En Factor Podcast

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The En Factor Podcast features conversations with entrepreneurs who have started, stumbled and succeeded.

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June 11, 2026Episode 18439 min

Find Your Franchise Freedom with Chris Hilgers and Peak Franchising

On this episode of The En Factor, we are excited to welcome franchise consultant, founder, and CEO of Peak Franchising, Chris Hilgers. Chris grew up around family businesses much of his early life where he gained firsthand experiences of the entrepreneurial lifestyle and dedication it took to become successful as a business owner. Beginning his professional career in sales, Chris learned a lot about communicating and building relationships with others before he went on to leave the corporate world and start Peak Franchising. Through Peak Franchising, Chris serves others a franchise coach to partner high quality people with the perfect fit of a franchise for them to own and lead. Chris’s extensive background and knowledge of the franchising world, as well as people skills, make this episode a super valuable one with advice on identifying high quality people whether it be hiring employees or partnering with another entrepreneur. Join us and tune into this insight-packed episode with Chris and host Dr. Rebecca White as they explore and dive deep into subject matter including how Chris can help aspiring business owners find the perfect franchise opportunity, as well as what to look out for when researching prospective franchises and reading through franchise agreements. Key Words - Franchise, Consulting Explore this episode, and many other conversations with entrepreneurs on The En Factor Podcast, here: https://drrebeccawhite.com/podcasts/en-factor Connect with Chris to learn more about Peak Franchising, as well as his Franchise Investigation Readiness Survey and Franchise Model Fit Quiz, at Peak Franchising’s website, here: https://peakfranchising.com/ Explore Dr. White’s new Entrepreneurial Intelligence (EI) Lab, here: https://drrebeccawhite.com/entrepreneurial-intelligence-lab/ Check out Dr. White’s book, “See, Do, Repeat”, and more from her website, here: https://drrebeccawhite.com/see-do-repeat/

May 18, 2026Episode 18350 min

Do More with Every Interview: Diving Into the Podcasting World with Tom Schwab and Interview Valet

In this newest episode of The En Factor, we are thrilled to be joined by the founder of Interview Valet, Tom Schwab. Have you ever wanted to be a guest on a podcast so you can share a story or an idea? Then this is the perfect episode for you. As a Navy veteran and engineer by training, Tom has helped over 1,500 business owners, leaders, and companies amplify their stories and marketing messages through a more unique approach than the typical marketing agency nowadays. Interview Valet identifies and partners these leaders with targeted podcasts where their story will be heard by the ideal clients that already listen to the existing podcast. Tom’s business is grounded in the belief of taking pain away from business owners and thought leaders, and does so through a technical strategy using AI, as well as a personal strategy through communication and understanding the problem that they are targeting to solve. If you’ve ever also thought about starting your own podcast, Tom and Interview Valet could assist with you in your hosting startup process as well. Using a similar approach for pairing podcast guests with targeted interviews, Interview Valet also helps aspiring podcast creators get featured on targeted podcasts where the aspiring host can gain experience and practice with the podcast environment and communicating their ideas. This conversation with Tom is packed with valuable advice and best practices for the podcasting space, and you won’t want to miss a moment. Join Tom and host Dr. Rebecca White as the two explore the growth and evolution of podcasting, especially since AI has come into play, how Tom identified and acted upon different opportunities by listening to others, and the rapidly growing importance of repurposing content. Key Words - Podcasting, Artificial Intelligence Explore this episode, and many other conversations with entrepreneurs on The En Factor Podcast, here: https://drrebeccawhite.com/podcasts/en-factor Connect with Tom to learn more about his business, Interview Valet, and his book “Podcast Guest Profits: How to Grow Your Business”, at Interview Valet’s custom webpage for En Factor Listeners, here: https://interviewvalet.com/enfactor/ Explore Dr. White’s brand new Entrepreneurial Intelligence (EI) Lab, here: https://drrebeccawhite.com/entrepreneurial-intelligence-lab/ Check out Dr. White’s book, “See, Do, Repeat”, and more from her website, here: https://drrebeccawhite.com/see-do-repeat/ Key Words - Podcasting, Artificial Intelligence

April 9, 2026Episode 18238 min

Rethinking Success: John Mitchell’s Secret to Life-Changing Clarity

In this newest of The En Factor, we welcome entrepreneur, author, and mental coach at the University of Austin’s Texas’ athletic department, John Mitchell. John is the CEO of Think It Be It, who developed a life-changing 12 minute daily technique that brought him life-changing success and has brought countless others success in their lives. John’s ultimate secret to success is inspired by his passion for understanding Napoleon Hill’s book, “Think and Grow Rich”, to the fullest. After being an entrepreneur for 20 years, John found himself at the age of 50 not as successful as he wanted to be should be, although finding lots of success and making lots of money throughout the multiple ventures he owned. After reading “Think and Grow Rich” countless times looking for the true secret to becoming successful in money, relationships, and life in general, he ultimately discovered the secret. John’s secret to success is rooted deep in visualization and goal setting while incorporating repetition that gives you true clarity of your life, and how to intentionally live it to its fullest potential. John’s conversation on The En Factor with Dr. Rebecca White is one that can completely change anybody’s outlook on life and what it means to be find success, build clarity in your goals and life, and live a life with true intention and meaning each and every day. Tune in and join us for this exciting and insightful conversation and learn about John’s secret to a successful life, what he learned from “Think and Grow Rich”, and how he is helping other practice what he learned through his book and Think It Be It. Key Words - Success Mindset, Goal Setting Explore this episode, and many other conversations with entrepreneurs on The En Factor Podcast, here: https://drrebeccawhite.com/podcasts/en-factor Connect with John for a free video on his secret to success, and more about his book, here: https://themissingsecret.org/ Explore Dr. White’s Entrepreneurial Intelligence (EI) Lab and Download Her EI Goals Worksheet, here: https://drrebeccawhite.com/entrepreneurial-intelligence-lab/ Check out Dr. White’s book, “See, Do, Repeat”, and more from her website, here: https://drrebeccawhite.com/see-do-repeat/

March 14, 2026Episode 18155 min

Work Smarter, Not Harder: Optimizing Your Marketing Strategy with Jason Kramer and Cultivize

In this episode of The En Factor, we are thrilled to be joined by Jason Kramer, who is the Founder of Cultivize. From a young age, Jason had a strong passion for art and building things and although he was completing his education at Syracuse University, he was still unsure of the path he wanted to take professionally. After earning his degree, Jason went on to begin a career in graphic design and advertising, but when the company he was working for downsized their team, the idea of starting his own business grew more and more as he was also freelancing at the time. Fast forward after gaining over 20 years of experience in the marketing and business development, Jason is leading Cultivize to new heights by helping established businesses overcome growing pains and other business and marketing problems to effectively scale and grow. Jason has seen the marketing world evolve countless times through all of his experience, and Cultivize is continuing to lead that evolution through their consulting services for marketing and business development. The company provides their clients, which is versatile client base, the technology and systems to fully optimize CRMs in order for these client companies’ sales and marketing teams to fully maximize their time, and work smarter, not harder. By providing such a service and technology system like Cultivize is able to, Jason and his team seamlessly blend technology, marketing, and art in order to address their clients’ needs and provide long term, sustainable solutions to keep them moving forward. Tune in and join Jason and Dr. Rebecca White as they dive deep into a plethora of engaging topics including Jason’s background and journey to marketing, consulting, and ultimately starting Cultivize, the absolute need for effective and efficient CRM systems for companies that want to evolve and expand, and the role that technology and AI have played in evolving the marketing world and creative industry. Key Words - Marketing, CRM Connect and learn more about Jason and his business, Cultivize, here: https://cultivize.com/learnmore/ Explore Dr. White’s Entrepreneurial Intelligence (EI) Lab and Download Her EI Goals Worksheet, here: https://drrebeccawhite.com/entrepreneurial-intelligence-lab/ Check out Dr. White’s book, “See, Do, Repeat”, and more from her website, here: https://drrebeccawhite.com/see-do-repeat/

February 13, 2026Episode 18053 min

From Lawyer to Tech Entrepreneur: The Pivot That Led to a $25M SaaS Business with Emeric Ernoult

In this episode of the En Factor, we welcome the CEO and co-founder of Agorapulse, Emeric Ernoult. Emeric grew up spending time in the United States and Africa before moving to France, where his family is from, to go to school to become a lawyer. Experiencing lots of success early on in his law career had Emeric wanting more for himself, but he was still too young to be able to become a partner and advance his law career further. Wanting control over his own destiny, Emeric transitioned into entrepreneurship and built out Agorapulse into a pioneer of social media management, with the simple goal of making anyone comfortable with utilizing social media for their business. Emeric brings to this conversation vast international and business experiences that offer lots of perspective and insight to building a multinational business, and how valuable traveling and immersing yourself in different cultures can enhance your personal, professional, and business development. Tune in and join Emeric and Dr. Rebecca White as they explore and reflect on topics of conversation including the evolution of social media management and how Agorapulse simplifies the array of complexities that come with social media and content strategy, as well as what it takes to build a product and business that is valuable and can be scaled to operate without the owner. You won’t want to miss out on this spectacular episode! Key Words - Social Media, Scaling Companies Check out Emeric’s business, Agorapulse, here: https://www.agorapulse.com/ Connect with Emeric on LinkedIn, here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ernoult/ Explore Dr. White’s Entrepreneurial Intelligence (EI) Lab and Download Her EI Goals Worksheet, here: https://drrebeccawhite.com/entrepreneurial-intelligence-lab/ Check out Dr. White’s book, “See, Do, Repeat”, and more from her website, here: https://drrebeccawhite.com/see-do-repeat/

January 16, 2026Episode 17955 min

Goal Set Yourself Up For A Successful 2026: A Special New Year’s Episode Featuring Isabella Grinter and Avin Samtani

Happy 2026 from Dr. Rebecca White and the En Factor! This special New Year’s episode is centered around goal setting, and you will not want to miss a moment of today’s discussion. Dr. White kicks off the episode with an introduction to goal setting and some of the research, best practices, and advice regarding goal setting in today’s world of constant uncertainty. We then dive into two shorter case study like interviews with two different entrepreneurs who are in two different stages of business, but both of these business owners are big goal setters with big goals for the upcoming year and beyond. We first welcome Isabella Grinter to the show, who is in an earlier stage entrepreneur and the founder of Izzies Bikinies. Since her senior of high school, Isabella has been making custom reversible swimwear to solve her problem of the difficulty to find swimwear that had the combination of stylish and fitting. She quickly found out how she wasn’t the only one facing this problem and what started as a side hustle is now a serious venture. Tune in and join Isabella and Dr. White to hear more about the start and progress of Izzies Bikinies, how Isabella sets goals and makes plans to achieve them, and the goals she has for scaling her business in 2026 while continuing to work towards her master’s degree in entrepreneurship at the University of Tampa. We then welcome Avin Samtani back to the show, who is a more experienced entrepreneur and has been in business for more than a decade, and was previously a guest on the En Factor back in 2023. Avin is the co-founder of AquaVault, which manufactures, distributes, and markets portable safes, phone accessories, and bags that are focused for frequent travelers. Avin has always been a huge goal setter and is a big believer in using goals as a tool to stay organized and focused in all aspects of life. Listen in on Avin’s return to the En Factor for topics of discussion including how he views and navigates uncertainty throughout his whole planning and goal setting process, and some of the goals that he has for AquaVault in 2026. Dr. White then wraps it all up with a discussion of her experiences with setting goals and how goals have kept her focused throughout her life, how she is setting goals for the upcoming year in a unique way by reflecting on the past and looking even further ahead into the future than 2026, and what you can expect from the En Factor in 2026. We thank you for joining us for this episode and hope you enjoy the episode! Key Words - Goal Setting, Planning Check out Isabella’s business, Izzies Bikinies, here: https://www.izziesbikinies.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoqN0qgwBkJ5C3XTr5psZOb8Ahm1BeWwKkJcsLmU_ekU2BTXODTE Check out Avin’s business, AquaVault, here: https://theaquavault.com/ Explore Dr. White’s Entrepreneurial Intelligence (EI) Lab and Download Her EI Goals Worksheet, here: https://drrebeccawhite.com/entrepreneurial-intelligence-lab/ Check out Dr. White’s book, “See, Do, Repeat”, and more from her website, here: https://drrebeccawhite.com/see-do-repeat/

December 4, 2025Episode 17855 min

Master Your Pitch With TV’s “Billion Dollar Man” Bob Circosta: A Special and Live Episode of the En Factor

This week’s episode of the En Factor is a special one that was recorded live at the Global Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO) Conference in Tampa, Florida with one of the most successful pitchmen that there is. Today’s guest is Bob Circosta, who is well known for being the original Home Shopping Network host and playing a huge role in the foundation and rise of the multi-billion dollar home shopping industry. Bob’s illustrious career includes over 25,000 hours selling on live television presenting over 75,000 products leading to selling over $6 billion worth of product and merchandise. He also has spent much of his time mentoring entrepreneurs and businesses to optimize their pitch to best communicate their ideas and business to their audiences and ultimately increase their sales. Adding to his impact in the entrepreneurial community, Bob has authored a book, “Life’s A Pitch”, while also speaking and being featured on Good Morning America, The Today Show, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal for the work he has accomplished. Joining host Dr. Rebecca White along with a live audience of students, educators, and entrepreneurs, Bob provides impactful and game-changing advice throughout this episode. You won’t want to miss a second of this inspiring conversation with topics including how to build and present your pitch, lessons on building confidence with your communication, Tom’s firsthand experience of the evolution of home shopping, and a live Q&A session at the end with questions coming from the audience! Check out Bob’s book, “Life’s A Pitch”, and more from his website, here: https://www.bobcircosta.com/ Connect with Bob on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/circostabob/ Explore Dr. White’s Entrepreneurial Intelligence (EI) Lab and Download Her EI Goals Worksheet, here: https://drrebeccawhite.com/entrepreneurial-intelligence-lab/ Check out Dr. White’s book, “See, Do, Repeat”, and more from her website, here: https://drrebeccawhite.com/see-do-repeat/ Key Words - Sales, Entrepreneurial Mindset

November 26, 2025Episode 17730 min

Fueling The Flame Within with Registered Nurse and Author Pamela Baptiste

This week’s special Thanksgiving episode of the En Factor features oncology nurse and book author Pamela Baptiste, who was a pleasure to have on the show. Pamela’s journey began on the Caribbean island of Trinidad where her hardworking and resilient mindset was built by the positive and inspiring influence of her parents. She always wanted to be a nurse growing up, as she was inspired by the compassion and care that she saw from other nurses at a young age. Her lifelong dream became a reality after moving to New York for nursing school and becoming a registered nurse at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center where she spent more than 20 years working. Continuously driven by her passion for not only dealing with patients’ symptoms and diseases, but also reinforcing their spirit and mindset, Pamela found her way to Tampa, Florida where she has been a RN for Moffit Cancer Center ever since. Throughout her professional journey and as you will hear throughout today’s episode, Pamela’s career and mission always has had gratitude, mentorship, and giving back at the forefront. These qualities and Pamela’s inspiring journey of building her career coming from another country and working tirelessly all while raising her daughter led her to wanting to inspire and fuel the fire for other nurses that are on their own journeys. And one of the results of her philanthropic mindset was becoming an author and publishing her own book, The Flame Within, written to encourage and help guide aspiring and practicing nurses on their journeys. You won’t want to miss a moment of Pamela’s amazing story and impactful advice, as she and Dr. Rebecca White dig into topics of conversation including how her upbringing in Trinidad shaped her mission and mindset, technological factors that are driving more nurses to become entrepreneurial, and the importance of gratitude and giving back to others and your community. Connect with Pamela on LinkedIn here! https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamela-baptiste-msn-rn-ocn-575986161/ Check out Pamela’s book, The Flame Within, on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/Flame-Within-Channels-Nursing-Passion-ebook/dp/B0CW1HM1B7/ref=sr_1_1?crid=FBMU1Q6KWYBA&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.3rb1k7_bxZe3AScpwT4mZL-2SQ_eP16CQJNbkCZkuno.h4D-SBHnmSGTOR1LlZcO4jmMO9pylx_6tHkU5qWYrVE&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+flame+within+pamela+baptiste&qid=1764116720&sprefix=the+flame+within+pamela+baptiste%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-1 Key Words - Healthcare, Gratitude

November 14, 2025Episode 1761 hr 0 min

The Growth Mindset Behind Tim Packer’s Creative Comeback

On this week’s episode of the En Factor, we are excited to be joined by celebrated Canadian artist and creative business mentor, Tim Packer. Tim had a lifelong dream of making a living off of his artwork, but had given up on himself after only a few years of not being satisfied with his talent and potential as an artist after college. He left his dream to join the police force for nearly 20 years, but it was an introduction to the concept of a growth mindset when everything changed for Tim. Tim began pursuing his passion for art again in 1997 while remaining in the police force as a detective for a few more years before leaving law enforcement to live out his dream and build out his art business, Tim Packer Fine Arts. And it wasn’t long until Tim’s paintings were being featured in and winning awards at all sorts of different art shows across North America. Tim Found found lots of success through his work, but also expanded his revenue stream by opening his own online store and growing into social media and selling directly to consumers. But after some time, Tim’s mission grew into the desire to help other aspiring artists achieve the same success he did, but also helping a create smoother path for them to get there. This led him to starting a Youtube channel for artists, as well as opening the Tim Packer Art Academy as a way to further give back to other artists pursuing their creative careers. You don’t have to be artist to tune in and join us for this enlightening and motivating episode with Tim, as he and Dr. Rebecca White dive into topics of conversation including the importance of the word “yet” and having a growth mindset, the decisions behind Tim’s journey from art to law enforcement and back to art, and Tim’s advice for listeners on recognizing opportunities and finding your true passion. You won’t want to miss a moment of Tim’s incredible story and advice! Key Words - Arts Entrepreneurship, Career Transitions

October 31, 2025Episode 1751 hr 6 min

Embracing Your Zone of Genius: How Leslie Hassler Transforms Challenges into Opportunities

In this episode of the En Factor, we are excited to welcome Leslie Hassler, founder of Your Biz Rules, to the show. Leslie’s journey to Your Biz Rules was not very linear, as she spent years working at an advertising agency before starting her first business, a residential design and construction company. After some time with this venture and realizing that what she was doing wasn’t fulfilling to her, she pivoted into Your Biz Rules, which is where she used her passion for coaching and consulting other small business owners to help them scale their businesses. Through sharpening their entrepreneurial mindset and discovering the deepest understanding of themselves, combined with professional fractional C suite and consulting services, Leslie’s team treats each client uniquely and helps them best align their personal strengths and superpowers with the goals of their business to achieve success in a way that’s fulfilling to the business owner. Tune in and join Leslie and Dr. Rebecca White as you won’t want to miss a moment of the amazing energy throughout this conversation with the two diving into topics including Leslie’s mindset about giving up responsibility and confidently building a team around you, advice for scaling as a small business and as a service business, and how to view uncertainty as a constant and not as a fearful roadblock to your success. Leslie also kindly provided a special, custom link specifically for En Factor listeners to visit on her website! If you enjoy today’s conversation and would like to connect with Leslie and Your Biz Rules, we would love for you to visit https://www.yourbizrules.com/enfactor/ . Key Words - Scaling Companies, Entrepreneurial Mindset