Episodes

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 his skills to help small businesses and make a bigger impact by starting his own business. Mickie also provided great insight into starting a busines...

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 online business. Yolonda shared great insight into how to make ice cream and the science around it. Marc and Yolonda also talk about the realities of ...

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 pass on. They also discuss how they are advocates for hiring others with differing abilities and the impact this has on their business and the lives o...

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 opportunities will slip by sometimes without noticing how much time might have been wasted or lost.

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 sharing her story of abuse, trauma, cancer diagnosis, and recovery from all of the obstacles she has faced, Rebeccah is showing people that there is a li...

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 insight into what lead to her burnout story, but also gives insight into why this happens to women and why it is important to her to support and help them ...

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 pursuing his passion. Christopher's journey started in Middlebury, Vermont and has taken him to his present day home of Japan. Not only does Christopher ...

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 by Marc, he does have plenty of company and plenty to be thankful for due to all of his amazing guests and the people who inspired him along the way. A...

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 called "Adventure Bucket Wish Foundation." Although Holly's pre out of body experience resume is impressive, her recovery and resilience since this lif...

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 evolves. Diversity and finding the will to keep striving to accomplish your dreams despite the obstacles life may throw at you are also discussed. Zhe has g...

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 b...

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 educ...

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 ...

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 disc...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...