Steve Erickson - Vistage Private Advisory Board Chairman A few months ago I had a great conversation with Steve Erickson about succeeding in business, life, and personal fulfillment. Steve shares the experience and knowledge he gained as the president of Erickson Companies and how it helped him become a Chairman of Select Private CEO Advisory Groups with Vistage International. Vistage is an organization which provides education and development for executive leaders. Steve helps Minnesota CEOs … [Read more...]
Steve Erickson
Zach Robinson Executive Director of Spark Y
Spark-Y I had an incredible conversation Zach Robinson, an energizing and magnetic entrepreneur who is also the Executive Director of Spark-Y. Spark-Y is a non organization that empowers youth through hands-on education that is rooted in entrepreneurship and sustainability. I am so grateful to have been introduced to Zach and the incredible organization that he leads. Zach explains the organization much better than I am able to do while I sit here typing this from my bed at The Clamshell Beach … [Read more...]
Gina Horkey
The Horkey Handbook Gina Horkey is a professional writer, online marketing consultant and the founder of Horkey HandBook, LLC. In 2014, she began a freelancing writing side hustle and within 6 months turned it into a full-time career. After finding great success working for herself, Gina decided she wanted to help others obtain similar results, adding step-by-step courses to HorkeyHandBook.com. This training empowers her students to monetize skills they already have or learn new ones to help … [Read more...]
Joel Eshelman Owner of Apex Personal Training
I've known Joel Eshelman since high school but hadn't seen him in person for years. I knew he started a personal training company, but it didn't catch my attention until he started putting out great content on social media. When I saw this post on social media it jumped out at me and I knew Joel would have some fantastic advice for our readers, watchers, and listeners. "I'm so humbled by the awesome people in my life... I've been in a place where I'm needing and yearning to take my life in all … [Read more...]
Oxsome Web Services
Jason Holmers has been building, designing and optimizing websites since he was a high school kid almost 20 years ago. In my recent interview with Jason, I learned how he started and quickly grew his website services business, Oxsome Website Services. Jason shares his journey and what he has learned about internet marketing, website building, design, conversion, social media marketing, and entrepreneurship along the way. Oxsome Web Services This Minnesota website services business has grown … [Read more...]
Erik Radtke
In a sit down I had with Erik Radtke I discovered that he is every bit as grounded, humble, spiritual, smart and wise as I had been told he would be. I am so grateful that our mutual friend and past guest Jake Huotari put us in touch. It is incredible how often similar themes come up when I discuss success principles with my guests. Sucess for so many of the entrepreneurs that come on our show is described as the ability to control one's own time and to live life on your own terms. Erik … [Read more...]
Eric Dayton
Eric Dayton is a childhood friend and a fellow hockey goalie. As kids living in Southwest Minneapolis, we played baseball and hockey together. Eric is one of the smartest guys I know. Eric and I stayed in touch here and there over the years but it had been several years since we last saw each other. We played hockey for Southwest in our early years and were lucky enough to have a former all-state goaltender Mark Dayton as our private coach. Eric was a fierce competitor on the baseball field and … [Read more...]
Matt Lovgren
Matt Lovgren Matt Lovgren is passionate about life, personal growth, cars, technology, music, and sales. He shares his experiences as a student, mentor, musician, medical sales executive, business development and client services director, a partner at MN BMW Car Club and owner-founder of DailyCarDrive. The advice that Matt gives about personal development, business development, and entrepreneurship should be taught in schools but unfortunately isn't. Matt has surrounded himself with mentors … [Read more...]
Jake Huotari
Jake Huotari Jake Huotari shares his journey to finding satisfaction and fulfillment in his life. A key take-away for me was how Jake explains to his 13-year-old what a gentleman/gentlewoman is. He says, "a gentleman will take responsibility for another person's good experience while he's with them a jerk takes responsibility for another person's bad experience while he's with them. Jake talks a lot about the importance of having a mentor and how his mentor has impacted his life in ways he … [Read more...]
Step Up Achieve Mpls
Step-Up Achieve Minneapolis The Step-Up Achieve Minneapolis program has been placing students with local employers for summer internships since 2004. We met with Erin Martin to learn more about the program. Erin earned her Masters of Social Work degree and her MBA at Augsburg College and is a wealth of knowledge. Each year, the Step-Up program places over 800 students. The program helps give students the tools and resources to be ready for the workforce and to decide what they want to focus on … [Read more...]
