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Khamzat is the founder and CEO of SoftSmile. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. No one can become successful on his own. 2. Start by finding the problem. Remember that no matter how big your competitors are, you will always find customers regardless of your marketing budget if they cannot solve it as you do. 3. Do not give up. There will always be obstacles and new opportunities, but there will also be people who will help you along the way. Try SoftSmile and follow them on Social Media! - Softsmiles Website Sponsors: HubSpot: Building a business is challenging enough; your tech stack shouldn't make it harder! Learn how HubSpot can help your business grow better at Hubspot.com.

Conor Carmody is an experienced business executive who has held senior management positions over a 30 year career. At Furthr Conor has supported and advised 100's of start-ups and supported them in their journey to raise millions in funding. Conor is the Furthr Festival lead and will cover emerging technologies, innovation and scaling business insights. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. If you can get your life's yin and yang, you can get confirmed success. 2. Looking at the world around you, it seems that there are two giant pillars - sustainability and digital transformation - shaping the world. 3. The world is constantly changing. As an entrepreneur, standing still is not an option; no matter where you are, the world is rapidly shifting, and you have to cope and ensure that you are up to date with the significant shifts. Learn more about the Furthr Festival, happening October 21, 2022! - Furthr Festival Website Sponsors: HubSpot: Building a business is challenging enough; your tech stack shouldn't make it harder! Lear

David Pere is a financially free Marine Corps veteran who devotes his free time to teaching service members and veterans to build wealth through real estate investing, entrepreneurship, and personal finance! Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. When people think about real estate investing, they get scared because they're going to buy a house where they will not live in. Buying a house is not scary, but buying an investment is. Combining the two is called house-hacking. 2. At around 20 years old, when you're starting off with your new career, there's no better way to get started in wealth building journey than to contribute just enough, put it at the right fund and let it grow. 3. A dollar spent at 18 is infinitely more valuable than a dollar invested in 22. Reach out and Follow David on Instagram - David Instagram Sponsors: HubSpot: Building a business is challenging enough; your tech stack shouldn't make it harder! Learn how HubSpot can help your business grow better at Hubspot.com. Shopify: The platform trusted by millio

Taylor Perkins is just a dude trying to level the playing field in finance, while taking his company Muunifi to the MOON. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Failing is an advantage. 2. Your platform is useless without users. 3. Get involved in any way that you feel comfortable. Follow Muunifi on Instagram! - Muunifi on Instagram Sponsor: HubSpot: Building a business is challenging enough; your tech stack shouldn't make it harder! Learn how HubSpot can help your business grow better at Hubspot.com.

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2019. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Chima Nwala is the founder of Hangout Corporation, which he founded in his college dorm room after graduating from Foster School of Business at the University of Washington in Seattle. He has over 30 years of experience in the digital music space. An independent music publisher, writer and podcaster, he shares the same challenges and opportunities digital music presents to artists, fans, and users alike. His passion for Finance, Technology and Music led him to create PODBUM® Podcast and soon PODBUM® Coin. His book "The Secret Sauce Behind Podcasting," was just published and is available on Amazon. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. You have the power to make it happen. Believe in yourself and take action. 2. Blockchain for artists, music industry professionals, and even those who

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2019. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Adam Kaufman is Co-founder and Managing Director of ArborCrowd, the first crowdfunding platform to be launched by a real estate institution. In this role, he oversees ArborCrowd's corporate growth strategies. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Do research before committing to something. 2. It's not about volume, it's about quality. 3. Being passionate about what you do will make it easier for you to do the hard work. Create an account on ArborCrowd to join the community today - ArborCrowd Sponsor: HubSpot: Building a business is challenging enough; your tech stack shouldn't make it harder! Learn how HubSpot can help your business grow better at Hubspot.com.

Scott Williams is a highly accomplished executive with over 25 years in retail and e-commerce, who joined Batteries Plus as the company's CEO in January of 2019. During his six-year tenure, his achievements included driving significant results by improving retail operations, revamping marketing, as well as many others. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. From a leadership point of view, some of the basic things that you read seems so basic that you tend to overlook. Build a world-class team, put the right people in the right place, drive a strategy, allow everyone to know how to win together, and share the fruits of success. 2. The tagline "Power it, Light it, Fix it." is action oriented and shows how to drive absolution. 3. Trust in your workforce pays off multiple times over. Join Our Leading Batteries, Cell Phone Repair, and Lighting Franchise - Batteries Plus Franchise Sponsor: HubSpot: A platform that's easy for your entire team to use! Learn how HubSpot can make it easier for your business to grow better at Hubspot.c

Martin Mao is the co-founder and CEO of Chronosphere, the provider of the leading observability platform for cloud-native. He previously held roles at leading tech companies including Uber, Microsoft, Google and Amazon. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Luck and timing play a significant role in the result of your success. 2. More industries are now adopting the same technology, and Chronosphere is there to provide better solutions. 3. Be ready when an opportunity presents itself. Take a step back, look at more significant trends in your economy and industry, and be prepared to capitalize on these opportunities. Visit and take back control of Observability - Chronosphere Website  Sponsor: HubSpot: A platform that's easy for your entire team to use! Learn how HubSpot can make it easier for your business to grow better at Hubspot.com!

Andre Kay is a husband, father of 3 boys, author, investor, and successful entrepreneur. He is the founder of Sociallybuzz and Best Date Ever. He is also the co-founder of MetAiBlock and Kids Maker Lab. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Metaverse and NFTs are the new ways to connect with audiences to monetize and drive more business revenue. 2. Being present in both the physical and virtual world gives an incredible opportunity to build a market and monetize within the Metaverse. 3. Metaverse will power the future, embrace it, learn it and test it first to have the experience to see how you can implement it in your business. Do not be left behind. Check out to bring your franchise into the metaverse! - Metaverse + Artificial Intelligence + Blockchain Website Sponsors: HubSpot: A platform that's easy for your entire team to use! Learn how HubSpot can make it easier for your business to grow better at Hubspot.com! Roll by ADP: Ready for a lot less stress in your life? Get 3 free months of unlimited payroll processing when

Igor Khalatian is the founder and CEO of iris, an AI dating app that pairs users based on ideal physical preferences in a partner, he's also Oracle's former VP of Development. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Being successful is not about competing; instead, you compete with yourself by being better each day. 2. There is no guarantee, but things are much easier when you start from mutual physical attraction. 3. The probability of mutual attraction is extremely low; however, with the help of new advances in Artificial Intelligence, such as the Iris App, it will be possible for you to find the person of your dreams, be persistent and make a follow-through. Visit and download. AI can now predict your attraction - Iris Website Sponsor: HubSpot: A platform that's easy for your entire team to use! Learn how HubSpot can make it easier for your business to grow better at Hubspot.com!

Kindra Hall is a best-selling author and the former Chief Storytelling Officer of SUCCESS Magazine, whose work teaches individuals and brands to harness and leverage the power of their stories. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Becoming successful is an ongoing process, and your pain in your entrepreneurial journey is not what defines your success or will make you successful. 2. Storytelling is fundamentally the building block of what makes our species who we are today. 3. Think about the essential thing that you want right now and trust in the fact that a story is a thing that is going to get you there. Use that story to propel you forward. Check out and sign up to get messages from Kindra - Kindra's Website Sponsors: HubSpot: A platform that's easy for your entire team to use! Learn how HubSpot can make it easier for your business to grow better at Hubspot.com! ZipRecruiter: Outstanding talent is crucial for a successful business. And if you're hiring, you can find talent for any role at ZipRecruiter. Try it for free t

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2019. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Marisa Murgatroyd is the founder of Live Your Message and the creator of the Experience Product Masterclass. Her mission? To reinvent online education so that results and engagement become the norm and not the exception. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. If you want to get people hooked on getting results, taking action, and buying from you again, then you have to create products in a fundamentally different way. 2. Give your customers clarity on exactly what to do. 3. When you return to focusing on your audience and helping them get results, all of a sudden your business takes off. The 10 Critical Elements Every Product Must Have to Deliver Huge Results, Create Raving Fans & Turn on the Referral Engine in Your Business - Free Download: The Viral Product Checklist! Sponsors:

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2019. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Kim Constable is a vegan yoga teacher turned competitive bodybuilder who built a multi million dollar fitness empire in 18 months, from her kitchen table, whilst homeschooling her four young kids. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Natural defiance is a good thing in some ways. 2. Believe in the value of your product and sell it. 3. Don't give up when it gets hard because when it gets hard, that's when the real work begins. Check out what Kim has going on! - The Sculpted Vegan Sponsors: HubSpot: A platform that's easy for your entire team to use! Learn how HubSpot can make it easier for your business to grow better at Hubspot.com! ProsperSpark: Anything and everything you can imagine in Excel, ProsperSpark can create and deliver it for you! Book a free project call today at Prosp

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2019. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Christina Stembel is the founder of Farmgirl Flowers, a $23M company that's reinventing the floral industry's business model to eliminate waste and elevate the customer experience. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Identify what problem you're solving and what you want your company to do. 2. It's important to have a team that appreciates the transparency within the company and that will get through anything with you. 3. Know your KPI's; know your numbers. Check out what Christina has going on! - FarmGirlFlowers Sponsors: HubSpot: A platform that's easy for your entire team to use! Learn how HubSpot can make it easier for your business to grow better at Hubspot.com! Closers.io: A world-leading sales training and certification company. For more info on their sales certification vi

Ivan Anz is a three-time Inc500 serial entrepreneur with investors in 14 countries and now he owns companies on 3 continents. He is the creator of the Philanthroinvestors Phenomena. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Becoming successful requires you not to be the person creating your success. 2. Philanthroinvesting is getting a financial return for your philanthropy. 3. Life essentials is everything humans need - and will constantly need - whatever the situation is. Housing Philantroinvesting book on Amazon – Grab your copy now! Sponsors: HubSpot: A platform that's easy for your entire team to use! Learn how HubSpot can make it easier for your business to grow better at Hubspot.com! Roll by ADP: Ready for a lot less stress in your life? Get 3 free months of unlimited payroll processing when you visit RollByADP.com/fire! Terms and conditions apply.

Emily Thompson is the co-founder and host of Being Boss, a resource, community, and podcast for creative entrepreneurs with over 11 million downloads. She's also the founder and CEO of Almanac Supply Co., a retail brand that makes and curates products that help people connect with nature. For over a decade Emily has worked closely with creatives to help them make money doing work they love, with a focus on building online business models and growing creative businesses. She's also the co-author of Being Boss: Take Control of Your Work and Live Life on Your Own Terms. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Focus on creating a valuable relationship with your community. 2. Don't be afraid to try anything and everything. 3. Nobody wants a pale weak imitation of somebody else. What people want is the real, true, authentic you and the value that you can give. Being Boss - Check out Emily's podcast, Being Boss, also brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network! Sponsors: HubSpot: A platform that's easy for your entire team to use!

Steffen Schebesta is the CEO at Sendinblue. He is passionate about business and technology and always open to new ideas, discussions and contacts. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. You can look back at how much work it takes and overcoming obstacles to become successful. 2. Hiring is essential because the company's heart is the people you will work with. 3. People are everything; they are the heart and soul of the company. The key is to hire the best people and find the perfect match. Focus on who you work with and who you hire. Visit and get your all-in-one solution. Use the EOF code to get 50% off for the first three months! - Send In Blue Website Sponsors: HubSpot: A platform that's easy for your entire team to use! Learn how HubSpot can make it easier for your business to grow better at Hubspot.com! Roll by ADP: Ready for a lot less stress in your life? Get 3 free months of unlimited payroll processing when you visit RollByADP.com/fire! Terms and conditions apply.

Alex Sanfilippo is a software founder focused specifically on serving the podcasting industry. He is the creator of PodMatch; a service that automatically matches podcast guests and hosts together for interviews. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Seek to be a person of value, not a person of profit. It will make the world a better place and it always does better for you. 2. The 10 things that are important are, your tagline, about you, your proved photos, your social media and website links, the bio that's short and fun, main areas of focus, questions that you're ready to answer, past media appearances, past reviews from other hosts, and your call to action. 3. Humans' conditions changed. We're not buying like we used to and make decisions like we used to. People will do business whom they know, like, and trust. Automatically Matches Ideal Podcast Hosts and Guests for Interviews. Get an exclusive discount! - Pod Match EOFire Sponsors: HubSpot: A platform that's easy for your entire team to use! Learn how HubSpot can make

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2019. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Ariel Garten is a neuroscientist, psychotherapist, and co-founder of Muse, the brain sensing headband that helps you meditate. She was featured on CNN (3x), NYT, Forbes, Fortune, MensHealth, and Etc. Ariel and Muse help you understand and super-charge your brain. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. With Focused Attention Meditation, when you choose to take your attention off your wandering thoughts and put it on to a neutral object, you can change the relationship to your thoughts. 2. Meditation teaches you to deal with both mental and emotional fears; you don't need to be ruled by fear. Acknowledge and then release. 3. The understanding that the simple act of noticing your thoughts and choosing where you put your mind can fundamentally transform your life and your business. Techn

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2019. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. With over 50 million in sales, Phil Graham is an entrepreneur who went from a Fortune 500 career to building a successful ad agency helping entrepreneurs leverage social media ads to get clients. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. The best way to get clients and customers is to lead with value. Do not try and sell something right away; use video and then re-target in a very smart segmented way. 2. It's not just what you say; it's who you are and who you are to say it. 3. Make it happen and do it now. Take action! Get a free template and in-depth videos from Phil! - 5 Steps to Creating Video Ads that STAND OUT Sponsors: HubSpot: A platform that's easy for your entire team to use! Learn how HubSpot can make it easier for your business to grow better at Hubspot.com! ProsperSpark: An