Why do they always play Meatloaf at weddings? 

Learn the answer to this question and many more when you tune in to this episode with Jim Gepperth, owner of My Life DJ Services of North Olmsted. Jim has been a DJ for over 35 years, also the  Academic Dean of Lakewood University for the past 12 years and spent another 8 years as the Program Director for Catholic Charities Services. It’s no surprise that Jim’s personal mission statement includes celebration, education and philanthropy.

Learn from Jim’s early mistakes running a DJ business including giving away the goods before getting the contract, not setting up a fee structure to ensure you get paid before the event, and his biggest regret - not building a team in order to scale his business and be able to hand it off to someone.

We have a lot of fun in this episode as both Jim and Kirk share something they’ve never told anyone. From book recommendations to philosophies on capitalism, prayer and marriage, you do not want to miss this episode!

Gigantic thanks goes out to Jim Gepperth for showing up to the podcast without knowing a thing about it and then nailing the assignment once we told him. To learn more about Jim’s business visit his website at https://www.mylifedj.com/. 

To learn more about Lakewood University, a non-profit educational institution dedicated to improving the quality of students lives by providing excellent, affordable, in demand programs using various distance learning methods, visit their website at  https://lakewood.edu/

Follow Jim’s socials at:

• FB: https://www.facebook.com/mylifemediadjs/


• Insta: https://www.instagram.com/mylifedjservice/


• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-gepperth-19b78115

Also thanks to our hosts: Kirk Teets of ⁠⁠⁠⁠Cleveland Custom Coatings⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Kim Kitchen of ⁠⁠⁠⁠Burning River Marketing⁠⁠⁠⁠. This episode was Produced by ⁠⁠⁠Cleveland Podcast Production⁠⁠⁠ in Westlake, Ohio with the help of our engineer, Sean Henzey of Studio Minds.

- ⁠https://clevelandpodcastproduction.com/