The Entrepreneurial You

Hosted ByHeneka Watkis-Porter

The Entrepreneurial You is the go-to podcast for driven entrepreneurs and leaders. Hosted by Heneka Watkis-Porter, the #JamaicanPodcastQueen, each episode digs deep into the minds of world-renowned influencers like Les Brown, Amy Porterfield, Paul Martinelli, Seth Godin, Lisa Nichols, and Richard Branson. Discover actionable strategies on leadership, innovation, and overcoming challenges to up-level your business and personal growth for massive success. Tune in to unleash your potential and join a global community transforming entrepreneurship.


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How Brands can Utilize the 1 Billion Dollar Podcast Market, with Jeremy Slate

Jeremy is the founder of the Create Your Own Life Podcast, which studies the highest performers in the world.  He studied literature at Oxford University, Specializes in using podcasting and new media to create celebrity and was ranked #1 in iTunes New and Noteworthy and #78 in the iTunes top 100. He was named the #1 Podcast to Listen to by INC Magazine in 2019, as well as being named a Top Influencer by Forbes.

 

Show Notes

 

“The most talented, thought-provoking, game-changing people are never normal.” Richard Branson

 

“What can a podcast do for me”, you ask? A billion things but let’s start with the potential for branding. I had a great conversation with Jeremy on the topic for The Entrepreneurial You podcast.

 

Here is a snippet of what Jeremy shared:

 

“In January of 2016, on Twitter, I had 406 followers, Instagram, I had 2107 and Facebook I had 854. Now after doing this podcast since 2016, I’m now verified on Twitter and I have 900,000 followers there; I have 30,700 and Instagram and 35,593 on Twitter. So that can all be done by doing a podcast. and using it as a branding platform in the right way. I literally had nothing when I started.”

 

Listen to the episode and let us know what is your biggest takeaway.

 

Connect with Jeremy Slate:

Website
LinkedIn
Instagram
Twitter

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COMING SOON!

Dr Hardy’s new book “Personality Isn’t Permanent” Get it at 

https://benjaminhardy.com/personality/#preorder 

Augmented Reality: The Next Dimension of Marketing, with Betty Dannewitz

Betty Dannewitz, seasoned learning and development professional, innovation injector and technology enthusiast. Her passion and mission are to help people become better humans through high-performance coaching and development experiences. She also believes very strongly that innovative technology has a huge role in that mission. Looking to move forward? Be better? Well…if you ask betty.

 

Show Notes

 

“I’m excited about augmented reality because unlike virtual reality, which closes the world out, AR allows individuals to be present in the world but hopefully allows an improvement on what’s happening presently.” —Tim Cook

 

Snapchat anyone? Well, that’s just a perfect example of augmented reality (AR)into action. But it isn’t just for the companies with billion-dollar balance sheets. Small operations are implementing AR technologies to edge their competitors.

 

On this episode of The Entrepreneurial You podcast, Betty takes us into the realm of augmented reality and how we can leverage it for our success in business.

 

Here is a snippet of what Betty shared:

 

“Let’s start with virtual reality, you’re completely immersed in a completely different environment. In reality, although, actually you are still standing in the same spot when you put the headset on, the only thing you see is this new reality, this new experience and so augmented reality is overlaying content on your existing reality so you’re not covering your eyes. Sometimes you can access augmented reality with glasses, but you can still see what’s happening around you. So it’s overlaying content on top of your existing reality.”

 

Listen to the episode and let us know what is your biggest takeaway.

 

Connect with Betty Dannewitz:

Website
LinkedIn
Instagram
Facebook
Twitter

 

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COMING SOON!

Dr Hardy’s new book “Personality Isn’t Permanent” Get it at 

https://benjaminhardy.com/personality/#preorder 

Continuous Learning: A Necessary Tool for an Effective Team, with Brian Washburn

Brian is the co-founder and CEO of Endurance Learning, a boutique instructional design firm dedicated to ensuring every professional development experience is engaging and leads to change. Brian is also the co-creator of Soapbox, the world’s first and only rapid authoring tool for instructor-led training.

 

Show Notes

 

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin

 

There is no escaping it, you will have to intentionally acquire new skills and competencies if you want to keep up or better yet, stay ahead of the game. It is imperative that organizations invest in training their team so that they can maintain their company’s competitive edge.

 

On this episode of The Entrepreneurial You podcast Brian shares insight into how this can be managed effectively.

 

Here is a snippet of what Brian shared:

 

“When we think of ongoing learning for organizations, I think that the definition of learning needs to be expanded beyond the training environment. Having an opportunity to take a step away from life, take a step away from emails, and phone calls, and get into the training room, or go to a conference and meet other people and network, that’s super important. But a lot of organizations are like, well, we don’t have a budget. If you take a look at ATD, the Association for Talent Development, they have an annual State of the Industry Report, and that will tell you about, according to respondents for this study, how much organizations are spending per head on training, and I think that’s a really interesting benchmark for organizations to take a look at. You know, do we spend any money on formal learning for our staff? How are we measuring up to what the average is.”

 

Listen to the episode and let us know what is your biggest takeaway.

 

Connect with Brian Washburn:

Website
LinkedIn

 

Visit our Sponsor: Jamaica Stock Exchange

Email: Heneka Watkis-Porter 

Support The Entrepreneurial You here fo US$5.00 monthly: https://glow.fm/tey.

 

COMING SOON!

Dr Hardy’s new book “Personality Isn’t Permanent” Get it at 

https://benjaminhardy.com/personality/#preorder

The Fundamentals of an Epic Transformation, with Stacey Hines

Stacey is a Transformation Strategist working with a multi-million dollar investment company where she focuses on leading the Project Management Office, the Technology and Marketing centres of excellence and championing Leadership Development & Culture.

 

She is also the founder of Epic Transformation, an E-learning and consulting company, which specializes in serving businesses and business leaders with strategic thinking and planning services, grounded in creating radical shifts in culture and leadership to build collaboration across teams and enable lasting organizational impact. She’s consulted with schools, real estate companies, financial institutions and lots of entrepreneurs.

 

Show Notes

 

“Happiness comes from living as you need to, as you want to. As your inner voice tells you to. Happiness comes from being who you actually are instead of who you think you are supposed to be.” – Shonda Rhimes

 

Probably there is no one more qualified to talk about transformation than Stacey Hines. Having gone through what is an extraordinarily epic transformation, Stacey has leveraged the lemons in her life to make lemonades rather than complain about the hand that life has dealt her.

 

On this episode of The Entrepreneurial You podcast, Stacey shares her journey with us.

 

Here is a snippet of what Stacey shared:

 

“I worked with Macy’s Systems and Technology in Atlanta at the time, when I just started to feel very overwhelmed. I think if I had been diagnosed at that time, it would have been picked up that maybe there was some anxiety and depression happening in my life already. I don’t think most persons are aware of that when it initially started to take place. I was struggling in my marriage, and I wanted to create a fresh start. And so I decided, hey, let’s pack up and move the entire family to Jamaica, which we did right around the end of 2008. While my career continued to expand and grow–by then I was a VP of a software development company–everything else in my life has felt unfulfilling and very miserable.”

 

Listen to the episode and let us know what is your biggest takeaway.

 

Connect with Stacey Hines:

Website
Instagram
Facebook
LinkedIn

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Visit our Sponsor: Jamaica Stock Exchange

Email: Heneka Watkis-Porter 

Support The Entrepreneurial You here fo US$5.00 monthly: https://glow.fm/tey.

 

COMING SOON!

Dr Hardy’s new book “Personality Isn’t Permanent” Get it at 

https://benjaminhardy.com/personality/#preorder 

Using Learning to Engage, Compete and Succeed, with David Blake

David has spent his career innovating in lifelong learning–both corporate training and higher education. He is the co-founder of Degreed & The Future of Work Studios. He is on a mission to future proof our workforce and companies, help the world speak the language of skills instead of college degrees and use learning and skills to enable everyone to fulfil their personal missions. He is the co-author of the Expertise Economy and is an expert on the future of credentials and skills.

 

Show Notes

 

“It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.” –Claude Bernard

 

David has made it his mission to future proof workforce and companies. During a conversation on The Entrepreneurial You,  some guiding principles that organizations can use to build the skills of their team members were explored. These are:

 

Make learning a competitive advantage
Embrace personalized learning
Combat content overload
Succeed with the right technology
Understand the power of peers
Analyze your employee’s skills with data and insights
Make skills and expertise count

 

Here is a snippet of what David shared:

 

“Degreed was born from the question when you ask someone “tell me about your education?”, they tell you where they went to university or what degree they got, or that they didn’t go to university. And it’s a reflection of the fact that we have only one language in which to answer for education or skills, and that’s the diploma. And we believe that in this world of lifelong learning, that’s absurd. It’s crazy. And it isn’t that college is crazy. When you think about it if I were to ask you, “tell me about your health Heneka. And you said, “I ran a marathon 12 years ago”. When someone says, tell me about your education, and you say, I graduated from Colorado State, or whatever it might be. It’s not that marathons are absurd, but that would be an absurd answer to tell me about your health. And it’s not that university is absurd, but it’s an absurd answer when you ask someone “tell me about your education and they tell you where they went to university”

 
ANNOUNCEMENT
LEADERCAST KINGSTON 2020
At Leadercast 2020: Positive Disruption, discover how to upset the status quo to incite positive change that will echo throughout your organization.
PLUS…Great News! Patrice Washington IN PERSON
 

Bring your team to the world’s largest one-day leadership event for an unforgettable immersive experience or bring yourself and connect with fellow leaders on Thursday, May 7, at Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth. Get tickets at henekawatkisporter.com or call 876-849-2571.

 
Tickets are available as follows:
Regular COMBO (Leadercast Live  & Patrice Washington): US$350.00 (Feb 26-May 7)
COMBO  VIP: US$400.00 (Feb 26-May 7)
 
Email leadercastkingston@gmail.com; visit henekawatkisporter.com/leadercast-kingston or call 876-849-2571 for tickets.
 

 

Connect with David Blake:

 

Website

 

Instagram

 

LinkedIn

 

Visit our Sponsor: Jamaica Stock Exchange

 

Email: Heneka Watkis-Porter 

 

Support The Entrepreneurial You here fo US$5.00 monthly: https://glow.fm/tey.

Going North: Tips & Techniques to Advance Yourself, with Dominique Brightmon

Dominique is an award-winning speaker and certified member of the John Maxwell Team. He is the author of “Going North!: Tips & Techniques to Advance Yourself” & the follow-up bestseller, “Stay the Course: The Elite Performer’s 7 Secret Keys to Sustainable Success”. Dom host’s the Going North podcast, a top-rated self-help podcast that interviews authors from all over the world. His mantra is Advance others to advance yourself. Reach out to him to learn how you can unlock your inner value through book writing, coaching, and podcasting.

 

Show Notes

 

“You’ve got to have rules to live by, and one of mine always says yes. Put yourself in danger of something amazing happening to you.” —Tom Bilyeu

 

In the culture of grind and hustle in the world of entrepreneurship, not many people think that in advancing others, they also advance themselves. But today’s guest on The Entrepreneurial You podcast, Dominique Brightmon, seems to default to that state of being, constantly thinking of how to acknowledge others and make a difference in their lives.

 

Having gratitude and doing affirmations feature prominently in the life of Dominique.

 

Here is a snippet of what Dominique shared:

 

“I love affirmations. affirmations are key. Brian Tracey had one affirmation I use on the daily and one of them is that today, something special is going to happen to me. And it could be as small as you having no breath mints or chewing gums at a conference after a dinner or lunch break. And you’re asking someone else and actually gave you the last stick gum or the breath mint. And it’s like, yep, something wonderful is going to happen to me today.”

 
ANNOUNCEMENT
LEADERCAST KINGSTON 2020
At Leadercast 2020: Positive Disruption, discover how to upset the status quo to incite positive change that will echo throughout your organization.
PLUS…Great News! Patrice Washington IN PERSON
 

Bring your team to the world’s largest one-day leadership event for an unforgettable immersive experience or bring yourself and connect with fellow leaders on Thursday, May 7, at Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth. Get tickets at henekawatkisporter.com or call 876-849-2571.

 
Tickets are available as follows:
Regular COMBO (Leadercast Live  & Patrice Washington): US$350.00 (Feb 26-May 7)
COMBO  VIP: US$400.00 (Feb 26-May 7)
 
Email leadercastkingston@gmail.com; visit henekawatkisporter.com/leadercast-kingston or call 876-849-2571 for tickets.
 

 

Connect with Dominique Brightmon:

 

Website

 

Instagram

 

Facebook

 

LinkedIn

 

FREE: Complimentary 30-min Coaching Session to start a Podcast or Write a Book

 

Visit our Sponsor: Jamaica Stock Exchange

 

Email: Heneka Watkis-Porter 

 

Support The Entrepreneurial You here fo US$5.00 monthly: https://glow.fm/tey.

How to start a PR Campaign on a Zero Dollar Budget, with Courtney Love

Courtney is a public relations strategist for entrepreneurs, helping creative small business owners champion PR that grows their income and influence. Courtney Love teaches her clients how to utilize PR to arrest attention, inspire action and increase their credibility, drawing from her 16 years of experience leading PR for the world’s most admired brands and business leaders.

 

Show Notes

 

“A good PR story is infinitely more effective than a front-page ad.” – Richard Branson

 

We all know that starting a business can be daunting. The financial outlay that is usually required doesn’t make the process any easier. It is therefore important to explore ways to economically assist in getting your audience’s perception of your business just the way you want. Yes, you can get PR on a shoe-string budget and that’s what Courtney Love shared on this episode of The Entrepreneurial You podcast.

 

Here is a snippet of what Courtney shared:

 

“It can be very, very frustrating when you are putting in efforts and you feel that it’s not getting your business anywhere and I know in my introduction and you talked about profitable and that is super super important to me because I am a firm believer that PR is a business driver and that it should be helping propel you get to wherever you want to go in your business and contributing to your bottom line.”

 

Hot Point: 

PR is one of the strategies that should help support your marketing efforts.

 
ANNOUNCEMENT
LEADERCAST KINGSTON 2020
At Leadercast 2020: Positive Disruption, discover how to upset the status quo to incite positive change that will echo throughout your organization.
PLUS…Great News! Patrice Washington IN PERSON
 

Bring your team to the world’s largest one-day leadership event for an unforgettable immersive experience or bring yourself and connect with fellow leaders on Thursday, May 7, at Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth. Get tickets at henekawatkisporter.com or call 876-849-2571.

Tickets are available as follows:
Regular COMBO (Leadercast Live  & Patrice Washington): US$350.00 (Feb 26-May 7)
COMBO  VIP: US$400.00 (Feb 26-May 7)
 
Email us at leadercastkingston@gmail.com; visit henekawatkisporter.com/leadercast-kingston or call 876-849-2571 for tickets.
 

 

Connect with Courtney Love:

 

Website

 

Instagram

 

Facebook

 

LinkedIn

 

FREE: Profitable PR Guide

 

Visit our Sponsor: Jamaica Stock Exchange

 

Email: Heneka Watkis-Porter 

 

Support The Entrepreneurial You here fo US$5.00 monthly: https://glow.fm/tey.

Using the Power of Habit to Control Your Destiny, with Lunide Louis

Lunide Louis: Using the Power of Habit to Control Your Destiny

Audio Branding: The Hidden Gem of Marketing, with Jodi Krangle

Jodi Krangle: Audio Branding: The Hidden Gem of Marketing