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Marc My Words is a podcast about learning and self reflection while pushing ourselves to make the most of our time and lives. Entrepreneurs from around the world talk to Marc Schmidt about their career transitions, life journey, and how they maintain a successful business. Marc and his guests have fun and informational chats about discovering your passion as well as all of the different and sometimes unlikely ways entrepreneurs wind up trading the 9 to 5 life to be their own boss.
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7 days ago
7 days ago
Kirsten Pedersen not only talks about her unusual journey into entrepreneurship, she also talks about what it takes to run an onsite business in Alaska. Although her situation presents a few unconventional challenges, it doesn't stop Kirsten from doing what she needs to do in order to run two successful businesses. Kirsten also talks about what role she plays in order to help others to become a success in the world of culinary arts.
Thursday Jan 09, 2025
Thursday Jan 09, 2025
Mike Schmidt and AJ Rivera have traveled a long journey together in the world of entrepreneurship. Mike Schmidt started Anchor Wave Internet Solutions back in 2003. AJ Rivera was brought on to help Mike with SEO and Internet Marketing a few years later. However, over time Mike and AJ learned that their skills complimented each other enough to become business partners. This lead to the co-founding of AgencyCoach. Mike and AJ tell the story of how they have successfully navigated the ups and downs of entrepreneurship and used their wisdom to help their clients succeed.
Thursday Jan 02, 2025
Marc My Words--Matthew Lesko: Founder & Owner of Information USA
Thursday Jan 02, 2025
Thursday Jan 02, 2025
Matthew Lesko is known for his commercials, infomercials, and tv appearances during the 90's and 2000's. He is also known as the "Free Money Guy" and the "Question Mark Guy". However, Matthew is also an entrepreneur and business man with a wealth of knowledge and wisdom about government money programs and life. Matthew talks about his journey and how he has managed to transition into today's world of YouTube and social media videos. Matthew does all of this while staying humble and focused on helping people.
Thursday Dec 26, 2024
Marc My Words--Flint Jamison: Founder & CEO of Vestus Capital
Thursday Dec 26, 2024
Thursday Dec 26, 2024
Flint Jamison tells Marc how he went from being an Aerospace Engineer to making passive income by investing in commercial real estate. After finding a lot of success and building up a solid portfolio, Flint decided to start Vestus Capital in order to educate others on how they can follow a similar path. Flint also talks about how this new found freedom enabled him to obtain more of a work life balance and give him his time back. Marc and Flint also talk about finding your passion in life and even get into a conversation about overcoming fear of flying.
Thursday Dec 19, 2024
Marc My Words--Sheila Kamuda: Empowerment Coach at Live Out Loud Coaching
Thursday Dec 19, 2024
Thursday Dec 19, 2024
Sheila tells the story of how she discovered her passion through working on projects in the corporate world. As she moved along in her journey Sheila couldn't get the idea of coaching out of her mind. She then proceeded to use her skills and life experiences to help her find her way into becoming an entrepreneur. In addition to coaching, Sheila has also written a few books that help people to learn how to empower themselves. Sheila's story of resilience and finding the right mindset in order to put yourself where you need to be in your own life made for an inspiring and empowering conversation.
Thursday Dec 12, 2024
Marc My Words-- Julie Pham: CEO of CuriosityBased
Thursday Dec 12, 2024
Thursday Dec 12, 2024
Dr. Julie Pham of CuriosityBased not only discusses her journey to entrepreneurship, she also goes into detail about the 7 Forms of Respect and how being mindful of these principles can help change our perspective on our relationships and interactions with people. Marc took the Julie's quiz and applied it to his life and the discussion within this episode.
Thursday Dec 05, 2024
Marc My Words-- Robert J. Hunt: The Accountability Guy
Thursday Dec 05, 2024
Thursday Dec 05, 2024
Robert tells the story of how his lack of accountability and his self awareness of this fact actually helped him to not only change his perspective on life, but also help himself and others to take another look at their actions and take accountability. This perspective has not only helped to shape his entrepreneurial career, it has also helped many others within his group in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and around the world.
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Marc My Words-- Nick Jain: CEO of IdeaScale
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
From Harvard Business School to CEO of IdeaScale, Nick Jain has a story and intelligence that will dazzle and inform the listener. Marc often found himself amazed at the level of knowledge, intelligence, and insight Nick has when it comes to the world of innovation and entrepreneurship. Nick is a highly motivated, very well spoken multi-time entrepreneur who is not only driven to be successful, but also wants to see others enjoy success too by giving them the opportunity to innovate and share their ideas of how to make a company or product better.
Thursday Nov 21, 2024
Marc My Words-- Torrin Minutillo: CEO at Attergy Coaching Systems
Thursday Nov 21, 2024
Thursday Nov 21, 2024
Torrin Minutillo chats with Marc about his entrepreneurial path and how he reinvented himself after the 2008 global financial crisis affected his real estate business. Torrin started out as a successful video rental store owner back in the 90's. However, after seeing how that business was changing, he decided that this business would not be sustainable longterm. From there, Torrins got into the real estate business and had a lot of success until the aforementioned financial crisis. After dealing with that fork in the road, Torrin decided to take a path where he could help business owners to make connections and increase their income. That's when Attergy Coaching Systems was created. Torrin is a good storyteller with a lot of wisdom to share on this episode of Marc My Words.
Thursday Nov 07, 2024
Thursday Nov 07, 2024
H. Jackson Calame tells the story of how he went from a life of leisure in college to a life changing experience in Uruguay. Jackson also discusses his journey to becoming a podcast host and entrepreneur who helps people to see past their "blindspots" and stay focused on their path. Jackson also talks about how important it is to be your best self and stop focusing on what other people are doing. Marc and Jackson both explain how this type of mindset transformed their lives and has helped them to stay on a path that is helping them to achieve their goals.