Spark To Fire Podcast

Founder & CEO of Hook Agency, Tim Brown, drops in with Landon to discuss his passion for SEO, the risks and fears of entrepreneurship, and the importance of processes in a business. 

Tim and Hook Agency continue championing small businesses and helping them drive more traffic and get better leads with Google Ads and web design. He is also the GOAT of creating roofing memes.

Be ready to get HOOKed on this episode! 

Enjoy the show & Keep Striking! 

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Episode Resources:

HOOK Agency | https://hookagency.com/

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This show is produced by Grindstone.

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Sunny Han Founder and CEO of Fulcrum, joins Landon to talk about how a particular video game prepared Sunny to run his own business.

Sunny attributes much of his random knowledge to getting mononucleosis as a child. His mom locked him in a room and all he had was his dad’s World Book Encyclopedia, so he read every single word from A to Z. This sparked his mind to ingest anything he could get his hands on.

The curiosity Sunny has for learning has helped him develop a fast-paced business and continues to grow Fulcrum today.

Enjoy the show and keep striking!

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This show is produced by Grindstone.

Interested in starting a podcast? Visit grindstoneagency.com/podcasting to learn more.  

SPARK Business Works President and CEO, Bob Armbrister, sits down with Landon to discuss SPARK's business growth, successes, and failures that come with entrepreneurship.

After receiving an MBA from Haworth College of Business at Western Michigan University, Bob served on leadership teams for numerous organizations over the last decade. Throughout his career, his drive to influence and create significant advancements in efficiency, productivity, and accountability has made him the leader he is today. 

Using a business-first approach to custom software, Bob has led SPARK to serve hundreds of clients. His experience as a CIO at a national construction management firm led him to implement “The SPARK Way” — an approach of practical innovation that helps business leaders build tech that actually gets adopted.

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This show is produced by Grindstone.

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Bryan Clayton, Co-Founder and CEO of GreenPal, connects with Landon on how GreenPal came to fruition, Organic SEO, and the delegation of stewardship versus abdication. GreenPal has been called the “Uber for lawn care” by Entrepreneur magazine. 

Bryan’s entrepreneurial mindset started at a young age by being forced by his dad to go cut the neighbors yard. After this, he just ran with it. In a 15-year period, he took that one yard and created one of the largest landscape companies in Tennessee. 

Bryan‘s interests and expertise are related to entrepreneurism, small business growth, marketing, and bootstrapping businesses from zero revenue to profitability and exit. GreenPal currently has over 100,000 active users who transact on their platform every single day. 

Enjoy the show & Keep Striking! 

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This show is produced by Grindstone.

Interested in starting a podcast? Visit grindstoneagency.com/podcasting to learn more.  

Founder and CEO of Exodus, JP Richardson, joins Landon to talk about his discovery of cryptocurrency, the journey he took to bring Exodus to life as a company, and his thoughts on web3. Being a technical magician, he has published over 200 open source libraries and has written code in use by Bitcoin and cryptocurrency software on the web today.

In 2012, JP wanted people to have an easy way of exchanging and storing Bitcoin. This led him to starting his own business called Coinbolt. The company was lacking in creative design and only lasted a little over a year. This would help JP in the end though as it introduced him to Exodus Co-Founder Daniel Castagnoli. 

JP currently resides in Nebraska and spends his time building software that utilizes Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to bring liquidity and speculation to alternative markets.

Enjoy the show and Keep Striking!

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This show is produced by Grindstone.

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Ashton Shanks, aka "The Savage Media Buyer" speaks with Landon about his marketing journey, how the Hemon Media Group started, and the ministry of business.

Forced into maturity at an early age, Ashton embarked on his marketing journey as a 16-year-old and quickly rose to the position of Marketing Director.

Today he sits as the CEO of Hemon Media Group, and  is building an empire in the digital marketing world with no intention of slowing down. 

Enjoy the show and Keep Striking!

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This show is produced by Grindstone.

Interested in starting a podcast? Visit grindstoneagency.com/podcasting to learn more.  

John Madsen, a former NFL player, talks with Landon about achieving his childhood dream, creating a winning culture and his core beliefs. He is the CEO and Founder of Supra Human Inc. and the host of his own podcast, "THE SHOW".

Born and raised in Utah, John had a single goal in life -- to become a professional athlete. From not playing a down of football in high school to becoming a tight end in the NFL, John exemplifies what a winning mentality is all about.

Living in Scottsdale, Arizona, John teaches high-performing teams and individuals how to automatically execute championship behaviors in order to achieve championship results. The SUPRA HUMAN mission is to teach high-performance behavior and mindset for people who wish to reach their full potential.  

Make sure you have a helmet nearby because you’re going to want to run through a wall after listening to this! 

Keep Striking!

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In today's Spark To Fire episode, our guest discusses how to increase profits, increase productivity, and decrease problems. Capacity Architect Scott Ritzheimer talks with Landon about his past entrepreneurial ventures, the book “Predictable Success”, and what it’s like to hit “whitewater” in a business. Scott serves as the CEO of Scale Architects and is the Founder of Eight Figure Focus.

Before predicting his success, Scott had been all over the country. He was born in California, grew up in Pennsylvania and attended school in Kansas City. He was faced with the challenge of running his own business at the age of 20. Scott has helped launch over 20,000 businesses and nonprofits. He now lives in Atlanta and continues to travel across the country speaking to and consulting with founders, CEOs, and their teams to help them grow and scale their businesses. 

As Scott mans the sails, prepare yourself as we get ready for this voyage across Whitewater and predicting your success! Keep Striking!

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This show is produced by Grindstone.

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The one and only “The Guru’s Guru” Rich Schefren joins Landon to talk about his journey battling ADD and making it to the peak of the entrepreneurial world. Currently, Rich serves as the CEO & Founder of Strategic Profits which helps turn struggling opportunity seekers into profitable entrepreneurs. Rich was also the inventor of the first automated webinar back in 2009. Buckle up and get ready to ride on this strategic rollercoaster. As always, keep striking!

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This show is produced by Grindstone.

Interested in starting a podcast? Visit grindstoneagency.com/podcasting to learn more.  

Tennessee native and Myrtle Beach Marathon winner Ken Rideout joins Landon today to talk about growing up hustling, mental toughness, and his athletic career. Beginning his career working in a penitentiary, Ken currently serves as Head of Business Development at Upside Financing, as well as President of Camrock Advisors.

Ken is an advocate of “The Fight.” Growing up in a working class, inner city neighborhood, sports became Ken’s escape. He began working at a prison that would later house his younger brother. Ken later pursued finance, traveling back and forth between New York City and London. “It felt like somebody else’s life” states Ken.

At the age of 50, Ken is running faster than he ever has before. Finishing the Myrtle Beach Marathon in 2:30, The London Marathon in 2:29, and The New York Marathon in 2:33, Ken is one of the most driven guests Spark to Fire has had the pleasure of hosting.

Keep Striking!

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This show is produced by Grindstone.

Interested in starting a podcast? Visit grindstoneagency.com/podcasting to learn more.