Are you uncomfortable talking to strangers? It's time to get comfortable! Talking to strangers has many personal and professional benefits — and it's something you can learn to do better. Joe Keohane, author of the book "The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting In A Suspicious World", explains how. This episode is sponsored by AT&T Business. To learn more about how AT&T Business can help keep your business going, visit att.com/solvers.

You can learn a lot from a simple margarita… because when you take one home from a restaurant in America, you’re participating in a change that was hundreds of years in the making. In this episode, we dig deep into how cocktails-to-go became suddenly legal (and why they were once illegal in the first place). It’s a surprisingly complex story that reveals our weird history with alcohol, and how the smallest shifts can lead to unexpectedly massive changes, and how entrepreneurs can take advantage. This episode is from my other podcast, Build For Tomorrow.

One Hundred Percent with Marcus Lemonis is a little bit of a masterclass, a cocktail party and a Sunday drive all wrapped up into 30 minutes with an audience invited to listen in. Marcus values family, community, character and ethics and helps small business owners who need his guidance and investment. His process is very personal and provides valuable insight through his ability to identify both problems and solutions. For years he has transformed the trajectory of businesses and the lives of its founders. Listeners will get to enjoy fun and unfiltered conversations centered around mentoring entrepreneurs. The entrepreneurs that Marcus invites onto the show are creating products or services that will impact the world for the better. In each episode, listeners will meet the most exciting generation of business owners, including Charles Barkley, Kathy Ireland, Al Roker and Nicole Miller, and all the innovative ventures coming to and disrupting the market. Marcus talks to CEOs, entrepreneurs, inventors and all kinds of new leaders in the only way he knows how, it gets personal. They also talk about something successful people rarely reveal, what they need to take their success to the next level. Marcus and the guest explore that question in an effort to solve that puzzle.. Listen Here: http://wondery.fm/100PercentSolver

People.ai CMO Justin Shriber, host of the "Legends of Sales and Marketing" podcast, walks us through the top three marketing mistakes he sees entrepreneurs make — and explains how to fix them.

Amy Morin, author of the book "13 Things That Strong Kids Do", explains how to create the entrepreneurial spark — and how, in the entrepreneurial quest, adults and kids all grapple with the same big issues. Set Your Children Up for Success with Entrepreneur Kids: All About Money. 

The hardest question in entrepreneurship might be this: "When?" Square cofounder (and author of the book Innovation Stack) Jim McKelvey has thought deeply about this question, and has a helpful way of thinking about timing... both in business, and in life.

Everyone hates networking, but everyone knows that they need to build their network. What to do? Jon Levy, author of the new book "You're Invited", explains how to build meaningful connections in a totally different way.

How do you poke fun at something in a way that excites everyone and upsets no one? It's a skill that actor Ryan Reynolds has mastered—as his marketing company, Maximum Effort, churns out one viral hit after another. In this conversation with Entrepreneur editor in chief Jason Feifer, he shares how he does it.

The pandemic taught us an important lesson: The things we once thought were impossible might actually be our greatest opportunities.

Chip Gaines (of Fixer Upper) loves people who say yes. “People who say yes to life, yes to hard work, and yes to risk, but who aren’t yes-people,” he writes in his new memoir, called No Pain, No Gaines. In this conversation, we talk about the power of building a network, imposter syndrome, getting through hard times, and so, so much more!

Entrepreneurs know that it's important to build a community—but how do you really do it? In this episode, Smart Passive Income community experience director Jay Clouse explains how he developed a premium community from a small slice of the site's overall user base. Jay is also the host of the podcast Creative Elements.

Most people say "I can't do that." Entrepreneurs say, "Let's figure out what I CAN do." How do you develop that kind of mindset? I talk with educator Charlene Walters, author of the new book "Launch Your Inner Entrepreneur: 10 Mindset Shifts for Women to Take Action, Unleash Creativity and Achieve Financial Success".

The pandemic offered us a gift: It forced us to blow past the boundaries we'd set up for ourselves. Now let's keep doing it. How? I share my own thoughts, then talk with Mario Armstrong, host of the Never Settle Show and the Wake Up and Level Up podcast.

People in 1921 made big, bold predictions for what would happen in 2021... and many of them were surprisingly accurate. We explore what they said, what it all means, and how it can inspire us to build even greater things tomorrow.

In Wondery’s newest series, Business Movers, host Lindsay Graham dives deep into the inner workings of some of the most successful companies of all time. From the origin stories of their famed leaders to the million dollar idea that catapulted them to success, how exactly did these companies grow from an idea and a dream to multi- billion dollar corporations? Hear the landmark decisions, the scandals, and the stunning triumphs that made them who they are. First up: Walt Disney. Listen at http://wondery.fm/solvers_movers

How can you provide a great digital product or service, while still providing the human contact that consumers want? The mortgage company Own Up originally got that balance wrong... and fixing it transformed their business.

Patrick Llewellyn discovered that his design company, 99designs, was only fulfilling some of his customers' needs. He wanted to fill more, so he created a spinoff brand called Swiftly. But in doing so, he created a major problem for himself: He was...