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Episode 171: First to a Million with Dan Sheeks

Dan is a high school Business teacher, real estate investor, and personal finance advocate in Denver, Colorado. In late 2019 Dan launched the SheeksFreaks community with a simple mission: to provide young people with free money advice so they could live their best lives. The SheeksFreaks movement is dedicated to helping young people learn money management skills to achieve early financial independence. In late 2021, Dan’s first book, First to a Million, will be published and released by Bigge...

Episode 170: with Chandler Bolt

Chandler Bolt is an investor, advisor, the CEO of Self-Publishing School & SelfPublishing.com, and the author of 6 bestselling books including his most recent book titled “Published.”. Self Publishing School is an INC 5000 company for the last 3 years in a row as one of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the US. Chandler is also the host of the 7 Figure Principles Podcast and the Self Publishing School Podcast. Through his books, podcasts, YouTube channels, and Self-Publishing Sc...

Ep 169: Know Your Money Habitudes

Syble Solomon is one of the pioneers in the psychology of money. In 2003 she created Money Habitudes, a money personality profile, that has been used by over a million people to begin great conversations about money and to people understand why they do what they do with their money. She has been featured in the Washington Post and quoted in more than 100 publications including the NYT, WSJ, and Morningstar. She's been the featured speaker for events for financial planners, non-profits, univer...

Ep 168: Get Different

On his 35th birthday, MIKE MICHALOWICZ (pronounced mi-‘kal-o-wits) had founded and sold two multi-million dollar companies. Confident that he had the formula to success, he became a small business angel investor…and proceeded to lose his entire fortune. Then he started all over again, driven to find better ways to grow healthy, strong companies. Mike has devoted his life to the research and delivery of innovative, impactful entrepreneurial strategies to you. On a mission to serve you, he has ...

Ep 167: Strenth Thru Struggle with Samson Jagoras

Samson Jagoras has been a high-performer his entire life - born in Southern California to a blue collared family, he dedicated his early years to becoming the best football player he could be. After much determination he went on to play college football where he overcame a near career-ending injury and earned a starting position. After college, he went on to scale an INC 500 company to 10-figures. During this time, Samson decided it was time to start building a real estate portfolio so he c...

Ep 166: Wicked Smart About Real Estate with Chris Prefontaine

Chris Prefontaine has been in real estate for over 30 years. His experience ranges from constructing new homes in the 1990s and owning a Realty Executive Franchise to running his own investments and coaching clients throughout North America. Today, Chris runs his own buying and selling businesses with his family team, which purchases 205 properties monthly, so they're in the trenches every single week. They also help their Associates and students do the exact same thing all across North Ame...

Ep 165: The FIRE Planner with Michael Quan

Michael Quan is a personal finance blogger, financial coach, and educator based in San Diego, California. He's on a mission to spread financial literacy and wealth creation strategies to all who seek it.   Michael achieved F.I.R.E. (Financial Independence, Retirement Early) at the age of 36 through a combination of saving/investing, entrepreneurship, and real estate investing. He has been featured in media outlets such as Business Insider, MarketWatch, Yahoo Finance, The Huffington Post, ...

Ep 164: A Most Unique Life Architect featuring J. Justin Gold

Justin Gold is an author and pioneer in the study of human behavior in the areas of finance, competition, and risk-taking. His non-profit organization assists refugees and underprivileged children. As a teacher of meditation and consciousness, he has been assisting people in their search for inner meaning for 40 years.

Ep 162: What Are Sheek Freaks featuring Dan Sheeks

Dan is a high school Business and Marketing teacher, real estate investor, and personal finance advocate in Denver, Colorado. In his 18 years of teaching high school, he has taught a variety of business subjects, including financial literacy, entrepreneurship, personal finance, and marketing.

Ep 161: The World Needs Entrepreneurs with Mike Smerklo

Mike Smerklo is an experienced entrepreneur, investor and business leader driven by the desire to turn ideas into reality. Having bought and scaled a small business into a publicly traded company worth nearly a billion dollars in value, he has a deep understanding of the hard work, dedication and grit that truly powers successful entrepreneurship. Today, as the co-founder and managing director of Next Coast Ventures, Smerklo is a champion for a new generation of entrepreneurs building disrup...

Ep 160: The Engineer of Finance featuring Ken Greene

Ken Greene (aka the Engineer of Finance) is a financial advisor and founder of Greene Finance & Insurance. Ken began his career as a professional engineer who subscribed to a lucrative investment portfolio that included aggressive joint ventures, real estate, and the stock market. However, shortly after the market crash in 2008, he pivoted to the insurance and financial industry - where he quickly realized he was one of the few people who cared about educating their clients rather than just...

Ep 159: Solocast - Expectations

EP 158: Stop Living On Autopilot featuring Antonio Neves

In this episode, we interview Antonio Neves, an internationally recognized leadership speaker, author, podcaster, and success coach. He is a professional question asker and storyteller and believes that the best thing to happen to you hasn’t happened yet.

Ep. 157: Having Purpose in Publishing with Jackie Haley

Jackie Haley is a published author, speaker and entrepreneur. Her first novel, Crystal Beach was characterized by the Des Moines Register, Jackie didn’t stop there. After interviews, speaking engagements, book signing events from San Diego, California, to Austin, Texas to the Midwest, Jackie published the sequel, Truce Island and continues to speak to groups on the writing and publishing process. Her latest book, Brenda's Wish just released in October and has received national endorsements...

Ep 156: Solocast- The New Year Reset

Ep 155: How To Be Prolific featuring Scott Ginsberg

What happens when you wear a nametag twenty-four seven? Even to bed? Just ask Scott Ginsberg. In the beginning, it was just a gimmick to make friends. But soon, his crazy idea didn’t seem so crazy. Scott’s social experiment has now evolved into an urban legend, world record, cultural phenomenon, and a profitable enterprise. Simply google the word nametag, and you’ll see his work benchmarked as a case study on human interaction, revolutionizing the way people look at approachability, identi...

Ep 154: The power of a mastermind featuring Aaron Walker

Aaron Walker has founded more than a dozen companies over the past 41 years. He attributes much of his success to having surrounded himself with his mastermind counterparts. Aaron spent a decade meeting weekly with Dave Ramsey, Dan Miller, Ken Abraham, and five other amazing entrepreneurs. Aaron is the founder of Iron Sharpens Iron Mastermind that now hosts 15 groups with National and International members. Aaron is the author of View From The Top, a must-read to fully understand how t...

Ep 153: Solocast - Divided We Fall

EP 152: Geoliberated! featuring David & John Auten-Schneider

With their writing and speaking for DebtFreeGuys.com, their micro blog, DebtLasso.com, and their Queer Money® podcast, David Auten and John Schneider help queer people (and allies) live fabulously not fabulously broke. As certified LGBTBEs, they represent the queer voice in both personal and business finances. David and John’s work has appeared in Forbes, Yahoo Finance, CNBC, ABC News and Good Morning America to name a few. They’ve partnered with some of the best in financial services, incl...

EP 151: A focus on mental health featuring Ramona Wink

Ramona Wink, tLMHC, is a licensed mental health counselor and motivational public speaker. She graduated from Drake University with her Masters of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Ms. Wink received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Iowa, majoring in Mass Communications and minoring in Journalism. As a mental health therapist, Ramona works with individuals and couples, supporting clients in navigating challenges such as anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relati...

Ep 150: Lessons from a year abroad featuring Mandy Manning

What would it look like if you let your 13-year-old self-make a major life decision for you AND your family? That’s exactly what Mandy Manning did. In 2018, she came across a bucket list written by her 13-year-old self and on the top of that list was “Living in Europe with my Family.” Part dreamer, garden lover, Ennegram 7 embracing, lover of any self-help program and Iowa suburban working mother of 2 decided to listen to her 13-year unabashed self and do just that. In 2019, they sold th...

EP 149: An interview with my daughter featuring Piper Carroll

Ep 148: How to be a Mindful Millionaire Featuring Leisa Peterson

Leisa Peterson, CFP® is on a mission to help 1,000,000 people elevate their financial consciousness by realizing their true value and creating financial security for themselves. As a money coach, business consultant and spiritual teacher, Leisa host’s the Mindful Millionaire podcast as well as virtual workshops and life-transforming retreats. Her masterful blend of sound financial strategy and mindfulness training helps people break free of patterns of lack, scarcity and money fears, allowi...

Ep 147: Making a business of helping people afford college featuring Jocelyn Pearson

Jocelyn Paonita Pearson founded The Scholarship System to share her own experience of graduating from college with ZERO student loans. When college looked unaffordable for Jocelyn, she sprang into action and secured over $126,000 in college scholarships, even receiving an overage check for expenses. It wasn't an easy process, however. It took her years to figure out exactly what to do to be selected for scholarships. Now she helps families learn how they can do the same by teaching them her ...

Ep 146: A story of heartbreak, resilience and joy featuring Ashley Bugge

Summoning every ounce of grit, stubbornness and sheer determination within, I've figured out how to move through the greatest adversity and from it, turn my tragedy into triumph. This is my journey in finding the strength and courage to rebuild, and to live a life I will remember.

EP 145: Young and Published: The 19 year old novelist featuring Alex Matthews

I have always been enthusiastic about being a storyteller. When I’m not taking hikes, playing with my pets or connecting with my friends, I am creating. What do I create? I’m glad you asked. Stories for stage, film, poetry or novels, you name it. To say I’m a little enthusiastic about creating fictional worlds and getting paid to play pretend would be the understatement of the year. I currently live in Los Angeles where I attend an acting academy after growing up in the Midwest. Waking Up: S...

EP 144: The Way featuring Oliver Bardwell

OLIVER BARDWELL IS A WRITER, POET, ENTREPRENEUR, LIFE COACH, and author of The Way: A Small Book of Wisdom. He has been studying and practicing Kriya Yoga, meditation, and the Chinese martial arts for decades, and has spent a lifetime learning about religion and spirituality. Growing up with an amazing mother, who was not only a devout Christian but also a locally renowned and gifted psychic, Oliver learned to view life as a mystical journey. As we read his writing and poetry, this becomes a...

EP 143: Adaptability Over Fear

BABL 142: $5 million – the science of success featuring John Mitchell

John Mitchell’s 12 minutes a day Think It Be It technique is recognized today as the “Top Practical Application in the World” of the legendary book Think and Grow Rich. When he applied his technique to his own life, he saw his income go to over $5 million a year. Previously, for 20 years as an entrepreneur, he earned low six figures a year. The 20 times difference happen because his daily technique significantly increased his control over himself, by probably double. It also made him l...

Ep 141: The Successful Speaker featuring Grand Baldwin

Grant Baldwin is the founder of The Speaker Lab, a training company that helps public speakers learn how to find and book speaking gigs. Through his popular podcast The Speaker Lab and flagship coaching program Booked and Paid to Speak he has coached and worked with thousands of speakers. As a keynote speaker, Grant has delivered nearly one thousand presentations to over 500,000 people in 47 states and has keynoted events for audiences as large as 13,000. Grant has also been featured in nati...

A Human Approach To Marketing with Sarah Santacroce

Sarah is an internationally recognized LinkedIn Specialist & Online Presence Mentor who has personally coached, mentored and guided over 1,900 entrepreneurs. She helps them position themselves as experts on LinkedIn, shows them how to find & express their unique voice & stand out as thought leaders. As a result they find their tribe, get the recognition they deserve & a steady flow of clients – with ease & not sleaze. In addition to her LinkedIn expertise, Sarah is known for helping fellow ...

Body, Being, Balance, Business featuring Wayne Richard

Wayne is a former management accountant turned entrepreneur who forged a 15-year career with tech heavyweight Hewlett Packard before starting his own cloud accounting firm in Tucson, Arizona. Fate (and the Internet) brought him to discover Bean Ninjas via a blog post. Two years later and Wayne’s involvement with Bean Ninjas had grown from a blog comment to contractor to equity partner. When Wayne isn’t managing a global team and equipping entrepreneurs with the financial tools they need to...

The Influencer Economy featuring Ryan Williams

Ryan Williams is a marketing strategy consultant and keynote speaker who has worked with companies including Google, Microsoft, Disney, Minecraft, Activision, Warner Bros and the National Association of Realtors. His company, StoryCollab, launched and marketed Snoop Dogg's podcast to a top podcast on iTunes. As a former standup comedian, he hosts an Apple “New and Noteworthy” podcast with over 100 rare interviews with a number of prominent leaders like Seth Godin, Brad Feld (TechStars), and...

Entrepreneurial Lessons from a Millennial Millionaire with Prady Tewarie

Entrepreneurial Lessons from a Millennial Millionaire with Prady Tewarie

The Technologies That Will Change Your Life featuring Brian Nelson

Brian is obsessed with understanding the mindset and actions of futurists and works to help business leaders and entrepreneurs to identify new market opportunities that leverage emerging technologies. He is the host of “The Way of the Futurist” podcast and is the founder of the consulting firm, ExTech Ventures. Brian began his work with emerging technologies in 2011 when he was introduced to bitcoin and played a key role in helping crypto exchanges launch in the US. He is an emerging technol...

The Hardest Thing I've Ever Done with Justin Wise

Justin started Think Digital with the belief that marketing your business online didn't need to be so damn difficult. Or scary. Or confusing. If you have the right guide, it's actually pretty simple. He was on MySpace before Tom was. He signed up for Twitter before it was cool. And after Justin graduated college in 2003, he hacked my college email address just so I could sign up for Facebook. In short, he's loved the medium since Day One. If you're tired of wandering around in the digital ...

Pound The Rock Every Day with Steve Canter

Steve Canter is a former college and high school football coach that has spent the last 5 years thriving in the private sector. After spending 12 seasons on the sidelines, Steve has changed playing fields but has enjoyed the same level of success and fulfillment. Once a college football player at Virginia Tech, Steve gained valuable knowledge of leadership, organization, and human optimization. Steve was the 2003 Paul Frederick Cobb award recipient for his team spirit and enthusiasm; it is t...

Take Your Career From Stuck to Unstoppable

Tracy Timm is a career coach and human capital advisor. Her program, The Nth DegreeTM Academy, helps high-potential professionals discover their career “sweet spot” through a mix of self-discovery, tactical training, and some much-needed tough love. Tracy has a degree in behavioral psychology from Yale, a severely bruised ego from working on Wall Street, and has logged one trip around the entire globe. She believes that our unique purpose in life can be realized through our careers, and want...

When The Door of Opportunity Closes, Go Through The Window With Diego Corzo

Diego Corzo is a 28 year old Forbes-featured Entrepreneur and TEDx Speaker from Austin, TX. He started working in Corporate America and soon discovered that he was destined for more and pursued a career in Real Estate. Now, Diego is a realtor for Keller Williams along side an incredible team, and currently owns 13 rental properties. Diego is on a path to financial freedom and aspires to help others, especially millennials, become financially free and reach their full potential.

Limitless with Laura Otting

Laura speaks with change agents, entrepreneurs, investors, leaders, and donors to get them past the doubt and indecision that consign their great ideas to limbo. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and catalytic perspective informed by decades of navigating change across the start-up, nonprofit, political, and philanthropic landscapes.

Wes Meier On Building A Purposeful Non-Profit

Wes is the co-founder and CEO of EOS International, a nonprofit social enterprise that provides rural families in Central America access to low-cost high-impact solutions which allows families to climb out of poverty. Since the creation of EOS in 2008, EOS has directly impacted over 500,000 Central Americans. After graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering from Iowa State University, Wes worked as an Agriculture Specialist with the Peace Corps in Nicaragua, Central America, where h...

Wild But Well featuring Richie Crowley

An Ivy league educated, former professional athlete, Richie lives a life of positive rebellion. When his peers graduated, swapping caps and gowns for shirts and ties, Richie moved to Europe. He spent the next 3 years living in France (French National Champion) and Italy playing professional Ice Hockey, his final season as a member of the Italian National Team. This wasn’t his first experience competing at an international level. Richie was the captain of the United States National Ice Hockey...

Live Coaching a New Entrepreneur with Kaci Courtright

A unique episode where we coach an aspiring Entrepreneur, Kaci Courtright.

Stop Waiting For Permission with Damon D'Amore

Damon D’Amore specializes working with two distinct types of leaders: C-Suite executives and founding teams. His work with corporate C-Suite executives focuses on personal development and helping leaders accomplish current tactical goals that ultimately facilitate their personal or organizational legacy. He also works with founding teams of companies positioned for hyper-growth focusing on implementing personal performance systems and positioning these companies to scale into industry or ca...

Doing "The Work" with Holly Morphew

Holly Morphew is an award–winning financial coach, global speaker, and multi-generational entrepreneur. Holly began teaching personal finance in 2006 as a service project with Rotary International. She received the prestigious “Rotarian of the Year” award in 2007/08 for her work in financial literacy. After a successful career in real estate and finance, Holly founded Financial Impact in 2016. Holly is recognized for her unique approach to money, which reinforces core values while creatin...

Creating Your Own Life

The Architect Of People – Chad Carden is on a life mission to improve the way employers and employees interact to create greater engagement and better results. His results-oriented, no-bull style helps people change the way they approach their daily environment. He has been studying and working with companies to improve their number one asset -- their people -- for over 18 years. He challenges clients to reach outside their comfort zone to achieve heights they've never imagined. Chad’s high...

The 9 to 5 Nomad with Samantha Burmeister

Samantha Burmeister is an ambassador. That means taking a piece of the US with her to share the beautiful realities of where she is from, or raving about off-the-beaten-path places she's visited when she comes home, ambassadorship means sharing a positive light with the world, thus making the world a little smaller, a little happier, and a little more inclusive.

Empire Flipping with Greg Elfrink

Gregory joined Empire Flippers in April 2016 as the Content Manager. Now as the director, he manages the flow of content surrounding our brand – blog posts, guides, podcasts etc. – from producing the content to promoting it. His goal is to grow the reach of the company and introduce us to new audiences through a slew of various marketing channels. Gregory was born in Anchorage, Alaska where he worked in the oil fields and now travels around Southeast Asia. He loves fiction, science and in h...

Solocast: Be Curious Not Furious

Travel, Simplicity and Pursuing Your Passion with Marisa Meddin

Marisa Meddin is a certified Life Coach, helping you discover your true career calling and overcome the obstacles preventing you from achieving your goals and desired changes. Prior to Life Coaching, Marisa managed marketing campaigns for some of the largest brands in the world at a Fortune 500 company in both NYC and LA. She then left the corporate world to start and run her own online businesses while traveling the world full time (she’s visited 41 countries to date).  Marisa has a true g...