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Evolvepreneur® (After Hours)

As a time-poor, typically underfunded online entrepreneur who receives so much conflicting advice about the best ways to grow your business, how can you compete with the big end of town without any of the resources they have at their disposal?

Our mission is to start a revolution that will help entrepreneurs easily establish their own complete business system that can compete with the big end of town and mainstream social media platforms.

We want to help entrepreneurs make a real difference

Join us today where we dig deep with our guests and get you the best blueprints so you can fast-track your business...

Episodes

EPS07:074 [Alyson Shane] ​​​​​​​From Solopreneur To Agency Owner

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Richard Wray Join me today where we dig deep with our guests and get you the best concepts and strategies to fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Alyson Shane ... Alyson Shane, owner of Starling Social, a marketing agency, shares her journey on a podcast. She left a secure government job due to panic attacks to pursue her passion in communications. Alyson initially built her freelance practice before fully launching Starling Social. She emphasizes empowering her team with flexibility and involving them in client problem-solving. She discusses learning from a humbling experience as a new freelancer and her approach of being vulnerable and seeking help. Alyson's commitment to giving back includes pro bono work for non-profits. Upcoming projects involve rebranding government agencies in Canada. She finds fulfillment in value-driven marketing and supporting her local community. Read more

EPS07:073 [Brandon Willington] ​​​​​​​From Nightclub Promoter to Digital Agency Owner

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Richard Wray Join me today where we dig deep with our guests and get you the best concepts and strategies to fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Brandon Willington ... Brandon transitioned from being a DJ to excelling in event promotion and digital marketing. He gained recognition for his innovative use of Facebook ads in promoting nightclubs and festivals in Perth. Brandon subsequently founded his digital marketing agency, serving diverse clients. He stressed the significance of effectively managing client expectations and communication to establish realistic goals. An illustrative case involved assisting a WiFi hotspot company in reaching its target audience through clever ad copy. Brandon also addressed the challenges encountered by agency founders when scaling and learning to delegate. In sum, the podcast offers valuable insights for digital marketers and agency owners seeking practical advice. Read more

EPS07:072 [Paul Ramondo] Agency Success & Inner Game

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Richard Wray Join me today where we dig deep with our guests and get you the best concepts and strategies to fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Paul Ramondo ... Paul Ramondo, a seasoned digital marketer and founder of Bright Side agency, traces his career back to promoting bands on MySpace and adapting those tactics for Facebook. He underscores the importance of aligning one's "inner game" before venturing into entrepreneurship. Paul candidly discusses his early years, marked by imbalanced work hours that took a toll on his health. He credits a fitness tracker for revealing the physical impacts of sleep deprivation and stress. Paul also emphasizes the significance of embracing an abundance mindset in client relationships. In sum, the podcast offers valuable insights on maintaining a healthy work-life balance, prioritizing self-care, and assessing new hires based on values, not just skills. Read more

EPS07:071 [Nathaniel Evans] ​​​​​​​The Changing Forces of You

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Richard Wray Join me today where we dig deep with our guests and get you the best concepts and strategies to fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Nathaniel Evans ... This episode discusses Nathaniel Evans' work helping former prisoners reintegrate into society through advocacy and leadership training. Evans went to prison himself and realized the system provides little support for rehabilitation. He now runs a nonprofit focused on vocational training, counseling, and providing role models to build former inmates' confidence and sense of self-worth. Evans emphasizes taking responsibility for one's actions while also gaining control over one's future. He finds community support is important for preventing recidivism and shares his own story as an example of how lives can be turned around. Evans is now working on a documentary exploring prisons and reentry from the inside perspective to help reform the system. Read more

EPS07:070 [Sandra Veledar] I.Liv, A Personally-Inspired Performance Program

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Richard Wray Join me today where we dig deep with our guests and get you the best concepts and strategies to fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Sandra Veledar ... In this episode, Sandra's journey from a corporate career to founding I.Live, a company aimed at aiding professional women in reducing burnout and improving work-life balance, is explored. Sandra developed practices and an agile-based app to help prioritize daily tasks. She gathered feedback and refined her approach through focus groups, and a successful pilot program validated her ideas. Sandra realized the importance of guiding women in adopting these practices gradually, rather than just offering an app. The podcast also touches on Sandra's personal experiences with adversity and resilience, emphasizing how she draws from them to assist other women. Overall, it offers valuable insights for aspiring entrepreneurs on idea validation and evolving solutions based on customer input. Read more

EPS07:069 [Steven Howard] ​​​​​​​Focus on People And Achieve Desired Results

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Richard Wray Join me today where we dig deep with our guests and get you the best concepts and strategies to fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Steven Howard ... Steven Howard, an acclaimed author of 22 books on leadership, business, and professional development, recently released "Humony Leadership," a Gold Medal-winning book recognized by the Nonfiction Authors Association. He was honored as one of the Top 200 Global Biggest Voices in Leadership by the LeadersHum network and featured in Brainz CREA Global's list of top entrepreneurs and leaders. His book, "Better Decisions. Better Thinking. Better Outcomes.," also received recognition. As a sought-after platform and virtual speaker, Steven delivers leadership keynote speeches worldwide for various events and conferences. Read more

EPS07:068 [Wayne Wright] ​​​​​​​Innovate or Die!

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Richard Wray Join me today where we dig deep with our guests and get you the best concepts and strategies to fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Wayne Wright ... This episode discusses the importance of innovation for businesses with a guest Wayne Wright, who is an investor and author. Wayne talks about how his early career in science fostered an innovative mindset. He provides examples of innovations he developed that transformed companies and increased profits. He emphasizes that innovation is about more than new products - it can also include process improvements. This episode discusses how some companies fail to innovate and get disrupted, using Kodak as an example. The challenge of balancing current business needs with investing in new innovations is also covered. Wayne stresses that innovation improves customer solutions and keeps a business relevant. Listeners are provided with details on how to connect with the guest speaker to learn more about driving innovation. Read more

EPS07:067 [Anthony Murphy] ​​​​​​​Grow Business Amid Tough Times

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Richard Wray Join me today where we dig deep with our guests and get you the best concepts and strategies to fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Anthony Murphy ... This episode discusses driving business growth in challenging times with guest Anthony Murphy, founder of digital growth agency Attention Media. Anthony gained experience in his family's business before starting his podcast and agency. He emphasizes the importance of leaning into difficulties and finding opportunities during crises. Anthony explains how he grew his agency during the pandemic by shifting operations online and continuing marketing. Core values and communicating what a business stands for are also discussed as important for building trust. Preparing for difficulties and having fallback plans, like what is often needed for farming, was another lesson. Cutting marketing budgets during challenges was identified as a common mistake, as new customer acquisition is critical for sales. Anthony is focused on continuing to innovate and scale his agency while providing new employment opportunities. Read more

EPS07:066 [May Silvers] Do You Have What It Takes?

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Richard Wray Join me today where we dig deep with our guests and get you the best concepts and strategies to fast-track your business. My very special guest today is May Silvers ... This episode discusses the challenges of becoming an entrepreneur with guest May Silvers. May shares her experience working in hospitality and eventually starting her own mentorship business. She emphasizes that entrepreneurship is much harder work than most people realize and that the romanticized version on social media is misleading. May explains that many are shocked by the physical, mental, and emotional toll of rejection and the difficulties of building a sustainable business. Her mentorship program aims to give aspiring entrepreneurs a more realistic understanding of what it takes to succeed. May advises talking to existing business owners to learn about the challenges rather than just the successes. Overall, the podcast stresses the importance of developing mental toughness and not underestimating the grind required to get a new business off the ground. Read more

EPS07:065 [Andrew Wilner] ​​​​​​​Side Gigs

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Richard Wray Join me today where we dig deep with our guests and get you the best concepts and strategies to fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Andrew Wilner ... This episode discusses working side gigs, particularly for physicians with guest Andrew Wilner. He talks about how locum tenens work allows doctors flexibility to test different locations before settling down. It also provides an option for those wanting reduced hours near retirement. Burnout is a risk if the work is not balanced, but side projects can help rekindle passion if done right. Wilner took time off from clinical work and was surprised by medical advances when returning. He advises having savings to support yourself when starting something new. The discussion covers how isolation from technology changes can impact doctors' wellbeing. Overall, the podcast provides advice on maintaining work-life balance and passion for one's career through temporary opportunities or side projects. Read more