Ryan Keepman is the second-generation President of Evans Transportation, a transportation & logistics management company. After graduating from UW Madison in 2004, Ryan began his career in sales where he learned the ropes working for Pitney Bowes selling postage meters essentially door to door. From there, he moved to Tri-State Expedited, a freight brokerage company, where…
Continue reading ➞ Ryan Keepman, $100 Million CEO Managing Remotely – Episode 31
Mike explores Leadership - the one thing that we easily recognize when it's terrible, feel empowered to take on anything when it's great, and can take a lifetime to master. Get your notepad ready because I know you will find some good leadership habits you will want to start using right away. Stay CalmBe RealAsk…
Continue reading ➞ 10 Leadership Habits That Work, for Me at Least – Episode 30.5
I feel like an only a lot. Like I'm the only person feeling the way I feel right now. The only person thinking about the situation I'm in. The only one wondering why I'm wondering about what I'm wondering. The only one expecting something from me. The only me there is. If it wasn't for…
Tommy Tank is the founder and President of Tommy Tank Life After 50, a one of a kind fitness experience gym and brand that is built on Tommy’s passion for fitness and his belief that “you have one body, own it.” Tommy started his company, and new career, at age 56 after a long career…
Continue reading ➞ Tommy Tank, Becoming a Model in your 50s – Episode 30
I was doing some quick math recently to calculate how much I've invested in my personal leadership and entrepreneurial development over my lifetime. So far (I’m not done). What made me do that? It was a casual conversation that I overheard in the gym. One guy was telling another about a program he'd spent $2K…
Mike Gosman is the Executive Director of ACTS Housing, a non-profit with a mission of empowerment through homeownership. Mike graduated from Indiana University with a degree in History. As a student, Mike was heavily involved in the Memorial Union Board, where he had the opportunity to plan major campus events that included visits from artists like…
Continue reading ➞ Mike Gosman, Betting on Strong Families to Rebuild Milwaukee – Episode 29
In this 3rd video episode with Aleta Norris, co-founder of Living as a Leader, I share two stories about ignoring the signs of bad business deals and how I was betrayed by one of my earliest employees, and how it has changed my approach. (Watch here https://youtu.be/y4WdXOKdgzc ) In the first story you'll learn how…
Continue reading ➞ Red Flags Entrepreneurs Can’t Ignore and Betrayal – Episode 28.5
Wendy Baumann is the President and Chief Visionary Officer of the Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (known as WWBIC), a statewide economic development corporation. She’s just celebrated her 25th anniversary as WWBIC’s leader. Wendy credits the roots of her success to her parents and the environment in which she was raised. Her Mom was the academic, a college…
Continue reading ➞ Wendy Baumann, Awakening New Worlds for Women Entrepreneurs – Episode 28
In this 2nd video episode with Aleta Norris, co-founder of Living as a Leader, I share two stories about experiencing pain and fear, and the entrepreneurial lessons that it taught me. (Watch here https://youtu.be/GQQlLIiGg2c ) First, I believe all lessons come with pain. As an entrepreneur and CEO, I learned there is no success without…
Continue reading ➞ Why Entrepreneurs Need Pain and Fear – Episode 27.5
In Part 2 with Mark Grosskopf, we learn how Mark experienced incredible growth launching his technology consulting company, New Resources, after he acquired it from his partners. We learn about the obstacles he overcame to help New Resources achieve incredible growth, why one of his first acquisitions was a software company, his inflection point to…
Continue reading ➞ Mark Grosskopf, Part 2 Lessons from Tech CEO on Launching Startups – Episode 27
