From Immigrant to Industry Leader: Leo Climaco's Story
Entrepreneurs on Fire
John Lee Dumas
4.8 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Leo Climaco is an entrepreneur, communicator, and host of the Leo Climaco Podcast, one of the most authentic shows about purpose, mindset, and performance of the new generation. Founder of Forge Studio, he teaches entrepreneurs how to turn their ideas into authority, using podcasting as a powerful positioning and marketing tool.
Top 3 Value Bombs
1. Consistency is the engine of transformation, most people quit three feet from gold.
2. Learning a trade and building a personal brand around it is the key to thriving in an AI-driven world.
3. Connection to a higher power, whatever that means to you, provides guidance, strength, and purpose during the toughest parts of the journey.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Light that spark fire nation. JLD here and welcome to Entrepreneurs on Fire brought to you by |
| 0:07.7 | high level, the all-on-one sales and marketing platform. Today we'll be breaking down the story of Leo |
| 0:12.9 | going from an immigrant to an industry leader. And to drop these value bombs, I have brought |
| 0:17.1 | Leo into EO Fire Studios. Leo is an entrepreneur communicator and host of the Leo Climaco podcast, one of the most |
| 0:22.9 | authentic shows about purpose, mindset, and performance of the new generation. |
| 0:26.5 | Founder of Forge Studio, he teaches entrepreneurs how to turn their ideas into authority |
| 0:31.0 | using podcasting as a powerful positioning and marketing tool. |
| 0:34.7 | And today we talk about where it all began, finding direction, breaking |
| 0:37.9 | barriers, building the vision, and oh so much more. And a big thing for sponsoring today's |
| 0:41.9 | episode goes to Leo and our sponsors. Are you ready for the ultimate all-in-one platform for |
| 0:48.3 | entrepreneurs, marketers, coaches, and agencies, build funnels, automate follow-ups, manage |
| 0:54.0 | clients, and even white label your |
| 0:55.7 | own software, say hello to our featured partner high level and visit high level fire.com |
| 1:04.1 | to start your free trial today. |
| 1:08.0 | Leo, say what's up to Fire Nation and share something that you believe about becoming successful that most people disagree with. |
| 1:17.3 | What's up, Fire Nation? I am so excited to be here. John, thank you so much for the opportunity. |
| 1:24.5 | And something that I believe, well, I know that money is not the root of all evil I know a lot of |
| 1:33.0 | people believe that so I think that that's a great misconception that a lot of people deal with |
| 1:41.0 | big money is a tool and I think that success can be many different things, |
| 1:47.9 | and money is one of those forms. I think what you do with that money is what matters and |
| 1:55.0 | is what is ultimately the end goal. I always tell people, if you think money can't buy happiness, try writing a six or seven |
| 2:03.1 | figure check to your favorite philanthropic adventure. |
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