School For Startups Radio

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Join host Jim Beach, bestselling McGraw-Hill Author for his SBA award winning nationally syndicated radio show, on 12AmFm stations around the US. The show argues that anyone can be a successful entrepreneur when they forget creativity, risk, and passion! Copy an idea, execute it better, start with less than $5,000 and reserve passion for family & religion.

Episódios

  • January 11, 2027 - Japanese Manufacturing Entrepreneur Yushiro Kato, Sales & Strategy Raj Datta, and Corporate Trainer Dr. Andy Dunn

    11/01/2024 Duração: 59min

    Yushiro Kato – Founder of CADDi – CAD Manufacturing Startup Yushiro Kato is a kind of wunderkind in Japan. And now, he’s building an empire here in the states. At 32, he’s the head of CADDi, a company that has excelled in helping companies outsource the manufacturing of challenging parts. The business works with hundreds of factories worldwide to streamline operations using the Kaizen approach and then splits profits with those factories as CADDi customers increase demand. (Forbes 30 Under 30, Forbes Top 10 Japanese Entrepreneurs of 2023, and their company made a Top 10 story of 2023 in the Chicago Business Journal). Now, CADDi has created CADDi Drawer, an AI-enabled tool to help engineers and manufacturers streamline production. Fresh on the heels of a nearly $90-million Series C round a few months ago, this company, with a U.S. HQ in Chicago, is making waves with a platform that promises to increase efficiency by 80% during the procurement process through its proprietary image analysis algorithm, automatic

  • January 10, 2024 - AirBnB for Offices Howard Chang and Synthetic Media Dr. Jill Schiefelbein

    10/01/2024 Duração: 53min

    Howard Chang – Founder of the Turn Lab and Just Boardrooms  The problem with most entrepreneurs is that they fall in love with their solution. What you really need to do is fall in love with the problem. By shifting the mentality, you end up producing things that are more viable and more interesting to the marketplace. Howard Chang is a serial entrepreneur and visionary leader. He founded theturnlab, a Toronto-based marketing and tech firm. With a storied career spanning over two decades, he transitioned from a renowned ad agency CEO to create a groundbreaking agency model. Beginning his entrepreneurial journey at just 20, Howard navigated both early success and bankruptcy by 29, displaying remarkable resilience. His ventures have spanned diverse sectors such as retail, sports marketing, and technology. Today, Howard drives theturnlab’s innovative consultancy, embodying sustainability and social responsibility, as evident in their carbon-neutral operations and B Corp certification. As a cancer survivor, dev

  • January 8, 2024 - International HR Pablo Miller and Learned Excellence Alan Eagle

    08/01/2024 Duração: 53min

    Pablo Miller – CEO and founder of Remoti All startups make the same mistake: they build an HR team too slow and they only build an HR team when there are problems. Pablo Miller is a passionate and visionary entrepreneur with over nine years of experience in the staffing and recruiting industry, specializing in Digital and remote hiring for the modern workforce. As the CEO and founder of Remoti, he leads a global team of experts who help tech companies hire and retain the best talent regardless of location. His mission is to democratize job opportunities and remuneration based on character and technical expertise, not geography. Remoti is an end-to-end platform helping companies in the search, hiring and retention of talent. As an expert in the industry, Pablo has witnessed the growing evolution of the term Employee Experience (EX) and the huge role it’s playing in employee satisfaction and talent retention. Alan Eagle – Co-Author of Learned Excellence: Mental Disciplines for Leading and Winning from th

  • January 5, 2024 - WordPress Support Peter Guirguis and Midstage Growth Roland Siebelink

    05/01/2024 Duração: 53min

    Peter Guirguis – Founder of SwiftPress Support  40% of the world’s websites are built on WordPress. That is 800 million websites worldwide. That is testimony to the great ecosystem that is built around WordPress. Peter Guirguis is the Founder of SwiftPress Support. He is a seasoned digital expert and is the dynamic force behind SwiftPress Support, a game-changing venture offering unparalleled technical support to WordPress website owners. With a rich history as the founder of Grace Digital Solutions, Peter has a proven track record in crafting exceptional websites for a diverse clientele, from businesses to personal brands. His commitment to excellence is evident in his ability to communicate intricate technical details to non-tech-savvy clients, ensuring they achieve their digital goals. Now, with SwiftPress Support, he’s expanding his horizons to offer SEO, Google Ads, landing page design, and comprehensive care plans including web hosting. A recognized figure in the digital space, Peter has been honored

  • January 3, 2024 - Better Teams David B. Greenspan and UCB Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer Dr. Richard Lyons

    03/01/2024 Duração: 53min

    David B. Greenspan – Founder and Chief Growth Officer of BLUECASE and Author of Be a Better Team by Friday: A Playbook for High-Performance Business Leaders Our marketing is through referrals. We have had some remarkable success stories. Four of the companies we work with crossed the billion dollar threshold while working with us. David B. Greenspan is the Founder and Chief Growth Officer of BLUECASE, Co-Author of Be a Better Team by Friday David B. Greenspan, Ph.D., is the founder and Chief Growth Officer of BLUECASE Strategic Partners, a leadership development, strategic planning, and executive coaching consultancy headquartered in Austin, TX. Founded in 2014, BLUECASE drives strategic planning and leads managers and executives at fast-growing companies on how to create seamless cross-functional collaboration, feedback-rich cultures, and high levels of engagement. David is the co-author of the Amazon best-selling book, Be a Better Team by Friday: A Playbook for High-Performance Business Leaders. The book

  • December 22, 2023 - IBM AI Pushing Sustainability Oday Abbosh and #1 RE Agent in NYC Ilan Bracha

    22/12/2023 Duração: 53min

    Oday Abbosh- Global Sustainability Leader at IBM At IBM, we say that people will leverage AI to do a better job, rather than it being the other way around. We always believe there needs to be some level of human oversight. With any super powerful technology like AI, having some framework, having some sensible guardrails is clearly the smart thing to do. Oday joined IBM Consulting as the Global Sustainability leader in August 2023, bringing extensive experience in scaling businesses and a background in management consulting. Before joining IBM, Oday was the Founder & CEO of Better All Round (BAR), a B-Corp certified, innovative, ESG-focused diversified fiber-based business. Under his leadership, BAR launched the Ora Household Towel, a revolutionary product developed from initial concept to market within a year. Before launching BAR, Oday worked for over 20 years as a management consultant, starting his career at KPMG before moving to Accenture, where he held various leadership roles. At Accenture, Oday s

  • December 20, 2023 - Start, Scale, Exit, Repeat Colin C. Campbell and Leaders Edge HR Huntsman

    20/12/2023 Duração: 53min

    Colin C. Campbell – Serial Founder and Author of Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat.: Serial Entrepreneurs’ Secrets Revealed! There are things you can do in your startup to raise money from your customers. 90% of Inc 5000 companies do not take venture capital. Venture capital is not a panacea. 75% of venture capital companies fail. Colin C. Campbell has been a serial entrepreneur for over 30 years and is the author of Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat.: Serial Entrepreneurs’ Secrets Revealed! He has founded and scaled various internet companies that collectively have reached a valuation of almost $1 billion. Having successfully navigated the exits of companies like Tucows Interactive, Internet Direct Canada, Hostopia, GeeksForLess, and .CLUB Domains, Campbell has not only cemented his name as a start-up expert but has also collected an array of accolades – including spots on the Inc. 500 and Inc. 5000 rosters for several years in a row. A sought-after speaker in the world of entrepreneurship, Campbell has spoken at severa

  • December 18, 2023 - Design Guru Won J. You and Ivybrook Academy Founder Drew McWilliams

    18/12/2023 Duração: 54min

    Won J. You – Design Expert – Founder and Head of Design of Won J. You Studios Rather than saying, “I need to be inspired to create something wonderful.” Just start doing the work. Slowly, your brain is subconsciously adjusting and synthesizing, even when you sleep. Some ideas will start to spring forth. Won J. You is a seasoned design leader and educator who’s spent over 20 years designing and creating award-winning experiences. Currently, he leads the charge at WJY Studios, as chief disruptor and designer for social impact. He is inspired by creating immersive experiences and creating elegant and engaging products. In his past, Won has led innovation efforts as design director at Discovery Communications, where he successfully incubated, patented, and launched products such as curiosity.com. More recently, he’s directed experience design work for Porsche, Edward Jones, Alzheimer’s Association, Bic, Cedar Fair, among others. His work has been featured in Commarts, .net Magazine and recognized by W3 awards a

  • December 15, 2023 - Price Negotiating Claire Stepanek and LA Times Columnist & TV Writer Doug McIntyre

    15/12/2023 Duração: 53min

    Claire Stepanek – founder and CEO of ergo – Pricing Platform  This quote will be added soon, sorry! Claire Stepanek is the founder and CEO of ergo, a startup developing pricing software that gives consumers an option to negotiate pricing with retailers through an online software plugin. Stepanek came up with the idea for ergo while working on the supply chain team at Apple, which manages the vendors that make the parts that flow into Apple products, where she found the most successful strategy for often negatively labeled “stressful negotiations” was to be authentic and keep it simple. Claire and ergo’s vision is to build out analytics for stores so they can gain value while also boosting revenue and sales and learning about the market. The company is also working to get products and features out for the impending holiday shopping season. Doug McIntyre – Long-time Columnist for the Los Angeles Daily News and Orange County Register and Author of Frank’s Shadow This quote will be added soon, sorry! Dou

  • December 13, 2023 - Largest E-Recycler John Shegerian and Hire Better Now Kolby Goodman

    13/12/2023 Duração: 53min

    ohn Shegerian – Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of ERI, Co-Founder of FinancialAid.com and Author of The Insecurity of Everything: How Hardware Data Security is Becoming the Most Important Topic in the World We can recover about 98% of the commodities (shredded steel, shredded plastic, aluminum, copper, gold, silver, lead, and some others) that come from recycling your cell phone, laptop or television. I’m going to give it to you straight. There ain’t no shortcuts. The harder I work, the luckier I get. John Shegerian is the Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of ERI. John Shegerian creates profitable impact companies that make the world a better place. Goldman Sachs recently named Shegerian one of the “100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2021” at its annual Builders + Innovators Summit. He was also recently named one of the planet’s “Top 100 Recycling Stars” by Recycling International Magazine. A serial entrepreneur responsible for co-founding Homeboy Industries, FinancialAid.com, Engage, and many other impactful o

  • December 11, 2023 - AI for Better Games Michael Puscar and Right Fit André Martin

    11/12/2023 Duração: 53min

    Michael Puscar – Founder of NPCx.ai Our business model is a very common AI model. Whether it’s fraud detection or whatever it is. Take something that is manual and tedious and do it automatically and faster with higher precision. We just do that for video games. Michael Puscar is the founder and CEO of NPCX.ai and a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist who has successfully built three high-tech startups from scratch and taken them through to exit. Michael is a published data scientist and expert in artificial intelligence technology, with 3 patents awarded for his groundbreaking work in the area. His latest venture, NPCx, aims to use AI to make characters more realistic in video games and animated films. Michael creates hyper-realistic NPCs (Non-Player Characters) and redefines traditional methods of character creation and animation. He is a serial entrepreneur, investor, technologist, and published data scientist who has spent 30 years building cutting-edge applications that challenge existing

  • December 8, 2023 - Hypothesis Comment on any Content Dan Whaley and Ahara Personalized Nutrition & The RealReal Julie Wainwright

    08/12/2023 Duração: 55min

    Dan Whaley – CEO and Founder of Hypothesis Hypothesis is a super old idea that we should all have the ability to collaborate and have a conversation over anything you come into contact with. Dan Whaley is CEO and founder of Hypothesis, a mission-driven organization that has developed an open-source platform that enables anyone to annotate or comment on any online piece of content. Users can use it to discuss key points, collaborate over content, find others with common interests, organize research, or take personal notes. Dan is a coder and early pioneer in web innovation when he created, back in 1995, the first online travel reservation company on the web. Dan currently serves as a director of Sauce Labs, the leading open-source functional testing company, and Getaround, a peer-to-peer car-sharing company. Since 2011 he has been at the front of Hypothesis. Launched the online travel industry in 1994, with the first SaaS company, GetThere. GetThere went public in 1999 and was sold to Sabre in 2000 with near

  • December 6, 2023 - Emmy Winning Survivor Producer Maria Baltazzi and Wiring for Wins Gene Kim

    06/12/2023 Duração: 53min

    Maria Baltazzi – Emmy-winning TV ‘Survivor’ Producer and Author of Take a Shot at Happiness: How to Write, Direct & Produce the Life You Want  There is a large body of research that supports how gratitude helps your overall happiness. Realize what you have and be grateful for that. Maria Baltazzi is a Happiness Explorer. Her experience as an Emmy-winning TV producer, wellbeing teacher, world traveler, and luxury travel designer specializing in transformative adventures has given her a unique lens into conscious living. Maria has developed and produced shows throughout the world. She was one of the original supervising producers of the mega TV hit, Survivor. She is a member of both the Producers and Directors Guilds of America, a Fellow National Member of The Explorers Club, and an Advisor for the Transformational Travel Council. Maria holds an MFA in film from ArtCenter College of Design and a PhD in Conscious-Centered Living from the University of Sedona. Additional studies include Mindfulness Meditati

  • December 4, 2023 - AI Smyth OS Alexander De Ridder and Vampr LinkedIn for Creatives Josh Simons

    04/12/2023 Duração: 53min

    Alexander De Ridder – Co-Founder of CTO of Smyth OS, AI Visionary – Transforming Business Through AI  With AI, we are not looking at a 10x improvement, we are looking at a 100x improvement in terms of Labor savings. Alexander De Ridder is the Co-Founder and CTO of Smyth which is at the forefront of revolutionizing artificial intelligence systems. Smyth provides the foundational platform, Smyth OS, to bring this future to life for governments and enterprises worldwide. De Ridder, a Houstonian of 20 years, is equal part computer scientist, entrepreneur and marketer. He co-founded and sold multiple multi-million dollar marketing agencies and is a thought leader in both SEO and AI, widely respected for his innovation and vision. He was, for example, the Co-Founder, Visionary, and CTO at Edgy Labs, LLC, a multimillion dollar marketing agency that serves many Fortune 500 companies with an incredible team of experts in SEO. Edgy was acquired by Compass.uol on November 1st, 2021. As a co-founder, Alexander (Or ADR

  • December 1, 2023 - Packages with Bryan Davis and Grace Publishing Michelle Vandepas

    01/12/2023 Duração: 53min

    Bryan Davis – CEO at Package, Inc.  We are allowing the public to own a stake in the future of luggage tracking and travel security. Investors will get equity in the company. Byran Davis is CEO of Package, Inc., a whole ecosystem for packages and luggage, really anything that moves.  Over 76,000 bags are mishandled every day by airlines adding up to over 28 million bags per year, about 5% of which are never found, costing airlines and travelers hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. Package, Inc. is building a comprehensive solution with LuggageCam, the luggage logistics, tracking and security system that turns any bag into a smart bag and enables airlines and travelers to track, monitor and secure every piece of luggage in real-time at all times throughout their travels. To allow the public to take part in the company’s journey and growth, Package, Inc. today announced the launch of a WeFunder campaign. Full details on the campaign are at: Invest in Package Inc.: The Future of Shipping, Transportation

  • November 29, 2023 - Trucking King Cedrick Leggett and Managing Risk K. Scott Griffith

    29/11/2023 Duração: 53min

    Cedrick Leggett – Founder of Cedrick Leggett Trucking Consulting    Trucking as an industry has had tough times in the last two or three years. The bubble burst. During COVID the rates were high And people panicked and we added too many truckers that did not know what they were doing. Cedrick Leggett is a 7 figure business owner, known as The “Trucking King” – and has been building trucking businesses for over a decade. He owns Cedrick Legget Trucking Consulting which has an “Automated Trucking Business” offer that’s been taking off like a rocket ship. He’s got all kinds of other investments, and has even had to start over from square one about a decade ago. Cedrick’s journey in the trucking industry began with nothing more than a dream and an unwavering work ethic. Recognizing the power of partnership, he united with his brother, and together they purchased their first truck, laying the foundation of what would soon become an industry-leading business. Like many, Cedrick started from the bottom, proving th

  • November 27, 2023 - Very Strategy Rich Horwath and Legal Psychedelics Benjamin Lightburn

    27/11/2023 Duração: 53min

    Rich Horwath – Founder of Strategy Skills and Author of Strategic: The Skill to Set Direction, Create Advantage, and Achieve Executive Excellence As a good entrepreneur when it comes to setting strategy, don’t lock yourself in an office, don’t put yourself on an island, bring in and collaborate with your counterparts on what they are seeing and what everyone thinks is going to be the best decision. As the entrepreneur, you make the final decision but you really want to get the input and buy in from the people that work with you. Rich Horwath is the founder and CEO of the Strategic Thinking Institute where he serves leadership teams as a strategy workshop facilitator, strategic executive coach, and keynote speaker. His mission is to help executive teams think, plan, and act strategically to set direction, create advantage, and achieve their goals. Rich is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today national bestselling author of eight books, and his work has been featured in publications including Fa

  • NOVEMBER 23, 2023 – ENTREPRENEURIAL THANKSGIVING SHOW!

    23/11/2023 Duração: 53min

    50 Reasons You Should Be Thankful You Are an Entrepreneur!   Today, instead of a normal show, we are rerunning our popular show listing the top 50 Reasons to Be Thankful to Be an Entrepreneur! Happy Thanksgiving!  Give thanks!

  • November 22, 2023 - Midwest VC Nathaniel Harding and Becoming More Dianna Kokoszka

    22/11/2023 Duração: 53min

    Nathaniel Harding – Managing Partner at Cortado Ventures This quote will be added soon, sorry! Nathaniel Harding Nathaniel Harding is the CEO and Managing Partner at Cortado Ventures. Nathaniel is an expert in tech, innovation, and venture capital. A distinguished Kauffman Fellow, World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leader, and Most Admired CEO, his $120M asset-managing venture capital firm showcases strategic brilliance. He can share how to discover the untapped potential and growth opportunities in overlooked sectors. His extensive experience as an entrepreneur, technologist, and visionary makes him a captivating guest for any podcast seeking insightful discussions. Nathaniel has been recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and celebrated as a Most Admired CEO in Oklahoma. Under his guidance, Cortado Ventures has grown to manage a substantial $120M in assets, a testament to his strategic acumen and ability to foster success. Nathaniel’s entrepreneurial prowess is accentuated by hi

  • November 21, 2023 - 4 Doc Founded Nutraceutical Co Brenden Dougherty and Urban Sandbox Danna Okuyama

    21/11/2023 Duração: 53min

    Brenden Dougherty – CEO/COO of MDbio This quote will be added soon, sorry! Brenden Dougherty is the CEO/COO of MDbio – The Doctors Brand. The company was founded by four doctors to bring pharma-level testing to the nutraceutical market. The company was created to treat the most common conditions seen in patient care – sleeplessness, stress/anxiety, and chronic aches and pain. Recently, MDbio’s hero product, MDsleep, was clinically proven in the largest onshore, randomized, placebo-controlled sleep study in history and demonstrated to improve sleep quality, decrease feelings of stress, decrease feelings of anxiety, and improve overall well-being. Brenden Dougherty, a visionary leader in the nutraceutical industry, has spent the past 10 years refining and developing business concepts in traditional and emerging markets. His early professional background in finance for UBS and PPM America instilled a strong analytical background and understanding of business modeling and growth strategies. In 2014, he combined

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