The Entrepreneur Playground
by Martin Dara
“If it’s not fun, you are not doing it right” - Fran Tarkenton (QB NFL Hall of Fame). They don’t exactly teach that at business school. The goal here is to debunk the idea that business and life have to be serious. Martin Dara, a recovering procrastinator and transformational coach, interviews entrepreneurs, coaches, artists, and friends to discover how they bring fun and excitement into their business. In this show, he wants to explore the idea that we are all just playing a game. This is a place where guests are invited to play. Let’s see what exciting things come up.
Episodes
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#25 Rudi and Jules Kennard
This is a DO NOT MISS episode!! Rudi and Jules are two highly respected coaches in the coaching world. They have a facilitator training, a six figure coaching business, and have written a book together titled, Wholality. Rudi and Jules explain throughout this conversation how they recognize when...
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#24 The Banana Warrior
Today's episode is an incredible story about a powerful woman who does not let anything get in her way. Julia Panchkowry is the Banana Warrior. She is the CEO of the Banana Warrior Cafe, which is a vegan cafe located in Bangkok, Thailand. She shares her story throughout the episode of how she...
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#23 Choosing Joy : Allie and Cissa
Today I have an amazing friend and her friend joining me. Allie is probably the guest I've known the longest that has ever been on this show. The introductions on this episode start us off in the most beautiful of ways and brings so much energy right to the start of the episode. I love having the...
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#22 Bringing More You with CFJ and Amber Krzys
Today I'm joined by two incredible women Amber Krzys and Carloyn Freyer Jones. These two introduce the other in such a beautiful way by sharing some incredible stories about the other. Once you hear these introductions you are going to want to hear the entire episode. Carolyn is introduce as such...
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#21 Brisket Flavored Ice Cream
Today I am joined by Kim Kaase and her husband Steve Marques. Kim and Steve own an ice cream shop in Houston, Texas called Craft Creamery. Steve is world renowned chef that has cooked all over the world. Kim also is a business coach. She helps increase revenue while also increasing their…
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#20 Shit Talking with Laura Martin
This week I am joined by the founder of Healing to Happy, Laura Martin. Healing to Happy is an online gut and brain focused company that helps women suffering from IBS and anxiety to get back to eating normally without use of elimination diets. Laura is a Certified IBS Nutrition Consultant that...
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#19 The Spark Initiative
This week, I was joined by two incredible women that are living my dream. Brooke Wheeldon-Reece and Ashley Hunt are the core members of The SPARK Initiative, which is a non-profit organization based out of Tampa, Florida. Their mission is to look at an understanding of the mind that is very…
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#18 - Rainman and Doorman - Have the Day You Deserve
Timing worked out perfectly to release this episode on Memorial Day as my guest Rob Cook served in the United States Air Force for 21 years. I would love to acknowledge Rob as well as all current and retired military members for their service, especially on this day. Thank you for your service.…
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#17 Coddiwompling on the Playground
This week's episode includes two of the most incredible women I've had the pleasure of meeting over the last year. Mer and Kristy are simply amazing and their love and friendship is shown so beautifully throughout this conversation. We hit on big topic around the idea of showing up to the park or...
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#16 Dr. Sidor and Ms. Sharp
On this week's episode, I am joined by two incredible people with extremely different backgrounds, Mardoche Sidor, MD and Julia Sharp. Mardoche is a assistant professor of psychology at Columbia University. His background is extremely impressive including CEO and president of The Sweet Institute....
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#15 - Get the Podcast to the Italians
On this week's episode, I was joined by two incredible transformative coaches from Italy. Nico and Daniel are two incredible transformational coaches. We spoke a lot through this conversation about our relationship with tension. We spoke about many different metaphors including rubber balls, car...
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#14 - The Creative Approach Summit Improvising Ladies
What happens when you put three improvisors into a zoom room? Well a whole lot. This week I'm joined by two hilarious improvisors Lauren Berning and Shannon Stott. These two ladies are up to incredible things including an awesome online summit that you will hear about throughout the conversation....
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#13 - The Dodds Abide
On this week's episode I am joined by Tina and Mac Dodds. Tina is a professional life coach, speaker, and retreat facilitator. She helps busy people live more and stress less. Mac is health coach and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning...
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#12 - The Name's Bond, Donna and Paul Bond
On this week's episode, I was joined by a lovely married couple. They are doing very different things at this point Donna is a soul-centered life coach, and Paul is artist and his art lives in the space between dreaming and reality. They are both writers as well and have books that are out in the...
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#11 - So A Nurse and A Clown Walk into a Podcast
On this weeks episode, I was joined by two lovely women. Jenna finished her career as a nurse and had an epiphany that she should heal people with energy. Donna found herself working as a professional clown and from there created her coaching and art business. We had such an incredible...
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#10 - JG
On this week's episode, I was joined by the incredible Jason Goldberg. We had such a fun conversation due to the fact we are both on the same journey to bring fun and play into the work that we do. We dove deep into the idea of not needing to solve emotions. There are no solutions to emotions…
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#9 Cambodia's First Female Celebrity Chef and First Co-Active Coach
On this week's episode, I had an amazing conversation with two prominent figures in Cambodia. Chef Nak has a powerful mission to help preserve Cambodia's cuisine. She is an incredible leader, which you will be able to tell just from listening to this episode. She shares many powerful techniques…
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#8 The Make Work Human Podcast Ladies
On this weeks episode, I am joined by the two wonderful hosts of The Make Work Human Podcast. Larissa Haynes and Jen Baggett played, laughed and shared so many nuggets of wisdom. We discussed the idea that you get to create the game, especially as an entrepreneur. It's your game. You make it up...
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#7 The Transformational Married New Yorkers
On this week episode, I was joined by two incredible coaches that have made a massive impact on my life. This couple has helped me transform through more ways than I can even explain. You will see what I'm talking about by listening to this wonderful conversation. There are many incredible topics...
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#6 - The High Performance Strategist from Ireland & Leadership Coach from Kuwait
On this weeks episode, I was joined by two amazing Executive and Leadership Coaches that spend a lot of time working with corporations. Thomas and Firas are friends that I have become close with over the last few months. The connection you will witness in this conversation is what makes it so…
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#5 - The Big Moose is Back
I was joined today by my good friend Kalem Fergusson aka The Big Moose. He was on the pilot episode, and I was lucky enough for him to join for the second time. Today marks the first episode with a solo guest. I understand that some entrepreneurs don't always have the time to schedule a friend to...
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#4 - The Travelin' Married Couple
On today's episode we explored including fun into marriage, work, and travel. These two wonderful guests began their journey in Australia and decided to put their belongings in storage and begin on a year long traveling tour. Five year's later, they are still in Italy and continue to work and...
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#3 - The Inspiress and The Conversationalist
Today I was joined by two Transformational Coaches, Coach Jasmyne and Coach Georgia. These ladies had a lot of great things to share including personal stories about deleting her father's business, playing golf, and sparkly shoes. Getting people out of their heads and into their lives. We...
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#2 - The Queen of the Vampires and The Grand Emperor
Today I was joined by two incredible people, Coach Stephanie Benedetto Padovani and Dr. Glenn Livingston. During this episode we discussed the ideas of the science behind playfulness, your inner pig, and turning tedious tasks into fun tasks. Client playmates. We start off as children and we...
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#1 - The Big Moose and The Banana B*tch
I invited the two gentlemen that inspired this podcast to join me on my first ever episode of The Entrepreneur Playground. Kalem Fergusson and Nikon Gormley have a brotherly relationship that will keep you laughing, but will allow you leave with a lot of value. The best way to describe this first...
About this show
“If it’s not fun, you are not doing it right” - Fran Tarkenton (QB NFL Hall of Fame). They don’t exactly teach that at business school. The goal here is to debunk the idea that business and life have to be serious. Martin Dara, a recovering procrastinator and transformational coach, interviews entrepreneurs, coaches, artists, and friends to discover how they bring fun and excitement into their business. In this show, he wants to explore the idea that we are all just playing a game. This is a place where guests are invited to play. Let’s see what exciting things come up.
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