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Episode 49 – Changing Food Culture is Jimmy Tay Trihn’s purpose and BIG IDEA! How does a start up entrepreneur tackle a huge global problem? Keeping on purpose is key. His six P’s Founding Principles: Purpose, Passion, People, Product, Planet , Philosophy/Prosperity! He wants the world to eat healthy, nutritious and convenient authentic Vietnamese meals that uses healthy oils and gluten-free rice noodles. Naughty Noah’s has his son’s namesake and is a family recipe that Jimmy used his culinary background to “modernize” using all healthy and natural ingredients as well as a vegan broth as opposed to the animal-based bone broth found in traditional pho noodles. His noodles can be purchased online and at retail locations across the country. Learn more: https://www.naughtynoahs.com/ Naughty Noah’s is participating in the HEB Quest for Texas Best competition as a Houston finalist on August 8th @ Houston Food Bank 535 Portwall, Houston 11:30am. Support Jimmy and Naughty Noah’s if you can make it! Jimmy’s book

Episode 49 – Brian is joined by Shavonnah Roberts Schreiber the Founder & Managing Director of SNR Creative. We dive into how the differentiators of her business drive her success. How the culture of her agency is built on fast execution of ideas to deliverables to their clients and how their firm is truly a full-service marketing agency. We discuss leadership and management strategies such as setting proper expectations, holding people accountable, open communication and allowing team members to feel comfortable and confident to independently think things through to the end. Where to Find SNR Creative / Shavonnah https://www.snr-creative.com/ Twitter: ShavonnahSNRC Social Media: SNRCreative, Instagram SNRCreativeHou App Recommendations: Flock Book Recommendations: Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath The Power of Who: You Already Know Everyone You Need To Know by Bob Beaudine Hope Is Not a Strategy: The 6 Keys to Winning the Complex Sale by Rick Page The Alchemist by

Elle’s journey from a nurse to a hospital administrator to entrepreneur is nothing short of inspiring and informative. Elle was able to recognize how much value she was bringing as an expert in her work for the hospital. Over time she found a way to bring that to the market as a consultant. Those who are working a corporate job who are interested in going into business on there own will benefit from hearing how she gracefully and strategically exited her career and began her business. Consumerism has changed healthcare; the online forums and social media are avenues for patients to share both positive and negative experiences. Elle’s big ideas was to help healthcare providers manage online reputation and improve overall business. How she manages her business and her time is helpful guidance for business owners. App Recommendations: Asana for Teamwork Collaboration and Project/Workflow Management Zapier for software automation and integration. Audible for Audiobooks Book Recommendations Objections: The Ultima

Episode 48 – Brian is joined by Jeff Miller, founder and CEO of Potentia, a full service staffing firm with a passion for finding careers for candidates with autism. Learn about Jeff’s journey as an entrepreneur driven by learned skills, his passion for autism (having a child on the autism spectrum himself) and the opportunity to be in front of the wave of Neurodiversity that is starting in corporate America and will be a large part of inclusion initiatives in the years to come. Jeff’s journey has not been easy. He discusses the importance of learning to fail fast as an entrepreneur and be willing to pivot your business if needed by tracking and measuring results while maintaining your values, passion, and mission as the long-term goals. Recommended Book: Be Chief, It’s a Choice, Not a Title by Rick Miller App Recommendation: Note To Self

Episode 47 – Brian Interviews Founder and CEO of Paysphere Matt Umholtz. Matt founded Paysphere in 2012 with the idea that he could differentiate in his industry by not treating customers like numbers. Paysphere provides HR and payroll benefits to midsized businesses located mostly locally in Houston, TX. Along the way Matt has carefully cultivated an award-winning culture that has been recognized by the Houston Business Journal as the Best Places more than once including in 2017 when they took the top spot. Additionally PaySphere has been recognized for their business growth featured in the Houston Business Journal Fast 100 and in 2018 in the Inc 5000 nationally. Brian and Matt have a great discussion about what true culture is based on values and how those values are guided by a clear mission and vision.

Episode 49 – Brian welcomes author and speaker Jason B Montanez. Jason will challenge you to think about what is holding you back in your life from being your best self. In January 2019, he released his second book titled “I’ve Got 99 Things to Quit And Giving Up is One.” that is a guide to self-improvement by identifying and working on things in your life that are holding you back. Jason is the self-proclaimed Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion of Quitting.  While consulting, Jason had an epiphany and identified that it’s not so much about what one needs to do in order to realize success, but what one needs to Quit that is preventing them from progressing. For this reason, he decided to start the Quitters movement which removes the negative connotation from the word Quit. Quittingis a great thing when one is Quitting the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are counterintuitive to success! Jason can be found on his website 99thingstoquit.com.

Book Recommendations: Beyond IBM by Lou Mobley, Kate McKeown

Episode 44: Brian and Laura are joined by Co-Founder of sEATz Aaron Knape, and app to get food, beverage and merchandise to fans at sporting events. Book Recommendations: The Startup Equation: A Visual Guidebook to Building Your Startup Paperback by Steve Fisher and Ja-Nae Duane  Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers by Tim Ferris https://www.amazon.com/Tools-Titans-Billionaires-World-Class-Performers-ebook/dp/B01HSMRWNU The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Tim Ferris Apps Recommendations: Spark email https://sparkmailapp.com/ Cozi Calendar https://www.cozi.com/calendar/

Episode 42 – We welcome Steven Rozenberg to share his journey from airline pilot to real estate investor, to property manager, to business owner, to author and public speaker. What’s most incredible is he is still doing all of those things today. As an airline pilot during the 9/11 tragedy, Steve realized that there was no certainty when working for someone else and decided to take his future into his own hands. He built up a real estate portfolio and learned a lot of what NOT to do before recognizing that he needed property management to help him and couldn’t find the one he needed in the market He the built a successful property management company with his partner Pete which they are rapidly growing into new markets. We will talk with Steve about how he is able to keep all these ventures going successfully. We will learn form him the challenges has faced and how he was able to overcome them, and what his plans are for the future including releasing his biography that is expected to be available before the e