We are unfortunately ending the GenWhy Leaders Podcast. It has been an incredible journey with countless great guests, stories, and lessons-learned. But ultimately we broke the Golden Rule of podcasting. Listen to these last three episodes to learn more about the Golden Rule, and gain insights from our 100-episode experience.

Episode downloads:

• 4,722 Libsyn
• 2,568 YouTube
• Total: 7,290

Social media following:

• 192 LinkedIn
• 169 Facebook
• 153 Instagram
• 28 YouTube 
• Total: 542 

Top-10 Episodes:

[Rank) Episode ### - Guest Name]

1. 074 - Walker Diebel
2. 048 - Kilee Nickels
3. 043 - Nick Topping
4. 000 - GenWhy Leaders Podcast Overview
5. 031 - Lisa Smith
6. 041 - Kristin Hems
7. 014 - Andrew Potter
8. 033 - Harry Campbell
9. 026 - Brooks Mosier
10. 015 - Megan Sheets

Key Points:

0:00 to 3:00 - We made it to 100 episodes!

3:00 to 5:10 - Social media metrics and following 

5:10 to 6:15 - Libsyn podcast distribution service explained

6:15 to 8:45 - Breaking down the show metrics

8:45 to 15:45 - Recapping the Top–10 downloaded episodes

15:45 to 25:00 - Recapping some of our favorite episode, guests, and quotes

25:00 to end - Closing remarks and thank yous

Connect with Eric:

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ehughey

Connect with Jonathan:

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jonhailepr

Check out Jonathan’s Music Mixes on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/44vXWoodPvFOipkP5JemIr?si=Ij0SSwV7RlW2UIwZccezUA

Overview:

We are unfortunately ending the GenWhy Leaders Podcast. It has been an incredible journey with countless great guests, stories, and lessons-learned. But ultimately we broke the Golden Rule of podcasting. Listen to these last three episodes to learn more about the Golden Rule, and gain insights from our 100-episode experience.

Key Points:

0:00 to 4:30 - Why did you start the GenWhy Leaders Podcast?

4:30 to 6:30 - How Eric’s wife, Jonathan, and a few closest to Eric encouraged him to push on to his original 100-episode goal. 

6:30 to 8:20 - What is the Golden Rule of podcasting and how did you break it?

8:20 to 10:20 - What tips do you have for others who are interested in starting a podcast?

10:20 to 12:10 - What did we do well from a podcasting and show production point of view?

12:10 to 15:30  - What do you think we could have done better or changed?

15:30 to 17:00 - What will you take from this experience?

17:00 to end - Thank you

Connect with Eric:

Website: www.genwhyleaders.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ehughey

Overview:
Daniel Lee is the Owner of Windura, Inc., a premium windows and doors installation company based in Kansas City. After climbing the corporate ladder at two different insurance companies, Daniel left Corporate America to buy Windura, a local small business. Listen to his compelling story of acquisition entrepreneurship.

Key Points:

0:00 to 2:30 - Who are you and what do you do?

2:30 to 4:30 - What's your Why? Why do what you do?

4:30 to 7:45 - What is acquisition entrepreneurship (AE) and when did you first learn about it?

7:45 to 11:15 - What made you want to leave Corporate America, and acquire a business after your corporate success? What was the reaction like from your friends and family?

11:15 to 15:00 - What types of businesses were you researching before buying one?

15:00 to 16:30 - What's your vision for the future? Acquire more businesses?

16:30 to 18:30 - Where do you feel like you’ve made the most impact within Windura?

18:30 to 21:00 - What effect did COVID shutdowns have on finalizing your acquisition?

21:00 to 23:30 - If you had a room full of 100 other current and aspiring entrepreneurs, what "lesson-learned" would you teach them?

23:30 to 24:45 - What books or resources would you recommend to others interested in acquisition entrepreneurship?

24:45 to end - Where can people follow you and support you?

Books and resources:

Book: Buy Then Build by Walker Deibel

Book: Great Game of Business by Jack Stack with Bo Burlingham

Podcast: How I Built this by Guy Raz

Connect with Daniel:

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dglee1

Website: www.windura.com

Overview:
Adam McGovern is the Owner of ACM Homes, a residential home construction and remodeling company, as well as Prairieside Concepts, an outdoor living space design and construction company. Adam tells us the importance of investing in your business first before taking a salary to accelerate your growth. 

Key Points:
0:00 to 2:10 - Who are you and what do you do?

2:10 to 4:10 - What was your justification or market demand for starting a second company?

4:10 to 5:35 - What’s your Why? What motivates you to own construction companies?

5:35 to 8:50 - Why is the housing market so crazy right now?

8:50 to 10:20 - The labor shortage in the trades is slowing down the pace of construction. 

11:10 to 12:20 - If you weren’t in the construction industry, what would you be doing?

12:20 to 16:15 - If you had to speak to a room full of 100 other millennial-aged entrepreneurs, what lesson would you teach them, or how would you inspire them?

16:15 to 17:45 - Where can people follow you and support you?

17:45 to end - closing comments

Connect with Adam:
ACM Homes website: www.acmhomesllc.com

Prairieside Concepts website: www.prairiesideconcepts.com

ACM Homes Instagram: @acmhomes

Prairieside Concepts Instagram: @prairiesideconcepts

Overview:

Nick Mikle is the owner of The Lawn Barber, a company focused on lawn care, landscaping, irrigation, seasonal cleanup, and snow removal in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City. Listen in as Nick tells us how he turned what was his high school business into his lifelong career. But it didn’t happen overnight. Nick has been building his business for almost 15 years. 

Key Points:

0:00 to 1:50 - Tell listeners who you are and what you do.

1:50 to 2:55 - What was the intent of your business when you started it?

2:55 to 4:00 - What’s made you stick with the business for 14 years and serve the local community?

4:00 to 6:30 - Talk about the scaling of your business, comparing it from where it started to where it is now?

6:30 to 7:45 - What’s contributed the most to your growth?

7:45 to 9:05 - How has it been working with your Dad as the Co-Owner of the business?

9:05 to 12:30 - What are your plans for the next 5 years? Stabilize or aggressive growth?

12:30 to 13:30 - What would you be doing if you weren’t the Owner of The Lawn Barber.

13:30 to 14:45 - If you had to speak to a room full of 100 other entrepreneurs, what lesson would you teach them or how would you inspire them?

14:45 to end - Book recommendations and how to connect with Nick

Book recommendations:

Street Smarts by Bo Burlington

Connect with Nick:

Email: [email protected]

Website: kclawnbarber.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/nick-mikle-2359704b

Overview:

Jeff VanDeusen is Founder of Scavenger Tech, an adventure-based product providing the hardware and software to power city-wide games, scavenger hunts and events that add valuable revenue streams to local businesses. Listen in as Jeff tells us the importance of doubling down on your strengths and building a team to supplement your weaknesses. 

Key Points:

0:00 to 1:35 - Who are you and what do you do?

1:35 to 3:00 - Tell us the origin story of Scavenger Tech and why you originally made it.

3:00 to 4:30 - What made you come back to Scavenger Tech and try to make something of it after many years away?

4:30 to 5:45 - What’s your Why? What motivates you?

5:45 to 7:30 - What was the final straw or “threshold moment” where you knew this is something you had to commit to and develop it in a business?

7:30 to 11:30 - Tell us more about Scavenger Tech and the multiple iterations it’s had. 

11:30 to 13:15 - The all-in-one sweet spot of a product, service, and experience.

13:15 to 16:15 - What locations are you operating in? What’s the status of your growth?

16:15 to 17:30 - What books or resources would you recommend to others?

17:30 to 18:45 - Where can people learn more about Scavenger Tech and connect with you?

18:45 to end - What words of wisdom do you have for other Millennial-aged entrepreneurs? 

Book recommendations:

• Anything by MJ DeMarco 
• The Art of Immersion 
• Rich Dad Poor Dad

Connect with Jeff:

Website: www.scavenger-tech.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-vandeusen-72927a1b0

Overview:

Nyasha-Harmony Gutsa is the CEO of billy, an insurance and risk management platform, primarily focused on the construction industry. In this episode Nyasha tells us his journey of growing up in Zimbabwe, Africa to now living in New York and being the CEO of a successful saas company. 

Key points:

0:00 to 5:40 - Tell us who you are, and what you do?

5:40 to 7:50 - What’s your Why?

7:50 to 13:00 - What got you started in aviation? How did you transition from that to software development?

13:00 to 15:45 - If you had to speak to a room full of 100 fellow young entrepreneurs, what lesson-learned would you teach them?

15:45 to 17:20 - Do you use a journal or any habitual systems to help you focus on your main goal?

17:20 to 20:30 - Book and resource recommendations. 

20:30 to end - Where can people connect with you for business or personal advice?

Books and resources:

Daring Greatly by Brené Brown

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Connect with Nyasha:

Website: billyforinsurance.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/nyasha-harmony-gutsa-0429b06

Overview:

Tyler Anthony is the Co-Owner of Triumph Construction Supply and also serves as the company's estimator. In a society of job-hoppers from corporation to corporation, listen in as Tyler tells us how taking a risk in joining a small company from its start has paid off after 10 years of hard work, dedication and loyalty. 

Key points:

0:00 to 1:50 - Who are you, and what do you do?

1:50 to 3:50 - How’s business right now with many supply chain shortages?

3:50 to 5:45 - What’s your Why?

5:45 to 8:45 - What kept you from burning out, and encouraged you stay at your company for 10+ years?

8:45 to 10:15 - How did the co-owner opportunity happen?

10:15 to 11:45 - What was your thought process when making the decision to become a co-owner?

11:45 to 14:00 - If you had to speak to a room full of 100 other millennial entrepreneurs, what lesson-learned would you teach them?

14:00 to 17:30 - What kind of opportunities are out there in the B2B, labor and trade sectors?

17:30 to 19:30 - What books or resources would you recommend?

19:30 to end - Where can people connect with you?

Connect with Tyler:

Website: triumphconstructionsupply.com

Twitter: @TylerAnt3

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-anthony-b9418a30

Overview:

Sarry Ibrahim is the Founder of FIN Asset Protection, a financial planning firm with a speciality in the Infinite Banking Concept - also known as the Bank on Yourself Concept. Listen in as Sarry explains the benefits of this unique financial strategy. 

Key points:

0:00 to 3:30 - Who are you and what do you do?

3:30 to 4:20 - What’s your why? What drives you as an entrepreneur?

4:20 to 9:15 - Explain the Bank on Yourself strategy. 

9:15 to 12:50 - How is this method different than a 401K, IRA, Roth IRA, etc. 

12:50 to 14:15 - What does this look like when you retire and want to take out the money?

14:15 to 16:15 - How do you as the advisor make money through this strategy?

16:15 to 19:10 - How do you evaluate the companies you work with and refer?

19:10 to 20:20 - Book recommendations (see below).

20:20 to end - Where can people connect with you?

Book and resource recommendations:

Become Your Own Banker by Nelson Nash

Napoleon Hill Books

Principles by Ray Dalio

Black Swan by Nassim Taleb

Connect with Sarry:

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sarry-ibrahim-mba-ltcp-bank-on-you

Website: finassetprotection.com

Overview:

Warren Shaeffer is the Co-Founder and CEO of Knowable, an audio-first learning platform that allows users to learn today’s most in-demand skills with actionable, podcast-style lessons from top experts. Knowable was recently acquired by Medium, a new model for digital publishing. 

Key points:

0:00 to 1:40 - Who are you, and what do you do?

1:40 to 2:30  - Tell us the origin story of Knowable.

2:30 to 3:45 - What’s the app and user experience feel like?

3:45 to 5:30 - What does the content development aspect look like? Who produces the content?

5:30 to 7:00 - How is Knowable different from Audible, Blinkist, Masterclass and other learning platforms?

7:00 to 10:00 - When was your first market echo when you knew things would take off?

10:00 to 13:00 - Explain your slogan of “take notice”

13:00 to 14:20 - What’s your Why?

14:20 to 16:20  - Book and resource recommendations.

16:20 to end - Where can people connect with you?

Book and resource recommendations:

Knowable App: knowable.fyi

Books:
The Joys of Compounding
Your Brain at Work
Americana
Working Backwards

Connect with Warren:

Website: knowable.fyi
Twitter: @wwshaef
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/warrenshaeffer