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By: Julie Lokun and Dominick Domasky

Welcome to The Creative Entrepreneur Podcast — a top-ranked show in Business News where entrepreneurship, creativity, media strategy, and pop culture collide. Whether you are building a business, growing a personal brand, launching a podcast, writing a book, or expanding your influence as a thought leader, this show was built for you. We believe business doesn't have to be boring. The most successful entrepreneurs are always learning, adapting, and evolving — and that means mastering business strategy, branding, marketing, AI tools, podcasting, publishing, and public speaking, while staying locked in on the pop culture moments, entertainment headlines, and media trends shaping the mark...

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Ex-Scientologist Anne Gollert Hill: 20 Years in the Sea Org, Tom Cruise and Escaping to Joy
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What happens when you sign your life away for a billion years and wake up two decades later realizing you have to walk away from everything?

Check out more about Anne and her new book- Escape to Joy | A Memoir by Anne Gollert Hill

Anne Gollert Hill joined Scientology in 1988 and rose into the Sea Org, the organization’s most devoted inner circle. She worked at the highest levels, in the orbi...


Find Your Intersection: How Madonna, MrBeast and McDonald’s Got Rich Where Two Worlds Collide with Julie Lokun and Dominick Domasky
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#215
10/12/2026

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Find Your Intersection: How Madonna, MrBeast & McDonald’s Got Rich Where Two Worlds Collide

Talent is the entry fee. The intersection is the jackpot.

The world has never rewarded the most talented person in the room. Madonna wasn’t the strongest vocalist of the ’80s, but she saw that a new cable channel needed a face, and she became the face of MTV. McDonald’s didn’t win on the burger. It won by cutti...


People Are Not Brands: Why Purpose Beats Personal Branding with Dan Scott on Legacy, IP and Financial Freedom for Creatives
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#214
10/05/2026

Is your "personal brand" holding you back? On this episode of The Creative Entrepreneur Podcast, co-host Dominick Domasky, CEO of Media Champs Publishing and COO of Cre8tive Con, holds down the mic while Julie Lokun, JD, co-founder of Cre8tive Con, is out on assignment. His guest is Dan Scott, a musician since age seven, an attorney, and co-founder of Spotlight, an advisory firm that helps creatives align their work, money, and purpose.

Dan trained in the private client practice at Sullivan & Cromwell, one of the most prestigious law firms in the world, where he planned...


Stop Chasing Leads, Start Building Lighthouses: Heart-Centered Networking with Mike Ashabraner
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#213
09/28/2026

What if the best marketing strategy you'll ever use is simply being yourself?

On this episode of The Creative Entrepreneur Podcast, hosts Julie Lokun, JD and Dominick Domasky sit down with Mike Ashabraner, known as The Redneck Connecktor, the Louisville, Kentucky entrepreneur behind the Hounds of Business community. Mike is funny, blunt, and unapologetically real, and he's built something most entrepreneurs only talk about: a business ecosystem where people from every walk of life, every political stripe, and every stage of business actually want to show up for each other.

Mike doesn't chase fish. He...


Podcasting Isn't Dead: PodFest CEO Nick Pavlidis on Turning a Podcast Into a Business Asset in 2026
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#212
09/21/2026

Is podcasting dying? New show launches have cratered since the 2020 boom, but 58% of Americans now listen monthly, and podcast ad revenue hit $2.9 billion, up 18%. Fewer shows, more listening, more money. This isn't a graveyard. It's a wide-open runway.

In this episode of The Creative Entrepreneur Podcast, Julie Lokun, JD, and Dominick Domasky sit down with Nick Pavlidis, CEO of PodFest Expo, former New York big-law attorney, and ghostwriter of 100+ books, including seven Wall Street Journal and eight USA Today bestsellers. Nick breaks down why podcasting has shifted from a broadcast channel to a community engagement channel, and...


The Exit Plan: How To Sell Your Business Before You Start Your Business with Dominick Domasky and Julie Lokun
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#211
09/16/2026

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This is an encore of one of the most talked-about conversations in the feed — a return visit with Jason Duncan, the man who went from an unemployed schoolteacher to building a multimillion-dollar company, then rebuilt his entire philosophy around what he calls "exit without exiting." Julie and Dominick sit down with the Cre8tive Con keynote favorite to unpack why exit strategy isn't a someday conversation — it's a Day One conversation.

What We Cover:

The origin of "The Real Jaso...


Can You Actually Make Money on YouTube? Aleric Heck Reveals How to Turn Viewers Into Paying Clients
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#210
09/14/2026

Most business owners think YouTube is just for influencers and vloggers. Aleric Heck, founder of AdOutreach, has spent the last 10 years proving otherwise — helping companies turn video content into a real, scalable revenue engine. In this episode of The Creative Entrepreneur Podcast, Julie Lokun and Dominick Domasky sit down with Aleric to unpack:

How a high school YouTube channel turned into an 8-figure ad agency The 3-part content Venn diagram that separates viral videos from client-converting videos The "hook, educate, call-to-action" framework behind high-performing YouTube ads Why thumbnails, titles, and your first 30 seconds make or break a video's pe...


You Wrote It. We're Reading It. : A Love Letter From Julie And Dom ( Your Favorite Entrepreneurs)
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09/11/2026

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You didn't tune in for an interview this time — you tuned in for something better: proof that this show is actually landing.

In this mini-sode, Julie steps away from the guest chair to read three reviews that stopped her in he...


Is the AI Bubble Bursting? Current Business News with Char Murphy on Why Authentic Storytelling Beats AI
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#209
09/10/2026

Learn More About Char Murphy and Follow Mission Hope on LinkedIn 

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This episode opens with a data-driven look at the AI infrastructure boom — a $500 billion NVIDIA-backed bet involving Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, and Goldman Sachs — and the growing local pushback against AI data centers across the U.S. From there, the conversation pivots to a bigger question: as AI content floods every platform, is the real business opportunity in human storytelling?

Guest Char Murphy — founder of Mission Hope and Believe...


What We Love About America | Labor Day Bonus Episode
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09/07/2026

At The Creative Entrepreneur Podcast, we love spotlighting members of our community, the businesses they’re building, the shows they’re creating and all the cool things they’re doing along the way.

For this special Labor Day bonus episode, we’re featuring Not the Smartest Guys in the Room, hosted by someone you might recognize, Dominick Domasky, and his good friend Tom Langan.

This episode is all about what we love about America. From freedom, opportunity and chasing a dream to football, food, road trips, small towns, big cities and plenty of uniquely American crazines...


They Didn't Get Picked, They Picked Themselves: What Curry Barker, Kane Parsons and MrBeast Prove About the Creator Economy vs. Hollywood
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#208
08/31/2026

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About this episode:

This week on The Creative Entrepreneur Podcast, hosts Julie Lokun and Dominick Domasky unpack one of the biggest shifts in media history: the mainstream isn't discovering creators anymore — creators built the mainstream themselves. The conversation centers on Curry Barker's breakout horror film "Obsession," made for under $1 million and grossing over $500 million worldwide, and Kane Pixels (Kane Parsons), whose debut film opened bigger than any release in A24's history — the same weekend Disney's "Mandalorian and Grogu" dropped 70% in its second week on a $165 million budg...


You May Also Like: Jam Sessions With Tina Eliana
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#207
08/27/2026

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How often do we overlook our own leadership because no one has given it a title?

And what changes when someone recognizes what is already within us before we are ready to claim it for ourselves?

Those two questions sit at the center of Season 1, Episode 4 of Jam Sessions With Tina Eliana, where host Tina Eliana sits down with entrepreneur, author, and podcaster Julie Lokun, JD, for a conversation titled "How to Recognize Your Everyday Leadership." It is a personal...


Kwame Christian on Compassionate Curiosity: The Negotiation Framework That Ends People-Pleasing for Good
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#206
08/24/2026

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He was a people-pleaser who said "sounds good" while dying inside. Then a negotiation class he only picked because it "fit his schedule" rewired his entire nervous system — and turned Kwame Christian, Esq. into one of the most in-demand negotiators on the planet.

In this episode of The Creative Entrepreneur, Julie Lokun and Dominick Domasky sit down with Kwame Christian — CEO of the American Negotiation Institute, host of Negotiate Anything (16M+ downloads, 1,700+ episodes, the #1 negotiation podcast in the worl...


Own Your Ecosystem: Inside Cre8tive Con OTR Boston : AI, Automation & Trust with Kerry Brett, John Lee, Neil Rogers and Nick Hutchison
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#205
08/17/2026

The Creative Entrepreneur Podcast hit the road for Cre8tive Con OTR (On The Road) Boston, hosted at One Financial Center. Co-hosts Julie Lokun and Dominick Domasky sit down post-event to unpack the blind spots most business owners never see — and the strategists who exposed them live.

Inside this episode:

Kerry Brett (Rolling Stone, Boston Globe photographer) on optics and how you're perceived before you speak John Lee, NYT bestselling author of Money Unlocked, on leveraging AI to scale your brand and business Keap (CRM) on automation that still feels human — following up at scale without losi...


Dr. Robert Epstein on Google, Grief, and the Warning He Can't Forget
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#204
08/10/2026

Dr. Robert Epstein says he was warned he could die for exposing the Search Engine Manipulation Effect. Months later, his wife was killed in a crash police still can't fully explain.

IN THIS EPISODE WITH DR. ROBERT EPSTEIN:In Part 2 with Dr. Robert Epstein, Julie Lokun is joined by special co-host Jen Fontanilla, filling in for Dom Domasky, for a conversation that goes somewhere darker than Part 1: the personal cost of being a whistleblower. Epstein shares the warning he says he received after testifying before the U.S. Senate about the Search Engine Manipulation Effect (SEME) — and th...


Bar Tips: The Bartender-Turned-Author Who Cracked the Code on Sales Without Selling with Neil Rogers
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#203
08/06/2026

Bar Tips: The Bartender-Turned-Author Who Cracked the Code on Sales Without Selling

The Creative Entrepreneur Podcast | Julie Lokun & Dominick Domasky ft. Neil Rogers

Forget the funnels. Forget the scripts. The best sales training on earth might be happening behind a bar top on a Friday night — and Neil Rogers is here to prove it.

Neil is the author of Bar Tips: Everything I Needed to Know in Sales I Learned Behind the Bar — a book Julie calls dog-eared, underlined, and genuinely transformational. In this episode, Julie Lokun and Dominic Domasky sit down with Neil...


Search Engine Manipulation: Dr. Robert Epstein on Who Really Controls Your Mind
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#202
08/03/2026

The Search Engine Manipulation Effect is real, it's measurable, and it's deciding things for you right now — including how people find your business.

ABOUT THIS EPISODE OF CREATIVE ENTRPRENEUR PODCAST Dr. Robert Epstein — Harvard-trained psychologist, last PhD student under B.F. Skinner, and former editor-in-chief of Psychology Today — joins Julie Lokun and Jen Fontanilla to break down the Search Engine Manipulation Effect (SEME), the research he presented to the U.S. Senate on how algorithms quietly shift opinions, decisions, and even elections. They connect his findings to a bigger question every creative entrepreneur needs to answer: are you bu...


How to Monetize a Podcast: Midwest Murder's Jonah Lantto on Live Shows, Sponsors & Owning Your Niche
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#201
07/27/2026

From Basement to Business: How Jonah Lantto Turned True Crime Into a Podcasting Empire

What if your next business breakthrough isn't a marketing funnel — it's a microphone?

In this episode of The Creative Entrepreneur Podcast, hosts Julie Lokun and Dominick Domasky sit down with Jonah Lantto, co-host of Midwest Murder, one of the fastest-growing true crime podcasts in the country. Jonah shares the real, unfiltered story of how a basement side project turned into a full-time podcasting business — one built on live shows, sponsorships, merch, and an audience that trusts him enough to show up in p...


Justin Gold of Justin's Peanut Butter: From Waiting Tables to a $281 Million Empire
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#199
07/20/2026

Justin's Peanut Butter founder Justin Gold joins The Creative Entrepreneur Podcast to reveal how a food processor, a Boulder, Colorado kitchen, and a $281 million exit to a Fortune 500 company all started with one mountain bike ride. Hosts Julie Lokun and Dominick Domasky dig into risk-taking, raising investor capital, letting go as a founder, and why "no" just means "not now."

Episode Overview

In this episode of The Creative Entrepreneur Podcast, co-hosts Julie Lokun and Dominick Domasky sit down with longtime friend and natural food industry pioneer Justin Gold, founder of Justin's Peanut Butter. Justin shares...


What Gary Vee Told Me When I Lost My Notes: Raw Lessons from VeeCon on Entrepreneurship, Hustle, and Showing Up with Gary Vaynerchuk
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#198
07/13/2026

What Happens When You Go Toe-to-Toe with Gary Vee and Forget Your Notes?

You go full send. And that's exactly what Creative Entrepreneur Podcast host Julie Lokun, JD did at VeeCon Indianapolis — one of the most electric entrepreneurial events on the planet — when she sat down with Gary Vaynerchuk for a conversation that no script could have produced.

No color-coded notes. No safety net. Just two entrepreneurs in a room — and the kind of raw, real dialogue that changes the way you think about business, failure, and what it actually takes to build something that lasts...


How The Brits and Americans are Celebrating 250 Years of Business
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#197
07/06/2026

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Are you running a business but struggling to keep up with the "back-office" chaos? You aren't alone. Many entrepreneurs excel at their craft but get bogged down by the very systems meant to support them. In this episode of the Creative Entrepreneur Podcast, hosts Dom and Julie sit down with Bobby Lane, CEO of Factotum, to discuss how to bridge the gap b...


Pitch Like a Pro: Forbes Riley on Sales, Networking, and Business Growth
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#195
06/29/2026

In this powerful episode of The Creative Entrepreneur Podcast, Dominick Domasky sits down with legendary entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and sales powerhouse Forbes Riley for a conversation every entrepreneur, author, speaker, and business owner needs to hear.

With more than $2.5 billion in product sales, over 197 infomercials, multiple bestselling books, and decades of experience in media and business, Forbes has built a career around one simple truth:

Life is a pitch.

From networking events to podcasts, from sales calls to social media DMs, every interaction is an opportunity to connect, communicate, and create momentum.

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How Social Media is Killing Your Business Plan with Julie Lokun and Dominick Domasky
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#194
06/22/2026

What if Instagram disappeared tomorrow? What if Facebook changed the algorithm — again — and your reach dropped to zero overnight? For millions of entrepreneurs, that's not a hypothetical. It's already happening.

In this high-energy, no-fluff episode of The Creative Entrepreneur Podcast, hosts Julie Lokun and Dominick Domasky deliver a wake-up call every entrepreneur needs to hear: social media is not a business strategy — it's borrowed land. And if you're building your brand exclusively on rented platforms, you're one algorithm update away from losing everything you've worked for.

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From a Cult to An Author: How Entrepreneurs Use Storytelling to Get on Stages and Get Paid
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#193
06/19/2026

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What if the story you've been hiding is actually the thing that builds your authority, fills your calendar, and grows your business?

On this episode of The Creative Entrepreneur Podcast, hosts Julie Lokun, JD (founder of Cre8tive Con) and Dominick Domasky (CEO of Media Champs Publishing, COO of Cre8tive Con) sit down with Porsche Mysticque Steele — award-winning book coach, TEDx speaker, and independent publishing strategist — for a conversation that is equal parts raw and tactical.

Porsche doesn't just teac...


Your Trauma Is Your Trademark: How Wendy Babcock Turned Pain Into a Profitable Speaking Business
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#192
06/15/2026

What if the thing you've spent your life hiding is actually the thing that builds your empire?

In this episode of The Creative Entrepreneur Podcast, hosts Julie Lokun and Dom Domasky sit down with Wendy Babcock — TEDx speaker, songwriter, visibility strategist, and founder/CEO of When Stories, a storytelling and visibility platform helping women turn their defining moments into talks, books, podcasts, and media assets.

This conversation goes way beyond "share your story." Wendy breaks down the real business mechanics behind turning vulnerability into authority — including the three specific assets (a book, a TEDx talk, and...


20 Proven Ways to Get Your Message Out to the World : Marketing Tips for Entrepreneurs & Authors
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#191
06/08/2026

Are you struggling to get your book, product, or business in front of the right people? In this power-packed solo episode of the Creative Entrepreneur Podcast, host and publisher Dominick Domasky steps in while Julie is out on assignment to deliver one of the most actionable marketing episodes yet.
Whether you're an author, small business owner, entrepreneur, or content creator, Dominick breaks down more than 20 real-world strategies to help you expand your reach, grow your audience, and convert connections into customers — without waiting for someone else to do it for you.

What You'll Learn in This Ep...


Leadership Lessons from a Navy Rear Admiral: How Military Discipline and White House Experience Help Entrepreneurs Build Elite Teams
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#190
06/05/2026

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What does it take to lead 16,000 people — and what can that teach entrepreneurs?

In this episode of The Creative Entrepreneur, hosts Dom Domasky and Julie Lokun sit down with Admiral Garry Hall — a decorated Rear Admiral who commanded 27 ships, advised the President of the United States, and spent decades at the highest levels of national leadership. The result is one of the most actionable leadership conversations you'll hear all year.

Whether you're scaling a startup, managing your first team, or sear...


Advising Oprah, Tyson, and the Obamas: Here's How Richard Dolan Earns Trust at the Highest Level
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#189
06/01/2026

What does it really take to earn a seat in the rooms most people never enter? Richard Dolan — strategist, confidant, and trusted advisor known as the Legacy Man — has spent decades building genuine relationships with the world's most powerful and influential people, including the Obamas, Oprah, Justin Trudeau, Mike Tyson, Bono, Brad Pitt, Lewis Hamilton, and Drake. In this episode of the Creative Entrepreneur Podcast, Richard sits down with hosts Dominick Domasky and Julie Lokun to unpack exactly how he did it — and how you can too.

What you'll learn in this episode: • Why proximity is power — and how Ri...


40 Years of Brand Secrets: The Message Master Glenn Rudin Reveals Why Your Message Is Killing Your Business
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#188
05/25/2026

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The Message Master Reveals Brand Secrets | Glenn Rudin on Messaging That Sells, Simplifies & Inspires

What makes a brand message unforgettable? This week, hosts Julie Lokun and Dominick Domasky sit down with branding legend Glenn Rudin — known worldwide as The Message Master —...


Create Content that Converts With Julie Lokun
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05/21/2026

What separates content that gets scrolled past from content that drives real business results? In this episode of the Creative Entrepreneur Podcast, host sits down with Julie Lokun — author, attorney turned entrepreneur, and creator of The Mediacasters — to unpack the art and science of conversion-focused content.

Julie has helped thousands of entrepreneurs find their voice and monetize their message, and today she's pulling back the curtain on exactly how she does it.

In this episode, you'll learn:

The core reason most creative entrepreneurs' content fails to convert — and the mindset shift that changes everything Julie's...


Why Publishing Your Book Is Just the Beginning — with BookThinkers CEO Nick Hutchison
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#186
05/18/2026

Everyone thinks the book will change everything. BookThinkers CEO Nick Hutchison says the real game starts after you hit publish — and most entrepreneurs are playing it completely wrong. In this episode of The Creative Entrepreneur Podcast, Julie Lokun and Dominick Domasky sit down with Nick to expose the #1 author marketing mistake, the AI disclosure crisis rocking the publishing world, why physical books beat audiobooks for brain development, and the SMART reading framework that can transform how you learn and take action. Reality is negotiable. This episode shows you how.

ABOUT NICK HUTCHISON:

Nick Hutchison

...


The $10 Millionaire: How "Venture Staking" is Disrupting Silicon Valley with Gerry Hays CEO of Doriot
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#185
05/11/2026

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What if you could turn a $10 "ante" into a seat at the table for the next Amazon or Google? In this episode, Gerry Hays, CEO of Doriot, joins hosts Dominick Domasky and Julie Lokun to unveil a revolutionary new model called Venture Staking, which bridges the gap between community-driven philanthropy and high-stakes venture capital.

Gerry shares how Doriot is democratizing the "closed-door" world of Silicon Valley, allowing everyday people to seed the next big idea for the...


Is College Worth It for Entrepreneurs in 2026? The Truth About Debt, Startups and Success
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#184
05/07/2026

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Is College Worth It for Entrepreneurs? Debt, Startups, AI & The Future of Success

Should entrepreneurs go to college — or skip the degree and start building their dream business now?

In this compelling episode of The Creative Entrepreneur Podcast, hosts Julie Lokun, JD and Dominick Domasky tackle one of the most searched questions among aspiring business owners, creators, startup founders, freelancers, and Gen Z entrepreneurs:

“Is college worth it anymore?”

As artifi...


What Dr. Benjamin Hardy Taught Us About Why Businesses Fail with Julie Lokun and Dominick Domasky
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#183
05/04/2026

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Why Most Entrepreneurs Fail to Scale

The Benjamin Hardy Effect: Are You 2x-ing or Just Staying Busy?

In our latest episode of the Creative Entrepreneur Podcast, Julie Lokun and Dom Domasky break down the psychological barriers to success. Using the framework established by Dr. Benjamin Hardy, we explore why the "safety net" you’ve built is actually a trap. If you are a business owner in the Boston area, it’s time...


How to Exit Your Business Without Selling It: The Real Jason Duncan on Beating Founder Burnout
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#182
04/27/2026

Stop Being the Employee of Your Own Business:

Exit Without Exiting with The Real Jason Duncan

Are you building a business of freedom or a personal prison? In this high-impact episode, "The Real" Jason Duncan reveals how to dismantle the "Hero Syndrome" and transition from a burnt-out founder to a visionary leader who lives a lifestyle of "exit without exiting."

The Path to Entrepreneurial Freedom

What happens when an unemployed school teacher builds a multi-million dollar empire, only to realize he’s become a prisoner to his own success? ...


Survivor 49 Winner Savannah Louie: My Strategy for Winning $1M and Building a Business
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#181
04/20/2026

What does it take to outwit, outplay, and outlast—not just on a remote island, but in life and business?

In this electrifying episode of The Creative Entrepreneur, Julie Lokun and Dominick Domasky sit down with Survivor Season 49 winner Savannah Louie for a raw, strategic, and deeply human conversation about resilience, identity, and the psychology of winning.

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Savannah takes us behind the scenes of her Survivor journey—sharing the mental frameworks, emotional discipline, and intuitive decision-making that carried her to victory. But beyond the million-dollar win, this...


How to Use Every Type of Publishing to Build Authority, Visibility, and Revenue with Dominick Domasky
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#180
04/16/2026

If you're an entrepreneur, creative, or business owner looking to build authority, grow your brand, and increase visibility, this episode is a comprehensive guide to modern publishing.

In this episode of The Creative Entrepreneur Podcast, host  Dominick Domasky, founder of Motivation Champs, explores the different types of publishing available today—and how to strategically use them to scale your business.

From traditional publishing to self-publishing, hybrid publishing, podcasting, and digital media, this conversation breaks down how entrepreneurs are leveraging content as a powerful tool for brand growth, credibility, and revenue generation.

What You’ll Le...


How to Rewrite Your Money Story and Charge Premium Prices with Jen Fontanilla
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#179
04/13/2026

Stop Playing Small: Rewriting Your Money Story in the AI Era with Jen Fontanilla

Are you tired of the "starving artist" narrative? Somewhere along the way, entrepreneurs were sold the lie that if you follow your passion, you must struggle—and that money is optional. Today, we are ripping that narrative to shreds.

Joining hosts Julie Lokun and Dominick Domasky is Jen Fontanilla, a certified money coach, TEDx speaker, and former financial advisor who has worked with industry titans like Disney, Sony, and Warner Brothers. Jen walked aw...


You May Also Like: The Get Obsessed with Living My Best Life Podcast
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#178
04/10/2026

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On this episode of The Creative Entrepreneur Podcast, host Julie Lokun, JD shares a featured episode from her hit show, Get Obsessed Podcast, co-hosted with Mika Altidor. This conversation delivers bold, unfiltered insights on relationships, identity, and transformation—core elements that directly impact how entrepreneurs show up in business and life.

Featuring Kerry Brett, author of Shot at Love and host of the Shot at Love Podcast, this episode explores how dating has ev...


How to Scale A Business After Failure And Be A Multi-Million Dollar Success with Shawn Finnegan
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Most people know Shawn Finnegan as the powerhouse behind some of the fastest-growing brands in the country—think Crumbl Cookies, Swig, and Tax Hive. But before he was par...