Entrepreneur Encounters

Welcome to Entrepreneur Encounters, the show dedicated to business owners, entrepreneurs, and innovators just like us. To learn more about MKE Business Coach, visit https://mkebusinesscoach.com/.  You can connect with Brent on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenthalfwassen/. To join the #EntrepreneurEncounters movement, sign up at bit.ly/EntrepreneurEncounters As growth consultants with decades of experience in business ownership, operations, and finance, we understand that every great business leader never stops learning. If you listen closely to the stories of most successful business owners, you'll hear about that pivotal moment, the chance encounter or connection, that made all the difference in their journey. This show brings you those essential encounters with business leaders who have faced similar challenges, inspiring you to keep your focus on what matters most: growing and succeeding in your business Which entrepreneur encounter will shape your business's future? Subscribe and join us every episode as we chart our course together and achieve our growth goals.  In today's interview I chat with Angela Kallay, owner of two businesses: Century 21 Benefit Realty, and Dream Vacations.  If you want to learn more about what Angela is up to, you can click:  https://www.benefit-realty.com/ https://akallay.dreamvacations.com/home-page  

#EntrepreneurEncounters​ is a forum to help entrepreneurs and business owners tell their story and build their dream. It focuses on empowering entrepreneurs to find the money, mindset, and means to unleash their business. To do this well, we have to encounter more entrepreneurs to learn how each of us are moving forward in our businesses and working toward our personal success. That is why this channel exists.   In each episode, we interview current entrepreneurs and those in the entrepreneurial ecosystem to learn about their journey into business. We discuss how and why they get started, obstacles and difficulties they have to overcome, how they find the money to get launched, learn how they use their personal and professional networks, and follow their journey of perseverance toward success.    In this episode, we encounter Chad Johnson, Founder of Tip a ScRxipt. Chad's story involves dreams and visions, and his solution is a incredibly creative way to solve a sticky issue that many people face.  If you want to learn more about what Chad Johnson is up to, you can click: https://tipascrxipt.com/

In this episode, we encounter Jennifer Hensley, Founder of Playmaker Coaching and Consulting. Jennifer shares her story of why she went into business in the first place (spoiler alert! She saw a gap that she could fill) and what keeps her motivated.  If you want to learn more about what Jennifer Hensley is up to, you can click: https://playmakercoach.com/  

In this episode, we encounter Kevin Logan, Founder of FSJ Enterprises. Kevin drops soundbite after soundbite of wisdom that all of us can learn from.    If you want to learn more about what Kevin Logan is up to, you can click: linkedin.com/in/kevin-logan-phd-6340787  

Thank you for watching this amazing interview. If you want to learn more about Brent Halfwassen and MKE Small Business Coach, visit https://mkebusinesscoach.com/.  You can connect with Brent on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenthalfwassen/.   To join the #EntrepreneurEncounters movement, sign up at bit.ly/EntrepreneurEncounters   #EntrepreneurEncounters​ is a forum to help entrepreneurs and business owners tell their story and build their dream. It focuses on empowering entrepreneurs to find the money, mindset, and means to unleash their business. To do this well, we have to encounter more entrepreneurs to learn how each of us are moving forward in our businesses and working toward our personal success. That is why this channel exists.   In each episode, we interview current entrepreneurs and those in the entrepreneurial ecosystem to learn about their journey into business. We discuss how and why they get started, obstacles and difficulties they have to overcome, how they find the money to get launched, learn how they use their personal and professional networks, and follow their journey of perseverance toward success.    In this episode, we encounter Lindsey Roddy, Founder of RoddyMedical Inc. She starts off with an amazing story about how she first experienced the major problem that she founded her company to solve.  If you want to learn more about what Lindsey Roddy is up to, you can click: https://www.roddymedical.com/

Thank you for watching this amazing interview. If you want to learn more about Brent Halfwassen and MKE Small Business Coach, visit https://mkebusinesscoach.com/.  You can connect with Brent on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenthalfwassen/.   To join the #EntrepreneurEncounters movement, sign up at bit.ly/EntrepreneurEncounters   #EntrepreneurEncounters​ is a forum to help entrepreneurs and business owners tell their story and build their dream. It focuses on empowering entrepreneurs to find the money, mindset, and means to unleash their business. To do this well, we have to encounter more entrepreneurs to learn how each of us are moving forward in our businesses and working toward our personal success. That is why this channel exists.   In each episode, we interview current entrepreneurs and those in the entrepreneurial ecosystem to learn about their journey into business. We discuss how and why they get started, obstacles and difficulties they have to overcome, how they find the money to get launched, learn how they use their personal and professional networks, and follow their journey of perseverance toward success.    In this episode, we encounter Thaime Nanez, Founder of Chucho's Red Tacos. She discusses her personal journey as a child selling donuts in her home country of Venezuela, to launching her current business enterprise.   If you want to learn more about what Thaime Nanez is up to, you can click: https://chuchosredtacos.com    

Thank you for watching this amazing interview. If you want to learn more about Brent Halfwassen and MKE Small Business Coach, visit https://mkebusinesscoach.com/.  You can connect with Brent on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenthalfwassen/.   To join the #EntrepreneurEncounters movement, sign up at bit.ly/EntrepreneurEncounters   #EntrepreneurEncounters​ is a forum to help entrepreneurs and business owners tell their story and build their dream. It focuses on empowering entrepreneurs to find the money, mindset, and means to unleash their business. To do this well, we have to encounter more entrepreneurs to learn how each of us are moving forward in our businesses and working toward our personal success. That is why this channel exists.   In each episode, we interview current entrepreneurs and those in the entrepreneurial ecosystem to learn about their journey into business. We discuss how and why they get started, obstacles and difficulties they have to overcome, how they find the money to get launched, learn how they use their personal and professional networks, and follow their journey of perseverance toward success.    In this episode, we encounter Rob Krecek, Founder of many businesses including Power Down. He discusses his personal journey to leaving the corporate world, starting the business, bootstrapping his funding, all while having a blast!   If you want to learn more about what Rob Krecek is up to, you can click http://www.humansfirst.us.   Contents of this video -    0:00 - Intro to Entrepreneur Encounters and Interview with Rob Krecek 0:23 - Rob's Personal Journey 1:23 - Living with No Regrets 3:19 - Entrepreneurship is Hard Work 5:47 - Building a Business 9:09 - Bootstrapping 11:13 - Having Fun in Business 17:00 - Next Steps to connect with #Entrepreneur Encounters  

In today's interview, I speak with Chris Crain, founder of Charlie's Music Factory. Chris took his passion for music, it's in his blood, and he grew it into a business helping other musicians fulfill their dreams. 

In today's interview, I speak with Sharon Kevil, founder of Forti Goods. Born out of a need for safe storage in her own home, Sharon developed a line of locking furniture that blends design with security and privacy for a look that catches the eye without revealing a thing. 

In this episode of Entrepreneur Encounters, I interview Kim Malone, a retired Probation and Parole Agent and now the founder of Reality Check by Kim.  She shares how important it is to rely on a support system to be successful, the difference between customers and users of her services, and how to persevere through struggles in your business. In her business, she delivers presentations, workshops, and seminars that advocate to  young people on where they are on their own awareness journey using real-life examples, scenarios, and guest speakers. She gives them the opportunity to have a feeling of belonging and being understood through her transformational learning tools and motivational interviewing techniques.    Preview of this episode: 02:20: Young people understand that their actions, their decisions, and their behavior have, consequences to them. 4:35: I think typical of a lot of entrepreneurs is that they have a passion and desire to really chart a path that others haven't charted that way before. 15:30  Things may not always go as we thought they were gonna go, but you just pivot and work to what it is and still make sure that you are being your authentic self and giving your all.  20:00 You know, I think one time just being in the process a lot of times about when we ask the question, we're putting our mind into a position that we're ready to receive more information. 23:05 I think once I got over that fear a little bit and it started. What I was doing was starting to roll and then I built more confidence in how to deliver it and how to say it, it all just starts building and then you just blossom.   Learn more about Kim: Reality Check by Kim Website→www.realitycheckbykim.com Facebook→ www.facebook.com/kim.malone.925 Both Sides of the Fence Website Podcast→Spotify Link to Both Sides of the Fence Podcast   Do you want to learn more about Milwaukee's Small Business Coach?  Visit our website (https://mkebusinesscoach.com/) to find resources to help your small business grow.  I would love to meet you, so let's set up some time to transform your small business Hard Work into Hard Cash.     - Brent Halfwassen, MKE's Small Business Coach

If you are ready to stop growing your small business alone, you need to listen to this episode of Entrepreneur Encounters, where I talk with Pat Miller, the founder of the Idea Collective Small Business Incubator.   Don't miss these great quotes from Pat. 7:16 - A lot of the small business owners I was talking to […] offer too many products to too many people out of a scarcity mindset. I need to offer all of these things. I don't want to miss any potential opportunities so I'm all things to all people. And when you're all things to all people you're nothing to nobody. And that came from the radio training. In radio we target a very specific audience with a very specific entertainment set and that's how you cut through get noticed win a target audience and build a business.   8:55 – Life is too short to build someone else's dream.   18:12 - I've hired coaches. Don't ever, ever skimp on hiring a coach. A coach, who knows what they're doing, who can get right after your pain point is worth their weight in gold. A coach will send you the proposal and they'll say, "Yeah it's five thousand dollars." You go, "five thousand dollars!" and you'll think of all the reasons not to say yes. Then you have the meeting. You have the transformational moment  and you look back and think, "So I would have struggled for another three years or i could have bit the bullet and done that and had instant transformation."   19:47 - Are you courageous enough to give your gifts to someone and do what you're supposed to be doing? Because 10, 15, 20, 25 years from now whenever you're done doing whatever you're doing, if you make a bunch of money fine, but if you did what you were supposed to do, that's the real payoff.   22:04 - You need to start by just thinking about how much am I worth every hour and how much is the outsourced person and there's probably a spread between what you charge and what they charge and you absolutely have to go capture that.   23:23 -  I have to get my rest and you have to get your rest & exercise. And just understanding when it's too heavy and too tired and you're just worn out you got to take a break. There's no glory in working seven days a week. There's no glory in working until 10 o'clock and anyone that tells you hustle and grind wins, stop listening to them. Just stop listening to them.   26:25 - I didn't want to make my business reliant on Facebook's business because when you run a Facebook group you don't own the Facebook group and Mark Zuckerberg and whomever can either decide to charge you for it take it away decide you violated their protocols you don't get their email addresses you can't get in front of everybody with everything you want to say you don't have the control that you think you do with a Facebook group.   33:27 - There is a reason why you're here. There's a calling. There's something that you love to do more than anything else and that is the business. That's what you should be doing. And to have the courage to not do all the other stuff that takes a ton of guts. For more information on the Idea Collective Small Business Incubator, please check out their website at https://ideacollectiveincubator.com/.   To learn more about MKE's Small Business Coach, visit https://mkebusinesscoach.com/  

Entrepreneur Encounters started as a necessity to keep small business owners focused on engaging with each other. This show encounters many owners on this journey so you can focus on how to grow and succeed in your business. This show is focused on small business owners, entrepreneurs, visionaries, and innovators just like us. Because our guests are just a little bit ahead of us on their entrepreneurial journey, we can learn insights and strategies on how to grow our businesses based on their struggles, their stories, and their successes.   Hosted by Brent Halfwassen, MKE's Small Business Coach. We want to accelerate your success. The truth is there are no self-made entrepreneurs or business owners. Only amazing individuals who choose to reach out and form a community of support that makes them successful.  If you listen to the journeys that most successful entrepreneurs have taken, there is that ONE encounter, that chance run-in, that providential meeting, that made a key difference in the course and direction of their business future. We must continually encounter more people if we are going to have that ONE encounter. Which #Entrepreneur Encounter will change the course of your business?