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On this episode of The Small Business Radio Show…
SEGMENT 1 and 2 with Omar Zenhom, starting at 0:00: Anyone can start and run a business with the right motivation and information—no expensive college or graduate degrees required. Omar Zenhom shares why he dropped out of Wharton Business School and what he has learned about being a self-taught entrepreneur.
SEGMENT 3 with Jake Hare, starting at 34:45: Why is it that most startups never get off the ground? Jake Hare shares how he’s grown a business that helps entrepreneurs build, launch, and fund their ideas while avoiding the pitfalls that kill most startups.
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More on each segment below.
Segment 1 and 2: Omar Zenhom is the Co-Founder & CEO and host of the $100 MBA Show, which has over 200 million downloads and 2000 episodes. He is also the CEO of WebinarNinja. Over 2M people have watched a webinar on this platform.
- You dropped out of Wharton Business School. Why?
- Is everyone cut out to be an entrepreneur?
- What’s a good reason to pursue entrepreneurship?
- Don’t aim to become the next Mark Zuckerberg.
- How do you overcome setbacks as an entrepreneur?
- How do you get over the fear of selling?
- Teaching people to be effective leaders and managers.
- Educating business owners on what they need to know about money.
- Why did you create WebinarNinja?
Segment 3: Jake Hare is a former homeless teen, proud Army veteran, and founder of Launchpeer, an incubator program focused on early-stage startups. Launchpeer’s works with entrepreneurs to implement their formulaic, data-driven system that guarantees to get them from napkin sketch ideas built, launched, and funded while avoiding the pitfalls that kill most startups.
- You got your start in entrepreneurship at a young age out of necessity. Tell us about it.
- What about your siblings?
- Why did you decide to join the Army? What happened?
- How did you start your first business?
- Why do so many startups fail?
