Mike Michalowicz is the Founder of Profit First Professionals and Obsidian Launch. He is the author of Profit First, Fix This Next, The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, Clockwork, Surge, and The Pumpkin Plan. By his 35th birthday, Mike had founded and sold two companies, one to private equity and the other to a Fortune 500 company. He is currently running his third multimillion dollar venture.

Mike is also a prolific speaker and author, and he was also a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal and a former business makeover specialist on MSNBC. Over the years, he has travelled the globe speaking to thousands of entrepreneurs.

In this episode, Mike Michalowicz talks about his new book, Fix This Next, the lessons he has learned along his entrepreneurial journey, and what his business hierarchy of needs model is all about.

Sam Lundin is the Founder and CEO of Vimbly Group, which invests in and grows technology-enabled companies. The company consists of 9 business units and operates a portfolio of businesses where it has contributed its IP and is responsible for technology strategy and infrastructure. He also manages Vimbly.com, which shows available times for thousands of local activities, date ideas, and things to do that can be booked directly with the best price guarantee.

Sam graduated from Cornell University with a BS in Applied Economics & Management. He is a former investment banker and has been featured in both print and television media such as Fox News, Bloomberg, CBS, and Business Insider. Before launching Vimbly, he was a tech investor at Perry Capital, and a technology investment banker at Lazard specializing in mergers and acquisitions.

In this episode, Sam Lundin talks to John Corcoran, host of the Smart Business Revolution Podcast, about his transition from investment banking to tech and entrepreneurship, his reasons for diversifying into different types of businesses, and he also shares his experience with being infected with COVID-19.

Russ Rosenzweig is the Founder and CEO of Round Table Group, a company he founded as a senior at Northwestern University. Round Table Group is an expert witness search and referral company that helps connect lawyers with expert witnesses in all fields. Russ grew and sold the business to a publicly-traded company but bought it back a couple of years later.

Russ is also a speaker and seasoned mediator who is very good at resolving sticky business disputes. He is an MBA graduate of The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Northwestern University.

In this episode, Russ Rosenzweig talks about creating his expert witness services company as a senior in University, his strategies for managing through a recession, and how he helps in resolving disputes.

Abe Crystal is an expert in online coursework. He is the co-founder of Ruzuku, a software company that makes it ridiculously easy for passionate experts to create, host, sell, and teach online programs. Ruzuku was built from the ground up with a focus on streamlining the course creation process.

Abe has a degree in Economics from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in Human Computer Interaction.

Taylor Trusty is the CEO and Co-founder of Signal Insights, a competitive intelligence software platform. He is an entrepreneur, speaker, and strategist, and he has started several companies, most notably Blackstone Media, which is a digital creative and marketing agency that helps brands such as Toyota Material Handling, Sonoma-Cutrer / Brown-Forman, Mercer, PetFirst Pet Insurance, and others to grow their businesses online. He later sold Blackstone Media in 2018.

Taylor currently lives in New York but he is originally from Kentucky where he was named Emerging Entrepreneur by The Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame.