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Our guest today is Hala Saleh from Salt Lake City, the President of 27Sprints. Other than being an entrepreneur, she is also a technologist that helps transform organizations by changing the way they work. Hala conducts workshops, talks and presentations where she focuses on agile product development and lean content where she helps companies achieve their productivity, innovation and strategy related goals. Today, Hala talks about measuring metrics, the importance of emotional intelligence, and the benefits of coworking spaces.

Our special guest for this episode is Dan Might, the Co-Owner of Holodeck SLC right over at the Silicon Slopes in Utah. He was an Industrial Engineer graduate from Georgia Tech and got an MBA in Business at Stanford. He later became the General Manager of UBER for the Baltimore market. Dan's transfer to Utah, led him and his brother, John, to open an amazing coworking space, Holodeck, in Salt Lake City. Holodeck aims to provide a flexible, inspiring, and a collaborative space for people who want to share great ideas and build successful companies in Utah. #StartupSLC #CoworkingSLC

Our guest today is Kyle Muir from the Silicon Slopes who is the Founder of Swoob Inc., a sports bra with a patented pocket. Kyle graduated with a degree in Supply Chain Management at Brigham Young University where he focused on understanding where goods come from. He received his MBA from the University of Utah where he also met Scott Paul, the Founder of Instafluence. Kyle first worked at a local startup company, Del Sol, where he managed high volume retail. He was later then offered a job at Scott Paul’s company, ArmorActive as President and COO. While he was building ArmorActive to success, Kyle also started building his own business from observing women stowing things in their bras…. which gave him an opportunity to build an activewear business,Swoob Inc. with their goal to support the active lifestyles of women. In this episode, Kyle talks about the importance of being an inventor and a few insights into the process of seed funding.

Our guest today is Franklin Bennett from the Silicon Slopes in Salt Lake City. He is a Master Clothier, Image Consultant, Personal Branding Coach and App Developer. He worked in a custom clothing company for 15 years and started down the road to entrepreneurship after he moved to Utah 6 years ago. He left the clothing company to pursue and focus himself on his consultative side. Today, Franklin talks about dressing for success, getting a signature look, where to get good clothes, and the importance of coworking spaces. www.FranklinBennettStyle.wordpress.com

In this episode, we are bringing in a wonderful guest Andrea Nierenberg, founder and President of The Nierenberg Group, an international business development company. A mentor, a coach, a speaker, and a personal friend, Andrea has written several books about networking including Nonstop Networking: How To Improve Your Life, Luck and Career, Million Dollar Networking: The Sure Way to Find, Grow and Keep Your Business and Savvy Networking: 118 Fast & Effective Tips for Business Success, to name a few. With over 29 years experience in sales and marketing, Andrea previously worked as a magazine publisher in the direct marketing world and a Dale Carnegie instructor; until her aha moment came through an accident which has driven her to venture into speaking and creating her own company which has now been running for a good 21 years and counting. In this episode, Andrea talks about her path to entrepreneurship, the principles behind Executive Presence, and her recent book Networking

Today's guest is from the Silicon Slopes of Salt Lake City, UT. Scott Paul is a managing partner with Instafluence, founder of Voto and ArmorActive. His path to becoming an entrepreneur started when he realized that he always had these ideas for the world and while being opportunistic about it. he became open to the changes and failures as part of the entrepreneurial journey   Growing his startup, Voto to millions of followers, Scott now uses his skills to grow other startups through his company, Instafluence. #SiliconSlopes #ScottPaul #Voto #StartupSLC #SustainableStartups

In this episode I had the opportunity to interview Liz Elam, founder of Link Coworking and host of the Global Coworking Unconference Conference (GCUC) for the past four years. Bringing together coworking influencers from all across the globe, Liz exudes coworking to the same degree that we do. Recently GCUC expanded to Australia and Liz will keynote in Australia in June, 2015. Key Events: GCUC USA Berkeley, CA May 6-8 GCUC AU Sidney, Australia June 4-5  

Today’s amazing guest is Mike McMackin, a TV news production executive turned business owner. Mike talks about his transition from working for a company to finally owning his own business where he has also brought in his passion for pets. Mike currently owns and runs his Fetch! Pet Care franchise where he manages a team of sitters providing exemplary in-home pet care service.   In this episode, Mike also talks about the benefits of being a member of a coworking space, specifically underlining the power of networking, building relationships, and bringing in a professional environment to any business..

In today's episode, I'm bringing in another awesome guest, Kelly Azevedo. She was introduced to me by Darrah Brustein, who was also a guest in a previous episode, where we talked about the importance of networking and how networks can bring you to other great connections in the community and even across the country.   Kelly is the owner of She's Got Systems, where she works with different online businesses helping them create their own systems, make more money, and grow their companies. Her client portfolio includes industries spanning lawyers, international travel, website developers, coaches, spiritual coaches, personal stylists, and more.

Today’s awesome guest is Mark Myette, an entrepreneurial coach whose passion is to help people find their connectedness to their professional purpose through helping them get the clarity they need.   Mark and I met at an executive coworking space called the Buckhead Club. In this episode, Mark shares with us the difference between executive coworking and traditional coworking as well as some of his insights into overcoming fear associated with doing startups, the value of needs assessment, and ways to find opportunities with minimal cost.

A first for our podcast, today I am bringing in two guests, Felena Hanson and Julia Westfall of Hera Hub, the world's first female-focused, spa-inspired coworking space geared towards pushing women-owned businesses to move their game to the next level. In 2011, Hera Hub was founded by Felena Hanson and has since built three locations in San Diego. Moving forward, hera Hub is welcoming its franchise in Washington, D.C., owned by the amazing Hera Hub brand ambassador, Julia Westfall. In this episode, Felena and Julia talk about the conception of Hera Hub as a unique coworking space and a solid franchise model, as well as the many challenges faced by small business owners and how Hera Hub can help fit into the equation of growing their business.

All the way from California, our guest for today's episode is Philippe Lewicki. Presently at the coworking space NextSpace, he is the founder of HTML Fusion, a full service development shop operating in Culver City, CA and Bangalore, India. They basically build software products for startups, partnering with people with great ideas and helping them build their product. Additionally, they build all the technology from user experience, scalability infrastructure, and all the coding, design, and those type of things.

Straight from Baltimore, Maryland, my guest today is Andrew Schuster, working out of the Emerging Technology Center (ETC).   Andrew is the co-founder and CEO of NewsUp, a news startup company focused on making news that's really fun and entertaining as they’re featuring fun trivia games and quizzes so people get to not only play the news, but also get their news.   Seeing how the value of news is diminishing and finding that need to drive more engagement around news, Andrew and his team has found a way to create a platform that will allow both users and the industry as a whole to transition into the digital native world while still preserving the value of quality journalism.   Additionally, Andrew talks about the value of working out of a coworking space and how it has tremendously helped their company grow and move forward in a city as disconnected as Baltimore.

Our special guest for this episode is Hank Wells, a sales executive at Rivalry, a sales coaching software company that provides an effective sales coaching framework and platform as they seek to help companies break the barriers and build salespeople into sales champions. They primarily focus on improving people and on the person swinging the ax, not the ax itself. Rivalry started back in January 2014 by Jon Birdsong who is a major component of the Atlanta tech scene and at the Atlanta Tech Village. Prior to joining Rivalry in May, Hank previously worked for a large telecom company involved in retail sales. Having a background in sales coaching and as a leader in retail, and being able to bring these to businesses struggling with it is a great feeling and passion that Hank does every single day.

Our special guest for this episode is Roman Grimaldi, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer over at Moxie Sports. We both started working out of the same coworking space a while back ago and he has since moved on to another coworking space, the Atlanta Tech Village. Roman’s entrepreneurial path started with 11AM Design, a digital design agency which he created when he was still in college. Meanwhile, Roman grew up with an amazing sports background. Having built a massive network around this niche and seeing a communication gap where he could fill in, Roman fused together his love for design and passion for sports. As a result, he created Moxie Sports which specializes in optimizing the way sports teams communicate with each other as he seeks to disrupt an industry where he is basically taking a lot of his design background and bringing that into an industry that hasn't really moved in like forever.

In this episode, I'm bringing in Jason Klug, founder and CEO of Klugonyx Group. He specializes in full service product development for consumer products all across the globe, with their suite of services encompassing product discovery, industrial design, manufacturing design & sourcing, logistics, and all that jazz. Jason always has his hands in several different businesses, always thinking about that next move and always empowering people get to that next step of where they want to go in their business. Now headquartered in the Silicon Slopes, Jason is a huge influencer in the community. He loves the excitement of new businesses coming up with ideas and turning them into a tangible reality! Today, Jason shares with us how you can achieve a less risky way to start a business through the MVP approach, the benefits of coworking spaces, and why the Silicon Slopes is a good place to run a startup.

Today, my awesome guest for this show is Gene Hammett, a coach, speaker, and an entrepreneur both at heart and in action. Gene is with Core Elevation Group and the man behind Leaders in the Trenches, a podcast dedicated to helping entrepreneurs, who are currently finding themselves in the trenches of their business, so they walk away equipped with actionable insights and practical tips they can use and apply to their own business. Gene has been instrumental in my growth and success today and working with him has taught me how to get out of my own way. Gene recalled how being in the trenches was like being all things to all people, growing the business but not really making any money, and worse, coming in everyday and feeling like a firefighter. Whew! We have probably gone through that same feeling at some point in our lives. And wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to break free from all those restraints and just let go of whatever it is that's holding you back?   In this episode we'll cover: Creating th

<p>I have a great guest for you today. My guest is Darrah Brustein, is the cofounder of Equitable Payments, founder of Network Under 40 and founder of Finance Whiz Kids, a series of children’s books that teaches principles ranging from the value of a dollar, to short and long-term savings, to sharing, giving back, and the mystery of the ATM. Darrah loves to travel, cook, read, do yoga, and write for outlets like Forbes and Entrepreneur.com.</p>   <p>I always admire people that can keep it all together while running multiple businesses. This episode is packed full of resources you can utilize to help grow your business so if you enjoyed this episode, please let us know on facebook, twitter or on iTunes.</p>   <strong>In this episode we'll cover:</strong> <ol> <li>The top 5 tips to be effective at networking events</li> <li>The effectiveness of your city's chamber of commerce and why you need to be involved.</li> <li>How to

If you want to love what you’re doing, you have to learn how to love what you’re doing. In this episode, I had the opportunity to meet with the GenY Success podcast host, Jason Bay. We'll discuss the 3 pillars of a career and give you an opportunity to conduct a personal reflection/ risk assesment of yourself. What you do Who you work with, the company culture How much you make...or what entreprenuers (and I) like to say "How much do you want to make?"   We'll also cover the following topics: • Why it's okay to be a wantreprenuer (just don't stay there for too long) • Making your career more about your lifestyle and purpose, rather than the task at hand • A career as an extension of your lifestyle and purpose• How helping people get to where they want is the path to success• How millenials can get rolling with their businesses

Today I had the opportunity to interview Emile Paradis with the Referral Institute Atlanta. He is a certified trainer for the Certified Networker II® Program, which is designed to assist sales professionals in development and implementation of a word-of-mouth marketing plan. Emile has also assisted the Referral Institute in the creation and development of the Referral Mastery Series and Maximizing Your Referral Network. Emile retired from the Marine Corps Reserve in 1995, last serving on active duty as a Colonel. Upon retirement, he worked as an American Express Financial Advisor, later moving to the Shilla Corporation, a regional third party administrator for employee benefits. In this episode we'll cover: • How to effectively implement a word of mouth marketing plan • Getting decision makers to commit through utilizing internal influencers • How the collaborative, community and connective nature of coworking spaces can help launch an international company. • How you can meet the peop