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The Entrepreneur Next Door 🏡
My name is Zev Asch; welcome to The Entrepreneur Next Door Podcast. I've spent my entire career in what I call "the trenches of small business and entrepreneurship." I spent three decades as a successful corporate marketing executive in small and family-owned businesses, an academic career as a Graduate Marketing Professor and director of Entrepreneurship and leadership at Touro University Graduate School of Business, and over a decade as a business transformation coach.
As an avid podcast listener, I've always craved one that features unknown, grounded non-celebrities and entrepreneurs who can be my next-door neighbors.
Join me for intimate, unfiltered conversations with everyday people who took a leap into entrepreneurship and openly share their journey from failure to success. I spend hours preparing for each interview and asking intimate and challenging questions; one insight can make a profound difference in your business or life.
Finally, I promise that my podcast will never be used as a platform for me or my guests to self-promote. I strictly prohibit it and ensure each guest understands before being featured on my show.
My goal is to ensure that every episode delivers at least one insight that can help you improve your business or one aspect of your personal life.
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The Entrepreneur Next Door 🏡
[13] JOE APFELBAUM His elementary teacher called him an idiot. It shaped the rest of his life.
At nine years old, when a teacher tells you you're an idiot, he's the master authority in your life and so you believe it must be true. "I knew I wasn't a great reader but it didn't make me an idiot. Yet, my teacher's words became a narrative, the little voice in my head, that said don't get up to speak, don't share your thoughts, keep things to yourself, you're not worthy of speaking in front of people."
"Later in life, I started to question if I was an idiot even though my mother always said great things about me. I decided that the world doesn't know who I am, and when the world finds out about me, they'll know I'm not an idiot."
Fast forward, after a journey around the world (literally), Joe is a poet, rapper (yes, he launches into a spontaneous rap on this podcast), writer, and incredibly successful entrepreneur who built one of the fastest-growing marketing agencies in the U.S.
And best yet, Joe loves to speak especially in front of people- the bigger the crowd, the more energetic Joe becomes!
Joe is a master networker and a LinkedIn expert but most importantly, he's a man with a golden heart who loves connecting and helping others.
