The Entrepreneurial You

Maureen Berkner-Boyt is the Founder of The Moxie Exchange Movement, a training and mentoring organization for companies who want to develop, promote and retain women and create inclusive workplaces. She’s been an advisor and executive coach to CEOs of the United States fastest growing companies, has held leadership positions in several large corporations and is the founder of 5 successful businesses (and counting!). She’s the author of a 5-book series, Rock Your Moxie: Power Moves for Women Leading the Way, hosts the monthly online workshop and podcast Rock Your Moxie, and has created a series of micro-learning courses for women. #PeakPerformers, Maureen shares on #diversity & #inclusion on #TheEntrepYou today! @MoMoxieClick To Tweet Show  Notes: Here's a fun question for you…If you were to be an animal for one day, what would you be and why? Maureen and I talked about diversity and including women in more top roles within the organization. Some of the questions I asked Maureen: What's stopping women

Betsy Pake is an award-winning business achiever, competitive weight lifter and life strategist who hosts the popular podcast The Art of Living Big. She's the author of the best-selling book, Become A Nutrition Ninja and just released Start Small Live Big. Her mission is to help inspire others to thrive through change by Starting Small. She loves a good tailgate, the smell of the ocean and relaxing with a good book! #PeakPerformers, Betsy shares her story on #TheEntrepYou today! @betsypakeClick To Tweet Show  Notes: Betsy and I started things off on the lighter side. I asked her, if you could visit any planet, which one would you choose and why? She retorted, “I have a travel bug. I would visit planet Earth in many more ways than I already have.” Here are some of the things we discussed: What's the one thing preventing people from living their goal? How can we be clear about our vision? How did you discover the philosophy of start small live big that you now live by? What is the CHASE framework

Heneka Watkis-Porter is a serial-entrepreneur, cultural ambassador, sociologist, author, speaker, fashion designer and podcaster. She wakes up every day with a grateful heart as she lives her purpose of “life transformation through inspiration”. She is the leading lady behind Patwa Culcha International, the company that owns the authentic Jamaica clothing brand, Patwa Apparel. The Entrepreneurial You is a podcast for passionate and dedicated Caribbean entrepreneurs seeking inspiration. Each week a global high impact entrepreneur is featured to motivate and inspire our community of #PeakPerformers. September 30 is #InternationalPodcastDay and @theentrepyou is celebrating @internationalpodcastdayClick To Tweet Show  Notes: International Podcast Day™ is September 30th and is an international celebration of the power of podcasts! Here are some of the things Heneka spoke about: Devastation caused by Hurricanes Irma & Maria Crowdfunding effort to help victims Observing International Podcast Day Heneka'

Our belief system is where it all starts. Success is created from the inside out. It has to come from within and then see the actions and external benefits manifest in your life once your belief system is right.

Mitch Russo Co-founded Timeslips Corp in 1985, which grew to become the largest time tracking Software Company in the world. In 1994, Timeslips Corp was sold to Sage, plc. While at Sage, he went on to run all of Sage U.S. as Chief Operating Officer, a division with 300 people with a market cap in excess of $100M. He was nominated for Inc. Magazine’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” on two separate occasions, 1989 and 1991 and Won “Best Entrepreneur” in 1989, from a pool of 4,000 other nominees by The National Association of Legal Vendors. TODAY he helps his clients build recurring revenue streams by using “certification. #PeakPerformers, Mitch talks pivoting on #TheEntrepYou today! Click To Tweet Show  Notes: Here's a fun question for you…If you could go back in time with whom would you like to spend a day with? Steve Jobs. That's my favourite person in the world. Elon Musk is one too but Steve Jobs, I think he did the impossible, I think he did it as a person who came into this world with both gifts and defici

Kelli Cooper is a coach who specializes in the law of attraction. She believes there are many misconceptions about this teaching that stunt people's natural manifesting abilities, and she hopes her teachings can clear them up, as well as bridge the gap between the theory and reality of manifesting. The best business partner? Kelli talks the Law of Attraction on #TheEntrepYou today! @kcooper1102 Click To Tweet Show  Notes: Here's a fun question for you…If you could Only have one favorite food to eat for the rest of your life, what would it be? The thing that comes to mind is something like broccoli and cheese rice.  It is super cheap, super-processed. I like it, it was the first thing that comes to mind. A lot persons have limiting beliefs about themselves...how can you overcome your limiting beliefs? There are a couple of things I would say that is a part of the manifesting process that we can really over-complicate and get tripped up on. They say they try to change their belief and they just can't. It t

Damon Nailer is known as a "Renaissance Man" and a "Multi-talented Inspirational Communicator", He is mentor, motivator and educator, addressing people's mental, spiritual, and emotional needs through various means. He writes inspirational books and blogs, speaks, coaches, and produces inspirational music. As a result of his tremendous accomplishments, he's been featured over 100 times in or on the following: various online publications including The Huffington Post, TV shows, podcasts, radio shows, newspapers, and magazines. #PeakPerformers, Damon shares his story on #TheEntrepYou today! @daril1Click To Tweet Show  Notes: Here's a fun question for you…If you could choose an imaginary friend, who would you choose and why? I would have to choose a super hero and it would have to be Superman. We could fly, we could do all sorts of things. We would be enabled and empowered to do a lot. What was the entrepreneurial journey like for you when you started? I'm a former elementary educator and I taught for 7 year

John AM Sandiford is based in the Netherlands. He is a certified Web and App Designer with an extensive knowledge in User Interface and User Experience Design and Social Marketing Strategies. In 2010 he founded the company Antonio Media. He has been elected by World Trade Center Eindhoven Netherlands as the Young Professional of the year in 2016. Peak Performers, John shares his journey from a #rap artiste to an entrepreneur #TheEntrepYou today! Click To Tweet Show  Notes: If you could choose your age forever, what age would you choose and why? I wouldn't choose and age. I love every age of life. It's all a different part of the journey. There are so many things that happen at every stage. I would think that being stuck at one age may turn out to be more of a curse than a blessing. Did you always know that you wanted to become an entrepreneur? I always knew that I wanted to do something special, to do something more than average. For a while I thought that it was something in the entertainment industry an

Gilad Salamander is Co-founder/CEO at eClincher - the most advanced social media management tool. With a proven track record in Business, Product & Engineering Management, New Product Introduction (NPI), and Manufacturing and Support, he has the proven ability to implement strategies that support business growth. He is an active investor in several startup companies and a co-founder/partner at EpiMetrix Inc. Strengths include product vision, strategic planning for growth, full P&L management and operational excellence. #PeakPerformers, Gilad shares the @eclincher story on #TheEntrepYou today! Click To Tweet Show  Notes: Here's a fun question for you…If you walked in your sleep, where would you go? Probably to the beach, but I need to wake up before going into the water. What is eClincher all about? We started the concept about four years ago; we wanted to build a social media management tool for the Micro, Small businesses. We developed that with a cool user interface. Customers compared us to some of the

Neysha Soodeen is the CEO of Toute Bagai Publishing, considered one of the Caribbean’s largest magazine publishing houses. Toute Bagai Publishing has received many international accolades, including international print and design awards, such as the SAPPI International Printers Award. Neysha has received numerous awards including the Marcella Martinez Award for her contribution to promoting the Caribbean internationally and was nationally recognized and awarded the Business Pioneer Award by The Association of Female Executives of Trinidad & Tobago. #PeakPerformers, Neysha shares her inspiring journey on #TheEntrepYou today! Click To Tweet Show  Notes: If you were to name one piece of clothing that describes you, what would you say? Jeans & t-shirt. It's so funny because I meet people right cross the Caribbean and I guess everyone is assuming because I am a magazine publisher and a former model that I am this little glamour puss trotting around the Caribbean. But I really am not, I love my jeans, I love my

Benjamin Tyler is the founder of Client Enrollment Academy and host of Sales for Coaches and Consultants podcast. As a speaker and coach, he shows coaches, consultants and service based businesses how to attract high quality leads and enroll them into their services to help them build successful businesses around their gifts and talents. #PeakPerformers, Benjamin shares his awesome journey on #TheEntrepYou today! Click To Tweet Show  Notes: If there’s an exception to every rule, is there an exception to that rule? I have no clue, you've already stomped me. Tell us about your upbringing? A defining moment in my life, I was 12 years old and I sat my mother down and just bawling and pleading for her to show me some sort of affection. She was obsessed with making my sister the Prom Queen by giving my sister the life that she never had and she didn't have a lot of time to pay attention to me and when she didn’t do that after I asked for love and affection, I told myself I would never be hurt again. That led me

Lior Degani is the Co-founder of Swayy (Acquired by Similar Web). He mentors at Google Campus in Tel Aviv to startups with Growth and Go to Market strategy as part of the Google Launchpad program. He specializes in system engineering, growth hacking and data analysis, with over 10 years experience working in Telecom and Startup companies, as well as serving in the prestigious IDF unit 8200 - an elite intelligence unit which has spawned many successful Hi-Tech entrepreneurs over the years. He lives in Tel Aviv, Israel. #PeakPerformers, Lior shares his start up journey on #TheEntrepYou today! Click To Tweet Show  Notes: Fun question for you…Would you rather be a giant rodent or a tiny elephant? I would go with a giant rodent. I would rather be big among the people around me. What is it like in Israel? Israel is a tiny country in the middle east. The weather is amazing, very hot these days. Tel Aviv is a very vibrant city. Tell us about the genesis of Swayy and what you do? Around 5 years ago we had several

JV Crum III is by Inc Magazine as one of the Top Business Podcasts to listen to in 2017, is Host of Conscious Millionaire, a Podcast and Nationally-Syndicated Radio Show heard by over 10 Million listeners in 186 countries. He is a speaker, coach, best-selling author, Huffington Post Columnist and Founder of ConsciousMillionaire.com and the First Million Academy. His global company provides coaching and masterminds for both small and mid-sized businesses that want to make a big impact and big profits. He is also featured in the upcoming movie, RiseUP, and holds graduate degrees in three areas: business, law and psychology. #PeakPerformers, JV Crum III shares his awesome journey on #TheEntrepYou today! Click To Tweet Show  Notes: If you had to eat a worm, how would you cook it? I would saute it in butter with some garlic and rosemary. What inspired you to write “Conscious Millionaire”? I was looking for about 3 years going camping, etc. and asking "why am I on the planet and how can I take the talents tha

Nicole McLaren-Campbell is an Educator, Motivational Speaker, Author and Entrepreneur. She operates AIM Educational Services, providing college and graduate school placement services, SAT / ACT / SSAT and GRE prep, and tutoring in high school English, Math and Science. #PeakPerformers, Nicole shares her inspirational journey on #TheEntrepYou today! Click To Tweet Show  Notes: Fun question…would you rather be able to see the future or change the past? I guess maybe more I'd want to change the past because I have that compulsion but on the other hand I feel like even my failures and missteps have been very useful. I guess I would change the past because some things were just dumb. I would go back and fix the dumb stuff although you can find a lesson in everything. I wouldn't go back to make it perfect though because there are some things that the struggles were worth in the end. Give us a little into your background and how you developed this fire in your belly? Some of it feels like my purpose in life, b

Rob Dial is a podcaster, performance coach and speaker for 10+ years now. Throughout the course of that time he has coached thousands of people – from college students to NFL superstars. He is the magic behind MWF Motivation. #PeakPerformers, Rob shares his inspiring journey on #TheEntrepYou today! Click To Tweet Show  Notes: If you could have 3 wishes granted, what would they be? To change the fact that innocent being killed by older men who can't get their politics together; secondly to not have to sleep and thirdly, I wish extreme self-awareness for everybody in the world. Take us through the journey of growing a multi-billion-dollar business It was Cutco Knives. We sold the best knives in the world in people's houses. I was a 19 years old college kid. I went in for an interview and saw there 20-21 year olds who were making a $1,000 per week by selling knives in people's houses. I didn't know anything about knives, I didn't know anything about cooking (I'm still a terrible cook at 31) but I was like

Chris Ruggiero does fun for a living; he is a live theater performer, podcast host and author who has been featured on Entrepreneur on Fire and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Whether he's juggling random objects on a unicycle or executing seemingly impossible tricks and stunts, nothing is off limits in his show! Thousands of audience members have been left in a state of laughter and amazement. #PeakPerformers, Chris shares how he is living between dreams on #TheEntrepYou today! Click To Tweet Show  Notes: What was one new experience you tried that, at the time, was completely unknown or uncomfortable to you? To answer this question and give a background into what I do ties into the same thing. I do a live theatre show that is a one-man show, juggling, circus, variety and all kinds of crazy stuff. Just getting started with that was scary and I didn't how to do it. I started by doing small things. I started before I knew how to do it. Take us back to when you got started, what did figuring it out meant to you

Lisa Rothstein has extensively worked as a copywriter and in advertising on two continents. This has been invaluable in pitching her scripts to Hollywood and as a freelance copywriter & marketing consultant in the US and other parts of the world. She helps clients hone their strategy and their brand messages. She is currently co-authoring a book called DaVinchi Dilemma, addressing the challenge of distraction caused by having too many talents and ideas. #PeakPerformers, Lisa shares her story-telling technique on #TheEntrepYou today! Click To Tweet Show  Notes: If you are at a friend or relative’s house for dinner and you find a dead insect in your salad, what would you do? I think that I would make it go away or disappear into my napkin and pretend nothing had happened. Depending on the relative or friend I might pick the insect out of my salad and pretend to make it talk and say, "I'm really glad you've invited me to dinner, I hope I didn't eat too much." I like to be creative with what I find. What is

Greg Walker is the only one of fifteen children to ever Graduate High School.  An expert on Leadership & Success, he became a Millionaire at a young age, owning three Franchises. Known as "The Big Dreamer," he will inspire you to achieve all your Dreams or Visions. #PeakPerformers, Greg shares his inspirational story on #TheEntrepYou today! Click To Tweet Show  Notes: Where is your favourite fun spot to go? I love the movies What was your experience as a child growing up? My experience was not a great one, growing up with 15 children born to alcoholic and drug addicted parents. My mother actually stabbed me. I grew up with dysfunction. I have 14 siblings and I was the only one who graduated high school. I graduated 454 out of 455. The only reason I graduated was that my teacher changed my grades a month before graduation. She saw something in me that I did not see in myself. How did your environment affect you mentally? People hear me speak all over the world now and can't believe that I was very shy.

Gordon Swaby is the CEO and Founder of EduFocal Limited, an E-Learning web application for students at the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) and Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) levels. Featured on the BBC, he was a Speaker at President Obama’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Stanford University in 2016. He is a tech trailblazer, revolutionizing the approach to education in Jamaica. #PeakPerformers, Gordon shares about his gamification business on TheEntrepYou today! Click To Tweet Show  Notes: What crazy activities do you dream of trying someday? I want to do sky diving and snowboarding off a mountain. When and why did you start EduFocal? I started in late 2011. We officially launched March 15, 2012. We just celebrated our 5th birthday. We borrow methods from video gaming and implemented it into the learning process. We use the level up system and the leader board. We offer over 15,000 test prep questions for students. They pay a subscription fee and then they start answering questions. Once they

Andrew McCauley is ranked #17 ‘Most Influential Social Media Marketer“ by BuzzSumo in Nov, 2016; he is one of the top 100 Most Influential Twitter Users by Forbes, He is an Amazon best Selling Author and consults all types of Businesses on their Social Media and Online Strategy.  His customized strategies have continually seen between 300-500% growth in traffic to business websites.  He is also the Co trainer and founder of the Digital Traffic Institute and AutoPilot Your Business, helping businesses make money from their websites. Peak Performers, Andrew shares how to make money online on #TheEntrepYou today! Click To Tweet Show  Notes: What is your hidden talent? I used to be able to put a bunch of coins on my elbow and flip them off and catch them. In fact, I think I have the Australian record for it at one stage (unofficially). How do we make money online? There are a lot of ways to do that. The first thing you want to have something that is valuable that people want. The next part is getting people