Cool Things Entrepreneurs Do

Success can cause you to stop striving for the highest levels of your career. When you reach the "high middle" it can be very hard to grow your career to the next levels. Thom Singer shares how this has happened to him, and what he is doing to climb to the top.It is easy to ride on past achievements, and when you are doing really good it can seem awkward to complain you are not doing great. But the middle is NOT acceptable to some people. This episode is for them. If you understand what is meant by being stuck in the "high middle", and if you can relate to this issue... be sure to download and listen to this show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You are your own one man or one woman show... live you life that way!!!Bo Eason is a former NFL standout, acclaimed Broadway playwright and performer, and a Presence / Story Coach to some of the most successful people in the world. Bo has always set his sights to be "The Best" at whatever he does, and his story and ideas for entrepreneurship are an inspiration.Bo shares his idea that each of you should be looking to who has your ideal career. Identify the person living the life you want, then seek out that person's advice. He also thinks networking should being inside yourself. You have all the answers, and if you go become the best at what you do, the networking comes to you.www.BoEason.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When would now be a good time to do what you always wanted?Seanlai is a woman who does not wait for things to happen, she goes and creates her life opportunities. She is an expert on employee retention, relationships and communications. Her lead a construction business from idea to INC 500, and now has re-invented her life to follow her true calling. Join this episode if you want to be inspired!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Allen (no, not the co-founder of Microsoft) is the founder and CEO of CloudCoreo. He is a Father, Technologist, and Traveller. He is excited by the Cloud and making things work when everything fails. In this episode Paul shares how he started the company as a side project and one day looked around and found he had more work, and not enough time, to keep his regular consulting job. He saved up a year's income to insure he could make the leap, and he has never looked back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Merit Gest has 20 years experience as an entrepreneur. On this episode she shares her business journey and talks about how she and her husband, also an entrepreneur, have designed a life that allows them to travel and play in addition to running successful companies.She mentions a great entrepreneur, Tamara Kleinberg, who has a website for inventors... the sight is www.TheShuuk.com (we give wrong address in the interview).This episode is a must listen, as Merit Gest has successfully navigated the ups and downs of running her own business and life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanksgiving Day is a time to show gratitude. This episode released on Thankgiving 2015 and Thom Singer shares a list of what he is grateful for.We live in world where "I'm So Busy" has become a faux badge of honor. Yes, you are busy... but so is everyone. Stop making "busy" a competition. Instead of telling people you are busy, let them know you are fortunate.What is Thom grateful for??? His parents, sibling, wife, kids, friends, the National Speakers Association, and Austin, TX. Tune in to hear this shore episode that focuses on the good things in life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Hodson began his career in politics and then became a lawyer. But after ten years he left that behind to travel the world. Now he is the founder and CEO of Only in VR. His company specializes in 360-degree virtual reality video content in the travel vertical, music industry and for special events. Michael has a great outlook about entrepreneurship and shares his advice to those who want to go create their own cool things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An entrepreneur from an early age, JV Crum III is an author, coach, podcaster and person who makes things happen. At the age of five he announced he wanted to become a millionaire, but once he got there he discovered that the money alone was not enough.Listen to this episode and hear JV Crum's story and his advice for those who want to follow their own dreams to becoming an entrepreneur.www.consciousmillionaire.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2009 Greg Barth looked in the mirror and decided to stop being mediocre. Not fat, but not fit, he committed to changing his body, and this lead him to changing his whole life. Greg joins Thom Singer for an impromptu interview for the podcast after they had lunch together while Greg was visiting Austin, TX for a mastermind meeting with other Body For Life Coaches. In this episode they discuss what it takes to change your mindset and get over being mediocre. Discover more about Greg Barth at www.GetFitWithGreg.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Thom Singer talks about all the areas of business that a solopreneur must take into account. Working for yourself is hard, but when every aspect of your business lands on your desk you must be prepared to handle them or outsource the key tasks.Too many business owner ignore the areas of their business that is not their forte or that they do not enjoy. No matter what type of business you have there is still sales, marketing, management, HR/Benefits, logistics and travel, shipping, legal, strategic planning, accounting & finance, etc.... Before you launch out on your own you had better be ready to handle these. And if you are not ready to do all the sales and marketing, think twice about starting a company. Without clients there is no business, so someone (you) had better be ready to sell.Join this episode and hear Thom Singer's view on being a solopreneur. Statistics show more and more people are becoming consultants and freelancers, so this topic is more important than ever. Learn more about y

"It is not about what you can or cannot do, it is about what you are good or not good at", says Carlos Hidalgo, CEO of Annuitas. His company, which he co-founded ten years ago, is a leader in demand generation strategy. He has helped lead this company to great success, and on this episode of Cool Things he shares his experience and advice for those who want to be entrepreneurs or intrapreneurs.Do you ever worry that one day you will wake up and say "I wish I had followed my dream of being an entrepreneur"? Carlos did not want to be one of those people.... so he went for it, knowing the worst case outcome was he did not succeed and went back to working for an established company. Today Annuitas is an established company that is a great place for him, and others, to work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeffrey Shaw has always worked for himself. After going to school to learn photography he became a celebrated portrait photographer with a successful business and strong reputation. But he had the entrepreneurial desire to help more people and create deeper impact than the could taking pictures.Today he is a successful coach who works with creatives on how to grow a business around their talent. Taking his experiences growing a business as a photographer, he now assists other in getting out of their own way to excel in their fields. By 2030 it is expected that 60% of the population will work as freelancers, but what does that really mean and what does work and life look like with that type of cultural shift? Tune into this episode to hear Jeffrey share his journey as an entrepreneur and find his pearls of wisdom on how to succeed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You do not have to be an entrepreneur to be entrepreneurial. Ken Sien has worked for the same company, Experient, for nearly 25 years. In that time he has grown his career by treating his job as if it was his own business. Some of the hardest working people on the planet are event professionals. the meetings industry requires people to work long hours, be creative, and to risk new ideas. Ken has seen lot of changes over his time in this business, and is a perfect example of an "intrapreneur".Join Ken and Thom Singer as they discuss the meetings business and Ken's career journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zack Obront is the co-founder of Book in a Box (co-founded with Tucker Max). Zack always knew that he had the calling to be an entrepreneur, and immediately after college he chose a path of self-direction. While he interned at a major Canadian financial institution, he never took the traditional job journey. While he loves to code, he knows that a job where he is not emotionally invested could not fulfill him at the core.Join in this episode and hear Zach's journey, his love of being an entrepreneur, his advice to working with partners, etc... He has seen first hand how selecting the people around you can lead to a better and more fulfilling workplace, and he is one who gives of his time. Having only lived in Austin, TX for a few months is a volunteer at a local feed the homeless program and a volunteer with Austin Pets Alive.This is a great episode and you will enjoy learning from Zach's journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Louis D'Agostino played in the NFL and learned a lot as a professional athlete. He has transferred that what he knew to be true in sports into business. He goes in with a plan, and prepares full time to serve his clients. There is no such thing as luck, it is when opportunity meets preparation.As a partner in the successful Iron Cove Partners, Lou serves clients in the financial service industries as well as other businesses. He is the father of four, who loves his life as an entrepreneur because of the opportunity to provide for his family, and the flexibility to be there for his kids.Join in on this conversation as Lou and Thom Singer discuss his journey and the advice he has for others looking to score their career touchdowns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cory Damon knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur, but first he went to work for another company, which lasted more than a decade. Now he is a partner in The Change Element, a coaching and consulting firm that is focused on helping others reach success and significance.Known as "The Treasure Hunter", Cory is compelled to help people find their core value.Many chase success, but without significance that achievement can be empty. For Cory, it is key to understand people and know where they want to go. Life is a journey of discovery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thom Singer was invited to a breakfast with three people who are living their life at a higher level. Halfway through the meal Thom realized that he was not on par with his fellow Breakfast Club Members. Rather than feeling small or intimidated, he decided to grasp this opportunity to learn at the feet of giants.Four days later he is still inspired by the conversation, and has vowed to make this random encounter meaningful. He wishes he could afford to hire them all as his personal coaches, but the cost of that is more than Thom can afford, But he has decided to make them all his teachers. When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.... and these three achievers have a ton of IP available online and he want to consume it.Join this episode for a dose of inspiration about learning from others and thinking about how you can take the examples from high achievers to motivate your own success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Entrepreneurship has its ups and downs, and to have a lasting and successful life you have to be fully honest with yourself and the situations you face. Steve Golab had run his own interactive agency for 20 years, but changes in the economy and a major health scare caused him to look closely at how he wanted to live his life. Walking away from your own business to take a job seems scary for many entrepreneurs, but if you get inspired to be the best version of yourself, and if you can let go of ego, the future can be awesome.In this episode Steve Golab is open and candid about the decisions he made and shares his entrepreneurial and now intrapreneurial journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Sigers has been a professional sales person for over 25 years and he does it the old fashioned way.... through relationships. Mike uses social media (he is very active of Twitter), but says that online is not for sales, it is "social" (which is why it is called "social media"). In this episode he shares awesome insights that entrepreneurs need to think about when selling and when hiring sales people.*Don't just "show up and throw up" when talking to prospects. *Do not let HR hire your sales people. *Work to help others get what they want.No matter what industry you are in, sales is the name of the game. Tune into this episode and get advice from a seasoned selling master. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What traits do those who perform at the top levels share? After interviewing over 100 entrepreneurs and meeting tens of thousands of people at conferences each year, Thom Singer has some ideas of what it takes to be at the top of your game.In this episode Thom shares some ideas of what those who in the one percent of their industries have in common. Top performers are confident, seek to learn, are open to new ideas, share their ideas with others, have a focus on what they desire, look to the future, have "Follow Through DNA", network like crazy, are good at sales, and are genuinely nice people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices