Previous Episodes

How This Entrepreneur Built Wealth from Cannabis (Legally!), With Marcello Leone

Filed in Podcasts, Previous Episodes on February 15, 2022

Across U.S. and a number of countries across the world, the cannabis industry is booming. Between medical marijuana dispensaries, marijuana extraction laboratories and hemp cultivation, a new wave of commerce is sweeping the globe.

The cannabis industry is so much more than farmers growing marijuana plants and dispensaries selling the products. There is testing, inventing, and ensuring products are safe for consumers.

Marcello Leone leapt onto the cannabis bandwagon and created a cannabis infused beverage. He joins Adam to talk about the industry, the products, and how you can create wealth from cannabis…legally.

Discover:

  • How the cannabis industry is doing in Canada and in the United States and what growth will be like in the years ahead;
  • What important consumer trends are developing;
  • The business model for BevCanna;
  • And so much more.

If you’re interested in joining this fast-growing industry, tune in!

Click here to listen on Tuesday, February 15th, 2022, at 12pm Eastern >>>

Author Your Success, With Jeremy Brown

Filed in Podcasts, Previous Episodes on February 10, 2022

You have a story. Or three. We all have stories. Some are interesting, some are boring, and some are unbelievable.

Are you keeping your story to yourself? What if you told your story and…

it helped inspire others?

it changed how people think and perceive certain things?

it brought you unexpected success?

Writing a book accomplishes several things.

It gets your story out of your head and into the hands of those who need it.

It positions you as an expert.

It becomes a great marketing tool.

Jeremy Brown wrote his first book around age 19. His business exploded and today his company has published over 400 books. He joins Adam to discuss why it’s important to write a book.

Discover:

  • The B.U.R.N. Process and how it helps authors/entrepreneurs refine their message;
  • Story Forging and how to do it;
  • How busy people get their books published;
  • How to get your book written in the next 30 days;
  • The top 5 reasons some authors win more than others;
  • And so much more!

Is your story rolling around in your head waiting to be told? Time to get it out!

Costly Mistakes When Hiring Website Vendors, With Sean Rosensteel

Filed in Podcasts, Previous Episodes on February 8, 2022

Your website is like a “necessary evil.” In this day and age, if you don’t have a website, you aren’t considered a legit business.

Your website should be a 24/7 sales machine. But what if it’s not?

Are you dealing with…

  • An underperforming website that’s more of a liability than an asset?

  • Diminished credibility in the marketplace?

  • Missing out on lead-generating opportunities?

  • Being handcuffed to a website vendor you don’t even like?

Many of us have those nightmare stories of poor websites, bad website vendors, and loss of money and business. Sean Rosensteel is no exception. As a website vendor, Sean knows what it takes to build a website that converts. A website that works for you rather than you working for it.

He joins Adam to discuss what happens when you hire the wrong person/company to build your website and how much it can cost you.

Discover:

  • How bad websites are costing entrepreneurs a fortune every year;
  • How digital marketers rip you off;
  • Why so many digital marketing campaigns fail;
  • Why most websites don’t work;
  • The one key ingredient every website must have in order to convert more visitors into leads;
  • And so much more!

Is it time to turn your website into a money-making machine? Then tune in!

Why Everyone Is a Genius, With Mike Zeller

Filed in Podcasts, Previous Episodes on February 3, 2022

Everyone has a Zone of Genius inside them. That one area they absolutely excel at.

But not everyone has tapped into it, or even knows it exists. All too often we think down about ourselves and downplay where we should excel.

Mike Zeller is a genius at helping others find their Zones of Genius. He joins Adam to share his secret of success formula.

Discover:

  • What the Zone of Genius means;
  • What is the secret success formula;
  • 4 key aspects to uncovering your Zone of Genius;
  • How to overcome common genius blockers sabotaging their dreams;
  • And so much more!

Are you coming from your Zone of Genius? Tune in and find out!

4 Proven Passive Investments, With Scott Krone

Filed in Podcasts, Previous Episodes on February 1, 2022

Making money is all about passive income streams. Diversify, diversify, diversify.

Where? How? When? Why?

Scott Krone specializes in managing real estate assets. He also specializes in passive income and joins Adam to share with you 4 proven passive income investments.

Discover:

  • If wisdom or passion is more vital for a business leader to possess for their company to grow;
  • Why you should have passive income streams;
  • The 4 proven passive investments to make;
  • And so much more!

Are you looking to make more money and want to find out more about passive investments? Then tune in!

Stepping Back From Your Businesses and Removing Ego, With Craig Swanson

Filed in Podcasts, Previous Episodes on January 27, 2022

As business owners, we often get our personal identity mixed up with our business identity. And sometimes that’s necessary if you’re a personal brand.

But most often it’s not necessary and causes confusion and muddies the waters.

When this happens, it can be time to take a step back and remove your ego from your business.

Craig Swanson loves to be the secret weapon for businesses and watching them grow into multi-million-dollar companies. He joins Adam to share what he’s learned about building companies to this level, and why your personal ego needs to be removed.

Discover:

  • Why it’s important to acknowledge your insecurities in order to grow your business;
  • Why you should be more like Aladdin on the magic carpet than Atlas holding the weight of the world when managing your business;
  • Why it is important to make sure your business doesn’t define your identity;
  • The reason you need to separate your self-worth from the operations and success of your company;
  • And so much more!

Is it time you took a step back from business? Tune in and find out!

What is a Fractional CMO?, With Amanda Rabideau

Filed in Podcasts, Previous Episodes on January 25, 2022

Does this line of thinking sound familiar?

Marketing is the only way your business will find new customers.

True.

But you don’t have the time to dedicate to it… So you need hire someone who focuses solely on your marketing.

Also true.

That person must be a full-time employee.

False.

Companies don’t always need a full-time marketing person. Sometimes the right person for the job isn’t a traditional CMO, but a Fractional CMO.

A what?

A Fractional CMO is someone who acts as the Chief Marketing Officer for your company but is hired as a contractor or consultant.

Amanda Rabideau has been helping tech companies with their marketing for over 15 years. She joins Adam to explain further what a Fractional CMO is, and how it may work for your company.

Discover:

  • What a Fractional CMO (FMCO) is;
  • What is The Collective and how it works with an FCMO;
  • Why a Fractional CMO model is a good model for Series A funded start-up companies;
  • Why a full-time marketing hire is not the answer;
  • And much more!

Could outsourcing your marketing to a Fractional CMO be the answer you’re looking for? Tune in and find out!

Overcoming Workplace Tragedy, With Mike Malatesta

Filed in Podcasts, Previous Episodes on January 19, 2022

Being an entrepreneur is hard. Being a successful one is a long shot. The stress makes you feel like you’re fighting everything at once. Regulations. Red tape. Employees, vendors, and customers. Even family and friends, sometimes.

On top of all that, there is you.

All too often, entrepreneurs become their own worst enemies, designing systems that keep them stuck without even realizing it. When that happens, it’s easy to blame the lack of progress on other people. They’re not helping you. They’re the problem.

In Mike Malatesta’s first 10 years as an entrepreneur, he had been indicted, lost an employee and lost a business partner in a fatal fire in one of his own company’s facilities.

He eventually decided that everything that happened to him was only one person’s fault: his own.

“It took me a while to realize it but I was the one who had put myself in that position,” Malatesta said. “I understood that there was no one to blame but me. If I had the power to blame a system that I created, then I had the power to design a system that I liked as well.”

Mike joins Adam to share his story, and how getting selfish got him unstuck.

Discover:

  • What it looks like when “sh&t hits the fan”;
  • How entrepreneurs can “find their fuel”;
  • Why entrepreneurs become their own worst enemies;
  • How entrepreneurs can evaluate their business objectively;
  • And so much more!

Don’t let workplace ups and downs keep you from turning your dream into 7 figures. Tune in!

 

Challenges of Being an Entrepreneur, With Christine Hansen

Filed in Podcasts, Previous Episodes on January 18, 2022

There is a certain passion and drive that entrepreneurs share. It’s a passion for creating something new and exciting, and for solving a problem that others struggle with.

Along with the excitement of starting something new, comes the challenges and doubts.

Will this work?

Will people buy?

Am I crazy for starting a new business?

Christine Hansen has the entrepreneurial bug. When she recognized that the business she created to help babies sleep on a schedule no longer drove her passion, she pivoted. When that next business no longer drove her passion, she pivoted. Christine, like so many, realize that when the passion dies, the business can often die with it, and so she found that her true passion is in coaching and consulting…helping others to build their dreams.

She joins Adam to share her stories about her entrepreneurial journey, and some of the traps and challenges she’s faced along the way.

Discover:

  • Why it’s okay to change direction in business;
  • How to work half as much;
  • Make twice as much;
  • And donate 3x as much;
  • And so much more!

The entrepreneurial bug is real, and if you’ve got it, then this is a must listen to show!

The Danger of Success, With Len Herstein

Filed in Podcasts, Previous Episodes on January 13, 2022

Success can be deadly in business, leadership, and relationships.

When you’re used to winning and achieving, overconfidence and faulty logic can blind you to potential dangers up ahead.

Complacency costs money, decreases employee morale and performance, invites competition, and creates critical mistakes that will put your company, your brand, and your teams at risk.

Blending his 30+ years of brand marketing with his second-act experience as a Sheriff’s Deputy, Len Herstein joins Adam to share law enforcement-inspired business strategies to help you stay vigilant against threats like competition, predictability, bad habits, micromanagement, abuse of power, and industry change.

Discover:

  • Why past successes are setting you up for future failures, and how to avoid this common scenario;
  • A key part of being vigilant is questioning everything (even things that go right) – how to brief and debrief your way to continued success;
  • Why complacency makes us so vulnerable, and how can business leaders safeguard themselves against competition;
  • Why the way you’re reading your metrics is encouraging overconfidence, and how can we gauge our performance safely;
  • And much more!

Set yourself up for success and eradicate complacency before it begins. You don’t want to miss this episode.