In this episode Brian has a heartfelt and inspiring conversation with his first 501(c)(3) nonprofit CEO - the founder of Bringing Hope Home, Paul Isenberg. Bringing Hope Home has helped over 7600 families by providing emotional and financial support to local families with cancer.

In this episode Brian has a beer with David Weaver, a franchising expert who focuses on teaching clients the secrets of starting, growing and exiting a profitable franchise business. David walks Brian through the counseling and coaching process he takes with each candidate.

This is Brian’s first live podcast and it was broadcast from his home state of Delaware on July 14, 2022. In this episode Brian does what he loves to do — have beers with entrepreneurs and learn the ups and downs of their journey to owning and running a successful business.

Casey shares what he thinks are the common traits of great leaders. You’ll want to hear his take on the reasons why people get stuck and how to get unstuck. Listen to find out about what Casey calls “the boomerang mindset” and how it can help you.

In 1989, Cheryl Ecton started working as a receptionist for a group of building owners, and she quickly realized what tenants complained about most - the temperature and cleanliness of the building. Thirty three years later, Cheryl is the CEO/President of Elite Building Services, a commercial cleaning and building maintenance company which employs over 700 people in 19 states. Cheryl is also a motivational speaker and author of “Choices Change Everything: Choose to Get Up When Life Knocks You Down.”

Listen in on Robert's incredible story. Spoiler alert: it wasn't an overnight success. This episode is a must-listen. You won’t want to miss when Robert shares his prediction of the real estate market over the next 12-24 months.

Brian welcomes back John Boykin of B&H Insurance for a follow up episode to share the highs and lows of having his business acquired by Assured Partners. In this episode, John explains why running his business like he was going to sell it one day eventually paid off and what it felt like when that wire hit his bank account, becoming financially independent at the age of 39.

In this episode Brian speaks with his first engaged entrepreneurial couple - Lovell Kosh & Raychel Shannon. They own and operate 3&D Sports Performance, a strength and conditioning business for athletes of all levels, based out of Wilmington, DE. At 3&D Sports Performance, Lovell & Rachel offer sports specific group training, team training, infinite athlete (adult) small group strength sessions, personal training and nutrition coaching.

Have you ever loved your life so much you don't really want to go on vacation? Maybe if you were the CEO of a San Francisco event and entertainment company that serves companies like Google, Salesforce, Apple, and Linkedin - like Natasha Miller, you would.

You may have already heard Brian’s next guest on a tv, radio or online commercial. Besty Ciconte is a one woman show selling her voice as a voiceover professional known as Betsy Speaks.

Have you seen cars on the road that are wrapped with advertisements? Greg Star, founder and partner of Carvertise, and his partner Mac, pioneered the space for placing ads on Uber, lyft, GRUBHUB, DOORDASH, and Amazon Flex drivers. It's a great way for drivers to make easy passive income.

Brian and Katie discuss the most common mistakes that are made when advertising and how Katie and her team educate their clients - many business owners confuse the word marketing with branding and SEO.

It was long hours, hard work and no longer wanting to work for someone else that drove Lauren to go off on her own. Listen in on this episode as Brian and Lauren discuss why lifestyle and happiness is most important, not the money.

Brian shares a beer with Australian angel investor and entrepreneur James Giancotti cofounder of Oddup - a data company which rates startups and crypto.

There are so many great nuggets to takeaway from this episode as Brian shares a beer with Mitch Russo, who has created businesses with Chet Holmes, Kevin Harrington and Tony Robbins, and is a two time Amazon bestseller.

Brian and David discuss “The Great Resignation” - why there are 4 million executive job openings that no one is applying for, and what modern day marketing and sales means. David also offers examples on how to sell. Great takeaways for any entrepreneur or someone who is in the beginning stages of starting a business.

There’s nothing like checking in at the front desk of a hotel just to confirm the credit card payment you already confirmed online. We all just want to be able to walk into our hotel room and bypass the front desk altogether without any human interaction. That is what Luca Zambello set out to do with his company, Jurny.

Co-founder of WasteMasters, Steve Masterson shares a beer with Brian and explains how his story is a lot like Forrest Gump. After serving in the Air Force, Steve worked for the largest waste management company in the world, and then broke his back and legs as a fireman for the El Paso Fire Department.

Always wanting to be an architect since he was 10 years old, Rob landed a position at a big firm and was fortunate enough to have a front row seat to working through the ups and downs of a new startup. Rob explains that the energy levels and culture were so infectious that he went from wanting to do architecture his whole life, to wanting to be a business owner; he caught the entrepreneurial bug.

In 1981 David Curtis was introduced to Leon Weiner by his professor while he was in graduate school - fast forward 40 years later and David is now the Co-Managing Partner of a company that has over 7000 units, of mainly affordable multifamily housing with a few hotels, in over 10 states.

Listen in to hear the most important things David learned from Leon, and how David and Kramer from Seinfeld are alike.