The Accidental Entrepreneur
Episodes
A personal development expert, James Murphy is an Executive Coach and the founder of Evolution For Success, an Executive Coaching Firm based in Raleigh, NC.
James joins Mitch to discuss his background and experience in coaching and his unique approach to helping all his clients get past any invisible barriers that may be holding them back. To watch the video of their discussion, visit our YouTube Channel.
Hailed as one of the top...
Shari Hammond is Founder/CEO of Inspired Product Development Group (www.InspiredPDG.com) and the inventor behind Cabinet Caddy (www.CabinetCaddy.com) and Go Hang It (www.GoHangIt.com). A single mother of a son, she is a woman of faith, an entrepreneur, a product developer, graphic designer, lacrosse/basketball mom, kickboxer and dog lover. Shari launched her business with her father, Ron Hunt, while he was an engineer for IBM. Afte...
John D Poppe, Jr. is a Partner of MidCap Advisors. He has completed a wide variety of transactions including mergers and acquisitions, bank financings, and private equity investments. Throughout this career, whether completing complicated transactions, identifying value enhancing strategies, serving as a board member, or restructuring operations, John deeply enjoys collaborating with entrepreneurial, middle market business owners.
...Bill Scalzitti has spent over 35 years developing his unique and fantastic new approach to finding true love and romance. The Romance by Choice program was developed in collaboration with his wife Jeana, an expert and published author in the field of sex roles and the psychology of women and men. Their romantic and passionate partnership on both a personal/marital and professional level has led to the development of a totally uniqu...
Kerry Barrett is the Founder and CEO of Kerry Barrett Consulting, a full-service media training and public speaking boutique.
Kerry helps clients from every walk of life bring out their inner rock star when it comes to speaking in front of an audience or in front of a camera... across all media platforms and in creating today’s best messaging tool, video. She polishes your message, tunes up body language and tailors your presentat...
Alan Samuel Cohen, MBA, PCC is an experienced executive and team coach and corporate instructor, with over a decade of experience coaching leaders and teams at companies including MetLife, American Express, Skadden Arps, Tiffany’s NBC, and countless PR and Marketing agencies. He helps teams work more effectively together, using processes and methods from a vast tool chest - including Emotional Intelligence, and personality assessme...
As an Executive Strategist, Simone Sloan partners with entrepreneurs, small business owners and companies to create a solid foundation while helping their businesses grow.
As a serial entrepreneur, she understands the challenges, risks, and rewards with starting, growing, and operating a business. And, more importantly, she will coach you in those areas.
Her pharmacy and MBA background has allowed her to hone her business skills i...
By his 35th birthday, Mike Michalowicz (pronounced mi-‘kal-o-wits) had founded and sold two multi-million-dollar companies.
Confident that he had the formula to success, he became a small business angel investor… and proceeded to lose his entire fortune. Then he started all over again, driven to find better ways to grow healthy, strong companies. Mike has devoted his life to the research and delivery of innovative, impactful entrep...
Robin J. Elliott has been helping individuals, professionals, and the owners of small and medium-sized businesses since 1987. His approach, The Leverage Advantage System, teaches people to use joint ventures to create financial freedom. He is the author of 15 books and he presents seminars across North America and the United Kingdom. He specializes in using collaboration, reciprocation, and leverage to increase his clients’ sales ...
Jeff Gargas is the COO and Co-founder of the Teach Better Team (Creators of www.teachbetter.com, The Grid Method, and Teach Further) and co-author of the book, “Teach Better.” He works with educators to increase student engagement and improve student success. He also offers 1-on-1 coaching for teachers who have a product or idea they want to share with others to better education.
For over 30 years, Andrea Pass has created and implement public relations campaigns in a wide range of categories including consumer products, lifestyle, B2B, education, health/wellness/fitness, beauty, food, authors, non-profits and more.
Andrea Pass Public Relations has an expertise in national, regional and local media relations outreach. She is proactively and reactively navigating our ever-growing 24/7 media world. Her str...
Robin Hoy is the co-owner of PuroClean Restoration Services. Robin is a certified presenter of continuing education courses to insurance professionals in NY, MD and NJ. She speaks regularly at women’s organizations, rotary clubs, chambers of commerce and real estate agencies. Robin holds several certifications in fire, water, odor control, mold remediation as well as applied structural drying and is also part of the Toastmaster...
Tina Dietz is an award-winning and internationally acclaimed speaker, audiobook publisher, podcast producer, influence and vocal leadership expert who has been featured on media outlets including ABC, Inc.com, Huffington Post, and Forbes. Tina's podcast, The StartSomething Show, was named by INC magazine as one of the top 35 podcasts for entrepreneurs. Tina’s company, Twin Flames Studios, amplifies the influence of leaders, exp...
Ron Potesky and his wife, Christina, have owned the Mr. Handyman franchise for 2 years. Mr. Handyman is the largest handyman company in the world. They purchased the franchise from the previous owner, who had grown his 6 county territory into one of the largest franchises in the Mr. Handyman system. They were actually a longtime customer of the service and, after finding out that the business was for sale, they purchased it.
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Bob Burg shares how a subtle shift in focus in not only a more uplifting and fulfilling way of conducting business but the most financially profitable way, as well. For 30 years he’s helped companies, sales leaders, and their teams to more effectively communicate their value, sell at higher prices with less resistance, and grow their businesses based on Endless Referrals.
Bob joins Mitch from his home in Jupiter, Florida to discuss...
Erin Halper is the founder and CEO of The Upside, a collective that helps consultants advance their business and thrive.
Erin joins Mitch to discuss opening her own consultancy practice and how it grew into to online community that The Upside is today!
Since launching The Upside in 2017, Erin has advised more than 1,000 professionals on how to redefine the 9-5 by building a respected consultancy practice that generates consiste...
After a brief stint at St Thomas’s Medical School, followed by Leicester University reading Chemistry and Applied Computing for a BSc, Aidan Cartwright became a serial entrepreneur, company director, registered british inventor, and technical architect in the security, financial and medical space. He is a contributing member to CDC NHSN steering committee in Atlanta, as well as a professional drummer often found playing in his fath...
Henry Warner is a Web Designer, Amazon Specialist, Pitching Instructor and Dog Enthusiast. His company, New Wave Digital helps small and medium sized businesses with their online presence and marketing funnels. His other business, Poochie Butter, offers a healthy, all natural, peanut butter solution for dogs. It’s funny, light humored, social media message brings joy and laughter to dog owners and value to its growing brand.
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Mike Simmons has shared the stage with Gary Vaynerchuk, Ryan Serhant, Jocko Willink, Russell Brunson, Walter Bond, Andy Frisella and Tom Ferry among others.
As the owner of a successful real estate investing company, and also partner in one of the country's largest real estate mentorship/mastermind companies, Mike specializes in helping entrepreneurs create systems, processes, and automations that allow them to work on their ...