Entrepreneur’s Enigma

Entrepreneur’s Enigma is a podcast about the ups and downs of being an entrepreneur. Being an entrepreneur is tough. It’s a rollercoaster.

Every week, host Seth Goldstein talks to different entrepreneurs about their journey… their successes and their failures.

Entrepreneurship can be a lonely game, but it doesn’t have to be. Come along for the ride.

Shows are released weekly on Tuesdays at 8 am Eastern.

David Feinman On Always Having the Entrepreneurial Spirit. Even From A Young Age

David Feinman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Viral Ideas, a Philadelphia-based productized video-editing agency on a mission to make creativity simple, impactful, and scalable. Over the past decade he has directed, produced, and edited thousands of videos for brands such as eBay and Johnson & Johnson—proving that great storytelling can be both artful and…

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Michele Novack Helping Companies Avoid Risk In Cyberspace

Michele Novack’s story has always centered on helping others through inspiration, sharing free knowledge, and encouraging others to live their best lives. With a career spanning over 30 years in leadership roles within the financial sector and cybersecurity, Michele is the founder of CardinalsByte, a Cybersecurity Risk Management company. CardinalsByte specializes in helping small businesses…

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Charles Sims On Going From Being CTO At The Clippers To Entrepreneurship And Living The Dream

Charles Sims, is a distinguished business person with over 15 years of experience turned tech evangelist and investor. Charles has spearheaded more than $1.5 billion in acquisitions, navigating some of the most complex deals in the sports and entertainment industries. As well as the CTO of the LA Clippers basketball team. He is a master…

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Colin Hirdman On Doing The Entrepreneurship Journey With Your Best Childhood Friends

Colin Hirdman started his first company a week after graduating from college, and has been an entrepreneur ever since. He’s building businesses through Monkey Island Ventures a company he co-founded with two of his best friends. Monkey Island Ventures is named after a park they played at since they were 5 years old. Over the…

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Michael Villari On Entrepreneurship, Working With Your Spouse, And Helping Business Owners Find The Best VAs

Michael Villari is the Co-Founder, Secure Virtual Solutions (SVS) Born and raised in Holland, PA, Michael Villari is a proud graduate of LaSalle College High School and a lifelong athlete who played baseball through college and beyond. After college, he began his professional journey with the Faulkner Organization — a role he still looks back…

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Ash Lahore On Entrepreneurship And Community Building

Bullied almost every day as a shy, small-built expat kid in London, Ash quickly realized that survival wasn’t about being the loudest in the room, it was about finding your people. The lack of connection in those early years made one thing painfully clear: community isn’t a luxury, it’s oxygen. Ash powered through adversity, earning…

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Kristen Kidd On Entrepreneurship, Photography, Networking, And Social Work

Kristen spent 13 beautiful years as a social worker before moving on to establish her photography studio. For the past eight years she has built a six figure business, authored several books that have raised over $50,000 for nonprofit organizations. Her combined experiences over nearly 20 years has fostered an uncanny skill in authentic relationship…

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Shane Hicks Helping Veterans Get Into Entrepreneurship After The Military

Shane Hicks graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Early in his military career, he took a blow to the head in hand-to-hand combat training that resulted in two torn retinas, a concussion, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). After three surgeries, Shane was unexpectedly medically separated and had…

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Building a Taco-Themed Real Estate Empire with Alexander Concepcion

Alexander Concepcion first learned to love books from his Cuban-American parents in Miami, Florida. After burning his college diplomas, he moved to Texas, stumbled into real estate, and became one of Texas’s top producing (and only taco-themed) independent brokers despite working part-time hours. The rest of his time is spent studying history, playing disc golf,…

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Meat Sticks and Microphones: Dustin Riechmann’s Unconventional Route to Entrepreneurial Success

Dustin Riechmann is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of 7-Figure Leap. He specializes in helping mission-driven experts build 7-figure brands by telling their story. Key Moments [05:09] Inspiration for a Creative Side Hustle [06:44] “From Butcher Shop to Podcast” [12:12] “Networking Success: From Client to Walmart” [15:07] Boredom Transformed into Creative Growth [17:22] Faith-Focused…

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