Podcasts by The Launching Point with Mike OToole
The Launching Point is a three-day a week interview-based podcast designed to uncover the transformative nature of launching into entrepreneurship through the telling of successful entrepreneurs' before and after stories of what it’s really like launching into the world of entrepreneurship. Each episode features a different entrepreneur weaving a narrative of who they were as a person before making the life-changing decision to launch into entrepreneurship, what obstacles they had to overcome to reach their launching point, and ends by hearing about who they are today and them providing actionable advice.
Further podcasts by Mike O'Toole, inspired by the podcasts of John Lee Dumas, Pat Flynn, and Tim Ferriss, chats three days a week with successful entrepreneurs.
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48 - Right idea at the right time with Kim Kaupe from 2015-12-21T10:00
Kim Kaupe, the co-founder of ZinePak, was a naturally curious, outgoing, and gregarious child that had no intentions of becoming an entrepreneur. She met her co-founder right as she was becomin...
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47 - Life is why we do this with Brian Clark from 2015-12-14T10:00
Brian Clark, the founder of Copyblogger and Rainmaker Digital, was in law school when he already started thinking of an exit strategy. After spending a few years as a lawyer, the emergence of t...
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46 - You can make a living doing what you love with Lindsay White from 2015-12-07T10:00
Lindsay White, the owner and designer of Lot801, got a 9-to-5 job right out of college and worked her way up in the company. After her boss told her that he was going to retire soon and would l...
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45 - Find the things that bring you gusto and joy with Swami Tirtha from 2015-11-30T10:00
Swami Tirtha, owner of The Hip Guru's Guide, started as a regular guy from the suburbs, but when he was a freshman in college, both of his parents were killed in a car accident. He discovered m...
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44 - It's about living the life you love with Jason Treu from 2015-11-23T10:00
Jason Treu, an author and business and executive coach, was in law school when he observed that most lawyers were not happy with their career choice. He decided to pivot and pursue the life tha...
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43 - There's no problem too big with Peter Mehit from 2015-11-16T10:00
Peter Merit, the owner of Custom Business Planning and Solutions, worked in the corporate world for decades, traveling all over the world and constantly on the road. After an unreasonable trave...
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42 - Get closer to your authentic self with Lea Pica from 2015-11-09T10:00
Lea Pica, an analytics, data visualizations, and presentations consultant, always found herself as an unconventional round peg trying to fit herself in a square corporate hole. After having her...
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41 - Don't let a lifestyle business steal your lifestyle with Joshua Dorkin from 2015-11-02T10:00
Joshua Dorkin, creator of BiggerPockets.com, started his entrepreneurial journey in college when he built an online directory for colleges and universities around the world. Later, he became a ...
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40 - Live within your means to prepare yourself for bigger things with Agie Sundaram from 2015-10-26T09:00
Agie Sundaram, the co-founder of Span Enterprises, spent 11 years as a cruise ship photographer before starting his own photography business. After having an epiphany at a photography conferenc...
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39 - Action is the most important step with Yoram Baltinester from 2015-10-19T09:00
Yoram Baltinester is the founder of Decisive Action Workshops. Born and raised in Israel, he chose to go down the corporate IT path before he was laid off in 2001. Seizing an opportunity to st...
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38 - Let go of exhaustion as a status symbol and productivity as self-worth with Eric Tivers from 2015-10-12T09:00
In honor of ADHD awareness month, Eric Tivers, the owner of Tivers Clinical Specialties, shares his journey of launching into entrepreneurship despite being diagnosed with ADD in college. He wa...
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37 - Bonus: Start a global organization in your living room with Jacob Cramer from 2015-10-07T09:00
Jacob Cramer, the founder of Love for the Elderly, was only 13 years old when he came up with an idea to send letters to the residents of nursing homes after volunteering in a nursing home. Tod...
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36 - Stop riding the fence with Shahara Wright from 2015-10-05T09:00
Sahara Wright, CEO of The CEO Effect, graduated from law school and went to work in family law. After she discovered she hated it, she tried to look for a job in business law. But after not be...
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35 - Use your past as motivation to keep going with Rueben Wood from 2015-09-28T09:00
Rueben Wood is a celebrity journalist, media icon, and chef. He graduated from high school and got a taste of the music industry, but through a series of events brought on by bad management, he...
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34 - Feel the fear and do it anyway with Jan Spence from 2015-09-21T09:00
Jan Spence, a professional speaker, sales trainer, one-on-one coach for small businesses, and business consultant, got her first taste of entrepreneurship when she was just 15, but it was after ...
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33 - Work on your game or someone will pass you with Dre Baldwin from 2015-09-14T09:00
Dre Baldwin, an athlete, entrepreneur, author, publisher, speaker, and marketing and branding expert, played basketball for a division III school, but had a goal of playing professionally. He b...
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32 - It's never too late to be who you really are with Maura Sweeney from 2015-09-09T09:00
Maura Sweeny, an author, podcaster, international speaker, and Huffington Post contributor, was brought up to be an attorney in New Jersey, but realized that she was on a trajectory for a career...
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BONUS 03 - Report card, New&Noteworthy, and monetization from 2015-09-07T14:32:59
In this bonus episode, I talk about how well the podcast is doing in terms of listens, how things will change now that New & Noteworthy has ended, how I am and how I plan to monetize, and my rea...
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31 - Boldness of action is a key to change and growth with Dean Roberts from 2015-09-04T09:00
Dean Roberts, author of I'll Fix My Head Before I'm Dead and a serial entrepreneur, was kicked out of school at 16 and went into the Navy. After a short corporate career, he went into the famil...
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30 - Let go of the nonsense and excuses with Kelly McCausey from 2015-09-02T09:00
Kelly Mccauley, the owner of Solo Smarts, was a broke, single mother doing desktop publishing for her church office. Her need to make extra money and pay her bills was the beginning of what tur...
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29 - Don't waste time on things that aren't going to serve you or the world with Chris Burns from 2015-08-31T09:00
Chris Burns, owner of Burn It Up business coaching, graduated from college with a degree in electrical engineering, but it wasn't his passion. He got caught up in the party scene and eventually...
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28 - It's all about the relationships with Janelle&Rob Alex from 2015-08-28T09:00
Janelle and Rob Alex, Relationship and Intimacy Experts, both started at a young age down the entrepreneurial path. After getting married, they bought a business that all they owned was tied to...
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27 - You're not selling a product, you're selling yourself with Allen Vaysberg from 2015-08-26T09:00
Allen Vaysberg, owner of Amiveris Entreprises, Inc, started his career in IT to go after the money, but quickly realized his passion was in marketing and working with people. He founded an IT c...
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26 - Be yourself in every part of your business and life with Nicole K. Lundy from 2015-08-24T09:00
Nicole K. Lundy is a money making brand strategist and lifestyle entrepreneur who worked on Wall Street before being put on disability for anxiety and depression. She decided to make a change a...
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25 - Knowing the difference between having resources and being resourceful with Vance Morris from 2015-08-21T09:00
Vance Morris, the founder and CEO of Deliver Service Now Institute, started a franchise after getting laid off for a second time. But just two weeks after signing the paperwork, his wife nearly...
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24 - How you perceive your worth is going to determine your growth with Linda Leon from 2015-08-19T09:00
Linda Leon, a media specialist, went from a successful career in commercial television to becoming an elementary school teacher to her husband and her both being laid off. She rediscovered her ...
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23 - It is your birthright to gather as much of the good life as you can with Gene Robinson from 2015-08-17T09:00
Gene Robinson is an author and the owner of Positive Concepts Publishing Company. After growing up being told he would never amount to anything and struggling with obesity for the better part o...
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22 - You gotta keep going after the goal you believe in with Brian Hills from 2015-08-14T09:00
Brian Hills is the owner of a tech support company for computers and mobile devices and started his business on the side while he had a full-time job working in the wireless industry. He eventu...
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21 - Do the inner work to erase your negative self-talk with Emily Filloramo from 2015-08-12T09:00
Emily Filloramo worked in pharmaceutical sales for 27 years, sleep walking through her corporate job, before she was laid off. A financial advisor planted the idea that she should be an entrepr...
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20 - You have to take chances or you'll never get out of the cubicle with Adam Dicker from 2015-08-10T09:00
Adam Dicker is a Domain Name Expert and former VP of GoDaddy. He has been voted one of the top ten most influential people on the internet and got his start in entrepreneurship by running two s...
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BONUS 02 - Calls to action, Instagram update, and embracing imperfection from 2015-08-09T21:14:31
In this bonus episode, I peel back the curtain some more and share some wins, what I've learned about calls to action, provide an Instagram update, and talk about controlling what you can contro...
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19 - Starting a business is much simpler than you think with Rachna Jain from 2015-08-07T09:00
Rachna Jain is the owner of PopularPopulariy.com considers herself an accidental entrepreneur after helping build a psychology practice, asking for and receiving a raise, and four weeks later ha...
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18 - Money is a by-product of your passion and need for freedom with Naresh Vissa from 2015-08-05T09:00
Naresh is a young entrepreneur and author that started in the corporate world after getting a solid education. He ran into some serious struggles early on, including a nasty lawsuit, and persev...
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17 - Help people be better and do more with Victor Clarke from 2015-08-03T09:00
Victor Clarke, owner of Clarke Incorporated, went from the cutthroat sales industry in the hustle and bustle of Washington DC to buying a printing business in a small town in central Virginia af...
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16 - Once you go forward you never want to go back with Lorena Monde&Diana Karpowicz from 2015-07-31T09:00
After meeting each other while working for a Fortune 100 company, Lorena Monde and Diana Karpowicz of Truly You realized they were soul sisters and weren't satisfied with the corporate lifestyle...
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15 - You have to take a leap of faith at some point with Lisa Kroese from 2015-07-29T09:00
When Lisa Kroese's husband took a dream job in Mojave, California, they moved across the country where they didn't know anyone. She leveraged her previous experience to start an estate sales co...
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14 - You're giving the world a gift with Rick Goodfriend from 2015-07-27T09:00
Rick Goodfriend is an author and public speaker that has endured a lifelong battle with ADHD and recently had a stroke that has changed the trajectory of his life. Even through his personal str...
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BONUS 01 - Establishing authority and conquering social media from 2015-07-26T09:00
After receiving advice after a recent interview with Allen Vaysberg, he got me thinking about what it means to establish authority. Also, how I'm using an unlikely social media strategy to grow...
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13 - Build credibility by delivering every single time with Erna Kay from 2015-07-24T09:00
Erna Kay is an entrepreneur, speaker, and author. She realized quickly after working at a banking job that all of her efforts were for the benefit of the company. After that realization, she n...
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12 - The difference between learning and knowing with Joe Nicassio from 2015-07-22T09:00
Joe Nicassio is a marketing expert and mentor for startup business owners. He was building a promising career in technology, but it never sit well with him that the company could get rid of him...
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11 - You cannot climb a mountain alone with Brad Raney from 2015-07-20T09:00
Brad Raney, the CEO of Personal Performance Partnership discusses the struggles he had prior to nailing down his personal brand and how he took the seven habitual characteristics he developed as...
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10 - The comparison monster gets everyone in every way with Michael McManus from 2015-07-17T09:00
Michael McManus talks about turning his passion into a successful photography business after nearly hitting rock bottom financially. Through the kindness of his in-laws during this time, it insp...
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09 - The imagined obstacle is often greater than the real obstacle with Dr. Thomas E. Boyce from 2015-07-15T09:00
Dr. Thomas E. Boyce talks about breaking free from his traditional upbringing after becoming a PHD holding professor at a university. He went against his parents advice and his life has improve...
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08 - You don't have to be something special to be successful with Stephen Owens from 2015-07-13T09:00
Stephen Owens left his promising career at a CPA firm right after obtaining his masters degree to start, and change the perception of, a bail bonds business.
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07 - Creating a vision and ideology with Mayer Dahan from 2015-07-10T09:00
Mayer Dahan, owner of Dahan Properties and Prime Five Homes talks discusses seizing an opportunity to build eco-friendly homes before other builders and why it's important to make a big impact m...
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06 - Have courage to stick to your ideals with Jim Sweeney from 2015-07-08T09:00
Jim Sweeney talks about going from a safe and successful corporate sales job to owning his first computer sales rep business and then completely changing directions with his MIKE sports cartoon ...
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05 – Getting through the black years with Guthrie Chamberlain from 2015-07-06T09:50
Guthrie Chamberlain grew up on an apple orchard in Ohio, but today is the owner of the Venture Consulting Group and has started his own podcast dispensing wisdom.
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04 – Understanding the impostor syndrome with Taylor Trusty from 2015-07-06T09:45
Taylor Trusty is the Owner of Blackstone Media and talks about the challenges of being a young and young-looking entrepreneur.
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03 – Why you should burn your bridges with Dr. Taylor Clark from 2015-07-06T09:40
Dr. Taylor Clark developed a severe skin rash that kept him from being a full time dentist and able to support his business and family. He siezed the opportunity and opened a weekend dental scho...
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02 – Sell Aspirin for soccer moms that like to hike with Seth Carlson from 2015-07-06T09:35
Seth Carlson of SRC Amplifiers talks about getting laid off from a well paid position after the auto warranty company he worked for went out of business and how that forced him to go after what ...
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01 – Deliver value with every opportunity with Jed Reese from 2015-07-06T09:30
Jed Reese - Owner of STRIVE Wealth and Protection Planning talks about how he left his 9 to 5 job with a large corporation by turning a hobby into a successful financial planning business.
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00 - We're all in this together from 2015-07-03T03:53:50
This is the about me and about The Launching Point episode. I deep dive into why I'm doing this podcast and my hope to add value to people's lives.
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