Marc My Words is a podcast about learning and self reflection while pushing ourselves to make the most of our time and lives. Entrepreneurs from around the world talk to Marc Schmidt about their career transitions, life journey, and how they maintain a successful business. Marc and his guests have fun and informational chats about discovering your passion as well as all of the different and sometimes unlikely ways entrepreneurs wind up trading the 9 to 5 life to be their own boss.
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Mexican-born journalist, broadcaster, and writer León Krauze, hosts Slate's first Spanish-language podcast, a weekly discussion of U.S. politics and current events, international news, pop culture, and of course fútbol! Joining him every week are journalists Fernando Pizarro, Ariel Moutsatsos, Janet Rodriguez, Dori Toribio, and other guests from the worlds of politics, entertainment, and beyond.
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Barby Ingle tells the story of how she went from being an entrepreneur in the world of cheerleading to becoming a spokesperson for chronic pain and rare diseases. As the founder and president of the International Pain Foundation, Barby was able to connect with those who were experiencing the same type of obstacles she was facing in her own life. Ba…
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Jewel Hohman discusses her unique journey to becoming a certified Confidence & Connection Coach due to her struggles with making friends and connecting with others. Jewel explains how she dealt with perfectionism and how life changes can affect connections with people and maintaining meaningful friendships. Marc and Jewel also talk about toxic frie…
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Marc My Words--Joe Rockey: Podcast Host and Founder of Rockey Real Capital
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Marc and Joe have a great conversation about learning the ins and outs of construction, house flipping, improving other people's lives through his business, and seizing the moment when starting up your own business. They also talk about podcasting, Pittsburgh Sports, and how Joe's sports podcast helps those who play fantasy football get information…
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Colin Hirdman started his career as an entrepreneur right out of college during an era where it was not fashionable to do this. Marc and Colin discuss his life long journey in entrepreneurship, the changes he's seen over years, and tips on how to grow your business. Colin is also an expert on how to use LinkedIn. As one of the co-founders of Rainma…
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Brenden Kumarasamy is a master communicator, something listeners of this episode will most likely agree with by the end of the episode. Brendan talks to Marc about his journey to becoming an entrepreneur who helps executives and coaches become great speakers and communicators. Brenden tells the story of how he went from accounting to helping people…
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Drewbie Wilson of Call the Damn Leads is much more than an entrepreneur with a clever company name. Drewbie has a life story that is worth hearing. He talked at length about going from being overweight and going down the wrong path to finding his voice, passion, and mission as the founder of his own company. Drewbie not only wants to help people to…
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Sara Nay tells the story of how she joined the family business after spending time studying Natural Sciences and Psychology. These early career experiences helped pave the way for her to bring those skills to the family business. Their goal is to help small businesses with their marketing strategy. Sara brings a very personal and human touch to the…
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Dara Erck not only shared the story of her journey into entrepreneurship, she also discusses why she was inspired to help teen's with their mental health and well being. Her product, Sam + Leo, is a gummy vitamin that helps teens with a number of issues such as eye health, immunity, and energy. Marc and Dara talked at length about mental health and…
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Marc My Words--Mary Henderson: Personal Branding & Online Business Specialist at Mary Henderson Coaching
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Mary Henderson tells the story of how she transitioned from doing things she thought she was expected to do to doing what she is passionate about in life. Mary tried a few different paths before her personal branding journey started in the early 2000's. Mary also tells Marc what she learned by leaving the corporate world and starting/maintaining he…
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Mickie Kennedy of eReleases brings a lot of insight and wisdom to the conversation as he has been working as a highly successful entrepreneur since the late 90's. Mickie tells the story of how he realized he could use his excellent creative writing skills and implement it when writing press releases. Along the way, Mickie realized that he could use…
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Yolonda Bey of Rollin' Frozen is an entrepreneur in a more traditional sense. She makes ice cream and has a lot of ambition to expand and grow her brand on a local and international level. Yolonda brings great insight into what it takes to start your own service oriented business during an era where people are thinking more in terms of starting an …
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Marc My Words--Mark X. Cronin and John Cronin: Co-Founders of John's Crazy Socks
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Mark and John Cronin tell the amazing story of how they overcame obstacles in their lives, including John's Down Syndrome diagnosis, and became successful entrepreneurs, innovators, and speakers. John's unique business idea along with Mark's entrepreneurial experience has lead them to amazing places and has given them lots of stories and wisdom to …
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In this solo episode of Marc My Words, Marc talks about his perspective on time and how precious it is. Marc recounts some moments in his life that made him realize that time is very valuable. He also discusses how time recharging can also be time well spent. Regardless of the how you look at it, time should be spent wisely as it will moments and o…
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Rebeccah Silence went from being a Music Therapist to the Self Healing & Relationship Expert she is today. As a media personality, author, speaker, and coach, Rebeccah has plenty of outlets to tell her story and share her wisdom. However, Rebeccah isn't just advising and helping people, she is inspiring them with her amazing words of wisdom. By sha…
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Marc My Words-- Hannah Tackett: Burnout & Mental Health Expert/Career Coach at Serene Success
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Hannah Tackett tells the story of how she went from being a software design manager to career coach who helps women to overcome burnout and mental health issues associated with it. Although there are many reasons why Hannah specializes in helping women, there is plenty of wisdom to be gained by everybody in this episode. Hannah not only gives insig…
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Marc My Words--Christopher Pellegrini: Founder of Honkaku Spirits
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Christopher Pellegrini has an entrepreneurial story that started when he was still in high school. A school project made Christopher curious about the art of brewing his own alcohol. Although he was too young to drink what he was making and also had his thriving business put on pause by his parents, Christopher never stopped being curious about pur…
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Marc takes some time to reflect on the achievement of doing 100 episodes of Marc My Words. It's not quite a celebration and it is also not quite the 100th episode. That's ok, life is busy. Every once in awhile we need to pat ourselves on the back. Especially when we are working hard on our own to make a show like this a reality. Although produced b…
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Marc My Words--Holly Porter: CEO & Founder of Holly Porter International LLC
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Although Holly Porter has been a successful entrepreneur for several years (she has founded 11 startups to this date), it wasn't until she had COVID and a near death experience that she found her true calling. Holly's NDE gave her the inspiration to start Retreat RnR, an Saas platform designed to focus on business retreats as well as a non-profit c…
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Zhe Scott is an IT professional who is known for being the "SEO Queen" but this is only one side of who she is. In this episode of Marc My Words, Zhe tells the story of how she became interested in entrepreneurship and IT. Marc and Zhe also a little bit about how to use SEO strategy as well as the role AI plays in SEO tools as the technology evolve…
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Brady's journey into entrepreneurship has followed an unconventional route. After one particular event that related to his dog's behavior, Brady decided that he wanted to take more control over the way he was training his dogs. However, rather than become frustrated and resort to negative behavior, Brady became inspired and how positive ways to com…
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Narrowing down Dr Judy Morley's job title as an entrepreneur to just one thing is hard to do. Judy has done way more than run her cookie business. Not only did she start 9 businesses over 20 plus years, Judy also used her previous experiences in education and entrepreneurship to help and inspire new generations of professionals and aspiring entrepr…
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Shannon Houchin, Chief Roadie at Roadside Republic has taken what might seem like an outdated idea for self employment and has turned it into a profitable business venture. Not only did selling peaches turn out to be a smart decision for Shannon and her son, it also became an opportunity to combine old methods of making money with many of today's m…
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Leanne Linsky spent years building a career in corporate America by utilizing her dynamic personality and people skills in order to connect and help staff and management build camaraderie and find success together. However, along the way, Leanne discovered that she also had the ability to make others laugh. Combining her speaking skills with a grea…
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Marc My Words--Tina Lopez: CEO of Lopez Holdings LLC
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Tina Lopez's passion is to help content creators create their own passive income. She wants to help content creators of all skill levels and employment statuses turn their passion into something that can also help them make money. Tina not only wants to help content creators make money, she also wants to help them save their time. Tina understands …
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John Hewitt, CEO of Loyalty Brands and co-founder of tax company Jackson Hewitt discussed his journey from Math major at the University of Buffalo to running very successful income tax preparation companies. Although highly sucessful, John's journey came with its same of obstacles and challenges. Marc and John discuss all of the phases of his caree…
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Marc My Words--Chris Lalomia: Owner of The Trusted Toolbox
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Marc My Words--Renee & Jonathan Harris: Founders of MadeOn Skin Care Products
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Marc My Words--Mark Herschberg: Creator of Brain Bump
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Marc My Words--Wendy Nash: Mindfulness Meditation Coach at Kindly Cut The Crap
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Marc My Words--Marty Strong: CEO at LGS Management Group Inc
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Marc My Words--Dave Combs: Music Business Owner, Author, Songwriter
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Marc My Words--Michelle Hougland: Owner of Paladin Global Market LLC
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Michelle Hougland, owner of Paladin Global Market LLC, tells the story of how she transitioned from working in dentistry, a field she was very passionate about, to becoming a seller on Ebay. Michelle started her entrepreneurial journey during an era when it wasn't that common for people to start their own business on the internet. Michelle used her…
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Marc My Words--Richard Kauffman: Vertical Momentum Media Group
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Richard Kauffman of Vertical Momentum Media Group tells the story of how he used missteps and experiences he had early in life to help reshape his own life and career. Richard has overcome several obstacles in order to become the host of his own podcast and coaching business. Richard and Marc also talk about the importance of actively making a deci…
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Marc My Words--Kathleen Quinton: Life Coach & Author at Quintessential Coaching
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Life Coach and Author Kathleen Quinton discusses how her upbringing and experiences early in life shaped her style of coaching and the values she uses in order to help others. Kathleen breaks down many of the core values that have shaped her life and her coaching and how these values have helped people to reshape their own lives. Kathleen explains …
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Vinny Vineyard and Amber Schultz of Big n Funky Productions stopped by to have a fun, but informative conversation about their career paths, how they wound up working together, and what it truly takes to run your own production company. Vinny has great insight into the inner workings of running your own business from a creative perspective. Their s…
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Marc My Words--Lorraine Maguire: Rapid Transformational Therapist
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Lorraine Maguire discusses how she overcame several different obstacles throughout her life in order to find the health and balance she was seeking. After a night of binge watching videos on Youtube, Lorraine was inspired to create a vision board. This not only helped Lorraine to gain more discipline with her diet, it also inspired her to transitio…
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Marc My Words--Phil Better: Podcast Mogul at Phil Better Inc.
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This week's episode with Phil Better is a fun and frank discussion about Phil's journey into podcasting. Marc and Phil both had similar "aha" moments where they decided that starting a podcast geared around speaking to entrepreneurs was a good way for them to enter the podcasting business. Phil also tells the story of how he walked away from the co…
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Chris Wilson has made a career out of helping others to love and appreciate music the same way he does.Chris transitioned from being a student at Berkeley College of Music and a professional musician to being an entrepreneur. He has done that by providing lessons, writing books, and opening up an academy that actually provides an outlet for all dif…
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Marc My Words--Benjamin Fincher: Founder & Life Mentor at Starlight Mentoring
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Benjamin Fincher has worked many jobs and taken many classes in order to get to where he is today. Much like Marc, Benjamin spent a lot of years searching for ways that he could make an impact on others and reach his highest potential in life. After doing a variety of jobs and taking many mentor oriented classes, including his mission in Peru, Benj…
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For all of the ability and potential Leticia Francis felt she had, navigating the corporate system in order to get ahead and reach the level of success she felt worthy of was quite a challenge. After years of hard work and determination, Leticia decided that it wasn't worth it to keep putting her energy into a system that wasn't working for her. As…
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After studying history and politics in college, Christian Lefer determined that he wanted to do work that was bigger than himself. After developing a process that helped him in his own path, Christian decided to start a business where he commits his life to helping others to start a non profit and help them to accomplish their own dreams of helping…
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The Season 3 premiere of Marc My Words features the inspiring story of ICF Certified Life Coach Graciela Moore. Graciela tells the story of how she went from growing up within a very artistic/entrepreneurial upbringing in Puerto Rico to applying the that background in order to become an entrepreneurial success story in America. Graciela Came to Ame…
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Business coach Samantha Morris tells the story of how she used her experience as a co-owner of a spray booth company in Australia to help her start her coaching company. Samantha helps female entrepreneurs to build their businesses and empower them. Samantha also talks about her experiences in the Australian Navy and how this time in her life impac…
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Devin Miller of Miller IP Law stopped by to talk about his passion for patent and trademark law. Devin also shed some light on the process of gaining a patent. Not only that, but Devin also talks about his career path and how he transitioned from an electrical engineering background to getting his license to practice law. Devin also talks about the…
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Don Markland of Accountability Now stopped by for an early morning chat about his long, diverse, and illustrious career and how a successful corporate career lead him to a transition into his own business. One of the foundations of Accountability Now are the "4 C's. Marc and Don discussed this at length and how they apply to other people as well as…
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Jessica Malone had a very successful corporate career prior to founding Nacho Average Fro, a company that helps people to declutter their lives. However, great money and benefits wasn't enough to keep Jessica in the corporate world. This is when she decided to do some soul searching and figure out what was next for her. A book called the "21 day Mi…
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This week's episode finds Marc having a discussion with Hayleigh Hayhurst about what it takes to start a podcast and how to maintain it. Hayleigh also tells the story of how she used her technical background and entrepreneurial passion to start her own business. Editing, marketing, and strategy are what Hayleigh focuses on with her clients. She exp…
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Jake Doherty might have grown up in Louisiana, but you wouldn't know it from how much living in Europe has impacted his life. After majoring in European History and entering the working world a passion for theater in addition to his fascination with Europe, Jake was at a crossroads. While becoming a bartender sounded appealing, Jake knew he wanted …
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Marc My Words--Eva Payne: Founder of Project Kindle and Author of The Flow Life Funnel
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From a young age Eva Payne found a passion by starting a nonprofit geared towards helping kids with HIV/AIDS. While running this organization, Eva kept listening to her intuition and stayed in touch with her thoughts on human nature and everybody's individual essence. It was this type of awareness and thought to herself and others that prompted Eva…
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Marc My Words--Ryan R. Sullivan: Founder of Podcast Principles
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Ryan R. Sullivan is an entrepreneur who wears many different hats. Ryan studied Business and attempted to work a few 9-5 jobs as an Account Executive, but ultimately his path lead him to pursue his passions. A DJ, Rapper, Podcast Host, and the owner of his podcast startup business called Podcast Principles, Ryan R. Sullivan is never bored. In this …
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