Wild Business Growth Podcast #6: Mike Kawula – Serial Entrepreneur and Daily Podcaster

Episode #6 of the Wild Business Growth podcast is out and will make you feel like a wild animal! Presented by Hippo Direct. Listen today on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and your other favorite audio platforms – subscribe and leave a 5-star review if you like what you hear!

What is the Wild Business Growth Podcast?

Hear how entrepreneurs & innovators unleash creativity to grow bigger and better businesses. You’ll hear from an exciting new guest every single week who’s turning wild ideas into wild growth. Guests include startup founders, product inventors, social media influencers, and much more. Hosted by our digital marketing dude Max Branstetter.

Episode #6: Mike Kawula – Serial Entrepreneur and Daily Podcaster

Mike Kawula, the Serial Entrepreneur, Daily Podcaster, Author, and Influencer joins the show to share his entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial journey and keep the “Wild” in “Wild Business Growth.” Mike and I got to know each other through Twitter, as he’s a huge influencer for entrepreneurs and business people and somehow related to my sense of humor. He’s a No B.S. tried and true entrepreneur who’s had a ton of success yet stays super kind – and is always happy to connect with people AND connect people! This episode covers everything from how he stays so observant to his one-of-a-kind philosophy on travel. Here’s a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:

• How to keep on learning at any career phase
• Why you need to be careful who you take advice from
• The importance of having a strong network
• When to be active on social media and when to unplug
• How to “own your business” even as part of a giant corporation
• How to turn your personal passion into a great business model
• Why parents need to be held more responsible for educating their kids
• What pet his family fell hoppily in love with

Follow Mike on Twitter and Instagram and connect with his business at DinnerTableMBA.com and the Power House Family podcast.

Enjoy the show! Check out the show notes below for much more detail.

Show Notes

• Intro
  • [1:35] Mike’s Twitter
  • [1:50] Dinner Table MBA
  • [1:57] Mike’s podcasts Power House Family and Entrepreneurs GSD
  • [2:36] How he spent summers as a kid
  • [3:19] His life-changing 9/11 experience
  • [4:18] His LinkedIn
  • [4:30] The differences between being an entrepreneur and intrapreneur
  • [5:05] Boiler Room
  • [5:16] The Wolf of Wall Street
  • [5:41] Morgan Stanley
  • [5:47] Allianz Capital Partners
  • [6:10] How Mike grew a billion-dollar division (!) in 3 years
  • [7:33] What you have to be open to as an entrepreneur
  • [8:12] Staples Twitter now has over 300K followers and Office Depot Twitter nearly 100K
  • [8:30] HON desk
  • [9:28] Check out the koala emoji in Mike’s Twitter name
  • [9:43] The biggest thing that’s changed on Twitter since the beginning
  • [10:11] Dinner Table MBA Twitter and Instagram
  • [11:20] Mike has over 110K Twitter followers
  • [11:50] 31 Questions You’ll Love Asking Your Kids Other Than “How Was School”
  • [12:40] How Mike decides who to engage with on Twitter
  • [13:40] Importance of a digital detox
  • [14:30] Why Mike started Dinner Table MBA
  • [16:03] Jim Rome
  • [16:24] Mike’s tweet to Max back in February
  • [18:07] Hibernia National Bank
  • [18:40] Bank One Corporation, Edward Jones
  • [18:54] Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley
  • [19:30] Whether they had the billion-dollar target in mind
  • [20:46] What the technology was like at the start
• Unleashing Creativity
  • [21:48] How Creativity plays into Mike’s everyday life
  • [22:06] Why he pays attention to billboards
  • [22:50] Barnes & Noble
  • [23:06] MentorBox, Tai Lopez
  • [23:30] Tips for being observant
  • [23:47] Netflix
  • [24:00] What other things Mike does to stay creative
  • [25:39] CAN-SPAM Act
  • [25:56] One thing nobody has a monopoly on
  • [26:16] Wild Business Growth Podcast #2: Brendan O’Marra
  • [26:20] Neil deGrasee Tyson
• Inspiration: People, Hobbies, and Resources
  • [26:43] Why you need to be careful who influences you
  • [27:19] Gary Vaynerchuk
  • [27:40] The Code of the Extraordinary Mind, Mindvalley
  • [27:42] Bruce Van Horn
  • [28:30] Self-Employed Now WTF
  • [28:35] What he learned from a bad SEO investment
  • [29:22] Current state of economy
  • [30:10] VaynerMedia
  • [30:41] Audible
  • [30:50] The Ultimate Law of Attraction
• The Unusual: Phrases, Quirks, and Pet Peeves
  • [31:17] Mike’s biggest pet peeve
  • [31:32] Entrepreneurs GSD
  • [31:45] Difference between younger and older podcast guests
  • [32:17] Quirks
  • [32:44] What Mike does every morning and night
  • [33:00] How many steps he takes a day
  • [33:24] How he’s known in his community
• Rapid Fire Q&A
  • [34:21] Coldplay, Hinder, Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Michael Bublé
  • [34:37] The Apprentice
  • [34:48] Mike’s unique travel history
  • [35:29] RV
  • [36:00] Central Park rowboats
  • [36:33] Marketing School with Neil Patel and Eric Siu
  • [36:45] Power House Family podcast
  • [37:01] Social Media Marketing with Michael Stelzner
  • [37:04] Stitcher
  • [37:10] Bruce Van Horn podcast
  • [37:30] What common trait you see in entrepreneurs
  • [38:07] Dinner Table MBA
  • [38:24] Mike Twitter
  • [38:25] Power House Family podcast
  • [38:51] Mike Instagram
  • [39:08] Mike’s final thoughts
  • Theme Song: Freestyle Percussion Magik – Jungle Tribe – provided by Jamendo

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