Passage to Profit Show - Road to Entrepreneurship

In this episode hear from Nir Bashan, a world-renowned creativity expert and founder of The Creator Mindset, LLC, a company that conducts workshops, consulting, coaching, and keynote speeches at conferences and corporate events. From working with Hollywood and music stars like Woody Harrelson and Rod Stewart, Nir discovered something that may shock you: These creative superstars aren’t all that different from us! It’s just that they have mastered a method of repeatable and predictable creativity — a type of creativity that anyone can learn. And it turns out that’s the same type of creativity can be used in businesses and careers everywhere! His clients include AT&T, Microsoft, Ace Hardware, NFL Network, EA Sports, Suzuki, Activision and jetBlue. His work on creativity has won a Clio Award and was nominated for an Emmy. Read more at: https://www.nirbashan.com/.On the Executive Spotlight is Andrea Pass, the founder of Andrea Pass Public Relations. For over 30 years, Andrea has created and implemented public relations campaigns in a wide range of categories including consumer products, lifestyle, B2B, education, health/wellness/fitness, beauty, food, authors, non-profits and more. Pass uses a public relations model to secure coverage clients in media outlets from NBC “Today,” ABC “20/20,” MSNBC “Your Business,” ABC “Good Morning America,” “Wendy Williams Show,” “Steve Harvey,” “Ellen,” Hallmark “Home & Family,” FNC “FOX & Friends” to The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Associated Press as well as targeted trade and individual market press. Read more at: https://www.andreapasspr.com/.Visit the Entrepreneur Presenters for January 17th at their Websites:Holly Daniels Christensen, is the founder of Dune Jewelry, offering jewelry using the sands from various beaches around the world to capture memories from where you’ve been, where you love & where you’re going, at: https://dunejewelry.com/Chad Blecker, is the founder of New Jersey Home Modification Services LLC, specializing in making homes accessible for older adults and people with special needs, at https://njhomemods.com Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest updates and episodes.

In this episode, hear from Dan Pincus, the CEO and founder of World Golf Network, a professional networking organization that helps C-level executives and business owners achieve greater success through a supportive community of industry leaders in the NY/NJ Metro area. Memberships are distributed on the corporate level for any decision maker of a company to use at their own convenience. With over 25 years of marketing, business development and management experience, Dan's differentiation value is his passion and out of the box thinking that gives his clients the resources to stand out from their competition and build a greater market share. Read more at: https://www.worldgolfnetwork.com/.On the Executive Spotlight is Clelia Pergola, a coach, caregiver & author and with areas of expertise in personal branding and leadership, business operations and caregiving. Her mission is to help caregivers rise above the frustrating and emotional responsibilities they have while empowering women to juggle life’s challenges and attain true happiness. She is also the COO of the NJ Elder Law Center at Goldberg Law Group. In 2019 Clelia received the Top 50 Women in Business Award from NJBIZ, 2018 she was named by Leading Women Entrepreneurs & Business Owners as a Top 25 Leading Women Intrapreneur and she was also named by NJBIZ as a 40 Under 40 award winner. Read more at: https://www.cleliapergola.com/.Visit the Entrepreneur Presenters for January 10th at their Websites:Susan Ganz founder of Ganz Stragetic Solutions, is a Strategic Advisor to senior-level executives and several non- profits around the globe, at: https://ganzstrategicsolutions.com/Jake Kloberdanz a Napa Valley Winery that was built on hope and rooted in purpose. Every bottle gives back to a different nonprofit with over $5M donated to date, at https://www.onehopewine.com/ Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/​ for the latest updates and episodes.

In this episode, hear from Misdee Wrigley Miller is an equine sports gold medalist and media maven. She is one of the few women in the world to compete with a team of horses in the sport of combined driving. Amongst her many equestrian achievements, Misdee and her American Saddlebred, HS Baby Steps, won an incredible 4th consecutive World’s Championship. She is also an award-winning broadcast journalist and owner of Wrigley Media Group, a full service video production company provides short and long form media content for networks, broadcasters and a variety of companies. If her name rings a bell, that’s probably because she’s the granddaughter of Wrigley’s chewing gum manufacturer and Executive of the Chicago Cubs, Philip Wrigley. Read more at: https://wrigleymediagroup.com/On the Executive Spotlight is Jack Killion, the founder of Street-Smart Entrepreneurs and The Jack Killion Group and has been an entrepreneur for over 45 years. He has successfully grown multiple diverse businesses while providing strategic guidance to 100's of other entrepreneurs, owners of small to mid-size companies and leaders of larger organizations. Street-Smart Entrepreneurs is developing on-line and in-person courses and events for and providing strategic consulting to other entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs globally. Through The Jack Killion Group, Jack coaches business leaders and entrepreneurs to profitably grow their businesses, including leaders of Fortune 500 type organizations while with McKinsey & Company. Read more at: https://www.street-smartentrepreneurs.com/Visit the Entrepreneur Presenters for December 20th at their Websites:Sara Schaer, founder of Kango App, offering rides & care for kids. Open for rides and essential childcare and now also offering virtual kids’ activities and quick, contactless DELIVERY of groceries and more, at https://www.kangoapp.co/Lee Torres founder of Bellhop Logistics, offering a suite of Domestic and International supply chain solutions geared towards the Small to Medium sized market and equip customers with the technology and resources to help elevate their business to it's true potential, at at https://www.bellhopship.com/ Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/​ for the latest updates and episodes.

In this episode, hear how Dalia Macphee, founder of the Dalia MacPhee Clothing brand is merging fashion, technology and safety, setting new trends in fashion. She designs a wide variety of items from dresses, formal wear, bags, accessories and athletic wear plus many innovative products merging fashion, technology and safety. Her Anti-Viral Wallet heats up to 180 degrees to disinfect masks and the Equisafe fire retardant blanket for horses keeps horses safe during wildfires. In fashion, each Season her focus is on making beautiful pieces that are affordable, wearable, and available in all sizes (most styles are available up to size 24W). In addition, 95% of her line is Vegan Friendly. Dalia is also an accomplished equestrian and public speaker and has received many awards for her philanthropic work influenced by the motto of her brand, “Changing the world one gown at a time.” Read more at: https://www.daliaonline.com/On the Executive Spotlight is Gabriella Santaniello, the founder of A Line Partners, the go-to independent retail research firm that investment firms turn to when they want in-depth information on retailers and brands. A Line covers publicly traded softlines, hardlines, footwear and apparel companies across regular and off-price distribution channels. Gabriella knows the fashion industry inside and out, with a background working in retail and for fashion brands as well as experience as an analyst covering the industry for a broker dealer. Read more at: https://www.alinepartners.com/Visit the Entrepreneur Presenters for December 13th at their Websites:Effie Panagopoulos, founder of Kleos, Greece's first Luxury Spirit Brand and first super premium Mastiha Liqueur, at https://drinkkleos.com/Stacy Kirk founder of Postured.io, a HIPPA Security and Privacy Officer service offering comprehensive security risk assessment and management plans, HIPAA & cybersecurity training, HIPAA security and privacy policies and more, at https://postured.io/ Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/​ for the latest updates and episodes.

In this episode, find out all about how to build your own podcast with Elzie D. Flenard III, the founder, host and producer of “Enterprise Now!” podcast and the founder of Podcast Town, a membership community designed to support fellow podcasters in learning and growing their podcasting skill set, offering members the tools and resources they need to rise to a higher level of success in podcasting. Some community features include discussion boards, chat rooms, monthly calls and more. Prior to Podcast Town, Elize founded Enterprise Now!, a full-service podcast production company that helps brands and thought leaders launch podcasts as well as grow, and maximize their businesses through podcasting, coaching and training. Read more at: https://www.podcasttown.net/ and at https://www.enterprisenow.net/Our Power Move Guest is Celai West, a 12 year old mogul and “girlpreneur” making an incredible positive impact as a runway model, producer, actress, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. Celai began print modeling when she was five, doing runway shows when she was six, started acting and became the CEO of her own t-shirt line, TheChattyChick.com, at seven, walked in NYFW for the first time at eight, had her first viral video at nine, earned her second viral runway video and co-authored her first book at ten and at eleven, she became the youngest show producer to produce a NYFW show in September 2019 with The Industry Fashion Show. Read more at: http://celaiwest.com/Visit the Entrepreneur Presenters for December 6th at their Websites:Amiie Idan is founder of "Our Lunch Club", designed exclusively for senior executives, business owners, and company decision makers, to meet for lunch events to get to know fellow decision makers in their local area in an enjoyable, social environment, at https://www.ourlunchclub.com/Caroline McBride is a publicist and author and her debut romantic comedy novel, "Four Seasons at Angelino's", is this Fall's spiciest romantic comedy novel! Take a journey around the world during a suspenseful year of international calamities and adventures in the restaurant industry., at https://carolinemcbride.com/ Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/​ for the latest updates and episodes.

In this episode, hear the true story of someone who worked themselves in the ranks of the cable tv industry to become the founder of E! Entertainment TV, Larry Namer. Larry is also the founder of FanVestor and Metan Globla Entertainment as well as other media companies in the US and worldwide. He is a pioneer in media for the past 45 years with an inspiring story starting off as a cable splicer and working his way up to become the founder of E! Entertianment TV, now valued at over $3.5 billion USD. Metan Global is an entertainment and technology company that has established its position in China as a premier media company developing content across a diversified distribution network including television, online, film and mobile. FanVestor is an innovative data-driven ecosystem for celebrities, brands and their fans, through which investors make investments related to their favorite talent, musicians or athletes. Read more at: https://www.fanvestor.com/ and at https://metanglobal.com/ Visit the Entrepreneur Presenters for November 29th at their Websites: Karen Tenenbaum, Esq. is the founder Walter the Vault, which teach kids to save reasonably, spend responsibly, invest wisely, give appropriately, and budget regularly through episodes, events, contests and more, at: https://walterthevault.com/ Karen Anne Jacks is the founder of Della Ricca Hair Color, a high-quality premium professional hair color product that is designed for at-home-use formulated by licensed professional hair colorists, at http://www.dellariccahaircolor.com/ Tod Barrett founder of OneBlade, engineers of a modern design razor that gives a smooth, ultra-close shave without the aggressive, go-beneath-the-surface extra blades that cause razor burn and ingrown hairs, at https://www.onebladeshave.com/ Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest updates and episodes.

In this episode hear from Tammy Dickerson CMP, the founder and president of The Baker Group, Inc (TBG). TBG, founded in 2000, is an award winning, certified women and minority-owned full service Event Management firm that builds brands through dynamic special events. TBG has become a go-to event production firm for large-scale regional conferences and meetings throughout the United States for such clients as AEG, Coca Cola and Wells Fargo. The Baker Group produces several international conferences such as the Milken Institute Global Conference hosted annually in Beverly Hills, California. Since the COVID pandemic hit the scene, she has transformed her company into providing interactive virtual events for her clients, attracting thousands off participants. Read more at: https://tbg-events.com/On the Executive Spotlight:Jonathon Hensley, is the CEO of Emerge Interactive, - a digital product agency, executing digital product transformation for technology companies such as Nike, Mercedez-Benz and Unilever. Jonathan works with these clients to transform business strategies, user needs and new technologies into valuable products and experiences. An accomplished writer and speaker, Jonathon has lectured on topics such as the connected consumer’s impact on business, creating value through data-driven experiences, and user-centric approaches to innovation. Read more at: https://www.emergeinteractive.com/Visit the Entrepreneur Presenters for November 15th at their Websites:Curtis Kennedy from Vertiball, a portable, mountable, precision muscle massager that uses our patented mobile mounting system to lock onto walls and alleviate muscle pain, at https://www.vertiball.com/Mike Bradford from Wonderflle, the only Belgian-style waffle iron that let's you stuff all the foods you love inside your waffles, at https://www.wonderffle.com/ Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest updates and episodes.

In this episode, learn all about Domain Name Space Entrepreneurism with Richard Lau, the founder of Logo.com, Resume.com and NamesCon. Named 2004 “Domainer of the Year”, Richard has generated millions of dollars in revenue in the domain industry. NamesCon began as an idea in the fall of 2012 and is now part of the Godaddy family. Another recent exit (to Indeed.com), Resume.com aids millions of job seekers to build their resumes online and provides a home for their online CV for life. His newest project is Logo.com. As part of his consulting services in domain forensic background checks (for domain purchasers) Richard was asked to investigate alleged hijackings of various domains such as God.com, Religion.com, Wifi.com, Iraq.com and others. Read more at: https://www.logo.com/ and https://www.resume.com/ Visit the Entrepreneur Presenters for November 8th at their Websites: Jereann Zann, founder of Little GF Chefs is a monthly baking club for kids designed to empower, educate and create FUN memories in the kitchen. Every month, club members receive a baking kit in the mail that includes a unique and fun recipe along with all of the dry ingredients and decorating supplies needed to make it. Read more at: https://littlegfchefs.com/ Darrell Jobe from Vericool, offering 100% compostable and recyclable, cold chain packaging in the market, making them the safest replacement for Styrofoam/EPS. The World's First 100% Recyclable Ohana Cooler, at http://vericoolpackaging.com/ Brad Simon and Travis Grubb from Touchless Mask Station, North America's first and only touchless mask machine, and is a crucial piece of equipment for many industries impacted by COVID-19, at https://www.touchlessmaskstation.com/ Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest updates and episodes.

In this episode hear from Eugenia Kuzmina, an actress, comedian, and model and founder of Modelmom.tv. In her teens while living in Russia, she modeled for Coca Cola, L'Oréal, Cartier, Dior, Armani, Hermes, Loreal, Vogue among many others. After arriving in the United States, she got into acting and had a debut opposite Elle Fanning in "Likeness." Since then she has appeared in movies such as Woody Allen’s "Fading Gigolo", "Rock The Kasbah" with Bill Murray, "Bad Moms " with Milla Kunis and Christina Applegate and in Guy Ritchie's " The Gentlemen". She started modelmom.tv to share her experiences on modeling, acting, comedy, and motherhood for anyone who is not afraid to live outside the box, follow their dreams, be a parent and have fun along the way. Read more at: http://www.eugenia-kuzmina.com/On the Executive Spotlight:Peter Wingsoe is an innovator turned serial entrepreneur and veteran of start-ups with over 20 years of experience in retail management, marketing, strategic advisory and business development. He is also a former CEO of fashion retailer Mango, in the Philippines and Thailand and in the US, Illest International, a legendary streetwear brand. Peter has a professional background and distinct aptitude for brand acquisition, expansion and franchising in uncharted markets in Southeast Asia. He’s consulted on brands such as Tinder, ad.ly, looksy, Kalibrr, Payra & VMoney as well as TRV, TRIMARK Holdings, TBK, FICO and Retail Specialist Inc. Read more at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wingsoe/Visit the Entrepreneur Presenters for November 1st at their Websites:Raghav Sharma from Perfitly, a cutting-edge size recommendation and visualization platform for fashion eCommerce that actually works - helping brands increase conversion and reduce returns, at https://www.perfitly.com/Eric Gofff from EF Meeks, offering uniquely designed handmade bow-ties, ties, and pocket squares and more for young and old alike in a variety of patterns and designs, at https://www.efmeeks.com/ Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest updates and episodes.

In this episode hear from Buddy Biancalana, a former World Series Major League baseball player from the Kansas City Royals and Houston Astros and is currently the founder of Zone Motion. After retiring from baseball, he was inspired to study the science of getting “in the Zone”. Zone Motion builds on remarkable sports research and the training is complimentary to bio-mechanical training and can be described as the missing link in athletic development to greatly enhance performance, expedite development and minimize soft tissue injuries. It works at the intersection of intention and execution, of thought and action and teaches athletes to systematically access subtleties that cause enhanced performance and other benefits. Read more at: https://zonemotion.com/On the Executive Spotlight:Ilene B. Greene & Ted Polmar are the founders of MarketShare Communications, an on-demand, boutique marketing firm specializing in propelling small and middle-market companies and closely held businesses and non-profits, to a new level by energizing their brand, expanding awareness, gaining more market share and realizing growth potential.Read more at: https://marketsharecomm.com/Visit the Entrepreneur Presenters for October 25th at their Websites:Shandee Chernow from Certistar, which provides education and certification to food service corporations, locations and service staff in order to accomplish the goal of safely servicing customers with food allergies, at https://certistar.com/Shane McCassy from Drink Hab, flavored “bits” to add into water to create fruit-flavored beverages but without the single-use waste of bottles, at https://drinkhab.com/ Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest updates and episodes.