Jeneva Rose, author of The Perfect Marriage and The Perfect Divorce, doesn’t start writing until she’s nailed the elevator pitch. Every part of her creative process is shaped by her background in marketing, an edge that’s helped her go from an eBook-only release with a small press to a hardcover launch in big-name stores. In this episode, Jeneva breaks down how she binge-writes her books to make them bingeable, creates viral TikToks, and shares her favorite way to turn off her brain
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Barbara Corcoran’s Secret to Success? A Day at the Beach
What’s the secret behind Barbara Corcoran’s massive success? According to her, it all started with getting up from her desk and heading to the beach. Barbara invited host Dan Bova to her All-Star Entrepreneur Retreat in New York City, and sat down to share how she turned a $1,000 loan into The Corcoran Group—and became a beloved Shark. In this candid conversation, Barbara talks about how to realistically find your passion, how she learned to tune out negativity, and which Shark she thinks is the cheapest.
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How Rescuing Chihuahuas with Kaley Cuoco Led to Katie Hunt’s Big Success
Soon after Katie Hunt got a cold message on LinkedIn asking her if she would be interested in founding a celebrity-backed brand, she found herself bonding with actress Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory) over their love of rescuing elderly chihuahuas. Together, they founded Oh Norman!, a dog product company guided by the core ethical principle of asking, “What would a dog do?” Katie drew on her experience at Warby Parker, Hinge, and Showfields to excel at building a brand she believes in. In this conversation, you’ll learn how imposter syndrome and failure helped Katie find success— and how you can borrow her lessons to level-up your work, too.
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Dana Perino Dances Her Way to Success
How good is Dana Perino’s advice, really? Just ask the young woman who watched The Five, took Dana’s tips to heart, and used them to land a job at Fox News—then signed up to be mentored by her favorite host. In this episode, Dana shares career advice for Dan’s son, her take on finding love, and why we should all go easier on our scrolling thumbs.
From leading a PR firm to serving as White House Press Secretary, and now co-hosting America’s Newsroom and The Five, Dana used to think success meant reaching the top. But over time, her definition changed. In this conversation, you’ll hear how she came to see real success as growth and serenity—and how you can find a little more of both in your own life.
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Mike Sacks Doesn’t Wait For Permission to Succeed — and You Shouldn’t Either
Andy Richter calls this week’s guest “a bona fide weirdo with virtually no interest in satisfying anything other than his own personal obsessions.”
The weirdo in question is Mike Sacks, who has written for the likes of Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Time, The New York Times, McSweeney’s and who has built something of an industry writing novelizations of movies that don’t exist and memoirs of people who were never born. And then turning those works into audiobooks voiced by the funniest people on Earth, including Jon Hamm, Paul Reubens, Amy Sedaris and many more. In this interview, he talks about how he has found breakout success as a self-published author, how he’s become someone the top names in comedy want to work with, and the secrets he learned about getting reviews after years of working at Vanity Fair.
He’s got a new book out in April called This Is How We Love. Learn all about the punk rock aesthetic he embraces to bring his ideas to life, one bonkers book at a time. Whether you’re looking for advice on making it in the world of comedy writing, or just looking for a laugh, this episode is for you.
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How Success Happens tells the inspiring, entertaining, and unexpected journeys that influential leaders in business, the arts and sports traveled on their way to becoming household names.
Hosted by Entrepreneur Media’s VP of Special Projects Dan Bova, these conversations are a must-listen for anyone looking to pave their own path to success.
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