Justin Escue Drumming the Suit Out of MySpace
Justin Escue: Episode Information Ideas happen all the time, but when a fully formed idea is pitched, then becomes a reality behind your back, that is when a lawsuit is bound to happen. If MySpace hadn’t been driven into the ground already, Justin Escue made sure to drive it a bit deeper after they ripped […]
Kristi Lee and the Startup Stage
Kristi Lee: Episode Information Kristi Lee, formerly of the Bob and Tom Show, decided after nearly 30 years on a successful nationally syndicated morning radio show to try her hand at something new. It’s Josh’s favorite stage of entrepreneurship. There is so much hope, so much ahead of you and also the moment where you’re […]
Norm Hedges: Protecting Your Assets
Norm Hedges: Episode Information Step One: Come up with a great idea. Step Two: Become a Millionaire At least, that’s what it feels like, until life kicks you in the balls and you start realizing the mountain that you’re going to have to climb. I dare say there is never a story that works out […]
Todd “Soupy” Campbell: Fighting with the State
Todd “Soupy” Campbell Episode Info: Todd “Soupy” Campbell is a serial entrepreneur who has run the gamut on businesses and has resumed selling real estate as his full time gig after his last venture, a once highly successful bar, took a downturn after an incident involving the State of Indiana and a girl with boobs. […]
Greg Burhop: Kickstart Your Business
Greg Burhop Episode Information Kickstarter can be the great equalizer to small businesses, but it can also pull the curtain back and reveal the frauds of the world better than other platform out there. Most, like Greg Burhop; however, get the chance to create something on a bigger scale but with the drawback that every mistake […]
Scott Long: Being Funny in the Corporate World
Scott Long Episode Information Sometimes it pays to be funny. Scott Long, comedian and public speaker, learned a long time ago that comedy was his passion. A comedian is, by the very nature of the job, an entrepreneur. He only gets paid when he finds a gig. He is the ultimate one man show. Scott made […]
Doug Karr: Death and Taxes
Doug Karr Episode Information Taxes, that annoying thing that we have to pay every year, or in Doug Karr, Brad Shoemaker and Josh Springer’s case, that annoying thing that you have to pay every year and always seem to wind up paying late. It’s not easy being in business for yourself. In fact, the single hardest […]
Carl Doninger: Conventions and Fanatics
Carl Doninger Episode Information Fan: (noun) a person who has a strong interest in or admiration for a particular person or thing. [synonyms: devotee, admirer, lover]. In this episode, we take you through the world of conventions. What it takes to put them on, dealing with celebrities, rolling with the punches outside of your control, […]
Steve Hershberger: Analytics and the Drug Cartel
Steve Hershberger Episode Information Steve Hershberger, CEO and Founder of SteadyServ knows his numbers, and why not? Numbers make up everything in the Universe so it’s no surprise that we often turn to numbers to teach us where our business stands. People often shy away from numbers because it isn’t exactly easy to disseminate. Numbers […]
Matt Hunckler: Threads Startups Together Through Verge HQ
Matt Hunckler Episode Information Matt Hunckler is no stranger to being an entrepreneur. He started off his journey as a DJ and progressed towards digitizing old media, so it’s no surprise he runs one of the most successful startup communities in the second tier startup cities with Verge HQ. After building up a successful web […]