The Rise Podcast with Steve Schmidt Salescast

This episode of The Rise Podcast with Steve Schmidt features Amelia Sordell, Founder of Klowt, the Personal Branding Agency. She shares how she dove headfirst into Klowt with no plan B, incentivizing her to be successful.

Amelia shares that it is her business that keeps her anchored down as she deals with the craziness of life, such as the divorce she is still going through today. She shares the immense fulfillment she has nurturing her employees and making sure that they all achieve success.

Looking back on her life, Amelia has always had a keen eye for business. She recalls a successful business that earned her hundreds of pounds per week selling food to stoners in school.

Amelia shares that her business does not monopolize the lessons they learn and, as a matter of fact, she provides all her tips for free on her LinkedIn to help others successfully create their own personal brands.

The reality today is that people are brands, founders are brands, and it is already happening that investors are hopping on to get a slice of what YOU have to offer. And, according to Amelia, making this an exit strategy is completely viable and possible.

This episode of The Rise Podcast with Steve Schmidt is the last of a two-part conversation with Vaney Hariri, Co-Founder at Think 3D Solutions. Today, Vaney explains that improving people while at work has a massive effect on their growth.

Most people spend a majority of their time and waking hours at work, so developing them at this time and place cascades down to all other aspects of their life. He shares that what people actually want is not a fulfilling job, but a refilling job that gives back more than what you put in.

Not only does this create true fulfillment, it also improves the people around you by proximity. Vaney also explains that there is no Hail Mary that can save your company in one go. When you are trying to improve people, it requires commitment and will take as long as it takes.

This episode of The Rise Podcast with Steve Schmidt is the first of a two-part conversation with Vaney Hariri, Co-Founder at Think 3D Solutions. Unconscious bias comes from the fact that the baseline of world views is the white world view.

It is subtle and permeates every interaction today. Vaney shares how to be aware of your own unconscious bias and to know that not intending to hurt, yet not intending to NOT hurt, allows for the unintended to happen.

Vaney looks back on his childhood and the many traumas he experienced and how these helped shape his empathy for people. Now the leader of his own organization, he teaches how companies can think globally and solve the problem for the community, and not simply for themselves.

This episode of The Rise Podcast with Steve Schmidt is the last of a two-part conversation with Tom Henderson, Founder of Restoration Generation. A large part of our belief comes from what we have brought into our lives, including trauma from the past.

However, entering belief with an open mindset opens you up to truths, like God’s unconditional love, and the possibility of being wrong with past beliefs. It allows for conversation and dialogue, something almost lost with the emergence of technology.

Tom shares his band of brothers, a safe space for men to challenge each other to live with purpose and the right pursuits in mind. Tom also talks about their men’s summit and one of the best lessons he learned, that being a growing person yourself is the best gift you can give your child and the people around you.

This episode of The Rise Podcast with Steve Schmidt is the first of a two-part conversation with Tom Henderson, Founder of Restoration Generation. Technology continues to evolve and we are just now seeing some of the long-term effects of it.

Steve and Tom look back on bullying during their day and how technology today amplifies it in so many unhealthy ways. They discuss the free flow of information and how it bombards us, making feelings of inferiority through comparison a rampant problem.

Tom reminds us that our relationships with God and others have and always will be the most important priority in our lives. But only time will tell how this is going to change with the emergence of AR technologies.

This episode of The Rise Podcast with Steve Schmidt is the first of a two-part conversation with Greg Connolly, CEO at Trifecta. Eating healthy is actually at the top of mind of many people, but a reliance on convenience makes it difficult to make the switch. Greg's company is changing this with healthy meals that are conveniently delivered to your door.

Greg shares that he has always wanted to have a macro impact on the world. When he founded his company, he created it with the intention of improving American minds, bodies, and socials. He wants to support people with their goals by providing the product and software to reach those goals.

He talks about how shifts in society have fundamentally changed eating habits and how to fight against the fast food epidemic. They have no plans of slowing down their efforts to make healthy eating mainstream and will continue to advocate until they are a billion dollar company.