Entrepreneur Network Podcast

Chris Webber, is five-time NBA All-Star, an entrepreneur, and Founder of Webber Wellness. He recently announced a partnership with JW Asset Management, to launch a $100 million private equity cannabis fund that will invest in companies led by entrepreneurs of color pursuing careers in the cannabis sector. Here he talks about why he wants to right the wrongs of social inequality, what cannabis has meant in his life, and calling that fateful timeout in the 1993 National Championship game.

Eric Mosley is the Founder and CEO of Workhuman. Workhuman works globally to help create a more inclusive, positive employee experience at work. Their human applications software fills the void between administrative governance and human connections. Mosley founded the company with the emotionally intelligent vision that we need to start treating people like human beings at work by connecting people and meeting their basic human needs.

How this Army veteran created a publishing and animation powerhouse.

Entrepreneurs know that it's important to build a community—but how do you really do it? In this episode, Smart Passive Income community experience director Jay Clouse explains how he developed a premium community from a small slice of the site's overall user base. Jay is also the host of the podcast Creative Elements.

Building a business where people go to feel inspired and confident is much easier said than done. Replicating and franchising that concept, all while making the important things stick, is even harder. Jami Stigliano, owner and founder of dance studio franchise, DivaDance, managed to make it happen. This week’s Yelp reviewer, Emily A., shares her story of how the Austin studio gave her a sense of empowerment and community. DivaDance (Austin location): Ali Schwartz: https://linktr.ee/alischwar Meserole Sound:

Bruce Eckfeldt is a consultant, coach, author, and speaker on organizational development and performance management. His company Eckfeldt & Associates provides business coaching for cannabis companies. A competitive triathlete and mountain climber, Bruce discovered the healing power of pot after suffering a major back injury. He switched his professional focus from architecture to the cannabis industry. On the pod, he offers free coaching on six things to look at to grow and scale your business.

Mike Kennedy is the former CEO and Co-Founder of Zelle, the largest digital peer-to-peer network in the United States. Zelle enables individuals to electronically transfer money from their bank account to another registered user's bank account. However, as an accomplished executive it wasn’t easy for Mike to take a leap of faith and exit the corporate world. Tune in to this week's episode of HSH as Mike discusses his journey from Corporate America to Entrepreneur.

Brian Calle - CEO and Publisher of L.A. Weekly the Village Voice, Irvine Weekly and the Bay Area Marina Times, joins Alan as they talk about how over 200 newspaper companies have shut down in 2020 as they try to figure out how to pivot from having print only, while magazines like Entrepreneur is still one of the few still in physical print and thriving.  They continue onto discuss how different media groups report different facts and opinions on the same story.  Brian says, reporter are giving feeds based off of what they are hearing instead of real investigating.  He continues to say how media companies need to have a more integrated approach to their business with a combination of print and online.  With that said, Brian says having a good search engine helps optimize your brand and that there is a true science behind marketing in todays digital world.  He also goes onto share about teaching classes and bringing in guest speakers who have succeeded at building a company.  Brian says he learns from his students as well.  The duo end todays show as the ponder on what is considered normal these days, and how it is constantly changing and evolving. [00:00:00] Newspaperless [00:05:47] Entrepreneur Magazine Still Physical [00:11:30] Different Facts From Different Media [00:18:20] Would You Like to Make it a Combo? [00:27:12] Sensei learns from Grasshopper [00:33:22] What is the Norm?

The Grammy-award-winning rap artist has teed up his own golf sportswear line called “Bogey Boys.”

How do you do good for other people, while also making sure you're getting what you need too? Josh Aryeh created a nonprofit organization called Smiles Through Cars, which brings joy to sick children, and refused to take money for it. As a result, he struggled to make ends meet for himself. In this conversation, he shares how he stopped thinking of nonprofit work as a pure gift... and started thinking of it as an organization that needed to be sustained.

Creating a business isn’t always about the endgame of selling a product. For Clinton Jones, owner of Magnum Opus Hair Salon in D.C., it’s about creating a cultural exchange. In this week’s episode we take a look at the journey of Yelp reviewer, Diane M., who went seven months without a haircut in the pandemic, turned to Yelp to find a new local business and came out the other side with a growing discussion - in addition to a stylish cut. Magnum Opus Hair Salon: https://www.yelp.com/biz/magnum-opus-hair-salon-arlington Ali Schwartz: https://linktr.ee/alischwar Meserole Sound:

Caitlyn Krebs is the Co-Founder & CEO at Nahlu Bio, a biopharmaceutical firm focused on designing synthetic CBD. Established in 2019, Nahlu Bio's proprietary platform is unique in that their CBD is not hemp-based, but instead uses known chemistries and existing materials to produce high-quality, low-cost, and predictable ingredients. Caitlyn talks about the benefits of synthetic CBD and the controversy.

Will Ahmed is the Founder and CEO of WHOOP, which has developed next generation wearable technology for optimizing human performance and health. Ahmed founded WHOOP with a background in collegiate athletics where he realized the detriment of over-training and the importance of recovery. Today, WHOOP members range from professional athletes and fortune 500 CEOs to fitness enthusiasts and executives to military personnel and healthcare workers.

The pioneering comedian you know from ‘Mr. Show with Bob and David,’ ‘Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ and ‘24’ discusses her new special ‘Mary Lynn Rajskub: Live From the Pandemic.’

Most people say "I can't do that." Entrepreneurs say, "Let's figure out what I CAN do." How do you develop that kind of mindset? I talk with educator Charlene Walters, author of the new book "Launch Your Inner Entrepreneur: 10 Mindset Shifts for Women to Take Action, Unleash Creativity and Achieve Financial Success".