Best Lavelle Smith Hall Podcasts (2024)

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Being kind is greater than being nice: Especially to entrepreneurs 13:22

6d ago13:22

13:22

In this episode, James rants about why being kind is better than being nice - especially to entrepreneurs. James shares this CNN article, Being a nice person is not the same as being kind. Why the difference is so important, by Jocelyn Solis-Moreira. Be sure to stick around to the end for the dad joke! If you love the podcast, please subscribe to i…

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No is a complete sentence. How to stop saying yes to everything and protect your boundaries. 14:40

20d ago14:40

14:40

In this episode, James talks with entrepreneurs who have struggled with saying "no" and shares ten ways to say no that might be comfortable for you. James shares this Better Up article, How To Say No To Others (And Why You Shouldn’t Feel Guilty), by Elizabeth Perry. James heard from founders Allison Byers, founder of Scroobious, and Jennifer Price,…

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Five important lessons for new entrepreneurs 16:56

28d ago16:56

16:56

In this episode, James shares five important lessons for new entrepreneurs. James discusses this Entrepreneur Magazine article, I Started My Business In My Mom's Basement at the Age of 17. Here are 5 Rules I Wish I Had Known, But Had to Learn the Hard Way, By Jon B. Becker. Here's the book James mentioned to help with your marriage or relationship,…

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Be encouraged if your business outcomes haven’t matched your efforts 15:13

1M ago15:13

15:13

In this episode, James endeavors to inspire you if you've been grinding on your business but haven't gotten the results you expect. James discusses this article, People who become successful later in life usually have these 10 unique strengths, by Ethan Sterling, on GlobalEnglishEditing.com. Be sure to stick around to the end for the dad joke by Ja…

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3 tips to use AI to make your job easier as an entrepreneur and why teaching 1,000 women how to use AI prompt engineering matters 19:47

1M ago19:47

19:47

In this episode, James talks with Liberty White about her new project, She Learns AI, to teach 1,000 women how to do AI prompt engineering. Plus she shares three AI prompts that can help you be more efficient/effective as an entrepreneur. Be sure to stick around to the end for the dad jokes! To get two free months of podcasting service on Libsyn, u…

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5 ways introverts can experience JOMO (the joy of missing out) 30:32

2M ago30:32

30:32

In this episode, James talks with Marie Roker-Jones about how introverts can tap into their super-power, the joy of missing out, or JOMO! Be sure to stick around to the end for the dad jokes! To get two free months of podcasting service on Libsyn, use code "PARENTS". If you love the podcast, please subscribe to it on your fave podcast player, rate …

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Is it risky playing it safe in life? 27:36

3M ago27:36

27:36

In this episode, Lavelle Smith Hall and James talk about regrets people have at the end of their lives and try to inspire you to live a life of no regrets! The conversation was inspired by an article, Top five regrets of the dying, By Susie Steiner, and by a chapter in James' book. Be sure to stick around to the end for the dad jokes! To get two fr…

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How do you know when it's time to pivot or shut down your startup? 18:23

3M ago18:23

18:23

In this episode, Lavelle Smith Hall was out of action, so you got stuck with James talking about how you know when it's time to shut down your startup or pivot. The conversation was inspired by an article, 5 Signs It’s Time to Quit (Or Pivot) Your Startup, By Rachel Greenberg. We heard from two friends of the podcast, Dana Fry, of Ujamaa Financial,…

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3 tips to use data for social impact with Camelback Ventures' Melvin Freeman 33:01

3M ago33:01

33:01

In this episode, James and Lavelle Smith Hall talk with Melvin Freeman, Director of Data and Strategy at Camelback Ventures about how to use data for social impact. We also talked about Camelback Ventures' upcoming application openings on Feb 5th for their $40K fellowship. You can learn more and apply here. James and Lavelle shared some important l…

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Wall Street Journal's Family and Tech columnist, Julie Jargon, discusses the toxic effect social media has on your kids 30:16

7M ago30:16

30:16

In this episode, James and Lavelle Smith Hall talk with the Wall Street Journal's Family & Tech columnist, Julie Jargon, about the negative impact social media has on our kids. And stick around for the end, as Julie uses technology to tell us a dad joke. To get two free months of podcasting service on Libsyn, use code "PARENTS". Please join us in c…

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Wefunder's Jonny Price shares how you can effectively execute a community fundraising round and raise money for your business 35:44

7M ago35:44

35:44

In this episode, James and Lavelle Smith Hall talk with Wefunder's self-proclaimed VP of Banter, Jonny Price, as he shares tips with you to execute your community fundraising round (AKA equity crowd-funding, which apparently is now a bad word). During the show, Jonny convinced James that he should spin up a Wefunder community round for his startup,…

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How to effectively use a virtual assistant and free up more of your time with TaJuanna Taylor of Bootstrap Dreams 27:19

8M ago27:19

27:19

In this episode, James and Lavelle Smith Hall help you learn how to effectively use a virtual assistant (VA) to free up more of your most precious asset, your time. They interviewed VA expert, TaJuanna Taylor, of Bootstrap Dreams to help you out. Here's a free VA onboarding checklist from TaJuanna. And stick around for the dad joke shenanigans! Dad…

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It's not personal. It's business. Or is it? 25:23

8M ago25:23

25:23

In this episode, James and Lavelle Smith Hall unpack the nuances of when and if you should take things personally as an entrepreneur. To do so, they got the help of a few entrepreneurial friends: Tamara Lucas, founder of a concierge service app, My Panda. Chelsea Elliott, founder of Somocom Lab, a social-emotional intelligence game for kids. Kimber…

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3 tips to help you thrive as an ADHD founder + An adorable dad joke from Entrepreneur Magazine Editor-In-Chief, Jason Feifer 25:59

8M ago25:59

25:59

In this episode, James and Lavelle Smith Hall, share an interview James did with ADHD Executive Coach, Brett Green. Brett gives us three tips to help us thrive as entrepreneurs with ADHD. Stick around for the adorable dad joke with Jason Feifer, Entrepreneur Magazine Editor-In-Chief, and his four-year-old son. To get two free months of podcasting s…

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3 tips to help you find a co-founder + Seth Godin shares a dad joke! 31:34

9M ago31:34

31:34

In this episode, James and Lavelle Smith Hall, share three tips to find a co-founder and to manage that important relationship, and they got some help from their friends: Erica Harris: Co-founder of MOMLogics William Ward: Founder of Flexie Marketing legend, Seth Godin, shared a dad joke with us - listen to see if Lavelle liked the joke or if she h…

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Resilience: How can entrepreneurs get more of it? 25:47

9M ago25:47

25:47

In this episode, James and Lavelle Smith Hall, discuss what resilience is and how entrepreneurs can get more of it. The hosts relied on this article to drive the conversation: Five Science-Backed Strategies to Build Resilience When the road gets rocky, what do you do? BY KIRA M. NEWMAN, The Greater Good Magazine at Berkley University To get two fre…

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How to avoid startup ecosystem burnout 21:41

9M ago21:41

21:41

In this episode, James and his new co-host, Lavelle Smith Hall, discuss how to avoid startup ecosystem burnout, and they got some help from their friends: Sharonda Davis - Founder of The Huddle DAO And Denise Calixte - Founder of Easy Oat Burgers To get two free months of podcasting service on Libsyn, use code "PARENTS". You know we LOVE dad jokes.…

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Should overlooked founders try to raise venture capital? 24:29

10M ago24:29

24:29

In this episode, James introduces his new co-host, Lavelle Smith Hall, and the duo asks the question: if all overlooked founders combined are only going to raise less than 10% of VC funding, should they even try? To tackle this conundrum, we got the help of a few of our friends: Kimberly Evans: Founder of Just Her Ridesare, a service for women ride…

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What Comes First, Sales or Marketing? 18:14

1y ago18:14

18:14

In this episode, Mario and James debate what comes first, sales or marketing, what do you think? If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media. You know we LOVE dad jokes. Submit your dad joke here and it might get featured on the show! P.S. If you're …

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Make Your Mess Your Message While Running A Business With Your Spouse 20:40

1+ y ago20:40

20:40

In this episode, Mario and James talk about how Mario's messy experience starting his business impacted his relationship with his wife who is also his business partner. If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media. You know we LOVE dad jokes. Submit y…

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Two books to help you be a better founder and human 12:54

1+ y ago12:54

12:54

In this episode, Mario and James talk about two of James' favorite books that he thinks can help you turbo-charge your marketplace-based business and help you be a more effective giver. If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media. You know we LOVE da…

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To Hell With Ageism 20:54

1+ y ago20:54

20:54

In this episode, Mario and James are big mad about people who are ageists and they discuss why you are more likely to be successful as an entrepreneur until the age of sixty. Sixty! If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media. You know we LOVE dad jo…

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Stop Majoring In The Minors 20:03

1+ y ago20:03

20:03

In this episode, Mario and James tell you how to focus on what's important so you can stop majoring in the minors. If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media. You know we LOVE dad jokes. Submit your dad joke here and it might get featured on the sho…

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3 Tips To Turn Your Mentor Into a Sponsor 22:31

1+ y ago22:31

22:31

In this episode, Mario and James tell you how to turn your mentor into a sponsor because sponsorship is where the real opportunities lie for you! Here's the link to the Harvard Business Review article, How To Build a Great Relationship With a Mentor mentioned in the episode. If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast playe…

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Entrepreneurs Have More Faith Than You 16:42

1+ y ago16:42

16:42

In this episode, Mario and James talk about why entrepreneurs have more faith than non-entrepreneurs. If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media. You know we LOVE dad jokes. Submit your dad joke here and it might get featured on the show! Lessssssss…

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How You Can Overcome Imposter Syndrome 25:13

1+ y ago25:13

25:13

In this episode, Mario and James help you overcome imposter syndrome. We hear from Allison Byers, CEO of pitch deck platform Scroobious, and Brandon Brooks, Co-Founder of VC firm Overlooked Ventures, as they share inspiring stories about how they overcame imposter syndrome and had great results. If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on yo…

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Sometimes when you lose, you WIN 20:23

1+ y ago20:23

20:23

In this episode, Mario and James inspire you with a story to help you reframe your thinking about losing because often the things you think are losses end up being wins for you. If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media. You know we LOVE dad jokes.…

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Learn how Mac The VC raised $10 million using Twitter DMs 29:28

1+ y ago29:28

29:28

In this episode, Mario and James talk with Rarebreed Ventures' Managing Partner, Mac The VC who tells us how he used Twitter to get 1,100 meetings in 90 days and raised $10 million for his first venture fund. We also talk about what the challenges are for underestimated founders and emerging VCs raising capital in the current fundraising environmen…

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Our #1 tip for you to build your personal brand 16:00

1+ y ago16:00

16:00

In this episode, Mario and James talk about Mario's #1 tip for you to focus on if you want to build your personal brand. Can you guess what it is? If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media. We LOVE dad jokes. Submit your dad joke here and it might …

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How you can get people to say YES 20:16

2y ago20:16

20:16

In this episode of the podcast, Mario and James help you learn how to get people to say yes to your proposals. We mentioned the pitch deck platform, Scroobious, to help you create your investor deck. And here's the Hustle Fund VC YouTube video about creating pitch deck slide titles. If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podca…

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How you can avoid the toxicity of hustle culture 33:38

2y ago33:38

33:38

In this episode, Mario and James are inspired by a Good Housekeeping article about the toxicity of hustle culture and share tips for how you can avoid it. If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media. Lesssssssss go! 🚀…

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Increase Your Productivity With Our Favorite Apps 29:43

2y ago29:43

29:43

In this episode, Mario and James share their favorite apps to help you be more productive and more effective in your business. But first, the guys shared the amazing news that the Parents Making Profits podcast is now inside the top 100 Entrepreneurship podcasts in ten countries around the world - after only launching three months ago! Thank you, e…

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Launch The Damn Thing Already (part 2) 27:16

2y ago27:16

27:16

In this episode, Mario and James go through the rest of the Inc. Magazine article's list of excuses people make for why they can’t launch their business, product, service, course, or whatever. After these two episodes, we hope you are inspired to push past the obstacles - real and imagined - and launch the damn thing already! If you’re feeling the …

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Launch The Damn Thing Already (part 1) 25:57

2y ago25:57

25:57

In this episode, Mario and James go through a list of excuses people make for why they can’t launch their business, product, service, course, or whatever. It turns out some people have all the excuses in Excussissippi. Spoiler alert: The guys are not here for it! If any of these excuses sound like something rattling around in your head, we hope tha…

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The proper way for you to ask for an introduction 31:13

2y ago31:13

31:13

In this episode, the guys give you advice that is easily worth $100K to you! Mario and James tell you the biggest mistake you are probably making when trying to get introduced to someone you think will help your business, and they give you the money tip for how to properly connect with people on LinkedIn. Here's the link to the article Mario and Ja…

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DadPreneurs Up! Celebrating Father's Day 20:58

2y ago20:58

20:58

In this episode, Mario and James have two listeners share an inspiring story from their DadPreneur journey. Plus Techstars co-founder, David Cohen, talks about how his dad inspired him to help so many entrepreneurs. The stories are from: Doug Fox - Fox Brand Marketing consultancy Kevin Thai - Three Circles Studio Photography David Cohen - Techstars…

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What investors are thinking before they cut you a check 29:52

2y ago29:52

29:52

In this episode, Mario and James share answers from three prominent venture capitalists (Brad Feld, Foundry Group, Elizabeth Yin, Hustle Fund VC, and Neal Sáles-Griffin, Techstars Rising Stars Fund) to the question of what they think is more important when making an investment, the team or the idea? And how important is the passion of the entrepren…

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Who is more helpful when starting your business? Strangers or friends & family? 29:14

2y ago29:14

29:14

As a parent, being an entrepreneur hits differently. If you don't have support it can hurt. But does more support come from strangers or family and friends when starting your business? And which helps us be better entrepreneurs? We take some calls and your thoughts on this hot-button issue. Plus Mario goes off and catches James by surprise with his…

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4 tips for you to be an effective ParentPreneur 28:59

2y ago28:59

28:59

Mario and James give you tips to be an effective ParentPreneur. Why? Because juggling parenting and entrepreneurship can be a little nuts. The guys give tips for how you can: Be more present with your children. Turn your customers with problems into advocates. Not get sucked into the toxicity of hustle culture. Improve your mental health.…

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How to Get PR Without a Publicist (Part 2 With Tactics) 18:20

2y ago18:20

18:20

In this episode we give you the tactics to get PR without a publicist. And James reads the email he sent to Mark Cuban that Mark responded to.By Mario Armstrong & James Oliver Jr.

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How to Get PR for your Business Without a Publicist 27:43

2y ago27:43

27:43

Get tips from James and Mario on how you can get PR for your business and brand without a publicist. Getting publicity the right way can accelerate your credibility in the marketplace, bring you new customers and create bigger opportunities.By Mario Armstrong & James Oliver Jr.

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How to build a profitable community for your business and brand 29:39

2y ago29:39

29:39

Build a brand by creating a community of like-minded customers and advocates of you and your business. Community is deeper and better than just posting on social media. In this episode we speak with the CEO of Mighty Networks, Gina Bianchini to learn the right ways to launch a successful community. Gina has raised over $60 million in funding and we…

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Neal Sáles-Griffin, Managing Director of Techstars Chicago talks Venture Capital & Investing in Underrepresented Founders 28:44

2y ago28:44

28:44

Neal Sáles-Griffin is an entrepreneur, teacher, and non-profit leader. He co-founded the first beginner-focused in-person coding bootcamp, and most recently ran for mayor of Chicago. He's currently the Managing Director of Techstars Chicago Powered by J.P. Morgan and the Techstars Chicago Accelerator, and is an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern Uni…

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Get paid brand deals to grow your biz. Part 2 28:07

2y ago28:07

28:07

Brand sponsorship deals is a way to generate revenue for your business or idea. It's non-dilutive and you don't have to take out a loan or pay money back. Companies are looking for new ways to get their message out there and many entrepreneurs are in a position of influence and/or have an audience/customer base. That audience/customer base is impor…

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Jason Feifer, Editor-in-Chief, Entrepreneur Magazine 36:07

2y ago36:07

36:07

Special guest Jason Feifer, Editor in Chief, Entrepreneur Magazine, Podcaster and Author of "Build For Tomorrow." We discuss pitching the media, how to get on the TODAY show, how not to pitch him for articles for your business and we get into why being unique and knowing what truly makes you unique is a super power for growing your business and bui…

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How to get brand deals to grow or launch your business 27:47

2y ago27:47

27:47

By Mario Armstrong & James Oliver Jr.

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Daymond John of Shark Tank talks self-doubt, fatherhood, and more 28:44

2y ago28:44

28:44

Daymond John of FUBU and Shark Tank talks mental health, entrepreneurship, the metaverse, self-doubt and his regrets. Connect with other show listeners and be an active member of the "Parents Making Profits" community: https://www.parentsmakingprofits.com/By Mario Armstrong & James Oliver Jr.