Dave Lukas Chats with Jon Ostenson381: Building Success Through Franchising with The Nation’s #1 Franchise Broker, Jon Ostenson
This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Jon Ostenson. Jon is the nation’s #1 national franchise broker, #1! He is also an author, investor, and international speaker specializing in an area he has called “Non-food franchising” – which incidentally is the name of his best-selling book. His business is called Franbridge Consulting and he has helped thousands of entrepreneurs and investors succeed in franchise ownership. Jon served as president of an Inc 500 franchise system and is a multi-brand franchise owner, so he walks the walk and understands what it’s like to be an entrepreneur building a business. If you are interested in either owning a franchise or starting your entrepreneur journey as a franchisee, I cannot think of a better person to learn from. www.Franbridgeconsulting.com Click Here to See the Full Show Notes and Misfit 3 for This Episode |
Dave Lukas - Lessons for Hannah380: Lessons For Hannah - How to Overcome Negativity
Hello Misfit Nation! Welcome to another edition of "Lessons for Hannah!" Many years ago, I introduced a new format that alongside our regular episodes called “Lessons for Hannah.” Hannah is my daughter and one of the main inspirations for the Misfit Entrepreneur. I wanted to have a place where she could go and learn from her daddy and his Misfit friends throughout her life….even after I am gone. If you haven’t listened to the first episode of "Lessons for Hannah," I urge you to as it gives some more background and tells the amazing story of how Hannah came to be in our lives. Lessons for Hannah are short, very useful, and sometimes comical lessons, that I want to share with you and give to Hannah to help in your lives. Because I want Hannah to have these for her life, I’m going to speak as though I am talking directly to her. These episodes are a lot of fun and if you think there is a lesson that we should include in these episodes, please don’t hesitate to send it over to us at support@misfitentrepreneur.com. We’d love to share it. Click Here to See the Full Show Notes and Misfit 3 for This Episode |
Dave Lukas Chats with Rob Green379: Over 17 Brands and Counting, Building an Amazon Empire with Robb Green
This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Robb Green. Robb is an interesting entrepreneur. He was a successful executive, that gave up that career to create the life he wanted for him and his family. He found his niche in building brands on Amazon. In fact, he’s created, built, and owned 17 brands, doing hundreds of millions in revenue. Robb has been featured in the New York Times and many other publications and is the host of the popular I’m the One Podcast providing practical guidance on building wealth, maintain healthy relationships, and achieving well-being. If you’ve wanted to learn how to build your own brand and monetize it online, Robb is one the best teachers you could find. And I’m excited for him to share how to do it www.Imtheone.com Click Here to See the Full Show Notes and Misfit 3 for This Episode |
Dave Lukas Chats with Preston Brown378: How to Figure Out the Game and Win with 8-Figure Entrepreneur Preston Brown
This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Preston Brown. Preston is a multiple 8 figure entrepreneur specializing in disruptive innovation & profitably scaling companies. He started his first company in college and was soon making more than his professors which prompted him to drop out of college and never look back creating 18 successful business with revenues over $180 million. Preston has cracked to code on how to systemize, grow, and scale a business, as well as a few other entrepreneur secrets that I’m excited for him to share with you. www.theprestonbrown.com Click Here to See the Full Show Notes and Misfit 3 for This Episode |
Dave Lukas Chats with Heidi Schalk377: Nicher is Richer, How Heidi Schalk Created a 6-Figure Money System
This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Heidi Schalk. Heidi is a business strategy and leadership coach, author, speaker and host of the Be S.H.E. Podcast (Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Empowered) who has been featured everywhere from FOX, ABC, NBC, CBS and The Daily Herald just to name a few. She is also a former top finalist in body-building and fitness competition. Heidi works with female entrepreneurs, giving them simple tools and strategies to confidently build successful, online businesses, on their own terms, so they can create their dream life for themselves and loved ones. One of the unique things about Heidi is that her process is designed to help her clients reach 6-figures in 6 months. So, I asked her to come up and share her process as well as her wisdom gained from year of experience helping people succeed in business. www.HeidiSchalk.com Facebook/Instagram as HeidiSchalkCoaching Click Here to See the Full Show Notes and Misfit 3 for This Episode |
Dave Lukas Chats with Alex Concepcion376: The Rebel Entrepreneur, How Alex Concepcion Found His Way to Success
This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Alex Concepcion. Alex has a very interesting story, but let’s just say that fate helped him find his way and part of that fate was never working for someone. As he’ll share, it took him a while to find his way, but he did so in starting a niche high-end apartment location business called Taco Street Locating based out of Austin, Texas. Alex went from broke to having a business that pays him multiple 6-figures a year allowing to work when, where, and how he wants to and is he author of the forthcoming book, The Rebel Entrepreneur’s Guide to Risk, riches, and Immortality – hearing that title, you can probably guess why I asked him to come in the show to share his journey and lessons learned. www.Survivalfirstbook.com Click Here to See the Full Show Notes and Misfit 3 for This Episode |
Dave Lukas - Lessons for Hannah375: Lessons For Hannah - Focus Over Fear
Hello Misfit Nation! Welcome to another edition of "Lessons for Hannah!" Many years ago, I introduced a new format that alongside our regular episodes called “Lessons for Hannah.” Hannah is my daughter and one of the main inspirations for the Misfit Entrepreneur. I wanted to have a place where she could go and learn from her daddy and his Misfit friends throughout her life….even after I am gone. If you haven’t listened to the first episode of "Lessons for Hannah," I urge you to as it gives some more background and tells the amazing story of how Hannah came to be in our lives. Lessons for Hannah are short, very useful, and sometimes comical lessons, that I want to share with you and give to Hannah to help in your lives. Because I want Hannah to have these for her life, I’m going to speak as though I am talking directly to her. These episodes are a lot of fun and if you think there is a lesson that we should include in these episodes, please don’t hesitate to send it over to us at support@misfitentrepreneur.com. We’d love to share it. Click Here to See the Full Show Notes and Misfit 3 for This Episode |
Dave Lukas Chats with Mark Willis374: How Anyone Can Be Their Own Bank and Build True Wealth with Not Your Average Financial Advisor, Mark Willis
This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Mark Willis. Mark is a man on mission to help people think differently about money. He is the founder of Lake Growth Financial Services, a three-time #1 Best-Selling Author, and host of the Not Your Average Financial Podcast. After graduating with six figures of student loan debt and discovering a way to turn his debt into real wealth as he watched many people lose their retirement savings and home equity in 2008, Mark set out to help his clients take back control of their financial future and build their businesses with proven, tax-efficient financial solutions unknown to most financial gurus. As a result, he has become known as “Not Your Average Financial Planner!” and helped hundreds of clients and entrepreneurs radically change their wealth path for the better. I’m excited for him to share his methods and ways to maximize your income and become debt free. www.KickstartWithMark.com Click Here to See the Full Show Notes and Misfit 3 for This Episode |
Dave Lukas Chats with Dakota Robertson373: Cracking the Twitter Code, How Dakota Robertson Went from a Crack Addict’s Child and College Dropout to 7-Figures
This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Dakota Robertson. Dakota’s parents were crack addicts, he grew up in a motorhome, and dropped out of college – but in less than a year, he grew his social media agency to over $50,000 per month and has kept his trajectory to where his businesses, Growth Ghost, has now done millions in revenue and he has an online audience of over half a million. His secret? Learning the art of Ghostwriting and turning it into a business. Dakota has cracked the code on how to grow intentional audiences on social media that engage and grow businesses and their revenue. I asked him to share his best, actional strategies and secrets that you can put to work in your life and business to level up. www.dakotarobertson.net/ Click Here to See the Full Show Notes and Misfit 3 for This Episode |
Dave Lukas Chats with Joel Gandara372: Escaping Communism to Creating Millions, Shredding Victim Mentality with Joel Gandara
This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Joel Gandara. Born in Havana, Cuba, Joel emigrated to the United States as a child. He was poor and from a very early age had a hunger for success, leading him to become an entrepreneur. In fact, he started out selling trading cards and candy bars. He went on to create a multi-million-dollar business that allowed him to semi-retire before age 40. Nowadays, he has devoted his life to helping men transform into better individuals and is the author of the best-selling book, 31 Days to Become a Better Man.” Joel is a true rags to riches story fulfilling the American dream and I’ve excited for him to share his lessons learned along the way. www.JoelGandara.com Click Here to See the Full Show Notes and Misfit 3 for This Episode |
Dave Lukas Chats with Tom Jackobs371: From Broke to Millions, How Effective Storytelling Propelled Tom Jackobs to Entrepreneurial Success
This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Tom Jackobs. Tom has an incredible entrepreneurial story and that’s fitting because he’s devoted his life to helping entrepreneurs and business create more opportunity and sales through story-telling. Tom quit his job to buy a personal training franchise and was broke in 6 months. It was in the moment of just about losing it all that he realized his biggest flaw was he didn’t know how to sell, so he devoted himself to becoming a great salesperson and brought the business back from the brink going on to create millions of dollars in sales in his future businesses and programs. Tom realized that the key to effective selling was that it was process, but telling the right story was the main component. He now operates Impact Pilot, a firm that helps entrepreneurs generate more income through better sales strategy and using stories to sell. I’ve always believed that selling through story is the best way and I’ve asked Tom to come on share how we can make the most of it in our businesses. www.TomJackobs.com/StoryBook Click Here to See the Full Show Notes and Misfit 3 for This Episode |
Dave Lukas - Lessons for Hannah370: Lessons For Hannah - 6 Great Lessons from A Recent Business Deal
Hello Misfit Nation! Welcome to another edition of "Lessons for Hannah!" Many years ago, I introduced a new format that alongside our regular episodes called “Lessons for Hannah.” Hannah is my daughter and one of the main inspirations for the Misfit Entrepreneur. I wanted to have a place where she could go and learn from her daddy and his Misfit friends throughout her life….even after I am gone. If you haven’t listened to the first episode of "Lessons for Hannah," I urge you to as it gives some more background and tells the amazing story of how Hannah came to be in our lives. Lessons for Hannah are short, very useful, and sometimes comical lessons, that I want to share with you and give to Hannah to help in your lives. Because I want Hannah to have these for her life, I’m going to speak as though I am talking directly to her. These episodes are a lot of fun and if you think there is a lesson that we should include in these episodes, please don’t hesitate to send it over to us at support@misfitentrepreneur.com. We’d love to share it. Click Here to See the Full Show Notes and Misfit 3 for This Episode |