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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

EPS07:064 [Carol Schultz] ​​​​​​​Talent-Centric Organizations

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 Carol Schultz ... This episdoe discusses talent centric organizations with guest Carol Schultz. Carol explains that many companies think their problems are with recruiting, when often the real issue lies with company culture and leadership. She developed a process to help companies become truly talent centric by refocusing on employees and aligning talent and business strategies. Carol discusses the importance of effective communication, feedback loops, and succession planning. She highlights how the talent department should be elevated to a partner role rather than being under HR. The podcast also explores challenges with growing companies and making necessary leadership changes. Carol shares an example client success story of improving culture, happiness, and performance through her talent centric approach. Read more

EPS06:58 [Ashutosh Malgaonkar] ​​​​​​​Applying Data Science to Your Business Strategies

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 Ashutosh Malgaonkar ... In the episode, Ashutosh Malgaonkar, a senior data scientist, discusses the role of data science in business growth through automation. He shares a case where he used data modeling to optimize pricing for a tire company, stressing the challenge of aligning data models with business problems. Ashutosh advises entrepreneurs that automation complements human efforts and underscores the need to tailor data science solutions to each business. The episode highlights the significance of data science in maintaining competitive pricing strategies for companies. Read more

EPS06:57 [Monique Cunningham] ​​​​​​​The Money Is In Your List

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 Monique Cunningham ... In this episode, Monique Cunningham highlights the significance of email list engagement and cleaning for business owners. She stresses the importance of identifying genuinely engaged subscribers while removing inactive ones to ensure effective email delivery. Building and nurturing client relationships through consistent communication is a key strategy. Monique advises removing subscribers who don't open emails to prevent potential clients from being blocked. She underscores the importance of delivering valuable and relevant content to maintain subscriber engagement and suggests seeking feedback from the list to meet their needs. While social media is useful for promotion, Monique emphasizes that email remains vital for regular communication. Cleaning the email list creates room for growth and helps attract subscribers who genuinely value and act on the content. Read more

EPS07:049 [Rich Bontrager ] ​​​​​​​How to Build a Media Empire As a Go-To Expert

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 Rich Bontrager ... Rich Bontrager discusses his experience in sports broadcasting and how he now helps entrepreneurs and speakers succeed in media. He coaches clients on presenting confidently for video to build their personal brand and media empire. Bontrager stresses the importance of consistency across platforms like podcasts and video to effectively funnel audiences. While technology allows many to participate, he believes the human element is still important for connection and that authenticity will resonate most. Rich provides tips for both technical setup and content strategy to help newcomers find early success in online media. Read more

EPS05:50 [Sam Rathling] ​​​​​​​Leveraging LinkedIn to Scale and Grow Your Business

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Christine Campbell Rapin 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 Sam Rathling ... This episode discusses how to use LinkedIn effectively for business lead generation. Sam Rathling, a LinkedIn expert, shares her experience growing businesses on the platform over 18 years. She outlines strategies like using outbound messaging to invite contacts to valuable online events. Sam emphasizes giving value first through content and invitations before directly pitching people. She also describes facing a difficult situation where a business partner took control and financially ruined her company. However, Sam was able to rebuild successfully by focusing on outbound prospecting through LinkedIn. She now helps other businesses do the same through her company Pipeline 44 Group. Read more

EPS05:38 [Warren Coughlin] ​​​​​​​Authentic Value Strategically Delivered

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Christine Campbell Rapin 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 Warren Coughlin ... Warren Coughlin coaches entrepreneurs to build businesses that align with their values and produce results. He helps clients with operational strategy, high performance culture, and financial management. He believes culture and strategy work best together, with culture ensuring the right strategies are implemented properly. Warren helps clients make better decisions through data, understanding root causes of indecision, and taking iterative steps. His clients see average revenue increases of $2.3 million and profit increases of $440,000 due to implementing his foundational principles of strategy, culture and financial management. Read more

EPS07:011 [Gregory Mohr] ​​​​​​​Real Freedom

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 Gregory Mohr ... Greg Mohr is a successful entrepreneur and author of "Real Freedom," a book about franchises and building wealth. He has helped hundreds of people invest in franchise units, providing them with entrepreneurial opportunities. Greg emphasizes finding a franchise that suits one's strengths and improving weaknesses. His book offers a step-by-step guide for choosing the right franchise based on individual goals. For inquiries, contact Greg at 361-772-6401 or greg@franchisemaven.com. Read more

EPS06:14 [David Fradin] ​​​​​​​The Five Keys to Product 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 David Fradin ... David Fradin, a former HP and Apple executive, is an author and expert in product management. His books, such as "Building Insanely Great Products," are available on Amazon. David's mission is to help products succeed, and he has trained global companies, including Cisco, on product management. He emphasizes five keys to product success: market strategy, repeatable process, right information, customer understanding, and required competencies. David founded Spice Catalyst to assist companies in reducing product failures and increasing success through workshops, courses, and consulting services. His goal is to optimize resources by helping products thrive. 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

EPS03:28 [April Porter] Accelerate Growth and Profits In Record Time

Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Christine Campbell Rapin 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 April Porter ... April Porter is a business growth strategist and advisor to hundreds of franchisees and the CEO of Ask April Porter, where she helps franchise owners accelerate their growth and profits in record time. As an award-winning entrepreneur with a proven record of success in growth strategy, April has experienced first-hand the joy of building a business that creates a dream life. Now, she is fulfilling her mission of teaching franchisees how to fill the gap between the franchise model & the executive-level know-how needed to increase revenues, build a reliable team, & scale to multiple locations. Read more