The Eric Mueller Show

Cancel culture has become a pervasive force in our society, wreaking havoc in mere moments. One ill-advised social media post or a misunderstanding can obliterate reputations, relationships, and careers. Today, I'm thrilled to welcome Evan Nierman, the author of The Cancel Culture Curse and the founder of Red Banyan, a global crisis management and PR firm, to discuss this fundamentally un-American issue.

Highlights of the episode:

• Achieving a goal: Visualize it, reverse engineer it & hold yourself accountable

• How you can prevent being “canceled”

• Cancel culture would not exist without social media

Additional resources:

• CancelCulture.com

• The Cancel Culture Curse by Evan Nierman

• Crisis Averted by Evan Nierman

• The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks

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The cost of a college education continues to soar. How can parents put their kids through college without breaking the bank? Enter Brad Baldridge, a College Funding Specialist who has helped thousands of families plan and invest for college with smart and proven strategies to save time, money and stress. He will teach you how to find the right school, maximize financial aid and scholarships, avoid student loan debt, and make the college dream come true without wiping out your finances or retirement.

Highlights of the episode:

• Early-stage vs late-stage planning

• Financial discipline is the heart of saving for college

• How the cost of college is tied to family income levels

• Paying for college without earning a degree is the worst-case scenario

• “You don’t have to go to college to get an education” – Brad Baldridge

Additional resources:

• Taming The High Cost of College

• Cost of Colleges by State

• Brad’s Podcast

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Catie Harris is the Founder & CEO of NursePreneurs, a mentorship program that empowers thousands of nurses in business to monetize their knowledge and skills while inspiring them to change the way healthcare is perceived and delivered. She strives to undo the perception that nursing care is limited to the hospital setting.

Highlights of the episode:

• What makes nurses uniquely qualified to be entrepreneurs

• Mitigating burnout in healthcare professions

Additional resources:

• NursePreneurs.com

• The NursePreneurs Podcast with Catie Harris

• NursePreneurs Facebook Community

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Head in the clouds – feet on the ground. That describes Inesa Ponomariovaite. Talk with Inesa for 5 minutes and you are drawn in by her energy and kindness. Her goals are big – “whole world” big. As the founder and CEO of Nesa’s Hemp, she has revolutionized the cannabis industry by introducing the world's first CBDa hemp extract product; 1000x more potent than CBD. Her product is Living Hemp, which is a rare form of hemp delicately produced by using the whole plant and keeping it alive during the extraction process. The result is the purest hemp extract in the industry designed to replenish your endocannabinoid system and balance your body and mind.

Highlights of the episode:

• Be persistent and don’t give up no matter the hardships

• CBD vs CBDa

• The dark truth of many CBD products on the market

Additional resources:

• Nesa’s Hemp

• ReGenesis369.com

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Are ordinary financial plans failing Americans? After losing almost everything during the Great Recession, John Ensley became obsessed with finding safe, predictable ways to save and create wealth, protected from the chaos and corruption of the conventional financial system. Today, he helps clients implement the simple, proven systems he discovered while minimizing the wealth killing effects of the “Money Monsters.”

Highlights of the episode:

• The “Money Monsters” that hinder your financial growth

• How to become your own pension

• Why the ordinary financial system is corrupt

Additional resources:

• J-Ensley Financial

• Free Strategy Session with John

• Connect with John

• Becoming Your Own Banker by R. Nelson Nash

• Bank on Yourself by Pamela Yellen

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If you are a young entrepreneur, this episode is a must listen! Meet Leslie Danford, the founder and CEO of Vitaminis. Armed with an impressive academic background from Harvard and the University of Chicago, Leslie has fused her personal interests with formal business training to create a valuable brand that is making a difference. You’ll only wish you heard Leslie’s top 5 tips for young entrepreneurs sooner.

Highlights of the episode:

• How a crisis can become the catalyst for your success

• Why starting small leads to big results over time

• If you think you know everything, you’re going to miss something

Additional resources:

• Vitaminis

• Connect with Leslie

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Aditya Varanasi never dreamed of being an entrepreneur until he was faced with a choice: take a risk or sink back into Corporate America. Now, as the Founder and CEO of Awarity, Aditya is disrupting the advertising industry by making world-class marketing more affordable and sustainable for up-and-coming companies.

Highlights of the episode:

• 3 filters to apply to any decision

• Lessons learned from corporate America

• The biggest marketing mistake you could make

• How to best measure a marketing campaign’s success

Aditya’s Top 3 Marketing Tips:

• Simplicity

• Highlights value to customers

• Distinctive to your brand

Additional resources:

• Awarity.com

• Free Marketing Audit for Listeners of the Show!

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Kenny Rose is the founder of FranShares, the first platform enabling retail investors to invest in franchises. Kenny has worked with over 600 franchise brands in more than 100 industries and has been featured in various high-profile media outlets including Forbes, Entrepreneur, Business Insider, ABC, American Express, The Hustle, and MarketWatch; reaching an audience of over 300 million people. As an expert on franchise evaluation, Kenny will help you identify the best ways to deploy capital into franchise ownership to maximize return on investment and operations.

Highlights of the episode:

• “Accept that you don’t know most things and surround yourself with people that do.”

• Why you need to fractionally invest in franchises.

• Hire slow and build with the right people.

Additional resources:

• FranShares.com

• FranShares/YouGov Survey

• Connect with Kenny

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Can obsession be helpful when pursuing success? How can you remain disciplined if your actions aren’t showing the expected results? Joining the show today is Matt Seefeld, the Executive Vice President at MedEvolve. Matt reveals the power of discipline, the wisdom of controlling actions rather than outcomes, and the role of obsession in achieving goals.

Highlights of the episode:

• We control actions, not outcomes in life.

• Successful people are obsessed with achieving their goals.

• The problem with healthcare’s revenue cycle.

Additional resources:

• myLifeLink app

• MedEvolve

• Connect with Matt

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Water, often referred to as "liquid gold," is an indispensable resource for our planet's survival. Yet, the water industry has reached a critical breaking point. Today, I’m joined by Riggs Eckelberry, the founding CEO of OriginClear, to explore his innovative solutions that are helping businesses confront the challenges of rising water bills by tapping into new investment markets.

Riggs brings a wealth of experience, including decades spent refining his revolutionary approach, Mistake Based Marketing, which propelled him to multiple software exits during the dot-com boom. Today, he's redirecting his expertise and passion towards achieving much-needed change in the vast water industry, safeguarding the planet's most vital but threatened resource—water.

Join me as we dive deep into Riggs' journey and vision for a more sustainable future in a world where water is truly liquid gold.

Highlights of the episode:

• Disruption 101: Make waves in any sector

• Mistake Based Marketing vs failing with style

• How to invest in the water industry

Additional resources:

• OriginClear.com

• WaterOnDemand.net

• EWG.org/tapwater

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