Episode 60: The Jobs You Didn’t Even Know Existed with Jeff Mendelson
Do you have One Big Tip you like to share with people? Jeff Mendelson, get’s to do this with his guests every week on his podcast, The One Big Tip, and today he’s going to share some of his own tips with me. Jeff talks about how being bored at work led to him learning...
Episode 59: Raw, Real and Confident When Nobody Would Support You with Zachary Babcock
It doesn’t matter where you come from, you can design your life. My guest, Zachary Babcock, is doing just that for himself and helping his entrepreneur clients and listeners do it too. Zach talks to me today about turning his life around after prison and how he educated himself in sales and marketing. We also...
Episode 58: Investment Series: The Dark Side of Investing
These days, social and mainstream media are chock full of stories about amazing stock market and investment gains. Don’t buy into the hype. People love to share their stories when it comes to success and making money, but you don’t see many of them talking about their business failures. Today I’ll give you an update...
Episode 57: Investment Series: Valuation Drivers when Buying or Selling a Business
Over the last few episodes, I have had guests on the show that have shared stories about how they built and sold their businesses. While each tale was unique, there were some common themes that I’m going to share with you today. What you don’t know when you’re building and running your business could end...
Episode 56: Solving a Personal Problem Leads to an Unexpected Business with Adi Arezzini
The best products, especially when it comes to your health, are those that solve your problem and honestly work. My guest today, Adi Arezzini knows this first hand. Adi is the co-founder of Teami, a company whose flagship product was designed to solve internal gut health issues. In this episode, Adi and I discuss how...
Episode 55: Selling a Business: Selling an Amazon-Based Physical Product Business with Eytan Weiner
Today I’ve invited an old friend Inside the Lion’s Den for an interview. Eytan Weiner has been at the helm of Quantum Networks as Co-Founder and COO from its creation in 2008 to its recent sale in 2020. On this episode, we’ll be discussing the start and growth of his business, as well as the...
Episode 54: Selling a Business: Simple and Even Competitive Businesses That Led to Multiple Exits with Seth Farbman
When it comes to starting and growing businesses, Seth Farbman has been “flying by the seat of his pants” for years. He has built his career designing, building, and selling companies in the completely unsexy (but incredibly necessary) world of corporate services. Today, Seth and I discuss how he got into this industry, the sale...
Episode 53: Understanding How to Think About Selling or Buying a Business with Michelle Seiler-Tucker
Start with the end in mind. While Stephen Covey coined this phrase, my guest Michelle Seiler-Tucker has made it a focal point for her businesses and those for which she consults. Whether you’re new to business ownership or have owned one for a while, you need to think about an exit strategy. This is where...
Episode 52: Investment Series: Understanding Multifamily Real Estate Investments
This is the first episode in what I’m calling my “Investment Series”. I’ll be discussing Multifamily Real Estate Investments using a deal I was involved in (now closed) as a case study. I’ll be explaining the structure of that deal and how it impacted the numbers and their optics. Today I hope to provide some...
Episode 51: Learn to Be Intentional and Establish Authority with Travis Chappell
Connections are key. This is especially true when it comes to networking, developing a following, or creating a brand. In this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Travis Chappell, founder of Guestio and the Build Your Network podcast. While reaching out to people is inherently fraught with rejection, it is how businesses receive...
Episode 50: What You Don’t Know Might Be What Makes You a Success
Today’s show is a look back at the recorded episodes of Inside The Lion’s Den. My goal is to provide you, the listener, with a distilled version of the business advice, interesting facts, and general wisdom shared by my guests over the course of the podcast. Not surprisingly, there were many common themes that came...
Episode 49: Building a Real and Unstoppable Business and Not Just a Job with Kelly Roach
Aspiring entrepreneurs and established business moguls alike are going to want to tune in today, as my guest on the show is Kelly Roach, Founder and CEO of The Unstoppable Entrepreneur. Kelly shares her thoughts on why so many new businesses and entrepreneurs flounder, the challenges of taking a business to the “next level”, and...
