The Day You Almost Quit

John and Mark Cronin of John's Crazy Socks join the show today. Their company started when John was in his last year of high school and facing the reality that there is a lack of opportunities for those with disabilities. John has Down Syndrome but that has never held him back. Only 1 in 5 people with a disability is employed and since he didn't see a job he wanted he made his own.

John asked his Dad to go into b...

This week on the show we continue Elicia's conversation with Kristy Mandour of Sow to Speak and The Closet Series Podcast. Kristy and Elicia talk about how sometimes in this digital world we live in where there is so much information available to us that seeking out too much information can sometimes make you confused or feel behind.

Kristy talks openly about how she made that jump from in the red to in the black when...

This week Kristy Mandour of Sow to Speak joins the show. She is also an Emotional Intelligence Coach and the Host of The Closet Series Podcast. She made the shift into her current business after seeing that she could make a bigger impact by connecting to people at the top of companies and having the information and knowledge disseminate from the top down and then out into the community.

She and Elicia chat about the oversa...

This week, Brock Howard of Yonutz, Las Vegas joins the show. Elicia and Brock go wayyyyy back all the way to high school but haven’t spoken in over 20 years. If you’ve been thinking about purchasing a franchise - this episode is for you. Brock talks about the ins and outs of owning a franchise and the unique advantages of being part of a new franchise as opposed to an older and more established one. The original owners and founders...

This is Part 2.

This week's guest on the show is Troy Doherty. He is an incredibly talented singer, musician, songwriter, actor, and entertainer. He is Jersey born and raised, New York trained, LA made, and Nashville grade. Elicia and Troy dive into the unique challenges artists, creators, and entertainers face as entrepreneurs who are also the product they are selling.

You aren’t gonna want to miss the secon...

This is Part 1.

This week's guest on the show is Troy Doherty. He is an incredibly talented singer, musician, songwriter, actor, and entertainer. He is Jersey born and raised, New York trained, LA made, and Nashville grade. Elicia and Troy dive into the unique challenges artists, creators, and entertainers face as entrepreneurs who are also the product they are selling.

Troy shares the behind the scenes/"...

This week Renee Bauer joins the show and shares her insight into the huge transitions she is going through in real time in her own entrepreneurial ventures. She is an attorney, author, entrepreneur and speaker. She owns a law firm, is the host of the Happy Even After podcast, and she is the founder of the She Who Wins Summit.

As a very driven person and type A personality, she talks about how hard it has been for her to fi...

This week Kate Hanson joins the show. She is a Confidence Coach with a mission to brighten up the world through guiding powerful breakthroughs. She believes that at the heart of every person lies their true potential, only waiting to be seen, acknowledged and unleashed. Her work is currently centered on True Vue Mastery, a 12-week in-depth desire discovery program built for anyone who is ready for real and lasting transformation. E...

In the second half of this incredible interview with Gabby Caperon, Elicia and her get into the lesser talked about subjects of entrepreneurship. The challenges that come in managing success, and how it’s okay to be motivated by making money on your terms. How normal it is to want to quit and the reason it’s important to remember your why’s even if those why’s evolve over time.
Gabby also shares how once you have found great su...

This week Elicia is interviewing Gabby Caperon. Gabby started her company, BECO with a 5 dollar investment, while also taking care of a newborn. Gabby moved here from the Czech Republic and started working in the States as a house maid. She has quite a story from those humble beginnings to building a multimillion dollar company and successfully selling it.

Elicia opens up about her first week working for Gabby years ago an...

This week Elicia gets in a deep conversation with Neil Doherty. Neil has been an entrepreneur for most of his career. Currently he is the owner of Doherty and Associates and The Coaching Piece. He helps entrepreneurs and executives reach new heights by combining decades of business experience with the latest life and leadership coaching strategies. He meets people where they are helps them advance to the next level.

Neil h...

This week Elicia is chatting with Lora Bird, the owner and founder of Nest Art Collective. Nest is a queer owned trauma informed tattoo shop and art collective. Lora is a disrupter in her industry who saw how the typical tattoo culture not only treated clients but also fellow artists and set out to change that culture from the ground up.

They talk the importance of passion and why she went the extra mile to offer privacy i...

This week’s guest is Catalina Bentz the owner and founder of Catan Pisco, the first American Pisco brand. If you don’t know what type of spirit Pisco is, don’t worry Catalina breaks it down for us. We chat everything from how she got the idea from her Chilean roots, to getting help from an Uncle she didn’t know existed, to being featured in Forbes magazine and of course the day she almost walked away. Her story of almost quitting l...

On this week’s episode, Elicia chats with Derek Videll who is the founder of SocialBamboo.com and the Host of The Social Bamboo Podcast, the #1 rated Instagram Marketing Podcast.

Derek shares his wisdom around selling, and scaling business particularly around selling courses. We talk about how important it is for entrepreneurs to have sales skills. He also shares wise advice around marketing, creating a YouTube Channel and...

Today, Elicia chats with entrepreneur, speaker, and mindset coach Jay Pruna. From working at a homeless shelter straight out of undergrad to training elderly women in boxing to building a huge outpatient facility and starting Rare Breed Academy with Trent Shelton - he brings a vast and valuable amount of experience and wisdom to the show.

He dives into a compelling story of nearly walking away from it all when a dream proj...

Today, Elicia get deep and intentional with Tyson Michael. They talk creating content despite the expectations of those around you, and trusting that if you do the work you love the money will come. Tyson shares personal stories involving how he and his partner balance each other out to find the magical sweet spot between dreamy and pragmatic--because true innovation takes both. Then, Tyson and Elicia dip their toes into the nitty ...

Today, your talented host Elicia Strazzeri shares the story of the day she almost quit, and how it brought her to where she is now. Fluent in 'pirate' and 'construction worker', Elicia emphasizes just how important it is to be authentic and true to yourself in business. Networking is nothing with genuine human-to-human connections.


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Today's episode is an exciting romp with serial entrepreneur, Rodman. Having founded over 25 companies (overseeing up to 13 all at once) if anyone knows business, it's this guy. We talk about his podcast community, Evolve X, and get into old projects from real estate to TV production. Rodman even had his own show, Urban Conversion. We break down the stages of life from learning to doing to teaching and get into just how i...

In today’s show I chat with the one and only Lauren Germinario. An entrepreneur through and through, Lauren has built and ran several companies for the past 8 years. A full-time entrepreneur since May 2014, she's continued to maintain a passion for learning and flexibility in her career allowing her the opportunity to pivot as innovative business opportunities revealed themselves. She's cultivated successful businesses in...