Entrepreneur Episodes

1,440 | Matt Smith on Ethical AI and Business Growth Matt Smith is a serial entrepreneur known for building valuable companies by identifying emerging trends early. Today, he is focused on the agetech space, with a strong emphasis on ethical AI and how it can be responsibly integrated into growing businesses. With extensive experience as a founder, Matt brings practical insight into what it takes to build, scale, and sustain a company. He works with entrepreneurs on navigating common pitfalls, managing finances, and making strategic decisions that support long term success. His recent work centers on helping startups adopt AI in a way that is both innovative and ethical, ensuring technology enhances growth without compromising integrity. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: www.speak2family.com 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-ti…

1,438 | Phillip Lanier on Hard Work Faith and Business Growth Phillip Lanier’s journey began in Fort Mill, South Carolina, raised by a teenage single mother without financial stability or a safety net. School was a struggle. He failed English, missed his high school graduation, and at 18 was sleeping in a tent while working multiple low wage jobs just to get by. Everything changed when he entered the construction industry. With no formal training and no money, Phillip started at the bottom digging ditches and learning every part of the business through hard work and persistence. Over the next 20 years, he built a company that grew to 115 employees before successfully exiting and retiring at 47. Today, Phillip leads Your Money Essentials, where he mentors individuals who feel stuck and are searching for a clear path forward. His message is grounded and powerful: with grit, faith, and the right guidance, it is possible to change your future. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love ou…

1,431 | Dr Robin Hall on Thriving After Life Changing Diagnosis Dr. Robin Hall is a board certified family physician, best selling author, entrepreneur, and keynote speaker who has experienced healthcare from every angle. As a physician, caregiver to her husband during his battle with stage IV lymphoma, and a breast cancer survivor herself, she brings rare depth, empathy, and perspective to her work. She was also a pioneer in the medical field, founding one of the first concierge medical practices in Texas despite widespread skepticism. Today, she empowers others to stop putting themselves last and give themselves permission to thrive in their health, mindset, and life. Her book, The Other Side of Illness: Unexpected Blessings, is a collection of real stories from patients and individuals who faced life altering health challenges and discovered growth, purpose, and hope along the way. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: ww…

1,424 | Build a Self Running Business with David Salerno David Salerno is a serial entrepreneur, author, and Vice Chair of the Montreal Economic Institute, Canada’s leading free market think tank. Over more than twenty years, he founded and scaled Solpak Packaging Solutions to eight figure revenues, serving over 530 clients across Canada before executing a successful exit. His book, *Built For Freedom*, introduces the Sherpa Method, a nine step framework for building businesses that operate independently of their founders. A three time Mercuriades finalist and Forbes Business Council member, David now leads Entrepreneur Sherpa, where he helps growth stage entrepreneurs across North America build scalable, self sustaining companies. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.davidsalerno.com 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tie…

1,409 | Florian Kemmerich on Driving Social and Environmental Impact Florian Kemmerich is an impact investor, entrepreneur, and author dedicated to a simple principle: impact lives and share profits. As Co Founder and Managing Partner of Human Planet and Resilienture, he works to mobilize innovative finance and partnerships that empower communities and protect the planet. A respected global leader, Florian serves as Chair of TIGER 21 Switzerland and has long been active within the Young Presidents’ Organization. Over the years, he has helped raise nearly one billion dollars for organizations and funds focused on measurable social and environmental impact. Through his book On Vocation (Routledge, 2025) and his podcast IMPACTCAST, Florian explores how leadership, purpose, and capital can work together to drive meaningful global change. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://on-vocation.com 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean…

1,398 | Bianca B. King on Turning $700 Into $280M in Revenue With nearly 30 years in business and more than 1.6 billion dollars in transactions, Bianca B. King has built a career defined by resilience. That strength was forged early when she left home at 13 to escape instability and create a future on her own terms. She spent over a decade in commercial real estate on a team that closed 1.4 billion dollars in deals. In 2008, she launched Seven5 Seven3 Marketing Group with just 700 dollars. Seventeen years later, that decision has generated more than 280 million dollars in client revenue. Along the way, Bianca realized that the same strategies that build sustainable wealth can also cultivate sustainable joy. She founded Pretty Damn Ambitious®, a global collective for ambitious women entrepreneurs in expert based service businesses. Through her Joyful Ambition™ framework, she helps leaders build profitable companies while aligning success with personal values and fulfillment. …

1,394 | Ed McCarthy on the 5 Decisions That Change Your Life Ed McCarthy is a self-made entrepreneur, investor, lifestyle strategist, global nomad, and intentional dad who teaches financial freedom through purposeful lifestyle design. A first-generation American from Boston, Ed built his success from the ground up and credits intentional decisions, discipline, and clarity for shaping both his wealth and his character. Through his book Life Letters, he shares 26 Wisdom Transfer letters from A to Z that outline the key declarations and decisions that create personal and professional success at every stage of life. His message is simple yet powerful: you are only five decisions away from living the life you envision. Ed’s mission is to positively transform one million lives by helping people align wealth, wisdom, and happiness with their highest potential. He lives in the mountains of Colorado with his wife and children. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love…

1,385 | Rich Potter on Aligning Lifestyle and Business Ownership Rich Potter is a franchise consultant, entrepreneur, and the founder of Franchise Heroes, where he helps professionals leave the traditional 9 to 5 by investing in proven, scalable business models instead of starting from scratch. With more than a decade of experience as a business owner and operator, Rich has built and scaled multiple companies across e commerce, service based businesses, and marketing. Today, he works one on one with aspiring business owners, including executives, healthcare professionals, high income W 2 earners, and veterans, guiding them through franchise ownership with clarity and confidence. As a Senior Agent with Quantum Franchise Group and a recognized Rising Star within the Franchise Brokers Association, Rich is known for his data driven, no pressure approach. He prioritizes lifestyle alignment, financial transparency, and long term success, helping clients avoid costly mistakes and ch…

1,374 | Meghan Higney Reveals What It Takes to Build a Business That Lasts Meghan Higney is the founder of Message, a business builder, and mother of two who believes the hardest parts of entrepreneurship are not strategic but personal. She has led a consumer brand through uncertainty, pressure, and growth while learning that resilience and integrity matter more than bravado. In 2024, Meghan moved her family to central Mexico, redefining how she leads, measures success, and sustains balance in life and business. With a background in finance, investment, and leadership, she brings both emotional depth and practical insight to conversations about money, responsibility, and building with purpose. Her work centers on thoughtful leadership, honest communication, and creating businesses that last. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.wearmessage.com 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Ch…

1,368 | Mark Victor Hansen Shares the Mindset Behind 59 #1 Bestsellers Mark Victor Hansen is best known as the co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series and brand, a global phenomenon that has sold more than 500 million books worldwide. His work has achieved fifty-nine #1 New York Times bestsellers and was named the Time Magazine “Publishing Phenomenon of the Decade.” A celebrated speaker, author, and entrepreneur, Mark continues to inspire millions with his message of possibility, perseverance, and purpose. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://markvictorhansen.com/ 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect for creators, coaches, and brands ready to level up. 👍 Like this video 💬 Drop a comment & share your favorite part 🔔 Subscribe for more inspiring conversations M…

1,363 | Lindsay Friedman Shares a Smarter Way to Prepare for Caregiving Lindsay Friedman began her career as a nursing assistant, working across long-term care settings. That professional path became deeply personal when she became her grandmother’s primary caregiver, an experience that transformed her understanding of what families truly face. After a serious accident, Lindsay spent several years as a care recipient, gaining firsthand insight into both sides of the caregiving journey. Later, as a cross-generational caregiver supporting her parents and caring for her chronically ill daughter, she learned to approach every challenge with empathy, resilience, and perspective. An experienced entrepreneur and the author of Plan Today, Protect Tomorrow, Lindsay founded CareBloom, a caregiving support tool, and LTCareNav, an AI-powered long-term care planning platform that provides families with free care plans, concierge support, and connections to trusted care resources. Throu…

1,354 | Spenser Strickland on Beating Stage IV Cancer and Reclaiming His Voice Spenser Strickland is a dedicated Health and Life Insurance Specialist whose mission is rooted in one powerful truth: education and empathy save lives. Born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Spenser grew up surrounded by hardworking entrepreneurs who instilled in him the values of integrity, perseverance, and service. After attending Ole Miss, he spent over a decade in the Health and Wellness industry, where he honed his leadership skills and passion for helping others thrive. In January 2024, Spenser’s life changed dramatically when he was diagnosed with stage IV cancer. Multiple surgeries, including the removal of half his tongue, thirteen teeth, and a full neck dissection, followed by chemotherapy and radiation, left him fighting not just for his life but for his voice. By September 2024, he beat cancer. Through that battle, he uncovered something deeper: the devastating gaps in our healthcare an…

1,353 | Scott Abbott on Raising Capital, Scaling Teams, and Staying Aligned Scott Abbott is a serial entrepreneur, executive coach, investor, and best-selling author with over 35 years of experience launching, operating, buying, and selling companies across multiple industries. A finalist for the Ernst & Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Year Award and Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies honoree, Scott has raised over $35M in venture capital, led teams generating billions in sales, and built a legacy of helping businesses thrive. As the Founder & Co-Founder of multiple ventures—and host of a Top 10% global podcast with 100K+ downloads—Scott shares the lessons, strategies, and mindset shifts that turn good leaders into great ones. His books, including BOS-UP, BOS-UP Moments, Level-UP to Professional, and The Co+Factor, serve as roadmaps for leadership, growth, and high-performance teamwork. Through his company and coaching work, Scott helps leaders clarify goals, minimiz…

1,335 | Lin Yuan-Su on Creating Ease, Alignment, and Joy in Business Lin Yuan-Su is a Mindset Trainer and Strategist who helps high-achieving, heart-centered entrepreneurs create meaningful success with ease, alignment, and joy—starting from within. A former registered dietitian who left a successful yet unfulfilling career, Lin rebuilt her life through mindset mastery, inner awareness, and energetic alignment. Her journey taught her a powerful truth: 80% of success comes from how we think, not how hard we work. Through her Enlightened Success Institute, Lin guides entrepreneurs to release limiting beliefs, embody their potential, and build soul-led lives and businesses that feel as good on the inside as they look on the outside. Her mission is to help leaders rise in purpose, peace, and prosperity—proving that true success begins in the mind. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.EnlightenedSuccess.com 🎬 Ne…

1,334 | William Bruce Cameron Reveals How People First Culture Drives Growth William Bruce Cameron is an educator, advertising executive, entrepreneur, and C-Suite DOC with over 30 years of experience across multiple industries. His mission is simple—to help people, teams, and leaders show up as their best selves through a People First approach that drives both human and business growth. With a presentation style built around the principles of Inspire, Educate, and Motivate, William creates dynamic experiences that empower audiences to learn, embrace change, and lead with compassion. His philosophy is rooted in one truth: people want to be seen, acknowledged, and treated with care. Through his work, William has helped organizations strengthen their culture, elevate performance, and build their bottom line—starting from the front line up. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.wbrucecameronconsulting.com 🎬 Need s…

1,328 | Merry Korn on Scaling, Exiting, and Building Businesses That Matter Merry Korn is a serial entrepreneur, speaker, author, and advisor best known as the visionary founder of Pearl Interactive Network, Inc., one of the world’s most successful for-profit social enterprises. For over two decades, Merry led Pearl Interactive Network with a people-first philosophy—creating over 1,300 jobs across 30 states for disabled veterans, military spouses, people with disabilities, and individuals in underserved communities. Her leadership proved that when employees feel valued, they deliver excellence, innovation, and lasting impact. After scaling and successfully exiting Pearl Interactive Network, Merry now empowers others through speaking, advisory services, and thought leadership—helping business owners grow with purpose and professionals break free from career stagnation. Her achievements have been recognized by Ernst & Young, NPR, and The United States Business Leadership Net…

1,301 | Dara Wax Explains the Need for Clean, Mindful Care for Today’s Families Dara Wax (she/her) is the founder and heart behind SAM+LEO, a brand born from both love and necessity. A devoted mom to two teenage boys, Dara’s journey began when she struggled to find clean, supportive products that cared for her son’s physical and emotional well-being. After hearing from countless parents facing the same challenge, Dara combined her background in global health with her passion for mindful living to create SAM+LEO—a line of products families can truly trust. Every SAM+LEO product is made with care, backed by science, and designed to support the health, confidence, and happiness of teens and parents alike. Real care. Real ingredients. Real connection. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: shopsamandleo.com 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pr…

1,293 | Sandy Banfield Shows the Power of Mindfulness, Energy Work, and Flow Sandy Banfield is a soulful mentor, coach, energy healer, and creative entrepreneur who guides people to slow down, tune in, and live with clarity, intention, and flow. Based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, she is the founder of Business Life Magic, a space designed to help you reconnect with your truth and create a life that feels aligned and deeply fulfilling. Through her intuitive blend of coaching, mindfulness, energy work, and creativity, Sandy helps others trust their inner voice, manifest with purpose, and rewrite the stories that no longer serve them. Her work is shaped by the belief that life can heal after trauma and that every challenge holds the potential for transformation and meaning. Sandy is the creator of six bestselling mindfulness journals on Amazon, a range of soulful personal development tools, and the host of the Listen to Your Soul podcast, where she explores intuition, crea…

1,290 | The Monetized Mindset: Bart Merrell’s Guide to Profiting From Anything Bart Merrell has never had a “real job”—and he believes you don’t need one either. Growing up in the small farming town of Animas, New Mexico, he started his first business at fifteen: a mobile DJ company built from a used Sanyo stereo and a whole lot of determination. What began as a weekend hobby turned into a thriving business that funded his college education and sparked a lifelong passion for entrepreneurship. After earning a degree in accounting (a subject he admits he didn’t love), Bart faced rejection from his dream of becoming an FBI agent due to a vision issue. Instead of giving up, he built his own path—turning obstacles into opportunities and setbacks into success stories. Today, Bart is known for his “monetized mindset,” helping others transform life’s lemons into profitable lemonade. His mission is simple: prove that you don’t need permission or a perfect plan to build the life you…

1,278 | Kevin Hipes on Surviving, Reinventing, and Laughing Through It All Kevin Hipes is a born storyteller, lifelong entrepreneur, and proud New Yorker with a personality as big as the adventures he’s lived. Often called “the New York Forrest Gump,” Kevin’s life has taken him from the streets of Queens to the pulpit, to business boardrooms, and even to the deck of his very own oil tanker in the Caribbean. With no formal writing background, Kevin still managed to turn a lifetime of unbelievable experiences into a heartfelt, hilarious, and deeply human book—Book of Me. Rather than writing in the traditional sense, Kevin recorded over 100 personal episodes for his YouTube channel, Planet Hipes, then compiled them into a unique memoir filled with wit, wisdom, and raw truth. From factory worker to rockstar (in his own mind), banker, preacher, restaurateur, politician, and cancer survivor, Kevin shares not just the ups and downs of a seven-decade journey—but the mindset and humor…

1,277 | Roy Cammarano Unlocks the Secrets Behind Business Transformation Roy Cammarano is an internationally recognized speaker, bestselling author, and the behind-the-scenes strategist for some of the most successful business transformations of the last three decades. He’s led national and global companies as President and CEO, helped scale businesses to hundreds of millions in revenue, and been the trusted advisor to executive teams managing $10M to $500M+ in annual operations. One company he helped build from the ground up ranked #11 on Inc. Magazine’s list of fastest-growing public companies. Another scaled from $20 million to over $240 million in annualized revenue under his leadership and was acquired in 1996 by a private equity group. Today, Roy is the founder of Entrepreneurial Development Group (EDG), a leadership training company built to equip entrepreneurs, executives, and teams with the tools they need to lead with clarity, communicate with impact, and scale with…

1,271 | From Violence to Vision: Matt Mizerek’s Journey of Healing Matt Mizerek is an artist, musician, entrepreneur, and two-time stroke survivor whose life is a testament to resilience and purpose. Despite growing up in an abusive environment, becoming entangled in a violent scene in post-9/11 New York City, and surviving two strokes at the age of 33, Matt has continued to rise above every challenge and move forward with courage and optimism. He is the author of Revelations Through Resilience, founder of Built For Better Apparel, and creator of the nonprofit Art Always, which promotes creative expression and community healing through art. A proud father of two boys, Matt also coaches and mentors others, helping them find strength and meaning through adversity. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with numerous Fortune 500 companies and high-profile individuals, earning awards and recognition for his artistic and marketing achievements. Beyond his professional su…

1,262 | From Limiting Beliefs to Limitless Growth with Peter Kolat Peter Kolat, author of The Authentic Rebirth, helps entrepreneurs and coaches grow their business by aligning with their authentic purpose. His journey as an immigrant and transformation coach gives audiences practical tools to overcome limiting beliefs, build confidence, and scale with clarity and values. Listeners walk away inspired and equipped to lead authentically while creating growth that feels natural and fun. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://myauthenticrebirth.com/home 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect for creators, coaches, and brands ready to level up. 👍 Like this video 💬 Drop a comment & share your favorite part 🔔 Subscribe for more inspiring conversations Monday to Friday! #PositiveT…

1,258 | Jaze Bordeaux on Cinema’s Power to Change History Jaze Bordeaux (pronounced “JAYZ bor-DOE”) is a Canadian filmmaker, writer-director, producer, and creative entrepreneur who builds films with a clear, practical playbook. An award-winning storyteller, he unites rigorous craft with bold, genre-defining ideas, working at the psychological, spiritual, and political edges of modern life especially where identity, technology, and power intersect. Shaped by diverse cultural landscapes and a belief in cinema’s transformative potential, Jaze pursues stories that challenge entrenched narratives and invite new ways of seeing. “It’s in moments of disruption, when things become more fluid, that a small group of people, or even a single individual, can change the course of history,” he says. That conviction runs through his work, from explorations of the weaponization of original thought to emergent intelligence and the search for self inside fractured systems. His aim isn’t just to e…