Episode #103
A Strong Personal Brand
Ramon Ray is the founder of Smart Hustle Media. He is an entrepreneur, an author of four books and a public speaker who loves burnt pancakes and bacon on the weekends.
Over his extensive career, Ramon has started four companies and sold two of them. He has authored four books and thousands of articles, his latest title “Celebrity CEO – How Entrepreneurs Can Thrive By Building a Strong Personal Brand” can be found on Amazon today!
Ramon has been invited as an expert witness to the United States Congress, invited to speak at the White House on personal branding. He has interviewed President Obama in the President’s first live video chat and was with Ivanka Trump at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in India. He has shared the stage with Seth Godin, Guy Kawasaki, Simon Sinek, Gary Vaynerchuk and Daymond John. He has even interviewed many of the sharks and contestants on Shark Tank, as well as multiple other celebrity entrepreneurs.
Ramon has spoken to and positively impacted hundreds of thousands of small business owners and entrepreneurs to help their businesses thrive. This week I am honored to have an opportunity to chat with Ramon about positioning yourself in the market and his entrepreneurial journey. Listen in to this exceptionally fun conversation as Ramon shares how he stumbled into entrepreneurship, utilized his resources, and began building his brand.
Episode Timestamps:
02:06 Welcome
02:26 What did you think the future was going to look like?
03:07 What do you think were the first steps in your entrepreneurial life?
05:51 What was the evolution of your beginning to monetize your speaking?
08:04 What do you think were the first steps you took to begin branding yourself?
12:28 Tell us about Smart Hustle.
16:43 I you could wave a magic wand, what would you like to change?
17:47 How can we, the Technology=Equality Community help you with that?
18:32 Please share the best way for our listeners to find you.
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