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If you grew up evangelical, the thought of youth ministry is probably very triggering. It may bring back memories of shame and religiosity. Adolescence is a very tender time of our lives and that is exactly when a lot of the toxicity of fundamentalism was solidified. More likely than not, we heard rhetoric like, “Gay is sinful” and, “Love the sinner, hate the sin” all of the time. Now, imagine what it would be like to have a youth ministry that is LGBTQ inclusive. This is the very thing that today’s guest is invested in and passionate about. Ross Murray is the founder of The Naming Project and the author of Made, Known, Loved: Developing LGBTQ Inclusive Youth Ministry. He is a strong advocate for LGBTQ inclusiveness in churches around the world. In this episode, Ross and I discuss his background, where his passion for this kind of advocacy arose, what he is doing now to support LGBTQ kids, and how you can be a part of it.  Show Highlights: Ross’s experience with the church and ministry throughout childhood and young adulthood. How The Naming Project came to be. How coming out later in life makes people relive their adolescence. What Ross’s camps are like. The connection between kids’ spirituality and sexuality. How Ross balanaces his religion and his promotion of LGBTQ inclusiveness. What his book is about. How they figure out sleeping arrangements at his camps. Why privacy doesn’t have to mean shameful. Why youth ministries should stop using cutesy phrases and just say the hard things. Links (affiliates included): Made, Known, Loved - https://www.madeknownloved.org The Naming Project - https://www.thenamingproject.org Parenting Forward Conference Sessions - https://www.parentingforwardconference.com/2020-sessions Join us at the Parenting Forward Patreon Team - https://www.patreon.com/cindywangbrandt Parenting Forward, the Book - https://amzn.to/3g0LJPn1 PREORDER You Are Revolutionary - https://www.beamingbooks.com/store/product/9781506478302/You-Are-Revolutionary *** EPISODE CREDITS: If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment. He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com

Ross Young joins us on Security Confidential to talk about cybersecurity. Ross is the CISO of Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation, a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, and the Co-Host of the CISO Tradecraft podcast, and the inventor of the OWASP Threat and Safeguard Matrix. Ross is also a veteran of CIA and NSA. 00:00 Introduction 00:55 How Ross became CISO of Caterpillar Financial Service 03:04 Scholarship for Service 04:10 Foreign cyber espionage capabilities 07:01 The elusive identity online 07:50 Compliance frameworks = great cybersecurity? 12:47 Can cybersecurity be used for revenue generation? 20:30 Learning from vendors selling in cybersecurity place 22:55 Vulnerability management in the cloud 27:02 How do you develop a resilient software system 31:50 OWASP Threat and Safeguard Matrix 37:58 Accounting for The X-Factor and Zero Day threat in cybersecurity 41:45 CISO Tradecraft The videocast for this episode To learn more about Ross Young To learn more about Dark Rhino Security

My guest today shares the keen awareness he’s developed of his ADHD diagnosis and how it impacts his life. Join us to hear the story of the good he’s doing in the world. Ross Watt hosts the International ADHD Party on Twitter and is one of the ADHD-Hub co-creators. He’s working hard to make a difference for kids and adults with ADHD. Show Highlights: Why Ross is intensely passionate about ADHD, writing poems, and encouraging others How Ross’ personal brand of intensity means being hyper-focused with a chip on his shoulder and always investigating things in deeper ways How Ross grew up being strong-willed, determined (especially when told he couldn’t do something), opinionated, and argumentative How Ross’ parents nicknamed him “Half-a-job,” which was a dig that led him to compare himself to others and find that he didn’t measure up How Ross’ adolescent years were a big contradiction How Ross has had to tone himself down and tune himself out when he knows he shouldn’t say something but feels like he will explode How Ross has had to learn when to speak up and when to be quiet How Ross’ intensity got out of control when he left his parents’ house at age 16, determined to prove everybody wrong How Ross uses his fire for good, helping others with diplomacy and patience How Ross helps others develop their ideas and disprove their opinions of themselves How Ross formed the habit of not telling others what he will do--just in case he doesn’t follow through Why Ross is very set in daily routines How Ross helps others by being honest and giving them belief in themselves How to figure out if you’re a “carrot” or “stick” person Resources: Connect with Ross: Twitter: ADHD ADHD-Hub   

In today's podcast, Ross and Jen discuss about job scams! How Ross almost felt for one. Also, get some tips on what to be aware of before your next job interview, could they be scamming you? Remember to think twice before giving personal information (ie: SSN or Drivers License #) to a potential employer. Designers beware!Some resources for website validation so you don't get scammed!https://www.godaddy.com/help/what-shows-in-the-whois-directory-330https://lookup.icann.org/https://www.ic3.gov/Donate: paypal.me/wuzupUXWebsite: www.whatsupux.comFollow us on Twitter @WhatsupUxEmail: wuzupux@gmail.comSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/wuzupUX)

Guest: Ross Biestman, CRO of ServiceTitan In this episode, we cover Ross’ background in banking, his transition to sales, and what he does as the CRO Executive in Residence at Bessemer Venture Partners. (2:30)... How Ross’ research on high-performing people identified specific levers that can be utilized to create motivation and help improve a team’s overall performance. (9:23)... How Ross identifies high-potential talent and the shared characteristics of top performers. (17:30)... ‘We definitely fly very close to the sun’: Why Ross’ company, ServiceTitan, both over-assigns — and under-assigns — quotas for salespeople. (25:29)... What ServiceTitan does and how Ross became involved in the company. (30:44)... Why ServiceTitan works quickly at customer acquisition and going-to-market and the main objections the company gets from potential customers about its product. (40:15)... Ross’ predictions on the future growth of ServiceTitan and the main challenges he sees lying ahead. (46:42)... How Ross defines grit. (50:57)

There are some genuine 'crash the car' funny moments on the show this week. You need to hear about Dog Knickers, Gatt Man, UFO'S and How Ross is making extra money these days.Thanks for supporting the show, if you like this podcast please tell your friends. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“Success is the number of people’s lives you’re able to influence and touch, and how much quality they’re able to derive from that relationship they have with you.”Success is a moving object, and when it comes to sales, it cannot be said better. If you are looking to measure your sales success, you need to look at the impact you are having on your customers. Are you helping them succeed?Key Talking Points of the Episode:Ross’ background in salesHow Ross manages to stay at his bestSelf-accountabilityDealing with leadership egoSkills that have helped Ross scale in his careerThe future of salesQualities of a great leaderThe definition of success, according to RossKey Milestones of the Episode:[02:22] How Ross got into sales[10:37] How does Ross stay at his best, and how does he help his team stay at their best?[14:35] How does Ross coach his leaders and teams to hold themselves accountable?[18:22]How does Ross help leaders get over their ego of thinking they are better than individual contributors?[20:53] Skills that have helped Ross move out of the individual contributor position[25:31] How Ross sells to people with no predisposition to technology in their business as a whole?[32:47] What trends should we be looking at when it comes to sales?[36:56] Qualities of leaders that Ross looks up to[39:14] What does success mean to Ross?Key Quotes from the Episode:“The only time you fail in sales is when you get complicit and you stop doing those tasks in a way that makes it so you don’t have your pipeline for the next month.”“If your reps are all showing up to pipeline review, and they are not prepared, spend two days with your top performers who are struggling to manage pipeline and see where they’re spending their time.”“Authority in businesses is derived from your ability to drive alignment”“Technology is a way of reaching customers, and delighting those customers.”“Being a good salesperson, when you’re working in a logistic industry, is about helping educate buyers on the value of changing their operations and leveraging technology.”“Be an educator first, and a salesperson second.”“Mise en place, is the concept in cooking, of having all of your ingredients setup and ready to go so when it gets busy you don’t have to spend time going up and down the stairs. This applies to sales too and what I like to call Sales en place, get your system organized so you don’t waste time”“Technology can’t empathize with humans.”“Success is the number of people’s lives you’re able to influence and touch, and how much quality they’re able to derive from that relationship they have with you.”Links:Ross on LinkedInToastMy Core OS   Please help this podcast continue to grow and reach more people by taking a second to share it with a friend and leave us a five-star review on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. We appreciate your support. 

Today I have the pleasure of interviewing the king of online content, Ross Winn. Ross is the founder of https://www.podcastinsights.com/ (Podcasts Insights), the largest podcast education website with over 1M page views per month. When he’s not hosting his show, Podcasting Simplified, he also helps run an equine-therapy non-profit that serves first responders and veterans.  I’m excited to dive right in and grab some awesome nuggets from Ross all around building a winning blog or any asset platform.  Things you will learn in this episode: [00:01 - 04:03] Opening Segment I introduce today’s guest, Ross Winn Founder of Podcast Insights  Non-profit  Host of Podcasting Simplified Announcements  Ross gives us some background  Became an entrepreneur even during high school  Went to school for Business Marketing Taking over SEO and Email Marketing for a nation-wide franchise [04:04 - 11:00] Blogging for the Win Ross gives advice to people trying to find their path  Be willing to work for free to build experience and credibility  Learning over Earning  How Ross transitioned from working for a company to working for himself  Started with a Mastermind for Business Owners  Pushed to create a podcast critiquing ads  Became a podcast about making podcasts Already had the base with the blog when he was laid off Ross talks about making his blog a long term project Blessing in disguise  [11:01 - 17:45] The Best Practices of a Successful Blog  Ross shares about resources and ideas for blog posts  Using Ahrefs  Shooting for over 1,000 words  Cover the topic completely  The factors in blogs that perform well  Adding synonyms and keywords  Looking at competing articles  Ross talks about promotional materials  Other best tools and practices  Growing your email list  Aligning opt-ins to the category  Ross’s insights on written content  Thoughts on release schedule  [17:46 - 23:15] Closing Segment Who you know or What you know?  A little bit of both  Learn then connect  Where have your relationships led you today? Example of getting tickets traffic and conversion  How can we support you?  Links below  The RaNdoM RoUnd Alternative profession?  An hour with anyone?  How do you consume content? Favorite podcast?  Morning routine?  Something you’re not good at? Go to pump up song?  How can we connect with you? Links below  Final words  Tweetable Quotes:  “You might not want to do this for a long time, but just be willing to do work for free to get those first clients and get testimonials from people to show that you do good work.” - Ross Winn  “To get started I think it was more about what I knew and could research, but as I grew I really think that who I knew and the relationships I made were really what took me to the next level.” - Ross Winn  Resources Mentioned:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcasting-simplified/id1337151390 (Podcasting Simplified) https://ahrefs.com/ (Ahrefs SEO Tool) https://www.buzzsprout.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwlvT8BRDeARIsAACRFiU5xCkFACjjqNWYiYzMnsAHRYyBt0wV46ZhyOMHqm_9aK2rFd5FhM8aAlVVEALw_wcB (Buzzsprout ) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-authority-hacker-podcast/id1073349789 (The Authority Hacker ) You can connect with Ross on https://twitter.com/paidinsights?lang=en (Twitter) or email ross@paidinsights.com. Visit https://www.podcastinsights.com/ (www.podcastinsights.com/) to learn more about how to grow and monetize your platform. Did you love the value that we are putting out in the show? LEAVE A REVIEW and tell us what you think about the episode so we can continue putting out great content just for you! Share this episode and help someone who wants to connect with world class people.  Jump on over

This week Nick and Steven interview Ross Harper. There are not many things Ross has not done in property! He owns multiple property businesses along with and auction company and estate agency. It was a really inspiring chat and we covered the following:- How Ross structures his various property businesses and how they work together so he can maximize on opportunities.- How Ross came through the dark times of the 2008 financial crash- Property trading and deal sourcing - Thoughts on the current market and the opportunity that will arise post covid-19- His biggest development to date which was set on fire and a personal insight into how Ross dealt with itConnect with Ross through LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rossharperproperty/Or find out about buying and selling opportunities with his auction company: http://nationalpropertyauctions.co.uk/Hope you find it useful and we would appreciate it hugely if you could find time to leave a review.Join us on the Monday night live zoom call at 8pm, book your ticket here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-property-podcast-lockdown-live-tickets-107571964642Connect with us on social media:Join the Scottish Property Podcast Facebook Group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/628274537711227/Steven Clark on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenclark84/Nick Ponty on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nick_ponty/Email us:Steven@steven-clark.comNick@arcproperty.uk

11 Year MLS Cup Champion Quincy Amarikwa’s (@QuincyAmarikwa) presents - The Perfect Soccer Podcast, Where your host Paul Guarino goes 1 on 1 to get to know your favorite professional soccer players, on and off the pitch. In today’s episode: Paul interviewed former MLS player Ross LaBauex. Ross discusses his career at the University of Virginia, winning the National Championship in 2009, and his time in the MLS. 0:00 - 2:50 Intro 2:51 - 3:34 How Ross got into soccer 3:35 - 5:21 Youth career 5:22 - 7:57 Did Ross play for the Newcastle youth team? 7:58 - 10:48 Recruiting process to college 10:49 - 11:25 Dream school? 11:26 - 13:33 Experience at University of Virginia 13:34 - 15:21 Being named captain and winning the National Championship at UVA 15:22 - 18:38 Double overtime NCAA National Championship game 18:39 - 21:14 The process to the MLS Draft 21:15 - 22:32 Choosing an agent 22:33 - 23:47 MLS debut with the Colorado Rapids 23:48 - 24:04 Winning the MLS Cup 24:05 - 24:26 Perfect Soccer ad 24:27 - 26:38 Reflecting on the tight-knit group in Colorado 26:39 - 29:40 Going to the White House and asking President Obama to sign his book 29:41 - 35:16 Things happen for a reason 35:17 - 37:01 Coaching high school soccer 37:02 - 39:38 How’d Ross get involved with Perfect Soccer 39:39 - 46:44 Quincy’s 5 questions 46:47 - 49:01 Off the pitch questions 49:02 - 50:12 Outro Be sure to follow Ross on social: https://www.instagram.com/rosslabauex https://twitter.com/RossLaBauex

In this episode, I speak to Ross Johnson, a 27 year old serial entrepreneur dedicated to teaching coaches and consultants how to grow their online businesses. His trajectory was anything but typical. He went from being a broke personal trainer to building $2 million businesses in just four years, one of which he was able to exit successfully.  Now he's helped hundreds of people grow their online businesses through his mentorship programs, which has earned him mentions in a ton of publications including Forbes, inc and Entrepreneur.  In today's episode, we talk about so many different things. Everything from his very moderate modest upbringing to oyster farming, selling drugs, how the Four Hour Work Week inspired him to start his online business and why in the first four years and nothing, absolutely nothing seemed to be working for him. The biggest thing he identified with me is using a script. Having a step-by-step template of exactly what to say and when, so that he could start growing confidence and trust in his own ability to know exactly what to say, when to say it, why he was saying it to potential customers so that he could hear yes, after yes, after yes, consistently! Biggest Takeaways: If you don't make the sale, improve the offer over and over again and see if you can make the sale. And then when people make the sale, ask them why they bought, why did they buy from you and not someone else People would buy right in the DM on a $5,000 product. This goes to show that the better your branding and marketing is, the less push you have to be with sales. If you don't ask, you're being selfish if you don't make the offer because you can change somebody's life and it's up to you. Highlights: How Ross tried to give away a service for free, had calls with 60 people, yet none of them took up the offer [09:00] How do you pivot in your business and navigate that transition [12:07] How to reposition and rebrand yourself, especially when you are representing yourself as a personal brand in your business [16:31] How to stop taking rejection and everything else in your business so personally and go easy on yourself [19:20] What to do when you’re struggling with pricing and you’re hearing more Nos than Yes’es on your sales conversations [21:30] How your marketing and branding directly influence your sales results [26:33] Business is a marathon, not a sprint. Why you need to focus on the long-term [34:57] How to not sound desperate when things aren’t working [37:01] How you can build authority, build relationships and tap on other communities without coming off as a sleaze [40:00] How Ross used a script and practiced it and became really good at handling objections [42:16] This is such a goood episode. Ross shared some key points with us today, including how using  a script helped him master the sales game and get him consistently closing more deals and helping more clients.  If you’re struggling to figure out what to say on your discovery calls, or maybe tired of hearing objections and looking for your own sales script of what to say when talking to potential clients, check out my Discovery Call Bundle -  it’s the exact formula me and my clients have used to create 80% or more conversion rates. In fact, I use it to average 93% close rates. Go ahead and Check it out at susanmcvea.com/script (link to: https://www.susanmcvea.com/script) to grab your very own copy and start hearing more YES’es on your sales calls. Join Sell With More Ease If you're done with putting things off and desire to master sales today so that you can grow and scale your business faster than you ever have, click here to join the waitlist for Sales Mastery Society and be the first to know when doors open! Send me your burning questions: Send me your questions and I will profile you here on an upcoming show. Find out more about me here:  Facebook Facebook Group Instagram Website

Ross Bentley was kind enough to come on as our guest and help celebrate our 100th episode.   Ross is known throughout the racing world as a great driver, author, and coach about high performance driving and racing, where his racing experience at the highest levels is augmented by his passion for learning and sharing to help raise the knowledge base as a whole for the good of our sport.  This discussion was aimed at learning more about Ross and his history, but when you have a chance to ask him a question about racing, you take advantage.  We are hoping we can get him on again in the future.  Maybe every 100 episodes, but we would hate to have to wait that long.     PS We rarely request anything, but during our discussion, Ross seemed to be unaware of the impact his books have had.  If you have a moment, please post a picture of you with his book/books on Instagram with the hashtag #ThankYouRoss to show him the impact he has had.  Thank you.     On this week’s Dominating With Dawson, we go into the first of an ongoing series where ewe get into some of the jargon involved with racing.  This week we review Rotation, what it means, and how to use and control it.      Best regards,   Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast   and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team     This episode’s highlights include: * How Ross fascination in cars and racing started and his history in racing * His thoughts on the impacts of current amateur and amateur endurance racing on our sport * With racing, what is not enough.  Go for the Why! * Skid pad use and discussion * Alan admits to an issue with Turn 1, all of them * Tire grip and how to control/manage the grip on individual tires while on track * Why and how at the limit driving can be different for different drivers, even in the same car * The equal, if not even more, importance of knowing what you do “right” as well as what you did “wrong” and by how filling your lap with doing things right will remove the time to do something wrong, leading to improvement.   * Areas where drivers typically could improve at various levels in their learning career processes and various habits and processes to build upon * How to improve you driving through cross training * His prescription for moving from a novice driver to a very successfully, advanced amateur racing driver * He clarifies the difference between driver training, driver education, and driver training. * Vicki picks Ross’s brain on front wheel drive vs rear wheel drive to absolutely no one’s surprise * The best description of the importance of how you release the brake we have ever heard, and BOB vs EOB based drivers * It looks like Ross’s podcast is coming back and we cannot wait!

Ross Hamilton started investing in real estate in 2001 at 19 years of age and has personally owned or been a partner in hundreds of real estate investments around the US. Using the profits earned from his real estate investing business in his early 20s Ross founded ConnectedInvestors.com. The Connected Investors platform has grown into a real estate investment marketplace & the premier social network of over half a million real estate investors. In 2016 Ross and his team consolidated the hard and private money lending space when they opened the doors to CiX.com. CiX is the first company to build a private money marketplace that allows real estate investors to easily get loan offers from multiple private money lenders by simply tapping a few buttons. CiX facilitates over $3B in fix and flip and buy and hold funding requests each month. Ross was nominated by Entrepreneur magazine as Emerging entrepreneur of 2011, serves on the Forbes Real Estate Council and is a professionally published author. Ross and his team are always looking for strategic relationships within the industry. Visit www.connectedinvestors.com/contact to connect with Ross and his team. What you'll learn about in this episode: How Ross started in real estate by completing his first deal at 19 years old after breaking his leg BMX racing before going on to found Connected Investors How Ross's first deal was a subject-to and then sold the property under a lease option, and how he managed to build a profile of 50 rentals by age 24 How Ross used a “fake business partner” named Dr. Elliot as a way to buy himself time to research when completing complex deals Why Ross started the Connected Investors community, and how he has grown the group to almost a million members How a chance encounter with the CEO of LendingTree while training for an Iron Man competition led to the creation of CiX.com as a real estate lending solution Why Ross believes it is important to learn to overcome challenges and navigate complexity when working as a real estate investor What plans Ross has for the Connected Investors community and turning it into a real estate investor ecosystem and platform of software tools What three key daily activities and rituals Ross practices that help him stay focused and achieve his goals How mentors have been an important part of Ross's success all the way back to his early days of BMX racing Resources: Website: www.smartrealestatecoach.com/connected Website: www.smartrealestatecoach.com/funding How To Get a Real Estate Investing Mentor video: https://youtu.be/X-nLstjB1rY Website: https://connectedinvestors.com/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/cirosshamilton/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ConnectedInvestors Instagram: www.instagram.com/connectedinvestors/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/connectedinvestors Ross Hamilton's Recommended Reading List: What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith: https://amzn.to/2vDWe9C Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill: https://amzn.to/331qqaA Additional resources: Website: www.SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/webinar Website: www.SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/termsbook Website: www.SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/ebook Website: www.SmartRealEstateCoach.com/QLS/

By now, we all know, It’s all about connection. So why am I coming back to this topic here? Because connection can be manifested in so many different ways. It struck me when going through the first section of this interview. It seems like the way Ross cultivates connection is by seeing a spark in someone else, and lending himself to that spark in order to meet that person where they are, to speak to that person in their language. Depending on what part of the immersive world you occupy, that might sound obvious…? But, to be able to do that on every level from the experience participant to the producing executive is, I think, pretty exceptional. Today we dig deeper into how this idea of connection works in every part of the immersive design process, from vetting collaborators to the money math of big brands. This is the second part of my conversation with immersive experience designer, Ross Tipograph but! It is okay to jump in here. (Though of course, I would suggest you listen to both.) For context: Ross was recently named on the Forbes 30 under 30 list for his work in experiential marketing and has worked on projects like the Amazon immersive experiences for the television shows The Expanse and Carnival Row at San Diego Comic-Con, in 2019. In his under 30 years, he’s been busy. Selected Links:Ross Tipograph-Linkedin-Facebook-Instagram8 PlayersForbes 30 under 30Giant SpoonThe aforementioned Amazon Activations:The ExpanseCarnival RowBook: The Director’s Voice Saint Anne’s warehouseUnder the radar festivalShow Notes:“For guests walking out of one of your experiences, what kind of reactions are you looking for?” [2:57]The exclusivity of a shared moment: The good and the bad [4:21]If ross had one month to prepare someone for directing an immersive experience [6:54]1- Reconnect with your why [7:23]2- Get ready to work with actors [8:42]3- Vet your collaborators [9:51]Preparing for collaboration [11:06]How Ross thinks about the macro of experiential and immersive [12:23]Why immersive makes sense for large brands [14:49]Making immersive viable, seeing the barrier clearly [17:13]Desperation and financially viability 101 [18:29]Excitement for the future [20:42]What needs to change; a fair but spicy take [22:35]Immersive about the here and now [24:21]Another alternative to nostalgia [25:55]A final note for creators [28:20]

In today's show, I welcome on Ross Stewart from Improve Glasgow to talk about his recent expansion to a bigger facility, how he's achieved consistent growth, important KPIs to track and some book recommendations. Ross has been on three times before (7,23,80) and is someone I always enjoy talking to. He started off running bootcamps in Glasgow before building a multiple trainer business in a commercial gym before now owning a near 200 member facility.      Timestamps [2.22] - How Ross has consistently grown and improved his business over the last 10 years? [5.07] - How much of his success he puts down to the initial "grinding stage" he had? [7.15] - Where his desire to grow a business comes from? [18.37] - How many members is his gym working with now? [20.57] - How his new facility is going [22.32] - How he uses he uses his data from his key performance indicators (KPI) to make decisions [30.52] - Leads, conversions to memberships numbers [32.59] - Why he's put so much time into getting to seminars, meet-ups and building relationships with other trainers and business owners [37.22] - What his current marketing campaign looks like [40.52] - If he would recommend PTs do more offline based marketing? [46.22] - Reactivating lapsed members [48.43] - Book recommendations     Find More About Ross: Improve Glasgow Website Instagram     Find Out More About LTB: Website Instagram Facebook

Today’s conversation is with Ross Glotzbach, the CEO and Head of Research at one of the great names in value investing, Southeastern Asset Management, the firm founded by Mason Hawkins over 40 years ago. Ross is also the co-portfolio manager on Longleaf Partners, Small-Cap and Global Funds, as well as the Longleaf Partners Global UCITS Fund. Before joining Southeastern in 2004, he was a Corporate Finance Analyst at Stephens, Inc. after graduating from Princeton University.  From a young age, Ross was fascinated with investing in businesses where he could turn 50 cents into $1. By the time he was starting college, Ross was introduced to the concept of value investing and got the opportunity to manage real money of his own, which he attributes as a key step on his path to becoming a value investor. Not one to take the passive route, Ross set out to learn as much about value investing as he could and determine whether it was the right strategy for him. After multiple internships and valuable experience working at Stephens, Ross joined Southeastern with their culture of “true value investors”. On this episode, Ross and I talk about his introduction to value investing, why he values his time at Stephens so much, his experience as an analyst at Southeastern, what it means to be Head of Research, why he places so much importance on having conversations with management, the engaged approach to investing, and so much more!   Key Topics: Ross’s early interest in finding ways to buy $1 for 50 cents (2:56) How Ross started out with value investing (3:56) Ross’s experiences exploring outside of the value investment strategy (6:59) What Ross learned while working at Stephens (9:50) Ross’s first years as an analyst at Southeastern (11:29) Why you must have a master list of companies you’d love to own (13:44) Ross’s path from Junior Analyst to Head of Research (15:33) The day-to-day responsibilities of Ross’s role as Head of Research (16:11) Why Southeastern prefers their analysts to be generalists (18:14) How Southeastern’s multi-country research team stays coordinated (19:18) Ross’s strategy for finding good investment ideas in the small-cap sector (21:00) The opportunities traditional value investors often miss by ignoring conversations management (23:09) Ross’s criteria for assessing business quality (26:13) How Ross assesses barriers to entry of potential investments (27:28) Southeastern’s qualitative strategy for handling the disruption of industries by technology (29:11) Why industry disruption can give value investors a competitive advantage (31:10) Southeastern’s approach to valuation (33:04) How Southeastern manages diversification and risk (36:52) The engaged approach for balancing active and passive investment (39:42) The leadership transition with Mason Hawkins (45:46) Ross’s perspective on value underperforming relative to growth (49:36) What Ross thinks about the growth of the passive investment market (51:39) How private equity investing has changed in recent years (54:41) And much more!    Mentioned in this Episode:  Southeastern Asset Management Longleaf Partners Funds Benjamin Graham’s Book | The Intelligent Investor Stephens, Inc. Mason Hawkins, Chairman and Principal, Southeastern Asset Management Staley Cates, Vice-Chairman and Principal, Southeastern Asset Management    Thanks for Listening! Be sure to subscribe on Apple, Google, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. And feel free to drop us a line at valueinvesting@gsb.columbia.edu. Follow the Heilbrunn Center on social media on Instagram, LinkedIn, and more!

Ross Hamilton started investing in real estate in 2001 at 19 just years old and he has personally owned or been a partner in hundreds of real estate investments around the US. Using the profits earned from his real estate investing business in his early twenties, Ross founded ConnectedInvestors.com. The Connected Investors platform has grown into a real estate investment marketplace & the premier social network of over half a million real estate investors. In 2016, Ross & his team consolidated the hard and private money lending space when they opened the doors to CiX.com. CiX is the first company to build a private money marketplace that allows real estate investors to easily get loan offers from multiple private money lenders by simply tapping a few buttons. CiX facilitates over $3B in fix-and-flip and buy-and-hold funding requests each month. Ross was nominated by Entrepreneur magazine as the Emerging Entrepreneur of 2011, serves on the Forbes Real Estate Council, and is a professionally published author. Ross and his team are always looking for strategic relationships within the industry. Visit Connectedinvestors.com/contact to connect with Ross & his team. What you'll learn about in this episode: Ross's journey that started with secretly reading Ron's courses to Ironman triathlons to doing $5B a month in loans through his website How Ross's company and website work for investors Why money always follows deals, rather than the other way around Red flags for online lending and why it's so important to vet private lenders What to look for and how to market yourself as an investor on Ross's website Making deals work with local lenders How investing and lending have modernized Additional resources: Website: https://connectedinvestors.com/ Website: www.privatelenders.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ConnectedInvestors Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connectedinvestors/

After 12 years serving in the military and over 20 years running a successful private practice, Ross Stryker realized if he didn't alter his course he'd be trading hours for dollars forever. It was this belief that led him to launch Smart Asset Opportunities. He's helped raise almost $100 million in total costs and owns 40+ single-family homes, 14 ATM's, a coffee farm in Panama, apartment complexes, office parks, storage units, and ownership in a Belizean resort. Ross is living proof that your money is better off of Wall Street, and you can achieve financial freedom. What you'll learn about in this episode: How Ross made the transition from being an orthodontist to real estate investing Why the real estate market doesn't actually exist The way Ross structures his team and where the profit centers are How Ross justifies the notion that your home isn't an investment The role of a deal syndicator and what they do Why self-storage is a smart investment The truth about recession-resistant investments Additional resources from Ross Stryker: Website: https://www.smartassetopportunities.com/ Twitter: @SmartAssetOppt

Today’s episode features track and physical preparation coach Ross Jeffs. Ross currently coaches at the regional training center in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.  Although having a track and field background, Ross has worked with world class athletes from a variety of sports.  He has been mentored by Jonas Dodoo within the Speedworks coaching system, and is one of the brightest coaches under age 30 that I’ve read or talked to. I first heard of Ross just a few weeks ago when his article on “Trainers vs. Racers” came out on Simplifaster.  Although this article didn’t get a lot of shares, it was one of the best works I had read in the last year, and one that resonated heavily with thoughts I’ve had on neurotyping system and athlete individualization. I’ve known through Christian Thibaudeau’s neurotyping, as well as personal practice and reflection, that some athletes just can’t handle as much CNS intensive training, and that some athletes tend to do better with longer times under tension in the weightroom or even in their event specific training.  What I hadn’t considered was how this impacted the nature of maximal velocity sprinting and jumping, and how we can practically speed train athletes based on what we are seeing in practice (you don’t even need to know neurotyping to understand how this works, since it’s simply based on practice times versus race times). For my chat with Ross today, we cover Ross’s background in classifying athletes (such as the muscular versus elastic bandwidth), who the “racer” is in practice, as well as the “trainer” and then how this can be utilized in track and field and team sport performance training. Today’s episode is brought to you by SimpliFaster, supplier of high-end athletic development tools, such as the Freelap timing system, kBox, Sprint 1080, and more. Key Points How Ross goes through a system of classifying athletes and what they optimally respond to (in terms of fascial, muscular, response to plyos, heavy weightlifting, etc.) How and why muscular versus fascial athletes respond differently to training Who the “racer” is vs. the “trainer” and how to train each of them for speed How Ross trains maximal velocity in context of team sport “I see it as elastic, concentric and fascial.  I see concentric at one end of the spectrum and fascial as the other and elastic sits in the middle…. the names aren’t really important, it’s just semantics” “When the athlete comes in, the first month we might spend building tissue tolerance in the weightroom, some kind of improvement in the soft tissue; that might be spending a bit more time in the weightroom, 60-70% weight plus (and full range of motion), slightly heavier maybe to get some remodeling in the tissues” “The fast-twitch guys on one type of a spectrum, they might come out of a phase like that (more weights, tissue remodeling) and they might look pretty good, but a fascial guy might look slow, and their ground contacts could look crappy” “I think as coaches, we change too many variables too quickly” “We should make our decisions on big rocks (such as heavy lifting versus plyometrics and response) before we go into minutia” “(Regarding bike sprints and muscle tension in general) The fast twitch guys have a really good ability to tune their system by just having some level of muscular tension, and they don’t need to put their feet on the ground like the fascial guys” “You have some athletes who can get very close to or even attain their competition velocity in training, as long as they are fairly fresh, while you have others who can’t get anywhere near it… in reality both athletes are giving 100% effort but their speeds are anywhere between 85 to 100% of their actual PB velocity, so the stimulus that is actually being applied from athlete to athlete is massive” “If you have a trainer who can constantly apply a very high stimulus in training,

It may take a leap of the imagination to work out how an app can train a dog. But that it can, as Ross Fretten goes on to explain. Not only that, it's a vast, but very new market. Listen to this Next Big Thing Show podcast episode and you will learn HOW Ross will do this. He has some very secret sauce that will be enable him to dominate this market. Or will it? You decide.

(Photo courtesy of Ross Porter, and used with permission.) When he made the DQ Music Box, Ross Porter didn't set out to become a maker. With his invention, the "Dementia Friendly Music Player", he just wanted to give his father some happiness. But today, he's teaching others how to create the player--open-source. (Photo courtesy of Ross Porter, and used with permission.) Ross enlisted the help of fellow makers, especially nonprofit Makers Making Change, to make his vision a reality.  Along the way, he says, the makers gave him new ideas and ways to make his original idea even better. Currently, he has two models of the "Dementia Friendly Music Player", which are very easy for a loved one with dementia to use.  The basic box, shown above, is laser-cut. (Photo courtesy of Ross Porter, and used with permission.) Meanwhile, this cathedral-style "radio" case is--can you believe it?--3D printed! The DQ Music Box, Ross says, is easy to make in under two hours.  In fact, in 2017, Ross taught a group attendees to make the players in that amount of time. And--he's going to be doing that again.  This time, he has a brand-new model he's completing! (Photo courtesy of Ross Porter, and used with permission.) Gorgeous? Warm-looking?  Ross plans to exhibit this cherry wood model of the DQ Music Box at the Makers Making Change exhibit during the 2018 Seattle Mini Maker Faire, on August 18th and 19th. Ross talked about the experience of creating the DQ Music Box, how it works and what fellow makers can learn from his experiences at the Seattle Mini Maker Faire. On this edition of Over Coffee® , you'll hear: How Ross first came up with the concept for his "Dementia Friendly Music Player"; What the process was like, of designing the first one with the help of the maker community; How to make the "DQ Music Box" (Ross has provided his pattern open-source, so you can get started making one today!) What Ross's parents thought of the gift; How the "Dementia-Friendly Music Player" works, for someone with dementia; What Ross's experience was like, teaching people to make the "DQ Music Box" at the Seattle Mini Maker Faire; Where to find Ross as he exhibits his brand-new player at this year's Seattle Mini Maker Faire in August; A "legalese" consideration for makers; (this is NOT legal advice, and for informational purposes only!  Please contact a legal professional with any legal questions.) Ross's advice to fellow makers, on exhibiting at a Maker Faire; Some of the resources Ross would recommend to fellow makers; One of Ross's favorite stories, from people who made his "DQ Music Box" for loved ones. Going to the Seattle Mini Maker Faire, Saturday and Sunday, August 18th and 19th?  Look for Ross and his new cherry wood model of the "DQ Music Box" at the Makers Making Change exhibit!  

Ross Warne P.Eng is Anvil’s Manager of Resources where he has the responsibility of leading Anvil’s Project and engineering effort. He establishes annual goals, works metrics by working with all disciplines to ensure Anvil continuously provides consistent, quality products and services to all clients. Ross joined Anvil in 1997 as a Mechanical Engineer where he provided detailed discipline engineering for several of Anvil’s main clients. From there he moved into a discipline lead role and managed the mechanical work for several of Anvil’s largest projects. Following that he transitioned into a project management role from 2009 – 2010 and then managed their Anchorage office from 2010 – 2011. When he returned from Anchorage, Ross took over the Management of the Mechanical department from 2012-2013 before taking on his current role. Ross has over 30 years of Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management and Mechanical design experience. He has mainly worked in two industries, Pulp and Paper in both domestic and overseas projects and Oil and Gas. He started out in the trades earning his Journeyman Certification as a machinist and worked in heavy oil research and development in the late 70s. Ross holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Calgary, a Journeyman Machinist Red Seal certification from the Province of Alberta, and is a Registered Professional Engineer in the province of British Columbia. He immigrated to the United States with his family and they are now American citizens. What you’ll learn about in this episode: Ross’ journey and the challenges of his career Why listening is the most important part of leadership The lessons Ross as learned from Jim Wakefield, one of his most influential mentors What Ross has learned from making mistakes and why mistakes don’t stick as much when you make them learning experiences Why engagement is what separates the “A Players” from lesser employees How Ross finds and recruits his talent What Anvil’s onboarding process is like and how that is supported by their strong culture How to provide meaningful careers to employees from different generations What leaders need to do to keep learning Ross’ personal development strategies Three strategies for productivity Ways to contact Ross: Email: rwarne@anvilcorp.com (don’t forget to mention Absolute Advantage!) Website: anvilcorp.com

Ross Brand (@iRossBrand) is the Vice President (and co-founder) of HR Avant-Garde and the editor of LivestreamUniverse.com. He also hosts the Blab show "Livestream Stars" which I had the pleasure of joining just one week ago.  Ross has a broadcast background, which adds to his skill set as a live-streamer, and is is an NYU alumni (with a Master of Science in Human Resource Management). During his time at NYU, he was also the chapter President for SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management).  This Week on Why I Social, Ross and I discuss: How Ross got interested in Human Resources How his broadcast experience helps him with live-streaming The relationship between podcasting and live-streaming The Why I Social podcast is brought to you by Zoomph. Zoomph transforms digital marketing with real-time streaming analytics. Our platform provides you with an end-to-end solution to ignite your content, your marketing and your business from start to finish. Exclusive to Why I Social, receive 20% off all annual plans with the promo code WhyISocial20. Want to learn more about Zoomph? Check out their analytics page: http://bit.ly/WhySocialAnalytics Share with #WhyISocial Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher Radio or Soundcloud Follow at @WhyISocial.