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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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Thursday May 30, 2024
Thursday May 30, 2024
Narrowing down Dr Judy Morley's job title as an entrepreneur to just one thing is hard to do. Judy has done way more than run her cookie business. Not only did she start 9 businesses over 20 plus years, Judy also used her previous experiences in education and entrepreneurship to help and inspire new generations of professionals and aspiring entrepreneurs. Judy is a highly successful speaker, author, educator, coach, and mentor who has a number of stories and experiences that have helped to enrich the lives of others and inspire others to walk in her footsteps. Marc and Judy had a very interesting inspiring chat about her journey and all of the changes and obstacles she faced along the way. A lot of things happened between becoming the point Judy graduated college and became Dr. Judy Morley through the founding of The Gettysburg Cookie Company.
Thursday May 23, 2024
Thursday May 23, 2024
Shannon Houchin, Chief Roadie at Roadside Republic has taken what might seem like an outdated idea for self employment and has turned it into a profitable business venture. Not only did selling peaches turn out to be a smart decision for Shannon and her son, it also became an opportunity to combine old methods of making money with many of today's modern tools for building her brand and reach new audiences in the process. Although her son runs the operations side of the peach stand business they started years ago, Shannon is still very much involved in building their business by helping others to learn the art of starting their own roadside fruit stand business. Marc and Shannon discuss her journey to entrepreneurship, the influence of growing up with a parent who was also an entrepreneur, and how others can achieve the same type of success.
Thursday May 16, 2024
Thursday May 16, 2024
Leanne Linsky spent years building a career in corporate America by utilizing her dynamic personality and people skills in order to connect and help staff and management build camaraderie and find success together. However, along the way, Leanne discovered that she also had the ability to make others laugh. Combining her speaking skills with a great sense of humor, Leanne worked on her passion for comedy and built herself up as stand up comedian, improvisor, actor, writer, and producer. Although building her own career was fulfilling, Leanne saw that there was an opportunity to help other comedians to build their career and connect. After going back in to school in order to learn skills that would help her make Plauzzable, her entrepreneurial dream come true, Leanne again applied all of the experience and skills she's built throughout her life in order to make her dream a reality. Marc and Leanne have a few laughs and discuss her path to building a platform that helps comedians to earn income, try out new material, perform in front of a virtual audience, and create a following.
Thursday May 09, 2024
Thursday May 09, 2024
Tina Lopez's passion is to help content creators create their own passive income. She wants to help content creators of all skill levels and employment statuses turn their passion into something that can also help them make money. Tina not only wants to help content creators make money, she also wants to help them save their time. Tina understands that creating content can take time. Especially if you choose to do it alone. She also understands the work that goes into outsourcing responsibilities as well. Tina and Marc discussed these topics plus the important role AI can play when it is implemented into content creation and creating passive income. Tina wants to teach others the same principles that have worked for her and share her wisdom on how to make your life a little easier and create more flexibility by using her philosophies.
Thursday May 02, 2024
Thursday May 02, 2024
John Hewitt, CEO of Loyalty Brands and co-founder of tax company Jackson Hewitt discussed his journey from Math major at the University of Buffalo to running very successful income tax preparation companies. Although highly sucessful, John's journey came with its same of obstacles and challenges. Marc and John discuss all of the phases of his career, his latest book, and all of the wisdom he has gained along the way. The journey lead him to found a new company called Loyalty Brands. This company aims to help up and coming franchise buyers to find their way through his franchise services.
Thursday Nov 24, 2022
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Thursday Nov 03, 2022
Thursday Oct 27, 2022