The Launching Point with Mike O'Toole
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The Launching Point with Mike O'Toole
The Launching Point is a three-day a week interview-based podcast designed to uncover the transformative nature of launching into entrepreneurship through the telling of successful entrepreneurs' before and after stories of what it's really like launching into the world of entrepreneurship. Each ep...
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52 episodes
48 - Right idea at the right time with Kim Kaupe
Kim Kaupe, the co-founder of ZinePak, was a naturally curious, outgoing, and gregarious child that had no intentions of becoming an entrepreneur. She...
47 - Life is why we do this with Brian Clark
Brian Clark, the founder of Copyblogger and Rainmaker Digital, was in law school when he already started thinking of an exit strategy. After spending...
46 - You can make a living doing what you love with Lindsay White
Lindsay White, the owner and designer of Lot801, got a 9-to-5 job right out of college and worked her way up in the company. After her boss told her...
45 - Find the things that bring you gusto and joy with Swami Tirtha
Swami Tirtha, owner of The Hip Guru's Guide, started as a regular guy from the suburbs, but when he was a freshman in college, both of his parents wer...
44 - It's about living the life you love with Jason Treu
Jason Treu, an author and business and executive coach, was in law school when he observed that most lawyers were not happy with their career choice....
43 - There's no problem too big with Peter Mehit
Peter Merit, the owner of Custom Business Planning and Solutions, worked in the corporate world for decades, traveling all over the world and constant...
42 - Get closer to your authentic self with Lea Pica
Lea Pica, an analytics, data visualizations, and presentations consultant, always found herself as an unconventional round peg trying to fit herself i...
41 - Don't let a lifestyle business steal your lifestyle with Joshua Dorkin
Joshua Dorkin, creator of BiggerPockets.com, started his entrepreneurial journey in college when he built an online directory for colleges and univers...
40 - Live within your means to prepare yourself for bigger things with Agie Sundaram
Agie Sundaram, the co-founder of Span Enterprises, spent 11 years as a cruise ship photographer before starting his own photography business. After h...
39 - Action is the most important step with Yoram Baltinester
Yoram Baltinester is the founder of Decisive Action Workshops. Born and raised in Israel, he chose to go down the corporate IT path before he was lai...
38 - Let go of exhaustion as a status symbol and productivity as self-worth with Eric Tivers
In honor of ADHD awareness month, Eric Tivers, the owner of Tivers Clinical Specialties, shares his journey of launching into entrepreneurship despite...
37 - Bonus: Start a global organization in your living room with Jacob Cramer
Jacob Cramer, the founder of Love for the Elderly, was only 13 years old when he came up with an idea to send letters to the residents of nursing home...
36 - Stop riding the fence with Shahara Wright
Sahara Wright, CEO of The CEO Effect, graduated from law school and went to work in family law. After she discovered she hated it, she tried to look...
35 - Use your past as motivation to keep going with Rueben Wood
Rueben Wood is a celebrity journalist, media icon, and chef. He graduated from high school and got a taste of the music industry, but through a serie...
34 - Feel the fear and do it anyway with Jan Spence
Jan Spence, a professional speaker, sales trainer, one-on-one coach for small businesses, and business consultant, got her first taste of entrepreneur...
33 - Work on your game or someone will pass you with Dre Baldwin
Dre Baldwin, an athlete, entrepreneur, author, publisher, speaker, and marketing and branding expert, played basketball for a division III school, but...
32 - It's never too late to be who you really are with Maura Sweeney
Maura Sweeny, an author, podcaster, international speaker, and Huffington Post contributor, was brought up to be an attorney in New Jersey, but realiz...
BONUS 03 - Report card, New & Noteworthy, and monetization
In this bonus episode, I talk about how well the podcast is doing in terms of listens, how things will change now that New & Noteworthy has ended, how...
31 - Boldness of action is a key to change and growth with Dean Roberts
Dean Roberts, author of I'll Fix My Head Before I'm Dead and a serial entrepreneur, was kicked out of school at 16 and went into the Navy. After a sh...
30 - Let go of the nonsense and excuses with Kelly McCausey
Kelly Mccauley, the owner of Solo Smarts, was a broke, single mother doing desktop publishing for her church office. Her need to make extra money and...
29 - Don't waste time on things that aren't going to serve you or the world with Chris Burns
Chris Burns, owner of Burn It Up business coaching, graduated from college with a degree in electrical engineering, but it wasn't his passion. He got...
28 - It's all about the relationships with Janelle & Rob Alex
Janelle and Rob Alex, Relationship and Intimacy Experts, both started at a young age down the entrepreneurial path. After getting married, they bough...
27 - You're not selling a product, you're selling yourself with Allen Vaysberg
Allen Vaysberg, owner of Amiveris Entreprises, Inc, started his career in IT to go after the money, but quickly realized his passion was in marketing...
26 - Be yourself in every part of your business and life with Nicole K. Lundy
Nicole K. Lundy is a money making brand strategist and lifestyle entrepreneur who worked on Wall Street before being put on disability for anxiety and...
25 - Knowing the difference between having resources and being resourceful with Vance Morris
Vance Morris, the founder and CEO of Deliver Service Now Institute, started a franchise after getting laid off for a second time. But just two weeks...
24 - How you perceive your worth is going to determine your growth with Linda Leon
Linda Leon, a media specialist, went from a successful career in commercial television to becoming an elementary school teacher to her husband and her...
23 - It is your birthright to gather as much of the good life as you can with Gene Robinson
Gene Robinson is an author and the owner of Positive Concepts Publishing Company. After growing up being told he would never amount to anything and s...
22 - You gotta keep going after the goal you believe in with Brian Hills
Brian Hills is the owner of a tech support company for computers and mobile devices and started his business on the side while he had a full-time job...
21 - Do the inner work to erase your negative self-talk with Emily Filloramo
Emily Filloramo worked in pharmaceutical sales for 27 years, sleep walking through her corporate job, before she was laid off. A financial advisor pl...
20 - You have to take chances or you'll never get out of the cubicle with Adam Dicker
Adam Dicker is a Domain Name Expert and former VP of GoDaddy. He has been voted one of the top ten most influential people on the internet and got hi...
BONUS 02 - Calls to action, Instagram update, and embracing imperfection
In this bonus episode, I peel back the curtain some more and share some wins, what I've learned about calls to action, provide an Instagram update, an...
19 - Starting a business is much simpler than you think with Rachna Jain
Rachna Jain is the owner of PopularPopulariy.com considers herself an accidental entrepreneur after helping build a psychology practice, asking for an...
18 - Money is a by-product of your passion and need for freedom with Naresh Vissa
Naresh is a young entrepreneur and author that started in the corporate world after getting a solid education. He ran into some serious struggles ear...
17 - Help people be better and do more with Victor Clarke
Victor Clarke, owner of Clarke Incorporated, went from the cutthroat sales industry in the hustle and bustle of Washington DC to buying a printing bus...
16 - Once you go forward you never want to go back with Lorena Monde & Diana Karpowicz
After meeting each other while working for a Fortune 100 company, Lorena Monde and Diana Karpowicz of Truly You realized they were soul sisters and we...
15 - You have to take a leap of faith at some point with Lisa Kroese
When Lisa Kroese's husband took a dream job in Mojave, California, they moved across the country where they didn't know anyone. She leveraged her pre...
14 - You're giving the world a gift with Rick Goodfriend
Rick Goodfriend is an author and public speaker that has endured a lifelong battle with ADHD and recently had a stroke that has changed the trajectory...
BONUS 01 - Establishing authority and conquering social media
After receiving advice after a recent interview with Allen Vaysberg, he got me thinking about what it means to establish authority. Also, how I'm usi...
13 - Build credibility by delivering every single time with Erna Kay
Erna Kay is an entrepreneur, speaker, and author. She realized quickly after working at a banking job that all of her efforts were for the benefit of...
12 - The difference between learning and knowing with Joe Nicassio
Joe Nicassio is a marketing expert and mentor for startup business owners. He was building a promising career in technology, but it never sit well wi...