The Bulletproof Entrepreneur™

From former junior tennis pro to startup founder, publisher and Ph.D. candidate Abdo Riani's story might be something out of a fairy tale. As a young boy growing up in Tunisia, Abdo's passion and talent for tennis took him around the world to various professional junior tennis competitions. This exposure helped him catch the eye of an American college recruiter who offered him a scholarship to come and play tennis at the University of Texas Pan-American. While studying and playing tennis, Abdo caught the entrepreneurial bug and decided to try his hand at a few business ventures. Many failed, but eventually, he started to see success and gain some traction. Feeling that he had many lessons to share with aspiring entrepreneurs, he started Startupcircle. Co where aspiring and rising entrepreneurs can connect with and learn from successful founders over daily live Q&A sessions. This live mentorship program guides entrepreneurs to their first paying customers and beyond. So far, startup circle has on average resulted in cutting entrepreneurs’ path to first paying customers by five months, reducing costs by 40%, generating over $10,000 from sales or pre-sales and connecting founders with over ten industry leaders. Feeling that his business model need something to kickstart it into a higher gear he launched the bootstrappers summit and invited 100 proven entrepreneurs to share their bootstrapping journey. The event was a huge success and helped showcase the power of online events and summits as a formidable driver for business development. In this episode, we cover his entrepreneurial journey and discuss the mechanics of hosting online summits with influencers as a growth hack for business success. We also talk about the productivity hacks he uses to manage his busy schedule as a startup founder, publisher of a daily show and Ph.D. candidate in Finance. www.abdoriani.comwww.startupcircle.cowww.getaspired.com

Long story short, Greg  Jeffries is just a regular guy. He never had a job that’s paidhim over $20k/year before taxes. Then he started learning online marketing on nights and weekends for about the past decade. He failed a ton. Spent tens of thousands of dollars borrowed from credit cards to try and make his internet marketing business  & affiliate marketing work. He eventually started making $200 - $300 dollars a day passively with his affiliate marketing .Then, last year magic happened. He had his breakthrough and achieved his first six-figure year on purely affiliate commissions and the rest, as they say, is history. Now, he’s so good at affiliate marketing that he won this year’s click funnels affiliate Dream Car competition .   I hope you listen to this episode and get inspiration to crush 2019. https://www.seoaffiliatedomination.com/   linkedin.com/in/gregjeffries

In this episode i interview the Founder and Chief Marketing Technologist of Whatismyipaddress.com – Chris Parker. Chris is an entrepreneur who has spent over 10 years running a very profitable online business. His company WhatsMyIPAddress Is highly instrumental in protecting many websites and individuals froms hackers, scammers and all kinds of online fraudsters. iTunes – Chris Parker Youtube – Chris Parker Chris Parker – Website: https://www.cgparker.com – Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrispcritters – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophergparker/   What Is My IP Address? – Website: https://whatismyipaddress.com – Twitter: https://twitter.com/wimia – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatismyipaddress  

Willard has founded three accomplished companies; most recently, Willard Barth Enterprises. Will helps grow businesses by growing the strength of the team that runs the business. Because you can’t build anything great without a strong foundation, right? Willard teaches entrepreneurs the importance of personal transformation and how it correlates to professional development. After listening to Willard, your listeners will have a much better understanding of how improving communication, team building, strategic planning, and sales processes can take their companies to the next level.

Five years ago, Tabitha turned her side-hustle as a smartphone marketing expert into a full-time business and created the Smartphone Marketing School. Now, instead of teaching elementary school children, she’s teaching her clients (who are predominantly small business owners) how to visually market themselves and their products. She knows how to grow businesses through Instagram stories, blog posts, and Facebook live streams. Apparently, that's what all the kids are doing these days. And you have to keep up with the times to stay relevant, right?

Dillon Kivo is the Founder and CEO of Kivo Media Group. He is an internet entrepreneur who has played an integral roll in helping thought leaders, millionaires, and major corporations exceeding a billion dollars in gross revenue bridge the gap between their brands and online consumers.    Dillon specializes in start-ups, brand building, and online consumer acquisition. He has been able to carve a distinctive niche in the online space by advising and helping entrepreneurs, start ups and more established businesses deploy new business models that help them compete more strategically in an ever-changing digital world. He has been featured in The Huffington Post, Forbes, Entrepreneur and other top-tier publications as a thought leader in building brands online and internet marketing techniques. He's currently working on his new book and online course. You can learn more about Dillon and his work by going to his website and following him on social media.   www.kivodaily.com www.dillonkivo.com

Business ghostwriter and authority architect Derek Lewis has written with thought leaders on five continents, including an Olympian, a Texas oil tycoon, a Turkish economist, an IT startup millionaire, a Brazilian federal judge, and a military governor. His authors work with the International Monetary Fund, General Electric, DaimlerChrysler, SAP, Pixar, Disney, the US Marine Corps, and the Red Cross.Today, he is one of the foremost authorities (in the admittedly niche field) of business thought leadership books, having authored the leading guide to the subject, The Business Book Bible. He lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.   http://dereklewis.com

Award-Winning Author and Highly Sought-After Keynote Speaker, DAVE COOK is considered by many to be a leading authority on sales training, coaching, and sales motivation in the United States and around the world. He has 30+ years of experience at various levels in the corporate world and a proven track record of highly successful sales experience. At his current place of employment, Business and Legal Resources (BLR), Dave has been a top producer and sales trainer for the past 11 years. Dave has been a guest speaker at conferences in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Orlando, New Orleans, New Haven and much more. Dave's expertise in sales keeps him in demand as a sales trainer, and motivational speaker. He has a way of motivating those around him thus bringing people to a level of excellence they never knew possible. In his spare time, Dave enjoys writing,  traveling and playing the saxophone.   https://salestrainingonthego.com/

Darrell Darnell is the owner of Propodcasting Solutions and began podcasting about the TV show Fringe in 2008 and formed Golden Spiral Media in 2010. Golden Spiral Media has more than two dozen podcasts and is growing. Golden Spiral Media has been nominated for nine podcast awards, including three nominations for Best Produced, and winning Best Entertainment in 2010.  Darrell has been consulting and producing podcasts for other podcasters since 2012 as a part of Golden Spiral Media. In 2014 Darrell established Pro Podcast Solutions as a stand-alone brand to help podcasters produce better podcasts and hone their craft. Darrell’s website can be found here: https://propodcastsolutions.com

Kelly Roach, is the host of one of the top rated podcasts called Unstoppable Success Radio. She’s an international best-selling author and the CEO of Kelly Roach Coaching. She’s a former NFL cheerleader and Fortune 500 executive where she was promoted seven times in eight years. Kelly brings a powerful combination of proven and profitable business growth strategies coupled with the mindset, wellness and productivity practices required to help entrepreneurs build a profitable business around a life they absolutely love.   http://www.kellyroachcoaching.com

David grew up with a tribe of Mayan Indians in a remote village in the highlands of Guatemala. He’s an author, speaker, and advisor to entrepreneurial experts and his fifth book, The Business of Expertise: How Entrepreneurial Experts Convert Insight to Impact + Wealth teaches entrepreneurs how to elevate their impact. David is a helicopter and airplane pilot, an avid photographer, and taught high performance motorcycle riding/racing. Based in Nashville, he has visited and worked all over the world. He is married, has two boys, two daughters-in-law, and multiple grandchildren. His work has been featured in the WSJ, Fast Company, USA Today, Inc. Magazine, and Forbes. He speaks regularly at various TEDx events, Harvard, Adobe, and major international conferences to audiences looking for accessible and refreshing insight into how experts shape their world.   www.davidcbaker.com www.recourses.com  

Johnathan Grzybowski has been listed as Owners Magazine’s 40 under 40 and is the co-founder of Penji, a dependable on-demand design service that helps marketing teams receive unlimited custom design at a flat monthly cost. He is also the producer and host of #1 two rated business and entrepreneurship podcast called The Blind Entrepreneur Podcast. Which features interviews with entrepreneurs, CEO’s, and business professionals to help those who may be temporally blind in business and guide those individuals to profitability within their business.   Johnathan Grzybowski’s goal in business is to empower, educate, and inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs. In his spare time, you can find him streaming the WWE App on his iPhone, exploring local cuisines, or trying different wines from the old world.   www.penji.co  

On this week’s show I interview the author of Retire Wealthy and the founder of Brotman Financial, Eric Brotman. I ask Eric about ‘graduating’ into retirement and lots more, don’t miss it!   Connect with Brotman on his website: www.BrotmanFinancial.com Eric offers securities through Kestra Investment Services, LLC (Kestra IS), member FINRA/SIPC. Investment advisory services offered through Kestra Advisory Services, LLC (Kestra AS), an affiliate of Kestra IS. Kestra IS and Kestra AS are not affiliated with Brotman Financial Group or any entity referenced herein. Neither Kestra IS nor Kestra AS provide tax or legal advice. The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author and may not necessarily reflect those held by Kestra IS or Kestra AS. This is for general information only and is not intended to provide specific investment advice or recommendations for any individual. It is suggested that you consult your financial professional, attorney, or tax advisor with regard to your individual situation. Comments concerning the past performance are not intended to be forward looking and should not be viewed as an indication of future results.

Jason Treu is an executive coach who works with executives, managers, and their teams (along with startups) to maximize their leadership potential and performance, and build and execute their career blueprint. He’s the best-selling author of Social Wealth, a how-to-guide on building extraordinary business relationships. He was a featured speaker at TEDxWilmington 2017, where he debuted his breakthrough team building game Cards Against Mundanity. Finally, he is the host of the Executive Breakthroughs podcast which brings game-changing CEOs, entrepreneurs, and experts that share their breakthroughs and breakdowns.   OFFICIAL WEBSITE http://www.jasontreu.com/ BOOK: SOCIAL WEALTH http://www.jasontreu.com/book/ AMAZON https://www.amazon.com/Jason-Treu/e/B00HRMJ2B2 LINKEDIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasontreu FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/jasontreu

Caleb is the Founder and CEO of SpeakItToBook.com, the premier ghostwriting agency for thought leaders. He has collaborated on books and writing projects with 6,7 & 8 figure earners and aims to broadcast his clients’ message to the world and double their revenue in less than 24 hours of their time. Caleb is a craftsman of the written word and believes in excellence, protecting his clients’ time, and capturing their unique voice on the page. His agency has grown 100 percent in revenue every year for three years straight. Caleb is a traditionally published author in the fiction and non-fiction genres, an ECPA Award finalist, an Amazon #1 best-seller, winner of the prestigious Genesis Contest for fiction writers, graduate of the CWG’s highest level, teacher at conferences across the nation, and former award-winning journalist of numerous star athletes and musicians, including Derek Jeter, Roger Clemons, David Ortiz, Alex Rodrigues, Emerson Drive, and Casting Crowns. Resourceswww.speakittobook.comsermontobook.com