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Vinnie Potestivo | Emmy Award-winning Media Advisor & Creator Economist

Vinnie Potestivo is an Emmy® Award-winning Media Advisor who helps clients leverage their media exposure, find fame, and make impact. Vinnie is the Editor-in-chief of I Have A Podcast® and is responsible for discovering and amplifying the voice of independent podcasters worldwide. As a network executive at MTV Networks (98-07) he discovered talent and developed new ways to support their goals, pioneering the way brands and business owners could contribute to their public narrative by mak...

Dai Manuel | How to Take Action to be Your Best Self

Dai Manuel is a super dad, dating his wife, with a lead by example way of living and a contagious personality, who is on a mission to positively impact one million role models around the globe to lead a FUN-ctionally fit life through education, encouragement, and community. He is an award-winning digital thought leader and author, Distinguished Toastmaster & keynote speaker, former partner and Chief Operating Officer of a multi-million dollar retail company, and a sought after lifestyle m...

Cathy Nesbitt | Founder of Cathy’s Crawly Composters

Cathy is on a mission to put worms in every living space to promote indoor composting with worms. But, I'm sure you can imagine that not everyone wants to have worms in the house. Cathy started her worm empire (Cathy's Crawly Composters) in 2002. She believes that worms are going to play an ever increasing role in waste management, soil production and therefore food security and it is essential that we learn how. Her ever-evolving, working title is Cathy Crawly Laughing Bean Queen! ...

Matt Davis | The Basics of Business Law

Matthew Neill Davis is an attorney and entrepreneur that led his solely owned firm, Davis Business Law, through over 1000% percent growth over six years, making it one of very rare law firms ever to make the Inc 5000 list.  The firm currently has seven offices from Dallas to Kansas City. Martindale Hubble recognized Davis with its prestigious AV rating as one of the Preeminent Attorneys in America for demonstrating the highest levels of skill and integrity. With over twenty-five years of ...

Alissa Locke | Your Net Worth Does not Define Your Self-Worth

As a Financial Coach, I help people understand WHY they do, WHAT they do with their money, which is key to changing their relationship and behavior with money. I talk about understanding your own money story and money personality and how these impact your behavior. Then I share the specific tactics I used that allowed me to go from confused to confident with my money! I share how to pay off debt faster, how to create and stick to a budget that respects how you want to live and how to build a...

Chris Waddell | From Tragedy to Champion - A GoBundance Special Episode

Chris was a ski racer at Middlebury College when he fell in a ski accident, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. Chris was back skiing within a year, and went on to become one of the most decorated mono-skiers of all time. When Chris retired as a professional athlete, he summited Mt. Kilimanjaro on a hand cycle, in an effort to turn perception of disability upside down. He is the first paraplegic to summit Mt Kilimanjaro, nearly unassisted, on a hand cycle. Chris’ journey lives on thro...

Bert Oliva | Renowned Bilingual Speaker and Leadership Expert

BERT OLIVA IS A LEADERSHIP EXPERT. A renowned bilingual public speaker, author and corporate trainer, Bert has received national recognition for delivering “how to” techniques with a high-energy message; showing people how to communicate more positively and powerfully. His unique gift is to speak to an audience and communicate to the heart of each person as if they were alone together. Bert speaks regularly and conducts team-building and management communication seminars for companies and ...

Natalie Dawson | Executive Vice President and Partner of Cardone Ventures

Natalie Dawson is an expert in developing people and building scalable teams. She has interviewed, hired, trained, and led thousands of employees over the course of her career, most recently as Executive Vice President and Partner of Cardone Ventures, a management consulting, joint ventures, and private equity firm that helps business owners achieve their personal, professional, and financial goals through the growth of their business. Her specialty lies in aligning employees with b...

Jeff Lambert | Public Relations, Investor Relations, Integrated & Digital Marketing

Jeff Lambert founded Lambert & Co. in his basement at age 26 (then Lambert Edwards & Associates) and has led the firm through 21 straight years of growth to become Michigan’s largest PR firm, a top-50 PR firm in the U.S., and a top-10 firm nationally in investor relations and financial communications. Jeff also founded TiiCKER, a fintech software start-up that is inventing a new marketing demographic – consumer shareholders – giving publicly traded companies the ability to connect directly...

Steve Cesari | Author, Speaker and Trusted Advisor

Helping successful people find true fulfillment and joy by integrating their business and personal lives. Steve is an engaging, experienced, and multi-talented guest. He has been a trusted advisor to entrepreneurs and nonprofits for over 40 years. He’s had a business ranked by Inc Magazine as one of the fastest growing, privately held companies in the US, and was nominated by Inc Magazine as Entrepreneur of the Year. A year later he broke a new record - he had one of the fastest shrinking ...

Ron Klein | The Grandfather of Possibilities

Ron Klein is an ordinary man who accomplishes extraordinary things. He is a PROBLEM SOLVER. Every solution has resulted in monumental change, either in a new invention or a simple solution. His innovative ideas have literally changed the world. He is the inventor of the Magnetic Strip on the Credit Card, Credit Card Validity Checking System and the developer of computerized systems for Real Estate (MLS) Multiple Listing Services, Voice Response for the Banking Industry and BOND Quotation ...

B. Jefferey Madoff | Professor, Author and Host of Creative Careers: Making a Living with Your Ideas

Jeffrey Madoff is the founder of Madoff Productions, based in New York City. A gifted storyteller and incisive interviewer, Jeff has used those talents to help position major brands such as Ralph Lauren, Victoria’s Secret, Radio City Music Hall, and the Harvard School for Public Health.  Jeff began his career as a fashion designer. He was chosen one of the top 10 designers in the U.S. then switched careers to film and video production. He has since expanded his reach to include teaching, b...

Scott Novis | Speaker, Innovator, Founder of Bravous and GameTruck

Scott helps remote teams and students connect through play. Scott Novis is the founder of Bravous, a company that is helping businesses increase retention by facilitating highly dynamic live and virtual video game events for their employees. Scott comes from an eclectic background of professional influences; he has two engineering degrees, spent decades as a video game executive, and worked as a Disney executive before leaving to found GameTruck, a nationwide franchise company that provide...

Maria Brito | Award-Winning New York-Based Contemporary Art Advisor, Author, and Curator

A Harvard graduate, originally from Venezuela, Maria Brito was selected by Complex Magazine as one of the 20 Power Players in the Art World, as well as being named one of ARTNEWS Magazine’s “Deciders”. She has written for publications such as Entrepreneur, Huffington Post, Elle, Forbes, Artnet, Cultured Magazine, Departures, and the Gulf Coast Journal of Literature and Fine Arts from the University of Houston, Texas.  Maria’s upcoming book How Creativity Rules The World (HarperCollins Marc...

Jon Ostenson | Franchise Consultant, Author, Multi-Brand Owner

Jon is a consultant, investor, author, and international speaker specializing in the area of non-food franchising. Having served as the President of an Inc. 500 franchise system and now as a multi-brand franchisee, himself, Jon is uniquely positioned to educate others on franchising and franchise selection.  In addition to serving as the CEO of FranBridge Consulting, Jon oversees FranBridge Capital where he and his partners own multiple service franchises.  Jon is the author of ‘The Fran...

Paul Huszar | CEO & President of VetCor and Team VetCo

Paul Huszar is the CEO of VetCor and Team VetCor, and a retired Army officer. Paul graduated from West Point and then served 23 years on active duty, including four combat tours in Iraq. He commanded a 1,000 Soldier and Airman Joint Task Force in 09-10 and last served as the Dean of the Army’s Engineer School. He retired and moved to Tampa in 2013 when he started VetCor and started franchising the concept in 2019. His passion is creating sustainable and meaningful employment opportunities, an...

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Jonah Larkin I Performance Coach, Group Facilitator, Habit Expert

Jonah Larkin is an expert in the field of attaining peak performance and well-being. Using his diverse experience as a health and vitality expert, entrepreneur and team builder, he helps founders, executives and those in the helping professions create higher levels of self mastery.  His coaching is a combination of an executive coach and a life coach, with expertise in mindfulness, communication, interpersonal dynamics, and entrepreneurship (while still maintaining your health and well being...

Teresa Easler | Founder and CEO of Connect To The Core Inc.

For as far back as she can remember Teresa has always been passionate about the power of good communication. In fact, it was an incident that happened in her formative years that truly shaped the trajectory of her life. When Teresa was in grade school in the late 1950s, she was punished for talking out of turn in class (I know we were shocked too!). The teacher decided that her “punishment” was to be seated next to the only African American child in the class. Teresa certainly didn’t see t...

Kenny Gray | Digital Marketing Expert

For over 6 years, Kenny has been helping businesses break through the digital space by providing holistic perspectives and solutions. He has scaled multiple ecommerce brands to consecutive 6 and 7 figure months from his ability to dial in on the user experience.  Kenny’s ability to successfully promote brands has been proven over and over again in a variety of industries. He is now helping clients with big picture marketing strategy by anticipating changes in the market, analyzing the back...

Josh Hicks | Taking Transformational Action

Army veteran, husband, father, health coach, motivational speaker and most importantly Child of God, Josh Hicks has been called to share His word through his beautiful and magnificent story of physical, emotional and financial transformation. Josh and his family went from barely surviving to thriving! Here he shares with you exactly how he made this transformation in his life and how he helps others make similar transformations in their own lives. Josh reminds us that the world is never...

Stephen Kavalkovich | Finding Balance, Purpose and Direction

Stephen Kavalkovich helps us get a balanced start to 2022 by joining me again after more than four years. Stephen was originally a guest on episode 23 of the podcast on September 7, 2017, and it is great to catch up and learn more about his progress and path in life. Stephen is a man who has been given the gift of many experiences throughout his life... "For most of my adult life, I was a 911 Paramedic. I also had the honor of serving as a rescue worker at the World Trade Center on 9-11-0...

Scott Sunderland | The Millionaire Mind Coach

In 2001, Scott Sunderland found himself lying in a hospital bed, unable to move any part of his body. In just three days, he had gone from a very capable, athletic man to being completely paralyzed with a mind full of fear. However, Scott believed he was greater than just his body, and he used that power throughout the next year to teach himself how to literally walk out of that room and into a new life.  “The Freedom Project has given me the tools and support to help me create the life I ...

Laura Noel | Leadership and Personal Growth Coach

Laura Noel is an Executive Business and Personal Development Consultant who works with organizations and individuals to help streamline business processes while maximizing profits. She helps clients stretch their thinking in a way that opens them up to new possibilities. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur and CEO of her own company, Laura studied and taught personal growth, change management, and leadership for over 27 years while serving in the United States Air Force. She has helped solidif...

Ben Worthen | Storyteller, Content Expert, CEO at Message Lab

Ben Worthen is CEO of Message Lab, an award-winning agency that combines journalism, data and design to craft content and create experiences that get real results. Ben and his team help clients figure out how to tell stories that people actually want to hear.  Ben developed his storytelling and investigative savvy working as a journalist for 13 years, winning many national awards for news and feature writing. In 2007, he joined The Wall Street Journal, where he covered the tech industry an...

Marc Gutman | Founder, Brand Strategist and Chief Storyteller at Wildstory

Marc Gutman is a storyteller, entrepreneur, adventurer, and idealist. But most importantly, Marc loves brands and their stories.  Marc held several positions in the story business. He served as Story Editor for Oliver Stone’s Illusion Entertainment, and wrote stories and screenplays for Oliver Stone, Warner Bros., and 20th Century Fox.  In addition to his time in Hollywood, Marc itched the entrepreneurial scratch by founding a multimillion dollar tech company in Boulder, Colorado.  Tod...

Dr. Fred DiDomenico | You are More Powerful than You Think

Dr. Fred DiDomenico is an entrepreneur, author, thought-leader, renowned chiropractor, and lifestyle mentor helping millions around the globe to live a healthier, happier, and more empowered life through his physical, emotional and spiritual healing modalities taught to doctors with his Elite Coaching, and to the public with his book, “You Are More Powerful Than You Think” and H.E.AL.E.D. program. His proven, business transforming and life-changing systems help people to tap into their in...

Dalin Cottle | Digital Marketing Expert, Entrepreneur, Owner of ROAR Media

"Dallin is a POWERHOUSE. He’s one of the hardest working guys I’ve ever known. On top of that he has an impenetrable fortress of optimism. Even when a situation looks FUBAR he always finds the silver lining, and most importantly, finds a way to make a tough situation into something positively PROFITABLE. If you have an opportunity to work with Dallin in ANY capacity, jump on it!" Dallin Cottle is the founder of ROAR Media, a digital marketing agency specializing in high velocity marketing....

Dr. John Jaquish | Development through Disruption

Dr. John Jaquish developed an interest in life sciences when his mother was diagnosed with osteoporosis.  With a desire to help his mother avoid the side-effect inducing medications designed to treat the disease, he began his research.  As he progressed through his research, he realized that it was really a dysfunction of disuse and a lot of what are called ‘diseases of aging’ are really just diseases of not doing what you need to be doing to stay alive. Like exercise, moving around, keepi...

Jessi Beyer | The Book Writing Blueprint

Jessi Beyer is an award-nominated international speaker, #1 best-selling author of How To Heal, and the founder of the Aspiring Author Incubator and the Book Writing Blueprint, through which she helps entrepreneurs and aspiring authors take their book from idea to published in less than five hours a week so they can get it into the hands of their perfect readers. Named a 2020 “Young Entrepreneur to Watch” by IdeaMensch, she has been featured in over 160 media outlets, including Thrive Glo...

Michael Buzinski | The Rule of 26

Key Focus: Helping service-based businesses drastically increase their website leads using the Rule of 26 and proven website marketing techniques! Michael “Buzz” Buzinski is a life-long entrepreneur, a digital marketing thought leader, an author, and the Chief Marketing Officer of Buzzworthy Integrated Marketing. He has worked with over 750 service-based businesses and helped them make their digital marketing S.I.M.P.L.E. (Streamline, Identify, Market Research, Plan, Launch, and Evaluate)...

Ian Bower | Breathe Life into your Designs

Ian Bower is the owner of Graphic Rhythm as well as other businesses that revolve around design, copywriting and Amazon marketplace selling. Ian is revolutionizing the way businesses obtain graphic design services by allowing them to obtain high-quality, on demand design assets without the hassle of hiring individual freelancers. His creative approach to providing design services puts him on the forefront of the graphic design industry. Ian is an expert in communicating persuasively and love...

Mike Koenigs | The Superpower Accelerator

For nearly three decades, Mike Koenigs has been educating, entertaining, and inspiring business owners, entrepreneurs, and executives. As a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, judge on Entrepreneur.com’s Elevator Pitch TV show, and 13-time bestselling author, Mike is passionate about helping his clients build their platforms and amplify their message. He expertly helps turn his clients into sought after thought-leaders, authorities, and celebrity influencers. A regular contributor to Ent...

Michelle Reines | From Bad to Badass Leader

Michelle is a speaker, author, coach, entrepreneur, and an ever-evolving Badass Leader. The people-part can be the most challenging for many leaders. It certainly was for her. Her wake-up call came in the form of a cataclysmic leadership failure. She very quickly learned to appreciate the profound impact an unconscious leader has on people, teams, and organizational health and performance.  The significance and value of a team became abundantly clear, as did the critical importance and nec...

Andrew Myers | Quality Video Content to Drive your Business

Andrew Myers is the co-Owner and COO of What’s Next Media where they specialize in making message-based video programs for Auto Dealerships and small businesses. They focus on the combined effect of many shorter messages about your company. The response to this unique combination of brand statements, department statements, testimonials, product presentations and more – has been phenomenal! Andrew and his team can work with your company and make a custom video program that will deliver ...

Joe Sanok | Thursday is the New Friday

Joe Sanok is the author of Thursday is the New Friday: How to work fewer hours, make more money, and spend time doing what you want. It examines how the four-day workweek boosts creativity and productivity. Joe doesn’t just write about a 4 day work week, he lives it. Going from working 60-hour weeks to traveling with his family full-time in an RV while being even more productive at work. Joe believes working for yourself in your own business shouldn’t have to feel like a job. And working sma...

Kevin Maney | How to Develop and Dominate a New Business Category

Kevin Maney is a founding partner of Category Design Advisors (CDA), a bestselling author, award-winning columnist and TV commentator. Kevin is co-author of the book Play Bigger, which has sold more than 100,000 copies globally and created a category design movement among entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and CEOs. Using the category design process Kevin co-created, CDA has helped more than 50 companies discover, define and get on track to dominate new markets. Kevin has been writing a...

Aurora Winter | How to Leverage a Book for your Business

Aurora Winter, MBA, is an award-winning, bestselling author. She is a successful serial entrepreneur, media trainer, creator of the Spoken Author™ method, and founder of Same Page Publishing. She left her lucrative career as a TV executive decades ago to become a full-time author, trainer, and entrepreneur. Using storytelling for business, she created a life of freedom, creativity, and contribution. Now she helps her clients turn their words into wealth, wisdom, and wonder. Her clients ...

Alicia Maples | How to FIRE your Clients!

Ever find yourself in a position where you dread your weekly call with that one particular client?  I'm pretty confident we've all experienced that at one point in our consulting careers.   This week's guest has developed a framework that will allow us to work with these clients in a productive manner, or if the situation requires it, even fire those clients. Even during her successful 17-year career in corporate America, winning awards, directing training and development on a national ...

Jack Tompkins | How to Visualize and Analyze your Data

I get to take a walk down memory lane in this week's episode.  We talk with a data analytics expert that helps explain the value of not only gathering our data consistently but also how to organize and visualize that data in a way that will allow us to make informed, intelligent day-to-day business decisions. Jack Tompkins is the owner of Pineapple Consulting Firm based out of Charlotte, NC. He helps you analyze and visualize your financial and marketing data in interactive charts, graphs...

Tom Gaddis | What's the Secret?

"I didn't want discipline.  I wanted to be an entrepreneur, so I could do what I want, when I wanted. This may be the biggest secret of entrepreneurship...it turns out, that's not how it works!" Tom Gaddis currently lives in Kihei, Hawaii with his wife Miranda, two daughters Paige & Sophia, and their grumpy dog Patches. In 2020 Tom's wife took a picture of him sitting in front of the restaurant where he was fired from in 2010. At the time, he thought it was the worst thing that could hap...

Paul Sockett | Space Shaper, Creative, Potential Seeker

A professional actor and storyteller of 15 years, Paul Sockett has performed and presented in a myriad of media including TV, theatre, corporate training, live events, radio, education, voiceover, event hosting, and facilitation. Paul's communicative skills, as well as his ability to connect threads that encompass small tasks while being attentive to the bigger picture, were honed as a performer. Paul is a connector.  Specializing in connecting with people on the level of self-care, pe...

Chris Michael Harris | StartupU: Education for Entrepreneurs

Chris Michael Harris and his brother started their first official business from their college apartment and, through a crazy team effort, built that company to multiple 7-figures in just 36 months. To date, Chris has been involved with several multi-million dollar builds, none of which required any outside funding.  That in itself is amazing! His personal goal is to help others achieve the joy and fulfillment of successfully leaving the 9-5 scene, and running their own business, full-tim...

Joe Evangelisti | Finding Your Breakthrough Success

Joe Evangelisti is the host of The Legacy Blueprint podcast and a high-performance coach with over 5,000 hours of coaching experience under his belt. His mission is to assist real estate investors, entrepreneurs, and business professionals in exercising their true power and finding their hidden potential to achieve more success, wealth, and freedom than they ever thought possible. Joe creates life-changing transformation by providing clients with the tools and strategies needed to create uns...

Mike Bonadies | Adventures in Real Estate Investing

From waking up in a small town in the Middle East with an AK-47 pointed at his forehead to interrupting a transaction between a pimp and a john to have a house inspected, Mike Bonadies has never been short on adventure. He takes this same adventurous lifestyle and applies to each property he either buys or manages through his company, TerraVestra Property Management.   Mike is co-owner of TerraVestra where they provide the best in class service for the tenants of South Jersey. 

Rocky Lalvani | How do you put PROFIT First?

Most accountants or financial professionals will give you this equation: SALES – EXPENSES = PROFIT.  When profit is your bottom line, it leads to worrying about whether you'll be able to make payroll, pay those wonderful taxes and still be able to use that black ink this quarter. Rocky Lalvani empowers business owners and helps you to not only understand, but also to systemize your numbers so you can spend more time doing what you love! Together, Rocky works with his clients to creat...

Jeff Harry | Are We Ever too Old to Play?

You will often hear me talk about the importance of authenticity and creating your brand around the one thing that makes you unique...YOU! Jeff Harry has made a career out of doing exactly that! Jeff shows individuals and companies how to tap into their true selves, to feel their happiest and most fulfilled — all by playing. Jeff has worked with Google, Microsoft, Southwest Airlines, Adobe, the NFL, Amazon and Facebook, helping their staff to infuse more play into the day-to-day.  Je...

Scott Agnoli | Get a Good Start on your Career

Scott Agnoli is the founder of GetAGoodStart.com, which provides a blog, podcast, and career education training designed to prepare students to succeed and advance in the corporate environment. Scott is an experienced Marketer, Professional Designer, and Leader with a demonstrated history of success in mentorship, corporate leadership, and challenging the status quo. He is skilled in Graphic Design, Brand Management, Creative Direction, Marketing, Advertising, and Media Production. Pro...

Wendy Gerhardt | Embodiment, Purpose and Prosperity

Wendy Gerhardt is on a mission to enrich your life by sharing and contributing valuable educational resources, mentoring, and providing proven techniques in aid of helping you achieve your goals, and become better along the way. Wendy is a nurse anesthetist and an embodiment and purpose coach!  She helps others by empowering them through powerful ideas and insights that are all too often, even when they right there in front of our eyes. Wendy and I share a fun and uplifting conversatio...

Larry Roberts | Moderate Clubhouse Rooms like a Pro

This episode of the podcast is the audio-only version of my presentation at Podfest just last week!  It will help you get an understanding of Clubhouse and take your moderating skills to the next level! Clubhouse is the hot, new, invite only, audio-only social media platform that is changing the concept of social media marketing, networking and growing your business. The company describes itself as "a new type of social product based on voice [that] allows people everywhere to talk, tell ...