In this short-form series, Connie Steele shares tips from her #1 Amazon new release book, Building the Business of You. In this episode, Connie discusses the “career mashup,” a premier concept in the book and the key to the future of work. What is it and how can you use it to create your dream career?

Connie Steele is joined by Strategic Momentum’s Marketing Manager, Alexis Anthony, and Production and Operations Manager, Alan Corcoran, to review Season 4 of the podcast. They synthesize the advice guests have shared over the past few months and highlight the key trends and takeaways that stood out, especially those that are particularly salient in today’s now virtual working world.

Joshua Lisec shares the non-linear career journey that led him to being a ghostwriter, how he has been able to develop his successful solopreneur business by developing his own unique career mashup, and what it takes to create the traction that you are looking for when venturing out on your own. Joshua is the founder of The Entrepreneur’s Wordsmith and a Certified Professional Ghostwriter.

Jon Krinn — Chef, marketer, and owner of the award-winning fine dining restaurant Clarity based in the D.C. area — shares what he did to control the uncontrollable, the pivots he made and skillsets he’s learned along the way, as well as the value of creating a career mash-up that can help you thrive amid adversity

Team dynamics are crucial to the success of a business, and recent events have made this all the more relevant as businesses adapt and adjust to operating in the “new normal”. Jennifer Trzepacz is the Chief Operations Officer at Wildcat Venture Partners and in this episode she shares her perspective on what it takes to build and sustain effective teams in today’s modern work world.

Bryan Stolle, serial entrepreneur and Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners shares his perspective on the perceptions and realities of entrepreneurship, the myths and misconceptions that are still prevalent, and what an aspiring or current entrepreneur needs to consider to create momentum for success.

Rick Lindquist, founder of LegUp Ventures has always believed that learning from failure is core to personal and professional growth. After serving as the CEO of Zane Benefits now People Keep for 10 years starting at the age of 22, he’s experienced what it means to truly fail fast and learn fast. In this episode Rick shares his perspective on what it means to learn from failure for you and your business and how to create that environment where this mindset and approach can thrive.

Making that career transition is scary but if done correctly can enable you to find your unique voice and establish entirely new opportunities which can lead to building a business. So what are the steps to successfully change your career trajectory? Joe Saul-Sehy is the host of the #1 Financial advice podcast, The Stacking Benjamins. In this episode, Joe discusses the career pivots he went through to get him to where is today as well as tips and advice on how to navigate the fear to create a path of opportunity and success for yourself. 

This year, we’ve heard many different perspectives from a range of guests on how to break through the common challenges in business and career development today. In this Episode, Connie is joined by Alexis Anthony, Strategic Momentum’s marketing manager, to talk about their favorite moments on the podcast in 2019, and to share their own tips and advice for breaking through that inertia to reach your full growth potential.

Bryan de Lottinville is Founder and CEO of Benevity, a global leader in corporate social responsibility and employee engagement software. In this episode he discusses disrupting industry norms, and leveraging small individual actions to create better social and business outcomes.

The unfortunate reality is that most startups fail. So what’s the difference between those that fail and those that have made it? What’s the secret to success? Bruce Cleveland is a Founding Partner of Wildcat Venture Partners and author of the book Traversing the Traction Gap. What compelled Bruce to write his book was to answer that very question. In this episode, Bruce shares his valuable a framework that outlines the critical principles, milestones and metrics that are foundational to helping startups create the necessary momentum for success. 

A panel of female executives and entrepreneurs discuss some of the biggest challenges facing women in the workforce today that keep them from reaching their full potential and share tips and advice for breaking through that inertia to change the unbalanced workforce dynamic.

Amanda Thomas is an entrepreneur, marketing leader, and host of a women’s empowerment podcast. She’s the Founder and President of Two Score, a boutique marketing firm that focuses exclusively on helping small to mid-sized credit unions grow and reach their full potential. 

In this episode Amanda shares perspectives on directing one’s career path in the direction you want to go as well as sharing the benefits of risk-taking, trusting your gut, and giving yourself permission to do everything you want to be doing.

Meghan French Dunbar, Co-founder and CEO of Conscious Company Media, shares the career journey that brought her to the Conscious Business world, as well as her perspective on what the Conscious Business movement is, what it takes to deliver sustainable benefits for people and the planet, as well as yourself - not just your business- all to help everyone move forward.

The three founding members of Crate Media return to provide their take on the podcasting space -- from what it takes to create a successful podcast to the common challenges and misconceptions that cause many to get stuck.

Hear from the people behind the scenes of the Strategic Momentum Podcast -- the founder and first few employees of Crate Media, the podcast production company formerly known as Podcast Masters. In this episode, Founder Cody Boyce, Hayden Lee and Ben Gregson share their challenges, lessons learned in building a business, and the fuel that keeps them going. Because in the end, it’s a business built on their passions.

The experiences women have in the workplace today are vastly different from -- and more positive than -- how they were 50, 20, and even 10 years ago. However, there are still career challenges and misconceptions holding women back from fully living up to their growth potential.

In this second episode of the 2-part series, we dive into deep into what millennial entrepreneur Mehtab Bhogal and his business partners believe is important to take into account from a product development and marketing perspective when launching a new business.

We examine the uniquely Millennial mindset that that has guided Mehtab Bhogal and his firm Karta Venture’s approach to building successful businesses.

Deepak Shukla, founder and CEO of the SEO agency Pearl Lemon, didn’t take a linear career path. In fact, it took 23 jobs and all the experiences and learnings that came with it to figure out what he wanted to do. In this episode, Deepak shares his perspective on how to overcome the fear of the course, act on your impulses, create accountability, and test and learn your way to career success.