Guest: Michael Babcock: "Your Own Pay" Podcast

Sharon L. Tasman is the Founder and Partner of HTBiz Law, with over 30 years of legal experience and an over $6 Billion deal portfolio. After nearly two decades at one of the world's largest law firms and at a global pharmaceutical company, Sharon founded HTBiz Law to provide clients of all sizes with “big law” experience coupled with the personal attention of a boutique law firm. Sharon represents clients, from startups to multinational companies, in the areas of technology and IP; consulting, contracts and other business issues; and life sciences. As a 40+ female entrepreneur herself, Sharon has a special interest in helping women and members of the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) community start and grow businesses. Combining her years of legal experience, with “real world” technical experience and first-hand business background, Sharon is uniquely suited to understand all of the different demands and obstacles that solo and small businesses face - and how to overcome them.

5 Jun 1h 4min

Skye Waterson is an ADHD strategist, coach, and founder of Unconventional Organisation, a multi-six-figure business dedicated to helping entrepreneurs and executives stay focused, build consistent revenue, scale sustainably, and get their time back. After being diagnosed with ADHD during her PhD, she realized that traditional productivity advice didn’t work for her brain. She immersed herself in research, testing and refining strategies that actually helped her stay on track. Now, she helps entrepreneurs and executives: Escape distraction loops and focus on what actually moves the needle. Build ADHD-friendly systems that make consistency easier, without feeling boxed in. Scale their businesses in a way that feels sustainable, not exhausting. Step into leadership with confidence and feel in control of their time and energy.

2 Jun 59min

Andrew Newland is the Founder and CEO of Functional Medicine Marketing and the author of Digital Marketing & SEO For Functional Medicine Practices: The Best Online Marketing Methods for Getting More Calls, Better Leads & Bigger Profits. Since 2020, he has helped integrative and functional medicine clinics grow through SEO-driven marketing strategies tailored specifically to the unique needs of private practice. Andrew has been a featured guest on The Functional Nurse and The Junto Podcast with Scott Rattigan, JD, and regularly speaks to clinicians about building sustainable, patient-generating marketing systems.

29 Mai 1h 2min

CEO, board member, best-selling author, and acclaimed international speaker, Adam Coffey is a visionary leader who drives transformative growth and fosters high-performance cultures. With 21+ years of experience as CEO, Adam built three national service companies for nine private equity sponsors. Completing 58 acquisitions, his track record includes notable outcomes measured in billions. Adam is a respected mentor to MBA candidates and a sought-after speaker at top business schools. He brings diverse expertise from commercial and industrial service businesses, alongside being a licensed general contractor, pilot, former GE executive, and US Army veteran. As an author, Adam's books The Private Equity Playbook, The Exit Strategy Playbook and Empire Builder all became #1 Amazon Best Sellers. He founded the The Chairman Group in 2021, providing consulting services to private equity firms, their portfolio companies, and to founders seeking to scale, do M&A, and exit.

22 Mai 1h 2min

Known for helping attorneys and professionals become bestselling authors and get positioned as experts in their practice area, Melanie Herschorn wants to help you step into your spotlight as an authority. As a publisher and book marketing strategist and founder of Big Impact Books, she’s on a mission to empower new authors to make an impact and grow their income with their signature book. With her comprehensive background of over 20 years as a celebrity publicist, award-winning journalist in radio, print and TV, as well as a clothing designer and entrepreneur, Melanie is uniquely positioned to support authors to step into thought leadership and make a big impact with their book. She earned a master's degree in journalism from the University of Southern California where she graduated first in her class. Melanie grew up in Canada has lived on both US coasts and now resides in Arizona with her husband, daughter and son, her dog Marty and her cat Phoebe. Her award-winning book, Make a Big Impact with Your Book, is now available. Click here to purchase.

19 Mai 1h 1min

Starting out at age 25, Tanya Alvarez self-funded her first New York ad agency, using credit cards, and achieved zero to 1 million in revenue in the first year. Along the way, she traveled to 42 countries, completing the Boston and NYC Marathons and a Half Ironman, all while battling a rare brittle bone condition. Tanya is a classic underdog story, and she’s on a mission to help you own your life, not just your business. Through OwnersUP, Tanya aims to empower you to win at work without losing at home, utilizing facilitated accountability sprints to scale your business sanely and enable you to live your ideal life now.

15 Mai 1h

Dr. Ravi Iyer, MD, TEDx speaker, author, coach, and President of Reston Towncenter Toastmasters Club, is a renowned expert in personal and professional transformation. As CEO of IR FocalPoint, Iyer Clinic, and ActivPower Inc., he helps high-achieving individuals, including C-Suite executives, entrepreneurs, celebrities, and athletes, unlock their full potential through mastery of inner silence. His acclaimed programs, such as “Art of Living Leadership” and “Cognitive Alignment Workshop,” empower clients to break free from limiting patterns, achieve clarity, and cultivate purpose-driven lives. Specializing in rapid mindset shifts, Dr. Iyer guides individuals from a consumer mindset to a creator’s perspective, enabling decisive action and freedom from mental clutter. As a podcast guest, Dr. Iyer delivers actionable insights on mental clarity, work-life balance, and aligning life with core values, inspiring listeners to embrace change and achieve deeper fulfillment and success.

12 Mai 1h 10min

METAL.MEN partner/CEO Will Henshall is a veteran start up entrepreneur, inventor, and an artist. He’s an experienced personal growth leader, specializing in men’s work and is an equal left/right brain thinker which means he can imagine, create, and then build big picture visions. He founded the UK band Londonbeat in the early 90s and wrote the global #1 hit song ‘I’ve Been Thinking About You’. In 1995, he founded San Francisco based Rocket Network (pro audio cloud collaboration), and sold it to Avid in 2003. In 2010, he started up Focus@Will, music streaming for work, with 2 million users today.

8 Mai 1h 7min