Self Made Strategies
Curiosity, Innovation, Resilience, Creativity, Determination - All of these words evoke the spirit of a self made entrepreneur, but how do they do what they do? The Self Made Strategies podcast is here to explore how entrepreneurs grow their businesses, minds, selves, communities and brands to achie...
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Oct. 6, 2021
145: Michael Vertolli – Process Creates Progress
On this episode we sat down with Michael Vertolli, President and Chief Executive Officer of ComTec Systems. Mike joined ComTec in 1989 as a member of the technical engineering team. Five years later in 1994, he purchased a controlling interest in the company and assumed overall control of operations. Mike helped the company develop from a two-person consulting firm into one of Inc. Magazine’s fastest growing privately-owned technology firms in the United States. Check out ComTec here: comtecsyst
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Sept. 29, 2021
144: Amanda Rabideau – Growing Your Brand by Building an Effective Marketing Strategy
On this episode, you will hear from Amanda Rabideau, the CEO of Arch Collective. Amanda built her career growing businesses using effective marketing, strategy, and sales practices. Over the past fifteen years, she has worked with large enterprises like Dell, Microsoft, CoreLogic, and tech start-ups including Cloudstaff, New Relic, and OraMetrix (acquired by Dentsply Sirona March 2018). Throughout her career, Amanda served as a trusted advisor to entrepreneurs as they launched and expanded their
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Sept. 22, 2021
143: Robert L. Mickles – Making “Off-Time” Happen
On this episode, you will hear from Robert L. Mickles, the Co-Founder/Director/Editor of 360 Digital Studios. Rob is a filmmaker based out of Croydon, Pennsylvania, who has been doing full service production studio work, with a knack for collaboration, since before attending college. Video production takes Rob all over the world. He typically serves the following areas: Philadelphia, NYC/NJ, DMV area (DE/MD/VA/D.C), Texas, California, Las Vegas and Florida. His new film, "Off-Time," is a passion
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Sept. 15, 2021
142: Dr. Mike Simpson – How to Reinvent Yourself (Even After Age 40)
On this episode, you will hear from Dr. Mike Simpson. Dr. Mike is best known for his role as an investigator on the History Channel’s docu-reality series "Hunting Hitler." He has served over three decades in the military as an Airborne Ranger, a Green Beret, and a doctor of emergency medicine assigned to the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). Trained as a demolitions expert, SWAT sniper, high altitude low opening (HALO) parachutist, civilian paramedic, Special Forces medic, operations and
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Sept. 8, 2021
141: Nardeep Khurmi – The Road to “Land of Gold (Along with Some “Deep” Thoughts)
Nardeep Khurmi is an acclaimed writer, director, and actor hailing from the suburbs of Philly by way of Switzerland and England. You can usually catch him on some mountain likely out of breath. Or pigging out on some delicious street food. He studied at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, FAMU International in Prague, Czech Republic, Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB), and recently completed a 5 year training with teacher Stephen Book. His work spotlights underrepresented communities, and he splits his
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Sept. 1, 2021
140: Joris Bryon – Killing Your Website’s Conversion Killers
Joris Bryon is the founder and CEO of Dexter Agency, a remote team of e-commerce conversion optimization and email marketing specialists. The agency serves high-revenue e-commerce stores that are ready for continuous growth. With over 1500 A/B tests under his belt, Joris wrote the book “Kill Your Conversion Killers” to help all the online stores he hasn’t worked with (yet). Check out Joris' free e-book (that we mention during the episode) to learn more! On this episode you will hear about: * Com