The Startup Life

In this episode, we talk to Oginga Carr(Certified High-Performance Coach), as we discuss the importance of having a coach, his opinion on the $15 dollar minimum wage, and he talks about the importance of the championship belt at his events.

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**More on Oginga**

Oginga Carr is an author, international seminar leader, organizational structure expert and consultant. He brings 20 years of experience in Sales, Management, and Human Resources. His passion is in the dynamic of change; dealing with it, working through it, and preparing for it. He has worked in the telecommunications, flooring, and print industries. He is also a serial entrepreneur and has served as a magazine publisher, radio show host, TV show host, Executive Director of a non-profit foundation and many other capacities. Oginga focuses on productivity through structure and human capital development. He has trained tens of thousands of HR Professionals in 49 states. He consults with and trains organizations in Human Resources and compliance.

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Written by: Dominic Lawson

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Behind Closed Doors - Otis McDonald

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In this episode, we talk to Blake Michelle Morgan(Customer Futurist and author of "The Customer Of The Future) about her latest book, the difference between customer service and customer experience, and why Amazon gets it right.

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**More On Blake**

Blake Morgan is a leader in customer experience. She is a keynote speaker and customer experience futurist and author of two books on customer experience. Her second book is called "The Customer Of The Future: 10 Guiding Principles For Winning Tomorrow's Business" (HarperCollins). Her first book was "More is More: How The Best Companies Work Harder And Go Farther To Create Knock Your Socks Off Customer Experiences." She has worked with Accor Hotels, Accenture, Adobe, Comcast, Parker Hannifin, Ericsson, Verizon, Omron, Genentech and more. Blake is a guest lecturer at Columbia University as well as adjunct faculty at the Rutgers executive education MBA program. Blake contributes to Forbes, the Harvard Business Review and Hemispheres Magazine. She is the host of The Modern Customer Podcast and a weekly customer experience video series on YouTube. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband, daughter, and two dogs.

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Written by: Dominic Lawson

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Behind Closed Doors - Otis McDonald

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Cielo - Huma-Huma

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In this episode, we talk to Faizah Husniyah (Owner of Beauty By Faizah) as discusses building her business in Memphis, Why doesn't have to advertise on social media, and why it's important for her daughter to see her succeed.

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In this episode, Jasmin NUHIC (Author & Professional Development Expert) shares with us the work he does, his latest book, and how he is a natural-born educator.

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Written by: Dominic Lawson

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Behind Closed Doors - Otis McDonald

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Cielo - Huma-Huma

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In this episode, we sit down with Josh Levine(Author of Great Mondays) as he shares insight on his book, how he helps Fortune 500 companies and gives #StartupNation some much needed advice on starting a company.

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In this episode, we sit down with Drs. Todd and Kim Saxton (Professors at the Indiana University School of Business and Co-Authors of "The Titanic Effect") as the share insight on their book, how the husband and wife team met, and give interesting commentary on the NBA/China situation.

**More On Kim and Todd**

Drs. Todd & Kim Saxton are award-winning professors at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, as well as co-authors of The Titanic Effect, The book is a practical guide to help startup founders, as well as their investors and supporters, successfully navigate the icebergs that so often sink startups in the ideation and early stages of development. They'll tap into decades of academic and professional experience in business strategy, entrepreneurship, marketing, market research, and venture-funded startups to help you navigate the "debtbergs" that so often sink early-stage startups.

70% of startups fail. Drs. Todd & Kim Saxton, award-winning professors at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, have witnessed this firsthand, and have made it their mission to help startup founders and investors navigate the "icebergs" that so often sink startups in their early stages. Relying on decades of academic and professional experience in business strategy, entrepreneurship, marketing, and angel investing, Kim and Todd coauthored The Titanic Effect, with serial tech entrepreneur Michael Cloran. The book is a practical guide to help entrepreneurs and their supporters successfully launch and grow ventures. Kim and Todd have advised, helped launch, and invested in hundreds of startups spanning life sciences, software, sports, consumer products, and services. They serve on various boards of entrepreneurial ventures and startup advisory associations. The pair have shared their expertise from the stage to dozens of audiences, including entrepreneurship and professional development associations, academic societies, and global companies like Roche Diagnostics and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals.

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Behind Closed Doors - Otis McDonald

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In this episode, we sit down with Brett Swarts (Founder of Capital Gains Tax Solutions) as he shares with us his days of playing college basketball, how businesses can benefit from a deferred sales trust, and lastly some lasting words of motivation.

**More On Brett**

Brett Swarts is the CEO of Capital Gains Tax Solutions and every year equips hundreds of business professionals with the Deferred Sales Trust tool to help their high net worth clients solve capital gains tax deferral limitations. His experience includes: numerous Deferred Sales Trust, Delaware Statue Trust, 1031 exchanges and $85,000,000 in closed commercial real estate brokerage transactions. He's an active commercial real estate broker and investor himself with experience and holdings in Multifamily, Senior Housing, Retail, Medical Office and Mixed-Use properties. He is a licensed California Real Estate Broker and holds series 22 and 63 licenses. He is formerly an associate at the largest Commercial Real Estate Brokerage firm in the country and has years of experience and hands-on training from some of the best in the business. As a trustee, he is passionate in educating about capital gains tax deferral with a Deferred Sales Trust, how to divest from a business or real estate and gain freedom from feeling hostage to a 1031 exchange, and then invest back into and back out of real estate at any time (all capital gains tax deferred). Brett is considered one of the most well-rounded capital gains tax deferral experts and informative speakers on the West Coast. His audiences are challenged to lean into multiple capital gains tax deferral strategies, create and develop a passive cash flow wealth plan of their own, and execute on this plan so they can create and preserve more wealth. Brett lives in Roseville, California, with his wife, Melanie and their 4 daughters and 1 son.

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A video by Brett about the Deferred Sales Trust Process

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Edited by: Alejandro Giron(https://alegiron.com) and Dominic Lawson

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**Show Theme**

Behind Closed Doors - Otis McDonald

**Break Theme**

Cielo - Huma-Huma

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In this episode, we sit down with Margaret Dolan(President & CEO of LaunchTN) as she with us being born in Memphis but growing up in Canada, a recap of the 36|86 Entrepreneurship Festival, and the mission of Launch Tennessee.

**More About Margaret Dolan**

Ms. Dolan brings a wealth of financial, executive and civic experience to her role as President and CEO of Launch Tennessee. Launch Tennessee is a public-private partnership that supports entrepreneurs from ideation to exit and is guided by a vision of making Tennessee the most startup-friendly state in the nation.

She most recently was Principal, neil Strategies, LLC, an independent consulting firm and Managing Director for AuthEX, a subsidiary of Worth Group, LLC. Dolan also served as President & CEO of LocalShares, LLC and its subsidiaries, LocalShares Investments, LLC and LocalShares Knowledge, LLC prior to the acquisition of LocalShares by Worth Group, LLC. LocalShares, through its RIA and in partnership with an independent fiduciary trust, brought the first city-based exchange-traded fund to market and developed thirty city-based indices that measured the performance of headquartered companies in various US metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). Prior to that, Ms. Dolan served as President & CEO, Saint Thomas Health Foundations as well as Executive Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Saint Thomas Health, a subsidiary of Ascension Health. Ms. Dolan spent over two decades at Ingram Industries Inc. where she advanced to vice president of community relations serving in a lead role in family and corporate philanthropic and civic activity. Ms. Dolan began her career at KPMG, LLP (formerly Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.).

Ms. Dolan graduated from the University of Tennessee, earning a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (with honors) majoring in Accounting. She earned her Master of Business Administration from Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management (Beta Gamma Sigma) where she received the Dean Martin S. Geisel Leadership Award. A Certified Public Accountant, Ms. Dolan is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Ms. Dolan currently serves on the governing boards of the Nashville Business Coalition and United Way of Metropolitan Nashville (past Chair). She concluded her work as a member of the Fifth Third Bank Tennessee Board in late 2017.

In addition, Ms. Dolan is engaged with the International Women's Forum, Nashville's Agenda Steering Committee, Rotary Club of Nashville (past President), and the Board & CEO Advisory Council for United Way Worldwide. She is a Sustaining Member of the Junior League of Nashville and a graduate of Leadership Nashville.

Her previous board service includes Adventure Science Center, Alignment Nashville, Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville, Books from Birth of Middle Tennessee, Tennessee Charter School Incubator, Center for Nonprofit Management, Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee, Junior League of Nashville, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, Nashville Downtown Partnership, Nashville Public Education Foundation (past Chair), Project Reflect, Tennessee Business Roundtable (past Chair), Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management Alumni Board, and the Rotary Club of Nashville (past President).

Ms. Dolan was recognized with the Nashville Public Education Foundation's 2013 Nelson C. Andrews Distinguished Service Award, and in 2015 she was inducted into the prestigious Academy for Women of Achievement by the YWCA of Middle Tennessee.

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Written by: Dominic Lawson

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Edited by: Alejandro Giron(https://alegiron.com) and Dominic Lawson

Photo for Cover Art: Dana Pruett

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**Show Theme**

Behind Closed Doors - Otis McDonald

**Break Theme**

Cielo - Huma-Huma

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In this episode, we sit down with Chris Washington(Owner of Chris-On-Call) as he shares with us the ins and out of his business, how he faces adversity and why do what you love is always the best course of action.

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Written by: Dominic Lawson

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Edited by: Alejandro Giron(https://alegiron.com) and Dominic Lawson

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Behind Closed Doors - Otis McDonald

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In this episode, we sit down with Betty Jean Bell (Creator of BeingBadAss.com) as she shares with us her early days as an aspiring opera singer, what she learned on a trip to Miami, and some of here favorite cartoons growing up.

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Photo for Cover Art: Dana Pruett

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Behind Closed Doors - Otis McDonald

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Cielo - Huma-Huma

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