Posts Tagged ‘Entrepreneurship’
018 Super Bowl Special with Brian Berger
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On today’s episode, Christopher talks Super Bowl with Brian Berger. The founder and host of Sports Business Radio
Behind-The-Scene Stories
Brian has worked with a lot of people who make the sports world go behind the scenes. They have a story to share. And so he started the podcast.
“Everyone was interviewing players and coaches, but no one would talk to the business people behind the scenes—owners, agents, front office executives.” – Brian Berger
After 15 years, they have brought a unique perspective to listeners. They get firsthand information from the people who live and breathe sports business. People often assume that they talk stock prices and deals, but they’re not that complicated at all.
“It really is more about, ‘Why did people make certain decisions that they made, how did they find their path to success?’ We keep it ‘simple stupid’, as they say.” – Brian Berger
Dealing with PR
On top of being a podcaster, Brian has also been a long-time PR executive. He knows what it’s like to be the person to deliver a guest to a show and to deal with PR people who are hit-and-miss. So, to help better the industry, he started Sports PR Summit.
“I like building relationships with the people that I have on my show as guest and I’d rather deal with them directly… But sometimes a PR person can add some elements that I may not have thought of.” – Brian Berger
And if you’re lucky, an exceptional PR
Super Bowl Predictions
The highest-rated Super Bowl was in 2015, with 114 million watchers. Even though there are top media markets involved in this year’s Bowl, Brian thinks there won’t be the same outcome.
To hear more about Brian’s podcasting and Super Bowl facts and figures, download and listen to the episode.
Bio:
with Brian Berger
Brian Berger is the host and founder of Sports Business Radio. Since the show’s launch in 2004, Berger has gone one-on-one with high-ranking sports executives such as former NBA Commissioner David Stern, Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, NCAA President Mark Emmert, Portland Trail Blazers and Seattle Seahawks owner Paul Allen, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley and 2-time NBA MVP Steve Nash.
Berger is also the Founder/CEO of the Sports PR Summit, an annual event that brings together Senior PR executives from the pro and collegiate sports ranks as well as from top sports corporations, media members and athletes for panel discussions and valuable networking opportunities.
Media members and athletes share candid insight about the best ways for PR executives to work most effectively with them. The event allows for all attendees to leave with a better understanding of the evolving communications issues and challenges we are facing in the sports industry.
Sports PR Summit speakers have included NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star Isaiah Thomas, WNBA star Lisa Leslie and ESPN journalists Tom Rinaldi and Jeremy Schaap. former NFL quarterback Michael Vick, New York Knicks Head Coach David Fizdale and ESPN’s Jemele Hill.
Berger received a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications/Broadcasting with a minor in Berger has been named to Forbes.com’s list of Top 50 sports follows on social media in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 (@SBRadio) and the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast is regularly ranked in the Top 100 of the Business News section on iTunes.
Cynopsis Media named the Sports Business Radio podcast “Best Podcast” of 2018.
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017 WTF?! Willing to Fail: 1-800-Got-Junk Founder Brian Scudamore
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Today, Brian Scudamore talks about perseverance and why failures are so legendary. The founder of 1800-GOT-JUNK
Professionalizing Junk Removal
When 1-800-GOT-JUNK? took off, the general reaction of other people is asking why they didn’t think of it first when it was such a simple concept. But it was, in fact, difficult to execute, and Brian saw a gap within the space.
Nobody had professionalized junk removal. So they set out to build the business and added uniforms and friendliness into what they do. All these efforts have changed the game for the junk space.
Differentiating the Brand
1-800-GOT-JUNK? has had various slogans that capture their very essence, like “We’ll stash your trash in a flash” and “FedEx of junk removal.” They wanted to be identified as a brand that everyone would know about.
“We were trying to give people a sense of what is it that we’re really trying to create. We’re differentiating ourselves.” – Brian Scudamore
They also had a headline about their junk removal process, previously comprised of three steps. At present, this process is simply, “You point, junk disappears.” It’s like magic, and people have become so familiar with this process that whenever truckies show up, customers will just start pointing to their trash, mocking the brand in a fun way.
Willing to Fail?!
From an outsider’s perspective, Brian might have gotten lucky because they were the first to have thought of making junk removal a business. But before its legendary takeoff, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? took eight years to reach a million in revenue.
If anything, it’s slow growth, but because of the momentum and their sheer perseverance, the business became a success. They failed and failed, but Brian has never wanted to be someone who wins easily.
“To me, failure needs to be my best friend in order for me to grow as a person, to be better as a leader, to inspire others in our business to live their best life.” – Brian Scudamore
To hear more about how Brian launched his business to new heights by being willing to fail, download and listen to the episode.
Bio:
Brian Scudamore has always taken the road less traveled.
At nineteen, he pioneered the industry of professional junk removal with 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, turning a chore people avoid into an exceptional customer service experience.
He then scaled that success into three more home-service brands, WOW 1 DAY PAINTING, You Move Me, and Shack Shine.
Brian’s “Willing to Fail” philosophy stems from his belief in the power of dreaming big, taking risks, and learning from mistakes.
Through franchising, he’s giving thousands of aspiring entrepreneurs the chance to live their dreams of business ownership.
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Amazon – WTF?! (Willing to Fail): How Failure Can Be Your Key to Success
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015 Best Year Ever: 7 People Share Their Strategies
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On today’s special episode, Christopher gets together with seven people from the leadership team of the Best Year Ever Blueprint event hosted by Hal Elrod and Jon Berghoff. What are their goals for 2019? And how will they overcome the things that might hold them back this year?
Accountability, Community, and Passion
Determined as she is, Stephanie knows that not all her goals for the year will be achieved. But to get there, she underlines the importance of surrounding herself with people who will hold her accountable. This comes coupled with consistency and being clear with her why and passion.
“It’s the accountability, it’s the community, and it’s holding back to the core of the passion.” – Stephanie Courtillier on how to achieve goals
She thinks it’s easier to do something for other people than doing it for herself. Ultimately, it all boils down to the impact that she has in someone else’s life and how she transforms them.
Not About Meeting Goals
Alissa Daire Nelson talks about one of her key takeaways from Dr. Shawn Stevenson. According to Shawn, it doesn’t matter if you don’t meet your goals. It is far more important to have them.
A goal-oriented person, Alissa has grown a lot shyer of putting out her goals in fear of failing. But being part of the Best Year Ever Blueprint made her realize the things that really matter. She looks forward to recalibrating her goals for the New Year according to these.
“It matters whether I shoot high. It matters whether I have the why behind it and that I’m measuring the things that actually matter to me.” – Alissa Daire Nelson
Alignment with Oneself
Stephanie Wankel came up with a theme to make 2019 her best year. When she makes her goals, they must align with her true self Whether they’re health or career-related, goals need to resonate with her first so she can achieve them.
To hear more strategies from 7 wonderful people of the Best Year Ever Blueprint, download and listen to the episode.
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Stephanie Courtillier
Founder, Integrous Women
As founder and CEO of Integrous Women, Stephanie is paving the way for the next generation of entrepreneurs. She is on a mission to inspire, educate and empower heart-centered women to create their own purpose-driven futures through a supportive, forward-thinking and compassionate community.
In parallel with helping women lead purpose-driven lives that enhance their professional and personal goals, Integrous Women seeks to take these skill-building tools to empower young women in Guatemala.
- IntegrousWomen.com
st********@in************.com
- (949) 529-0181
Alissa Daire Nelson
Alissa Daire Nelson is regularly featured on television news segments, inside major blogs and publications, and on podcasts from all over the globe.
She’s an accomplished Success Coach, Speaker, host of the Frickin’ Awesome Entrepreneur podcast. She is also a published Author of the book, From Frustrated to Frickin’ Awesome: 4 Steps to Achieve the Success You’re Wired For.
Rachelle Niemann
Rachelle of Nourishing Worthiness is a wife, dog mom, ultra-marathoner, outdoor enthusiast, blogger, and author.
Rachelle has been a student of personal growth and dealt with debilitating anxiety for decades. Now, she wants to share what she has learned and is on a mission to inspire individuals to make the transformation from fear to self-love.
Stephanie Wankel
Founder, New Heights Investment Group
The people at New Heights are passionate about connecting accredited investors to the very best real estate syndication opportunities in the industry. They help busy professionals learn about private investment opportunities that protect and grow your wealth effortlessly.
Reach them at:
st*******@ne***********************.com
, or visit www.newheightsinvestmentgroup.com
Coming February 2019: Frenzied To Financial Freedom Podcast:
Klaus Luhta
Klaus Luhta is a U.S. Coast Guard licensed Master and a licensed attorney. He currently focuses his efforts in the areas of maritime policy, legislation, and regulation, both domestically and abroad.
Klaus regularly serves as a delegate at the International Maritime Organization in London, U.K., to advocate there on behalf of seafarers across the globe.
KC Hunt
Linda Merrill
Linda Merrill is a software enthusiast and a former software quality manager.
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014 Pat Hiban – Real Estate Rockstar
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On today’s episode of Follow Your Different™, podcaster, investor and real estate rockstar Pat Hiban joins Christopher Lochhead. Learn about his means for horizontal income and his online university. How did his podcast grow to have 150,000 monthly downloads?
Pat’s Many Endeavors
Pat tries to live off of passive income by being an investor. He finds that it’s not much work, spending twenty minutes a day checking his investments and sending out emails.
He also built a company called Rebus University, providing online training for real estate agents. They learn to sell more houses through video courses and sell through funnels. He has also started writing a book, a manifesto of some sort, with his fellow GoBunbance members.
Achieving Podcast Success
Pat also hosts of Real Estate Rockstars podcast, which has over three million downloads. He says that it’s a means to an end since it helps to promote Rebus University to prospective students. With over 700 episodes, it has become one of the most top-rated podcasts on real estate.
While Pat is practically the category king of real estate podcasts, there are people who are quitting. He gets energy by meeting people and talking to them, but this isn’t enough to sustain a lot of podcasters’ steam. They may not be making money or can’t determine how to make it, eventually deciding to quit.
“I think that a lot of people are starting to figure the juice isn’t worth the squeeze.” – Pat Hiban
Different for Everyone
Of course, anybody can have whatever motivation they want in starting their podcasts. Christopher started his own not out of financial motivation, but it has produced a bunch of secondary economic outcomes.
“The podcast has had interesting financial outcomes but it’s kept me in the world in a way that I didn’t anticipate.” – Christopher Lochhead
But podcast success may not happen fast. Anything worth having usually requires time and energy to invest. Most people, if not everyone, get out there and start with ten downloads, but this doesn’t mean a thousand is too far a reach.
“I think it is an itch. I think a lot of people get into podcasts and [are] thinking, this is going to be an instant jackpot. “ – Pat Hiban
To hear more from Pat why being a realtor is a great career and why real estate is a great investment, download and listen to the episode.
Bio:
Pat Hiban Interviews Real Estate Rockstars is a top-ranked, 3-day a week real estate podcast, hosted by billion-dollar agent Pat Hiban. He interviews the best of the best in and around the real estate industry.
Pat also founded Rebus University which trains real estate agents to be successful and men’s mastermind group GoBundance.
He built a team of over 50 members and made millions in the Real Estate Sales World. Pat then realized he had spent over two decades being lead by mentors while growing very few mentees.
At this point, he wrote his New York Times Best Selling Book – “6 steps to 7 figures, A Real Estate Professional’s Guide Building Wealth and Creating your Destiny.”
Not too long after, Pat Hiban Interviews Real Estate Rockstars was born.
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013: Quit Your Corporate Job & Go Solo w/ Eddie Yoon
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Today, Eddie Yoon unpacks a recent Harvard Business Review article with his co-author Christopher. Together, they answer some questions, concerns, and explain further why you should quit your corporate job and go solo.
It’s All in the Data
Eddie and Christopher’s HBR article has been receiving a lot of attention. Some of the people amid the buzz expressed their concerns about their thesis. But the data say it all: nearly 70% of solopreneurs make $100,000-250,000 in a year.
This figure is almost twice as much as the average US household. And it is much higher than what Glassdoor reports the average US executive makes yearly—$121,500. It seems solopreneurs are doing as well, if not exceedingly better, than most executives.
“If solopreneur was an industry and a company, everyone would be flocking to this industry in the same way that people did it for Silicon Valley or investment banking or consulting.” – Eddie Yoon
Importance of IPOs
Initial public offering (IPOs) have always been tech-related. But there are notable people who have done it in a non-digitized fashion. One example is Steve Hughes who launched a special purpose acquisition company and eventually skyrocketed as a solopreneur.
To go solo, a bridge needs to be crossed. You must know your investor story and who your target investors are. You must also know why they should believe that you’re worthy of your multiple.
“I think that more people are figuring out that market exists and [so], ‘Why not me?’” – Eddie Yoon
Breaking Out to Do Better
So many people are afraid to break out because of the corporate mothership and the financial aspect tied to the choice. But there are those who confronted their fear of not making enough and ended up earning more while working less.
The other odd benefit to going solo is that as an outsider, solopreneurs tend to be a lot smarter than those who are tied to a company.
“Maybe that’s the extra value that perspective gives you.” – Eddie Yoon
To hear more about the ultimate way of monetizing yourself and making an emotional business case for going solo, download and listen to the episode.
Bio:
Eddie Yoon is the founder of EddieWouldGrow, LLC a think tank and advisory firm on growth strategy.
Prior to this, he was a partner at The Cambridge Group, a strategy consulting firm that helps Fortune 500 CEOs drive growth by unlocking consumer demand. His work over the past two decades has driven over $5 billion dollar of annual profitable growth in consumer packaged goods, durables, robotics and energy.
Eddie is one of the world’s leading experts on finding and monetizing superconsumers to grow and create new categories. He is the author of the acclaimed book, Superconsumers: A Simple, Speedy and Sustainable Path to Superior Growth (Harvard Business School Press, 2016).
He is also the author of over 40 articles, including Make Your Best Customers Even Better (Harvard Business Review magazine, March 2014) and Why It Pays to Be a Category Creator (Harvard Business Review magazine, March 2013). Additionally, he has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Forbes and has been a keynote speaker in the U.S., Canada, Kenya, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, the UK and Japan.
Eddie lives in Chicago with his wife and three children.
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Harvard Business Review Article by Eddie Yoon & Christopher Lochhead:
Glassdoor – Executive Salaries
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012: Negotiation, Teams & Diversity w/ Stanford Prof. Margaret Neale
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Today, Prof. Margaret Neale joins us for a riveting conversation about research-based negotiation, teams, and diversity. She shares insights that haven’t been heard before, like why engaging in a negotiation as though going into battle is a bad idea.
“When I have this view of negotiation as a battle, then that mindset becomes the filter through which I evaluate all your behaviors.” – Prof. Margaret Neale
On Research-Based Negotiations
Too often, people have a lot of negotiation beliefs and insights that are not supported by empirical evidence. And often, these beliefs are repeated. This is the reason why Prof. Neale tries to help people think about negotiation in a broader sense.
Through her work and teaching, she also shares strategies and tactics that are research-focused and probably not mainstream.
Value Creation and Claiming
Take for example the infamous strategy of most people who engage in negotiation and talking about the price. In order to get what they want, they’re most likely not being truthful. They start way above their ideal price so they can argue their way down the middle, while the other party does the same thing from below.
“The challenge in negotiation is that you are trying in most situations to trade off value creation and value claiming.” – Prof. Margaret Neale
But value creation is a process that’s independent of value claiming. When we think of them simultaneously during a negotiation, we cause the other party to come up with more extreme counteroffers. We are then less likely to find an outcome to the negotiation.
Collateral Damage of Negotiation Battles
The concept of negotiation as a battle creates all sorts of collateral damage. And this is why Prof. Neale wants to move people away from it.
“I make my most malevolent interpretation of those behaviors because you’re the other, you’re the enemy.” – Prof. Margaret Neale
Not to mention that this mindset, when reciprocated, ultimately causes laser-focus on winning the fight. It then becomes a matter of who gets to beat whom, which is far from the true goal of the interaction.
To hear more do’s and don’ts of negotiation and insights on teams and diversity from Prof. Margaret Neale, download and listen to the episode.
Bio:
Dr. Margaret Neale is the Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Graduate School of Business Stanford and Co-director of Executive Program for Women Leaders.
Margaret Neale’s research focuses primarily on negotiation and team performance. Her work has extended judgment and decision-making research from cognitive psychology to the field of negotiation.
Dr. Neale was the Graduate School of Business John G. McCoy-Banc One Corporation Professor of Organizations and Dispute Resolution from 2000-2012.
Trust Faculty Fellow in 2011-2012 and in 2000-2001. Dr. Neale received her BS in Pharmacy from Northeast Louisiana University, her MS from the Medical College of Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University, and then her Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Texas.
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Graduate School of Business Stanford
Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab
Articles:
- Professor Margaret Neale Named 2011 Davis Award Recipient
- Why Women Must Ask (The Right Way): Negotiation Advice From Stanford’s Margaret A. Neale
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003 Cameron Herold Free PR, Beige Companies More
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How do you make sure your company does not go “beige”? Cameron Herold tells us how and why simple is ultimately powerful.
Cameron Herold – Running with Simple
According to Cameron, some business persons may be likened to a fly hitting the window over and over in an attempt to get out instead of turning around and taking the door. This is something that’s not very advisable and in fact can result in ruin.
“Why would you try so hard when there’s already a system in place?” – Cameron Herold
All of Cameron’s techniques tend to be simple to execute. He grew up simple, an average guy in high school and college. He doesn’t run with complicated that he doesn’t understand.
No to the A-Player Only Mindset
Something that Cameron has been decidedly against is the belief that a company becomes successful by hiring A players. This is impossible. A company’s A players are its race horses and the B players, the work horses.
A company needs a bunch of people who will work hard. They need to be good and fit into the culture in order to grow into their roles. In short, companies have to be honest with themselves.
“I guess it’s like baseball. You just need a bunch of solid singles and doubles and you’ll win the game. You don’t need everybody getting home runs.” – Cameron Herold
A Diverse Team
Building a company with this line of thinking is based on three things. These include money a company is willing to pay, results needed from the person to be hired, and whether the hire has done what is expected of them before.
“Would you rather have someone who’s broken world records or someone who knows how to do it?” – Cameron Herold
It’s impossible to have a whole bunch of marathoners. But you can have a few marathoners, people who run 10Ks, and lastly, people who are at least not sitting in the couch smoking all day.
To hear more about companies and PR, download and listen to the episode.
Bio:
Cameron Herold is the founder of the COO Alliance as well as a serial entrepreneur, author and top-rated international speaker. His books include Double Double, Vivid Vision, Meetings Suck, and his latest, Miracle Morning for Entrepreneurs.
He is known as a business growth guru and CEO Whisperer, and speaks around the world at CEO and COO events. Learn more and download Cameron’s personal Vivid Vision at CameronHerold.com.
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002 Downturn Coming?
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Is it wise to raise a round of funding now? On this episode of Follow Your Different™, Christopher Lochhead answers a question emailed by one of his listeners. Is there a downturn coming?
Possible Downturn
The CEO of a venture-backed startup has been hearing that venture capitalists are concerned about a downturn. Valuations are coming down and funding rounds are getting smaller. Because of this, they are wondering whether they should raise money when it’s supposedly going down.
Christopher is no stock expert and neither is he an economist. But indeed there have been ramblings about how the stock market is getting funky.
The State of the Market
Christopher had a conversation with the CEO of a company that he’s involved with from which he gained valuable insight. Venture capitalists are getting a little squirrely. The CEO has decided to raise money now since it’s unsure where things are going to be in six months.
Having been doing involved in all this for over 30 years, Christopher has made the observation that there is a correlation between the public and private markets. This is to say, the stock market affects venture capitalist behavior. In this same vein, it wouldn’t be surprising if valuations come down and the size of some funding raises come down heading into 2019.
“I’m not sounding the alarm, it hasn’t gone to that level, but be cautious.” – Christopher Lochhead
What to Do
It’s smart to get on a little earlier and get ready for valuations coming down, because this is likely going to happen. Entrepreneurs need not pull back too much but they have to be more thoughtful about hires, spending and expansion. It is also important to evangelize your point of view and offer to solve a problem.
“The bigger and more urgent and more strategic the problem, the more time, money and energy people will apply to it and spend on solving that problem.” – Christopher Lochhead
To hear more about getting ready for the possible downturn, download and listen to the episode.
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224: Steve Olsher Reinvention of an Entrepreneur
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How does one walk out of an endeavor and successfully pick it up again somewhere along the way? Steve Olsher is an entrepreneur, CEO, author and podcaster. Today he talks about failures and successes, how to come back from losses, and how Chicago almost killed him.
“I look like I do a lot but I implement what I call strategic abandon, which is just getting a lot of things done in a very efficient and cost-effective manner.” – Steve Olsher
Three Things We Learned
Walking away from something you built
At some point in his entrepreneurial journey, Steve and his team got blinded by the dot-com light and Wall Street’s take on domains. They signed away management rights, but in March 2000, it became clear that the people working behind the project failed. Steve walked away from the domain after spending nine years building the company, a scary piece of his life.
A restart on an abandoned endeavor
When the company ended up tanking and getting buried, he walked away and got into real estate development instead to build up a portfolio of millions of dollars in product. But one day, the Wall Street Journal headline read that domain prices were approaching pre-bubble valuations. And so Steve began his search for the buyer of the domain.
Reinventing a dream
It wasn’t until Christmas Eve of 2006 when the buyer sent Steve an e-mail with detailed instructions on how to reclaim his domain. While it was bound to raise suspicions, Steve went along with the offer, sending login credentials that weren’t attached to anything. By some miracle, he got exactly what was promised in under a grand total of five minutes.
Steve received several offers to buy his domain and one in particular bailed after a couple of installments. From there, he took the site and his capital, actively seeking out people he could work with. Everything is going well, despite the inevitable moments when they don’t see eye-to-eye and the company’s happy ending that has yet to be written.
Bio:
Steve Olsher is America’s Reinvention Expert and has taught thousands how to NICHETIZE!™ (nitch a tize) by identifying and monetizing their WHAT. Steve is the author of Internet Prophets: The World’s Leading Experts Reveal How to Profit Online and also of USA Book News’ Self-Help Book of the Year, Journey To You: A Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming Who You Were Born to Be.
He is the creator and host of Internet Prophets LIVE!; co-star of the groundbreaking film The Keeper of the Keys with Jack Canfield, John Gray, and Marci Shimoff; and has appeared on ABC TV, FOX TV, CNBC.com, and more than 200 radio shows including national programs hosted by Lou Dobbs, Jim Bohannon, and Mancow Muller.
Steve is a successful entrepreneur who’s applied his business acumen and communication skills to a wide range of endeavors. He has also earned the rank of brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, training under the late Carlson Gracie, Sr. All of his varied, real-world experiences have contributed to the concepts found in his award-winning books.
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