Avant-Garde Entrepreneur®

Trisha Bailey, PhD

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I’m Trisha Bailey, a mission-minded serial entrepreneur and traveler.

Is your business your mission and your mission your business? If yes, you’ve found your tribe! Join me for a special blend of strategy, science, and spirituality for taking avant-garde, inspired action in your business so that you feel encouraged, equipped, empowered, and... unstoppable.

Created especially for changemakers, social entrepreneurs, business as mission (BAM, BAMers, B4T, B4Ters), change-makers, social business, socially responsible business, impact business, faith-driven business, Catalyst 2030 members, and sustainable development goals (SDGs) proponents.

Co-author of Mindset Matters with Jack Canfield, best-selling author of The Success Principles and the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

Guests include Kathleen Seeley, Ginni Saraswati, Jeff Shafer, Don Simmons, Aisha Bello, Joseph Porter, Matt Barnett, Doug Smith, Bipana Dhakal, and so many more!

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Meet Joseph Peer: A Social Entrepreneur's Journey into Health & Fitness - Part 2

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08/08/23 • 23 min

Regardless of how passionate we are about our social enterprise, a passion project can become a job if we don't have boundaries in place and learn to balance the business side of it.

In today's episode, we go through the second and last part of my conversation with the social entrepreneur, husband, father, and Owner of Crescent Tactical Fitness in Tennessee, Joseph Peer.

Tune in and listen to the thirty-eighth episode of Avant-garde Entrepreneur. In this second part of the conversation, we talk about the importance of expert guidance in business; Joseph highlights how having systems in place, excellent relationships in the community, and the finances updated, plus divine timing, helped him sell his business within only a couple of weeks.

Additionally, Joseph shares his thoughts on avoiding passion projects becoming jobs, the negatives of entrepreneurship and how to alleviate their effects, and more.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

Joseph talks about his thoughts on selling his business before and after selling it (2:40)
About the travel to Egypt right before the world turned into a different place (6:40)
Avoiding others' mistakes is the faster way to grow your social enterprise (11:00)
How to prevent a passion from turning into a job (13:50)
How to find the opportunities God already created for us (15:20)

Connect with Joseph:

Crescent Tactical Fitness website
Joseph's LinkedIn
Joseph's Instagram

Resources:

Let's Connect!

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Educating Future Difference Makers for A Greater Social Impact with Dr. Jim King - Part 2

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09/05/23 • 41 min

"The first thing most people in any of these enterprises should be concerned about is: If I can't run a sustainable enterprise, the doing good goes away."

In today's episode, we go through the second part of my conversation with the Director of the M.Sc. in Information Systems Program at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and the Founder of Change University, Dr. Jim King.

Tune in and listen to the fortieth episode of the Avant-Garde Entrepreneur podcast; you'll hear Dr. King's advice on how to start an impact enterprise on the right foot and for the right reasons, and everything you need to know to make sure your social enterprise fulfills its goals. We also talk about Dr. King's sklll in building people and helping students understand why they are built the way they are.

Additionally, we discuss the dangers of lack of discernment, the importance for social entrepreneurs to understand their why, what separates purpose-driven people from mere dreamers, and more.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

What do impact entrepreneurs need to start a social enterprise (4:10)
Dr. King talks about the patterns successful social enterprises follow (9:10)
Your gifts and passion come together (15:20)
Things every social entrepreneur should avoid (21:00)
Dr. King shares tips and advice for kids in their 20s and late teen years (25:40)
The importance of understanding why you were built this way (29:00)
Dr. King talks about his most immense joy as a facilitator (32:10)

Resources:

Connect with Dr. Jim King:

Let's Connect!

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Leading Through Chaos. Leadership Mindset Shifts That Help You Thrive in Crisis with Steve Duddy

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04/22/25 • 44 min

If we think of CEOs as pilots, the executive advisor is the one everyone turns to when every light on the panel is flashing, the cockpit glows red, and all you can see outside are black clouds, grey skies, and lightning bolts.

In this episode, I'm thrilled to be joined by Steve Duddy. Steve is a CEO, Executive Advisor, Speaker, and Board Director. The go-to person for leaders seeking guidance to navigate rough waters. His greatest contribution lies in providing transformational leadership to young, underappreciated companies, helping them achieve financial success and, above all, tackle challenges with a forward-thinking mindset.

Tune in and listen to the sixty-eighth episode of Avant-garde Entrepreneur. You'll hear about the emotional aspects of being a leader, why effective communication is crucial during crises, and how to set real-world expectations for you and your team. Steve also talks about the mindset shifts every leader must go through to thrive during challenging times, the side of fundraising no one talks about, how to deal with underperformers, and much more.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

Provoking sustainable change amidst the heaviest storms (3:00)
What every leader needs to land the plane in awful weather (6:40)
Why is forward thinking crucial to go through the fire unburnt (11:00)
Steve's technique to guide entrepreneurs through uncertainty (14:20)
The only way to deal with underperformance in your team (18:40)
The side of fundraising no one talks about (23:50)
What transformational qualities are a must-have for entrepreneurs (30:00)
Steve talks about the mindset shifts for success (35:30)

Connect with Steve Duddy:

Resources:

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Social Entrepreneurship Knows No Age with Stephen Ben

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08/30/22 • 37 min

Who is an up and coming social entrepreneur that you have your eye on?

Today, I am thrilled to be joined by Stephen Ben. Stephen is a Liberian based social entrepreneur and the Founder & Executive Director at Wonder Liberia. Through Wonder Liberia, Stephen has created an education and health equity-focused non-profit that is working to assist the underserved communities in Liberia by creating educational programs and health campaigns.

Entrepreneurship doesn’t know age or experience. That’s the beauty of it - there is no one to tell you that you aren’t old enough or aren’t qualified. No matter the age or background of today’s social enterprise founders, they are changemakers we should all be championing.

Tune in and listen to the sixteenth episode of Avant-garde Entrepreneur. You will hear how Stephen decided to stop waiting for the government to take action and launched his social enterprise, Wonder Liberia. Stephen talks about the challenges he has faced as a young entrepreneur, what his advice is for others just starting out, what keeps him motivated to move forward, how he takes care of himself, and so much more.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

About Stephen’s social enterprise, Wonder Liberia (5:19)
The challenges Stephen has faced as a young entrepreneur (11:20)
Stephen’s advice for other young social entrepreneurs (15:04)
What keeps Stephen motivated through difficult moments (21:00)
Why it is critical to understand mental health and menstrual hygiene (31:48)

Resources:

Connect With Stephen

Let’s Connect!

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Survival First. How To Use Risk-taking As Fuel To Reach Success with Alexander Concepcion

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03/19/24 • 55 min

How much are your fears of taking risks impacting the growth of your business? When you look closer at them, how big are those risks anyway?

Today, I'm very excited to welcome Alexander Concepcion. Alexander is the Founder and Owner of Taco Street Locating, the Author of "Survival First: The Rebel Entrepreneur's Guide to Risk, Riches, and Immortality," and a bold, sharp, and creative entrepreneur who found a way to reframe risk-taking in entrepreneurship, making those risks serve him instead of being held hostage by them.

Despite getting degrees in Finance and Economics, Alexander saw himself living at his parents' home, broke and without the bright future he thought those diplomas would bring. However, his entrepreneurial spirit screamed louder; he moved to Austin, Texas, and started from scratch.

He became a "post-grad dropout." His business grew aggressively fast, thriving even more during the pandemic, which changed his perspectives on entrepreneurship, survival, risks, and opportunities.

Tune in to the fifty-second episode of Avant-garde Entrepreneur. You'll hear about Alexander's fantastic journey into entrepreneurship and his extraordinary capacity to reframe and resignify the words, fears, and concerns every entrepreneur has. Alexander also shares his thoughts on minimizing risks and avoiding burnout, why he states that competition is not a real thing in business, and much more.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

A bit about Alexander's background and how he became an entrepreneur (2:30)
Lessons learned about survival from when the world stopped ( 7:30)
How the ideas for "Survival First" were born (11:00)
How to reframe risks through purpose (17:50)
Alexander's Risk Formula (21:10)
Good frames, better decisions, better businesses (30:00)
Mitigating risks by simplifying your business (34:10)
We can be human in ways Amazon and Google can't (39:20)

Connect with Alexander Concepcion:

Visit his Website, Taco Street Locating
Get a copy of his book, Survival First: The Rebel Entrepreneur's Guide to Risk, Riches, and Immortality

Resources:

Let's Connect!

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Achieving Work-Life Harmony with Ginni Saraswati

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10/31/23 • 56 min

Do you have a strategy to prevent the urgent from conquering the space of what's important?

Today, I'm super excited to be joined by Ginni Saraswati. Ginni is the Founder and CEO of Ginni Media, hosts two podcasts, "PodPops" and "The Ginni Show," and is a Forbes, Fast Company, Rolling Stone & Entrepreneur Contributor. Born in Sri Lanka, Ginni and her family moved to Australia when she was two. After hosting a radio show in Melbourne for around 10 years while figuring out her corporate life, Ginni tried the executive route but felt deeply unhappy.

She started producing podcasts when they weren't a thing, an activity she would explain to her family as "selling radios," and only with a handful of clients made the leap to the Big Apple, where she founded Ginni Media.

Tune in and listen to the forty-fourth episode of Avant-garde Entrepreneur. You'll hear about Ginni's upbringing, cultural career-related mandates, and impositions, and the moment she realized corporate life and her weren't compatible. We also discuss the work-life balance in entrepreneurship, and Ginni brings an exciting new concept: work-life harmony. You'll also get great boundaries-building tips, new ways of disconnecting yourself from work, and how to stop the home office life from interfering with your personal life.

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

A bit about Ginni's upbringing and her role models (6:20)
Ginni and New York. A love story (12:00)
The moment Ginni realized she wasn't made for corporate life (20:10)
The truth behind "the sexiness of the hustle life" (30:10)
The work-life harmony (34:00)
Tips to disconnect from work. Even if you work from home (37:00)
Presence, people, and peace. The three Ps you should prioritize (49:30)

Connect with Ginni:

Resources:

Quiz! What's Your Social Entrepreneur Style?
Avant-garde Entrepreneur Academy Waitlist
Ginni Media website
The Ginni Show podcast

Let's Connect!

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Allow Your Inner Voice To Run Your Social Enterprise with Sharon Williams

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04/04/23 • 35 min

As a social entrepreneur, what is the best way to be purposeful, financially stable, and do humanitarian work successfully?

Today, I'm thrilled to welcome Sharon Williams, a lifelong server, founder, dear friend, a traveling partner. She dedicated her whole life to serving others; Sharon is an expert in fundraising, helping people in crises, rallying people around the cause, and relying on her higher power while being a mother of four.

Sharon is the Founder of Act4 The Nations, DAWN (Divorce Aftercare Women Need), and Women Alive, the Author of two books, and is currently working with anti-human trafficking organizations.

Tune in and listen to the twenty-ninth episode of Avant-garde Entrepreneur. You will hear Sharon's perspective on the humanitarian side of running a social enterprise, her experiences after a whole life of being at service and traveling the world, and her best advice about "where to start" when initializing the social entrepreneur journey.

Additionally, you'll learn how she mentors leaders through tough times, her experiences as an author, the questions most social entrepreneurs ask themselves, how important it is to stay in tune with your intuition, and more.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

Some background about Sharon and her impressive work (2:12)

What is Act 4 The Nations about (5:13)

How to deal with the fear of making mistakes (9:03)

Sharon's advice for leaders who take a misstep (18:52)

As a social entrepreneur, is staying in tune with the inner voice crucial? (21:43

Sharon shares her experiences writing her two books (25:19)

Resources:

Quiz! What's Your Social Entrepreneur Style?

5 Mindset Pitfalls to Avoid Workshop Registration August 15, 2023

Avant-garde Entrepreneur Foundations Waitlist for August 2023

Find your time zone conversion here on Dateful.com

Avant-Garde Entrepreneur - Episode 6 - Making Mistakes and Missing God

Connect with Sharon:

Facebook

Act 4 The Nations Website

Act 4 The Nations Instagram

Book: Chief Women Arise

Book: Catching Minnows

Let's Connect!

Website

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Why You Should Plan To Sell (Even If You Never Do), with Leslie Hassler

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02/25/25 • 38 min

As social entrepreneurs, we are in business to relieve, help, or solve the problems of those we serve. We are so connected with our mission that selling is the last thing on our minds.

Yet making a business ready to be sold is much more than finding a buyer, it is about preparing for success years in advance (regardless if you're selling or not).

Today, in our second episode of the Up-Level Your Impact Business series, we chat with the brilliant Leslie Hassler about growing, scaling, and selling businesses effectively. Leslie is a business strategist, speaker, and the founder of Your Biz Rules. With almost 20 years of experience in the field, Leslie helps entrepreneurs maximize the value of their businesses, whether they're planning to sell or just thinking of scaling.

Tune in and listen to the sixty-fourth episode of Avant-garde Entrepreneur. You'll learn to make your business valuable enough to attract potential buyers, the common pitfalls to avoid when getting your social enterprise ready for sale, and practical tips on creating a scalable and financially sound enterprise — one that works for you, not the other way around. You'll also learn about the three-year rule for selling, the differences between growth and scaling, how to reduce owner dependency, and much more.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

Leslie talks about the most common mistakes business owners make (4:00)
The three-year rule for selling (6:10)
What is the difference between scaling and growing a business? (9:20)
Three ways business owners should be paid (13:10)
How to increase your business value before selling (21:15)
What buyers look for in a business they're interested in (24:00)
What it takes to start seeing our social enterprise as an asset, not a job (26:20)
Why you MUST celebrate each win (30:00)

Connect with Leslie Hassler:

Resources:

Let's Connect!

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How To Get Your Social Enterprise's Finances Right with John Geiwitz - Part 2

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03/21/23 • 32 min

Did you know that it is never too late to rebuild the books of your social enterprise?

Today, I'm very excited to share the second part of my interview with the award-winning Business Broker, John Geiwitz.

During the first part of our conversation, we went through some of the industry's taboos, debunked myths, and cleared doubts about what every social entrepreneur should know and what they shouldn't be embarrassed about not knowing. In this second part, we delve into social enterprises' continuity, systems and processes, the freeing power of delegating, and more.

Tune in and listen to hear John's advice on the need and possibilities of rebuilding your books, why social entrepreneurs should start with the end in mind, why you should pay close attention to how you spend your time, and more.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

An example of books in need of some adjustments (3:25)

Does money coming into your bank account mean your business is profitable? (6:08)

How to begin with the end in mind (9:01)

About social enterprises' continuity (11:36)

Run it like a business, even if profit is not the ultimate goal (17:56)

Analysis paralysis vs. jumping into opportunities at the right time (22:55)

Connect with John:

John Geiwitz’s Website

Email: [email protected]

Resources:

The Art of Thinking Brilliantly

Book: Mark Victor Hansen - The Aladdin Factor

Book: Michael Gerber - The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

Book: Jack Canfield - The Success Principles(TM) - 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

Quiz! What's Your Social Entrepreneur Style?

5 Mindset Pitfalls to Avoid Workshop Registration March 14, 2023

Avant-garde Entrepreneur Foundations Waitlist for March 2023

Let's Connect!

Website

Facebook

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My 5 Favorite Free Tools

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05/31/22 • 27 min

With so many different softwares and tech tools out there, it can be difficult to know which ones are worth using that will actually help you stay organized with your projects.

Today, I am so excited to share my five favorite free tools for keeping my business organized. As social entrepreneurs, our budgets are typically tight since we are growing our social enterprise. That is why I wanted to make sure that these tools I am sharing have fantastic free versions that will provide you with immense value.

Have you heard the saying “If it’s not broken, don’t fix it!”? Well, that is exactly how I want you to approach the organizational tools you have in place for your business. The ones that I mention in this episode are merely a suggestion.

Tune in and listen to the twelfth episode of Avant-garde Entrepreneur. You will learn about the five different free tools that I rely on to brainstorm, create, manage, and share my different projects for my business. This episode will be the first in a series about administrative and operations for social entrepreneurs, so stay tuned for more to come!

In This Episode, You Will Learn: