Magnises Founder & CEO Billy McFarland came on The Fierce Focus Show the other day. Here is a teaser.

Full Episode will be released soon!

Uriel Zecharia created Cast Plus, a platform that connects emerging podcasters with advertisers. He is based in Israel, so while he was in NYC for a few days, we met up to discuss why israel is such a hotbed for startup activity, how he grew his affinity for podcasting into Cast Plus, how he focuses.

This is a shorter episode where I chose four "focus morsels" and explained what they mean in this episode. A "focus morsel" is a bite-sized "cliff-note" of knowledge from my past interviews.

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Jason Katzer is a life-long entrepreneur with a technical background, and the creator of Jason Prime. We talk about how he got his start in creating software, why he decided to move to Japan for 2 months, how he found himself at a 24-hour fitness at 2am to create FitSquid - a competitive gym app, and his blueprint for creating a new company. We also dive into his ability to find deals online, his preferences for headphones, his favorite coding music, and how he focuses to create all the things he has created, including http://jasonprime.com/

I speak with matt Morchower who is a serial entrepreneur and has co-founded Marquis Jets, which was later sold to Berkshire Hathaway, was the COO of Magnises - the exclusive card for millennials - and was the president of Clipper Jet. In our interview Matt shares his three-pronged theory to what a modern entrepreneur can be, how to become an entrepreneur, and dives into how he focuses to generate his own competitive advantage.

George Popescu is the founder of companies like Boston Technologies, Down the Road brewery, and most recently, Lending Times. George has a natural inclination to dive deep into how things work, and focuses on bridging the inefficiencies to create value on all sides of the table. We talk about how he started Boston Technologies while in Grad school at MIT, how he works in cycles, what he values in his relationships, and how he builds companies.

Part 2 of my conversation with Mark Day, we talk about his building of the brand that was GMD Studios, how he picked himself back up after the company he worked for imploded, why making your own company can be easier than working for someone else, how business partners can help each other define their brand, a challenge Mark has for everyone, and finally, how he focuses.

Mark Day is an expert in brand creation and management. This is the first of a two-part interview in which we talk about Mark’s early career in PR, his education into the world of business, things like Virtual Reality, The Impostor Syndrome, Blacking out on stage (not what you'd expect), and how he became involved in GMD Studios.

Polly Payne Willoughby created Horacio Printing - a Christian faith-based planner. She had the idea to create a planner in August 2014, executed on the idea and sold out of her first production run within three months. For the last 18 months, Horacio was a nights & weekend project for Polly. Then in early February 2016, weeks she decided to take the “entrepreneurial plunge" and is now pursuing Horacio Printing full-time.

Vineel Maharaj wears a lot of hats, but focuses on marketing and psychology. We talk about his interest in the “pickup artist” community, investing, creating websites and marketing, and a company called Dil Mil.