Founder's Story
By IBH Media
Founder's StoryOct 01, 2020
Discover the Premium Experience of the Future of Metaverse | Ep. 63 with Peter Shankman, Best Selling Author and Founder of HARO
Peter Shankman is a top keynote speaker in marketing, brand building, social media and customer service. The New York Times has called Peter Shankman “a rock star who knows everything about social media and then some.” He is a 5x best selling author, entrepreneur and corporate in-person and virtual keynote speaker, focusing on customer service and the new and emerging customer and neuroatypical economy.
He is also the founder of HARO, The ShankMinds Breakthrough Network and Faster than Normal Podcast.
Check his website: https://www.shankman.com/
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Founder's Story with Rob Dyrdek | Season 2 - Ep. 1
For the past two decades, Rob Dyrdek has built a flourishing empire by identifying and uniquely leveraging the intersection between business and media. A natural and gifted storyteller, he has continually refined his multiplatform approach, and today sits at the helm of the Dyrdek Machine, a full-service venture studio, founded on the concept of building “forever brands”—with media squarely at the center.
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What It Means to Be ICONIC? | Ep. 64 A Founder's Story with the Author of the Best Selling Book, ICONIC, Scott Mckain
Scott is a customer experience (the Ultimate CX®) and distinction expert teaching companies and individuals how to establish strategies and execute seamlessly to stand out from the competition.
Known internationally as a top-rated keynote speaker and virtual presenter, Scott’s clients represent the world’s most iconic brands. You’ll have the confidence of working with a professional known for impacting bottom-line results.
Scott is the author of the best-selling book, ICONIC. ICONIC is filled with insightful advice and practical examples. It’s not a book merely expressing an unproven, unrealistic theory. ICONIC teaches the critical, specific steps required to attain the highest level of distinction. Each chapter includes study questions to be used in company-wide or departmental focus groups to help you achieve iconic status. https://IconicBusinessBook.com
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Past President of Playboy and Lion Capital Partner | Ep. 62 with Matthew Nordby
Prior to joining Lion Capital, Matthew Nordby served as President of Playboy Enterprises, leading their global licensing business to over $1.5bn in annual revenue. Prior to this, Matthew served as an executive in the technology industry which included building software start-up Greenplum, acquired by EMC in 2010. He launched his career at Sun Microsystems where he held various leadership positions. Matthew received his BA from Auburn University.
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Grow Your Business From Start Up to Exponentially Successful Scale | Ep. 61 With In-Demand Business Coach, Larry Snyder
Larry has successfully led businesses for over 40 years. He began his career with a major food processing company and quickly became – at the age of 25 - the manager of an $80 million operation that moved 700 truckloads of peaches, pears, and tomatoes a day (yes, a day) to processing facilities throughout California. He was able to take that big company experience to a smaller, closely held company where he became a leader and a partner. That company serves the fresh produce industry and cools, then stores and ships lettuce, celery, and strawberries among other fresh produce items.
During his time with the company, Larry and his partners have grown the business from $25 million a year in sales to $150 million a year in sales. As the company grew, facilities and equipment were built, the organization was developed and financing was needed.
Larry and his wife, Lori, are also real estate investors with investments in apartments, shopping centers, and office complexes primarily in the southeast and in Texas.
Larry has lived the pains and the thrills of growing and operating a successful business. He loves business and he loves helping people. He is now is able to do that by using his business experience along with world-class training and development programs.
To learn more how you can scale up your business, you can visit: https://www.larrysnyder.com/coaching/
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What You Must Believe to Becoming a Successful Business Owner | Ep. 60 with the Leading Mindset and Behavior Expert, John Assaraf
John Assaraf is an entrepreneur, author, actor and CEO of NeuroGym, a company dedicated to using the most advanced technologies and evidence-based brain training methods to help individuals unleash their fullest potential and maximize their results. He is also a philanthropist and brain researcher who is best recognized for his podcasts, lectures, and his New York Times best-selling book Innercise: The New Science to Unlock Your Brain's Hidden Power.
To learn more about unlocking your brain for success, you can visit: https://www.johnassaraf.com/
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How You Can Effectively and Immensely Scale Up Your Brand | Ep. 59 with Scaling Up Founder, Verne Harnish
Verne Harnish is a world-leading expert, speaker, author, and entrepreneur in the field of business growth. He has spent more than 30 years educating entrepreneurial teams. He founded the world-renowned Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) and chaired for 15 years EO's premiere CEO program, the "Birthing of Giants", held at MIT. Verne is also the Founder and CEO of Scaling Up, a global executive education and coaching company with over 180 partners on six continents.
Known as the "Growth Guy" syndicated columnist, Verne is also a regular columnist for Fortune magazine. He's the author of Scaling Up, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits and, along with the editors of Fortune, authored The Greatest Business Decisions of All Time, for which Jim Collins wrote the foreword.
To know more about Scaling Up, you can visit: https://scalingup.com/verne-harnish/
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How Reebok became a Billion Dollar Company | Ep. 58 with Reebok CoFounder Joe Foster
Joe Foster is the co-founder of Reebok, along with his brother, Jeff. The Reebok business developed with Jeff looking after production, Joe took charge of the sales and marketing side, as well as design which included the classic silhouette, outsole, and the Starcrest. In the early years, Joe traveled many miles introducing Reebok’s offering shoes to Sports Retailers up and down the country. Joe still welcomes the opportunity to travel and recount those early stories from start-up to making Reebok the World's No. 1 sports brand.
To get a copy of the autographed book of Joe Foster, visit https://www.jwfosterheritage.com/
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All Things Franchising, Systems and Processes | Ep. 57 with Successful Serial Entrepreneur Tony DiSilvestro
Tony DiSilvestro is a successful entrepreneur who owns YNOT Italian, a growing full-service Italian restaurant based in Virginia Beach, Va that is known for its extensive menu of traditional, and homemade Italian entrees. It started from one restaurant in 1993 and it is currently a growing franchise across the Southeast.
Tony also has other businesses in the construction and solar industries. He speaks today about how he has been able to grow multiple successful businesses and the systems and processes he uses to help them grow without him being stuck in the business.
Visit his restaurant website at https://www.ynotitalian.com/
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Do You Have What it Takes to Be an Entrepreneur? | Ep. 56 Take the Entrepreneurial Leap with Gino Wickman
Gino Wickman has been an entrepreneur since the age of 21, Gino has had an obsession for learning what makes businesses and entrepreneurs thrive. At 25 he took over the family business, which was deeply in debt and in need of help. After turning the company around and running it for seven years, he and his partners successfully sold the company. Gino then set out to help entrepreneurs and leaders get what they want from their businesses. Based on his years of real-world experience, he created the Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS®), a practical method for helping companies achieve greatness. He has personally delivered more than 1,900 full-day sessions for more than 135 companies, helping them implement EOS.
He is also the author of the award-winning, best-selling book Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business, as well as Get a Grip, Rocket Fuel, How to Be a Great Boss, What the Heck is EOS?, and The EOS Life. Gino is the founder of EOS Worldwide, an organization that helps thousands of businesses implement EOS with the aid of an international team of over 400 professional and certified EOS Implementers and online support. There are more than 130,000 companies using the EOS tools worldwide. Gino is now devoting time and energy toward helping entrepreneurs-in-the-making get a huge jump-start on taking their entrepreneurial leap, which is why he created Entrepreneurial Leap.
Learn more about him and take his entrepreneur quiz: https://www.e-leap.com/
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Every Successful Business Needs Marketing and Profits | Ep.55 with NYT Best Selling Author of Profit First Mike Michalowicz
Michael Michalowicz is an American author, entrepreneur, and lecturer. He is currently an author of seven business books published by Penguin Random House, including Profit First and Clockwork, and is the former host of the "Business Rescue" segment for MSNBC's Your Business. He was previously the small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal and hosted the reality television program called Bailout!.
Visit his website at https://mikemichalowicz.com/
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How to Build Billion Dollar Companies | Ep.54 with Serial Entrepreneur Jeff Hoffman
Jeff Hoffman is a successful entrepreneur, proven CEO, worldwide motivational speaker, bestselling author, Hollywood film producer, a producer of a Grammy winning jazz album, and executive producer of an Emmy Award winning television show. In his career, he has been the founder of multiple startups, he has been the CEO of both public and private companies, and he has served as a senior executive in many capacities. Jeff has been part of a number of well-known successful startups, including Priceline.com/Booking.com, uBid.com, and more.
He is a frequent keynote speaker, having been invited to speak in over 60 countries. He speaks on the topics of innovation, entrepreneurship, and business leadership, and is the author of the book SCALE, a how-to guide for growing your business. Jeff also teaches innovation workshops to major corporations on a regular basis.
Outside of the world of technology, Jeff has produced TV shows, has produced movies in Hollywood, has produced musical events including concerts, tours, and charity events with such artists as Elton John, Britney Spears, NSYNC, Boyz II Men, and others, and serves on numerous charity and non-profit boards.
Visit his website at www.jeffhoffman.com
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From Brick Layer to Millions | Ep.53 with Steve Sims Concierge to Millionaires and Billionaires
Steve Sims who grew up in East London, is the founder and CEO of the luxury concierge service Bluefish. He began his career as a Bricklayer in London. In 1996, Steve founded Bluefish. In 2003, Bluefish partnered with MBNA to launch its own credit card. In 2004, Bluefish was named the official concierge of L.A. and New York Fashion Weeks. In August 2006, Icon International Holdings Inc. signed an agreement with Bluefish Concierge to provide all concierge services for the airline and its travelers. Bluefish Concierge was the official concierge of the Kentucky Derby from 2005 to 2007. In 2017, Sims published a book, Bluefishing: The Art of Making Things Happen.
Visit his website at www.stevedsims.com
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Helping eCommerce, tech, and digital business owners improve their financial fluency | Ep.52 with Rachel Scava
Rachel Scava is a businesswoman, attorney, and leader with over 10 years of experience in operations and specializes in company development, team building, remote work, and hybrid work model management, and scaling business growth. She is currently the COO at Fully Accountable.
Her most recent mission is helping eCommerce, tech, and digital business owners improve their financial fluency and operate their accounting back office as a profit center.
Since Rachel’s time at Fully Accountable, the company has received multiple awards including two years in a row on the INC 5000 list, noted as one of the fastest-growing companies in America, and CFO Tech Outlook as Top 5 Outsourced Accounting Firms. FullyAccountable is also listed as one of the Greatest Places to Work.
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How to Live a Life of Purpose | Ep. 51 with Carol Baskin of Big Cat Rescue
Carole Baskin is an American big-cat rights activist and CEO of Big Cat Rescue, a non-profit animal sanctuary based near Tampa, Florida. She has used social media such as Facebook and YouTube and her "The Cat Chat" podcast to promote activism against private zoos. She has run this Tampa based non profit since 1992 and has garnered international attention to the plight of captive big cats on CNN, Animal Planet, Discovery, U.S. News & World Report, People Magazine, The Today Show, Sports Illustrated, and Netflix.
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Building an empire on Amazon | Ep. 50 with Serial Entrepreneur Jin Chon
Jin Chon is a Co-Founder of River Source Logistics in Los Angeles, CA an Amazon seller focused 3PL. River Source Logistics is currently the largest Amazon seller focused 3PL. Along with her brother Kevin, they have grown an 8 figure Amazon business bootstrapped from retail arbitrage. Jin has a passion for helping new sellers learn the ins and outs of FBA and Amazon in general. She has traveled extensively on sourcing trips into China and India, meeting with factories, and has intimate knowledge of manufacturing, branding, product sourcing, and the supply chain process.
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How to Master Instagram and Your Social Media Strategy | Ep. 49 with Instagram Expert Jasmine Star
Today's episode we interview Jasmine Star. Jasmine Star is a successful Photographer, Business Strategist, and Founder of Social Curator. She has an inspiring journey going from dropping out of law school to becoming the internationally-recognized creative entrepreneur. She explains exactly how she has been able to amass hundreds of thousands of loyal followers and how you can too. Connect with Jasmine at JasmineStar.com.
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Being a Political Trailblazer | Ep. 48 with Bushra Amiwala
Today we speak with Bushra Amiwala who is the youngest Muslim elected official in the United States. We ask about her accomplishments, journey to get where she is and why she is breaking down barriers.
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How to Lead with your Heart and See Consistent Success | Ep. 47 with Serial Entrepreneur Vinnie Fisher
He is also the author of 3 best-selling books and has guided Fully Accountable to the Inc 5000 as one of the fastest growing companies in America twice among many other awards.
As a listener of Inspired by Her Podcast, Vinnie is giving away his latest book, False Profits: It’s Not the Top Line That Pays You, for free! All you need to do is click this link and follow the directions to get your free copy.
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Buying a Business is Better than Starting a Business | Ep. 46 with Entrepreneur and Investor Codie Sanchez
Codie Sanchez is a reformed journalist, turned institutional investor to now a Managing Director and Partner at Entourage Effect Capital, a private equity firm focused specifically on investing in the legalized cannabis industry. Since its inception in the summer of 2014, EEC has deployed $100+ million into over 65 companies out of its two dedicated funds and co-investments.
We suggest joining Codie’s newsletter Contrarian Thinking and if you are interested in buying a business check out her course How to Buy a Business.
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From Humble Beginnings to the Top of His Industry | Ep. 45 with Creative Entrepreneur Chris Do
Chris Do is an Emmy award-winning designer, director, and entrepreneur.
He has spent the last two decades running his Santa Monica-based agency called Blind. His team has worked on TV commercials and music videos for iconic brands such as: Nike, Xbox, Fox Sports, Sony, and Honda.
He also founded The Futur, an online content and education platform with over 1 million subscribers on YouTube
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Maximizing on Clubhouse, Building a Community and Creating the Entrepreneurial Movement on Clubhouse | Ep. 44 with Daniel, Kate, Jodeen, Jason and William.
We discuss how we created a room that lasted 20 days straight 24 hours per day and helped thousands of entrepreneurs. We discuss how to moderate a room on Clubhouse, how to create a room, why you need a club and how to start a movement on the Clubhouse app.
"Exit Rich" and Create Wealth Day 1 | Episode 43 with Entrepreneur and Author Michelle Seiler Tucker
Michelle Seiler Tucker is the author of EXIT RICH: The 6 P Method to Sell Your Business for Huge Profit and the Founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker Incorporated. She has sold hundreds of businesses to date and currently owns and operates several successful businesses. She is a leading authority on buying, selling, and improving businesses, as well as increasing business revenue streams.
A formidable force in her industry, Michelle closes 98% of all offers she writes and, on average, obtains a 20 to 40% higher selling price for her clients. Her remarkable track record proves her persistence and dedication to creating win-win situations for both her buyers and sellers. She has appeared in Forbes, Inc., CNBC, and Fox Business (starts at 8:35 minutes). She has also been a “celebrity judge” on “Pitch Tank” alongside Steve Forbes and Whole Foods CEO John Mackey. She lives in New Orleans.
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Leading AI expert and How AI is Changing the World | Ep. 42 with Rana Gujral
Rana Gujral is an entrepreneur, speaker, investor, and CEO at Behavioral Signals, an emotion AI and behavioral recognition software company. In 2014, Rana founded TiZE, a cloud software for specialty chemicals, and held the role of CEO until his exit when TiZE was acquired by Alchemy. He has been awarded the ‘Entrepreneur of the Month’ by CIO Magazine, the ‘US-China Pioneer’ Award by IEIE, and listed in "Top 10 Entrepreneurs to follow in 2017" by Huffington Post. Due to his notable thought-leadership in the voice-first community, spearheading digital transformation in the behavioral analysis space, he is recognized in Inc. Magazine as an “AI Entrepreneur to Watch”. His writing can be found in publications such as Inc., TechCrunch, and Forbes.
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Civility Rules | Ep. 41 with Shelby Scarbrough
Shelby Scarbrough combines an entrepreneurial background with the pride and responsibility of public service to bring new perspectives to each endeavor. Her career began as a political appointee in the Reagan and Bush Administrations, first as Presidential Trip Coordinator in The White House, a Protocol Officer at the U.S. Department of State
Ms. Scarbrough worked with such notable figures as: His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, Presidents Reagan, Bush, Ford, Carter and Nixon, President Walesa of Poland, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and members of the Royal Family, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Nelson Mandela.
Shelby was a Burger King franchisee for nearly 20 years with 10 restaurants in Northern Virginia until she exited in 2013. She just published her first book.
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How an Irish Immigrant went from Side Hustle to Millions | Ep. 40 with Cathryn Lavery co-founder and CEO of Best Self
Cathryn Lavery is the Co-Founder & CEO of BestSelf Co.—an organization dedicated to helping people become their best selves, fulfill their potential, and lead happier lives. Starting as an Irish immigrant with zero business experience, no personal network, and little resources, Cathryn has transformed herself into a serial entrepreneur, creating multiple brands and even helping others bring their ideas to life. She is passionate about showing others how to make the change and have the tools to achieve their goals.
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Creating Generation Wealth Over 4 Decades | Ep. 39 with Myrna Yao
Myrna started back in 1980 with her first business selling tires in the Philippines. She was able to scale this company very quickly to be one of the largest in the country. She wanted to venture into toys so she won the contract to bring Barbie to the Philippines. All while bootstrapping her companies and building relationships. Myrna has mastered the art of the negotiation.
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Buying a Business Today at Zero Down | Ep. 38 with Roland Frasier
Roland Frasier Co-founder and/or principal of 5 different Inc. Magazine fastest growing companies (e-commerce, e-learning, SaaS + real estate).Serial entrepreneur who built or sold 24 businesses with adjusted sales ranging from $3 million to just under $4 billion.
Currently CEO of All Channels Media, LLC, and principal in Scalable.co, DigitalMarketer.com, Traffic & Conversion Summit, Praxio.com, TruConversion.com, War Room Mastermind, Fully Accountable, Everbowl Restaurants, Big Block Realty, Scribe Publishing and Real Estate Worldwide.
Today he discusses how to buy a business with no money down and why this is the best time to do so. Visit here to check out his course that Kate took and has said it changed her life, showing you exactly what to do.
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The Pivot Queen, Vulnerability and Entrepreneurship | Ep. 37 Kate Being Interviewed by Fredrick Bussey
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From Branding is Sex to Irrational Loyalty | Ep. 36 with Branding Guru Deb Gabor
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Deb Gabor was born to brand and is on a mission to inspire 1 million brands to build brands that SELL. She is the best selling author of two books Branding is Sex and Irrational Loyalty. She's the founder and CEO of Sol Marketing, a strategy-led marketing firm obsessed with solving major business and branding problems for clients in every industry.
Deb has worked with well known companies such as Allrecipes, The Associated Press, Dell, Microsoft, NBC Universal, NPR, NTT Data, and Siemens, to exciting emerging brands like hint water and Indagare.
Deb has been featured in major news outlets such as Entrepreneur, Forbes, FORTUNE, Inc., MediaPost, New York Times, NPR, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
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From Part Time Vloggers to Over 58 Million Views | Ep. 35 with George and Lucy creators of the Juicy Vlog
Today we have two very special guests living around the world in Manila, Philippines. They are George Warrington and Lucy D'Agostino the creators of the very popular Juicy Vlog. They started vlogging on Youtube as a side hustle 4 years ago while they were also working full time jobs. They never expected it to grow at this level but moved from the UK to the Philippines to pursue it full time. Now over 400k subscribers and 58 million views later they know they have something amazing.
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From Selling a Company to Being a Nasa Space Tester | Ep. 34 with Christina Harbridge CEO Allegory Inc
Dropping Out of College to TV Host to Top Podcast in Asia | Ep. 33 with Joyce Pring Creator of Adulting with Joyce Pring
From a $60 Million Exit to Helping Thousands of Women | Ep. 32 with Shelley Zalis
Global Leader Created New Passion During a Pivot | Ep. 31 with Andrea Herrera Founder of Boxperience
From Employee to Founder | Ep. 30 with Gail Davis Founder GDA Speakers
Human Behavior Hacker | Ep. 29 with Susan Ibitz Founder of Human Behavior Lab
From Fortune 500 Executive to Helping Build Legacies | Ep. 28 with CEO Sarah Lyons Gibbons
Growing Up Poor to Co-Founding Successful Law Firm | Ep. 27 with Lawyer Christina Geraci
Most Sought After Professor at Harvard Business School | Ep. 26 with Professor Frances Frei
How to Run a Successful Company in a Male Dominated Industry | Ep. 25 with Kristin Mclane President of CIMX Software
Thrive During Times of Disruption | Ep. 24 with CEO and Best Selling Author Charlene Li
From Farmers Market to 30,000 Stores | Ep. 23 with Vanessa Dew Co-Founder of Health-Ade Kombucha
From One Pillow Case to 4 Million Dollars | Ep. 22 with Margalit Grunberger Entrepreneur and Certified Coach
Top Maritime Company in the Philippines | Ep. 21 with Mary Ann I. Pastrana Co-Founder of FastCat
From Tech to over $100 Million Health Lifestyle Brand | Ep. 20 with Kara Goldin CEO Hint
From Bounced Checks to Private Jets and the Mastery of Miracles | Ep. 19 with Hazel Ortega CEO of Ortega Counseling
From $20 to the Inc 5000: Our Host Story | Ep. 18 with Kate Hancock
High School Dropout and Single Mom Paved Her Way to Success | Ep. 17 with Kate Morgan CEO Boston Human Capital Partners