Marc talks with Larry Harding of the HSP Group on developing his business supporting the international expansion of others.

This episode is part of the Entrepreneurial Mindset series. This week we explore creativity as an aspect of the successful entrepreneur's mindset and learn how Hank Ingram came up with the idea to age whiskey on the Mississippi River on barges.

Marc talks with Weston LaBar during Men's Health month to discuss physical and mental health and the importance of maintaining a healthy body and mind as an entrepreneur.

Hank Ingram of OH Ingram River Aged Whiskey comes back to the show to discuss passion.

Marc makes a brief detour to discuss the commencement speaker at his daughter's graduation and the topic of incivility in America

Marc is joined by Erin Coupe of Authentically EC to discuss passion as an element of the Entrepreneurial Mindset. Erin can be reached at erincoupe.com

Marc introduces the entrepreneurial mindset to the conversation

Julie comes on to discuss the effects on business post covid and how older business leaders can learn from younger generations

A conversation with Ira Wolfe PART 1 Ira mentioned his TED Talk – you can find it here. Ira discussed the latest Generation – Alpha. In my typical searching, I found this great article in The Atlantic about Generation Alpha and the general issue of generational delineations. We had a lengthy conversation about Generation X, so back to googling and …

A conversation with Ira Wolfe about the State of Employment in the 21st Century PART 1 Ira mentioned his TED Talk – you can find it here. Ira discussed the latest Generation – Alpha. In my typical searching, I found this great article in The Atlantic about Generation Alpha and the general issue of generational delineations. We had a lengthy convers…

Conversation 71: My Communications with Sam George Sam talked about working with both John Sperling and George Soros. I knew of Soros but did not know much about Sperling. Sam told the story of the changing of the term “Climate Change” from “Global Warming” and credited Republican strategist Frank Luntz with the change in term. I went hunting and f…

Conversation 70: Experiencing Design with Karen Hold If you don’t know Folgers Coffee… When I think of law school graduates who never used the degree, I immediately think of my guest Joan Samson, please give my Conversation About Not Being A Doctor a listen if you have not done so before. The Coursera course Karen spoke of is Experiencing Design: D…

Conversation 69: Raising capital with Rob Bolandian Failures are acceptable! I went far afield on the question of NDAs. That of course got me looking and I found this good breakdown about non disclosure agreements. Rob can be reached at cambridgewilkinson.com

Conversation 68: A conversation about leadership and change with Coach Diana Cutaia. I couldn’t help but talk to Diana about Food Trucks. We also discussed the Living Room Theater, Powell’s Books and Voodoo Donuts. I enjoyed Diana’s take on The Great Resignationor as she sees it more The Great Reset a rethinking of what is important to people. This…

Conversation 67: Now We’re Cooking with Gas with Peter and Ginhee Ungar The Tasting Counter is a unique dining experience – dining as theater as Minhee put it. You can buy a ticket to attend a lunch or dinner here. I told Peter and Ginhee about my conversation with Jesse Cole. To learn more about the Tasting Counter, you can check out their website…

Conversation 66: Learning how to communicate with Lisa Beth Lentini Walker and Stef Tschida I loved the concept of the Portfolio Lifestyle and did some deep digging into it, finding numerous articles including this one. Okay so I researched Problemtunity and of course found this video from Lisa Beth. The book by Lisa Beth and Stef is Raise your Gam…

Going Shopping with Rick Neuman Rick told us about Canadian Tire, a chain I was completely unfamiliar with. Grocery Gateway was the expensive online grocery chain that Rick talked about. Rick works at Flipp which he explains at length. He told me that they are a great app to download before you start planning for Black Friday sales too. Go to Getfl…

A Masterclass in Learning From Your Customers with Kristin ZhivagoI told Kristin about my conversation with Jesse ColeI mentioned Competing Against Luck by Clayton Christensen which I highly recommend reading.Kristin's book is Roadmap to Revenue available at AmazonKristin can be found at zhivagopartners.com and also at the following Social Links:Li…

My “fan”tastic conversation with Jesse Cole We discussed 10 Ideas a Day, which I first learned about from James Altucher. Jesse mentioned Seth Godin’s quote on What is Remarkable? “Something worth talking about." Jesse mentioned a quote by Henry Ford about faster horses. Jesse was excited about the 2022 Banana Ball World Tour. I hope to make it to …

O what a conversation with Alicia Davon Alicia talks about 5 Parts (Keys to a Successful Relationship) in the Davon Method: 1. Consciousness 2. Contact 3. Chemistry 4. Choreography 5. Cultivation Alicia is offering a free “love life” consultation. She can be reached by texting her at 415-308-9580 or through this link: https://erwandavon.com/consult…

Conversation 61: Talking social media with Chris Naghibi Chris talks about the power of personal branding in social media. Chris realized put out good advice without selling anything has been key. I am highly confused by NFTs. Here is a primer. Chris mentioned understanding NFTs for the music industry. We discuss how on social media sites, we are t…

Conversation 60: Road Tripping with Stephanie Stuckey Stephanie and I took a trip down memory lane for this episode but also discussed how her brand is being found by a new batch of fans. For those who don’t know South of the Border – it is a roadside attraction on the border of North Carolina and South Carolina. Stephanie recalled rubber alligator…

Conversation 59: 10xing with Michael Solomon Okay so first things first, is there a Brazilian fire ant? Yes there is! We spend a lot of time discussing 10x people and Michael does a great job of explaining it but here is a little piece of information to add to the discussion. Michael mentioned following a non profit path and worked with a group to …

I had a great conversation with Anne Gannon. Anne is the principal of the Largo Group. I couldn’t remember where I lived so I had to remember that I lived in Middlesex County but Union County had great golf courses. Sleepy Hollow County Club was the location of Anne’s favorite golf memory. There were a lot of animal sounds during the recording of o…

Hank Ingram is the proprietor of O.H. Ingram River Aged Whiskey. He brought some by for a tasting. We starting tasting his Flagship. Hank mentioned the term white dog, the clear spirit prior to aging, so I was curious to look up a bit more. I’m a lawyer so of course I was interested in the Supreme Court case Hank mentioned as the basis for getting …

This is the first of a shorter version of the show. Today Marc tells a couple of stories and shares why his mom is his hero.

My conversation with Dr. Tom Tonkin. We had a wide ranging conversation. He dropped a lot of knowledge on us including the following tidbits: Tom has a background in NLP. Here is a brief overview of the inputs that Tom spoke of. Tom’s favorite British Statistician of the 1700s actually turns out is George E.P. Boxof the 1900s, but no matter. The qu…

I had a fantastic conversation with Sean Folkson. Here are some notes from our conversation:Sean grew up in Douglaston, in Queens. He was thankfully a New York Yankees fan but is mostly a hockey fan – New York Rangers fan. This started a 5 minute conversation about hockey. He mentioned the famous Mark Messier Hat-Trick vs. the NJ Devils in Game 6.H…

My conversation with Debbie Levin was one of my favorite conversations this year. Some notes from our conversation: Debbie went to USC film school and wanted to be a film critic. She did celebrity interviews that she got just by calling them. These included George Segal, Richard Dreyfuss and Henry “the Fonz” Winkler. The Environmental Media Associa…

Jeff is a transformational business coach. He the owner of Admentus and can be reached at Admentus.com. His website is full of great free resources and is a treasure trove of good information. He is also the host of the Building to Scale Podcast, available on his website and wherever you get podcasts.…

Denver mentioned getting in fights at Friendly’s. There are not many of the iconic ice cream shops left. I failed to ask him what his favorite treat there was…I still remember the Jim Dandy fondly. We talk extensively about Denver’s book – but here is the link to Bigfoot, It’s Complicated. Denver challenged me about looking up his name and Bigfoot …

Uluru also known at Ayers Rock is a massive sandstone monolith in the “Red Center” of Australia. For more, watch this video. Never heard of the magpie or “Swoopers” attacking people – I wasn’t kidding. Gabrielle mentioned Stephen Denning. I was not familiar with him. I found numerous books he authored including The Leader’s Guide to Storytelling. A…

Anthony grew up in Enid Oklahoma This is the Motorola Startac Flip-phone for those who don’t know Shonda Rhimes wrote The Year of Yes For the episode with Dave Almacy – see here This was recorded before the news became big about the Colonial Oil Pipeline but boy, was he prescient. Olivia Pope is a character on the TV series Scandal You can reach An…

Delphine references Sweet Valley High. She was a product manager. To learn more about that job, check out this article What makes for an MVP (minimally viable product) Malcolm Gladwell’s TED Talk about Spaghetti Sauce Boulo is available at boulosolutions.com You can find Delphine and Boulo on LinkedIn, Indeed and follow them on Instagram…

I had a great conversation with Tony. A couple of items we discussed: RISD – Rhode Island School of Design Whitney Johnson, author of Disrupt Yourself and podcast of the same nam and Build an A Team Tony used to buy people The Book of Mistakes by Skip Pritchard. He also recommends the classic The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen C…

Marc and Elizabeth talk about personal vs. corporate branding and reputation management.

Marc mentioned using Fiverr, a great resource for gig economy projects. We use Fiverr and Upwork (another similar site) to find experts on discrete projects. Marc and Mike talked about the book Delivering Happiness by Tony Hseih Mike’s product is the Sieve not unlike a food sieve They can be found at resumesieve.com Mike can also be reached on Link…

Pranam is a sanscrit word. Here is the definition. Pranam’s student club business – Door of Clubs Pranam mentioned one of my favorite books, Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari He also mentioned Principles by Ray Dalio Two other books by Harari – Homo Deus and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century Pranam’s daily ritual really captivated me and I want to get him…

Today we talk about just doing something to get over your fears as well as podcasting and opera and we drop knowledge bombs for 31 Minutes

Erin’s words that changed everything: WHAT IS THE POINT OF ALL OF THIS? WHERE IS THE MEANING? Erin tells the story of the Jessica Zweig retreat and her book “Be. - A No-Bullshi*t Guide to Increasing Your Self Worth and Net Worth by Simply Being Yourself” Marc mentioned Shonda Rhimes book, The Year of Yes. The word that Marc could not come up with i…

Marc and Yvan were talking about the NY Giants and Joe Pisarcik which made me think about his infamous fumble. Yvan owns Hamilton Demo with a partner… www.hamiltondemo.com He can be reached at 513-257-9683 – first guest to give out his phone number!

Toni is from Alicante. Check out this article about living in Alicante. Toni told us about Lady Marshmallow and how the business closed. You can still find some of the fashion on their old Instagram account @ladymarshmallow Toni started Crmble after working with Harper & Bros. Crmble is based on Trello. Toni’s reading list includes: Zero to One by …

Join Marc and Elizabeth as they discuss hearing one another, Clubhouse and the question of tribes vs. humankind

Daphna enjoyed watching the Queen’s Gambit.The Queen’s Gambit created a surge in interest in chess.You can find the conversation with Chris Ruddick here.Climbing Kilimanjaro doesn’t require technical skills.Books that Daphna recommends:Start with Why and Leaders Eat Last both by Simon SinekThe Untethered Soul by Michael SingerAsk and it is Given by…

Marc and Elizabeth discuss the development of COVID-19 vaccines and what we can learn when brilliant minds come together for the greater good and how to apply that concept to business.

Today I get expert coaching by Daphna Horowitz as it appears on her podcast Leadership Live with Daphna Horowitz

Join us once again for a 31 Minute conversation about leadership, business, politics and relationships

Mitch told us a long story with a crazy amount of issues he suffered from. I did a lot of research to keep up with the story he told me. Here are some of the things I learned along the way. I didn’t know about the effects of Black Mold before. Mitch mentioned Dave Aspry and Bulletproof Coffee When Mitch was talking about detoxification, he mentione…

Marc is joined again by Elizabeth to discuss leaders who need to feel in control over everything.

John gave me so much to consider during out conversation. I brought up a couple of books with him: Team of Teams by Stanley McChrystal Competing Against Luck by Clayton Christensen I have been diving into this question of the ideal customer further and I found this article. John recently completed reading MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Fi…