When you start researching steps to take when opening a new business you’ll see so much hype about finding your niche, narrowing your focus, or only talking to your target audience. And we understand that. You definitely want to know who it is you’re trying to work with. But sometimes it’s not so obvious who exactly will need the services you are offering. When we first started Toptimizers we went in with open minds saying that we would work with any business but in the back of our minds we assumed we would be working with professional services since that’s what we knew best based on our past ..read more

Ama Brew has perhaps the most important lesson of all time for entrepreneurs. Take care of yourself. Sounds simple but we all know that taking time to unwind and giving ourselves a little TLC from time to time is the most difficult to schedule. Ama experienced burnout in the corporate world as well as in her first business. She quickly learned that taking time for herself and learning to set boundaries was of such great importance that she turned it into a business. Today, Ama helps others through the journey of taking time to schedule time for yourself. And yes it is a journey and takes time ..read more

You don’t know what you don’t know. Doug Collins speaks with us about taxes and business ownership. He has a wealth of knowledge about all the ins and outs of tax write-offs that most people are unaware. At a young age, Doug’s dad was always pushing books on him regarding business matters. That really gave him his start and passion toward working for himself. From corporate to entrepreneurship, the economy helped him make the leap. The change of mind was fascinating to him and he has 18 takeaways that he shares in a blog. Doug Collins is full of information you need to know! Enjoy the show! Re ..read more

Ann Regan Kearns founded Odyssey Public Relations in June of this year, 2020. Formerly she was a publicist and, unfortunately, laid off due to COVID. Instead of searching for a new job, she launched the public relations business that she had wanted to do. Admittedly, she had to be pushed off the ledge from security into the abyss of entrepreneurship! And miraculously that ‘little’ push actually gave her the confidence to jump ship from the corporate world. Now that Ann Regan is helping companies with their public relations, she has no plans of looking back. She did sign up with a business coac ..read more

Lowell McKelvey with MKB Lawyers feels he doesn’t quite fit the definition of entrepreneur because he isn’t innovative like Elon Musk. And that is what makes Lowell a great attorney, always questioning every definition of a word. Attorneys who break away from traditional corporate law to hang their own shingle by nature innovative as they share greatly in the entrepreneur dilemma! How to do what you love or your practice and still run the business side of things is the universal question being asked by every business owner every day of every minute. Like so many, Lowell was comfortable in some ..read more

Dare to be seen, find your voice, and get accountable. Laura Fravel with Laura Fravel Studios is a personal brand expert and that is exactly what she will help you do. Laura inspires us to brand ourselves because it is a great way to market our business. She emphasizes the need to tell our stories, own our stories, and scream our story to the world. Laura’s process for helping others find their story starts with getting clear. The first step is to write down what you liked about every job. You will start to see a trend and that is where your story begins. Next, she advises to interview past fr ..read more

Try anything for one year. That is the advice from Mindie Kaplan with Maleroom who our guest is today. Starting her career in structured corporate America she took the leap into entrepreneurship intentionally choosing to live her life outside of her comfort zone. Mindie took to the road and travels for a living, ambushing men for dating advice. She believes it is better to get dating advice for women from men and has a great time learning that men might not be so simple after all. It took a long time for Mindie to jump into entrepreneurship, but it came down to a final question, “What if I nev ..read more

Case Lane with Ready Entrepreneur is our dynamic guest today. She loves to travel and right now spends her time planning travel. She is from Canada and has a vast background in travel and international diplomacy. She always had in the back of her mind that she wanted to be an entrepreneur. Although she had fascinating jobs and became an attorney, she still chose to do her own thing and that is being an entrepreneur. She helps people who are ready to stop working for someone else’s vision, who have always had it in the back of their minds that they want to be their own boss, and who have ideas ..read more

Elizabeth Pampalone made it a whole eight months in a cubicle before she said, “no way not for me I’m not sitting in a box” and entered the world of entrepreneurship! Her vast experience with computers, networking, building businesses all include marketing and that is what brought her here today. Elizabeth builds brands in a week! That’s right, she will spend one of those days with you creating and scheduling a year’s worth of social media posts. Can you imagine having that dreaded task done for a year? Her energy is huge, and she has what it takes to get the job done. When Elizabeth isn’t bra ..read more

Welcome to Toptimizers. The show designed to help you optimize your business to the top. Join us today to talk with Brandon Turner about how creating processes in your business leads to maximum efficiency. We hope to see you at the top! What to expect in today’s show: Introduction Meet Brandon Turner With a mom for an entrepreneur and a dad in IT Brandon’s journey into being an IT entrepreneur was written in the stars Always fascinated with entrepreneurship and wealth but unaware that he could be one of them Procedure Sheets It took about 2.5 years after starting Procedure Sheets before B ..read more