Futureproofing

Matthew Bertulli is CEO and cofounder of Demac Media, a company of more than 100 marketers, designers, and developers that helps merchants of all sizes grow and optimize their ecommerce businesses. Demac Media helps its merchant partners get hundreds of millions of dollars in online sales every year. Matthew Bertulli is a student and evangelist of commerce. From his youth spent around the family retail business, to his current role as CEO and co-founder of commerce agency Demac Media, to co-founding the compostable plastics brand Pela Case, Matt has spent a lifetime inside the world of retail commerce. Matthew and I are talking about creating flow, being cutting edge, and what did Matt do when he got back a bit of time?

Margot and I are talking about how she came to write her book, giving kids freedom, and do your kids really need college?

Today I am speaking with Rob Nunnery husband, dog-dad, and failure. Rob has started, and failed 9 businesses and finally had success in 2014 when he co-built a multi-million dollar marketing company. Listen as we talk about being a successful failure, financial and time freedom, and do we really talk about who's hot in politics?    

Larry Lawton is an author, motivational speaker, TV personality, honorary police officer and the Founder and President of the Reality Check Program. He is a former career criminal, once known as the biggest jewel thief in the United States. Upon Larry’s release from jail, he started the Reality Check Program to help young people and in 2008 Larry started working with law enforcement giving them the insight and knowledge of a professional criminal. Today we are talking about feeling like Robin Hood, losing time with those you love, and how Larry turned his time in prison to a path of learning and redemption."

Alan Gertner is the co-founder and CEO of Tokyo Smoke, a modern lifestyle business that is inclusive of Cannabis. A lover of technology, design, and everything in-between, Alan most recently led a $+100M organization at Google in Asia.  Alan is a proven leader in strategy and operations, including as a founding member of Google's first Global Business Strategy team. Tokyo Smoke was created to bring design, education, and emotion to cannabis. Ultimately, we believe in changing the world through iconic cannabis normalization.

Jordyn Feingold is a first-year medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine. She is passionate about integrating the science of well-being into medicine and creating cultures that enable practitioners and patients to thrive. Jordyn completed her undergraduate studies in Health and Societies as well as her Master’s of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) at the University of Pennsylvania. While transitioning to medical school, Jordyn researched and explored the vast opportunities for positive psychology to make medicine a more positive, thriving, efficient, and effective practice, where she developed the REVAMP method. Today we are talking about Positive Psychology, the wellbeing and flourishing of medical school students, and moving away from the medicine of the past and present.

Dina is the founder of Hoogi and is a Meta-Coach. Obsessed with high performance thinking with wellbeing intact, Dina works with Parents and Teachers to develop a culture of thinking that supports children to thrive. Dina specializes in what blocks this culture today and how to transform these blocks so that both the collective thinking of the group (or family) and the individual is valued, visible and actively encouraged. She offers practical tools and strategies to implement this. The result is a culture of high performance, innovation and working together. Listen as we talk about doing what's expected, our rapidly changing world, and what is the greatest thing you can do for your children.

Born with an entrepreneurial flair, Diana was always dreaming up small enterprises from garage sales to candy stores.  Diana was just 19 years old when she started her swim school business, making a name for herself as an innovator and thought-leader.

Vicki Saunders, founder of SheEO is an entrepreneur and award-winning mentor committed to building businesses that have a positive impact on the world.

Futureproofing Friday will help prepare you for the great unknown future by talking about things that will blow your mind and things that will help you out.

Regan Hillyer is a Serial Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, and Mindset Coach.  She is the founder of Regan Hillyer International, a company dedicated to providing personal development and business training

Futureproofing Friday will help prepare you for the great unknown future by talking about things that will blow your mind and things that will help you out.

Sarah Knight is the internationally-bestselling author of two profane self-help books: The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck and Get Your Shit Together.

Futureproofing Friday will help prepare you for the great unknown future by talking about things that will blow your mind and things that will help you out.

Today I am speaking with Daniel Gefen, Father, Entrepreneur, Podcast Host, Business Mentor, Speaker, and Writer. Daniel grew his first company out of a hotel lobby. He has mastered the art of outsourcing and has since built multiple companies that run on their own. His most recent venture is GetFeatured.Media which gets people featured on targeted podcast show Today I am speaking with Daniel Gefen, Father, Entrepreneur, Podcast Host, Business Mentor, Speaker, and Writer. Daniel grew his first company out of a hotel lobby. He has mastered the art of outsourcing and has since built multiple companies that run on their own. His most recent venture is GetFeatured.Media which gets people featured on targeted podcast shows. Daniel is also the host of the Can I Pick Your Brain? podcast show where he 'picks the brains' of successful entrepreneurs. When he's not spending time with his wife and 4 children he's playing tennis or coaching other people how to 'quit' their business and live the life they want. Listen as we talk about getting rid of the coffee and firing staff, talking to spiders, is publishing a book really like being pregnant, and hearing NO! s. Daniel is also the host of the Can I Pick Your Brain? podcast show where he 'picks the brains' of successful entrepreneurs. When he's not spending time with his wife and 4 children he's playing tennis or coaching other people how to 'quit' their business and live the life they want. Listen as we talk about getting rid of the coffee and firing staff, talking to spiders, is publishing a book really like being pregnant, and hearing NO!

Laurie Scheer, Media Goddess, is a former vice president of programming for WE: Women’s Entertainment. She has worked as an assistant, d-girl, and producer for ABC, Viacom, Showtime, and AMC-Cablevision. Laurie has been an instructor at numerous universities across the US including Northwestern, UCLA, American University, and Yale. In this episode, we are talking about leaving a six-figure corporate career and getting back into the classroom to teach, the tenacity and determination needed to be a successful writer, and find out who the egomaniac bitch really is!

Gillian Mandich is a Holistic Health Promoter whose personal mission is to educate people about evidence-based health information so they can lead a happy, healthy life. She believes that life is a journey and is committed to being a lifelong student which comes as no surprise as she Is currently completing her PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Science (with a specialization in Health Promotion). In today's show, we talk about happiness, sex, family, non-verbal communication and for fun what rules we plan on breaking this year and our shared passion for yoga.

Alan Smithson is known as one of the top 10 people to follow in respect to VR and AR (Virtual & Augmented Reality). There are two reasons why I wanted Alan to be on the show; his story is very compelling and he's been living in the future for a very long time. What he has to share with us about where everything is going both excites me, and freaks me out at the same time! Enjoy this very interesting talk with Alan Smithson...

Jon Vroman inspires others to live life in the front row, and teaches the art of “moment making.” The unique thing is he talks about it from an entirely different perspective, and Jon’s work is transformative and new in this space. He’s an award-winning speaker and #1 best selling author of The Front Row Factor, as well as hosting his own podcast (it all started when Jon founded The Front Row Foundation). I hope you enjoy this conversation with Jon as much as I did…

Today we have a special guest on Futureproofing, Lee-Anne McAlear. She’s the Program Director at The Centre of Excellence in Innovation Management at the Schulich School of Business in Toronto, Canada. Lee-Anne specializes in innovation management; not just how we innovate but how we actually integrate it. It’s a real honour to have Lee-Anne on the show for this discussion.

Today I welcome my good friend Jen Hansard to the show. Jen has a business you just might be familiar with called Simple Green Smoothies. It’s a business she built up with another gal, literally from scratch, and it now social media followers in the millions. Jen’s had some real ups and downs in business, but she’s figured out how to stay relevant in a really noisy space and she has an amazing ability to see where the trends are going. She’s a phenomenal business woman, and all around person, and you’re going to love this episode…

Today I have a real treat as I’m interviewing my friend, an allegedly retired serial entrepreneur, Bob Dorf. Bob is the co-author of The Startup Owners Manual and along with Steve Blank, the two have spent nearly two years conceiving, outlining, drafting, rewriting and revising this global bestseller. Bob left a lucrative broadcasting job at the age of 22 because he had a passion to start his own company, which he did seven times over three decades, and he’s invested in, coached or advised over two dozen startups over more than a decade. He travels the world helping startups, incubators, governments and established corporations learn how to effectively deploy Customer Development process through speaking, workshops and intensive hands-on Startup Boot Camps. One thing that I really love about Bob is that he’s no B.S., so I’m really excited to welcome him to the show to share his thoughts on testing concepts and building businesses.

Today we’re getting an extra special shot of reality, as we’re joined by someone who is astronomical (and controversial sometimes)! His name is Larry Winget, and he’s The Pitbull of Personal Development and a six-time NYT/WSJ bestselling author. He has spoken to nearly 400 of the Fortune 500 and is in the International Speaker Hall of Fall. Larry has been the host of his own show on A&E, done national television commercials and is a regular on many national news programs on the topics of business, parenting, personal finance and personal development. In this episode, Larry and I are going to talk about hard work and value, compromise, relevancy and a lot more. Most importantly, he tells us why we need to rise above getting the approval of others. Larry is a force to be reckoned with, and I hope you enjoy listening to this episode.

Gordie Bufton is a transformational catalyst, speaker and author. His memoir Eluding Reality: A Memoir about Drugs, Psych Wards and Recovery details the most horrific and metamorphic moments of his life to inspire others to make different choices. My conversation today with Gordie is about to unravel some of the truths and fallacies around when people stray from the norm. We’re going to talk about his our journey, which led him to educating parents on some of the warning signs of drug use in their children. He also shares the differences between what people were doing 30 years ago and now when it comes to drugs, the effects of drugs on the brain and so much more. I think you’re going to find that the conversation we’re having is really about transforming belief systems. How is it that you can go from being in a very dark place to being on the top of the world? Tune in as Gordie is here to share his fascinating story and insights!

Today we have a super-special treat from “down under” – Laurence Tham. Laurence is a speaker, coach, trainer and entrepreneur specializing in mindset, productivity and life. He’s sought-after as a speaker/trainer in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand. Laurence co-hosts and co-founded The Wellness Guys and Inside the Champion’s Mind podcasts and is a true leader in helping people out of mediocrity. He believes everyone has a unique gift to share with the world, and I am thrilled to be able to talk with him on this episode of the podcast!

Today I’m chatting with someone who I’ve been wanting to talk with for a LONG time! Sally Hogshead is the founder and inventor of The Fascination Advantage, which is the only measure of how the world sees you. Sally has an amazing journey to share and is one of the very few people inducted into The Speaking Hall of Fame. At the end of this episode we’re going to give you a private code (for listeners only) so that you can do this assessment yourself – so stay tuned! I can’t wait for you to listen to this episode….

Today I have the honour of introducing you to Scott Barry Kaufman. I’ve been in love with Scott’s work for years, and what he talks about is absolutely phenomenal. He’s a Scientific Director at the Imagination Institute and he conducts research at The University of Pennsylvania. Scott has a PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Yale University, and the list goes on! He hosts his own fabulous podcast, The Psychology Podcast that you should check out, and I’m so excited to bring him to you in this episode.

Today I have the great pleasure of speaking with Ali Brown, a well-known business woman both on and offline. Ali has a list of accolades so long it’s shocking; she’s dubbed one of Forbe’s “Women to Watch”, has been featured on ABC’s Secret Millionaire and named one of the top Twitter accounts every entrepreneur should be following in Entrepreneur magazine. It’s such a pleasure to call her my friend, to speak with her today and to be sharing our talk with you….

In this introductory episode, I want to take a few minutes to tell you a bit about myself and how this show got started. As you'll hear, my journey hasn't been typical and today I give you my thoughts on how I was able to achieve what I have. I also reveal the three pieces to being "futureproof" and much more. Thanks for listening and I look forward to sharing my story, and those of my guests, with each and every one of you through this podcast.