Thrive School with John Meese

Bobby Klinck is a Harvard lawyer turned entrepreneur and the host of The Certified BADA$$ Online Marketing Podcast. In this interview, he shares his experience responding to COVID-19 and what he discovered was missing in client contracts that should be included to legally protect your business during good times and bad.

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Bryson Leach used to be a creative designer on Dave Ramsey's team. Now he's a small-town entrepreneur with two brick-and-mortar businesses along with a branding & sign design business. In this interview, he shares how he adapted his retail strategy in response to COVID-19 and a local lockdown in Columbia, Tennessee.

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Cathryn Lavery a traditionally-trained architect turned product designer and the CEO of BestSelf (creator of the SELF Journal). After runaway success on Kickstarter followed by building a multi-million dollar company on Shopify, Cathryn and her co-founder Allen came to a crossroad and ultimately broke up their partnership in the midst of a trade war and global pandemic (both of which directly hurt BestSelf's supply chain).

In this interview, Cathryn shares what she wishes she knew before starting her business with a co-founder, what she learned along the way, and how she ultimately became the 100% owner of her company after two years of negotiations to buy out her partner.

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Sean Harper is a serial entrepreneur and the co-founder of Kin Insurance. In this interview, Sean shares how he's leveraged technology to disrupt the home insurance industry and how that set his company up for success during the COVID-19 pandemic and related lockdowns.

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Rabbi Daniel Lapin is a traditional Jewish scholar and the author of Thou Shalt Prosper and Business Secrets from the Bible. In this interview, Rabbi Daniel explains how Jewish wisdom and history clarifies the path for anyone who desires wealth, and he illustrates how economic success is ultimately an issue of character.

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Caleb Mathis is an owner & operator of a Chick-fil-A franchise in Columbia, TN (AKA Muletown). In this interview, he shares how he responded to COVID-19 to serve his team, support his customers, and ultimately have his most financially successful month to date in the middle of the global pandemic.

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Ryan Daniel Moran is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and the author of 12 Months to $1 Million: How to Pick a Winning product, Build a Real Business, and Become a Seven-Figure Entrepreneur. In this interview, Ryan Moran shares his experience with COVID-19 and what he sees on the horizon in a changing, reshaping economy.

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Casey Graham is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO of Gravy Solutions, a payment recovery company that serves subscription-based businesses. In this interview, he shares his response to COVID-19 with a "recession-accelerated" business plan of attack that allowed him to dramatically grow his business despite a declining economy and quickly create a content marketing engine to become an authority on LinkedIn.

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Tom Schwab is an entrepreneur and Chief Evangelist Officer for Interview Valet, the company he founded to help thought leaders get featured on podcasts in front of their target customers. In this interview, he shares his business experience with the COVID-19 crisis and the benefits of joining an existing conversation (by getting featured on someone else's podcast) rather than trying to start a new conversation online (like creating a new podcast, which ironically I just did).

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Brian Kurtz is a legend in the world of direct response marketing and the author of Overdeliver. He revolutionized direct mail marketing alongside Eugene Schwartz, Jay Abraham, and many other legends, and then he rode the wave to digital marketing with a few select peers (like Perry Marshall).

In this interview, he shares his response to COVID-19 and the related economic lockdown, diving into the importance of direct response email marketing with a clear sales offer and a consistent approach to overdeliver with your customers and make more sales, all to grow your business.

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