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Business and Life

155 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 28 ratings

My name is Mike Olivas, and it’s my honor to have you on board as part of the Business and Life Nation, often referred to as “Life Nation,” because in the world of Business & Life, Life always wins!

If you are simply over the 9-5 grind, tired of getting misdirected by superiors or an entrepreneur who’s grinding and needs a DAILY dose of inspiration and ideas on how to grow your business, then this DAILY podcast is for you!

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Episodes

Episode 0162: Justin Quigley

July 03, 2020 11:00 - 20 minutes - 47 MB

Today, we're chatting with Justin Quigley. He is the founder and CEO of Fresh Talent.

Episode 0161: James Williams

July 01, 2020 11:00 - 20 minutes - 47 MB

Today, we're chatting with James Williams, a high-performance coach who believes that what's possible for you is only limited by your imagination.

Episode 0160: Shahid Durrani

June 29, 2020 11:00 - 15 minutes - 34.3 MB

Today, we're chatting with Shahid Durrani, who is a serial entrepreneur with businesses in the medical, advertising, and digital-products fields.

Episode 0159: Best of Episode (Weeks 25 & 26)

June 28, 2020 11:00 - 13 minutes - 30.5 MB

Listen to the best advice from this week's guests! Great sound bombs by Tony DUrso, Kale Panoho, Aaron Young, Christine Hansen, Justin Lefkovitch, and Kosi Stobbs.

Episode 0158: Kosi Stobbs

June 26, 2020 11:00 - 26 minutes - 61.5 MB

Today, we're chatting with Kosi Stobbs, who is the owner of Property Owl Investment Solutions, which is a business that buys operating companies and grows them using social media.

Episode 0157: Justin Lefkovitch

June 24, 2020 11:00 - 20 minutes - 46.1 MB

Today we'll be interviewing Justin Lefkovitch, CEO of experiential marketing agency Mirrored Media. Mirrored Media is a full-service experiential agency that supports and collaborates with their clients to create campaigns that start from just an idea and turn them into something that will make a lasting impression.

Episode 0156: Christine Hansen

June 22, 2020 11:00 - 22 minutes - 52.2 MB

Today, we'll be interviewing Christine Hansen, the CEO and founder of Sleep Like A Boss. She helps CEOs, executives and high achievers find their sleep again.

Episode 0155: Aaron Young

June 19, 2020 11:00 - 34 minutes - 80 MB

Today, we'll be interviewing Aaron Young (AaronScottYoung.com). As a serial entrepreneur, Aaron Young has been involved in starting, buying and selling numerous multi-million dollar businesses and in 2001 he purchased Laughlin Associates, a leader in the incorporation industry since 1972. As Chairman of the board of Laughlin Associates, Aaron has worked with over 200,000 businesses across all industries in the market. In addition to Aaron’s success with Laughlin Associates, he has con...

Episode 0154: Kale Panoho

June 17, 2020 11:00 - 27 minutes - 61.9 MB

Today, we'll be interviewing Kale Panoho who is a partner of K&J Growth, a digital marketing & creative firm who has helped companies like TikTok, Monster Energy scale their marketing efforts with a detailed ROI. Kale's work has been featured in Inc., Forbes and he has been nominated for the Asia Pacific Forbes 30 under 30 which is announced at the end of this month. If you want to get a hold of Kale and his team you can find them at www.kjgrowth.com.

Episode 0153: Tony DUrso

June 15, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutes - 68.6 MB

Today, we are interviewing Tony DUrso (d-yer-so) (TonyDUrso.com) who hosts The Tony DUrso Show, which is the #1 show on the entire VoiceAmerica Network, getting over 100,000 downloads per weekly episode. He's pushing 7 million listeners to date and did it all in just a few years. We’re going to talk about The VisionMap™ which is his testament to success.

Episode 0152: Best of Episode (Weeks 23 & 24)

June 14, 2020 11:00 - 14 minutes - 32.9 MB

Listen to the best advice from this week's guests! Great sound bombs by Michael Bungay Stanier, Ishveen Anand, Anna Vocino, Travis Steffen, Michael Marra, and Cam Speck.

Episode 0151: Cam Speck

June 12, 2020 11:00 - 21 minutes - 50.2 MB

Today, we'll be interviewing Cam Speck. Cam is the co-founder and President of Fitplan - an app that connects users with one-on-one customized fitness plans led by an elite roster of fitness personalities and recently, pro athletes. Fitplan is an online community that uses high-quality trainers and their love of fitness as a fuel to inspire and empower its members.

Episode 0150: Michael Marra

June 10, 2020 11:00 - 22 minutes - 51.9 MB

Today, we'll be interviewing Michael Marra. Michael is a former civil engineer and now a serial entrepreneur and investor. He is currently the CEO of Entre, a social network and e-learning platform for entrepreneurs. The community consists of over 15,000+ entrepreneurs from all over the world. Entre is designed to help every new, young and growing entrepreneur. It has several divisions that provide individuals with cutting-edge education, shopping, financial and self-development.

Episode 0149: Travis Steffen

June 08, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 67.9 MB

Today, we'll be interviewing Travis Steffen (GetGrowFlow.com). Travis, the author of Viral Hero, is a serial entrepreneur with 7 successful exits (and a few crash-and-burn failures) to his name. As a growth engineer, he specializes in building products that grow themselves. In his new book, Viral Hero, Travis helps growth and product teams gain a deeper understanding of viral marketing mechanics, and how to use creative product architecture to grow their companies. Travis currently lives ...

Episode 0148: Anna Vocino

June 05, 2020 11:00 - 26 minutes - 60.1 MB

Today, we'll be interviewing Anna Vocino (AnnaVocino.com). Anna is a voice over talent and stand up comic who also happens to be a Celiac who writes cookbooks. She co-hosts the “Fitness Confidential” podcast with Vinnie Tortorich. She has voiced hundreds of commercials, cartoons, movies, promos, radio stations, and video games, which is a super cool day job to support her passion of food blogging and cookbook authoring. Her cookbook and Amazon bestsellers, Eat Happy and Eat Happy Too have 3...

Episode 0147: Ishveen Anand

June 03, 2020 11:00 - 20 minutes - 47.4 MB

Today, we'll be interviewing Ishveen Anand. Ishveen is the CEO, Founder of OpenSponsorship.com, the largest marketplace connecting brands to pro athletes for marketing campaigns. Ishveen , a former sports agent, started OpenSponsorship after seeing the inefficiencies in sponsorship and understanding how technology innovation could bring a much needed change. She is a graduate of Oxford University , and is originally from Manchester, now living in New York.

Episode 0146: Michael Bungay Stanier

June 01, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 66.6 MB

Today, we'll be interviewing Michael Bungay Stanier (mbs.works). Michael is the Founder of Box of Crayons. He is the author of the best-selling book *The Coaching Habit* He was a Rhodes Scholar and in 2019 was named the #1 thought leader in coaching. Before founding Box of Crayons, Michael held senior positions in the corporate, consultancy and agency worlds He has lived and worked in Australia, the UK, the US and Canada.

Episode 0145: Best of Episode (Weeks 21 & 22)

May 31, 2020 11:00 - 9 minutes - 22.1 MB

Listen to the best advice from this week's guests! Great sound bombs by Bobby Hicks (BobbyHicks.net), Hilary Silver (HilarySilver.com), Patrick McGinnis (PatrickMcGinnis.com), Eric Zimmer (OneYouFeed.net), Justin Constantine (JustinConstantine.com), and David Wood (PlayForReal.life).

Episode 0144: David Wood

May 29, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutes - 69.6 MB

Today we'll be interviewing David Wood (www.playforreal.life). David is a leading coach, author, speaker, and tough conversations ninja. David left his cushy Park Ave job 20 years ago to build the world's largest coaching business. Alongside his clients’ successes, David is no stranger to overcoming challenges himself, having survived a full collapse of his paraglider and a fractured spine, witnessing the death of his sister at age seven, anxiety and depression, and a national Gong Show!...

Episode 0143: Justin Constantine

May 27, 2020 11:00 - 19 minutes - 45.2 MB

Today, we'll be interviewing Justin Constantine (JustinConstantine.com). Justin is the Chief Business Development Officer of JobPath, the most robust veteran employment platform in the country that also now helps people with disabilities and formerly incarcerated people. Justin is a combat veteran from the war in Iraq, is also an inspirational speaker and has given several TEDx Talks.

Episode 0142: Eric Zimmer

May 25, 2020 11:00 - 20 minutes - 47.7 MB

Today, we'll be interviewing Eric Zimmer (OneYouFeed.net). Eric is the host of The One You Feed podcast and also is a behavior coach.

Episode 0141: Patrick McGinnis

May 22, 2020 11:00 - 19 minutes - 44.4 MB

Today, we'll be interviewing Patrick McGinnis (PatrickMcGinnis.com). Patrick, is the author of Fear of Missing Out: Practical Decision Making in a World of Overwhelming Choice and Creator and Host of the podcast FOMO Sapiens.

Episode 0140: Hilary Silver

May 20, 2020 11:00 - 18 minutes - 41.2 MB

Today, we'll be interviewing Hilary Silver (HilarySilver.com). Hilary is CEO of Hilary Silver Enterprises, a multi-million dollar personal growth and development company dedicated to serving women who want to live a more consciously crative and fulfilling life with meaning and purpose. She is the creator of Love + Be Loved and Extraordinary Women Rising- and is one of the most sought after, acclaimed and distinguished coaches in the world for successful professional women.

Episode 0139: Bobby Hicks

May 18, 2020 11:00 - 22 minutes - 51.7 MB

Today, we're talking to Bobby Hicks (BobbyHicks.net), he's a digital marketer, a conversion design expert, and founder of Indiview Media (IndiviewMedia.com). He's been featured on NBC, ABC, and CBS.

Episode 0138: Best of Episode (Weeks 19 & 20)

May 17, 2020 11:00 - 7 minutes - 17.2 MB

Listen to the best advice from this week's guests! Great sound bombs by Damen Griffith (DamenGFit.com), Heather Chauvin (HeatherChauvin.com), Luisa Zhou (LuisaZhou.com), Mark McTavish (PulpCulture.la), Nathan Hirsch (OutsourceSchool.com), and Will Zhang (Fintelics.com).

Episode 0137: Will Zhang

May 15, 2020 11:00 - 18 minutes - 42.5 MB

Will is the CEO and Solutions Architect of Fintelics. Fintelics is an advanced technology consulting & solution development company.

Episode 0136: Nathan Hirsch

May 13, 2020 11:00 - 22 minutes - 52.1 MB

Nathan is an entrepreneur and expert in remote hiring and eCommerce. Most recently, Nathan co-founded FreeeUp.com in 2015 with an initial $5,000 investment, scaled it to $12M per year in revenue, and was then acquired in 2019. Today, Nathan is a co-founder of OutsourceSchool, a company working to educate entrepreneurs on how to effectively hire and scale with virtual assistants through in-depth courses. Nathan has appeared on 300+ podcasts, is a social media personality, and loves sharing a...

Episode 0135: Mark McTavish

May 11, 2020 11:00 - 18 minutes - 42.7 MB

Mark is the CEO and Co-Founder of Pulp Culture.

Episode 0134: Luisa Zhou

May 08, 2020 11:00 - 14 minutes - 33.6 MB

Luisa is the creator of the Employee to Entrepreneur system, which teaches people how to leave their day job and start their own six-figure plus online business working for themselves.

Episode 0133: Heather Chauvin

May 06, 2020 11:00 - 20 minutes - 45.8 MB

Heather is a parenting and women’s leadership coach who helps women understand themselves and their child’s behavior on a deeper level. She is the host of the Mom Is In Control Podcast where she reveals her most vulnerable truths about womanhood, marriage, parenting, living through stage 4 cancer and running a successful business—without burning out.

Episode 0132: Damen Griffith

May 04, 2020 11:00 - 19 minutes - 45.2 MB

Damen is the owner of DamenGfit.com who does high level 1 on 1 health and fitness coaching for busy professionals who want to be in shape, without giving up the foods they love and having to spend hours in the gym.

Episode 0131: Best of Episode (Week 18)

May 03, 2020 17:36 - 7 minutes - 16.5 MB

Episode 0130: Matthew Pollard

May 02, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 66.8 MB

Matthew is responsible for five multi-million-dollar business success stories in his home country of Australia, all before the age of 30. His humble beginnings, the adversities that he faced, and his epic rise to success are inspirational stories of how anyone, with the right motivation and the right strategies, can achieve anything they set their mind to. Today, he's a bestselling author, whose book, The Introvert's Edge, has received endorsements from Harvard, Princeton, Neil Patel, and M...

Episode 0129: Samuel Gonzalez

May 01, 2020 11:00 - 19 minutes - 45.1 MB

Samuel is the Founder of Urbanebox & Warriors Tackle Supply

Episode 0128: Sam Lillie

April 30, 2020 14:00 - 12 minutes - 29.5 MB

Today we'll be interviewing Sam Lillie, Co-founder and CEO of Vinder, an app based farmers market connecting local small producers direct to local consumers.

Episode 0127: Mary Shores

April 29, 2020 14:00 - 24 minutes - 56.8 MB

Today we'll be interviewing Mary Shores who is a powerhouse CEO, communication expert and best-selling author who helps people change their words to fall back in love with their work and their customers.

Episode 0126: Lisa Manyon

April 28, 2020 14:00 - 20 minutes - 46.4 MB

Today we'll be interviewing Lisa Manyon; the Business Marketing Architect and President of Write On Creative®. She pioneered the simple, values-based 3-step "Challenge. Solution. Invitation.™" communication framework to create marketing messages with integrity with a focus on PASSION points. Her strategies are known to create million-dollar results. She's a #1 international best-selling author, consultant, and speaker dedicated to reverse engineering your most powerful solutions into profit...

Episode 0125: Jordanna Eyre

April 27, 2020 14:00 - 12 minutes - 28.2 MB

Jordanna is the founder of Modern Day Sorcerer and Sorcerer School – the next step for conscious leaders. Jordanna has spent 30 years cultivating and honing the Modern Day Sorcerer Methodology – one that brings the metaphysical, scientific, and pragmatic teachings of power to leadership and business. Jordanna and her methodology have helped thousands of leaders around the world develop clear purpose, and embody the power and influence they were put on this planet to contribute. Today, she w...

Episode 0124: Best of Episode (Week 17)

April 26, 2020 14:00 - 15 minutes - 35.8 MB

Episode 0123: Dave Panozzo

April 25, 2020 14:00 - 22 minutes - 51.9 MB

Dave is the owner of Panozzo Team and HomeSmart

Episode 0122: Joe Sanok

April 24, 2020 14:00 - 18 minutes - 43.1 MB

Joe is a keynote and TEDx speaker, business consultant, and podcaster. Joe has the #1 podcast for counselors, The Practice of the Practice Podcast. With interviews with Pat Flynn, John Lee Dumas, and Lewis Howes, Joe is a rising star in the speaking world! He is also a writer for PsychCentral, has been featured on the Huffington Post, Forbes, GOOD Magazine, Reader’s Digest, Entrepreneur on Fire, and Yahoo News. He is the author of five books and has been named the Therapist Resource top pod...

Episode 0121: Ken Carfagno

April 23, 2020 14:00 - 18 minutes - 43.1 MB

Ken is a high-energy former engineer, now running a cleaning company. SMART goal-setting was Ken’s catalyst for shrinking his work week by 2 days without sacrificing income. Now, he re-invests his time into coaching, helping Dads connect with their kids, and spending more time with his own family of six.

Episode 0120: Ian Altman (2nd Interview)

April 22, 2020 14:00 - 36 minutes - 83.3 MB

Today, we will be interviewing Ian Altman. As a CEO for two decades, Ian started, sold, and grew his business-services and technology companies from zero to over one billion dollars in value. Ian has since spent years researching how customers make decisions. His modern approach to sales & marketing is known for helping organizations around the world achieve explosive growth. A leading authority on accelerating business growth, Ian is currently recognized as one of the 30 Global Gurus on Sa...

Episode 0120 - Ian Altman (2nd Interview)

April 22, 2020 14:00 - 36 minutes - 83.3 MB

Today, we will be interviewing Ian Altman. As a CEO for two decades, Ian started, sold, and grew his business-services and technology companies from zero to over one billion dollars in value. Ian has since spent years researching how customers make decisions. His modern approach to sales & marketing is known for helping organizations around the world achieve explosive growth. A leading authority on accelerating business growth, Ian is currently recognized as one of the 30 Global Gurus on Sa...

Episode 0120 - Ian Altman (2nd Guesting)

April 22, 2020 14:00 - 36 minutes - 83.3 MB

Today, we will be interviewing Ian Altman. As a CEO for two decades, Ian started, sold, and grew his business-services and technology companies from zero to over one billion dollars in value. Ian has since spent years researching how customers make decisions. His modern approach to sales & marketing is known for helping organizations around the world achieve explosive growth. A leading authority on accelerating business growth, Ian is currently recognized as one of the 30 Global Gurus on Sa...

Episode 0119: Doren Aldana

April 21, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutes - 70.9 MB

Doren is the CEO and president of True Trust Marketing and the founder of the Testimonial Engine -- the #1 software for helping service-based businesses collect and share client reviews on autopilot. He is also the host of the Local Domination Podcast - where local business owners learn how to get local clients FAST. Since 2005, he has been dedicated to helping business owners attract more clients with less effort, regardless of market conditions. His life mission is to inspire and equip pe...

Episode 0118: Mia Duchnowski

April 20, 2020 14:00 - 24 minutes - 55.9 MB

Today we'll be interviewing Mia Duchnowski (Dutch-now-ski), the CEO and Co-Founder of Oars + Alps, a a skincare brand for people who lead an active on the go-lifestyle. The company was recently acquired by SC Johnson. Mia is based in Chicago and is also a mom to 4 kids.

Episode 0117: Best of Episode (Week 16)

April 19, 2020 14:00 - 12 minutes - 29.3 MB

Episode 0116: Loren Brill

April 18, 2020 14:00 - 16 minutes - 37.8 MB

Today, we will be interviewing the amazing Loren Brill, CEO & Founder of Sweet Loren’s, a clean food company that is transforming what it means to be convenient and delicious.

Episode 0115: Timothy Larkin

April 17, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutes - 70.9 MB

Tim is the founder & creator of Target Focus Training (TFT), the world leader in personal-protection training. For more than 25 years, he has taught everyone from US Navy SEALS to regular citizens how to survive unavoidable violent attack. During this time TFT has been talked about by prestigious journalists on ABC & CBS News, the UK’s BBC, publications such as the Financial Times of London, Forbes & the South China Post, endorsed by such notables as Tony Robbins & Glenn Beck, and seen on G...