The Business Leadership Series Minute

Arthur Theotis Matthews J.D is a university lecturer at institutions such as NYU, Cornell, and the University of Arkansas. Moreover, he is a bilateral-preneur of a firm titled conscioustrainers.com with his partner Evelyne where he serves as the COO and Chief Playmaker. Arthur talks about the importance having people with different backgrounds, and perspectives, on your bench to help mentor you. 

Jesse Cole, owner of the Savannah Bananas, joins us as to share how his company continues to put Fans First even during the quarantine. Learn more at https://thesavannahbananas.com/. Jesse talks about what his proudest moment in his entrepreneurial journey.

Marques Ogden is a former NFL athlete, a now keynote speaker. In his keynote speeches, he relates his NFL experiences, and the lessons he has learned, to how they translate to business. At the end of the day, mindset, hard work, and drive are some core elements to athletics, and business. Marques also shares some high points, and low points of his NFL career, and gives some insight in the championship mindset.

When you are the leader, CEO, manager, or any higher up position with a lot of responsibility, it can be challenging to stay motivated with all the demands that comes with that position. James Smith, Founder of James & James Furniture, shares some tips on how he stays motivated, and focused, on the demands of his position in this company.

Derek Champagne, CEO of The Artist Evolution, interviews Shark Tank Veteran John Wise. John has an MBA from Harvad and is the Co Founder and COO of LovePop, a company that scored a deal with Mr. Wonderful on the TV show Shark Tank and is disrupting the greeting card industry. 

When you have a vision, you want to make sure your team is on the same page. How? It all starts with leadership. Leadership has to be on the same page first with the vision that is in place, then others will see their leadership and focus, and be in line with the vision. It's important though, to make sure the vision is very clear to everyone. John Collins gives some more tips on how to get the whole team on board with the companies vision.

Jack Ryan aka BlackJack was born in Brooklyn, NY and is a Basketball Entertainer/Motivational Speaker. Jackie talks about what it means to work with kids, and how he got opportunities to do half-time shows. Jackie the story of how the documentary of his life came to be.

Kavit Haria in 2005 sold music career education online, and his company now uses sales marketing funnels to generating over a million dollars in sales, and Kavit has written a book called "Don't Sleep On It." On this episode, we will hear more from Kavit on his background, and how he got his start up in entrepreneurship.

Jake Fox talks about the transition from the professional sports world. Every player has some form of depression when they get out. They play their whole life, work toward this major goal of being in the majors, and it's everything you put your time and energy into, and then you're out. What do you do? You have to have a fall back plan, and that's what Jake helps these kids with.

Derek Champagne talks with David Lane, entrepreneur and CEO of Lunatix. David shares his entrepreneurial journey. He shares valuable advice about recognizing warning signs, knowing when to pivot, recognizing key opportunities within what you are already doing, and removing blinders.