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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

EPS06:10 [Chris Miles] Fast Financial Results

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Mechelle McDonald 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 Chris Miles ... Chris Miles, the Cash Flow Expert and Anti-Financial Advisor, teaches entrepreneurs and professionals how to make their money work for them. Through his company, Money Ripples, he has helped clients increase their cash flow by over $300 million in the last 13 years. Inspired by his father's financial struggles, Chris pursued a career in finance to assist others in achieving financial freedom. He founded Money Ripples to teach clients how to generate passive income and prioritize creating value for them. By serving and solving clients' problems, financial success naturally follows. Chris emphasizes the importance of having an abundant mindset and not relying on specific clients, as it attracts more opportunities. He advises entrepreneurs to focus on serving more people to grow their businesses. Read more

EPS06:09 [Denise O’Donnell] ​​​​​​​Striking a Balance as a Small Business CEO

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Mechelle McDonald 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 Denise O’Donnell ... Denise is a CFO involved in building a new art school in Kentucky. She tackles commercial and financial challenges, understands higher education innovation, and embraces digital solutions. Denise also oversees Human Capital Management, prioritizing a healthy workplace culture that promotes inclusion. She emphasizes trust-building through authentic client conversations, advises entrepreneurs to differentiate dreams from pipe dreams, and advocates for purpose and contentment over constant happiness. Denise recommends hiring a team for mundane tasks while focusing on visionary entrepreneurship. Read more

EPS06:08 [Yuan Deng] ​​​​​​​Turning Leads Into Sales in Instagram

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Mechelle McDonald 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 Yuan Deng ... Yuan Deng is the CEO of DailySurprisesMedia.com, an Instagram agency specializing in lead generation and conversion. Her agency has achieved over 100 client wins and gained recognition from Business Insider. Yuan explains how Instagram is an ideal platform for generating and converting leads. She emphasizes the effectiveness of organic growth strategies, such as optimizing profiles and engaging with targeted audiences, rather than relying solely on ads. Yuan's unique approach includes utilizing DM sales to have meaningful conversations with leads and understand their needs, leading to higher conversion rates. She expanded her business to incorporate lead conversion, resulting in significant transformations. Yuan is dedicated to helping her clients make a greater impact in the world. Read more

EPS06:07 [David Harris] ​​​​​​​How To Grow Your Business Fast

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Mechelle McDonald 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 David Harris ... David from Accelerate Your Business discusses five key areas for fast business growth: building trust, having a clear why, telling a strategic story, using social selling, and strategic marketing. Trust is crucial, as many buyers prefer not to meet in person. A clear why and strategic storytelling help businesses stand out and be memorable. Social selling and strategic marketing enable scalable growth. Balancing these areas accelerates business growth. David provides flexible, on-demand strategic advisory and practical skills for small and medium businesses at Accelerate Your Business Today. They unravel complexity and provide tailored solutions, leveraging David's scaling expertise and knowledge. Read more

EPS06:06 [Gregory Shepard] ​​​​​​​Accomplishing Amidst Neurodivergent Conditions

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Mechelle McDonald 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 Gregory Shepard ... Gregory Shepard is a 20-year startup veteran, angel investor, author, and serial entrepreneur with 12 liquidity events under his belt in BioTech, TransTech, AdTech, and MarTech industries, two of which were sold as part of a $925M transaction that won 4 private equity awards for transactions between $250M and $1B. Greg has accomplished all of this while existing with 7 neurodivergent conditions including Autism and Dyslexia. Read more

EPS06:05 [Karie Soehardi] ​​​​​​​Direct and Purpose

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Mechelle McDonald 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 Karie Soehardi ... Karie is the founder of Circular Design Thinking. She is a Sustainable Design Consultant with a passion for design, strategy, development and shifting the interiors' market from a linear model to that of the circular economy. Over the past twenty years, her experience has led her from being a 'fast fashion' buyer into the interior textiles space, having had her own boutique textile and wallpaper studio for ten years. Then working as a Product Designer for Armadillo rugs, textile merchant Charles Parsons and Milliken flooring . Some of her projects have been featured in the likes of Belle, Vogue Living and Australian House & Gardens. She is currently working with clients such as Space Furniture, Kvadrat Maharam, Cult Design, Green Building Council of Australia and the Australian Furnishings Association as they implement change around sustainable materials and operations. Driven by passion, she approaches each project with direction and purpose to provide expertise and implement viable solutions with long-term environmental gains. Read more

EPS06:04 [Connie Inukai] ​​​​​​​Starting a Business in Retirement

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Mechelle McDonald 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 Connie Inukai ... As a serial “Grandmapreneur®”, Inukai speaks to retirees or soon-to-be retirees on the benefits of pursuing entrepreneurship in retirement. Retired from teaching Technical Writing at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University for four decades, Connie Inukai became an award-winning inventor at the age of 68. Author of "How I got My Product on QVC, The Today Show, The View, and More...In Retirement", she helps others generate free publicity for their products. She is the creator of Write Your Selfie®, where she inspires people to write their life stories in a fun and easy-to-read format. Featured in Entrepreneur magazine, “6 Reasons to Pursue Entrepreneurship in Retirement,” Connie encourages Baby Boomers to have an active retirement through business or social entrepreneurship. Because… Passion has No Expiration Date! Read more

EPS06:03 [Emma Tessler] Lights, Camera, Action: The Power of Video Content

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Mechelle McDonald 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 Emma Tessler ... Emma Tessler is the Founder + CEO of Ninety Five Media; a woman-run digital marketing agency that builds results-driven digital marketing strategies for scaling brands. She and her team help their clients connect with ideal clients, build community, and convert audience members into paying clients. Her first exposure to the world of digital marketing was in 2015 at a college internship with an Interior Designer, and her love for the industry grew from there. After working for several years at a Top 100 Design firm in Manhattan, New York, she left in 2020 to take Ninety Five Media to the next level. Today, Emma and her team have worked with over 100 clients in 25+ industries, helping them monetize their online presence and see incredible results. With 8 years of marketing experience under her belt, she is on a mission to disrupt the digital marketing space for years to come. Read more

EPS06:02 [Cindy Nicholson] Tips and Strategies for Growth and Success

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Mechelle McDonald 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 Cindy Nicholson ... Passionate about transformation, Cindy Nicholson is an acknowledged thought leader on Innovation in the financial services industry with a track record of success delivering sustainable transformation. Bringing over 30 years of expertise, Cindy knows it’s not just about technology, it includes embracing culture and the change of mindset that enables an organisation and its people to remain relevant, valuable and grow in a landscape that’s never been more competitive. Cindy has a rare combination of experience across business and technology ecosystems, expertise accumulated from her career in investment banking, management consulting, software vendors and telecommunications across the UK, USA, Japan, and Asia. All in the name of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, she has worked with large enterprises and start-up companies, leading a $70M transformation program with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to building international software companies in Silicon Valley and Ireland, successfully taking them to acquisition and IPO. Read more

EPS06:01 [Paul Claxton] ​​​​​​​Why Technology Is Not The Solution To Innovation

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Mechelle McDonald 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 CLAXTON ... Paul is a Serial Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and visionary leader frequently sought-out by universities, startups, venture capital firms and Fortune 500 companies for his network, ingenuity and uncanny ability to drive organizations forward. Read more