Entrepreneurial Journey Posts

In a recent episode of the Freedom Formula, I had the pleasure of speaking with John Smith, the Executive Director of Franchise Operations at Fastest Labs. With over 230 franchised locations specializing in drug, alcohol, and DNA testing, John's ins…

In this podcast episode, I sit down and chat with Amber Gaige, Fractional CMO and Marketing Expert. She took me through an amazing journey about growing up in her family's trades business, and how this molded her to be the strong entrepreneur she is…

I always enjoy being interviewed and I recently appeared with Collin Rutherford on the Business Blitz podcast to talk about how complex and unique the franchising model is from traditional business growth.  Franchising as a Unique Mode I went into…

There are pluses and minuses in each compartment of life we find ourselves in, whether it is our job, our relationships, or where we live. Living in Thailand, AKA the Land of Smiles (and also a favorite country of mine), isn’t all pluses, but there …

Bodhi Gallo went to college slinging lacrosse balls and ended his collegiate career slinging dumpsters. How does someone from a middle-class family with no entrepreneurial background become a multi-industry success story as an entrepreneur? I have …

Freedom is a focus here at The Freedom Formula, especially location and financial freedom. I understand the impact those freedoms have made on my life and hope to help others see their value and help them on their path toward these freedoms. So when…

Jose Berlanga knew he wanted to own his own business from a very early age. What he didn’t know was what kind of business to start. So, he started by leveraging contacts he had through his father and made the best of it for as long as he could. He m…

People start down the path of owning their own business for a variety of reasons, one of those reasons being the desire for creative freedom. That is exactly what drove Sofie Couwenbergh to start her travel blog, which quickly showed promise for her…

I really enjoy connecting with my MaidThis franchisees — it’s such an amazing group of people and they always have a lot to share.  Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Brian and Jen Boyle, owners of MaidThis Salt Lake City. I love the …

SoCal is a small world in and of itself, so it’s no surprise that I eventually crossed paths with fellow California native and entrepreneur Nik Hulewsky. Nik is the host of the Nikonomics Podcast, a show dedicated to the economics of small business.…

Adam Goldman is a franchise coach who has helped place over 140 franchisees into 280 territories in the last seven years. He was also a franchisor himself in the Houston area for a commercial cleaning franchise.  So, franchising, cleaning… we obvio…

Entrepreneur Trenton Hughes has a super interesting background. He worked in corporate for a few years, escaped, worked in a startup, escaped, and finally decided to start his own business — one that helps other budding business owners start theirs.…

Ray Blakney is totally crushing it. He’s started and launched 22 profitable companies and exited four of them. He’s on track to build an eight-figure business within the next 36 months. All of this while being married with a child.  He lives in Mex…

I don’t know how else to describe what an absolute legend entrepreneur Erik Van Horn is in the franchising world. His resume is ridiculous — he hosts the largest podcast in franchising, the Franchise Secrets podcast, runs a mastermind on franchising…

Thanks to my podcast The Freedom Formula, I’ve had to opportunity to meet and talk with some really incredible people. One of those people is Jeff Hill, owner and CEO of Hill Financial Group, Inc.. Jeff has carved out his own version of lifestyle de…

I’ve known entrepreneur and business coach Ben McAdam for a few years now — we’ve met up all over the world, from Thailand to Mexico to Australia. He has a fully location-independent lifestyle, and right now he is based in Australia. He runs Profits…

Bobby Hobert is a lifestyle design coach and host of It’s The Bearded Man Podcast, but he wasn’t always a successful entrepreneur with a podcast — he started out as a full-time Uber driver. Now I know how clickbait-y that sounds, but it’s true. Fiv…

OG listeners of the podcast will recognize the name David Lahav — he and I used to cohost the pod way back when it was called The Remote Local Podcast.  David’s story is actually perfect for what I talk about on the podcast now that it’s all about …

Talking to my friend and fellow entrepreneur Jon Matzner is always a little bit dangerous — I always walk away with about five new business ideas to try that I’d never thought about before. Jon is a master business idea tester. He started his caree…

There are some people who I admire from afar and others I get the opportunity to actually speak with and Aaron Harper, CEO of Rolling Suds, a power washing company, is the latter. When we first sat down together for the Freedom Formula Podcast I had…

I meet a lot of really interesting entrepreneurs — thanks to the residential cleaning business I franchised, the Freedom Formula Podcast, hanging on Twitter…there’s no shortage of folks to connect with in the space.  One of the more fascinating peo…

I’ve known Stephen Heiner for several years now, and have already welcomed him to the podcast once before.  Since the last time I spoke with him his life has changed, a lot. And by a lot I mean he went from a serial entrepreneur living many America…

I’ve been podcasting since 2021 and one show that has always stood out is the Danny Miranda Podcast. I’ve tuned into countless episodes, and am always impressed with the caliber of guests he manages to bring on. He has managed to bag people like Ga…

In case you missed it, my residential cleaning company MaidThis has been franchising for the last few years. The journey from remote local business to franchise has been full of twists and turns and ups and downs but I’m happy to report that it’s go…