America’s best podcast for learning how today’s top agencies, coaches and consultants Think, Act, & Achieve.
Onward Nation provides the strategies and tactical step-by-step “recipes” that will help any owner make their agency, coaching, or consulting business more systematic, predictable, measurable, and repeatable by selling with authority.
The host of Onward Nation podcast, Stephen Woessner, is CEO of Predictive ROI, and a digital marketing authority, speaker, educator, and bestselling author of four books, including Sell With Authority.
His digital marketing insights have been featured in Inc. Magazine, Forbes, Entrepreneur, and The Washington Post.
Episode 978: Learning to run a thriving business empire, with Ron LeGrand
Learning the Business Owner Skills Needed to Grow a Thriving Business What You Will Learn: How Ron realized he needed to make a life change and start building wealth for his family, and how he discovered the potential of real estate Why Ron needed to make an early pivot in his investing, and how he…
Episode 977: Turning a podcast into a business, with David Mammano
Content Monetization and a Passion for Podcasting What You Will Learn: How David’s career progressed from entrepreneur to coach and thought leader, and what new opportunities and setbacks he experienced along the way How the challenges David faced taught him important skills and key business lessons, and how he turned a love of podcasting into…
Episode 976: From basement business to global powerhouse, with Mike McDerment
The Keys to Scaling a Business the Right Way What You Will Learn: How mistakenly saving over an invoice led Mike to design the accounting software his business needed, leading to the birth of FreshBooks How the company that started with six team members in his parents’ basement now has millions of users in more…
Episode 975: Participate in your own rescue, with Tommy Breedlove
Rescuing Yourself from The Imposter Syndrome What You Will Learn: How Tommy spent three years working on his book Legendary, and how the need to help others proved to be the breakthrough Tommy needed to finish it Why Tommy scrapped his original draft after struggling with The Imposter Syndrome and decided to start his book…
Episode 974: Love the problem — not the solution, with Shane Foss
Creative Business Solutions What You Will Learn: How Shane’s upbringing, experience in the U.S. Air Force, and career journey culminated in the launch of health insurance company Hooray Health Why starting out at the lowest level of healthcare gave Shane a unique perspective on the need for creative business solutions in the health insurance industry…
Episode 973: Negotiating like your business life depends on it, with Kwame Christian
Business Lessons on Negotiating What You Will Learn: How the global pandemic is adding new complexity to owning a business, and why Kwame’s invaluable business lessons on negotiating can be a lifeboat for business owners Why the pandemic has caused many contracts to become unstable due to “act of God” clauses, and why negotiating is…
Episode 972: How to use a mentor effectively, with Kevin Harrington
How to Use a Mentor Effectively What You Will Learn: How Kevin first became an entrepreneur in the early 1980s by way of his family business and how he grew and helped create an entire industry Why Kevin co-authored his book “Mentor to Millions” in an effort to teach others how to find and how…
Episode 971: How to build your nation of true fans, with Stephen Woessner
Good Morning…I’m Stephen Woessner, CEO of Predictive ROI and your host for Onward Nation. One of the things that I love most about my role at Predictive — is that every single day — I have an opportunity to talk with, work alongside with, and teach and share with business owners just like you. They…
Episode 970: Leveraging Data to Come Roaring Out of a Crisis, with Jonathan Silver
Jonathan Silver is Founder and CEO of Affinity Solutions. Affinity is the authoritative source of truth for news outlets, not-for-profits, research firms, and businesses in the US and the only source for purchase insights that can be analyzed by demographic, geographic, lifestyle segment, and political affiliation. Jonathan’s vision is to transform data insights into experiences…
Episode 969: Why Some Companies Scale While Others Stall, with Sean Ammirati
Sean Ammirati co-founded mSpoke, which was the first acquisition of LinkedIn. His next startup was Peak Strategy, which was acquired by Morgan Stanley. Today, he focuses on being a partner at Birchmere Ventures, where they invest in seed-stage SaaS and marketplace startups. Since its start in 1996, they’ve invested in 135 companies with 51 exits.…