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The Launching Point with Mike O'Toole

Mike O'Toole

The Launching Point is a one-day a week interview-based podcast designed to uncover the transformative nature of launching into entrepreneurship through the telling of successful entrepreneu...

Episodes

20 of 52 episodes

48 - Right idea at the right time with Kim Kaupe

Kim Kaupe, the co-founder of ZinePak, was a naturally curious, outgoing, and gregarious child that had no intentions of becoming an entrepre...

25:18Dec 21, 2015

47 - Life is why we do this with Brian Clark

Brian Clark, the founder of Copyblogger and Rainmaker Digital, was in law school when he already started thinking of an exit strategy. After...

48:35Dec 14, 2015

46 - You can make a living doing what you love with Lindsay White

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...

27:04Dec 7, 2015

45 - Find the things that bring you gusto and joy with Swami Tirtha

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 p...

34:37Nov 30, 2015

44 - It's about living the life you love with Jason Treu

Jason Treu, an author and business and executive coach, was in law school when he observed that most lawyers were not happy with their caree...

36:15Nov 23, 2015

43 - There's no problem too big with Peter Mehit

Peter Merit, the owner of Custom Business Planning and Solutions, worked in the corporate world for decades, traveling all over the world an...

37:45Nov 16, 2015

42 - Get closer to your authentic self with Lea Pica

Lea Pica, an analytics, data visualizations, and presentations consultant, always found herself as an unconventional round peg trying to fit...

38:42Nov 9, 2015

41 - Don't let a lifestyle business steal your lifestyle with Joshua Dorkin

Joshua Dorkin, creator of BiggerPockets.com, started his entrepreneurial journey in college when he built an online directory for colleges a...

44:43Nov 2, 2015

40 - Live within your means to prepare yourself for bigger things with Agie Sundaram

Agie Sundaram, the co-founder of Span Enterprises, spent 11 years as a cruise ship photographer before starting his own photography business...

42:57Oct 26, 2015

39 - Action is the most important step with Yoram Baltinester

Yoram Baltinester is the founder of Decisive Action Workshops. Born and raised in Israel, he chose to go down the corporate IT path before h...

40:08Oct 19, 2015

38 - Let go of exhaustion as a status symbol and productivity as self-worth with Eric Tivers

In honor of ADHD awareness month, Eric Tivers, the owner of Tivers Clinical Specialties, shares his journey of launching into entrepreneursh...

39:33Oct 12, 2015

37 - Bonus: Start a global organization in your living room with Jacob Cramer

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 nu...

19:03Oct 7, 2015

36 - Stop riding the fence with Shahara Wright

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...

28:28Oct 5, 2015

35 - Use your past as motivation to keep going with Rueben Wood

Rueben Wood is a celebrity journalist, media icon, and chef. He graduated from high school and got a taste of the music industry, but throug...

27:03Sep 28, 2015

34 - Feel the fear and do it anyway with Jan Spence

Jan Spence, a professional speaker, sales trainer, one-on-one coach for small businesses, and business consultant, got her first taste of en...

36:05Sep 21, 2015

33 - Work on your game or someone will pass you with Dre Baldwin

Dre Baldwin, an athlete, entrepreneur, author, publisher, speaker, and marketing and branding expert, played basketball for a division III s...

39:46Sep 14, 2015

32 - It's never too late to be who you really are with Maura Sweeney

Maura Sweeny, an author, podcaster, international speaker, and Huffington Post contributor, was brought up to be an attorney in New Jersey,...

35:54Sep 9, 2015

BONUS 03 - Report card, New & Noteworthy, and monetization

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...

20:52Sep 7, 2015

31 - Boldness of action is a key to change and growth with Dean Roberts

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. A...

30:53Sep 4, 2015

30 - Let go of the nonsense and excuses with Kelly McCausey

Kelly Mccauley, the owner of Solo Smarts, was a broke, single mother doing desktop publishing for her church office. Her need to make extra...

39:10Sep 2, 2015