Business Rockstars
798 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 7 years ago -Business Rockstars is the biggest entrepreneur destination on the planet.
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10/1/14 ROCKSTAR WOMEN!
October 06, 2014 21:16 - 1 hourLizanne Falsetto (Founder of ThinkThin Bars) & Julie Schoenfeld (5 time CEO!) Lizanne interviews Julie Schoenfeld and helps our listeners better understand how Women are shaping the entrepreneurial world! Scott Flanders, CEO of Playboy - What a treat we have today! Scott Flanders teaches our listeners just how to take a business that's humming and make it better!
9/30/14 Fred Joyal Found. 1-800-DENTIST
September 30, 2014 21:31 - 1 hourTom McAlevey, CEO Venice Beach based streaming music service, Radical.FM - Your business is up and running. How do you get it recognized so it can grow? Tom helps our listeners better understand how to do this! Mentor: Fred Joyal from 1-800-DENTIST joins us! He is our in studio mentor. Joyal helps our protege shape and grow his business! Protege: Alec Gellis, Protege. Alec gets all the advice he can handle from Mr. Fred Joyal himself! If you have ANY questions about your business don't miss...
9/29/14 Mark Stagen CEO YBA
September 30, 2014 19:15 - 1 hourMark Stagen , CEO & Founder of YBA. Mark is the CEO & Founder of Youth Business Alliance which focuses on bringing business skills in the classroom. They are connecting the youth with real business professionals. Andy Abrahmson, CEO, Comminicano. Andy is our weekly Business Insider. Andy will keep you up to date with all new technology and services!
9/26/14 LIVE FROM WGN IN CHICAGO!
September 30, 2014 16:18 - 1 hourJeremy Smith, CEO of Spot Hero. What's the best way to get your company up and running? Where do you start? Jeremy fills our listeners in on some great tips and tricks! Jenny Vance, President of LeadJen. Jenny has a figured a way out to be disruptive in an industry. This can be scary, but the pay out can be HUGE! Find out how she did it!
9/25/14 LIVE FROM WGN IN CHICAGO!
September 30, 2014 15:42 - 1 hourFrank Muscarello, Co-founder and CEO of MarkITx. Frank helps our listeners better understand how to start a company with minimal funding. MUSIC MENTOR: Christain Cullen. Christian mentors our rising star. How do you turn your band into a Brand?! MUSIC PROTEGE: Eric Howell, Rising Star Musician
9/24/14 LIVE FROM WGN IN CHICAGO!
September 29, 2014 21:42 - 1 hourAdam Friedman , CEO of Meet Advisors. Your business is up and running, how do get it to grow??? Adam Friedman has these answers and a lot more, Listen now! Tom Patterson, Global GM CSC - Tom is our weekly business insider on Wednesday. We like to refer to him as the CTO, or Chief Trust Officer. Tom gives our listeners the 101 on all things security in the digital world!
9/23/14 LIVE FROM WGN IN CHICAGO!
September 29, 2014 21:08 - 1 hourDavid Kalt, Founder of Reverb.com - How much do you know about the Shared Economy??? Listen now to get the 101! Nolan Bushnell, Founder of Atari & Chuckee Cheese - Nolan teaches our listeners the importance of Continued Education and gives some great tools for this!
9/23/14 LIVE FROM WGN IN CHICAGO!
September 29, 2014 21:08 - 1 hourDavid Kalt, Founder of Reverb.com - How much do you know about the Shared Economy??? Listen now to get the 101! Nolan Bushnell, Founder of Atari & Chuckee Cheese - Nolan teaches our listeners the importance of Continued Education and gives some great tools for this!
9/18/14 Will Henshall CEO Focus@will
September 29, 2014 19:48 - 1 hourGretchen Christine Rossi - Founder, shopgretchenchristine.com, TV personality. Will Henshall, CEO, Focus@will. Will fills our listeners in on better ways to focus and get your work done in timely fashion!
9/17/14 Matt Spiegel V. Pres. MyCase
September 29, 2014 19:20 - 1 hourMatt Spiegel, Founder and Vice-President of Product at MyCase. Learn how Matt kept his company funded through a struggling economy.
9/16/14 James Siminoff Found. Doorbot
September 29, 2014 18:58 - 1 hourKevin Hundert - Founder/CEO of Made Eye ware. Learn how Kevin took an idea and made it better! Mentor: James Siminoff - Founder of Door Bot mentors our rising star in the entrepreneurial space! DO NOT MISS THIS! CEO/Co-Founder, STEM Center USA
9/15/14 Dez White, Founder InvisibleText
September 29, 2014 18:43 - 1 hourDez White, Founder of Invisible Text, Invisible Social, Invisible Call and Invisible Email. Wouldn't it be nice to have your messages, texts, etc invisible from snoopy eyes! Dex teaches our listeners how to start a business just like this! Nick Kovacevich, Co-Founder & CEO of Kush Bottles
9/12/14 Nanxi Liu, Co-Founder of Enplug
September 29, 2014 18:27 - 1 hourMichael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey, Barefoot Wine Founders & New York Times Best Selling Authors, The Barefoot Spirit. Learn the best ways to market your business! Nanxi Liu, CEO and Co-Founder of Enplug. Have a great idea but don't know how to get it funded? Look no further! We have the tips and tricks you need!
9/11/14 Scott Page - Pink Floyd
September 29, 2014 18:07 - 1 hourElvina Beck, Owner at PodShare, Founder at ScoutMy.com. Learn how communities are now sharing their space for people visiting out of town! How can you do the same thing? Find out now! MUSIC MENTOR: Scott Page, PINK FLOYD. Learn how to turn your Band into a BRAND! MUSIC PROTEGE: Lara Johnston, Rising Star
9/10/14 Lance Stacey, Founder BarFly
September 29, 2014 17:44 - 1 hourLance Stacy, Founder of BarFly Social Club. How disruptive are you being? Lance teaches our listeners the importance trying new ideas! Jay Samit , Serial Entrepreneur, weekly Business Insider. Jay talks about the shared economy and how you can utilize this important new tool.
9/9/14 Anthony Flynn CEO YOUBAR
September 26, 2014 22:44 - 1 hourCEO of Youbar Anthony Flynn helps our listeners better understand the business behind nutrition! Rahul Sonnad, Founder of Slipp. Learn how take your business and turn it into a growing powerhouse!
9/8/14 Syd Leibovitch Owner Rodeo Realty
September 26, 2014 22:10 - 1 hourDiane Licht, Founder of Cambiami Sandals. Learn how to keep your company funded! Syd Leibovitch, President and Owner of Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Rodeo Realty, Inc. Most people think the realty industry is not smart to get into in this economy. Syd explains why that's about as far from the truth as you can get!
9/5/14 David Baird CEO, Gigmor
September 24, 2014 22:15 - 1 hourDavid Baird, Founder & CEO of Gigmor. When you need a gig for your band Gigmor is what you are looking for! So how did David do it? Gregory Markell, Founder, Infuse Creative. Learn the tips and tricks you need to know for great Search Engine Optimization!
9/4/14 Scott Page PINK FLOYD
September 24, 2014 21:55 - 1 hourEden Heinsheimer, Founder of Max Daniel Designs, Inc. Scott Page, Mentor, Musician, PINK FLOYD. Learn how to build your band into a brand! PROTEGE: Kailynn West, Musician
9/3/14 Gerard N. Casale Founder, Tilt
September 24, 2014 21:39 - 1 hourOn This Episode - Anthony Puntoriero - CEO / Founder of Instant Sponsor. You need your seats filled? Instant sponsor has you covered! Gerard N. Casale, Founder of Tilt. Collect money from your group and make something happen!
9/2/14 James Siminoff CEO Doorbot
September 24, 2014 21:24 - 1 hourOn this episode : Lilly Ghalichi by Avitan, Television Personality, Designer, Entrepreneur and James Siminoff, Your First Step International, Inc. Chief Inventor DoorBot
8/25/14 Steve Glenn CEO Living Homes
September 08, 2014 22:54 - 1 hourOn This Episode : Mark Stagen (CEO & Founder of YBA) & Steve Glenn (Founder and CEO of LivingHomes, LLC)
8/22/14 LIVE FROM WGN IN CHICAGO!
September 05, 2014 23:04 - 1 hourOn This Episode : Alex Bratton (Author of “Billion Dollar Apps: How to Find and Implement a Winning Mobile Strategy”) & Nolan Bushnell (Founder of Atari and Chuckie Cheese)
8/21/14 LIVE FROM WGN IN CHICAGO!
September 05, 2014 22:21 - 1 hourOn this episode : Chuck Tempelton (Chairman, Impact Engine), John Flavin (Executive Director Chicago Innovation Exchange at the University of Chicago)
8/20/14 LIVE FROM WGN IN CHICAGO!!!
August 21, 2014 20:46 - 1 hourFeaturing, CHUCK TEMPLETON - a rockstar entrepreneur who provides environmental and societal entrepreneurs with the capital, business resources and network they need to build successful companies & JOHN FLAVIN - a rockstar insider who with over 20 years of experience in the life sciences field focused on finance and operations & CHRISTIAN MATTHEW CULLEN - a rockstar mentor who composes music and creates sound design for video games, animation and advertising for clients such as Disney, Smir...
8/19/14 LIVE FROM WGN IN CHICAGO!
August 19, 2014 22:38 - 1 hourA serial entrepreneur from the age of 16, Ilya Beyrak took his last startup from $0-$15MM in 1.5 years. With more than 12 years experience in software and business development, he has consulted Best Buy, Macy’s Toy’s R US on improving systems and ecommerce systems. Ilya is a leading expert in Big Data and Cassandra. Salen M. Churi is Lecturer in Law and Assistant Director of the Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Law School, where Mr. Churi teaches ...
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August 18, 2014 19:51 - 1 hourAdam Oberman – Adam has been with Retriever of Chicago for 14 years. He started as the manager of the risk/chargeback/collection department for NPC Corporate which is the parent company of Retriever of Chicago. He managed over 20 employees in his 4 years with corporate. Adam then joined forces with Nick Oberman and Ryan Hallett and formed Retriever of Chicago which is one of NPC’s largest Independent Sales Organizations today. That sales force has a sales team of over 60 agents nationwide, an...
8/15/14 Founders of "The Dry Bar"
August 18, 2014 15:40 - 1 hourAlli Webb founded Drybar in 2010 after spending 15 years as a professional stylist. She attended the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and began her career in fashion in New York City in the early ‘90s working for designer Nicole Miller. In 1996, Alli left fashion retailing to pursue her true passion – hairstyling. After training at the Toni & Guy Academy, Alli sharpened her skills as an assistant to celebrity stylist John Sahag, famous for his signature dry-cut technique. Having struggled wit...
8/13/14Tom Patterson CSC DigitalSecurtiy
August 13, 2014 20:16 - 1 hourA highly acclaimed security expert, published author, and keynote speaker who provides compelling insight into cyber security issues of the day, Tom Patterson provides clarity while delivering a high energy view into security that is of critical importance today. Patterson shares his insights and incredible knowledge on an area a lot of us either don't know about, or is just to confusing to understand. If you have any questions regarding internet security do not miss this compelling interview...
8/12/14 Gavin McGarry CEO Jumpwire Media
August 12, 2014 21:08 - 1 hourGavin has been working in media space for over 20 years. His past experience includes positions at major television networks as well as owning and operating a television production company and a boutique advertising agency. His company created some of the first cross media TV content and worked with major networks including NBC, Discovery, CTV, and Global Television. The full service ad agency serviced two national clients and explored integrating brands into television and online properties....
8/11/14 David Bernahl Coastal Luxury Mgt
August 11, 2014 20:23 - 1 hourMr. Bernahl is co-founding partner of Coastal Luxury Management, a company that focuses on acquiring and managing unique opportunities in the hospitality sector. The company's first major project was Pebble Beach Food & Wine, a 4-day,annual event hosted at the Pebble Beach Resorts that attracts nearly 5,000 people. Pebble Beach Food & Wine celebrates 60 celebrity chefs, 250 international wineries and provides cooking demos, wine tasting, a rare wine auction, and numerous multi-course lunches ...
8/8/14 Gregory Markel Infuse Creative
August 08, 2014 22:40 - 1 hourInfuse Creative, founded by Gregory Markel, referred to as ‘one of the pioneers of SEO,’ has provided search engine optimization, social media, mobile, TV advertising, reputation management, security, and digital marketing services and technology to an extremely diverse range of clients comprised of politicians, celebrities, well known executives, governments, corporations and others for the last 15 years including notable names such as; Sony, Universal, Roadside Attractions, Mazda, Disney, G...
8/7/14 Scott Page PINK FLOYD
August 07, 2014 20:14 - 1 hourScott Page is a technologist, entrepreneur, musician and songwriter. Page is most recognized as the saxophonist for Pink Floyd, Supertramp and Toto. As an entrepreneur, he formed Walt Tucker Productions an audio video post production company in 1987. In 1992, he Co-founded 7th Level, Inc., a CD-ROM game and educational software company. Later, Page Co-founded New Media Broadcasting Company, a social media and collaborative communications enterprise. Since 2011, he has been the Co-founder and ...
8/6/14 Patrick Rettig CEO Rettig Corp.
August 06, 2014 20:04 - 1 hourPatrick Rettig is the story, an exposé of a man who is absolutely the last stop for a business owner in financial turmoil. This particular time in the life of an entrepreneur is the quintessential heartbreak of dreams and hope. One would think that financial decisions had been made that were incorrect, that alliances had been broken or that the economy had shifted. Moreover the uncomfortable thinking is that the corporation and its founder were simply a bad deal. The word bankruptcy and reorg...
8/5/14 Tom Bilyeu CEO Quest Nutrition
August 05, 2014 19:57 - 1 hourQuest Nutrition is headed by Tom Bilyeu, who oversees close to 300 full-time staff, chiefly in Southern California, leading sales, marketing, content creation and other areas while guiding the company’s culture of passion and transformation. Before launching the venture in 2011, Bilyeu spent seven-and-a-half years as chief marketing officer of Awareness Technologies, a software security company, but eventually realized that “the technology business didn't provide enough of a real connection ...
8/4/14 The Vanderpump's TV Personalities
August 04, 2014 20:07 - 1 hourPandora Vanderpump-Sabo has a rare combination of confidence and grace that belies her 27 years. Daughter to British restaurateur Lisa Vanderpump of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Pandora has lived in posh locales across the globe, and has the worldly palate, eclectic baubles, and mingled accent to prove it—some words roll with quintessentially English rounded vowels, others are strung together in bursts of California girl excitement. And the girl has reason to be giddy: Pandora recent...
8/01/14 Roberto Milk CEO Novica.com
August 01, 2014 19:49 - 1 hourRoberto Milk is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Novica.com, a mission-driven company that works with artisans around the world in association with National Geographic. Over the past 10 years, Novica has become one of the largest handmade gift, jewellery and home décor websites in the world, selling the works of thousands of artisans through regional offices in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Prior to Novica, Milk worked as an investment banker for Prudential Securities, where h...
7/31/15 Freddie Ravel Keynote Maestro
July 31, 2014 19:50 - 1 hourFreddie Ravel is the internationally acclaimed Harmonics Maestro that blends his infectious passions for music and business to unlock the minds, hearts and hips of audiences around the world. Backed by number one hits and collaborative successes with Earth, Wind and Fire, Madonna, Prince, Indie Arie, Sergio Mendes, Quincy Jones, Al Jarreau, the Boston Pops and rock legend, Carlos Santana, the chart-topping Keyboardist is the Founder of “Business Harmonics”, the award-winning peak performance...
7/30/14 Tom Patterson GM CSC Global
July 30, 2014 19:40 - 1 hourErik Oberholtzer co-founded Tender Greens in 2006 in Culver City, California, a chef driven, organic, fast-casual restaurant concept with 12 locations and counting. A professionally trained chef, Erik manages a growing team of talent along with some exciting new brands. He is the founder of the Tender Greens Sustainable Life Project, a program aimed at assisting at risk youth develop new skills and career intentions through structured culinary training and farm exposure. He is also co-foun...
7/30/14 Rahul Sonnad CEO Slipp
July 30, 2014 17:01 - 1 hourSimon Mainwaring is the founder of We First, the leading social branding firm that provides consulting and training to help companies tell the story of the good they do to build their reputation, profits and social impact. He is a member of the Sustainable Brands Advisory Board, the Advisory Board of the Center for Public Diplomacy at the USC Annenberg School, the Transformational Leadership Council and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in London. He contributes to Fast Company, Forbes, ...
7/28/14 Russ Reeder Pres. Media Temple
July 28, 2014 21:39 - 1 hourAndy Abramson is the founder of Comunicano, Inc., a 20+ person asymmetrical communications consultancy, geared to providing clients with Senior Advising, Marketing Communications, Corporate Communications and Marketer-In-Residence services to start-ups, companies in transition and established brands with regard to influencer relations, marketing, advertising, public relations, social media, promotion, events and reputation management in the technology, consumer products and business to busine...
7/25/14 Dave Asprey Bio Hacker
July 28, 2014 21:19 - 1 hourA Silicon Valley entrepreneur, investor, speaker and computer security expert, Dave Asprey spent 15 years and $300,000 to hack his own biology. Along the way, he created an early cloud computing service at the first web hosting company and ran strategic planning for two public companies. He splits his time between helping others upgrade themselves with coaching and on The Bulletproof Executive, and serving as Trend Micro’s head cloud computing tech evangelist. The Financial Times calls him a...
7/24/14 Scott Page PINK FLOYD
July 28, 2014 20:58 - 1 hourScott Page is a technologist, entrepreneur, musician and songwriter. Page is most recognized as the saxophonist for Pink Floyd, Supertramp and Toto. As an entrepreneur, he formed Walt Tucker Productions an audio video post production company in 1987. In 1992, he Co-founded 7th Level, Inc., a CD-ROM game and educational software company. Later, Page Co-founded New Media Broadcasting Company, a social media and collaborative communications enterprise. Since 2011, he has been the Co-founder and ...
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July 28, 2014 20:30 - 1 hourChris Lee is the President and CEO of CAL Entertainment. A full service Speakers Bureau and an industry leader in Event Entertainment. Chris has a relationship with hundreds of speakers and entertainers who he has been representing for a decade. Chris’ 20 years in sales make him a sought after thought leader in selling and marketing. CAL Entertainment is a full service Speakers Bureau, a member of the International Association of Speakers Bureaus and an industry leader in Event Entertainment...
7/22/14 Keith Chambers CEO Chambers Grp.
July 28, 2014 19:58 - 1 hourKeith Chambers has assisted more than five hundred goods and service providers in formulating their marketing approach, including Clorox, Del Monte, Campbell’s, Coppertone, Arm &Hammer, Sparkletts, Hormel, Scotch-Brite, and Equal. He has helped brands as varied as Claritin and the Miss America Pageant develop and convey their product message to the consumer. The firm began as a successful package design studio for brands such as Coca Cola Foods, Van de Kamps, and Minute Maid. In 1988, when...
7/21/14 Sabrina Kay CEO Fremont Invest.
July 21, 2014 22:17 - 1 hourSabrina Kay is committed to returning the American educational system to its former glory by introducing new learning models and connecting the workforce with classrooms. Her quest answers the seemingly logical question: Why wait until college students have already graduated to give them work-based training? Her goal is to use the Penn's learning model as a framework, conduct further research, perfect the model, and enhance students' social mobility and opportunity through education. The labo...
7/18/14 Seth Shapiro Two-time Emmy®
July 21, 2014 22:02 - 1 hourTwo-time Emmy® Award winner Seth Shapiro is a leading executive and adviser in digital media. His work includes cutting-edge projects in television, online, games and music with the Walt Disney Company, Comcast, DIRECTV, Intel, Time Warner, McCann, Showtime, Universal, Verizon, Goldman Sachs and a range of new ventures. He is a Governor of Interactive Media at the Academy of Television of Arts & Sciences, the organization that bestows the Emmy Awards. Shapiro is President of Village Green Ne...
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July 21, 2014 21:27 - 1 hourScott Page is a technologist, entrepreneur, musician and songwriter. Page is most recognized as the saxophonist for Pink Floyd, Supertramp and Toto. As an entrepreneur, he formed Walt Tucker Productions an audio video post production company in 1987. In 1992, he Co-founded 7th Level, Inc., a CD-ROM game and educational software company. Later, Page Co-founded New Media Broadcasting Company, a social media and collaborative communications enterprise. Since 2011, he has been the Co-founder and ...
7/16/14 Jay Rockliffe CEO OfficeWellness
July 21, 2014 20:55 - 1 hourJay Rockliffe - Having graduated from Sheridan College’s Honors Marketing Program in 1996, Jay joined Ogilvy & Mather as an account executive for IBM Canada’s corporate division. In this capacity, he managed advertising campaigns from conception to placement, including the IBM branded term “e-business”. Furthermore, he managed and sold the IBM Middleware Integrated campaign that quickly became a worldwide contract. At Olgilvy & Mather he was fortunate to be on the new business team and theref...
7/15/14 Stephan Spencer Author/Coach
July 16, 2014 15:55 - 1 hourStephan Spencer is author of Google Power Search, co-author of the brand new book Social eCommerce due out later this month, and co-author of The Art of SEO, soon to be in its third edition -- all published by O'Reilly. Stephan Founded Netconcepts, an SEO and interactive agency in the 1990's. The firm was acquired in 2010 by Covario. Stephan is the inventor of the pay-for-performance SEO technology GravityStream, now part of the Rio SEO suite of tools. He's a contributor to the Huffington Pos...