Ep. 13 Adaeze Okoli – Your idea is not dumb


Adaeze Okoli, is an author that is seventeen year old. She graduated highschool and will be starting her first year of college in the fall. She got signed to a publishing house named Mystery Eyes Publications, and since then has had her first book: For the Love of Peter Jones released. She plans to continue her writing career and eventually become a full time author bringing out books that’ll touch people for years to come.

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Ep. 12 William Taylor – Guarantee there’s gonna be hard times…just keep fighting.


William Taylor is the Owner of Crossfit Cedar City in southern Utah and an MBA Student at Southern Utah University. He is a husband and a father of a two year old boy and 10 month old girl.  He graduated from Brigham Young University where he played Rugby and won four national championships with the team.  Last year he took the full leap into the entrepreneurship world by leaving his job, moving cities, and buying a business.  He also recently started helping other entrepreneurs and organizations reach their aspirations through business development.

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Ep. 11 Betsy Tenay and Laura Moreno – If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door


 

Betsy and Laura are originally from Colombia and México they are serial entrepeneurs that believe that they can change their countries and the world through entrepeneurship. They started their entrepreneurial path less than a year ago and they already have 3 running companies in México and going for more. They just graduated from BYU-Hawaii, which changed their vision and life goals.

Betsy and Laura believes in the phrase, “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”  This drove both of them to become successful by taking advantages of great opportunities…Read More

Ep. 10 Fredo Solar – Keep Trying and Don’t Give Up


 

Fredo Solar, a BYU–Hawaii graduate of accounting, has started a chocolate factory in Mexico City. Solar is proud of making one of the best chocolate products in Mexico, but even more important for him is how Bucareli Chocolate helps those who can’t help themselves—something that is embodied in the company’s slogan: “changing lives has never been sweeter.”

Fredo Solar reaches out to people with physical disabilities and helps them by providing them an opportunity to work at his chocolate factory in Mexico.  Read More

Ep.8 David Vatcher – Constant self development and not quiting


David Vatcher is from Fresno, Ca where he grew up and currently resides. He graduated from California State University, Fresno with a Business Administration’s degree. He also has a background in business, banking, human resources, and public education.  He is currently a independent financial agent with World Financial Group and he also owns another business with his brother which is a game development company called Trivatch Games.

David Vatcher always had an entrepreneurial spirit, but didn’t discover it until he continued his passion…(Continue Reading)

Ep.7 Joe Collins – Believe in your dreams


Joe CollinsA confident multi skilled entrepreneur who keeps himself busy by juggling multiple responsibilities and ventures while successfully executing them.  Joe enjoys creating new things, whether it be actual products to writing software from scratch which is driven from his desire to be inventive.   He has also written novels.

His constant desire to learn and grow has lead him up to being able to build up businesses and sell them.  It was his desire to learn and do many things that lead him to success…Read More

Ep.6 Shawn Van Dyke – Be Happy. Be Persistent. Be Creative.


Shawn Van Dyke is a construction industry consultant, business coach, and mentor.  He is the author of The Paperwork Punch List: 28 Days to Streamline Your Construction Business, speaker, and Brand Ambassador for FineHomebuilding.com.  He created the SKILLED TRADE | SOUND BUSINESS project.  That on-going research project helps construction and skilled trade business owners identify the issues and challenges they face in growing and scaling their construction businesses.  Before he started his coaching and consulting business, Shawn owned a real estate development consulting company, a general contracting business, and also was the Chief Operations officer for a specialty construction business.  He is happily married to his wife Katie and enjoys life living with her and their 5 children in Knoxville, TN.  Read More…

Ep.5 Daniel Skaf – Hawaii Video Pro & Professor


Daniel Skaf
is a multi-tasker master. At any giving time, he may be teaching a social media ​marketing campaign ​or ​a ​video production course, producing online video​s​ for Yelp or ​training videos for Domino’s Hawaii, and even directing a TV show for ​Time Warner Cable ​OC16.

Daniel Skaf serves as an adjunct ​faculty at​ Chaminade University of Honolulu, University of Phoenix and BYU-Hawaii. He has an undergraduate degree in International Cultural Studies with emphasis in Communications and a minor in Information Systems from B​YU-Hawaii.  Read More

Ep.4 Jessica Smith – Awkwardly Strong


paulaJessica has always been obsessed with stories, to the point of being grounded from books while in middle school. She loves them in any form, reading books, watching movies, talking with others and creating them by experiencing life to the fullest. Jessica grew up in a small farming community and was the first in her family to receive a college degree at BYU-Hawaii. There she studied International Cultural Studies with an emphasis in Communications. She has used this as she wrote her first book, Awkwardly Strong and as she continues to write, learn and grow.  Read More…