Building the Next Napa Valley, In the HIMALAYAS with Michael Juergens: An EOFire Classic from 2021

Vashaun Jones is a blind entrepreneur of Fedora Outlier LLC, empowerment for the blind by the blind. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. There is a whole world of income out there that can be made. And you were born as a person that has a disability, but more importantly, you were born with a uniqueness to yourself. 2. Be able to trust individuals to make sure that they're doing the right thing and it's done to the standards that you know you would want in your business. 3. If you are a person that has been overlooked in society, know that there is a uniqueness to you. Know that you have a purpose, a passion. And if you bring that to the world, there's a market out there and you will be able to sell your services and yourself, and be profitable. Checkout Vashaun’s website - Fedora Outlier 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  

Alison Pena is the creator of The Affluence Code and the Life After Grief Blueprint, speaker, coach and bestselling author of The Bad Widow Guide to Life After Loss. Top 3 Vlaue Bombs 1. There are three things that everybody cares about; focusing on work, focusing on connection or focusing on community. These became the three lenses of the Affluence Code. 2. Grief costs money. If you are an entrepreneur and can’t go back to center in who you are when things fall apart, you are losing time and money. 3. You are your greatest asset. Everything else can go away but as long as you are whole and centered on who you are, what you want to deliver and serve with, you have all you need to succeed. EOFire giveaway! Discover your Affluence Code and how to leverage it for greater profits, peace and joy - How Mastering Your Affluence Code Makes You More Resilient 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 Vanta Helps SaaS businesses of all sizes manage risk and prove security in real time. Vanta has a special offer waiting for you of 1,000 dollars off at Vanta.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. Michael is a wine expert, author, professor, drummer, international business consultant, founder Bhutan Wine Company, owner SoCal Rum, and Drinking & Knowing Things. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Only do epic stuff with cool people or you won’t be able to maximize the ROI of the time you have on this planet. 2. Bhutanese have a concept called “Gross Domestic Happiness” instead of “Gross Domestic Product.” They give importance to the happiness of their citizens over any arbitrary economic success. 3. You can’t let the risk get in the way of moving forward. What you have to do is monitor the risk and try different ways. Become the go-to wine person in your friends group in six months - Drinking And Knowing Things 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. Doug Goldstein is an investment advisor. He helps people around the world with their U.S. investment accounts. A bestselling author, he recently came out with The Constant Happiness Gratitude Journal. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Have the things around you that make you happy; stop and take a minute to appreciate it. If you’re not doing that, you are missing out on the best present that we've all got, which is our lives. If we don’t appreciate everything along the way, we’re never going to be happy. 2. Find great people and bring them on board. If you have that entrepreneurial spirit, you will come up with a business and there are people out there who want to help you out. 3. Constant gratitude becomes a habit. Anything that you do over and over that makes you smile, you’ll just became a happier person. The Constant Happiness Gratitude Journal 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. 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