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Ish and Jon talk with Jeff Sloan, Founder & CEO, StartupNation. Whether you believe entrepreneurship is in your DNA or not, they talk about everyone\\u2019s ability to start, grow, and manage a successful business.

Jeff Sloan is a visionary and entrepreneurial expert with proficiency in creating and developing early-stage companies. With over 30 years of experience, Jeff has truly lived the entrepreneurial journey and is dedicated to helping others realize their potential by bringing their ideas to life.

Entrepreneurs are Jeff\\u2019s people. Like him, they become stronger when faced with a challenge, and see it as their obligation to courageously pursue a better way, no matter the odds. They understand, like Jeff, that successful people take command of their reality and transform it into something great.

Jeff serves as founder and CEO of StartupNation LLC., a multi-media company that provides education and inspiration to aspiring entrepreneurs and existing small business owners.

StartupNation.com, founded and led by Jeff, is one of the leading brands in the world of entrepreneurship, with over 2,000,000 people using the StartupNation \\u201c10 Steps to Open for Business\\u201d startup process.

In his leading role with StartupNation, Jeff hosts the award-winning StartupNation Radio show on WJR AM 760 in Detroit, which has aired since 2004 in over 85 markets nationally. Jeff also hosts the daily WJR \\u201cBusiness Beat\\u201d segment live on air during the morning drive prime-time programming, in which he spotlights subject matter of interest to the entrepreneurial, startup, and tech community.

Jeff is also founder and CEO of Aria Ventures, LLC., a company that partners with founders to develop their business concepts into viable startup businesses. For select ventures, Jeff and his team actively guide the business planning process, invest directly and/or raise seed funding in the startup and provide ongoing strategic guidance through the entire development, launch, and growth lifecycle.

Jeff\\u2019s firm has raised over $60 million in venture and angel funding for a portfolio of startup ventures and has successfully led five portfolio companies from startup to exit, totaling over $200 million in exit value. Jeff\\u2019s current portfolio of ventures can be viewed here.

In addition to Jeff\\u2019s leadership roles at StartupNation and Aria Ventures, Jeff founded and leads the app known as FanLabel, a music gamification platform that has been embraced by both the biggest companies in the music business as well as by an active user-base. In this role, Jeff works alongside top record labels and today\\u2019s hottest artists to understand the preferences and opinions of listeners to be more effective in supporting artist promotion and monetization.

Jeff is a true evangelist for the virtues of entrepreneurship. He was recognized as a \\u201cSmall Business Journalist of the Year\\u201d awardee in 2005 by the U.S. Small Business Administration and has been interviewed on numerous national and local media networks, including Fox Business News, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

A published author, Jeff shares his entrepreneurial expertise in an acclaimed how-to book, \\u201cStartupNation: Open for Business,\\u201d published by Doubleday.

Jeff has been named one of the 500 most powerful business leaders in metro Detroit by DBusiness magazine\\u2019s \\u201cDetroit 500,\\u201d as well as Small Business Journalist of the Year, Midwest Region; and among Detroit\\u2019s top 20 \\u201cDynamic Duos\\u201d in Business.

Jeff has keynoted numerous entrepreneurial and business conferences, including the Microsoft Small Business Conference and the Small Business Administration of America annual conference.

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Website:\\xa0https://startupnation.com/
LinkedIn:\\xa0https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsloandetroit/