Entrepreneurs on Fire

Khamzat is the founder and CEO of SoftSmile. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. No one can become successful on his own. 2. Start by finding the problem. Remember that no matter how big your competitors are, you will always find customers regardless of your marketing budget if they cannot solve it as you do. 3. Do not give up. There will always be obstacles and new opportunities, but there will also be people who will help you along the way. Try SoftSmile and follow them on Social Media! - Softsmiles Website Sponsors: HubSpot: Building a business is challenging enough; your tech stack shouldn't make it harder! Learn how HubSpot can help your business grow better at Hubspot.com.

Conor Carmody is an experienced business executive who has held senior management positions over a 30 year career. At Furthr Conor has supported and advised 100's of start-ups and supported them in their journey to raise millions in funding. Conor is the Furthr Festival lead and will cover emerging technologies, innovation and scaling business insights. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. If you can get your life's yin and yang, you can get confirmed success. 2. Looking at the world around you, it seems that there are two giant pillars - sustainability and digital transformation - shaping the world. 3. The world is constantly changing. As an entrepreneur, standing still is not an option; no matter where you are, the world is rapidly shifting, and you have to cope and ensure that you are up to date with the significant shifts. Learn more about the Furthr Festival, happening October 21, 2022! - Furthr Festival Website Sponsors: HubSpot: Building a business is challenging enough; your tech stack shouldn't make it harder! Learn how HubSpot can help your business grow better at Hubspot.com. Thrivetime Show: Is this your year? Visit ThrivetimeShow.com/eofire to see how Clay Clark's business coaching helps thousands of entrepreneurs to dramatically increase profitability. ZipRecruiter: hiring the right people is important, and there's only one place that makes it easy: ZipRecruiter. Try it for FREE today at ZipRecruiter.com/fire.

David Pere is a financially free Marine Corps veteran who devotes his free time to teaching service members and veterans to build wealth through real estate investing, entrepreneurship, and personal finance! Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. When people think about real estate investing, they get scared because they're going to buy a house where they will not live in. Buying a house is not scary, but buying an investment is. Combining the two is called house-hacking. 2. At around 20 years old, when you're starting off with your new career, there's no better way to get started in wealth building journey than to contribute just enough, put it at the right fund and let it grow. 3. A dollar spent at 18 is infinitely more valuable than a dollar invested in 22. Reach out and Follow David on Instagram - David Instagram Sponsors: HubSpot: Building a business is challenging enough; your tech stack shouldn't make it harder! Learn how HubSpot can help your business grow better at Hubspot.com. Shopify: The platform trusted by millions of entrepreneurs to create their online store - and so much more! Sign up for a FREE trial today at Shopify.com/onfire!

Taylor Perkins is just a dude trying to level the playing field in finance, while taking his company Muunifi to the MOON. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Failing is an advantage. 2. Your platform is useless without users. 3. Get involved in any way that you feel comfortable. Follow Muunifi on Instagram! - Muunifi on Instagram Sponsor: HubSpot: Building a business is challenging enough; your tech stack shouldn't make it harder! Learn how HubSpot can help your business grow better at Hubspot.com.

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2019. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Chima Nwala is the founder of Hangout Corporation, which he founded in his college dorm room after graduating from Foster School of Business at the University of Washington in Seattle. He has over 30 years of experience in the digital music space. An independent music publisher, writer and podcaster, he shares the same challenges and opportunities digital music presents to artists, fans, and users alike. His passion for Finance, Technology and Music led him to create PODBUM® Podcast and soon PODBUM® Coin. His book "The Secret Sauce Behind Podcasting," was just published and is available on Amazon. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. You have the power to make it happen. Believe in yourself and take action. 2. Blockchain for artists, music industry professionals, and even those who sell merchandise holds the key to Smart Contracts. 3. A Smart Contract is when you have a contract between two parties with variables that will determine what happens if a certain transaction takes place. Check out what Chima has going on - Podbum.com Sponsors: HubSpot: Building a business is challenging enough; your tech stack shouldn't make it harder! Learn how HubSpot can help your business grow better at Hubspot.com. Thrivetime Show: Is this your year? Visit ThrivetimeShow.com/eofire to see how Clay Clark's business coaching helps thousands of entrepreneurs to dramatically increase profitability.

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2019. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Adam Kaufman is Co-founder and Managing Director of ArborCrowd, the first crowdfunding platform to be launched by a real estate institution. In this role, he oversees ArborCrowd's corporate growth strategies. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Do research before committing to something. 2. It's not about volume, it's about quality. 3. Being passionate about what you do will make it easier for you to do the hard work. Create an account on ArborCrowd to join the community today - ArborCrowd Sponsor: HubSpot: Building a business is challenging enough; your tech stack shouldn't make it harder! Learn how HubSpot can help your business grow better at Hubspot.com.

Scott Williams is a highly accomplished executive with over 25 years in retail and e-commerce, who joined Batteries Plus as the company's CEO in January of 2019. During his six-year tenure, his achievements included driving significant results by improving retail operations, revamping marketing, as well as many others. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. From a leadership point of view, some of the basic things that you read seems so basic that you tend to overlook. Build a world-class team, put the right people in the right place, drive a strategy, allow everyone to know how to win together, and share the fruits of success. 2. The tagline "Power it, Light it, Fix it." is action oriented and shows how to drive absolution. 3. Trust in your workforce pays off multiple times over. Join Our Leading Batteries, Cell Phone Repair, and Lighting Franchise - Batteries Plus Franchise Sponsor: HubSpot: A platform that's easy for your entire team to use! Learn how HubSpot can make it easier for your business to grow better at Hubspot.com!

Martin Mao is the co-founder and CEO of Chronosphere, the provider of the leading observability platform for cloud-native. He previously held roles at leading tech companies including Uber, Microsoft, Google and Amazon. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Luck and timing play a significant role in the result of your success. 2. More industries are now adopting the same technology, and Chronosphere is there to provide better solutions. 3. Be ready when an opportunity presents itself. Take a step back, look at more significant trends in your economy and industry, and be prepared to capitalize on these opportunities. Visit and take back control of Observability - Chronosphere Website Sponsor: HubSpot: A platform that's easy for your entire team to use! Learn how HubSpot can make it easier for your business to grow better at Hubspot.com!

Andre Kay is a husband, father of 3 boys, author, investor, and successful entrepreneur. He is the founder of Sociallybuzz and Best Date Ever. He is also the co-founder of MetAiBlock and Kids Maker Lab. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Metaverse and NFTs are the new ways to connect with audiences to monetize and drive more business revenue. 2. Being present in both the physical and virtual world gives an incredible opportunity to build a market and monetize within the Metaverse. 3. Metaverse will power the future, embrace it, learn it and test it first to have the experience to see how you can implement it in your business. Do not be left behind. Check out to bring your franchise into the metaverse! - Metaverse + Artificial Intelligence + Blockchain Website Sponsors: HubSpot: A platform that's easy for your entire team to use! Learn how HubSpot can make it easier for your business to grow better at Hubspot.com! Roll by ADP: Ready for a lot less stress in your life? Get 3 free months of unlimited payroll processing when you visit RollByADP.com/fire! Terms and conditions apply.

Igor Khalatian is the founder and CEO of iris, an AI dating app that pairs users based on ideal physical preferences in a partner, he's also Oracle's former VP of Development. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Being successful is not about competing; instead, you compete with yourself by being better each day. 2. There is no guarantee, but things are much easier when you start from mutual physical attraction. 3. The probability of mutual attraction is extremely low; however, with the help of new advances in Artificial Intelligence, such as the Iris App, it will be possible for you to find the person of your dreams, be persistent and make a follow-through. Visit and download. AI can now predict your attraction - Iris Website Sponsor: HubSpot: A platform that's easy for your entire team to use! Learn how HubSpot can make it easier for your business to grow better at Hubspot.com!