Toptimizers

Toptimizers

By Samantha HolschuhBusinessEntrepreneurship
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Toptimizers episodes

  • Build Your Team With Authenticity with Stacey Sorgen

    Welcome to Toptimizers. The show designed to help you optimize your business to the top. Join us today to talk with Stacey Sorgen about building a community culture and a brand that listens to their consumers through entrepreneurship. We hope to see you at the top!

    What to expect in today’s show:

    • Introduction
      • Meet Stacey Sorgen
      • From English major to the medical field to health and fitness
      • How can we help people learn about their bodies before it’s too late?
      • MODYBODY Fitness
        • What made you take the leap into entrepreneurship?
        • Tell us more about MODBODY fitness and how you’re pivoting with COVID19
        • What comes next with online training?
        • What trends are we seeing in fitness for 2020?
        • Life as an Entrepreneur
          • What mental change did you have to go through to become a business owner?
          • What advice would you give future entrepreneurs?
          • What advice would you give your past self?
          • What advice would you give your future self?
          • How are you balancing entrepreneurship with the new COVID19 situation?
          • Resources:

            MODBODY Fitness Website

            MODBODY Fitness on Instagram

            Sign up for Virtual Networking Events

            Be a Guest on the Show

            Get in Touch:

            www.toptimizers.com

            www.facebook.com/toptimizers

            www.linkedin.com/toptimizers

            www.pinterest.com/toptimizers

            www.youtube.com/toptimizers

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            44 min
          • Believe In Yourself with Julie Johnson

            Welcome to Toptimizers. The show designed to help you optimize your business to the top. Join us today to talk with Julie Johnson about believing in yourself and not letting stereotypes hold you back from reaching your potential. We hope to see you at the top!

            What to expect in today’s show:

            • Introduction
              • Meet Julie Johnson
              • Utilizing the current pandemic situation to become an entrepreneur
              • Building a company at a young age
              • Julie Johnson Creative
                • Starting with YouTube at a young age learning about content creation
                • Julie focuses on YouTube and Instagram social media management
                • When building a business start with what you’re good at and expand from there
                • How did you turn a passion project into a business?
                • Find someone that inspires you and ask for mentorship
                • What does Julie Johnson Creative offer?
                • What trends are you seeing for 2020?
                • Building community online through the pandemic
                • Life as an Entrepreneur
                  • What mindset do you need to manage being an entrepreneur at such a young age?
                  • How are you balancing school, family, being 16, and running a business?
                  • The misconception of working with teen entrepreneurs
                  • What advice would you give your past self?
                  • What advice would you give your future self?
                  • What advice do you wish you were given when you first started your YouTube channel?
                  • Do you help people with influencer marketing?
                  • What’s next for Julie Johnson Creative?
                  • Resources:

                    Julie Johnson on YouTube

                    Julie Johnson Website

                    Julie Johnson on Facebook

                    Julie Johnson on Instagram

                    Sign up for Virtual Networking Events

                    Be a Guest on the Show

                    Get in Touch:

                    www.toptimizers.com

                    www.facebook.com/toptimizers

                    www.linkedin.com/toptimizers

                    www.instagram.com/toptimizers

                    www.pinterest.com/toptimizers

                    www.youtube.com/toptimizers

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                    33 min
                  • Scaling Your Business with Tom Matzen

                    Welcome to Toptimizers. The show designed to help you optimize your business to the top. Join us today to talk with Tom Matzen about scaling your business strategically to avoid business failure. We hope to see you at the top!

                    What to expect in today’s show:

                    • Introduction
                      • Meet Tom Matzen
                      • Everyone should spend time in the service industry
                      • Learn how to treat people
                      • Stop targeting everyone as your audience
                      • Becoming an Entrepreneur
                        • Taking the leap into entrepreneurship
                        • Moving away from reactive strategies to proactive strategies
                        • Make sure your business is aligned with your strategies and passions
                        • You can’t grow your business if you’re only driven by money
                        • Create raving fans, not just loyal customers
                        • Big ticket items are the ones that lead to actual profit
                        • Stop selling courses that don’t include skill building, mentorship, or accountability
                        • Life as an Entrepreneur
                          • What mental change do people have to go through to become a business owner?
                          • What trends are we seeing for business in 2020?
                          • What advice would you give your past self?
                          • Smart people learn from their mistakes, geniuses learn from others
                          • What advice would you give your future self?
                          • Resources:

                            Tom’s Website

                            Tom on Linkedin

                            Tom on Facebook

                            Tom on Youtube

                            Tom on Twitter

                            Sign up for Virtual Networking Events

                            Be a Guest on the Show

                            Get in Touch:

                            www.toptimizers.com

                            www.facebook.com/toptimizers

                            www.linkedin.com/toptimizers

                            www.instagram.com/toptimizers

                            www.pinterest.com/toptimizers

                            www.youtube.com/toptimizers

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                            56 min
                          • Self Care is Not Selfish with Alison Katschkowsky

                            Welcome to Toptimizers. The show designed to help you optimize your business to the top. Join us today to talk with Alison Katschkowsky about choosing the path that is right for you while breaking expectations and following your passion. We hope to see you at the top!

                            What to expect in today’s show:

                            • Introduction
                              • Meet Alison Katschkowsky
                              • From being waitlisted for PT school for 3 years to making the decision to pursue a career in fitness
                              • A classic lesson in faith to make the leap away from her designated path
                              • Making the transition from being an employee to an entrepreneur
                              • CU Fitness
                                • Wanted to make an impact for people on a personal level
                                • Don’t ever live with regret - if it doesn’t work at least you’re going to learn something
                                • CU Fitness works with those who need accountability both in person and online
                                • Self care isn’t selfish
                                • Courses seem to be the biggest trend so developing courses is the next trend to help the most people possible
                                • Life as an Entrepreneur
                                  • How do you balance finding the personal touch with working virtually?
                                  • What advice would you give future entrepreneurs?
                                  • What advice would you give your past self?
                                  • What advice would you give your future self?
                                  • Resources:

                                    CU Fitness on Instagram

                                    CU Fitness on Facebook

                                    CU Fitness Website

                                    Sign up for Virtual Networking Events

                                    Be a Guest on the Show

                                    Get in Touch:

                                    www.toptimizers.com

                                    www.facebook.com/toptimizers

                                    www.linkedin.com/toptimizers

                                    www.instagram.com/toptimizers

                                    www.pinterest.com/toptimizers

                                    www.youtube.com/toptimizers

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                                    41 min
                                  • Failure Is Not Permanent

                                    Welcome to Toptimizers. The show designed to help you optimize your business to the top. Join us today to talk with Miha Matlievski about failure and how to bounce back bigger than ever to overcome any obstacle you may face. We hope to see you at the top!

                                    What to expect in today’s show:

                                    • Introduction
                                    • Meet Miha the Fail Coach
                                    • Miha loves cooking, dancing, supporting animal rescue, and his Failures Anonymous non-profit
                                    • Life Before Fail Coach
                                    • Miha has always been an entrepreneur
                                    • Miha dropped out of high school at 17 which made him almost unemployable - the perfect storm to become an entrepreneur
                                    • Miha faced a big failure in 2009 from real estate
                                    • He was able to turn it around and build a startup in 2014 where he scaled up to multiple 9 figure years before exiting the company and starting Fail Coach
                                    • The Big Failure
                                    • Miha was given an opportunity to be a big investor in a real estate project
                                    • There was no doubt that the project would be successful
                                    • The housing market bubble of 2008/2009 crashed the project
                                    • Miha went from $15M to -$5M in personal debt overnight
                                    • From feeling optimistic to feeling suicidal
                                    • Fail Coach
                                    • What sets you apart as a business coach?
                                    • Balancing logic and emotion in business
                                    • Use your morning routine to practice mindfulness and emotional intelligence
                                    • When planning your week, plan your life before your business - fit your business in where there is time
                                    • You don’t find your passion, you find your freedom
                                    • Life as an Entrepreneur
                                    • Working 16 hours per day is not freedom, build your business to promote your own freedom
                                    • What advice would you give your past self?
                                    • What advice would you give your future self?
                                    • What advice would you give those who want to open their own business?
                                    • Resources:

                                      Fail Coach LinkedIn

                                      Fail Coach Facebook

                                      Fail Coach Facebook page

                                      Fail Coach Twitter

                                      Fail Coach Instagram

                                      Fail Coach Website

                                      Sign up for Virtual Networking Events

                                      Be a Guest on the Show

                                      Get in Touch:

                                      www.toptimizers.com

                                      www.facebook.com/toptimizers

                                      www.linkedin.com/toptimizers

                                      www.instagram.com/toptimizers

                                      www.pinterest.com/toptimizers

                                      www.youtube.com/toptimizers


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                                      43 min
                                    • Business Culture Alignment with Emma Garrison

                                      Welcome to Toptimizers. The show designed to help you optimize your business to the top. Join us today to talk with Emma Garrison about creating a management team that really leads their team and how to overcome self-doubt when being an entrepreneur. We hope to see you at the top!

                                      What to expect in today’s show:

                                      • Introduction
                                        • Meet Emma Garrison
                                        • Feedback culture from Target
                                        • Lack of culture embodiment at Mortgage Company
                                        • Taking the gap between great and awful culture to build a business and become an entrepreneur
                                        • Garrison Growth
                                          • Taking the leap into entrepreneurship
                                          • Garrison Growth teaches management to become leaders
                                          • Overcoming fear and learning to be flexible in their missions
                                          • Life as an Entrepreneur
                                            • What mental change did you have to go through to become a business owner?
                                              • Having a coach that could shift the negative belief patterns into positive patterns
                                              • What advice would you give future entrepreneurs?
                                                • Just do it but bring a coach along with you to keep you motivated and centered
                                                • What advice would you give your past self?
                                                  • Get support quicker - support can be a game-changer in productivity and process development
                                                  • What advice would you give your future self?
                                                    • Always be learning - you are always a student
                                                    • Resources:

                                                      Garrison Growth on YouTube

                                                      Garrison Growth Website

                                                      Emma Garrison on Linkedin

                                                      Sign up for Virtual Networking Events

                                                      Be a Guest on the Show

                                                      Get in Touch:

                                                      www.toptimizers.com

                                                      www.facebook.com/toptimizers

                                                      www.linkedin.com/toptimizers

                                                      www.instagram.com/toptimizers

                                                      www.pinterest.com/toptimizers

                                                      www.youtube.com/toptimizers

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                                                      39 min
                                                    • Systems for Productivity with Lucas Root

                                                      Welcome to Toptimizers. The show designed to help you optimize your business to the top. Join us today to talk with Lucas Root about developing systems to make your personal and business life more efficient. We hope to see you at the top!

                                                      What to expect in today’s show:

                                                      • Introduction
                                                        • Meet Lucas Root
                                                        • Starting Urban Paleo Chef was Lucas’s first taste of entrepreneurship
                                                        • Learning that you can influence the lives of others
                                                        • Taking responsibility for your own business decisions
                                                        • Creating Systems
                                                          • Learn your biorhythms and utilize your peak performance time to get through those tasks/activities that require the most brain power
                                                          • Create a morning routine - workout, meditate, learn
                                                          • Create a post-work routine
                                                          • Create a flow to your day to keep your brain engaged
                                                          • Life as an Entrepreneur
                                                            • What mental change did you have to go through to become a business owner?
                                                            • What advice would you give future entrepreneurs?
                                                            • What advice would you give your past self?
                                                            • Stop giving away all of your knowledge for free
                                                            • Resources:

                                                              Lucas Root on Instagram

                                                              Lucas Root Website

                                                              Sign up for Virtual Networking Events

                                                              Be a Guest on the Show

                                                              Get in Touch:

                                                              www.toptimizers.com

                                                              www.facebook.com/toptimizers

                                                              www.linkedin.com/toptimizers

                                                              www.instagram.com/toptimizers

                                                              www.pinterest.com/toptimizers

                                                              www.youtube.com/toptimizers

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                                                              46 min
                                                            • Table Talk: The Entrepreneur Dilemma

                                                              Welcome to Table Talk with Toptimizers. Table talk is our ramblings about awesome articles or topics we find that we want to share with you. Join us for these bonus episodes outside of our regular show dates. We’ll see you at the top!

                                                              When you open a business you essentially take on two job roles - running the business and working in the business.

                                                              When you have less work, you become really good at getting all of the business activities done which leads to an increase in work. But when the work increases, the business activities fall behind. This creates a cycle of high and low income.

                                                              We work through automating your business, creating processes, and building a business that runs efficiently without being on the cycle of good and bad months.

                                                              Resources:

                                                              The Entrepreneur Dilemma Article

                                                              Sign up for Virtual Networking Events

                                                              Be a Guest on the Show

                                                              Get in Touch:

                                                              www.toptimizers.com

                                                              www.facebook.com/toptimizers

                                                              www.linkedin.com/toptimizers

                                                              www.instagram.com/toptimizers

                                                              www.pinterest.com/toptimizers

                                                              www.youtube.com/toptimizers

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                                                              14 min
                                                            • Table Talk: Building Teams That Work

                                                              Welcome to Table Talk with Toptimizers. Table talk is our ramblings about awesome articles or topics we find that we want to share with you. Join us for these bonus episodes outside of our regular show dates. We’ll see you at the top!

                                                              Building a cohesive team that fits your company culture and ensures employment longevity can be a real headache. We have some tips to make the hiring process more efficient and successful.

                                                              We also discuss what kind of perks employees are looking for and how you can really embody your culture both within and outside of your company.

                                                              Resources:

                                                              Building Teams that Work Article

                                                              Sign up for Virtual Networking Events

                                                              Be a Guest on the Show

                                                              Get in Touch:

                                                              www.toptimizers.com

                                                              www.facebook.com/toptimizers

                                                              www.linkedin.com/toptimizers

                                                              www.instagram.com/toptimizers

                                                              www.pinterest.com/toptimizers

                                                              www.youtube.com/toptimizers

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                                                              16 min
                                                            • Building Your Style Brand with Maria from Dabar Couture

                                                              Welcome to Toptimizers. The show designed to help you optimize your business to the top. Join us today to talk with Maria from Dabar Couture about following your dreams into entrepreneurship and finding your passion. We hope to see you at the top!

                                                              What to expect in today’s show:

                                                              • Introduction
                                                                • Meet Maria from Dabar Couture
                                                                • Be stylishly you
                                                                • Following your dreams
                                                                  • Who were you before Dabar Couture?
                                                                  • Where did your name come from and how do you use it as a conversation starter for your business?
                                                                  • Style branding, closet organization, personal styling.
                                                                  • What trends are we seeing when it comes to branding your style?
                                                                  • Life as an Entrepreneur
                                                                    • What mental change did you have to go through to become a business owner?
                                                                    • What would you tell future entrepreneurs who may be holding themselves back?
                                                                    • What advice would you give your 15 year old self?
                                                                    • How does fashion fit in to being a business owner?
                                                                    • Resources:

                                                                      Quarantine Drab to Quarantine Doll

                                                                      Dabar Couture on Facebook

                                                                      Dabar Couture on Instagram

                                                                      Dabar Couture Website

                                                                      Sign up for Virtual Networking Events

                                                                      Be a Guest on the Show

                                                                      Get in Touch:

                                                                      www.toptimizers.com

                                                                      www.facebook.com/toptimizers

                                                                      www.linkedin.com/toptimizers

                                                                      www.instagram.com/toptimizers

                                                                      www.pinterest.com/toptimizers

                                                                      www.youtube.com/toptimizers

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                                                                      33 min

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