The Entrepreneurs Library With Wade Danielson

In this episode, co-founder of Ultimo Brands and author, Michelle Mone shares her book, My Flight To The Top. This book shares Mone’s challenges as a business savvy child up to a successful business women.  This book contains the inspirational stories that will raise determination and ambition of those who are searching for the uplifting entrepreneurial spirit.

In this episode, Peter Baines shares his book, Doing Good, By Doing Good. This book is about, how companies implement their corporate social responsibility (CSR) or related programs. Baines explains the current partner programs and charity investments and how they could be improved upon. We learn that corporate philanthropy is not enough. Learn about the levels of engagement and impact, understand the landscape, gain insight of the CSR planning and steps. This a great book for entrepreneurs who are look to implement CSR.

In this episode, returning guess, speaker, and coach, Han Finzel shares his book, The Power of Passion In Leadership. This book is about leadership and leading with your heart. Secondly, is doing what you like, and like what you’re doing. Finzel warns us about several things that rob the passion from leadership. Learn about the two options of passion recovery and internally get your groove back. This is a great book for entrepreneurs in a leadership position, and those who need a boost in leadership passion. 

In this episode, author and financial coach, Melin Isa shares her book Planning Your Leap: 7 Steps To Starting A Profitable Business Before Quitting Your Day Job. Isa ask us to discover the reasons we want to become entrepreneur, learn your niche and skill sets, decide on the type of business, execute and market your business. This is a great book for “wantrepreneurs” who wish to learn the steps to start on their entrepreneurial journey. 

In this episode, international speaker and consultant, Marlene Chism talks about her book, No-Drama Leadership: How Enlighten Leaders Transform Culture in the Workplace. This book about introducing ways to develop enlighten leaders. We learn about how enlighten leaders practice these qualities such as: alignment,accountability, clarity, awareness, engagement, and co-creating. This is an excellent resource of entrepreneurs and business leaders who want to align today’s leadership. 

In this episode, thought leader, David Livermore shares his book, Leading with Cultural Intelligence: The New Secret to Success. Livermore talks about a four capabilities: Cultural Intelligences (CQ) Drive, CQ Knowledge, CQ Strategy piece, and CQ Action or adaptation. This models teaches about interest in cultures, analyzing and adjusting,  understanding cultures and behaviors.  This is a great book for entrepreneurs who are looking to market a product across a wide variety of cultures.

In this episode John Warrillow takes a deep dive into his book, The Automatic Customer, where he discusses how to create a subscription business in any industry.In his book Warrillow provides 9 unique business models based on a simple step-by-step guide for building an online subscription based business that are designed to fit nearly any kind of industry. The goal of the book is to teach you the fundamentals of recurring revenue, how to attract automatic customers, ways to market subscription products, and the statistics you need to measure results.This books is perfect for entrepreneurs who are technology savvy and want to own a business that allows them to work from home while building a large, sustainable income.About John Warrillow:“I am the founder of something called The Value Builder System where we help business owners improve the value of their company. I found that business after I wrote the book Built To Sell a couple years ago.Most of the inspiration came from me screwing up writing Built To Sell

In this episode well-known sales expert Jack Daly joins us for a second time to reveal more insights behind his career and book, Hyper Sales Growth. Jack brings 20 plus years of field proven experience from a starting base with the CPA firm Arthur Andersen to the CEO level of several national companies. Jack has participated at the senior executive level on six de novo businesses, two of which he has subsequently sold to the Wall Street firms of Solomon Brothers and First Boston. As the head of sales, Jack has led sales forces numbering in the thousands, operating out of hundreds of offices nationwide. The goal of this interview is to provide you with more insights into the lessons Jack teaches from his book, speeches, and experience.About Jack Daly:“I am a serial entrepreneur, started selling at the age of seven, built my first company when I was 12 years old, and by 13 I had five employees and kept 70% of the money. This is when I realized I wanted to be an entrepreneur when I grew up. I went to school and

In this episode personal finance expert, Todd Tresidder takes a deep dive into his book, How Much Money Do I Need To Retire?, where he shows you how to start your retirement savings.In his book Tresidder argues that the conventional approach to retirement planning is flawed and reveals a much more stable formula for calculating the amount you need to save for retirement. The goal of the book is to teach you ways to spend less while improving your life, how to reduce the amount you need to retire, 3 models for estimating your retirement needs, and how to not run out of money.This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who are within 5 – 7 years of retiring and need help figuring out exactly what it will take to ensure they are financially safe for retirement.About Todd Tresidder:“I have a background in hedge fund investing. I came out of college and I had a crazy idea that I could make money from investing statistically or mathematically without actually knowing the investments themselves. My two icon investors wer

In this episode, business expert and Olympian, Jeremy Bloom gives an in-depth preview of his book, Fueled By Failure, where he coaches you on turning failure into success.In his book Bloom provides actionable advice on overcoming failure through the personal lessons he has learned from well-respected coaches, athletes, and business leaders that have brought him to the top. The goal of the book is to help you push yourself through hard times, learn how to rebound after being defeated, create an amazing business culture, and uncover motivation you never knew existed.This book is perfect for aspiring entrepreneurs who have a desire to change the world, but lack the coaching and motivation of fighting through the difficulties of overcoming life’s challenges. About Jeremy Bloom:“I grew up in Loveland Colorado most of my life. I first saw the Olympics on TV when I was 10 years old and was struck by how incredible they were. I had been a skier since I was three years old and after seeing the Olympics is when I reali

In this episode Josh Turner takes a deep dive into his book, Connect, where he shares some unique LinkedIn strategies to generate leads, build relationships, and increase sales.In his book Turner provides a step-by-step guide that outlines simple LinkedIn activities that are designed to advance your business when it comes to building influence, finding partnerships, and business growth. The goal of the book is to show you the most effective ways to use LinkedIn, how to use LinkedIn for marketing purposes, and how to build a profile that attracts paying clients.This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who run or plan to run a business that involves building a network of relationships and need help developing a social networking strategy on LinkedIn.About Josh Turner:“I started using LinkedIn for business development way back in 2006 and at the time I was a CFO of a construction and manufacturing company in St. Louis. Unfortunately that company was hit hard by the down turn in the economy and it was forced to shu

In this episode online business expert Robbie Baxter gives an in-depth look inside her book, The Membership Economy, where she discusses how subscription-based businesses succeed.In her book Baxter provides an online business roadmap that is packed with step-by-step digital strategies, useful resources, and case studies of super successful dot-com companies. The goal of the book is to show you how to get the most revenue from your online product, create an engaged community of customers, place your revenue on autopilot, and create sustainable loyalty programs.This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who already or plan to sell an online, subscription-based product or service and are not sure where to begin when it comes to building revenue.About Robbie Baxter:“I have been a strategy consultant for the last 25 years and for the last 15 years I’ve been an independent consultant. I have always been interested in how the psychology of the customer ties in with business models and currently run a successful consulti

In this episode Scott Statten takes a deep dive into his book, Unselling, where he reveals the secrets of what really influences purchasers’ decisions.In his book Stratten provides the keys to unlocking the mysteries of successful customer service and debunks a lot of nonsense that other marketers and marketing books talk about. The goal of the book is to teach you the most effective form of selling, how to create loyal, recurring customers, how to overcome customer service failures, and where to focus your marketing efforts.This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who have an understanding of sales and marketing, but are looking for a better, longer lasting solution to keep customers buying from you.About Scott Stratten:“I am the un everything, unmarketing, unselling, co-host of the unpodcast, and unsatisfied with the way things are being done in business.I realized after being an old-school sales and training manager back in the day, that sales were focused on the transaction. You put all your eggs in the sal

In this episode Michael Santos takes a deep dive into his book, Earning Freedom, where he shares his incredible journey from a 25 year prison inmate to super successful business man.In his book Santos discusses the day he was arrested to the day he left prison and highlights the lessons he learned along the way that allowed him to build his bank account to $100,000 behind bars. The goal of the book is to help you build yourself upon the influences Michael Santos embarked upon, find your inner motivation to start increasing your value, and learn how to use your resources effectively.This book is perfect for aspiring entrepreneurs who have a desire to become very successful in a niche but lack the motivation or inspiration to start making moves towards a goal.About Michael Santos:“I made some really bad decisions as a young man when I was 22 years old. I saw the movie Scar Face and thought that that would be a fun way to live. I moved to Miami began trafficking and using cocaine and for the next eighteen months

In this episode investment expert J. Massey takes a deep dive into his book, Cash Flow Diary, where he discusses 10 steps to creating wealth in any economy.In his book Massey provides a roadmap of successful investment strategies in real-estate while taking readers along his personal journey into becoming a super successful real estate investor. The goal of the book is to teach you the ups and downs of real-estate investing, how to negotiate with real-estate brokers, how to solve typical real-estate challenges, and how to build wealth with retirement plans.This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who are interested in real-estate investing to build passive income and are looking for lessons from someone who succeeded from the ground up.About J Massey:“After facing some difficult situations in both my life and my wife’s I decided I needed to do something about it and wanted to provide more for my family. It was during that time that I decided to become a real estate investor and that was when self-employment fai

In this episode Jonathan Milligan takes a deep dive into his book, The 15 Success Traits of Pro Bloggers, where he shares a roadmap to becoming a full-time blogger.In his book Milligan provides a simple blueprint with actionable summaries of the 4 significant habits that aspiring bloggers should add to their daily routine if they want to become online professionals. The goal of the book is to teach you what it takes to achieve maximum results with your blog, how to get your blog noticed by more people, and what types of content generate the most traffic.This book is perfect for entrepreneurs that own or plan on owing an online based business and what to know the ins and outs of establishing a popular yet profitable blog. About Jon Milligan:“I started my career as a high school teacher and both of my parents were educators and so I thought that might be where I was going to land. After about three years of coaching and teaching, I loved the kids but I found that it wasn’t the right environment for me. I had a

In this episode John Sviokla gives an in-depth summary of his and Mitch Cohens’ book, The Self-Made Billionaire Effect, where they discuss how extreme producers create massive value.In their book Sviokla and Cohen provide extensive research drawn from interviews with some of the most successful billionaires in order to debunk the perceptions people have of high producing entrepreneurs. The goal of the book is to teach you habits designed to improve your business value, how to start thinking like a billionaire, and how to be highly valuable to your employees.This book is perfect for entrepreneurs that set very high expectations when it comes to business goals and are looking for solid ways to provide massive value when it comes to building a business.About John Sviokla:“I am a partner in the PwC consulting division and I hit up our Thought Leadership. I have been there for about four years and about a dozen years before that I was a consultant at a company called Diamond. And for a dozen years before that I wa

In this episode Rodd Wagner shares an in-depth preview of his book, Widgets, where he discusses 12 rules for managing employees as if they’re real people.In his book Wagner provides important and actionable insights into the behavioral drivers of employee engagement – what motivates them, how they think, how they learn, how they act. The goal of the book is to teach you how to use reciprocity as a key motivator in employee performance, adapt new employees to the work environment, and become the best manager you can be.This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who want to run an organization with a determination to engage, motivate, and positively affect employees as well as people in general.About Rodd Wagner:“I began my career as a newspaper reporter covering police and the courts and so I developed a very direct business writing style. I was frustrated by the way I saw my newspaper at the time being managed and so I went to business school and got a MBA. From there I migrated to a couple research jobs on the b

In this episode Lior Zoref takes a deep dive into his book, Mindsharing, where he shows you how to master the art of crowdsourcing everything.In his book Zoref offers several practical tools for unleashing powerful creativity that you can get from a large crowd as well as success stories of several people who succeeded by using crowdsourcing. The goal of the book is to help you use social media to learn things faster, build stronger relationships with people online, and understand the intricacies of the digital age today.This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who are unfamiliar with social media and want to know more about interacting with their friends, followers and influencers.About Lior Zoref:“I am 44 years old, married with three kids. I was obsessed with technology early in age and became a computer scientist and studied computer programming. From there I worked for Microsoft for 14 years. Right before turning 40 I hit my midlife crisis and I decided to retire from Microsoft and started on my journey to

In this episode Noah Fleming takes a deep dive into his book, Evergreen, where he reveals a way to create longer lasting relationships with customers.In his book Fleming provides a practical roadmap packed with strategies, stories, and tips on improving your business by cultivating deeper, more profitable relationships with your customers. The goal of the book is to teach you 3 significant rules that create loyal customers, how to build effective loyalty programs, and how to incorporate social media into any loyalty plan.This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who run a business based on building relationships with customers and need a simple guide for creating the best customer loyalty system.About Noah Fleming:“I am a Canadian who lives in Ontario Canada. I am also a father of two girls and married ten years now. In the business side of my personal life I am a strategic marketing consultant. I work with small to midsize companies but also with entrepreneurs personally mentoring and coaching them.I saw in my