TAE Podcast

Ken Paskins, Founder of GCE Strategic Consulting and The Shift Spot™, is an accomplished CEO / COO and Executive Coach. He brings a broad range of leadership experience, including operations, sales, acquisitions, strategic planning, and P&L management (up to $500M) while leading teams north of 400+ people across North America and Europe for Fortune 100 companies such as Oracle.

Raised in Noblesville, Indiana, and a graduate of Purdue University, Ken grew up in a “hope and pray” entrepreneurial family--meaning that his family lived in either a boom or bust state depending on which idea “made it” and which one ended up with the lights being turned off. He watched his father and grandfather try to make businesses work while learning on the job, and not having the experience needed to truly know how to run a successful business, so he decided there had to be a better way and worked his way up the corporate ladder learning the skills needed to run a business the right way. 

Over the course of 3 decades, Ken has utilized his skills and experiences and is known as a “hired gun” or fractional COO, helping companies from pre-revenue to $50M. His clients include HVAC, accounting firms, legal practices, software companies, etc. Additionally, he has experience in PE, VC (including Sequoia) and M&A. One of his most notable accomplishments included closing a $40M+ software deal days after the tragedy of 9/11. He has leveraged his 30-year knowledge base to be able to help other business owners to work on the business instead of in the business at The Shift Spot™.

In addition to listening to the episode, you can watch a video of their discussion on our YouTube Channel.  And be sure to subscribe to support the podcast!

For a free "GAP" analysis, go to Theshiftspot.com/gap  and enter code word: accidental entrepreneur

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Amanda Guerassio is a brand strategist and designer that partners with serial entrepreneurs, strivers, freedom seekers and multi-passionate empire-builders to craft branding that feels right, works hard and looks awesome. She brings a holistic, structured approach to branding that helps you make your next level of business the best one yet.

Life introduced her to the world of freelancing post-college, which is exactly what led her to becoming an accidental entrepreneur. She quickly fell in love with the freedom that came with it.

These days she resides in Round Rock, TX with her husband, daughter, and dog. She’s an avid traveler, amateur chef and can often be found with her nose in a book.

In addition to listening to the episode, you can watch a video of their discussion on our YouTube Channel.  And be sure to subscribe to support the podcast!

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Karl Swanepoel is a tech entrepreneur and the CEO and Founder of Revolancer, a freelancing platform with 15,000 users. After winning his university’s startup competition, he built Revolancer with his background in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics.

In addition to listening to the episode, you can watch a video of their discussion on our YouTube Channel.  And be sure to subscribe to support the podcast!

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Anatoliy Labinskiy is an entrepreneur, eCommerce expert, salesman, holder of 4-time Two Comma Club awards. His (@ecombyanatoliy) story is a perfect example of life when everything goes against us to become successful. In less than 5 years, he went from a simple waiter to a successful businessman and an owner of 8 figure winner awards in the ecommerce space. Anatoliy is a founder of GSM Growth agency that helps ecom entrepreneurs grow to 6-7 figures in revenue. He is included in the Forbes Business Council and featured as one of the Top 10 E-commerce Entrepreneurs helping people during the COVID-19 recession.

In addition to listening to the episode, you can watch a video of their discussion on our YouTube Channel.  And be sure to subscribe to support the podcast!

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Daniel Mangena is a successful entrepreneur, best-selling author, podcast host of Do it with Dan and Beyond Success, a life & business transformation coach, and an international public speaker who is known for programs and content that take clients and students to next level living. He has helped thousands of people across the globe achieve wealth mastery and truly abundant lives.

Featured on CNN, CBS, FOX, the Jack Canfield show, and in Forbes and Entrepreneur magazines, Daniel’s mission is to spread his teachings worldwide with the intention to “spearhead an evolutionary uplift in universal consciousness by awakening people to the importance of their unique role and enabling them to manifest their dream life”.

In addition to listening to the episode, you can watch a video of their discussion on our YouTube Channel.  And be sure to subscribe to support the podcast!

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Nick Gray is an entrepreneur and best-selling author living in Austin, Texas. He started and sold two successful companies: Flight Display Systems and Museum Hack. Nick is the author of The 2-Hour Cocktail Party, a step-by-step handbook that teaches you how to build big relationships by hosting small gatherings. Over 75,000 people have watched his TEDx talk about why he hates most museums. He’s been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and New York Magazine called him a host of “culturally significant parties.”

Links to Nick's book and his digital media are below:

The 2-Hour Cocktail Party: Book info

The 2-Hour Cocktail Party: Amazon

Nick Gray's personal website

Icebreaker Name Tags: Examples and How to Do It RIGHT

Mocktail Party: How to Host When You Don’t Drink Alcohol

In addition to listening to the episode, you can watch a video of their discussion on our YouTube Channel.  And be sure to subscribe to support the podcast!

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April Moss is a market and retail strategy expert with more than 20 years of experience developing sales teams with some of the largest global companies, including Procter & Gamble and Starbucks. It was at Procter & Gamble where April and Rob met. Prior to starting her career with P&G, she worked for the Construction Specification Institute in Washington D.C., fueling her interest in real estate development. Like Rob, Founder/CEO, April watched her father struggle as a sub-contractor. Those struggles were one of the reasons her father ended his own life when she was nine. Construction has 4-5x more suicides than any other industry. One of April’s passions is to make sure that as DigiBuild works to improve the construction process that it helps to relieve the burden on construction people and their families along the way. 

You can find April on LinkedIn.

In addition to listening to the episode, you can watch a video of their discussion on our YouTube Channel.  And be sure to subscribe to support the podcast!

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Barbara Mannino, a writer, speaker, and podcaster, is committed to getting her clients and sources the attention they want and need to grow their businesses and be regarded as thought leaders in their respective fields.

She began her career as a journalist for the financial press and mainstream media, writing for Fox Business News, entrepreneur.com, and BestWeek  and Best’s Review magazine. Subsequently, she held senior editorial positions in Fortune 500 companies. The binding thread in each of these positions has been story.

Barbara has written about Gerry Laybourne, the founder of Oxygen Media, Henry Silverman, the CEO of Cendant Corporation, and Bob Benmosche, MetLife Chairman and AIG CEO, to name a few, and has been credited by them with her thorough interviewing and storytelling.

Barbara is committed to helping her clients and sources find, uncover, and share their stories, dig deep to find their talents, and bring clarity to their why. She coaches them to express with energy and authenticity who they are and how they serve others, fostering self-empowerment as well as connection with their audience.

In addition to listening to the episode, you can watch a video of their discussion on our YouTube Channel.  And be sure to subscribe to support the podcast!

Learn more about Barbara at www.barbaramannino.com and on Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, and Twitter. Check out her Soapbox Wisdom Podcast on her Facebook page and find her helpful content and storytelling tips at www.chatwithbarb.com. Barbara is the author of The Law Firm Revolution and a contributor to Business Boosts, Vols. 3 and 4.

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For 35+ years, Pamela Wilson has worked closely with some of the fastest-growing small businesses in the United States.

She’s the author of two popular books on content marketing, Master Content Marketing and Master Content Strategy. Second editions of each are coming in October 2023, and we’ll talk about why she's updating them now.

Pamela leverages smart marketing strategies so clients' websites, social presence, offline marketing, and email marketing work to generate more profit with less effort.

Be sure to download Pamela's FREE Guide - How to Build Your Business Online.  As well as her free worksheet, How to Create an Eye-opening Ideal Customer Profile. 

During our discussion of AI, Pamela gave advice on how to best formulate a request from a chatbot like ChatGPT.  (1) State the role of the Chat (expert marketer, famous poet, etc...), (2) state the goal of your article, and (3) ask if there is any additional information the chatbot needs to create a great article.  You will be shocked how well this improves your results!

In addition to listening to the episode, you can watch a video of their discussion on our YouTube Channel.  Click on the Live! section.  And be sure to subscribe to support the podcast!

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As the host of the Simplifying Entrepreneurship podcast as well as a former radio host, Pete Mohr understands podcasting and delivering the most out of an interview. You'll be able to bring as much value from the conversation to your audience as possible.

Having been a guest on over 75 podcasts in the past year, he is ready and equipped to handle most questions and styles of interviews.

Along with his Simplifying Entrepreneurship coaching business, Pete owns a couple of footwear stores called Shoetopia in Ontario. He's putting the tools and frameworks he speaks to within his own businesses...it's not just theory!

As a former business broker, Pete helped people buy and sell businesses and now uses that background in helping business owners create turn-key businesses so that they can enjoy the freedoms that entrepreneurship can deliver.

He strongly believes that business owners deserve to live the life that they want and spend the majority of their time working "on" their businesses, not "in" them.

Pete's specialty is creating and explaining frameworks that simplify leadership, strategy and communication across the business. With over 25 different tools to discuss, there's never a lack of great conversation on how to move your business forward!

In addition to listening to the episode, you can watch a video of their discussion on our YouTube Channel.  And be sure to subscribe to support the podcast!

For general information about the podcast, send an email to [email protected]