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Innovations and Breakthroughs

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This is the Innovations and Breakthroughs Podcast, with host Rich Goldstein. Listen in each week as Richard features top leaders and the path they took to create change.

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Understanding Credit Scores with Rondi Lambeth

March 10, 2022 07:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MB

Rondi Lambeth is the CEO and Founder of Fortress Credit Pro, one of the leading credit repair companies in the country. Known as America's Credit Expert, he is also an award-winning TV and radio show host, a best-selling author, and has been seen on ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, and NBC. He has spoken in front of tens of thousands of people on stages all across the world, including Harvard.  Rondi is also the Host of the School of Wealth podcast and Founder of Fortress University. He is a military v...

Building Personal Brands

March 03, 2022 07:00 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MB

Maresa Friedman is an executive turned entrepreneur and strategist. She is the Founder of The Executive Cat Herder, a firm that specializes in building strategies around branding, growth, and operations for solopreneurs and businesses. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Maresa worked in high-level positions at some of the most prestigious companies in the world. Now, she serves as a fractional strategist to global brands and provides operational oversight for newly funded startups or companies...

The Miracle of Intellectual Property (IP)

February 24, 2022 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MB

JiNan Glasgow George is an intellectual property (IP) attorney. She is also a storied congressional advisor, Forbes contributor, valuation accelerator, and published author. JiNan has been recognized worldwide for her expertise in intellectual property. She has spoken internationally before the United Nations and at international IP conferences in India, Italy, France, and more. She also created a software platform called Patent Forecast that provides IP-related analytics tools. Her book, Th...

Innovating to Create Real Value

February 17, 2022 07:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MB

Chad McAllister is the Founder of Product Mastery Now, a company that helps organizations develop innovative products that customers love. He is also the host of the Product Mastery Now Podcast, previously called The Everyday Innovator, which is among Inc. Magazine's 10 best podcasts for innovators. Chad is the author of Turning Ideas into Market-Winning Products: What You Need to Know to be a Product Developer, Manager, and Innovator. In this episode… You can source a new product idea f...

Building an Authentic Brand with Brian Smith

February 10, 2022 07:00 - 28 minutes - 26.7 MB

Brian Smith is the Founder of UGG Australia, a brand that started from humble beginnings and went on to become a multibillion-dollar global icon. Since then, Brian has become one of the most sought-after speakers and business leaders in the country. In addition to publishing books and publications, he presents on topics such as team building, company culture, and growth challenges both through the lens of his vast experience and the school of hard knocks that he experienced while growing up....

Innovation Stories and Marketing Strategies with Giles Lury

February 03, 2022 07:00 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MB

Giles Lury is a Senior Director at The Value Engineers, a marketing strategy consultancy. He has over 30 years of experience in the business and is known for his creative spark, storytelling, and ability to constructively challenge conventional thinking.  Giles is also the author of eight books on marketing, including four storybooks in which he relates short marketing tales that each revolve around a lesson. He is a regular contributor to The Marketing Society and MediaCat. In this epis...

The Power of Taking Action with Greg Reid

January 28, 2022 07:00 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MB

Greg Reid is a motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and the Founder of Secret Knock, an event that focuses on partnership, networking, and business development where he has featured billionaires, celebrities, presidents, inventors, and Oscar winners. Over the past 25 years, he has inspired millions of people to step into their greatness.  Greg is also a filmmaker and produced the film Wish Man, which tells the story of the Make-A-Wish Foundation creator. He has also published, co-authored, ...

Hacking Joint Ventures with Glen Ledwell

January 06, 2022 07:00 - 29 minutes - 27.6 MB

Glen Ledwell is a serial entrepreneur and the Co-founder and CEO of Mind Movies, a dynamic company focused on helping people achieve their goals through the Law of Attraction. In the first three years of Mind Movies’ inception, Glen took the company from $0 to $6 million solely through joint ventures. To date, he has generated an excess of $60 million online, with $30 million of that total sourced purely from joint ventures. Glen has a diverse background. He is the Founder of Flight Club M...

What To Know About Ecom as We Enter 2022

December 30, 2021 07:00 - 14 minutes - 13.9 MB

Caulen Foster is an e-commerce marketing expert. He is the Co-founder and President of BrainPower and is an expert in bringing Amazon sellers over to the Shopify platform. His firm helps Amazon brand owners leverage the power of paid media, email, direct response copywriting, conversion rate optimization, and digital infrastructure to create effective omnichannel marketing strategies. In this episode… E-commerce is an excellend channel for bringing in more customers and driving sales. In...

The Right Product Ideation and Development Path for Entrepreneurs with Kevin Mako

December 23, 2021 07:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MB

Kevin Mako is the Founder and President of MAKO Design + Invent, a product design firm that takes physical products from the idea stage all the way to store shelves. Kevin is also the host of The Product Startup Podcast, which is the number one podcast of the hardware product development industry. Kevin is an international keynote speaker, the Founder of The Generation Fund, a registered charity for Canada’s top high school students, and a Mentor for Ryerson Innovation. In this episode… ...

Developing SaaS Platforms and Products That Provide Solutions with Mitch Russo

December 16, 2021 07:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MB

Mitch Russo is the CEO of MindfulGuidance. He built one of the earliest and most successful software enterprises in the 1980s, which he sold to Sage and ran as COO with a team of more than 300 people. Since then, he has dedicated himself to helping numerous entrepreneurs grow their businesses in addition to founding several successful ventures of his own. Among his successes is his partnership with Tony Robbins and Chet Holmes, Business Breakthroughs International. Together, they created a p...

The Challenges of Working Without a Patent Attorney

December 09, 2021 07:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MB

Curtis Johnson is the President of ManageByStats, a company that helps Amazon sellers expand their businesses. ManageByStats provides companies with an innovative set of software tools that helps them get more reviews, view their profits, get access to customers' databases, and improve seller feedback. Danan Coleman is the VP of Media & Events at ManageByStats and the CEO of Danan Enterprises, Inc. He has over 10 years of experience doing sales and started his own venture in 2011. Danan jo...

How to Leverage Branding to Increase Your Company’s Value

December 02, 2021 07:00 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MB

Rey Perez is a personal branding expert and the Global Branding Expert at Brand in 2 Days, an exclusive done-for-you personal branding and marketing event. Rey is also a Global Branding Expert at AMP Productions and created My360sites.com, the ultimate platform for entrepreneurs, professionals, companies, and organizations that want to connect their brand with a much larger audience. Rey is a best-selling author, award-winning speaker, podcast host, elite business coach, and philanthropist...

How to Run a Million-Dollar Business

November 25, 2021 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MB

Kate Hancock is a serial entrepreneur, international speaker, and mother of two. She has built four highly successful businesses in less than 10 years, among them an e-commerce brand that she started with a $20 investment that grew to over a million dollars in revenue and over 15 million in online sales within a year. Kate also created one of the top hotels in the Philippines and a spa that has been named twice in the Inc 5000 list of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America. Kate has ...

The Key to Innovation with Peter Sprague

November 04, 2021 06:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MB

Peter Sprague is the Co-founder and Chairman of Satellite Displays, a company focused on improving communication and providing tools for the deaf and hearing impaired. Before starting Satellite Displays, Peter was the Founder and Chairman of Wave Systems Corp. for 24 years and the Chairman of National Semiconductor for 30 years.  As the Chairman of Aston Martin, Peter helped pull the company out from bankruptcy and hired back 400 employees. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political scienc...

Creating Conscious Design Products With Ian Peterman

October 28, 2021 06:00 - 21 minutes - 20 MB

Ian Peterman is the Founder and CEO of Peterman Design Firm, a company that helps visionaries turn their ideas into brands and products that change the world. Ian grew up surrounded by design, engineering, accounting, and entrepreneurial people and started his first business with his brother at the age of 12. He worked as an engineer and designer with various startups for over a decade and large companies like HP before starting Peterman Design Firm.  Ian is passionate about green tech, th...

The Value of Connecting with Entrepreneurs Through Networking with Mike Calhoun

October 21, 2021 06:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MB

Mike Calhoun is the Founder & CEO of Board of Advisors, a community for founders, entrepreneurs, CEOs, investors, marketers, e-commerce moguls, business developers, and high-level decision makers. True to Mike’s mission, Board of Advisors is made up of people who are dedicated to helping each other elevate their success. Mike is an advisor, owner, and investor in multiple companies. He has worked with numerous products, platforms, and services from the US to Australia, creating successful,...

How Intellectual Property Helps in Preparing for a Successful Exit

October 14, 2021 06:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MB

Joe Valley is a Partner at Quiet Light Brokerage, one of the leading online-focused M&A Advisory firms in the world. He is also a serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, podcaster, EXITpreneur, and advisor. He has built, bought, or sold over half a dozen of his own companies.  Over the last nine years, Joe has mentored thousands of entrepreneurs whose goal is to achieve their own eventual exit. He is a ​Certified Mergers & Acquisitions Professional, and a frequent guest expert in mastermi...

Is Your Invention Really New?

August 19, 2021 06:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MB

Rich Goldstein is the Principal Patent Attorney at Goldstein Patent Law. He has been in practice for over 25 years and has become an authority in intellectual property rights protection, particularly those relating to patents and trademarks. Rich is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), American Bar Association (ABA) Law Practice Division, New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA),  and Licensing Executives Society (LES). He is also the autho...

Can I Patent an Idea or Do I Need a Product Prototype?

August 12, 2021 06:00 - 11 minutes - 11.2 MB

Rich Goldstein is the Principal Patent Attorney at Goldstein Patent Law. He has been in practice for over 25 years and has become an authority in intellectual property rights protection, particularly those relating to patents and trademarks. Rich is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), American Bar Association (ABA) Law Practice Division, New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA), and Licensing Executives Society (LES). He is also the author...

Company Acquisition, Innovative Product, and Local Market Penetration with Rich Goldstein

August 05, 2021 06:00 - 8 minutes - 7.77 MB

Rich Goldstein is the Principal Patent Attorney at Goldstein Patent Law. He has been in practice for over 25 years and has become an authority in intellectual property rights protection, particularly those relating to patents and trademarks. Rich is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), American Bar Association (ABA) Law Practice Division, New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA), and Licensing Executives Society (LES). He is also the author...

Innovating at Large Scale for a Big Brand

July 29, 2021 06:00 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MB

Kyle Walker is the Co-founder and Chief Acquisitions Officer at Foundry, a platform that acquires and grows lasting brands. Before starting Foundry, he climbed the ladder at Amazon for about seven years, starting as a Strategic Account Manager and leaving as the Head of New Business Strategy. Throughout his career, he’s created and helped launch over 10,000 digital businesses, founded three multibillion-dollar global Amazon programs, and played a role in many of the Amazon technologies that ...

The Role Mindset Plays in Business Growth and Expansion

July 22, 2021 06:00 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MB

Stefan Haney is the Strategic Advisor and CTO at Foundry, the Managing Principal at Vantage International LLC, and a business and technology leader who specializes in driving product innovation at scale. He spent more than eight years working at Amazon, where he led the team driving design and development for product shopping pages. As a member of the Amazon consumer shopping leadership team, he contributed to the strategy and innovation of Amazon’s homepage, overall navigation, checkout, an...

Why Entrepreneurs Need to Focus on Flexibility

July 15, 2021 06:00 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MB

Stefan Haney is the Strategic Advisor and CTO at Foundry, the Managing Principal at Vantage International LLC, and a business and technology leader who specializes in driving product innovation at scale. He spent more than eight years working at Amazon, where he led the team driving design and development for product shopping pages. As a member of the Amazon consumer shopping leadership team, he contributed to the strategy and innovation of Amazon’s homepage, overall navigation, checkout, an...

Investing in Online Businesses From an Investment Banker's Point of View

July 08, 2021 06:00 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MB

Chris Shipferling is the Managing Partner and Head of Business Development for Global Wired Advisors, a leading digital investment bank focused on optimizing the business sale process. His career focus is sales and marketing executive in consumer products.  For the past seven years, Chris has focused exclusively on high-level consulting for multi-million-dollar omnichannel, digitally native, and Amazon-based private label and re-seller brands. He finds client companies poised for sale, gui...

Growing and Managing an Effective Team to Scale a Business

July 01, 2021 06:00 - 27 minutes - 25.8 MB

Austin Clark is the Owner and CEO of Moxie Pest Control of Arizona. The company offers customizable, premium service subscriptions for its customers' pest control needs. Their mission is to improve the quality of life for its customers, team, and community. In 2020, Austin’s Phoenix branch grew by 119%, and they’re looking to double in 2021. By increasing Moxie Pest Control and the other businesses, Austin has learned what works best in growing and leading teams and businesses. He co-autho...

How to Build a Company Structure to Scale a Business

June 24, 2021 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23.9 MB

Yoni Kozminski is the Founder and CEO of MultiplyMii and Escala. He has spent a decade in digital marketing and creative advertising globally, including Australia, Los Angeles, and Tel Aviv. He has developed digital strategies for companies like Mercedes-Benz, Mastercard, Sony, Medtronic, and many eight-figure e-commerce brands. Before starting Escala and MultiplyMii, Yoni expanded an Amazon business from two million to five million dollars in sales in just 12 months before it was sold. Th...

Guiding Inventors Through the Challenges of Innovation

June 17, 2021 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MB

Sam Zellner is the Lead of the Patent Quality through Artificial Intelligence Project (PQAI) and the Founder and the Co-founder and CEO of InspireIP, a platform enabling companies to harness their team’s innovative spirit. He serves on the board of the US Intellectual Property Alliance, and is an IAM top 300 IP Strategist as well as an inventor on more than 200 patents. PQAI brings together the latest technologies and the Open Source community to create a new approach to inventing. No long...

Building and Managing Your Team and Your Company’s Culture

June 10, 2021 06:00 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MB

Howard M. Shore is the Founder of Activate Group. He is a speaker and best-selling author who has worked with hundreds of executives and teams to help accelerate their growth and scale their organizations. During his career of over 35 years, Howard has helped create over $1 billion of value. He has authored two best-selling books, The Leader Launchpad and Your Business is a Leaky Bucket. Howard cut his teeth as the owner of several successful companies and as an executive for Fortune 500 c...

What Makes Brands Succeed Online?

June 03, 2021 06:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB

Howard Tiersky is the Founder and CEO of FROM, The Digital Transformation Agency, a 75 employee digital agency that helps executives at large brands transform the customer experience to win in today's digital world. He is a successful entrepreneur who has been named by IDG as one of the “Top 10 Digital Transformation Influencers” and by Enterprise Management 360°as “One of the Top 10 Digital Transformation Influencers That Will Change Your World.”  Howard is also the Author of the recent W...

Inventions, Product Design, Product Development, and Podcasting

May 27, 2021 06:00 - 41 minutes - 38 MB

Tom Hazzard is an inventor with 37 patents and an unprecedented 86% success rate for consumer product designs. He is the Co-host of the Forbes-featured, fast-growth WTFFF?! 3D Printing Podcast, as well as two other podcasts, Feed Your Brand and Product Launch Hazzards. They were born out of his core business for many years, Hazz Design, where he designed and developed over 250 products that generated $2 billion in revenue for retail and e-commerce clients.  Tom is also the CTO of Podetize,...

Building Your Brand and Providing Superior Customer Experience

May 20, 2021 06:00 - 26 minutes - 36.1 MB

Brenda Ruby is a Branding and Marketing Expert. She helped scale SNOW, a premium brand of oral care products from $0 to $100 million in revenue. She started with SNOW as the very first employee and eventually led the operations of the firm as Chief Operating Officer.  Along the way, Brenda helped launch products into major retailers like Target and Neiman Marcus. She has also created promotional partnerships with A-list celebrities. She currently helps offline businesses develop a branded ...

From Engineering to Entrepreneurship with Vanessa Braxton of Black Momma Brands

May 13, 2021 06:00 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MB

Vanessa Braxton is the Founder, CEO, and President at Black Momma Brands, which includes Black Momma Vodka, and Black Momma Tea & Cafe. She is the first African American woman master blender, distiller, owner, and operator of a nationally distributed vodka in the United States.  Before launching Black Momma Brands, Vanessa managed construction and engineering contracts worth over $2 billion for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). She is deeply involved in real estate investmen...

How to Increase Sales and Multiply Your Income By Up to 10x

May 06, 2021 06:00 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MB

Kevin Nations is the CEO and Sales Maximizer at Kevin Nations Training where he teaches people how to charge more for their time, services, and products so that they can live the life they envision and get what they are really worth. He is an expert in marketing, sales, and scaling businesses, and he is considered as the consulting industry's top expert. He is the go-to guy for helping people to sell their services simply and profitably.  Kevin has served as a sales mentor to consulting bu...

Helping Amazon Sellers Expand Their Online Market Reach

April 29, 2021 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MB

Caulen Foster is the Co-Founder and President of BrainPower, a rapidly growing, full-service digital marketing agency that specializes in multi-channel brand expansion from Amazon onto Shopify. They help Amazon brand owners leverage the power of paid media, email, direct response copywriting, conversion rate optimization, and digital infrastructure to create an effective omni-channel marketing strategy.  Caulen is also the Founder of Almond Pro Foods, inventing the almond protein industry ...

Using Media to Empower and Inspire Others

April 22, 2021 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

Monica Floyd is the Founder and CEO of True Vision Media Group, a full-service music, film, and video production company. Through her media company, Monica endeavors to inspire others through the arts and enhance the human experience through visual arts and entertainment.  In addition to being a media executive and producer, Monica is an accomplished leader throughout the entertainment industry. Throughout her career, she’s been a director, producer, manager, writer, comedian, actor, and s...

Expressing Your Creative Self and Conducting Patent Searches

April 15, 2021 06:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MB

David B. Goldstein is a management consultant, coach, speaker, and Rich Goldstein’s brother! He is also the Originator of the “creative-type” concept and Co-Author of the best-selling book, Creative You: Using Your Personality Type to Thrive, which explores the ways your personality type impacts your creativity and how understanding your own personality can be the key to unlocking your expression. David is also the Founder of the patent search company, GIC, which has been performing all of...

The Importance of Being Courageous and Making Audacious Phone Calls

April 08, 2021 06:00 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

Randy Levy is a Partner at Telleria, Telleria & Levy, a law firm serving Southern California for over 52 years in workers' compensation, immigration law, employment law, and personal injury matters. As a law clerk, he worked on the Menendez case as part of the prosecution team for the LA District Attorney's Office.  Randy then went on to build the first online stores for TV and film studios like Comedy Central and Paramount. He also got involved in a company that went public during the fir...

The Value of Investing in Intellectual Property (IP) Protection

April 01, 2021 06:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MB

Joe De Sena is the Founder and CEO of Spartan, the world’s largest obstacle race and endurance brand with over 200 events annually. Spartan is on a global mission to push you towards your personal best, with over 1.5 million people participating in races every year and more than 325 events held in over 45 countries.  Joe is a New York Times bestselling author of the books Spartan Up!, Spartan Fit!, and The Spartan Way. He is also the host of the Spartan Up Podcast. In this episode… In ...

Can You Infringe on Someone's Patent With Your Own?

March 25, 2021 06:00 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MB

Ben Leonard is the Founder of Beast Gear, a fitness brand that was born out of a desire to train with the equipment we all need to reach our potential and BEAST our goals. Ben started the company with just his laptop and his spare time, growing it to an international 7-figure business before successfully exiting after 3 years. After selling to Thrasio, he was among the investor's first acquisitions. Ben now helps other entrepreneurs with their businesses through his e-commerce consultancy ...

The Importance of Doing Your Due Diligence Before Getting IP Protection

March 18, 2021 06:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MB

Mario Nawfal is the Founder of the Athena Group of Companies, a synergistic ecosystem that operates a variety of businesses including e-commerce, events, and even a growth hacking agency, in more than 40 countries. He started his first business selling blenders door-to-door with $300 in the bank. In that first year, he brought his blender business to $1 million—and $10 million in the second.  Mario has since launched multiple ventures into the millions, including IBI Ventures, a venture fu...

Why Entrepreneurs Should Step Outside Their Lanes And Embrace Failure

March 11, 2021 07:00 - 34 minutes - 32.2 MB

Mike Alden is the President and CEO of Blue Vase Marketing, a multimillion-dollar full-service direct response marketing agency. Under his leadership, Blue Vase Marketing grew from a small call center into a comprehensive marketing management company ranked by Inc. magazine for 3 years in a row as one of the nation’s 5000 fastest-growing private companies. The agency was also named the 2015 Large Business of the Year by the Greater Beverly Chamber of Commerce. Mike is a 3x best-selling aut...

What it Takes to be a Visionary Leader with Doug Patton of Patton Design

March 04, 2021 07:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MB

Doug Patton is the Founder & CEO of Patton Design, a design company based out of California. Doug is a successful inventor, having created over 300 products in 20 international market categories and received over 150 patents and international design awards. He works with companies like Apple, Microsoft, Disney, IBM, and Mercedes-Benz, putting his mission of inspiring others to live more authentic lives into practice by sharing his unique creative problem-solving process.  Doug has been fea...

How to Handle Criticism and Build a Great Team

February 25, 2021 07:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MB

Mitch Thrower is a financier, entrepreneur, author, and 22X Ironman triathlete. He is the Founder and Chairman of Events.com, an innovative cloud-based event management platform provider that provides a state-of-the-art mobile-first SaaS application that enables the full event life-cycle, connecting event organizers and event-goers. Mitch also serves as Chairman of The La Jolla Foundation, a 501c3 foundation whose primary initiative is Project Active, providing funding, mentoring, encourag...

How to Discover Licensees Through LinkedIn

February 18, 2021 07:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MB

Benjamin Harrison is a lifelong entrepreneur and product developer who has worked with some of the top musicians in the world. Through teaching the methods he created while pitching his own products, he has helped hundreds of innovators and entrepreneurs to successfully get their own ideas into companies of all sizes.  Benjamin has also created a system that uses LinkedIn to help inventors connect with potential licensees. He recently published a book that explains licensing ideas using Li...

Building a Community Around e-Commerce Shopping

February 11, 2021 07:00 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MB

David Wilmot is the Founder and CEO of Tuli, a social shopping platform. He is a 4-time founder and CEO with 3 successful exits and Fortune 500 executive experience. He is a passionate and decisive leader with a track record of delivering results for founding teams and shareholders. Before Tuli, David was the Chief Operating Officer for UCode and Head of Operations & Sales at Pressed Juicery. He is obsessed with developing people and building mission-driven businesses that make the world a...

Providing Technology Training for Minorities with Nilda Thomas, Workforce eTraining Solutions

February 04, 2021 07:00 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MB

Nilda Thomas is the Founder and CEO of Workforce eTraining Solutions, formally known as International Forensics eLearning Academy, a distributor of web and cloud-based learning technologies and curated content. Nilda established Workforce eTraining Solutions with a vision of providing access to online technology training to minorities: women, youth, displaced workers, veterans, and underserved communities. Nilda is a business leader committed to learning innovation and technology. She spen...

The Importance of Authority Positioning with Mike Saunders

January 28, 2021 07:00 - 19 minutes - 18 MB

Mike Saunders is a speaker, bestselling author of four books and a successful business coach who holds an MBA in Marketing. He is also an adjunct marketing professor at several universities and a member of the Forbes Coaches Council. He has interviewed hundreds of industry experts on his podcast and is always striving to learn from other thought leaders.  Mike is most passionate about seeing his family grow up with high spiritual values and providing them opportunities to succeed in life. ...

Common Mistakes You Should Avoid When Getting a Patent

January 21, 2021 07:00 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MB

Noah McNeely is a creativity and innovation expert. He has spent much of his career helping to shape and guide a seemingly endless series of good ideas into successful product businesses. He has developed products for a wide variety of startups and major brands including Coca-Cola, Procter and Gamble, Black and Decker, Arm and Hammer, Plantronics, Biolab, C.R. Bard, Home Depot, and many others.  Currently, Noah is the Principal and one of the Founders of Product QuickStart, a company that ...

Tips and Tricks for Successfully Inventing and Licensing Products with Lisa Lloyd, the President and CEO of Lloyd Marketing Group

January 14, 2021 07:00 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MB

Lisa Lloyd is the President and CEO of Lloyd Marketing Group. Her success began with her idea for a barrette while working for the CBS affiliate in Tucson, AZ. A short 13 months later, she had patented, manufactured, sold to stores, and ultimately licensed the patent to Scünci for 20 years of regular income. The product is now sold in stores around the world and has generated over $20M globally!  Since then, Lisa has licensed 6 more products to major distributors including Goody, Scünci, a...