Who Ya Know Show

In this episode, we invite Lauren Grant. Lauren helps individuals that want to get into business ownership, but don't know where to start. She learns about her client’s backgrounds, skill sets, lifestyles, and financial goals in assessing if business ownership is right for them. She then guides her clients through a process to identify and vet franchises to match their needs and business goals.

What you will learn:

- Lauren with entrepreneurs at Coach’s Corner

- Who would be a good fit for a franchise

- Finance options for franchises

- Skills required for the functioning of a franchise

- Popularity of franchise businesses as per locations

- What’s an FDD

- Rethinking your career

- Layoffs and corporate America

- Working for yourself

- How to connect with The Franchise Connectors

Mic Drop Moments:

🎤 Lauren at (10:26) - They are tired of putting their 40, 50, 60, and 70 hours a week for somebody else. They realize why not put that time for myself.

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Get in touch with Lauren:👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-grant

Get in touch with Trevor Houston:👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorhouston

Get to know all things Who Ya Know:👉 https://linktr.ee/whoyaknow

Separately and independently from the WYK Show, Trevor Houston and Mark Elder are licensed financial professionals offering insurance and financial products through various carriers. For more info, visit 👉 https://www.ClearPathWealthStrategies.com

In this episode, we invite Niki Woodall. Niki is a recruiter at Facebook with more than a decade of experience serving non-profits designated under the U.S. State Department, EdTech companies, start-ups, and more. 

Over the years, candidates would start to confide in her with their deepest fears and life challenges, often saying, "You're more like my coach or therapist than my recruiter."

What you will learn:

- Niki’s career journey to Facebook

- What led Niki to become a coach

- Feedback that Niki is getting for her work

- How to get Niki’s free coaching

- Niki’s unique coaching style

- The job search - dating analogy

- The 10 million dollar mindset

- Niki’s course: The Job Salon

- The biggest mistakes job seekers are making

- How fear limits your true potential

- Niki’s outlook for a job search in 2021

Mic Drop Moments:

🎤 Niki at (04:04) - It’s helping women, and now it’s helping men as well to take their power back.

🎤 Niki at (04:52) - Taking back your power is the biggest peace for all these Covid job seekers.

🎤 Niki at (05:42) - You’re not actually in a job search, you’re here to restore your life.

🎤 Niki at (14:10) - You’re not alone. God is always with you.

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Get in touch with Niki:👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikiwoodall/

Get in touch with Trevor Houston:👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorhouston/

Get to know all things Who Ya Know:👉 https://linktr.ee/whoyaknow

Separately and independently from the WYK Show, Trevor Houston and Mark Elder are licensed financial professionals offering insurance and financial products through various carriers. For more info, visit 👉 https://www.ClearPathWealthStrategies.com

In this episode, we invite Callie Miller. Callie is the VP of Client Services with High Profile Staffing. High Profile is a leading staffing firm in Dallas, TX that specializes in placing administrative, accounting/finance, and human resource professionals on a contract, contract to hire, and direct hire basis.

What you will learn:

- Callie’s career journey

- A typical day in Callie’s life

- How old is High Profile Staffing Firm

- How did they adapt to remote working

- The Zoom burnout in remote working

- The biggest challenge in recruiting today

- The importance of follow-up and communication

- Personalized automation in hiring

- What sets High Profile Staffing apart from others

- The biggest mistake companies are making

- Receiving a video follow-up email

- Standing out as a job seeker

- The #WhoYaKnow Summit

- Roles that Callie is hiring for

Mic Drop Moments:

🎤 Callie at (06:05) - The lack of follow-up and communication.

🎤 Callie at (18:02) - We started kind of doing reverse, where we are actually showcasing the talent that we serve. We have got candidate profiles on our website where we sell and market to our clients that way.

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Get in touch with Callie:👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/callieamiller

Get in touch with Trevor Houston:👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorhouston

Get to know all things Who Ya Know:👉 https://linktr.ee/whoyaknow

Separately and independently from the WYK Show, Trevor Houston and Mark Elder are licensed financial professionals offering insurance and financial products through various carriers. For more info, visit 👉 https://www.ClearPathWealthStrategies.com

In this episode, we invite Yonason Goldson. Yonason is the director of Ethical Imperatives, LLC, working with leaders to create a culture of ethics that builds trust, sparks initiative, and inspires passion. He’s a keynote and TEDx speaker, trainer, coach, and community rabbi, as well as a repentant hitchhiker, world traveler, former newspaper columnist, and retired high school teacher in St. Louis.

What you will learn:

- What is a repentant hitchhiker

- Yonason’s fear of speaking

- His first book and the first time he wrote

- The misconception in our culture

- Choosing between what is ethical and profitable

- Difference between ethics and integrity

- Is it tough to train people in ethics

- How Yonason feels when he gets feature requests

- Yonason’s new book: Grappling With The Gray

Mic Drop Moments:

🎤 Yonason at (06:13) - Ethics builds trust. Trust inspires loyalty. Loyalty generates passion and passion drives productivity. So if you create a culture of ethics, you’re automatically going to be successful.

🎤 Yonason at (06:46) - We live in a culture that tries to convince us that we have to choose between being good and being successful. That’s a poisonous misconception because everything is about the relationship.

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Get in touch with Yonason:👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/yonason-goldson/

Get in touch with Trevor Houston:👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorhouston/

Get to know all things Who Ya Know:👉 https://linktr.ee/whoyaknow

Separately and independently from the WYK Show, Trevor Houston and Mark Elder are licensed financial professionals offering insurance and financial products through various carriers. For more info, visit 👉 https://www.ClearPathWealthStrategies.com

In this episode, we invite Mike C-Roc Ciorrocco. Mike is the CEO of People Building, Inc. He is a performance coach, author, dynamic public speaker, visionary, and thought leader. He has been featured by Yahoo Finance as one of the Top Business Leaders to Follow in 2020 and is on a mission to build people.

At his core, he’s obsessed with success and helping others achieve greatness. C-Roc is a guy who had a fire lit in him at an early age. That fire has led him to inspire others to see the greatness inside of themselves using past life events to fuel their fire.

What you will learn:

- Why did Mike start People Building, Inc.

- Similarity between job-seeking and sales

- Grant Cardone’s training program

- What does Mike’s routine look like

- Identifying your true potential

- Common theme in successful people

- Brandon Dawson’s quote that inspires Mike

- Taking massive action for your vision

- Being the best version of yourself

Mic Drop Moments:

🎤 Mike at (02:28) - The first thing for jobseekers is the same as the salespersons.

🎤 Mike at (15:40) - What you think is what you say. What you say is what you do. What you do becomes your legacy.

Get in touch with Mike👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-ciorrocco/

Get in touch with Trevor Houston👉 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorhouston/

Get to know all things Who Ya Know👉 https://linktr.ee/whoyaknow

Separately and independently from the WYK Show, Trevor Houston and Mark Elder are licensed financial professionals offering insurance and financial products through various carriers. For more info, visit 👉 https://www.ClearPathWealthStrategies.com/

In this episode, we invite Madeline Mann. Madeline is the founder of Self Made Millennial which is the Top 5 Career YouTube Channel by Career Karma, and the #2 Career-Focused TikTok channel, second only to Gary Vaynerchuk.

What you will learn:

- When did Madeline start helping jobseekers

- Madeline’s opinion on using TikTok

- What’s happening with the Gen Z

- Crafting your image online

- The biggest mistakes that millennial jobseekers are making

- The marketing rules of 7

- What is holding millennials back

- Importance of networking

- Cultivating relationships selflessly

- The #WhoYaKnow Show’s YouTube channel

Mic Drop Moments:

🎤 Madeline at (11:00) - When they’re in their jobs, they will be the ones going after it, making it happen.

🎤 Madeline at (15:54) - There is a thing about us always getting trophies for not winning and I’m always thinking who handed us these trophies. Millennials didn’t buy trophies. It was the boomers who raised us, who have given us those trophies.

🎤 Madeline at (17:02) - it is the key. It’s who you know.

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Get in touch with Madeline:👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/madelinemann/

Get in touch with Trevor Houston:👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorhouston/

Get to know all things Who Ya Know:👉 https://linktr.ee/whoyaknow

Separately and independently from the WYK Show, Trevor Houston and Mark Elder are licensed financial professionals offering insurance and financial products through various carriers. For more info, visit 👉 https://www.ClearPathWealthStrategies.com

In this episode, we invite Chris Gronkowski. Chris is a former NFL player with the Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos and Indianapolis Comes, turned entrepreneur, owner of Ice Shaker as seen on Shark Tank, and invested by Mark Cuban.

What you will learn:

- Chris’ childhood and stories of growing up

- His podcast: Gronk'd UP

- Common trait in successful people

- Chris’ free e-book

- His journey from NFL to entrepreneurship

- The beginning of Chris’ business

- The biggest challenge that Chris had to overcome

- Chris’ experience of working with Mark Cuban

- Giveaway of Ice-Shaker

Mic Drop Moments:

🎤 Chris at (05:50) - The more stuff you give them free, the less they actually use. Sometimes, you almost have to make them pay for it, just so they actually apply it.

🎤 Chris at (14:58) - When you start something, you better absolutely it. You better have a passion for it.

🎤 Chris at (20:24) - I will get an unbiased opinion on anything I want to know instead of hearing from their sales rep.

If you enjoyed today's episode, don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a ⭐5 STAR REVIEW!! It only takes a few minutes and let me tell you... those reviews really help people find the show!

Get in touch with Chris:👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgronkowski/

Get in touch with Trevor Houston:👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorhouston/

Get to know all things Who Ya Know:👉 https://linktr.ee/whoyaknow

Separately and independently from the WYK Show, Trevor Houston and Mark Elder are licensed financial professionals offering insurance and financial products through various carriers. For more info, visit 👉 https://www.ClearPathWealthStrategies.com