The Eric Mueller Show

Chris Walsh, one of America’s foremost cannabis industry analysts, joins the show today to offer insight into all things cannabis. How far away is federal legalization? Just how big is the cannabis industry and how fast is it growing? What are the biggest growth areas to invest in? Are you interested in starting your own cannabusiness? Chris shares his advice on how to be successful as a cannabis entrepreneur.

Chris served as the founding editor of Marijuana Business Daily during the company’s launch in 2011, becoming the first journalist in the United States to focus exclusively on covering the business of cannabis. As CEO of MJBiz, he now guides the strategic vision of the company while educating mainstream industries about the marijuana and hemp sectors. He’s also the host of the podcast Seed to CEO. Chris has been quoted as one of America’s foremost cannabis industry analysts by dozens of media outlets, including Harvard Business Review, NPR, CNBC, and the New York Times. He earned an MBA in international business from Regis University.

Highlights of the episode:

· Will cannabis ever be legal at the federal level

· Would big pharma take over the industry if legalized federally

· Do your research before investing in the cannabis industry

· What is the greatest challenge for a cannabis entrepreneur

· The biggest myth about the cannabis industry

Additional resources:

· MJBiz Daily

· Seed to CEO Podcast

· 2022 MJBiz Factbook

· MJBizCon

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Today I’ve got a quick BONUS episode for you! While I was attending VeeCon in Minneapolis last May, I had an incredible opportunity to meet AJ Vaynerchuk, the brother of Gary Vaynerchuk. I was walking around with some new friends at the Massive Minnesota Meetup Party, which kicked off the start of VeeCon 2022, when we spotted AJ helping out with an entrepreneurial pitch contest. There was a small line of people waiting to say hi to him before the next set of entrepreneurs were set to compete. As we got in line, my friends and I started talking about what we should say to AJ. We all wanted to snap a pic with him, but what should we ask him? I was thinking about saying hi, welcoming him to Minnesota, and then asking him a core question of my podcast: what is your definition of success? I also thought maybe, just maybe, I could hand him one of my podcast business cards and invite him on to the show for an interview in the future. Immediately one of my newfound VeeFriends said, why don’t you just interview him right now? The light bulb went off. That is a perfect idea! I am so thankful that my friend proposed this plan, and now I have a memorable, 5-minute video clip interviewing AJ Vaynerchuk with not one, but three core questions of The Eric Mueller Show. The full video is available on my Instagram (@ericmuellershow) and YouTube.

AJ’s Success Portfolio:

· Work ethic

· Lack of ego

· Effort and willingness to do what is required

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Big news! Today is the drop of EPISODE 50 of the podcast! I am incredibly excited to have reached this milestone and am sincerely grateful to each of you for your support! In celebration of episode 50, I have a sensational interview guest lined up for you.

Do you know anyone that’s worked with Sir Elton John or Elon Musk, sent people down to the see the wreck of the Titanic on the seabed, or closed museums in Florence for a private dinner party and then had Andrea Bocelli serenade them while they ate their pasta? You do now.

“The Real-Life Wizard of Oz” by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine, Steve Sims is a best-selling author, sought-after consultant, and speaker at a variety of networks, groups and associations including the Pentagon and Harvard University. Steve Sims spent 25 plus years as the Mr. Fixit to the richest people in the world through his luxury concierge company, Bluefish. He is the author of Bluefishing: The Art of Making Things Happen and Go For Stupid: The Art of Achieving Ridiculous Goals.

Highlights of the episode:

· Was this done to me, or was this done for me?

· Successful people are always focused on the impact they are making.

· The first time you do anything, it’s gonna be shit!

· A business plan only gets so far, but momentum and action get everywhere.

· When you focus on your weaknesses, you end up with some really strong weaknesses.

Additional resources:

· SteveDSims.com

· Go For Stupid: The Art of Achieving Ridiculous Goals

· Bluefishing: The Art of Making Things Happen

· Join Steve’s Facebook group - An Entrepreneur’s Advantage with Steve Sims

· The Art of Making Things Happen Podcast with Steve Sims

· Sims Media

· Sims Distillery

· Sims Speakeasy

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What are you curious about? Where does your expertise connect with your curiosity? Today’s guest Allyson Brennan worked full-time as a pharmacist for 15 years before creating a skincare company from the ground up. Her curious desire to use nature’s powerful botanicals for a simplified skincare approach combined with her expertise in medicinal chemistry led to the founding of Emogene & Co.

Over the past several years, Allyson began to notice how the skincare industry has failed us with “quick fix” products and the use of expensive, ineffective ingredients. She saw a need for simpler, purer products with a much greater transparency about ingredients that were safe and effective for everyone. Allyson currently runs her company full-time and employs a staff of 9 women. Emogene & Co. performs 100% of the formulating, manufacturing, and shipping from their facility in Tennessee.

Highlights of the episode:

· An entrepreneur’s to-do list is never done

· Shifting from pharmacist to founder

· Is pharmacy school worth it

· Your initial career choice does not have to be forever

Quote of the episode:

· “Be open to everything taking new forms and new shapes.”

Additional resources:

· Emogene & Co.

· Build Your Custom Skincare Routine Quiz

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What has been your most challenging moment during the COVID-19 pandemic? What lessons have you learned along the way? Also, are you curious why we aren’t talking about how COVID-19 started?

Today, I’m joined by the creators of the Healing American Healthcare Coalition. John Dalton and Ed Eichhorn have 100 years of collective healthcare experience between the two of them and are co-authors of Healing American Healthcare: Lessons from the Pandemic. Their book takes readers on a roller coaster ride through the worst global pandemic in more than a century. From New Year’s Eve 2019 through September 21, 2021, America’s death toll surpassed that of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic. The book portrays the COVID-19 pandemic’s devastating impact through the eyes of the journalists who reported on it.

Highlights of the episode:

· The best advice for Americans in a post-pandemic world

· Changing how we deliver messages on health care topics

· The most crucial lessons learned from the pandemic

· Why we aren’t talking about how COVID-19 started

Additional resources:

· The Three Minute Read newsletter

· Healing American Healthcare: Lessons from the Pandemic

· HealingAmericanHealthcare.org

· Join the Healing American Healthcare Coalition

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What if I told you the keys to all of the doors that you need opened are in other people’s pockets? How can we meet the right people to help us unlock success?

Enter Michael Roderick, the CEO of Small Pond Enterprises. Michael is here today to help you develop the kinds of relationships that will motivate people to hand you those keys. When he went from high school teacher to Broadway producer in under two years, people started to ask him how he managed it. No matter who is across the table, no matter what you might want or need from them, it is important to remember that we are all people first. Michael’s relationship strategy hinges on treating people like people and from helping those around you to achieve their versions of success.

He is also the host of the podcast Access to Anyone which shows how you can get to know anyone you want in business and in life using time-tested relationship-building principles. He teaches skills such as crafting effective introductions, structuring win-win partnerships, evaluating and tracking existing relationships, and activating the law of weak ties.

Michael Roderick encourages his clients and followers to take the attitude of being “the CEO of you.” Are you ready to unlock your version of success?

Quote of the episode:

· “People love to feel useful; they hate to feel used.” – Michael Roderick

Highlights of the episode:

· The ABCDs of people

· Reciprocity impulse vs reciprocity timeline

· Pay attention to the things you can control

· The TCM Index (Time, Connection, Money)

Additional resources:

· Access to Anyone Podcast

· Small Pond Enterprises

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Do you have any student loans? What is your repayment strategy? I was ready to drop this episode right as federal student loan repayments were due to resume, but we just got good news last week that the loan pause will be extended through the rest of 2022 and most borrowers will have $10,000 forgiven on their loans. Still, it is incredibly important to have a financial plan in place when these repayments eventually resume.

Enter Tim Ulbrich, the Co-Founder and CEO of Your Financial Pharmacist.

He is here today to help YOU create a plan for your student loan repayment, avoid costly mistakes, and achieve financial freedom.

Quote of the episode:

· “Get comfortable with being uncomfortable” – Tim Ulbrich

Highlights of the episode:

· What is the biggest mistake people make with student loans?

· How to choose the best strategy to pay off student loans?

· Is it better to make more money or save more money?

· Should you pay off your loans in a lump sum?

Additional resources:

· YourFinancialPharmacist.com

· YFP Podcasts

· YFP Calculators

· Seven Figure Pharmacist by Tim Ulbrich and Tim Church

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Today, I have a big announcement. I am proud to officially introduce a new, core element of the podcast: The Success Portfolio. An investment portfolio is the compilation of investments that lay the foundation for financial goals. Here on The Eric Mueller Show, I want to discover how successful people "invest" in themselves and build the foundation for their success. My guests will share with you the skills, traits, habits, mindsets, and attributes that make up their success portfolios and keep them at the top of their game.

Today’s guest, David Rosell, will be the first to share with us what makes up his Success Portfolio. David is the founder and president of Rosell Wealth Management, an entrepreneurial firm located in Bend, OR. For over 20 years, he has specialized in working with individuals and families who are at or near retirement to help them live the life they have always imagined. David’s inspiration and zest for life have been shaped by a lifetime of international adventures. With a current tally of more than 75 countries on six different continents, his quest for extreme travel has included hitchhiking from Nairobi to Cape Town, Africa and climbing the infamous peaks of the Nepalese Himalayas. He was even one of the privileged to partake in tearing down the Berlin Wall.

As a recipient of the Retirement Distribution Certificate from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, David excels in making complicated financial planning topics easy to understand. An accomplished speaker, he has addressed international audiences numbering in the thousands, including the Million Dollar Roundtable® and Vistage Worldwide. David is the author of 2 entertaining books that meld his passions of adventure and finance: Failure Is NOT an Option - Creating Certainty in the Uncertainty of Retirement and Keep Climbing - A Millennial’s Guide to Financial Planning.

Quote of the episode:

· “Do ordinary things extraordinarily well.” – David Rosell

Highlights of the episode:

· Introducing The Success Portfolio

· Why David despises the word retirement

· Penny doubled every day for 30 days or 1 million dollars today

· Second half of your financial journey (coming down the mountain) takes the most planning and harbors the greatest amount of risk

Additional resources:

· DavidRosell.com

· Rosell Wealth Management

· Recession Proof Your Retirement (David’s podcast)

· Failure is NOT an Option by David Rosell

· Keep Climbing by David Rosell

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Today, your perspective on investing is going to shift dramatically. Travis Smith (@tribevesttrav) is the Founder and CEO of Tribevest (@tribevest), the platform that makes it easy to invest as a group and complete deals together with your family and friends in as little as 48 hours.

Travis and his brothers realized that if they were going to change their family’s financial trajectory, they’d need to work together. They wanted to invest as a group but quickly discovered it required a complicated path of lawyers, paperwork, banking regulations, and hundreds of hours. There had to be a better way. Enter Tribevest.

Before becoming a full-time entrepreneur, Travis was a top financial advisor and along with his wealth management training, he became a thought leader in the FinTech industry focused on digital payments. He led the Strategic Alliance team at a multi-billion-dollar FinTech company and core software for thousands of banks. Through these experiences, he discovered it was exponentially more fun to disrupt the reigning wealth management institutions than to be a part of them.

Travis is obsessed with building a platform that standardizes, streamlines, and ultimately decreases the risks of group investing. On his journey blending entrepreneurship with investing and industry disruption, Travis has found that it takes working together to level up our investments and achieve financial freedom!

Quote of the episode:

· “I realized that people with financial independence OWN things.”

Highlights of the episode:

· Should you do business with family and friends?

· Group investing and finding your tribe

· People you KNOW, LIKE, and TRUST are the best business partners

· Group think helps you make good decisions

· Pain + Reflection = Growth

Additional resources:

· Tribevest

· Originals by Adam Grant

· Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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B. Jeffrey Madoff is the author of Creative Careers: Making a Living With Your Ideas. His book is based on the class he developed and currently teaches at Parsons School of Design, in New York City.

Every week, Madoff has a conversation with a unique guest, from artists and entrepreneurs to venture capitalists and business leaders. Drawing on Jeff’s decades of experience and the experience of over 100 diverse industry experts, Creative Careers takes you down an accessible path that will lead to success in any field or endeavor.

Jeff is also the founder of Madoff Productions. As a gifted storyteller and incisive interviewer, he has helped position major brands through the production of commercials, branded content and live streaming events. A few of his clients include Ralph Lauren, Victoria’s Secret, RadioCity Music Hall, and the Harvard School for Public Health.

Jeff began his career as a fashion designer. He was even chosen as one of the top 10 designers in the U.S. but later decided to switch careers to film and video production. He has since expanded his reach to include teaching, book and playwriting, and theatrical producing.

Jeff has recently been a guest on The Tim Ferriss Show, Entrepreneurs on Fire with John Lee Dumas, and now I’m honored to host him on The Eric Mueller Show.

A big takeaway for me was this quote from Jeff: “I question the questions.” Listen for Jeff’s thoughts on how you can ask yourself the right questions to find out what excites you!

Highlights of the episode:

· Learn to question the questions

· Why creativity is needed in your life

· The pitfall of work-life balance

· Establishing trust is the most fundamental building block of relationships

Additional resources:

· Madoff Productions

· ACreativeCareer.com

· Creative Careers: Making a Living with Your Ideas by B. Jeffrey Madoff

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