Conquer the Chaos
Conquer the Chaos takes you behind the scenes with entrepreneurs and thought leaders as they share the vulnerable moments that changed them and real advice on how to grow a successful small business. What can look like smooth growth on the outside is often chaotic on the inside. Host Clate Mask, CEO of Keap, has seen both hockey-stick growth and the damage the dark side of entrepreneurship can do on relationships and business success. He shares his own experiences, his six keys to success, and lessons of his own in this engaging conversation that will give you the real stories behind successful companies, and what it took to get there.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 190
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
009 - Working With Family
Ever heard you shouldn’t go into business with a family member? Clate and Scott (who are brothers-in-law!) think that’s terrible advice, even though they don’t always see eye-to-eye. They find the ca…
008 - The Perfect Storm - Kay Walten
In 2008, Kay Walten’s Mexico-based business Loco Gringo faced the perfect storm: The Great Recession, a hurricane, Swine Flu, and drug cartel activity, all of which tend to discourage tourism. Loco G…
007 - Avoid a Broken Face - Kathy Fettke
Kathy Fettke’s husband Rich was given with six months to live—and she had to figure out how to take over their finances. Luckily, Rich’s doctor was wrong, but that scare was the impetus to start The …
006 - Are We Going to Make it? - Wes Clark
Firefighter Peter Thorpe had seen a lot of devastating fires started by stoves, so he developed FireAvert, which automatically shuts off stoves. Wes Clark, Peter’s business partner and our guest in …
005 - Disciplined Optimism
What do Clate and Scott think is the silent killer for small businesses? The inability to cultivate disciplined optimism. Disciplined optimism is a balance between having a positive attitude while be…
004 - A Man is a Success if… - Matt Leitz
Matt Leitz is a born entrepreneur—he even thought he invented social networking. Clearly he didn’t, but he brings that passion to his role as President of Clever Investor. He shares with Clate and S…
003 - Two Scientists Walk Onto a Pecan Grove - Abigail Olaya
Abigail Olaya and her husband went from corporate work to owning their own business during the U.S. economic downturn of 2008. They now run Venue at the Grove, a wedding venue and experience in Phoen…
002 - Sailing off the Cliff - Stephanie Holmes
Stephanie Holmes faced condescension when she floated the idea of deviating from just selling financial services. She wanted to help people change their spending habits, structure their debt, and hav…
001- Radio Voice Envy - Damien Sanchez
Damien Sanchez started his business, DC Mosquito Squad, in 2007. Now it’s booming with 47 employees, but there was a time when he lost 30 pounds in two months trying to handle office admin tasks by h…
000 - Small Business Success
When Infusionsoft CEO Clate Mask and co-founder Scott Martineau started the company, they had no idea what they were getting into. It took years of hard work, financial struggle, and hustle until the…