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The Tycoons welcomed Anthony Weinkopff, Director and Co-Founder of Embrace Tutoring and Educational Services to the show.
Anthony is an experienced educator, activist, and entrepreneur, most notably acting as the Director and Co Founder of Embrace Tutoring and Educational Services.
Education has come to the forefront and more and more businesses are being started that are geared towards furthering education and/or trying to create an educational niche. Embrace Tutoring and Educational Services specializes in college/career readiness and in-school programs. With distance learning being on the rise, tutoring programs are even more important and beneficial to schools, students and families.
Key takeaways from the show are emotional intelligence and chasing a purpose. Tune in to hear Anthony elaborate on these topics.
Embrace Tutoring specializes in one-to-one and small group prep academic tutoring for the ISEE/SSAT, ACT/SAT and other individualized tutoring for core academic subjects primarily for elementary and college students.
After speaking with families, The Embrace team creates a customized plan and connects students with experienced tutors in core academic subjects. Many families will utilize Embrace services to save time, enhance their chances of acceptance, or receive academic scholarships.
In addition to personalized tutoring, Embrace families may receive features such as free review sessions, college consultations, and/or diagnostics depending on the package they choose. The model is very analogous to having a personal trainer but then also having a nutritionist and the ability to come to exercise classes (as a bonus!).
Anthony Weinkopff is an experienced educator, activist, and entrepreneur, most notably acting as the Director and Co Founder of Embrace Tutoring and Educational Services. Anthony graduated from Lynchburg College (go Hornets!) in Biomedical Engineering and has since been involved in Education and Entrepreneurship for over a decade.
He has reached such milestones as earning National Teacher of the Week from Carney Sandoe and Associates, Publishing Content Materials related to Test Prep, and even being featured as the #1 SAT Prep influencer on TikTok for Spring 2020.
Prior to Co-Founding Embrace, Anthony was a college research liaison at Stanford University and high school teacher/ academic advisor. During his time in the classroom, you could say he wore many “hats,” and it’s no surprise he went into Educational Management.
Growing up, he was the first male in my immediate family to go to college, and he fondly remembers how overwhelming the application process could be without clear guidance. In this instance, necessity sparked invention. After a lot of deliberating, and getting his feet wet in the industry for quite some time, Anthony and his partners launched Embrace to create a network of experienced educators and advisors…all in a one-stop-shop.
Outside of Embrace, Anthony’s love to spend time with friends, family, and wife Breanna. He lives by the motto of finding joy in empowering others and to chasing his purpose.
Connect with Anthony on LinkedIn and follow Embrace Tutoring on Facebook and Instagram
About the Show
Tycoons of Small Biz spotlights the true backbone of the American economy, the true tycoons of business in America… the owners, founders and CEO’s of small businesses. Join hosts, Austin L Peterson, Landon Mance and the featured tycoons LIVE every Tuesday at 1 pm, right here on Business RadioX and your favorite podcast platform.
About Your Hosts
Austin Peterson is a Comprehensive Financial Planner and co-founder of Backbone Planning Partners in Scottsdale, AZ. Austin is a registered rep and investment advisor representative with Lincoln Financial Advisors. Prior to joining Lincoln Financial Advisors, Austin worked in a variety of roles in the financial services industry.
He began his career in financial services in the year 2000 as a personal financial advisor with Independent Capital Management in Santa Ana, CA. Austin then joined Pacific Life Insurance Company as an internal wholesaler for their variable annuity and mutual fund products. After Pacific Life, Austin formed his own financial planning company in Southern California that he built and ran for 6 years and eventually sold when he moved his family to Salt Lake City to pursue his MBA.
After he completed his MBA, Austin joined Crump Life Insurance where he filled a couple of different sales roles and eventually a management role throughout the five years he was with Crump. Most recently before joining Lincoln Financial Advisors in February 2015, Austin spent 2 years as a life insurance field wholesaler with Symetra Life Insurance Company. Austin is a Certified Financial Planner Professional and Chartered Life Underwriter. In 2021, Austin became a Certified Business Exit Consultant® (CBEC®) to help entrepreneurs plan to exit their businesses.
Austin and his wife of 23 years, Robin, have two children, AJ (21) and Ella (18) and they reside in Gilbert, Arizona. He is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton with a Bachelor of Arts in French and of Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management with a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in sales and entrepreneurship.
Connect with Austin on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Landon Mance is a Financial Planner and co-founder of Backbone Planning Partners out of Las Vegas, Nevada. He rebranded his practice in 2020 to focus on serving small business owners after operating as Mance Wealth Management since 2015 when Landon broke off from a major bank and started his own “shop.”
Landon comes from a family of successful entrepreneurs and has a passion and excitement for serving the business community. This passion is what brought about the growth of Backbone Planning Partners to help business owners and their families. At Backbone Planning, we believe small business owners’ personal and business goals are intertwined, so we work with our clients to design a financial plan to support all aspects of their lives.
In 2019, Landon obtained the Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) designation through the Exit Planning Institute. With this certification, Backbone Planning Partners assists business owners through an ownership transition while focusing on a positive outcome for their employees and meeting the business owner’s goals. Landon is also a member of the Business Intelligence Institute (BII) which is a collaborative group that shares tools, resources and personnel, and offers advanced level training and technical support to specifically serve business owners. In 2021, Landon became a Certified Business Exit Consultant® (CBEC®) to help entrepreneurs plan to exit their businesses by counseling owners about exit options, estimating the value of the business, preparing the business for exit and tax considerations.
Landon enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife, stepson, and new baby twins. He grew up in sunny San Diego and loves visiting his family, playing a round of golf with friends, and many other outdoor activities. Landon tries to make a difference in the lives of children in Las Vegas as a part of the leadership team for a local non-profit. He regularly visits the children that we work with to remind himself of why it’s so important to, “be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
Landon received his B.S. from California State University Long Beach in business marketing and gets the rest of his education through the school of hard knocks via his business owner clients.
Connect with Landon on LinkedIn.
