10 episodes

Curiosity, Innovation, Resilience, Creativity, Determination - All of these words evoke the spirit of a self made entrepreneur, but how do they do what they do? The Self Made Strategies podcast is here to explore how entrepreneurs grow their businesses, minds, selves, communities and brands to achieve a better world. Listen in, every Thursday, to hear the Self Made Strategies from a new entrepreneur.

Self Made Strategies Tony Lopes, SoftStix Productions LLC

    • Business

Curiosity, Innovation, Resilience, Creativity, Determination - All of these words evoke the spirit of a self made entrepreneur, but how do they do what they do? The Self Made Strategies podcast is here to explore how entrepreneurs grow their businesses, minds, selves, communities and brands to achieve a better world. Listen in, every Thursday, to hear the Self Made Strategies from a new entrepreneur.

    145: Michael Vertolli – Process Creates Progress

    145: Michael Vertolli – Process Creates Progress

    On this episode we sat down with Michael Vertolli, President and Chief Executive Officer of ComTec Systems. Mike joined ComTec in 1989 as a member of the technical engineering team. Five years later in 1994, he purchased a controlling interest in the company and assumed overall control of operations. Mike helped the company develop from a two-person consulting firm into one of Inc. Magazine’s fastest growing privately-owned technology firms in the United States.







    Check out ComTec here: comtecsystems.net







    On this episode you will hear about:









    * How process creates progress

    * Best practices for processes

    * How to build great teams

    * Letting the metrics make the (unemotional) decisions





    Production Credits:

    The Self Made Strategies Podcast is a SoftStix Productions LLC jawn. This episode was hosted, produced, and edited by Tony Lopes, and Michael Vertolli joined us remotely via Google Meet.



    Executive Producer - Tony Lopes (SoftStix Productions LLC - info@softstixproductions.com)



    Host/Director - Tony Lopes



    Guest - Michael Vertolli



    Editor - Tony Lopes



    The Self Made Strategies Podcast is sponsored by CollegeCast LLC (www.collegecastpodcasts.com).



    Make sure you subscribe to the Self Made Strategies Podcast on your favorite podcasting platform, so you can catch the latest episodes.



    Copyright 2018 - 2021 SoftStix Productions LLC, all rights reserved.



    www.selfmadestrategies.com

    144: Amanda Rabideau – Growing Your Brand by Building an Effective Marketing Strategy

    144: Amanda Rabideau – Growing Your Brand by Building an Effective Marketing Strategy

    On this episode, you will hear from Amanda Rabideau, the CEO of Arch Collective. Amanda built her career growing businesses using effective marketing, strategy, and sales practices. Over the past fifteen years, she has worked with large enterprises like Dell, Microsoft, CoreLogic, and tech start-ups including Cloudstaff, New Relic, and OraMetrix (acquired by Dentsply Sirona March 2018). Throughout her career, Amanda served as a trusted advisor to entrepreneurs as they launched and expanded their businesses. This passion for helping entrepreneurs led Amanda to start Arch Collective. She now devotes her career to empowering entrepreneurs and business leaders to grow their companies through effective marketing and commercialization.



    Check out Arch Collective here: www.arch-collective.com



    On this episode you will hear about:









    * How Amanda uses her experiences at large organizations to help Series A startups grow.

    * Why Amanda eventually took the leap into starting Arch Collective.

    * What you can learn from large companies to improve your marketing strategies.

    * The differences between large corporations and a startup (mainly when it comes to setting up processes).

    * Advantages that a startup has over a large entity.





    Production Credits:

    The Self Made Strategies Podcast is a SoftStix Productions LLC jawn. This episode was hosted, produced, and edited by Tony Lopes, and Amanda Rabideau joined us remotely via Google Meet.



    Executive Producer - Tony Lopes (SoftStix Productions LLC - info@softstixproductions.com)



    Host/Director - Tony Lopes



    Guest - Amanda Rabideau



    Editor - Tony Lopes



    The Self Made Strategies Podcast is sponsored by CollegeCast LLC (www.collegecastpodcasts.com).



    Make sure you subscribe to the Self Made Strategies Podcast on your favorite podcasting platform, so you can catch the latest episodes.



    Copyright 2018 - 2021 SoftStix Productions LLC, all rights reserved.



    www.selfmadestrategies.com

    143: Robert L. Mickles – Making “Off-Time” Happen

    143: Robert L. Mickles – Making “Off-Time” Happen

    On this episode, you will hear from Robert L. Mickles, the Co-Founder/Director/Editor of 360 Digital Studios.  Rob is a filmmaker based out of Croydon, Pennsylvania, who has been doing full service production studio work, with a knack for collaboration, since before attending college.  Video production takes Rob all over the world. He typically serves the following areas: Philadelphia, NYC/NJ, DMV area (DE/MD/VA/D.C), Texas, California, Las Vegas and Florida. 



    His new film, "Off-Time," is a passion project that has taken almost a decade to complete.  He and his business partner, Brian, have self-funded most of the project, all while keeping up with client work.



    Check out 360 Digital Studios: www.360digitalstudios.com



    Follow 360 Digital on Instagram: www.instagram.com/360digitalstudios







    On this episode you will hear about:



    * How Rob and Brian built 360 Digital and worked their way up to a flourishing production company.

    * Why they invested in RED cameras, taking a risk on (very) expensive tools.

    * How Rob worked on his new film, "Off-Time," on the side and how they managed to self-fund the majority of the project.

    * Rob's advice on how to keep your team motivated and working toward a long term goal.

    * How Rob keeps a fresh eye when editing his own work.





    Production Credits:

    The Self Made Strategies Podcast is a SoftStix Productions LLC jawn. This episode was hosted, produced, and edited by Tony Lopes, with support from Director of Photography, Michael Leary (www.onefifteenfilms.com). The episode was recorded live, although we were socially distanced, and 360 Digital Studios (Croydon, PA).



    Executive Producer - Tony Lopes (SoftStix Productions LLC - info@softstixproductions.com)



    Host/Director - Tony Lopes



    Guest - Robert L. Mickles



    Director of Photography - Michael Leary



    Editor - Tony Lopes



    The Self Made Strategies Podcast is sponsored by CollegeCast LLC (www.collegecastpodcasts.com).



    Make sure you subscribe to the Self Made Strategies Podcast on your favorite podcasting platform, so you can catch the latest episodes.



    Copyright 2018 - 2021 SoftStix Productions LLC, all rights reserved.



    www.selfmadestrategies.com

    142: Dr. Mike Simpson – How to Reinvent Yourself (Even After Age 40)

    142: Dr. Mike Simpson – How to Reinvent Yourself (Even After Age 40)

    On this episode, you will hear from Dr. Mike Simpson.  Dr. Mike is best known for his role as an investigator on the History Channel’s docu-reality series "Hunting Hitler." He has served over three decades in the military as an Airborne Ranger, a Green Beret, and a doctor of emergency medicine assigned to the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC).



    Trained as a demolitions expert, SWAT sniper, high altitude low opening (HALO) parachutist, civilian paramedic, Special Forces medic, operations and intelligence sergeant, and board-certified emergency medicine physician, Dr. Mike now uses his extensive knowledge of training and medicine to help men over forty achieve peak physical condition.







    Check out Dr. Mike Simpsons book out here: Honed



    Visit greybeardperformance.com to hear more about how you can reinvent yourself with the warrior mindset.



    Check out Mike's podcast The Mind of the Warrior Podcast: Mind of the Warrior.



    On this episode you will hear about:



    * How to reinvent yourself even after age 40.

    * Success is what happens when you run out of excuses.

    * How Dr. Mike took the best aspects of being a Special Forces Operator and applied that same mindset to medicine, and to being an entrepreneur.

    * How to stop living your "Plan B" and live the life you really want.

    * Why you should not let society tell you what is "Normal."

    * How to achieve wellness through the "Warrior-Athlete" lifestyle.

    * Why you set your own limits, nobody else does.

    * Do what you love and everything else will sort itself out.





    Production Credits:

    The Self Made Strategies Podcast is a SoftStix Productions LLC jawn. This episode was hosted, produced, and edited by Tony Lopes. Dr. Mike Simpson joined us remotely, via Google Meet.



    Executive Producer - Tony Lopes (SoftStix Productions LLC - info@softstixproductions.com)



    Host - Tony Lopes



    Guests - Dr. Mike Simpson (drmikesimpson.com)



    Editor - Tony Lopes



    The Self Made Strategies Podcast is sponsored by CollegeCast LLC (www.collegecastpodcasts.com).



    Make sure you subscribe to the Self Made Strategies Podcast on your favorite podcasting platform, so you can catch the latest episodes.



    Copyright 2018 - 2021 SoftStix Productions LLC, all rights reserved.



    www.selfmadestrategies.com

    141: Nardeep Khurmi – The Road to “Land of Gold (Along with Some “Deep” Thoughts)

    141: Nardeep Khurmi – The Road to “Land of Gold (Along with Some “Deep” Thoughts)

    Nardeep Khurmi is an acclaimed writer, director, and actor hailing from the suburbs of Philly by way of Switzerland and England. You can usually catch him on some mountain likely out of breath. Or pigging out on some delicious street food. He studied at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, FAMU International in Prague, Czech Republic, Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB), and recently completed a 5 year training with teacher Stephen Book. 



    His work spotlights underrepresented communities, and he splits his time working on thought-provoking, moving, socially relevant narratives and absurdist comedy pieces. ​He is currently developing a feature film about a trans-American road trip exploring a surrogate father-daughter relationship against the backdrop of America's current border and immigration crisis. Nardeep is also an accomplished actor. His recent credits include 911, SWAT, The Odd Couple, and recurring roles on Jane the Virgin and The Bold and the Beautiful. He is currently recurring on Legendary Entertainment and the Nerdist's show Orbital Redux, a revolutionary Sci-Fi show filmed and aired live, and is a heavy recurring on the Disney animated show Mira, Royal Detective, where he voices more than 10 characters.





    Check out Nardeep's IMBD and his new film (currently in preproduction) Land of Gold!



    Help crowdfund Land of Gold here: http://www.landofgoldfilm.com/ and https://seedandspark.com/fund/landofgold#wishlist.



    On this episode you will hear about:



    * Nardeep talks about his film, Land of Gold (how the idea came to him, and why he chose this subject).

    * How going on instinct sometimes helps you to be faster and more efficient.

    * Why journaling is a critical tool for the creative process.

    * The reasons you should create a project "bible" when you are creating anything (products, services, marketing campaigns, films, etc.).

    * Why pen and paper is still the best medium, and why you should just keep scribbling your ideas down until you feel "ready."

    * How to get feedback from your trusted advisors.

    * Nardeep will give you the secret sauce for boosting your own creative energy and using your imagination.b

    * Why you should never delete anything (when you're being creative).

    * How improv can help you to be more creative and stay in the present moment.

    * Why ultimately you need to just put your shit out there (perfection is the enemy of done).

    * Nardeep and I get pretty deep, giving you some philosophy and motivation to get your projects going.



    Production Credits:

    The Self Made Strategies Podcast is a SoftStix Productions LLC jawn. This episode was hosted, produced, and edited by Tony Lopes. Nardeep Khurmi joined us remotely, via Google Meet.



    Executive Producer - Tony Lopes (SoftStix Productions LLC - info@softstixproductions.com)



    Host - Tony Lopes



    Guests - Nardeep Khurmi (www.nardeepkhurmi.

    140: Joris Bryon – Killing Your Website’s Conversion Killers

    140: Joris Bryon – Killing Your Website’s Conversion Killers

    Joris Bryon is the founder and CEO of Dexter Agency, a remote team of e-commerce conversion optimization and email marketing specialists.  The agency serves high-revenue e-commerce stores that are ready for continuous growth. With over 1500 A/B tests under his belt, Joris wrote the book “Kill Your Conversion Killers” to help all the

    online stores he hasn’t worked with (yet).



    Check out Joris' free e-book (that we mention during the episode) to learn more!



    On this episode you will hear about:



    * Common misconceptions about conversion optimization.

    * Why you need to A/B test your website.

    * The reasons that best practices are no longer enough.

    * Why you should not just do what your competitors are doing.

    * What you should be testing.

    * Why growing your audience may not be the solution for you.

    * The top 3 things Joris recommends testing.



    Production Credits:

    The Self Made Strategies Podcast is a SoftStix Productions LLC jawn. This episode was hosted, produced, and edited by Tony Lopes. Joris Bryon joined us remotely, via Google Meet.



    Executive Producer - Tony Lopes (SoftStix Productions LLC - info@softstixproductions.com)



    Host - Tony Lopes



    Guests - Joris Bryon (dexter.agency)



    Editor - Tony Lopes



    The Self Made Strategies Podcast is sponsored by CollegeCast LLC (www.collegecastpodcasts.com).



    Make sure you subscribe to the Self Made Strategies Podcast on your favorite podcasting platform, so you can catch the latest episodes.



    Copyright 2018 - 2021 SoftStix Productions LLC, all rights reserved.



    www.selfmadestrategies.com

Top Podcasts In Business

سوالف بزنس مع مشهور الدبيان
ثمانية/ thmanyah
على بياض
Mics | مايكس
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
DOAC
فرصة
alarabiya podcast العربية بودكاست
بترولي
بترولي
السوق
ثمانية/ thmanyah