Wes Towers tells the story of how he found a unique niche in entrepreneurship by becoming a go to guy to help construction businesses to design their websites. Wes has an attitude about his work that echoes the blue collar mentality of the businesses he helps. Wes not only helps businesses in his home country of Australia, he also helps other businesses from around the world. Wes talks about his journey to developing a successful business within such a specific industry and how his down to earth approach has helped him to grow and maintain his business over the years.

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Dr. Melanie Gray is an entrepreneur who is not only in the process of a career transition, she is somebody who brings a lot of knowledge and wisdom when it comes to self care and doing all of the things we need to do in order to be our best self. Dr. Gray and Marc talk about some of the parallels in their experiences as both learned similar lessons at similar points in their lives. These lessons propelled them into a new era in their careers that took them both to another level. Dr. Gray not only aims to teach, she also hopes to inspire those who feel like they are not suited for entrepreneurship, can't accomplish their goals, or whatever else they consider an obstacle in life.

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Nicholas Adkins, who has been a serial entrepreneur for several years, didn't expect his pink socks idea to become the global sensation it has become. After moving to Oregon, Nicholas accidentally developed a movement that people not only identified with him, but also with the message of love and kindness. Nicholas is using this movement to spread positive vibes throughout the world via these very cool pair of socks. Nicholas not only tells the story of the pink socks, he also explains how we too can live a life where we spread a message that can spread love and kindness to others.

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Graham Kuhn stopped by to talk about how entrepreneurship found him thanks to the great work he has been doing as the Creative Director at his church. Through this experience, Graham learned the importance of storytelling. Although Marc and Graham are technically skilled, they both understand the importance of telling a good story. Between Graham's interviews and Marc's podcast episode, they both explore story telling techniques and uncover what has helped them to tell their guests story effectively. They also talked about this plus the process of starting, building, and maintaining a media business in an era where creating content has never been easier.

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Bob Labbe tells the story of how he came up with his invention called The Ultimate Drink Coaster. Bob called out a specific moment where he decided to take an issue he had with drink coasters and turn it into a positive by inventing something that could absorb condensation from cups, containers, etc. Bob is a seasoned veteran when it comes to the entrepreneurial world so venturing into this business was not intimidating for him. Bob not only shared valuable wisdom about entrepreneurship, marketing, and branding, he also shared a lot of important wisdom about life as well.

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Aleksandra Ceho dropped by to tell the story of how she stuck to her intuition and built up a very successful business by showing up, making an effort, being openminded, and presenting herself well. Aleksandra also talks about how Astrology and hermetic philosophy have helped business owners and CEO's to think in ways that line up more with what their astrological chart and base decision on that type of timing over more traditional processes. Marc and Aleksandra also talk about creativity and the surprising ways in which they present themselves and help us to grow as entrepreneurs and people.

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Ash Fox tells the story of how she pioneered the industry of marriage proposal planning. Ash not only runs a unique business that thrives on creativity and skill, she also has a front row seat to many love stories. Ash has gone from being a solopreneur in a field where there weren't many examples of how to do it or how to make it work to being an entrepreneur who has expanded beyond the New York City area. Marc's own proposal story, plenty of entrepreneurial discussion, and much more in this episode.

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Marc kicks off 2026 by inviting Ashley, the owner of Fancy Pops Bakery, to chat with him about starting her own business and using Tik Tok as a tool to help her business to grow. They also talk about balancing a business and working a 9 to 5 job in the process. Ashley brings a lot of great wisdom when it comes to running her business, the way she uses her time from preparing for a TikTok lives to baking, selling merch, maintaining storefronts, and much more.