Sometimes entrepreneurs can be so focused on working for themselves that it’s considered shameful to ever go and work for someone else. But when you have such a limiting belief, you miss out on the opportunity to learn. Our guest for today’s episode of the Mads Singers Management Podcast, Effie Parnell-Hopkinson, is someone who didn’t limit … Read more
It’s not often that we’re able to speak to someone who has managed in three different cultures, and that’s why I was so excited to welcome Alex Zuev of Ardor SEO onto the Mads Singers Management Podcast. Alex is a self-proclaimed IT geek and started his career developing payment systems in Russia similar to Paypal. After success in … Read more
It’s not often that you’ll hear a guitar strumming in the background of the Mads Singers Management Podcast, but that’s precisely what my guest Chris Wilson was doing at one point when we discussed the changing ways his team gave music lessons post-Covid. Chris graduated from the Berklee College of Music in the 1990s as a … Read more
Employee engagement is a secret weapon of fast-growing businesses, and today’s guest for the Mads Singers Management Podcast, Tonya Sowles, is someone deeply passionate about making sure team members are engaged, not just counting hours until they clock out. She’s a general business consultant specializing in HR. While she is a Senior Certified Professional for the … Read more
While we frequently talk to entrepreneurs on the Mads Singers Management Podcast, we also enjoy speaking with top leaders at companies. Today’s guest, Esbe Van Heerden of OnFolio, is one of those leaders. She’s spent five years building and running online businesses, with a heavy focus on operations. Esbe started our discussion by explaining the challenges of rapid … Read more
A common theme discussed on the Mads Singers Management Podcast is the question of hiring. Who to hire, when to hire them, and perhaps most importantly, where to find them. Our guest for today’s episode of the pod, Tim Brown, has had plenty of time to think about these questions in recent years as he’s grown his … Read more
While technology is an important part of scaling any business, without the right people, that scaling will never be successful. This is a deeply held belief of my guest for today’s episode of the Mads Singers Management Podcast, Ryan Stewart. Ryan, like many entrepreneurs I know (myself included), doesn’t limit himself to one business. But he … Read more
When COVID-19 made remote work more mentally possible for many businesses, the tools necessary to maintain and sustain that remote work, like Zoom, thrived. Today’s guest for the Mads Singers Management Podcast, Liam Martin, co-founded Time Doctor, a SaaS that has also continued to do well during this strange global period. If running Time Doctor wasn’t enough, Liam … Read more
Sometimes the side project you are working on ends up dwarfing your day job and becomes the path you never expected. That’s what happened to my guest for this episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast, Slawek Czajkowski. In 2008 he was building a company out of a small village in Poland when his side project, Surfer SEO, … Read more
One of the biggest mistakes people make when scaling their business beyond their first ten employees or beyond their first million in annual revenue is thinking that what got them here will get them to the next level. My guest for this episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast, Jan Cavelle, knows better. She’s experienced all levels of … Read more
My guest for this episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is Greg Gibas who, like me, also owns an outsourcing company based in the Philippines. Even though Greg was born in Poland, his family moved to the United States when he was young. He ended up doing a Masters in Marketing in Australia and built a business in the … Read more
I live in the SEO world and so it’s always a pleasure to chat with someone about SEO, but even better when I can combine that discussion with another topic close to my heart: building and scaling companies. That’s why my guest for this episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast, Nick Jordan, had so many interesting things … Read more
One of the ironies of discussing company culture is the fact that so often some of my coaching clients who are trying to grow as entrepreneurs describe their company’s culture as what they would like it to be, not as it actually is at the moment. Culture is the beating heart of any organization and when that’s muddled or … Read more
Sometimes what sets us on a particular journey in life is not a particular aptitude or knowledge of a subject, but a traumatic failure. When you hit rock bottom you get a certain clarity of thought that can help you not only to avoid such mistakes in the future, but to share those lessons with … Read more
Reading The Four Hour Work Week is easy. Implementing the lifestyle it puts forth requires effort, discipline, and often a bit of help from others. Zsofia Banyai happens to be one of those others. She helps busy entrepreneurs automate and systematize their lives and is today’s guest for Mads Singers Management Podcast. Zsofia didn’t initially opt for the … Read more
Management is ultimately about problem-solving. Oftentimes those answers aren’t readily apparent because humans are involved, and they are definitely more complex aspects of any problem! Today’s guest for Mads Singers Management Podcast, Zuzana Dobro, is someone who, like me, likes solving these human problems. Zuzana helps entrepreneurs think transformationally. She’s spent over a decade consulting … Read more
While the Internet has created so many new opportunities for building business and creating revenues, the realities of the traditional business world have not disappeared. In fact, with legislation like FATCA and GDPR now in place, it’s more important than ever to have access to a legal mind who understands the digital world. John Di … Read more
Believe it or not, even when you’ve grown a business to a level that allows you to step away, business owners struggle to do just that. It’s a good problem to have, but even better, it’s a problem you can deal with if you are willing to make some important changes. Today’s guest for Mads Singers … Read more
It’s one thing to manage a team of 2-3 that grows to a team of 5-6. It’s entirely different to go from managing a team of 10 to a team of 30. My guest for this episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast, Andy Allaway, is someone who has done precisely that for the juggernaut known as Empire … Read more
Behind every successful entrepreneur is some kind of routine. It doesn’t mean that it has to be a very elaborate one or one that checks off every single box recommended by the gurus. It just means that you have an anchor that helps guide your day. My guest for this episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast, Jade … Read more
Some years ago, you may have had to convince people that content marketing was useful, or even more importantly, that they might need it for their own businesses. That’s not the case anymore. Content truly is king in this era of the internet, and even the search engines have learned how to (mostly) parse the … Read more
It’s a golden age for podcasts. They deliver news, drive lead generation and marketing, and feature long-form conversations on every subject under the sun. Our guest for this episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is someone who lives and breathes in that podcast world, Harry Morton. Harry is the founder of Lower Street, a podcast production agency that … Read more
A lot of people have read Tim Ferriss’ The Four Hour Work Week. Many of those have gone on to try to live, in some part, the lifestyle of the digital nomad that Tim champions in that book. Of those, few have persevered beyond their first failures to one or more successes. That lesson, the lesson of … Read more
One of the most important lessons I consistently preach in my courses and with my private coaching clients is having the right people in the right place for the right reason. Most of us lack the management skills to make a correction when necessary and end up costing themselves, their teams, and their companies a lot of time. On … Read more
Change is hard in life in general, but particularly so when you’re moving to a new way of managing your company and executive team. Some will not buy into the changes and find their way to the exit, others may resist and not actively support the new system. That’s why it’s so important that the … Read more
There are many business books that share theories about how to manage companies. Unfortunately, many of them are heavy in theory and light on real-life experience, which is why I’m always keen to talk with those who don’t just have a set of experiences with one company, but many sets of experiences across multiple companies … Read more
While hiring is one of the most important parts of running any business, the truth is that many companies are not intentional about hiring. They don’t have calibrated questions that relate to company culture. They don’t use an assessment. They don’t have interviewing skills. I’ve written about these topics before, but it’s always great to … Read more
Many business owners get stuck in the hamster wheel of simply running their businesses day-to-day (working in the business) and hence never get to grow the company via strategic planning and deep work (working on the business). The best business owners, however, put systems into place to escape this hamster wheel and to help their … Read more
Joining me in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is Marquis Matson, from BookRetreats. Marquis is a digital nomad and SEO Expert. She also specializes in comprehensive keyword analysis, making sense of organic traffic data, and topic clustering. Marquis creates content plans with a focus on Search Engine Optimization, high-converting content creation, funnel strategies, and email marketing. Marquis’s … Read more
Many leaders in this time, especially new ones, fall into the trap of thinking that they have to be the ones doing everything, “running the show,” dispensing good advice right and left. Because after all, why else are you in charge, right? Wrong. The best leaders are not those who try to do it themselves, … Read more
Coaches are like guides who help you unpeel and navigate what you know to help you come out with the best outcome. Joining me in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is no other than Todd Palmer, the leader. He knows that we only learn by leaning into the uncomfortable and away from the comfortable. Todd is … Read more
What our mind believes in, it focuses on, and this, in turn, influences our reality. Essentially, the world we experience is a reflection of our thoughts, which we clung on to believing in our minds. These are our unique filters of reality. In this episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast, I am joined by no less … Read more
A lot of us wait for an extended period to be able to say to ourselves, “Aha! Goal achieved!”. For Austin, it works differently. Austin Bollinger joins me in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast to talk about working to achieve massive success every day. Austin is the Vice President of Strategic Development of a Digital Video Marketing … Read more
It is every leader’s responsibility to own and communicate a vision for those who desire to follow. It is every leader’s responsibility to map out a course on a larger scale and find good talent to become a significant partner in developing people to their fullest potential. These are just a few of the many … Read more
While many leaders have leadership challenges, there are particulars of leadership unique to each leader level—the transition from being an individual contributor to leading others, then leading other leaders require enhanced capabilities. Michael Tanner joins me in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast to talk about his passion for Leadership Development. Michael started his management and leadership career 23 … Read more
Whether you run a small business or head multiple business, there would always be several activities going on every time, and there would always be numerous changes happening simultaneously. These realities pose a challenge to handle at once and not let work become chaotic. This is why to stay on top of things, Matt Mower, a software … Read more
To lead a team nowadays requires collective synergy among the people involved in the team – this is what Quentin de Pret is preaching as a Transformation Advisor and Coach. Joining me in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is Coach and Advisor from Mango Chutney, Quentin. Quentin had a chance to explore the field of collective intelligence and participatory management, … Read more
Joining me in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is the CEO and Founder of Tangent Solutions, JH Media Group, BrainLeaf, and Sensible Surveys, Jason Long. Jason Long is an entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in business building. His businesses include Tangent Solutions, which owns a portfolio of software services, product services, and outsourcing companies. Likewise, he also owns … Read more
Sustainable Digital Entrepreneurship may vary from one entrepreneur to another, and that’s OKAY. In a world of possibilities presented by new media and internet technologies, its success may be measured through a lot of ways and methods. Joining me in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is an SEO Strategist and Founder of Flow SEO, Viola Eva. Viola Eva runs … Read more
The effects of COVID-19 came as a shock to everyone. A lot of organizations have turned to new work-from-home policies to keep employees safe while at the same time following the rules rolled out by the government. Fortunately, the impact for businesses wherein working-from-home became a norm is less vulnerable, but by “less vulnerable,” it … Read more
Passionate about building businesses that would exemplify his wealth, Dane Maxwell truly exemplifies how he can make great deals with the businesses that he has so far ventured into. Joining us in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is no less than, Dane Maxwell, owner of a low-multi million dollar SaaS business and an author himself. Dane’s journey started when … Read more
In essence, business is equivalent to generating revenue alongside its all-other essential components to succeed. Damian Thompson, Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Salesability joins me in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast to tell us how he redefines sales in this age and time. Damian Thompson is the co-founder of the company called LeadFuze and, at the same time, the … Read more
Nowadays, marketing is diversified. Diversified in the sense that Artificial Intelligence could make or break your marketing strategy and customer experience journey. Joining me in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is Jerry Abiog, Co-founder and CMO of a company called Standard Insights, an AI Growth Marketing Platform. Jerry’s journey started 25 years ago when he first landed his steps … Read more
The principle of business process management is that processes are critical to the success of an organization or of a business. How an organization or business repeatedly and sustainably transforms its business processes from X to Z is the essence of the organization. Joining me in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is Kieran Browning, Business … Read more
By definition according to Small Business site, Business networking is defined as the process of establishing a mutually beneficial relationship with other business people and potential clients and/or customers. The primary purpose of business networking is to tell others about your business and hopefully turn them into customers. This definition is probably the most commonly known knowledge to people who are … Read more
We are trained by society/peers/culture/human programming to go with norms. The truth is you can and be whatever you please to be at whatever age, whatever circumstances, whatever anything else – be it whether from being a neurologist to being a person who advocates online collaborative strategy. This pathway is precisely what Dr. Mark Wade followed through. … Read more
Joining me in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is no other than, Ludovic Vuillier, Managing Director of Baer’s Crest and Founder of The Good Life Manifesto. Ludovic Vuillier had an exciting launch pad as he started his career in Sales, not as planned as versus like everyone else. From this starting point, he launched The Good Life Manifesto, wherein … Read more
Our culture defines us as people or groups with many mutual beliefs, opinions, traditions, and values that are taught and learned as we grow and evolve. It is a type of structure beyond our family, which gives us something to comfort or depends on knowing what is expected of us and what to expect. Remove … Read more
Competing against household brands these days might be one hell of a ride which stems from the belief that the precursor to success is a capital venture; however, not at all a pre-requisite. Sometimes, entrepreneurs can prove quite a bit with little to no capital by simply investing in learned interests. Joining me today’s episode of Mads Singers … Read more
Effective leaders who sustain effective management accordingly are always on the prospect of hiring good people, and I think each of us carries a list of what kind of people we would like to take part in our organization. Believe it or not, whom we hire is not determined by what we want, but most … Read more