SharkPreneur

What if the biggest constraint in your business is not your strategy, team, or marketing, but the underlying beliefs that shape how you experience them all? In this episode of Sharkpreneur , Seth Greene interviews Brian D. Ridgway and Abigail Morgan, who present the Level 5 Mentoring framework for examining deeper patterns that can contribute to recurring business struggles, including financial volatility, overwork, difficult clients, hiring challenges, and persistent stress. Brian explains his concept of 100% personal responsibility, the theory of constraints, and the five paradigms he uses to describe how people relate to themselves, their business, and the world around them. Abigail translates the framework into practical business terms, sharing her own experience with financial instability and explaining how greater awareness of underlying patterns can help entrepreneurs approach money, leadership, teams, and growth differently. Key Takeaways: → Financial volatility, overwork, and team issues can signal deeper business trends. → Entrepreneurs may fear success because growth brings new responsibilities. → Addressing the core constraint can make other strategies more effective. → The Level 5 framework outlines five paradigms for viewing life and business. → Awareness is the first step toward changing recurring business patterns. Beyond outdated self-help, endlessly rehashed, superficial “positive thinking” approaches, and incomplete, airy-fairy spiritual approaches lies the next level: The Level 5 Paradigm and “Spellbreak” Technology. Based on years of personal research, Brian D. Ridgway has unlocked the door to immediate, deep, and lasting transformation. After an abusive childhood, Brian dove into self-help and personal development to improve his life. As program after program failed to deliver the promised transformation, Brian became a self-proclaimed “Self-Help Junkie,” eventually investing more than $300,000 and tens of thousands of hours in his desperate quest for a life that “worked.” At his lowest, most hopeless point, homeless and suicidal, Brian experienced what he calls his “Miracle Moment,” a single blast of infinite awareness and insight in which he discovered “The Level 5 Paradigm.” His entire life transformed. He went from homeless to living in paradise in Hawaii and has dedicated his life to spreading the “LEVEL 5 TECHNOLOGY” and helping others attain true, lasting personal freedom. If you’re looking for rehashed, new-age jargon, that’s not what you’ll find with Brian. But if you’re seeking an expert who has “been there, done that” and helps people eliminate the illusion of problems to access their Infinite Intelligence, Brian is the one to call. Abigail Morgan is the founder of the OCM Method and a soul-led business consultant who helps coaches, therapists, and healers build profitable businesses that align with who they are and how they want to work. As a single mom, dog mom, violinist, intuitive Celtic Seer, and passionate practitioner of embodiment and mind-body-soul work, she brings a deeply holistic perspective to business growth and personal transformation. She also partners with Maxine Haller, the creator of the MAP Whole Brain Balance Method, to help clients integrate embodiment, mindset, and alignment into how they live, work, market, and grow their businesses. Connect With Brian: Website: https://level5mentoring.com/shark . Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrianDRidgwaySpellbreaker/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/level5mentor/ https://www.instagram.com/briandridgway/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandridgway/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/discover/brian-d-ridgway YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BrianDRidgway/videos Connect with Abigail: Website: https://www.abigailmorgancoaching.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abigailsteidley Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slackermagicsystem/

What does it really take to turn a borrowed cargo van and a catchy name into a $300 million franchise? In this episode of Sharkpreneur , Kevin Harrington and Seth Greene interview Nick Friedman, Co-Founder and Chairman of College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving, who shares how a college side hustle grew into a nationwide franchise system with roughly 200 franchisees and nearly $300 million in annual sales. He explains why the company expanded from junk removal into moving, what entrepreneurs often misunderstand about franchising, and how strong franchisee relationships helped the brand navigate challenges such as COVID and shifting housing conditions. Nick also discusses bringing in private equity, avoiding entrepreneurial distractions, building an investment thesis, and using books and podcasting to share what he has learned with the next generation of business owners. Key Takeaways: → A simple business idea can become a major brand when entrepreneurs pair a memorable concept with consistent execution over time. → Franchising is not passive income because franchise owners rely heavily on ongoing support, coaching, training, systems, and leadership from the franchisor. → Businesses considering franchising should ideally demonstrate the economics of multiple locations before attempting to scale through franchisees. → Private equity has become increasingly interested in home-service businesses because many essential physical services remain difficult to disrupt with technology. → A clear investment thesis helps entrepreneurs evaluate opportunities based on their skills, values, experience, and capacity to contribute more than capital. Nick Friedman is the co-founder of College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving, an award-winning franchise he launched with his high school friend, Omar Soliman, in a beat-up cargo van. Today, the company has more than 200 franchises worldwide and generates over $300 million in annual sales. Nick is a two-time Emmy Award-winning producer for Hunks vs. The Hurricanes, which documented the company’s hurricane recovery efforts. He has appeared on Shark Tank and Undercover Boss, and the brand has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Hoarders, and Hoarding. He is also an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year winner and the 2024 International Franchise Association Entrepreneur of the Year. Through the company, Nick supports domestic violence survivors with free moves and has helped donate more than six million meals through US Hunger. Connect With Nick: Website: https://www.collegehunkshaulingjunk.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CollegeHunksHaulingJunkandMoving/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collegehunks/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/college-hunks-hauling-junk/ X: https://x.com/CollegeHunks YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zo_ofBvBf5jTrjpvit_ow

The difference between a good exit and an extraordinary one may hinge on finding the buyer who sees value others overlook. In this episode of Sharkpreneur , Seth Greene interviews Andy Harris, President, North America Strategies, and Managing Director at STS Capital Partners, who explains how entrepreneurs can maximize their businesses' value by looking beyond standard industry multiples and identifying buyers who recognize strategic value in an acquisition. He explains the difference between financial and strategic buyers, why a competitive sale process can yield dramatically different outcomes, and how the right strategic fit can generate a significant premium. Andy also discusses lessons from The Extraordinary Exit and why a successful sale should take into account an owner's financial goals, personal priorities, legacy, and the business's future home. Key Takeaways: → Relying solely on standard industry multiples can cause business owners to leave substantial value on the table. → An experienced sell-side advisor can help identify and demonstrate strategic value that a seller may not recognize independently. → Running a competitive process can create leverage by giving multiple qualified buyers the opportunity to compete for the business. → The highest offer is not always the best when an owner also cares about the company's and its people's future. → A successful exit strategy should account for the owner's personal goals, including whether they want to remain involved or leave the business entirely. Andy Harris is a seasoned M&A leader, CEO, and advisor with over 30 years of experience driving growth and value through strategic transactions. As President, North American Strategies at STS Capital, he advises clients and partners across all phases of the M&A process, with deal experience ranging from $20 million to $1 billion. He has helped business owners achieve premiums of 40% to 100% by identifying the right strategic buyers. Andy previously served as CEO of Accella Performance Materials, where he grew revenue 6x and profit 8x through organic growth and 14 acquisitions before a successful exit. He also led Syrgis and Vantage Specialty Chemicals through significant growth and transformation initiatives. With deep expertise in industrial manufacturing and B2B sectors, Andy is an active member of YPO and a recognized leader in M&A strategy and execution. Connect With Andy Harris: Website: https://stscapital.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stscapitalpartners/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@stscapital

What if the stories you tell about your past are quietly shaping your relationships, leadership, business, and future? In this episode of Sharkpreneur , Seth Greene interviews Amanda Johnson, Co-Founder and CEO of Saved By Story Publishing, who shares how storytelling helps people recognize the narratives that shape their identities, choices, and relationships. She explains that revisiting and writing personal stories can reveal recurring patterns, deepen self-awareness, and help entrepreneurs and leaders communicate their experiences in ways that foster connection and impact. Amanda also explores the idea of story as medicine, the role storytelling can play in building a legacy, and her mission to help more people break generational narratives and use their experiences to move forward. Key Takeaways: → Writing about personal experiences can reveal recurring patterns that continue to shape present-day behavior. → Entrepreneurs often need more than organization to turn their experiences into a clear, meaningful message. → Stories can serve as a form of medicine by offering lessons, identities, and themes that people can apply to their own lives. → Personal storytelling can help leaders build stronger connections with their families, teams, clients, and communities. → Writing a book can help an author confront and change narratives that may have been holding them back. Amanda Johnson alchemizes twenty-five years of transformative experiences through story literacy, writing, and narrative medicine to fulfill her mission through The Story Oracle and Saved By Story, equipping individuals to use humanity’s most innate tools to transmute the pain of their backstory into a more magically-ever-after for themselves, their loved ones, and those they serve. Connect With Amanda: Website: https://savedbystory.house/ https://the-story-oracle.com/ Links Mentioned in Episode: You Can’t Make This St*ry Up: https://a.co/d/dK2naao Raised by Story: https://a.co/d/dToxbPd Upside-Down Mommy: https://a.co/d/7yskzcZ Upside-Down Messenger: https://a.co/d/glG7v9d Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thestoryoracle114 https://www.facebook.com/savedbystory Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestoryoracle114/ https://www.instagram.com/savedbystory/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thestoryoracle114/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/saved-by-story-publishing/

What happens when you achieve the money, cars, and freedom you wanted, yet still feel something important is missing? In this episode of Sharkpreneur , Seth Greene interviews Daniel Krynzel, Founder of The Big Balls Brotherhood, who shares how achieving financial success without personal fulfillment inspired him to create the Big Balls Brotherhood, a leadership and accountability community for entrepreneurs, business owners, and executives. He explains how purpose, mindset training, supportive relationships, and gamified accountability help men follow through on their commitments and achieve higher levels of performance. Daniel also discusses overcoming entrepreneurial isolation, building a mission-driven life, and surrounding yourself with people who genuinely want you to win. Key Takeaways: → Financial success doesn’t automatically lead to fulfillment. → Entrepreneurs need an environment that fosters action, accountability, and growth. → Group accountability helps entrepreneurs maintain momentum by establishing external expectations for their commitments. → Mindset training helps leaders focus on what they want to create rather than constantly reacting to problems and circumstances. → Consistent micro-decisions shape long-term results and help people become their strongest selves. Daniel Krynzel is a serial entrepreneur, business leader, and founder of The Big Balls Brotherhood. He has built multiple million-dollar businesses, closed high-stakes deals, and developed a reputation for decisive action, fearless leadership, and the pursuit of ambitious goals. After experiencing both extraordinary success and profound personal loss, Daniel redefined his purpose and committed himself to helping other men become stronger leaders. Through The Big Balls Brotherhood, he challenges men to move beyond mediocrity, lead with courage, and build lives grounded in strength, purpose, and intentional action. Connect With Daniel: Website: https://bigballsbrotherhood.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bigballsbrotherhood Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigballsbrotherhood LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/big-balls-brotherhood/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bigballsbrotherhood

What if the reason your health plan keeps failing is not a lack of discipline but a strategy never designed for your body? In this episode of Sharkpreneur , Seth Greene interviews Angelo Poli, Founder of MetPro and Author of MetPro: The Science to Transform, who explains why generic diets and standardized fitness advice often fail to deliver sustainable results. He explains how metabolic profiling uses individual data, ongoing feedback, and personalized adjustments to identify which nutrition and fitness strategies will produce the most progress. Angelo also reveals why busy entrepreneurs should rely less on willpower and instead build scientifically informed routines that yield the greatest results with the least wasted time. Key Takeaways: → Every person responds differently to nutrition and exercise. → Metabolic profiling assesses a person’s starting point and identifies the specific adjustments needed to improve body composition, energy, and performance. → A perceived “slow metabolism” may be influenced by how the body has adapted to a person’s long-term habits. → Busy entrepreneurs are often derailed when their schedules become overwhelming, making a reliable routine more valuable than temporary motivation. → The most effective health strategy focuses on actions that deliver the greatest return without unnecessary effort. Angelo Poli is the founder of MetPro and the author of MetPro: The Science to Transform . For more than 20 years, he's helped entrepreneurs, executives, professional athletes, and high performers optimize energy, body composition, performance, and longevity. His work centers on a simple idea: performance isn't just about training harder. It's about understanding how your metabolism adapts to stress, recovery, fueling, and workload over time. That's why strategies that work at one stage of training often stop working at the next. After a serious injury left him walking with a cane for nearly a decade, Angelo became obsessed with understanding what truly drives lasting transformation. That pursuit ultimately led to the creation of MetPro and a methodology that has helped more than 20,000 people achieve sustainable results. Connect With Angelo: Website: https://metpro.co/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MetabolicProfiling/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/metproco/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@metabolicprofiling

The right six words can do more for your brand than 60,000 forgettable words. In this episode of Sharkpreneur , Kevin Harrington and Seth Greene interview Bill Schley, CEO and Founder of The Brand Titans USP Master Programs, who explains how microscripts help businesses communicate their unique value in a sentence or fewer. Drawing on lessons from the legendary advertising agency Ted Bates, Bill shares the five rules for an effective unique selling proposition and how to turn that positioning into a memorable problem-solution story. He also reveals why the most powerful brand messages are concise, believable, repeatable, and clearly differentiated from the competition. Key Takeaways: → An effective brand must clearly communicate what the business does that no one else can. → Branding has little value if it fails to meaningfully differentiate a company from its competitors. → The differentiating benefit must be important to the customer and relevant to a real need. → Microscripts are short, memorable phrases that are easy to understand, remember, and repeat. → A strong brand story should clearly present a problem, introduce the solution, and explain how the world changes as a result. Bill Schley is an award-winning branding expert, New York Times bestselling author, and lifelong entrepreneur. He is the originator of the Micro-Script concept in brand communications and is credited by celebrated marketers as the #1 USP expert in the world. His USP-centered brands have generated over $1.5 billion in documented new-business valuation and brand equity across companies ranging from global giants to acquired startups. Bill began his career as a writer at the legendary Ted Bates Advertising Agency, the original Mad Men agency in New York, where he won a National Effie Award for sales-effective advertising. His highly acclaimed books on branding and marketing are taught by experts worldwide. In addition to his latest book, The Micro-Script Rules: How to Tell Your Story and Differentiate Your Brand in a Sentence or Less, he is the author of The UnStoppables, a New York Times bestseller; Why Johnny Can’t Brand, which won Strategy+Business Magazine’s Top 5 Marketing Books of the Year award; and The Power of 10, an Amazon bestseller. Connect With Bill Website: https://brandtitans.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billschley/

You do not need a massive PR budget to earn meaningful media coverage, but you do need to give journalists the right response at the right time. In this episode of Sharkpreneur , Seth Greene interviews Dan Simon, CEO and Co-Founder of Qwoted, who explains how Qwoted connects journalists, podcast producers, writers, and other media professionals with credible expert sources. He also explains how business owners and professionals can improve their chances of securing media coverage by responding quickly, building complete profiles, offering authentic insights, and providing concise, usable quotes. Dan also discusses how the platform is democratizing media access while helping journalists verify sources and find perspectives they may not encounter through traditional PR agencies. Key Takeaways: → Qwoted was created to give journalists access to a much broader and more diverse range of potential sources. → Experience in a particular profession, industry, location, or life situation can offer a valuable perspective for a story. → Sometimes journalists need personal experience and authentic opinions rather than formal credentials or advanced expertise. → Speed is one of the strongest predictors of whether a journalist will use a source’s response. → Concise, memorable quotes and unique perspectives are more useful to journalists than lengthy explanations or full white papers. Dan Simon is the founder and CEO of Qwoted, an online network connecting journalists with expert sources and used by reporters across major newsrooms. He serves on the U.S. Board of Advisors for Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and has built Qwoted's work around press freedom, newsroom economics, and journalists' working conditions. Dan is also the founder and Chairman of Vested, one of the largest financial communications firms in the world. He is the author of The Money Hackers (HarperCollins, 2020), which explores how technology has transformed our relationship with money. The book was named the best small-business book by the Axiom Awards. He has been a regular columnist for Forbes, Markets Media, and CoinTelegraph, and he co-chairs the Communications Advisory Board of the Museum of American Finance. Connect With Dan: Website: https://www.qwoted.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dansimon/

What if every webinar registrant received a personalized call at the exact right moment without adding another salesperson to your team? In this episode of Sharkpreneur , Seth Greene interviews Sam Chang, Founder and CEO of VTM Group, who shares how his journey from door-to-door sales and virtual staffing led him to build AutoCaller AI, a voice AI platform that automates sales conversations. He explains how an AI webinar concierge can contact registrants before, during, and after an event to improve attendance, engagement, follow-up, and overall conversion rates. Sam also discusses drop-off recovery, personalized conversations, AI-powered sales agents, and his vision for helping more businesses build scalable webinar funnels. Key Takeaways: → AutoCaller AI automates sales calls while maintaining a realistic tone, personalization, and conversational engagement. → Webinar operators often lose potential revenue because they lack the staff to contact every registrant personally. → Calling registrants shortly before an event can improve attendance and reduce missed opportunities. → AI can contact no-shows five, ten, or fifteen minutes after a webinar starts, encouraging them to join. → Post-webinar calls can deliver replays, promote upcoming events, book appointments, or present special offers. Sam Chang is the founder and CEO of VTM Group, which includes VTMEMBER, a virtual staffing company, and AutoCaller AI, an AI-powered appointment-booking platform. He scaled VTMEMBER from zero to 250 employees in three years, serving clients across North America. Through AutoCaller AI, Sam helps businesses automate speed-to-lead calling, follow-up, appointment booking, and pipeline reactivation without adding headcount. The platform integrates with GoHighLevel and combines AI voice agents, paid advertising, automated nurture, and trained closers to improve show rates, close rates, and revenue growth. Before founding VTM Group, Sam helped expand TELUS’s door-to-door sales operation from 25 to 350 representatives and contributed to more than $750 million in revenue. He later developed a nationally adopted sales curriculum and brought advanced sales psychology into AI voice technology. Connect With Sam: Website: http://vtmember.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vtmember/ X: https://x.com/vtmemberteam Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vtmemberteam LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vtmember

Your professional expertise could become a scalable asset that generates revenue without requiring more hours from you. In this episode of Sharkpreneur , Seth Greene interviews Justin Montgomery, Founder of The Elite Nurse Practitioner, who shares how he went from working as a nurse practitioner to building cash-based medical practices and an eight-figure online education company. He explains how professionals and entrepreneurs can turn specialized knowledge into continuing education courses, build an audience, and create a scalable marketing engine. Justin also reveals why valuable content, strategic outsourcing, and separating income from personal time are essential to building a business that supports financial and location independence. Key Takeaways: → Business ownership does not automatically create freedom if the owner must personally deliver the service. → Cash-based business models provide owners with greater control than those dependent on third-party payers. → Early failures can provide the experience and insight needed to build a successful, repeatable business model. → Building an audience before launching a course creates a stronger foundation for generating initial sales. → A scalable education business can create financial independence, location flexibility, and a lasting impact on customers and their families. Justin Allan Montgomery is the founder of The Elite Nurse Practitioner, a thriving business he launched in 2019 to teach nurse practitioners unique clinical and business skills, empowering them to start their own practices and break free from traditional work environments. With a background that includes a bachelor’s in biology and chemistry, a bachelor’s in nursing, and a Master of Science in nursing, Justin scaled his business to 7-figure annual revenue in just three years. By providing valuable content and addressing a major issue in his profession—lack of autonomy and underpayment—he built a scalable online course business that helped him achieve an 8-figure net worth. By working part-time while still seeing patients, he achieved financial independence before age 40, demonstrating the power of automation and passive income. Connect With Justin: Website: https://procoursestart.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61574146510784 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/procoursestart/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ProCourseStart

What if the fastest path to business ownership is not building from scratch, but choosing the right proven system? In this episode of Sharkpreneur , Seth Greene interviews Adam Goldman, Franchise Consultant, who explains how franchise ownership can give aspiring entrepreneurs a proven system, greater agency, and a path out of corporate life. He shares how to evaluate opportunities, assess cultural fit, use franchisee validation, and understand the realities behind earnings claims and startup cash flow. Adam also reveals the biggest myths, red flags, and due-diligence questions that prospective owners should consider before choosing a franchise. Key Takeaways: → Franchise ownership can provide a proven system for entrepreneurs who do not want to build every process from scratch. → The best franchise owners recognize the value of following an established model, especially during the early stages of business. → Franchising extends beyond restaurants, with opportunities available across dozens of industries. → Cultural alignment between the franchisee and franchisor can be just as important as the financial opportunity. → The right franchise can give professionals greater control over their time, income, career, and family life. Adam Goldman is a franchise consultant, experienced investor, serial entrepreneur, franchisee, and Master Franchisor with more than 20 years of experience building and growing businesses across multiple industries and continents. Throughout his career, Adam has founded three successful companies on two continents, including an IT company in Poland and a real estate investment company in Texas. Most recently, he grew the Vanguard Cleaning Area Developer concept in Houston into a multimillion-dollar annual enterprise with more than 30 franchisees and 300 customers, which he successfully sold. Adam brings a unique blend of hands-on franchise ownership, business investment experience, and entrepreneurial insight to his work as a franchise consultant. His background allows him to guide aspiring business owners through the franchise selection process with a practical, real-world perspective. Connect With Adam: Website: https://www.franchisecoach.net/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/franchisecoach_adam/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadingfranchiseconsultant/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamgoldmanfranchise/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQCtHcOPenRfQ_0IlMY08Q

AI can write faster, but the real breakthrough occurs when it understands the strategy behind the words. In this episode of Sharkpreneur , Seth Greene interviews Jon Benson, Copywriter, Entrepreneur, and AI Pioneer, who shares how his direct-response copywriting evolved into building an AI platform for long-form sales copy. He explains why his team focuses on pre-prompting, promptless AI, frameworks, and LLM-agnostic systems rather than basic chatbot-style prompting. Jon also discusses how BNSN AI interviews users like a copywriter would, researches the market, strengthens messaging, and helps marketers create copy designed to convert. Key Takeaways: → BNSN AI was built to help marketers create direct-response copy faster and more efficiently without replacing copywriters. → Pre-prompting and promptless AI describe how this platform guides output before a traditional prompt is ever sent. → BNSN AI is designed to work with multiple LLMs. → The system runs copy through multiple models, settings, and revisions before the user sees the final result. → Many AI writing tools struggle because they function as simple skins on top of chatbots rather than as purpose-built copy systems. Jon Benson is a copywriter, entrepreneur, and AI pioneer whose work has quietly shaped how the world buys online. Best known as the inventor of the Video Sales Letter, a format that became the backbone of modern digital marketing, he has spent decades writing copy that moves people to act—not through manipulation, but through what he calls “persuasion that feels good on both sides.” In 2010, Jon turned his attention to copywriting software, becoming one of the earliest pioneers at the intersection of AI and sales copy. That work eventually evolved into BNSN, a platform trained exclusively on high-converting marketing campaigns and built for small-business owners who sell good things to good people. BNSN reflects Jon’s core belief that the human element of business—community, coaching, and genuine connection—distinguishes sustainable success from a flash in the pan. Connect With Jon: Website: https://bnsn.ai/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsjonbenson/ X: https://x.com/itsjonbenson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itsjonbenson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonbenson/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPDvmgurd-rym4pyPjviIuw

Success grows stronger when faith, health, relationships, business, and finances are all moving in the same direction. In this episode of Sharkpreneur , Seth Greene interviews Ken Joslin, Founder and CEO of Grow Stack Drive, who shares his journey from youth ministry and church planting to real estate, entrepreneurship, and coaching high-performing faith-based entrepreneurs. He also explains why faith, health, and relationships must come before business and finances, how mindset and wisdom shape leadership, and why proximity to the right people can be a powerful catalyst for growth. Key Takeaways: → Grow Stack Drive was created to support high-performing faith-based entrepreneurs through coaching, community, and leadership development. → The Core Five Framework focuses on faith, health, relationships, business, and finances. → Mindset alignment matters because big dreams can stall when limiting beliefs drive decision-making. → Relationships are central to growth because the right people often unlock the next level of opportunity. → Intentional relationships can serve as a cheat code for growth in life and business. Ken Joslin is a former pastor, top-producing real estate broker, and serial entrepreneur. He’s the visionary behind the Grow Stack Drive movement, the CREATE Conference, and the As The Leader Grows podcast. Ken has coached and spoken with thousands of leaders, but his greatest calling is helping people clarify their God-given identity and build the life and business they were born to lead. Connect With Ken: Website: https://growstackdrive.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kenjoslin/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/realkenjoslin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-joslin-86812b197/

Pets are part of everyday life for millions of renters, but managing them fairly and consistently has become one of the biggest challenges in rental housing. In this episode of Sharkpreneur , Seth Greene interviews John R. Bradford III, Founder and CEO of PetScreening, who explains how his property management experience led him to build PetScreening as a more consistent way to manage pet policies in rental housing. He discusses how the platform helps property managers assess pet-related risk, support property owners, and set clearer expectations for pet-owning residents. He also explores broader trends in pet-inclusive housing, property rights, regulatory changes, category creation, and PetScreening’s social mission through Fido Alert. Key Takeaways: → Property managers need clear systems because pets can pose risks, liabilities, and policy challenges. → The FIDO Score helps evaluate both the pet and the owner. → PetScreening helps property managers enforce their own rules rather than telling them what their policies should be. → PetScreening has helped housing providers rethink blanket breed restrictions. → Creating a new software category requires persistence, education, and continuous innovation. John R. Bradford III is the Founder and CEO of PetScreening, which he launched in 2017 with a vision to promote pet inclusivity across all areas of life. Driven by his belief that breeds such as pit bulls, German shepherds, and Rottweilers should not be judged solely on breed, John sought to create a platform that provides landlords, property managers, and businesses with data-driven insights to make informed, pet-friendly decisions. His mission is simple yet powerful: to make the world more pet-inclusive, no matter where people live, work, play, or stay. Connect With John: Website: https://www.petscreening.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-r-bradford-iii-b519184/

A tiny molecule produced inside your body may play a major role in how well you circulate blood, manage inflammation, exercise, and age. In this episode of Sharkpreneur , Seth Greene interviews Nathan S. Bryan, Ph.D., Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Bryan Therapeutics, Inc., who explains nitric oxide’s role in blood-vessel function, tissue oxygenation, inflammation, metabolism, and cellular energy, and shares his view on everyday habits that can affect the body’s natural production. He also discusses the oral microbiome, dietary considerations, lifestyle practices, consumer education, and the research-based standards he believes people should use when evaluating nitric oxide-related products. Key Takeaways: → Nitric oxide helps regulate blood flow, oxygen delivery, inflammation, metabolism, and cellular signaling. → Oral-care habits may affect the oral microbiome, which helps metabolize dietary nitrate. → Green vegetables and beets may contain dietary nitrate. → Product claims should be supported by scientific and clinical data. → Lifestyle habits influence nitric oxide production. Dr. Nathan S. Bryan earned his undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from the University of Texas at Austin and his doctoral degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport, where he was the recipient of the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research. He pursued his postdoctoral training as a Kirschstein Fellow at Boston University School of Medicine's Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute. After a two-year post-doctoral fellowship, in 2006, Dr. Bryan was recruited to join the faculty at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston by Ferid Murad, M.D., Ph.D., 1998 Nobel Laureate in Medicine or Physiology. Dr. Bryan has been involved in nitric oxide research for the past 25 years and has made many seminal discoveries in the field, has dozens of issued patents, and has published more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles in some of the top science and medical journals. Dr. Bryan is a best-selling author and successful entrepreneur who has built a billion-dollar enterprise value portfolio of companies. Dr. Bryan is one of the most successful inventors and top revenue producers in the history of the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston. He is currently the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Bryan Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held, clinical-stage biotechnology company actively engaged in the discovery and development of nitric oxide-based therapies. BTI has active drug development programs in heart disease, Alzheimers’ Disease, and topical drugs for diabetic ulcers and non-healing wounds. Dr. Bryan’s consumer line of nitric oxide products is among the most innovative and successful on the market. Dr. Bryan is an international leader in molecular medicine and nitric oxide biochemistry. Connect With Nathan: Website: https://n1o1.com/ https://bryantherapeutics.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drnathansbryan X: https://x.com/drnitric LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drnathansbryan/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@drnathansbryannitricoxide

More leads and more sales calls will not fix a revenue engine that cannot pinpoint where performance is breaking down. In this episode of Sharkpreneur , Seth Greene interviews Josh Troy, CEO of The WFS Group, who explains how companies can diagnose whether stalled growth comes from people, systems, sales management, training, lead routing, or an unstructured process. Josh also explains why sales efficiency matters more than surface-level volume, how founders can document their sales knowledge before handing it to a team, and where AI can enhance call analysis and revenue operations. Key Takeaways: → Why most companies misdiagnose sales problems. → Sales problems usually fall into two categories: people issues or system issues. → Better lead routing can increase revenue and profitability. → Founders should document objection handling, talk tracks, winning and lost calls, and their sales process from the start. → A founder who relies solely on personal credibility and instinct may struggle to translate sales success to a growing team. Josh Troy started his first video marketing agency at 21, building it from the ground up through 100% outbound sales. Early on, he developed a belief that outbound sales is the closest thing to generating “money out of thin air,” which led him to expand his expertise into direct response inbound marketing as well. Over the past decade, and with deep experience across both outbound and inbound sales motions as well as paid media, Josh has developed a unique ability to drive rapid sales growth through talent acquisition and development engines, cultivate high-performance cultures, and build data-backed sales systems designed for aggressive scale. He is known for building integrity-driven, high-intensity sales teams and architecting scalable sales infrastructures for hyper-growth businesses. As CEO of a triple-digit-headcount sales organization, Josh leads teams that generate tens of millions annually in high-ticket sales in compliance, powered by world-class sales operations and a relentless focus on execution and performance at scale. Connect With Josh: Website: https://thewfsgroup.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/troy.joshua/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-troy-09567198/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@joshuatroy

Your business can be busier than ever, bringing in more revenue, yet still leave you wondering where all the cash went. In this episode of Sharkpreneur , Seth Greene interviews Diane Gardner, Profit and Tax Coach, who explains why many owners face a profit problem rather than a revenue problem and how unpriced job costs, rising expenses, and unclear financial reporting can quietly drain cash from a growing business. Diane also shares how profit-first accounting structures, proactive tax planning, and simple dashboards can help owners protect cash, make better decisions, and create more time and freedom. Key Takeaways: → Generating more sales does not automatically resolve cash-flow problems. → Profit coaching identifies the biggest profit leaks first and focuses on practical fixes that deliver fast, meaningful results. → Allocating each dollar spent can help protect funds for materials, payroll, taxes, overhead, and profit. → Opening separate tax and profit accounts is a realistic step toward building stronger financial assets. → Owner freedom means more time, less stress, and the ability to hire and delegate, not just more money. Diane Gardner, Your Profit & Tax Coach, is a speaker, best-selling author, Quilly Award recipient, and host of the Profitable Home Services Podcast. She is a Mastery Level Certified Profit First Professional, Certified Fix This Next Fixologist, Certified Tax Strategist, and Enrolled Agent. Diane helps home service business owners maximize profits, stop overpaying taxes, and gain clarity around their numbers through profit planning and tax planning. Using Profit First principles, she helps owners reduce expenses, increase profit margins, uncover missed opportunities, and keep more money in their pockets. Diane is also a strong believer in masterminds and coaching, participating in three mastermind groups while coaching other entrepreneurs. She is the author of several books, including Your Path to Profit$ and 10 Most Expensive Tax Mistakes. Connect With Diane: Website: https://taxcoach4you.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profitcoach4you https://www.facebook.com/dianebg LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianeberrethgardner/ YouTube: https://www.facebook.com/dianebg

Building a successful business takes more than hard work; it takes the right systems, mentors, leadership, and a mission bigger than yourself. In this episode of Sharkpreneur , Seth Greene interviews Digna Deleon-Morris, Co-Founder of Nationwide Financial Firm, who shares her journey from arriving in the United States at 17 and earning $5.25 an hour to leading one of the fastest-growing Hispanic financial firms in the country. A Forbes-featured entrepreneur whose agents have produced more than $30 million in business, she explains how a devastating financial setback became the catalyst for a new mission centered on financial education and entrepreneurship. Digna also discusses the systems, mentorship, marketing, and leadership development that have helped her build a bilingual organization serving families and aspiring business owners nationwide. Key Takeaways: → Sustainable business growth depends on systems, marketing, culture, and leaders who can replicate the model. → A business becomes more scalable when leaders can teach others to replicate the system successfully. → Treating people well and helping them succeed are central to building a strong organization. → Bilingual financial education helps Latinos access more opportunities in the United States. → Success can breed complacency, so leaders must focus on the mission and on helping the next person succeed. Digna Deleon-Morris is a nationally recognized entrepreneur, financial educator, and co-founder of Nationwide Financial Firm, one of the fastest-growing life insurance agencies serving the Hispanic market in the United States. Originally from the Dominican Republic, Digna began her career earning $5.25 an hour and rose to manage an $82 million corporate territory before transitioning to entrepreneurship. After a major financial setback in 2016, she rebuilt her life with a mission to help families protect their income and build generational wealth. Alongside her husband, Willy Morris, Digna built a scalable virtual business model that has empowered hundreds of agents nationwide to start their own agencies and serve clients in both English and Spanish. Today, their organization generates millions in annual premium and continues to expand, driven by a commitment to leadership, faith, and legacy. Digna is passionate about helping Hispanic families reclaim their identity, build wealth with purpose, and create a future that extends beyond a single generation. Connect With Digna: Website: https://www.joinnationwidefinancialfirm.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dignadeleonmorris/

An accident can disrupt far more than a vehicle, and the decisions made in the first days can shape medical care, financial recovery, and a family’s future. In this episode of Sharkpreneur , Seth Greene interviews Brent Couture, an attorney at Couture Law P.A., who explains why listening is central to effective representation, the mistakes people make when managing a claim on their own, and the questions attorneys must ask to assess liability, causation, and damages. Brent also discusses why underinsured motorist coverage matters in Florida, what clients should expect from their attorney-client relationship, and how recent tort reform has shortened the time available to pursue certain claims. Key Takeaways: → Even a seemingly minor crash can create a ripple effect across medical care, work, family responsibilities, and finances. → Every personal injury case requires careful scrutiny of liability, causation, and damages. → Clients should be open about symptoms and prior medical conditions so that an attorney can understand the full impact of the collision. → The term “full-coverage” can be misleading because state-minimum insurance limits may not adequately protect someone following a serious crash. → Effective representation requires understanding how an injury affects a client’s routines, caregiving responsibilities, work, travel, and quality of life. Brent A. Couture earned his B.S. in Economics from the University of California, San Diego, where he also lettered for the intercollegiate volleyball team. He began his legal education at the University of West Los Angeles School of Law, then transferred to Barry University School of Law in Orlando, where he graduated. He limits his practice to plaintiff’s personal injury, wrongful death, and medical malpractice cases. Connect With Brent: Website: https://couturelawoffices.com/ X: https://x.com/couturelawpa LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brent-couture-26ba221b3/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/couture-law-pa/

The right executive hire can accelerate everything, while the wrong one can cost a company far more than a bad résumé suggests. In this episode of Sharkpreneur , Seth Greene interviews David Ulrich, Founder and Principal at David Ulrich Associates, who shares how business owners can distinguish polished candidates from leaders truly equipped to perform, why entrepreneurial capacity matters, and where companies often go wrong when hiring senior executives. He also explains the evolving role of LinkedIn and AI in executive search, the importance of maintaining a strong professional network, and why great recruiters have a fiduciary-level responsibility to both candidates and clients. Key Takeaways: → Strong leadership skills can transfer across industries when candidates understand people, operations, and accountability. → Great executive hiring begins with asking the right questions about the business’s real needs. → Professionals should build relationships with trusted recruiters before they need to find a new role. → A strong LinkedIn profile should clearly convey experience, values, and capabilities. → Ethical recruiters prioritize long-term fit and the well-being of candidates and clients alike. David Ulrich is a seasoned Executive Search and Human Capital Strategist with more than 15 years of experience across the restaurant, hospitality, franchising, and real estate industries. He has a proven record of recruiting, developing, and retaining top talent for organizations at all levels. David is known for his client-focused approach and for providing honest, timely feedback to build long-term relationships. His extensive industry network includes major private equity firms and global restaurant and hotel companies, giving him unparalleled access to top talent and opportunities. David holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Connect With David: Website: https://www.davidulrichassociates.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/david-ulrich-associates-executive-search