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From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. 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. Evan Goldberg is responsible for product strategy and development at Oracle NetSuite Global Business Unit. Prior to Oracle’s acquisition of NetSuite, Goldberg was CTO and Chairman of the NetSuite board. Before co-founding NetSuite in 1998, Goldberg spent eight years at Oracle Corporation, where he served as a vice president. He was involved in a variety of projects, all focused on making powerful database technology more accessible to users. When he left Oracle, he started mBED Software and built groundbreaking website technology. Goldberg holds a B.A. Summa Cum Laude in Applied Mathematics from Harvard College. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Stay true to your vision. Stay focused up to the degree that you can. 2. People are settling into new routines. That’s were a lot of opportunities live right now that haven’t been served by companies in the past. 3. For every business, go back to your customers and see how their life has changed since the pandemic came. Connect with Evan on LinkedIn - Evan's LinkedIn Sponsor HubSpot Making your life easier. Getting you results faster. And better connecting you to all your data, all in one place. Start making major moves with HubSpot. Visit HubSpot.com/marketers to learn more

Abel James is a New York Times Bestselling Author, Award-Winning Podcaster, Musician, and Top Virtual Reality Creator. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. When you pursue some goals too hard, you could be sacrificing other parts of your business, your life, your health, your relationships. 2. It’s easy to get entrenched in the wrong business accidentally growing in the wrong way or growing too quickly. And once you have that overhead, then it can be difficult to navigate your way through this era of technological change and cultural change, social change. 3. No matter what happens, keep going. A lot of us as humans are worried about the developments in AI that are kind of replacing a lot of the parts of our humanity. So keep in mind that you always get to define what your purpose is, why you're here and what matters. Listen to Abel's original Songs - Original Music on Wavlake Sponsor HubSpot Making your life easier. Getting you results faster. And better connecting you to all your data, all in one place. Start making major moves with HubSpot. Visit HubSpot.com/marketers to learn more

Christina Daves, PR strategist, speaker and Lifestyle Expert boosts businesses with free publicity. With her clients has over 1B views and 100M dollars sales. On-air expert, QVC host, top 5 percent podcast. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. People think success is more about luck than hard work. Luck is when preparation meets opportunity and hard work is needed to get to those opportunities. 2. Anyone can get to media once they determine first where is the best media outlet who will find value to their story. 3. There are 3 steps to get PR famous,  to be newsworthy, to get the hook to standout and to find the right journalist. Find more about Christina online - Christina Daves' Website Sponsors HubSpot Making your life easier. Getting you results faster. And better connecting you to all your data, all in one place. Start making major moves with HubSpot. Visit HubSpot.com/marketers to learn more ThriveTime Show Attend the world’s highest rated and most reviewed business growth workshop taught personally by Clay Clark and football great Tim Tebow at ThriveTimeShow.com/eofire

Maria Ross is a speaker, facilitator, author, strategist, and empathy advocate who believes cash flow, creativity, and compassion are not mutually exclusive. She’s spent decades helping forward-thinking leaders, teams, and brands connect and engage through empathy to accelerate growth. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Empathy is about trying to understand someone else’s context and use that information to communicate a certain message or to make a decision. 2. Research say that empathetic leaders enjoy more loyalty, more staff engagement, create a more inclusive environment, more innovation and gives a company a leading edge. 3. Fostering an environment of empathy and accountability will have an impact in a positive way to your business and relationships. Listen to Maria’s podcast on empathy  and how leaders and brands are succeeding with it - Welcome to the Empathy Edge Sponsor HubSpot Making your life easier. Getting you results faster. And better connecting you to all your data, all in one place. Start making major moves with HubSpot. Visit HubSpot.com/marketers to learn more

Andreea Matei has been an entrepreneur for more than 20 years! She works with ecommerce brands and helps them get media attention and grow their business on and off Amazon. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Sellers are seeing value from influencers who reviews products and it is a good business opportunity. 2. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have many followers on your social media account to apply for the influencer program as long as you have active engagement on your social media account. 3. Building a brand awareness doesn’t happen overnight. Don’t get discourage if you don’t get viral immediately, give it time , be consistent and see the results. We Help You Get Your Products Featured In The Media  - Launch Grow Joy Sponsors HubSpot Making your life easier. Getting you results faster. And better connecting you to all your data, all in one place. Start making major moves with HubSpot. Visit HubSpot.com/marketers to learn more NetSuite Over 40,000 businesses have future-proofed their business with NetSuite, by Oracle! Download the CFO’s Guide to AI and Machine Learning for FREE at NetSuite.com/fire Ziprecruiter If you’re hiring and want to find the best candidates for your office, you need ZipRecruiter. And right now, you can try it for free at ZipRecruiter.com/fire

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. 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. Hooman Radfar is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and the co-founder and CEO of Collective. He previously co-founded AddThis (exit: Oracle), the largest platform on the web to help drive traffic and engagement for marketers. He was also a founding partner at Expa, a platform started by Uber co-founder Garrett Camp, to support entrepreneurs by building and investing in their companies. He was an early investor and adviser in category defining companies like Uber, Hinge, Sweetgreen, Onfido and Convoy. Hooman co-founded Collective to create a better future workplace by supporting the largest class of entrepreneurs in the world - businesses-of-one. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. To anyone who has that spirit and wants to be an entrepreneur, the tools are there. It’s never been easier to build a company from the perspective of having the right tools in place. 2. Remote is irreversible and an accelerating trend. It’s something that if you don’t factor in everything that you’re doing, you’re not going to come up with the right strategy. 3. America is built on entrepreneurship. Immigrants come with nothing, build businesses and create wealth, and that’s what makes America great. Collective is the first online back-office platform designed for self-employed people - Collective Sponsor HubSpot Making your life easier. Getting you results faster. And better connecting you to all your data, all in one place. Start making major moves with HubSpot. Visit HubSpot.com/marketers to learn more

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. 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. Chris Ronzio is the founder and CEO of Trainual, a platform for entrepreneurs to get their business out of their brains by documenting and delegating the systems and processes in their company. Catch more about Chris, his podcasts, books, and additional resources for business leaders at chrisronzio.com. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Chris believes everyone needs background dancers. 2. You've got to have a unique skill that will support your business. 3. When building a business, think about how you can have a solid support system. Define what you can do uniquely well - that you can sustain - and how you can build training and documentation for your team. Visit and register for FREE - Playbook 2021 Sponsor HubSpot Making your life easier. Getting you results faster. And better connecting you to all your data, all in one place. Start making major moves with HubSpot. Visit HubSpot.com/marketers to learn more

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. 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. Nabeel Alamgir is an immigrant and grew up homeless. He worked at Bareburger for 10 years before becoming the CMO at 25. He is now the CEO of LunchBox. He is revolutionizing third party delivery and how restaurants utilize marketing analytics. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. It is supposed to feel like hell, like a grind, or be exhausting. There will be days that you will be unsure; Friday nights that you wish you didn’t do this... It’s fine. Be optimistic. Going to bed is a huge problem-solver. Wake up and you’re fine again. It’s part of the process. Just keep going. 2. As a marketer, you get to throw everything on the wall and see what sticks. 3. Ghost kitchens also give restaurants the ability to explore new areas. They give new entrepreneurs and chefs who can’t open their own business the opportunity to own one. Next-Gen Enterprise Online Ordering - Lunchbox.io Sponsors HubSpot Making your life easier. Getting you results faster. And better connecting you to all your data, all in one place. Start making major moves with HubSpot. Visit HubSpot.com/marketers to learn more FranBridge Many EOFire listeners have launched franchises in a variety of industries outside of food – and FranBridge Consulting has guided them to these premier opportunities! Sign up for a free consultation with Jon - or get a free copy of his book, Non-Food Franchising - at FranBridgeConsulting.com

Laura Berg founded My Smart Hands, a baby sign language company, and authored two books: The Baby Signing Bible and Thriving Life. She’s also a professor in the Professional Writing and Communications Program at Humber College. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Knowing your failures is very important. You can translate those failures in teaching and relating as a real person to your students. 2. Define what success is to you. People grow up with the idea of what success looks like to others but success is different from each person. 3. Mistakes and bad things happen but don’t let those things take you down because it’s a learning experience. Take that label away and turn it around. Bad things will happen and that is okay. Check out Laura’s company website - My Smart Hands Sponsor HubSpot: Get ready for growth, without the growing pains. Visit HubSpot.com/spotlight to see the dozens of major product updates that'll make impossible growth feel impossibly easy

Chris Taylor is the CEO at Actionable.co. He helps leadership consultants prove and amplify the impact of their programs. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Persistency compounds and this is how you get your wins.If you are persistent and able to move fast, you can be the brand or be the leader in that brand. 2. If your clients have a pain that is real enough, they’re going to have a budget to address that pain, its not necessarily manifesting money out of thin air, its about figuring out how they’re currently going about solving that problem or the cost of inaction for them, thereby aligning to their specific pain. 3. You don’t need to re-invent everything, you just need to add the unique layer because reinventing will cost you too much time and money. Prove your training pays off - Actionable Sponsor HubSpot: Get ready for growth, without the growing pains. Visit HubSpot.com/spotlight to see the dozens of major product updates that'll make impossible growth feel impossibly easy