Street Smart Success

The domain name business is a fascinating one. It’s one I never really thought about until I spoke to todays guest. And I’m glad I did. Richard Lau, founder of Logo.com, Resume.com, domainname. com and others is a seasoned entrepreneur who started buying and selling domain names back in the early 2000’s. Richard’s nickname is Tracker Richard for his ability to track down stealth owners of highly desirable domain names including one trip all the way to Aberdeen Scotland. Richard has an exciting oddysey of a story. If you have any feedback on this podcast feel free to email me at [email protected].

Not everyone can run several businesses. But today’s guest, Annie M Fonte, not only runs several businesses, she’s also helping transform the lives of others with an incredible system she created called 10 lines in the sand. 10 lines in the sand is a personal development program based on Annie’s own life facing obstacles and overcoming them. If you have feedback on this podcast, please email me at [email protected].

Greeting cards, stationary, invitations, these things don’t cost a lot of money to buy. But a company can make a lot of money selling them. Today’s guest founded an ecommerce invitation and stationary company that printed some serious cash. Allison De Meulder founded her company at the ripe old age of 23 and ultimately employed 30 full-time people and sold to accounts such as Target, Hallmark, Paper Source and Sur La Table.

Picking stocks can be a bit of a roller coaster if you’re not careful. That’s why fortunes have been made, and fortunes have been lost. And the majority of professional money managers don’t even perform as well as the S & P 500. Today’s guest founded his own hedge fund specializing in small cap companies and achieved fantastic returns for his investors over the course of nearly 15 years. Bobby Melnick, founded Terrier Partners out of his apartment in Manhattan. He is also one of my oldest and smartest friends.

Today’s guest has founded several successful event companies and built them from scratch. But the events business is obviously changing as people are are no longer meeting in person. Jay Weintraub’s latest event company, Insuretech, serves the humongous insurance industry as it’s undergoing serious technological disruption. Jay talks about his career in the events business and the challenges of taking Insuretech online.

SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is often the most misunderstood marketing practice there is. Over the years, there’s been so many shady practices and shortcuts trying to game Google. But more sophisticated marketers understand there are no shortcuts. Today’s guest, Sean Si, founder of SEO Hacker, talks about no-nonsense, super ethical SEO. Although the name is SEO Hacker, Sean is the least hackiest guy I’ve ever spoken to.

Restaurants are notorious for high rates of failure but not ones that serve incredible food that produces raving fans. Such is the case with today’s guest. Gabe Connell is founder and owner of Hotbox Pizza in the Hoosier state of Indiana. He operates 8 successful company-owned stores, he has 14 franchise locations and he’s carefully planning further expansion plans. And despite having thick enough skin to thrive in the dog-eat-dog restaurant business, Gabe Connell is a very nice guy.

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A lot of people have great business ideas but generating sales is a whole other story. So many entrepreneurs have great ideas but they don’t always know how to get their ideas to market. Today’s guest is a media and sales expert that creates sales systems for his clients that generate significant incremental sales. And the best part is that he puts his money where his mouth is by sharing the risk. Josh Elledge, a successful entrepreneur, is CEO and founder of upmyinfluence.com and tells us how he does it.

More people have gotten rich in this country from Real Estate than any other way and today’s guest is one of them. After seven years in the corporate consulting world, Gabe Petersen ventured out on his own and made his mark as a successful real estate investor. Gabe used his digital marketing expertise and street smarts to find great deals that’s made him a lot of money. He’s done single family homes, multi-family, and is now investing in Mobile Home and RV parks. Gabe has a great story to tell that you’ll enjoy hearing.

The phrase nothing is impossible if you put your mind to it epitomizes today’s guest. Back in 2008 he literally knew nothing about the internet and he didn’t know how to write a word of English. That’s because he’s from a former Soviet Union and learing a foreign language was not a priority. But that didn’t deter him from learning how to build websites and how to make money with internet marketing. Today, Peter Garety, founder of Dashnex, has build a multiple seven figure business with over 30,000 customers all over the world. Dashnex provides software solutions that helps marketers and small business owners launch, scale and manage their online businesses. Peter Garety is truly an inspiration.