Episodes

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes writer/editor/theater critic, Rick Pender to talk about the newest edition of his book 100 Things to Do in Cincinnati Before You Die, his love for theater, Stephen Sondheim, and even sports. Rick began reading and...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Will Jackson, CEO of Willpower Inc. Will is an Author, Motivational Speaker, Life and Business Coach, and serial entrepreneur who had a life changing health scare in 2000 where a sinus infection led to him having a...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Andy Walter of AJW-Advisory LLC. Andy Walter is a business results-driven professional with extensive experience in strategy, development, execution, and operations across Global Shared Services, Analytics, and IT....

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Jenna Guarneri to the podcast. Jenna is one of America’s leading voices on public relations for startup companies and an award-winning publicist. She is author of You Need PR, an Inc. Original Imprint and #1 Best...

In this episode, Mark talks about 8 Business Principles that he lives by professionally and personally. Each principle has one of the top entrepreneurs discussing the principle followed by Mark's take on it. Hope you enjoy! Start With Why - Simon...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Pat Galyan, former owner of Galyan's Trading Company, for a conversation. Pat took over the family business when his dad was dying in the mid 1970s. Pat talks about converting his business model from selling boats...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Jay Banks of TheNativeBrand for a conversation. On Cincinnati Reds' Opening Day 2014, Jay filled his backpack with as many shirt as he could. Selling each handmade shirt on the streets of Cincinnati, Ohio. For two...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes retired entrepreneur Terry Yaeger for a conversation. Terry was in the Navy, a police officer, lightbulb salesman, owned HVAC businesses, and recently sold his home inspection franchise at Pillar to Post to his...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes social media expert, Kyle Draper for a conversation rethinking everything, rechecking your ego, and emotional intelligence. Kyle talks about taking full responsibility for everything, adding value, and being...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Terry Foster, RN to the show. Terry has been in healthcare for 50 years and has too many acronyms after his name to mention. You can see for yourself on his website below. Terry is an emergency room nurse at St...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Astronomer Dean Regas to the show for a conversation about the universe. Dean is a public speaker, author, a former host of PBS's Star Gazers and astronomer of the Cincinnati Observatory. Dean talks about how he got...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Phil Breen, owner of Phil's Records in Latonia, KY. While podcast host Mark Perkins is in Spain, Dave Wiener slides from behind the production desk and guest hosts the show talking about what he knows and loves...

Ultra Runner, Harvey Lewis, stops by the Necessary Entrepreneur discussing his past 25+ years running all over the world. Harvey talks about mindset, overcoming adversity, his vegan diet, what led him on this path of running ultra marathons, and what...

Santa Claus stops by for a visit with The Necessary Entrepreneur with answers to the most hard hitting questions, including some BIG ones: - how can we move from the naughty to the nice list - does he actually like milk & cookies and if so which is...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes reporter, editor, and author Peter Bronson to the show. Peter was a popular columnist at The Cincinnati Enquirer, The Tuscan Citizen, and several other newspapers and magazines. Peter started his own publishing...

Mortgage Marketing Expert, Phil Treadwell stops by for Hot Takes & Pivotal Moments in his career.

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Founder & CEO, Tony Lamb, to tell his story starting off detailing cars and selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door to becoming the founder & CEO of Kona Ice and now adding Travelin Tom's Coffee. Kona Ice was named...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes @Mortgage Marketing Expert,​ @Phil Treadwell, who talks about podcasting, niching down, human behavior, the impact of the people you surround yourself with, doing more business, Michael Jordan vs LeBron James, and...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Cincinnati Sports Radio Icon, Mo Egger. Mo gives insight on the Cincinnati Sports (Bengals, Reds, FC Cincinnati, Bearcats) the Kentucky Wildcats, and why there is a slim chance of Cincinnati getting an NBA team...

The Necessary Entrepreneur Podcast welcomes Mike McFall, Co Founder & Co CEO of BIGGBY COFFEE. Mike talks about his book GRIND, the principles in it, and tells his story of starting off as a barista and turning BIGGBY into the company it is today by...

The Necessary Entrepreneur Podcast welcomes Michelle Berman-Mikel, CEO of Berman Media PD and Instagram Power Method. Michelle is a social media expert. In this episode she talks about not having a backup plan, putting faith back in the workplace,...

This episode highlights conversations with guests from Season 1 of The Necessary Entrepreneur Podcast. Hear stories, insights and experiences from the experienced. Featuring Realtor Nick Foltz, Lids Founder Glenn Campbell, Paul Miller (Bircus...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes The At Home Chef, Ken Durbin who shares his stories of entrepreneurship going into details about finding your passion, earning people's belief, building confidence, removing self-doubt, the secret sauce to success,...