strategy firm, The Prepared Group, and they are the co-authors of “Systematic Advisor Marketing: How Financial Advisors Can Strategically Attract, Convert, & Retain More Clients."

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Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with David Baer about prepared marketing.

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

●    How the system businesses use buy and sell marketing is broken.

●    Why businesses need to be informed about their marketing options.

●    How businesses must work on their backend to accommodate more sales.

●    Why businesses need consulting for their marketing strategy.

●    How introducing practical direct response marketing to a different arena makes it feel new.

Connect with David:

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Links Mentioned:

breakthroughadvertisingbook.com

thepreparedgroup.com

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600: Infinite Income Tanner Chidester, FitWarrior.com

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 600 Tanner Chidester

Tanner Chidester is an American fitness coach, entrepreneur, and former fashion model. A NESTA certified trainer, he is the founder of Texas-based FitWarrior.com and FitnessCEOs.com.

In 2018, aged 26, he founded Fit Warrior (FitWarrior.com), a Houston, Texas-based health and fitness training firm. With the help of social media and word-of-mouth, the business shot up rapidly and by the summer of 2019, he had over 30 employees. The success of Fit Warrior led him to found his third company, Elite CEOs (FitnessCEOs.com,) a business that teaches other fitness industry entrepreneurs how to build and scale their ventures.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Tanner Chidester about his book, Infinite Income.

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

●    How it can take years of perseverance to become successful as an entrepreneur.

●    Why it’s so important to know what to say and how to say in when making a sale.

●    How it’s more difficult to make money off of fitness because it’s a low-ticket offer.

●    Why running ads through Facebook messenger allows people to objection handle and make sales.

●    How Infinite Income provides tactical teachers entrepreneurs can use to succeed.

Connect with Tanner:

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@Tanner_Fitness

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@tanner.chidester

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LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/tannerchidester

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– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 599 Kelly Alexander

Kelly Alexander is the founder of Great American Tax Remedy, which empowers American taxpayers like you to liberate themselves from federal and state income taxes through powerful, little known banking laws that anyone legally working in the private sector-United States, can leverage. Wanting to understand and become a more empowered citizen, Kelly embarked on a quest that, after a decade of research and some painful dealings with the IRS, led her to uncovering secrets of the tax system and banking laws. What she unexpectedly discovered was a legitimate way to opt out of today’s usurious and misleading tax system. Sharing those discoveries and empowering others to apply them correctly is now her life’s calling.

Kelly is the author of a soon to be released upcoming book  From Fear To Freedom–Liberation From The U.S. Income-Tax System and has helped small business owners, W-2 wage earners, doctors, investors etc. cut their taxes by tens of thousands of dollars — legally — without complicated strategies, or scrounging for new deductions, while at the same time lowering the US national debt.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Kelly Alexander about the Great American Tax Remedy.

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

●    How we aren’t taught that our tax system and banking system are interwoven.

●    How federal reserve notes are not subject to the income tax.

●    How federal reserve notes can be redeemed at the federal reserve in lawful money.

●    How people can get federal reserve notes by saying it’s their preferred payment method.

●    How to deposit your money into your bank account as a federal reserve notes.

Connect with Kelly:

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mytaxremedy.com

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