In this episode of the En Factor, we are excited to welcome Leslie Hassler, founder of Your Biz Rules, to the show. Leslie’s journey to Your Biz Rules was not very linear, as she spent years working at an advertising agency before starting her first business, a residential design and construction company. After some time with this venture and realizing that what she was doing wasn’t fulfilling to her, she pivoted into Your Biz Rules, which is where she used her passion for coaching and consulting other small business owners to help them scale their businesses. Through sharpening their entrepreneurial mindset and discovering the deepest understanding of themselves, combined with professional fractional C suite and consulting services, Leslie’s team treats each client uniquely and helps them best align their personal strengths and superpowers with the goals of their business to achieve success in a way that’s fulfilling to the business owner.

Tune in and join Leslie and Dr. Rebecca White as you won’t want to miss a moment of the amazing energy throughout this conversation with the two diving into topics including Leslie’s mindset about giving up responsibility and confidently building a team around you, advice for scaling as a small business and as a service business, and how to view uncertainty as a constant and not as a fearful roadblock to your success.

Leslie also kindly provided a special, custom link specifically for En Factor listeners to visit on her website! If you enjoy today’s conversation and would like to connect with Leslie and Your Biz Rules, we would love for you to visit https://www.yourbizrules.com/enfactor/ .

Key Words - Scaling Companies, Entrepreneurial Mindset

This week’s episode of the En Factor features Whitney Dueñas Richardson, who is the founder of Global Sprouts. Whitney’s journey is a very inspiring one, where she grew up in Guam before her family moved to the United States while she was in high school, when she was struck by the low level of cultural awareness in the United States. But it was when Whitney saw this same disconnect in her own daughter, she knew she had to do something to educate the future generation about being culturally aware, curious, and understanding. These experiences combined with her constant traveling around the world have resulted in Whitney starting Global Sprouts, which are culturally themed learning kits based off of different cultures around the world that allow families and educators to immerse the younger generation in other cultures. Through resources and activities including board games, toys, children’s stories, recipes and more, Global Sprouts’ boxes instantly immerse and educate children on other people, places, and cultures all around the world.

Tune and in join Whitney and Dr. Rebecca White for this insightful and impactful conversation as they uncover topics including how Whitney’s childhood and heritage shaped her identity and approach to life, the value of experiencing and immersing yourself into other people’s cultures, and how being fearless and open-minded can open so many new doors and opportunities for you as an entrepreneur.

Key Words - Cultural Awareness, Women In Entrepreneurship

In this episode of the En Factor, we are excited to be joined by James Brown, an experienced entrepreneur with vast law, business development, and consulting experience who is currently the founder of Business Accelerator Institute and Perseverance Squared. With these two businesses, James provides coaching services including consulting, business development and growth, and marketing for professional service businesses including law firms, sales and marketing agencies, and much more, helping over 450 business owners successfully grow and expand their business since 2018 alone. James didn’t plan to go down this path, however, as he went to undergraduate and law school while working during the day at General Motors for over a decade, before applying to hundreds of law firms when the plant he worked at closed. When he wasn’t getting any responses from law firms and needed to continue making an income to support him and his family, he ventured out on his own, starting his own law practice which became very successful before selling it after 20 years to pursue coaching, and his goal of simply wanting to help other people with their businesses so that they can help even more people.

Tune in and join us for this amazing conversation with James Brown and Dr. Rebecca White, as we uncover stories and topics including James’ desire to transition into coaching and consulting and away from practicing law, the 7 essential parts of a business that are in every successful business venture, and how a childhood of constantly experiencing imposter syndrome fueled the fire for his unbelievable work ethic.

Key Words - Entrepreneurial Mindset, Coaching

In this newest episode of the En Factor we welcome Sara Beal, who is the founder of One Step Closer to Healing. Sara is an autonomous nurse practitioner with dual certifications in adult primary care and psychiatry who runs her business as a solo entrepreneur but didn’t plan on being an entrepreneur from the start. Beginning her healthcare career in psychiatry, she fell in love with the field and stayed in it for a few years before wanting more autonomy and transitioning to start One Step Closer to Healing, where she felt she could apply her own style of approaching and interpreting care to best serve and treat her clientele. Sara started her own practice led by her very own courage, curiosity, and commitment where she felt she could best see the humanity behind her clients’ symptoms, while also normalizing mental health symptoms and leaving the labels behind.

You won’t want to miss a moment of this enlightening conversation with Sara, as she and Dr. Rebecca White reflect on topics including the importance and need for more empathy and compassion in psychiatry, Sara’s perspective on mental health and how our listeners should view it, and the experience and challenges of transitioning yourself into entrepreneurship and being a business owner. Tune in and join us for this amazing discussion with Sara Beal!

Key Words - Healthcare, Mental Health Awareness

In this episode of the En Factor, we are thrilled to be joined by autonomous nurse practitioner and entrepreneur, Patricia Delgado. Patricia has been in the healthcare industry throughout all of her career, starting out in larger hospitals before transitioning to start her own practice, Sunrise Skin and Wellness to pursue her mission of providing holistic healthcare the way she believes it should be. A complete focus on the patients and not on the tedious administrative procedures and protocols of larger hospitals and healthcare centers. Patricia’s practice primarily deals with patients with medical skin care issues, but also provides services for primary care, weight loss, and general wellness. Patricia is also the founder of her own nonprofit, Sunrise NPPA Derm, that helps bring together nurse practitioners and physician assistants as a community, helping them learn and develop in their professions while also working to instill and maintain their values as healthcare professionals.

Join us and tune into this amazing conversation with Patricia and Dr. Rebecca White as Patricia uncovers her journey of transitioning from a nurse to a nurse and an entrepreneur, the challenges and hurdles she experienced while working in larger healthcare organizations, the meaning and importance of truly holistic healthcare, and so much more!

Key Words - Healthcare, Transformative Entrepreneurship

This week’s episode of the En Factor features serial entrepreneur Mike Magee, who is currently the founder of LoCo Tampa Bay, which is a local office catering marketplace that works with local Tampa Bay restaurants to cater to office and workplace meetings while increasing restaurants’ catering revenues. Think of it like an Uber Eats or a DoorDash for office meetings, where Mike and LoCo promote different local catering options to local businesses, and then also deliver the food to the meeting for the restaurant. The key difference about LoCo Tampa Bay is that half of their profits are going straight back to the Tampa Bay community, including giving back to the restaurants they partner with, the referrals that help bring them business, and donating to the Florida Cancer Specialist Foundation Charity.

Tune into this episode with Mike and Dr. Rebecca White as Mike has extensive experience as a business owner and provides many valuable lessons on failure and what it means to be able to persevere through setbacks as an entrepreneur. This episode also explores topics including the importance of goal setting and sales experience as an entrepreneur, mentorship and building a team around you, and the value of being able to have empathy for and an understanding of every part of your business.

Key Words - Social Entrepreneurship, Resilience

In this episode of the En Factor, we are joined by serial entrepreneur Xavier Serrano, who is now the founder and CEO of Marqi Medical. After spending over two decades in the insurance world, Xavier transitioned out of his previous venture to revolutionize preventive healthcare with Marqi. Using resources like artificial intelligence, advanced testing and diagnostics, and personalized coaching, Xavier and his team have developed a personalized predictive healthcare platform that works to identify and prevent significant illnesses and diseases before they truly become significant.

In this conversation, Xavier and Dr. Rebecca White take a deep dive into a variety of topics including Xavier’s journey from insurance to starting his own holistic healthcare platform, navigating and managing the many relationships and moving parts involved in leading Marqi Medical, and the importance of prioritizing your own personal health as an entrepreneur. Tune in as you won’t want to miss a second of Xavier’s incredible journey, insights and advice!

Key Words - Healthcare Innovation, Technology Entrepreneurship

In this episode of the En Factor, we are thrilled to be joined by Jake Colognesi, who is the founder of Mamba Growth Equity. Jake has spent numerous years as an investor and analyst in the technology space, working for firms like Fidelity Ventures, Volition Capital and Sageview Capital before he started his own growth equity firm, Mamba, just one year ago back in 2024. Jake has retained his focus on the technology world since Mamba’s founding, investing in B2B software companies in their earlier stages and providing these entrepreneurs with focused and valuable strategic and financial advice and expertise. Jake’s leadership experience goes beyond being a founder, as he also has spent over a decade as a board member for numerous different companies around the United States and Canada.

You won’t want to miss out on this episode filled with meaningful and thoughtful insights and advice as Jake and Dr. Rebecca White dive into conversations such as Jake’s professional journey and the start of his entrepreneurial journey, funding advice for early stage entrepreneurs, and best practices for building and operating successfully as a board.

Key Words - Funding, Investor