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Content is everywhere. And that makes attention, especially our prospects' and customers' attention, a hot commodity. Because every company and brand is competing for the same, very limited set of eyes.   In this episode, Mark Drager explores uncomfortable truths about paid advertising with Steve Pratt, the author of Earn It: Unconventional Strategies for Brave Marketers. Steve shares why your team needs to leverage unconventional marketing strategies to earn attention - rather than trying to buy it.   In this episode, you'll learn: Why traditional advertising isn't working How Dell transformed its brand perception without relying on ads Why you need to take bold, unconventional steps to gain a loyal audience The unexpected impact of long-form content Why providing value is more important than visibility  How you can harness creativity and storytelling to compete with major brands    Steve Pratt is the co-founder of The Creativity Business, which offers speaking, workshops, and consulting to help companies develop differentiated content, marketing, and messaging that earns attention. He's also the co-founder of the world's first branded podcast agency, Pacific Content, named one of Entrepreneur's 100 Brilliant Companies.    Ready to earn your audience's attention and see real results from your marketing? Listen now! Connect with Mark Drager on LinkedIn → https://hi.switchy.io/markdrager

Are your customers leaving without buying? Learn how to make purchasing easy!In this episode of 7-8 Figure Special Series I interviewed Heather Udo. Heather is the Founder and CEO of Shoppable. (Shoppable is e-commerce infrastructure that helps brands, retailers, creators, and publishers power innovative commerce experiences - anywhere. )While with Shoppable®, she won the 2013 Women in Digital Award from L'Oreal and was named one of the ten “Most Powerful Millennials in Manhattan” by Gotham Magazine, and one of the eleven “Tech Gurus Changing the Luxury Game” by Refinery29. Shoppable® was a 2014 Webby Award Honoree for “Online Shopping,” a 2016 Webby Honoree for “Technical Achievement” and named one of the “100 Brilliant Companies” by Entrepreneur Magazine. She also holds three U.S. Patents for the technology she invented.Prior to founding Shoppable®, Heather was on the founding team at Affinity Labs, where she led their sales efforts from the ground up to profitability. In January 2008, Affinity Labs was acquired by Monster Worldwide (NYSE: MWW).Learn how to make buying easy. Check this out!Show Links:Heather on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heatherudo1/Heather on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherudo/Shoppable Website: https://about.shoppable.com/Book a call with Michelle: https://go.appointmentcore.com/book/IcFD4cGJoin our Facebook group for business owners to get help or help other business owners!The Business Ownership Group - Secrets to Scaling: https://www.facebook.com/groups/businessownershipsecretstoscalingLooking to scale your business? Get free gifts here to help you on your way: https://www.awarenessstrategies.com/ 

In this episode of the Creating Superfans podcast, I sit down with Steve Pratt, author of Earn It: Unconventional Strategies for Brave Marketers. He is also the co-founder of the world's first branded podcast agency, Pacific Content, which was named one of Entrepreneur's 100 Brilliant Companies.Steve and I discuss how brands can overpower apathy and capture attention by embracing their uniqueness and serving niche markets. We chat about the ridiculousness of traditional media norms and explore unexpected approaches to turning customers into superfans by fostering authentic and meaningful relationships. If you're looking for a spark for your next big marketing campaign or you're having trouble keeping your customers' attention, you will NOT want to miss this episode. Grab a copy of Steve's new book on Amazon--Subscribe to Brittany's biweekly newsletterFollow Brittany on LinkedIn and InstagramGrab a copy of Creating Superfans on Amazon

This week, I speak to Josh Tetrick on his revolutionary food tech that is currently in the process of taking the world by storm. Josh Tetrick is CEO & co-founder of Eat Just, Inc., a food technology company with a  mission to build a healthier, safer and more sustainable food system in our lifetimes. The company's expertise, from functionalizing  plant proteins to culturing animal cells, is powered by a world-class  team of scientists and chefs spanning more than a dozen research disciplines. Eat Just created one of America's fastest-growing egg  brands, which is made entirely of plants, and the world's  first-to-market meat made from animal cells instead of slaughtered livestock. Prior to founding Eat Just, Tetrick led a United Nations  business initiative in Kenya and worked for both former President Clinton and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. As  Fulbright Scholar, Tetrick taught schoolchildren in Nigeria and  South Africa and is a graduate of Cornell University and the University  of Michigan Law School.  Tetrick has been named one of Fast Company's “Most Creative People in Business” and recognized on prestigious lists such as the TIME100 Climate, Inc.'s “35 Under 35” and  Fortune's “40 Under 40.” Eat Just has been recognized as one of Fast  Company's “Most Innovative Companies,” Entrepreneur's “100 Brilliant  Companies,” CNBC's “Disruptor 50” and a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, and GOOD Meat has been named one  TIME's Best Inventions of 2023. Episode Highlights: Josh's journey co-founding Eat Just - creating foods that we like without all the harm. The power of the Mung Bean. The system of the chicken industrial process. The nostalgic relationship we have with meat. The Good Meat Immersive Dining Experience and the journey to FDA approval. The process of producing cultivated meat. Building awareness around the idea of the meat industry and the challenges that come with this. The challenges around revolutionising the food industry. The uncertainty around building a food system where people can convert and fully steer away from how the industry runs today. The power of choice in deciding what to put on your plate. The psychology of behaviour change, and how Josh is slightly pessimistic. The prospects of growing your own food at home. Artificial Generational Intelligence and technology. How Josh keeps his balance. Josh asks you to ponder on what meat actually is, not the fantasy version of it. Get in touch with Stephanie: www.listeningwellpodcast.com | @listeningwellpodcast Meditation with Stephanie Podcast Thank you for Listening Well!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you listened to the last episode, you already know that there's an updated paperback edition of my book Clean Meat that's coming out April 9, 2024. I announced in that episode that, aligning with that release, this show will be devoted for a couple months exclusively to interviews with leaders in the cultivated meat space, many of whom are profiled in the book.  And there's perhaps no person in the cultivated meat sector who's generated more headlines than Josh Tetrick, CEO of both Eat Just and Good Meat. Along with people like Mark Post and Uma Valeti, both of whom will also be guests in this podcast series, Josh was one of the first entrepreneurs to devote resources to trying to commercialize cultivated meat. And his company, Good Meat, indeed was the first company ever to win regulatory approval anywhere—in Singapore—and start selling real meat grown without animal cells.  In the new paperback edition of Clean Meat I detail the process of that Singaporean regulatory approval and the world's first historic cultivated meat sale. And while Good Meat has gone on to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital and garner US regulatory approval as well, the company admittedly hasn't yet achieved the goals it set out for itself in the early days.  In the recent New York Times obituary for cultivated meat, the author Joe Fassler writes, “The book ‘Clean Meat' describes Mr. Tetrick looking at factory drawings and saying, ‘By 2025, we'll build the first of these facilities,' and by 2030, ‘we're the world's largest meat company.'” Today, in 2024, Good Meat no longer has an aspiration of a 2025 major cultivated meat plant, and the idea of being the world's largest meat company by 2030 seems relatively  unlikely. But as you'll hear in this interview, Josh Tetrick remains cautiously optimistic about a future for the cultivated meat industry, despite negative headlines that are, at least for the time being, dampening some investors' enthusiasm for the space. In this episode, Josh and I have a frank discussion about the cultivated meat sector, how it may be able to scale, what the economics could look like, whether Josh thinks it's realistic to make a dent in total animal meat demand, and more.  Long-time listeners of the show will remember that Josh also was a guest on this podcast way back in 2019 on Episode 23. In that conversation, we discussed how he remains resilient in the face of adversity. I recommend going back and listening to that inspirational episode for sure, and I'm glad to have Josh back on the show to offer his point of view of where things stand in the movement to divorce meat production from animal slaughter today. Discussed in this episode Josh recommends reading Thinking, Fast and Slow. Our 2019 episode with Josh, Episode 23. A 2013 Washington Post obituary for electric cars.  More about Josh Tetrick Josh Tetrick is CEO & co-founder of Eat Just, Inc., a food technology company with a mission to build a healthier, safer and more sustainable food system in our lifetimes.  The company's expertise, from functionalizing plant proteins to culturing animal cells, is powered by a world-class team of scientists and chefs spanning more than a dozen research disciplines. Eat Just created one of America's fastest-growing egg brands, which is made entirely of plants, and the world's first-to-market meat made from animal cells instead of slaughtered livestock.  Prior to founding Eat Just, Tetrick led a United Nations business initiative in Kenya and worked for both former President Clinton and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. As a Fulbright Scholar, Tetrick taught schoolchildren in Nigeria and South Africa and is a graduate of Cornell University and the University of Michigan Law School.  Tetrick has been named one of Fast Company's “Most Creative People in Business,” Inc.'s “35 Under 35” and Fortune's “40 Under 40.” Eat Just has been recognized as one of Fast Company's “Most Innovative Companies,” Entrepreneur's “100 Brilliant Companies,” CNBC's “Disruptor 50” and a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer.

Welcome to The Food Professor podcast, Season three!We're back on the mic after a busy couple of weeks for Sylvain and the podcast; our last episode with Robert Andjelich, the largest farm owner in Canada, was our most popular ever, though some of that activity may be a reflection of Sylvain's media popularity in the past couple of weeks too!Our extraordinary guest this week is a revolutionary farmer of a different type, Josh Tetrick, CEO and co-founder of Eat Just Inchttps://www.ju.st/https://www.goodmeat.co/In this episode,Is stealing morally acceptable now?In 2022, Canada became the largest croissant exporter in the world. We now export millions of kilos of butter along with these croissants - but is this another factor in the high cost of butter domestically?The Grocery Code of Conduct update/ reaction - what we know, what we don't know, and when we'll know itCCSA's new alcohol guidelines - in a world where almost everything causes cancer, if you consume enough of it, what is the right approach to communicating the risks?Parliament is back next week, and expectations, including on Bill C-252 (food advertising to children)About JoshJoshTetrick, co-founder and CEO, Eat Just, Inc.JoshTetrick is CEO & co-founder of Eat Just, Inc., a food technology company with a mission to build a healthier, safer and more sustainable food system in our lifetimes. The company's expertise, from functionalizing plant proteins to culturing animal cells, is powered by a world-class team of scientists and chefs spanning more than a dozen research disciplines. Eat Just created one of America's fastest-growing egg brands, which is made entirely of plants, and the world's first-to-market meat made from animal cells instead of slaughtered livestock. Prior to founding Eat Just, Tetrick led a United Nations business initiative in Kenya and worked for both former President Clinton and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. As Fulbright Scholar, Tetrick taught schoolchildren in Nigeria and South Africa and is a graduate of Cornell University and the University of Michigan Law School. Tetrick has been named one of Fast Company's “Most Creative People in Business,” Inc.'s “35 Under 35” and Fortune's “40 Under 40.” Eat Just has been recognized as one of Fast Company's “Most Innovative Companies,” Entrepreneur's “100 Brilliant Companies,” CNBC's “Disruptor 50” and a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa. About MichaelMichael is the Founder & President of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc. and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada and the Bank of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, Today's Shopping Choice and Pandora Jewellery.   Michael has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. He has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions with C-level executives and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels. ReThink Retail has added Michael to their prestigious Top Global Retail Influencers list for 2023 for the third year in a row. Michael is also the president of Maven Media, producing a network of leading trade podcasts, including Canada's top retail industry podcast, The Voice of Retail. He produces and co-hosts Remarkable Retail with best-selling author Steve Dennis, now ranked one of the top retail podcasts in the world. In 2020 Michael launched The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois exploring the critical issues in food, grocery and food service. The Food Professor podcast is one of Apple Podcasts' top 20 business management podcasts in Canada, and currently the number one Canadian produced and hosted podcast in the category.Based in New York, Conversations with CommerceNext is a podcast focusing on retail eCommerce, digital marketing and retail careers with episodes talking with C-level executives operating in the U.S. and internationally. Based in San Francisco, Global eCommerce Leaders podcast explores global cross-border issues and opportunities for eCommerce brands and retailers. Last but not least, Michael is the producer and host of the "Last Request Barbeque" channel on YouTube, where he cooks meals to die for - and collaborates with top brands as a food and product influencer across North America.

Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet is the title of George Monbiot's new book and an essential challenge that we explore in this Future of Food episode, with the help of George and three other guests committed to transforming our food system. As the current global food crisis continues to push more and more people to the brink of starvation, join us as we take a deep dive into the root causes of the crisis. Surface with a diverse and exciting range of solutions that could ensure we have a ‘glocal' diverse food system, and a paradigm shift in the way we produce protein that regenerates our planet and feeds our population.    Our four contributors to this episode are: George Monbiot, celebrated author, activist and environmentalist; Dr Laura Pereira, Associate Professor at the Global Change Institute at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa and a researcher at the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University in Sweden; Dr Ruchika Singh, Director of Sustainable Landscapes and Restoration at the WRI or World Resources Institute in India; and Josh Tetrick, Co-Founder and CEO of Just Eat Inc.  You can find their short biographies and links to their work and media platforms below.    All of our guests were incredible, but a special acknowledgement goes to Ruchika who recorded her interview during the middle of a heat wave in India. It should bring home to us all how climate change is already severely affecting particular regions right now.    A huge thanks as ever to The Ikea Foundation for supporting us with the making of this episode. Please check out their wonderful work using the links below:  Website | Facebook | LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram | —   Christiana + Tom's book ‘The Future We Choose' is available now!   Subscribe to our Climate Action Newsletter!   —   Mentioned links from the episode: George's mentions: Solar Foods the precision fermentation company mentioned by George Monbiot who are making food from thin air.  Definitely one to watch!  The Land Institute - Perennial Crops  - the initiative mentioned by George Monbiot Tolhurst Organic - The Oxfordshire Farmer doing incredible things with soil mentioned by George Monbiot Laura's Mentions Scaling Out, Scaling Up, Scaling Deep  by Michelle Moore.  You can read up to 100 articles per month for free on this site if you register.   Ruchika's Mentions The Land Accelerator | World Resources Institute TerraFund for AFR100 —   Thank you to our guests this week:   George Monbiot, Author, Environmentalist and Activist (photo credit Guy Reece) George Monbiot is an author, Guardian columnist and environmental activist. His best-selling books include Feral: Rewilding the land, sea and human life, Heat: how to stop the planet burning, and Out of the Wreckage: a new politics for an age of crisis. George cowrote the concept album Breaking the Spell of Loneliness with musician Ewan McLennan, and has made a number of viral videos. One of them, adapted from his 2013 TED Talk, How Wolves Change Rivers, has been viewed on YouTube over 40m times. Another, on Natural Climate Solutions, that he co-presented with Greta Thunberg, has been watched over 60m times.  George's latest book, Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet, was published in May 2022.   Website | Twitter | YouTube | TikTok   Dr Laura Pereira, Associate Professor at the Global Change Institute at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa and a researcher at the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University in Sweden Dr Laura Pereira is a member of the Seeds of Good Anthropocenes project and leads two current projects, the first is a Formas funded project entitled “Seeding transformative futures for people and nature in Africa ” and the other is an H2020 project in collaboration with EAT called “Foodtrails”. She also works with Guillermo Ortuño Crespo on a small project to realise transformative scenarios for the high seas using the Nature Futures Framework. Pereira co-ordinates the SRC's module of the Bosch Stiftung Transformational Leadership Post-doc Academy. She is also actively involved in MSc student supervision and gives a lecture on sustainability transformations as part of the MSc course. Pereira holds a DPhil in Geography and Environmental Science from the University of Oxford. She completed her BSc (Hons) majoring in Zoology, Ecology and Law at the University of the Witwatersrand and read for an MSc in Nature, Society and Environmental Policy at St Hilda's College, Oxford. Twitter   Dr Ruchika Singh, Director - Sustainable Landscapes and Restoration, WRI India Dr. Ruchika Singh leads the Sustainable Landscapes and Restoration programme in India. Till January 2019, Ruchika anchored the restoration opportunity assessments for the Landscape Restoration programme at WRI India. Ruchika brings over eighteen years of extensive experience of conducting evidence-based research, programme management, assessments and evaluations related to various aspects of forest, water, tenure, resource rights, landscape management and governance issues, taking into consideration social inclusion and gender, from an interdisciplinary lens. Ruchika also contributes to Cities4Forests, an initiative focused on helping cities better conserve, manage, and restore inner forests (such as city trees and urban parks), nearby forests (such as green corridors and watersheds) and faraway forests (such as tropical and boreal forests). Ruchika works closely with Kochi (India) to help them maximize benefits from trees and forests for water, air quality, biodiversity, climate, livelihoods and more. WRI India LinkedIn  | Twitter | Facebook |  Instagram   Josh Tetrick, co-founder and CEO, Eat Just, Inc. Josh Tetrick is CEO & co-founder of Eat Just, Inc., a food technology company with a mission to build a healthier, safer and more sustainable food system in our lifetimes. The company's expertise, from functionalizing plant proteins to culturing animal cells, is powered by a world-class team of scientists and chefs spanning more than a dozen research disciplines. Eat Just created America's fastest-growing egg brand, which is made entirely of plants, and the world's first-to-market meat made from animal cells instead of slaughtered livestock. Prior to founding Eat Just, Tetrick led a United Nations business initiative in Kenya and worked for both former President Clinton and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. As Fulbright Scholar, Tetrick taught schoolchildren in Nigeria and South Africa and is a graduate of Cornell University and the University of Michigan Law School. Tetrick has been named one of Fast Company's “Most Creative People in Business,” Inc.'s “35 Under 35” and Fortune's “40 Under 40.” Eat Just has been recognized as one of Fast Company's “Most Innovative Companies,” Entrepreneur's “100 Brilliant Companies,” CNBC's “Disruptor 50” and a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. GOOD Meat                            Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram                    JUST Egg Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram — Big thanks to the talented team at Airaphon who helped edit and mixed this show for us this week. Check them out: Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn | Website —   Keep up with Christiana Figueres online Instagram | Twitter   Tom Rivett-Carnac Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn   Paul Dickinson LinkedIn | Twitter   —   Follow @OutrageOptimism on social media and send us a message! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn   Don't forget to hit SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss another episode of Outrage + Optimism!

The Table Talk podcast is on a festive break, but that doesn't mean we stop providing top content. We've delved into our archive and pulled out some of the best interviews from 2021. In this episode, Stefan Gates met Josh Tetrick, CEO of Eat Just. Eat Just made history in 2021, following a regulatory approval decision in Singapore for lab-grown meat to be sold in a restaurant.  System change needs to start somewhere, and this approval offers the potential to be the catalyst for changing the future of meat production and consumption and for cutting down on greenhouse gases, thus being more environmentally friendly. The 1880 restaurant in Singapore is the first restaurant in the world to have lab grown meat on their menu.  The restaurant sells a trio of taster dishes using Eat Just cultured chicken: bao bun with crispy sesame cultured chicken and spring onion; filo puff pastry with cultured chicken and black bean puree; and a crispy maple waffle with cultured chicken with spices and hot sauce. In this episode, Stefan Gates is joined by visionary Josh Tetrick, Founder and CEO of Eat Just as they discuss what impact this approval process will have on the future of meat without animal slaughter, the challenges of moving at scale, and why environment and health conscious Gen Z are key to taking cellular meat to the mainstream. Josh Tetrick is CEO & Co-Founder of Eat Just, Inc. Josh Tetrick is CEO & Co-Founder of Eat Just, Inc., a food technology company with a mission to build a healthier, safer and more sustainable food system in our lifetimes. The company's expertise, from functionalising plant proteins to culturing animal cells, is powered by a world-class team of scientists and chefs spanning more than a dozen research disciplines. Eat Just created America's fastest-growing egg brand, which is made entirely of plants, and the world's first-to-market meat made from animal cells instead of slaughtered livestock. Prior to founding Eat Just, Tetrick led a United Nations business initiative in Kenya and worked for both former President Bill Clinton and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. As Fulbright Scholar, Tetrick taught schoolchildren in Nigeria and South Africa and is a graduate of Cornell University and the University of Michigan Law School. Tetrick has been named one of Fast Company's “Most Creative People in Business,” Inc.'s “35 Under 35” and Fortune's “40 Under 40". Eat Just has been recognised as one of Fast Company's “Most Innovative Companies,” Entrepreneur's “100 Brilliant Companies,” CNBC's “Disruptor 50” and a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer.

Cannabis Grower's HandbookEd Rosenthal is a long-time social activist, marijuana advocate, teacher and author. His most recent book is the Cannabis Grower's Handbook.Cannabis and EmploymentKarson Humiston is the Founder & CEO of Vangst, the cannabis industry's recruiting platform. Since launching in 2016, Vangst has connected thousands of people with jobs at over leading cannabis businesses around the World. Karson was featured on the 2018 Forbes 30 under 30 list and Vangst was featured in Entrepreneur's 100 Brilliant Companies of 2018.Legalization and InvestingMichael J. Regan & Colin-Ferrian join us from MJResearchCo which conducts investment analysis and valuation of the cannabis industry. This conversation explores how it has been in the industry with a look ahead at how that will change when legalization eventually comes for cannabis. This will be a game changer that brings more and investors and more industrialists who are already successful into the business.Find more at: https://w420radionetwork.com/s3-e27-cannabis-growers-handbook-legalization-investing-cannabis-employment/

Recorded on 11/05/20 On today's podcast, Cowen's analyst Charles Rhyee has a conversation with Eddie Martucci, Co-founder and CEO of Akili Interactive, a leading digital therapeutics company creating prescription treatments for people living with cognitive disorders that are delivered through immersive action video game experiences. Akili has received recognition from numerous entities, including the #1 health company in Entrepreneur magazine's 100 Brilliant Companies of 2016 award and the CNS Summit Innovation award among others. For Disclosures, click here bit.ly/3cPHkNW

Guy Raz has distilled hundreds of fascinating business stories into a single book HOW I BUILT THIS - The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World's Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs,  named after his massively popular NPR podcast series  in the US.

This episode is inspired by a brilliant project I know of that never got off the ground in any significant way. Why do unbelievably smart people sometimes fail to build amazing businesses out of their amazing ideas? Just because someone is an inventor or engineer with a genius level IQ, doesn't mean their brilliance translates to the CEO title. An idea without execution is dead. A big idea without leadership is also dead.  The cool part? You don't have to be a natural leader to make this all happen, but you have to be willing to relinquish to someone that can.  Check out business biographies here: https://amzn.to/3ileQxp Want to keep "Killing Bigger?" Check out KillBigger.com Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcasting app! Write Kill Bigger Radio a five-star review if you are an Apple subscriber Follow KBRS on Twitter: https://twitter.com/killbiggerradio Join the discussion at https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/kaks-kill-bigger-radio-show.95326/ Consider applying to the Kill Bigger Incubator Program https://www.killbigger.com/the-kill-bigger-incubator/ Finally, please share episodes you like and tell your friends! DISCLAIMER! I am NOT your financial advisor. Do your own research. I advocate heavily that you should make intelligent and informed decisions based on your own understanding or hire someone that does this for you. Kill Bigger™️ & Kill Bigger Radio™️ are © Kyle Keegan Holdings LLC. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/killbigger/message

Karson Humiston is the Founder & CEO of Vangst, the cannabis industry’s recruiting platform. Since launching in 2016, Vangst has connected thousands of people with jobs at over leading cannabis businesses around the World. Karson was featured on the 2018 Forbes 30 under 30 list and Vangst was featured in Entrepreneur’s 100 Brilliant Companies of 2018. Prior to founding Vangst, Karson founded On Track Adventures, a student travel organization based out of St. Lawrence University.

Named one of Forbes Magazine’s “Ten Female Entrepreneurs to Watch,” my guest today is Sarah Davis, the Founder and President of ​Fashionphile​ - one of the 100 “Smartest, Most Innovative, Hands down Brilliant Companies" on Entrepreneur Magazine's radar. Sarah started the first iteration of Fashionphile on eBay to supplement her income while attending the University of Maryland School of Law. Post-law school, she took the leap to make Fashionphile her full-time job. Twenty years later, Fashionphile is now the largest online platform for buying and selling ultra-luxury handbags and accessories in the country.

Episode 108: Mike Grillo, Co-Founder and CEO of Gravity Products (Time Magazine's 50 Best Inventions of 2018), talks about weighted blankets, Kickstarter, and how to grow a brand. Guest Biography Beginning with the launch of the wildly successful Gravity Blanket in 2017, Gravity Products CEO & Co-Founder Mike Grillo has grown an innovative product into a $35 million company. Mike continues to oversee brand strategy, product development and corporate operations as he endeavors to build Gravity Products into a global sleep and relaxation brand. Prior to his work with Gravity Products, Mike built a successful career in marketing, PR and supply chain management, working with global brands like PepsiCo, Pfizer and Mondelez. Mike was an early employee of VaynerMedia, where he managed marquee accounts like Hasbro before serving as Vice President at RFI Studios (a division of Ruder Finn), leading the agency’s digital and social capabilities. Mike has a deep passion for wellness and hopes that Gravity can play a meaningful role in advancing the national dialogue around mental health. Since launching Gravity Products in 2017, Mike has overseen the expansion of the Gravity product line and endeavors to build Gravity into a global sleep and relaxation brand. The Gravity Blanket was named one of Time’s Best Inventions of 2018, and Gravity Products has become one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Brilliant Companies. In this episode, you'll learn: Why digital media companies are successfully launching products How to quickly test and validate product concepts, bring them to market, and scale. Whether Mike thinks it's better to sell direct to consumers online or to sell through brick and mortar retailers. Show notes: http://www.inspiredmoney.fm/108 Find more from our guest: Instagram LinkedIn YouTube Mentioned in this episode: gravityblankets.com Twitter facebook futurism.com buzzfeed.com ATTN: Runnymede Tip of the Week: Tips for validating a new product idea Thanks for Listening! To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Share this show on Twitter or Facebook. Join us at the Inspired Money Makers groups at facebook and LinkedIn To help out the show: Leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. Your ratings and reviews really help, and I read each one. Email me your address, and I'll mail you an autographed copy of Kimo West and Ken Emerson's CD, Slackers in Paradise. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Special thanks to Jim Kimo West for the music.

Ian Ippolito is a serial entrepreneur and the creator of the investment analysis website called therealestatecrowdfundingreview.com. The site has over 12,000 visitors per month and has been featured in USA Today, Bloomberg News, Realtor.com, Curbed and more. Ippolito is also the founder of a private investor club for alternative investing, with over 1,300 members and over 1.35 billion in investable assets. In 2001, Ippolito created one of the first remote work websites from an extra bedroom in his house, rentacoder.com, which was later renamed vworker.com. Ippolito grew it to 450,000 users, 15 employees, and 11.1 million in revenue before selling it to freelancer.com for an undisclosed price in the millions. Before that, he created one of the first open-source websites for programmers, planitsourcecode.com. At its peak, the site had 1.5 million visitors per month. Ippolito has been awarded the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Company Award four years in a row, and named to the 100 Most Innovative and Brilliant Companies by Entrepreneur Magazine. Ippolito has been interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Forbes, Time, Fast Company, Tech Crunch, CBS News, Fox News and many more.

Sarah Davis Sarah Davis is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Fashionphile. She was named one of Forbes Magazine's “Ten Female Entrepreneurs to Watch” and Entrepreneur Magazine called Fashionphile one of the 100 “Smartest, Most Innovative, Hands down Brilliant Companies on our Radar”. She likes to say that eBay was her incubator as she […] The post Start a Successful Business at Home appeared first on Princess Power.

Ian wanted to know more about all the different crowdfunding websites. He put together something comparing most of them and eventually made his website because of all the demand he was getting from other people. Now you can visit his website and review multiple platforms to help make an informed decision. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!   Best Ever Tweet: “Do they actually have some skin in the game?” - Ian Ippolito   Ian Ippolito Real Estate Background: -Investor and founder of Real Estate Crowdfunding Review -Founder and CEO of vWorker: Entrepreneur Magazine's "100 Smartest, Most Innovative and Brilliant Companies". -Interviewed by Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Forbes, TIME, Fast Company, TechCrunch, CBS & FOX News -Investor tools to cut through the clutter and the hype of real estate crowdfunding. -Say hi to him at -Based in Tampa Bay, Florida -Best Ever Book: Posture Alignment by Paul D’Arezzo     Join us and our online investor community:     Made Possible Because of Our Best Ever Sponsor:   Are you committed to transforming your life through real estate this year?   If so, then go to to apply for his coaching program.   is my real estate, business, and life coach. I’ve been working with him for years. Spots are limited, so be sure to apply today!

Scot Chisholm is the Founder & CEO @ Classy, the world's leading  fundraising platform for nonprofit organizations As a result they have raised close to $50m in VC funding from the likes of Salesforce Ventures, our friends at BullPen Capital, Mithril Capital and many more great investors. With support and funding like this, since 2011, Classy has helped more than 3,000 nonprofits and social enterprises raise hundreds of millions of dollars and be named to "The World's Most Innovative Companies in Social Good" and to the "100 Brilliant Companies" by Entrepreneur Magazine. As for Scot, he is also a prolific angel investor, investing out of a fund called Mixture that includes investments in Change.org, inDinero, Iodine, Casetext and more. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: How Scot made his way into the world of SaaS and how a “pub crawl” came to be the founding story for Classy? What have been the key learnings for Scot in raising $50m for Classy, in an industry that is maybe not so sexy for investors? Why did Scot choose to raise both the seed and A round from angels? What advice would Scot give to aspiring founders, looking to raise? How has Scot seen the evolution of his sales team? What are the key inflection points in the scaling when elements tend to break? How important is it to segment the sales team? When should this be done? At what speed is optimal? How does Scot evaluate startups looking to move upmarket? How does the decision to move upmarket change the internal decision-making with regards to product roadmap and strategy? How does it change the role of CEO in the organisation?    How does Scot look to balance the attainment of short term objectives with holding the vision for the future? How far is too far to plan ahead? How should founders think about investing in areas of the business ahead of time? 60 Second SaaStr What does Scot know now that he wishes he had known when he started? Challenges as a first time CEO/entrepreneur? The key challenges of building a SaaS company in San Diego? If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin Harry Stebbings SaaStr Scot Chisholm

Heather Marie. She’s the founder and CEO of Shoppable, a technology company that helps media companies, brands and retailers bring the checkout experience to anywhere a consumer discovers or engages with their products. While with Shoppable, she won the 2013 Women in Digital Award from L’Oreal, was named 1 of the 10 Most Powerful Millennials in Manhattan by Gotham Magazine, and 1 of the 11 Tech Gurus Changing the Luxury Game by Refinery29. The company was a 2014 Webby Award Honoree for Online Shopping, a 2016 Webby Honoree for Technical Achievement and named one of the 100 Brilliant Companies by Entrepreneur Magazine. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Never Eat Alone What CEO do you follow? – Jennifer Hyman Favorite online tool? — Boomerang for Gmail How many hours of sleep do you get?— 6 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “Just how long everything takes”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:07 – Nathan introduces Heather to the show 02:07 – Shoppable creates a technology that helps people buy what they see online 02:37 – People see products in every place 02:50 – Shoppable created a patent pending technology that provides different locations to shop that is outside the traditional retail shop 03:20 – Heather started the company in 2011 03:36 – Heather pitched Shoppable to a number of different retailers 03:49 – Shoppable launched a technology with The Wall Street Journal 04:00 – The Wall Street Journal branding was able to bring in a bunch of retailers and advertisers 04:40 – Shoppable has grown to under 30M products across the whole platform 05:28 – Shoppable brings the technology to where the consumers already are 05:40 – com uses Shoppable on their website and customers can buy directly from the website 07:24 – Shoppable brings the technology to different types of companies 07:40 – Shoppable is also integrated with publications such as WSJ, Condé Nast and others 07:58 – Shoppable is a SaaS company and charges annually for licenses 08:20 – Average customer pay is 5 figures 09:11 – Prior to Shoppable, Heather was at post acquisition of com 09:26 – Heather was a founding member of Affinity Labs 10:21 – Heather got into Affinity right after college 10:39 – The exit with Monster was all cash with an additional incentive 10:49 – Heather made it for 2 years after the acquisition, doing research on Shoppable 11:45 – Heather had to make Shoppable work 12:01 – Heather knew that she would start her own company 12:21 – Heather had debt that she was able to pay off after the acquisition 12:55 – Heather kept a part of the money for Shoppable 13:40 – Heather also had to downsize her condo to keep her expenses low 15:13 – There are ways you can increase your buffer 15:33 – Heather had to change her habits 16:22 – Shoppable has raised $5M 16:33 – The last round was a year ago 16:43 – Heather isn’t selling to Shopify 16:55 – Shoppable is above breaking even 17:24 – Team size is 20 and they are all based in New York 17:53 – Heather went on a business trip to NY and on her second day, she thought that Shoppable was made for NY 18:31 – Shoppable has around 438 merchants and 2000 brands 18:38 – One merchant could have hundreds of brands 19:15 – Average ARR 21:13 – The Famous Five   3 Key Points: As an entrepreneur, you need to know how to manage money well. Building a company requires research and an action plan—especially if that company is your first and last shot at building one. Be aware that things in business and in life may take longer that what you’re expecting.   Resources Mentioned: The Top Inbox – The site Nathan uses to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders in inbox, track opens, and follow-up with email sequences Klipfolio – Track your business performance across all departments for FREE Hotjar – Nathan uses Hotjar to track what you’re doing on this site. He gets a video of each user visit like where they clicked and scrolled to make the site a better experience Acuity Scheduling – Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments Host Gator– The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible Audible– Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

Ray Tenenbaum is the founder of Great Hires, a recruiting technology startup offering a mobile-first Candidate Interviewing Experience platform for both candidates and hiring teams. Great Hires was named Top HR Product of 2016 by Human Resource Executive Magazine and ranked #2 in Business Tools in Entrepreneur Magazine’s Brilliant Companies of 2016. SHOW TOPICS One of the more practical new tools i have see in hr tech lately...what was the impetus for creating the app ...tell us more about its origins? How does it work for employers? Why is making the interview experience so important? Describe the user experience for a candidiate? What have you learned so far about how companies approach interviewing...any takeaways? Tell us about the company itself how many employees are you bootstrapped or funded... How much does it cost for employers to use it? We are living in a time where there has never been more HR technology…..What advice do you have for companies who are overwhelmed with all this new HR technology? That will do it for this edition of the RecTech podcast. Thanks again to our sponsor and remember to check out Beyond.com/rectech for that special offer of 10% to their text to hire service...Follow me on twitter @chrisrussell or visit www.rectechmedia.com, you can find the audio and links for this show on our blog

87: Blake Hall is the Co-Founder and CEO of ID.me, a digital identity wallet designed to empower consumers to prove their identity online while controlling how their personal data is shared. ID.me was selected by the United States Department of Commerce as one five companies to participate in the President's National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace in 2013. A Finalist for Wall Street Journal Startup of the Year in 2013, ID.me was also included in the June 2014 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine as one of 100 Brilliant Companies for 2014. A veteran of the Iraq war, Blake led a platoon of scouts and snipers hunting high value targets in Iraq for fifteen months from July 2006 - September 2007. He was awarded the Bronze Star with Valor for heroism during a firefight against Al-Qaida affiliated insurgents attacking an American hospital in Mosul, Iraq in an action senior commanders credited with saving twenty American lives. Blake has written for The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, and Forbes. Thanks to The Economist, Blake holds the distinction of being the first Google result for the phrase 'muscly entrepreneur.' Blake attained a Bachelor of Science magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8v9eE6QLmk&feature=youtu.be ID.me began as a tool that allowed members of the military to securely submit and prove their identity online. This new capability gave military members access to the thousands of discounts and exclusive savings they could previously only receive in-store because merchants had no way to check a physical ID card online. Soon after, we began to issue digital ID cards for students, first responders, and teachers as well. The success of those projects led us to wonder: why doesn't digital identity work like identity in the physical world where people have ID cards they can easily display to prove their identity? To make trusted online interactions more convenient, we built ID.me, a secure digital wallet, to store all of your digital ID cards so that you can easily prove your identity and group statuses online. Your ID.me wallet login – the e-mail and password you create when you sign up with ID.me – will always remain the same even as you add more and more digital ID cards to your wallet. One thing that hasn't changed is our promise to our members: your personal information belongs to you. You, and only you, control how your information is shared while ID.me deploys bank-grade encryption to keep your data safe at all times.

Jason Fritton joins us on the Deal Farm to talk about Crowdfunding and the platform he created in 2013 - PatchofLand.com. His site was recently named to Entrepreneur's list of the 100 Brilliant Companies to watch in 2015! Jason shares with us the ins and outs of crowdfunding as well as a recent deal that was featured on his site that will make the investor a handsome return.   Feel free to browse opportunities to borrow as well as invest at PatchofLand.com

Legal Eagle and the Coach with Bryan Kiser & David Altenbern with their guest Andrew Thompson & Michael Jacobs: Andrew Thompson the CEO of PEAK Performance, Inc. based in Murrieta, CA. I've trained over 150,000 professionals for the past 20 years and specialize in "Human Tech". Our focus is NOT to have our clients master some new software, computer program or app... we focus on the The Human Tool, what makes you a better professional. I've always had a passion for education and training. 15 years ago I was teaching real estate law and pre-licensing law in Minnesota. Though, I was focused on the legal side of real estate, I noticed that once an agent would go out into the professional world the failure rate after one year was high. Michael Austin Jacobs is a #1 Best-Selling Author, Serial Entrepreneur, and Professional Speaker. He has consulted major companies such as Macy's on business strategies and is also an active contributing writer for Entrepreneur.com. Michael first began to awaken to his own purpose and power during his travels throughout India. After returning from India, he launched a mobile app company. Within 12 months of launch, the app gained over 10,000 users and was featured as one of Entrepreneur Magazine's "100 Brilliant Companies."

July 29, 2014 - Read the full Your Mark on the World article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/1o0Nugp. Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwitunes or on Stitcher by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwstitcher. Southwest Airlines has launched a sustainability initiative called “LUV Seat: Repurpose with Purpose” to upcycle leather seat coverings, keeping them out of landfills, so as to create opportunities for people in Kenya. The pilot project began with 43 acres of leather seating materials and works in partnership with local nonprofits. Readers can comment on Facebook with the hashtag #LUVSeat, Marilee McInnis, a Southwest Airlines Spokesperson, noted: In Nairobi, Kenya (the project’s pilot location), SOS Children’s Villages Kenya, the primary non-profit partner that serves orphaned children and families in need, along with Alive & Kicking, Masaai Treads, and Life Beads Kenya, will use the leather to produce goods for distribution to local community groups. Through the partnership, SOS youth will receive paid apprenticeships and training to make shoes and soccer balls from the leather. When completed, the shoes will be distributed as part of an anti-jigger campaign. The upcycled soccer balls will be donated to support education programs that use sports to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and Malaria prevention. More about Looptworks: Creativity is everywhere. We transform neglected excess into fresh products that outfit your gadgets to take on life, giving you freedom to #CreateWhereYouWant. Looptworks is an innovative design brand that creates remarkable products, like bags, digital carrying devices and clothing, using premium excess materials. By pioneering progressive design and manufacturing methods, rescuing unused textiles, and by producing quality products, Looptworks has saved over 40 million gallons of water. Paving the path for a more sustainable production industry, Looptworks is committed to using only materials that already exist, and is partnering with major retailers and brands, to transform excess into excellence. image Scott’s bio: Scott Hamlin, a passionate conservationist, is the co-founder of LOOPTWORKS, a Portland, Oregon based design brand that creates premium apparel, bags and mobile device accessories from high quality, upcycled materials. LOOPTWORKS has partnered with Fortune 500 companies, such as Southwest Airlines, to apply forward thinking design to their excess materials and brand marketing tools. Its products are currently being sold into Apple, Apple specialty retailers, Patagonia stores, Colleges and Universities nationwide, with distribution in Japan, Canada and Australia. You can see their full product offering at looptworks.com. LOOPTWORKS has been featured on Oprah’s O list, the Today Show, NBC National News, The Guardian, Entrepreneur Magazine, Shape magazine, Fast Company Magazine, Real Simple, and many other blogs and websites. LOOPTWORKS has been named one of Entrepreneur Magazines top 100 Brilliant Companies and has won the Innovations in Supply Chain Sustainability by Sustainable Business Oregon. Recognized as a thought leader in the emerging Circular Economy and sustainable capitalism, Hamlin has joined former Vice President and Nobel Peace Laureate, Al Gore on a panel as a pioneer of sustainable industries. He has served as the key note speaker at Temple University’s Social Entrepreneurship Conference, as well as speaking engagements at Harvard University, The Green Biz Forum, and many other Universities and Business Conferences in the US, Japan, and Brazil. Hamlin and the Looptworks Team have been working with experts in textile recycling and textile science to work towards Looptworks’ ultimate goal, closed loop manufacturing. In addition to running a growing company, Scott spends his free time with his wife and two kids enjoying surfing, biking, running, rock climbing, hiking and playing outdoors. More about Southwest Air: In its 44th year of service, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) continues to differentiate itself from other carriers with exemplary Customer Service delivered by more than 45,000 Employees to more than 100 million Customers annually. Based on the most recent data available from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Southwest is the nation’s largest carrier in terms of originating domestic passengers boarded. Southwest is one of the most honored airlines in the world, known for its triple bottom line approach that takes into account the carrier’s performance and productivity, the importance of its People and the communities it serves, and its commitment to efficiency and the planet. The 2013 Southwest Airlines One Report™ can be found at southwest.com/citizenship. Marilee’s bio: Marilee McInnis is a spokesperson for Southwest Airlines, the nation’s largest airline in terms of passengers carried. In addition to her reputation management and corporate communication duties, Marilee directs the airline’s Green initiatives, leads the “Green Team,” helps the Company put a Green filter on business decisions, and communicates and fosters sustainability for the Company. Marilee developed and spearheads the Company’s annual integrated reporting effort, the Southwest Airlines One Report™, which makes Southwest one of only a handful of U.S. companies publishing an integrated report and the subject of Harvard’s first case study on integrated reporting. Marilee was named by Fortune magazine as one of eight rising green stars at the world’s most admired companies. Marilee is an honors journalism graduate of the University of North Texas. More about SOS Children’s Villages: SOS Children’s Villages creates stable, loving families for orphaned and abandoned children. We provide mothers who give individual attention and guidance to each child until they become an independent adult. We are raising over 82,000 children in over 500 villages across 133 countries, including the US. Through our outreach programs we impact the lives of over 1 million people each year. Amanda’s bio: Amanda Eisen is the Director, Corporate Partnerships for SOS Children’s Villages-USA, where she is responsible for managing mutually beneficial partnerships that support SOS Children’s Villages around the world while helping companies meet their CSR goals. Prior to joining SOS Children’s Villages in 2013, Amanda was Foundation and Corporate Relations Officer at The Wilderness Society, a national organization that worked to protect wilderness and inspire Americans to care for our wild places. Previously, she served as Director of Foundation and Corporate Giving for the Prospect Park Alliance in Brooklyn, NY. Amanda earned her B.A. in English from Vassar College. In her spare time, Amanda enjoys yoga, cooking, and knitting. Amanda lives in Hyattsville, MD with her husband, six-year-old daughter, and two cats. More about What’s Good Studios: What’s Good Studios is a creative hub kicking out innovative content for young, modern, urban Kenyans and for the rest of the world to enjoy. What’s Good Studios is the production partner for the Southwest Leather project: Repurpose with Purpose: Luv Seat Silvia’s bio: Silvia is the Kenyan Programme Co-ordinator on the ground. She is a marketer with over 6 years experience in Consumer and Trade Marketing in both South Africa and Kenya. She is part of the marketing team for What’s Good Studios. She is excited to be part of the Southwest Leather Programme and especially looking forward to transforming the lives of young women and men through the programme.

Nick Smoot, Founder, HereOnBiz, introduced his app to the Social Geek Radio audience ten months ago http://bit.ly/18uwhCE HereOnBiz is a mobile app that identifies people in your professional network who are nearby, for connecting while traveling.  Nick rejoins AK Stout and Deb Evans to share what is new with HereOnBiz and how he and his team are creating opportunities for business professionals worldwide.  HereOnBiz was recently mentioned in Entreprenuer's magazine in the "100 Brilliant Companies" article http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/226680 During the last 15 minutes of the show, AK will share her App of the Week, and other cool tools and sites in the very popular #GeekItOut segment Join the conversation on Facebook or follow AKStout18 and DebCE and tweet your questions!  Social Geek Radio sponsors:  SayingItSocial and Deb Evans Consulting, LLC  

Don Charlton refers to himself as a "pixel pusher.” In 2009, he designed, built and launched The Resumator, a recruiting platform which recently earned a spot on Entrepreneur magazine's list of 100 Brilliant Companies. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 24428]

Don Charlton refers to himself as a "pixel pusher.” In 2009, he designed, built and launched The Resumator, a recruiting platform which recently earned a spot on Entrepreneur magazine's list of 100 Brilliant Companies. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 24428]

Holly Hamann is an indefatigable entrepreneur who has helped launch six start ups.  Her latest venture, Blog Frog, was just named one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s “100 Brilliant Companies.” Blog Frog, whose clients include national brand companies – such as Intuit, KinderCare, Shutterfly and Subway – connects clients with popular bloggers and other social media influences to generate peer-driven content on topics including food, fashion, parenting, fitness and technology.  Blog Frog leaps past the clutter of Internet ads to harness the power of more than 100,000 social influencers. Everyone benefits. Ribbit. Ribbit. Hamann, who personifies the cutting-edge, unconventional thinking taught at the Wizard Academy, is interviewed by Academy faculty member and graduate Dean Rotbart and by David Biondo, a veteran financial planner and successful entrepreneur. Rotbart and Biondo produce Monday Morning Radio and serve as co-hosts in cooperation with Business Unconventional on 710 KNUS AM in Denver. Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo.  The best things in life really are free! Run Time:  33 min  19 secPhoto: Holly Hamann, Blog Frog