The Bulletproof Entrepreneur™

Kevin Bupp is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and host of the top iTunes show Real Estate Investing for Cash Flow. Kevin has over 16 years experience investing in single family, multi-family, raw land, commercial and his favorite, mobile home parks! Kevin now uses his experience to educate other investors on how to locate, acquire and create "higher than average" returns in the misunderstood niche of Mobile Home Park Investing.

Matt Miller spent the first 9 years of his career as an Air Force pilot, before enter- ing the private sector to work in both the medical device and advertising industries. While a top performer in the corporate world, his long term desire was to be his own boss. A good friend one day mentioned the gum ball machines he and his young daughters owned, and that conversation began a 10 year business quest that has brought Matt’s company, School Spirit Vending, to the cutting edge of both the vending and school fundraising industries. Today, School Spirit Vending’s franchising program provides a proven and pro table business system for busy professionals and their families looking to develop secondary income streams with a limited time commitment.      We also talk about franchising and using podcasts to grow a niche business Resources Matt Millers Gift - School Spirit Vending  

Tom Schwab knows how to build an online business. Marketing at its heart is starting a conversation with someone who could be an ideal customer. Tom helps small business owners, entrepreneurs and soloprenuers get featured on leading podcasts their prospects are already listening to. Then he shows them how to turn listeners into customers. • Author of PODCAST GUEST PROFITS: Grow your business with a targeted interview strategy • Founder of Interview Valet, the concierge level booking service   Learn More: www.interviewvalet.com/bulletproof

Dan Moyle promotes helpful, engaging marketing over interruptive ad- vertising. Coming to marketing from the TV news business, Dan brings a wealth of knowledge from writing to video production to multimedia con- tent creation. He says, “I’d rather help someone reach 50 ideal customers rather than 5,000 passive viewers.” A believer in servant leadership, Dan can be found behind the scenes at work with organizations like Talons Out Honor Flight and Interview Valet, li ing others up with service and a strong work ethic.   Learn more about Dan @   www.interviewvalet.com

Tim Cole is the founder and CEO of the Compass Alliance. He has had an exceptionally broad – across sales, marketing, human resources, training, market access, and leadership development. He served as a senior executive in several roles in the pharmaceutical industry – literally managing billions of dollars in portfolio and thousands of employees over the course of his career. He played an instrumental role in the growth of a small Midwestern firm into one of the largest healthcare companies in the world. Along the way he’s been intimately involved in sourcing and developing talent and his mentorship of scores of individuals who have gone on to assume senior level roles with other companies has earned him industry wide accolades. He’s helped launched 20 new brands to the market and played key roles in 6 legitimate blockbusters. He is a multiple winner of Excellence in Leadership Awards and is regarded as one of the most highly respected veterans in the healthcare arena. He is the architect of Strategic Performance Planning, has contributed to multiple books on leadership and the future of healthcare, and is himself, a published author. But much of his journey transcends the roles assigned. He counts among his most significant accomplishments – the ability to survive and thrive in the face of over 2-dozen restructures and 5 mergers and acquisitions, becoming – over time – one of the few industry veterans to successfully weather the waves of downsizings that swept the pharmaceutical world. The experiences and the insights gained inform the book The Compass Solution; A Guide to Winning Your Career. It promises to be a definitive guidebook for building a thriving career – with the practical tips acquired from a lifetime of experience. If you’re SERIOUS about writing your career story, a must read. The book is slated for release later this year. Tim is married to his high school sweetheart Nancy and they are the proud parents of two sons. Brandon and his wife Rosellie are expecting their first child soon. David is still happily single. Learn More: www.thecompassalliance.com

Cortney McDermott is an award-winning writer, TEDx speaker, and strategist to Fortune 500 executives, entrepreneurial leaders, and think tanks around the world. She writes for a number of international publications, including ‘She Owns It’ and ‘HuffPost’. Her debut book, “Change Starts Within You: Unlock the Confidence to Lead with Intuition” was selected for Inc.com’s “26 Favorite Books of High Achievers” and has been featured in multiple media outlets internationally. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Cortney served as an executive at Vanity Fair Corporation, vice president at Sustainability Partners, professor of graduate studies for Big Ten US universities, and global associate for the renowned beCause Consortium. (She has also moonlighted as a deli waitress, secretary, and everything in between, as a way to put herself through school and life.) Cortney is a graduate of the London School of Economics and a certified cultural mediator in multiple languages. She lives with her family between the United States and Italy. Connect with Cortney: www.cortinc.com See Cortney in action HERE Cortney’s Book: Change Starts Within You

Kathy is the founder of Intuitive Strategies, a unique Human Resource Consulting Firm that helps service-based businesses and non-profits build empowering teams and drive home results. Known as the “Chief People Officer,” Kathy has over 25 years of corporate human resource experience. She’s highly skilled at guiding businesses and entrepreneurs toward a more accountable results-oriented organization through a systemized hiring approach and team development process. Kathy leads a series of online educational programs, as well as regularly speaking on how businesses can hire right the first time and build impactful teams. Through her Find & Fill Formula, Team Empowerment Process, as well as through her CEO Business Blueprint, Kathy is committed to empowering businesses, entrepreneurs, and non-profits on how to successfully maneuver the ever-changing landscape of leadership and people in the workplace. Kathy and her husband Larry live in Melbourne, FL with their two dogs Tessa and Toby. They have two grown sons and four grand pups! Kathy is an avid reader who loves to spend time in nature or the kitchen.   www.intuitivestrategies.com

Mike Saunders holds an MBA in Marketing and serves the small and medium-sized business market. In addition to coaching and consulting clients in his firm Marketing Huddle LLC,  he teaches Marketing as an Adjunct Marketing Professor at 3 Universities. Read Forbes bio I specialize in providing highly targeted, optimized campaigns for my clients. As an Authority Positioning Strategist, I assess your corporate vision and install a unified-strategic online marketing blueprint. The result is that ALL of your marketing will  resonate powerfully with your target audience so that they fully understand why you are the obvious choice! Whether it is a powerful authority news release in the press, being interviewed on a respected business online radio show or getting your 1st book published on Kindle and paperback, WITHOUT writing a word. (with my “Podcast Publish System”) and running a powerful Best-Seller campaign….you will be seen as an expert which opens more doors to closing more business! My Team helps you build Authority Positioning and become recognized as an Expert in your field because this Credibility brings with it great opportunity! From speaking, generating quality referrals, commanding higher fees and closing more sales. What sets me apart from other business advisers is that I combine personalized MBA-level marketing strategy, cutting-edge tactics & execute your marketing plan for you allowing you to stay focused on your key tasks. I am a Talk Show Host at Business Innovators Radio & contributing iReporter for National publications covering business professionals in a variety of industries. I would be delighted to speak with you to learn more about your company and share some ideas on how I can help you reach your goals. OK, How about a little about me? Reflecting back on what brought me to this point in my career: I grew up in Virginia and remember the financial struggle my parents dealt with after losing their home in foreclosure because of a bad business deal my Father’s boss put him in. We went to live with my Grandparents in their basement apartment, and it was nice enough with a kitchenette, bathroom and 1 bedroom. This was pretty tight quarters with my parents and sister and I…and I kid you not, since there was not enough room, I slept in the workshop. Right next to the lathe and workbench! I didn’t realize it them, but this time in my life really made me realize that I would do everything I could to keep this from ever happening to my family. Looking back, it actually was a motivating experience…because it was something I didn’t ever want to have! During college I got involved in a network marketing company and still remember going to a friend at church asking his advice, as I am typing this his name just popped into my mind: Sam Conway,…anyway, he said MLM can be summarized as “unrealistic expectations! I ended up getting involved and definitely found that to be true but I did take away some powerful life lessons like the “standing order” which was a monthly success recording and I also was taught to read great books like “Think and Grow Rich” and “Thinking Big”. Although I never saw the success that some do in network marketing I do think it was a great training ground for me!   Fast forward 10 years: After graduating from college at Liberty University, I made some very poor financial decisions regarding the use of credit cards. Even though my parents taught me the dangers of consumer debt, I still wanted to have all the “stuff” I wanted and in about 4 years ended up with over $35,000 in credit card debt with minimum monthly payments as much as my mortgage payment! I even made an appointment with a Bankruptcy attorney to file Chapter 13, but sitting in the office filling out the info sheet on the clipboard it hit me that I just couldn’t do that. I decided to tough it out and make it work, and I don’t have an easy answer or a spectacular story of how “this one little idea turned into hundreds of thousan

The Trachtman Group focused on helping companies grow and scale, as well as managing director (and majority investor) of Purview, an early stage company focused on disrupting the medical imaging business. For the past two decades, Trachtman has lectured at numerous universities across the country including the Harvard Business School, the MIT Sloan School of Business, the University of Southern California, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Kent State University, University of Maryland Smith School of Business, Union College, and Quinnipiac University School of Business. Trachtman has published articles in the Harvard Business Review and Quinnipiac University Business. A portion of his career is chronicled in the Harvard Business School case study; Les is More Times Four, which educates entrepreneurs at leading business schools. Learn more about Les Trachtman at www.foundertransitions.com 

Recognized internationally as the authority on “Podcast Guesting”, Nicole Holland is also known as a Catalyst who generates creative, out-of-the-box solutions for her clients, colleagues, and friends. Named in the Huffington Post as one of “50 Must-Follow Women Entrepreneurs in 2017”, rated “New & Noteworthy” by iTunes, and featured in trending publications such as Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, and the Huffington Post, Nicole regularly shares her expertise on podcasts, through virtual summits and courses, and from stages across North America.Using a high-touch, client-centric service delivery model, Nicole helps leading-edge thought leaders, authors, and entrepreneurs strategically increase their visibility, likeability, and credibility in a way that works uniquely well for them.

In 2007, a year after having sold his first online business, a friend asked Mark if he would be willing to help him sell his web hosting company. During the previous year, Mark was evaluating whether or not to start a consultancy firm to assist owners of profitable websites who wanted to divest of their websites. With the call from this friend, Quiet Light was officially born. Mark retained his friend’s business, put the listing out to market, and within two months had found a buyer at a price that was higher than average web hosting companies were fetching in the marketplace. Since that first business in 2007, Mark has personally helped dozens of small business owners and entrepreneurs and has also expanded Quiet Light to the team it has today. In building out a team of advisors to help other small business owners, Mark has always emphasized the importance of honesty, working in the client’s best interest (even if that means not working in his own best interest), and thorough preparation of all listings before they are brought to market. Before Quiet Light Brokerage, Mark founded an online publication and grew it’s subscriber base to 220,000 members. Mark has been a presenter at top conferences and seminars as well as a guest author for numerous publications.

Heather Ann Havenwood, CEO of Havenwood Worldwide, LLC and Chief Sexy Boss, is a serial entrepreneur and is regarded as a top authority on internet marketing, business strategies and  marketing. Since marketing her first online business in 1999, bringing together clients and personal coaches, she has played an active role in the online marketing world since before most even had a home computer. In 2006 she started, developed and grew an online information marketing publishing company from ground zero to over $1 million in sales in less than 12 months. Starting without a list, a product, a name or an offer, Heather Ann molded her client into a successful guru now known as an expert in his field. Heather Ann has been named by a few as an ‘Icon Creator’ or the ‘Wizard Behind the Curtain’. She has instructed, coached and promoted hundreds of entrepreneurs leading them down the path to success. She has produced and managed over 350 seminars and events and hosted tele-seminars with many top online thought leaders such as Richard Flint, John Alanis, Susan Bratton, Alicia Lyttle, Tom Antion, Alex Mandossian, Legend Joe Sugarman, Anthony Blake, David Lakhani, Robert Shemin and many others. Heather Ann currently is the Author of…Sexy Boss: How the empowerment of women is changing the Rule Book for sex, money and success (available on Amazon click HERE!)  and The Game of Dating and How to Play it: A rule book for divorced men stepping back into the game. Heather Ann Havenwood is smart, sexy, savvy and now stepping out from behind the curtain to educate, enlighten and empower women entrepreneurs to grow or start an online business and live a fearless and fulfilled life.

As the founder of Alliance Business Centers Network, with over 650 Office Business Centers operating in 42 counties, and a previous owner and operator of twenty-two of his own Office Business Centers, Mr. Cottle has unique global management perspective and know-how developed during his 25 years within the Office Business Center industry.Prior to his experience within the Office Business Center industry, Mr. Cottle was an executive vice president with the investment banking firm of L.E. Peterson and Company, where he managed US syndicated real estate operations. Mr. Cottle began his career in 1971 with Ardell Yacht and Ship Brokers where he was responsible for international sales in Europe and Asia. Mr. Cottle received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the United States International University in San Diego, and is a frequent speaker and contributor to real estate and Office Business Center symposiums throughout the world.

Jody J. Foster, MD, MBA is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Vice Chair of Clinical Operations for the Department of Psychiatry in the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Pennsylvania Hospital. Her clinical practice includes general psychiatry, with a special emphasis on treating acute inpatients, psychopharmacology, and corporate development that provides support and evaluation services to executives. Dr. Foster completed both a residency and a chief residency in psychiatry and a fellowship in clinical psychopharmacology and mood disorders at The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital. She also attained her masters of business administration, with a concentration in finance, from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Foster serves as the Executive Medical Director of Penn Behavioral Health Corporate Services and leads the Professionalism Committees at the member hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. She manages the Professionalism Program at Penn Medicine, a publicly offered consultation service, as the Executive Clinical Director. Dr. Foster is a noted educator and has received numerous awards for clinical excellence and teaching at the University of Pennsylvania. She was elected to Penn Medicine’s inaugural class of the Academy of Master Clinicians and has been named a “Top Doc” by Philadelphia Magazine. She is the author of the best selling book  The Schmuck In My Office

“Every country in the world depends on the kind of small and medium-sized businesses Bob aims to help. I would advise any business owner, whether times are troubled or prosperous, to study and apply the lessons Bob demonstrates.” –T. Boone Pickens, American business magnate Turning around a failing business can often feel like trying to stop a runaway train. But no matter what industry you’re in, becoming profitable isn’t impossible. Under-performing or struggling companies, in any field, can be revived and for the first time, veteran business advisor and turnaround expert Robert Thomas Bethel has bound together his tried-and-true methodology to attaining profitability for any venture regardless of industry. Strengthen Your Business [Lioncrest Publishing, Sept 12 2017] takes a no-nonsense, straightforward approach to the problems every business faces―highlighting the steps necessary to ensure each reader is prepared to run a successful company. Refraining from a reliance on theories, philosophies, or mantras, Bethel instead focuses on the fundamentals of what makes a business profitable in a clear, concise format. “The origin of business failures, more often than not, can be attributed solely to poor management and the owner(s) inexperience. It is neither an unforgiving economy nor a lack of cash to blame, but rather, an absence of knowledge on how to turn a profit,” says Bethel. “This book is both a practical application for business owners as well as an expert, step-by-step guide for those who are stuck in a failing business and struggling to stay afloat.” Anchored in real-life examples from Bethel’s career, as well as actionable takeaways that can be applied to a business the day after reading the book, Strengthen Your Business offers readers:· A deep understanding of the fundamentals for growing a thriving and profitable business venture regardless of its industry· Key warning signs your business is on its way to failure, and how to identify issues jeopardizing success early-on· Seasoned expertise on turning around an under-performing or struggling business and getting back on track to becoming profitable· Guidance on accurately measuring the success of your business and learning what success truly looks· Unique insight into the number one reason most businesses fail· A clear path to maintaining a healthy business, and the type of mindset entrepreneurs should possess prior to launching their own venture· And much more! “The concepts outlined in Strengthen Your Business can be integrated into any business model today, right now, without cost,” adds Bethel. “Startling statistics, which illustrate the harsh truth that 50% of all businesses fail, could deter even the most determined entrepreneur from fulfilling his or her dream. But with the right tools and applicable knowledge, that does not have to become a reality for any business owner and an under-performing or struggling business can turn around to become profitable.”About the Author:Robert Thomas Bethel is the orchestrator of seventy-seven business turnarounds over the past fifty years. Early successes and troubles in his own professional career inspired his passion for taking over struggling businesses and guiding them towards the road of profitability. Bethel has turned around companies in various industries—from restaurant chains to engineering firms—and has helped save over ten thousand jobs as a result of his strategic business counsel. A graduate of the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, Bethel owns several companies across the southern United States and has operated businesses both nationwide and internationally. He is an Eagle Scout and, in addition to counseling, also spends times teaching three-day seminars on best business practices throughout the country. He currently resides in Orange Beach, Alabama with his wife, Reese.For more information, visit robertthomasbethel.com