Listen Up Show - Mitchell Chadrow Talks With Startups, Entrepreneurs And Businesses

Winston Churchill Business Startup Entrepreneurship Lessons Learned Show 061 If I could interview someone Winston Churchill would top on my list and as business owners, startups and those wanting to learn lessons of entrepreneurship you must listen up to today's show 061. Winston Churchill was a soldier, a historian, a statesman, a knight, a painter, a bricklayer, and every bit a smart-aleck a war leader and one of my hero's On today’s show learn Why Study Winston Churchill? What are we going to discuss - lessons learned - > it is not just what he said with so many awesome quotes but what he did! So many life lessons: -> Where you start means little compared to where you finish. -> Bold action and good fortune can lead to remarkable circumstances. -> Even great men have bills to worry about. -> Personality can shine from small things Winston Churchill taught business owners, startups, entrepreneurs taught everyday business startup entrepreneurial success. You don’t want to be a Neville Chamberlain in business

Online Marketplace Private Loans Insurtech Meets Fintech TODAY'S GUEST Michael VanErdewyk, ReliaMax Founder and CEO HEMAR was started in 1986 as a private student loan insurance company.  In 1996 Sallie Mae purchased HEMAR but HEMAR could only insure loans originated by Sallie.  Mike started a workers compensation insurance company and worker compensation GMA in Sioux Falls, SD. Mike sold both companies in 2006 because he purchased HEMAR from Sallie Mae in 2006.  The company went from an insurance company insuring private student loans to an online marketplace platform known as ReliaMax today. Website lenders: ReliaMax (B2B) Website consumers: FUTR LinkedIn Twitter WHYLISTENUP? The High cost of student higher education year over year is more than $400 billion and it continues to increase with a fourth of students and their families funding their education from free grants and scholarships and quarter from federal student loans the other 200 billion is from family contributions which typically are fund

What does America's student loan market debt of $1.4 trillion mean to you? How to benefit from the latest online student loan marketplace technology in the US. How to really apply for loans and get help funding your education. Family student loan options and education assistance. Stephen Dash Credible Founder and CEO Student Loan Marketplace Stephen Dash is 33 years of age, Australian Tech Entrepreneur.  At 28 Stephen left Australia for Silicon Valley. Prior to the company, IPO Stephen raised 26 million and another $68 million from the IPO.  Now the company is valued at over $306 million and he owns 45%.  Truly an amazing story. But the story is just getting started, so many big things are in store for Credible! Credible’s founding principle is to provide borrowers the level of transparency they deserve. As a multi-lender marketplace that allows borrowers to receive competitive loan offers from its vetted partners, Credible empowers consumers to take control of their financial futures. Borrowers can fill

David Zamarin Detrapel Founder Appears on Shark Tank Show 058 David Zamarin, Founder, Detrapel - Check out his first appearance on the Listenup Show via show 025 David sold two of the Sharks on his non-toxic, superhydrophobic spray that repels stains, Shark Tank, the entrepreneurship reality show that has helped entrepreneurs: David on episode 916 that aired on January 7, 2018 did well. Like the Listenup Show and the Mitchell Chadrow podcast Shark Tank is a business-themed show and inspires all of us to execute on our business goals David handled the tough, self-made, multi-millionaire and billionaire tycoon Sharks well. The work David has done with Detrapel is an amazing story to listen up to and should motivate and inspire all of you in search of your own business goals. David is being given such an opportunity by The Sharks as he chases the American dream and potentially secures a business deal that could make him the next millionaire. We talk about several topics: Babson College - Entrepreneurial Studies

Startups Smarter Take Action Execute Your Goals Show 057  Hey There Trusted Friends I'm Mitchell Chadrow  Happy New Year Let’s Make this Your Best Year Ever!! That’s what this shows all about Not just focused on the Why but the How And we are going to show you how to do just that I hope you had a wonderful holiday season If You are new to the Listenup Show where have you been ! We have so many awesome shows in the archives here Mitchellchadrow.com is where you can find us. Starting and growing a business is what it’s all about but making sure you balance that with family and life Have You ever asked the question - why startup a business:   Is it just to make money ? To create a family legacy ? You like the idea of working from home? You have the ability to visit your family in the middle of the day? Go to your children's school functions?  Having flexibility? Not having to deal with 10+ hours a week sitting in traffic traveling to and from a job that’s owned by someone else and you are not getting paid to

Realtyshares Founder Nav Athwal Talks Future Real Estate Investing Show 056 Nav Athwal is a real estate investor and fintech entrepreneur.  Nav is the Founder and former CEO of Realtyshares. Nav has published Articles on Forbes, he has been featured on CNBC, Bloomberg and Fox Business. Realty Shares is an Online marketplace for real estate investing with its 120,000 registered investors, surpassing $500 million in capital deployed with over 1,000 projects in 39 states. What we talk about: How does realty shares work? *How do you make a business more accessible, efficient, and transparent. *What does it takes to build a leading online marketplace for real estate investing *How Nav took the old real estate model and actually made it easier, simpler and more accessible to everyone and how you can use the same techniques in your own service industry for your own products and solutions *We speak about the old models and fee structures and how he implemented the new models and thinking about what you will take awa

Today's guest: Ron Suber was President of Prosper Marketplace and is a Lending Industry Legend.  Ron has been called the “godfather of fintech” by San Francisco Business Times, and the “go-to” guy for fintech innovation. What you'll learn:  *what does it take to make things happen? *How do you overcome hurdles and obstacles *What are the new barriers to entry *How do you constantly reinvent yourself, stay current in this ever-changing industry called fintech? and *the Past, present, and future of fintech!! Resources:  Rewirement.co LendIt IQ, EQ, AQ Lend Academy Prosper Lending Club Bloomberg Super Normal - Resilience WebBank Goldman Sachs Marcus Ondeck JPMorgan Kabbage Santander Avant Sofi Friendly Transfer Docusign Credible YieldStreet Wayne Dyer - Power of Intention and Daily Intention.  Set your intention..  Books .  Hosting .  Graphic Designer tags: financial services, fintech, technology, p2p lending, online platform

Apps Builder Brady S Acton Appdotly Founder. Brady is an Inventor, Entrepreneur and Villanova School of Business student. I spoke with Brady to help my listeners learn to develop an app with little money and experience. For absolutely no charge, Brady who is an experienced developer and entrepreneur and offered to help my Listenup Show the Mitchell Chadrow podcast audience help with their own apps and business. Some additional things we learn in the episode are on how to create web/mobile apps. Start a technology company. Grow/market an app. Build an app on a budget. We also spoke about several resources that include: the Fish Feast App his non-profit that helps other bootstrapping entrepreneurs: Appdotly Consulting resources you can find at the Villanova's Center for Entrepreneurship (ICE Institute. He also help with the Orai App and you may recall I interviewed that Founder Danish Dhamani back on show 052. Brady now works at Deloitte Consulting, he was a semifinalist for PECO "Innovator of the Year"​ and

Today's guest David Zamarin, Detrapel founder appears on Shark Tank and gets a capital investment from Mark Cuban the billionaire Mavericks owner and Lori Greiner, Queen of QVC in the amount of $200,000 for a 25% investment in the liquid repellent spray company.  I first spoke with David on his first appearance about being a serial young entrepreneur. David sold not one but two of the Sharks on his non-toxic, superhydrophobic spray that repels stains, Shark Tank, the entrepreneurship reality show that has helped entrepreneurs, saw David on episode 916 of the opening of the show's tenth season. Like the Listenup Show and the Mitchell Chadrow podcast Shark Tank is a business-themed show and inspires all of us to execute on our business goals. David handled the tough, self-made, multi-millionaire and billionaire tycoon Sharks well. The work David has done with Detrapel is an amazing story to listen up to and should motivate and inspire all of you in search of your own business goals. David has been given a gr

  Danish Dhamani founded Orai a language coaching app.  The app has been featured in Fast Company, Wired Magazine, and Venture Beat. Danish was born in Pakistan and was raised in Tanzania. How to speak with confidence and speak more powerfully when on stage, in front of a room, or even in everyday life. Learn to use on-demand speech and video artificial intelligence to boost sales, close more business from targeted insights on your speech by leveraging the machine learning algorithms which automatically evaluate a pitch on parameters such as content, confidence, clarity, tone, and energy. How a first-time entrepreneur and college engineer, built an app. Using both artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) how you can help people solve a problem like public speaking one of the largest fears in the world.   Leveraging and improve your speech and sales with machine learning enterprise software to improve your business sales with on-demand speech and video technology.   Improving your speech and sales

      The post Emergency Information Systems Product Designer Developer Jared Therrien Show 051 was re-published on listenupshow.com   We are interviewing Jared Therrien on today's Show 051   Jared is the founder of Emergency Information Systems, LLC The company offers decal and hardware products which increase the situational awareness of emergency responders throughout incidents in high-occupancy buildings.   What are we going to learn:   1) How Emergency Information Systems designs, develops and sells their products. 2) The importance of reducing emergency response times by providing missing information during an incident to responding personnel. 3) How to see a problem then ask yourself specific questions that will help your end user solve their issues! 4) How to find your customer Our startup round:   1) Jared - In real estate, we hear that mantra: Location location location but location is not just for real estate apparently it is also the single most important piece of information that emergency respon

Today on Show 050 we are interviewing Hamilton Perkins Hamilton Perkins Collection uses recycled plastic bottles to manufacture travel bag canvas and recycled vinyl billboard material for the duffle bag lining. Hamilton Perkins is the founder and President of Hamilton Perkins Collection, an e-commerce retailer, offering designer travel bags at an affordable price while holding the highest standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. What are we going to learn today: how Hamilton came up with his idea, what problem he was solving and testing the product concept. We are going to talk sales and marketing and find out how he does it! From manufacturing to distribution. The Hamilton Perkins Collection has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, and Money Magazine. Now on the Listenup Show! Prior to starting Hamilton Perkins Collection, he was the winner of the 2016 Virginia Velocity Tour business pitch competition

Caffeine Guru Javazen Health Entrepreneur Eric Golman Show 049 Eric is the co-founder of Javazen, a brand of tea-infused coffee blends that combines the power of coffee with the health benefits of tea. We talk coffee, caffeine, green tea, zen, caffeinated mindfulness. Eric talks how he met Arianna Huffington CEO of the Huffington Post. 2016 Cupid’s Cup Entrepreneurship Competition delivering a five-minute pitch for $75,000.announced by Kevin Plank, the Founder, and CEO of Under Armour, guess what he also won the Audience Choice award. The company mantra: “Javazen! It makes you feel good!” Listenup to the full show

LISTENUPSHOW Startup Round: Wendy and Eric are not only husband and wife have two children but after careers on Wall Street, Eric as a technologist working for a $10 billion dollar hedge fund and Wendy working as a Bond trader. Their co-founded company is called DIY.Fund providing professional investment management software fintech tool and resources for individual investors. Wendy Garfinkle Nissan and Eric Nissan were both Wall Street Veterans now with DIY.Fund they are ready to show you how easy it is to Do-it-yourself! It's FREE #fintech. The Nissan's were honored via #BZAwards for their @Diyfund investment best #FinTech tools and resources "Level the Playing Field" award! Check them out on the Red Carpet!!. What we learn on today's show: so you help people invest professionally using do-it-yourself tools? how they left Wall Street to Startup, what their differentiator is in the do-it-yourself investment platform niche, how their web platform actually helps the average listener in our audience manage thei

LISTENUPSHOW Startup Round JD Carlson CEO of Plan Design Consultants their motto and service model: Rockin, Smart, Easy, and Awesome. JD is the host of Retireholi(k)s, Father, Husband, Surfer. Located in San Diego Carlsbad, California. A former professional surfer and now focused entrepreneur. Proud and motivated to take this his family's company to new levels, he lives, breathes and sleeps retirement plans. He is leading PDC's charge of becoming a new kind of TPA that is disrupting the status quo and inventing a better client/advisor experience. JD leads his team of PDCers into their 5th decade as a Third Party Administrator for retirement plans. They embrace a smart, easy process centered on the needs of our clients. As an independent company, client advocacy is a major strength of our firm. We partner with Financial Advisors to offer our mutual clients the very best in options. A strong understanding of fees and services allows PDC to help clients find the perfect fit. PDC is reinventing what it means t

  Supply Solutions Enterprise Six Sigma Business Success Planning Meredith Reuben Show 046 Start up Round We discussed supply solutions, Six Sigma and Business Success Planning with Meredith Reuben, CEO of EBP Supply. A quick glimpse into the legacy of her family business helps reveal why Meredith’s pull to lead it was so strong. In 1918, her grandparents, Samuel and Sadye Baum, started EBP Supply Solutions as Easter Bag & Paper in Bridgeport, CT. BP Supply Solutions is a leading distribution partner that provides a broad range of cleaning and foodservice supplies and services for businesses that rely on best-in-class insight, products & tools, and demand custom, transparent relationships. The company services organizations in the eastern United States across buildings, institutions (including government and education), healthcare, recreation, and food service markets. Headquartered in Milford, CT, it operates out of three distribution centers (Milford CT, Tewksbury, MA, and Cranbury, NJ) and achieve

  FRED THIEL - Advisor, Board Member, and Value Creator has offered the listeners of the Listenup Show Startup Entrepreneur Podcast a free 30-minute consultation so book your free resource today! or connect directly with him - website - Thiel Advisors twitter - linkedin - medium - Or click on one of my social links below.. Why take Fred up on his offer that is simple: Fred has spent his career creating and helping others create and grow their businesses. Along the way he has generated hundreds of million of dollars in shareholder value for investors and founders -- Thiel Advisors focuses their efforts on advising private equity and venture capital firms, investors, boards of directors, founders and management teams on trends and innovative avenues and strategies for growth and value creation. Fred is also a frequent speaker and writer/blogger on the topics of business strategy, value creation, digital transformation, innovation as well as the disruptive waves of technology and how they impact all businesses

  Nancy May is President and CEO, The BoardBench Companies, LLC (BoardBench.com), Greater New York City Area a woman-owned board governance consulting group focusing on the advanced development and execution of public, private and not-for-profit board organization, company board quality, continuity, board succession and director placement. She is a member of the Economic Club of New York, the World Affairs Council and served on the Board of Directors of the Girl Scout Council of Connecticut. She also serves on the advisory council of NeuroSonics, Inc. and is listed in Who’s Who of Global Business Leaders and has been a guest lecturer for business and professional organizations, The Conference Board, National Geographic Films and numerous University graduate school programs. BoardBench Competencies and Offerings: - Board of Director succession planning, strategic board recruitment, and placement - Board evaluation and assessment - Board structure and development - Business alliance development and exchange -

David Benzaquen Founder of PlantBased Solutions. PlantBased Solutions is a Vegan Food Business Strategist, brand management, and marketing agency for plant-based consumer product companies, headquartered in New York. David started out in the business working for an animal protection non-profit and as a natural products broker but in 2012 founded the plant based business. The company offers a range of services for pre-market startups through to huge global brands, including opportunity assessments, business planning and forecasting, new product development, market research, brand creation and a full range of marketing planning and execution. David has also brought together a large network of angel investors keen to support plant-based businesses. In this show he discusses: • marketing, branding, product development, finance, operations • Push marketing v pull marketing • broker v agency model (scaling), revenue, overhead/expenses, • The pros and cons of working with distribution companies and brokers • Digital

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