The HERO Show Podcast
Changing The Narritive
We Tell The Stories of CEOs & Founders As If They Were Comic Book Super Heros
Hi, I'm Richard Matthews, Host of the HERO Show. Join us as we work to shift the silly cultural narrative that entrepreneurs are villains, and are instead HEROpreneurs working to better our world.
“We quickly realized that the more CROSSNETS we sell into the world, the more free marketing that people are doing on our behalf. We have customers from all over the world right now–playing the game at the beach this moment. They’re doing free marketing for us while having a blast.”
— Chris Meade
“Over the years, it’s more about who you know. Over the years, it becomes less about what your degree is. More and more, it’s about who you know and the type of relationships you have with them.”
— Zoriy Birenboym
“I’m in the lobby and they would run out of their office. Then they’re like, “Oh, it’s not the Lucy Liu.” My confidence was crushed from time to time, obviously. They make it so apparent that they were disappointed to see me. But I’m naturally positive so I’m not super crushed like my life is ending, I’m useless. None of that. You can go down the negative spiral or you can choose to be positive.”
— Lucy Liu
“Sometimes when I work with Blended Families, I have to ask them a lot of questions to help them understand us understand each other. I say, “Here’s what you’re doing and here’s what you think about it. Now, look at it from someone else’s perspective and see how it’s affecting them. How does this thing come across to them?”
— Joel Hawbaker
“Sometimes when I work with Blended Families, I have to ask them a lot of questions to help them understand each other. I say, “Here’s what you’re doing and here’s what you think about it. Now, look at it from someone else’s perspective and see how it’s affecting them. How does this thing come across to them?”
— Joel Hawbaker
“The more you say ‘no more’, the more people want to work with you. It’s like the open and close cart sequence for products. It’s very powerful. Let’s say you’re running a course on a webinar and after that particular webinar, the course is only available for 72 hours. If in the first 24 hours you have ‘early bird incentives’, that kind of stuff makes people act.”
— Jason Wright
“Find things that you love to do and ask a lot of questions. You will be surprised to learn things about yourself and about other people. Engaging with the world is the key to being happy.”
— Emily Kumler Kaplan
“Providing well-managed housing for people can be profitable. It is a business. Now, most people buy real estate based on the previous trends of an area or location. Keep in mind that the climate changes in ways that impact people as well as real estate. Real estate exists on the ground and people utilize that real estate. Real estate investors need to watch out how the climate can impact the management of properties.”
— BL Sheldon
“You do it or you don’t. Those simple words: You do it or you don’t. I set my alarm to 4:46 AM every single day and I would have those words go through my head. You do it or you don’t. I’m going to start my podcast or not. I’m going to record or not. It was just the simple things. It was a mantra-rally cry that I use that wish I had at the beginning.”
— Arnie Chapman
“My driving force is driving people to fall in love with being who they are and doing what they love every single day no matter what it is. If that requires education, I’m 100% an advocate for it; but if it doesn’t, I’m 100% an advocate for trade schools and any type of certificate programs that can help you get to that place.”
— Michael Dixon, Sr.
“I remind my clients to celebrate the achievements that they have already. If they are in some sort of dark place, I always tell them that this is not the first time they’ve had this misstep. I remind them that they have gone through this before. Let’s move! Let’s NOT procrastinate. And silence that inner critic!”
— Artisha Bolding
“A fatal flaw that is common to most entrepreneurs is trying to do everything yourself. We need to let go of the controls and the reins. Entrepreneurs need to understand what they are good at and focus on that. And then, finding out what they are not good at and hiring people who can do those jobs for you.”
— Jean Ginzburg