Marc My Words

Yolonda Bey of Rollin' Frozen is an entrepreneur in a more traditional sense. She makes ice cream and has a lot of ambition to expand and grow her brand on a local and international level. Yolonda brings great insight into what it takes to start your own service oriented business during an era where people are thinking more in terms of starting an online business. Yolonda shared great insight into how to make ice cream and the science around it. Marc and Yolonda also talk about the realities of starting a business and the challenges that you might have to face.

Mark and John Cronin tell the amazing story of how they overcame obstacles in their lives, including John's Down Syndrome diagnosis, and became successful entrepreneurs, innovators, and speakers. John's unique business idea along with Mark's entrepreneurial experience has lead them to amazing places and has given them lots of stories and wisdom to pass on. They also discuss how they are advocates for hiring others with differing abilities and the impact this has on their business and the lives of those who work on their team. If you haven't been introduced to this duo, now is the time to take a listen. They are a truly inspiring father and son with an inspiring story and wisdom that makes their story unforgettable.

In this solo episode of Marc My Words, Marc talks about his perspective on time and how precious it is. Marc recounts some moments in his life that made him realize that time is very valuable. He also discusses how time recharging can also be time well spent. Regardless of the how you look at it, time should be spent wisely as it will moments and opportunities will slip by sometimes without noticing how much time might have been wasted or lost.

Rebeccah Silence went from being a Music Therapist to the Self Healing & Relationship Expert she is today. As a media personality, author, speaker, and coach, Rebeccah has plenty of outlets to tell her story and share her wisdom. However, Rebeccah isn't just advising  and helping people, she is inspiring them with her amazing words of wisdom. By sharing her story of abuse, trauma, cancer diagnosis, and recovery from all of the obstacles she has faced, Rebeccah is showing people that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Rebeccah has lived through a lot of challenges. Marc and Rebeccah have a great conversation about resilience and finding true self despite all of the obstacles life may throw at you.

Hannah Tackett tells the story of how she went from being a software design manager to career coach who helps women to overcome burnout and mental health issues associated with it. Although there are many reasons why Hannah specializes in helping women, there is plenty of wisdom to be gained by everybody in this episode. Hannah not only gives insight into what lead to her burnout story, but also gives insight into why this happens to women and why it is important to her to support and help them specifically. Self care, boundaries, putting yourself first, and knowing when to say "no" are just some of the topics that are discussed during this episode.

Christopher Pellegrini has an entrepreneurial story that started when he was still in high school. A school project made Christopher curious about the art of brewing his own alcohol. Although he was too young to drink what he was making and also had his thriving business put on pause by his parents, Christopher never stopped being curious about pursuing his passion. Christopher's journey started in Middlebury, Vermont and has taken him to his present day home of Japan. Not only does Christopher tell his awesome story, he also gives a lot of great life advice that he learned along the way as well.

Marc takes some time to reflect on the achievement of doing 100 episodes of Marc My Words. It's not quite a celebration and it is also not quite the 100th episode. That's ok, life is busy. Every once in awhile we need to pat ourselves on the back. Especially when we are working hard on our own to make a show like this a reality. Although produced by Marc, he does have plenty of company and plenty to be thankful for due to all of his amazing guests and the people who inspired him along the way. All of this plus more is summarized in this solo edition of Marc My Words.

Although Holly Porter has been a successful entrepreneur for several years (she has founded 11 startups to this date), it wasn't until she had COVID and a near death experience that she found her true calling. Holly's NDE gave her the inspiration to start Retreat RnR, an Saas platform designed to focus on business retreats as well as a non-profit called "Adventure Bucket Wish Foundation." Although Holly's pre out of body experience resume is impressive, her recovery and resilience since this life changing experience is truly inspiring. It just so happens that Marc has become interested in NDE stories in recent years so this made for a fascinating conversation when combining entrepreneurship with inspiration from such a profound life changing experience. 

Zhe Scott is an IT professional who is known for being the "SEO Queen" but this is only one side of who she is. In this episode of Marc My Words, Zhe tells the story of how she became interested in entrepreneurship and IT. Marc and Zhe also a little bit about how to use SEO strategy as well as the role AI plays in SEO tools as the technology evolves. Diversity and finding the will to keep striving to accomplish your dreams despite the obstacles life may throw at you are also discussed. Zhe has gained a ton of wisdom due to her experiences and accomplishments which made for a really fun and interesting discussion.

Brady's journey into entrepreneurship has followed an unconventional route. After one particular event that related to his dog's behavior, Brady decided that he wanted to take more control over the way he was training his dogs. However, rather than become frustrated and resort to negative behavior, Brady became inspired and how positive ways to communicate with and relate to his dogs. After suddenly losing his job right before the pandemic, Brady decided to start a business that applied some of his philosophies on dog training. What started out as a rather unstructured business model has turned into a full fledged opportunity to become self employed. Brady spoke with Marc about the challenges he has faced, triumphs he has experienced, and how working in fast food and retail has taught him valuable tools that have helped him to become an effective dog trainer.