Entrepreneurs United

Weekly conversations with Entrepreneurs from across the globe sharing their biggest learnings and experiences with fellow Entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurs United is a business podcast hosted by John St.Pierre and Rich Hoffmann, with 316 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

John St.Pierre and Rich Hoffmann hosts Entrepreneurs United, a business show with 316 episodes published.

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  Episode #317

  EP 317: Maximizing Human Efficiency With Breaks! w/ John Briggs

  Sep 28, 202640 minS6

  What if the real problem with your workday isn't that you're not working hard enough; it's that you never stop? John Briggs is the CEO of Incite Tax and the author of Take Breaks, Work Better, and he joins John St.Pierre and Rich Hoffmann to make the case that rest isn't a luxury; it's a requirement backed by science. Studies show the average worker is only productive 2 hours 50 minutes of an 8 hour shift, and the brain simply cannot stay focused without real recovery in between. In this conversation, they cover the science of focus and distractibility, the difference between a break that resets your brain and one that just keeps it loaded, where AI fits into a healthier workday, and John's 3.3 Rule, working in focused blocks of up to three hours followed by a 30% recovery period. What you'll walk away with is the two studies behind why your workday is shorter than you think, how to build your own break schedule, what makes a break actually restorative, how to measure your team's impact instead of their hours, and why AI should buy you back time for the people you love instead of just more work. John also shares how measuring impact instead of hours grew his own firm's profitability 492% in three years. Get John's book, Take Breaks, Work Better, at https://therealjohnbriggs.com Connect with John Briggs on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/therealjohnbriggs Hosted by John St.Pierre and Rich Hoffmann, Entrepreneurs United is built for founders and leaders who want straight talk on building businesses that actually work. New episodes every week. https://entrepreneursunited.us/links/

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  Episode #316

  EP 316: Empowering a Billion People To Be Happy w/ David Meltzer

  Sep 21, 202630 minS6

  What if the biggest limit on your business is how you see yourself? David Meltzer is the chairman of the Napoleon Hill Institute, an entrepreneur, author, and former CEO of Leigh Steinberg Sports and Entertainment. He built 33 properties, a golf course, and a ski mountain, then lost more than $100 million and rebuilt his life around a very different definition of success. In this episode, David joins John St.Pierre and Rich Hoffmann to talk about the lesson that cost him a fortune, why he believes you will never overachieve your own self-image, and his mission to empower over a billion people to be happy. Then John and Rich unpack what it means for the founders and leaders listening. What you'll walk away with: Why your self-image sets the ceiling on what you can build, what the ego demands when things get uncertain and the question that helps you catch it, why receiving help is equal to giving, why repetition and honesty separate the consistent from the busy, and how to protect your energy by staying upset for minutes and moments, not hours. Get a free signed copy of David's book. Email david@dmeltzer.com and he pays for the book and the shipping. Connect with David Meltzer on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/davidmeltzer/ or email david@dmeltzer.com Hosted by John St.Pierre & Rich Hoffmann, Entrepreneurs United is built for founders and leaders who want straight talk on building businesses that actually work. New episodes every week. https://entrepreneursunited.us/links/

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  Episode #315

  EP 315: Why You Need to Be in Puerto Rico for EUEE 2026 w/ John & Rich

  Sep 14, 20267 minS6

  Isolation is the real cost of entrepreneurship, and most founders never say it out loud. John St.Pierre and Rich Hoffmann sit down for a host-only episode to break down the top reasons entrepreneurs need to be at the Entrepreneurs United Empowerment Experience 2026 , happening this November in Puerto Rico. From the hands-on AI and technology workshop to a measurable $40K ROI, this episode covers exactly what happens when you take an elite group of entrepreneurs offsite for a retreat-style event, and why the relationships built there outlast the weekend. What you'll walk away with: why EUEE is intentionally capped at 50 to 60 entrepreneurs instead of hundreds, what the hands-on AI and technology workshop actually covers, why past attendees report an average ROI of around $40K, how the relationships built at EUEE work like a personal advisory board you never had to hire, and everything you need to know about the location, the Riomar Resort in Puerto Rico, November 2nd through the 4th, no passport required. Hosted by John St.Pierre and Rich Hoffmann, Entrepreneurs United is built for founders and leaders who want straight talk on building businesses that actually work. New episodes every week. https://entrepreneursunited.us/links/ About Entrepreneurs United Hosted by John St. Pierre and Rich Hoffmann, Entrepreneurs United is built for founders and leaders who want straight talk on building businesses that actually work. New episodes every week.

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  Episode #314

  EP 314: Navigating the Owner/Operator Trap w/ Ryan Tansom

  Sep 7, 202640 minS6

  You can hit every number and still feel trapped. Why? Ryan Tansom is the founder of Independence by Design, where he helps business owners get rewarded for the value they create instead of trapped by it. He rebuilt his family's copier and IT business from a 940,000 dollar loss to an eight figure sale by age 27, then spent 60 days in the buyer's office with no idea who he was without the company. In this episode, Ryan breaks down what he calls the Owner-Operator Trap, the pattern where growing a business makes its owner more needed, not less. He and the hosts unpack why time, cash flow, and wealth can never all be maximized at once, why most owner-operators are excellent at running their business and dangerously behind on understanding its valuation, and the five-year ownership goal almost nobody has actually written down. What you'll walk away with: the two roles hiding inside every business, Owner and Operator, and why confusing them keeps you stuck, why you can never maximize time, cash flow, and wealth all at once, the one action to take in the next 24 hours to start building your own ownership goal, why most owners hear advice like this and change nothing, and John St. Pierre's own 55 million dollar lesson on the difference between ambition and ownership math. Download Ryan's free IBD Ownership Assessment at https://www.independencebydesign.io Connect with Ryan Tansom on LinkedIn. Hosted by John St. Pierre and Rich Hoffmann, Entrepreneurs United is built for founders and leaders who want straight talk on building businesses that actually work. New episodes every week. https://entrepreneursunited.us/links/

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  Episode #285

  EP 313: Achieving Impossible Goals w/ Blake Erickson

  Aug 31, 202641 minS6

  What if the goal you're not setting is exactly what's keeping your business stuck? Blake Erickson is the founder of Scaling.com, a New York Times best-selling author, and a TEDx speaker on The Secret to Achieving Impossible Goals. He's advised over 500 companies and took his own company from $0 to $10 million in annual recurring revenue in eight months. In this episode, Blake breaks down why optimizing for incremental growth guarantees stagnation, and walks through his Frame, Floor, Focus framework for setting a goal big enough to force real change. He and John St. Pierre also dig into the tension between ambition and carelessness, drawing on John's own experience scaling a company to 55 million dollars and losing it. What you'll walk away with: why a 10 percent growth goal is the fastest way to stay exactly where you are, the Frame, Floor, Focus framework for setting and reaching a 10X goal, how one Scaling.com member took a popcorn company from 250 stores to 26,000 with a single partnership, the 20 dollars versus 1 million dollar exercise that clears out bad decisions, and a simple homework assignment you can run tonight to expose what's holding your business back. Download Blake's free audiobook, The Science of Scaling, at scaling.com/freedownload Connect with Blake Erickson on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/blake-erickson-756b54168 Hosted by John St. Pierre and Rich Hoffmann, Entrepreneurs United is built for founders and leaders who want straight talk on building businesses that actually work. New episodes every week. https://entrepreneursunited.us/links/

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