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Double the Impossible with the "Iron Cowboy" James Lawrence Dec 25, 2021

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Alan welcomes James Lawrence, Guinness Book of World Record Breaker and family man. Author of "Redefined Impossible". In 2015 he did 50 triathlons, in 50 days, through 50 states. Why? He wanted to know his personal limits. When you reach on mountain top and you see another you want to conquer that one. Alan asked how he got the name, "Iron Cowboy". James explained that everything he did was a team effort with his family. He wanted to stand out amongst the stream of athletes so he started wearing a cowboy hat. It allowed his family to find him in the race. James continued on about his journey starting in Hawaii to Alaska, and ended in Utah. Each race required it to be completed within 17 hours. James shares in order to achieve greatness, help everyone else around you achieve greatness and you will be at the mountain top with them. What did you learn about yourself?, asked Alan. As humans, we are getting in our own way. We are out toughest critics. One of the hardest thing to do is to start. Believe in yourself and surround yourself with positive people. Next James doubled the impossible by doing 100 Ironman Triathlons in 100 days. Each race consisted of 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, and 26.2 miles of running. From March 1 through June 8th with no days off. 14000 miles and raised $500kl for "Operation Underground", to eradicate human sex trafficking. What's next for the Iron Cowboy? In January his company will be releasing a Fitness app for general fitness, a Mindset program for life principles and a 60 day triathlon challenge for beginners to the experiences. James shares that he wants to give hope and experience on peoples journey, to help them achieve their dream.

[00:00:00] 50-50-50
[00:05:59] Iron Cowboy
[00:11:30] 17 Hours
[00:18:53] Move Out of Your Way
[00:26:43] Ironman
[00:33:54] Choose Your Sport!

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It's Eureka! with Karen Chupka and WWJD? with Michael Taylor Dec 18, 2021

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Alan welcomes Karen Chupka - Executive Vice President of Consumer Technology Association. They talk about the Consumer Electronic Show that is coming January 5th thru the 8th in Las Vegas. Over 1900 exhibitors. Karen explains that Eureka Park is an area dedicated to start ups. Entrepreneurs from all over the world, over 34 countries will be represented. University innovations will be represented as well. International borders opened which allowed the international attendees to come together and gather. Places such as Canada, France, Italy, Ukraine, Japan, Spain, Belgium just to name a few. Karen shares that they have a few new categories this year such as Space Technology and Food Technology.

Up next with Alan is Michael Taylor - Book Coach and Author of "What If Jesus Were A Coach? Michael talks about the 3 compensations in entrepreneurship. The first is "Spiritual" compensation, this comes from the belief that you are filling a divine purpose. That your products and services are contributing to humanity in some way. Next is "Emotional" compensation. When you provide a product or service that you feel good about it. Or when someone buys your product that they feel good about it. Lastly is "Financial" compensation where you make your money. With purpose and passion you will be able to express your creativity. They continue on about divine energy and intelligence. He wanted to fit God into his head and based his book on viewing God as a life coach. This is where his book, "What if Jesus were a Coach? A powerful positive approach to God and Jesus teachings. Connecting to the divine intelligence without the organized religion. Next they discuss his book, "The Good News Is The Future is Brighter Than You Think". It's about using your gifts and talents to make the world a better place. To limit or minimize or eliminate the negative news into ones consciousness. And finding your flow through meditation.

[00:00:00] Consumer Electronic Show
[00:06:30] International Attendees
[00:11:30] Space The Final Frontier
[00:18:51] New Face
[00:27:49] Divine Energy
[00:33:51] The Future Is Bright

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What's Holding You Back? with Amanda Holmes Dec 11, 2021

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Alan is joined by Amanda Holmes - CEO of Chet Holmes International. She is a second-generation business owner. Her father wrote a bestselling book titled, “The Ultimate Sales Machine. Immediately Alan dives into wanting to know how to increase one’s sales for the upcoming year. Amanda gracefully turns it around and offers, 3 things holding you back? First, it’s people! Because of COVID, people were able to sit and think with themselves and realized they weren’t happy where they were at in their jobs. Which leads to, Skill Set! The people you are hiring. The Belief Driven Employee! The Pay, The Career Advancement, and How are you showing your commitment to do positive things while creating an environment of flexibility and remote options. Employees want to feel they are taken care of, that they are doing something positive for society. Secondly, it’s the Shiny Object Syndrome! Average consumer spends 10 hours a day on media platforms. Proactive vs. Reactive. How can you truly stay focused on anything if you're constantly being sidetracked? Finally, leadership. Different levels of growth start from the leader. Having systems in place. Amanda then entices us with 4 out of 6 things that having in place allows you to be proactive. 1. Touch it once! 2. List off the top 6 things you need to do. 3. Allocate the time needed to complete them and 4. Prioritize by putting into your schedule. Alan ends the show with a heartfelt question, how do you live a rich and full life? Amanda’s answer, Your Intention. In service, gratitude, and humbleness. To enjoy the fruits of the labor.

[00:00:00] 2nd Generation Business
[00:06:22] Skill Set
[00:11:30] Shiny Object Syndrome
[00:18:52] Levels of Growth
[00:26:28] Prioritize Your Time
[00:33:53] Rich and Full Life

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We are all Picassos with Roy Sharples and Mindset of Innovation with Danielle Cohn Nov 27, 2021

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Alan welcomes Roy Sharples - President, CEO & Founder of Unknown Origins. Alan inquires about the statement “Philosophy starts in the Bedroom”. Roy explains in the bedroom is where you as a child dealt with imagination and wonder. The more you go through life and are able to retain the childlike wonder, helps keep you creative. Power of creativity. Picasso always believed that children are artists. Alan asked, "Who is Roy?" Roy is on a mission to save the world from unoriginality and unleashing creative power. Bringing new products and services to market. My creativity is the ability to make the invisible visible by taking what is not and creating what is. And it manifests. Embracing originality and making unique connections. To light the way into the future. Channel your passion and energy into creativity. To create meaningful outcomes for the future. Self Actualization. To leave the world in a better place. Creativity…How does a person tap into those unknown origins? Creativity exists in everyone. Address it holistically. 5 principles- Imagination, innovations, esthetics, entrepreneurship, and manifestation. Imagination - create and make new things about seeing the unseen, navigating the journey by invoking magic and delight. Turning your imagination into art. Innovation - experimenting with technology. Cross pollinate across multiple practices. Esthetics - ability to blend art and science with excellence with your crafts. Inspiration and culture. Entrepreneur - ability to fearlessly lead to the invisible horizons to be productive and resilient. Manifestation - breakthrough conventional values, manifest what’s in you and what’s around you and turn that into something creative. Dream, Make, and Do. Dream - Envisioning Make - Using convergent thinking, and construct to bring to light Do - Fine Tune, Bringing it to life.

Alans next guest is Danielle Cohn - Vice President of Start-Up Engagement and Head of Comcast NBC Universal. Powered by TechStars. What is Start-Up? We sit within the strategic development team. Early lens for future growth areas. Bringing together leaders from across the company, work side by side strategically aligned global start ups. To drive a startup mindset back into our already innovative teams, develop startup partnerships at the earliest stage to enhance customer and employee lives, make an impact in the startup communities. Spot early disruptions, emerging technologies and platforms. Alan says you're always looking for the next big thing. In the world we are living in today, things are changing at such a rapid rate. Danielle says they are founder focus. Content platforms are what they search for. Talking to founders all around the world. Collaborate together. How aspiring entrepreneurs can better refine their process? Strong leaders who have a point of view, are transparent in their feedback, listen to themselves, they hire a diverse group of team members that bring varying ideas and expertise to the table. They focus on the most important outcomes that drive results. Networking and communication. Business development. Comcast is an investment company. Mentors that spend a lot of time with the companies to develop their businesses. What do large companies look for in startups? Are at the forefront, are always looking for partnerships that are strategically aligned with our business goals and growth areas. Media, entertainment, connectivity, sports, content platform. Technology and innovations that can enhance our customers and employees. Collaboration across the world as teams.

[00:00:00] Philosophy 101
[00:05:59] Creativity without Frontiers
[00:11:30] Dream, Make, Do
[00:18:50] start-Up
[00:27:18] Network and Communication
[00:33:51] Lift.comcast.com

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Staying In The Moment with Mariel Hemingway and Customer Value with Allison Hartsoe Nov 13, 2021

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Alan welcomes actress, author, and producer Mariel Hemingway. Mariel discusses her doctors. Dr. Sun, Air, Water, Exercise, Nutrition, Earth, and Rest. She explains finding your balance and slowing things down so you're able to stay in the moment is the key to discovering who you are. Mariel believes everything you need to help you can be found in nature. She reminds everyone that nobody knows you better than you do. Listen to your inner voice.

Up next is Allison Hartsoe, Author of The Age of Customer Equity and CEO of Ambition Data. Allison shares the framework needed to create Customer Lifetime Value. To listen, learn, and lead. She explains the necessity to create direct relationships with your customer. It's a maturity curve. To listen, learn, and lead your customer allows you to create "Customer Lifetime Value", and you can do this through data. Allison say's companies who use data for the good, there's no reason for it not to thrive.

[00:00:00] Doctor's In The House
[00:05:58] Sense of God
[00:11:30] Balance
[00:18:52] The Age of Customer Equity
[00:27:41] Maturity Curve
[00:33:52] Lifetime Value

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Evolution with Marcus Lemonis Oct 30, 2021

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Alan welcomes long time friend and entrepreneur, Marcus Lemonis - CEO of Camping World, Television Personality, and Philanthropist. Marcus begins with evolution. The twist and turns through the journey of life. From good to bad, we change. We change our logic to our looks. Without change and or if you don't acknowledge change, you end up on a dead end street. Alan shares that the best website he has been on is MarcusLemonis.com. A powerhouse of information, and the best part it is free. Marcus believes education should be free. Alan asks Marcus what he learned from this pandemic. Marcus responds that he learned what he needed to shed himself of. It also allowed him to see what kind of people he is working with and their level of commitment. Marcus talks about being an agent of change. To be able to be vulnerable and expose yourself. Willing to take the beating, the criticism, while you hold onto your convictions. Be open minded. As information and technology is changing, you must ask yourself it there is a different way, a better way to do something. Alan talks about the "trolls" of social media and their hatred. He asks Marcus how he deals with them. He says to be mindful of the message and or lesson you are trying to spread. Stay professional and direct. Take a breath, and think about how to answer. Allow them to explain themselves. Usually softness and professionalism deactivates the hate. But if you made a mistake or said something you shouldn't have, own up to it. Lastly Alan asks Marcus to share at few pillars of his success. Marcus said he has quite a few, but these 5 are his top. 1. Reminding ourselves why people are at the center of our business. Employee recognition. Find people that will make our business better. 2. Understanding your financial statements. 3. Recognize what you're good at, but most importantly what you're not good at. Own your deficiencies. 4. Don't keep your family in the dark about your business. No surprises. 5. Recognize if you may be the problem. Own up to it, and evolve.

[00:00:00] Twists and Turns
[00:06:17] Powerhouse
[00:11:30] Level of Commitment
[00:18:51] Agent of Change
[00:26:06] Stay Professional
[00:33:53] Pillars of Success

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Undercover Billionaire with Glenn Stearns Oct 16, 2021

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Joining Alan on the “steppingstone of wisdom”, is Glenn Stearns, Entrepreneur, Mentor, Podcaster, Philanthropist, and star of “Undercover Billionaire”. Glenn shares his journey as to how he got to be where he is today. Growing up with humble roots, he wanted more and so he and his friend packed it up and traveled to California. It was there he started his mortgage business. From a mortgage business to a Title Company, onto becoming the Lender. Glenn shares that he failed and fell many of times before finding success. He had a pivoting point in 2007 when things came crashing down. However, he didn’t give up. He owed a lot of money to a lot of people. He decided to get on a plane and visit every single person he owed money to and said, “let’s fix this”, and he did. He became the largest Lender in America shortly after. As he is on top of the world, he finds out he had throat cancer. So, he took some time off to heal and be with his family. In 2014 he sold 70% of his company. In 2019 he came back and opened “Kind Lending”. Glenn then was challenged with an opportunity to show the world how to start a business from ground up with nothing but a cell phone and $100. He said, put me anywhere in the country with no money and no contacts and I can make it happen again. Undercover Billionaire was born. Glenn shares that he felt for a moment that he was going to be a colossal failure in front of the world as he did the show. But the show turned out to be a smashing hit. Every time he got into a deep hole; he gets himself out because he doesn’t give up. The show became an inspiration to many and the outpour he received from around the world made it worthwhile. Alan talks about his struggle as an entrepreneur, and the failure he faced. It took him to realize that to win you must lose, sometimes lose it all. Advice from Glenn. It’s a crazy time. In business you're always going to find that it doesn't always go the way you plan it. The world may be against you, from weather to industry changes, even political. Be prepared for change. Reality is that while we are trying to create ourselves, we need to be authentic. Surround yourself with the right people. Having the authentic ability to connect to your people. Having integrity and doing it right. From Karma to planting seeds. Whether good or bad, eventually you will find out what you planted. Work hard and be authentic.

[00:00:00] The Gardener
[00:06:27] Cycles
[00:11:30] Pivoting Point
[00:18:51] The Underdog
[00:26:36] Colossal Failure
[00:33:53] Be Authentic

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Investing in People with Sam Malouf and Being Different is Good with Austin McGhie Sep 25, 2021

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Joining Alan today is his new friend, Sam Malouf - Co-Founder of Malouf Co. and The Malouf Foundation. Sam shares that the real engine of his company is the people. You can't do it all nor do you know it all. Getting the right people to work for you and with you makes a big difference in the success of your company. His mantra is, "We Invest in People". Sam and his wife then moved onto create the Malouf Foundation - a public charity that helps create awareness in Human Sex Trafficking. They focus specifically on kids. They work with the healing process of the survivors as well as the justice side of things. Alan asks Sam, "What valuable lessons have your learned as an Entrepreneur? Sam replies, besides investing in people, encouraging their ideas, passion, criticism, and creativity is the essence. Trusting and empowering people along with hard work and never giving up.

Up next is Austin McGhie - Author of Find Your Difference, Challenging Conformity in Business and in Life. Austin says there isn't a lot of science behind marketing. There's lot of tracking and measuring, just not a lot of science beneath it. Alan asks what it is that he teaches in his books? Austin says, business at the end of the day is marketing. Marketing is about positioning, and positioning is about difference. Brands and businesses are built through differences. What is the "secret sauce" in marketing? You want facts and figures. You build your mountain of information. Then make that intuitive leap off. But the real secret is imagination. Austin shares why his book is split into three sections. The first section explains how important difference is. The second is a question, Why are you so afraid of difference? And lastly, How do you go about being different in marketing and in business. Alan asks why the word "Life" is on his book dealing with business. Austin explains that there is a lot to be done to encourage people who are different to be different. To celebrate difference and not to conform, to embrace things in life that are different.

[00:00:00] It Started with Bed Sheets
[00:05:22] Human Sex Trafficking Awareness
[00:11:30] Hard Work and Don't Give UP
[00:18:21] Find Your Difference
[00:25:34] 3 Parts
[00:33:23] Celebrate Differences

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The Venture Fuel Summit Sep 18, 2021

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Welcome back Entrepreneurs! This show we have a special guest interviewer, Jennifer Gottlieb, who will be taking the place of Alan Taylor as he is at the Barrett-Jackson Car Show in Houston, Texas. Jennifer is at the Venture Fuel Summit in Utah, taking interviews with successful entrepreneurs asking them, "What is your advice for new upcoming entrepreneurs?"

First up is Founder and CEO of GrowRev, Rohan Sheth, Facebook’s ad paid media master. GrowRev is a digital advertising and marketing agency. He shares that making a difference in the masses is what drove him to create his agency. First agency to be multi-platform. Rohan's advice to entrepreneurs is to know what business you want to build and go and learn from someone in that industry who is willing to teach you.

Next is Ty Brown, CEO and Founder of ZAF. ZAF- Zero Attorney Fees. An innovative approach to legal help. They specialize in accident victims and is a non-lawyer ownership. Jennifer asks Ty how he overcame bad ideas and failures. He said he had to become fearless and believed in what he was trying to achieve. A relentless belief that it’s better. Advice for an entrepreneur who has doubt? Get out there and talk to people and surround yourself with people who get it and support you.

Founder and CEO of Pickle, Birch Eve is up next. PICKLE is a conversation intelligence meets productivity intelligence. A new style of smart note taking. It will take notes and remind you about tasks that need to be done during zoom calls etc. Advice to entrepreneurs? Make sure your significant other is on board and to find a solid co-founder.

Founder and CEO of Tamarack Capital, Keaton Hatch is next on the hot seat. Jennifer ask's, How did the Venture Fuel Summit get started. Keaton says it started off as an annual Summit for their portfolio companies. It became so popular that they opened it to the public. What is Tamarack? Started investing in businesses and or ideas. A growth equity investment firm or Investment management. They have an incubator program for younger companies and they help them grow capital. What do you look for in a company to invest in? It’s based on the individual. Individuals that are excited about their idea, passion, and value. Secondly, the scalability of a company that can grow grabs their interest. Entrepreneur Advice? Before you go and raise capital, make sure you love what you are doing.

Next is Founder and CEO of R Investments, Travis Steffens. A vertically integrated real estate investment company. They focus on multi-family housing and hotels. For Travis, it's an avenue to people. They purchase and renovate places in the “forgotten neighborhoods”. They hire homeless individuals. Take them off the street, give them full medical, dental, vision, to a bank account. They help get them the bare necessities and housing and leave the past behind. Advice? Have a heart for people.

Lastly we have Chief Technology Officer @ ClientTether, Kevin Hall. ClientTether is a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) for franchised home services. It solves issues for the franchise world. Persistence is key to sales and success. Entrepreneur advice? You can’t wear all the hats. You need to have either extra help or invest into a CRM ’that will be able to handle leads, set appointments like a virtual secretary.

[00:00:00] GrowRev
[00:05:37] ZAF
[00:11:30] PICKLE
[00:18:21] Tamarack Capital
[00:29:16] R Investments
[00:33:23] ClientTether

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Turn A Crisis Into An Opportunity with James Burton and Preparation Meets Opportunity with Jennifer Gottlieb Sep 11, 2021

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Alan welcomes James Burton, Chief Growth Officer at Personal Capital. Turning a crisis into an opportunity is the question of the hour. Alan asks James how do you define a crisis? James says it's a time of great potential change, coming out of a situation of stress or problems. James has spent about 30 years in the industry like Schwab and Fidelity. He loves working close to consumers. To help them achieve their dreams. Alan says he doesn’t want to live in fear or mistrust and wants to move forward, so he asks James how do you turn a crisis into an opportunity. James says to look at your company and determine if the crisis is occurring directly to you or maybe it’s an opportunity you see through the crisis of your environment. But to figure out what it really means to you as an individual and or a leader. How to use crises to build value for your clients or company and to grow your career. Alan says personal growth is business growth. He then quotes Winston Churchill, “Never let an opportunity go to waste.” James tells a story in hopes to help ease Alan's mind about who or how to trust when it comes to his net worth. He goes on to say that the new technology in Personal Capital, lets you see all of your finances and or net worth in one place, also known as your financial dashboard. Alan wants to know what he did to have a great financial year in 2020 as well as how can you continue to pull me out of the mistrust in the Wealth Management industry? James talks about how you can set yourself up in your financial life by creating your financial dashboard. From there the Wealth Management industry comes in and helps you make a plan and get you invested. Where do I start? If you have time, open the dashboard, put your accounts in there or call us and we will help you figure that out. What are you trying to achieve, what are goals, what are you saving for? That's the conversation you want to have when you want to invest your money. Up next the the Entrepreneur world is Jennifer Gottlieb, Co-Founder at Super Connector Media. SCM is a PR and Marketing agency and an educational company. They represent authors, speakers, to founders of fortune 500 companies. The educational part is where we teach entrepreneurs, or business owners, anybody with a service, product, or story, how to be visible. So they can be recognized as experts in their space. From challenges to boot camps. Mindset work! Jennifer tells her story about how she got to where she is at. Media is her key component. Alan says the rock bottom moment is actually rebirth or born again moment is such an important place for people. Jennifer shares a bit of how they help build entrepreneurs. The Creation Process. It has 5 steps. If you can see it, believe it, speak it, receive it, and repeat it. The last and hidden step is, then to DO IT! One of Jennifer's favorite quotes is, “Luck is what happens when preparation meets the moment of opportunity”. Last but not least, the next step is the, "Confidence Continuum". It is a tool to make you confident. The 5 C’s. Clarity, commitment, connection, creation, and celebration. Need more info or clarity you can visit Super Connector Media.com.

[00:00:00] Personal Growth is Business Growth
[00:05:27] Financial Dashboard
[00:11:30] Wealth Management Industry
[00:18:20] Boot Camp!
[00:27:01] Creation Process
[00:33:22] Confidence Continuum

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