Outlier On Air | Founders, Disruptors, & Mavens: Recent Episodes

Ever Gonzalez

Are you an Outlier? Join Ever Gonzalez as he sits down with founders, disruptors and mavens who are breaking the status quo and changing the world! Listen in as these entreprenerial leaders share a behind-the-scenes view of their personal journey to success. Be part of a one-on-one mentoring session where we discuss specific business strategies.

Amy “Amos” Sharp was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. She fell in love with skateboarding when she was a little girl through an obsession of Bart Simpson, a McDonald’s skateboarding Kermit the Frog toy, and a McDonald’s skateboarding Garfield toy-proving just how impactful toys can be! In 2009 she traveled to Norway, and it’s there her curiosity of genealogy work and family history began. The concept of Løve Sokker was born soon after that trip due to a burning desire to combine those passions of skateboarding and family heritage into something impactful. Though Løve Sokker is still a budding startup, the dream of it becoming a worldwide brand, spreading a message of family history and genealogy work to younger generations, remains the driving force. At nearly 40 years old, Amos still skateboards 3-5 days a week. She is mom to a 15 year old. She loves to sing and play guitar. She is an artist, a snowboarder, a beekeeper, a fly fisher, and is currently earning her college degree.

Kay became a published journalist, writer and researcher when she was 11-years-old; since then, her work has been featured by Guardian, Huffington Post, The Tab, Cannabis Industry Journal, Variety, and more. In 2015, Kay graduated from Plymouth University with BA Honors in Geography, and moved to California as a social science specialist. Most of Kay’s work is held under NDA for her academic, business, nonprofit, and political clients.

Originally from Wales, she watched her hometown succumb to unmitigated social decline. Now faced with trends forecasting the devolution of California into an open-air prison camp, Kay isn’t going to sit idly by and let the propaganda overtake the data. She’s here to set the record straight because Los Angeles and other metropolitan cities can still be saved.

If you smoke cannabis, wear clothes, read magazines, or watch music videos, you’ve likely seen Kay featured by leading brands, artists, and creative directors who align with her disruptive approach to solving humanitarian crises… oh, and she gets along with everyone if they let her.

Eva Bilick is an actress, writer and producer living in Los Angeles. Her audiodrama, A Place Called Fairneck, debuted at #14 on Apple Podcast's comedy fiction chart in April, 2020, and was featured on Broadway World, This Week in Podcasts, and The Scott McGlynn Show.

Eva’s comedy web series, Weird in Bed, screened at film festivals throughout the West Coast in 2019 and can be watched on WhoHaHa. She is currently writing her first feature film script, and catching up on every season of The Great British Bake Off.

JJ Ramberg is the founder of Goodpods -- the app where you can follow your friends and influencers (including Malcolm Gladwell, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kim Kardashian, Toure and others..) to see what podcasts they are listening to.

JJ is a serial entrepreneur who has also co-founded the mission-driven coupon site Goodshop which has donated more than $13 million to causes and SearchKibble which donates food to shelter pets for every search. For 13 years, JJ hosted Your Business for NBC News, which focused on telling the stories of entrepreneurs and CEOs to find out what works and what doesn't when you're trying to grow a successful business. She is the author of two books -- It's Your Business, and the children's book The Startup Club.

JJ has been honored for her work by organizations including Inc Magazine's Female Founders 100, the American Women's Business Associaton, Self Magazine, and the Association of Women Entrepreneurs and often speaks for organizations ranging from the Vanity Fair Founders Fair to the US Chamber of Commerce.

JJ received her MBA from Stanford Business School and her BA from Duke University.

Jon Cole has more than 20 years of management and leadership experience, having served in various leadership roles across several companies. Jon is currently the CEO of Steribin, a startup which developed a patented device to quickly disinfect airport security bins. As an angel investor, Jon has invested in multiple startups and is active in the southern Utah business community. Jon serves as a member of the National Advisory Council of Dixie State University. Jon's greatest joy comes from spending time with his wife and children and enjoying time outdoors.

Shaylyn Romney Garrett is writer and changemaker pursuing connection, community, and healing in a fragmented world. She is the co-author with Robert D. Putnam of The Upswing: How America Came Together A Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again. Her work also includes the uniquely revealing portraits of religious communities across the United States in American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us, which won the Woodrow Wilson Award for best political science book of 2010-2011. She is a founding contributor to the Aspen Institute’s initiative, Weave: The Social Fabric Project, and writes about her personal journey back to community on her blog, Project Reconnect.

Shaylyn has also had a successful career as a social entrepreneur. With her husband, James, she co-founded Think Unlimited, a nonprofit venture working to catalyze social innovation in the Middle East. She speaks Arabic and lived in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for six years, during which time she created an original Arabic language curriculum on creativity and critical thinking, and partnered with Queen Rania Al-Abdullah to bring it to Jordanian public schools.

Shaylyn’s nonprofit work has been featured by the New York Times, FastCompany, Harvard Business Review, and Arab Investor. In 2011 she was honored with the Draper Richards Kaplan Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship, and was a finalist in the global Echoing Green Competition. She was twice awarded a membership to the Clinton Global Initiative, and has been a speaker at TEDx.

Shaylyn holds a BA in Government from Harvard University, and is a returned Peace Corps volunteer. She is also a permaculturalist who loves to get her hands in the dirt, and thinks a lot about healthy soils as a model for thriving human communities. She lives in the beautiful red rock desert of Southern Utah with her husband, her daughter Sophie, her son Aeon, and her loyal dog Dewey.

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Codie Sanchez is a reformed journalist, turned institutional investor to now a Managing Director and Partner at Entourage Effect Capital, a private equity firm focused specifically on investing in the legalized cannabis industry. Since its inception in the summer of 2014, EEC has deployed $100+ million into over 65 companies out of its two dedicated funds and co-investments.

Throughout her career, she has worked at the intersection of marketing and money, finding contrarian ways to invest. She’s always balanced her profession with non-profit service to empower women, veterans and Latinos.

She joined Vanguard ETFs in 2008 ($870B) to build out their ETF business, quite the time, then moved to Goldman Sachs Alternatives group. Following, she became an SVP at SSGA ($580B) in institutional investing tasked with a $3 billion region, finally coming to First Trust ($63B) to build the LatAm investment business from the ground up. Codie has led global teams in all asset classes, negotiating JV's, product creation and market entry across the Americas.

She is a board member at The Arcview Group, Magma Partners Venture Fund, Texans for Veterans and a member of the free markets think tank, AEI's Enterprise Club. She also sits on the policy board of the Marijuana Policy Project. She invests in women led startups through Plum Alley, WAVE and The Vinetta Project and cannabis companies through Cresco Capital Partners. She received her degree in PR & Journalism from ASU's Honors School, MBA from Georgetown University and PHD from Fundacao Gestulio Vargas. She was awarded the JFK Award for Print Journalism and the Howard Buffett Grant.

Codie Sanchez is a reformed journalist, turned institutional investor to now a Managing Director and Partner at Entourage Effect Capital, a private equity firm focused specifically on investing in the legalized cannabis industry. Since its inception in the summer of 2014, EEC has deployed $100+ million into over 65 companies out of its two dedicated funds and co-investments.

Throughout her career, she has worked at the intersection of marketing and money, finding contrarian ways to invest. She’s always balanced her profession with non-profit service to empower women, veterans and Latinos.

She joined Vanguard ETFs in 2008 ($870B) to build out their ETF business, quite the time, then moved to Goldman Sachs Alternatives group. Following, she became an SVP at SSGA ($580B) in institutional investing tasked with a $3 billion region, finally coming to First Trust ($63B) to build the LatAm investment business from the ground up. Codie has led global teams in all asset classes, negotiating JV's, product creation and market entry across the Americas.

She is a board member at The Arcview Group, Magma Partners Venture Fund, Texans for Veterans and a member of the free markets think tank, AEI's Enterprise Club. She also sits on the policy board of the Marijuana Policy Project. She invests in women led startups through Plum Alley, WAVE and The Vinetta Project and cannabis companies through Cresco Capital Partners. She received her degree in PR & Journalism from ASU's Honors School, MBA from Georgetown University and PHD from Fundacao Gestulio Vargas. She was awarded the JFK Award for Print Journalism and the Howard Buffett Grant.

Laura Cathcart Robbins is a freelance writer, podcast host and storyteller, living in Studio City, California with her son, Justin and her boyfriend, Scott Slaughter. She has been active for many years as a speaker and school trustee, and is credited for creating The Buckley School’s nationally recognized committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Laura's recent articles in the Huffington Post on the subjects of race, recovery and divorce have garnered her world-wide acclaim. She is a 2018 LA Moth StorySlam winner and host of the popular podcast, The Only One In The Room, which is available on all podcast platforms. Laura currently sits on the advisory board for the San Diego Writer’s Festival and is also a founding member of Moving Forewords, the first national memoirist collective of its kind.

ELEANOR BENNETT:

Eleanor is an independent podcast producer and radio journalist. She was captivated by the medium while working the 6AM shift at her college radio station. From there, she moved to New York, where she covered issues of climate justice and women’s empowerment for SiriusXM Radio.

She recently finished a project, interviewing hundreds of eclectic and colorful New Yorkers for an interactive audio-visual installation at the Brooklyn Museum by the photographer and street artist, JR. The exhibition, The Chronicles of New York City, is a giant mural of over one thousand New Yorkers that is accompanied by Eleanor’s audio recordings of each person’s story. Making these kinds of personal connections with a diversity of people and creating empathic spaces for them to tell their stories fuels her work.

Eleanor is delighted to be back home in the Rocky Mountains producing Gen Z Tea, a new podcast – by teens for teens – from Aspen Public Radio. Each episode, local teens talk with Instagram influencers, social justice activists, mental health app creators, and even politicians on the campaign trail to get the “hottest tea” on how their generation is using social media to change the world.

Her latest endeavor is Questions I’ve Never Asked, a mother-daughter podcast about the taboo conversations we rarely have with our parents, grandparents and elders. The story begins with her mother’s unorthodox childhood growing up on a vast cattle station alongside the Pitjantjatjara Aboriginal community in the remote Australian outback. As a young woman, Eleanor is determined to develop a new canon of work from the perspective of women from all walks of life.

JANIE JOSELAND BENNET:

With no exaggeration, Janie has lived a unique life. The daughter of an Australian film star and a rugged, pioneering cattleman, she was raised in Australia’s remote outback as the sister to three older brothers. Growing up, her primary playmates were the children of the Pitjantjatjara tribe, who lived on the vast-land with her family and whose ancient language she spoke fluently. She was destined for an unorthodox journey!

Janie won an Australian equestrian championship (beating a field of men decades older), trained international polo ponies, and eventually traded in her little egg-yellow car to buy a round-the-world airline ticket. As a just-arrived 20 year-old in New York City, she landed a job with Fashion Week icon Fern Mallis. Later, in Aspen, she worked with acclaimed National Geographic photographers and launched Photographers Aspen, their international photo agency. Along the way, she was a contributing force behind the Oscar-winning film, Born Into Brothels, among other global photo projects.

She has lived and raised her daughter here in Aspen alongside her husband, former Aspen mayor John Bennett. (And if you know Janie really, really well, she might give you a nip of her homemade gin or even someday take you mushrooming in the wild. ....But don't count on it!)

With 25 years as a successful tech entrepreneur, with multiple IPOs and exits along the way, Byron Reese is uniquely suited to comment on the transformative effect of technology on the workplace and on society at large. He writes books that explore the wonders of the world of tomorrow and delights audiences around the world with his vivid and energetic presentations on the future of work and life.

Amy Edwards is a musician, voice artist, radio talent (Austin 360 Radio) and podcast host. After years of recording, writing, honing her own brand, and learning the importance of overcoming fear, Amy is building her "Rock Your Life" brand with two new podcasts due in fall 2019 ("Rock Your Life" and "Go Aff Yourself", a series on affirmations). Amy's former podcast The Real Show (2015-2019) recently wrapped, and she has two books out in 2019. She's also a single mom to two girls and lives in Austin, Texas.

James Garrett is a brainhacker and founder of Brain by Design. He’s spoken on stages ranging from Harvard to TEDx and his work has been featured by The New York Times, FastCompany, and Harvard Business Review. He spent years doing research with some of the best psychologists in the world at Columbia, Tufts, and Yale. He built one of the only brain-based positive psychology curricula in the Middle East and trained thousands of Arab youth in partnership with Queen Rania of Jordan. A rare combination of scientist, trainer, and entrepreneur, in 2019 James launched the Deep Change Project, a year-long personal journey to discover what’s possible at the outer edges of brainhacking and neuroplasticity.

Joshua Jackson is the Chairman of Liquid Media Group. Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Liquid is an entertainment company with a strong portfolio of content IP across creative industries, from video games to film and
digital streaming services. Liquid is building the leading community for creative professionals,
empowering storytellers to develop, produce, and distribute across channels and platforms.

In April 2019, Liquid announced that it became the official operator of A+E Networks’ popular story-driven
Ancient Aliens: The Game , a free-to-play videogame across iOS, Google Play and Facebook platforms.

With nearly 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry as actor, director, and producer, Joshua
is best known for his headlining TV roles on Fringe (FOX; co-created by J.J. Abrams), Dawson’s Creek
(WB), and The Affair (Showtime).

In addition to his TV work, he has starred in over 30 films, including The Mighty Ducks series and the
Canadian drama One Week, for which he received a Genie Award (best actor).

Presenting on Marketing and Business Growth

Masters in Secondary Education

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Increased business turnover by 4 times in 1 year using social media

Organizes over 40+ instructors in US
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Distributor of professional products across the world

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Cynthia Johnson is a global entrepreneur, marketing professional, author, and keynote speaker. She is Co-Founder at Bell +Ivy, a marketing and PR firm in Santa Monica, CA, and Las Vegas, NV. Previously, she was Partner & Director of Marketing for RankLab, a digital marketing agency listed in Inc. Magazine's Fastest Growing Private Companies in 2015. In July 2015 RankLab was acquired by American Addiction Centers. She is an Advisory Board member for The Millennium Alliance, a leading technology, business, and educational advisory firm serving Fortune 1000 C-Level executives.

Cynthia has been a keynote speaker for companies and events such as Alibaba Group in China, World Government Summit in Dubai, Global Ventures Summit in Indonesia and Mexico, and Web Summit in Lisbon, among others. She has been involved in influencer and marketing campaigns for PayPal, HereMedia, Chevy’s, PETA, and several other leading brands. Cynthia was listed as top personal branding experts in 2017by Entrepreneur, top 50 marketers on SnapChat by Mashable, top 12 Female Entrepreneurs that Inspire by Darling Magazine, and top 20 people in SEO by Guardian. She is a contributing columnist to Entrepreneur, and has had work published in Forbes, TIME, and several other industry-specific and top-tier publications. Her first book Platform will be published in February 2019 with Penguin Random House.

Brandon Hull is a serial entrepreneur and host of the Freelance to Founder podcast. Brandon interviews prominent founders including Aweber founder Tom Kulzer, Chelsea Baldwin, Art of Charm host AJ Harbinger, and author Paul Jarvis, among others.

Freelance to Founder features enlightening & entertaining stories of high-profile entrepreneurs like Bell + Ivy founder Cynthia Johnson, SeanWes founder Sean McCabe, The Futur founder Chris Do, 'Click it up a Notch' founder Courtney Slazinik, ConvertKit founder Nathan Barry, among other guests building incredible businesses.

Season 6 will feature interviews from Tom Kulzer, the founder of massive email marketing software Aweber, co-founder of The Art of Charm, AJ Harbinger, and author and freelancing expert Paul Jarvis, among others.

The show has been endorsed by top podcasters including Mixergy founder Andrew Warner, Michael Sacca, Host of Rocketship.fm, and Nick Loper of The Side Hustle Show.

Imogen Lehtonen: London-born, New Zealand-raised, California-based silversmith for The Great Frog.

Marc Groman (co-host) is an internationally recognized expert in privacy, technology, and cyber security. His past roles include Senior Advisor for Privacy in the Obama White House, Chief Privacy Officer of the Federal Trade Commission, and President and CEO of the Network Advertising Initiative. His vision and innovative approaches to tackling privacy and tech issues during the Obama Administration earned him the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ 2017 Leadership Award.

Marc does not shy away from controversy, having spent countless hours debating high profile and high-stakes issues around conference tables in the Pentagon, West Wing and White House Situation Room. But if you ask Marc, the most challenging privacy and security debates take place at his kitchen table, discussing screen time, inappropriate content, and gaming with his teenage son. Marc notes that members of the President’s Cabinet rarely argued, “But all the other Department Heads get to do it” or “That’s not fair!” When not consulting, serving on various boards, or teaching at Georgetown Law School, you’ll often find Marc explaining Snapchat, YouTube, smartphone privacy settings, and Fortnite to other dazed and confused parents.

Lucy is a producer, writer, and activist currently residing in East LA. For the past four years she has volunteered inside and outside of the prison system on behalf of an organization called PREP, Partnership for Reentry Program, located in South LA. Her work inside of prison includes co-facilitating a parole preparation workshop called "Insight" which is an active program in over 20 California institutions. Shortly after attending a Transom Traveling Workshop last summer Lucy began "Life on the Outside," a monthly podcast about returning to society after decades of incarceration.

With a career marked by a record of smashed sales expectations for some of the most successful podcast networks in the industry, Allyson brings a rare combination of deep industry experience and expertise along with vast monetization success to Lipstick & Vinyl.

Allyson has helped pioneer the Podcast industry

Well before juggernauts like “Serial” introduced the medium to broader audiences, she and her colleagues had it figured out. While at Midroll, Allyson was instrumental in breaking new ground to define what have now become the industry standards for podcast advertising and monetization.

Allyson has generated over $90 million in radio and podcast advertising revenue over the course of her career.

Lipstick and Vinyl believes that content and sales teams must collaborate- working in formation to provide additive monetization solutions that benefit creators, listeners and brands.

Lipstick and Vinyl is devoted to respecting the intimate relationship between listener and podcaster. Podcast advertising transcends traditional media placements and invasive commercials in favor of authentic endorsements indistinguishable and inseparable from core content.

As an advocate for underrepresented voices, Allyson crafts successful partnerships between brands and creators that are both authentic and performant advertising solutions.

Allyson and the team at Lipstick and Vinyl will walk through fire to ensure every show on their network has the monetary and creative resources to connect with listeners.

Graham has been a stand-up comic for over 20 years working comedy clubs, colleges, TV shows, Holiday Inn Lounges, war zones, dive bars, and one time on the top of a double decker tour bus in Chicago (not joking)  .

You’ve probably seen him on the TV like when he hosted the socially relevant game shows “Cram” (GSN) and “Strip Poker” (USA). Along with making the world a better place by appearing on shows like “Best Bodies Ever” on VH1. Don’t forget the time when he told jokes on “The Late Late Show” (CBS). Also has starred in the theatrical plays Speed the Plow, Light Sensitive, Cash Flow and co-wrote the one act play Brothers.Graham has been a stand-up comic for over 20 years working comedy clubs, colleges, TV shows, Holiday Inn Lounges, war zones, dive bars, and one time on the top of a double decker tour bus in Chicago (not joking)  . You’ve probably seen him on the TV like when he hosted the socially relevant game shows “Cram” (GSN) and “Strip Poker” (USA). Along with making the world a better place by appearing on shows like “Best Bodies Ever” on VH1. Don’t forget the time when he told jokes on “The Late Late Show” (CBS). Also has starred in the theatrical plays Speed the Plow, Light Sensitive, Cash Flow and co-wrote the one act play Brothers.

Directed the award winning feature film “Ear Buds: The Podcasting Documentary” distributed by Comedy Dynamics and available on iTunes, Google, Amazon and all platforms September 12, 2017. He has directed the award winning short “Hello Junkie” (coming soon to CFN) and the stand-up comedy concert DVD “Graham Elwood: Live from Afghanistan”. His first feature film, “Laffghanistan: Comedy Down Range” is also being distributed by Comedy Dynamics released in October 2017. A film about Graham’s first trip telling jokes in a war zone. Scary, crazy, funny and always entertaining. Scary, crazy, funny and always entertaining. Graham likes referring to himself in the 3rd person as he feels like a pro ballplayer. Graham Elwood will get it done one day at a time and hopefully will be there come playoffs.

Graham is Co-creator of the Los Angeles Podcast Festival with Dave Anthony, Chris Mancini, and Andy Wood. Also a frequent guest of the Jimmy Dore Show and Aggressive Progressive on TYT which inspired the creation of “The Political Vigilante” YouTube show and podcast. Talking Politics from a progressive point of view.

Jorge Perez is an agent for celebrity artists. He represents commercial photographers and produces photo shoots, as well as providing brand amplification opportunities with local, national and international clients. Jorge's mission is to ensure commercial artists have the right commercial and emotional tools to connect their creative talent with clients around the world.

Recently, he launched his very own podcast show, Outliers TV. This new podcast is about innovators changing the world taking the nontraditional route to success. As we navigate through the changes and impact of technology, Outliers TV will tell the ultimate inspiring stories about people creating their own path in this new social/digital age.

In addition, Jorge Perez produced his own docu-reality series called Double Exposure on Bravo. The show followed famed photographers Markus Klinko and Indrani, who were known for their images of popular icons from Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and David Bowie, to magazine covers of actors from Eva Mendes, Will Smith, to Katie Holmes. Jorge was their agent and producer of the show.

Sam Sanders is a reporter and host of It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders at NPR. In the show, Sanders engages with journalists, actors, musicians, and listeners to gain the kind of understanding about news and popular culture that can only be reached through conversation. The podcast releases two episodes each week: a "deep dive" interview on Tuesdays, as well as a Friday wrap of the week's news.Sam Sanders is a reporter and host of It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders at NPR. In the show, Sanders engages with journalists, actors, musicians, and listeners to gain the kind of understanding about news and popular culture that can only be reached through conversation. The podcast releases two episodes each week: a "deep dive" interview on Tuesdays, as well as a Friday wrap of the week's news.
Previously, as a key member of NPR's election unit, Sam covered the intersection of culture, pop culture, and politics in the 2016 election, and embedded with the Bernie Sanders campaign for several months. He was also one of the original cohosts of NPR's Politics Podcast, which launched in 2015.
Sanders joined NPR in 2009 as a Kroc Fellow, and since then has worn many hats within the organization, including field producer and breaking news reporter. He's spent time at three Member stations as well: WUNC in North Carolina, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and WBUR in Boston, as an intern for On Point with Tom Ashbrook.
Sanders graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School in 2009 with a Master's degree in public policy, with a focus on media and politics. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio Texas with a double major in political science and music.
In his free time, Sanders runs, eats bacon, discusses the tortured genius of Kanye West, and continues his love/hate relationship with Twitter

Dan Purcell creates apps & businesses. He's an outgoing introvert that loves the lean startup methodology. Dan is a software developer at heart and has been running a dev shop since 2005. His career goal is to create software products that make other people’s lives better while building a profitable business model around it.

Besides business and leading his talented dev team, Dan is passionate about strengthening marriages and families -- one of the greatest sources of joy in his life! Dan is a social long distance runner and enjoys deep discussions about interesting topics (Malcolm Gladwell) and learning from other people. He absolutely loves where he lives is St George Utah.

Alcomy gives assisted living administrators, caregivers, and owners the tools they’ve been dreaming of to manage their heavy workloads, achieve visibility into all caregiving activities, and document everything quickly and easily. The result: saved time, improved communication, and error-free documentation.

"Samantha Parker is the co-founder of Badassery Magazine and the co-host of the Badassery Podcast. She’s ridiculously passionate about living a life of true Badassery, by definition, rendering all onlookers as awestruck. Badassery Magazine is more than just a magazine and Samantha supports a global community of female entrepreneurs who live bold, passion filled lives. She has been featured on NowThis, The Daily Vee, Bold TV and numerous interviews and podcasts. Samantha believes that we all rise together and puts community over competition. You can find her winning at wine (it’s a sport) and blazing the trail for other female entrepreneurs. Samantha Parker: verb. Cool AF female entrepreneur changing the world by building a visible community and magazine. (syn). glitterbitch, risk taker, hikes in sparkly boots, CEO of kicking ass."

Zachary Davis | Executive Producer and Host

Zachary Davis is a graduate student at Harvard Divinity School studying intellectual history and philosophy of religion. He is also a producer at HarvardX where he builds open online courses in the humanities.

Ministry of Ideas is a podcast dedicated to investigating and illuminating the ideas that shape our society. It is an initiative of the Religious Literacy Project at Harvard Divinity School. It is produced in Cambridge, Massachusetts and is featured in The Boston Globe Ideas Section. Ministry of Ideas is a proud member of Hub & Spoke, a new collective of independent, idea-driven podcasts.

Amy Morin is a licensed clinical social worker and lecturer at Northeastern University. She's also in international bestselling author. Her books, 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do and 13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don't Do, have been translated into 30 languages. She gave one of the most popular TEDx talks of all time with more than 6.5 million views. Her advice has been featured by media outlets around the globe ranging from CNN in Mexico to MTV in Finland.

In today’s increasingly complicated and scary world, do children lack the flexibility and mental strength they need to cope with life’s challenges? With “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings” designed to protect kids, many adults worry that children don’t have the resilience to reach their greatest potential. In 13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don’t Do Amy Morin identifies the tools that adults—parents, teachers, and other mentors—need to become mental strength trainers.

After her blog post on mental strength went viral in 2013, psychotherapist Amy Morin expanded those ideas in her internationally bestselling book 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do. Now, in her highly anticipated follow up, 13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don’t Do (William Morrow; September 19, 2017; ISBN: 9780062565730) Amy Morin turns her focus to teaching parents how to raise mentally strong and resilient children in an everchanging world.

As a foster parent, psychotherapist, and expert in family and teen therapy, Amy draws upon her professional and personal experiences in 13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don’t Do. And while other books tell parents what to do, Amy teaches parents what “not to do,” which she says is equally important in raising mentally strong kids.

Christopher Lochhead hosts the Legends and Losers podcast and is co-author of Harper Collins’ “instant classic” "Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets" and "Niche Down: How to become legendary by being different".

Christopher is a former three-time Silicon Valley public company CMO (Mercury Interactive, Scient, Vantive) and entrepreneur. He’s been an advisor/investor in over 50 Silicon Valley startups.

Fast Company Magazine calls him a “Human Exclamation Point,” The Marketing Journal says he’s one of “The Best Minds in Marketing” and The Economist calls him “off-putting to some.” At 18 he got thrown out of school and with no other options he started a company. He can recite much of The Big Lebowski, but can’t remember his wife’s phone number. He’s an ass kicking speaker, surf and ski bum and proud advisor to non-profit 1 Life Fully Lived, living happily ever after in Santa Cruz California.

Interview w/ Amber Murray of See Your Strength

Amber Murray is the founder of See Your Strength, a company focused on delivering messages of self love and compassion to improve the mental health of everyone at home, work, and school. Her mirror decals offer encouragement in a place of privacy and solitude: the bathroom mirror.

This company was born from Amber's personal struggle with suicidal thoughts, anxiety, and depression. She began writing on her mirror as a powerful tool to help her see her worth and learn to love herself. It became immediately clear that there was inherent power in seeing a boost of encouragement next to her own image. In addition to having her mirror decals in schools, businesses, and universities across the nation, she now delivers powerful public speaking messages for all ages where she shares her story of overcoming being suicidal and inspires those in attendance to see their strength.

Kevin is the best-selling author of The Outlier Approach: How to Triumph in Your Career as a Nonconformist. Previously, Kevin grew his startup Dealflicks up to a $15M valuation. He is currently an advisor to several startups and executives.

Kevin’s work as an entrepreneur has been featured in CNBC, Times, Forbes, NY Times, LA Times, Xinhua News (China), Korea Times, NDR (Germany) and countless other media outlets globally. His writing has also been featured in CNBC, Forbes, Inc, HuffPost, and many more.

Lindsay’s goal is to provide hungry fans with trustworthy reviews, awesome recommendations, and stellar recipes, sure to inspire and satisfy the inner foodie in you. Lindsay is a currently a prospect for the new Food Network show Guy’s Big Project.

She writes for Atlanta Eats TV and manages her popular blog, The Hunger Diaries! Lindsay says: “My main life obsession is with food. I grew up with a mother that only cooked delicious meals, and had the appetite of two teenage boys. I started a career in Real Estate, but ditched it because it wasn’t my passion. I then decided to pursue/create my own job through food blogging. Thus far, I have done well at honing my food photography skills, I’ve done a bunch of writing and reviewing of restaurant dishes, and have filmed myself talking about/doing tons of foodie things.”

“My ultimate goal in life is to be a weirder, crazier Rachael Ray. I want to be a trusted figure in the food world and a food personality. I want to go around the world trying food and telling everyone what I think of it. I really can’t think of a better way to spend my life. Other than eating and telling everyone about it, my family is the most important thing in my life. I consider great friends family as well. Without them, I would never be where I am today. I also love cats and have a fat one. His name is Oliver, and he is my favorite/only child.”

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/us…/Lindsayriann

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_hunger_di…

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/hungerdiaries/

“Creativity can be more than a passion - it can be a livelihood too. But only if you’re willing to develop the business plan and legal protection necessary to thrive.” – Rachel Brenke

Rachel Brenke is the founder of the Business Bites podcast, and several successful business brands including TheLawTog®, FitLegally, and BlogLegally.

She is also a mother, wife to an Army Veteran, practicing lawyer, photographer, author, cancer survivor, ironman, Team USA Athlete, and champion of all endeavors entrepreneurial.

Through her podcast, brands, and 1-on-1 services, Rachel helps creative entrepreneurs form businesses, draft contracts, and successfully navigate intellectual property law by providing copyright and trademark protection tools.

Alex Doman is an author, entrepreneur, and product creator, who was recently named one of the top fifty human behavior experts to watch. He has 25 years of experience in leadership in the brain health, neurotechnology and therapeutic music markets.

The third generation in a family of pioneers dedicated to improving brain performance for over seventy-five years, Alex is founder & CEO of Advanced Brain Technologies, founder & Chief Product Officer of Vital Neuro, founder and Chief Scientist of Sleep Genius, and bestselling co-author of Healing at the Speed of Sound.

His production credits are extensive, leading the research, creative and innovation teams who’ve created cutting-edge solutions which have helped millions of people worldwide; most notable, The Listening Program music listening therapy method, and #1 global NASA research-based Health & Fitness app, Sleep Genius. Alex and his team are currently developing an advanced neuroscience solution using music and biorhythms to manage stress.

Ryan is a problem solver with a passion for education. His experience as a combat veteran, nationally recognized safety expert, and a parent of children in Williamson County schools, makes him uniquely qualified to help protect our children.Ryan is a problem solver with a passion for education.

His experience as a combat veteran, nationally recognized safety expert, and a parent of children in Williamson County schools, makes him uniquely qualified to help protect our children. The safety of children should be a school’s number one priority. After all, learning can not occur in an environment that isn’t safe and nurturing. Parents entrust a school system with their children – it is a sacred trust that our children will be safe when they’re at school.

Ryan’s diverse background makes him particularly suited for the board of education. He has served as a special operations sniper on multiple combats deployments and as an emergency medical techinican (EMT-I). He is a husband, father, attorney specializing in federal regulatory compliance, best-selling author, Constitutional law university lecturer, executive, and entrepreneur.

In this episode we talk about Solopreneurs, Tech, Mentors, AI, and Entrepreneurship.

“Leonard is the founder and CEO of Hello Chava, a company reimagining productivity tools for the solo professional. Over the past 25 years, Leonard has recognized emerging markets and launched multiple successful products with a particular focus in SaaS, Cloud Computing, and Collaboration through first gen products such as Hello Chava, Syncplicity, Windows PowerShell, and SETI@home."

"Marketing is the art of starting meaningful conversations" - Darrell Stern

Darrell Stern is a playwright for the digital age. "Marketing IS theater" he proclaims in his very Stern voice. Mr. Stern's career stretches back to the 1980s as the voice of Scooter Computer on ABC's SchoolHouse Rock. Today, his Stern Inbound Marketing Agency brings ROI to all of his clients across the board. AND his Stern Storming methodology has to be experienced to be believed. Imagine tapping into your own knowledge and experience and then knowing exactly what media to create to dominate Google SEO and all the social media platforms. A true master of Inbound, Content, and social media marketing, Stern now runs his own Marketing Academy and teaches entrepreneurs worldwide how to grow their influence. Connect with Darrell:

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"There is nothing better than coming home after a long day at the office and having children get excited to see me." - Dave McBride

David has had the entrepreneur spirit since his first lawn route. After starting and owning several small businesses, Dave found himself in the world of technology. It quickly became a passion and he enjoys the opportunity for innovation. After working to build an internet service provider company, Dave noticed that most of his clients needed a better solution for a phone system. With his resources, Dave began building a simple voice over internet protocol telephone system for his clients to help alleviate the burden of their outdated systems. It wasn't long until Mango Voice was born. After founding Mango Voice to provide a simple but updated solution to the telephone system need of his clients, Dave began devoting more time and energy to developing this simple phone solution. After listening to clients complaints, Dave and his team have built a company that prides itself on providing features that work intuitively while also providing a simplified system that would not break the bank. With Dave's experience in technology and his entrepreneurial spirit, he's been able to build Mango Voice into an enterprise-grade solution for customers all over the world. At the end of the day, Dave enjoys the challenge of work in any space. He enjoys working outside and spending quality time with his family. Connect with Andy:

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"With any project, the first 5% are really fun, the remaining 95% are a grind and you have to be able to get through that grind." Andy Weir

ANDY WEIR was first hired as a programmer for a national laboratory at age fifteen and has been working as a software engineer ever since. He is also a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of subjects like relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. The Martian is his first novel.

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"Build you business around your life not your life around your business." - Shari Alexander

Sharí is a persuasiveness coach known for bringing the “dark arts” of influence into the light. She has built her career as a speaker, writer, trainer and coach by revealing powerful secrets behind conversational influence.

She has personally learned the best persuasive triggers and techniques from master influencers, including CIA field agents, hostage negotiators, con-artists, HUMINT officers, interrogators, trial attorneys, mentalists, undercover law enforcement, and even pick-up artists. Her mission is to put these powerful skills in the hands of entrepreneurs and leaders so that they can effectively be a positive influence in their businesses and lives.

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"I empower women entrepreneurs with the mindset, mojo, and money to grow successful business." Melinda Wittstock

If you want a profitable return from all those social media posts, shares, pins and Tweets, talk to Melinda.

Melinda’s predictive social intelligence company Verifeed generates and measures your ROA™ - that is, your Return on Authenticity™ so you can genuinely connect with your customers and scale your growth by any metric, be it traffic, conversions, revenue, even company valuation.

A serial entrepreneur and an award-winning technology innovator and journalist, Melinda knows how to harness #failforward entrepreneurial learning into valuable, scalable opportunities for business and personal growth. Melinda launched her first ”business“ when she was 5, earning $100 getting neighbors to pre-pay for her ”show“. Verifeed is her fourth business, in a career that has also won her numerous awards as a correspondent on the Times of London, a TV news anchor (ABC, BBC, MSNBC), and the founder of Capitol News Connection and NewsiT.

She is a single mom with two great kids and a golden retriever, and a believer in all things meditation, mindfulness and gratitude.

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"I want to inspire one million people that are disheartened in their current careers or life path to make the gutsy decision to change it." Todd Nevins

Todd is the Founder of CLICKPlacement, an AdWords agency working with startups, small businesses and non-profits. He's also the Host of the Go Hunt Life podcast and explores stories of people that pulled the ripcord on the normal, safe path in life to embark on the unknown journey.

He is nearing his own ripcord moment as him, his wife and their English Bulldog embark on a permanent road trip through Mexico in pursuit of adventure off of the beaten path while they run their online businesses from anywhere.

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"If you don't have the mindset that you can do it, then you're never going to do it." - Laura Belmar

Laura Belmar - Founder of Mason Bottle Laura Belmar is an educator and entrepreneur. She started her career in Teach for America, where leading her students to achieve growth in the classroom allowed her to develop the mindsets needed to grow a business. When she started Mason Bottle with her husband Sebastian, they set the goal to make Mason Bottle the type of company that could #1: make sustainable products affordable to all, and #2: support local communities. After just one year and two product launches, Mason Bottle has achieved both objectives: one third of customers make under $50,000 a year, and 100% of our products are Made in the USA. Mason Bottle is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter. To support female-owned and US-made, you can back them here. Connect with Laura:

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"I learned to be a little more patient" - Luke Sabis

Luke Sabis - Filmmaker

Luke Sabis is a filmmaker and musician. He has just released his debut feature film, the drama/thriller Missing Child, available on Amazon. He is currently working on his next feature film, Ghost Tenant.

Luke was born in Brooklyn, NY and raised in Richmond Hill, Queens, NY. He graduated from St. John's University with a degree in Computer Science. Early in his adult life he worked as a Computer Programmer by day, and pursued his musical dreams at night with his band, “The Take.” He wrote and played original Rock songs, showcasing at clubs such as CBGB's, The Bitter End and Kenny's Castaways. Luke continued his stage career as an actor on the Off Off Broadway stages of New York City, including a stint with the Curan Repertory Company, led by Ken Terrell.

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"You just need to overcome that fear and not let it get in the way." - Nancy Hernon

Nancy Hernon, Co-founder/CEO at G3Translate

Nancy came to New York via Ohio and Germany nearly 20 years ago to jump into translation industry providing a global voice to clients across several industries. She has worked with major corporations helping them to roll-out new products, engaging in the launch of global websites, overseeing translations for technical content, branding and advertising content, legal contracts and briefs, as well as trade journals. Nancy’s passion lies in the translation of market research documentation bringing new products to market and helping brands to expand on a global scale.

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"A woman's vision is realized the moment she truly believes in the power of her purpose."

Nineveh Madsen is a Swedish-born, ethnic Assyrian American television personality. She is the Founder of HER Magazine and VP of Marketing & PR at OpenVPN, a tech company in the Bay Area.

Nineveh spent a decade working as a journalist for local television stations in Arizona (KYMA, NBC) and Utah (KSTU, FOX) and made appearances on Fox News. Her accolades include an Edward R. Murrow, Associated Press Awards, recognition from the Utah Broadcasters Association and Assyrian Community for her excellence in journalism. She was also voted one of the State’s top reporters by Salt Lake’s City Weekly Magazine for more than five years. From TV to Business Woman, Nineveh launched her digital publication in 2015 - which has featured influencers like Tomi Lahren of Fox News, Melissa Hartwig of the Whole30, and Reality TV Star and Business Woman Rasheeda Frost. Nineveh graduated from California State University East Bay with a degree in Broadcast Journalism in 2004. She is married to John Madsen, a former NFL Oakland Raiders TE and successful athletic performance coach in Utah.

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"I feel like my biggest failure as an entrepreneur has been that everything has taken longer than I wanted." - Steve Benson

Steve Benson - Founder of Badger Maps

After receiving his MBA from Stanford, Steven worked in Sales at IBM, HP and Google where he was Google Enterprise's Top Sales Executive in 2009. In 2012, Steven founded Badger Maps, the #1 Sales App in the Apple App Store, which helps Field Sales People be more successful.

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"If you want to build a great empire, you have to start with a solid foundation." - Sunny Durante

Sunny Durante - Founder of Epic Life

After tasting success young in multiple industries, Sunny took a bold step to trade in his "looks-good-on-paper-life" for one that brought him REAL joy and fulfillment. Now, he helps men in film and high-tech create more freedom and fulfillment, so they can wake up excited again, break through plateaus, and multiply their income + impact... on their terms.

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"If it can be read by humans it should be able to interact with a bot." - Adrien Schmidt

Adrien Schmidt, CEO of Bouquet, is a successful entrepreneur, engineer and innovator. In 2004 he co-founded Squid Solutions, a software company based in Paris that provides usage analytics to publishers around the world. As Squid Solutions rapidly turned companies into data-driven enterprises, he went on to open offices for Squid Solutions in Beijing in 2006 and San Francisco in 2014. On a mission to become a market leader in a new generation of analytics tools, Adrien co-founded Bouquet in 2015, creating a product that brings a fulfilling experience of analytics to thousands of users in their daily jobs with chatbots powered by artificial intelligence.

Raised in both the U.S. and France, Adrien has dedicated his career to innovation and entrepreneurship on a global level. In 2013, Adrien served as Chairman of NUMA, France’s most recognized accelerator, supervising the transition from local non-profit to international accelerator, increasing its budget, facilities, and international presence. Additionally, Adrien served as the Vice President of JCI France, an economic empowerment program promoting the cooperation between French SMB’s and large companies in China. In 2010, he went on to serve as Treasurer and Board Member for Comité Richelieu, the leading French lobby for technology SMB’s.
Adrien speaks five languages, is a Huffington Post contributor and most recently a featured speaker at Plotcon and IoT World.

"When somebody sees the Nuuvo logo I want them to associate it with quality." - Lydia Speck

Lydia Speck - Founding Partner, Nuuvo Health

Lydia Speck is an expert in health and wellness and specializes in health management. Raised in the Dallas area, she chose Texas State University where she received a degree in Consumer Science and a minor in Business. Upon graduation, she pursued a career in fitness and personal training. It was there that she realized, when it came to maximizing results, fitness was most advantageous when paired with medicine. Since that realization, she focused on understanding how to apply these new medical approaches with lifestyle changes to achieve maximum results in the pursuit of a healthier and better life.

Lydia has spent the last three years in the medical field she has seen remarkable results from therapies using IV infusions. However, the most common request from clients was to have these treatments in a more convenient setting than a clinic. After extensive market research the idea was born to offer a mobile service, starting with her hometown of Dallas, TX. She Co-Founded Nuuvo Health at the end of 2016 with Dr. John Ruffino and currently acts as the COO. Connect with Lydia:

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"Being a successful entrepreneur takes more than just accepting that you do not know everything." - Rana Gujral

Rana Gujral - Entrepreneur, Executive, and Investor

Rana Gujral is an Entrepreneur, Executive, and Investor. In 2014, he founded TiZE, a Cloud software for specialty chemicals, and held the role of CEO until his exit in 2016. He is currently leading Smart Home Initiatives at Logitech and an advisor to several startups. Rana is a contributing columnist at TechCrunch and Forbes and was awarded the ‘Entrepreneur of the Month’ by CIO Magazine and the ‘US-China Pioneer’ Award by IEIE 2017. He was listed among Top 10 Entrepreneurs to follow in 2017 by Huffington Post and is a sought after international speaker. Rana has most recently been a featured speaker at the World Government Summit in Dubai, the Silicon Valley Smart Future Summit 2017, and IEIE 2017 in New York.  

Rana holds degrees in Management, Finance, and Engineering from MIT Sloan, UMass, and TACK U.K. Prior to TiZE, Rana was recruited to be a part of the core turnaround team for Cricut Inc. At Cricut, Rana led the initiative to build a first of its kind, innovative product for the DIY community and prompted the turnaround of Cricut’s EBITDA position from bankruptcy to profitability within a span of 2 years. Previously, Rana held leadership positions at Logitech S.A. and Kronos Inc., where he was responsible for the development of best-in-class products generating billions in revenue and contributed towards several award-winning engineering innovations.  

Rana has earned a variety of personal and product awards and has been featured in TechCrunch, Forbes, Inc magazine, Huffington Post, Fast Company, NBC, Fox and CBS.

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"I'm a fighter and I don't know how else to be." - Kelli Tennant

Kelli Tennant - Spectrum SportsNet/SportsNet LA Host

Kelli Tennant grew up in Temecula, California and was a prep volleyball star and high school First Team All-America selection. She went on to The University of Southern California to major in Public Relations and play volleyball for the Women of Troy. She captained her team to the Final Four in 2007. After graduation, she pursued her childhood dream of television, working in sports and entertainment for Fox Sports, ESPN, E! Entertainment and the Pac 12 Networks.

Kelli is currently a host and reporter for Spectrum Sportsnet and Sportsnet LA covering the Lakers, Dodgers, Galaxy and Sparks. She is also the author of "The Transition: Every Athlete's Guide to Life After Sports," which she wrote to aid fellow athletes in their own journeys. Kelli lives with a handful of autoimmune and health conditions, and focuses heavily on health and wellness, living a clean and full life. She is also deeply passionate about helping women live their most authentic, best lives.

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"Take the leap and don't let fear cripple you." - Blythe Brumleve

Blythe Brumleve - Founder at GuysGirl Media

Hello—my name is Blythe and I started a sports blog side hustle in 2009 that’s grown into the media brand, GuysGirl. While working a side hustle at night, my days were spent managing the digital marketing efforts for top 3PL’s in the country. It’s been nearly ten years of working in sports media and B2B marketing and I’m here to help you navigate that busy port

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"Keep moving forward and take action" - Yigal Adato

Yigal Adato - Entrepreneur, Leadership Expert, & Founder of Legion of Leaders

Yigal is on a mission to guide business leaders to make more, stress less, and have more time doing what they love.

Yigal hails from the city of Istanbul, Turkey and moved to the USA at an early age of 2. Yigal always had a keen interest and immense passion for the art of business leadership and through the assistance of his business knowledge and understanding, he was able to create an incredible culture and thriving business from the ground up.

Since the age of 15, Yigal has been studying and practicing leadership. He is well aware of what it takes to run a business handling the speed bumps, excuses, stresses, and how to run teams. At the age of 22 he ran a Retail/Service business with his brother that sold over $50 million in 15 years.

His vast experience as a business leader and his immense knowledge inspired him to pursue his passion of motivating and guiding other aspiring entrepreneurs, pave their way to success. After selling out his business share, Yigal went on to become a leadership expert and professional speaker and has trained a numerous number of employees and businessmen in their professional business career. His varied businesses have provided real life experiences in the trenches, achieving success
in going from broke musician to selling over 8 figures in his business endeavors, managing hundreds of employees, raising a family, and having fun in the process. A per his personal and professional successes, he courageously followed the source of his happiness to become a mentor to business owners.

Yigal offers a practical approach to helping people find the truth of what makes them tick and live accordingly to their discovery.

Most importantly, he is a father to his daughter Taly, husband to his wife Sharon, a present son to his mom Tina and dad Neil, and supportive sibling to his brother Moris and sister Daisy.

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"Your biggest obstacle is obscurity" - Brielle Takacs-Senske

Brielle Takacs-Senske - Co-Founder of Get Featured

Brielle Takacs-Senske has been working in public relations for over a decade. She was featured on the front page of the newspaper the day after she was born and the rest was destiny. She is a firm believer that public relations is the art of making good works well-known, leading her to become the co-founder of Get Featured and Slate Media Productions. She has a love for animals and has a horse, toy poodle, borer collie/corgi and a pet pig.

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"The best advice I received recently is that I should learn to prioritize my life and only do what I love and is most essential to me." - Heather Wilde

Heather Wilde - CTO at ROCeteer

Heather Wilde is CTO of ROCeteer, and is also known as the “Unicorn Whisperer” due to her special focus on entrepreneurs. She is a personal and professional growth expert, executive coach, author, and speaker.

As a founding employee of Evernote, she oversaw the company’s growth from thousands to 100,000,000 customers. She is one of the only women to have wholly programmed, designed, produced and published a game at the company THQ. Additionally, she has worked with the U.S. Navy, NASA and state and local governments around the world. She has led development, scalability, and reliability engineering of web sites with 60+ million unique monthly visitors, 1.7+ billion monthly page views, and 99.99% uptime SLA requirements.

Among her other awards, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid selected her for a commendation in 2016 for her work in increasing STEM education in schools.

Wilde's writing and speaking spans social media, entrepreneurialism, startups, leadership, cybersecurity, customer experience, fundraising, and diversity issues. She writes for Forbes and hosts the "Entrepreneurial Revolution" column for Inc Magazine.

Heather currently lives in Las Vegas, NV.

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"It really doesn’t matter how many people see your logo if they don’t remember it." - Brian Halley

Brian Halley - Branding Expert of Right Think

Brian Halley is the founder of Right Think, a company dedicated to helping small businesses access the secrets of branding that have traditionally been only available to big brands with big marketing budgets. In order for small businesses to gain ground and grow in today’s overcrowded marketplace, it is imperative that business owners receive a sound branding education and apply branding principles to their businesses.

With 20 years of design experience, working with brands like Reebok, Nordic Track, Harry Potter, Jelly Belly and the NBA, and building his own brand from scratch, Brian brings extraordinary value to small businesses by helping them understand that a brand is much more than a logo, and how creating a brand strategy based on his 4 Pillars of Branding, will advance a brand visually, drive effective, targeted marketing plans and guide important business decisions throughout the life of a brand.

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"As long and I'm creating something I can maintain a balance of happiness." - Brittney Bertier

Brittney Bertier - Actress | Co-Creator of TRANSPLANTS

Brittney Bertier (co-producer/TRANSPLANTS) resides in Los Angeles and can currently be seen in the world premiere of King of the Road: The Roger Miller Story at Laguna Playhouse, in the upcoming Netflix original series Atypical, and in the feature film Along The Way. She was recently seen as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady (Sierra Repertory Theatre) and is the voice of Alice in the recording of Hello! My Baby. In addition to starring in TRANSPLANTS, she also writes and records the music for the series alongside Grammy award winner Ted Pearlman. Off Broadway: O Night Divine. National Tour: Seussical. Film: The God Question, Wild Horses. BFA in Music Theatre from The Hartt School.

TRANSPLANTS is a comedy about a guy and a girl (friends) who relocate from New York City to Los Angeles and utterly fail to adapt to their new environment. Each episode deals with a new challenge that the average New Yorker is thrown by once setting foot on dusty LA soil, including the definition and appropriate time table for brunch, finding an apartment when it appears every broker is on a life long vacation, and transportation in the world's least sensibly planned city. Pointing fun at New York and LA with an emphasis on the latter, audiences will adore Bri and Trey's endearing ridiculousness as they navigate new territory.

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"Don't go at it alone, find good founders, and recognize what your strengths are." - Vanessa Quigley

Vanessa Quigley - Co-founder, Chatbooker-in-Chief of Chatbooks

Vanessa Quigley is a mom, wife, trained opera singer and most recently Chatbooker-in-Chief. Chatbooks gives Vanessa the ideal place to combine her big picture vision, desire to hold onto what matters, and get-it-done attitude that raising seven children has instilled in her. Chatbooks’ affordable, automatic and simple photo books were Vanessa’s brain-child after realizing her youngest son didn’t have his own childhood scrapbook. Vanessa drives Chatbooks’ creative engine and product design to make sure the functionality is simple and easy to use. Prior to Chatbooks, Vanessa relished her role as Mom-in-Chief, managing the wonderful chaos of her growing family.

Vanessa has a degree in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy from Brigham Young University, sings opera whenever she can, enjoys the theater, being in the mountains with her family, and finding the humor in life - especially important while raising a growing family!

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"Challenge your fears." - Brad Harker

Brad Harker - Author, Speaker, and Creator of SalesFounders

Brad Harker is a published author, speaker, and startup sales consultant. His creativity and passion for problem solving has fueled an entrepreneurial background that includes more than a quarter-billion dollars in sales.

Brad is the author of The Laws of Influence and his work has been recognized by a number of outlets, including Forbes and Entrepreneur.com. Through SalesFounders - a podcast and consulting firm, Brad advises entrepreneurs with proven systems to bridge the "sales gap" and generate scalable revenue.

Brad lives in St. George, Utah, with his wife and four children. Check out www.salesfounders.com for more information.

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"As an entrepreneur...look for mentors and look for support" - Jennifer Suiter

Chris & Jennifer Suiter - True Love Skin Care

Jennifer Suiter - Jennifer grew up on the beaches of San Clemente & San Juan Capistrano, California. The oldest of 6 kids, Jennifer's always been a natural mom & caretaker. Now with 5 kids of her own, she has discovered the best way to take care of people is with her amazing skincare products that are changing lives. With her husband and business partner, she recently moved to the country in Santaquin UT, where they enjoy the view, being surrounded by 100's of acres of beautiful cherry orchards, all while they cultivate their skincare empire.

Chris Suiter - A serial entrepreneur, Chris has finally discovered the ultimately business partner - his wife. Chris joined his wife's company in Jan 2016, and has loved every minute of running the business side of things, leaving R&D and sales to his genius wife. Growing up as a military brat for the first 18 years of his life, Chris had traveled the world before graduating high school. And this nomadic wandering has continued, dragging his wife & 5 kids to a dozen cities over 20 years. However, Chris couldn't imagine a better permanent home base than northern Utah for nurturing their fast-growing company.

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“We now have all of the tools and personnel to scale this business not only in the state of Utah, but nationwide.” - Adam Stoker

Adam Stoker // President/CEO

Adam was born in Oklahoma and has lived in several states across the country including Utah, Alabama, North Carolina, Georgia and Alaska. Adam has been working in advertising since 2007. He graduated from Brigham Young University's prestigious advertising program. Because of his opportunistic personality, Adam jumped at the offer to move to St. George and join Relic (then Sorenson) in 2011. If you need help with your marketing plan or advertising campaign, Adam is the man to call.

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"If you don’t have an active social media presence, you are missing out on tons of potential revenue." - Mandy McEwen

Mandy McEwen - Founder & CEO of Mod Girl Marketing

Mandy McEwen is the Founder & CEO of Mod Girl Marketing, an inbound marketing consultancy that helps modern businesses achieve success online. She is an SEO specialist, digital marketing consultant, and creator of the widely lauded Modern CMO's Handbook for Effective Inbound Marketing. She was recently listed by Search Engine Journal as a top 12 SEO expert to follow and has been mentioned on numerous blogs such as Huffington Post, Dun & Bradstreet, and Neil Patel.

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"Most people go an inch deep and a mile wide. Instead you should go an inch wide and a mile deep." - Joe Jacobi

Joe Jacobi - Olympic Gold Medalist | Performance Coach | Professional Speaker | Author

What I do

I teach my clients the advanced skills necessary to reveal talents which have been set to idle due to external and internal distractions.  I, then, transfer to my clients Olympic Gold Medal performance strategies that streamline decision making and actions when engaged in complicated life currents with an aim towards the freedom of playing your own game.
How I Do It  Professional Speaking: I inspire audiences with practical and actionable strategies that originate from my own high performance success in Olympic sport, business, and adventure.
Performance Coaching: Working on a 1-1 basis, I guide leaders toward unexpected leaps in business and life.

Executive & Organizational Training:

I develop customized and on-point programs and experiences – at the office and on the river – that shape teams, cultures, and outcomes.

A Few Adventures That Shape The Life Lessons I Share
Stepping on the Top Step of the Medal Podium at the Olympic Games
My Olympic Gold Medal Was Stolen; Recovered Weeks Later; Then, I Gave It Away
Led a U.S. Olympic Sport Governing Body as its Chief Executive Officer
Paddled a Kayak 113 Miles from Havana, Cuba to Key West, Florida

Who I Work With

I present to & coach entrepreneurs, business leaders, executive teams, and whole organizations as well as elite and developing athletes and their coaches.

My clients over the past 24 months include:

General Electric, John Hancock, Healthcare Financial Management Association
Minor League Baseball, Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon, Entrepreneurs’ Organization, Resolution Legal, Nantahala Outdoor Center, International Canoe Federation, Oklahoma City Boathouse Foundation, & several regional financial institutions.

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"I set my intention every morning" - Megan Driscoll

Megan Driscoll - Founder & CEO

Megan Driscoll graduated from the University of Chicago with the intention of starting in finance. She got wind of a paid internship with Edelman PR and applied for no other reason than she was in need of work. However, when she received formal offers from both Edelman and Merrill Lynch on the same day, Megan went with Edelman.

After completing the Edelman internship, Megan accepted positions of increasing responsibility with mid-size and large PR firms, gaining exposure and knowledge of the health care space. She grew from managing accounts to becoming a Senior Account Executive, working directly with clients to shape their corporate image and public messaging. She developed strong relationships with those clients, some of whom she still works with to this day. She had taken on a much bigger, hands-on role than she previously thought possible.

Megan learned how to serve clients, and how to develop and host events. She had a role in everything that went on. As her career in PR grew, Megan learned the skills of actually running a business, and she was part of the decision making process on staffing, billing, and other management decisions.

Megan was recruited to become president of Behrman Communications, a role in which she managed agency operations, mentored staff, recruited new business, and provided strategic advisement to clients. The responsibilities of the role gave her valuable experience, but Megan wanted to put her energies to work for her own shop. She left Behrman and started EvolveMKD.

Megan gave a lot of thought to how she wanted to craft her own agency. She looked around the industry and realized that no agency was offering the senior-level, hands-on, personalized attention in the health care and beauty space that she knew she could provide. Nor was there one that was owned, run, and staffed entirely by women. Megan seized this opportunity to try an experiment in both client service and employee retention, by focusing on senior level staff first, and combining that with a flexible and healthy working environment that is not a mainstay in the public relations world.

Coming up with the finances and access to credit to get started was a challenge. Megan needed operating capital to pay staff and cover the basic business functions until she could get some revenue coming in, but it was difficult to ascertain just how much and when. She and her husband poured their own savings into the venture. They also gave over half of their home as office space for Evolve HQ when it opened for business.

Under Megan’s leadership, Evolve has grown to 18 employees with a near-perfect retention rate. It finished 2015 with $3.4 million in revenue, and is currently serving 20 brands. Megan is looking to expand into the Asian and Hispanic markets, and her focus remains on brands, services, and products that impact women’s lives in a positive way, whether that be in the health care, beauty, or lifestyle space.

Megan worked hard to establish a company culture that encourages growth and communication. Evolve, by design, is an open office that encourages the free flow of communication among staff. Everyone, including senior staff, operates in a wide open bullpen, and all are encouraged to keep the lines of communication open. From a managerial perspective, Evolve’s policy is to encourage consistent and informal management-staff interaction to keep the lines of communication open and foster ideas and creativity.

Megan remains focused to growing Evolve and expanding its reach in the health and beauty space. Through the success of her company, she has been able to engage in helping women advance their careers. She likes to share her story and how she has overcome the challenges of being a female entrepreneur in order to help empower other women to pursue their goals. She has also made philanthropy and giving back to the community a cornerstone of Evolve’s business.

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"We are committed to engaging, thought provoking content and that's exactly what you'll get." - Bryce Prescott

Bryce Prescott - Host of Rules of Success and Co-Founder of Urbia Exchange

Throughout his career, Bryce Prescott he has built businesses in several different industries; including real estate, agricultural commodities and business and lifestyle consulting. He currently the Host of Rules of Success and co-Founder of Urbia Exchange;

As an Entrepreneur, coach and Founder, he has parlayed his network and relationships into a digital platform that helps individuals and businesses take their lives and results to the next level via Rules of Success; a success and lifestyle podcast found on iTunes and at RulesofSuccess.com. Additionally, he is the co-Founder of Urbia Exchange; a real estate based education and exchange platform for both new and seasoned real estate investors.

If you are looking to understand balance, true success and hear experts guide you along the way; subscribe to Rules of Success and enjoy the ride.

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"At the end of the day nobody need just another widget, what they need is something solved, some sort of a solution." Tom Morkes

Tom Morkes - Founder & CEO of Insurgent Publishing

Tom Morkes is a West Point grad, Iraq War veteran, and the founder and CEO of Insurgent Publishing, a creative advisory and consulting firm that helps entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs grow their businesses through strategic, large-scale book and digital product launches. Tom’s clients and projects have been featured in major mainstream media outlets, leading television networks, and top ranked blogs and podcasts; he has consulted on books that have hit The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Amazon bestseller lists; he led the marketing and promotional effort that generated over $450,000.00, setting a Kickstarter record for most funded Nonfiction Publishing project, and has done multiple 6-figure course and digital product launches.

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"I care about my work and who it impacts." - Sarah Pottharst

Sarah Pottharst - Founder/Designer, Per Vigore

The brand is called Per Vigore. The idea came out of the need for clothing that is insect-repellent but also wearable for normal "everyday" schedules. Since there is an immediate concern surrounding Zika (which currently has no cure) and its severe effects on pregnant women, the brand is launching its first line with styles that are fluid between a broad range of sizes and shapes. In this way, the designs are truly transitional.

The silhouettes are draped in such a way that they will continue to flatter the woman's body throughout various phases in life, thus providing an elegant fit for both expectant and non-expectant women alike. With this special tailoring, a garment can achieve a fuller lifecycle and positively prove its worth. With 100% cotton fabrications from Como and production based in Tuscany, the styles are perfectly crafted by the same expert hands that have also created clothing for the most highly regarded Italian designers of our time. The clothes are meant to provide dual aspects: protection and a classic tailored fit. These two aspects allow our customers to live a life of health, energy, vitality, and of course, confidence in style. These clothes are quite truly For Vigor of those who wear them.

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"If there is one thing that successful leaders do is that they stop. They take a time-out in their busyness and take even an hour a week to explore their role in creating success within their teams." - Loretta Cella

Loretta Cella, Founder and Curator / Passion to Lead / Leaders For Humanity

Founder, educator, mentor and innovator Loretta Cella is no stranger to leadership. With over 15 years experiences in human services in 10 countries she has assisted an array of diverse people and communities in the world. Loretta holds a Masters in Leadership from Royal Roads University and is a certified Prosci change manager. In 2007, Loretta founded Passion to Lead a charity that has now supported over 5000 young women globally to gain leadership skills and create meaningful community projects. As the curator of Leaders for Humanity she works with an array of clients to support their personal and professional development.

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"You need to be moving in order to change direction." - Joanna Penn

Joanna Penn is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thrillers under J.F.Penn. She also writes inspirational non-fiction for authors and is an award-winning creative entrepreneur and international professional speaker. Her site, TheCreativePenn.com is regularly voted one of the top 10 sites for writers and self-publishers.

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"It takes tine to grow what you hope is a quality company." - Tyler Barstow

Tyler is a co-founder of Vinyl Me, Please and currently serves as their Head of Content. While working on the idea for, and early stages of, Vinyl Me, Please, he worked as a Support Agent at CoSupport in Chicago. Prior to that he worked with a non-profit in Raleigh, NC.

"Vinyl Me, Please is a record of the month club. The best damn record club out there, in fact.

Our mission is help people explore, experience, and enjoy music on a deeper level. A tall order, maybe, but it’s what gets us out of bed every morning with a thunderous shout. We do that both by sending you great music every month and by making sure you have a ton of fun each step of the way. Music is important, and so are you, and we work our asses off to make sure we do good by both.

We believe in the power of the album as an art form. That music is a form of connection. That an album isn’t just something you own, but something that becomes a part of you. And we offer a full sensory experience that encourages you to deeply connect with the music you’re listening to. Vinyl is a tangible representation of the music you love, and brings with it a ritual you shouldn’t live without. What you listen to and how you listen to it matters. It ends up being an essential part of who you are."

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"Follow your heart and do what you think is best." - Sierra and Alisha

Sierra Schubach & Alisha Pace - Founders of Babes, Bosses, and Babies

Sierra Schubach and Alisha Pace are the minds and mouths of the weekly podcast Babes, Bosses and Babies. Inspired by reoccurring conversations and rants about life as a working mom, each episode addresses important topics amongst millennials, parents and women just like you and me. Babes, Bosses and Babies is a passion project they started to give a voice and start a community for like-minded people.

Alisha Pace, co-host and co-founder of Babes, Bosses and Babies, has a professional background in event management and marketing. She lives in the heart of Salt Lake City with a very modern family, composed of 3 stepchildren and her 2 daughters and their dad. She is passionate about women in business and is very excited to see the adventures this new venture take her on.

Sierra Schubach, co-host and co-founder of Babes, Bosses and Babies, has a professional background in marketing and communications. She is also well versed in the social media sphere. She credits her sharp character and vast knowledge to her interrelated education, but mostly to her understanding of balance and life experiences. She is currently residing and working in Salt Lake City, with her one-year-old son.

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"If you're overwhelmed and intimidated, admit that, at least to yourself, instead of trying to mask it with vibrato." - Anna David

Anna David - Founder of AfterPartyMagazine & Writing Issues

Anna David is the New York Times-bestselling author of six books. She’s been published in The New York Times, The LA Times, Details, Playboy and Women’s Health, among many others, and has appeared repeatedly on The Today Show, Hannity, Attack of the Show, Dr. Drew, Red Eye, The Talk and numerous other programs on Fox News, NBC, CBS, MTV, VH1 and E. David is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the addiction and recovery site AfterPartyMagazine, hosts the podcasts AfterPartyPod and You’ve Got Issues and is a coach who speaks at colleges across the country about relationships, addiction and recovery.

Her current project, Writing Issues, is a six-month coaching program where she walks 20 students through the process of building a profile, creating a website, writing essays, getting published on websites and writing and selling book proposals; the program includes meetings with a top New York agent and publisher for the student or students with the strongest finished proposals.

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"Never fall in love with something that you're afraid to change it." - Levi McPherson

Levi's passion in life is helping others to follow the steps to business and personal prosperity. He is the author of several programs and books including his most recent book Entrepreneur on Fire: Conversations with Visionary Leaders written with leading Podcaster John Lee Dumas and #1 New Times Best Selling Author Barbara Corcoran.

Levi has always loved entrepreneurship! He launched and sold his first business before he was 21 years old. In addition to successfully growing several of his own ventures, he has had the privilege of creating solutions for several Fortune 500 firms like Disney, Nike, DirecTV, Marriott, Cisco, etc...

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"We’re an eclectic group of creative professionals obsessed with brand experience." - Brian Lischer

Brian Lischer - Founder and CEO of Ignyte

Brian Lischer, Founder and CEO of Ignyte, is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and brand strategist. He is a leading voice on a range of issues, including the psychology of branding.

Brian founded Ignyte, an award-winning branding agency, in 2013. After working for more than a decade in marketing and design, he decided to put his passion for behavioral sciences to work by helping brands discover and express their authenticity. Under Brian’s leadership, Ignyte has grown into a highly sought-after agency that transforms brands around the globe. Brian works closely with the agency’s key accounts to ensure optimal positioning and authentic brand experiences.

Brian studied psychology and communication at the University of California San Diego. A frequent blogger, speaker, and columnist, Brian has written for publications including Forbes, Huffington Post, and Brand Quarterly. Major media outlets cite him as a branding expert and successful entrepreneur.

Brian is an active member of the Young Entrepreneurs Council, Entrepreneurs' Organization, MIT Enterprise Forum, and American Marketing Association. He is an advisor to startups and is also involved as an investor and partner in a range of digital ventures. Brian donates his time and resources to charitable organizations helping to create positive change in the world.

In addition to his various business ventures, Brian is a devoted thrill-seeker and can often be found surfing, snowboarding or mountaineering. When he’s not in the mountains or the sea, Brian dedicates his time to developing his mindfulness practice, which includes yoga, meditation and Buddhist teachings.

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"Each time I speak with someone new, I learn something." - Elyse Kaye

Elyse Kaye - Founder and CEO - Bloom Bras

Elyse Kaye has spent her career leading innovation and marketing teams launching dozens of brands and hundreds of product lines. Recent successes include the turnaround of the Four Paws® Brand for Central Garden & Pet, the launch from ground up of the House of Marley Brand from HoMedics and the expansion of licensed brands for Black & Decker through her product development consultancy, AHA Product Solutions. In addition, she is the Founder and CEO of Bloom Bras – a line of patented activewear for the well-endowed woman.

Bloom Bras launched via a very successful Kickstarter and social media campaign. Elyse holds several dozen patents. She was contributing author in The Product Manager’s Handbook and does public speaking engagements around the globe regarding building a brand, bringing innovation to life and female entrepreneurship. In her free time, she is a fitness enthusiast.

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"Science-help is on the cutting edge of what will become an unprecedented fostering of human growth and potential." - James Garrett

James Garrett - Founder & CEO at Brain by Design

For over a decade, James Garrett has been studying and teaching the psychology of success, and unpacking the brain science behind what makes human beings thrive. As an entrepreneur, scientist, and coach, James is passionate about turning what scientists know about the brain into practical tools that anyone can use to change their lives, and that innovators can use to change the world. Having built a highly successful social startup—and having gone through a major burnout along the way—James feels deeply and personally that we need to change the way we live, work, and innovate. All of his coaching products teach powerful, 100% evidence-based tools that help individuals, entrepreneurs, and startups maximize their productivity and creativity by designing their lives with the brain in mind.

James was the Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of Think Unlimited, a social venture working to catalyze innovation and entrepreneurship in the Middle East. His work (including one of the first and only curricula on creativity and innovation taught in the Middle East) has been featured in the New York Times, FastCompany, LinkedIn, Harvard Business Review, and Arab Investor. He’s the recipient of the prestigious Draper Richards Kaplan Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship, was a finalist in the Echoing Green Competition, has been an invited member of CGI, and a speaker at TEDx and Harvard Arab Weekend. His writing on snap judgments, self-efficacy, and emotional intelligence has been published in top scientific journals, including the JPSP and Plos ONE. He graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in Psychology from Columbia University.

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"We want to bring virtual communication to life." - Mahesh Ramasubramanian

Mahesh Ramasubramanian - Co-founder & CEO of LoomAi

Mahesh has more than 15 years of experience leading visual effects and technology teams in crafting some of the top films of all time, including the Shrek and Madagascar franchises at DreamWorks Animation. Now at LoomAi, he wants to create 3D avatars of every consumer to bring visual identity back into virtual conversations in chat and VR. He holds a Masters in Computer Graphics from Cornell and an MBA from UCLA-Anderson.

Loom.ai: automated expressive 3D avatars from a single photograph

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Expressive 3D Avatars from Photographs

Loom.ai enables a new era of virtual communication by automatically converting selfies into expressive 3D avatars. The core technology leverages Loom.ai’s deep expertise in computer vision and machine learning combined with VFX magic to create life-like human face visualizations. The animatable and expressive faces can be used to power applications in VR, gaming, messaging, e-commerce and virtual classrooms for individuals and businesses around the world.

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"I'm building a company that does renegade tours of the best museums in the world." - Nick Gray

Nick Gray - Founder and CEO of Museum Hack

Nick Gray is the founder and CEO of Museum Hack, a New York-based company of educators and actors who give renegade tours at some of the best museums in the world. Nick is a former techie who doesn’t come from an arts background and claims to “hate” most museums. He has been named “The Best” by his mother in 2002, 2014 and 2015 (runner up).

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"If you know anything about me, you know that I'm always asking myself how I can apply business lessons to my marriage to consistently improve my relationship." - Nick Pavlidis

Nick Pavlidis - Ghostwriter / Coach / Podcaster

Three years ago, Nick was a corporate lawyer working in the New York City office of a large law firm. Since that time, he moved his family out of the New York area to be closer to extended family, and continued to work as a corporate lawyer for a large international manufacturing compay while he built a ghostwriting and coaching practice, eventually leaving his practice to work as a full-time ghostwriter and coach. You can connect with Nick at NickPavlidis.com or see some of his personal writing at ATerribleHusband.com.

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"We are training the new wave of developers and entrepreneurs, and we’ve made incredible progress in contributing to the Utah tech scene." - Tyler Richards

Tyler Richards - Co Founder, VP at DevMountain

As an entrepreneur, Tyler has had his hand in the tech world since college. Tyler naturally gravitated to the tech industry through his love of code and front-end development. He successfully sold a previous dating/matchmaking startup to a Microsoft-backed company in the summer of 2013. Tyler has created products and companies that help better the industry that they pertain to, and he has brought that expertise to DevMountain.

Tyler Richards is co-founder of DevMountain, an industry-leading code school nestled in the heart of the Intermountain West. Founded by fellow coders, Tyler and his team love sharing their craft to empower the next wave of programmers and entrepreneurs. Now with 60 employees and over 400 graduates from the program, Tyler leads business and marketing efforts at DevMountain.

Originally from Seattle WA, Tyler moved to Provo, UT to attend BYU, where he majored in Business Administration with an emphasis in Entrepreneurship. Tyler was recently named to Peak Venture’s “The Peak 100” listing their top entrepreneurs in Utah and surrounding areas.

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"Always look for ways to keep improving." - Dan Purcell

Dan Purcell - Founder of Velocity Webworks

Dan Purcell has a degree in Computer Science. His background includes computer security and website development. He manages web development projects and puts out fires. Dan is passionate about building custom software, delivering excellent client service, Linux, Android, entrepreneurship, the lean startup movement, online marketing, leadership, and about 100 other topics.

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"I work with women who want to take their business to the next level." - Holly Worton

Holly Worton - Business Mindset Alchemist

Holly Worton is an author and business mindset coach for women entrepreneurs. She works with women who are feeling stuck and frustrated with their business. Holly helps them release their fear of visibility, set aligned prices for their products and services, and take inspired action to grow their business.

It's usually not lack of business or marketing knowledge that holds us back in business. That's all easy to learn. It's our mindset that stops us from creating the business we want. If you've ever struggled with self confidence, self esteem, or even setting prices that reflect your true value, Holly can help. There's a fast and easy way to move past the fears, blocks, and limiting beliefs toward your vision of your ideal business.

Take the first step toward having a steady stream of your ideal clients by signing up for her free Unlock Your Client Blocks Kit, or sign up for a free discovery session to get clear on which things are getting in the way of a steady stream of clients in your business. If you're struggling with pricing, sign up for a free pricing call to learn the best prices for your business products and services.

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"Passion comes first!" - Kwame Christian

Kwame Christian - Negotiation Consultant | Business Lawyer | Speaker | Podcaster

Kwame Christian Esq., M.A. is a business lawyer and the founder of the American Negotiation Institute. He is passionate about teaching entrepreneurs and business professionals the art of negotiation so they can get better deals and advance their careers. He is regularly invited to give negotiation seminars and consults with individuals and companies to create and implement powerful negotiation strategies. He also hosts a podcast called Negotiation for Entrepreneurs where he interviews successful entrepreneurs and shares powerful persuasion techniques.

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Negotiation Preparation Guide

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"I want to be known as someone who truly inspires." - Jimmy Tomczak

Jimmy Tomczak - Founder, Inventor, and Author

Jimmy Tomczak lives to design, inspire and connect. Founder, inventor, and author, Jimmy’s lived and learned in industries ranging from real estate investing to brand and marketing strategy, event production and more. He’s launched multiple companies and was even selected to appear and taped for a primetime business pitch television show. His work’s been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur Magazine, CNN Money, Huffington Post, Mashable, and more. Jimmy knows people matter most so he hosts themed parties and other in-person gatherings to enable connection, collaboration and community. Jimmy graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in neuroscience. He also runs a mastermind group for innovators, and mentors up and coming entrepreneurs. Jimmy likes boats, beaches, and adventuresome life in the sand and sun. He lives in Michigan by a lake.

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"Don't quit before the magic happens. Magic takes perseverance." - Silvia Christmann

Silvia Christmann - Growth Coach, Author, & Motivational Speaker

Silvia Christmann is an international growth coach and business mentor focusing on creating extraordinary leaders. She works at the intersection of personal and professional growth, combining the art of ambition with authentic living and mindful leadership. She has successfully coached serial entrepreneurs, emerging mindfulness leaders, and purpose-driven CEOs, as well as physicians, partners at global law firms, C-level executives, and financial professionals, including hedge fund managers, traders and wealth managers.

Silvia has lived and worked in seven countries. She was born in Germany and raised across Europe. She loves gathering new experiences. relentlessly shares her passion, and leads with an infectious enthusiasm for life. She credits the wealth of her knowledge to her extensive education in the personal development space, but mostly to the balance of experience, missteps, and good judgment in her life.

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"Helping Entrepreneurs to Turn Their Relationships into Revenues" - John Corcoran

John Corcoran - Smart Business Revolution

John Corcoran is an attorney, writer, and a father, and a former Clinton White House Writer and Speechwriter to the Governor of California. Throughout his career, he has worked in Hollywood, the heart of Silicon Valley, and owns his own boutique law firm in the San Francisco Bay Area catering to small business owners and entrepreneurs.

He is the creator of Smart Business Revolution and the Smart Business Revolution podcast. He’s the cofounder with Dr. Jeremy Weisz, of Rise25 Inner Circle, an annual accountability and group coaching program for professional service entrepreneurs who want to diversify their revenues and scale up.

His writing has appeared in Forbes, Entrepreneur.com, Huffington Post, Art of Manliness, Lifehacker, Business Insider, Get Rich Slowly and numerous other publications, blogs and websites.

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"Basically I'm a hip hop kid who grew up on the blues." - Corina Corina

Vocalist Corina Corina was born in Oakland, CA, and is the eldest child of two political activists who were inspired to name her after the classic blues song. Now Bi-coastal with roots in NYC and the SF Bay Area, Corina Corina brings a fresh and melodic vocal hybrid to modern electronic R&B with a strong hip hop edge. She first gained recognition in the New York independent music scene by collaborating with artists like Homeboy Sandman (Stones Throw), Angi3 (Tommy Boy), and internationally-acclaimed producer, Willie Green (Backwoodz Studioz), as well as sharing stages with hip hop heavyweights Talib Kweli, Action Bronson and Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire. Both of her solo albums, “The Eargasm” (2012), and "The Free Way" (2014) were co-produced with Green, and touch on everything from gender inequality to self-love and resisting social norms.

Between 2013-2015, Corina Corina has expanded her fan base by embarking on 8 self- booked national tours, following being featured in multiple showcases at South by Southwest and Canada’s North by Northwest. In addition to her tours, she also found time to release two EPs and produce and curate dozens of live events in New York City and all over the country. Corina also performs in the acoustic blues duo Max Caddy, whose 2013 debut EP, "Caddy Tracks,” garnered praise from fans and music journalists alike.

In late 2013, Corina Corina topped off her monumental year by launching a successfully funded IndieGoGo campaign to help complete, “The Free Way.” which she calls "the best work she's ever done to date.”

In 2014, Corina Corina signed with the Deep Thinka Booking Agency and expands her fan base by spending over half the year touring nationally. This past summer, she has begun her third full length LP, “Hangover Music” which will be written and produced entirely by she and Willie Green and will be released in 2016.

Recommended If You Like: Solange, Dessa, Frank Ocean, Lana Del Rey, Kelis, Lorde

Corina Corina Music Video: "I Can't Resist"
Corina Corina Live: "Disappointment"

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Kale Goodman & Jeremy Woodard - Easier Accounting

Kale Goodman and Jeremy Woodard started out as partners over 10 years ago on a Forex venture. Kale had been working as a top salesman at an accounting firm in "accounting membership sales" for a few years.. Jeremy had been back East learning how to trade currencies on Forex. As Jeremy learned more and more about foreign exchange and understood the strategies that were netting him the most gains, he decided to write a course on how to trade currencies.

When Jeremy came back to Utah after being in Jacksonville, FL, he started working with Kale and discussing the idea of selling his course over the phone. They embarked on the adventure and started calling leads out of Jeremy's basement. Kale was the salesman after he came home from work and Jeremy was the coach/mentor. This was our their successful venture together.

Since then Kale and Jeremy have loved being entrepreneurs, they've started many companies and have seen great success with many of them. Their biggest years in terms of revenue was about $10 million with a tax and accounting company from 2008 till 2012 . After awhile they launched Easier Accounting. Their goal is to be the go to name for small to mid-size companies that need more accounting attention at an affordable rate.

Kale and Jeremy currently own and operate a business consulting firm specifically helping startups as well as Easier Accounting.

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"I help companies growth hack their way to success" - Vincent Dignan

Vincent Dignan - Serial Entrepreneur, Growth Hacker, & Speaker

London-based Vincent Dignan is a writer and professional speaker who helps grow early-stage companies through a combination of rapid social media growth, and guerrilla community management tactics. He founded planetivy.com & screenrobot.com. They have received nearly 20 million pageviews, while content he has overseen for other clients has received over 150 million page views so far. His growth hacks have seen companies go from zero to thousands of signups/followers/users virtually overnight.

His company, Magnific, beat 1500+ other startups to be accepted into prestigious accelerator Techstars London. He was asked by The Duke Of York to help his companies at Pitch@Palace 4.0 and boost social media on the night of the event at St. James’s Palace with The Duchess of York. He has been interviewed in Inc, New Statesman, TechCrunch, and The London Economic, and has written for the likes of Huffington Post, Tech City UK, and Tech City News. He put on secretsauceconference.com, a one-day conference to help London startup entrepreneurs boost their companies. It attracted 600+ attendees throughout the day and night event.

His company has driven thousands of followers, conversations, and signups for other startups. He has given talks at conferences and events around the world on content marketing, social media, growth hacking, and user acquisition. His "growth hacking in real time" talk was voted best talk at SXSW V2V 2015 in Las Vegas. He is the cover star of, and guest-edited, the February 2016 issue of “Disrupts” in London UK. He recently completed a 45-date speaking tour of North America, speaking at 13 different cities, including AT&T conference in Austin (for SXSW 2016), UCLA, Social Media Camp (Victoria, Canada), and Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Centre (San Francisco). His first book, “Secret Sauce: A Growth Hacking Playbook” has raised over $80,000 on Indiegogo so far.

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"The more you practice strategic thinking in business, the more refined your approaches to both challenges and opportunities." - Suzanne Huber

Suzanne Huber - Serial Entrepreneurs & Consultant

Suzanne started her career by launching a software company that offered real-time flight information and digital advertising to hotels. In just over a year the company grew throughout Canada and into the US. Since then Suzanne has advanced marketing and technical expertise and has been a consultant for more than 100 companies. Throughout her career to date Suzanne has launched five companies as an entrepreneur, consultant and employee.

Her passion for driving growth for her clients while building strong enduring relationships has made her sought after by executives and entrepreneurs growing their firms.

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"Learn faster than anyone else. Speed is King!" - Kristian Bouw

Kristian Bouw Founder & Engineer @ Notion Theory

An engineer and serial entrepreneur, Kristian is the founder of NotionTheory where he’s helped 35+ companies build and deliver their products to market in web, mobile, and virtual reality.

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"We’re a team of empirically driven engineers, designers, and growth experts pushing the envelope of innovation. We understand the greatest products come from the greatest minds and assembled a dream team to deliver that quality to the masses.

We’ve been in the trenches of entrepreneurship, worked for the largest companies in the world, and have been featured across the media. We understand where you are, where you're headed, and you can count on us to take your company to the next level."

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"Invest in yourself and much as you possibly can." Cam Kashani

Cam Kashani - Founder of CoAccel

Cameron Kashani (Cam) is the Godmother of Silicon Beach. She's a single mom to twin four year old boys, an Expert Speaker with US State Department, 3x founder, Special Advisor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship to US Ambassador and US Embassy Kuwait, on the Innovation Council for SoCal FWD.us, and Advisor for the Bixel Exchange. Cam accelerates the success of Entrepreneurs, and builds startup communities around the world in order to promote world peace and innovation. To date, shes worked with 4000+ Entrepreneurs and 650+ startups. She also has her MBA in marketing and entrepreneurship. Cam is a strong believer in the human element of business, and her vision is a global economy that thrives on a “WE" dynamic. People + Profit.

She began her career as the Director of Marketing of Advanced Sleep Medicine Services, Inc., (ASMS) acquired in 2010. She increased revenues by 60% through a combination of sales, marketing strategy, rebranding, content creation, but mostly, the human element — by implementing the why. The culture shifted, as did productivity and profits.

She left to start her own startup, which was a brutal failure. Though from that failure, spawned the concept of Coloft. In 2010, She cofounded Coloft, the first coworking space in Los Angeles geared towards technology startups and entrepreneurs. During her four years there, Coloft had over 1400 alumni, including Uber LA, Instacart, Fullscreen, Lootcrate and so many more.

After a prolonged divorce from her husband and business partner, she ultimately also parted with Coloft. It wasn’t an easy process, but through her own life lessons she found the need to help individuals accelerate themselves, and detach from their product.

Her newest venture, CoAccel, is the first Human Accelerator, bringing the concept of startup accelerators to a new level, directing energy and focus around the most important piece of the puzzle: the human.

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"Every person has a story, purpose, and legacy." - Bobby Umar

Bobby Umar, President & Leadership Catalyst, Raeallan

Bobby Umar is one of the most prolific, heart-based leaders in North America. Inc Magazine named him one of the Top 100 Leadership Speakers, alongside such noteworthy giants as Richard Branson, Brene Brown, John Maxwell and Robin Sharma. Bobby is a 4x TEDx speaker, and one of the top tweeters in the world, with over 350,000 followers. He has been named the 2nd best business coach to follow on Twitter and the 4th best leadership influencer according to Kred. Bobby is an international author of two books, including a #1 best seller, and is a Huffington Post contributor. He hosts a weekly tweetchat called “The Power of Connection” that has reached over 65 million impressions weekly. To date, his social media influence has garnered over 1 billion impressions. Bobby was also named a “2015 Speaker to Watch” by the National Speakers Bureau and Global Speakers Agency.
A social media guru, who champions authentic connection and heart-based leadership, Bobby has appeared on dozens of podcasts, TV & radio shows. With a background in brand marketing (Kraft & Unilever), engineering (Bombardier) and the performing arts (Second City), Bobby has led Raeallan for almost a decade and is now a recognized thought leader in Networking, Social Media and Personal Branding. He founded the Discover Your Personal Brand conference, the largest event in North America dedicated solely to personal branding, featuring 60 experts and over 300 delegates. 100,000+ people from across the world have experienced Bobby’s high-energy keynotes, interactive teambuilding activities, and engaging workshops.

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"It only took me four businesses and 17 years to learn all of this." - Angel Quintana

Angel Quintana - Founder & CEO of Holistic Fashionista

Angel Quintana is the founder and CEO of Holistic Fashionista®, a business academy and magazine helping change makers start and scale their business online so they can bring awareness to their cause and sell products worldwide. In The Holistic Fashionista Academy, she teaches students how to discover their Kismet Clients®, curate a collection of products that represents their cause, and build well-thought out sales funnels to quickly warm-up prospects to change more lives and make more money.

Holistic Fashionista

Holistic Fashionista is the #1 online destination for Business Trendsetters who want to make a difference. From building sales funnels to launching strategic advertising campaigns, I am responsible for executing projects to help my clients and students bring awareness to their cause with designer publicity and cutting edge Internet marketing education.

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"We're here to connect all of the strangers in the world and let them be helpful to each other." - Ariel Jalali

Ariel Jalali - Co-Founder, CEO, Sensay

Ariel Jalali is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Sensay, Inc. He has been Chief Technology Officer at StarGreetz, Inc. since January 2010. Mr. Jalali began his career managing technology projects at International Information Investors, an investment company that acquired and built up information based businesses such as LA411 and Kennedy Information. His efforts produced high value databases and digital products out of print directories and newsletters, facilitating portfolio exits for over 60X their purchase price. He then became a senior consultant at Arthur Andersen Business Consulting.

Ariel joined Infotrieve and led its project management office (PMO) overseeing development of a bioinformatics search engine software as a service (SaaS) called the Life Science Research Center, Electronic Lab Notebook and Virtual Library products. He then became a technology consultant working with software development companies such as Petta Technology, Revere Group and UCG. Mr. Jalali co-founded Chikchak.

Sensay

Sensay matches people who need advice to someone who can help, via text or chat. I'm a bot made for awesome humans.

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"Pray for mistakes early on and hope that you realize them." - Eirini Schlosser

Eirini Schlosser - Founder & CEO of Chuz

Eirini Schlosser is the CEO and Founder of Chuz, a mobile app that curates quality spot content (discovery of restaurants, bars, and cafes) with the ease-of-use of a single mobile interface. Eirini Schlosser completed her masters at London Business School and started her career in investment banking in Morgan Stanley's M&A Execution Team in London. At Morgan Stanley she had exposure working on multi-billion dollar technology, consumer, and retail deals. Though an incredible learning opportunity on how businesses scale, how to problem solve analytically, and how to execute and work very hard, she craved creative outside-the-box impact. The idea of Chuz was born as a direct solution to a problem that her and her friends faced: the time consuming difficulty in planning where to go with friends for food and drink.

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"Don't be afraid to feel that initial pain to get what you want as an entrepreneur." - Ben Rhinesmith

Ben Rhinesmith - Founder of The Artist's Guide

Ben Rhinesmith hails from Muskegon, Michigan and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. He attended the McNally Smith College of Music and has been in the music business at a professional level since 2009, getting his start in licensing/publishing and online marketing. From there, he earned an a&r position with a music startup company and also started an artist management company.

Upon the startup company's dissolution, Ben decided the independent life was the way to go, and soon thereafter joined friend Kevin Robinson at acclaimed independent PR firm Uncovered Third. After nearly two years of work in high-level public relations, Ben has stepped out on his own to create Blue Public Relations, a firm dedicated to working with the best and brightest talent in music, sports, and entertainment. Since then, he has created the eCommerce startup business The Artist’s Guide, which is designed to provide artists and music business people with downloadable tutorial guides that cover a wide spectrum of the music industry.

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"Don't be afraid to try new things" - Koby Taylor

Koby Taylor - Founder of Fusion Specialty Pharmacy

"I was born in St. George Utah and spent most of my formative years in Idaho and Oregon. I earned my Bachelor’s degree from BYU in molecular biology with a minor in chemistry in 1995. I earned my Doctorate of Pharmacy degree from the U of U with an emphasis in compounding medication in 2000. I returned to Southern Utah 7 years ago and truly love living here.
I have three children, who bring me more joy than anything else in life. My personal passion is wakesurfing and Flyboarding at Lake Powell. I am always planning a trip to the lake and try to go as often as I can. I have been working on mastering a 360 spin on my wakesurf board and am excited to report I have nailed it a few times."

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Fusion Specialty Pharmacy opened its doors nearly 3years ago. We pride ourselves in providing personalized medications for our patients. We are a fully functional retail pharmacy that works closely with your physician to create a customized formula based on your individual health needs. There are many solutions to health conditions and we are eager to help our patients navigate the healthcare system to find a solution that works best for them. We have 36 employees and provide services in 18 states.

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"I would like to be remembered as the guy that built a platform that made working out fun again." - Elliot James Perry

Elliott James Perry – CEO & Founder Flex

Flex is an online platform that allows people to participate in live-streaming fitness classes with their favourite instructors from the comfort of their home. Using a combination of live video and social features, Flex aims to revolutionise the home workout experience by making it more social and immersive - making it more enjoyable and easier to stick to health & fitness goals as a result.

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"Our goal is to inspire you to live your life intentionally." - Daniel & Dani Stringer

Daniel & Dani Striner - Authors, Speakers, & Marriedpreneurs

"We are marriedpreneurs, authors, and speakers who have founded a multi-million dollar healthcare organization and a children’s health blog (kidnurse.org) bringing in over 1.5 million readers. What makes us different? We pursue our passions together – as a husband & wife team. We love serving our community, traveling the world, and ending a successful workday with a glass of wine. This site is dedicated to all of you whose desire is to turn your dream into a reality, win financially, and make your marriage the best that it can be."

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"Use self-knowledge to energize your inner strength and connect with your possibilities in the process." - Dr Bob Rausch

Dr. Bob Rausch is founder and president of Energy Driven Leader. He combines his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with 30-years experience with Corporate Executives, their teams and Entrepreneurs in the U.S. Canada, and Europe. He’s a Certified Executive Coach and Founding Partner with the John Maxwell Coaching, Training, Speaking Program.

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"We subsidize a lot of the materials we use by giving back to the environment." - Adam Lee

Adam Lee - Co-Founder & CEO of Bohemian Guitars

Adam is a seasoned manager, having previously managed a distributed team of 30 engineers on projects with budgets of $1M+. Ironically, Adam is not a great guitar player, but his appreciation for the art comes from witnessing the impact playing had on his brother at an early age.

Adam is also known to have a clinically diagnosed obsession with burritos and watching crime dramas.

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"Put in a little bit of effort for a big payoff” - Megan Collins

Megan Collins - Founder of Style Girlfriend

Men’s style expert and former nationally-syndicated newspaper columnist, Megan Collins first discovered an appreciation for men’s clothing through inheriting her older brother’s hand-me-downs.

Today, Megan is making it “okay for guys to try,” through Style Girlfriend - the only lifestyle destination of its kind for real guys seeking real advice from a friendly, female voice. This girl-next-door approach to providing straightforward support to guys who want to up their game has captured the attention of thousands of grateful readers, as well as brands like Visa, H&M, NFL, Rogaine, and G by Guess. As the face of Style Girlfriend, Megan also appears regularly in fashion, menswear, and lifestyle publications and websites including: GQ, Esquire, Men's Health, Lucky, Metro, and the Huffington Post.

Perhaps most powerfully, Megan has opened up a trusted dialogue with her audience, tackling everything from the proper pant length to dressing for a first date. Style Girlfriend is the rare place where guys feel comfortable connecting - with Megan, her contributors, and with each other. Topics covered include style (of course), food, fitness, home and travel, but also the stereotypes and insecurities that too often keep men and women at odds with one another. In this regard, Megan’s work goes far beyond the superficial.

Originally from Wisconsin, Megan now resides happily in New York City.

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"Put in a little bit of effort for a big payoff” - Megan Collins

Megan Collins - Founder of Style Girlfriend

Men’s style expert and former nationally-syndicated newspaper columnist, Megan Collins first discovered an appreciation for men’s clothing through inheriting her older brother’s hand-me-downs.

Today, Megan is making it “okay for guys to try,” through Style Girlfriend - the only lifestyle destination of its kind for real guys seeking real advice from a friendly, female voice. This girl-next-door approach to providing straightforward support to guys who want to up their game has captured the attention of thousands of grateful readers, as well as brands like Visa, H&M, NFL, Rogaine, and G by Guess. As the face of Style Girlfriend, Megan also appears regularly in fashion, menswear, and lifestyle publications and websites including: GQ, Esquire, Men's Health, Lucky, Metro, and the Huffington Post.

Perhaps most powerfully, Megan has opened up a trusted dialogue with her audience, tackling everything from the proper pant length to dressing for a first date. Style Girlfriend is the rare place where guys feel comfortable connecting - with Megan, her contributors, and with each other. Topics covered include style (of course), food, fitness, home and travel, but also the stereotypes and insecurities that too often keep men and women at odds with one another. In this regard, Megan’s work goes far beyond the superficial.

Originally from Wisconsin, Megan now resides happily in New York City.

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"Allow yourself to hit rock bottom...there is something very honest about darkness that allows you to climb back up." - Chiara Mazzicco

Chiara Mazzucco is a human woman who writes about personal growth and self-improvement for millennials on BoldSelf.com. She's the author of The 9 Mirages of Love, and is currently working on her next book, But First, Me. She is also the former CEO of a national online and print magazine, Indie Chick Magazine.

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"Find what matters to you and only do that." - Jon Nastor

Jon is a proud dad, husband and online entrepreneur who loves creating, marketing and selling cool things online.

Even the best products in the world do not sell themselves, it has never happened and it never will. Jon has built his own business and several client’s businesses with his understanding of how to create and build products, and more importantly, take them to market.

Unable since birth to settle for how things should be, he constantly aims to satisfy pains and frustrations with products that make people’s life easier.

He is co-founder of VelocityPage, a WordPress plugin that allows anyone to create beautiful landing pages in minutes — without code.

Jon spent his earlier years travelling coast-to-coast across Canada playing drums in several punk rock bands. Although not a punk in fashion, he has never let go of the D.I.Y. ethic that taught him: if you want something to change, you have to do it, get it done, or stop complaining about it.

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"..our greatest passions are also our greatest vulnerabilities." - Joshua Spodek

Joshua Spodek is an Adjunct Professor at NYU, leadership coach and workshop leader for Columbia Business School, and Columnist for Inc. He has led seminars in leadership, entrepreneurship, creativity, sales, strategy, and motivation at Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, MIT, the NYU-Stern School of Business, INSEAD (Singapore), NYU-Tisch’s ITP, the New York Academy of Science, and in private corporations. He holds five Ivy-League degrees, including a PhD in Astrophysics and an MBA. He also helped build an X-ray observational satellite for the European Space Agency and NASA, co-founded and led as CEO or COO several ventures, and holds six patents.

He earned praise as “Best and Brightest” (Esquire Magazine’s Genius Issue), “Astrophysicist turned new media whiz” (NBC), and “Rocket Scientist” (ABC News and Forbes) and has been quoted and profiled by ABC, CBS, NBC, NPR, Fox, NY1, CNN, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, Newsweek, Forbes, Esquire, The Guardian, Nikkei Shimbun, South China Morning Post, Taipei Times, Village Voice, Salon.com, and more. He lives in Greenwich Village and blogs daily at www.joshuaspodek.com.

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"The best way to tell a strong story is to be present when you own is happening." - Jenn Grisanti

International speaker Jen Grisanti is an acclaimed Story/Career Consultant at Jen Grisanti Consultancy Inc., Writing Instructor for Writers on the Verge at NBC, former 12-year studio executive, including VP of Current Programming at CBS/Paramount, blogger for The Huffington Post and author of the books, Story Line: Finding Gold In Your Life Story and TV Writing Tool Kit: How To Write a Script That Sells and her new book, Change Your Story, Change Your Life: A Path To Your Success.

Grisanti started her career in 1992 as an assistant to Aaron Spelling, who served as her mentor for 12 years, and she quickly climbed the ranks and eventually ran Current Programs at Spelling Television Inc., covering all of Spelling’s shows including Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place and Charmed. In 2004, Grisanti was promoted to Vice President of Current Programs at CBS/Paramount where she covered numerous shows, including Medium, Numbers, NCIS, 4400 and Girlfriends.

In January 2008, Grisanti launched Jen Grisanti Consultancy Inc., a highly successful consulting firm dedicated to helping talented writers break into the industry. Drawing on her experience as a studio executive where she gave daily notes to executive producers/showrunners, Grisanti personally guides writers to shape their material, hone their pitches and focus their careers. Since launching the consulting firm, Grisanti has worked with over 800 writers specializing in television, features and novels. Due to her expertise and mentorship, seventy-five of her writers have staffed on television shows and forty have sold pilots, five that that went to series.

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"I want to put a fire underneath me and I want to help others to light their fire and keep it going." - Thomas Dyches

Thomas Dyches - Co-Founder & CMO of Generation Labs

An accomplished artist as a child, Thomas has always had a talent for producing designs that offer a unique perspective. He is the consummate creative, an idea guy, who goes by the moniker “The Firestarter.”

In 1998, Thomas earned his degree in Multimedia & Graphic Design. He designed his first website that year and has been designing sites ever since. Throughout his career he has developed expertise in numerous fields. He strives to marry the artistic side of his brain with his other love—marketing—specifically for SEO and Social Media. Recently, he managed the social campaign of the nation’s largest animal-control network.

Thomas is constantly learning new technologies. “Adapt or die!” he says.

Most of his career has been spent as an entrepreneur but he served for a time as a production manager for Quebecor World Inc. which is the largest tabloid printer in Canada.

He has been the head of design and marketing on a wide range of projects for clients ranging from a world-class ski resort, a U.S. Congressman, and sales campaigns throughout the Intermountain West for store chains such as Staples, Office Depot, and Albertsons.

Thomas oversaw the development of email marketing software which has been used to send over a million emails.

When he’s not at “the Lab” creating design+marketing awesomeness, he devotes his time to his 3 genius kids and 1 perfect wife. You can always find him running (meditating) on the beautiful, red rock trails of Southern Utah or canyoneering the slot canyons of magnificent Zion National Park. He has competed in two Ironman competitions and is an evangelist of healthy lifestyles.

In 2016, Thomas will receive his second degree from WGU in Marketing Management.

Thomas has been diagnosed with Bi-Polar Disorder. This creates specific challenges for him but also makes him a better entrepreneur.

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"As entrepreneurs we need to provide value." - Lauralie Lee Ezra

Lauralie Lee Ezra, “LLE” is an entrepreneur, online media and communications consultant and writer. She was born and raised in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada.

Through her company, Crowd Siren, she utilizes her social media expertise to consult with businesses and provides strategic services for online media, PR and branding. Recent clients include the Campaign for Mayor where she ran the social media for Carolyn Goodman. In addition, Crowd Siren was brought into the launch of Oscar Goodman’s book “Being Oscar.”

She has worked with small and large businesses, everything from tech start-ups and non-profits to fashion designers and national franchises. Recent projects included First Friday Las Vegas, Mt. Charleston, Massage Envy, and Fifth Street Gaming- developers of the new Downtown 3rd.

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I want to be remembered as someone who helped people, had a good time, and did it the right way." - Seth Gold

Seth Gold is the CEO and co-founder of Entro.io. Entro is the perfect tool for connectors who want to save time, measure, and understand how their introductions are helping.

Entro allows connectors to quickly make and manage their double opt-in email introductions.
In one email intro you can change someone's career trajectory, earn them a new sales deal, or a new friend. Create value for your peers and watch the opportunities come back to you tenfold with Entro.

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"I believe the creation of consistent and reliable standards for marketing measurement is the single most important business issue of this decade." - James R. Gregory James R. Gregory is the chairman of Tenet Partners, a global brand innovation and marketing firm based in New York. With 40 years of experience in advertising and branding, Jim is a leading expert on brand management and is credited with developing strategies for measuring the power of brands and their impact on a corporation's financial performance. Most notable of the tools that Jim has developed is the CoreBrand Index® (CBI), a quantitative research vehicle that continuously tracks the reputation and financial performance of over 1,000 publicly traded companies across 50 industries. Jim is a frequent speaker on the topic of the financial benefits of communications and brand management. Recent speaking engagements include The Conference Board, the Association of National Advertisers, and the National Investor Relations Institute. Jim has written four previous books on creating value with brands: Marketing Corporate Image, Leveraging the Corporate Brand, Branding Across Borders, and The Best of Branding. Connect with James: Website | @tenetpartners | Facebook | Book Subscribe to the Outlier Newsletter: Click Here Brought to you by: Entrepreneurs-3 If you enjoy Outlier On Air, please Subscribe & Review on iTunes or Stitcher

"Don't be afraid of rejection." - Michael DeBlis

Michael is a trial lawyer who has a passion for the theater. He is known for his knowledge of international tax law, creativity in his practice, his charismatic personality, and his unyielding dedication to his clients.

Michael is a former public defender for the Office of the New Jersey Public Defender.

As a graduate of the National Criminal Defense College, Michael has trained under some of the best-known criminal defense attorneys in the country. That experience has taught him that justice for a person accused of a crime is only won through a full understanding of the client and the case. To that end, Michael attempts to understand each client’s case as a convincing narrative, not just as a set of innocuous facts and arcane legal rules.

Michael is a prolific writer and a passionate blogger. He has written articles that have been featured in leading tax journals such as CCH Journal of Tax Practice and Procedure, Global Tax Weekly, and ABA News Quarterly. He has also been featured on the media affiliates of several major media networks, including NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, and CNN.

Michael is a living example of the tremendous power that comes from combining passion, preparation, persuasion, and positive communication in the courtroom. His courage and relentless work ethic have earned him a reputation as a zealous advocate and one of New Jersey’s rising stars of the legal profession.

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"Don’t sacrifice your health or happiness for your entrepreneurial goals." Steli Efti

Steli Efti - Co-Founder & CEO of Close.io

Steli Efti is the co-founder and CEO of Close.io. He’s Silicon Valley’s most prominent sales hustler, a YC alumni, advisor to several startups and entrepreneurs and the author of The Ultimate Startup Guide To Outbound Sales.

He is an alumni of Y Combinator (they helped making companies like Dropbox, Airbnb, 9gag, and more). His company has received funding from Spark Capital, SV Angel, Start Fund, and Omidyar Networks as well as several notable angel investors.

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"Some people go to business school and some people have astartup." - Sarah Heering / / Sarah Heering is the COO andCo-Founder of NailSnaps. Sarah is a seasoned entrepreneur whopreviously founded and ran the boutique media agency SAJE Mediaserving clients such as Comcast, Chivas, and Sophos. Heering?sexpertise is driving traffic and awareness via high-performancemedia strategies. / / NailSnaps exists to disrupt the 8.5 billiondollar nail industry with the world?s best way to create, share,and wear custom nail art. The NailSnaps mobile/social platform letspeople turn photos into custom nail wraps that can be appliedat-home in minutes. No mess. No toxicity. No dry time. Thepeer-to-peer marketplace empowers creators to sell their designs aswell. Think Etsy for nails. / / Connect with Sarah: / / Website |Facebook | @nailsnaps | Instagram / / Subscribe to the OutlierNewsletter: Click Here / / Brought to you by: / / OUTLIERENTREPRENEURS / / JOIN US / / If you enjoy Outlier On Air, pleaseSubscribe & Review on iTunes or Stitcher

"I want to be remembered as a graceful leader." - Leanne Jacobs

Leanne Jacobs is recognized for her work in cultivating daily habits that lead to holistic wealth for her clients worldwide. Since launching her business in 2004, she has created numerous holistic wealth programs and seminars that teach personal finance, entrepreneurship, leadership and more. Her newest program, The Beautiful Money Course, uses her expertise in finance and leadership to teach people how to achieve their goals, find fulfillment in their work, and align themselves with what they truly value in life - all while creating more cash flow and financial freedom than ever before.

Leanne is a certified Pilates and yoga instructor, clinical nutritionist, holistic wealth expert and the author of “30 Days to Wealth” and the upcoming “Beautiful Money” schedule for release in 2017.

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"I come from a place of service and inspiration and I really just wanna lead by example and show people that anything is possible when you have the right attitude." - Jenn Scalia

Jenn Scalia - Visibility Strategist and Online Business Coach

Jenn Scalia is a visibility strategist for entrepreneurs who want to make an impact. This self professed introvert and single mom went from rock bottom to creating a multi 6-figure business. Known for her tough love, no-B.S. style, Jenn helps entrepreneurs overhaul their biggest fears and empowers them to share their message with the world.

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"I found that as business owners we have a tendency to do the things we like to do instead of the things we always need to do." - Heather Osgood / / Heather Osgood - Founder & CEO of True Native Media / / Heather Osgood is a serial entrepreneur, with a passion for living outside her comfort zone and a system for continual self improvement. Starting her career in Advertising Sales she quickly learned what it meant to be a business owner, seeing the failures and successes of hundreds of small business owners. Her training and knowledge in sales and marketing created a strong foundation for the development of her trade show production company which she owned for over nine years and just recently sold. / / The sale of this business and the knowledge that she gained from the highs and lows of operating that company allowed her to intimately experience the challenges that every entrepreneur faces, wanting to do too much with too little money and too little time. Struggling through the great recession in business allowed her to learn valuable skills about what really matters in the success of an organization. She and her husband have owned a hair cutting business for 9 years. She is also a business coach and has a weekly podcast Leap to Grow. Her determination to succeed in business, coupled with her love of people and her desire to encourage others to perform at their peak potential motivates and drives her daily. Heather has just launch True Native Media a company specializing in partnering podcasters with advertisers. She lives by the motto-Leap and the net will appear. / / / / TrueNativeLogo_FINAL_3c_2 / / Connect with Heather: / / Website | @hmosgood | LinkedIn / / Subscribe to the Outlier Newsletter: Click Here / / Brought to you by: / / OUTLIER ENTREPRENEURS / / JOIN US / / If you enjoy Outlier On Air, please Subscribe & Review on iTunes or Stitcher

"Make sure you're making small progress on your goals, because it's so easy to get side tracked." - Laura Roeder / / Laura Roeder is the founder of Edgar, a new social media automation tool designed to prevent updates from going to waste. Since 2009, she?s been teaching entrepreneurs how to harness the power of social media marketing and create their own fame at LKR Social Media. / / Laura was named one of the top 100 entrepreneurs under 35 in 2011, 2013 and 2014 and spoke at the White House about the value of entrepreneurship. / / Laura has spoken at numerous influential industry conferences including, BlogWorld, The South by Southwest Interactive Conference, Real Estate Connect, The Social Communications Summit and Blogher, discussing online marketing, social media, and personal branding. Laura has been seen on Fox News, Forbes.com, CNET, The Los Angeles Times, Fast Company, Mashable, Yahoo Finance and many more influential publications and media channels. / / Laura believes in supporting entrepreneurship around the globe. She has traveled to South Africa as part of the Virgin Unites Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship where she offered guidance to budding entrepreneurs, and has spoken to students at the University of Southern California and Loyola Marymount University. / / Connect with Laura: / / Website | @MeetEdgar | Facebook / / Subscribe to the Outlier Newsletter: Click Here / / Brought to you by: / / OUTLIER ENTREPRENEURS / / JOIN US / / If you enjoy Outlier On Air, please Subscribe & Review on iTunes or Stitcher

"If traveling is a big priority in your life, build your business around that and go travel. Figure out how to make that happen." - Erin E Flynn / / Erin has been making websites since 1999, and running her own web design and development business since 2012. What Erin found was that her clients enjoyed working with her not just because of her design and development skills, but because of her communication and organizational abilities; something that is apparently lacking in the web design industry. / / Erin has now made it her mission to help other web designers communicate with clients and streamline their businesses so that they can produce better work, while working less. Through the free Unstoppable Basecamp Facebook community and a variety of courses and email templates, designers can find support and instruction for managing everything from grumpy clients to finding their niche and pricing their services. Erin's next course, Creative Compass, is set to launch in late March, and will help designers create a strategic business plan so that they can find their niche and dominate it. / / Connect with Erin: / / Website | @erin3flynn | Community | E-Course | Email Template | Creative Compass / / Subscribe to the Outlier Newsletter: Click Here / / Brought to you by: / / OUTLIER ENTREPRENEURS / / JOIN US / / If you enjoy Outlier On Air, please Subscribe & Review on iTunes or Stitcher

"The philosophy that nothing is impossible isn’t religious dogma. It does not require faith. It is 100% statistical." - Mick Ebeling

Honored by Advertising Age as one of the “Top 50 Most Creative People” in 2014 and the recipient of the 2014 Muhammad Ali Humanitarian of the Year Award, Mick Ebeling is a film/television/commercial producer, philanthropist, technology trailblazer, author, entrepreneur and public speaker.

After befriending ALS patient and renown street artist TemptOne, Mick and his team of inventors developed the EyeWriter, a lowcost eyetracking device that allows those suffering with ALS to draw and communicate with their eyes. The EyeWriter was named Time Magazine’s “Top 50 Inventions of 2010,” honored at Advertising Age and Creativity’s 2010 “The Idea Conference” and resides in the permanent collection at the New York MOMA.

In 2013, after reading the story of a young boy who had lost both arms as a civilian casualty of war, Ebeling flew to the wartorn region of Sudan to 3Dprint prosthetics for children. He established the world's first 3D printing prosthetic lab and training facility. Project Daniel was winner of numerous awards including SXSW Innovation Award, Cannes Titanium, Gold and Bronze Lions, Telly’s, AICP, and One Show awards. Mick’s motto, Technology for the Sake of Humanity, is defined in his book Not Impossible: The Art & Joy of Doing What Couldn’t Be Done. His book is now in it’s 5th printing.

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"You have to invest in yourself first." - Elvina Beck

Elvina is a Behind the Scenes producer (camera operator/editor) who works for Zuckerberg Media and Hilton Media Group for clients like Cirque Du Soleil, Conde Naste, RCA and Maxim. Her celebrity roster includes Jamie Foxx, Katie Perry, Miley Cyrus, Avril Lavigne, Christina Aguilera, Neil Patrick Harris, Jennette Mccurdy, Cindy Crawford, Kid Rock and Jeff Dunham.

As talent, Elvina has booked over a dozen print & commercial jobs for products like Skechers, Nintendo, Apple, Dunkin Donuts, Wells Fargo and acting roles for shows on ESPN, ABC and Hulu. Elvina is represented by Abrams Artists: Here

In 2012, Elvina opened PodShare as an offline social network where guests rent a custom built pod for $50/night.

January 2013 Elvina launched ScoutMy.com - a search engine for film friendly properties / Marketplace for property owners and content producers to solve the problem for many indie producers around the country.

Specialties: Overnight rentals, hospitality, video production, acting, FCP & AE editing, marketing, social events, WP sites, location databases, location scouting and communication.

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"There are three key things, that if you get right you're going to be doing well...Get clear on your message...increase Visibility...offer them stuff that will solve their problems." - Regan Hillyer

Regan Hillyer is a serial entrepreneur, investor, mindset coach and the author of the bestselling book Be Your Brand. In her client work, she helps entrepreneurs uncover their true message so they can make a bigger impact in the world.

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"I definitely think that the most successful people recognize that there is no competition in this world there is only specialization." - Michael Roderick

Michael Roderick is a founder, speaker, and connector. His company Small Pond Enterprises specializes in relationship design for founders, authors, and speakers interested in playing a bigger game. He works with thoughtleaders to curate, extend, and leverage their existing networks for the purpose of getting higher paid engagements, speaking opportunities, and interviews. He developed this methodology from his own journey of high school english teacher to Broadway producer in less than two years.

Michael has worked as a VP of Operations and Director of Business Development for an Educational Technology Start up and created an incubator program for artists developing business ideas. Michael is also the founder of ConnectorCon, a conference for connectors, as well as Relationship Adventure Day, an invite only-networking event combined with a scavenger hunt in NYC.

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“The future is already here. It is not yet evenly distributed.” -Robin Farmanfarmaian

Robin Farmanfarmaian is a futurist, health technologist and author of the new book “The Patient as CEO” (available now.) She is a highly-sought public speaker and business leader who is passionate about her message that “Technology is Hope” - and for good reason. As a teen, Robin was misdiagnosed with an autoimmune disease that led to forty-three hospitalizations and six major surgeries - many of them ultimately unnecessary. She has literally had to fight for her life on a regular basis and has made it her mission to improve health, wellness and medicine through technology.

As an entrepreneur, Robin has worked on more than 10 early-stage start-up companies all dealing with cutting-edge technology, most in medicine and biotech. In “The Patient as CEO” she reveals the growing number of breakthroughs in biomedical technology, including wearable sensors, 3D printing, artificial intelligence, robotics and more, all set to fundamentally change healthcare and wellness.

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"We have a pretty tight team here and I wouldn't have it any other way." - Abhilash Patel

Abhilash Patel is an entrepreneur, investor and digital marketer who helps companies to grow and thrive.

In 2007, Abhilash founded Ranklab, a digital marketing agency in Santa Monica, CA. In 2011, Abhilash and his partner Jeff Smith co-founded Recovery Brands, one of the largest publishers of online resources for consumers seeking addiction treatment and treatment providers to showcase their services. Both companies were successfully acquired in 2015 for $60M in cash and stock from American Addiction Centers (NYSE:AAC).

Abhilash received his BA in Economics/Philosophy from Columbia University (2002), and his MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management FEMBA program (2012). While at Anderson, Abhilash was an MDE fellow at the Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. He was a guest speaker for numerous classes while and since attending business school.

In addition to his current executive role at AAC, Abhilash is an active venture investor, advisor to a VC fund in Santa Monica and multiple growing startups. He is a budding triathlete, loves to golf and above all spend time with family, his wife Kelly and 2 young boys Bodhi (4) & Archer (2).

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"I interweave my years of business experience with my life?s passion of helping kids reach their potential." - Carolyn Carpeneti / / Carolyn's career as an entrepreneur and businesswoman began some two decades ago, when she founded Carolyn Carpeneti & Company, a firm specializing in fundraising, event planning and public relations for high-profile events and organizations. Carolyn created the annual, 5,000-person, San Francisco Summit for Women, and has worked with speakers such Oprah Winfrey, Suzie Orman and Madeleine Albright. In 2006, Carolyn embraced a new challenge and became an executive recruiter and executive coach. As a recruiter and coach, Carolyn specialized in placing and coaching C-level executives and VPs of rapidly growing consumer businesses including many Fortune 500 companies. / / In 2014, Carolyn launched what would be far and away her most ambitious, meaningful and satisfying business endeavor. She founded CoPilot Systems. Inspired by her son, who was accepted into the college of his dreams, but found himself flunking every class just 8 weeks into his freshman year, Carolyn devised a system that turned him around. After learning that millions of other students struggle with the same issue, Carolyn automated her solution and began working with high school and college students across the country. Carolyn is also the author of Taking Flight: Mastering Executive Function, a book that explores the silent epidemic of weak/delayed executive function and the impact it has on our children, our families and the education industry. Taking Flight explores Carolyn?s journey and uncovers the growing gap between traditional education and it's failure to help kids thrive, succeed and perform at their best. / / unspecified / / Connect with Carolyn: / / Website | Facebook | @CCarpeneti / / Subscribe to the Outlier Newsletter: Click Here / / Brought to you by: / / OUTLIER ENTREPRENEURS / / JOIN US / / Request Invite / / If you enjoy Outlier On Air, please Subscribe & Review on iTunes or Stitcher

"I think the journey is the reward." - Jason Neubauer

Jason is a passionate entrepreneur who translates vision into reality. Jason is a leader and naturally charismatic. Some of his products include Challenged & Youbetme. Jason is also the Co-founder and advisor of Coolbox which will appear on Shark Tank.

Jason is also an advisor to DollarBeardClub, Swish Analytics, Photofy, and a member of YEC (Young Entrepreneurial Council). Jason is a regarded thought leader in social betting and influencer marketing.

From Wheel of Fortune to working with the top CMO's and brands in the world. Jason has an amazing story about his journey as an entrepreneur thus far.

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"Become a solution's expert" - Troy De Baca

Troy’s Custom Tees creator is a serial entrepreneur, artist, and dreamer who envisioned a need for screen printing to take on a whole new flavor on the streets of Denver. He wanted to provide an outlet for musicians, artist and local business to get their unique designs and creative talents exposed through community gathering and local events. Also realized was a need to bring marketing, promotional and fund raising tools to companies specifically targeted to their prospective customers through hosting “Curbside Events”.

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"I want to be remembered as a dude who lived." - Turney Duff

Turney Duff is a speaker, author, journalist and television personality. His career on Wall Street spanned the 15 most dramatic years in finance; from his early years at Morgan Stanley to the infamous Galleon Group, then co-founding a billion dollar hedge fund.

· Author of The New York Times Bestseller, The Buy Side: A Wall Street Trader’s Tale of Spectacular Excess

· Named one of Amazon’s Best Business Books of the year

· Consultant for Showtime series Billions (2016) staring Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti

· CNBC.COM contributor

· Featured commentator on CNBC’s prime time television show The Filthy Rich Guide

· Inspirational & Keynote speaker: Corporate America, Higher Education and Wall Street

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"I want to be remembered as someone who uplifts people." - Cheval John

Cheval John is the founder of Vallano Media, LLC, a company that helps sports organizations to use social media correctly to build a loyal following. Cheval is also the host of an online radio show/podcast called, "What's The Word?" He is the author of two books including the Amazon Best-Seller, "8 Lessons Every Podcaster Needs To Learn."

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"Enjoy the hell out of being you!" - Sarah Jones

Sarah Jones is the founder of Introverted Alpha, where she helps smart introverted men attract women naturally. Her work has been featured in Cosmo, Business Insider, The Huffington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and more. If you’re a single introverted man, go to IntrovertedAlpha.com today to get free resources on building your confidence and becoming a benevolent badass with women.

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"Be very clear about your message and you'll attract the individuals that need your help." - Emily Fonnesbeck

Emily Fonnesbeck is a Registered Dietitian and owner of Emily Fonnesbeck Nutrition Consulting. She considers herself a different kind of dietitian - she prefers to focus less on what you eat and much more on why you eat. Her nutrition passion consists of helping individuals free themselves from diets, food guilt, poor body image and obsessive exercise. She has a non-diet, client-centered approach to help people escape the restriction/choas cycle caused by dieting or food anxiety and replace it with a flexible, satisfying and nourishing self-care plan.

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"I am an energetic and ambitious entrepreneur." - Tom Hunt

Tom Hunt is a TEDx Speaker, Dragon’s Den Failure and Founder of Virtual Valley a platform that connects entrepreneurs and Rockstar Virtual Assistants with the mission of giving entrepreneurs back 1 million hours of their time by 2018. Tom also sends an AWESOME weekly marketing tip to the legends that sign up here.

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"When it's time to take action, you don't need to be perfect, you don't need to have your hair done, you just do it!" - Vasavi Kumar

Vasavi Kumar is often described as "your kick-in-the-pants guide en route to your desired destination.” She is a licensed social worker, special education teacher, and a certified coach. Vasavi holds dual Masters degrees in Special Education from Hofstra University and Social Work from Columbia University. She's a pro at attracting media and works with her clients to create and go after opportunities that are aligned with their brand values. She has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, was a regular on NBC’s Kansas City Live as the “Keepin’ It Real Guru.” and was on VH1’s Basketball Wives where she coached one of the main stars of the show. She truly believes that with impeccable character, work ethic, and unwavering values, you can do, be and have anything you want. Connect with her at www.VasaviKumar.com.

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"We can live a materialistic life and that's fine, but we need to go deeper, that's when the real change happens." - Chris Curran

Chris Curran is the Founder of Fractal Recording, providing podcast production of the highest quality to companies, authors and podcast networks. He is also the host of various podcast shows including The Mystic Show, The Profit First Podcast and The Podcast Engineering Show. He wrote a book titled Leap Beyond Your Limits which was published in 2010, and when not working Chris is a student of Natural Path Meditation.

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"Learn how to fail. Then learn how to fail faster." - Margaret Brown

Margaret Brown is the owner of Shelf Media, a digital media company publishing Shelf Unbound and Podster magazines and producing three literature and arts-related podcasts. Margaret is a National Book Critics Circle Lifetime Member, and Shelf Unbound is the 2015 Maggie Award Winner for Best Digital Magazine.

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"I want to be known for breaking up political gridlock." Keith Kelsch

For over thirty years Keith has worked in higher and secondary education, community non-profits, technology, and business development. Keith is a powerful presenter for improving genuine optimism through greater consent in business, community and in government. A former actor in Hollywood with a Bachelor of Arts from California State University Northridge, Keith later obtained his Master of Arts from Humboldt State University in the teaching of writing.

Keith completed his PhD in American Studies from George Wythe University and he currently teaches part time at Dixie State University. He is a licensed general contractor at www.kelschconstruction.com and co-founder of www.localcommonwealth.org, along with his wife of more than twenty years, Malissa A Kelsch. You can see Keith on his weekly podcast at www.thegenuineoptimist.com, where he is focused on removing political gridlock in corporate and community cultures by using the principle of common consent.

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"If you're selling and not working on your business, you're not growing." - Robert Hartline

Robert Hartline is the founder of Call Proof.

A serial entrepreneur, he built his businesses to where today they generate $24 Million in total revenue.

His expertise around sales and automating follow up sequences helped hundreds of entrepreneurs and sales people, contributing to millions of dollars in additional sales.

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"Make decisions that you think are right, not decisions that you think you have to make." - Cynthia Johnson

Cynthia Johnson is an entrepreneur, marketing professional, author and keynote speaker. She was previously Partner & Director of Marketing at RankLab, a digital marketing agency listed in Inc. Magazine's Fastest Growing Private Companies in 2015. In July of 2015 RankLab was acquired by American Addiction Centers and Cynthia is now their Director of Brand Development. She is the Educational Director and Global Board Member at Social Media Club, a member of YEC (Young Entrepreneurs Council), Advisory Board Member for nGage.Social, and committee member for the Charlotte and Gwenyth Gray Foundation to cure Batten Disease. She is also a contributing columnist for Entrepreneur, Search Engine Journal and several other industry publications.

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"We’re trying very hard to make something that brings joy and delights people.” - Jackie Wu

Jackie Wu got his Masters in Robotics from Northwestern, and is the CEO/founder of Eighty Nine Robotics. He hopes to positively impact the lives of many people through technology and business.

Started by students of Northwestern University, Eighty Nine Robotics is a team of talented young entrepreneurs who love making things that people love. In 2014, we were looking at existing drones in the market and were frustrated that none of them could be used remotely. We wished we could fly a drone around our house when we were away, and the idea for Rook was born.

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"Entrepreneurs are dedicated to doing more than just waiting for success, they go out and chase it." - Andrew O'Brien

Andrew O'Brien is an international award-winning speaker who only began his career in early 2013. Since beginning his career he has been featured on over 70 media outlets, to include top rated media such as MTV, USA Today, MSNBC, Huffington Post, Al Jazeera, BBC, NHK World and many others. He accomplished all of this without hiring any PR firm or agency, he did it all organically. Andrew now focuses his time and business on helping other Entrepreneurs gain more media exposure in order to create a strong brand and build a large and interactive audience with much higher conversion rates.

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"We trust each other with the music and we trust each other with where we're going." - Jeremy Boyum

Shadow Of Whales is an alternative indie-pop band with a passion for creating music and spreading hope through friendships. Fronting the group is Joshua Flores (Invisible Target), his brother Caleb on drums, Chris Fraga on lead guitar, Jeremy Boyum on bass guitar, and JD Vazquez on keys/glockenspiel. What makes this band truly unique is the experience that all of them have had in aggressively seeking careers in music with their previous bands. They are all songwriters, they all love music, and more importantly, they all love people.

Shadow of Whales’ debut EP, released in 2014, charted on CMJ‘s Top 200 and has seen regular rotation at Starbucks Coffee across the United States and Canada. They have performed at several festivals including the Vans Warped Tour (San Antonio), Heart of Texas Rockfest, and South By So What?! Festival, and played with the likes of Forever Came Calling, Courage My Love, Run 2 Cover & Austin Jones.

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"I really enjoy making technology easy to understand." - Natalia Real

Natalia Real, a.k.a. Website Superhero, designs and builds strategic websites that sell for entrepreneurs who are changing the world for the better. She believes in making technology easy, fun, and accessible to everyone, so she runs the DIY Website Maintenance Course, teaching WordPress website owners how to care for their websites themselves and save as much as $1200/year doing it (plus designers and virtual assistants are taking the course and learning how to offer maintenance as a service). Her next course will be for entrepreneurs who want to create their first WordPress website in a day (beta launch expected this spring).

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"I've learned there is one ultimate truth - your intuition is your oracle." - Espree Devora

Espree Devora known as “the Girl who Gets it Done” is Comms VP and podcast host at WeAreLATech, the first podcast focused on LA Startups ranked #2 in iTunes New & Noteworthy. WeAreLATech unites Silicon Beach startups fueling Los Angeles to become a top destination for tech and innovation via an offline 'experience' Club, a community calendar of events, an LA tech exclusive job board, mobile app and the podcast. Additionally she produced the 'Hello Customer' podcast interviewing large brands like Levi's and Zappos on how they deliver exceptional customer experience.

On her blog SaveBusinessTime.com, she curates and reviews the best business software for startups to be more productive. She has provided seminars in entrepreneurship and technology to many corporations and universities including CBS, Disney and Georgetown MBA, USC MBA, LMU MBA, and UCLA.

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“You know you are doing something great, when you touch others with your products.” - Hector Hernandez

Hector Hernandez is the CEO and founder of CUBE-USA cloud based platform that enables optimization and improvement of all aspects of business management.

Hector arrived in the US from CUBA in a raft in 1994 at the age of twenty one. He started his first business at the age of twenty six, and today his company has become one of the largest independent Energy Management contractors in the South Florida area.
For the last three years, he has been the driving force behind CUBE where he spends his time helping other companies improve their efficiency and potential.

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"It's important to me, in my lifetime to encourage and empower the people around me." - Ahna Hendrix

Ahna Hendrix - CEO of ARCH Digital Agency Ahna is the CEO of ARCH Digital Agency, a full service social media marketing agency comprised of well-known industry specialists. ARCH launched in October 2014, became a go-to social media agency for tech, entertainment, and retail brands, and was named the 33rd most influential social media brand in its first year. In 2015, Ahna grew her skill set to encompass live streaming capabilities for clients and worked with multiple brands to livestream events, including the a recent collaboration with MentorMate at MobCon in Minneapolis, MN.

Before ARCH, Ahna managed social media accounts with a variety of clients - from a neurofeedback doctors to fine art nonprofits to tech startups in Silicon Valley under ahnahendrix.com. She graduated from UNC Chapel Hill at the School of Journalism & Mass Communication with a degree in MultiMedia Journalism. Her experience led to designing campaigns for MTV, Eva Longoria, Wolfgang Puck, National Geographic, De Beers, and many more.

Her private life is consumed with yoga, finding reasons to get outside, traveling to new places, geeking out with tech, salsa dancing, spending time with family & friends, and being a food and wine snob. She's known for her big smile and loud laughter, and greatly enjoys verbal battles.

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"I want to be remembered for empowering people." - Kallen Diggs

Kallen Diggs - Best Selling Author Kallen Diggs is the international bestselling author of Reaching The Finish Line. Since the Great Recession, he has helped over 2,000 people reach the finish line in their careers.

When he is not writing, he writes for The Huffington Post and produce videos for Entrepreneur Magazine.

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"Knowing when to say no is very important." - Charlie Wolf

Charlie Wolf & The Small Calamities Charlie Wolf & The Small Calamities are an indie rock band led by Texas-based singer/songwriter Charlie Wolf. His unique observational storytelling style was inspired by folk music but he allowed rock and pop to define his energy and upbeat spirit. By turning everyday thoughts into compelling lyric ideas, he creates what has been called 'a wry and catchy commentary' and 'observational folk pop'. This blend of genres makes for a very special approach to song-writing, as every track feels catchy and accessible, yet deep and thought-provoking all at once.

His sound borrows from the roots of contemporary music to forge a compelling narrative that echoes the work of bands such as The Mountain Goats, The Weakerthans, Counting Crows or Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers as he finds beauty in the fragmentation of every day life.

He is currently releasing a series of music videos and singles from his new album “Angels & Commerce.”

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“Adapt or die!” - Thomas Dyches

Thomas Dyches - Co-Founder & CMO of Generation Labs An accomplished artist as a child, Thomas has always had a talent for producing designs that offer a unique perspective. He is the consummate creative, an idea guy, who goes by the moniker “The Firestarter.”

In 1998, Thomas earned his degree in Multimedia & Graphic Design. He designed his first website that year and has been designing sites ever since. Throughout his career he has developed expertise in numerous fields. He strives to marry the artistic side of his brain with his other love—marketing—specifically for SEO and Social Media. Recently, he managed the social campaign of the nation’s largest animal-control network.

Thomas is constantly learning new technologies. “Adapt or die!” he says.

Most of his career has been spent as an entrepreneur but he served for a time as a production manager for Quebecor World Inc. which is the largest tabloid printer in Canada.

He has been the head of design and marketing on a wide range of projects for clients ranging from a world-class ski resort, a U.S. Congressman, and sales campaigns throughout the Intermountain West for store chains such as Staples, Office Depot, and Albertsons.

Thomas oversaw the development of email marketing software which has been used to send over a million emails.

When he’s not at “the Lab” creating design+marketing awesomeness, he devotes his time to his 3 genius kids and 1 perfect wife. You can always find him running (meditating) on the beautiful, red rock trails of Southern Utah or canyoneering the slot canyons of magnificent Zion National Park. He has competed in two Ironman competitions and is an evangelist of healthy lifestyles.

In 2016, Thomas will receive his second degree from WGU in Marketing Management.

Thomas has been diagnosed with Bi-Polar Disorder. This creates specific challenges for him but also makes him a better entrepreneur.

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"I see things for the way people interact with them." - Cara Parrish

Cara Parrish - Digital Nomad and Founder of Taste the Wild Air Cara Parrish is a small town girl from Appalachia who has her own international marketing consulting business. She knows travels the world making strategies for entrepreneurs, start-ups, and Fortune 500 companies. She is a top .5% social media influencer. She's made an impact in the US, Canada, Australia, England, and India.

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"I have a great team so I don't need to wear all of the hats." - Derek Champagne

Derek Champagne - CEO of The Artist Evolution A true entrepreneur from an early age, Derek Champagne has always been interested in fostering connections and finding an audience, in both the marketing and music fields. Now CEO of The Artist Evolution, a marketing, design and practice management firm he founded in 2007, Champagne helps businesses of all budgets design and implement marketing strategies that work.

He’s developed and managed brands and marketing campaigns in multiple industries from start ups to household names. He has pioneered marketing strategies in the medical and dental communities, and has used his twenty-plus years of advertising, branding, and marketing experience to build a formidable business. He is a frequent guest lecturer at business conventions and college business marketing classes covering marketing and social media subject matter.

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"When you begin opening up and sharing your story, you will begin to grow." - Rodney Fife

Rodney Fife - Founder & CEO of Ironrod Media Rodney has over five years’ experience in marketing, selling, and public relations experience specializing in the publishing industry. I have a knack for finding and securing the media for my clients.

In the last two years, he has garnered over 25 million dollars’ worth of media coverage for our customers. I have arranged for clients to be in the New York Times, Woman’s World, Woman’s Day, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, US News and World Report. Additionally, my clients have appeared locally in the Deseret News, Salt Lake Tribune, and the Daily Herald.

Furthermore, the clients we have represented have been interviewed on the Today Show, NBC and ABC News and local shows including Studio 5, Matt Townsend Show and Good Morning Utah. Rodney has helped in fundraising for several non-profits to maintain their growth.

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"Today my vision is a world where we see ourselves in this truth: We Are Animals." - Aria Mae

Aria Mae Everts - Founder of We Are Animals

Aria Mae Everts envisions a world where all living things are connected with honor. Using Family Constellations, intuitive connection, and a sociological lens, she brings a rare approach to animal medicine and interspecies healing. Her services include animal communication, healing animal trauma, and teaching others how to tune-in to messages from animals. Aria's vision is a world where we see ourselves in our truth: We Are Animals. Learn more at www.ariamae.com

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"I’m 100% convinced that salespeople have the best job on the planet." - Ryan Stewman

Ryan Stewman - Founder & President at Clyxo.com

Who is Ryan Stewman? First and foremost he's a salesman. Ryan has not had a salaried job his entire life. By mastering the art of being a super effective communicator, Ryan has closed more transactions than he has time to add up. Besides, no one likes looking at super inflated numbers that are just a guess.

With his no BS approach to making things happen, Ryan has been able to help high income, and high net worth performers make adjustments in their businesses that have led to windfalls of profits for them.

Ryan's background is in the mortgage industry. He was a loan officer in Dallas, Texas for almost 10 years. During his time as a LO, Ryan closed 1000s of loans for people across the country. Ryan has been the top producing salesman at every sales job he's had.

Doesn't matter if you are selling cars, homes, financial services or consulting, Ryan can help you generate more leads with higher quality, increase your closing ratios and show you how to charge premium fees for the items you sell.

Ryan was born and raised in Dallas, TX and is probably the proudest Texan you will ever meet. He's also a father to the future greatest salesman in the world aka Mr. Jax.

Lastly, Ryan would like me to tell you to hire him. You can check his LONG track record of helping top producers hit a level in business they never before imagined. You won't find any negative reviews from any of his paying clients, past and present, anywhere. He ALWAYS delivers what he says, and his track record proves it. Buy from Ryan and win. End of story. Subscribe to his blog at www.hardcorecloser.com

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"I think entrepreneurship is the best way to live your life." - Adam Rue

Adam Rue - Founder of St George Design & Festival Sounds

"I guess my story begins in high school. Nothing really important happens before then right? I grew up in a suburb of LA and wanted to go to college somewhere not too far away, that had some snow, and a ski resort, so SUU and Cedar City became my home. My goal was to be a radio DJ. Then about half way through, I realized how much (not very much) Dj's actually make, and so I turned my focus to Marketing. I ended up working at the marketing Department of Brian Head Resort, which was fun and very interesting for me. After I graduated, I became the executive director for Brian Head, in charge of lots of events, marketing and a visitor's center. That let me to the Cedar Beaks Lodge, where i became the marketing director, which was even more fun and I really enjoyed.

After I had had enough of the snow and extreme weather in Brian Head, I decided to move back to LA and see how i could do there. I ended up the marketing Director for a Court Reporting Firm. This led me into web design, which was just becoming a very integral part of marketing at the time. There was no photoshop, or wordpress, juts html code, frontpage and a couple design programs. So I started teaching myself how to build and take care of websites. i ended up with a few clients in my spare time that i would help with their sites. I realized quickly that this could easily be a full time job.

After a few years in LA, and meeting my current wife, we decided to move back to Utah. I started St. George Design in 2009 after a brief job managing a subcontracting office. I really love what i do, and I feel I bring an aspect to design that most designers and programers do not... that is MARKETING!

So now I manage and own St. George Design, providing websites and print design to customers all over Utah, Nevada and California. I really love what I do, and hopefully will continue at this until websites go out of style.

I have 2 kids, Jake (7) and Sydney (10) and a beautiful and talented wife (Colleen) who is a radio personality on Planet 94.1. My alter-ego is that I am a wedding and event DJ for Festival Sounds. You can usually hear me announcing the St. George City races, and the Washington City races, and at all sorts of events around the country."

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"Master Your Minutes to Master Your Life" - Kevin Kruse

In pursuit of the American Dream, Kevin Kruse started his first company when he was just 22 years old. He worked around the clock, literally living out of his one-room office and showering each day at the YMCA, before giving up a year later deeply in debt.

But after discovering the power of Wholehearted Leadership and Employee Engagement Kevin went on to build and sell several, multimillion dollar technology companies, winning both Inc 500 and Best Place to Work awards along the way.

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" I want to be known as a disruptor." - Todd Cochrane

Todd Cochrane - CEO of RawVoice / Blubrry

Todd Cochrane Podcast Hall of Fame Inductee is the producer of Geek News Central since October 2004. Cochrane is also the co-host of the New Media Show, and is the founder of the People’s Choice Podcast Awards. In 2005, Cochrane wrote “Podcasting the Do it Yourself Guide,” the first book on podcasting. Cochrane is the CEO of RawVoice / Blubrry, representing 35,000 media creators and podcast networks. RawVoice provides Podcast Statistics, Hosting and Advertising opportunities. Cochrane lives in Honolulu, Hawaii, and is married to Shoko Higa Cochrane. They together have four children.

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"You know your industry better than anyone so trust yourself and make your own decisions." - Talia Goldstein

Talia Goldstein - Founder & CEO of Three Day Rule

Talia is the CEO and founder of Three Day Rule. After studying communication at Tulane University, Talia worked as a TV producer at E! True Hollywood Story, where she quickly became the office dating expert, setting co-workers and handing out insightful dating advice from her cubicle. Recognizing her hidden talent for matchmaking, Talia quit her full-time job and began hosting popular singles events and offering personalized matchmaking services.

Three Day Rule was officially created in 2013, allowing Talia to turn her lifelong hobby of matchmaking into a thriving business. Talia has a strong instinct for what drives lifelong connections between two people, and has found matches for hundreds of clients, including top executives, entrepreneurs, and everyday young professionals. She is thrilled that her work allows her to make a difference in people's lives.

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"Great founders can take feedback well and can learn and adapt quickly." - Elizabeth Yin

Elizabeth Yin - Partner at 500 Startups

Partner at 500 Startups; Investor in seed stage companies and run the Mtn View accelerator. Formerly CEO / Co-founder of LaunchBit (acq '14) and marketer at Google. BSEE from Stanford, MBA from MIT Sloan.

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"I believe in people." - Andre Angel

Founder & CEO at TangoTab

Based in Dallas, Andre is a serial entrepreneur with global experience. His latest venture, TangoTab, is a real-time, online social enterprise business that offers diners discounts at participating restaurants, and donates a meal to the community each time you use the service. “When you eat, they eat.” Prior to Tango Tab, he co- founded, grew and sold numerous high- tech companies including CODEKKO, Experticity, NTR, Elastic Edge, and WorkMeter. Earlier, he was Global Vice President of Sales at Nortel Networks.

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"As business leaders, we have a responsibility to give back through our businesses." - Davis Smith

Davis Smith - Founder & CEO of Cotopaxi Davis Smith is the founder and CEO of Cotopaxi, an outdoor gear company with a humanitarian mission. Davis was previously the founder and Co-CEO of Baby.com.br and Dinda.com.br, Brazil's leading e-commerce retailer in the baby space and "Startup of the Year 2012."

In 2004, he co-founded PoolTables.com, America's largest pool table retailer, which he later sold.
Davis is a graduate of Brigham Young University (BA) and the University of Pennsylvania's Lauder Institute (MA) and Wharton School (MBA).

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"Just ship it." - Bill Steele

William “Bill” Steele - Co-founder and Chief Engineer of Polar 3D William “Bill” Steele and Ed Estes, a former Microsoft executive, and a former software company owner had an idea in 2013. They wanted to make a difference in the world by inspiring students to think like entrepreneurs. To free students’ creativity and bring their imagination to life – in real time – using design thinking and 3D printing. But how to do that? 3D desktop printing was expensive, hard to use, and maintain and the printers were large. A lot of those issues were brought on by the inherent and traditional way 3D printers are designed and built.

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"If you want to create a movement, you have to start doing something." - Devin Thorpe

Devin Thorpe was a finance guy until he realized life wasn’t all about the money. As a new-media journalist and founder of the Your Mark on the World Center, Devin has established himself as a champion of social good.

As a Forbes contributor, with more than 250 bylines and over one million unique visitors, he has become a recognized name in the social impact arena. His YouTube show, featuring celebrities, CEOs, billionaires and entrepreneurs who are out to change the world, has been viewed over 200,000 times, giving him a recognizable face as well.

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Book - Crowdfunding for Social Good: Financing Your Mark on the World

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Crowdfunding for Social Good: Financing Your Mark on the World

"I have learned that there are no bad ideas, just bad plans." - Ken Dunn

Ken Dunn - CEO at Readers Legacy Inc

Ken Dunn has been called one of the greatest prospectors in the sales profession IN THE WORLD by Inc Magazine.

He has taught his revolutionary techniques of “growth & prosperity through prospecting” to hundreds of corporations, dozens of packed stadiums and thousands of avid readers on four continents.

A former police detective who spent over 400 hours interrogating murderers, kidnappers and child molesters, Ken combined his police experience with a flair for sales to start his own business. Trading in his badge for a seat in business class, Ken grew sales teams in his 3 companies to bring in revenues of over three quarters of a billion dollars in just 15 years.

Today, Publisher’s Weekly calls his latest book, The Greatest Prospector in the World, “a compelling tale of fiction and business principles,” The Networking Times calls him “the ultimate master of the prospecting game,” and Huffington Post say’s “Ken is an inspiration to anyone trying to build a business or succeed in selling”.

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"...we’re on a mission to help businesses discover their greatness..." - Mish Slade

Mish Slade is the founder of Mortified Cow – a copywriting agency that helps small businesses set themselves apart from the competition through personalityful, attention-grabbing text. Her work might not look like traditional “sales copy,” but it results in charmed, delighted readers who are eager to work with you or buy your product.

Mish and her husband run their respective businesses while they travel the world – because they can.

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Book - May I Have Your Attention, Please?

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"Mentors...the number one thing entrepreneurs should really think about." - Samantha Riley

Samantha Riley - Author & Entrepreneur

Samantha Riley is the author of the new book The Heart of Entrepreneurship and the creator of the Accelerant Group where she helps business owners amplify their message so that they can make a bigger impact and charge higher fees.

Samantha made her first Million Dollars by her mid twenties, as a high school dropout selling dancewear through her retail stores.

Over the past 20 years, she built several highly successful businesses and worked with over a hundred experts (coaches, consultants etc) helping them create businesses that allow them to live the life they envisioned when they first quit their day job.

Through her coaching programs, she helps experts become more visible and get their message out in a bigger way to maximize their impact.

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Free Book (First 20 People) - The Heart of Entrepreneurship

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'No matter what you're doing or where you're at, you can be successful...you can make it happen." - Alex Hernandez

Alex Hernandez "My name is Alex Hernandez. I am an entrepreneur, lifetime-natural fitness athlete, full-time business student, and fitness trainer. I was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. I am currently pursuing a degree in business at Dixie State University in St. George, Utah.

Some say I am part of the “select few" and am lucky as I was blessed with knowing what I wanted in life at such a young age. Some call me an old soul and others are skeptics of my vision.

I do not believe I am special or part of a select few. I truly believe every single person knows what they want or desire to accomplish in their lifetime - some just aren't conscious of it yet. Figuring this out doesn’t take some sort of magic, but an understanding of who we are as people."

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"...understanding your spouse's communication style and timing is key." - Anna Dupree

Jared and Anna Dupree

Dr. Jared DuPree is an innovative thinker. He applies his deep understanding of patterns and connections to various areas including healthcare, entrepreneurship, wellness, business development, and economic development. Having earned a PhD in Human Ecology from Kansas State University, an International MBA from the nationally ranked Moore School of Business of the University of South Carolina and a MS of Family Therapy at the University of Southern Mississippi, Dr. DuPree relies on theories and applications derived from the social sciences, economics and business to innovate. Equally, he values spirituality, the experience of others and the classics to contribute to his ongoing learning. If you can't find him in a classroom teaching or at a desk writing, you may find him in the backwoods of Montana fishing, among the cliffs of southern Utah mountain biking, sitting on a porch in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, or speaking with the natives of some distant land.

Anna DuPree received her BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography from the University of Southern Mississippi. She has taught Modern, Ballet and choreographed original works for Kansas State University and San Jacinto Community College. Anna founded League City Dance Academy in a suburb of Houston, TX. She now lives in Southern Utah with her husband of 16 years and 4 wonderful children.

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"...creators deserves their right as a vital part of every society." - Christoffer B. Wallin

Christoffer B. Wallin - Founder and Gardener at Pindify, Founder of Jamclouds and Part-Owner of Sprinklebit

"I'm a fortunate beloved husband, father and friend who sincerely believes that creators deserves their right as a vital part of every society.

Started Backstage in 2006 to help local artists be on stage and get promoted with larger headliners. In 2011 I helped my brother start Sprinklebit while I started Jamclouds “The collaborative platform for musicians to unite and collaborate in a real-time online studio”. Today I'm growing a Creators Market named Pindify.

After being reborn at the age of 30 I started to organize my purpose into a book which I'm continuously writing; "The Art of Struggle"

I've created many songs, been the lead-singer for 5 bands and sadly, yet under the circumstances; understandably, received the “Golden Ticket” from the TV-production; Swedish Idol.

Project Manager and Developer at BTS for 5 years where I led and developed projects such as the Training Portal for The Coca Cola Company. Other clients include HP, Vestas, PMI, Logica, DHL, AT&T, AOl, Ericsson, EADS, to mention some. I got a paycheck every month and learned several diversified "things".

One of my proudest accomplishments was to periodically being a bartender and waiter for over 13 years. It fueled my heart with that sweet bitterness you need in today's ironic society and gave me strength to move on after several years of people laughing at the “creative” dreamer (entrepreneur).

I agree with Mark Twain's statement: " I've never let my school interfere with my education" but I did power through a Bachelor’s degree in Economics with Honors of Highest Distinction, from University of Utah, Minoring in Business Marketing at David Eccles School of Business."

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"I believe the key to success is a being aware of what you are good at and developing those skills with a great team." - Daliah Saper

DALIAH SAPER is a member of the Illinois Bar and both the General Bar and Trial Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She has handled many high profile cases (including one she argued before the Illinois Supreme Court) and is regularly interviewed on national tv, radio, and in several publications including: Fox News, CNBC, ABC News, The Chicago Tribune, WGN Radio, NPR, and a slew of smaller websites. She has received the honor of being named a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers magazine seven years in a row, is recognized as a leading Media and Entertainment lawyer by Chambers and Partners, featured on the cover of TheXemplar magazine, profiled by the Chicago Law Bulletin, and has been nominated for the prestigious ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award.

Most significantly, Daliah has also been honored as a “40 Under 40” by Law Bulletin Publishing Company, an incredibly competitive list of accomplished attorneys compiled from thousands of highly qualified nominations. (Read the detailed profile here.) Daliah is an Adjunct Professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, teaching a Sports and Entertainment Law course. She has also served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, teaching an Internet Law course. She is on the faculty of PLI, Practicing Law Institute, and has been selected by Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society to be a member of Harvard’s new Online Media Legal Network (OMLN).

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"Fire on purpose, based on vision, and what's best for that person as well." - Scott Beebe

Scott Beebe - Strategist, Teacher, and Business Coach Scott’s big, hairy, audacious goal is to help small business owners and organizational leaders uncover the things they cannot see, and to build actionable strategies that allow themselves and their team to live out their narrow brilliance, and ultimately their business with purpose.

Scott walked on to a division-1 SEC football team with only one year of High School football experience and earned a full scholarship during his final two years. Moving to Texas after college with his new bride Ashley, Scott attended and graduated Theology school, then worked as a legal drug-salesmen for Pfizer selling Lipitor, Viagra, and other well-known products. Scott and Ashley planted two Churches, pastored one of them, and have been working in rural Nigeria since 2005 building a platform for sustainable partnership with Nigerians through a variety of sectors including business, finance, and agriculture.

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"You think different when you think long term." - Darryl Lyons

Darryl Lyons - Co-Founder and CEO of PAX Financial Group

Author of Small Business Big Pressure. Endorsed by 2 NY Times bestselling authors (Dave Ramsey & Dan Miller), an NBA Hall of Famer, and 16 successful business owners. His business is considered one of the best places to work in San Antonio and one of the fastest growing companies in the city (SA Business Journal). He has been a contributor for the Good Men Project and the San Antonio Express News. Darryl was recognized as one of the top 40 business people under 40 and the mayor of San Antonio named a park, the Darryl W Lyons Park, after his work helping to redevelop part of the city.

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"I believe in the power of people to change." - Marta Plaza

Marta Plaza - Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Desire

Marta is an entrepreneur. She believes in the power of people to change the world. There are a lot of things that can be changed, and she wants to get started. Since she left college she have been involved in the startup ecosystem. Marta is the co-founder of Desire - the game for couples.

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"The price of perfection is bankruptcy." - Mitch Russo

Mitch Russo -Executive Advisor, Business Coach and Strategy Consultant Mitch co-founded Timeslips Corp, which grew to become the largest time tracking software company in the world before it was sold to Sage plc in 1998. Then Mitch went on to join long-time friend Chet Holmes as President, later to join forces with Tony Robbins and together created Business Breakthroughs, International with nearly 300 people and about $25M in sales.

In 2013, Mitch began writing “The Invisible Organization” which is the CEO’s guide to transitioning a traditional brick and mortar company into a fully virtual organization.

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"The best teams are composed of individuals with complementary skill sets..." -Poornima Vijayashanker

Poornima Vijayashanker - Entrepreneur Engineer, Author, and Speaker Poornima Vijayashanker is an entrepreneur, engineer, author, and speaker who has made her mark on the tech world. A graduate of Duke University, Poornima was the founding engineer at Mint where she helped build, launch, and scale the product until it was acquired by Intuit. Following the acquisition, Poornima went on to launch Femgineer, an education company for tech professionals and entrepreneurs who want to learn how to build software products and companies.

Poornima speaks at industry events around the world and has authored the book, How to Transform Your Ideas into Software Products, and Present! A Techie’s Guide to Public Speaking with Karen Catlin. Having served as the EIR at 500 Startups, Poornima has also lectured at her alma mater’s Pratt School of Engineering.

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"I’m most excited about the fact that I’ve gotten to a point in my business to where we’re taken care of." - Matt Miller

Matt Miller - President of School Spirit Vending As a father of three, with years of expertise in both print media and vending, Matt was able to see school fundraising from a unique, outsider’s perspective.

One day, after a child in the neighborhood came by the house selling items for his school’s fundraiser, Matt decided to create a business that would help schools and their clubs or organizations raise money more simply.

Year-round, hassle-free fundraising with School Spirit Vending was born!

The School Spirit Vending concept and its simplicity has caught on so quickly that schools all over the country are already benefitting from the program with great results!!

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"I constantly push myself in my adventures and look for new challenges around the world to tackle and overcome." - Tom Crawshaw

Tom Crawshaw -Entrepreneur, Rock Climber, Skydiver, Slackliner, Adventurer, Mountaineer

Tom Crawshaw also know as The Adventure-preneur helps entrepreneurs and business owners face their fears, change their story and create abundance in business and life through a transformative adventure experience through his company The Rise-Up Academy.

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"You have to grind everyday." - Jermaine Dupri

Jermaine Dupri - Hip-Hop Artist, Grammy Award Winning Music Producer, & CEO Jermaine Dupri has established a successful career as a hip-hop artist, producer, songwriter, author, and CEO of So So Def Recordings, which he founded in 1989. He has collaborated with artists such as Usher, Mariah Carey, and Nelly. In 2011, Jermaine launched Global 14, which consists of more than 1,100 groups who share common interests such as fashion, hip-hop, and R&B.

Jermaine has been steadily building Global 14’s international presence including expansion into Europe and Latin America. He announced Global 14’s Latin American presence at the 2012 Portada Latin American Advertising and Media Summit.

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"Great investors see relationships with founders as long-term partnerships." - Zach Ware

Zach Ware Former Head of Product at Zappos.com.
Managed a ground sales team then later the relaunch of the web business for The Republic of Tea.
Developed the six acre Zappos.com HQ Campus in Downtown Las Vegas.
Helped launch Tony Hsieh’s Downtown Project.
Founded Work In Progress, Las Vegas’s first coworking space.
Founded SHIFT, a huge integrated mobility company.
Co-founded and launched VegasTechFund - Managing Partner.

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"Put yourself out there and be brave." - Bailey O'Brien

Bailey O'Brien Bailey O’Brien is a stage 4 inoperable melanoma cancer survivor on a mission to make the world a healthier, happier place. Due to her background and passion for holistic healing, Bailey has enrolled in the Institute of Integrative Nutrition’s Health Coaching Training Program and plans to begin practicing as a certified health coach this May. Trained as a motivational speaker by Jon Gordon, speaker and bestselling author of The Energy Bus and more than a dozen other inspirational books, Bailey hopes to host her own conference one day to provide hope and healing for those affected by cancer.

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"Wellness is really about finding peace with ourselves, peace with others, and peace with a higher power." - Dr Jared Dupree

Jared Dupree - Professor, Entrepreneur, & Author

Dr. Jared DuPree is an innovative thinker. He applies his deep understanding of patterns and connections to various areas including healthcare, entrepreneurship, wellness, business development, and economic development. Having earned a PhD in Human Ecology from Kansas State University, an International MBA from the nationally ranked Moore School of Business of the University of South Carolina and a MS of Family Therapy at the University of Southern Mississippi, Dr. DuPree relies on theories and applications derived from the social sciences, economics and business to innovate. Equally, he values spirituality, the experience of others and the classics to contribute to his ongoing learning.

If you can't find him in a classroom teaching or at a desk writing, you may find him in the backwoods of Montana fishing, among the cliffs of southern Utah mountain biking, sitting on a porch in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, or speaking with the natives of some distant land.

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"I write what I write and try not to worry about putting it in sort of box" Katie Garibaldi

Katie Garibaldi - Singer/Songwriter

With her seventh full-length album, Follow Your Heart, released, and an endorsement deal with Breedlove Stringed Instruments, who worked with her to build her a new custom Master Class guitar, Katie Garibaldi has proven to be an artist with staying power. Based in the golden city of San Francisco, this determined and enthusiastic singer/songwriter/guitarist is an avid national touring performer who has acquired a devoted fan base, due in large part to her engaging live shows, and personal connection to her listeners through her music. She sings with an emotional nearness that, in combination with her melodic and catchy songs and her soulful and expressive vocals, captures her audience wherever she performs.

Katie has a characteristic musical style wherein her country-tinged folk-rock gives her a distinct and edgy sound—Americana with sparkling memorable melodies, or what her fans have referred to as "Americountry." Her latest album, Follow Your Heart, was recorded at John Vanderslice’s Tiny Telephone Recording Studios in San Francisco, CA, and engineered by Ian Pellicci, and features some of the prolific writer's most personal songs, most of which reflect back to her simple yet powerful message of the importance of having the conviction to follow one’s heart, and also includes performances by notable musicians, including the Magik*Magik Orchestra.

Follow Your Heart is Katie’s first full-length release of all new compositions since her award winning Next Ride Out album in 2009. In that time, the Americana songstress has toured the country, and built her business DIY-style from the ground up. Guitar Player magazine calls Garibaldi “a gifted songwriter with a gorgeous voice” and Music Connection magazine says, “Garibaldi is blessed with a sweet and pure soprano, and we hear a sincerity in this artist that is real.” She has been named a Music Connection magazine Top 100 Live Unsigned Artist, received the Songwriter of the Year award from Songsalive!, is an active voting member of the Recording Academy, and was named Emerging Artist Of The Year for 2015 from the Indie Music Channel.

Katie was also voted San Francisco Artist Of The Month by The Deli Magazine in September 2015. Recently, the indie artist released her first music video, "Lock The Door, Lose The Key," a fun story depicting the adventure of a newlywed couple. The music video premiered in September 2015 on The Deli Magazine as a one-year celebration to 2014's Follow Your Heart. Her upcoming new EP, a return to her folk-driven roots, which she recorded in a Nashville studio that's seen the likes of country greats like Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw, and George Jones, and features a mixture of classical and country string players is aimed for release in Spring of 2016.

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"The Way You Think Has A Greater Impact On Your Results Than Any Other Factor." - Kim Ades

Kim Ades - President of Frame of Mind Coaching Author, speaker, entrepreneur, coach, and mother of 5, Kim is one of North America’s foremost experts on coaching high-profile executives by teaching them the principles of thought mastery.

By using her unique process of coaching through journaling, she works with clients who are intelligent, driven, and ambitious and helps them examine and tweak their thinking in order to yield extraordinary results.

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"My food made someone happy, and it was the best feeling in the world." - Roxanne Fulkerson

Roxanne Fulkerson 0f CEO of RCF & Sons

Roxanne Fulkerson, founder and CEO of RCF & Sons and its subsidiary company Rox Bars, has long had a passion for health, wellness, and food that works for you while tasting great. Fulkerson has a background in Marketing, Gourmet Cooking, and Theater. She is an alumnus of San Diego State University, a proud wife and mother, and a resident of California's sunniest city, San Diego.

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"I believe in people, not just their output." - David K. Williams

David K. Williams - CEO of Fishbowl Inventory David K. Williams is the Chief Executive Officer of Fishbowl, the #1 provider of manufacturing and warehouse management software for QuickBooks and asset tracking solution for large enterprises. Under his leadership, Fishbowl has achieved numerous awards for extraordinary growth and is poised to continue to be one of Utah’s most prominent businesses. Fishbowl is one of the few companies in Utah that is employee owned and has made a commitment to pursue excellence for their employees and to support humanitarian efforts through the Courage Above Mountains (CAM) Foundation, named for David’s son Cameron. CAM provides business incubation space and digital learning programs for small businesses in the Utah community, as well as providing learning, health, and enrichment services to underserved individuals in the U.S. and abroad.

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"I was born a creative." - Melanie Williams

Melanie Williams - Founder of Pixels In My Pocket Creativity isn't just a personality trait for me. It's the compass by which I navigate my life. I'm a visual person with a visionary personality. Pixels In My Pocket is the intersection of my passion for all things individually crafted and the storytelling that goes into building a brand and platform. Since founding Pixels in 2013, my team and I have completed over 70 custom branding, website design and marketing projects. We focus on building relationships with our clients so that we can anticipate their needs and connect them with unimagined possibilities. Our Pixels Process includes Identity Discovery, Branding, Strategic Planning, Platform Building, and Maintenance. This process allows us to partner deeply with our clients in long term, dynamic relationships.

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"What's life without a bit of that so-crazy-it-just-might-work motivation?" Angela Mastrogiacomo

Angela Mastrogiacomo - Founder of Muddy Paw PR

Angela Mastrogiacomo is the owner of Muddy Paw Public Relations and music blog Infectious Magazine. She has founded several chapters of the international music industry meet up Balanced Breakfast, which currently operates in 9 cities across the US and Canada.

Muddy Paw specializes in working with up-and-coming artists on personalized campaigns designed to bring their careers to the next level. To date, Muddy Paw has secured placements on sites such as Noisey, AbsolutePunk, Substream, Property Of Zack, PureVolume, Anti-Music, and many more.

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"Never, ever, ever give up if it's something you're passionate about doing." - Ruth King

Profitability Master Ruth King is a serial entrepreneur having owned 7 businesses in the past 30 years. One of her businesses helps small business owners truly understand and profit from their financial statements.

After twelve years on the road, she found a better way to reach entrepreneurs who wanted to build their businesses. She began Internet training in 1998 and began the first television like broadcasting in 2002. Her latest channel, www.profitabilityrevolution.com, broadcasts ideas, news, strategies and other information that matters to small business owners 24/7/365 on any Internet device, mobile or laptop.

Ruth started the Decatur, Georgia branch of the Small Business Development Center. She also founded the Women’s Entrepreneurial Center and taught a year-long course for women who wanted to start their own businesses.

Ruth holds an MBA in Finance from Georgia State University.

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"We're so well off already when it comes to what we already have available to us that this is no legitimate excuse on why we can't continue to expand." - Bryce Prescott

Bryce Prescott - Founder of Rules of Success As an entrepreneur and business consultant with several successful business endeavors under his belt, Bryce Prescott makes expertise, knowledge and practical, proven processes available to those looking to take their Lives, Businesses, Health and Being to an elevated level.

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"Any leadership skill is within reach of anyone who wants to learn and grow." - Aaron Walker

Aaron Walker - Serial Entrepreneur "Aaron Walker is, without question, a veteran entrepreneur. Starting his first business at 18, and selling to a Fortune 500 company nine short years later, demonstrates Aaron’s passion for success. Unwilling to rest on past success alone, Aaron started, bought, and sold eight successful companies over the past 36 years. Having a strong desire for personal development has kept Aaron in a weekly mastermind group for more than a decade with Dave Ramsey, Dan Miller, Ken Abraham, and seven other notable Nashvillians. Aaron has enjoyed a 35-year marriage with his beautiful wife, Robin. Today, Aaron spends the majority of his time helping men grow in success and significance as President and Founder of View from the Top, a premier life and business coaching resource."

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"So much of my life has been built upon the desire to see the good in others and to find hope in a hopeless situation." - Giselle Gonzales

Giselle Gonzales - Adventurer Guide & Imbako Brand Ambassador "I'm an actress/model, professional adventurer (it's actually my job to travel and be a storyteller around the world!), and Northwest Native. I'm passionate about empowering young women in marganilized communities and I love experiencing and sharing new cultures with others. I read a lot, write a lot, and am always running off on some new adventure because I believe the world is worth exploring! You can follow my adventures on social media and my blog “See, Hear, Explore” where I’m starting a new writing and photography project to capture stories of individuals and socially-driven organizations who are creatively working to enact social change.”

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"Live your life in purpose." - Larry Hagner

Larry Hagner - Founder of the Good Dad Project Larry Hagner is the creator of the The Good Dad Project Podcast, featured as one of the top podcasts on iTunes. A graduate of Southeast Missouri State University with a background in Health, Wellness, and Nutrition, Larry went on to be the founder of The Good Dad Project, a successful organization that is dedicated to helping Dads through various resources. Larry is also a dynamic speaker who has spoken for several churches, men's groups, women's groups, and couples with outstanding reviews.

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"Overtime, if I continue to plant seeds, the harvest of those seeds will come eventually." - Michael McGreevy

Michael McGreevy - Founder of McGreevy Leadership Michael was forever changed by his friend's death and the nearly tragic events that followed. Once consumed by anxiety, fear, and hopelessness, he understands what it takes to overcome devastation.

As a professional leadership coach, he helps leaders live intentionally, love relationally and leave a lasting legacy. He works with leaders through 1 on 1 coaching and mastermind groups.

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"I believe that we all have something special to share." - Genavieve Shingle Jaffe

Genavieve Shingle Jaffe - Sparkly Lawyer Extraordinaire Genavieve Shingle Jaffe is our very own sparkly lawyer here to help you cover your beautiful business booty with legit legal protection. She runs a law practice, Genavieve Shingle Law, an on-line legal course, Damsel in Defense®, where she educates and empowers female entrepreneurs with the legal side of their business. She believes in magic, unicorns, pink hair, miracles and that mint chocolate chip ice cream is a perfectly acceptable dinner.

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"I went from 10 employees generating $250K a year to 3 Employees generating more than $1mill a year!" - Ajay Prasad

AJAY PRASAD - Founder and President of GMR Web Team

Ajay Prasad is a serial entrepreneur, successful business strategist and an adept marketing expert who before laying the foundation of his various successful entrepreneurial ventures, served organizations ranked among the top 10 of Fortune 500 companies. His areas of expertise include marketing management, business development, consumer research, market analysis and strategic planning within industries such as consumer electronics, GPS-based navigation systems, enterprise software and consumer marketing.

The founder and president of GMR Web Team - a leading Orange County digital marketing agency dedicated to helping businesses maximize revenue from the Internet - Ajay also owns and operates GMR Transcription, a seven-figure web-based business and award-winning transcription and translation company which he founded in 2004 to fill a void in affordable and accurate transcription and translation services for writers, students, professors and businesses. In the short span of a decade, the company has expanded its reach to include government institutions and non-profit organizations and has become a trusted partner to more than 9,000 clients across the globe.

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"I wanted to build a community where smart, outspoken, high-achieving women are celebrated and encouraged to progress in their career full-time." - Amanda Bradford

Amanda Bradford - Founder and CEO of The League After graduating from Carnegie Mellon with a degree in Information Systems, Amanda joined Salesforce as a Sales Engineer. In 2010 she joined Google, where she worked as a product specialist on the DoubleClick team and then moved into New Business Development where she led partnership efforts around the commercialization of Google's BIg Data Infrastructure-as-a-service offerings. Amanda graduated with an MBA frp, Stanford Graduate School of Business and is interested in enterprise saas companies, big-data applications, and e-commerce.

In 2014 she founded The League,

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"What we all want is success. Success in our relationships, wellness, business, fun, family life and love of self." - Jewels Muller

Jewels Muller: Founder of Chicks Connect Mastermind Movement

Jewels Muller has an amazing passion for life! She, her husband, TJ and twin boys travel fulltime sharing the Chicks Connect Mastermind Movement. She has her Master’s Degree and worked as a teacher and Principal for 12 years. She spent the last several years as an Entrepreneur. She launched Peace of Mind Organizing Firm in 2004 and added coaching services in 2006.

Supporting women in business is her passion which is evident in her coaching clientele and her ever growing Mastermind Membership Chicks Connect. Jewels is the founder of Chicks Connect which is a Global Membership for women where they connect, get into action, and hold one another accountable for personal and professional growth and development all built on a foundation of love, fun, friendship, service and support.

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"If you want to be a successful entrepreneur you have to get out of your comfort zone." - Dennis Brown

Not long after graduating from the University at Buffalo in 92’ with a PreLaw degree, Dennis Brown started his career as an entrepreneur. Since then Mr. Brown built 3 multi million dollar businesses in 3 different industries.

Mr. Brown is well known for his work at Logistic Dynamics (LDi), a non asset based 3rd party logistics provider that operates through a network of over 70+ operation centers nationwide. He founded LDi in late 2003 and served as CEO/President for 10 years, during which time sales went from $0 to over $45 million a year. In 2008 LDi was ranked #298 on Inc. Magazine’s coveted Inc. 500 ranking of the fastest growing privately held companies in America. Since then the company has been recognized 5 more times by Inc. Magazine as a part of their Inc. 500/5000 list as well as as a Top 100 Logistics Provider. .

Mr. Brown retired from his logistics company 2013 and now consults with business owners, executives and sales teams around the world on how to leverage Linkedin to achieve their business goals. He has spent over 8 years developing and teaching his Linkedin marketing system which has generated him over $20 million in revenue for his various business ventures. He is also the author of “The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Linkedin Users”and regularly speaks on the topic of Linkedin marketing and social sales.

Mr. Brown is a lifelong resident of Western New York and currently resides in Clarence, NY with his wife and 2 children.

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"Fear is only as powerful as your story" - Rodney King

Rodney King - Embodied-Growth Hacktivist | Martial Arts Coach | Full Contact Entrepreneur What I do: I help individuals crush their inner opponent, and turn it into a weapon to excel in their life and career. I combine cutting edge modern martial arts training, with inner game tools, to help you achieve massive success in your life and career.

Bio: Until my late 20s, I felt like I had been fighting my whole life. Brought up on the south side of Johannesburg, in South African government housing (similar to “the projects” in the USA), I learned early on that what really mattered was not how smart you were, but whether you were tough enough. Growing up, I often felt trapped in a really bad nightmare — and I wanted to wake up.

But tough times build strong character, and I was determined to survive the school bullies and the mean streets of my neighborhood. That’s how I discovered martial arts, and set the course for the rest of my life. If I hadn’t started training in karate and boxing, I wouldn’t be standing today in front of business leaders, entrepreneurs, and other success-minded people . . . coaching them on how to tap into their inner game.

Things turned rough in my teens. My abusive, alcoholic mother kicked me out of the house at 17 and, as a result, I never finished high school. I found myself sleeping on the streets with less than $20 in my pocket — yet today I consult with leaders of industry, train top security forces, and run my own international business. Martial arts taught me to be resilient, to embrace my fears, to develop laser-like focus, and to never give up. Having developed those qualities (I had to!), I went back to school, put myself through college, and currently completing my Ph.D in Embodied Leadership.

Over the years, I have taught special-force military operators and law enforcement officers how to develop an unstoppable mind, needed for success on the battlefield, or on city streets, and how to survive when all else fails. You see, I did wake up from that nightmare. What I learned on the mat as a martial artist, helped me not only take on those tough, mean streets of Johannesburg, but it empowered me to take on life, full throttle, and to succeed.

What I learned, and what I teach my clients today, may surprise you. Being tough is not about aggression, violence, or killer instinct. In fact, everything I teach is the complete opposite: it’s about having a Buddha mind, and a Warrior body — Zen in the midst of chaos. Most important it works! It worked for me, and it works for my clients not only on the dojo floor, but in their lives and careers. My website is not only about the hard-learned lessons that allowed me to become a successful martial artist, coach, and entrepreneur — but also how it can enable anyone (hopefully you the reader) to successfully take on the martial arts of everyday life and win.

My motto has always been: “Performance is performance” — meaning it doesn’t matter whether it is in the ring, where “performance” shows up as self-defense, in the boardroom during tough negotiations, or, indeed, at home dealing with everyday domestic challenges (I now often find myself negotiating with my teenage son).

The ingredients for successful performance — in all areas of life — transcend the situation. The “inner tools” that shape success are perennial and universal. That’s what I discovered as I struggled to survive on the mean streets, and then developed into a system to help myself and my clients thrive, as we face the inevitable challenges of today’s competitive world. This is what this website is about!

Connect With Rodney: CoachRodneyKing.com | FullContactLiving.org | Facebook | @CoachRodneyKing

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"Entrepreneurs need to share their passion." - Boyd Petersen

Boyd Petersen - Certified Marketing Coach, Public Speaker, Trainer Boyd grew up in the Riverton, Utah area and has been involved with business since he started selling greeting cards door to door when a boy scout.

He went to school in marketing and computer engineering. He has worked for a national telephone distribution company as their marketing manager and has worked with several national expos including Comdex and the Consumer Electronic Show.

He has owned several businesses. Many of these businesses involved advertising his products and services. He was always frustrated with the lack of flexibility the advertising options offered at that time.

In 1998 Boyd and his wife Linda purchased the South Valley Journal. It had a circulation of 17,000 and covered Riverton, Herriman, Bluffdale and half of Draper. Immediately, he implemented programs that helped businesses manage their advertising dollars better. Flexibility of size and frequency was the key to giving businesses better control of their marketing message. He also jumped into working with the local Chambers to not only build his own business but help other businesses.

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"Be honest about where your strengths are and where they're not." - Clara Chorley

Clara Chorley - Founder & CEO of Clarity Unlimited

Clara Chorley helps professional women and men around the world gain clarity about what’s next in their careers, and then integrate those changes into the rest of their lives. She is the CEO and founder of Clarity Unlimited; and has an extensive and unique international background as a career transition coach, professional speaker, humanitarian, and insatiable explorer.

Clara has worked and travelled through 40 countries and 5 continents. She is an international speaker, TEDx presenter, and author of the best-seller T.U.R.N.: 4 Steps to Clarity in your Life and Career. Clara currently lives in San Francisco, California.

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"I love nothing better than sharing what I have learned with those who are eager to grow." - Tom Schwab

Tom Schwab: Inbound for eCommerce Tom Schwab knows how to build an online business with an Inbound Strategy. He led the growth of Goodbye Crutches, a Direct to Patient Private Pay eCommerce Business, from a regional player to a national leader in under 3 years.
• Leader of the eCommerce HubSpot User Group
• Published in the leading industry blogs
• Featured guest on TV, radio, webinars, podcasts
• HubSpot featured eCommerce Case Study

Connect With Tom: Website | @TMSchwab | LinkedIn

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"I believe that a day without learning is a day gone to waste." - Jessica Grossman

Jessica Grossman - Executive Producer of In Public Jessica Grossman is one of the Executive Producers of the new webseries In Public, a show about a fictional PR firm that integrates real PR.

While Jessica has both the experience and a passion for acting, her background is also in digital media and business. Having her BA from Western University and her MA from New York University, Jessica has worked at tech startups and digital agencies in both Toronto and NYC.

In her (limited) spare time, Jessica also runs a worldwide awareness campaign called Uncover Ostomy, aimed at breaking the stigma about ostomy surgery.

Jessica and her work have been featured in The Toronto Star, NPR, News.com, Global News, and she has won various awards such as the Bart Lawson Award for Service from NYU and a Top Crohn's Blog from Healthline.

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"I want to give talented people who don’t have access to resources help to realize their potential." - Alexander Kesler

Alexander Kesler: Founder & President of inSegment Alexander Kesler is a visionary B2B digital marketer and has been practicing in the fields of high tech, software, education and security among others for over 15 years. Being Founder and President of inSegment, one of the leading Boston Digital Marketing firms, Alexander leads a team of digital marketing experts and specializes in the areas of B2B Lead Generation, Content Marketing & Syndication, SEO & Paid Search, Conversion Oriented Web Development, Programmatic Media Buying and Direct Response Marketing. Alexander Kesler graduated from Babson College.

Connect With Alexander: Website | Personal Website | LinkedIn | @AlexanderKelser | @inSegment

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"A typical mistake many entrepreneurs make is to focus on creating something solely because they want to make it." - Grant Weherley

Grant Weherley: Instructor, Podcaster, Author, The Online Course Guy Grant Weherley is a best-selling Udemy instructor, perpetual traveler, and online course creation and marketing expert. He’s often fondly referred to as “The Online Course Guy”. If you’d like to learn more about building profitable online courses that grow your business go to http://myepodcast.com/ to check out The Monetize Your Expertise Podcast, and download a free report on 24 Expert Tools which details the tech of million-dollar courses.

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"Learn the business of your business...you don't have to reinvent the wheel" - G.K. Bowes

G.K. Bowes - Voiceover Actress G.K. Bowes is multi-talented voiceover actress whose performances can be heard every day on television, radio, film, animation, anime, video games, toys, and even amusement park rides! She has provided the voice of Barbie for Mattel, Mairu Orihara in Durarara and Durararax2, Senna in "Bleach: Memories of Nobody", the voice of Lupit in the highly acclaimed Marvel Comics anime series "Blade", starring Harold Perrineau, in the episode "Island Lights", and the voice of Kiyal in several episodes of "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann".

In addition to her characters in Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain, Resident Evil, Guild Wars 2, Dying Light, and the new Minecraft Story Mode, some of her other notable video game credits include the voice of Felicia in "Marvel VS Capcom 3", the voice of Asuka Kazama in "Street Fighter VS Tekken", and Warachu in "Neptunia".

G.K. can also be heard in several episodes of Disney's "Phineas and Ferb", "Special Agent Oso", "Sofia the First", "Doc McStuffins", and their new series "The Lion Guard".

Connect With G.K. Website | @GKBowes | Instagram

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"Know the why behind your business" - Geoff Talbot

Geoff Talbot - Co-Founder of The Seven Sentences Blog There is no way that you can put Geoff Talbot in a box, you cannot make hi,, fit a particular paradigm because in his heart he is an adventurer, a risk-taker who has avoided the box at all cost.

So instead, he gives us 4 short one-sentence stories that may give you a sense of who he is.

If you are sitting in New Zealand watching television in 2006, you might have seen Geoff working as a Veterinary Surgeon in a documentary called “Animal House,” — that’s right he used to be a Vet until the right side of his brain took full control of hiw body.

If you were at “The Mumford And Sons” Tribute to Steinbeck in Monterey, California in 2012, you may have seen him up onstage with these award winning grammy artists as he performed a scene from The Grapes of Wrath.

If you check out some of the pages on his blog (http://sevensentences.com), you will also see that he is an innovative Digital Strategist who has helped hundreds of businesses, brands, and artists use the digital space in incredibly powerful ways that have been beneficial to their bottom line.

And lastly, if you’ve connected with him on Twitter, you will see that one of his major goals in life is to change the world through friendship.

Connect With Geoff: Website | Facebook | @GeoffTalbot

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"Search, Book, Learn, Pay" - Tutora

Mark Hughes and Scott Woodley: Co-Founders of Tutora

Mark Hughes: After graduating from Cambridge University, Mark spent close to a decade as a technology analyst for a large investment firm, before deciding that life on the other side of the fence might offer a completely new challenge. Mark loves climbing and can normally be found hanging off mountains in the Peak District.

Scott Woodley: An idealist to the core, Scott has been involved in Education for close to a decade - first as a teacher, then running his own tutoring company. For him, starting Tutora is about more than just trying to grow a successful business, its about improving the lives of as many children as possible. He is a keen cyclist, runner and, generally, an avid sports enthusiast.

Tutora: Our online platform allows you to connect directly with talented and trusted tutors, removes the hassle of dealing in cash, whilst, we believe, providing outstanding customer service. We constantly strive to ensure that everyone can have access to a first class tutor: any subject, any age, we have the right tutor for you.

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"I make things that help people." - Jason Zook

Jason Zook - Founder of BuyMyFuture.com Jason Zook is the fearless entrepreneur who made over $1M wearing t-shirts for a living on IWearYourShirt. He sold his last name twice and wrote a not-best-selling book that’s helped thousands of entrepreneurs. Jason helps people take action in their businesses and lives at JasonDoesStuff.com and is currently selling his future at BuyMyFuture.com.

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"Get out of your own way by doing less" - JV Crum III

JV Crum III - Founder and CEO of Conscious Millionaire Institute, LLC J V Crum III, JD, MBA, became a self-made entrepreneur millionaire in his twenties. He is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, certified business coach, licensed attorney, serial entrepreneur, Huffington Post Columnist on conscious business, and is host of the #1 Ranked “Conscious Millionaire Podcast”, which is broadcast M-F. He is the Founder and CEO of Conscious Millionaire Institute LLC, a global entrepreneur business coaching, training, and wealth-product business.

Connect With JV Crum III: Website | @JVCrum | Facebook | Conscious Millionaire Podcast | Health Reality Show Podcast | Get the Book

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"I've always been passionate about the women's empowerment movement." - Jessica Chitkuer

Jessica Chitkuer - Founder of Lean In Chicago

About: Jessica Chitkuer is the Founder of Lean In Chicago, a Google Community Leader, and a lover of disruptive technologies. She’s a bright college student who’s always a step ahead of the game. When she was 14, Jessica took her first step in the direction of entrepreneurship by turning day-old donuts into a $7K venture. When she was 15, she secured over $30K in donations for her high school’s foundation board. The following year, she worked with Senator Lou Correa to create a non-profit organization that expanded to serve over 500 under-privileged high school students in undeserved communities.

When she was 18, Jessica was listed to Teavana’s National Top Sellers, becoming the fifth highest-grossing seller in the United States within her first two weeks of employment. Before turning 20, Jessica organized a sold-out TEDx Talk, has won many hackathons and startup weekend competitions, led a successful referenda to kick Starbucks Coffee off her campus, and has been named a California Young Hero. In her free time, Jessica works with United Nations Women to promote gender responsive financing.

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"Done is better than perfect"- David Anderson

David Anderson - Founder of Nitro Sales Team

About: David is the founder of NitroSalesTeam.com. As a sales consultant and passionate hustler for life, David brings an exciting, driven story to your audience and will get them jumping out of their seats to achieve their wildest revenue dreams.

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"The best of the best are always organized and always put together." - Kate Matsudaira

Kate Matsudaira - Principal at Urban Influence and Creator of Spark Notebook

Kate Matsudaira has spent her entire career leading brilliant teams, and is currently a Principal at Urban Influence, an award winning branding and interactive agency in Seattle, WA.

Previously, Kate was the founder and CEO of Popforms (acquired by Safari Books Online in 2015). She has also worked as the VP Engineering/CTO at Decide (acquired by Ebay), Moz, and Delve Networks (acquired by Limelight), and as a software engineer, tech lead, and manager at Amazon and Microsoft.

Kate is a keynote speaker at conferences around the world, and teaches a highly sought after workshop for teams on the elements of successful leadership. She also maintains a popular blog on management, productivity, and creating an amazing career at katemats.com. You can also test out her goal setting system by checking out theSparkNotebook.com, a notebook designed to make you more successful.

pic via thesparknotebook.com Connect With Kate: Website | Urban Influence | Spark Notebook | Facebook | @KateMats | Google+

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"Make sure it's something you're in love doing. If you don't love it you might as well be working for someone else. " - Ross Barber

Ross Barber - Founder and Web Designer of Electric Kiwi & Co-Host of the Bridge the Atlantic podcast

Electric Kiwi founder Ross Barber has dedicated his life to helping musicians, bands, and other artists pursue dreams of turning their passion for music into a viable career opportunity. His decision to launch Electric Kiwi in 2011 came after Ross earned a 2:1 BA (Hons) degree in Popular Music Performance from the UHI Millennium Institute in Perth, Scotland.

From designing websites to creating artwork for album covers, Ross has worked with independent artists from all over the world and his marketing strategies have been featured on top websites including Cyber PR Music, Hypebot, and Musicians Unleashed.

He also co-hosts his own video podcast, Bridge the Atlantic, with singer/songwriter Marcio Novelli. The podcast, which interviews musicians and creative entrepreneurs, spent several weeks on the “New and Noteworthy” chart after debuting on iTunes.

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"We will NEVER EVER die!" - Sherman Lee

Sherman Lee: Co-founder & CEO at Good Audience Co-founder, CEO and head of growth. Managed social media accounts for 250+ businesses. Scaled content platform at Yahoo! from 0 to 600M users.

Good Audience: Social Media Marketing Assistants.
Work with a team of experienced marketers. We spend many hours a week hand curating content, sharing it across all platforms and growing your social communities!

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"I want you to have the confidence to be the change you wish to see in this world." - Thais Guimaraes

Thais Guimaraes: Women's Leadership Coach Thais is a women’s leadership coach, yoga/meditation teacher, mentor and leader. She supports healers, teachers, coaches, trainers and heart centered women to optimize their lifestyle, create a spiritually badass business, make a bigger impact, and lead from their authentic feminine power so they can BE the change they wish to see in the world. Her mission is to evoke a change in consciousness in order for every woman to feel empowered to live their purpose, shine their light and be a catalyst for greatness.

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"Keep life as simple as possible — complexity kills dreams!" - Brendan Dalley

Brendan Dalley: Social Engagement Speaker & Consultant

Brendan Dalley is a self-proclaimed “verbologist” and teacher of “simplixity.” He is a native of Southern Utah and has been involved in a variety of industries including the public and private sectors of education, owning several businesses, a Director of Recruiting, and an adjunct Communication and Business instructor for the local University. He is an entrepreneur, professional speaker, trainer, blogger, and social media engagement consultant. In his spare time you will find him on the golf course with his wife and kids, or coaching and watching his kids in soccer.

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"Become the man you were meant to be." Ryan Michler

Ryan Michler: Founder of Order of Man

Order of Man: A community to help men become the best they were meant to be. Self-Mastery, Relationships/Family, Finances/Career, and Community/Contribution

Order of Man Podcast: The Order of Man Podcast is for motivated and ambitious men who want to become better in every area of their lives from defining their purpose, obtaining self-mastery, building relationships, growing as a leader, and mastering manly skills. Each week I have real, unscripted conversations with the world’s most successful men.

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"Podcasting is such a wonderful opportunity to expand your reach and to share your message. However, it doesn't happen magically. You need a lot of work on the front end to make sure you can crush it on your podcast launch." - Joel Boggess

About: Joel Boggess - Host of Relaunch Podcast, Author of #1 Amazon Best Selling book, Finding Your Voice

Joel Boggess’ broadcasting career began in the early 90’s – behind the mic in traditional radio, on camera as a reporter, and in the master control room as an AP.

Today, he is a #1 bestselling author, a front-runner in the world of podcasting and new media, and is one-half of the broadcast team behind the creation, development and explosive growth of ReLaunch.

Within 12 days of the podcast’s initial blast off, it soared up the iTunes charts to nail #1 in business, education, and in health respectively in New and Noteworthy.

His latest book, Finding your Voice, hit the #1 spot on Amazon in three categories - success, self esteem, and happiness; on the same day, in the same hour.

Joel has mastered the art and science of how to develop and execute a podcast launch and growth plan, as well as how to mobilize listeners. His global audience has grown 10-fold in twelve month’s time and he has earned numerous podcast awards including Best Overall and Most Inspirational podcast.

Overview: "Joel is passionate about sharing fresh ideas, success tips and inspirations through real life stories. He is a “natural” with broadcasting, and he enjoys teaching podcast and radio show hosts how to book great guests and have engaging interviews."

Highlights: What is Relaunch: Relaunch is Joel's podcast that recently approached it's one-year mark. Joel shares the importance of having a launch team who are defined as the people that know you, like you, and want to see you succeed. He was able to put his own launch team in place to not only help with his podcast, but to help promote his book, Finding Your Voice.

Podcast Training: Joel offers a 15 video training tutorial that takes people through step-by-step on how to create your own podcast.

Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make: Don't go it alone. While a lot can be said to have the courage and belief to go it alone, you need a tribe behind you.

About Podcasting: Podcasting is not a business model. However, it can be used inside your business model to help you promote, or add value to your area of expertise. There is no less expensive, better way to have a killer podcast. It can be a revenue generator, but Joel encourages future podcasters to put the monetization on a shelf briefly, and focus on creating an amazing show that people want to listen to and be apart of.

Industry of Podcasting: The world is going on-demand and at your fingertips. Joel truly believes that podcasting is here to stay because the right people are becoming involved. People who are passionate and really want to help others are doing so through podcasts now.

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"If there is no conflict, there is no story." - Jeff Barnes

About: Jeff Barnes - Author, Professional Key Note speaker, Higher Education Administrator, University Professor, and Leadership Success Coach

Jeffrey A. Barnes is an author, professional keynote speaker, higher education administrator, university professor and leadership/success coach. He has taught more than twenty different college courses in both the traditional classroom and online--including The History of Disneyland for California Baptist University.

Jeff lives in Riverside, California with his family. When he is not teaching or writing, he enjoys spending as much time as possible at "The Happiest Place on Earth."

Overview: With a Doctorate in Narrative Criticism, Jeff is completely fascinated with the idea of story. He has spent much of his life studying Walt Disney, and shares more with us about what he learned from Walt's life, and what we can learn from his business ventures.

Highlights: Background: When Jeff went to Disney World for the first time at the age of 10, it was love at first sight. While he wasn't able to attend Disneyland until he was in college- it was there that he came to see the vision that Walt Disney had for his patrons. His passion for understanding Walt Disney as a business man led him to study, research, and later publish a book called The Wisdom of Walt. Jeff'sbook dives into the life of Walt Disney and shows us what we can learn from Disney's failures and successes. Through an unexpected path, Jeff has also been able to teach Disney classes at CBU and still does today.

The Life of Walt Disney: Jeff shares with us that Walt was simply complex. He was very much a family man, and it was actually his dedication to his time with his daughters that inspired him to create Disneyland. He was also complex in that he was very particular in what he liked and what he didn't. People knew that Walt was the boss. Walt had a way of pushing people to say yes. And because of that, the team was better, the organization was better, and the dream was better. He was truly a visionary leader; the last thing he was about was maintaining the status quo.

Setbacks For Walt: Surprisingly, Walt had as many if not more failures than the average entrepreneur. For example, he went bankrupt at his first studio in Kansas City. He had a difficult childhood and was haunted by the financial difficulties of his father, and what his family wanted him to do in his career. Nobody believed in his dream of Disneyland, Snow White, Fantasia, or even Pinocchio. Walt Disney also lost his mother after moving her to a home he bought for his parents in North Hollywood. It was something that weighed heavy on his heart and rarely spoke about.

Starting Jeff's Disney Class: Jeff was very hesitant to ask about creating his Disney class, but when he finally did he had nothing but positive feedback. He then spent the next year tackling the curriculum and preparing for his university class. The day after Jeff had his first class, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor and was told he needed to have surgery right away. However, the operation would put him out for six to eight weeks, and Jeff did not want to put on hold what he had worked so hard for. So, he delayed his operation to fulfill his dream and has been teaching the class ever since.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: If you're sitting around as an entrepreneur waiting for someone to be the hero, you're it. Challenge yourself to look at what's really going on in the stories around you, and amusement parks you attend. Find your spark of motivation. Walt did not start out as someone special, he was exactly where you are at some point. He simply made the choice to become someone special and has left a powerful legacy behind because of it.

Book: The Wisdom of Walt

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"You have to know when to be persistent and when you're beating a dead horse." - Amit Mehta

About: Amit Mehta - Inc 5,000 CEO, Consultant, and Author

Amit Mehta is an author, speaker, growth hacker, serial entrepreneur, and former Inc 5000 CEO. Not only has Amit driven over $40 million in business through various different ventures in the last 10 years, he has spoken over a dozen times at industry conferences and seminars, and helped countless individuals achieve success in their own businesses.

Overview: With 10 years of business experience, Amit shares his wisdom and advice on how to grow your company the right way.

Highlights: Background: While a physics graduate student, Amit and his wife struggled financially and he began searching for a way to make money online. He was burned out with the academic world and realized if he went back to his 9-5 job, he'd never fulfill his dreams or have the freedoms he wanted. Through a series of good and bad events, Amit ventured out onto the entrepreneurial path. He worked as an affiliate marketer by promoting downloadable software products and was making $2k a day. This was life-changing for him. He was able to travel and explore the world but knew his 4-hour work week would not be sustainable forever. Eventually, he teamed up with another affiliate marketer, and started their own software company in 2010. However, they didn't understand the challenges that would lie ahead. After being conned from a supposed software developer, they lost hundreds of thousands of dollars. It was this experience that led Amit toward his path of becoming a business growth expert and consultant and is helping many others with their companies today.

Right Now: Amit is currently in the process of starting a consultant business. He enjoys working with younger entrepreneurs, and is involved in some volunteer work to help small companies reach the million dollar mark.

Definition of Success: In his younger years, it was just making money. Now it's how many people you can positively impact.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Before you try to build a billion dollar company, build a company that's going to make $1,ooo a month. Start small, have a proof of concept, and scale it up from there. Become an expert at whatever type of business you're involved in. Know more than your competitors, particularly on the marketing and sales side of it. Learn how to blog and build a presence in social media- buy some good books, and follow some informational blogs. If you're seeking a mentor, find someone who has accomplished what you want to accomplish and offer to be an intern for free.

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"Tune into your ideal client...who are they, what do they want...and where are they online?" - Liz Lockard

About: Liz Lockard - Marketing Consultant, SEO and Google Analytics Expert

Overview: Liz is an SEO/Marketing pro who is here to make your online presence a smoother ride. Throughout this interview, Liz provides us with some insight tips, tricks, and how we can fix mistakes we may be making with our websites.

Highlights: Background: Liz's business background started as an in-house marketer for a corporate law firm. Once Google analytics stepped into the scene, her marketing department took notice and handed her that responsibility.

How Liz Can Help: Liz helps those who are ready for help. She tends to work with smaller teams.

Focus on SEO and Google Analytics: Liz tends to work better with service providers who have already bought into the idea of maintaining a blog, and producing content. She loves working with many different types of niche companies, and has a unique approach to each client need.

What to Expect When Working with Liz: Liz will either work with you on SEO, Analytics, or both- depending on what works best for your website. Liz works with you once a month to develop an ideal client focus strategy which is covered in three different areas: keyword content strategy map, cleaning up text, and finally developing an outreach plan that overlaps with where your clients are hanging out online, and what you're doing with your business with the connections you already have.

What is Google Analytics: The real thing you're trying to determine with google analytics is what marketing channels are working for you and which are not. There are 2 overall metrics that Liz looks at on analytics- visits (the quality of visits) where you can view the bounce rate. Your bounce rate, at its simples definition, is the rate that people are landing on your website and when they're leaving. You always want to see a lower bounce rate rather than higher. There are two things to watch out for: If you have a bounce rate lower than 20% or at 100%, then there tends to be something wrong with your coding. In terms of averages, you can visit Kiss Metrics to help determine what an average rate should be for your company. If you have a blog, 60-80% bounce rate is considered normal.

Goal: Liz really enjoys the coaching aspect and doesn't ever plan on stepping away from that. If anything, she'd like to do some group coaching in the next three years, but right now she is happy with her one-on-one coaching.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Make sure you have analytics on your site. Optimize each page on your website with a different keyword. Pay attention to what your ideal clients are saying/wanting. If you're new to SEO make sure to clean up any tech errors (such as: your accidentally blocking web pages on google, having duplicate content errors, etc).

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"My calling is to help people find their north star." - Lane Kennedy

About: Lane Kennedy - Podcaster, Online Business Coach, and Founder of Game Changer Society

Overview: Lane is a serial entrepreneur and is here to help you find your true calling in life.

Highlights: Game Changer Society: This online community is for people out there who see the world a little bit differently. It's for people who live on the edge and are pushing the envelope. Lane's goal is to really help empower people, find their calling, use their voice, and to get out into the world.

How Lane Can Help: She will help you implement organizational skills to help you find your calling. She wants to help you get to where you need to be in order to be successful. At the end of the day, Lane wants people to be satisfied.

Work-Life Balance: Time is Lane's solution. After having her first child, she was feeling very overwhelmed and when her son was 18 months, she decided to leave her full-time job. She started focusing on a women's community she had started building when her son was born. In this community, she taught moms/women how to run their businesses, how to balance their term sheets, and marketing. She did that for awhile until she came to a point where it wasn't satisfying for her anymore. She realized her calling was helping people find their "north star."

Goal: To have thousands of people coming together and building really great things. Lane says that we have to keep evolving and communicating face-to-face.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: First, find out what your non-negotiable's are. Then making your schedule work around those non-negotiable's. For Lane, it's having dinner with her son four nights a week as well as leaving her phone out of her bedroom each night. She also doesn't look at her email until 9 am.

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"I love working with young candidates...because they have so many skills. However, they don't realize that they can use these skills in businesses...[I love] showing them how those skills can help in a business environment." - Julie Bishop

About: Julie Bishop - Founder of Jobhop

Julie Bishop is the founder of Jobhop.co.uk, the site where great companies and great candidates meet, the site which makes employment human.

Julie is passionate about showing companies how to attract talent and keep them, as well as showing candidates how to market themselves.

Author of “The Social Jobseeker” she’s also a regular speaker on social media topics, the future workplace and digital natives.

Julie provides training on attraction and sourcing for companies who want to acquire great candidates.

Overview: Julie is a true definition of a disruptor. Through years of experience in the entrepreneurial world, her social recruiting company, Jobhop, will stop at nothing to help talented young candidates find their dream jobs.

Highlights: Background: Julie started her entrepreneurial journey with a catering business in London. Seven years laters, she sold that company and started a cleaning company that focused on using environmentally safe products. While trying to franchise her cleaning company, Julie got tired of being so dependent on recruiting agencies and had an overall frustrating experience. Julie thought if she could just create a platform that would make this process smoother it would be better for everyone involved. So, in 2011 Julie started playing with the idea of Jobhop, a social recruiting platform, which has since evolved into a successful company.

Jobhop: Jobhop is here to help potential employees find their dream job and educate companies on how to be social and how to attract the younger, talented generation. They are here to help potential employees recognize the jobs out there that need their skills.

How It Works: Go to their website, jobhop.co.uk, make a profile, reach out to the companies that interest you (follow them), become apart of the community, and link yourself with a hopper to find the job of your dreams.

Challenges: There is a struggle to educate employers and helping them fully understand the benefits of social recruiting.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: For employers- think about the candidate experience. If they have an unhappy experience with the hiring process, they will let the world know. Have your hiring process transparent. Let those who are coming in to interview know the exact process and what to expect. Happy employees equal happy customers. Culture is the most important thing to the company.

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"It's easy to stay motivated on something you're really enjoying." - Andy Weir

About: Andy Weir - Computer Programmer, Author, and #1 New York Times Best Seller of The Martian

Andy Weir was first hired as a programmer for a national laboratory at age fifteen and has been working as a software engineer ever since. He is also a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of subjects like relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. The Martian is his first novel.

Overview: With 20 years of dedication and experience, Andy has become an overnight success through his book, The Martian. Throughout this interview, he shares with us what that process was like and what some of the perks of being a best-selling author are.

Highlights: Background: Growing up, Andy always wanted to be a writer but went into computer programming instead for financial security reasons. For 25 years, he was a programmer but was also writing on the side. While working for AOL in the late 90's, Andy was laid off, given a nice severance package and was then forced to sell his stock options. Little did he know this was a push in the right direction. With the money from his stocks, Andy decided he was going to start writing. He spent three years working on a book but unfortunately did not get any traction. He returned to programming. When the internet came about, Andy starting writing again for an online audience and slowly built his reader base. Eventually, Andy starting writing chapters of The Martian for his fans and it was a hit. From there, Andy pursued turning his online writings into a book.

The Martian: This book is about a 3rd manned mission to mars. In summation, an astronaut becomes stranded on the planet after his team undergoes an emergency evacuation. The book/movie is about how this astronaut strives to survive with equipment that was made for a 31-day mission.

How The Martian Came to Publication: When Andy posted his eBook to Amazon, it was #1 in the Sci-Fi section and in the top 10 Best Sellers on Amazon. An agent from Random House found his book, read it, and contacted Andy to see if he was interested in a literary agent. Andy agreed and things fell into place. From negotiations with the publisher to editing finalizations, it was only an 11 month process until Andy's book was on shelves.

The Martian, the Movie: During the same time the book was being finalized, the movie studio reached out to Andy about buying the rights to make the movie. The contract was not activated for them to produce the movie until the day they started filming it. The movie will be coming to theaters on October 2, 2015.

Next Steps: Andy is currently working on his next book, Sophmore Slums which should be released mid 2016.

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"Make people love you at an event..." - Christine Hauer

About: Christine Hauer - Founder of Hifive

Overview: Christine is a fun-loving, energetic, entrepreneur who is here to coach you at social events.

Christine Hauer started up Hifive, a social skills and networking consulting company featured in Bloomberg Businessweek and Fast Company. Coaching those looking to gain better event-working and people-meeting skills, she provides individual consulting and workshops to people/companies/universities breaking down how to work a room, make conversation, and feel comfortable doing both while still getting your message across. Christine also works as Culture Champion at digital communications agency, Praytell, and acts, paints, and sings karaoke whenever she can.

Highlights: hi5: Is a coaching company that helps people with social skills and networking. Christine started this company 3 years ago because of her love of communicating and social interaction. Right now, Hifive is a side job and she will be teaching at Yale this Fall.

How It Works: Christine can be considered a networking wing man/sidekick. She offers one-on-one pointers prior to an event, or will attend with you to help you know who to talk to, how to do so, and will help with follow-up afterward. Christine will help you get your message across without being pushy and will offer techniques that will produce the best results.

Clientele: Hifive is here to help their clients have a scientific approach to their networking events.

Goal: Christine is currently writing a book in which she will compile her techniques, mental tricks, and everything she teaches her clients. Christine would like to keep Hifive small and niche to maintain the personal aspect of her company. Eventually, she would like to work with schools and companies and hold seminars to educate on networking.

Advice: Christine says it's important to have a bio that links to all of your accounts. She also says it's important to practice your pitch- even if it's just one sentence, know exactly what you want to say about what you do. Make people love you at an event.

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"If you're not telling your story right, no one cares." - Nate Holzapfel

About: Nate Holzapfel - Co-Founder of Mission Belt Company, appeared on Shark Tank

Overview: Though Nate does not have a college degree, he has become a very successful entrepreneur. He was able to secure Daymond John from Shark Tank as an investor in his belt company and is focused on giving back to third world countries as well as sharing what he knows with other business owners.

Highlights: Mission Belt Co: Nate realized that belt branding hadn't really been done before. He saw a hole in the market and made the plunge. His passion is creating an awesome product for his customers.

Giving Back: Each time Mission Belt sells a belt, a dollar goes to fight hunger and poverty worldwide through micro-lending. These micro-loans range from $25-$500 dollars per loan.

Staff: 40-50 employees, and are based in Northern Utah.

Challenges: Early on, Mission Belt struggled with getting the word out. Nate realized that he needed to create his brand identity and do everything he could to sell his product. As a leader in his company, he needed to keep the energy flowing to get his passion to the salesman by providing them with the tools they need.

Shark Tank Appearance: When you apply to be on the show, you are up against 40,000-50,000 people who apply each year. Nate submitted his audition via email and was lucky enough to get a call back. Then he did a dry audition in front of hundreds of people and got the attention he was looking for because of his ability to be a master story-teller. Four months later, he eventually made his way in front of the investors and made his pitch. Daymond John ended up investing in Mission Belt and after Nate's airing on that show, sold $1million in sales 3 weeks later. Now, Nate spends a lot of time talking with Daymond and benefiting from his mentorship.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Start your company now. Hire experts to do work for you. You don't need to do everything. You don't need an amazing degree to be successful. You can start with nothing and get to where you want to be. The more successful business people we have in the world, the better off we are.

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"It's far more expensive to attract a new client than to retain one." - Vance Morris

About: Vance Morris - Walt Disney Resort Management Alumni, and CEO at Deliver Service Now

Vance Morris is a Walt Disney World Resort Management Alumni, having spent 10 years as an executive in the Resorts. He runs the only Disney Service & Direct Response Marketing business on the planet. Here he coaches companies to create Disney Style Service Systems and then monetize them through direct response marketing. He is also the GKIC 2015 Marketer of the Year.

Overview: Vance shares his long-time experiences of working with Disney, their failures and successes, and what he's doing now with Direct Response Marketing.

Highlights: Background: Vance started working at Disney in the 90's as a food and beverage manager and later opened up the yacht and beach club resorts. Then he spent 5 years managing night clubs (another Disney experience). Eventually, Vance left Disney and worked for a number of companies in the restaurant industry. He also worked as a contractor for Tyson, NASA, and Smithsonian Museum systems. However, he didn't follow directions very well and saw that as the beginning of the end. He had a lot of ideas he wanted to run with and finally made the plunge into starting his own franchise business.

Franchise: Eight years ago, Vance started a carpet cleaning business. His goal was to run but the business but not actually work in it. Four years ago, Vance reached his goal and can now focus on his long range goal of having a Disney-style marketing service.

How Vance Can Help: Vance is here to provide companies with a marketing framework. He shares that your marketing should be able to sort out the clients you don't want. You don't have to take on everyone.

Mistakes Companies Are Making: Not saying thank you to customers is a problem. It's important to send a thank you package to customers and follow up. It's also crucial that you teach your employees how to interact with your customers in a positive way that will make them want to come back. It's far more expensive to attract a new client than to retain one.

End Game: Although Vance would like to sell his carpet-cleaning company eventually, right now it's where he tests all of his marketing strategies.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Do your homework- especially if you have not made the jump yet into the entrepreneurial world. Be true to yourself- don't try to be something you're not because sooner or later you're going to get found out. Another important thing to do is to continue to learn. Study things outside of your industry to keep your mind fresh. And finally, get involved in a mastermind where you can be involved with other business owners.

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"As iron sharpens iron..." - Stephen Scoggins

About: Stephen Scoggins - Serial Entrepreneur, Author, and Speaker

Overview: Stephen travels throughout the country teaching faith and self-understanding. His goal is to empower others to use the bricks of past failures to build a new foundation for success, reigniting a passion for life and purpose to make large steps toward a bright future.

Highlights: Stephen's Book - The Journey Principles: The Journey Principle is a self-awareness book that Stephen wrote to help business owners learn from their mistakes, how to achieve work-life balance, and how to overcome stress fear, and anxiety.

Background: In the late '90s, Stephen was sitting on an overpass contemplating ending his life. At that point in time, Stephen felt he had failed at every single thing he had done. However, 4 weeks later, Stephen founded his company Custom Home Exteriors. From that point on, he became successful, and has overcome trials that have led him to where he is today.

Journey Principles Institute: His most recent venture, founded earlier this year, is an institute that Stephen established to help others "develop knowledge and skills that will strengthen their relationships". JPI supports others while they are learning to use the obstacles in their lives as transitions into building blocks for success. Through JPI people learn how to apply God’s Principles to their everyday lives."

Journeyprinciples.com: This is a website that is being set up to help business owners build themselves first. This will include a podcast, speakers, authors, and other information that business owners can have access to. Stephen truly wants to make a difference in people's lives through this company. Ultimately, the goal is to impact someone else to help others and create a chain of inspiring others.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: It's your journey, it's God's principles. Live by them, define yourself by them, and you'll watch some magical things happen.

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"Do the right thing, even without the right results." - Taylor Welch

About: Taylor Welch - Marketing Funnel Copywriter and Recognized Marketing Automation Expert

Taylor is a marketing funnel copywriter and recognized marketing automation expert. He's the author of "The Profit Extraction Handbook For Infusionsoft" and publisher of the monthly premium print training newsletter for business owners & entrepreneurs, "The Builder Letter."

His clients have included everyone from small startups on shoe-string budgets to prestigious companies earning multiple 8-figures per year.

Overview: Taylor is an entrepreneur with new ideas for online marketing. He shares how he fell into marketing and what the next steps are for his company.

Highlights: Background: Taylor headed to Tennessee where he began working as a recording engineer at a church in Memphis. Afterward, he got into real estate investment as a manager. When his wife was looking to gain more clients as a hairstylist, Taylor tried his hand at marketing and found his niche. With that start as a marketing expert, he was able to build a side income and soon jumped into the entrepreneurial world of marketing.

What Taylor Does: Businesses are investing in InfusionSoft, but the power of any marketing is what's inside of the campaign. Taylor saw the need for mid-large size companies to establish email automation- essentially their nurture campaign. Here's where Taylor can help: he creates successful nurture automation systems for these companies. Taylor currently works a lot with online education companies and service providers. Companies who need to connect one-on-one with their consumers will benefit the most from automation systems.

Next Steps: Eventually, Taylor will be merging with another company that focuses on traffic to become an agency that can offer more to his clients.

Opposition as a New Comer: Although Taylor just began his business this year, he feels the most important thing you can bring to the table as a new entrepreneur is to give your clients results.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: 2 things have made a difference for Taylor:

1. Have a daily life routine - Taylor wakes up each morning at 5am to go to the gym, and have that time for himself to focus on his day. As he does this, he is able to accomplish much more.

2. Do the right thing, even without the right results - Taylor gives examples of doing small things that may not produce instantaneous results but will eventually get you to where you want to be.

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"If you have money you can be rich, but you can only be truly wealthy if you have time." - Adam Dicker

About: Adam Dicker - Serial Entrepreneur, Domain Expert, and Former VP of GoDaddy

Adam Dicker is a coach, speaker and domain expert who owns multiple businesses including the most popular domain forum DNForum.com and the award winning internet marketing and web development agency, NicheWebsites.com. He has a domain portfolio of over 38,000 domain names and has sold many for 6, 7, and even 8 figures. In addition to being named one of the 20 most influential people in the domain industry by Logistik Labs, he often presents at leading industry conference traffic and was elected to their Domain Hall of Fame in 2011. Adam is the former VP of GoDaddy’s Domain Aftermarket and is a successful serial entrepreneur. He is a self-made success and loves to teach others to do the same. He offers many services and a free video course on his website www.AdamDicker.com.

Overview: Adam comes to us with years of experience in the domain world, and business in general. He shares the direction of his entrepreneurial journey, and what he's doing now to help others create sustainable businesses.

Highlights: Business Journey: Adam's goal is to help people build sustainable businesses with monthly income. When he got into the domain industry, he went to dmforum.com. After reading and studying about the company, he made an offer to buy the forum. Now, it's over 500,000 members strong. Although he is an expert in domain names, he has experience with companies all over the board. Since he dove into the online world, Adam has built a large web design company, branched out to online reputation repair for companies, individuals, businesses, etc, and even runs a cord bank for cord blood stores.

Adamdicker.com: 4 years ago, Adam started another company that helps his clients learn how to buy and sell domain names. At adamdicker.com, you pay a small monthly fee of $29 and Adam will teach you everything you need to know to build a sustainable, successful business.

End Game for Adamdicker.com: Adam truly wants to give back to a service that has given so much to him. His company doesn't have a hidden agenda, it only wants to help. The more people that are successful, the better it is for the industry, and the better it is for everybody.

Success Tips: If you want to be profitable in the domain business, Adam shares it's important to avoid buying domain names without knowing their market value first. He encourages you to do your research, know what you're getting into, manage your time, and set goals every single day. As a business owner, Adam says that it's crucial that you delegate, but know what's going on with your business on a daily basis. Don't keep your hands in every pot, but be informed about each section of your company.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: You can't let people discourage you from going after your goals and reaching your dreams. Yes, you will have mistakes along the way, but that's OK. Only consider buying a domain name if you can figure out how to build a business off that domain name. Don't get into any industry until you've done a lot of research, and you know what you're doing. Don't waste money on something that you don't know much about. Keep your drive, focus, and work ethic alive. Make sure you have balance, or an escape- something to relax your mind. In addition, Adam gives 3 specific points of action:

1. Don't be afraid to take a chance - sometimes it's very hard, and you may try 10 different things, but if one of those ten things works, then you're doing something right.

2. Read, read, read - Find out all the problems in your industry your pursing, so that you know how to handle what will come in the future.

3. Read Body Language by Julius Fast - This book will teach you how to handle people, how to read people, how to make people feel comfortable, and how to take the lead. It will help you close more deals, get more sales, and be more successful.

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"You will act the way that you look and feel." - Myke Metzger

About: Myke Metzger - Entrepreneur, Internet and Network Marketer, and Founder of The Social Campus

Michael Metzger is a 26 year old entrepreneur based out of Richmond, Virginia. His journey begins in Long Island, NY where he grew up watching his father, an All American 4x New England Wrestling Champion, work hard to achieve his goals, raise a family, and attend college. Most would think that he would follow in his father’s footsteps and become a doctor, or possibly a lawyer.

Overview: Although Myke is a young in his entrepreneurial field, he is breathing new life into what already exists in the social media world. Learn what Myke does to help other business owners, and how he landed on this path.

Highlights: Background: With a dad that was heavily involved as a sports medicine doctor, and parents that divorced, Myke was left without much guidance and direction in his life. In high school, he was involved in computer graphics, and photography. And through these extra curricular classes, he saw the power of making money online. At the young age of 18, Myke started designing and was generating income through PayPal. After 18 months, taxes came around and Myke learned some hard lessons. This experience led him to working for others and was often fired from every job he had. Through a series of event, Myke eventually landed in the social media sphere and saw the need to help educate others about using what's already out there for free.

Social Campus: Is an online course that Myke started to help others learn how to reach online success. He shares that there are so many people out there who want you to buy new software and applicatoins to try and get you to success, but there are so many things in the world that are free. Myke wants to teach you how to use what's already available to you online that won't cost you a thing.

How It Works: When someone signs up for social domination mastery, they will have a series of video modules available to them. In these videos, Myke walks through how to use the different social media outlets. He takes complex things and breaks them down very simple for people to understand. These tutorials can be done at your own pace and there is plenty of content for you to use. If Twitter isn't your thing, than you don't have to do that portion of the modules. The site will help point you in the right direction.

End Result: After going through Social Campus's course, you will be able to build a massive target following.

Periscope: People who follow Myke on this application will be notified when Myke goes live and will have access to tutorials that are new to his audience. (This is a free application that anyone can download and use.) The main objective for Myke is to build a reputation as a blueprint to give someone. Myke will be building these tutorials for the month of August and while it's live it will be free. However, once August is over, Myke will take what's been recorded and monetize from that.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Start now because it's never going to be the perfect moment. Confidence is always a huge factor in your success. You will act the way that you look and feel. Portray the way you want to become. Take your current situation to the next level; it will change everything around you in a positive way.

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"Learn while you're getting started, but make sure you're taking action." Marc Mawhinney

About: Marc Mawhinney - Founder and Host of Natural Born Coaches

Marc Mawhinney is on a mission to help coaches build stronger businesses! A lifelong entrepreneur, he achieves this with his daily podcast, “Natural Born Coaches” and his programs for coaches, including the 6 week intensive “Seize Your Niche” program.

Overview: "After many years as an entrepreneur, Marc jumped into the coaching business (for small business owners)." Marc shares with us more about his podcast, and who and how he helps as a coach coaching coaches.

Highlights: Background: Marc started his career in real estate as a 21 year-old and was pretty successful. However, it went downwards and Marc came to a point where he realized how much he would have benefitted from coaching. As he came into the coaching realm, he had been working with clients who were coaches, and those were the calls he really worked forward to each week. At that point, he decided that he was going to specifically work with coaches. Once he made that decision to narrow his focus, things really took off for Marc. He feels that he can impact more people by coaching coaches, because then they can go out and influence thousands of others that Marc could never reach.

What is Natural Born Coaches: Natural Born Coaches is a podcast that offers advice for his coaches. Marc also helps clients with one-on-one coaching, group programs, as well as coaching people to get into podcasting. He has the ability to do all of his coaching virtually, with clients all over the world. It's been a step by step process for Marc as he has been very conscious not to take on too many projects at once.

How Is It Accepted: Although, many people have a hard time grasping the concept or see the value of coaching, as time goes on coaching is becoming more and more accepted.

Who Does Marc Coach: Marc doesn't deal with specific type of coaches. He shares a story with us of coaching a man who went through a rough breakup and became a coach just for men who go through difficult breakups. Marc shows that there are many different purposes and reasons for coaches in the world. From PTSD to teens, coaches can help people in all walks of life.

How Marc Helps You: Not only does Marc help you obtain clients, he can also help you with your marketing funnel, etc, and shares that each client has unique needs.

Challenges: There is a lot of competition and Marc struggled with pricing at first. Another problem for Marc has been productivity. There's so much to do, and not enough time in the day. He's had to find balance by handing things off to others that he's not quite as good at.

Mistakes Coaches Make: It can be easy for coaches to be very general. It's important that as a coach, they find a niche to really help a focused group of people.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Get out there and do it. Don't hold yourself back, or allow yourself to stay in limbo mode. Learn while you're getting started, but make sure you're taking action.

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"You don't need an MBA or seed money to start a company." - Laurie Davis

About: Laurie Davis - Founder and CEO of eFlirt, and Author of Love @ First Click

Laurie Davis is the CEO & Founder of eFlirtExpert.com, an online dating concierge service. She is also the author of the best-selling book, Love @ First Click: The Ultimate Guide to Online Dating.

Overview: Laurie is a true outlier who shares with us how she started her company, eFlirt, with only $50 and a Twitter account.

Highlights: How eFlirt Started: About six years ago, at the depth of the recession, Laurie was working for Fortune 500's as a marketing consultant and lost all her contracts. At that point, she realized everything that she had been doing for companies, was applicable to relationships. This led her to start eFlirt in 2 days with $50 and a Twitter account.

eFlirt: eFlirt is an online dating concierge service. They are here to help people optimize their experience with online dating. Although they are located in New York, their online platform connects clients from all over the country. Their services are all personal and vary depending upon the specific needs of the client. Many of their clients are entrepreneurs who struggle to have enough free time to date.

How eFlirt Can Help: In order to stand out, Laurie says you need to know what you're doing- how to word your profile, etc. When you come to eFlirt, their team will put you on different sites depending on what you're looking for and what your needs are. They also help with coaching as a relationship evolves. eFlirt is here to help clients think with their hearts as well as their heads.

How it Works: eFlirt offers different packages, but their 4 month package is the most popular. More than 50% of their clients are in relationships after working with eFlirt. Their goal is to focus on quality not quantity. eFlirt does not guarantee a specific number of dates, but will do what it takes to help you meet the right person. They are not matchmakers, but will help you look your best self.

Challenges: Clients need to be more open, there's a reason why their typical "type" hasn't worked in the past. Another challenge is clients approach their love life like it's a business deal and need to learn to manage their emotions and expectations.

Business Challenge: Scaling will always be a challenge because it will always take more people to bring on more clients.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Lead with passion. You will spend so many hours with your business that you need to love it. You don't need an MBA or seed money to start a company, you just need passion, drive, and hustle.

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"Get out there and immerse yourself in the startup culture." - Youssef Darwich

About: Youssef Darwich - Co-Founder of JobMine

Overview: Youssef lives in London, and left his career of investment banking to pursue what he was truly passionate about. Now, he works full time on his company, JobMine, and is all about helping companies, and potential employees have a smoother hiring process that brings personality to life.

Highlights: Background: Youssef was involved in investment banking, and got to a point where he wasn't passionate about the road he was on. He decided he wanted to do something different, and was introduced to the world of startups. Youssef and his co-founder began discussing ideas and tested the idea they liked most, got some traction and good feedback and then focused on building JobMine.

What is JobMine: JobMine is a platform which enables applicants to portray their personality when they're looking for a job, and enables employers to find that perfect personality when they hire. Individual companies post specific requirements and then potential candidates upload a video cover letter as to why they are suited for the job they are applying for. Instead of a hiring manager having to manually go through each resume, they can simply select the potential employees they'd like to submit a video.

How They Gain Clients: Their mission is two-fold. They sell directly to company's for them to use their application, and then they also team up with networks with users already looking for jobs on their sites. It's a great way to get a large number of users in one shot.

Challenges: It can be hard to explain how the software works initially because it's something completely new to the market. It can also be difficult to help potential clients understand exactly how things flow. And to see why this app is so needed for their business.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Get out there and do it. Build that initial product that helps you see if there is market with your product or not. Pay for a little bit of advertising to see how many people click on your idea. That allows you to take off a lot of assumptions before you fully move forward.

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"I am my customer." Micki Krimmel

About: Micki Krimmel - Founder and CEO of Superfit Hero

Overview: Micki Krimmel is an empowering woman with experience in entrepreneurship, branding, marketing, and even roller derby. Her company, Superfit Hero, is all about making women feel confident and supported in their fitness clothing. Read more about how her clothing is unique to other performance clothing on the market.

Highlights: Background: Micki comes from an athletic background in roller derby. She has been competing for the past 8 years and her current team is 8th in the nation. Roller derby is one of the fastest growing sports in the world. It's an extremely competitive amateur sport that is also full contact. It's been her experiences with roller derby that have pushed her to create high quality fitness clothing for the average-sized woman.

What is Superfit Hero: It is a high-quality line of performance clothing designed to make women feel confident and supported through their workouts. Through research, Micki found that most major active brands only make women's clothing up to a size 12 even though the average size of a woman is 14. Micki shares that there are a lot of misconceptions about larger women and their interest in athletics and she is here to redefine fitness. She wants women to know it's ok to be muscular, athletic, and bigger than women in pop culture.

Clothing Quality: Micki has gone above and beyond to ensure the quality of her performance clothing line. Their sizes range from XS-3X. Not only does her company use high quality fabric, but their factory in LA is accustomed to working with athletic gear. She has even made sure the manufacturer uses flat lock stitching to prevent chaffing. A unique supportive waistband is used to prevent the dreaded muffin top. Like Micki said earlier, her clothing line is designed to make women feel confident. It's been tested in all types of workouts including running, cross fit, and roller derby. The fabric also holds up very well against velcro on athletic protective gear. Micki has put in a lot of work to create a very technical garment which is something women in larger sizes have not had access to.

Competition: Although Superfit Hero does make bigger sizes than most popular brands, there is still competition. However, there is a trend in fashion where people are looking for smaller boutique brands that they can connect with emotionally. Micki feels that her message is unique, that her market is unique, and that others are not serving it yet. Her goal is never to compete with budget brands like Target. Superfit Hero is for women who want to make a statement with their workout clothing and are passionate about fitness.

Biggest Challenge: Micki has a background in entrepreneurship, branding, and marketing, but fashion is fairly new to her. Because of that, clothing production has been the most challenging. There are a lot of logistics with multiple vendors and it can be difficult to coordinate all the pieces involved.

Future: Although Micki would like to keep the boutique-y feel to her company, she does want to grow. Eventually, she would like to hire assistants to help with design so she can focus on the branding and marketing aspect of the company.

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"If you're happy, enjoying what you're doing, and it's aligned with your purpose, then you are successful." - Gary Griffiths

About: Gary Griffiths- Founder and CEO of ThreeSides

As a husband, and father of four, Gary was desperate to break free from the corporate shackles that whilst being financially rewarding, were soul destroying and kept Gary away from his family too frequently.

Breaking free in January 2015, Gary's mission is to now Amplify, Inspire and Do more good in the world. If you're interested in doing more good in the world, Gary offers some advice for you in his manifesto here - www.threesidesinc.com/manifesto

Overview: Gary is a Facebook marketing expert. During this interview, he shares how to properly market on Facebook, and how his company, ThreeSides, is giving back.

Highlights: How ThreeSides Started: After becoming involved in the corporate world, Gary found that the more money he made, the unhappier he became. In 2014, he had a health wake up call that made him realize what he was doing was not what he wanted to pursue. Then, in January of this year, he was laid off and decided he was never going to work for someone else again.

What is ThreeSides: ThreeSides is a Facebook marketing agency that designs, creates, optimizes, and manages people's Facebook marketing funnels to attract more clients. They also create content, manage ad campaigns, and generate leads for clients. The three purposes of this company are to amplify, inspire, and do more good in the world. ThreeSides specifically wants to generate leads for those who are helping the world be a better place. They want to inspire entrepreneurs to care more about just creating money with their business. ThreeSides will soon be launching a podcast that shares their impact report, and stories of those who are giving back.

How to Use Facebook Properly: Gary shares that if you want to sell on Facebook, it's important to run ads to educate your audience, and not to sell them. People are not on Facebook to buy. It's critical that a proper Facebook funnel is used.

Challenges: Some of the challenges of ThreeSides include: continuing to grow, building out their systems, and bringing the right team onboard to help ThreeSides scale.

Advice for Entrepreneurs

How To Make Your Facebook Marketing More Effective

Warm Audience: People that are already on your email list, have visited your website, or have liked your FB page are considered a warm audience. With that, you can use Facebook advertising to dramatically increase your warm list.

Cold Audience: Take one of those warm audiences, say your email list, and FB will analyze all the different data points on your email list and they will come up with a look-alike audience to help you identify where your target audience might be. You will then be able to run ads towards that audience which will motivate them to take action.

With this information, you can enter in a niche product, or data that will narrow your audience. This in turn will help you reach the right people within your audience.

Podcast: Purpose Before Profit- Launch Date: August 7, 2015

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"If you're an entrepreneur, the reality is that you're constantly marketing your company." - Renee Warren

About: Renee Warren - Co-Founder of Onboardly

Often referred to as a ‘geek in stilettos’, Renée has been in the marketing and entrepreneurship space since she was 17 years old. Having run a successful restaurant at such a young age, she quickly learned the necessary skills and tactics needed to promote her companies.

Overview: With a long-term background in entrepreneurship and marketing, Renee shares tips on how to help your startup succeed and how her team at Onboardly can help.

Highlights: Background: When Renee was 17 she started her own restaurant with her sister. It was a seasonal thing that she did during the summer for four years. Her restaurant did very well and provided her with the means to pay for her college education. She went on to attended a well-known business school in Canada and continued her entrepreneurial journey from there.

What is Onboardly: Onboardly works specifically with funded tech startups to help them with customer acquisition. They do this through PR content marketing and social media. Renee and her co-founder Heather, started the company after coming together to collaborate on some projects. Onboardly works with clients for a minimum of 6 months. Their goal is to create relationships on behalf of their clients and not for their company. When these clients leave the company's help, they have established long-term connections.

Webinars: Service base business can be difficult to scale. You'll always need someone trying to sell their (Onboardly) type of service. The purpose of their free webinars are to educate potential clients and hopefully increase their sales. By doing so, it gives their audience a chance to know them, understand what they do, and how they can help them.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: If you're thinking about PR/marketing for your company, in order to be effective, it's a process. If you are developing anything for your company, you need to start working on your message from day one. It's also important to create relationships with journalists, writers, and podcasters. These types of people will help you extend your brand. Start following certain writers from different publications you'd like to be highlighted on, and see how or where your service can fit in with them. Don't ask favors from people unless you've done something for them first. If you're shy, you're going to have to get over those hesitations, follow other entrepreneurs you look up to, and get yourself out there.

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"Sales has historically been a numbers game, but now it's becoming more of an efficiency game." - Juliana Crispo

About: Juliana Crispo - Founder of Startup Sales Bootcamp

Juliana Crispo is the Founder of Startup Sales Bootcamp, the first comprehensive online program that teaches founders and executives how to close larger deals faster and build out a repeatable sales process. Juliana has both sold and led sales at a variety of startups including Meltwater Group where she helped take their newest product from $0 to $13+ MM ARR and was consistently in the top 1% of sales people out of 600 others. She's now also the Director of Enterprise Sales at a startup where she's worked with her team to secure enterprise deals with over half of the top 25 internet retailers by revenue in less than year. She teaches her processes and best practices through Startup Sales Bootcamp.

Overview: Juliana started the Startup Sales Bootcamp, after developing the sales process for startups from scratch. She has closed millions of dollars in new business with brands like Groupon, JP Morgan Chase and Staples, and also focuses on helping startups and their sales teams. During this interview, she shares with us how her company can help you, and 3 crucial steps to sending cold emails.

Highlights: What is Startup Sales Bootcamp: This program was designed by Juliana to help anyone learn the powerful techniques of sales, and how to become a successful sales for your startup, or corporate gig.

Why Startup Sales Bootcamp: One of the biggest reasons startups fail is because they undervalue revenue. They tend to focus so much on perfecting the product, instead of doing pre-sales. If you haven't been in sales, it can be quite scary, and it can be easy to make multiple, simple mistakes. There is actually a science to sales, and if you can break that down and understand it you can become a successful salesperson. Juliana believes that sales people are made and not necessarily born that way. If you can't sell your own baby (company product) then you are not going to be successful. In order to lead your company and sales people, you need to prove to them that you yourself can sell that product. This bootcamp teaches the best practices, what to say and do, who to focus on, and how to cut through the BS and do things faster.

Why Pre-Sales: Juliana is an extremely deadline oriented person, and doing pre-sales for her company was a way to motivate her to get things done, period. Since she has pre-sold products before, she has offered discounts, and always lets her customers know that the product was not live yet. She shares that it is crucial to set expectations for your customers and to be honest with them.

When You Sign Up: You are given access to a series of videos, workshops, articles, a community, and access to help from Juliana herself. Juliana provides you with a step-by-step methodology to follow that teaches you how to use the data you have right now. She also provides you with templates on how to break things down, what to say, and how to handle rejections. Another aspect of her module, educates clients on how to negotiate contracts and help projects move forward. Once you sign up, you have access to this information for life.

Who Will Benefit: Generally, this bootcamp is going to benefit those who have to sell. Juliana even has VPs of Sales in her bootcamp along with people who have never sold. If you are really interested in getting better results and honing in on what's most important in sales, this bootcamp is for you.

Work-Life Balance: In order for Juliana to be successful she has to prioritize, prioritize, prioritize. Even though it's difficult, it's very important for her to say no to things that aren't going to benefit her. She has to be productive with the time that she has. Sleep is also valuable to Juliana's ability to balance her life. Because of the nature of her job, she has the ability to take a vacation and work remotely. Juliana feels that she is very aware of setting limits and knowing when she needs to slow down in certain areas of her work life.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: If there's one thing being in sales has taught Juliana, it's to have the audacity to go out and sell. Think about 1-2 people that you can simply cold call or email. Here are some tips on how to send a cold email:

1. Keep it under 3 sentences - you don't need to reintroduce yourself in the email. In the subject and first line of the email, get to the point.

2. Social proof - site a stat, or share a mutual friend. Do something that puts you as an authority.

3. Have a strong call to action - invite them to do something that is very direct, so it's easy for them to say yes or no, or to set something up. Don't make them work for it. It should be very easy for the person you are emailing.

Whatever you do, don't ramble, or do bullet points, or try to sell them. An email is only meant to get people live. Try to meet them in person if you can. Lastly, always follow up.

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"50% of the success or failure of any marketing campaign is determined by the target market." - Seth Greene

About: Seth Greene - Founder and CEO of Market Domination

Overview: Seth Greene is an energetic marketing magician who shares how he started his successful company and what he recommends entrepreneurs do for their marketing needs.

Highlights: Background: Prior to Market Domination, Seth was a retail financial advisor for a fortune 500 stock-brokerage firm. While there, he had a client who wanted Seth to work for him, so Seth decided to start his own marketing company. Once Seth had his first client, and it worked, he knew he wanted to pursue it. Right now, Market Domination is the fastest growing privately held marketing firm in the country. What started as a one-man band and has evolved to an office full of employees helping clients all over the nation in just 8 years.

What is Market Domination: Market Domination is a marketing company that helps solo entrepreneurs, fortune 500 companies and everything in-between. Seth shares that instead of offering low prices, his company offers educational content. They also do more outside the marketing niche, they work in 50 different industries, both B2B and B2C. In addition to that, Market Domination offers a money-back guarantee, depending on the service their clients hire them for.

Challenges: Seth has learned from past mistakes that he tends to be too trusting. He shared a story where he was counting on a client to move forward with their company, and had pre-hired employees just to work with that client. Turns out, they backed out from the deal and Seth learned that he will never spend money until the check has cleared.

Books: Seth is a 3-time best selling author with 6 books, and a 3-time nominee for marketer of the year.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: It's important that you read lots of books that are relevant to you (Seth is even offering a free one). Start with your target market. In order to determine who your target market is, use different methods of research via social media, surveys, etc. If by financial necessity, you're starting out and have to do it for yourself, learn enough to know what you don't know and make enough money so that you can eventually outsource your marketing. It's always going to be helpful to have someone else with a different skill set to help with your marketing plan.

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"As your certainty level rises, the ability for you to succeed becomes non-negotiable." - Kavit Haria

About: Kavit Haria- Founder of Insider Internet Success

Kavit Haria started in 2005 selling marketing education to musicians and built a 100,000 person email list generating $1MM + in annual sales.

He's the founder of Insider Internet Success where he helps clients set up automated marketing and sales funnels so they make six figures in their first year.

Overview: Kavit is a self-taught serial entreprenuer who shares how any entrepreneur can be successful. His company, Insider Internet Success is tailored for entrepreneurs who are willing to do what it takes to take their company to the next level.

Highlights: Background: Kavit spent the first 11 years of his life in Nigeria, and later moved to London where he studied Genetics at a University in the UK. However, Kavit ended up getting involved in business. His journey in business started when he tried to get music gigs paying his tabla. He realized the importance of knowing how to market himself and started learning what he needed to do to get his name out there. Eventually, Kavit was able to get the attention he was looking for, and people started asking him how he was able to self-market. At that point, he figured he needed to put together some type of document that he could share with others. Kavit then created Ebooks from 2005-2009 (which was ultimately InsiderMusic) and based his Ebook's off 3 points: 1) how to get more exposure, 2) how to sell your CD's, 3) how to get more gig's and if you do all those things, how to quit your day job to be a musician. In order to be successful, Kavit participated in joint venture partnerships, google advertising, writing articles for magazines, and be interviewed by other music companies

What is Insider Internet Success: Insider Internet Success was founded in 2008 and started out as Kavit selling infoproducts (ebooks, CDs and seminars) to help people start their online business. Now, Kavit is recognized as a leading online business coach and lead generation expert, with more than 10,000 unique clients worldwide. They have a small team that is distributed between 5 countries. Insider Internet Success is a lead generation service and total business building solution that helps clients create a freedom-based business. Their philosophy is very simple: "Have fun, do exceptional, meaningful work, pay attention to the details, treat people right, tell the truth, have a positive impact on the world around us, give back, and keep learning." With the exception of 2 clients, every one of them have been successful. Currently, Kavit takes on 4 new clients a month.

How Kavit is Successful: 98% of Kavit's income comes from his email database. He writes emails every single day with quality content. Those who opt-in to Kavit's emails know that his emails will be a daily occurrence. Kavit shares that business owners or future business owners understand that learning is the key to freedom.

Challenges: It can be difficult to find the right salespeople, operation managers, etc. Kavit tends to put out 5-10 advertisements a week to find the right employee to keep them around for a long time. Kavit's company charges a high fee, but that is because he only brings the best talent to his team.

Tips on How to Sell: Have a niche and play to your strengths. Create material/content that showcases your value. Figure out what your target audience wants to know and create information that caters to them. Then, share that information in as many places as you can online. Eventually, you will need to get out from behind the computer to attend interviews, and events, which will help your company gain awareness.

Why Entrepreneurs Struggle: Fear tends to be the biggest inhibitor to any entrepreneurs success. In order to overcome the fear of moving to the next step, you just have to stop thinking so much about it, and do it. Give yourself permission to move forward and do it. It's not going to be easy; you have to work hard.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: If you're early in business, there are 3 critical C's that you must apply:

1. Clarity - Know what is that you want to do and bring clarity to your idea, which will then lead you to confidence.

2. Confidence - With clarity, confidence will come naturally and that confidence will add to your certainty of your company.

3. Certainty - Slowly builds up as you start to grow your confidence. It's something that happens subconsciously. And as your certainty level rises, the ability for you to succeed becomes non-negotiable. It becomes inevitable that you succeed because you bring to the table all that clarity, confidence, and certainty.

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"Your target audience is not a demographic, it's a mindset and a problem." - Sarah Peterson

About: Sarah Peterson- Founder of Unsettle.org

Overview: Sarah Peterson is an entrepreneur, traveller, and writer from Vancouver, BC Canada. She is the author of Unsettle.org, where she helps people stop settling for work they don't love.

Sarah is focused on what she is passionate about. Through that passion, Sarah has created a successful company where she teaches entrepreneurs how to stop settling in their career. During this interview, she shares some insightful tips on how to find your niche, your target audience, and why you shouldn't use ads to make money from your blog.

Highlights: Before Unsettle.org: Prior to Unsettle, Sarah worked in HR, and was a finance blogger by night but it was not something she was completly passionate about. It didn't gain as much traction as she wanted in the 4 1/2 years she worked on it and she felt limited in her ability to travel and work on what she really wanted to do. So, she launched Unsettle.org where she "believes you should never settle for work you don’t love." Now, she only takes work/clients that she is excited about.

What is Unsettle.org: Unsettle is a website resource for entrepreneurs Sarah started in January 2015. It's a place where entrepreneurs are taught how not to settle for work they don't love. Although, Sarah doesn't believe that everyone is meant to be an entrepreneur, she does believe that everyone has an entrepreneurial spirit in them that can be utilized within an organization or on your own personal projects.

Business Model: Unsettle.org is based around helping people for free. Her company makes money through affiliate income. Sarah only refers her audience to things that she actually uses and loves. She also does one-on-one coaching with clients and only takes on about 3 a month.

Training Tips From Sarah How You Can Find Your Niche: In order to find your niche, there are four questions you should ask yourself:

What are your interests?
What is your art? (i.e., builder, writer, homemaker, anything that you are creating is considered art)
What are your unique skills?
How can you help people?

If you don't know where to start to find what you're good at, go to your best friend, or someone who you're very close to and ask them. Another great way to discover your talents, is to go through past greeting/birthday cards, or performance reviews where someone may have shared something specifically unique about you.

How to Find Your Target Audience: As you get into your business or niche, your target audience will change. You'll see the change as you determine which part of your business you're struggling with, and ask your audience what you can do to be better. By doing so, you'll create content while getting to know your audience on a more personal level. Remember, your target audience is not a demographic, it's a mindset and a problem.

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"I always lead with value and I just don't ask for anything" - Anthony Tran

About: Anthony Tran - Founder of Marketing Access Pass and Host of Traffic Generation All-Stars

Overview: Anthony Tran is the Founder of Marketing Access Pass, an All-in-One Online Marketing Training and Services website. He specializes in WordPress website development, search engine optimization, and social media marketing strategies to help you take your business to the next level. As an Air Force military veteran and former Operations Manager he knows what is like to not to be able to have complete control of your career. Having an online business offers you the ability to build a freedom lifestyle and his goal is to inspire and help you achieve your dreams.

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"Don't worry about everybody else. Don't worry about how long it's taking you. Don't worry about if someone is coming up behind you. Stay in your lane." - Suzanne Paulinski

About: Suzanne Paulinski- Founder of The Rockstar Advocate

Overview: Suzanne has a passion for music that started at a young age. After traveling down the entrepreneurial road in the music scene, she saw the need for artists to have a "career coach," or someone who would be their advocate for success. Now, she is attempting to start a movement with her new-found company, The Rockstar Advocate.

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Highlights: Entrepreneurial Journey: Suzanne always knew she wanted to be in the music industry. She said even though she wasn't an artist herself, she knew that she wanted to work with them. In college, she attempted to create a record label with her roommate, and became a paralegal to learn how to write contracts. After trying to do work long distant with her business partner, they decided it wasn't working quite how they wanted it to and called it quits. A couple years later, she started a consulting firm, but ended up pursuing her passion helping independent music artists further their career.

The Rockstar Advocate: Suzanne started The Rockstar Advocate about a year ago. Because it can be difficult to be heard in a business that is flooded with talent, Suzanne saw the need to aid artists in their career. As an advocate, she is there to teach musicians how to brand themselves, and how to connect with their fan base in a more genuine way. Her goal is to help them find clarity and do what they need to do to stay on track and achieve their goals.

Services Offered: Most of the programs that Suzanne offers are 3 month programs. Within that time frame, Suzanne is able to build strong relationships with her clients and teach them how to improve. Suzanne also helps artists go through contracts and negotiate what they want. However, her main focus is her 3 month program. In order for Suzanne to give her artists the amount of attention that they need, she only takes on about 10-12 people at a time. Because Suzanne's niche is so new, she offers free consultations to explain to her clients what she is really there for. Her purpose is solely to coach and train independent artists to achieve the ultimate potential.

Challenges: Suzanne has found that it is difficult to get people to understand that she is not the manager and to break the compartmentalize barrier. It's also proven a challenge to get the word out there about what she does and how she can help.

Goal: Overall, Suzanne truly wants to make the music industry more about self-care, rather than a hustle. She'd love to bring more of a compassion to the music industry that she feels is lacking. She does not want to build an empire, but to help artists help themselves. As long as she can pay her bills, and see the results of her work, she is happy to continue working this business on her own. However, Suzanne would love to start a movement, to speak at seminars, podcasts, etc, to increase awareness for the need of her services. Eventually, she'd love to have her own weekly show on YouTube.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: The most important thing she shares is not to worry about what others are doing. Stay focused on what you're doing and pace yourself. Your way is what works for you, and no one else. Take the opportunities that you want to take. Get rid of "should,", and do things the way you want to do them. Trust in the process.

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"We help companies build legendary teams, and we help individuals build legendary careers."

About: Derik Krauss, Ryan Harmon, & Adam Wilson - Founders of JobPiper

Overview: JobPiper helps employers find the right employees for their company. During this interview, we learn about the founder's story along with the ups and downs of starting JobPiper.

Highlights: What is JobPiper: JobPiper is a young company that helps other companies hire with science (hiring the right person for the right position). Employers sign up with Job Piper (a software platform) and they then "clone" your top employees. They use assessments to determine what the qualities are of your top employee/s to help figure out the type of people that will fit best with your company. If you are a start-up that does not have an employee or employees yet, Job Piper will use information from research to put together a profile of what you should be looking for depending on your company and the position type.

Revenue: There are 2 main streams of revenue. When you sign up as an employer- it's free, and then there are up sales offered- one is called Candidness (a more in depth application a potential employee would fill out).

Challenges: It can be difficult to build something that everyone can use. JobPiper is striving to make this application available to everyone.

Staying Strong: JobPiper actually entered an accelerator program in Provo, and did not receive the funding they were hoping to receive, but were still very determined to make JobPiper happen. They will continue to work towards this company whether investors invest or not. Right now, as bootstrappers, they have a little bit of money to continue progress- but only have a few months left until the bank runs dry. So, they are trying to reduce the sale cycle, and work on website development. They've also become involved in another pitch competition.

End Game: The guys at JobPiper would love to see this company explode and continue to grow 20-30 years down the road.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: (From the JobPiper team) Hire with science- it can save your startup company. Be passionate about what you're doing. Show up and network- go to events, do anything to meet people. And lastly, start doing what you love.

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"Punch fear in the face. Fear is the only thing that keeps people from trying. If you don't try, you'll never know."

"Love doesn't pay the bills."

About: Ceci Johnson- Founder of Ceci New York

Ceci Johnson’s story started with an invitation she created for a coworker’s wedding combined with the realization that a truly customized graphic design experience in wedding invitations was not available at that time. Armed with a clear desire to create the best invitations in the world, she started her business out of a shared office space NYC. Ten years later, her love of paper, design and innovation still drives her to create beautiful and completely original pieces every day.

Ceci was named “Woman to Watch” by Tory Burch, “Invitation Innovator” by WeTV and garnered Modern Bride magazine’s trendsetter award and New York magazine’s prestigious Expert Stationer award. Her designs and expertise have appeared in the New York Times, USA Today, InStyle, W Magazine, Town & Country and on the Today Show, VH1 and Gossip Girl among many others. Notable clients include the President of the United States, International Royalty, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Sarah Jessica Parker, Katherine Heigl, Dylan Lauren, Rosie O’Donnell, the Empire State Building, Cole Haan, Hugo Boss and the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Overview: Ceci is a graphic designer that was born with the entrepreneurial gene. After seeing the need for custom wedding invitations 16 years ago, Ceci paved the way and eventually started Ceci New York- a luxury invitation and corporate design company. During this interview, Ceci shares what it took for her to start her own company, and also offers great advice on how to stand behind your brand with clients.

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Highlights: Background: Ceci obtained a degree in graphic design and got her first job working as a the designer for the bridal registry for large department stores. She then had a co-worker ask her to design a wedding invitation for her, which ignited the spark. From there she moved to New York City and joined the corporate world doing web design, but missed paper design. She went to the CEO of the corporation she was working for and asked if she'd let her design her wedding invitations. It was all downhill from that point on, and before Ceci knew it, she was meeting with referral after referral. Six months into launching her website, Ceci received the trendsetter award from Modern Bride Magazine. Ceci spent a lot of time working long days to get her name out there, she knocked on a lot of doors in her industry to showcase her portfolio, and was constantly revamping her site.

What is Ceci New York: Ceci launched Ceci New York in 2004 without any investors and completely on her own. It's a luxury brand that designs invitations for any event from weddings to non-profit organizations. (From website)- "Our design atelier is driven by a groundbreaking concept that unites the custom and service of couture with the tactile elements of stationery and branding, creating a new niche in the design industry for visual styling. We strive to create a superior experience for each client, offering an incomparable range of couture services and outstanding ready-to-order products that boast flawless craftsmanship and the utmost attention to detail. From one-of-a-kind bespoke designs to original ready-to-order that discreetly bears Ceci’s signature, our creations possess a coveted commissioned quality that lends to the magic we invent. Ceci’s signature is the hallmark of authenticity and never-before-seen originality, ensuring that you receive a true work of art."

About Ceci New York: The company currently has 20 employees that all work at the main showroom in New York City. Ceci says if you want to grow your company, you need employees. And with that, you have to learn how to let go of having control over everything to be successful. However, she is a very hands-on CEO that enjoys being a part of the design process and leading the way with her vision of the company. Their main target audience started out as brides and weddings in general, but now they help anyone who is looking to elevate their events through design.

Goal: Eventually, Ceci would love to be a part of different markets and use her designs for bedding, phone cases, jewelry, etc.

Work-Life Balance: Ceci is the proud mother of a little boy and feels that having him in her life has really helped her prioritize her time at work. She strives to stay focused and be effective while working so that she can spend the time she'd like with her son.

Challenges: Ceci shares that it can be difficult to deal with certain clients and stick up for what you know needs to be done in order to accomplish their project. There have also been times when Ceci has been afraid to tell her clients what the prices were for their order. However, she realized that when she confidently explained to her clients the extent of work that goes into their project, they appreciate her time and effort.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: When reaching out to others, show them how invested you are in their company and how you can solve potential problems. When creating a sales plan, look at how much you want to make on an annual basis and break it down by month, then by project or amount. It's important to educate your audience and pave the way for what you're offering. Lastly, stand behind your work.

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"One minute is enough."

About: Sarah Peck- Director of Communications at One Month, Founder and Writer of It Starts With

Sarah Peck is the Director of Communications at One Month, an essayist, a speaker, and an open-water swimmer. One Month is an online school for accelerated education that teaches people business and coding skills in as little as 30 minutes a day. Based in Brooklyn, Sarah is an intuitive relationship builder, a philosopher, and a deep lover of mind-body integration. She is a 20-time NCAA All-American swimmer who escaped from Alcatraz nine consecutive times, a yoga instructor, and a beginning dancer. She believes that communication is about finding the roots of our power and owning our deeper narratives and stories. With more than a decade of graphic design, marketing, and writing experience, her work has been featured in The Huffington Post, Fast Company, 99U, Psychology Today, Life Hacker, Thought Catalog, and she has spoken at Berkeley, Penn, Harvard, the University of Virginia, Alive in Berlin, WDS, and more. When she’s not writing, creating, or teaching, you’ll find Sarah teaching yoga, doing open-water ocean swims, practicing her handstands, or hosting themed dinner parties for quirky, philosophical, compassionate groups of people.

Overview: Sarah is a well-rounded entrepreneur who is not only a certified yoga trainer, but is working on a book, has her own blog- It Starts With- and is also the Director of Communications at One Month. Each of these activities compete for her time, and throughout this interview, Sarah shares her secret to finding the balance.

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Highlights: Background: Sarah attended school in Palo Alto, CA where she studied Architecture and Design. It was an opportunity for Sarah to look at how the physical world around us influences our daily decisions. After school, she launched her own publication, started a magazine, and eventually broke away to become a consultant. While being a consultant for a firm, Sarah worked for a lot of amazing companies and with her experience, decided to start her own company online. She was able to build a number of digital products and online classes. Most recently, Sarah started working with One Month- an online education company.

It Starts With: After wanting to join the online blogging scene for some time, Sarah took the plunge and started her own blog- It Starts With. In the beginning, she made it a point to publish something at least once a week and has been able to do that pretty steadily for the last 4 years. Now, her site has over 300 essays, and Sarah enjoys the connections she is making with her readers.

One Month: One Month is an accelerated education site that mainly teaches coding. About six months ago, Sarah was contacted by One Month and was asked to be their Director of Communications. Sarah focuses on all of the ways people find out about One Month. She writes blog posts, coordinates content strategies, works with social media, and has even taught a class. Currently, One Month offers 9 classes. They have already had over 30,000 students from 70 different countries. Some of their students have included individuals from Apple, Google, Harvard, and Duke. These students are hungry for knowledge, and One Month is excited to help educate in a different way.

Cost of Attendance: One Month recently turned to a subscription model. A student can take any single class for $49 for 1 month. If you wanted to take it over a slower period of time, then you can. Everything is taught via video and there are 5 different video speeds students can choose from.

Challenges for One Month: Sarah shared that One Month is trying to figure out the best way to do enterprise sales (B2B), and are in search of good team members, especially for their customer support system.

Work-Life Balance: Sarah understands that it's not humanly possible to do everything at once. Her main focus is One Month right now. She'd rather give her all in one area of her life at a time, and then give small amounts of time to other projects that will slowly build up. She often tells herself that one minute is enough. Instead of feeling discouraged about not doing all of her morning routine, Sarah will do 1 minute of yoga, 1 minute of meditation, 1 minute of journaling, and that's enough to trigger calm and peace for her.

5 Year Goal: Sarah hopes that in five years she will have a toddler, have her first book published, and continue on the path that she's on right now. She loves being around the people in her life and feels lucky to be learning all that she is.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Get out there and be uncomfortable. Even though there may be others out there who look like they know what they're doing, odds are, they don't either. Everyone has insecurities and weaknesses, just do your best with where you are.

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"If you come against a brick wall, don't be afraid to take a right turn."

About: Keith Humphrey- President and CEO of Jet AirWerks and Jet AirParts

Keith Humphrey, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Jet AirParts, LLC, is a commercial aviation veteran with over 30 years of worldwide experience, including expertise in CFM56 overhaul; on-wing maintenance; aftermarket sales and component repair; strategic planning; and sales and marketing.

Humphrey, who also serves as the President and CEO of Jet AirWerks, LLC, an FAA Part 145 Repair Station and sister company to Jet AirParts.

Overview: From the military, to jet engine mechanics, to politics, and acting, Keith has been involved in just about everything imaginable. During this interview, we learn about the various jobs Keith has had, how he started his company in 2007, and what advice he has for those stepping onto the entrepreneurial path.

Highlights: Background: Right out of high school, Keith enrolled in the navy and became a jet engine mechanic. (And although it wasn't planned, Keith has spent the last 40 years working in the jet engine mechanical field.) After the military, Keith took a job in Maryland for a year, and then obtained a 2 year degree so that he could work for GE. Four years into working for GE, Keith felt he had learned what he needed to learn and moved on. Overall, Keith worked at several different companies all over the map- from California, Manilla, to Europe, and Florida.

Jet AirWorks: Prior to starting Jet AirWorks, Keith was working for a French company in Miami that fixed jet engine components. It was while working there that Keith finally decided upon what niche he wanted to focus. Keith then took his family and moved to Kansas to launch his company. He started small, paid himself small, and only focused on things that would help bring in revenue. Because Keith started the company during the economy crash, he had a hard time finding lenders.

Customers: Part distributors (brokers), engine shops, and airlines.

Jet AirParts: In August 2011, Jet AirParts was organized to meet a specific demand of low-cost, high-demand aviation material. It was also a way to make money on the side for Jet AirWorks.

Managing Employees: It's a difficult aspect in any company, but especially when you start your own. Keith has created an employee handbook for his 26 employees and felt that has helped dramatically. They are in a very small town in Kansas (about 15,000 people) and so to prevent high turn over, Keith decided from the beginning to offer 100% healthcare for their employees. And starting this year, he his also implementing 401(k)'s. Keith is grateful that he's had the opportunity to provide people with jobs who haven't had work in over a year, or are even recently released from prison. It makes him happy to know that he can help others get back on their feet and feel good about their life again.

End Game: This year, they will be obtaining Chinese certification, and once they have that, it will allow their customers to sell those parts into China. Within in a few years, Keith hopes this company will expand tremendously and become much larger than where it is today. But for right now, he's just taking it one step at a time.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Go all in. Pay yourself enough just to get by in the beginning- don't go overboard. Learn your business from the ground up, and know every aspect of your company that you can, but know that you'll learn even more as you go. Don't be afraid if you come against a brick wall to take a right turn. Do not let fear run your life, just work past it.

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"Never underestimate the power of networking."

About: Katy Lynch- CEO of Techweek and Former President and CEO of SocialKaty

Overview: Katy Lynch is a bright and determined entrepreneur that took her social media startup company from one to twenty-five employees in four short years. She shares with us tips for branding your company online as well as her plans as the new CEO of Techweek.

Highlights: Background: Originally, Katy is from Edinburgh, Scotland. At the age of 16, her family moved to the U.S. Katy decided to head back to the UK for college but afterwards came to Chicago where her business career exploded.

How SocialKaty Started: 7 years ago, when Katy first moved to Chicago, she worked for a well-known travel company. While there she was the head of social media and managed everything on her own for over two years. During that time, Katy built up a strong social media reputation and was asked to speak at events. In 2010, she decided to start SocialKaty where she consulted companies on how to navigate the social waters. Her clients ranged from small startups to medium/large sized companies. At one point, she was taking on a new client every two weeks. Within four years, Katy grew her company exponentially and in 2014 it was acquired by Manifest Digital.

Increasing Company Size: Whenever a company grows, Katy shares that it's crucial to the company's success to create a framework to manage your employees. At SocialKaty, a program called the SocialKaty Grasshopper was created. (Katy used what she had learned from her past experiences as a guide for her training manual.) It was a 90-day training program for every new employee that came on board, and if they graduated from that program, a full-time position was given to the employee.

Decision to Sell SocialKaty: For Katy, it was not a difficult decision to sell. Her original intention was to eventually sell to a larger agency that offered numerous capabilities.

Tips for Brands Using Social Media: Katy notes that often times many brands join social media to self-promote, sell their products, or just to push advertising on their customers. Katy teaches that a huge part of social media is engaging with your audience and learning what they like. Determine who they are. Consider using outlets where your target audience spends the majority of their online social life.

What is Techweek: Techweek is the nation's largest technology and conference festival specializing in everything from hack-a-thons, to panels, to competitions, etc.

How Katy Became Involved with Techweek: Katy has known the chairman of the board for years, and he knew Katy's desire to give back to the community and help social entrepreneurs. After hearing about her departure from SocialKaty, he offered her a position at Techweek.

Goals for Techweek: Katy shared that Techweek will now be expanding into Boston, Denver, Dallas, Seattle, Toronto, and one other international city (TBA). In addition to expanding, Techweek will also be starting a fund called the Hundred Cities Fund. Essentially, this fund will be the investment vehicle that will raise capital that will invest in the winners of the Launch Championship (formerly known as the Techweek Launch Competition).

Challenges for Techweek: As Techweek expands internationally, they face language barriers and the challenge of forming partnerships with the right partners abroad.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Katy wants entrepreneurs everywhere to never underestimate the power of networking. She strongly encourages startups to get their name out there. One helpful suggestion she gave is to use Twitter. Look up hashtags in your industry and in your area to see what groups you can share your ideas and vision with.

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"You're never going to have everything you need in place to get started, but think about what you do have." Luz Rivas

About: Luz Rivas- Founder of DIY Girls, and Co-Founder of KitHub

Overview: Luz Rivas inspires us with her desire to help change the upcoming generation of Latinas in LA. During this interview, Luz shares her road to success in the tech space and how she started her company, DIY Girls, and co-founded KitHub.

Highlights: Background: Luz grew up in LA with a single mother and her sisters- they moved quite often because of finances. From the beginning, Luz and her sister felt the need to help financially and learned at a young age how to go out and make a little money. Luz always had a love for school and was in 5th grade when her passion for technology began. There weren't any specific engineering programs for Luz to join, but she did look for opportunities to expand her knowledge and took advantage of them as often as she could.

In high school, her math teacher told her about MIT and told her there was an admissions officer coming to their school. Luz decided to meet with this recruiter. In her senior year, Luz was looking at hometown schools to apply to but decided to apply to MIT just to see if she could get in. To her surprise, she was accepted. 4 years later, Luz graduated from MIT, moved to Chicago and worked for Motorola for 3 years. From there, Luz attended graduate school at Harvard, moved to New York where she worked for a time, and then decided to come back to LA. Upon her return, Luz worked at CalTech and at other educational jobs then finally started DIY Girls.

About DIY Girls: DIY Girls is a non-profit organization that runs after school programs, summer camps, and workshops for mainly lower-income, Latina girls to learn about technology and engineering. The activities are related more to the maker movement (meaning, they're able to make certain things with tools that they normally wouldn't have access to). This program came about because Luz saw the need for something to help prepare these young girls for the tech world like she wished she'd had as a child. Their focus is on girls because studies have shown that around 4th and 5th grade, more girls tend to lose interest in math and science.

About KitHub: After receiving numerous calls from parents asking Luz and her co-founder Tara where they were purchasing all these unique parts for their DIY projects, Tara and Luz decided to create KitHub. It's a site for parents to purchase everything they need to build a project with their children all in one kit. Right now, consumers pay a monthly subscription and are sent new projects to their home each month. Eventually, KitHub will be moving toward simply providing kits for anyone to choose from- instead of just focusing on a monthly subscription.

Why Start DIY Girls: Luz shares that she's always wanted to make her own choices and do what she loves most. Because LA is her hometown, she always felt that if she was going to start something it had to be there. She feels jealous of these young girls, and tells her team that if she's not jealous, improvements need to be made.

Attendees: This year, they are expecting to serve about 550 girls. By the end of 5 years, they are hoping to serve over 3,000 girls in Southern California. Although she has received inquiries for starting DIY Girls in other states, they are going to focus on building it in LA first, and then maybe expand down the road.

Cost: The after-school program is $15 per girl per session, which covers all the materials and staff help. DIY Girls receives funding from individual donors as well as organizations. They actually had an indie go-go campaign about a year and half ago and were able to raise $16k.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Get started. Don't be so focused on having a perfect plan or all the funding to start working on your dreams. You're never going to have everything you need in place to get started, but think about what you do have.

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"If you have a great idea, shout it from the rooftops and convince everyone it does work." - Fraser Patterson

About: Fraser Patterson- Founder and CEO of Bolster

Bio: He’s been a carpenter and award-winning general contractor in the U.K.; a guest lecturer in entrepreneurship and business incubator executive at Centro, an architecture and design university in Mexico; a mentor to various startups for Endeavor, a global non-profit that supports high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging markets and the founder and C.E.O. of OnisVida, a company that helps homeowners manage their remodeling projects with finance from Infonavit, Latin America's largest mortgage lender.

Overview: Fraser is an innovative carpenter who is transforming the home remodeling space. With a background in math and physics, Fraser is changing the lives of homeowners and contractors for good.

Highlights: Background: Fraser began working as a carpenter in Scotland, while also studying math and physics. During this time in his life, he continually thought there had to be a better way to remodel. Eventually, Fraser became a general contractor, grew very quickly, won Ikea as a strategic partner, won numerous awards, and then the economy crashed in 2008. From there, Fraser moved to Mexico and was offered a position teaching entrepreneurship at the Architecture and Design University in Centro, Mexico. While there, Fraser suggested starting a business venture for these students and met with the head of endeavor at Mexico who then got involved in helping Fraser start this business venture. Then, one day, Fraser got a call from the Mexican government asking if he could help solve the remodeling process. With the help of Infonavit (Latin America´s largest mortgage lender) Fraser was able to implement Mexico’s first home remodeling insurance platform in partnership with Infonavit , HSBC Mexico and Aserta. After proving to be successful, Fraser decided to take this idea to the U.S. and started Bolster with his co-founder Ana.

What is Bolster: Bolster is a start up company in the home remodeling space. They've invented the first affordable performance bond for small construction projects. They provide the consumer with the contractor who has been vetted by them, and backed by an insurance company that literally guarantees they will finish the project according to the terms of the contract. And if, for any reason, that contractor fails the insurance company will find another contractor and make up the financial difference of bringing on another contractor. The process to vet a new contractor only takes about 24 hours. Bolster is completely in charge of handling all the paperwork/contract for the consumer's project.

Challenges: It has been tough for Fraser's company to acquire the market here in the U.S. He's had to heavily educate the market (contractors and homeowners) because Bolster is such a new idea. Consumers tend to think that the idea of their contractor being backed is almost too good to be true.

Acquiring the Market: Initially, what the company did was partner with the American Institute of Architects, but it didn't produce the results that Fraser was looking for. Then, they tried going through real estate agencies, which was mildly successful. Bolster did receive a lot of press but there were complications with the overflow of people reaching out and they struggled with capturing and nurturing their audience. They soon came to realize that by helping the contractor sell the product themselves, it gave Bolster and the contractors a great advantage in competition.

Team Size: There are about 5 people who work closely with the company, but Fraser does not want to grow the company size until he is confident in scaling it successfully. He's been there before: believing in a solution to the problem, but then finding out that the market/sales approach was wrong which caused them to back-pedal. Fraser is more focused on helping the market first and winning contracts before he increases the company size.

End Game: Fraser really sees Bolster as the remodeling solution for the contractor from end-to-end. He wants to help contractors market themselves, give them back-end tools, measure their performance, and essentially turn them into super contractors. He also wants to be able to set up individual sites for contractors with a back office to help manage their customers. Fraser wants to become the brand for the contractor more than a brand for the consumer.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Assume your idea is wrong. Go out, analyze your market, and gather the data for your product. If you can test your assumptions in a light way (more than just surveys, and talking to people) you will have a much better idea of the potential of your company. It's important to go out and help your potential customers, figure out what their pain points are, learn how you can help them, and then help them create a service from it.

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"Spend time with an agency who will help you creatively connect and engage emotionally with your audience." Peter Gould

About: Peter Gould- Founder and CEO of Creative Cubed

BIO: Peter Gould is a designer, creative entrepreneur and digital artist. Over the last ten years he has been involved in the design and launch of many international brands and creative projects through his studio Creative Cubed, based in Sydney, Australia. His team loves to work with startups and entrepreneurs who dream big and are passionate about launching their ideas into the world. He has won several creative awards, launched his own apps & games, teaches branding workshops internationally, and reaches over 150,000 people from his Facebook page.

Overview: Peter Gould is an influential, innovative, and award-winning creative graphic designer who is highly sought after globally. Peter has touched many international audiences and throughout this interview, inspires us to travel the world and incorporate our findings into our work.

Highlights: Background: Peter has always been the creative type, and when he got to high school he was very interested in graphic design. He ended up really enjoying it and decided to start his own graphic design company during college which proved to be an intense and challenging time of his life. However, it gave him some hands on experience in learning what works and what doesn't. Peter married at 21, and on his honeymoon, he was able to travel quite extensively through Europe. During that time he felt inspired to travel more and experience the world. He has been able to incorporate graphic designs inspired by his travel.

What is Creative Cubed: Creative Cubed is a branding and design studio located in Sydney, Australia that's been in business close to 10 years. They help people take their ideas/products and turn them into campaigns. They use a strategic design process to help them launch something that is going to be beautiful and achieve the results they are looking for. Their team is only about 5 people, and they prefer to keep it that way to really be hands on and give clients the time that they need.

What Sets Creative Cubed Apart: They've been able to use tools like Strategizer and Business Model Canvas to understand at a fundamental level what their clients want. Creative Cube believes that a company's brand is much deeper than just a logo. A company must think about what emotional response they want from people. It's an experience that is created over years of marketing and solid branding. Although the logo is a factor in getting consumers' attention, clients must focus on establishing some kind of relationship by thinking about the messaging, images, language, and the kind of personality they portray to their audience. All of those elements are delivered through social media, trade shows, emails, etc. Peter shares that this is where the brand process starts.

Process: Peter works with entrepreneurs by opening up Strategizer to discuss with his clients what their unique value proposition is, what their potential consumer's pain points are, how they plan to solve those problems, etc. Creative Cubed really wants to establish a deeper level of branding from the start.

Challenges for Creative Cubed: Peter feels that his challenges as an entrepreneur are like many others out there. He has to balance his work life, manage numerous responsibilities, and have the mental energy to work long days/weeks.

Goals: Creative Cubed has started to launch internal apps, books, and more. Peter would also like to work with people and their brands that are doing positive things like reaching out to other communities or providing service.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: You need to have people around you that support you and keep you inspired. Those kinds of people can direct you to helpful tips, sites, and other educational information. Make the effort to get out and network with other people. Peter also encourages you to pay particular attention to the design process of your brand. It's better to spend time with an agency who will help you creatively connect and engage emotionally with your audience. Read some great branding books or listen to some branding podcasts.

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"You don't have to wait for the perfect platform, you can start with something simple and then change and improve later." - Eliana Salvi

About: Eliana Salvi- Founder of PinkTrotters

Overview: Eliana is an Italian native with a degree in International Management from Bocconi University. She has an insane love for traveling, getting to know new cultures, and internet products. Throughout this interview we learn what drove Eliana to start her entrepreneurial journey and what her company (PinkTrotters) is all about.

Highlights: How PinkTrotters Started: Eliana was a marketing finance manager for a large corporation prior to starting this company and would work abroad (mainly in: Greece, Denmark, the Netherlands, etc) but soon realized that this was not her future. She was not interested in being involved in the corporate world for the rest of her life. Eliana really wanted to start something online, and do something that incapsulated the passions and talents she possesses. After traveling extensively with her previous job position, Eliana felt there was a need for a place specifically for women to meet up and get together no matter where they are. And so, together, with a friend, Eliana decided to start PinkTrotters.

What is PinkTrotters: (Founded at the end of 2013, and currently incubated by H Farm Ventures.) PinkTrotters is a global online and offline community of contemporary women who meet and share exclusive event and trip experiences, powered by brands. PinkTrotters focuses on fashion, food, arts, and wellness. Women who are interested in these fields of work can network with other women, and share their talents to promote their business at these events.

Challenges: Eliana shares that it has been tough to break into the entrepreneurial world and is much harder than she thought it would be. She has to deal with the bureaucratic and technical side of it. And she also has had to learn how to manage her partnership, and her team. She also has to make a great effort at putting herself out there along with her company. Eliana states that until a company becomes very successful, you are constantly focusing on testing your market, solving problems, and readjusting. It has also been difficult for Eliana to balance her private life with her ever-constant work life.

Getting Funds: Finding investors, especially as a woman proved to be a challenge for Eliana. In Europe, the majority of the investors are men and tend to have an old-school way of thinking when it comes to business. It's been easy for Eliana to pitch her business to brands and partners, but much more difficult to sell her company to investors.

Goals for 2015: During the first year of PinkTrotters, Eliana's company made around 60,000 euros, and she hopes to double her amount for 2015- or make close to 150,000 euros. Eliana also hopes to take more of this company online- she is currently building a platform that will include all of the services offered at their events. It will allow brands and travel partners to directly engage with the PinkTrotters community, and be able to receive funds for those services online.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Form a team with people who are 100% committed, whether it's a size of only 2 or 3 people, they need to be wholly committed. If not, it's easy to lose a lot of time, energy, and faith in your company. You don't have to wait for the perfect platform, you can start with something simple and then change and improve later.

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"The best way to get a good idea is to not look for it." - Steeve Bois

About: Steeve Bois - Founder and CEO of Social Symphony App

Overview: Steeve has always had a love for being creative and believes that we are all creative by nature. He saw the need to create an application that would help others find happiness through music. The app is called Social Symphony. Thanks to this project and to the talented people Steeve has worked with, he hopes he will be able to make the planet a better place.

Highlights: Background: When Steeve was 16, he used to create music on his computer (or with pen and paper) and he would play with his friends at bars in Paris. He's not sure why he has a passion for it, but assumes it is because music has sound and vibration, like emotions have vibrations. Because of this love for music Steeve has had throughout his life, he decided to create an app that would provide others with those same strong emotions he has felt.

What is Social Symphony: The purpose of this app is to help people express their creativity. Steeve believes it's very important to be happy in life and a good way to do that is to express your creativity. Social symphony helps people create amazing music in a few seconds without any knowledge (basically, a music maker app for non musicians).

How it Works: Currently, it is only available in private beta. So, you have to subscribe to download. Once it's downloaded on your iPhone, there is a simple interface that allows you to choose from high quality sounds to mix with, etc. You can select different instruments to mix with and you can also sing along into the app and record everything together to make your own song. Right now, they are working on the legal issues to be able to use what you have created commercially, but it will be possible eventually. The application will be free, but the user will be able to purchase premium music for a small fee if they'd like to expand their options.

How it Started: For Steeve, the best way to get a good idea is to not look for it. He was happy, and living a good life, but he felt like he was missing something. He wanted to find a way to help other people find happiness without doing it for them. He started working on this application the end of August of last year with his mentor. His mentor found a student in India to help them with the development of the app, created some prototypes, and finally in December they had the wow effect to continue actual work on Social Symphony which is still in beta. They have plans to launch the app by August of this year.

Goal for Social Symphony: Once the app launches, Steeve hopes to make money to expand the applicatios. And to make partnerships with musicians around the world to help promote these musicians. He plans to push the application through social media.

Steeve has an hour long commute to work each day, and while traveling on the train he listens to Outlier Podcasts, as well as other informational apps. He also spends that time meditating- it's important for Steeve to have stimulation and silence. He feels that that kind of balance is extremely important for you and for the world.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Follow your intuition- it's more than thoughts, it's an instinct. But you cannot listen to this inner voice, if you are too busy focusing on other things. If you want to make a business, build a website, make a podcast, you need information, but if you're not able to be effective with that information, it means you cannot hear your intuition. Steeve encourages us to take time to be calm, and then act on our intuitions.

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"People will tell you you can't do it, but if you want it enough and work hard enough, you can be successful and have what you want." - Amber Reyngoudt

About: Amber Reyngoudt- Co-Founder of Skull Ninja, and former iOS Engineer at Milk

Overview: Amber is a Software Engineer with years of experience in the coding field. Over the past four years, she has taken on her own venture of building iPhone apps with her co-founder at Skull Ninja, and shares with us what it's been like traveling the entrepreneurial road.

Highlights: Background: Amber attended school at University of Florida, and majored in Computer Science. Although she hadn't planned on becoming a software engineer, Amber's grandmother really encouraged her to go into Computer Science, and as a Junior in college was interning as a coder. When she graduated school, she worked as an application developer for Intel for about four years. She then moved to LA and eventually began working for a consulting firm. Once she left consulting, Amber attempted to start her own company but soon ran out of money and decided to go back to the mainstream work space. In 2005, MySpace was the hot new social media company so Amber decided to apply and started working as a developer there. She ended up becoming a manger and worked there until 2010. At that point, things started dying down with MySpace and Amber was no longer feeling challenged or fulfilled in her position so she slowly left MySpace to develop apps for iPhones on her own. From there, Skull Ninja was born.

Working at Milk: After leaving MySpace, Amber and her co-founder moved to San Francisco and began working on apps. Amber was fortunate to meet Kevin Rose 4 months after moving there and he asked Amber and her co-founder to come work at his new-found company, Milk. For the next year, Amber and her co-founder worked as the iOS Engineers for Milk, which helped build credibility for the two of them. Milk was eventually bought out by Google in 2011, so Amber and her co-founder were back to focusing on their company, Skull Ninja.

Skull Ninja: Amber and her co-founder are doing a mix of consulting and building apps. Recently, they did some webwork for AirB&B, intro for About.me, created another app for North Technologies, they also created an iPhone, and iPad app for a home hair-color company, etc. In 2012, they created their own platform for shopping in a variety of ways, and soft launched an iPhone app called Hit or Miss that focuses on women's fashion, and discovering fashion. Essentially, they publish a daily trend and the consumers select that trend as a hit or miss, and then they tailor what they want to see according to the feedback. So far the app has been well received.

Challenges: For Skull Ninja, bootstrapping was difficult along with balancing their schedules and time. It's been easy to take on too much, and not even work on their own projects to help the company. For the past few years, it's only been Amber and Dave and they were not able to really scale the company until they bring on employees.

Woman in Tech: One thing Amber points out is that she's had to spend some time proving herself, but is becoming less of a problem since she has built credibility. She does feel that because she is a female founder, it can work to her advantage and make her stand out from the crowd. Amber shares that she's happy there are more women in tech, and in different areas, they bring a lot to the tech world. Overall, Amber has had a good experience and feels very fortunate.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: It may seem scary and unattainable, but if you're driven, passionate, and willing to work really hard- almost to the point of crazy- you can be successful and have what you want.

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"Your purpose is when your natural talents, skills, and interests all align." - Suzannah Scully

About: Suzannah Scully- Executive Coach

Overview: Once a part of the corporate world, Suzannah has taken her experience to start her own practice as an Executive Coach and help large corporations and entrepreneurs. Suzannah provides us with some great insight on how we can improve ourselves and our companies.

Highlights: Background: (From her website) "Suzannah Scully is a coach, speaker and blogger with a corporate background working for organizations such as Gap, Inc., Williams-Sonoma, Inc and The Wine Group. Her mission is to give leaders the space and tools to break through barriers and reach their potential. She has given presentations for Stanford University (see presentation here), Haas Business School of Berkeley and Vanderbilt University as well as other local bay area companies on the topics of leadership development, effective communication and personal branding. Suzannah received a B.A. from UCLA in Sociology and has received her C.P.C.C. from The Coaches Training Institute. She is married with two children and a dog and lives in Marin County, CA. When not working or with her family, you can usually find her at yoga, in a library or at the movies."

How it all Started: It was during a business trip to France, that she had her "ah-ha" moment, realizing she wasn't fully happy with her career. At that moment, she decided to leave the traditional work path and began training to become a business coach. Suzannah has now run her own practice for 10 years and will soon be starting her own podcast as well.

Role of an Executive Coach: Suzannah is an executive coach who works with entrepreneurs and corporations by providing them with the tools to access new parts of themselves while taking their career and lives to the next level. Her clients include: high profile individuals, large organizations such as Apple, Sony, Eventbrite, and Slalom Consulting as well as Bay Area startups. She usually works with her clients for 6 months, meeting with them twice monthly. The majority of her clients are in the Bay area, but she is more than willing to work with clients all over the country.

What Sets Suzannah Apart: Suzannah has a strong corporate background- she understands how to navigate a big corporate company. By working with well-known companies, like Apple, her clients can trust that she is experienced at what she does. Suzannah really focuses on helping clients excel in the background aspect of the company- how to get people on your side, how to network effectively, how to build a team, etc. Suzannah has found that brilliant minds can be impatient, they want everyone to be at the same pace and it can be easy for them to lose the art of listening. Suzannah addresses this issue by teaching the 3 levels of listening, not asking just yes/no questions, and teaching them to really understand the 'why' of what someone may be sharing.

Measuring Success: At the beginning of each meeting with her clients, Suzannah will analyze what success looks like to them. That is what she then works toward with her clients. She ensures they are accomplishing what they have set out to do by creating milestones. Suzannah is there to push her clients to do what they have hired her for while being supportive along the way.

Purpose vs. Passion: Suzannah shares that you can be passionate about something but that t it doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be your purpose. Your passions are the things you enjoy doing in your free time. Your purpose is when your natural talents, skills, and interests all align. When you know what your purpose is, you will enjoy what you do, and knowing your purpose will help you determine what you can be successful in. It may not always work out, but it's always worth a shot.

Importance of Personal Branding: Everybody has a personal brand, and it needs to be managed. Suzannah shares 3 steps on how to create an effective brand. 1: Define your aspirations. 2: Determine your unique value proposition. 3: Communicate your brand.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: The best way to reach out to mentors, or venture capitalists, is to make sure you are giving as well as taking. Find ways to help that other person and give back to them. Always look for opportunities to serve, and it will come back to you. What moves you may not move someone else, but that doesn't make it wrong. Trust yourself, listen to yourself, and follow that wisdom.

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Book Recommendations:

1) Give and Take

2) Essentialism

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"It's better to have a surplus of ideas and be forced to go with the really great ones...than to have a limited number of them and pick the one you think is best." - Daniel Faggella

About: Daniel Faggella- Entrepreneur, Writer, Speaker, Jiu Jitsu Champion, and Founder of CLV Boost

Overview: During this exciting interview, we learn valuable lessons from Daniel on how to create effective email marketing campaigns. Dan has a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology degree from UPenn, owns 2 companies-TechEmergence LLC, and startup marketing with CLVboost, is the author of “Explorations into the Philosophy of Transhumanism: A Lens to the Future Through the Thinkers of the Past”, is a frequent public speaker, and holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

Highlights: Background: Dan has a passion for martial arts and was heavily involved in Jiu Jitsu. When his local martial arts gym closed down, he opened his own martial arts gym, something he had never planned on doing. He always thought he would only compete but not be involved in the entrepreneurial world. With this endeavor, Dan learned a lot about sales and marketing and launched himself into his entrepreneurial journey. With a small market, Dan needed automated sequences to categorize potential clients and to maximize their sales. From there, he started CLV Boost- working with software and start up companies to implement email marketing strategies and campaigns.

Growing Your Email List: If you want to get more people onto your list, Dan says to start learning more about pay per click. Dan helps clients focus on conversion rates on their page (figuring out the percentage of people that convert to your site and the percentage of people who become leads). The next thing he'll do is build a regimen that's reasonable for your company and work on partnering with people that can help drive business to your site.

Email Campaigns: Dan wants entrepreneurs to know that social media is not nearly as effective as email marketing. If you want to make money for your business, it is crucial that you have an email marketing campaign. Dan's personal list for martial arts is about 27,000 people. With the help of his email campaigns, he made approximately $66k last month.

Continual Education: Dan knows the value of education and even though he has successful businesses, understands the need for continual help and coaching. In the last 30 months, Dan has spent a little over $100,000 on education: coaching, school, books, etc.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Make sure you know what you want the individuals on your email list to do with that first step in the buyer's journey (call, get a quote, set up an apt, etc). Once you have an answer to that, you will know what your emails need to do next. Then determine what the major benefit is for your customers. Know how you can solve whatever their problems may be. Frame your subject lines and your content around that benefit. You have to make sure that you are closing your audience within 3-7 days, because after that, you lose half of your market. When you are sending potential customers educational material, make sure there is a link, case study, free e-book, something that will lead them to other options. Let them find a way to pay you if they're hungry.

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"Where you start in life doesn't mean it's where you will end up." Sinead Mac Manus

About: Sinead Mac Manus- Founder and CEO of Fluency

Overview: Sinead is a talented and motivated entrepreneur striving to make a difference in the world through her company, Fluency. She shares the importance of starting a company not just to make money, but to help build brighter future. Throughout this interview, Sinead tells us more about what Fluency does and how it works.

Highlights: About Sinead: Sinead is originally from Ireland and has her degree in Geography and History of Arts and a Masters in Town Planning. She worked for 5 years in town planning, but did not enjoy it at all. She left that part of her work life, and decided to start teaching in the creative arts. After attending the School for Social Entrepreneurs, Sinead founded her digital wellbeing company 8fold in 2010 and launched the Digital Academy, training low income women with digital skills, in 2011. This is where Sinead met her co-founder of Fluency, Ian.

What is Fluency: Their vision is to be a global social business that gives access to life-changing work opportunities to people in need. They provide an alternative education system for students focused on vocational skills and just-in-time learning. They believe that people learn best by doing real work and they seek to link learning with real world experiences and opportunities. They especially help young women who do not have work opportunities in the UK and countries all around the world. Anyone who has access to a computer, phone, or internet will be able to have access to Fluency and can be helped to obtain the work they need.

How it Works: Fluency's goal is to provide students with skills to help them standout from the crowd and have something to demonstrate when they apply for other positions. Their courses are only 4 weeks long. Some of the courses offered are in: SEO, content marketing, and social media marketing. Right now, their courses are free, anyone around the world can sign up for free and learn amazing skills that will help them obtain great jobs. Fluency is still unsure if they will ever monetize these courses because they want to provide as much access to knowledge as they can.

Revenue: Fluency generates revenue from the employers that hire their students.

Biggest Challenges: Supply and demand.

Success Rate: Fluency has about 20-30 people through a program each month, and have a high success rate in helping these students find actual jobs.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: "It's easy to get caught up in the tech start-up world, but think about how you can use your amazing skills to really make a difference in the world, rather than thinking about how you can just make a quick buck." says Sinead. "If you do that, you will have a greater return in your life. Making a difference and having purpose is the future of the work world."

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"Innovators see a problem that's directly related to their personal environment, and they want to do something about it. It touches them so deeply, so personally, that their motivation is so big to create something that overcomes that problem, that they'll do anything to make it work." Nadine Bongaerts

About: Nadine Bongaerts- Co-Founder of Biotecture and Global Community Director for Hello Tomorrow

Overview: Nadine is a unique, accomplished young woman with a desire to help change the world. She shares what it's like working in the science and technology field as a woman, and more about the companies she has and is currently involved in.

Highlights: Background: Nadine is originally from the Netherlands and received her Degree in Life Science & Technology from TU Delft. She has an entrepreneurial background and has also been the curious type. Because of this personality, she is always on the hunt to learn more, and be involved in new developments, especially in the life science realm.

About Biotecture: Nadine started this company in 2011- it was a spin off from an international science competition she competed in called, iGem. This company represents the shaping of education and communication in life sciences.
Nadine and her partner, work with clients and partners to create awareness of the developments that happen within the life sciences. By developing and applying interactive and effective communication and education tools, they are able to build a bridge between science, politics, art, and society.

Revenue for Biotecture: Biotecture is a for-profit company. They want to be independent of subsidies and have more control.

What is Hello Tomorrow: From their site: "Hello Tomorrow is a non-profit organization founded in 2011 by Xavier Duportet and Arnaud De La Tour. It aims at creating bridges between scientists, investors and entrepreneurs in all major technological fields. In 2014, we organized the first edition of the Hello Tomorrow Challenge, a global competition of tech-startups in Europe and the First Day of Tomorrow Conference, which gathered more than 1,500 participants at “La Cité des Sciences” in Paris on April 2014." Hello Tomorrow is essentially a physical and virtual platform for local and global innovation.

The Hello Tomorrow Challenge: This is a global challenge that Hello Tomorrow hosts for startups from all over the world in six different major fields of technology. If you'd like to learn more about this challenge, visit their page HERE.

Goals to Expand: They'd love to expand their hubs in big cities all over the US. Specifically, to invite people to get on board with Hello Tomorrow to showcase capabilities there. The more people that are apart of Hello Tomorrow, the more diversity they will have within their company.

Female in the Workplace: Nadine feels that being a young beautiful woman in the tech world gives her a fun advantage. Although, she may be wrongly judged at first, she enjoys proving people otherwise with her natural talent and skills.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Follow your passion. Although it may sound cliche, you have to put a lot of effort into what you're doing and keep on believing. Once you persist, you will achieve the results you desire in the end.

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"I've got a lot of tools. None of them cut corners." Michael O'Neal

About: Michael O'Neal- Founder of The Solopreneur Hour

Overview: Michael is a self-taught entrepreneur who has a passion for network marketing, branding, life-coaching, and internet marketing. He shares with us tips for how to start a successful company, and what you shouldn't do as well. Learn more about how he started his podcast, The Solopreneur Hour, and how he helps fellow entrepreneurs through his show.

Highlights: Background: Michael started out in the field as a web designer after receiving his communications degree from Temple University. He worked in that field for 15 years, even starting a company called Whirled Media. From there, he worked a few odd jobs but became unemployed in 2005 which was when he started his entrepreneurial journey. In 2007, Michael sadly lost both his parents and in 2009, he traveled to Europe as a way to mourn and heal. Following his return, Michael spent the next four years in network marketing, internet marketing, and life coaching. In 2013, he officially started his own podcast called The Solopreneur Hour – Job Security for the Unemployable.

The Solopreneur Hour Podcast: An audio podcast where Michael co-hosts with solopreneurs from all over the world including people with backgrounds in: network marketing, internet marketing, music, fitness, acting, comedy, and more. Michael's objective with his podcast is to take his audience through the journey of his co-host then give them actionable steps to help them with their ventures and inspire them to act. The Solopreneur Hour also shares practical steps and tools including books, smartphone apps, websites, training courses, strategies and stories that will support entrepreneurs every step of the way.

Revenue: Michael does have people pay to advertise on his show but he also offers a mastermind group- Sololab- that listeners can subscribe to.

What Entrepreneurs Can do to Get Started: Michael refers to this article he recently shared on his podcast: HERE. To summarize the article, Michael shares that you have to have good gear, nail your brand, make real connections with people, be patient, study your craft, push through adversity, go to conferences and know your competition, study others who are successful at what you want to do, promote tirelessly, and finally, be thankful and show your gratitude. Michael also feels that it is crucial to get a coach; someone who can support you and help you as you venture out into the entrepreneurial world.

The Worst Thing an Entrepreneur Can Do: Be too impulsive with their business idea before testing the waters and doing it blindly. That's where having a coach involved can be very helpful.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Let branding be your fallback. People will know more about who you are if you nail the brand. If you are introverted, focus on building a successful, well-known brand, and getting to know people; making those connections will come after.

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"Always remember you only get what you give – so give it all." - Andreia Almeida

About: Andreia Almeida- Founder and CEO of We Love Social

Overview: Andreia is a long-time freelancer turned entrepreneur. She shares with details about her social media company, and the challenges that she faces to help companies understand the need to connect and establish trust with their potential clients.

Highlights: Background: Andreia received her Bachelor's Degree in Public Relations and later went on to specialize in Customer Relationship Management, and Social Media marketing. She has always been an active person with a strong interest in constantly helping companies, and helping those companies establish deeper relationships with their audience. Andreia is currently living and working in Lisbon after moving there 2 years ago to start her company, We Love Social.

What is We Love Social: We Love Social is an e-PR agency that is all about engagement and providing clients with a fully integrated strategy on PR and Social Media. Their main goal is innovating how brands use social media to connect with their public in the digital world. They provide services such as: consultancy and training-offering specific training plans for companies, according to their needs, and help increase their position against competitors. We Love Social encourages companies to actually talk and get to know their public, but above all to listen to what their potential customers need.

How it All Started: Andreia shares that when she hit her 30's, she realized she wasn't exactly where she wanted to be. So, she started thinking- "what should I do with my life that actually makes me happy?" Andreia knew that she had a passion for social media and by that time was already at TEDxLisbon in charge of Social Media. So she decided to get a talented team together to get started on her own Social Media company. She was able to receive some good advice from two successful entrepreneurs that enlightened her with their insights and expertise.

Setbacks: For Andreia, the entrepreneur life is still fairly new to her, and hasn't experienced a major setback yet, but she does think her main failure in life was not taking the entrepreneurial step earlier. She finds herself more accomplished than ever now – and being on a startup co-working space, she gets the same reaction from other colleagues every day. Andreia states that as an entrepreneur you learn to face failure as a learning experience, and the lessons you take from it make it worth the trial. You may not have the security of a 9-5 job, but you reach the end of the day feeling accomplished.

Biggest Challenge: Something Andreia has learned while freelancing for many years and now as a recent entrepreneur, is that while most people in the world of business have accepted the significance of a digital presence, many still do not understand its terms. In order to survive and succeed online, businesses need to relate to their audiences, and build trust with them.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Andreia shares how important it is for entrepreneurs to connect with their audience, to know their business and customers, and to establish deep connections with them. Always remember you only get what you give – so give it your all.

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"Change is a matter of practicing small habits everyday." - Joe Jacobi

About: Joe Jacobi: Olympic Gold Medalist (Canoe Slalom), 10x U.S. National Champion, Consultant, and former CEO of USA Canoe/Kayak

Overview: Joe is an Olympic athlete with years of experience in canoeing/kayaking. He shares his experience of getting to the Olympics, and his entrepreneurial journey since.

Highlights: Background: Joe started canoeing as an 8 year old boy in Washington D.C., specifically in the Potomac River. When he was 13, Joe unintentionally became involved with a talented white-water canoeing group where he excelled for the next 10 years. Joe went on to win an Olympic Gold medal in 1992 with many of those teammates from that original group. In 2004 Joe competed again at the Olympics (placing 8th). He discusses how much he changed over the 12 years as an athlete and what it was like competing the second time around being in his 30's, with a wife, and a 3 year-old at home.

Joe's Entrepreneurial Journey: Joe was the CEO of USA Canoe/Kayak from 2009-2014, and although it was a big leap of faith, he decided to step down to pursue other entrepreneurial dreams like writing, speaking, and consulting. Currently, every Sunday, Joe writes a newsletter where he shares his thoughts with others, offers encouraging words, tips on improving performance, and other meaningful topics through many experiences. With this newsletter, Joe shares that he is exploring his vulnerabilities writing each week, and has found that people are drawn to that and his email list continues to grow.

Shifting to the Entrepreneurial World: Joe explains that his wife has always been an entrepreneur and is very successful at it. When he decided to make the shift to focus on his entrepreneurial aspirations, he was worried about what his wife and daughter would think, but shares how they were more than happy to support him with his new endeavors. He feels that with this new journey, he has had more time to focus on being a dad, working smarter each day, and really focus on what he wants to do for the future. His life now has space and room to grow and incubate new ideas.

Consulting: Joe works more with the corporate and executive space in the performance and strategy world. He focuses on starting with his clients' health and giving them the capacity that they need to perform successfully in whatever form of work they do. Joe feels that good health is crucial to cultivating a better environment, which in turn will allow smoother-running systems. Joe wants his clients to be able to continue on a positive path once he leaves.

Work-Life Balance: Joe starts his day on a positive note- he wakes up early, exercises daily, and practices constant gratitude.

Take Away: Overall, Joe teaches us that we should always strive to have balance in our life and make our personal health a priority. As we do so, all other aspects of our life will flow smoother. He has also teaches us that gratitude is an important part of life and that we should be grateful more often.

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"True networking is where you are more interested in what the other person is getting out of the relationship than what you get." - David Bradford

About: David Bradford - Executive Chairman of HireVue, Author of Up Your Game: 6 Timeless Principles for Networking Your Way to the Top

Overview: David is an experienced entrepreneur who has mastered networking by simply giving before he recieves. He shares the 6 principles for networking your way to the top, which can be found in his book. He also shares his experience working with Infusion.io, Steve Wozniak, and HireVue.

David Bradford | Ever Gonzalez Highlights: What is HireVue: It is the largest digital interviewing platform in the world. In order to find great candidates for the job, HireVue helps large companies simplify the interviewing process- find better talent faster, and save money for the company. HireVue aims to eliminate the bad interviews through online interviews, sort of like a Skype on steroids, that involves an entire rating system, recording system, and other methodologies that employers can create.

Biggest Challenge: Once HireVue had the right people on board, it was important/challenging for them to find the right companies to get onboard. When they were able to obtain large corporations as clients, it helped well-known entities feel confident in using HireVue as well.

End Game for HireVue: HireVue believes that they are the next greatest online HR company. They are trying to gather and bring back greater personality to the entire interview process. Nothing is more important to a company or CEO than finding amazing talent.

Working with Steve Wozniak: David was able to work with Steve when David was chairman of a company called Infusion.io. When asked how he was able to get Steve to work with him, David shares, "True networking is where you are more interested in what the other person is getting out of the relationship than what you get." He states that with that attitude, at some point the law of reciprocity is going to help you out. And with Steve, David simply implemented the idea of true networking. (To learn more about this story, check out David's Book)

Up Your Game: 6 Timeless Principles for Networking Your Way to the Top: David has been blessed by relationships in his life and has constantly strived to surround himself with inspiring people. He started this book in an effort to help others learn how to network effectively. In May of 2014 he launched the book, and has had great success with it since. However, David is more happy with the personal feedback that he has had with his book and how many people he's been able to help. Some of the principles include: 1- Start your network by giving with no thought of getting, 2- show up, 3- follow up, 4- link up by connecting with people and forming meaningful relationships and organizing those contacts, 5- stand up, by being a person of integrity and character, and 6- scale up, by working hard at forming, building, and nurturing your network.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: You simply have to be interested in other people- ask basic questions and get to know them. As you begin asking others those questions, people will naturally begin to ask questions about you and as the conversation moves forward, people will begin to build trust with you. It's vital for you to build strong relationships with others as you network, and as you do so, you will become successful.

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"[When starting a company] don't just look at your local state or country...there are bounteous opportunities outside the U.S. and Europe." - Christopher Prujisen

About: Christopher Prujisen Co-Founder of Sterio.me

Overview: Christopher is a driven, entrepreneur who is constantly reaching outside of his comfort zone to help on a global scale. Throughout this interview, he explains more about his company, Sterio.me, a company that he co-founded in 2013 and what he plans to do to help students all over the world.

Highlights: Christopher's Background: Up until the age of 17, Christopher lived in the Netherlands where he attended public school, then attended Oxford University for about 2 years where he studied Philosophy and Economics. In his first year of college, Christopher went to China and taught English and was fascinated by the amount of learning and homework the students were given. He later returned to the UK and organized a very big entrepreneurship competition, and went on to become the President of the Oxford Entrepreneurs organization. Eventually, through different experiences, Christopher left Oxford to become an entrepreneur and started Sterio.me.

What is Sterio.me: (From their site) "Sterio.me is a technology that saves teachers time by automating the homework process from preparation, distribution and marking to administration, and improves access to relevant out of classroom learning reinforcement materials for learners. Sterio.me offers full reading, writing, listening and speaking pedagogy and is accessible via basic phone, and no internet is required."

How it Started: In 2013, Christopher and part of his team at the time went on StartupBus in Africa where they traveled for 5 days with other entrepreneurs (half African entrepreneurs, the other half Entrepreneurs all over the world) and through these 5 days they saw the need to develop technology driven solutions that would allow students that don't have access to out-of-school resources to continue to learn and complete homework assignments at home. It's been a long process to create the right model for the company, and by coming to Chile they have been able to find the right help to get them to where they are now.

Biggest Challenge for Sterio.me: Money is always a challenge, but through Christopher's experience he has learned that having a team is the most important factor to buoy each other up. So, finding the right engineers, project managers, local market expertise's, etc, is crucial to the success of their company.

Funding: Sterio.me started out bootstrapping, and then they were able to receive a grant from Chile. With the grant, there are some spending restrictions (you can't just outsource the way you want it to), but in general it's been very helpful for the company and for the local economy in Chile.

Future for Sterio.me: Starting next year, they will finish up the Android app for Sterio.me and really focus on driving it towards private schools in Chile, as well as certain wealthier markets in Africa. And then on the GSM solution side, they'd like to launch it in Madagascar. Overall, they really want to help the homework issue on a global scale, and possibly start some other side companies down the road to help.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Decide what your goals are and what type of business you'd like to start. Determine what you're passionate about. When starting a company, don't limit yourself to your country, look internationally and possibly do a fellowship to see what's out there and what's needed. It's also a great idea to consider small markets, like Christopher has done in Chile.

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"We really want to focus on artists that are living and working in New York City because we want to help them out...They [the artists] want to focus on their work, they don't want to focus on selling their work." Andrew Mueller

About: Andrew Mueller - Co-Founder of Mueller + Jacobs

Overview: Through their love for creativity and art, Andrew and his business partner started a company as Fine Art Advisors. During this interview, we learn more about Andrew's background and how quickly the company has grown since they started in October 2014. Andrew also shares some unique advice for entrepreneurs around the world.

Highlights: What is Mueller + Jacobs: [From their website] "Through our fine art acquisition consultancy, Mueller and Jacobs positions clients as industry leaders, promotes client branding, allows them to make authoritative investments and to become part of a contemporary art dialogue. Their clients range from start-up companies, established corporations, to private collectors."

Background: Mueller + Jacobs launched in October of 2014, even though Andrew did not want to officially launch until March, they immediately began making sales, and Andrew is extremely busy working with clients. Currently, Andrew is working another full time job, while running this company. He received his Bachelors Degree in Art History from Penn State. In 2002 Andrew moved to New York and became an Admissions Director at an MFA program for about 13 years. From there, he worked as a consultant for higher education- and has since left that to pursue advising.

Challenges: Artists can be very particular about their work, and who their work is featured next to, and that has proven to be a difficult challenge for Andrew as he works with these artists and advising for his clients. Another challenge Andrew wasn't anticipating was the money aspect- branding is expensive and he has found it hard to cut costs to have the funds needed to run the company. Andrew also notes that his social life has become almost non-existent because of the work it takes to make his company run smoothly.

Future: Andrew would like to keep the company size the way it is for at least the next three years. And he plans to jump ship from his 9-5 job in April. He's been saving what funds he can to put towards the branding of his company- which he feels is very important for the success of his company.

Revenue: Although, they have only been in business for a few months, their revenue is already around $50,000. Andrew believes that once they are working the company full time, the potential is massive. Their goal for the end of this year is be around $300-$400k profit.

Style/Aesthetic: Mueller + Jacobs has a wide array of styles, but they'd really like to focus on finding artists locally in New York City to help boost their businesses.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Don't be afraid to ask for favors. Andrew has found that by asking his friends and family for favors, he's been connected to some great contacts who have helped get him where he is today.

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"Don't give up, tenacity is huge, it's the whole thing." - Spencer Handley

About: Spencer Handley- Founder of PodClear

Overview: Spencer is a passionate entrepreneur who is out to help Podcasters achieve the greatest results with each of their interviews. He shares his background and what experiences and desires have led him to where he is today.

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Highlights: Spencer's Background: Spencer is from Colorado originally, lived in LA- went to UCLA where he studied Chinese- actually lived in China for a year and ran a small little language acquisition tool business where he manufactured Chinese tools. He was also a musician (received an Associates in Music Composition) so he worked as a Jazz Musician/DJ in a night club. When he came back from China he went to Draper University, which is a school for entrepreneurs, and at the end of that program he pitched his business plan to venture capitalists and ended up winning the competition. From there, Spencer ran an enterprise software company for manufacturing for a year- had pretty good traction with it, but ended up folding the company because it wasn't what Spencer really wanted to do with his life. After that, he became heavily involved in consulting and is also planning on sticking with PodClear for as long as possible- it's more up his alley of work.

What is PodClear: A software application for desktop (both Mac and PC) that allows podcast interviewers to interview guests with crystal clear audio quality. It records locally on both people's machines, and you are able to have unlimited guests. After the calls are complete, the audio files are synced to PodClear's servers, processed, and as a result you get uncompressed audio for your podcasts.

How it Came About: Spencer is not a podcaster by trade, but is an avid podcast listener. The idea was evolved because Spencer and his team were listening to podcasts and found many of these podcasts were hard to hear. Spencer and his team were determined to create a way where the podcasts were recorded on both ends, and recorded crystal clear. It took about six weeks for Spencer and his team to create the software application.

How it Works: You simply invite someone to be on the show, start a PodClear session, add your interviewee/s into the session, and then it will send them a 4-step process to follow and then are quickly added into the recorded session.

Goals: Right now, Podclear has about 1,100 users. For Spencer, this is more of a passion product and not necessarily motived by money. The intention is to have this business to support them, and to be wherever they want (location independent) and let them interact with people the way they want to. Spencer does not work on PodClear full time, he is also an independent consultant. The more they can work on PodClear, the better the product they'll be able to have. They'd like to start working on it full time in April of this year.

Biggest Challenge: Finding personal balance- working full time as a consultant and working on PodClear on the side has proven to be a hard task. Spencer shares that it can be really easy to get burned out and lose balance with life, but he also realizes that it's all part of starting a company.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Just keep experimenting until you find what works for you. Build a solid skill set that is marketable, something that has a high hour-to-cost ratio to help you bootstrap if necessary. Premeditate about what you want to do, choose what you love, and do what will work best for you.

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"You can't wait for perfect...you have to put something out there, and then get a response." Jared Loftus

About: Jared Loftus- COO of Mastery Prep and CEO of College District

Overview: Jared started his entrepreneurial journey 10 years ago as a college student selling t-shirts from his backpack at football games. He shares more about where that journey has led him and what he does with Mastery Prep- an ACT prep program for schools all over the nation.

Highlights: About Mastery Prep: Mastery Prep is an ACT Mastery program that is a support structure for principals and district administrators that helps them provide best-in-class ACT preparation to the students who need it most. They go in and train teachers and students on the most important information they'll need to know to take the ACT and SAT. Mastery Prep also has an online component with work books that students can use to study at their own pace. Currently, they have about 50-60 tutors with the program, but are continuing to grow rapidly and are preparing to launch in other states.

How it Works: Since they're a new company, their sales team will go out to the schools and pitch what Mastery Prep can do for them. Mastery Prep can create a custom program for each of the schools/districts/states. Right now they are in about 6-8 states. Patrick shares that they are much more confident in the success of their program when they can control what's implemented into each workbook/program. They have seen a huge increase in Juniors' test results and are very happy with the direction of their success.

Jared's Role at Mastery Prep: As the COO there, he handles more of the business aspect of the company. He makes sure that they have the structure, employees, and delivery that they need to make sure the company runs smoothly.

Biggest Challenge: For Mastery Prep, the toughest challenge is managing such massive growth. It's growing so rapidly it can be tough to keep on top of building the team and having the right people on board in the right places. They spend a lot of their time working on this problem. Although sales aren't necessarily easy, it's the easiest aspect of their company right now.

About College District: This company was Jared's first real entrepreneurial experience. In college, he was running for student body office and needed to raise funds. He started selling t-shirts out of his backpack at football games and other college events and next thing he knew, it had turned into a little company. Through demand, Jared eventually opened a retail store next to the college campus where he could sell his t-shirts. About 6 years later, Jared sold the actual store location in 2010 and went fully online. College District also uses a crowdsource to let fans tell the company what kind of t-shirts they want.

Revenue for College District: At their peak, College District generated close to 1M, but it varies now according to the football season and success of their local schools in Louisiana.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: You have to know what your motives are- what you are doing and why you are doing it. You can't wait for perfect, you have to put something out there and then get a response. At some point, you have to make it happen. You have to decide you're going to do it, and then just do it.

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"[As an entrepreneur] being humble...allows you to forgive other people's mistakes and admit your own." - Patrick Lor

About: Patrick Lor - Co-founder & CEO of Dissolve

Overview: Patrick is a determined entrepreneur in Canada who shares his experiences of working in the tech. His current company, Dissolve, sells high quality stock video clips, and although he is up against some big competitors he has proven to be successful and works extremely hard towards his goals.

Highlights: About Dissolve: Dissolve is a company that sells high quality stock video clips and has been around for about a year and half. They look for people that have a great artistic eye, buy their video clips, and use them for web-based advertising work, corporate training videos, editorial and documentary settings, along with interactive web sites, video games and mobile applications. These clips are typically about 10-30 seconds long. Currently, they have 550,000 clips and are looking to grow that well over a million clips this year.

Getting the Word Out: Dissolve has dedicated a lot of money to marketing. Their core marketing methodology is to use video marketing. They create their own videos with their clips and push them out on YouTube, social media, etc. Those videos are then re-tweeted and written about because they tell compelling stories. All of the videos they create for marketing are done in house. Another thing they have done is put out direct mail to potential customers (a 2 booklet set) that advertises better footage, and better stories.

Employees: Dissolve's goal is to obtain 5-6 more employees this year, some on sight and some to work remotely. They allow flexibility where employee's can work from home and take time off.

Biggest Challenge for Dissolve: Patrick shares that obtaining resources is their biggest challenge. He feels they could use a little more of everything, but to get there they need more resources. Dissolve's goal is to double their product, and quadruple the size of their customer base.

Patrick's Entrepreneurial Background: Patrick started a company, iStock, around 2000 and eventually sold the company to Getty Images. This experience has helped him start and run Dissolve.

Goals: Patrick understands that it takes a village to accomplish what they need to accomplish, so they are going to continue to focus on getting the best creative content, and provide that to the world.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Be lucky. Don't be so obsessed with being perfect, but work really hard and focus on the right things. Work with people that are amazing and trustworthy and won't fold under pressure. The first six months of any company is incredibly tough. Stay humble, it will allow you to forgive others for their mistakes and to forgive yourself.

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"I don't let my business run me, I run my business."

"If you have the determination to start and run your own business, then you can have the determination to run it the way you want to run it."- Robert Sofia

About: Robert Sofia- Co-Founder of Platinum Advisory Strategies

Overview: Robert shares details about his company, Platinum Advisory Strategies- and offers helpful advice for those thinking about breaking into the entrepreneurial world.

Highlights: Background: Robert is a long-time public speaker, and hard worker who skipped undergraduate school and worked his way up in the business world where he eventually settled into the marketing/branding scene. In his twenties, he worked for Ford Motor Company where he actually developed a program for them to help build brand loyalty. It was promoted heavily at the Ford dealership where he was working, and then Ford adopted that for their entire company. The experience he gained at Ford leveraged him for more opportunities throughout the years up until he decided to start his own companies.

About Platinum Advisory Strategies: Platinum is a company that helps small businesses market like larger companies. Platinum Advisory Strategies takes all of their efforts and focuses on one niche market, and then they strive to understand the industry, the audience, and the people they're working for to merge that into the right branding message. They offer a unique program where they only work with a select group of advisors that fit their profile and that do not work directly with their competition. These advisors actually pay a monthly fee to Platinum to be their marketing partner. As a client at Platinum Advisory Strategies, you are given a consultant specifically assigned to your account and that consultant becomes your guide, your coach, who builds a personal plan for you. They assess what you're weaknesses and strengths are and build an action plan. Then, they help you along the way and answer any questions you may have. Behind that consultant you have an entire team who works on the back end of things like your website, videos, social media, etc.

Biggest Challenge: Helping potential clients seeing that they need the help and it's worth the price.

Key For Growth and Success: Platinum Advisory Strategies started in 2009. Robert shares that the key that has helped grow was hiring the right team. Robert has many roles he has to juggle and it's very important that he has the perfect team he can trust to help manage things- especially while he is traveling.

Speaking Schedule: Robert could be gone every week if he wanted to, but he chooses only to travel 1-2 times a month. He limits himself to the engagements he wants to do to keep the work-life balance.

Goals: Over the last 3 years, their company has grown over 1,700 percent in revenue. They have continued to cut costs and grow profit successfully. Because the business is growing quickly, they are always looking for more employees. Robert's goal is to make the company better tomorrow than it was today. For the company, he prefers to take his goals daily, weekly, and monthly- in small increments- to make sure that things that need to be done are not overlooked by the long term goals. For Robert, he wants to live the life that he desires- he's not particularly motivated by the desire to have more things or money. He wants to help his company and his employees. Robert's drive is to have balance in life, he's not concerned about what the world sees as wealthy.

Characteristics of a Successful Entrepreneur: First off, being an entrepreneur requires commitment. You have to understand that it's not going to come easy right away- there is a lot of work involved. If you give up too easily, you will not be successful. Have a modest recognition of your own limitations. If you are going to build anything where you'll have employees, you need have good leadership ability. It's also important that you have good business sense. Family support, or support in general is another great tool that will help you do well in whatever you do.

Take Away: Robert reminds us not to buy into the hype of entrepreneurship. Understand that you might fail, and make sure you're comfortable with that. You won't always succeed. If you can, try to leverage your existing relationships or career into a business opportunity.

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"Find people who are passionate. Those are the kind of people who are going to help you scale and grow your company." Ben Martinez

About: Ben Martinez- VP of HR at HireVue

Overview: Ben Martinez is an entrepreneur at heart who left the comfort of a big company job to become the VP of HR at a growing company- HireVue. He walks us through what the product is like and how it can change a companies' hiring process. He also gives entrepreneurs great advice on what to look for when hiring to help their company become successful.

Highlights: HireVue: HireVue is a SaaS software company- primarily in the HR space that has been in business now for 10 years. They offer videos for accelerating a team for large and small companies. They then use those videos for hiring, training, etc.. They also gather and use data from these videos to predict the type of people you are going to hire (sort of like a Pandora for hiring).

HireVue's Product: They primarily focus on larger companies, (Current clients include: Nike, Chipotle, Walmart, Amazon, JP Morgan Chase) although they do help small companies as well. Their video product is specifically designed for training and recruiting. They take the guesswork out of hiring by allowing you to screen potential hires, engage with them via email, social media, etc, connect with them through real time video conferencing, and offer them opportunities to showcase their skills through online work samples. (If you'd like a full detail of what their product does- check out their website at www.hirevue.com)

Selling the Product: Ben shares that it's an easy sale once you get the appointment and can show the demo, getting there is the tough part because people tend to be afraid of the product. They tend to think it's similar to FaceTime, or Skype- but once you can dive into the product and share the pain points with the future client, they are able to see how this product is going to dramatically help their hiring process.

Biggest Challenge: Overcoming the BDC problem (Big Dumb Company as Ben puts it). He explains that there is always the challenge to implement new ways to do things without pushback to continue to improve and grow the company.

Advice for Entrepreneurs in Hiring: Ben would advise anyone who is hiring to first take a step back, find passionate people and get them sold on your product/idea. Those are the kind of people who are going to help you scale and grow your company. Ben always says, "passion before product."Ben also advises if you have an employee who isn't fitting into the role that you need them to, terminate them. Always remember the old saying, "Slow to hire, quick to fire." When firing, seek advice from another leader in the company if you are unsure about what you should do. Especially, if you are an entrepreneur, or a one man band. Make sure to have a witness in any conversation you have with future employment for legal reasons.

Take Away: Have the courage and take the leap into what you're passionate about. Really be in tune with yourself and your desires. You tend to be your own worst enemy, just go and do what you want to. Make sure when you are ready to hire, hire those that are passionate and onboard with your ideas.

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"[As an entrepreneur] I am flexible with my time because I own my own time." Cibelle Burger

About: Cibelle Burger- Founder of Inchworm Digital

Overview: Cibelle, born in Brazil, came to America in her teens. She originally started a business with her husband in 2010. She became heavily involved on the PR side, which then led her to start her own PR company called Inchworm Digital. Cibelle shares with us what it is about her company that helps her stand out from the rest, and what she advises entrepreneurs to do to be successful.

Highlights: Background: Inchworm is a spin off from a company that Cibelle founded with her husband back in 2010, Septor Media (a film and media production company). With that company, she did a lot of PR and marketing for the company and for bands, people, arts, and culture. In addition to all of that, she founded a blog called- Indie Pop Nation- where she covers Indie pop and technology. All of this opened a path for her in PR- which is why she decided to start Inchworm. It is based in California, but the company is also open to Brazil where Cibelle is originally from.

How Inchworm Works: Cibelle is their as a company to help the unique features of her clients products stand out, and where she can place that particular product to get people to start talking about it and noticing it. She is there to offer her clients with new and unused advice. However, she's not trying to change things dramatically, just making the unique features of their company be presented the way it needs to be. For the most part, her clients are entrepreneurs and understand that's what she's trying to do and don't push back too much with how she works with their company.

How Inchworm is Unique: Cibelle really focuses on helping others create unique stories to share with their audience- and using angles that are not commonly used.

Woman in the Workforce: Although, being a woman in a male-dominated industry can be intimidating, Cibelle feels that she has just as much power and influence as a man in PR. Since she is used to working with the opposite sex, she has learned how to navigate her way through to shine through and be successful.

Struggles in PR Business: Cibelle says she feels like the hardest part about working in PR is cutting through the noise of all the other companies out there. Traditional media as we know it is being transformed- they're all moving to the digital world, and with that comes a great push for generating content. The challenge for PR professionals in general is to generate good stories online.

Balancing Work-Life: As an entrepreneur, especially in PR, it tends to be an around the clock business. But, on the plus side, Cibelle does have the ability to dictate her own time because she owns her own time.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: You should never be discouraged, no matter how many times you fail. If you have a product that you think will change the way we do things, and that you feel fills a very important need- work on perfecting it, defining it, and refining it because eventually you'll get there. Have a plan, and stick to it. It also helps to get your vision on paper- figure out the who, where, how, and how much.

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"If you're feeling comfortable, you're not pushing yourself hard enough." Mike Sheffield

About: Mike Sheffield- Founder of Claim Greatness

Overview: Mike Sheffield is a young entrepreneur with a passion for helping others achieve their goals and dreams. He shares his 6 step program he created to help anyone and everyone accomplish their goals.

Highlights: Background: Mike shares what it was like growing up in an entrepreneurial family and what changes he made early in his life to have the confidence to reach out to others, be surrounded by great people, and encourage them to be their best self.

Claim Greatness: Growing up in an entrepreneurial family, and being apart of many startups, Mike has always wanted to have an opportunity to take all of the things he's learned through that entrepreneurial journey and put it into a product to help others succeed and claim greatness. It's an online program (a self-based course with 6 modules) where you'll buy the product and have exclusive access to the members area. Each module is a protected video- a powerpoint presentation and supplementary PDF document that walks you through each of these steps. He breaks his company down into 6 parts, first step is knowing the "why" behind their goals. They also have a private mastermind group on Facebook where you'll get to work with Mike, and others involved in the group to help motivate each other and create a network.

Assessing Clients: Part of Claim Greatness, Mike will assess each client using MindMaps to help each person see what they like about themselves, and what they'd like to change. And also see where they are at in their life to get an understanding of where they want to be.

Communication: Mike reaches out to each client personally, invites them to get involved on the Facebook page, and contacts them frequently to help them achieve their goals.

Resources to Attain Your Goals: Mike shares the tools that he uses to help himself succeed. Currently, Mike uses a newer application called- CoachMe- it's an application where you can set your goals and can share these goals socially so others can help encourage you to make these goals happen. Another resource Mike uses frequently are TedTalks.

Definition for Success: Live life on purpose, with passion, and find fulfillment. Success is a journey, and it's not just a point you arrive at. Success is setting goals, and obtaining them, as well as creating the life you want to have. Mike doesn't want life to kick him around, he wants to dictate the kind of life he wants to have. He shares that you are the master of your domain, and if you want to be someone and something, no one has the right to tell you otherwise. Learn by doing- learn what you need to do to accomplish your dreams.

Take Away: Live life on purpose- do not let others dictate your life. Do not react, but be proactive about attaining your dreams.

Connect With Mike: Website | @_MikeSheffield | Website/Outlier

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"Be as true to yourself to be as successful as possible." Mark Evans

About: Mark Evans- Founder of ME Consulting

Overview: Mark is a long-time tech journalist who dove into the entrepreneurial world unexpectedly in the early 2000's. He shares how he started his consulting company, and what you can do as a company to set yourself apart and boost your companies' success.

Highlights: Background: By training, Mark is a technology journalist. He spent 20 years working for some of the biggest journalist companies in Canada. During the dot com boom, he started working for some startup companies, and eventually decided to start his own company. Despite the fact that Mark had a great job, a mortgage, and a daughter, he caught the startup bug and was determined to do his own thing.

What is ME Consulting: Mark helps startups tell better stories. He's a hands-on and engaged collaborator who provides startup entrepreneurs with strategic insight and tactical execution to accelerate their marketing activities. Mark helps those startups with telling the world what they do in a great way, showing the value of their products (what’s in it for me, the customer?), identifying target audiences, and helping each company be clear about how they're unique.

Traits of Successful Entrepreneurs: Mark has found that the most important thing when it comes to marketing is having a great product. A product that actually fits a need.

Storytelling for Startups: (This book will be launching April 2015) This is a guidebook for startups written by Mark Evans. It starts out by explaining the history of storytelling and the value of it. It also takes the reader through the types of stories you need to share with your audience, and then how and where to share that story. This book also provides startups with tools and ideas on how to achieve the best story for their company.

Biggest Challenge as a Consultant: It's hard to get people to understand what you do and the value you provide as a consultant. Making people see that what you do is real so what Mark has done is create documents that explain exactly what he does and how he does it. Mark shares that another tough aspect is that he's on all the time meaning he is constantly trying to be available for his clients and it can be difficult to turn things off.

Time with Clients: On average, Mark works with a company for about 3 months at which point the company who has applied his tools can now manage things on their own. During that 3 months, Mark will work with each company for about 2 full days a week. He also tries to make himself available outside of normal hours to answer any questions or concerns his clients may have. Mark takes about 2-3 clients on at a time, anything more than that is too much simply because each client has a very intense and time-consuming relationship.

Long-Term Goal: Mark is not trying to build an agency. He'd like to stay independent and work with other independents. He would like to use the book as a platform, possibly get into selling e-books. His ultimate goal is to create ways to have recurring revenue.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Being an entrepreneur is a journey, enjoy the ride and be the master of your own destiny. There is risk involved, but there is also lots of opportunity and you never know where that opportunity is going to lead you. For a lot of young entrepreneurs, the reality is you have about 45 years to work- the world is your oyster.

Connect with Mark: Website | @MarkEvans | Google+ | Facebook

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"I wanted to encourage people to try something new, step out of the box, get a passport, do something different with their life, and have a unique experience." Kay Walten

About: Kay Walten- Co-Founder of LocoGringo

Overview: Kay is an adventure-driven entrepreneur who started her company unexpectedly after taking up a passion for cave diving in the Riviera Maya with her husband. She shares with us her entrepreneurial experiences in Mexico and her passion for travel and adventure.

Highlights: LocoGringo: LocoGringo started in 1996 by Kay and her husband renting villas and accommodations for adventure seeking travelers. Their connections started in the cave diving industry, a passion that inspired their move to the Riviera Maya in the early 90s. LocoGringo creates better vacations in the Riviera Maya, Costa Maya, and Yucatan by researching, organizing, and sharing vacation and travel information online in order to give travelers a unique vacation and valuable experiences.

Team: 7 full time employees, with occasional part time employees and freelancers.

Schedule: Contrary to popular belief, Kay doesn't always have her toes in the sand. She is constantly working to help make sure travelers have a great vacation. She works six days a week, and often loses sleep thinking of ways to solve problems they encounter.

Safety: Kay says that if you're coming to enjoy yourself on the beach, and you're not looking for trouble, then you have no need to worry about your safety while staying in Mexico.

Challenges: The biggest challenge Kay and LogoGringo experienced was the economic struggles of 2009.

Marketing: LocoGringo relies on social media and eBooks which helps them generate leads, and also differentiates them from their competitors.

LocoGringo Numbers: They average 2,500-3,000 reservations a year. Because of their newly renovated website, they hope their revenue increases by 35% in 2015.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: One of the lessons Kay has learned is to make sure that you know your limitations. She admits that she is not good with a checkbook- so she doesn't do the accounting. Build a strong team that will complement your skill set.

Connect with Kay: Website |@LocoGringoCom

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"The quicker you fail, the sooner you will reach success." Dan Lawrence

About: Dan Lawrence- Co-Founder and CEO of Hoodoko

Overview: Dan Lawrence is from India and is currently residing in Toronto, Canada and is the co-founder of Hoodoko. Dan shares with us his background, and what it's been like starting this company and where they plan to take it.

Highlights: Hoodoko: Is an online application for individuals to build their personal brand, tell their story the right way, and sell themselves according to their availability. Essentially, what Hoodoko provides is extremely simple tools for absolutely anyone who is producing professional services be able to build their brand and connect them with consumers. Hoodoko is open to a wide range of entrepreneurs, and is not limited to any specific genre of work.

Process: It takes about 30-50 seconds to sign up and use Hoodoko. Right now, it is completely free service.

Dan's Background: Dan is originally from India, where he studied business and got into advertising which then got him into graphic design. Dan works on the website design and business, while Hans (his co-founder) works on the development of the site. Both are working on Hoodoko as a side gig, while maintaining other full-time jobs. Dan is now living in Canada and has been residing there for a little over four years.

End Game: They would like to have as many service providers on Hoodoko as possible. There is an extremely large growth of service providers online, and Hoodoko would love to be the go-to site for that.

Biggest Challenge for Hoodoko: Initially, they were unsure of who their target market was, which was an element that held them back.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: The quicker your fail, the sooner you will reach success. Don't be hesitant to build a prototype first to find your market fit; it will be much easier to know which direction you should be heading towards.

Connect with Elisa: Website |@hoodoko

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"Look around your community, and rather than going out there and saying, 'who are the people who can do something for me?' Say, 'what can I do for everyone else?' And if you come at it with that attitude, good things will come back to you." - Elisa Miller-Out

About: Elisa Miller-Out- CEO of Singlebrook Technology Inc. and Co-Founder of Ithaca Venture Community

Overview: Elisa Miller-Out is a busy mother, wife, and co-founder of two companies who shares the experiences and challenges of being a female entrepreneur with Ever Gonzalez of Outlier Magazine. Find out what it is about Elisa that makes her stand out from the entrepreneurial crowd.

Highlights: Singlebrook Technology: Is a custom web and mobile development company based in Ithaca, NY that specializes in web application development, mobile apps, integration, databases, content management systems and technology strategy consulting. Singlebrook was started ten years ago and some of their clients include: universities, non-profits, and startups. They think of themselves as the care takers of software for their clients.

Challenges for Elisa: Elisa has felt the pressure of being a female entrepreneur in a male dominated industry and strives to set an example and to act as a mentor for young women in the business. Overall, Elisa doesn't feel that she's had huge obstacles to overcome as a female business owner.

Females in the Software World: Elisa has noticed that the number of women applying for tech-like companies compared to men is still quite low. She feels that there is a stigma associated with females in the programming world and feels like that needs to change.

Ithaca Venture Community: The mission of this group is to promote and host different entrepreneurial activities that build bridges, strengthen networks, and support the startup community.

Biggest Challenge as an Entrepreneur: For Elisa, she has a lot going on in her life, and the biggest thing she is constantly working on is how to be efficient and organized.

Working with Her Co-Founder: Elisa co-founded Singlebrook Technology with her husband, and although she would love to talk about the company when they are home, they try not to talk about it too much at home. If it's necessary to talk about the company, they set up an actual time to discuss the issue/s at hand. As co-founders, they make sure they have a very open communication line, and respect one another completely.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Elisa loves the philosophy of "giving first." Get out there and volunteer your time and talents. Also, slow to hire, quick to fire. It's very essential.

Connect with Elisa: Website | @ElisaMillerOut

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"Perseverance. Attitude. Knowledge." - Eder Holquin

About: Eder Holguin- Founder of Ideal Media Inc.

Overview: Eder Holguin takes us through what it was like growing up in streets of Columbia and his experience immigrating to America. He also shares with us how he became an entrepreneur at such a young age, and what the steps taken to to build a successful career.

Highlights: Background: Eder grew up in a rough neighborhood in Columbia, and actually ran away from home at the age of thirteen. During that time, Columbia was the most dangerous place in the world. Eder ended up living in a small garage where he slept on cardboard boxes and spent all day selling cosmetics door to door which was the start to his entrepreneurial journey. As a young child, he was very shy and had to learn to develop his communication skills since selling was a matter of life or death for him. He knew that if he didn't seem pleasant people would not buy anything from him, so he had to learn how to be motivated, happy, and withstand rejection. On the street, Eder had a lot of offers to join gangs and although it seemed like an attractive way of life, Eder remembered the warning of his grandmother about resisting that type of lifestyle.

Immigrating to New York: When Eder was 18 he moved to New York by way of Mexico (a 10 day journey). When he came to the states he had a goal to create the same business he did in Columbia, but soon found out that selling door to door in New York wasn't going to work out. As an immigrant, he did a lot of mundane jobs while trying to learn English.

Road to Success: Eder was interviewing for a restaurant job, when he was asked why he didn't do sales which got him thinking. He decided not to take the job he was interviewing for and got involved in sales. He sold computers, retail, print, and eventually made his way into digital media. Soon after he started building his own companies and became very successful because of his personal persistence to excel.

Education: Eder would work all day and attended school at night. He obtained a degree in marketing from a Columbian University prior to coming to America.

Books: Eder has written two books; Street Smarts and Dreaming of Hope Street (one of which is going to be made into a film).

Ideal Media: It started officially in 2013 but Eder was building the platform prior to that. The company provides content syndication opportunities and helps publishers create visibility for many news organizations.

Giving Back: Eder is involved in a couple of organizations that are non-profit. One of which provides scholarships for Columbian students. Another organization which helps homeless families in Columbia to build and own their own homes. Eder and his wife will also be launching a new place to help homeless children in Columbia.

End Game: Eder has been shifting more towards speaking at different schools and events. He wants to invest in other companies and early stage startups. In the coming years, he wants to investor, advise, and mentor young companies.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Eder using this acronym to help himself, and others: P.A.K.- Perseverance, Attitude, Knowledge. He believes these are the three most important attributes you can have, and with these combined, you can accomplish anything.

Take Away: Eder is a powerful example of overcoming hardships in life. He teaches us that we can do absolutely anything we set our minds to. We are not limited to our circumstances.

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"Define success in terms of what you want and not what other people want." - Cody Campbell

About: Cody Campbell - Co-Founder of The Dance Dojo

Overview: Cody shares with us his love for dancing and how we can learn to dance in the comfort of our own homes- embarrassment free.

Highlights: Background: Cody and his twin brother (who is also a co-founder) started dancing around 6th and 7th grade, but didn't start taking it seriously until the age of fourteen. They did a lot of break dancing, but eventually Cody grew to love hip-hop more, and spent time dancing until the age of twenty five. Cody and his brother were taken out of the dancing scene because of injuries, but still had a love for dancing and decided to start the Dance Dojo.

The Dance Dojo: Is a Salsa school that allows people to learn online. It's taking the traditional dance class online so you can learn from anywhere you want from world class instructors. The company was started back in April of 2014.

How it Works: The Dance Dojo's instructors perform in their own studios, record their dances each week through the Dance Dojo's curriculum, and then the Dance Dojo takes that recorded footage and uploads it online. Right now, it is a subscription service where customers can pay monthly, quarterly, or annually. The Dance Dojo is constantly adding content to their website which increases the value.

Revenue: Year to date, growth has been slow because Cody and his brother have spent a lot of time on the curriculum, and building the company. They are hovering close to $1,000 a month, but are shifting that time from production and creation to the marketing aspect to make it a lifestyle company.

6 Month Goal: The Dance Dojo would like to get up to an additional 200 students enrolled in that timeframe. And the way that will be accomplished is to target salsa events and other sorts of events that are attracting large crowds of people who are doing salsa dancing. They'd really like to give people a taste of what they're doing by offering them a free month of classes, and offer surveys to learn what they like and dislike.

Business Model: For now, they are content with the model that they are offering because it's a reoccurring revenue. However, they are open to possible changes.

Travel: Cody has a passion for travel, and has spent a good amount of his time traveling with friends. He also like to travel alone. Through these experiences, Cody has learned a lot about different cultures and how to interact and understand those belonging to those cultures. Cody is constantly striving to push himself, and shares some of his favorite memories while traveling that have helped him accomplish that.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Define success in terms of what you want and not what other people want. Don't compare yourself to other companies who are further along than you are. Track the little wins, stay data driven, and celebrate those small victories.

Take Away: We learn from Cody that although life has its setbacks, there is always something next in line to propel us forward. Our passions can become our career.

Connect With Cody: Website | @Cody_Campbell | @TheDanceDojo | Facebook | Google+

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"[When you're an entrepreneur] you get to write your own roadmap...at the end of the day, I'm my only boss." - Tara Tiger Brown

About: Tara Tiger Brown- Co-Founder of KitHub with Luz Rivas

Overview: Tara Tiger Brown is a lifetime lover of building- from software, to coding, to creating DIY kits. She is constantly on the go. Through this interview, Tara shares with us how she got started in the software industry, and where her passion for helping others came from.

Tara Tiger Brown Highlights: Background: Tara grew up in a small town outside of Vancouver, Canada and attended school at British Columbia Institute of Technology where she studied business, and information technology. When she finished school, she ended up at a data warehouse consulting company that built gigantic databases for airlines, and tech companies. At that job, she became really interested in website development. From there she went on to work with Microsoft, specifically Hotmail, where she helped with coding on site. At that position, Tara learned a lot about scaling companies. Eventually, Tara realized there was a world outside of Microsoft, and went to work for TopSpin. She then took a year off when she had her child, and during that time started working on a startup. She later took a break from startups, and worked for non-profits. While working for non-profits, that's when Tara really began to feel passionate about doing good and helping others.

What is KitHub: KitHub is a very new company that sells unique sets of kits for young learners. It provides young children with an opportunity to have a hands on experience building something that they may not have the time to do during school. These kits also allow the parents to be more involved in their children's learning. You can subscribe to their website to get a themed kit each month from science, to fashion, to environmental. They also sell these kits to schools and classrooms. These kits are targeted for children ages 6-12.

How it Works: As a parent, simply go to their website, subscribe, and from there you will receive a monthly kit. In between waiting to receive the kit, parents will receive different how-to's of things that they can actually make at home with things they may already have lying around. Also, every Friday KitHub has a live show and tell online that your children can watch.

Goal for KitHub: Tara would love to have thousands of subscribers by the end of 2015, and would also like to have a plan on how they can move into the older age group. She would also like to be more involved in the planning and development of the kits.

Luz Rivas & Tara Tiger Brown of KitHub Struggle with KitHub: Although Tara's background is in software, she has struggled with how to manage the logistics side of the business. She is working on getting more involved with that part of the company so she can focus more on the kits themselves.

What is LA Makerspace: Started in 2012, Makerspace is a community of people who tinker, DIY, and who want to learn how to do everything from programming to 3D printing. And the people who are part of that community are those who do not have the tools or space to do so. Makerspace is focusing on workshops in LA, and working on getting another space in the surrounding area. Because Makerspace has teamed up with libraries in the area, it is free- all you need is a library card.

Represent LA: When Tara moved from San Francisco down to LA in 2009- she wasn't sure where to find other women that tech scene so she decided to do something about it. Represent LA

Women in the Tech World: Tara feels very fortunate- she has never felt disrespected or blocked out as a female tech entrepreneur. She certainly has empathy and understands when women report issues that they're dealing regarding this matter and is open to talking to these women and helping them in anyway that she can.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Choose something that you actually like- it's a bonus if it's something you have experience in. Surround yourself with people that you trust, and work with people that you enjoy working with.

Take Away: We learn from Tara that women can be software engineers too. Tara is a great example of constantly pursuing her dreams and always looking for new things she can build or ways she can help others in the tech community.

Connect With Tara: TaraTigerBrown.com | @Tara | KitHub.cc | @KitHubcc | Facebook

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"If you want to be an entrepreneur, getting your hands dirty is the way to go."

"The biggest innovations don't often come from within, they come from someone else externally looking in and giving advice and trying to do something different." - Pete Williams

About: Pete Williams- Founder of Preneur Marketing- Entrepreneur, Author, and Marketer.

Overview: Pete Williams, nicknamed the Richard Branson of Australia, takes us through his entrepreneurial journey that started in high school. He also takes us through the 7 Levers of Business, and how we can increase our business through simple steps.

Pete Willims Highlights: Background: Pete started his first business in high school, doing web design for local businesses. Then, he went onto school and received a commerce degree. It wasn't quite what he was expecting, but he learned a lot. His parents were actually teachers and not entrepreneurs, but he gained a desire through working with his friends.

Selling MCG Stadium: Ok, so Pete didn't actually sell the stadium, but when it was torn down, and as a 21 year old, he took pieces of the demolished stadium (carpet, timber), created a memorabilia piece, and started selling these pieces to the public. He was able to structure his business model in a way that made the sales fast, efficient, and effective. He was profitable from day one.

Telecommunications: After his success with selling the memorabilia pieces, he started working for a telecommunications company, selling phone systems.

Consulting: Currently, Pete is consulting startup companies on their HR, marketing, and all around communications.

7 Levers of Business: Traffic, Opt-Ins, Conversions, Average Item Price, Transactions Per Client, and Margins. Pete shares that if you spend 2 weeks and just focus on one of these things, you can increase an aspect of your business by 10% in that area. So, if you then spend 14 weeks total, or 2 weeks per area on growing that part of your business by 10%, by the end of the 14 weeks, you will have doubled your business profits.

Helping Entrepreneurs: Pete tells us that when you discover new tools, you need to determine which aspect of your business that tool is going to help grow. If it's not going to help your business grow at the time you need it to, than it's not relevant.

End Game for Pete: He has a couple of ideas and a few other books coming out down the road. But he is just going to continue to focus on growing his businesses, and balancing his work/personal life.

Take Away: Pete teaches us to open our minds, involve mentors and advisors, and make money with existing ideas. There is no need to reinvent the wheel.

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“If left to our own devices, we’ll always be on them.” - David Ryan Polgar

About: David Ryan Polgar- Digital Lifestyle Expert & Tech Ethicist

Overview: David Ryan Polgar shares his tactics on how we can become more balanced in our technology-overwhelmed world.

David Ryan Polgar Highlights: What is a Digital Lifestyle Expert & Tech Ethicist: A tech ethicist looks at tech use from an ethical, legal, sociological, and emotional framework. It came about because a few years ago he kept reading articles about the major impact of social media and how it’s affecting us. David a former college professor, attorney, and now a writer and public speaker decided to use all those skills to help people achieve balance with their technology.

Who Hires David: Corporations and startups hire David to analyze their tech companies from every angle. For example, he is currently helping a startup that focuses on parental controls called CoPilot Family.

Trends in the Tech World for Entrepreneurs: David feels we are becoming a lot more nuanced about how we discuss technology. The startup community is all about efficiency and productivity. Tech balance is all about being creative, and becoming a critical thinker. People care more about your ideas, and not so much how many hours you put in. Sort of like the work smart, not hard mentality.

How to have Tech Balance: You cannot rely solely on willpower to make a change in your life. You need to actually physically say that you’re not going to be available for a couple of hours, or go on a hike without your phone. David suggests replacing your phone alarm for an old school alarm clock.

Side Effects from Our Technology: Some physical problems are eye problems, wrist strains, etc. David shares that our phones are interrupting creativity, critical thinking, and conversation. We need to step back and change our situation. It’s addicting to have a smart phone, and to hear that ding and feel loved. However, technology is neither good or bad, it’s all in how we use it. It has the potential to be very good, but it also has the potential to be very bad if we allow it to be.

What is Mental Obesity: It is the phrase David likes to use when our brains feel full. It’s easy to know when you gain physical weight, but it’s not so easy to know when your brain is “overweight.” We start feeling so overwhelmed because of the constant pressure we feel from our technology. The way David sees things developing over the next 5 years is having some type of mental food plate to help us keep a balance. Our problem isn’t the amount of information that’s out there, it’s actually retaining that information in our minds. Deeper level thinking requires reflection, but how often do we reflect?

Suggestions from David: He shares with us that it’s important to take time each day to be completely unplugged where you can reflect, and give your mind a technology break. You’re never going to be under-tech, so don’t feel like you’re missing out when you take that time each day.

Future for David: It’s going to be 2-part. The first is seeing a massive growth with CoPilot Family. Also, David, is going to be doing a lot more speaking gigs about tech balance, and making that scalable. He’s thinking about doing a speaking series, doing more TV gigs, and possibly doing things overseas. He is also currently developing a book.

Overall Goal of Being a Digital Lifestyle Expert: It’s about raising awareness for the need of having tech balance, and offering solutions to help people with this.

Take Away: You cannot be an Outlier if you’re over plugged. You cannot be an Outlier if you’re constantly multi-tasking. You become an Outlier when you’re a creative thinker- when you’re digesting the material. It’s good to be bored every once and awhile to allow the mental space.

Connect With David: Personal Website | Company Website |@TechEthicist |@CopilotFamily

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"Treat your content like a comedian and treat your growth strategy like a business person." - Ezra Winter

About: Ezra Winter- Writer and Social Media Professional

Overview: Ezra is a social media and digital marketing professional who writes about his work and interviews interesting people in the field. He consults with companies and helps them boost their social media presence. His work has appeared in Complex Magazine and other popular outlets. Through this interview, Ezra shares with us how he maintains a work-life balance, and what a typical day in his life looks like.

Highlights: What Ezra Does: Ezra helps companies with the social media strategy. For a few clients he does the actual posting, and also interacts with his client's followers. More frequently, he comes in to help train companies' staff, help set up accounts, and help share with those companies what works.

End Goal: Ezra would like to get his personal brand off the ground and focus on doing more live events. He has a background in performing and working with audiences, and so with that he'd like to be more involved with speaking engagements.

Typical Day: Ezra generally works out of his apartment and has the ability to set his own schedule. He never works 9-5. Typically, he might work really hard in the morning, then take a break during the day to eat, and go to the gym, and then he'll work hard again later in the afternoon. He definitely works more than 40 hours, but its on his own terms and so he really enjoys the flexibility.

Marketing Workshop: If you'd like to sign up for one of Ezra's workshop, he will be focusing on Twitter. It will be teaching you how to get more followers and how to keep them engaged.

Tips for Entrepreneurs using Twitter: For those personal accounts, don't post too often. Post things that are engaging and creative. Don't always be asking for things from your followers. Think of Twitter as a platform and not a broadcast.

Building Your Brand: If you struggle in the witty department but have great content to offer, don't stress! Ezra says you don't absolutely need to be funny. If you are putting information out there that is useful and practical, people will read it and apply it.

Work-Life Balance: Ezra shares that it's necessary to do a high quality of work but you have to know when to turn it off. First off, Ezra had to find the work-work balance and compromise between the writing and marketing aspects of his job. Right now, he is working about 60 hours a week, but takes time each day to create some balance in his personal life.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: For those trying to get their first gig, don't quit your 9-5 just yet. Ezra worked with a marketing company for a few years, while doing some things on his own time on the side until he had established some great clients. He shares that it's important to do this before quitting your 9-5.

Take Away: It's possible to come from a low place to living the lifestyle of your dreams. Although, it takes dedication, hard work, and actively applying your skills- it's worth the wait.

Connect With Ezra: Website | Blog | @WinterEzra

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About: John Jenkins-Sr. IEM & Special Projects Manager for Intel

The following interview was conducted at the StartSLC conference in SLC, Utah January 29 & 30, 2015

Overview: John Jenkins is a tech representative for Intel. He primarily focuses on the startup tech community. He is here to find ways to support the startup community through resources that Intel has to offer. Specifically, in the mobile market and the X86 Architecture program. If a developer needs some hardware to test on, Intel is happy to provide those developers with that and John is there to help. For Utah, the funding and talent is there but has it's struggles.

John shares with us about the gap between brilliant engineers and their struggle to business/market their great ideas. One of the goals for Intel in Utah is to continue the support and building within the tech community of Utah. Eventually, they want to develop a plan that will bridge the gap for engineers and launching their ideas. John advises entrepreneurs to not be afraid to bootstrap as much as you possibly can. Although the entrepreneurial trend is all about gathering funding, don't feel like that's what you have to do.

“We build businesses, we sell businesses, and we do it in a way that our businesses operate with a very high standard of integrity. Our businesses all focus on making a positive change in someway in the world, and also helping people fulfill their dreams.” - Emma Ponsonby

About: Emma Ponsonby- Founder of Emperia Ventures

Overview: Emma shares with us about her drive for being a part of Emperia Ventures- an ecommerce business currently in Dubai.

Emma Ponsonby Highlights: Dubai Community: When Emma came to Dubai 2 years ago, there was a very small startup community, but Emma feels more support has evolved for startups since being there- from the government, community, and other startups.

About Emperia Ventures: Emma started her first business in school designing logos for small entities all over the world. From that experience she really learned how to fend for herself. From there she went to New Zealand and worked with another design company. Over the last 13 years, she’s been involved in design, marketing, and e-commerce type companies. She got frustrated with the corporate world, and decided to do something on her own.

Emperia Venture's Intention: It is to help people build other startups and get them on their feet. All of these companies have a focus on lifestyle, or e-commerce. The people who come to Emperia Ventures have great ideas, but don’t necessarily have what they need to get started on their own. Emperia Ventures acts a bit like a VC, but not completely. They’re really focusing on bringing together creative industries with technology. Right now they’re building an e-commerce platform to create a unique experience for each and every customer.

Team Background: Emperia Ventures has about 25 people working for them at the moment. They are based in 9 different countries, and 11 different cities. However, soon they are going to have an office based in Dubai.

Business as a Woman in Dubai: Surprisingly, there is a lot of extra support for women in that area who are striving to make it in the business world in Dubai.

Raising Funds: They are operating with investors in the US, the UK, Australia, and the Middle East. It’s quite a tight family with these investors. Emma feels that with finding investors she has to be very clear with what their company is about to attract the right kind of investors.

Acquir.Me is the biggest project they are currently working on right now.

Shop By Mood: A current project they’re working on that focuses on emotions and mood based information. Through various ways, they identify what mood the customer is in, and how a customer makes a decision in an emotional state of mind. With that, they then try to help that customer make a purchase that makes them feel more fulfilled and satisfied with their purchase. They are planning to launch this platform as soon as they can this year.

Advice for Entrepreneurs in E-commerce: Be very clear with what you want to bring into whatever industry that you’re in. Research understanding what your customer needs and wants. You also really need to know who you are as an entrepreneur because when you’re sitting their with an investor, everything you haven’t dealt with is right in front of you at that meeting. Know your numbers, and know your company inside and out with these investors. These investors are investing in your just as much as they are with your business.

End Game for Emperia Ventures: Although it’s quite a long way away, it’s something that Emma will be focusing for a long time. She will continue to help build businesses, sell businesses, and helping people fulfill their dreams.

Take Away: Be confident in what you’re doing. Know yourself and your business well before you take your company to investors.

Connect With Emma: Website | @EmmaPonsonby | AboutMe

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“Even if you’re not trying to be a high-growth company, it’s hard [being an entrepreneur], it’s a roller coaster. You go through crazy highs and crazy lows.” - Bradley Joyce

About: Bradley Joyce- Founder of Velocis , SocializerHQ, and Launch DFW

Overview: Bradley Joyce is the true definition of being an Outlier. During this interview, he shares with us all about the different companies he started and what it’s like balancing so many responsibilities in the entrepreneurial world.

Bradley Joyce Highlights: Velocis: It is a company Bradley started in 2008 as a way to get into the web development world. It was the entity under which he did all of his work. He spent a lot of time helping small companies build their businesses, and eventually got into bigger build-up applications. It’s a team of 13 people- designers, developers, marketers, and sales people. They act as an incubator for a lot of the smaller companies. Up to this point, they have about 5 companies and have equity stake in most of them while helping them build their sites, and platforms.

Application Process: If you’d like to become a partner, get on AngelList and set up your profile. For the equity base deals, they are looking for a few companies to work with later in the Spring. Feel free to reach out directly to Bradley as well.

About Socializer: Is a spin out from Velocis. At the time, Bradley and his co-founder worked full-time on this company for about a year and a half. They raised some money, and really pounded the pavement building product. It’s been on the shelf for the past 12 months. It’s been through just about everything a startup can go through.

What is Socializer: A predictive analytics for social media. They would use specific algorithms to help increase clicks and re-tweets.

Why the Hold on Socializer: Money was the biggest reason. They needed a lot more investment for infrastructure. They had a hard time sustaining the monthly fees, and their customers at the time were not ready for the cost required to help pay for the business itself.

Plans to Revive Socializer: Bradley and his team have been thinking about moving forward with Socializer- but are waiting on funds to come through. It’s not necessarily off the table, they may sell it, but they’re not quite sure yet.

Apps Created: Previously, Bradley worked for a company, and during that time, the company built a product called Tweet Saver. It was back during the time when Twitter was open to companies building upon it. It essentially archived all of your tweets. Another app they created was called Quitter- and it tracked all of those who unfollowed you on Twitter. Bradley didn’t originate Quitter, but it was given to him by a client. He grew it from 50,000 users to 200,000 users. Quitter was somewhat profitable, but not something that made large amounts of money. Eventually, Bradley didn’t have the time to run all these apps, and so he listed the apps on a site and sold them to another Twitter app-like company.

Learning Mistakes: Bradley admits that selling these apps were some of the biggest mistakes in his entrepreneurial career. Bradley feels that if he had the patience, he would have worked more on these apps, and grown them in different ways to get them into a niche area.

What is Launch DFW: Bradley started the company in 2010. It’s an online community that started off as a very simple blog. From there it grew into hosting network events, happy hours, meetings, etc. The best way to think about what Launch DFW is a TechCrunch for the Dallas area. They try to aggregate as much information as possible for the Launch DFW community. Right now, they have about 20,000 visits a month. They have around 200 people at their events, and about a 100 people to their happy hour. It started out as a passion project, but within the last 6 months, they’ve really focused on making it a successful business because of its role of importance in helping the community. They have a lot of goals around making sure it’s a sustainable business for 2015.

Unique about Bradley: He is really into sports, and played water polo from 3rd grade through college. And he shares that sports prepare you for business in so many ways: dedication, hard work, teamwork, etc.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: From Bradley’s experience, the more you share your ideas, and the more you talk to other people to get feedback, the more you grow and become better. It’s so important to be open and honest with everyone around you. Being an entrepreneur is hard work, and you need that support. For those who are dipping their toes into the entrepreneurial world, talk to a lot of people about what you want to do. Try and get as much validation with potential customers that you can do up front to get a feel for what’s out there. Once you do it, be 100% committed. . Don’t straddle the line too long.

Take Away: Bradley teaches us that the sky is the limit when it comes to starting a business. Although, there are many highs and lows to being involved with so many different companies, the rewards are worth the risk.

Connect With Bradley: Website | @BradleyJoyce | @Velocis | @SocialyzerHQ | @LAUNCHDFW | AboutMe

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"Once you get into early stage companies, it’s hard to imagine doing anything else.”

“It’s a hard road, there’s a lot of days when I wake up and think, "Man I wish I could just go work for a big company and cash a check and I’d be fine," but it’s just not the way I’m wired.” - Andrew Dumont

About: Andrew Dumont- Entrepreneur in Residence at Betaworks

Overview: Andrew is a determined and intelligent young man who has a passion for building businesses. He shares his experiences with starting the company Stride, and what he is doing now at Betaworks to prepare for future entrepreneurial work.

Andrew Dumont Highlights: Background: Andrew is originally from Seattle, but now living in New York working at Betaworks. He came to NY to elevate his entrepreneurial game and be surrounded by people who are always on the go.

Betaworks: It's essentially like a startup studio and is structured by 2 sides. The first side is an investment side. They are currently involved in about 15-20 seed investments with about $100-$250k per investment. Some of the companies Betaworks has invested in are: Kickstarter, Tumblr, and many others. Right now, they are investing in ProductTime. The other side of the company is the studio portion. Betaworks hires entrepreneurs to help with the media business and with what new media will look like. They build new products that will be compelling in that space. Some of those products include: Chart B, Dots (iPhone game), and Dig. It’s not a traditional type of company- they like to start their employees from scratch. They go out and find talent within the community they’ve built. They’re going to start a new program called “Hacker” where they work with a creator that builds a new thing within 3 months. This new program is very much like the film studios in Hollywood.

Daily Workload: Andrew went out to New York because a good friend was an investor with Betaworks. Andrew was very interested in the business model. He was ready to do his own thing, and by coming to Betaworks, was given a good opportunity to do his own thing at a great company. When he started there, Andrew spent a lot of time on helping platforms like Insta Paper, Dig, and Pancho. His role was to solve some of the problems that those applications were experiencing.

Andrew’s Goal: His next step is to determine if Betaworks will be the right fit for helping him start his own company.

Previous Startup (Stride): Stride was a company/app that Andrew co-founded. It was built it in about 3 weeks. Andrew and his team built Stride as a light weight CRM application. The idea behind Stride is that salesforce was a really complicated tool, so they wanted an app that focused more on the simple- more about the stages of where the sales were at. Stride was a completely bootstrapped company. It made about $20k in revenue in about year and a half (side project). Once it started getting bigger, they were trying to determine if it was something they wanted to pursue, but Andrew felt like the market was completely capped, so they decided to sell the growing company to Neil Patel and Heaton Shaw. Andrew is good friends with Neil Patel, and he really trusted in their ability to scale and build products. It was a very smooth process selling it to them, which Andrew was grateful for, because they already had customers using their application. He wanted to make sure that those customers were taken care of and knew that Neil and Heaton would be the right fit.

Andrew’s Passion: Out of all the things there is to do in the entrepreneurial world, Andrew really enjoys businesses over consumer products. He states, "They aren’t as sexy but they capture my interest." In the future he'd like to do something similar to Stride but a little more aggressive.

Work-Life Balance: Andrew says that you have to understand that you’re sacrificing a lot of the work-life balance in the early stages. It takes more than 40 hours a week. You have to do certain things each week that make it so you don’t burn out. To keep a balance, Andrew tried to shut off and be unplugged on the weekends. Every year, he makes sure to do at least a week or two of being completely unplugged from the world. He says, "There’s no doubting the fact that it’s [being an entrepreneur] hard work, but it’s just part of the deal."

Common Mistakes: Andrew has made plenty of mistakes through his own journey, but says that’s how you learn. "You need to fail to really understand things." Every single company he’s been apart of started small. Many of them failed, but some of them did grow into large, successful companies. Seismic was a great example of company that had too much cash, and pivoted too often. There’s a right time to pivot and a wrong time to pivot. When things aren’t working, a companies' natural inclination is to pivot, which can ultimately destroy what is trying to be built. Andrew shares that it's important to have a hunch as an entrepreneur. You have to believe in something that others may not. There’s a lot of reasons why a company can fail, and it’s usually more than just one element that causes the fall.

Advice for Entrepreneurs After They Fail: It’s hard not to get down on yourself when things don’t work, but you have to understand that it’s part of the anomaly. You have to reclassify your definition of success. It’s a constant battle to readjust. Depression in startups is a real thing. So, a lot of it is making your mind stronger. For Andrew, preparing his mind means putting things in perspective and setting very clear goals. Don’t get distracted by what’s going on in other companies around you.

Take Away: In order to be a successful entrepreneur, you have to be willing to put in overtime. 40 hours a week isn't going to cut it. Like Andrew, you may even have to start something on the side while working a mainstream job until you can launch. Even though it's not going to be easy, it's worth it.

Connect With Andrew: Website | @AndrewDumont | AboutMe | Blog

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“If you don’t believe in all your heart and soul, that the thing you are offering, is the right thing, then it’s going to be hard for you to ever ask for the sale.”

“Don’t fake it ‘til you make it, believe until the world catches up to where you are.” - Chris Brogan

About: Chris Brogan- CEO of Owner Media Group

Overview: Chris Brogan is a successful and approachable entrepreneur. He has consulted for large firms all over the world, including Disney, Google, Microsoft, etc. Chris provides education and tools to help you make your life and your business thrive, by teaching you how to own the game you most want to win. Throughout this interview, we learn some great tips on how to be a powerful salesman, and how Chris has become successful.

Chris Brogan Highlights: Why Meet with Outliers: We asked Chris why he was so willing to meet with us, and he responds by saying that he is always willing to help others, no matter what stage of work they are in and was excited to help you, Outliers. He states that everyone has started at some point and he was at the starting point at a stage in his life too. Chris wants to connect with others and see how he can help them.

Newsletter Strategy: The easiest way that Chris explains it, is he’s always made it a point to talk to people the way he’d want someone to talk to him, and/or even to his mother. Chris is always trying to sell something- it’s business. But what he considers a sale is a transaction of value. 90% of the stuff he does is free, and the other 10% is where he creates his revenue.

Sales: “If you don’t believe in all your heart and soul, that the thing you are offering, is the right thing, then it’s going to be hard for you to ever ask for the sale.” If you’re selling something that doesn’t work, then you’re not going to do so well. You have to believe that what you’re selling is truly going to help that person. When you are worried about making rent, or paying the bills, then you are selling with the wrong perspective and those that you are selling to will feel it as well.. Sell from love. It’s easier to sell value than anything else.

Mistakes Outliers May Be Making: You cannot share, or sell something that you have not experienced. The secret sauce is that people want to know that you’re just like them. Chris hates the phrase “fake it ‘til you make it.” He says, “Don’t fake it ‘til you make it, believe until the world catches up to where you are.” Sometimes people don’t see it the way you do because they can’t see the vision that you do. Entrepreneurship and a lot of our journey can be tough, sometimes you have money and sometimes you have no money. The trick is to just be really good about where you are.

What is Success: Chris believes that success is being able to say no to the things that he wants to say no to. He feels that he’s “made it,” according to the world, but he still has new goals and new heights he wants to reach. The people who fail the most in life are the people who let up on the gas petal once they reach a certain goal. Chris really admires people like Warren Buffet who work until the very end. Richard Branson is also a great example of continuing success. Richard has over 400 companies and still runs at full speed. He works hard and he plays hard.

Biggest Challenge: Getting people to understand the story that he’s trying to tell. With all sales and marketing, Chris believes that he has something to offer to those around him and he truly wants to help them.

Revenue: Since 2008, his company revenue has always fluctuated. In 2010, he lost $400,000 in investments. His goal for revenue this year is to beat the $1Million mark. Chris shares that when someone is thinking about their revenue goal, they need to think about what it’s going to take to achieve that and if it’s really worth it. Each goal depends on who you are and what works for you.

End Game for Chris Brogan: He's not sure what it is, but he hopes that he’ll get that one idea that will allow him to create a company that will live on past him. He eventually wants to build a product he can sell that he won’t be the face of.

About Chris’s latest book - The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth: Chris considers himself a “freak.” He defines freak as someone who has almost a tattoo like obsession of doing the kind of business they want to do with the people they want to do it with, and doing it the way they most want to do it. Tony Hawk, Mark Echo, and Kate White are great examples of being “freaks” of their business. A freak is the people who are tired of trying to fit in, and are just trying to find out where they belong. You can definitely have a day job and be a freak. The whole concept doesn’t require that you set off on your own and do your own thing; it’s simply owning what you do.

Take Away: Chris has an authentic approach to sales that teaches any of us entrepreneurs to be true believers in what we’re selling. Like his most recent book, Chris shares that we need to become “freaks” in whatever business we are doing and we will be successful.

Connect With Hasan: OwnerMag.com | ChrisBrogan.com | @ChrisBrogan | Facebook

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The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth: Entrepreneurship for Weirdos, Misfits, and World Dominators

“A failure is a failure when you fail and you don’t get up again.” - Hasan Mirjan

About: Hasan Mirjan- Founder of SpherePad, & SphereMail

Overview: Hasan shares with us the struggles of immigrating from Iraq to America and the ups and downs of doing what you love. He had to be very patient along the way until he could create the company he was so passionate about. We learn all about SphereSpace and their sister companies, and how a co-working space can help any entrepreneur.

Hasan Mirjan | Melinda Yeaman Highlights: Background: Hasan’s story goes back 25 years or so. He comes from a family of entrepreneurs. The first business that he started was a chicken farm located in Iraq. The chicken business didn’t do so well, so he opened up a stationary store, but due to circumstances in the country, it ended. When he came to America, he worked for a company in the tech industry, but wanted to start something of his own. Once he got residency in the country- he quit his day-to-day job to finally start his own company. The company was called capture.com that was related to artists and photographers. However the company soon failed. So, in 2010 Hasan launched SpherePad despite negative criticisms about the company being successful.

Struggles: Throughout the 9 years of working at his tech job in the US, he wanted to leave and start his own company but he couldn’t quit do so because he didn’t have residency. Hasan shares how he had to be completely patient until he could start the company of his dreams. Despite his anxiousness, Hasan shares that his experience at his 9-5 job taught him about corporations, human management, and finances.

What is SpherePad: A co-working space that provides startups with the type of connections and community that a new company needs. Hasan has met many different types of people through SpherePad that has provided him and others with assets at their disposal. It’s not about high revenue for SpherePad, it’s meant to be more like a compliment to a secondary company. Currently there are co-working spaces in the US, the UK, France, and Australia.

Importance of Being Involved in a Co-working Space: You know a lot about the people around you and your community. When you see a company come to your space and become very successful, it’s good to know that they started in your co-working space. You maintain strong connections with many people all across the board.

What is SphereMail: The space at SpherePad was being used, and people using the space wanted an email that they could use while there. It’s a white label application, that SpherePad gives a link to those using the co-space. SphereMail is not a flat monthly fee, it’s all free. They only take 10% of whatever the revenue is for that user in the co-working space. It has been up and running for 2 1/2 years now. It was completely bootstrapped by Hasan himself.

Why is it All Worth It: Hassan shares that he loves building things and being responsible for something great. His passions have allowed him to push through the struggles.

What’s Next: SphereTrack is a mail tracking application and expense reporting for companies.

The Advantage of Being in San Francisco: It's all about having access to startups and funding. If you want to go fast, and be around the right kind of people, this is the place to be. There’s always room for more startups here. Based on his experience of opening their co-working space, they filled up fast.

Advice for Entrepreneurs Immigrating to the US: Stick with it. Even though it is gut wrenching and can throw you for a loop, just stick with it. Don’t take negotiations personally. It’s important for you to understand the US system and how it works. Strive to learn the language, especially if you want to start a large-scale business.

Take Away: Although being an entrepreneur can be a long road, it's worth the wait. Even if you have companies that fail, you are never a failure by continuing to pursue your dream.

Connect With Hasan: Website SphereMail | Website SpherePad | @HMirjan

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“Technology is the most extensible and scalable thing that you can leverage to build almost any type of idea.”

“We were the black sheep of startups… in an industry that a lot of guys in tech just didn’t get.” - Melody McCloskey

About: Melody McCloskey - Founder of StyleSeat

Overview: Melody is a young, technology driven entrepreneur. She started StyleSeat to help provide hairstylists and salons a successful platform that will increase their business by 70%.

Melody McCloskey Highlights: Background: Starting in her early 20's, Melody has been involved in the tech for the past 10 years- which began on the product side. After working for a TV network started by Al Gore where she was brought on to focus on helping monetize the network online, she decided to start her own company. Melody felt that after being in the entrepreneurial world for so long, it was time for her to venture off and do something that she was extremely passionate about.

Starting StyleSeat: Melody sat on the idea for a couple of years before launching because she felt that the platform she wanted to develop was almost too obvious of a need that there was sure to be some competition. Eventually, it got to the point that Melody was so obsessed with her idea, that her fears faded away. Finally, she didn't care if the idea didn't succeed, She just had to do it. Despite the hard times, she shares how rewarding it’s been for her to start this company.

What is StyleSeat: The beauty industry is one of the fastest growing industries out there. StyleSeat is a business platform and tool for hairstylists and salons. StyleSeat grows their clients' revenue by about 70% in the first month just by helping things run smoother. It's a great resource to help discover, book, and pay for online beauty appointments.

How is StyleSeat monetized: There is a premium package that StyleSeat offers that does more than just help with small tasks. Currently, StyleSeat has 3 Millions users. Loreal is now using StyleSeat as their preferred partner and is really excited about the free services they offer and the easiness of the platform.

How it all got Started: The first thing Melody did was build a working prototype with an engineer she found on craigslist, based on designs that a good friend of her’s created for equity in the company. Melody then bootstrapped the company for the first year and a half. After that point, their numbers started to show that the business was becoming successful. Since then StyleSeat has received funding and has raised a total of $14 million. StyleSeat has now been in business for 3 ½ years.

How StyleSeat Secures Users: Word of mouth is by far their most successful way of adding users to their platform. They made sure that the experience for each new user was one that they wouldn’t forget. They continually focus on better supporting their users, and expanding their platform.

Future for StyleSeat: For the first couple years, StyleSeat spent their focus on being a valuable business tool for stylists and salons. Now, that they have created just that, they've launched their first consumer app that consumers will be able to use for booking their appointments, etc. In the coming months they are focusing on becoming a true marketplace for their clients and consumers.

Success on the First Try: Melody states that even though this is her first startup, she had some great mentors that taught her life lessons that have shaped the way she’s created this company. She felt that by having such influential mentors, she had a leg up on what to do to create success. Each piece of advice she was given motivated her to keep going and take risks. She was taught to have the right kind of attitude and be positive.

Advice for Startups: Don’t let what’s out there, or the rules; stop you from doing what you’re passionate about. Don’t be afraid to ask people for help, and seek out those who have the knowledge that will help you go further. Figure out your distribution as fast as you possibly can. When you can figure out how to speed up that wheel as it turns, you’ll be more successful. Having a co-founder that you have a great relationship with is also one of the most important things you can have when you’re starting a company. Melody and her partner have set long term and short term goals that have helped them come to where they are now. Melody also states that having good friends that you really trust and will support you no matter how many bad days you have has been helpful. She says it’s important to have an outlet outside of the company.

Take Away: Melody teaches us to take action on our good ideas, even if we're afraid of the competition or what might already be out there. During the interview she said she knew that if she didn't start this company, and someone came out with her idea months later, she would have hated herself for it. Don't wait around- just start it now!

Connect With Melody: Website | @MelodyMcC

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“Technology doesn’t create new behaviors, what it does is it facilitates and accelerates behaviors people already have.”

“Technology changes fast, and people change slowly.”

“The only reason we succeeded, is because no one took us seriously.” - Peter Horan

About: Peter Horan – Founder of Horan MediaTech Advisors

Peter C. Horan is an entrepreneur with a history of building successful media and internet businesses. He has played a role in five major revolutions in media and technology including: home video games; personal computers; cell phones; Windows computing; and the internet.

Overview: Throughout this interview, Peter walks us through his entrepreneurial journey and how he became involved in the tech world. He discusses the ups and downs of technology, what is valued today, and how he learned to spot potential even when it seemed dim.

Peter Horan Highlights: History: Back when Peter got involved in technology, it was very risky to do so because of the unknown. In the early days, Peter was selling kit computers and at the time the general population was uninterested in personal computers, but he was determined to see all of these technological innovations through. Peter was never afraid to ask questions. Throughout the interview, Peter walks us through all the changes that he was apart of over the years. He explains how he was able to grow and how the knowledge of technology has become widespread.

Definition of Disruptive Technology Changing Environments: Since technology is rapidly evolving, we must learn to adapt and change with it. Peter says that people have a hard time envisioning what a new type of technology is going to do for them. He explains that when something new is coming to the market, that it must be presented in a way that people can relate to. They must show how technology is going to help them accomplish that thing in a much simpler way.

What Peter Looks For in Technology: How something is accomplished, from daily tasks, to others finding information with that technology. Peter states that in the last 10 years a lot of value in technology has been created from what used to be the fact section in the newspapers. For example, finding out what’s playing at the movie theaters, looking for a house, buying/selling a car- all of which made a lot of money in the newspapers. There must be value in what each new piece of technology offers.

How to Work a Niche Business: Starting a niche business can be tough, there are a lot of ups and downs involved with doing so. Peter uses Starbucks as a good example of starting something niche. Starbucks did more then just sell coffee, they sold an environment where people could sit down, talk, listen to music, and eventually added food to their menus. Every couple of years, they come up with something else to add to their business for their consumers. Peter explains that whenever you’re starting something new, especially niche, you need to know your consumers. You need to know what you can do to add to your business every couple of years to engage those loyal customers.

What Peter Does Now: Peter sits on the board of directors of several companies, and also advises tech companies on how to excel. He is also an avid blogger where he shares thoughts and insights, and educational information for his followers.

Advice for Tech Entrepreneurs: Let’s not learn all the wrong lessons from the history of Silicon Valley. For Peter, he started in the tech industry because it was fun and interesting, and so he could change the world even though it seemed like a dodgy career at the time. He says often times for tech entrepreneurs, the future is always number 8 on the list of top priorities- be willing to be part of that future even when it’s not obvious. The why, the how, and the what next is what’s valuable to people.

Take Away: Peter is an excellent example of believing in something small. He has been apart of the tech world since the 1970’s and has grown immensely with it. He teaches us that as entrepreneurs, the future needs to be top on our priority list.

Connect With Peter: Website | @PeterCHoran

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"The most rewarding experience that I've had is the chance to know some of the young people when they started in their first year working for us [DDD], and to see them through the 4 years of work, and to have them go on to better things." - Michael Chertok

About: Michael Chertok- Co-Founder and Chief Business Development Officer of Digital Divide Data

Overview: Michael shares his experiences with DDD, which is a technology company that focuses on providing high quality services to companies large and small. He discusses with us the benefits of having employees in developing countries and how DDD is helping these young people become better educated and self reliant.

Highlights: Background: Michael's drive started when he was in college. He was struggling to figure out how to pay for college, and over the summer, he got a job doing back office work for a medical supply company. It was tedious work, but it was his first job in an office that taught him great communication skills with his co-workers, and managers. When the opportunity came to do work in Cambodia, he saw the need to help and eventually DDD evolved.

What is DDD: Digital Divide Data provides a set of outsource business services to all sorts of businesses from small startups to Fortune 500 companies. They mainly focus on content conversion, digitization, and research services. For example, if your company has a data base of client prospects with multiple errors, DDD can go in and clean things up. DDD strives to provide a very high quality service to their customers. In 2001, DDD started with 40 young employees in Cambodia, and now has 1,200 people working for them around the world. DDD's current earned revenue is $5.5 Million.

Labor Force: Currently, DDD has a workforce in Kenya that will provide services all over the world. They are able to help these young people attend college, and typically these employees can work for DDD for about 4 years. They require their employees to be high school graduates. DDD's goal is to provide a stepping stone for these young employees to attain a higher level income and eventually be able to support a family. Many times, these employees go on to be involved in other tech companies, in non-profits, become teachers, and even work in government.

DDD's Mission Statement: Provide an opportunity for young people, particularly from very low-income families in developing countries.

Type of Business: Hybrid organization- U.S. Non-profit that owns a set of for-profit organizations.

Michael's Role: He is there to support DDD with marketing and financing. Most of the partners are based in San Francisco, which is why Michael is there, but the majority of the work for DDD happens overseas.

Technology Providers: DDD has partnered with Cisco systems and Microsoft to provide reliable technology for their employees overseas.

Most Rewarding Experience Working at DDD: Seeing these young, employees growing exponentially from start to finish. And to see these people become leaders in their own countries.

Challenges: Michael states that one of their greatest struggles at DDD is the need to balance their goal of serving their clients and providing opportunities for their young employees. DDD focuses a lot on providing a high quality product and educating those that work for them.

Advice for a Company Wanting to Give Back: One of the things DDD offers is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to be able to leverage their resources to help them grow their businesses. Right now, they offer a back office to help these entrepreneurs have quality infrastructure. Michael suggests that by giving a part of your resources to help others is a great way to give back.

Take Away: Although there is a lot of back and forth about work done overseas, we learn that when it is done right, it can be a great opportunity for families in developing countries, and a helpful resource for clients here in America.

Connect With Michael: Website | Facebook | Google+ | Youtube | @DigDivData

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“There are no losers in innovation.” -Kym McNicholas

About: Kym McNicholas - Emmy Award Winning Journalist

Overview: Kym is a feisty go-getter and long-time broadcaster. She has worked as a journalist for Forbes and PandoDaily. Currently, Kym is involved as the Executive Director for the Extreme Tech Challenge.

Kym McNicholas | Melinda Yeaman Highlights: Kym’s Background: Kym has quite the resume, from professional water skier, to executive director of the Extreme Tech Challenge, Kym takes the cake on diversity. She graduated with a Communication Studies degree from Sacramento State University. Kym grew with a love of sports, and originally went to school for sports, but got a taste of broadcasting and ended up heading towards that direction. Throughout her life, she has been involved in many different types of broadcasting positions.

What is the Extreme Tech Challenge: Kym has been involved with many entrepreneurs and has worked with Richard Branson on the Extreme Tech Challenge. To learn more about what the Tech Challenge is and all those who have contributed, you can find it HERE.

Bucket list: Watch to find out what's on Kym’s bucket list. Hint: It includes Richard Branson

Struggles: Kym shares an experience where she drove out of her way to a TV station that asked her to come out, and upon arrival was denied in a big way. She’s also had other experiences that have attacked her personally. Kym has learned to have thick skin and to not let what people say get inside of her head. Through her trials, Kym has learned that everything always works out the way it is supposed to.

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Just do. Don’t listen to the naysayers. Don’t go to media too soon, because they often times rip apart your ideas. Don’t rely upon the media to promote your business. If your business can’t stand on its own, then it’s not a good business. Create a community, get on TV, and pay for advertising. Look for people who are going to offer positive criticism. You don’t have to get investment, you can bootstrap! You don’t always have to go the conventional route to be successful.

Take Away: Kym is an inspiring individual who hasn't let negativity drag her down. She teaches us that with will power, and a strong determination you can do and become whatever you want.

Connect With Kym: Website | @kymbee

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“For me, the health benefits of doing training, vs not doing training have been tremendous, both in terms of confidence and how I carry myself. If I could get half of that to people who train with us, I think it’s a successful business.” – AJ Shewki

“Working for someone is nice, but creating something from scratch can be a roller coaster, but at the same time it is very exciting.” - Yorgos Stavropoulos

About: AJ Shewki, Yorgos Stavropoulos, and Bjorn Wanbo - Co-Founders of FYTNS.

Overview: FYTNS is currently a locally based company in San Francisco. The goal at FYTNS is to connect people to great personal training. It’s also a platform for personal trainers to find a pool of clients who are looking for trainers. FYTNS allows trainers to become their own entrepreneurs where they don’t work for "the man" at the gym who takes a large percentage of their revenue. With FYTNS, these trainers get to structure their own workouts, and create their own schedules.

FYTNS Highlights: What is FYTNS: A platform for personal trainers. Specifically, AJ & Yorgos are testing their platform in San Francisco because they feel that if they can get a startup off the ground in the bay area, then they will be able to take it anywhere.

Monetization: Currently: FYTNS simply takes a percentage of what clients pay to their personal trainers through the platform. Eventually, they’d like to have a monthly subscription fee that clients can pay to be involved in a variety of sports as well.

Funding: Private funding has been provided to FYTNS through close friends and family.

Background: Yorgos is originally from Greece and came straight to San Francisco where he met AJ. He enjoys the open community in America. AJ was born in a refugee camp in Sweden and later moved to the UK to work on his Bachelors degree. He then came to San Francisco to work on his Masters degree. For AJ & Yorgos, immigration has proved to be a major challenge in their quest to become entrepreneurs in America, but they're not giving up.

Advice for International Entrepreneurs in the US: If you’re not pushing the business forward, no one else will. As an entrepreneur, you are the only one accountable. So, make sure that you are constantly pushing your company forward.

Take Away: Although there have been challenges for AJ & Yorgos along the way, they are very passionate about fitness as a lifestyle. Their platform, Fytns, is here to help personal trainers become better entrepreneurs, and for those seeking a great personal trainer, to find the right match.

Connect With FYTNS: Website | @FYTNS | Facebook

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“The best part about my job is bringing ideas to reality, and being able to see that manifestation.” - Kalin Kelly

About: Kalin Kelly- “Founders Broker”- Founder of The Connector Habit

Overview: Kalin Kelly is a talented young woman with a strong background in sales, communication, startups, and real estate. She shares the relationship between landlord brokers and what the commercial real estate is willing to give them. Kalin explains the troubles behind real estate in San Francisco and how having a “founders broker” can help so many young companies. Ergo- The Connector Habit.

Highlights: Kalin’s Experience: She graduated from Berkley College and became a part of two startup companies that have given her the knowledge to know what founders actually need to begin. In her second startup, she became a marketing director, but later became interested in really changing the commercial real estate world. She realized there really is a disconnect and wanted to help solve the problem.

How It Works: Kalin’s job is to help tenants find the right space, negotiate a flexible lease, and make sure her clients are not going to be taken advantage of by the landlord.

Why You Need Kalin’s Help: Not only to not be taken advantage of, but to be educated on the market and to manage your expectations. She works with founders, non-profits, and more. She is determined to help her tenants find what fits their specific needs.

Cost: There is no cost to her clients. Her fee is actually paid for by the landlord.

Future Goal: Kalin has a passion for connecting, and is currently working on connecting people very humanly, in a disconnected social world. She is still working on the platform, so stay tuned for more information on that.

Guidelines for Entrepreneurs Choosing a Space: Start early! Focus on your team, don’t focus on your space- grow your idea. Be aware of the environment you’re looking to be a part of. Call a tenant rep.

Take Away: Choose to have a tenant rep, or a "founders broker" like Kalin, when searching for the perfect space for yourself, or company. There is more out there than what a landlord broker might be advertising. Kalin can help you find what best fits your needs, especially in a hard area like San Francisco.

"I've essentially bootstrapped my entire racing career to date...It was the most 101 in Business I've ever had...The whole struggle financially, and having to put my business hat on at a young age is what has made me so passionate about entrepreneurship." Collete Davis

About: Collete Davis - Racecar Driver, Co-Founder of TechDrive, & CEO of Collete Davis Racing

Overview: Young female Indy race car driver, Collete Davis, wows us with her amazing accomplishments, entrepreneurial skills, and involvement with co-founding TechDrive. She shares the ups and downs of competing in a highly dominated male sport and how TechDrive came about.

Highlights: Getting Started: By the age of 12 years old, Collete Davis was professionaly go-cart racing. By the age of 16, she started college to become a mechanical engineer. Although she was outnumbered in her classes and career, she didn’t let being the only girl make her nervous or shy away from her dreams. She is currently pursuing Indy racing and aspires to win the Indy 500.

Collete Davis | Melinda Yeaman Struggles: For Collete, racing has been an uphill battle. It was hard to find sponsors or financial backers to get behind a female racer. Collete bootstrapped her entire career from the age of 15 to raise the funds needed to race. At a young age, she had sell her potential to investors which has taught, motivated, and driven her to form a company around her racing experience.

Collete Davis | picture via colletedavis.com What is TechDrive: The brand around TechDrive is starting as a new source to focus on everything from green to mobile startups, companies like Tesla, and focusing on the innovation in racing. The short pitch for TechDrive is: More techy, talkier, 2.0. Collete is currently working on a new initiative with Richard Branson- be sure to stay tuned.

Collete's Goals: In racing: winning the Indy 500. In business: providing easy access for startups to go mainstream.

For her consumers: Collete wants her consumers to know that TechDrive is a place where you can find niche content on all things travel. She also feels the importance to provide more and more content for consumers to be educated about going green.

Take Away: Collete teaches us that regardless of your age or gender, it's possible to pursue your dreams in entrepreneurship and create something more through your struggles. She is a great example of persevering to accomplish your goals.

Connect With Collete Davis: Website | Facebook | @ColleteDavis | @TechDriveCo

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“We are disrupting the negative behaviors and dynamics that aren’t conducive to a healthy relationship. – Matthew Arrington

About Forte Strong: Co-Founders: Matthew Arrington, and Brook Price. St. George, Utah.

Overview: Forte Strong is a powerful startup company helping young male adults ages 18-26 overcome their failure to launch. They work with an average of 8-15 students on a 6 month basis to help break bad habits, teach them social and practical skills, boost confidence, and lead them to the path that will bring them success in the real world. They are driven by their pure desire to help build the next generation of strong men.

Highlights: Why the need for Forte Strong: Failure to launch is a growing problem that consequently is affecting men more than women. Matt and Brook are determined to help build this next generation of strong men.

Reasons for Failure to Launch: Social anxieties, technology, parenting styles

Details of Forte Strong: It is a 6 month program for male students ages 18-26. They provide guidance and structure while teaching their students social and practical life skills. A typical day at Forte Strong includes: a series of assessments, learning more about their student one-on-one. Forte Strong provides their students with therapists, coaches, and mentors for all aspects of their life. Students come from all over the world to create better lives for themselves.

Ever Gonzalez | Brook Price | Matthew Arrington Hiring process at Forte Strong: Hiring the right coaches is key at Forte Strong. They need people who are driven, empathetic, who can see the type of help that somebody needs; not what the world wants, or the expectation, but what somebody really needs. They need employees who are team players and are invested in their students.

Why Brook and Matt chose to work together: Brook has a resume of experience working with young adults, and Matt has great business experience that give them a good balance in creating a successful company. With their forces combined, they felt very strongly that they could do some good in the world with Forte Strong.

How they overcome disagreements: Transparency. Despite their differences, they focus on honesty and accept that they will make mistakes along the way and use it as a teaching moment for both the students and parents. They trust one another. “We’re trying to emulate what it means to be a real person. For us not to make mistakes is not realistic. But what we can do is use it (our mistakes) as a teaching moment.” They don’t allow their disagreements to get in the way of their real goals.

Profit: Matt and Brooke discuss the ups and downs of striving to become a profitable company. For 2015, they are possibly considering the non-profit route to help as many families as they possibly can. They are also working towards getting insurance companies to help pay for students’ tuition. By the end of 2015, if they do become a non-profit, and are accepting insurance, it should increase their revenue by about 450%.

Goal for Growth: Forte Strong would like to get to the point where they have a large number in St. George, but not too large that they lose the quality of their service. Once they can maintain the right level of students here, they want to open other programs around the country.

Advice for those thinking about a startup: Have a savings. It’s going to be a risk. Don’t do it alone. Understand where your weaknesses are and find someone who will help you fill in the gaps. Educate yourself as much as possible, read as many books as you can, and talk to as many experts as you can to have a base level of knowledge that will give you the platform to move forward. And don’t be afraid.

Take Away: Forte Strong is a much needed company determined to help change the future generation of men by giving them the tools to overcome their failure to launch.

“What’s the path you want to take? Let’s help you get there.” – Brook Price

Connect With Forte Strong: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Google+ | Youtube

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Blankspaces is a brand of coworking offices in Los Angeles. Since 2008, they have cultivated a community of entrepreneurs and freelancers who share office space to collaborate. From private offices to a communal WorkBar, they have flexible plans for a variety of sizes for any workstyles. Blankspaces also has a variety of meeting room spaces that can be arranged to fit different events needs.

Don't be afraid, you will fail and it's okay, keep plugging away." - David Kressel

David Kressel - Founder/VP at NotaryCam

NotaryCam has completely redefined the notarization process, providing the highest level of security possible, including positive verification as to the originality and integrity of the document to be notarized and absolute assurance the signer and notary are who they say they are. To prevent fraud before it occurs, we visually record the signing session and a personal information questionnaire must be completed by the signer.

Connect With Professor David: Website | Facebook | @Kressel | @NotaryCam

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"Hire slow but fire fast." - Jeremy Dann

Jeremy Dann, Professor of Entrepreneurship at USC Marshall, Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies

Professor Jeremy Dann discusses the top three issues entrepreneurs struggle with. Find out what they are. Professor Dann's work has focused primarily on new product development, creative marketing strategies and effective organizational practices for encouraging innovation.

Highlights: * Company Entrepreneurship * Business Plans * Team Selection * Virtual Teams * Ivory Tower

Ever Gonzalez | Melinda Yeaman | Professor Jeremy Dann

Connect With Professor Dann: Website

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"I see myself as helping my clients leverage the internet and online media" - Dan Lundmark

Dan Lundmark - Principal at Lundmark Newmedia & Co-Founder of Appr.TV

LUNDMARK newmedia integrates solutions for online, print, interactive, and video production. Dan has worked on projects over the years that have included web development, interactive CDs for Sony and Warner Bros. LUNDMARK newmedia has also produced promotional videos, animation workshops at the American Film Institute, and brand ID, print collateral, and online content management systems for Long Beach public schools.

Melinda Yeaman | Dan Lundmark | Ever Gonzalez | Andrew Grossman

Takeaway: * Long Beach, CA * Internet Boom * 3D Printing * New Media * Co-working Space * Air Swimmers * Collaboration & Relationships

Takeaway: "Time can be another form of poverty." - Dan Lundmark

Connect With Dan: Website| LinkedIn | @danboarder

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Award-winning brand consultant developing strategy, identity and digital media solutions for varied clientele. Industries/markets include hi-tech, luxury real estate, resort, online retail and community destinations, content publishing and the arts. Platforms include, digital media, website and mobile applications.

"Members are what really make a co-working space work" - Ted Sieving

Robbie Brown - CEO

Ted Sieving - COO

Work Evolution Laboratories (WE Labs) is Downtown Long Beach's first coworking community: an inspiring environment designed for innovators and influencers. We are homebase for a variety of start-ups, freelancers and entrepreneurs. They enjoy scalable work spaces, and amenities such as high speed internet, coffee, and a live social network of dynamic professionals. Members can bounce ideas off of each other, share resources, gain feedback, and learn from the experience of others.

Melinda Yeaman | Ted Sieving | Robbie Brown | Heidi Fitzgarrald Howard | Ever Gonzalez

Takeaway: "Having a true creative center, somewhere that people can bounce ideas off each other and network is key to survival." - Robbie Brown

Contact with WE Labs: Website| Facebook | @WELabs | @BassinatorBrown | @TedSieving

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Crystal Rose - Co-Founder of Sensay & Founder/Producer of LA Startup Week

Outlier On Air interviews Crystal Rose, Co-Founder of Sensay at the Cross Campus co-working space in Santa Monica, CA. Crystal is actively engaged in thriving technology communities and has more than a decade of experience building, launching and scaling digital products.

Highlights: * Coding as a Teenager * Self Taught HTML * Selling Websites on ebay at 16 * Hackathons * Startup Community * Women in Tech

Connect With Crystal: Sensay.It | LAStartupWeek | @CrystalRose | @Sensay | @LAStartupWeek

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"If you have a failure or a setback your character is defined by how you react to it." - Matthew Benay

Outlier On Air interviews Aaron and Matthew Benay, the screenwriting duo out of Los Angeles, California. Listen as they explain how they got started and what advise they give to other writers and entrepreneurs. You won't want to miss their story about Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia.

Highlights: * Screenwriters * New York * Japanese Mafia * Yakuza * If you want to be a writer, sit down and write * Grit * Failure * National Treasure 3

Takeaway: "The only thing we can control is what WE do" Aaron Benay

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"Every entrepreneur has a streak of stubbornness, they have to." - Alexandra Fleur

Alexandra Fleur - Co-Founder and CEO of Critique^It

Critique^It is a software as a service (SaaS) product that lets users embed text, audio and video feedback on virtually any type of file: Word documents, images, PowerPoint presentations and spreadsheets. Critique^It provides a flexible, cost-effective solution and never-thought-possible technology for peer-review.

Takeaway: "Ask for help. Be open to pulling in as many people into your space as possible and asking for help." Alexandra Fleur

Connect With Alexandra:

Website | @CritiqueIt | Facebook

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"Work on something you’re really passionate about and make it your own" - Robert West

Robert West, better known as RoboBob is an avid gamer who wanted to make games since he was a kid. After a few years in the gaming industry, he set off on his own to create Robotronic Games. He decided to make the type of games that he would love to play. Find out what makes him tick and what's in store for some of his games like Gnomoria.

Highlights: * Bare feet * Work/life balance * Long Beach, CA * Being self taught * Passion * Making a living in gaming * Gnomoria

Connect With Robert: Website | @RoboB0b

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"I believe that if you're passionate about something, you believe in it, you're willing to do whatever it takes to make it happen, it'll work." - Scott Warner

Scott Warner, founder and CEO of Gigg believes that music inspires, motivates, transports and heals us. "Above all, it connects us", he says. Find out why Scott and his team at Gigg are dedicating their time and resources to build the tools that will help artist build their careers. Listen as he discusses building a platform that put artist first.

Scott explains how new ideas keep him up at night. They eat him alive and his "mind becomes a prison at times", he says. Some of the best ideas come in the "wee hours of the morning." As an entrepreneur, can you relate?

Find out if Scott Warner considers himself a success and what it has to do with "tipping of the hat".

Highlights: Helpin artist develop their talents
Online competitions for stage presence
Giving the power back to the artist
Development is crucial
Artifact: The movie
Being a serial entrepreneur
Balancing life
Staying focused
Derek Jeter #2
Gigg launching their own show?

Takeaway: "Focus on the one thing that sets you apart from the rest." - Scott Warner

Connect With Scott: Website | @Gigg | @ScottWarner18 |

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"Even as the business grows it has to keeps the same soul" - Cameron Treu

Cameron Treu, the talented co-owner and pit boss at Bam Bams BBQ explains why being authentic and real in business and in life pays off. Find out why people are willing to pay a higher price at Bam Bams BBQ. Here's a hint, it has to do a lot with Cameron's personality and of course the delicious food. Scott Warner thinks that it's just a matter of time before Bam Bams BBQ dots the map with its brand. Find out how.

Highlights: * BYU * Bronco Mendenhall's Podcast * Networking * Authentic & Real * BBQ is American * Working with a co-founder * BBQ Nachos?

Take Away You have to love what you do to work hard. -Cameron Treu

Connect with Cameron:

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"Brining an antiquated industry into the new world" - Sumant Yerramilly

Sumant Yerramilly and Adam Hua of Syncapart are truly bringing an antiquated industry into the new world. Their company Syncapart is trying to disrupt the entertainment industry by building a platform for entertainers to find their next gig and for recruiters to find talent.

Find out how these entrepreneurs are trying to help others find more work, book more projects, and create more content. Their noble and audacious goal is to help entertainment professionals by providing them data and analytics to improve their ability to find what they need.

TAKE AWAY "It's all about the team and less about the idea" - Adam Hua

Sell then Build!

Connect With Syncapart: Website | Facebook | @Syncapart | @Ampdlife

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"Curling up on the floor on the night before payroll." -Curtis Funk

A Jeep driving, mullet sporting maker of funeral videos.......and that isn't a intro to a joke. This funeral video company advertises in a tiki hut. The biggest bummer of this video was that Curtis trimmed up his noteworthy mullet 2 days before the interview! Curtis Funk has an intriguing front to a very legitimate business with some great insight to a niche business.

Here are some nibbles:

Take the Tukios test!
How quotations broke the whole system
"We are going to kill it.....that's not the right thing to say in this industry"
Find out what "Tukios" means

Highlights: * SasS * Webcasting * Videography * Can you say niche? * Drones * Customer Validation * Marketing Strategy * Payroll

Take Away "I would say we test things more....but we don't" -Curtis Funk

SELL. DESIGN. BUILD.

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Website
LinkedIn

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"If you are reacting, you are too late." -Alex Doman

Famous last words, "We thought we would build it and they would come." Dun dun dun. Founder and CEO of Advanced Brain Technologies, Alex Doman has some sage advice when it comes to mobile health technology.

Highlights: * Track and Treat * Research Bias * Scalability * Timing of market entry * Healthy Sound Practices * Mobile Health Technology * Research Bias

Take Away Listen to your customers through engagement

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Website
Twitter
Twitter - Advanced Brain Technologies
Twitter- Sleep Genius App

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"It turns out that it's really hard to start a business" -Trevor McKendrick

This is a guy every parent would be proud of, he got a college degree and landed a solid job until he ditched it all to be an entrepreneur where he made $0.25 a day! "It turns out it's really hard to start a business" says Trevor. Now he has figured it out and he explains how he found a hole in the market and created a solid company.

Highlights: * Time vs. Investment * Audible * Itunes * USTAR Mentor * Outsourcing * Apps * Solidarity * Blogging

Take Away "Know what your company needs to be." - Trevor McKendrick

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Website
Twitter

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"A rising tide floats all boats "

Melinda Yeaman interviews Shalae Larsen and Mark Morris who believe in social-preneurship. Interestingly, these two are both architects who decided to work together but not with each other. Shalae and Mark run a co-working space called WorkHive in downtown SLC where they run their own landscape architect companies as well as offer others a uniques and cozy working space to run their own companies.

Highlights: * Portfolios Online * Social Media * Generating referrals * Social-preneurship * Organizational culture * Coworking space

Take Away

"We don't feel like we are working, we feel like we are saving the WORLD!" -Shalae Larsen

"Everyone hates numbers, but the fact is they work." -Mark Morris

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Mark:
Email
Website
Twitter

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"This is the way the process has always been, but it should be different."- Randall Bennett

"You never feel like you are successful....the gap always widens", this may be daunting but Randall tells it straight. We interviewed this Vidpresso founder on a day that he was feeling the pressure of making a large decision. He says there are days that he feels like "if we fail, it's all my fault." Now, don't get me wrong, this episode is not a downer, Randall is realistic about some of the challenges but he also has some great insight and suggestions about how he wades through his challenges.

This is a great episode to listen to especially if you are curious about accelerators. Just like the founder of Pinterest, Randall went through the Y Combinator program and he has some very specific advice you will want to hear.

Highlights: * Full Stack * Broadcasting * Accelerators * Y Combinator * Software * Competition

Take Away "People who are obsessed build a better product." -Randall Bennett

Randall's outlook on competition: "Just because they are successful doesn't mean we can't be."

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"To help a business, share as much as you can." -Jordan Avner

We sit down with Jordan and Nate of Corporate Group Buy to discuss unique ways in which they provides promotional products for groups.

Highlights: * Warehouse purchasing * Brand Management * Customer Acquisition * Promotional products * White Label Affiliates

Take Away The secret sauce is in pre-selling

Connect With Jordan: Jordan Avner Email
Nate Hall Email
Twitter

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Listen as much as you speak

It's so annoying how Instagram crops all your pics, I wish someone would fix that. Oh wait, someone did! Meet Omar, Eddy, and Hector from Instasize. Seriously, they are some cool guys. We could have hung out with these guys all day. Not only are these guys cool, but they know what they're talking about as well. Listen as we discuss building an apps, toothbrush subscriptions, and mamas (oh yeah, they went there!)

Highlights: * Mobile App development * Outsourcing * Ads * What to do if someone copies your name * Zombie Apps * Twitter Strategy

Take Away

The secret to it all: Solve a problem, keep it simple, and make it pretty

References:

Instasize
Instasize Video
Trainsmart

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Website

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"My goal in life is to make as much money as my employees." -Matt Sutherland

So, this guy is not big on titles but he is the co-founder of a design and development company called HQ. Out of all the people we have interviewed, this is probably the guy to work for based on his genuine concern for his employees. Matt says that in regard to scaling a service based business, "we can grow as fast as we have people." Make sure to listen in to hear a strategy Matt uses to mine talent.

Highlights: * Mining Talent * Scaling Issues * Questions to ask employees * User experience * User Interface * Management strategy * Organizational Culture

Take Away "Don't grow too fast, make sure you have the processes in place. If you don't have those processes you will buckle." -Matt Sutherland

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Website
LinkedIn

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"I'm a driver, a goer, a pusher, and I am not going to change that." -Alex Lawrence

Often entrepreneurs renounce the benefit of formal academics, but Alex sees the value in both. Alex is like a double agent because he is a legitimate entrepreneur but he is also works with Weber State University. Who makes it as an entrepreneur and then goes back for a Ph.D? Often entrepreneurs renounce the benefit of formal academics, but Alex sees the value in both.

Highlights: * Raising Money * Private vs. Public Sector * Economic Development * Grants * Co working Space

Take Away Something that Alex remembers from his grandfather has stuck with him in business:

"The more people you take to the top, the faster you get there and the longer you will stay."

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Website
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LinkedIn

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"The more I learn, the less I know" Albert Einstein

Do you know what you get when you Google "Sarah Young and Rock Your Block"? You can easily happen upon a picture of her wearing a Scoopie the ice cream cone mascots costume! Yes ladies and gentleman, she was a giant ice cream cone. In her youth Sarah had many jobs, including working at a burger and custard joint called Culver's, which is where some of her passion originated from as she dreamt up the idea of Rock Your Block.

Highlights:

Coping with burnout
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Labeling Theory
Street Trade

Take Away

Become an expert in your field
Fully understand the problem that you are trying to solve

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"The magic answers to success are buried in the brains of the customer" -John Richards

This interview is all about the things that investors are wishing you knew. Are you asking the right questions to get legitimate customer validation? John walks us through specific strategies to get it right. Are you solving a problem in the world that is a monetizable pain? Listen to this podcast and ask yourself some hard questions; You will be glad you did.

Highlights: * Customer Validation * Seed Funds * Angel Investors * Accelerators * MVP (Minimum Viable Product) * How to ask the right questions for validation * Token validation vs. legitimate

Take Aways

"Iteratively extracting customer sediment is essential to actual optimal customer validation and the development of a great business model."

"A lot of success comes from good old fashion sales."

"The act of parting with money is the ultimate validation!"

"If investors are not interested in your idea, it's because you have not shown them any traction and you have not properly communicated your vision."

-John Richards

Connect With John: LinkedIn

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"Hey, closed mouths do not get fed"

I think he just said that "Gary Vaynerchuck is the Jay-Z or the Puffy of the media world." This is a fun energetic listen that really gives some great insight to finding mentors and making introductions, even if you are not an entrepreneur in the music business. James shares with Melinda how hard it was to let go of his great corporate job with Random House and how he has learned from people he never thought he could meet.

Highlights: * How to make introductions * Startup Weekend * Random House, Inc * Hip Hop & Tech * Putting things out to the world

Take Away "One of my biggest failures in life was believing in myself. Believing in my abilities and believing that I could figure it out." -James Lopez

"Hey, the world is yours and it's really up to you with what you do with it" -James Lopez

"That's always the next step, how to you expand the foundation." - James Lopez

References: SXSW

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Website
Twitter
Blog
Event

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"The fortune is in the follow-up"

Skylar Topham is currently the co-founder of smartclinic.io, a software in the works that will help hearing practitioners run a far more efficient practice. He’s an avid reader and a surfer living 450 miles inland. While most are keeping up with the Kardashians, and listening to Maclamore, he’s reading to stay current in his craft (sales and marketing) and drives around pumpin' podcasts. He and his small team also work for a handful of companies, helping them overhaul their digital experience. His teams most recent win was taking an existing business and increasing its revenue by over $200,000 in three months. His credo? Clarity is king.

Highlights: 4 ways to increase revenue 1. Raising your prices.

present 3 options
2x 5x 10x pricing
Peep Laja: Pricing Experiments You Might Not Know, But Can Learn From
Increasing average transaction size. Try to get each customer to purchase more.
Study a carwash (tire shine, matt clean, undercarriage)
Costco
Godaddy's checkout
Increasing the frequency of transactions per customer.

Service industries (call loop) (email)

Infusionsoft
Increasing the number of customers. (hardest to do)

Take Away 1. Value Creation

Every successful business creates something of value.

Constantly ask, what do they really want?
Marketing

Offering value isn’t enough. If no one knows (or cares) about what you have to offer, it doesn’t matter how much value you create.

Proudly exclude some people
Organize your outreach > Build a media list > people with your audience
Present a clear message that provokes emotion. (good writing)
Give something away your audience really wants in exchange for their information.
Sales

Every successful business ultimately sells what it has to offer.

Same Side Selling (entice, disarm, discover)

IMPACTFUL ARTICLES, VIDEOS and WEBSITES THAT INSPIRE Marketing Mike Del Ponte - Hacking Kickstarter: How to Raise $100,000 in 10 Days (The process I personally use to market anything)
Derek Sivers - How to Call Attention to Your Music (This PDF was written with musicians in mind. However, it applies to all)
Josh Kaufman - Personal MBA (Marketing) (It’s simple until you complicate it)

Writing Jason Fried (My Hero) - Why Is Business Writing So Awful?
Amy Hoy - How I Increased Conversion 2.4x with Better Copywriting
Dollar Shave Club - Dollarshaveclub.com
You Need to Budget - YouNeedaBudget
Jellyvision - makeover-letter-state-farm

Sales Launch Leads (the fortune in the follow-up)
Same Side Selling (the sales methodology I follow)
Predictable Revenue (learn how a sales funnel should work)

1 most effective form of b2b lead generation Personal MBA (Sales)

Systems Michael Gerger - The E-Myth Revisited
Sam Carpenter - Work The System

BOOKS Jay Abraham - Getting Everything You Can Out of All You've Got (Maybe my favorite book ever. Read many times. Incredibly rich)
Derek Sivers - Anything You Want
Josh Kaufman - Personal MBA
Og Mandino - The Greatest Salesman in the World I listen to “The Scroll Marked VI” when self doubt begins to take over.

Websites with high conversion rates (copy 'em) Groove
Simple
YouNeedaBudget (favorite writing style)
How To Make A $1,000 A Month Business

My Conversion Mentor Peep Laja: Conversionxl

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Website
Twitter

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Work The System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less (Revised third edition, 4th printing, September 1, 2014)

The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business

Anything You Want

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

Getting Everything You Can Out of All You've Got: 21 Ways You Can Out-Think, Out-Perform, and Out-Earn the Competition

Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into a Sales Machine with the $100 Million Best Practices of Salesforce.com

The Greatest Salesman in the World

"This is the moment we pivot" - Jill Stanton on Failure

"If we build a vague audience eventually someone will buy something" -NOT! Jill tells us this was their "jaw-dropping failure" that caused them to pivot and create the process that began making them 10 grand a month in a year and a half. This fun couple enjoy location freedom by using a process for affiliate marketing that they developed together. Listening to Joshua and Jill is worth the time to figure out how they personally decided to screw the nine to five. Also, listen to find out what the "wake up sweaty test" is!

Start with Affiliate Marketing 101 by listening to Bret Grow

Basic Outline:

Find that product! Keyword Research Build the website/write content Rank on page one of Google Highlights:

Multi-product review marketing Keyword research Authority Sites Google Keyword Planner Tool Competitive Analysis Search Engine Optimization Ranking on Google Keeping your visitors on your page Guest Posting Outsourcing Driving Links Direct Affiliate Sites Amazon Affiliate Individual Affiliate Program Private Affiliate Program Take Away

Joshua tells us that a person creating a 4 page site can expect $500 a month on average. Success is dependent on:

How much you want to work How many links you want to drive How competitive your niche is References:

Share a Sale Offer Shot Market Health Commission Junction Click Bank

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Email Website Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook

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"Feeling the fear, but doing it anyway"

Martha Stewart's stalker decided to interview with us! Okay, so not really a stalker, but Claudine Hellmuth was determined to get on Martha's show. This girl has tenacity and she shares her story of TV, licensing, webinars, blogs, and how she made it all work. Not only is this a fun episode to listen to, but there is a lot of insight into passive income streams and how to capture your audience.

Highlights:

Passive Income Streams

How to get on TV

Makers & Artists

Licensing

Product Testing

Royalties

Selling online

Teaching others

Online Workshops

Take Away

"The way I thought it was going to happen was not the way it actually happened, but I kinda believe in helping things along with intentions to make things happen in your life." -Claudine Hellmuth

In regards to failure: "Allow yourself that time to sort of lick your wounds, but know you are gunna get back in the saddle again and keep going because that's what differentiates the people that make it from the people that don't. It's really just the tenacity to keep going." -Claudine Hellmuth

References made by Claudine:

Decor8

Sweetopia

Shopify

Creative Live

Connect With Claudine:

Website

Blog

Twitter

Facebook

Etsy Shop

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"I always lead with value and I just don't ask for anything"

DontJustMakeUpYourOwnHashTags

Let's boil this down, according to Anthony Tran, people like to do business with people. It doesn't seem like rocket science to understand that creating value to help others is just good business . The question is, HOW do you help people through social media? Seriously, how do you reach your global audience on a personal level? Listening to this podcast, Anthony has some great insight and specific, proven habits that have brought him success that you will want to hear.

Highlights:

Understanding Hashtags

Google Hangouts

Livestream on YouTube

Webinars

Mastermind Groups

Podcasting

Facebook Ads

Social Media Marketing

Take Away

"Everything I put out, I try to put my best foot forward." -Anthony Tran

References made by Anthony:

RiteTag

Webinar Jam

Hashtags.org

Gary Vaynerchuk

Owen Soba

Connect With Anthony:

Email

Twitter

Website

Facebook

LinkedIn

Blog

Pinterest

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"I never really though of mobile devices being controlled by IT, but that's the exact route that Google is using."

Are you walking around with a shattered iPhone screen because you would rather wait for the new one rather than repair it? This podcast is serving up piping hot updates on the new iPhone screen and much more.

Highlights:

Sapphire

Corning

Google

Iphone 6 updates

More from Jason:

http://www.idoidevices.com/

http://www.imthemobile.guru/

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"About 90% of businesses are still dealing with people in person in brick and mortar type businesses. This is really, in our opinion, a lacking of information around that."

How can it be that 50% of businesses don't have a website!? In today's market, brick and mortar businesses need to understand the basics of what it takes to manage their online presence. This is easier said than done, I would venture to say that most businesses know they need to have a website, but they think it's expensive and perhaps they don't even know where to start. David helps prioritize your online needs, gives some tips about the best sites for free website building, and gives an education on terminology. Listening to this podcast will give you a knowledge base about website building, search engines, how to get started, and tips on what tools are the best to use.

Highlights: * Leveraging Location * DIY Website Builders * Banner Ads * Linking From Other Sites * Pay Per Click * Google Paid Results * Linking in Directories * Managing Reviews * Search Engine Optimization (SEO) * Google+ * Organic Search Results

Take Away Get your website up and going!

References made by David: Weebly
Wix
SquareSpace
Wordpress
GoDaddy
Google+
InformTrades

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Website
Twitter
LinkedIn

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"If I loved myself more, I would have left a long time ago."

Jill Hunt is a genuine, altruistic, hardworking person that learned a hard lesson. She tells us about her unexpected leap into entrepreneurship and what she has learned along the way.

Highlights: * Direct Mail Marketing * Print Advertising * Sales * Bullying * Conflict in the workplace * Facing Challenges * Target Goals

Take Away "I marked my "bully boss" with and "X" on the day that I quit. I don't wish him any ill-will. I want him to finish the race as well, but I want to beat him to the finish line. I want to be there surrounded by the people I helped alone the way, not by the people I pushed down just to be able to finish the race." - Jill Hunt

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Facebook
Website
LinkedIn

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"It's not just about starting a business, it's a mindset." -Stephen Warley

Stop ignoring it. You know what I am talking about. That idea that keeps haunting your brain. Stephen Warley says to tell yourself, "It is possible. No matter how many people around you, that say your idea is crazy. If you can't stop thinking about it and you are so excited about it, you have to honor that." In this podcast, Stephen shares themes that he has discovered in his own podcast that will help you decide if you are meant to be an entrepreneur and how to ensure success.

Highlights: * Gateway Organization * Self-awareness * Emotional Triggers * Motivational Triggers * Idea Journal * Habits

Take Away Don't have a to-do list, have a daily list of habits and check them off as you go. Honor your habits!

References made by Stephen:

Blue Ocean Strategy

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Twitter
Website
Stitcher
itunes
Facebook

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"Traction is the only thing that matters, everything else is an anecdote we tell our mothers."-Seth Talbott

"I don't fall into that category of motivational posters with bullcrap statements at the bottom" says Seth Talbott. That's right, Seth cuts through the fluff with a call to practicality. He helps us recognize when a great idea is a terrible business. Then explore how to whittle down your ideas, survey your customer, and "attack the things that you know are going to screw you".

"Know when someone is blowing smoke, starting with yourself" -Seth Talbott

Highlights: * Scaling * Must be able to articulate your idea * How discern polite responses and genuine interest * Don't let a competitor "eat your lunch" * Qualifying * Quantifying * Testing * Validating * The dangers of undervaluing labor costs * Surveying

Take Away: "If you are really committed to being an entrepreneur, you have to be willing to abandon your idea, kick it, shoot it, and find something else. You've got to be willing to abandon the idea in your pursuit of finding a successful business. Be willing to pivot, be willing to abandon, and find the best ideas to build a business around." - Seth Talbott

References made by Seth: Preferling

Connect With Seth: Twitter
Website
LinkedIn

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"It's only theory until you have proof that your customer agrees with it." - Curtis Howe

Alright startups, grab your pencil and a few sticky notes because it's time to make a business canvas. That's right, making a business plan is probably a waste of your time. This podcast is a valuable listen for anyone who is in the beginning phases of their business and anyone looking for more information on accelerators. Curtis Howe talks us through the differences between a business plan and a business canvas. Something to appreciate about this interview is that Curtis has recently gone through an accelerator himself and he has many personal experiences and associations with successes and failures. The real world application of the content that Curtis shares creates a valuable listen for any startup.

Highlights: * Accelerators * Facebook * Founders * Mentors * Boom Startup * Social Media * Business Plans * Mentorship Whiplash * Customer Validation * Customer Feedback * Reverse engineer your competitors canvas * Advice for getting into an accelerator

Take Away

“Some of the best mentors you can ever have are paying customers." -Curtis Howe

References made by Curtis:

Business Model Generation
Business Model Toolbox - Itunes
Business Model Toolbox - Android
Lean Launch Lab

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Website
Twitter
LinkedIn

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"Keep things as simple as possible"

Self-proclaimed "plant geek", Braden Hancock discusses his crowd funding strategy in a non-metropolitan area. One of the challenges with launching his Indiegogo campaign was that a large part of the community he is trying to reach is not necessarily familiar with the concept of online fundraising. A solution to this challenge was to launch his fundraiser with a live event. Somehow in the midst of the discussion there is talk of cockroach spotlighting, just saying.

Highlights: * Crowd-funding * IRS Exemptions * Fundraising * Indigogo vs kickstarter * Getting News Coverage * Elevator Pitch

Take Away

"Sometimes it's better to let go". Don't get so fixated on something that you lose sight of what really matters.

References made by Braden:
The Boiling Springs in the news
Indiegogo Page

Connect With Braden: Email
The Boiling Springs
Botanical Designs

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"How far can I push this?"

This interview is loaded! Seriously, check out the highlights on this one for a glimpse into the things Brandon Kennington shares with Outlier on Air. Outlier initially wanted to interview Brandon because he was a successful inventor and we felt like he could give valuable insight to creating, patenting, and marketing a new product. However, this interview exceeded our expectations.

So, most of us do not hold a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue like Brandon has, but there are many out there who get married and then buy a puppy together, right? I know I did. Brandon briefly tells us the story of how his successful Porch Potty came to be, but then he gets right down to business. According to Brandon, his greatest accomplishment was creating the system that makes his invention a success. Success is in the system.

Highlights:

Selling products through catalogs like SkyMall

Automating/Creating and scaling systems

Should you work for a corporation for awhile?

Pricing experiences and strategy

Why you shouldn't be scared of the competition

Patents - Unique explanation and strategy

Provisional patent versus utility patent

MVP -Minimum Viable Product

When to get financing

Cautions against retail

Steps to selling directly to the consumer

Perceived Value

Premium products

Valuing yourself

Cost per acquisition

Product Fulfillment

Is it possible to scale without hiring?

Take Away

Be interested in everything. Anything is possible, if it's not it will be in 6 months! The hardest part is starting, then just keep moving forward.

References made by Brandon:

The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss

The E-Myth Manager: Why Management Doesn's Work - and What to Do About It by: Michael E. Gerber

ShipWire: Order fulfillment for E-Commerce

Amazon Fullfillment

Connect With Brandon:

Email

PorchPotty.com

DrenchedFitness.com

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The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

"A vision without traction is merely a hallucination" - Jeffery E. Garten, The Mind of a CEO

Craig Andrews starts us off talking about pie. That's a pretty sweet way to start. It is apparent that Craig is a master of creating processes, even in this podcast, because he supplies charts, lists, analogies, tests, and catchy phrases. We also find that he is the king of business acronyms! Here are a few he mentions:

IDS -ing : Identification Disscussion Solve SBA: Shared By All KIS: Keep It Simple FBA: Followed By All

Here is how Craig cuts his pie, slice by slice:

Slice 1: Vision -United Core Values Slice 2: People Component Slice 3: Data-Getting past the subjective Slice 4: Issues List - Get good at solving problems Slice 5: Processes -Consistency Slice 6: Traction

After getting a taste of pie, Craig suggests that you ponder these questions:

Do you have established Core Values?
What is the niche of the business and what are you trying to achieve?
What is the ten year target?
What is the market strategy for this business?
What is the three year picture?
What is the one year picture?
What are those quarterly "rocks" (Thing you HAVE to get done each quarter)?
Have you made an issues list?

Highlights: * Systems * Processes * Organisational culture * Core Values * Hiring System * Infographics

References made by Craig: DiSC Assessment Good to Great by: Jim Collins E-Myth by: Michael E. Gerber

Connect With Craig:
435.673-9895
craig@tabsunv.com
Website

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"It's not weakness, it's just not the best leverage of my gifts"

Is this guy really lucky or is he on to something? Take a listen and get to know Brad and how he went from being broke to flying on a private plane and bringing in 4 million dollars worth of deals, all within 30 days. Seriously, how does that happen?! Brad says, "I was crazy, almost reckless...It probably was reckless, but worth it."

Brad has created his own ideology centered around understanding yourself and creating value. Oftentimes we all get caught up in our business, but do we step back to genuinely understand ourselves? Brad Harker is writing the book on this topic, literally. Look out for his book to come out soon because I would wager to say that a guy with $400 million in career sales knows a thing or two about finding a successful niche, and that's worth reading.

Highlights: * Sales * Mentors * Real Estate * Expectations * Mastermind Group * When to completely dive in * Dream/Vision Boards * Finding your niche

Core Attributes

Motivation -Find your niche and what drives you
Social Aptitude - People skills, empathy
Initiative - Steps of action
Emotional Fortitude - Dealing with feedback, learning from mistakes

Take Away "If we are truly passionate and we are aligned with our natural dispositions, our odds of success are immeasurably greater." -Brad Harker

Connect With Brad: Email
Linkedin
Personal Website
Star West Website
Founders Inc Website

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Deldelp Medina, founder and CEO of a Latina focused accelerator, discusses how non-techie individuals can integrate intro tech geared business.

As an entrepreneur and founder of Providence Holdings, Inc and HuddleWoo, Will Zell illustrates the importance of developing relationships. He outlines key behaviors and action steps to creating strategic opportunities which will make or break your startup. Will shares his life changing experience of speaking at the White House as an honored member of the Empact100 list. He explains how he got there and just how pivotal quality relationships were to getting him there.

Ray Buttars shares the story of his transition from a successful banker to an author, speaker and coach who helps incorporate the 4 keys into the lives of people who are looking for true fulfillment. These keys are outlined in Ray’s upcoming book Permission to Live.

In celebration of our 100th episode, we at Outlier reach out to keep you informed and to connect with you further. Melinda Yeaman introduces the Outlier founding team, gives a recap of the highlights of our first 9 months in business, and gives you a peek at some exciting upcoming plans for our entrepreneurs.

Outlier visits coworking space, Work in Progress in downtown Las Vegas. COO Josh Bowden sits down with Melinda Yeaman and discusses the beginning, growth and now established breeding ground for innovative startups.

As the founder ofCrowd Siren, Lauralie Lee Ezra has a team and a full suite of branding clients. In this interview with Melinda Yeaman, she talks about how Crowd Siren came to be and what the early, less stable days were like. She shares lessons learned as well as great tips to remember when founding and growing a grass roots company.

Dominique Piotet is the Owner and Chief Rebel at Rebellion Lab, a digital strategy consulting company. Dominique gives us a behind the scenes look at his team and the services his business offers.

JobHive is a tech startup based in downtown Las Vegas inside the Work in Progress co-working space. Co-founders Jared Fuller and Brian Beckman welcomed us in for an impromptu interview. They gathered the whole team and explained the innovative ways they are changing up the job search process to be much more effective and forward thinking. The fire and passion they had for this vision was bursting out of them. This is the energy that we love to experience from startups.

Outlier traveled to Las Vegas to get to know Trikke Las Vegas. Entrepreneur, Fred Welch gives Melinda Yeaman the details of what Trikke is all about: fun, fitness and green transportation all in one foldable package. Personal mobility and transportation has never been better. Just step on, twist the throttle and go.

Kimberly Bordonaro of Brandspiration presented at Outlier Labs co-working space in Southern Utah. Named by The Huffington Post as one of the top 4 personal branding experts, Kimberly gives entrepreneurs a fresh perspective on branding by teaching exactly how the superstars do it. Don’t miss the video to this presentation as well as the bonus video with Kimberly on OutlierMagazine.co.

Author, consultant and speaker, Jeff Olsen, sits down with Melinda Yeaman and relates the experiences which motivated his two books “I Knew Their Hearts” and “Beyond Mile Marker 80”. He shares the tragic story of the automobile accident that took his wife, young son and his leg but left him with a near death experience that changed his perspective forever. His story of rebuilding is an inspiring one. Jeff’s resilience and hope is what all of us must face if we are to succeed.

Serial entrepreneur Scott Warner interviews with Melinda Yeaman. He discusses his 4 diverse companies, how they generate revenue and how he balances them successfully. As CEO of Gigg.com, Scott opens doors for true fans of music and aspiring artists through the company’s social media platform. Through Gigg’s talent discovery medium, Scott is able to find the best musicians on the planet. Gigg was recently named one of the Top Ten Start-ups of 2013 at SXSW by Complex Tech.

Michael Lee of Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy interviews with Melinda Yeaman. He teaches how the body is directly connected with our mind and how being in tune with it will increase clarity, focus and decision making in our business.

Outlier Magazine heads to Las Vegas to visit the home office of tech startup Fluencr. In this interview, Melinda Yeaman speaks with Gerome Sapp former NFL player, Harvard Business School graduate and co-founder of Fluencr. Gerome details the product and discusses interesting points about the first year in business. Be sure to visit outliermagazine.co for the bonus video tour of the Fluencr offices.

Daliah Saper of Saper Law Offices gives Melinda Yeaman the lowdown on legal issues we should be aware of when doing business online. As an entrepreneur herself, she understands the questions and issues involved in starting a business. She discusses trademarks and gives valuable insight to new businesses about how to protect themselves from future legal problems. She teaches about what is legal when it comes to content sharing, running contests and sweepstakes and how to deal with negative reviews. Don’t miss Daliah’s key take away which will help you move forward confidently in your business.

Career expert Dr. CK Bray brings you the techniques he uses to coach executives in top level companies around the world in this interview with Melinda Yeaman. As a PhD in Organizational & Adult Development, Dr. Bray gives us insights on how to navigate to a fulfilling career in today’s unstable world. To do this, he is leading “The Career Revolution”, an initiative to help others to achieve their most fulfilling career. He gives specific advice on steps that we can take, including creating a career action plan for ourselves. Each entrepreneur, wantrepreneur, employee and business owner will benefit from being introduced to Dr. Bray’s actionable, fresh and energetic approach to career bliss.

Serial Entrepreneur Dan Novaes wants to convince you to take the risk, and dive into entrepreneurship. Listen in as Dan talks about his countless startups, and what he learned from the challenges of bootstrapping.

Entrepreneur Rik Logtenberg is a major advocate for social responsibility. He has a long history of using business to make a positive impact on the world. Rik’s latest venture is Timely, a seamless calendaring software focused on creating a community around you product. Listen in as Rik teaches how to create a gathering place for our communities.

Niki Warner’s passion for her business as a fourth generation greenhouse grower shines through in this interview with Melinda Yeaman. Niki’s passion is what brought her back to her roots as an adult and motivated her to become an entrepreneur and found Botanicals, Inc. She discusses a different take on ROI, the concept of human capital, and why we should spend our lives building a legacy around our passion. Plants play a large role in this conversation and become an analogy to communicate the life and energy we feel when we live and work true to our passion.

Jeff Poulton, seasoned entrepreneur and founder of Rocketmade, shares his passion and his mission to help create a visible STEM community in his area. As an app development company, Rocketmade is at the center of the tech scene and is deeply involved in stimulating its growth. Melinda Yeaman asks Jeff about his experience as a serial entrepreneur and asks Jeff to share his valuable insight for startups who are interested in developing an app.

Allan Staker, serial entrepreneur and Harvard grad, shares his past business experiences and what to expect the second time around. He is the founder of Brain Chase, an interactive summer learning program in the format of a global treasure hunt. Clues are given during a weekly animated series. The game ends with the winner flying to a location to dig up and keep the real treasure.

In this interview with Melinda Yeaman, Allan digs into the details of this TechEd product, related challenges and the passion he has for fun and education.

Ray Paré is the founder of Dofahn Inc., a home décor company for dog owners whose e-commerce site sells quality products that are made in America. In this interview with Melinda Yeaman, Ray dives into e-commerce and the benefits of manufacturing products in the U.S.A. He gives valuable insights on starting and running an e-commerce business in a competitive environment as well as how to provide a quality experience for your clients and build amazing relationships with manufacturers to achieve success.

Luca is living at the intersection of design and development, of creativity and ingenuity, of digital innovation and the physical world.

Today he designs mobile experiences for a curious generation with his company Curious Hat. For the past 30 years Luca has been creating digital images, writing code, exploring and designing new creative tools. For the 17 years prior, he worked at PDI/DreamWorks In helping bring digital characters like Shrek to life.

Steve is one of the founders of Identity Marketing, an Australian agency which works exclusively with real estate agencies in to help them accelerate their growth through marketing and business systems. He breaks down the nuts and bolts of email marketing in particular. In this interview with Melinda Yeaman, he discusses tools, strategies, and how to keep consistency in email marketing.

Vanessa DiMauro, founder of leader networks, introduces social business. Her company helps organizations build relationships with their key stakeholders through social business strategies. In this interview with Melinda Yeaman, she covers the differences between implementing social business strategies and general social media marketing.

Millionaire, Entrepreneur and Author, JV Crum III is passionate about helping others to succeed by finding fulfillment in life and in business...and he wants to help them make millions doing it. His new book, The Conscious Millionaire, is a guide to doing just that, complemented with online resources and full of action items to accomplish this goal. JV discusses what elements build a fulfilling business. He discusses grasping the vision that will bring fulfillment and defines what steps are needed in order to make that vision a reality.

Part 2 of conversation with Silicon Valley tech and media veteran Peter Horan. He shares with Melinda Yeaman insights learned throughout his years leading several profitable, high profile companies. His experience spanning five major tech and media revolutions serves him well today as an investor. He graciously shares with entrepreneurs his insights in this two-part interview.

Silicon Valley tech and media veteran Peter Horan shares with Melinda Yeaman insights learned throughout his years leading several profitable, high profile companies. His experience spanning five major tech and media revolutions serves him well today as an investor. He graciously shares with entrepreneurs his insights in this two-part interview.

Firecracker Kimberly Bordonaro wants to help you "Find your Awesome Within." A Personal Branding expert, Kimberly Bordonaro teaches us how to have a Personality popping brand with her own flare.

Curious Hat is an app development company whose team lives and works from various parts of the world. Virtual companies, or cloud companies, such as this one are common and many are thriving. Founder, Erwan Maigret, chats with Melinda Yeaman and mentors entrepreneurs on what it takes to run a company in the cloud. He gives us the lowdown on the benefits, cautions and important points to remember when building a cloud company.

Networking expert Paul Hatch of Corporate Alliance teaches us why knowing people isn't influence. Listen in as Paul Hatch teaches us how to create influence within our relationships.

Carol Whitaker is the author of "Ridiculously Happy! The Secret to Manifesting the Life & Body of Your Dreams". Carol is a highly sought after Happiness Expert, Life Transformation Expert and Lifestyle Fitness Mentor, she is well-known for the amazing transformations she creates in her clients’ lives. Carol is dedicated to empowering men and women around the world to love and believe in themselves fully. Carol is a Media Expert and Motivational Speaker and Mentor, she is passionate about inspiring and motivating people all over the globe to become empowered to enable them to manifest the life and body of their dreams.

Marketing legend, Neil Patel, teaches us why failure is actually one of our greatest tools for success. Listen in as he teaches us how to drive traffic, make sales, and succeed by learning from our mistakes.

Scott Duffy is a charismatic and positive entrepreneur who has accomplished amazing success. He shares lessons learned from working with fantastic people like Tony Robbins and Richard Branson. He also previews us on his new book, "Launch! 90 Days from Big Idea to Market".

Entrepreneur, Inventor Larry Robertson helps inventors become a success. Listen in as he tells us why "good" is no longer "good enough."

Tyler Price is no stranger to failure, but the success of Austin Kade Academy has been a major achievement for him and his wife, Allison. Tyler's newest venture, Be the Maven, offers a mobile app solution for his niche and by design will be customized in the future to other micro businesses. Tyler discusses openly his strategy for the development of this product, as well as sound principles that he has learned from his career. As a bonus, Tyler's recent TEDx talk, The Importance of Failure, is available on the show notes page of this interview at outliermagazine.co.

Designer and Entrepreneur Adam Rue teaches us the importance of simplicity in business. He argues that making things simple can be harder than complex.

Andreas Hougaard Laustsen is a young, vibrant and highly educated entrepreneur and co-founder of two biotech companies. He shares with Melinda Yeaman the struggles, benefits and lessons learned as a young entrepreneur and how to use youth to your advantage.

James Woosley, entrepreneur, business coach and author of the book "Conquer the Entrepreneur’s Kryptonite", discusses with Melinda Yeaman how to create a powerful vision. He discusses his book which outlines 9 key steps to creating an actionable vision and encourages us to repeat these steps quarterly. He also shares an exclusive giveaway for the Outlier audience. Pick that up before April 15, 2014 in order to be included in a drawing for one-on-one coaching time.

Entrepreneur Carol Mortarotti wants to help you become an expert, and an entrepreneur. Listen in as she teaches us how.

Publicity was a must for founder Christina Daves as she grew her niche business, CastMedic Designs. After successfully handling her own publicity and appearing on the Dr. Oz show, she founded the company PR for Anyone, also publishing a book by the same title. In this interview with Melinda Yeaman, Christina shares useful tips on how to publicize your own business without getting overwhelmed. She also shares her secret to booking television appearances and building valuable relationships with important media contacts.

Business Coach Ia Jimenez teaches us how to harness the power of belief in entrepreneurship. Listen in as she talks about managing your "emotional agreements" and building your personal brand.

Dr. jared Dupree holds an MBA and PhD, is the founder of 2 thriving businesses and works for Northcentral University. He has been teaching entrepreneurship for over a decade and shares his extensive research and experience in this interview with Melinda Yeaman. Dr. DuPree outlines 5 key phases of innovation and discusses what it takes to innovate with passion and to achieve success.

Reed Slack is a major advocate for Social Entrepreneurship. With a wealth of experience in Africa helping combat human trafficking, Reed wants to impress upon us the need to take social responsibility in entrepreneurship.

Sean Prewitt, entrepreneur and founder of Registered Agent Solutions, Inc (RASI) shares his expertise from 13 years of success.

Francis Pedraza, entrepreneur and founder of the Everest goal tracking app, discusses with Melinda how to handle uncertainty and ambiguity in the startup process. After 3 years in the tech startup space, Francis discusses his initial "youthful overconfidence" which, over time and through adversity, transformed into a perspective of learning. He makes the point that a good entrepreneur accepts ambiguity and thrives in spite of it.

Mike Whitmore is an All-Star at both online and in person networking. Listen in as he teaches us how to us the G.A.P. method in networking like a Champ.

As a former corporate executive and current entrepreneur, Nicia shares her experience with crowdfunding her product, Jakket, using Kickstarter.

Co-Hosts Mike Sheffield & Melinda Yeaman take a timeout to talk about the best goal setting techniques to help move you forward.

Arturo Nava is the founder of Marketealo and an immigrant entrepreneur. He tells his story and gives valuable perspective to others who are pursuing their American Dream.

Michael R. Drew has helped champion 79 consecutive Best Selling books with Promote a Book. Listen is as he teaches us about publishing a best seller, and how to succeed in entrepreneurship.

Entrepreneur Rick Day relates how the knowledge he possesses now could have cut 17 years of building his business down to 5 years. His history starting, growing and selling businesses successfully affords him a fulfilling lifestyle and a burning desire to help others learn what he already knows. Engage with Rick to learn how to drastically decrease your learning curve.

Gaydon Leavitt is disrupting the status quo of the marketing industry. He is the President and CEO of Innovation Simple, a marketing agency that is known for their 5 pillars of marketing: strategy, identity, media, leads & software. Listen in as Gaydon teaches us about using intuition & numbers to make your business thrive.

Owen Soba, a native New Yorker and entrepreneur, brings his passion and no nonsense approach to the table in this interview. In this interview with Melinda Yeaman, Owen addresses the challenge of dealing with excuses, a common struggle. Listen to Owen discuss common excuses and the mindset needed to eliminate them and take complete responsibility for your life and your business.

Mary Michelle Scott, President of Fishbowl Inventories, teaches us about the 7 Non-Negotiables of Winning at the first ever, Outlier Conference Series.

Listen to this session from the first ever Outlier Conference where impactful mentors addressed enthusiastic startups. Elisabeth Bingham is a serial social entrepreneur who has founded several organization which benefit societies across the globe. She is a BYU and Harvard graduate and very active in her community in the arts and education.

Outlier is pleased to present Mike Dunn's workshop at the first ever Outlier Conference Series. Listen in as Mike teaches us why we need an attorney.

Bryson is the founder of Rukkus, a marketing and communications firm. The Rukkus coming out of a cannon symbolizes powerful impact. Bryson and Melinda discuss his metrology for creating massive impact in business.

Serial Entrepreneur Alex Lawrence of Startupflavor.com and Startup Ogden tells us what we need to do to create a startup community.

Meet the co-founder of AustinKade Academy, a beauty school that has redefined the term. World class mentors, the latest technology, a can-do culture and prep for running a beauty business are major highlights which are setting students up for success in today's business world. Allison shares the fundamentals of what makes the school great and what core training materials help to make this unique beauty academy shine far above the rest.

Entrepreneur Bret Grow teaches Outlier On Air the ins and outs of Affiliate Marketing.

How do you ensure you are making good decisions for your business? Is it possible to avoid pitfalls completely? Erik Sorenson of Sorenson Advertising offers his knowledge gained from personal experience including selling his agency, only to see it go under, then starting over again. He also shares triumphs and valuable advice to prepare you to make solid decisions.

Frank Davis is a successful serial entrepreneur and Founder and CEO of Food for Health International and Activz LLC, a premier manufacturer of drypack foods and whole food nutritional supplements. In this interview with Melinda Yeaman, Frank stresses the importance of trust in developing business relationships, which in turn opens up immense opportunity. He shares his own experience and mentors us on ways to establish trust with others in business.

We did it! The first Outlier Conference was held at the Outlier Labs co-working space on January 24th, 2014 in St George, Utah. In this episode, Melinda and Mike interview entrepreneurs and mentors who were at the conference and share their thoughts and experiences with you. Outlier is active in the community and is bringing that energy and inspiration to the world.

Nathan Osmond is a country solo artist with 4 consecutive #1 hit singles. He was raised in the famous Osmond family, has traveled and performed his entire life and has been mentored and groomed for success by some of the most renowned figures of our day. Nathan is an entrepreneur and a trail blazer in the music industry and in charitable causes. He creates his own success and energetically teaches us how to do the same in business and in life.

Isaac Barlow is an entrepreneur who saw the need for organization and systemization in his busy construction company. He set out to change the world and created the mobile software product BusyBusy which helps field service companies succeed by automating their business processes and increasing efficiency. Isaac helps us understand what it takes to commit and be persistent.

SquattyPotty.com grossed $3M in online sales in 2013. Founder Bobby Edwards discusses with Melinda the inception of this device and the marketing recipe to their online success. Squatty Potty provides a solution to elimination issues by correcting toilet posture, and well, you just have to listen to the interview to find out how this brand is improving life for people everywhere.

Adventure and buried treasure is reality for Randy Champion, CEO of Deep Blue Marine. Melinda Yeaman talks with Randy about what it means to be an entrepreneur in a high risk business and how to find funding for such Peter Pan type adventures. Listen to Randy describe what the treasure hunting business is like and some of the rare gems that have been recovered.

Outlier attends the Economic Summit in Southern Utah. Melinda Yeaman and Mike Sheffield interview entrepreneurs and leaders and ask them a significant question. Hear from diverse, thriving businesses who are out to change the world.

Entrepreneurs Jared Goodspeed and Tracy Anderson have taken Autobiographies to the next level. Utilizing graphic design, their business mysocialeyes creates a visual autobiography. Listen in as they teach us about the important of people in your business.

As a serial entrepreneur who loves risk and taking massive action, Toby Salgado shares with Melinda details about his business ventures which made him a millionaire. He also shares his failures and breaks down for us what it takes to succeed in business and how important timing can be.

What insurance do I need for my business? How much will it cost? Brandon Price demystifies business insurance at the ground level in this interview with Melinda Yeaman. As a former police officer turned business owner, he speaks with entrepreneurs in mind.

Entrepreneurs Brook Price and Matthew Arrington of Forte Strong teach us about the importance to keep balanced, while being tenacious.

From broke and overweight to energetic entrepreneur and bikini competitor, Nichole Huntsman is a survivor who teaches others to get fit and love it. This mom of 4 faced the harsh reality of carrying extra weight, battling postpartum depression, dealing with divorce and running out of money, even car reposession. Listen to Nichole discuss how she went on to become founder of Revolt Fitness and discuss how she chose to survive and thrive in the face of adversity. Fitness and business both are challenging mentally and physically. Nichole gives great insight on how to stay inspired in your business, day in and day out.

Gabriella Draney takes time to tell us about her experiences in entrepreneurship, and the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people. Listen in as she tells us about her company Tech Wildcatters, and how you should set up your team. 029 Gabriella Draney: Surround Yourself with the Right People

Chad Pritchard talks with Melinda about his progression from culinary school student to moving up the ranks in fine dining to owning and running a restaurant business. After teaching at Le Cordon Bleu in Dallas, TX he recently purchased his sixth restaurant in Utah and is going strong. Chad teaches the fundamentals of a successful restaurant and common pit falls that founders should know before they plan to own their own restaurant.

Join Mike Sheffield as he interviews entrepreneur Nina Radetich. Nina is the founder of Nina Radetich New Media Strategies, and teaches us how to really use social media.

Libby Tucker, the live work anywhere entrepreneur, travels the world when and where she chooses. In her interview with Melinda Yeaman she explains that after a successful career at Adobe, she realized that she wanted to be location free and pursue her passion for travel. Libby has since founded 2 software products, consults for Elance and teaches other entrepreneurs to live location free.

Vegas Tech Fund director Andy White discusses the $350 million revamp of the community of Las Vegas, a personal investment from Tony Hsieh of Zappos. He goes into depth about how Vegas Tech Fund works and what the mission is. It is based largely on the premise of Return on Community. Find out how return on community affects ROI.

Join Mike Sheffield as he interviews entrepreneur Tyler Mose with Indirap Productions. Tyler is a passionate entrepreneur that teaches us why its important to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.

Meet the master of ambition. Gerome Sapp is a former NFL player and is a successful entrepreneur. Gerome gets personal and shares struggles and triumphs, from doing homework by candlelight as a child to life in the NFL to successful ventures and what fueled the ambition that has led to his high level of success.

Join Mike Sheffield as he interviews UK entrepreneur Edoardo Moreni. Edoardo is CEO and Founder of GreatPreneurs, a website dedicated to featuring entrepreneurs and startups. Listen in as he teaches us the three things all Entrepreneurs need to know!

Eric brings more than 25 years of experience in the financial and technology sector in a number of C-level positions. Eric served as CEO of Elance, a services marketplace on the Web.

Multi-startup entrepreneur Brandon Knudsen is quickly building his company, Generation Labs. Melinda Yeaman talks with Brandon about his learning experiences, his current venture and specifically about how he puts customer service on the top of the priority list in order to retain customers. This is one of Brandon's key strategies for growth and is already paying off.

Join Mike Sheffield as he interview Entrepreneur Melody McCloskey of StyleSeat. Melody shares her personal experiences to teach us about the need for mentorship.

We wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday. Mike Sheffield and Melinda Yeaman share their favorite Christmas highlights and traditions, including Mike's strange stocking stuffer and how Melinda's gifts fell from the sky. No matter how you celebrate this time of year, we wish you and yours a safe and Happy Holiday Season.

Content marketing is key to marketing today. Melinda Yeaman talks with Mike Pitt, the founder and CEO of Marketing Fundamentals based in London.

In this interview, Mike generously gives detailed insight to the formula of effective content marketing. He discusses his approach to marketing today's business world and how to choose the proper platforms for your business. He also explains why Facebook is often not an effective marketing channel.

Mike breaks down the process of creating quality content to four key points:

Identify target audience

Select the proper communications platform for your business

Identify problems of target audience

Deliver solutions via your blog and social media

Mike references his book, How to Turbo Charge Your Business With a Blog, which offers detailed and insightful blog strategies.

Mike Sheffield interviews tech entrepreneur Austen Allred, Co-Founder of Grasswire. Listen in as he teaches us about the importance of having a tech co-founder.

Melinda Yeaman chats with Greg Reith, a classically trained chef who rose from the streets of Los Angeles as a youth to become a passionate entrepreneur who advocates healthy eating by patronizing local farmers. He is establishing a business model in his own community in St George, UT which offers healthy shopping and eating at the Market Cafe as well as an online marketplace where consumers can buy directly from local farmers via Heartland Farms. Chef Greg discusses misconceptions about organic food and discusses his concerns and solutions for a healthier way of life.

Mike Sheffield Interviews Entrepreneur Alex Torrenegra. Alex teaches us how to transition from being an employee, to an entrepreneur.

Melinda Yeaman talks with Richie Norton, founder of Global Consulting Circle, international businessman and social entrepreneur. Richie wrote The Power of Starting Something Stupid, a book motivated by his powerful personal experiences with overcoming fear and adversity. He shares Gavin's Law, a principle he named after both his brother-and-law and infant son, who shared the same name. The tragic loss of these two loved ones shook Richie and his family to the core. Richie now uses this story and Gavin's Law to teach and motivate others to overcome fear and just S.T.A.R.T.

Mike Sheffield interviews Matt Heaton, Founder and CEO of Sponsorworthy, a crowd funding platform to support talent. Listen in as Matt teaches us about taking the plunge into entrepreneurship.

Melinda Yeaman interviews Ryan Michler, entrepreneur and founder of Cittica Financial. Ryan teaches about the 4 pillars of healthy personal finance and how to go about building them to create true and lasting wealth.

Mike Sheffield interviews serial entrepreneur Toke Kruse. Toke is Founder and CEO of Billy's Billings, an intuitive accounting tool for business owners.

Melinda Yeaman interviews entrepreneur and lean startup expert Tristan Kromer who offers insight to what it means to run a lean business and how to be lean when it counts.

Mike Sheffield interviews Tech Entrepreneur Adam Lieb. Adam is the founder of Duxter, a Social platform for gamers. Listen in as he teaches us how to be data driven in our decision making.

Melinda Yeaman talks with Brad Hess, serial entrepreneur and founder of Map It Track It. From making his first personal million to losing a once thriving business, Brad shares his key to success in continually doing what you love and being profitable at it.

Join Mike Sheffield in Interviewing entrepreneur Jace Vernon. Jace is the owner and founder of Ydraw, a whiteboard video company. Join us as Jace teaches us about how to create value for customers, generate leads, and the value of continued education.

Melinda Yeaman interviews Michael Kawula who left Wall Street to fulfill his real potential. Learn how Michael proceeded to buy a franchise then later grow a successful online business and how passion, validation and hustle are critical.

Join Mike Sheffield in interviewing entrepreneur Gage Miller from Land Over Yonder as he teaches us how to turn dreams into goals and goals into actions.

Join Melinda Yeaman as she interviews entrepreneur Justin Williams, house flipping expert. Learn how to systematize and automate your business.

Vasavi Kumar is a certified coach who holds nothing back. From her battle with cocaine to bipolar disorder, she discusses it all and how to succeed as an entrepreneur and in life despite any challenge.

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