SharkPreneur

588: Leading in Uncertain Times Cara Macklin, Caram

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 588 Cara Macklin

Cara Macklin is a creative thinking entrepreneur and business success coach. She grew up in her family business and opened her first business at 15. She spent 15 years as director of a multi-award-winning healthcare and hospitality group, growing from 200 employees to over 600 during this time. She gained in-depth experience of the highs and lows, the growing pains and the successes that come with scaling a business in a tough industry.

Cara’s passion is constantly growing businesses through a creative culture and methodology to develop the best people who are inspired to deliver growth. Through her experience and understanding my unique purpose, she envisioned a new model of elderly healthcare creating NI’s first lifestyle care home, ‘Milesian Manor.’ Having also worked in Marks and Spencer’s Food Trend Studio in London, Cara’s passion has always been how to think creatively and do things differently to grow and succeed.

In today’s world of uncertainty, speed of change, complexities and volatility, Cara believes the ability to think creatively, adapt quickly and be flexible are crucial. As a professional coach and business mentor Cara runs her company, Caram, where she combines her entrepreneurial experience with coaching. She developed her unique creative methodology, helping leaders and businesses strengthen their creative ability, think differently and achieve powerful change. She has been recognized for her work, being named an IoD finalist for Director of Innovation, NI Top 40 under 40, Women in Business Young Businesswoman of the Year and Women in Business Outstanding Innovation. 

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Cara Macklin about leading in uncertain times.

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

●    How businesses need to build a culture and ideation of creative thinking.

●    Why it’s important to be able to lead a team in a new-age non-traditional way.

●    How the entrepreneurs who are going to be the most successful have a growth mindset.

●    Why people get the best ideas when they ask the right questions of their team.

●    How great leadership leads to greater successes.

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@macklincara

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facebook.com/cara.macklin.79

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/caramacklin

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https://www.caram.org.uk/sharkpreneur

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587: CapitalCon Brad Blazar, The Art of Beliefology

CapitalCon

Brad Blazar, The Art of Beliefology

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Kevin Harrington and Seth Greene Episode 587 Brad Blazar

Brad Blazar is effective sales leader who over a decade ago set out on a mission to compile stories from his prior business experience as founder & CEO of a small oil company and the encounters from meetings and speaking events with some of the worlds best leaders in sports, business, and politics. He is the founder The Art of Beliefology - believing that you have the power to change your beliefs and your future.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Brad Blazar about the event CapitalCon.

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

●    How CapitalCon will address the problems entrepreneurs face when attracting capital.

●    How CapitalCon will have some high caliber presenters that entrepreneurs can learn a lot from.

●    How CapitalCon will teach entrepreneurs how to be smart with their money.

●    How CapitalCon will help entrepreneurs create credible pitches that make sense.

●    How CapitalCon will teach entrepeneurs how to bring their pitch to a successful closure.

Connect with Brad:

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@blazar_brad

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@bradblazar

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bradblazar.com/capitalcon

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586: StandOut Authority Joshua B. Lee, StandOut Authority

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 586 Joshua B. Lee

Joshua B. Lee is an entrepreneur, business owner, author, coach, marketer and a very blessed husband and father. People call him “The Dopamine Dealer of LinkedIn” and he’s proud of that nickname.

In 2003 he built his career in online marketing with clients like MySpace and Google with advertising spends of over half a billion dollars, which generated over 35 trillion online impressions for these companies. He’s been lucky enough to build 16 companies in his career from online marketing to coaching to web design and more.

His real passion is creating lasting, meaningful and most importantly authentic HUMAN relationships. He’ll show you how to do exactly that using LinkedIn, a business-centric professional platform. He created StandOut Authority so he can work with entrepreneurs like you to help you humanize your professional or company brand on LinkedIn using authentic, inspirational engagement with your clients or audience.

Joshua genuinely believes there is NO B2B or B2C just H2H – human to human connections, and he wants to show you how to do exactly that!

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Joshua B. Lee about StandOut Authority.

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

●    How the best way to connect with people is through personal engagement.

●    Why there is a huge difference between traffic and true engagement.

●    How businesses need to create true engagement and connect instead of sell.

●    How LinkedIn doesn’t want businesses and people to use automation.

●    Why trust is so important between businesses and their clientele.

Connect with Joshua:

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@thejoshuablee

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@thejoshuabelee

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facebook.com/thejoshuablee

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/joshuablee

Links Mentioned:

joshuablee.com

Standoutauthority.com

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585: Cosmic Entrepreneurship Yanik Silver, Maverick 1000

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 585 Yanik Silver

Yanik Silver has been called a Cosmic Catalyst, a Maverick Mischief-maker and a Galactic Goofball. He redefines how business is played in the 21st century at the intersection of evolutionary growth, impact and fun. Yanik is the creator of the Cosmic Journal, author of Evolved Enterprise and the founder of Maverick1000, a global collective of visionary entrepreneurs making a serious difference in the world, without taking themselves too seriously. In fact, it’s not unusual to find him dressed as a lemur, a showgirl or even in matching mermaid tails with Sir Richard Branson.

Yanik believes we all have our own “Cosmic Alarm Clock” that goes off at exactly the right time to fulfill our destiny of greatness. It starts as a whisper, a small voice that gets louder and louder until you either answer it or hit snooze. He has spent his life exploring that connection of head, heart and highest purpose….with his colored pens in hand. It might have all started when he snuck out at the age of 5 to buy markers—only to catch the wrong bus home and end up at the police station. (Undaunted, his love of doodling and exploring still continue to this day!)

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Yanik Silver about cosmic entrepreneurship.

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

●    Why entrepreneurs need a real why and a real reason to start their business.

●    How one entrepreneur can change an industry, but 1000 entrepreneurs can change the world.

●    Why entrepreneurs need to evolve and listen to their cosmic alarm clocks as they grow.

●    How taking the next step for entrepreneurs requires inner knowledge and trusting themselves.

●    Why people should incorporate the things that they love into their business.

Connect with Yanik:

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@yaniksilver

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@yaniksilver

Facebook

facebook.com/YanikSilverFans

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/yaniksilver

Links Mentioned:

cosmicjournal.com

evolvedenterprise.com

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584: Predictable Success Les Mckeown

Predictable Success

Les Mckeown

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 584 Les Mckeown

When it comes to business growth, Les McKeown has ‘been there, done that’. After starting more than 40 companies in his own right, Les became the co-founder of an incubation consulting company that advised on the creation and growth of literally hundreds of organizations worldwide, with at its peak 13 offices in 7 countries worldwide.

Now Les advises CEOs and senior leaders of organizations on how to achieve scalable, sustainable growth, speaks to Fortune 500 companies about his breakthrough strategies, is one of Inc.’s top contributing authors. He is also the author of three books on growth leadership, one a Wall St Journal and USA Today bestseller, and a much-in-demand public speaker.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Les Mckeown about his book, Predictable Success.

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

●    Why business owners need a strong sense of self-awareness.

●    How there are repeating patterns that occur that people can learn from.

●    Why leaders have to shift their leadership style in each phase of growth.

●    How switching the leadership style can be difficult for some people.

●    Why businesses need to recognize that systems and process are fundamental to growth.

Connect with Les:

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@lesmckeown

@PredSuccess

Instagram

@predictablesuccess

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facebook.com/predictablesuccess

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/lesmckeown

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predictablesuccess.com

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583: SuperWorld Hrish Lotlikar

SuperWorld

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 583 Hrish Lotlikar

Hrish Lotlikar is a Co-founder and CEO at SuperWorld, the Virtual World in Augmented Reality mapped onto the real world. Previously, he co-founded Rogue Initiative Studios, a Hollywood film, TV, gaming, and immersive entertainment studio. He was also the founding Managing Partner of Eastlabs, an early-stage VC fund based in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Previously, Hrish was a Senior Business Developer and Global Evangelist at Toptal (backed by Andreessen Horowitz, the Rockefellers & the co-founders of Facebook and Zynga), a venture capital investor at Spencer Trask Ventures, and an investment banker at both UBS Investment Bank and HSBCSecurities, where he specialized in public finance, corporate finance and M&A. He also was an Associate in the Global Business Development Group at management consulting firm Hewitt Associates.

Hrish was born in India and grew up in the United States. He also has spent many years living around the world in Europe, Asia and South America. He has a close connection to the people and cultures in Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Spain, France, Vietnam, China, Colombia, Bali and Thailand.

Hrish holds a BA in Political Science from Rice University and both an MBA and MPH from University of Illinois at Chicago. In his free time, he enjoys working out, fashion photography and traveling the world.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Hrish Lotlikar about SuperWorld.

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

●    How people can share their personalized real world in AR with SuperWorld.

●    How people and businesses can place easter eggs in the infinite worlds.

●    How people can buy blocks in SuperWorld and a share the commerce that happens there.

●    How people will eventually be able to create digital assets and sell them in SuperWorld.

●    How virtual worlds allow for a lot of monetization potential through many different avenues.

Connect with Hrish:

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@hrishlotlikar

@superworldapp

Instagram

@hrishlotlikar

@superworldapp

Facebook

facebook.com/superworldapp

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/hrishlotlikar

linkedin.com/company/superworldapp

Links mentioned:

Superworldapp.com

therogueinitative.com

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582: DropFunnels Jordan Mederich, DropFunnels

DropFunnels

Jordan Mederich, DropFunnels

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Kevin Harrington and Seth Greene Episode 582 Jordan Mederich

Jordan “Jordo” Mederich is the founder of one of the fastest growing marketing platforms online, DropFunnels. Garnering attention from top entrepreneurs and marketers online, DropFunnels is the world’s first and only tech-free platform to easily build your entire website, blog, sales funnels, SEO-powered blog, courses, and more. Built on the world’s most powerful and fast infrastructure, Wordpress.

Jordan is passionate about innovative and disruptive advertising tools and strategies, building company cultures, and investing and innovating on the future of marketing. Heal ways brings humor, insight, and tremendous value to every interview and speaking opportunity.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Jordan Mederich about the tech-free online marketing platform, DropFunnels.

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

●    How DropFunnels allows people to build sales funnels on Wordpress in a day.

●    Why DropFunnels integration with Wordpress brings in built in SEO capability.

●    How DropFunnels is reinventing Wordpress by making their code available to anyone.

●    Why it’s important to have a high google ranking that you gained organically.

●    How hungry beginners can succeed by using DropFunnels.

Connect with Jordan:

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@dropfunnels

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facebook.com/dropfunnels

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/jordanmederich

Links Mentioned:

dropfunnels.com

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581: Voices David Ciccarelli, Voices.com

Voices

David Ciccarelli, Voices.com

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 581 David Ciccarelli

David Ciccarelli is the CEO and founder of Voices, the online marketplace that connects businesspeople with professional voice over talent. The unique blending of his audio-engineering background with self-taught business savvy and website development afforded David the creative freedom to pursue his passion for innovation during the first dot com boom, the result of which catapulted him onto the scene as a pioneer in his field in the early 2000s.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with David Ciccarelli about his online marketplace of voiceover talent, Voices.

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

●    How there is a demand for professional and aspiring voice talent.

●    Why a simple domain name can lead to a lot of organic traffic.

●    How trends are always changing for voice over artists.

●    Why people should pick one or two forms of marketing and master them.

●    How voice over artists were impacted by the pandemic.

Connect with David:

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@voices

Instagram

Facebook

@voices

facebook.com/voices

LinkedIn

linkedkn.com/company/voices-com

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voices.com

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580: Law of Attraction Andrew Kap

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 580 Andrew Kap

Andrew Kap holds one goal above all others through his various projects: Genuine and Sustainable Impact. His latest offering, The Last Law of Attraction Book You’ll Ever Need To Read offers readers a never-before-seen understanding of the topic — that no other “Law of Attraction” book has ever been able to do — by going the extra mile of finally addressing WHY people who get excited about trying it still can’t manage to get in the habit of using these methods for just five minutes a day. 

The book has enjoyed continued success, including hundreds of 5-star rave reviews, #1 Best Seller status in multiple categories on Amazon, and a growing YouTube channel devoted to it.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Andrew Kap about his book, The Last Law of Attraction Book You’ll Ever Need To Read.

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

●    Why action needs to be inspired for it to be effective.

●    How entrepreneurs are good at getting in their own way.

●    Why engaging in gratitude brings about inspirational ideas.

●    How entrepreneurs shouldn’t force themselves do things they don’t want to.

●    Why the ego doesn’t want people to risk giving up their status quo.

Connect with Andrew:

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lastlawofattractionbook.com

youtube.com/andrewkap

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579: Pure Portfolios Nikolaas Schuurmans

Pure Portfolios

Nikolaas Schuurmans, Pure Portfolios

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 579 Nikolaas Schuurmans

Nikolaas Schuurmans founded Pure Portfolios with a vision to create a new client centric experience. He believes in raising the standards professional conduct within financial services. Nik shares his passion for investor rights, higher ethical standards, and financial markets through his weekly blog. Nik has been quoted in Investor’s Business Daily, Portland Business Joural, WSJ, ETF.com, and Finacial Advisor Magazine.

He most recently held the position of Portfolio Manager at U.S. Trust Bank of America Private Wealth Management. Nik earned a B.A. in Finance from Washington State University and earned the right to use the CFA designation. Nik has served as an adjunct finance professor at Washing State University Vancouver campus.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Nikolaas Schuurmans about financial advisors using a client centric experience.

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

● Why more transparency and less cost are good for the investor.

● How many investors need to look internally and optimize what they can control.

● Why taking an upside fee for outstanding performance could incentive excessive risk taking.

● How fee tiers make advisors manage their assets much better.

● Why negative market outliers are not an outlier in investment management businesses.

Connect with Nik:

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@pureportfolios

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facebook.com/betterinvestoroutcomes

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pureportfolios.com

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