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Rip Media Group, founded in 2007, is a trailblazing video marketing company based in Los Angeles, California. Founded by digital pioneer Maury Rogow, Rip Media Group brings a unique combination of storytelling art and ROI strategy to the field of animation and live action video. Maury is a member of the Producers Guild of America, with several feature films to his credit. His unique background in film production led to an epiphany in the intrinsic value of storytelling in marketing, no matter how technical the subject. This led to his work in a high-tech firm and its purchase by Cisco for over $1 Billion. He went on to form Rip Media Group, a collection of award-winning storytellers, technicians, and artists, selected from the Producers Guild, Writers Guild, and Screen Actors Guild. Their Green Light Production Process™ and other proprietary systems are used to create world-class voiceover, animation, and live action video to grow businesses of any size. www.ripmediagroup.com www.LightsCameraSales.com savvybusinessradio.com
Dr. Timothy K. Johnston is an award-winning businessman, lecturer, published author in dental journals and professional member of numerous dental associations. A seasoned dentist with 32 years of experience, Dr. Johnston launched Norge Dental Center in 1989. His company is the recipient of several prestigious awards for customer service and is also known for its philanthropic contributions within the community. Dr. Johnston is the author of Ring Bell for Service? an international best-seller in six business categories in four countries. Website: https://williamsburgdds.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothyjohnstondds Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NorgeDentalCenter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/norgedentalcenter
Sarah Y. Tse is a successful entrepreneur, publisher, and the author of a new book, 7 Years on the Front Line: True Stories and Tough Lessons about a Small Business that You Won’t Learn in a Classroom. Sarah Y. Tse is an immigrant from Hong Kong, having come to America at the age of 18 for her education. She received her M.A. in International Business and Marketing from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and her B.A. in Computer Graphics Design from Biola University. She co-founded TSE Worldwide Press with her late father in 2004, and established United Yearbook Printing in 2008. Sarah takes pleasure in mentoring and teaching others the art of self-publishing, especially with those who are first-time authors, teenagers, or community leaders such as police officers, school administrators, and school teachers. Above all else, Sarah is passionate about empowering people to see and activate the God-given potential which resides in each of us. Sarah’s motto is “You can do it!” www.sarahytse.com and www.tseworldwidepress.com.
Dr. Steven Kirch founded Business Culture Advantage because he saw so many executives, entrepreneurs and small business owners struggling to figure out how to achieve what they most desired. Through his research, he discovered that they were focusing on all the wrong things. With a Ph.D. in Physics and over 20 years as a senior engineering manager and leader in technology companies, he studied what made individuals and teams more effective and has become an internationally requested speaker and trainer. He has held management and leadership positions in nearly every aspect of Si product strategy, design, manufacturing, testing, and reliability. Dr. Kirch also has the ability and experience in managing business processes, product development, and technology development as a program manager with technical breadth and business acumen. His forte includes coaching, training, and motivating leaders and teams in executing business strategy. He loves enabling individuals and teams to reach their goals in areas which really matter to them. This is why he created his proprietary method called the PROtivity System – a powerful, step-by-step process that helps you create holistic life systems that enable you to create change and do more of what you love. Dr. Kirch delivers The PROtivity System through private, 1:1 consulting, group programs or in a team environment. ProfitMinds.net
Jamie Gerrits is a digital engagement and solutions consultant with over 20 years of experience crafting and executing solutions to improve the customer experience and deliver expense savings for one of the largest healthcare payers in the country. An award-winning strategist, she is recognized as an early pioneer in optimizing the consumer experience in health insurance. She delivered industry-leading digital adoption, significantly drove down call volumes and reduced print and postage expenses annually by tens of millions of dollars for the third-largest health insurer in the United States, with over 20M medical members including Commercial, Medicare and Medicaid populations. Jamie now helps health care and financial services companies move to digital-first customer communications, increase self-service, and deliver quantifiable improvements to their customer experience. Her collaborative, disciplined approach enables her to step into heavily matrixed and ambiguously defined organizations, to address challenging issues, apply technology in a meaningful way and yield tangible results. www.marasolutionsllc.com
Scott A. Roy previously built and ran large direct-sales organizations and co-founded an insurance company in the United States that has grown to over $1B in assets. Dr. W. Roy Whitten is an expert in attitude and its role in human performance and sales management. He earned a PhD for his work in transformative learning and change. wrpartnership.com/ https://wrpartnership.com/decision-intelligence-selling/
Craig J. Stadler, founder of peteyvid.com, a (relatively) new video search engine that searches 70+ platforms outside YouTube. Additionally, it is privacy focused (does not collect or sell user data). In late 2018, we noticed the video search landscape had all but collapsed! So many video search engines had closed down, or mainly featured selective content. However, the more we researched the Internet, the more video sources we found, so we felt it was time to give users what they wanted- private, diverse & unbiased video search. Additionally, we feel that privacy should always be a right to the end user so we created the first video search engine that does not save or sell user information. Petey can provide a different experience that's unique, diverse, and extensive. Petey Vid: https://www.peteyvid.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeteyVid LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cstadler18 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peteyvid
Ann Bennett is the founder of RenegadeBranding.com, an International Speaker, Best Selling Author, Coach and Brand Profit Builder. Ann uses her marketing and branding genius to help women entrepreneurs (and a few good men) build their STAND OUT personal brands and boost their profits.Ann works with purpose-driven entrepreneurs who do transformational work, so they can liberate and ignite their unique genius, authentic voice and build a profitable brand platform.Ann has 25 years’ experience in visual and graphic design and has brought her talents to many major magazines from Popular Mechanics to Vogue.Ann’s personal slogan and the cornerstone of all her programs is, “It’s smart to fit in...but it’s brilliant to stand out.” AnnBennettMarketing.com Client Getting Brand Opt in link: http://bit.ly/cgbrand
As the founder and CEO of a newly launched sustainable water enhancement line Hab, Shane McCassy brings two decades of experience introducing innovative and disruptive health/wellness brands to his latest work on Hab. His career path has given him the unique privilege of leading launch efforts for several new to market mobile apps, creating businesses’ online platforms and has established multiple health-based consumer products for nationwide retail distribution. Some of the brands he has worked with include Oakley, Amp’d Mobile, Muscle Milk and Tone It Up. At Muscle Milk, he was the brand’s Director of Marketing where he helped them become the #1 protein beverage in the US. At Tone It Up where he served as the brand’s COO, he helped to build a platform that connected millions of women around the world to live a healthier and happier life. https://drinkhab.com
Brian and Gabrielle Bosché have spent the majority of the last decade helping people find their purpose, and developing millennial engagement strategies for presidential campaigns, top military generals, and Fortune 500 companies. The Purpose Factor is the clearest, most actionable process ever developed for discovering purpose—period. YOU WANT CLARITY. You are tired of wondering, “What’s next?” You want to know if you are making the right decision. You are ready for fewer distractions, more direction, and a clear idea of where you want to go. AND YOU WANT IT NOW. You would take the initiative, if you only knew what steps to take. You don’t want life to happen to you. You are ready for life to start happening because of you. PURPOSE IS THE FACTOR. In The Purpose Factor, you will discover the most practical and effective process ever developed for finding and living out your purpose. Purpose is the single difference between simply existing and really living. It is what separates the successful from the standard, divides the top earners from the just-get-byers, and determines whether a company will grow and thrive or just barely survive. Your purpose will unlock the secret to living a meaningful life, building a successful career, and making a difference in the world. Knowing your purpose will determine how well you do and how far you go. www.purposecompany.co
Dr. Ellen Reed, Mental Toughness Expert has been a top performance coach for more than ten years, working with Dr. Jason Selk. In addition to helping others reach high-levels of success, she has a well-established career as a professional dancer. With her background in academia and the performing arts, she helps athletes, students, and business leaders reach their peak performance by developing mental toughness. Dr. Reed received her PhD. in experimental psychology, with a focus on memory and cognition, from St. Louis University. What is the one thing that all successful people do? They focus on solutions — not problems — when confronted with a challenge, says Dr. Jason Selk. In his and Dr. Ellen Reed’s forthcoming book RELENTLESS SOLUTION FOCUS, reveals proven three-step process for developing a winning mindset.
Lovely Leaps is the creation of Lisa McCabe, an African-American engineer turned dance instructor with a passion for cultivating the love of dance in kids. Available in multiple locations as well as private and charter schools across Southern California, Lovely Leaps teaches ballet, jazz, hip hop, and cheer. Lovely Leaps has been featured on Good Morning America, Nightly News, CBS and many media outlets nationwide. Since the pandemic began, business has dramatically shifted for Lovely Leaps dance studio. Their virtual classes have grown from 68 to now more than 3,000! With more parents looking for after-school activities during distance learning this fall, that number is expected to go up. www.lovelyleaps.com
Minister of the Gospel, Strategist, Planner, Advisor, Public Policy Expert — Jannah Scott has served in many capacities with faith, government, business and the nonprofit community. Jannah is passionate about praying for the United States of America, its elected and appointed leaders and the people of this great Nation. God’s assignment on Jannah’s life has included ministry to and with people at all levels of society from the homeless to high-ranking State and Federal elected and appointed government officials - both in the US and abroad. She currently serves as a preacher, a spiritual ambassador, and a teacher of the Gospel of Jesus. Standing on the Wall: Prayers to Preserve the Integrity of a Nation is a heart-felt manifestation of the sincere prayers of intercessors who have committed their lives to pray for the United States of America. This Edition: Pastors’ and Faith Leaders’ Edition, focuses on prayers, decrees and declarations that pastors and faith leaders can pray as they seek Almighty God for wisdom and guidance in praying for those who govern our Nation, its leaders and its people. It is the author’s sincere hope that pastors and faith leaders would use this guide in their ministries and with their congregations; as they humble themselves, pray, seek God’s face and turn from all wicked ways. God promises to hear from heaven, forgive our sins and heal our land. Join with intercessors, pastors and faith leaders in prayer as they use this book and pray for the integrity of this great Nation to be preserved.
As a police officer, Janis Carmena worked in patrol, traffic, undercover unit and Detectives before she was injured and it was at that moment, Janis finally realized that she loved policing because of the unpredictability of it... and with that... becoming an entrepreneur was a no brainer and Ecommerce became her passion. Janis craved the control, challenge and opportunity that developing brands offered her. he has now launched two brands, #NoStrawChallenge and No Trace Bags. These brands continue to grow using a variety of marketing channels including Facebook, Instagram and Youtube. Her products are sold on Amazon, Shopify and through Clickfunnels. www.ecommercequeenbee.com
Shani T. Godwin is the President and CEO of Communiqué USA, where she and her team provide marketing staffing support, creative services and HR communications solutions for high-growth, high-stressed teams. Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., Communiqué USA is committed to helping companies and teams grow by being more productive, efficient and happy through Joy EconomicsSM. Joy Economics, founded by Godwin, uses work-life integration strategies that help people find better ways to live, work and play. Shani is also the host of the JOY Economics podcast available at www.joyeconomics.com where she inspires people to live a life that honors their gifts and talents by pursuing joy as the currency for their success. MyCommunicationsPlan.com
Krishna Mohan has a deep grasp on the understanding of business through his extensive experience working in Manufacturing, Consumer Durables, Telecom, Information Technology, Energy and Data Center Industries. He is a highly successful Senior Business Leader who also has a background in, among many other things, Business Development, Sales Team Training and Management, Key Account Relationship Management and International Business. Over the last 20 years he has worked with 3 Fortune 500 companies and several start-up organizations focusing on Sales, Business Development and Finance. He has achieved definitive and long-term outcomes in Team Leadership, Information Technology, Data Center Consulting, Client Relations, Strategic Planning, Product Marketing, Managing Key Account Relationships and has generated millions of dollars in annual profits. His management style has been described as decisive and motivational where success comes from a focused commitment to developing new business, cultivating relationships, training salespeople and creating growth strategies. He also has comprehensive involvement with start-up operations, RFPs and C-level negotiations. Krishna has a Master’s Degree in Marketing Management MMM, an MBA-International Business and an MS in Finance. He currently owns and operates three businesses in Real Estate, Business Consulting and Retail. www.geniusvisionaryinc.com
Greg Hammer, MD is a pediatric intensive care physician, pediatric anesthesiologist, professor at Stanford University Medical Center, and #1 best-selling author. A member of the Stanford WellMD initiative and the Wellness Committee for the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Dr Hammer is currently the Chair of the Physician Wellness Task Force for the California Society of Anesthesiologists. He has been a visiting professor and lecturer on wellness at institutions worldwide and teaches GAIN to medical students, residents and fellows at Stanford. His book, GAIN Without Pain: The Happiness Handbook for Health Care Professionals focuses on the four pillars of gratitude, awareness, intention, and non judgment to promote well-being. As Dr. Hammer has successfully been a guiding light to numerous physicians facing burnout in their respective fields, the GAIN method has been known to strengthen mental strength and resilience regardless of their profession. www.GregHammerMD.com
Kathryn & Michael K. Redman have a deep compassion for others on the entrepreneurial journey and they feel a strong obligation to share what they have learned. Fulfilled is jam packed with great stories, practical tools , and inspiring, can-do tales that every business owner will understand and relate to. Kathryn and Michael K. Redman are sweethearts, best friends, and the husband-and-wife team behind Half a Bubble Out (HaBO), a marketing and business consulting firm. They’re also founders of HaBO Village, a membership website which helps leaders build Passion & Provision companies, full of profit, purpose, and legacy. For more than 17 years, they have helped business leaders across the world grow their companies through marketing, business coaching, and leadership development. Kathryn and Michael have both taught at the university level and are frequent guest speakers. They have also penned their recently published first book, Fulfilled: The Passion and Provision Strategy for Building a Business with Profit, Purpose, and Legacy. They currently reside in their hometown of Chico, California, where they love going to work every day. FulfilledTheBook.com
Kimberley Brown is CEO of Core Insights 360 PR and is a highly sought after, Award-Winning, PR professional and writing expert with more than 14 years of experience. Some of her publicity efforts have landed coverage and/or interviews for clients in leading outlets like Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Washington Post, Bloomberg, ABC TV, and CNBC – to name a few. As part of her career, she has supported leading brands such as Dell Computers, Colgate-Palmolive, Coca-Cola, Dr Pepper, Turner Broadcasting, BellSouth Corporation and Cox Communications. Furthermore, in 2013, she drove the PR efforts for Martin Luther King’s 50th Anniversary event in Washington, DC driving top tier and local media from around the country. She even oversaw the PR efforts for one of the anniversary’s featured events, which was a casting call for ABC’s The Shark Tank, landing interviews for Mark Cuban. Kimberley earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism with a concentration in public relations from The University of Memphis. www.coreinsights360.com
Terri Jacke is an accomplished coach, speaker, and trainer with more than 25 years of experience. She founded Inspired Training Institute, Inc., in 2003 as a platform to support her passion for training and organizational development. As a seasoned executive coach, Terri works with clients across numerous industries and for companies ranging from small privately-held firms to large Fortune 500 companies to inspire organizations through character, leadership and culture development. In 2020, Terri added published author to her professional portfolio with the release of her first book, Is This a Lousy Job or Is It Me?: A Real-Life Guide for Achieving Success at Work. Terri began the work that led to this book as a way to better understand how to help people who struggle with difficult coworkers, meaningless work, and lousy work situations. She launched an informal analysis into what allowed some people to move gracefully through all of those obstacles to find fulfillment and success while others rebelled, shrank, or got stuck. https://inspiredtraining.net/
Nikki Brown began her career in 1997 with Champion Nutrition. In 1998, she joined her father and brother to add her expertise to the successful start-up of Cyto Sport / Muscle Milk. Here she was instrumental in creating the infrastructure of their operation which became a 200,000 square foot headquarters housing business operations, marketing and a state of the art manufacturing facility. In 2014, the family sold the business to Hormel Food Company, where Nikki stayed in her role. In 2016, she joined her father and brother at Flavor Insights, a start-up specializing in the functional food and beverage space helping companies with flavor, innovation and application. Nikki serves as CEO. In 2019, the entrepreneurial family launched the ALTWELL line of CBD products where she has led the brand and marketing efforts. She is a graduate of University of Southern California and lives in Alamo with her husband and four children. When not running from sports to dance, they love to travel. ALTWell.com
Liz Elting, Founder and CEO of the Elizabeth Elting Foundation, is an entrepreneur, business leader, linguaphile, philanthropist, feminist, and mother. After living, studying, and working in five countries across the globe, Liz started TransPerfect out of an NYU dorm room. During her tenure as Co-CEO, she grew TransPerfect into the world's largest language solutions company, with over $600 million in revenue, 5,000+ employees, 11,000+ clients, and offices in more than 90 cities worldwide. Liz has been recognized as a NOW "Woman of Power & Influence," American Express' and Entrepreneur Magazine's "Woman of the Year," one of Forbes’ "Richest Self-Made Women," and is a recipient of the 2019 Charles Waldo Haskins Award for business and public service from NYU’s Stern School of Business. https://www.lizelting.com https://www.elizabetheltingfoundation.org/
Author, Speaker and Podcast Host, René Banglesdorf, is the Co-Founder & CEO of Charlie Bravo Aviation, an Austin, Texas-based company that buys, sells and leases corporate aircraft worldwide. She applies her background in business journalism and marketing from several industries to work with government entities, non-profits, corporations (both large and small) and private individuals, closing deals in more than 40 countries ranging from $500K to $30M+. René is part of an elite group—only 4-6% of high-level aviation positions are held by women worldwide. It’s through this that she not only serves as a spokesperson for women and businesses in aviation, but also speaks as an expert in empowering women in the workplace and works with businesses to retain and promote female leaders through workshops, speaking engagements and press appearances all over the world. renebanglesdorf.com & www.wepushtin.com
Captain Hörnfeldt has more that 10’000 hours on Boeing 737 and daily operates this aircraft out of his base in the South of Spain. Besides being a Captain, he also holds a duties of TRI/TRE and Line Training Captain. And on top of all that he runs the very popular Mentour Aviation App, and tries to find a possibility for all talented youngsters to acquire the necessary funding for Pilot Training. TheAirlinePilotClub.com mentourpilot.comYoutube.com/c/MentourPilotaviation/featuredTwitter.com/MenTourPilotInstagram.com/mentour_pilot
Since his early twenties, Nick Cavuoto has been serving alongside Fortune 500 executives and decision-makers of multi-billion dollar brands like Microsoft, Paychex and Pandora. Today, he turns experts into thought leaders and mentors entrepreneurs on how to leverage their personal brand to dominate the “attention currency” of their audience. His work has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs earn over 1 billion digital impressions online, 350,000+ leads, and $50M+ dollars in revenue. You’ll find his work featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, and Gary Vaynerchuk’s blog. www.nickcavuoto.com
Janine Shepherd is an inspirational speaker and writer whose books have become classics in the survivor genre. Janine's recently published memoir, DEFIANT: A Broken Body is Not a Broken Person, chronicles her life as champion cross-country skier in training for the 1988 winter Olympics, whose life changed forever when she was hit by a truck during a bicycle training ride in the Blue Mountains of Australia. The accident left her with permanent disabilities. Doctors said she'd never walk again and never be able to have kids. Not only did Janine learn to walk again, she learned to fly. She's earned her licenses as both a pilot and an aerobatics instructor. Janine went on to have three children. Janine was awarded the Order of Australia, her nation’s highest honor, in recognition of her service to the community and her tireless efforts in raising awareness for spinal cord research, . She is an ambassador for Spinal Cure Australia and Red Bull’s “Wings for Life” and a contributor to Deepak Chopra’s workshops. Janine was the youngest — and only female — director of Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), and has earned numerous awards within the aviation industry. For more information, visit janineshepherd.com. For more information, visit https://janineshepherd.com/ Listen to other awesome guests: savvybusinessradio.com/
Caitlin Collins is an Organizational Psychologist who serves as a strategic advisor and a betterworks product and platform expert for the largest, most complex enterprise customers. She has spent her career consulting for mid to global Fortune and FTSE 500 companies across various vertical markets developing people-centric strategies for recruitment, development, agile transition and change to help organizations become more nimble, more capable and more productive. With the belief that everyone deserves the opportunity to be great at their jobs despite experience, Caitlin has successfully taken a different approach to talent management by unlocking and understanding potential. Her personal mission is to help foster sanguine and fulfilling work environments that will create a contagiously positive impact on lives outside of work. Caitlin holds a Bachelors of Science degree and Masters of Science degree, both in Organizational Psychology with a certification in Training and Development. www.betterworks.com
Beck Power has worked in the online and marketing spaces for the last 8 years. She has frameworks and content about all kinds of things, but is most excited about helping entrepreneurs, coaches, authors and speakers with getting more content out in front of people to help them grow their audience. Originally from New Zealand, Beck has been nomadic for the last 6 years and recently set up a home base in Toronto Canada. BeckPower.me PowerCreativeMedia.com
Entrepreneur and CEO of Storyvine, Kyle Shannon and I discuss their new technology, helping business create professional videos in minutes. They have also launched Storyvine NOW, an app that guides individual users via a series of questions and automatically edits and creates a professional-looking video in minutes using a smartphone. The finished video can easily be shared across all channels. Kyle is a trained writer and actor who found a way to apply his skills and passions to projects and companies ranging from Inventing, Patenting and Manufacturing a line of educational Fly Fishing Kits; to starting one of the first online Art & Culture Magazine (Urban Desires;) to co-founding one of the largest interactive marketing firms (AGENCY.COM.) https://www.storyvine.com/ https://now.storyvine.com/ www.savvybusinessradio.com/
Alex Sanfilippo is the host of Creating a Brand, a top 20 entrepreneurship podcast where he interviews successful leaders and experts on topics that matter to entrepreneurs who want to grow faster both personally and professionally while saving time and money in the process. Visit CreatingaBrand.com to join the Creating a Brand Community and to accelerate your success! Please use the social media links in the footer for Creating a Brand or the following for Alex Sanfilippo's personal profiles: https://www.facebook.com/alexjamessanfilippo https://www.instagram.com/ajsanfilippo https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexsanfilippo
Rachel Malone is the Texas Director for Gun Owners of America, spearheading GOA’s work within the Texas Legislature. Rachel is passionate about promoting the right to keep and bear arms in legislation, training, and public perception. In 2012 she founded Texas Firearms Freedom, the first organization to champion constitutional carry in Texas, and has seen tremendous progress through her efforts. A nationally-certified firearms instructor, Rachel teaches defensive handgun and rifle, finding joy in empowering individuals to protect themselves and their loved ones. She trains and shoots in disciplines from CQB to long-range rifle and participates regularly in Run n Gun biathlons. Rachel is guest writer for various gun blogs and speaks regularly throughout Texas and beyond on topics including gun rights, legislative action, gun safety, party politics, and more. She remains dedicated to training others in the process by which they can make change happen, safeguarding liberty and justice for all. Previously, Rachel served as the Operations Director of the Republican Party of Texas, ran a private music studio, and performed as a classical musician. Coming from a long line of proud Texans, she enjoys living on a farm in central Texas. GunOwners.org
Mr. Michael Hudson is retired at the rank of Colonel from the U.S. Marine Corps in 2014. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Hudson was the former Commanding Officer, 11th MEU (Marine Expeditionary Unit), A 2.4K-person organization with operations in the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa and Asia-Pacific; the former Director, Joint Operations Center, US Pacific Command, Commanding Officer, HMM-364, and as an Intelligence Officer; Future Operations Concepts, Naval Warfare Development Command…he retired having last served as the branch Head, USMC HQ on Sexual Assault Prevention and Response where he reorganized and established a new Sexual Assault Prevention Response branch at the request of the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Mr. Hudson is currently the Senior Director, Government Solutions, ClearForce, ’16 – Present where he supports the continued design of the ClearForce platform for counterintelligence. He also serves as a Board Member, National Trust for our Wounded (NTW), ’15 – Present. Today Mike Hudson and I discuss how ClearForce is helping companies build a strategic plan to combat insider threats, guarding airplanes and airport systems from being manipulated compromised employees. https://clearforce.com/
After retiring from a successful career as a manager and leader in high-tech, Dr. Steven Kirch of BusinessCultureAdvantage.com brings his passion for helping small businesses to his clients. His goal is straightforward... to help serious small business owners generate more clients, close more sales, and increase their overall revenue and profits... quickly and inexpensively. He specializes in helping small business owners develop strategies to improve their results using time-tested sales and marketing strategies. Then together, they develop methodologies for actual implementation of these strategies in their business. Over the years, he has developed a keen understanding of the complex issues facing small business owners even in the face of today’s volatile economy. He has a special talent for helping business owners create competition-crushing marketing. He has been a certified facilitator of “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People™” for more than 20 years and uses that along with a variety of other tools to enable his clients to be more productive. Once a strategy has been defined, he helps his clients create custom approaches to bring them to fruition. In addition, he is on the board of The Gratitude Network – a leadership development organization that works with social entrepreneurs around the world to enable the growth of these innovative companies that are changing the lives of children and youth all over the world. ProfitMinds.net
After working in hospital administration for 20 years, Steven Campbell acquired his Masters to pursue his greatest love…teaching. He then became a professor, author, educational dean, and professional speaker for another 30 years. After writing his third book, Making Your Mind Magnificent, Steven now conducts seminars around the world on changing what we say TO ourselves ABOUT ourselves. In these presentations, Steven enables his audiences to absolutely thrive in the New Normal. He also hosts a two-hour weekly radio program on KOWS 92.5. www.StevenRCampbell.com e-mail: stevenc@sbcglobal.net
Michael Levitt is the founder & Chief Burnout Officer of The Breakfast Leadership Network, a San Diego and Toronto-based burnout media firm. He is an in-person and Certified Virtual Speaker, a Certified NLP and CBT Therapist, and is one of the world's leading authorities in burnout recovery and prevention. He is a Fortune 500 consultant, #1 bestselling author, and host of the Breakfast Leadership Show, a top 200 podcast on iTunes. He is a 2x Top 20 Global Thought Leader on Culture with Thinkers360. Michael is a former Healthcare executive, CIO, and CFO overseeing $ 2 Billion budgets, so he’s seen and done it all. https://BreakfastLeadership.com/media Blog is at https://BreakfastLeadership.com/blog Books: 369 Days: How To Survive A Year of Worst-Case Scenarios: https://amzn.to/38Zd807 Pre-Emptive Strike Leadership: https://amzn.to/2RMV43C Burnout: How You Entered The Path To Burnout: https://amzn.to/2GQWFyZ
Scott Bartnick is a strong professional leader with a degree in industrial and systems engineering, specializing in sales and e-commerce consulting. Scott is a serial entrepreneur, published author, and successful business owner. He has extensive and diverse experience with Amazon consulting, management, operational excellence, public relations, sales, and marketing. Bartnick works with large corporations to create new sales channels, improve operational expenses, and product quality. He is also responsible for projects that have saved his clients over $7M a year. Bartnick continues his career in eCommerce and public relations. https://thefivedaystartup.com
Todd Connor is a widely sought-after speaker, thought leader, and consultant who leads individuals and organizations to unlock their full entrepreneurial potential. Todd is the founder of Bunker Labs, a national entrepreneurship organization with chapters in 30 states across the U.S., which works with military veterans and military spouses who want to start their own business. He is also the founder of The Collective Academy, Emerson House, as well as other for-profit and philanthropic organizations. For speaking requests, access to additional thought leadership, or to attend Third Shift Entrepreneur workshops visit https://thirdshiftentrepreneur.com
As a professional business coach and our company founder, Jennifer Thornton has been involved in cultivating Commercial and Human Resource leadership for more than 20 years. Her breadth of experience spans a diverse international business landscape, having managed and led cross-culture, global teams in North America, Asia and Europe. Jennifer is a credited coach through the International Coaching Federations and is certified in several methodologies including Conversation Intelligence, Gallup Strength and Coach Master Leadership Tools. Her background includes effective multicultural team building, executive and mid-level performance coaching, leadership program development as well as management recruiting, on-boarding and team assimilations. As the founder of 304 Coaching, Jennifer utilizes her years of management and recruiting experience to ensure all of our team members deliver the same standards of service and performance that she requires of herself. Today Jennifer and I discuss, Addicted to Being Right: The Deadly Sins of Leadership No one is Talking About & How to Fix Them with Conversational Intelligence®. This is a fascinating topic and the tips Jennifer offers are ones you can immediately apply to your life, business or relationships. https://304coaching.com/
Shaily (Shy-lee) Hakimian social media journey started back in high school, when her online reality competition needed an online hub for their activities. She ran that hub as a Myspace group, crafting her social media skills long before the term was even coined. As a first-generation American of Moroccan and Iranian heritage, she loves connecting with people, figuring out who they are, and what they care about. This is why she naturally gravitated to social media and teaching. She’s earned her teaching degree from Indiana University and have used her skills in various capacities including facilitating her own workshops and incorporating technology into the classroom. She’s an optimistic person who is constantly looking for win-win opportunities for friends, students, and clients. She helps people represent themselves using social media in order to re-engage their social networks at scale. Everything she does in life, both online and offline, is about empowering others by creating connections. www.yoursocialmediasherpa.com
Anant Kale founded AppZen in 2012 to bring AI to global finance teams, and is responsible for the company’s vision and business execution. Previously, he served as Vice President of Applications at Fujitsu America, where he had broad responsibility for the management and delivery of the company’s global enterprise applications and infrastructure. He has more than 20 years of experience in software development and engineering leadership. Anant earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Engineering and an MBA from Mumbai University. He loves music and hopes to learn to DJ sometime in the future. www.appzen.com
Pet Plate was the brainchild of MIT grad in physics, Renaldo Webb. Working as a consultant in the pet food industry, Renaldo was shocked to learn how the kibble that he was feeding his beloved dog, Winston, was made. He made it his mission to find a way to provide better quality food to pet owners and worked with a leading veterinary nutritionist to formulate complete and balanced meals for pets at all stages of life. He combined this superior product with home delivery and Pet Plate was born! In 2016 he took this idea to Shark Tank, and even though he did not walk away with a deal, he forged ahead and grew the company from approximately 100 customers in New York City into a national brand that has served more than 10 million meals to over 300 breeds in 48 states and Washington D.C.! www.petplate.com
John Howard Steel practiced law for sixty years and Pilates for nearly as long. As one of the few people still alive who studied with and knew Joseph Pilates both in and out of his studio, Steel is in a unique position to tell this story. Steel has been interviewed in numerous publications and regularly lectures to teachers and studio owners on the history of Pilates. He lives in Santa Barbara, with his wife, Bunny. This is his first book. www.johnhowardsteel.com #Exercise #JosephPilates
Ryan is a lifelong entrepreneur who is known for his impressively natural ability to connect with, understand and empower those who are in pursuit of and willing to make significant changes in their personal and professional lives so they can end up being the best versions of themselves. Since graduating from The Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) in 2009 as a Certified Professional Coach (CPC) Ryan has changed the lives of hundreds of clients from all walks of life. More recently, Ryan has also been working at his alma mater as both an Admissions Coach, where he closed almost $22 Million in sales in 8 years, and as their first ever Internal Coach where he coached staff from entry level to C suite on everything from daily professional growth to how they want to show up energetically in other more personal areas of their life. In July of 2019 Ryan published his first book titled 'Be Patient, Present, Be Joyful: A First Aid Kit for the Emotional Bumps, Scrapes, and Bruises of Life'. Ryan is one of two Lead Trainers and the Headmaster of Mindset for Teach Me to Sell. You can also find him on Twitter and Instagram @RMS_RyanStanley www.ryanstanley.com
Claire Chandler helps ambitious companies scale without the growing pains, by finding and fixing performance bottlenecks. She aligns executive leadership around a unifying vision that attracts and retains the right talent to accomplish the company’s mission. The President and Founder of Talent Boost, Claire leverages over 25 years of experience in people leadership, human resources and business ownership to boost leadership alignment and effectiveness. She has extensive expertise in organizational effectiveness, executive coaching, leadership development, communication strategy, employment branding, succession management, employee onboarding and engagement, talent infrastructure, and strategic planning. Her highly interactive and engaging facilitation style fosters the learning and commitment of diverse audiences, both small and large. Claire holds a certificate in strategic HR leadership from Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, a master’s degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and a bachelor's degree from Fairfield University. She is the author of The Whirlpool Effect: Inspire the FLOW that Boosts Company Performance, and co-author of Leading Beyond A Crisis: A Conversation About What’s Next. Connect with Claire on LinkedIn or through her website: www.clairechandler.net.
Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas and with her grassroots approach, Kimberly Friedmutter (pronounced Freedmutter) is a member-at-large of UCLA Health System Board and is widely known as the “Mystic in Cowboy Boots” and as the host and producer of her own long-running radio talk show on Howard Stern’s KLSX 97.1 FM Los Angeles. A board-certified Master Hypnotist and NLP Trainer, she has appeared on Entertainment Tonight, The Doctors, TLC and CNN, among many national media outlets. Friedmutter teaches us how to harness our subconscious and use our intuition to achieve our highest goals and deepest desires. with the same techniques, she has shared with stars and political powerbrokers. Drawing on her rigorous training in hypnosis and neurolinguistic programming (NLP), as well as her own incredible life—Kimberly shows everyone how to tap into the source within them for the creativity and courage to achieve positive, lasting change and live the great, big, marvelous life of their dreams. www.kimberlyfriedmutter.com
Our guest today is author Adam Jablin, who is releasing his new book titled “Lotsaholic”. At just 30 years old, Adam had everything a successful business man is supposed to want - a beautiful wife, a newborn baby, a gorgeous home, steady career... but instead of being happy, he was in the grips of alcoholism and addiction. His family intervenes and Adam is taken to The Hanley Center where his world is changed forever. In rehab he meets spiritual teachers, doctors, psychiatrists, and other alcoholics and addicts that lead him to confront his disease head on. AdamJablin.com
Chester Santos - “The International Man of Memory” has left an impression on all corners of the earth. With his unparalleled ability to not only demonstrate extraordinary feats of the mind, but also educate others to do the same. This U.S. Memory Champion is widely regarded to be the world’s leading memory skills expert. Through his entertaining and educational television appearances, professional seminars, and renowned presentations, Chester has helped millions of people around the world to realize the benefits of improved memory and a sharper mind. He is highly sought-after by the media for his exceptional skills and expertise. CNN, ABC, PBS, NBC, CBS, and the Science Channel have all featured Chester and his memory building tips for viewers. When newspapers and magazines need memory improvement tips for their readers, they also seek out Chester Santos. He has been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, the Washington Post, and most recently, TIME Magazine featured his advice for remembering numbers in a December 2018 Special Edition entitled, “The Science of Memory”. MemorySchool.net
Cultural anthropologist Grant McCracken conducted an extensive survey to determine how Americans were impacted by quarantine. The surprising result: an overwhelming pushback against returning to the office. Grant McCracken is trained as an anthropologist (Ph.D. University of Chicago). Grant has studied American culture for 25 years.He has been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show and worked for many organizations including Timberland, New York Historical Society, Diageo, IKEA, Sesame Street, Nike, the Ford Foundation and the White House. He has also looked at how Americans invent and reinvent themselves. He had explored this theme in two more books: Big Hair and Transformations: identity construction in a contemporary culture. He is the student of American culture. Plenitude published in 1997 looked at the new explosive growth of contemporary culture. In Flock and Flow, he shows how contemporary culture and commerce change. He published a book called Chief Culture Officer with Basic Books that argues that culture now creates so much opportunity and danger for the organization that need senior managers who focus on it full time. He is hoping this will create a new occupational destination for graduates in the arts and humanities. The latest book is called Culturematic, published by the Harvard Business Review Press in 2012. This year Grant is affiliated with the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard. CultureBy.com
Case Lane | Writer. Entrepreneur. Observer to the future. Founder of Ready Entrepreneur helping aspiring entrepreneurs achieve lifestyle freedom. www.readyentrepreneur.com Today Case delves into how online entrepreneur can protect and grow their online business even in these turbulent times. www.readyentrepreneur.com
Ben Baker is the founder of Your Brand Marketing, Ben helps clients understand what makes them special, unique and engaging. For the past 25 years, he has been helping companies communicate internally and developing the next generation of leaders. Through his work, brands tell engaging and meaningful brand stories that elevate and engage employees and compel customers to take action. Claire Chandler helps complex, growing businesses build sustainable, profitable organizations. As the president and founder of Talent Boost, she leverages over 25 years of experience in business leadership, human resources and communications to boost leadership alignment and effectiveness. Through her work, leaders become magnets for the right talent to achieve their mission. TODAY, Ben and Claire impart valuable wisdom from their latest book: Leading Beyond a Crisis. While COVID-19 has impacted the entire world, it is not the first crisis leaders have had to face, nor will it be the last.The question is, how do we maintain calm in the midst of crisis, while continuing to move our companies forward? Get the first cheaper of their book: Leading Beyond a Crisis http://www.bit.ly/leadingfreechapter
Debbie Peterson is President, Business Keynote Speaker and Career Mindset Strategist at Getting to Clarity. She has successfully worked with professionals at various stages of their career in corporations, associations, and charitable organizations to accelerate professional success. As a professional speaker, she helps audiences to develop an elevated mindset for accelerated results in their career. And, as a career mindset strategist and coach, she helps them successfully achieve their next level in career by harnessing the power of their thoughts. Her audiences and clients have shared that they have experienced more clarity of direction, producing better business decisions; increased focus for clearer, consistent action; and more momentum, keeping them motivated and achieving the next level of success. www.debbiepetersonspeaks.com Debbie is the author of “CLARITY: How Smart Professionals Create Career Success on Their Terms”