The Entrepreneur Ethos

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Now on to my guest for today, John Dearie. If you’re an entrepreneur or venture capitalist or angel investor, this one is a must listen to.

John Dearie is founder and president of the Center for American Entrepreneurship, a research, policy, and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting policies that promote entrepreneurship. John has made a career of studying and working on policies and legislation to grow economies. 

After the Great Recession ended in 2008, John set out to understand why the economy was not bouncing back as quickly as everyone had hoped. That led him to leaving his job as CEO of the Financial Services Forum to founding his own organization dedicated to the promotion of entrepreneurship. 

According to the latest research, entrepreneurship and startups are one of the biggest factors in growing an economy and in creating more jobs. Yet until recently, legislators in D.C. didn’t have anyone seriously advocating for and teaching them about the importance of entrepreneurship. 

The legislation passed in response to Covid is just one example of the short-sightedness; while many businesses have been helped by the Paycheck Protection Program, a lot of startups and new businesses were left scratching their heads on how it could help them.

John and his group have helped educate legislators on this and many other issues. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, thinking about a startup, an investor, or even if you’re anyone concerned about the future of the American economy, this is information you’re going to want to hear.

Now let’s get better together.

If there’s one takeaway from this discussion with Dearie, it’s that we all have to make our voices heard. Dearie’s organization has stepped up to be a conduit and provide expertise and advocacy for entrepreneurs and startups, but they need everyone’s input to help them set their agenda. Armed with the research that shows we have a big part to play in recharging our economy, our voices are more important than ever.

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Now on to my guest for today, Nir Bashan.

Nir is a world-renowned creativity expert who has worked with many big companies and clients, including Woody Harrelson, Rod Stewart, AT&T, Microsoft, Suzuki, and jetBlue. His recently published book, The Creator Mindset, was named one of Porchlight’s top 40 business books of 2020. He offers lectures, workshops, and consulting to help businesses tap into their creativity to solve problems and grow. 

Nir has been working on cracking the creativity code since he was nine. He refused to believe that creativity is “just something people are born with” and after many years he’s come to believe that everyone can access their creative potential, no matter what their field. It is, in fact, the key to success.  He teaches people that they have the capability to solve problems if they access their own unique abilities. Numbers and data only give a snapshot of what’s already happened. By accessing our creativity and focusing on the big idea, we can instead see what’s possible as opposed to what has already been.

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Now on to my guest for today, Sam Kamani, tech innovator, CEO of ProductDone and most recently the co-founder of Ensydr, an app that helps people in learning about investing without risk.

Sam grew up in India and moved to New Zealand to attend college. After college, he made himself useful by offering to help businesses wanting to do e-commerce when only 1% of businesses were doing online sales. He quickly made a name for himself as the go-to person to help businesses gain traction online. 

From there he started several businesses, first selling supplements online and then turning his attention to digital products. His company ProductDone helps entrepreneurs identify and build a marketable product in the SAS and mobile app spaces. In addition to running his companies, Sam has authored two business books and also hosts the podcast Want Money Got Money. 

Sam’s advice for entrepreneurs is to start small and to build a minimum value product first. Finding your buyers before building to scale is key. He also believes playing the long game and getting people engaged and interested in your product is more important than making the quick sale. 

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Now on to my guest for today, Dan Chan, The Billionaire’s Magician. 

Dan became interested in magic at a young age, learning from the pros and frequenting Misdirections, a magic shop in San Francisco that offers lectures and guests. After working in the finance department in Paypal in its early days, he embarked on a full-time career as a professional magician. Dan has dubbed himself the “billionaire’s magician” because he performs for some of the highest-profile figures and companies, including Google, Netflix, LinkedIn, Salesforce, and Zillow. He also gives talks to companies and organizations on such topics as avoiding scams and pickpockets. 

In this show, Dan provides a lot of insight and tips into being a creative entrepreneur. First, he believes in reverse engineering success. When he wants to achieve something, he assesses his goal to make sure it’s realistic and achievable, then figures out the steps he needs to take to get there. 

When COVID hit, while he at first feared for his future, he quickly learned what it took to do shows online and now finds himself regularly booked for acts he performs from his own theater. He also believes in the value of learning from others, and copying techniques to make them your own. Succeeding in the entertainment business is as much about authenticity as it is about learning your craft. 

Dan refers to himself as an “improv artist,” one who can quickly respond to the audience and environment no matter what it throws at you. He credits his many experiences just getting out there and doing his thing to be one of the most important ways to learn. Dan started teaching his son James magic tricks at an early age, and at 13 he is also already achieving some success. 

Now let’s get better together.

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Hey everyone. I wanted to quickly let you know about the release of the audio version of my book, The Entrepreneur Ethos, narrated by David A. Conatser. If you want to support the show, you can buy it wherever audiobooks are sold. Links are also in the show notes. 

Now on to my guest for today, Jan Cavelle, author and entrepreneur.

Jan Cavelle ran her own furniture company in England for 19 years before giving it up. She now shares her insight and expertise with the world through writing and speaking. Her book, Scale for Success, is forthcoming from Bloomsbury in February. 

Jan grew up on a farm and took a series of sales jobs. Once she became a single mom, she was motivated to earn enough to support her family. She tried her hand at buying and selling wares to interior designers. When she found she couldn’t obtain what the market was demanding, she took out a loan to start a furniture company. 

Jan talks about the tough times she went through that almost broke her -- something a lot of entrepreneurs go through but rarely talk about.

After some years, she became burned out, and eventually decided to leave the business that was no longer satisfying her desire to live with purpose. She found that she loved writing, so much so that she faced her fears of being an imposter to publish her writing online and eventually land a book contract to write about the entrepreneurial journey. 

Scale for Success shares insights and stories from her own journey as well as that of other entrepreneurs across the globe. 

Now let’s get better together.

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Now on to my guest for today, Trav Bell, the self-proclaimed #1 bucket list expert in the world. 

Trav first found success as an entrepreneur with a personal training franchise. Then depression struck. He started looking for answers, mainly through taking seminars, attending events, and trying out experiences. Eventually, he decided to take what he learned and start teaching it to others. At his very first seminar, when he shared that he had a bucket list, someone in the audience said, “You’re the bucket list guy.” Trav took the label and ran with it. 

Trav has been keeping a bucket list since he was 18. When he realized that many people don’t have a written down list of what they want to do and accomplish in life, he latched onto this as a tool to teach people how to live more happy, purpose-filled lives. In the last 10 years, he’s traveled all around the world giving talks and now has a cadre of certified bucket list coaches in 22 countries. His goal is to share his teachings with 10 million people so as many people as possible can live a regret-free life. 

Now, let’s get better together.

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Now on to my guest for today, Dylan Ogline, founder of Ogline Digital, a digital marketing company. 

Dylan’s route to entrepreneurship started at 14, when he started selling cell phones on EBay after reading the book Rich Dad, Poor Dad. He scraped his dreams of winning a college scholarship as a hockey player and instead dropped out of high school to educate himself on becoming a business owner. After many different starts and failures after his initial success selling cell phones, he was advised by a mentor to focus on one thing. That one thing was his digital marketing company, which he has built over just a few years into a seven-figure business.

Though still young, Dylan has put in the time to try and fail, and it’s through the lessons he’s learned through both coaches and mentors as well as his own experiences that has brought him to finally achieving success.  He reinforces the teaching that you can’t ever give up, drawing on the wisdom of the Stoics. He also thinks the most important lesson to learn is to never lose touch with what it’s like to struggle. It’s getting through the difficult times that gives you strength, tolerance, and growth to eventually succeed. He practices gratitude daily and wants to pay it forward and help others, and now also offers programs to help people start their own agencies. 

Now, let’s get better together.

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Now on to my guest for today, Christina Eanes, a leadership coach who has used her love for escape rooms to teach personal and professional growth through her writings, courses, and speeches. 

Christina got her start as an analyst in law enforcement, moving from California to Washington, D.C. to take a job with the FBI. After moving up the ranks there, she became a leadership trainer, and then left to start her own company. Four years ago she and her husband discovered escape rooms, and they’ve been hooked ever since, participating in upwards of 500 escape rooms. Christina uses escape rooms to teach concepts and help people become more aware of their beliefs and limitations, ideas she outlines in the book she co-wrote with her husband,  Life Is an Escape Room.  

In this podcast, Christina and I talk about how escape rooms can also teach you a lot about ourselves as well as other people: how we handle stress, what we do when the going gets rough, and whether or not you should give up when you’re nearly out of time. 

Christina focuses on helping leaders become more transformational, rather than transactional. One parallel to escape rooms is that when a leader is done getting through their escape room, is their team ready to follow him or her into the next challenge, or do they want to cut and run? 

Now, let’s get better together.

• While Eanes has focused more on moving people toward a transformational style of leadership, she acknowledges that there needs to be a balance of both transaction (results-driven) and transformation (people-centered). Assess your own skills and abilities; where might you improve in your own life and career or business? How could, say, improving your communication skills help make you more effective at what you do? 

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Now on to my guest for today, Dustin Miller, polymath innovator. 

I’m sure you’re wondering what a “polymath innovator” is. Dustin explains that it’s someone who becomes an expert and innovates in various areas. Dustin rejects the idea that you should focus on one skill or domain. With enough focus, time, and  drive, we can learn and master skills in a number of areas. Dustin proves this by his “omnimedia” concept, where he produces content on a variety of platforms and in multiple ways — from writing blogs and producing videos, to mastering social media and producing podcasts —  or what he prefers to call “polycasts.” 

Dustin has always been one to create on his own terms. While he clearly loves to learn, he’s always preferred finding his own path for learning and educating himself. And it’s worked. He’s taught himself how to use a plethora of tech tools. We talk about which tools he likes and why, the ones he wants to try, the one tool he hopes to develop some day, and what he’s doing to stay consistent in his learning and creating. 

Now, let’s get better together.

Dustin Miller offers a lot of tips for anyone wanting to produce content on various channels. Here are just a few:  

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Now on to my guest for today, Eric Twiggs, a speaker, coach, and author of the book The Discipline of Now: 12 Practical Principles To Overcome Procrastination. 

Eric first realized he needed to find his purpose and stop wasting time after a college friend died in a car accident. After becoming successful in his career, he had another epiphany: he wanted to make a difference in people’s lives. So he became a speaker and author, inspiring people to make change in their own lives. 

In April, he and three partners started the What Now Movement, a platform on Facebook to empower people to pivot in response to the pandemic. 

When it comes to procrastination, Eric offers a three-part framework in his book, The Discipline of Now: what’s the cost, what’s the cause, and what’s the cure?  Eric also shared many insights into what it takes to be a successful speaker, from being prepared and showing up early to get to know people before the talk, to never ending on a Q and A session. Cultivating a positive mindset by reframing thoughts, counting wins, and learning from failures are three principles Eric espouses and lives by. 

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Twiggs offered many pieces of advice in our talk; here are just a few tips he gives when preparing a presentation: 

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