Ethical Entrepreneur

Nate Bunger teaches us to live our passion

Dan Schawbel teaches us about the power of promoting yourself.

Today we’re talking No Guts No Glory with our guest today, Amber Ludwig. Amber is a business development expert who runs NGNG… No Guts No Glory… and she helps people build an amazing online presence and gives them power to make a difference in their industry. She works one-on-one with clients to build a strong website and social media presence, and then coaches them toward achieving their goals. Today's Mastermind session is powerful. Amber walks us through her 6 Pillars of Business Building. You don't want to miss it. Especially her tips on building your website.

Welcome to The Ethical Entrepreneur podcast. Today I’m ecstatic… like a little girl getting a My Little Pony for the first time. That’s because my guest today is Pat Flynn. Pat is the creator of The Smart Passive Income blog and podcast. His monthly income reports changed the game for transparency in online business. He shows you exactly what he earns and how he did it each month right on his website. He is honest, straightforward and absolutely refreshing in a niche that... for a while had a bad reputation… he is helping to clean it up. And he’s an all around good guy and the epitome of the ethical entrepreneur. In today's episode you'd better get out your pad of paper and a pen because Pat walks us through the history of his blog. Pat talks about the challenges he faced, the fears he overcame, and the ah-ha moment where he realized he couldn't do everything himself. In today's mastermind session Pat helps us set up our website from the ground up. You don't want to miss it! Go to Twitter and tell @PatFlynn you loved hearing him on @EthicalEnt show. Today's show is sponsored by: www.ReadQuickApp.com Interview Links: www.FoodTruckr.com www.SmartPassiveIncome.com

I’m excited to welcome a guest I’ve actually done business with. It’s high praise because the entire experience was great from top to bottom. More on that in a minute. My guest today is Chris Ducker and he's the founder of Virtual Staff Finder.com… which is where I first learned about Chris, it’s where I hired my first assistant. The whole experience was wonderful. A few short years ago Chris made the commitment to move his entire brick and mortar business to the digital world… and he did that in less than a year. We’ll find out exactly he did that and so much more. Chris just launched his brand new book Virtual Freedom. This is such a great book! Go and grab it now. In the book he helps us work with virtual staff members, become more productive, and build our dream business. Sit back and enjoy this great episode! Visit www.ChrisDucker.com

Have you been making excuses about your fitness because you think it’s too hard or complicated. Enter my guest today… Joe Vennare is dedicated to simplifying fitness and making it accessible and effective for everyone. Joe is a one of the nation’s top trainers, a freelance writer and a fitness entrepreneur. As the co-founder of Hybrid Athlete, he is simplifying fitness to make exercise accessible and effective for everyone. His work as a speaker, writer and industry innovator has earned him a nomination as one of the Top 10 fitness professionals in the country in 2012 and again in 2013. Joe is committed to helping others define and achieve success through a combination of health, happiness and hustle.

Is it possible to shake up an industry by bringing transparency to legal billing? something that’s been done a certain way for a longtime? Well today’s guest Robbie Friedman is doing just that. Robbie is the Co-Founder of Viewabill, a cloud-based technology that enables clients to manage and monitor their legal bills in real time, bringing transparency to a dark shad practice. I’m excited to talk with Robbie today.

Today we’re going to bust open the longstanding myths around selling with best selling author Matthew Dixon. Matt Dixon, an executive director of strategic research at CEB, He has a PhD from my Alma Mater The University of Pittsburgh. Go Panthers. He has an unrelenting drive to find the answers to questions senior executives often take for granted… like hey do we need to have a dazzle factor for our products? Well after you read Matthew’s book you’ll start questioning everything. Interview Links: Matthew's great books: The Challenger Sale and The Effortless Experience Matthew's Website The Executive Board

Welcome to the Ethical Entrepreneur podcast. Today’s story will inspire you. I know it inspires me. What if we could put the power of the sun, I’m talking solar power, in the hands of every human on this Earth. That’s the goal of my guest Joe Atkin. Joe is the President and CEO of Goal Zero. A company that builds incredible portable solar generators. When their customers purchase products to power their lives… they can donate a portion of the sale to one of the projects that would help power a small village in a remote part of the world. Truly the embodiment of the ethical entrepreneur. In today's mastermind session Joe walks us through the process of taking action. It's a no nonsense approach that starts with listening to your heart. His other tips are great too! Sponsor: www.Wondersauce.com

Sometimes and I mean sometimes people in the media business do really meaningful work. Charlie Ebersol is one of those people and he’s my special guest today. Charlie is an award-winning film and television producer/director with a track record for creating thoughtful, important, sometimes controversial projects. How’s this for a resume… he’s created projects for HBO, ESPN, NBC, SPIKE, CNBC, USA, HISTORY, MSNBC, and many others. Now he runs The Company… whose mission statement strives to bring joy, happiness, and change to the world through the entertainment they produce. Today's mastermind session is incredible. Charlie walks us through his strategy for delivering a killer pitch. Listen how he starts the pitch. It's priceless!

Every once in a while you meet someone who blows you away with his area of expertise. Today that person is Keith Kranc. Keith is a master of Facebook Advertising. I discovered Keith as I was attempting to build out the Facebook strategy for The Ethical Entrepreneur. His name was all over Google. Keith’s runs Dominate Web Media, which helps businesses explode with Facebook advertising and he does it quickly. In the second half of the show we dive into the Mastermind session. Keith walks us through step by step instructions on how to build a killer Facebook advertising campaign that converts to real customers. Want to get thousands of page Likes? Keith shows us how. Keith also shows us the biggest mistake that business make on Facebook.

What a way to kick off the first month of The Ethical Entrepreneur… it started out as a dream, and now it’s a reality. That’s why I’m so excited to introduce James Woosley to the show today. James is a business coach, consultant, and project manager. The bottom line is he helps other people do what I just did… take a dream and make it a reality. James makes things happen. In today's mastermind session James shows us how to build our business roadmap and set intentional goals. He'll take us from the basic outline through the specific tasks we need to do to realize those goals.

What if we could pick the brain of a man who’s launched a couple of million dollar brands? Well we will and today that man is Paul Jarrett. Paul welcome to the show…. Paul is the Co-Founder and CEO at Bulu Box which drives hundreds of thousands of dollars a month in revenue… he’s also launched million dollar brands like Neebo and campaigns for companies like Lowe’s.

If the words “that’s impossible” or “I can’t do that” are part of your mantra then prepare to have them erased by our guest today Joel Runyon. He’s a former laid-off UPS worker who focused on pushing his limits & doing the impossible in order to tell a great story with his life. He’s attempting to do the impossible everyday and he runs the great website impossiblehq.com. I’m thrilled to have Joel on the show. Here's how to get started on the thing you love.

My guest is Gordon Bizar. His storied career goes back to the 1960's when he created the Certified Financial Planner. Yes, he invented it! That was just the beginning. Today we’re going to learn how from one of the great business minds in this country. Gordon is an entrepreneur, business coach, finance adviser, mentor and educator. Over the past 30 years, he's taught entrepreneurs how to start, buy and build virtually every type of business across 5 continents. He’s trained over 300,000 people how to replicate his successes. While the tools of business have changed the basic fundamentals of ethical business have not. Gordon shows us how even in an age of digital bells and whistles there's no faster way to grow your business than through acquisition. And he is the master of this method. Buckle your seat belts for an eye opening episode. www.bizarfinancing.com