Guest insights

I used to think data and creativity lived in different worlds. The artist paints. The analyst measures. Never the two shall meet. But after many conversations with entrepreneurs and building my own ventures alongside my teaching career, I’ve learned something that challenges that assumption entirely. Data doesn’t kill creativity. It focuses it. When Emeric Ernoult,

I lost my home to Hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024. And like any entrepreneur worth their salt, I did what we’re trained to do. I started new projects, took on new responsibilities, and even got a new certification. I threw myself into work. I focused on my kids and grandchildren. I stayed busy. I

I knew Pamela Baptiste’s story would resonate with my listeners the moment she started talking about her childhood in Trinidad. Not because it was exotic or unusual. Because it was foundational. She grew up watching her parents run a small business selling homegrown vegetables and poultry to their neighborhood. Nothing fancy, just resourcefulness, hard work,

Tim Packer loved art as a young man. He wanted to build a life around it. But like so many of us, he chose the “practical” path instead. He thought being an artist couldn’t support a family. So he became a graphic designer, then a police officer, then a detective in Toronto’s commercial crime unit.

Most entrepreneurs start businesses to escape structure. We want freedom. Control. The ability to make our own decisions without someone looking over our shoulder. Then we build companies that become prisons. I’ve been thinking about this a lot after my conversation with Leslie Hassler on the En Factor podcast. She is a small business scaling

I’ve interviewed more than 175 entrepreneurs over the past five years. One pattern keeps surfacing that most people miss entirely. The entrepreneurs who build the most innovative businesses aren’t the ones with the most resources or the best connections. They’re the ones who’ve lived between worlds. Whitney Dueñas Richardson, the most recent guest on the

The biggest obstacle holding entrepreneurs back isn’t what you’d expect. It’s not lack of capital. Not market timing. Not even competition. It’s the fear that they don’t know what they need to know. This fear shows up in nearly every conversation I have had on the En Factor podcast. It’s the paralyzing belief that somewhere

Sara Beal left a stable position as a psychiatric nurse practitioner to start her own practice in Florida. This decision makes no rational sense on paper. Healthcare is one of the most regulated industries in America. The red tape is legendary. The business side alone could consume someone with no entrepreneurial background. Yet Sara built

Patricia Delgado watched her workplace transform overnight. The private equity acquisition changed everything. Patient care became secondary to revenue targets. The focus shifted from healing to billing. She saw what was coming and made a choice that thousands of healthcare professionals are now making. She left to start her own practice. Corporate ownership now controls