Charles Gaudet is widely recognized as a leading business coach for entrepreneurs who aren’t willing to settle for mediocre profits - and want to out-think, out-market, and out-earn their competition. He is the driving force behind marketing strategies that have earned as much as 6-figures within just 24 hours! Charles' website is Predictable Profits

"Out Think, Out Profit, Out Earn!" - Charles Gaudet
Inspiration:
"Freud would probably have a field day on me."

Charles' father owned his own business and there were times he would come home and he would tell Charles, "Kid, if you ever want to make it for yourself you have to start your own business." also "Hey Kid, I want you to remember one thing. Employees suck. Don't ever be an employee." Charles does say that he does disagree in part as focusing on the idea that everybody works with you, not for you. When Charles started selling artwork to his neighbors it started him on the path due in part to the feeling of satisfaction from getting the approval of his father.
Challenge:
Charles found himself quickly in a vast amount of debt, personal relationships were shot, and he was working nearly every waking hour every day of the week. Lack of sleep and pains all over his body were the signs of over stress and the doctors started to say that the stress was going to kill him.

Charles didn't really think that it wasn't out of the norm to be doing what he was.
Passion:
Charles is highly passionate with his children and spending time with his family. He loves to live life to the fullest. His son and daughter both have their own businesses with cards and stationary.
Advice:
The best business advise that Charles ever received he says was from about 20 years ago. At the time he wanted to create a new business. He went to meet with his mentor at the time and he said, "Charlie, it doesn't matter, you're so focused on the idea. The idea DOESN'T matter, you could sell paper-clips, if you make the best paper-clip to market and show people that you can do it in a unique a more beneficial way you will create a million dollar business in no time."
Blogs, Books & Podcasts:
The Predictable Profits Playbook - Charles Gaudet
Looking Back:
Charles says if he had to do it all over again he would focus on working smart. Really focusing in on that whole concept. Marketing and innovation is the only thing that grows a business, everything else is an expense.
Interview Links:

Learn more about Charles by visiting him at Predictable Profits.
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Kelly Fidel, CEO of No Glass Ceiling™, has developed the “winning formula”; taking her own insider secrets and strategies used in the boardroom to create a “level playing field” for entrepreneurs to profit wildly. Kelly candidly shares what works, what doesn’t and how to harness lucrative NEW Profit Channels. The End Goal? PLAY A BIGGER GAME & PROFIT WILDLY!

"Every woman deserves to live her own life without a permission slip." - Kelly Fidel
Inspiration:
Kelly had a great career and worked in fortune 100 boardrooms, but was often seeing people struggling for no reason. It always stuck with her that there was really no reason for that to happen. She later built and sold a few companies and realized that this could really make money and started out on her own.
Challenge:
About 20 years ago is when Kelly really had the idea for No Glass Ceiling. Her mother really pushed her to go for it and start things. Life was happening and one day she reached for her cell phone and collided with a tree at 50 miles per hour. She had to relearn how to walk and talk and live her life.

Kelly later learned, in four months, what was normally an 18 month experience, Kelly became more clear on what was an acceptable compromise and what she would NEVER again sacrifice.
Passion:
Winning Football Games! - Growing the membership at No Glass Ceiling to help people move the dial in the business. You may not be able to have it all, but you can have what you want.

Kelly has a vision for the next five years of maintaining an Exit Strategy. Allowing her to use her business as a platform to keep things running for the future and providing support for the market.
Advice:
Don’t worry about being clear on the purpose or strategy. Growth starts with what the outcome target is. Reverse engineer your years so that you know what you can create.
Entrepreneurs Resource:
Kelly ran seven figure businesses on PayPal, Aweber and LeadPages. Now what she uses WordPress with WishList Member™ and that goes into two cart systems; 1 Shopping Cart and PayPal Pro. Zapier is a magic tool that integrates with everything. Trello (project management tools) and my library card. The Library provides free access to databases that you would have to pay thousands of dollars for in any other format.
Blogs, Books & Podcasts:
TED Talks - A Fabulous way to learn, Kelly is a self-proclaimed TED Freak.

The Wisdom of Crowds - James Surowiecki - what's fascinating is that anything to do with crowd source or funding can be discovered here.

Break Out! - Joel Osteen

Oprah Though Kelly admits she prefers the 'old' Oprah to the 'new' Oprah.

Selling to Big Companies - Jill Konrath Well, anything by Jill is a wonder. Jill is the Godmother of selling to corporate clients and big ticket sales.

Kelly loves any leadership style books. But what bothers her is that a large number of the books are all writen by and for men.
Looking Back:
Kelly says, "Go have lunch with Katherine Hepburn while she was still alive, she was a person just like you. It's okay to be afraid, JUMP. God keeps good records, he has your back and nothing bad is going to happen.
Interview Links:

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Inspiration:

Demand from his clients was what really drove Jim into entrepreneurship. Preferring the title of Small Business Owner over CEO. Family and fun are his biggest inspirations and he loves adventure.

Challenge:

The biggest obstacles were limiting to single platforms. It was amazingly hard to build their business on somebody else's business (Facebook). Now he has made things more platform agnostic and now things are much less stressful.

Passion:

Change and Evolution - The market is ever changing and its how Jim thrives.

Advice:

Ben Chestnut of MailChimp fame once told him to never worry about anything but the product. Focus on the product. Its so easy to go down the path of spending everything on ads for traffic and visuals.

Entrepreneurs Resource:

Jim lives off of lists, Uses Wunderlist on the iPhone and Computer.

Siri - She is a great person to yell at in the middle of the night when the thoughts are fleeting and she listens to everything for you. 

Blogs, Books & Podcasts:

Jim doesn't read a whole lot of books, but consumes mostly via blogs and email.

Steve Krug's - Don't Make Me Think - Was written as something to read on a single flight, its about user testing and user experience. A fascinating read.

Looking Back:

"Shoot for the moon a little bit quicker." Don't be afraid to look forward to the future and allow yourself to grow.

Interview Links:

Meet Jim and learn more about his company Shortstack here

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It's Patti On Purpose! Join Patti as she reveals why the most successful entrepreneurs consistently invest in themselves in speaking events, education, coaching and their team.

We see people put money into the housing market hoping that it grows. They will buy cars and invest in college funds and when the rubber meets the road one of the most difficult things to do is to place value in yourself.

'You are worth every penny you invest in yourself’
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