Why try to figure things out when you can get help along the way? Too many entrepreneurs try to be lone wolves when help is just an email or phone call away. I discuss how to create a Wisdom Accelerator of Mentors in this episode with my guest, Kevin Kinsella.

Kevin's formal education (starting as a CPA and then his UC Booth MBA) was geared toward big business. He quickly pivoted into small business in his 20's, however! Since founding his first business (#59 on INC. Magazine's 500 Fastest Growing Companies in 1991), to today having coached and advised 100+ small business owners (over the past decade), he is forced to be state-of-the-art to best support his ever-aspiring entrepreneurial owners.

We dive into topics and answers to questions including:

● Kevin’s origin story in the entrepreneurial world.
● Why is the need for vulnerability so important if you want to learn and grow faster than you could alone?
● How do you begin reaching out to potential mentors to learn from their wisdom and life experiences?
● Why does technology like AI makes it even more difficult to learn faster?
● Why are people, especially entrepreneurs, afraid to be vulnerable?
● Why do entrepreneurs need to be resilient to stay the course?
● Why do other people try to bring you down or encourage you to give up?
● What are some of the benefits of being vulnerable?
● Why is understanding that people just want to be heard such an important business tool?
● What are qualities to look for in a mentor?
● Where do you go to find mentors?
● What does approaching people for help or mentorship look like?
● How do you have meaningful mentoring conversations?
● What do meaningful mentoring conversations look like?
● What questions should you ask your mentors?
● Why don’t many entrepreneurs want to be held accountable?
● What are the ingredients to becoming a successful entrepreneur?
● How do you drive a mentoring relationship forward after your first conversation?
● How can you help your mentors and give back to them?
● Why do people need to be taught to ask better questions?
● The one thing, above all else, you need to do to create your own Wisdom Accelerator Program of mentors.

…and other golden nuggets of advice!

Being an entrepreneur is a roller coaster ride; exhilarating in both good and scary ways. In this episode I discuss how to keep your personal and professional sanity while growing your business with guest, Mark Hartmann.

Mark is a mergers and acquisitions advisor selling businesses valued from $1 Million-$25 Million. He’s the author of “Sweat Equity Payday”.

We dive into topics including:

● Mark’s origin story of becoming and entrepreneur and keeping his sanity.
● The importance of focusing on and finding your niche for your services.
● Why Mark believes most people strive to become entrepreneurs.
● Guidelines to keep your personal and professional sanity while the grind is going on.
● Work-life balance in the entrepreneurial space and how it can affect your world.
● The benefits of having that ONE thing you’re great at and building a business around it.
● How to determine your unique addressable market to go after for clients.
● How to know when it’s time to add a new industry to your target market and how to do it.
● The difference between hunting for new clients and getting referrals as a growth strategy.
● The importance of becoming a thought leader in your industry and how to do it.
● How to figure out which social media platforms you should invest your time on.
● How to keep on keepin’ on during the tough times when you’re an entrepreneur.
● The one thing, above all else, that you must do to keep your personal and professional sanity as a growing entrepreneur…

…and other golden nuggets of advice!

Growing from entrepreneur to solopreneur can be an arduous task. You need to take yourself out of everyday operations and build a team. I discuss how to do that in this episode with my guest, Aaron Scott Young.

Aaron is a lifelong entrepreneur, trusted advisor to CEOs and business owners, and creator of The Unshackled Owner — a proven framework for entrepreneurs who want to build a real business, not just a glorified job.

Aaron is Chairman/CEO of Laughlin Associates, a 44-year-old company that has helped over 100,000 entrepreneurs start, grow and profit from their business. This has given Aaron an ideal vantage point to observe common mistakes and successes in businesses from Main Street to America’s largest yacht broker from medical professionals to manufacturers to investors.

We dive into topics including:

● Aaron’s origin story for successfully scaling from solopreneur to entrepreneur.
● Why the principles of scaling are the same regardless of the industry.
● The reasons it can be difficult to scale as a solopreneur.
● The starting point of scaling from solopreneur to entrepreneur.
● Why it’s important to get explicitly clear about what you want from your business.
● The next step after you decide what direction you want your business to move toward.
● How to figure out what types of people you need to find to build your team.
● How to create exponential growth by growing from solopreneur to entrepreneur.
● What exponential growth means psychologically to you as an entrepreneur.
● The three things a business needs as a foundation to become successful.
● How and why plateaus happen when scaling and how to embrace them.
● Why growth is a lifelong process, not a final destination.
● The one thing, above all else, that you need to do to scale from solopreneur to entrepreneur.

…and other golden nuggets of advice!