Growing your business is a journey and it involves a lot of steps and involves knowing when to bring in extra hands to help you grow. 

This is something that the latest Soar podcast guest, Jessica Vann, knows a lot about. She founded Maven Recruiting Group 12+ years ago and helps other budding entrepreneurs and small businesses recruit incredible people on their team to help their business grow.

In this episode Taylor and Jessica talked about

• Jessica's entrepreneur story and why she founded Maven
• How to know when to start a business, through Jessica's story
• Entrepreneurship as a destiny...and its challenges
• Balancing life as a "mompreneur"
• How to know when you need to hire an assistant

Follow along on her Podcast here  or find Maven Recruiting Group online on their website.

What if you could show up every day and own your own Badassery?  That is something that Kelly Young, the latest Soar podcast guest, helps people do every day. In this episode of Soar, Taylor Shanklin sat down with Kelly Young to talk about a couple of topics on badassery and branding:

• Kelly's journey as the host of the Badassery Life Podcast
• How do you build a brand?
• In an increasingly busy and digital world, how do you create intentional connection points?
• Kelly's recommendations on how to get out of your own way and build that badass brand you have been dreaming of

Follow along on her Podcast here Podcast (badasserylife.com) or find Kelly on LinkedIn.

L.A. Aguayo has severe hemophilia but he hasn't let it keep him down. His journey has been one full of challenges of living with hemophilia. However, he has used bodybuilding to find purpose in the pain.

In this episode, Taylor Shanklin sat down with L.A. to talk about his story and how he has overcome challenge. The two talked about how bodybuilding has helped him prove that people living with hemophilia can overcome challenge.

Follow along in his journey on Instagram: 𝙇.𝘼. 𝘼𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙮𝙤 🇲🇽🇺🇸 (@chronic_physique) • Instagram

And check out the #aimhigher campaign.

Previously aired on the Meet Maureen Facebook live series for Nonprofit Accidental Techies, in this episode of Soar, Maureen Wallbeoff interviewed Soar host, Taylor Shanklin.

We thought it was such a fun conversation on branding, that we asked Maureen if we could share it here on the Soar podcast.

Maureen and Taylor sat down to talk about:

• How to define brand
• What's the difference between brand and mission
• How to get specific in your branding

Check out Meet Maureen at The Accidental Techie with Maureen Wallbeoff on Facebook. Maureen hosts important tech topics every Friday at noon EST.

A lot of businesses aspire to be data-driven in order to make the right decisions to move their business forward.  But, that is often incredibly challenging. Plugging systems together and knowing what questions to ask can be a challenge.

In this episode of Soar, Taylor sat down with Nick Petros and Simon Stillwell at MyDash to talk about how they are solving this problem, and to share insight on the partnership between Barlele and Dash. We're solving these problems together.

Check out MyDash here.

Check out the Barlele Data-Driven Strategy eBook here, where Taylor's team talks about how to solve data issues that arise within a sales and marketing organization and how to get past the finger pointing.

Erik Jacobson had a life-changing experience when listening to a podcast, and he saw an opportunity for podcasts to help businesses grow their brand and reach.  So, he started a podcast company, Lemonpie, that helps companies get their podcast built and launched.

In this episode of Soar, Taylor sat down with Erik to talk about the ins and outs of podcasting, how to use the channel for growth and how to get started.

The two talked about:

• Using podcasting as a channel to build your brand
• How to get started
• Will Clubhouse app kill podcasting?
• Defining your podcast niche

Check out Lemonpie and Hatch, the companies that Erik founded and leads to help companies achieve their podcasting goals.  Meet Erik on LinkedIn.

Ian Adair is an author, TEDx speaker, Executive Director at Gracepoint Foundation, 3x nonprofit CEO and mental health advocate. His most recent book, Stronger Than Stigma, is a call to action to support those facing mental health challenges.

In this episode of Soar, Taylor sat down with Ian to talk about how to support mental health in today's climate of the COVID-19 pandemic. The two talked about:

• How to stop the stigma and get real about talking about mental health
• How to support employee's mental health
• How to cope with the current mental health crisis of the pandemic
• His most recent book and how it was published as a fundraiser for Gracepoint Foundation, an organization

Check out Ian's book, Stronger Than Stigma, and follow Ian on Instagram to learn more and get in touch.

Russ Somers is the VP of Marketing at TrustRadius where he focuses on "bringing truth to market." 

Russ has a wealth of knowledge in advising startups, mentoring other marketers, and repairing vintage guitars. As Russ puts it, "I work to teach my two young children how to succeed. Generally speaking, I try to make a difference in the world."
 
In this episode of Soar, the launch of Season 3, Taylor sat down with Russ to talk about:

• What it means to sell truth
• Why transparency matters in business and in marketing 
• The difference between sales and customers
• Other fun banter as Taylor and Russ caught up and shared some stories

Learn more about Russ and get in touch with him on LinkedIn or learn more about TrustRadius on their website.

Sabine Gedeon is a Speaker, Certified Life and Leadership Coach, and Author of Transformed, The Journey to Becoming.  As a Transformational Leader, she helps her clients identify and overcome their self-sabotaging behavior, take action towards the goals they really want to achieve, and unapologetically step into their leadership identity and power.
 
With a focus on personal growth, self-leadership, and professional development, Sabine aims to facilitate the transformation process for high-achieving, mission driven-leaders, so they can gain the Clarity, Courage, and Confidence needed to effectively lead themselves and others.

In this episode of Soar, Taylor sat down with Sabine to talk about:

• Her background and WHY as a transformation coach
• The idea that change is inevitable 
• Sabine's steps to coping with change
• Her latest book.

Learn more about Sabine Gedeon and get in touch with her on LinkedIn or on her website, Empowered by Purpose.

In this episode of Soar, Taylor sat down with conversion coach and entrepreneur, Chris Handy.

Chris is the co-founder and principal at ClosedWon, an agency that helps high-growth B2B SAAS companies maximize their conversion points.  Having sprung out on his own in 2012 when he founded ClosedWon, Chris has learned some lessons in entrepreneurship.

In this episode, Chris and Taylor talk about:

• Being curious
• How to work more efficiently as an entrepreneur. (You can't do it all by yourself.)
• Networking

Learn more about Chris on the ClosedWon  website, LinkedIn and get in touch with him at  [email protected]. Also follow along on his new  marketing channel, The Outlaws on Demand.