In this episode, we have a very special guest, Matt Vance. Over the past decade, he has managed over 2000 review profiles and listings for products, brands, and employers. Matt Vance just launched his book, The Review Cycle, and as of September, he started an agency where he is on a mission to help you turn your online reviews into a huge business competitive advantage. We will be discussing your business's online reputation. Regardless of the size of your business, social proof, which is consumer reviews, and user-generated content, is critical and can dramatically lift sales momentum for your brand. And today, Matt will share four specific, actionable steps for any business to start or enhance its online reputation. We will dig into some of the challenges and excitements Matt's had and been going through recently as he leaped from being an employee to an entrepreneur. Remote Start Nation, Let's get into the show!   Learn more about Matt Vance at: TheReviewCycle.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrvance/ Learn more about Remote Start Podcast at:  https://www.remotestartpodcast.com/

In this episode, we have a special guest, Tyler Morrey. Tyler is the CEO of Upside DAO and On Chain Community Collaboration platform that enables private companies to transform their communities into DAO and reward individuals with tokenized owner. We are going to be discussing how community ownership can supercharge your brand. Something I'm super excited to dig deeper in with you. I bring on someone who's trying to change the way that brands think about community. Tyler and his team believe that distributing tokenized ownership of a brand transforms community members into vested and passionate ambassadors and contributors. This concept is new to me and I couldn't be more thankful to be sitting across from Tyler today, hoping he can share his journey with the rest of the Remote Start Nation and drop some serious value with us on his business and this concept. Remote Start Nation… Let’s get into the show!   Learn more about Tyler Morrey at: https://theupsidedao.com/ Learn more about Remote Start Podcast at:  https://www.remotestartpodcast.com/

In this episode, I bring on a guest, Rich Hogan. He owned multiple businesses and hustled door to door selling everything from books to Solar Energy. Rich is the co-founder and C.E.O. of Enrollsy and White Owl Security. We will discuss how connecting the dots in your life can create a sustainable passion for your future business. Rich's experiences with his past employers and job responsibilities came full circle in being the catalyst for him and this entrepreneurial journey. Today, Rich will share his story and remind us that if we connect the dots of lessons learned through life experiences, we, too, can create a rewarding business that allows us to do what we love. Not everything we do is going to end up the way we envision. Things happen and people change, but learning and taking something away from every job we hold is very important. Learn what you like and, more importantly, get a feel for what you don't like. So Remote Start Nation, without further ado… Let's get the show started!   Learn more about Rich Hogan at: https://www.enrollsy.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardhoganjr/ Learn more about Remote Start Podcast at:  https://www.remotestartpodcast.com/

In this episode, I bring on a special guest, Mike Moore. Mike is a partner in Ironclad Tattoo Studio, located in Detroit, Michigan. He has built a great business and carved out a name for himself as a top carer in the industry. He's also an ambassador for many other brands and has built a successful business on some core principles that Mike will share with us today. We will go over building a business that fits your desired lifestyle. In addition, we will cover how your business success comes down to building a successful relationship with your partners, other people in your industry, and the community you are in as a whole. If you are in the process of growing your brand and taking it to the next level, this episode is going to resonate with you. On the other side, if you're starting or thinking about starting a business, it's vital to take a step back and think about what you want in life, how you want your business to tie into your personal life and lifestyle with your family. And as you grow, it's important to stay true to your values and what you want to do for your personal life. So Remote Start Nation… Let's dig into the show!   Learn more about Mike Moore at: https://www.ironcladtattoo.com/tattoo   Learn more about Remote Start Podcast at:  https://www.remotestartpodcast.com/

In this episode, I'm with my guest, Eric Barrett. He's currently the vice president of marketing and public relations at Welink. He is in the final stages of launching his own business. Branding is crucial, so we will discuss how vital brand strategy is, from enterprise-level companies to even starting your own business. Today, I'm excited to talk about Eric's journey. Eric is a 360-degree brand strategist and marketing executive. He is on a mission to help organizations innovate and grow their brands, products, and customer experiences. I'm looking forward to digging deeper into understanding branding. So Remote Start Nation… Let’s get the show on the road!   Learn more about Eric Barrett at: https://www.mixlinemedia.com/ Learn more about Remote Start Podcast at:  https://www.remotestartpodcast.com/

In this episode, I bring on a special guest, Solomon Thimothy. He is the president of One IMS, an online marketing agency with a proven track record in helping businesses generate quality leads through inbound marketing. We will discuss how one entrepreneur went from the service industry to creating software to help streamline Solomon's agency, which later led to him doing a new business by helping other agencies use his software. Solomon co-founded Click X, a marketing intelligence platform for brands and marketers to plan, execute, and measure all their online marketing campaigns. And I'm excited to dive deeper into understanding what it takes to run a successful business! Without further ado, Remote Start Nation… Let's get into the show!   Learn more about Solomon Thimothy at: https://www.clickx.io/ Learn more about Remote Start Podcast at:  https://www.remotestartpodcast.com/

In this episode, I bring on a guest, David Bradford. David is the C.E.O. of the VIEW, known as Virtual Immersive Educational Worlds with brands, 3d meet, and fluent worlds, and both are based on the principle of immersion. We will discuss the Metaverse and the power of networking and will go over some principles for starting a new business. David has previously been the C.E.O. of two of America's Forbes fastest growing tech companies, Fusion-IO and Higher View. Along with a lifetime of other honorable achievements and awards, David is the author of Up Your Game: 6 Timeless Principles for Networking. I am beyond humbled and honored to have David join us on today's episode. So Remote Start Nation… Let's get this show started!   Learn more about David Bradford at: https://www.fluentworlds.com/   Learn more about Remote Start Podcast at:  https://www.remotestartpodcast.com/

In this episode, we have a new excellent guest, Justin Kahn. He is a mission-driven entrepreneur and investor currently building new markets for behavior-based legal service plans. We're going to discuss starting a business, growing a brand, and how one entrepreneur's relationship with cannabis has sparked Justin's latest business venture, The Salt Lake City Startup Reepher. Justin is an adjunct instructor and mentor in the master of business creation program at the University of Utah. He's also the founding member of the entrepreneurial community PandoLabs based in Park City and also founded and was CEO of the TruClinic, which sold in 2018. I can't wait for Justin to share his entrepreneurial journey and experiences along the way with you! Remote Start Nation… Without further ado, let's dig into the show!   Learn more about Justin Kahn at: https://reepher.com/ Learn more about Remote Start Podcast at:  https://www.remotestartpodcast.com/

In this episode, I bring on a good friend, Jeremy Miller. He is a tattoo artist and has owned multiple tattoo studios for over 12 years and many other businesses. Jeremy recently launched and is the CEO of his latest venture, Action Strategy, and has a mission to help small business owners learn from the mistakes he has made along the way. We're going to discuss what it means to be an accidental entrepreneur. To do so, I bring Jeremy to share his journey with us. Jeremy was a professor in business management at Concordia University in Austin, Texas. He has his Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He is the lead auditor for World Certification Services, which offers certification services for quality, environmental, health, and safety and worldwide aerospace management systems. I can't wait to hear Jeremy share his entrepreneurial story. Also, with all his background in business and management, I feel he can come on and bring value to help you manage your business and set up the systems and processes to help you scale.   So Remote Start Nation... Let's get into the show!   Learn more about Jeremy Miller at: https://actionstrategy.com/ Learn more about Remote Start Podcast at:  https://www.remotestartpodcast.com/

In this episode, we will tackle a part of a series that will help you to build your brand and guide your brand foundation. I like to hit on brand identity and some of the different things that you need to do when you build your brand identity, and hopefully that'll help you out. You can always rebrand and change, but if you can do it right from the start, you're going to have that much better of a head. So as I go through the list… Remote Start Nation, go ahead, and let’s help each other to make it!   Learn more about Remote Start Podcast at: https://www.remotestartpodcast.com/

In this episode, I bring on founder and managing partner, Erik Hayden of Urban Catalyst. We're going to be discussing starting a business as a real estate fund manager. Urban Catalyst is a real estate equity fund focused on ground-up development projects in Downtown San Jose, California. So today, I'm looking forward to Erik sharing with us topics such as starting a real estate fund, why he chose real estate in San Jose, how to raise money and how that applies to other industries and what kind of projects his team focuses is on. As a brand, they uniquely positioned themselves as they focus not only on being fund managers, but also are local developers. So without further ado… Remote Start Nation, let's get started!   Learn more about Erik Hayden at: https://www.urbancatalyst.com/ Learn more about Remote Start Podcast at:  https://www.remotestartpodcast.com/

In this episode, I'm sitting with Mark and Julia from the Asheville Guitar Bar. It was the most welcoming, heartfelt bar I think I've ever been into. We came in here on mother's day, rode our bikes around town with the family, stumbled in here, and immediately, I felt like family. I want to share Mark and Julia's experience in this fantastic bar with the Remote Start Nation and tell them how we got started and what this is like for their owning business here in Asheville. Mark got more background on being an entrepreneur. I hope that we can learn more from these experiences they have as they take us on their journey. So, Remote Start Nation, get ready, and let's get into the show!   Learn more about Remote Start Podcast at:  https://www.remotestartpodcast.com/

In today’s episode, I bring on Julia Music. Julia is an event producer for the Ferndale Pride Festival which she co-founded in 2011 and then took over running all operations back in 2014. Recently she walked away from teaching so she could focus full time as an event producer. I've had the pleasure of working with her in Woodward Movements' hometown in the front of Michigan for years now. She's done a lot for the community and has turned her event into one of the biggest in the city awareness and loved the community. Also, proud to say that for years now, Woodward Movement has been the merchandise partner of this incredible event. I want to take our time together in this episode to discuss with Julia, what it was like to go full time as a producer, the growth of the Ferndale Pride Festival, and to dig into some of the behind-the-scenes work that goes into such an incredible event. So without further ado… Remote Start Nation, Let’s get into the show!   Learn more about Julia Music at: https://www.ferndalepride.com/ Learn more about Remote Start Podcast at:  https://www.remotestartpodcast.com/

In this episode, I talk to our guest speaker, Wes Henderson, CEO of Talona Ridge, as well as One Stone Development, which is the overall company. Talona Ridge is the most beautiful RV resort we've been to, located in Ellijay, Northern Georgia. Wes is not only a CEO, but he is one of the family members that started the business, that started the whole One Stone. So I am excited to hear about his story, his family, and his business. I'm sure we'll share the fun and even the hardships that went with it. We're going to go through all that and I'm hoping today, we can get a little bit of value from Wes and learn more about starting a business, building your brand, and living your desired lifestyle. So that said, Remote Start Nation… Let’s dig into the show!   Learn more about Wesley Henderson at: http://www.talonaridge.com/ Learn more about Remote Start Podcast at:  https://www.remotestartpodcast.com/

In this episode, we have a guest speaker, Karlos Kowaleski, an artist and owner of Box 5 Tattoo in fine art located in Livonia, Michigan. He's also started another band. He is an author and also a host of his podcast. We will discuss how running a band and running a business have parallels and how you can take some of the knowledge heat drops and turn that into starting your own business. So Remote Start Nation, Without further ado, let’s get into the show!   Learn more about Karlos Kowaleski at: https://box5tattoo.com/ Learn more about Remote Start Podcast at:  https://www.remotestartpodcast.com/

In this episode, I will talk and focus on brand identity. When I say brand identity, what's the first thing that comes to your mind? Today, I hope to shed some light on our topic and help you on your journey. There's more that goes to your brand identity, the different pieces that make up a logo. So when someone hears your name, they see your logo, what's that telling them about your brand, when they see it on social, they go to your website, they look at your packaging, what is that telling them? Remote Start Nation, get ready, and let’s get into the show!   Learn more about Remote Start Podcast at:  https://www.remotestartpodcast.com/

In this episode, we have a guest speaker – Roz McCarthy; she's the founder and CEO of the non-profit organization Minorities For Medical Marijuana, also known as M4MM. She established this in 2016 with a mission of providing advocacy, outreach, research, and training related to business, social reform, public policy, and health and wellness in the cannabis industry. She's also going to share with us today how she overcame a tragic accident and it helped her launch her next venture Black Buddha Cannabis. Tune In Now because Roz will bring us tremendous value today!   Learn more about Roz McCarthy at: https://minorities4medicalmarijuana.org/ https://blackbuddhacannabis.co/ @m4mmunited Learn more about Remote Start Podcast at: https://www.remotestartpodcast.com/

In this episode, we will talk about the brand promise. I want to look at the different elements that make up your brand promise and what that means. My goal is to help you understand that the more cohesive our brand can be, the more our customers or potential customers out there in the market understand what our vision is, where we want to take our brand, and what we stand for. The better our voice as a brand comes across, the more opportunity for growth we have. So Remote Start Nation, come and join me as we tackle and learn about brand promise! Learn more about Remote Start Podcast at:  https://www.remotestartpodcast.com/

In this episode, I speak to Austin Meibers, owner and partner in Conexess Group, headquartered in Plymouth, Michigan. Let's start with how he got into business, what got him started, and then we can get into where he is today. Austin has a vast knowledge and understanding of the staffing industry, and he is passionate about creating a strategy. I hope this conversation with Austin will take you and your business to something and help take you to the next level! Let's find out and listen now, Remote Start Nation! Learn more about Austin Meibers at: https://www.conexess.com/ Learn more about Remote Start Podcast at:  https://www.remotestartpodcast.com/

In this episode, I bring on a special guest, entrepreneur, and good friend, Jamie Lagrow. Jamie built an organic beer company based out of Chicago with his brothers. LaGrow Organic Beer Co. is a result of three brothers cultivating their passion for great beer and a sustainable lifestyle into Chicago's first USDA-certified organic brewery. So today, I want to bring on Jamie to talk about what it's like building a brand and living your desired lifestyle. I want to talk about how Lagrow started, how Jamie and his brothers came to be partners, and what that's like being in business with the family. Jamie will talk about being an entrepreneur and how organic brings good to your body, and what that does as a result. Remote Start Nation, I can't wait for you to hear another incredible and inspirational talk that Jamie will share with us. So let's get into the show! Learn more about Jamie Lagrow at: http://www.lagrowbeer.com/ Learn more about Remote Start Podcast at:  https://www.remotestartpodcast.com/