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Traction Growth & Income

54 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratings

How to turn your creative passions into a digital business. Listen for tools and advice on how to start, scale, and generate income at every level of your journey. Become financially independent by doing what you love. Learn more at www.tgitools.com.

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TGI 49: How to Align Passions with Your Brand with Dr. Natalia Wiechowski, Founder, Speaker, and Author

June 18, 2020 10:00 - 44 minutes - 65.5 MB

Today we’re joined by Dr. Wiechowski, the founder of “Think Natalia”, the company that represents her dream life that allows her to be many things, including just to name a few, an author, branding expert, and coachsultant, which she personally defines as a position that helps people leave their corporate jobs to find their own passions, where she helps to support them in building an international, sustainable, and purposeful thought leadership personal brand on Linkedin. Her personal goal i...

TGI 48: How to Manage Time on New Ventures with Ian Roth

May 28, 2020 10:00 - 57 minutes - 88.5 MB

Today we’re joined by Ian Roth, founder of the Talking Llama Media company and podcast. He’s also an active duty Army Captain and currently acting as a company commander. This episode is a little different from normal — Ian is an avid listener of our podcast here and recently started his new venture. We thought this would be an excellent opportunity to sit down and talk through the challenges of staring a new venture and what he’s doing and focusing at the moment, we also take some time to t...

TGI 47: How Dialogue Can Transform Passions into a Business with Tom Schwab, CEO of Interview Valet

May 21, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 100 MB

Today we are so incredibly lucky to be joined by Tom Schwab, who is currently the founder and CEO at Interview Valet, where he offers world class podcast interview marketing to leverage top podcasts to drive awareness. He’s built many successful businesses and loves helping others succeed. He’s also the author of Podcast Guest Profits: Grow Your Business with a Targeted Interview Strategy. Tom is also a Navy veteran and former surface warfare officer on the USS Abraham Lincoln and a graduate...

TGI 46: How to Earn Writing on Substack with Casey Botticello

May 14, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 118 MB

Today we’re joined by Casey Botticello, an internet entrepreneur and digital marketing consultant with over a decade of experience creating and improving internet-based businesses. He is an avid writer on Medium, and is the editor of Blogging Guide, an award-winning newsletter which helps writers navigate the digital publishing landscape and shows them how to monetize their content. Casey has thousands of followers on Medium and nearly 30k LinkedIn followers. He's partner at Black Edge Consu...

TGI 45: How to Take Advantage of This Historic Time

April 16, 2020 10:00 - 11 minutes - 17.1 MB

This week we're talking about how you can use this historic time to focus on your creative passions and get your ideal business started. Learn More: If you would like to help raise money for causes, or yourself, check out Stagepass at https://yourstagepass.com. If you would like to create experiences, let me know and I’ll get in touch! If you would like weekly summaries with TGI hacks from each episode, sign up here. Connect with TGI: Facebook Twitter Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts ...

TGI 44: Top 5 Books for Starting a Business Around Your Creative Passions

April 02, 2020 10:00 - 22 minutes - 32.5 MB

Today we’re talking about our top 5 books for starting your own business in pursuit of living your creative passions. Here are the top 5: 1. The 4 Hour Work Week, by Tim Ferriss 2. Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius 3. The Startup Owner’s Manual, by Steve Blank 4. The Lean Startup, by Eric Ries 5. The E-Myth Revisited, by Michael Gerber Learn More: If you would like to help raise money for causes, or yourself, check out Stagepass at https://yourstagepass.com. If you would like to create ...

TGI 43: How to Focus on Creative Passions During COVID-19

March 26, 2020 10:00 - 31 minutes - 46.6 MB

This week we're talking about precautions to take to avoid getting COVID-19 and how to focus on your creative passions while everyone is preoccupied with worrying about the virus. Learn More: If you would like to help raise money for causes, or yourself, check out Stagepass at https://yourstagepass.com. If you would like to create experiences, let me know and I’ll get in touch! If you would like weekly summaries with TGI hacks from each episode, sign up here. Connect with TGI: Facebook ...

TGI 42: How to Pursue Creative Passions with a Day Job with Thom Hart

March 19, 2020 10:00 - 41 minutes - 60 MB

We’re joined by myself, Thom Hart, in an interview by Joe Crane on the Veteran On The Move Podcast, where I talk about my entrepreneurial journey and why I believe that it’s so important to have a day job while pursuing your creative passions and building a business that can support you if you desire, as long as the timing is right and it is your personal preference.  Veteran On The Move Podcast Learn More: If you would like to help raise money for causes, or yourself, check out Stagepass...

TGI 41: TGI Hacks from JV Crum III

March 12, 2020 10:00 - 12 minutes - 18.7 MB

Who: JV Crum III is the author and host of the Conscious Millionaire. His mission in life is to help people make their first million. He has an incredibly diverse background, has earned a JD, MBA, MS in Psychology, and has sold multiple businesses in excess of eight figures. He achieved his dreams at the age of 25 and has since revectored his life so that he could live a more fulfilling one. He specializes in coaching, specifically through Neuro-Linguistic Programming, otherwise known as N.L...

TGI 40: How to Find Creative Clarity and Mitigate Risk with Jay Acunzo, Founder of Marketing Showrunners

March 05, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 94.3 MB

Today we’re joined by Jay Acunzo, he is a globally touring keynote speaker, author of the book Break the Wheel, and a sought after podcast and docuseries host/producer. I’m so excited for this episode because Jay contributed significantly to me starting this podcast. I first ran into his work while he was host of the Traction podcast, which is phenomenal. It was after that show ended that I wanted more of that content, when I thought that I could do my own podcast about Traction, and then ex...

TGI 39: How to Build a Marketplace with Ross Kimbarovsky, CEO of Crowdspring

February 27, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 90 MB

Today we’re joined by Ross Kimbarovsky. Ross founded and is the CEO at crowdspring, where more than 220,000 experienced freelancers help agencies, small businesses, entrepreneurs, and non-profits with high-quality custom logo design, web design, graphic design, product design, and company naming services.  There's a rumor that Ross left his law practice to found crowdspring so that he could wear shorts to work. The rumor is true. Crowdspring has worked with the world’s best brands, includi...

TGI 38: Top 3 TGI Hacks from the Last 20 Weeks

February 20, 2020 11:00 - 16 minutes - 24.2 MB

Our Top 3 TGI Hacks by Episode: Traction: TGI 14: How to Leverage Niche Authority To Generate Opportunity with David Nguyen, NUSensei YouTube Producer Growth: TGI 25: How to Build Communities by Starting Ugly with Chris Krimitsos Income: TGI 28: How to Nail Your Brand with Michael O’Neal Learn More: If you would like to help raise money for causes, or yourself, check out Stagepass at https://yourstagepass.com. If you would like to create experiences, let me know and I’ll get in touch!  ...

TGI 37: DeAndre Wilson on Sharing Your Story and The Keep Rolling Campaign

February 13, 2020 11:00 - 71.8 MB

Today we’re joined by DeAndre Wilson, a culinary and brand entrepreneur who currently runs The Keep Rolling Campaign, in Evansville Indiana, a non-profit to raise awareness for cancer. His creative passion has led him to recent success, including a book deal and a documentary deal. In this episode, you’ll learn about the struggles of entrepreneurship, how DeAndre was able to turn his creative passions into multiple business opportunities, and the ever expanding options that come from putting...

TGI 36: Kirsten Karchmer on Pathological Optimism, the Road to Women’s Health, and Seeing Red

February 06, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 106 MB

Today we’re joined by Kirsten Karchmer, the CEO/Founder of Brazen and an innovator in precision medicine and digital therapeutics. She focuses on the software intersection of personalized nutraceuticals, lifestyle wellness and bio-behavioral interventions for women’s health. She has several patents and speaks internationally on the future of women's health. Kirsten writes for Huff Post, Goop and MindBodyGreen and has been featured in Tech Crunch, Washington Post and New York Magazine. Most r...

TGI 35: How Helpful Content Can Spark Traction with Jeff Evans

January 30, 2020 11:00 - 56 minutes - 81.9 MB

Today we’re joined by Jeff Evans, host of the Throttle Grotto YouTube channel, an automotive repair channel. Jeff has been a YouTuber for 3 years and has amassed over 121k views and 900+ subscribers. Jeff initially started his YouTube channel with the intention of it eventually becoming an additional revenue stream and side project that he could take up full-time. In this episode, we hear what it’s like to be in the trenches of striving for traction and growth as Throttle Grotto approaches t...

TGI 34: How to Live Creative Passions as a Freelancer with Mike Volkin

January 23, 2020 11:00 - 47 minutes - 70.9 MB

Today we’re joined by Mike Volkin, a serial entrepreneur and U.S. Army veteran. He’s written 5 books, one of them being a best seller. He has built and sold 4 companies and worked with over 400 companies as a fractional chief marketing officer. He’s currently working on his next company as a lead instructor at freelancermastersclass.com, where he teaches a 9-step online course designed to help freelancers grow their business. How to Connect with Mike: Personal Website FreelancerMastercla...

TGI 33: How Public Speaking Helps in Creative Pursuit with Ian Roth

January 16, 2020 11:00 - 41 minutes - 62.5 MB

Today we’re joined by Ian Roth, host of the Get Heard with Ian Roth podcast. This episode is a bit different, because we’re supporting a listener of the TGI podcast who is pursuing his creative passions of becoming an expert on leadership through his podcast. In this episode, I am actually the interviewee and Ian is the interviewer. We talk about the importance of public speaking, how it can help break down fears that prevent you from creative freedom, and how to speak more effectively.  Co...

TGI 32: How Continuous Improvement Leads to Success with Zach Spangler (LoverFella)

January 09, 2020 11:00 - 55 minutes - 83.3 MB

Today we’re joined by Zach Spangler, but about 830k people know him as LoverFella, his YouTube handle. He has formal education in environmental engineering and worked in pharmaceuticals before starting his YouTube channel. He started his channel 3 years ago and has since gained over 140M views with many of his videos having more than 1M watches, individually. He has perfected the art of storytelling and has become known for his Minecraft videos that watch very much like an episode of HGTV. Z...

TGI 31: How to Think Like a Conscious Millionaire with JV Crum III

January 02, 2020 11:00 - 49 minutes - 72.9 MB

Today we’re joined by JV Crum III, author and host of the Conscious Millionaire. His mission in life is to help people make their first million. He has an incredibly diverse background, has earned a JD, MBA, MS in Psychology, and has sold multiple businesses in excess of eight figures. He achieved his dreams at the age of 25 and has since revectored his life so that he could live a more fulfilling one. He specializes in coaching, specifically through Neuro-Linguistic Programming, otherwise k...

TGI 30: How Networking Helps with Creative Business with James VanProoyen

December 26, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 103 MB

Today we’re joined by James VanProoyen, co-founder of the Military Podcast Network and host of the Veterans in Business podcast. He is a veteran of the Air Force and served for 20 years before retiring. We met originally in 2011 during a training event while both being in the military and reconnected 8 years later. In this episode, you’ll learn about what it’s like to transition from the military into podcasting, how to think about starting a podcast network, and the power of networking for ...

TGI 29: How to Combine Your Work and Creative Passions with Dr. Garrick Baskerville

December 19, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 102 MB

Today we’re joined by Dr. Garrick Baskerville is a MD who received his education from Penn State and has been practicing for 12+ years as an urgent care and general physician. He is licensed in Pennsylvania and Texas. He recently launched a new practice called METSI Care, where his objective is to help creative individuals, while at the same time rekindling his passion for creative endeavors.  How to Connect with Dr. Baskerville: Website: METSI Care Instagram:@metsicare Facebook: @metsi...

TGI 28: How to Nail Your Brand with Michael O’Neal

December 12, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 103 MB

Today we are joined by Michael O’Neal. Michael is a branding expert and host of the highly successful Solopreneur Hour podcast, which has over 10 million downloads, as of 2019. He is a car guru, specifically vintage porches, and recently started a new brand to support that hobby called Rennch. He has created 5 hit shows, and has interviewed major celebrities to include Charles Barkeley, Adam Carolla, James Altucher, Hines Ward, and many more. How to Connect with Michael: Twitter: @Solohou...

TGI 27: SOLO: How to Find Your Creative Passions

December 05, 2019 11:00 - 19 minutes - 27.8 MB

This week we’re taking time to answer an important question: how you can find your creative passions. If you’ve been struggling with what you want to focus on, try these three strategies. We’ll be back to our regular rotation of interviews next week. If you would like weekly summaries with TGI hacks from each episode, sign up here. If you liked this episode, please let me know on Twitter. Feel free to join our community on Facebook here. Thank you for listening to the Traction Growth & In...

TGI 26: How to Break into the Sports Entertainment Industry

November 28, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 89.4 MB

This is a different episode, where we have a panel of entrepreneurs in the sports entertainment industry. I hosted this panel earlier in the year for Bunker Labs, a non-profit veteran entrepreneurship organization. A condensed version of this panel was released for TGI 5, but I’m happy to be able to release the full panel this episode. In this episode, you will learn what it takes to get into sports media, what to think about with the changing technology landscape, and the unintuitive insigh...

TGI 25: How to Build Communities by Starting Ugly with Chris Krimitsos

November 21, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 93.3 MB

Chris brings the unique perspective of success from both sides of an event. He understands the challenges of the organizer that needs to move an audience, having himself facilitated over 2,000 events that have brought together business owners, toward economic growth, under the umbrella of Tampa Bay Business Owners, which he founded in 2008. That success regionally was the springboard to launching a national event, Podfest Multimedia Expo, which he grew to over 975 attendees in just five year...

TGI 24: How to Prioritize Your Creative Passions with Case Lane

November 14, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 118 MB

Case Lane is a global writer, traveler, observer to the future, and the founder of Ready Entrepreneur. Ready Entrepreneur helps aspiring entrepreneurs understand how to take advantage of technology and global resources to achieve lifestyle freedom by starting their own business. A former diplomat, consultant and corporate executive, Case is educated in communications, political science, business, law and economics, and has lived, studied or worked in eleven different countries, and has visit...

TGI 23: The TGI Case Study: Applying Lessons Learned from David Kadavy (TGI 16)

November 13, 2019 11:00 - 13 minutes - 20.9 MB

This episode we are reviewing the TGI strategies from TGI 16, with David Kadavy. We go over the traction, growth, and income hacks that he used most effectively, and what I’ve done differently on my show as a result. As mentioned in the show, you can check out an example of David’s income report on his blog here, which shows his September 2019 income.  If you would like to register for our newsletter, sign up at TGI Tools. If you liked this episode, please let me know on Twitter. Feel fre...

TGi 22 - How to Maximize Your Time with Efficient Content and Income Strategies with Sean Douglas

November 07, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 152 MB

Our guest is Sean Douglas and he is a U.S. Air Force Veteran, TEDx Speaker, Master Resilience Implementer & Suicide Awareness Trainer, Business Positioning Strategist, International Radio Show Host of Life Transformation Radio, and Author.  He's a suicide survivor who hit rock bottom.  He believes that you were created for a purpose, and once you unlock your true potential, you will elevate your life, which is why he founded The Success Corps. Sean works with Entrepreneurs, Speakers, and Bus...

TGI 22: How to Maximize Your Time with Efficient Content and Income Strategies with Sean Douglas

November 07, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 152 MB

Our guest is Sean Douglas and he is a U.S. Air Force Veteran, TEDx Speaker, Master Resilience Implementer & Suicide Awareness Trainer, Business Positioning Strategist, International Radio Show Host of Life Transformation Radio, and Author.  He's a suicide survivor who hit rock bottom.  He believes that you were created for a purpose, and once you unlock your true potential, you will elevate your life, which is why he founded The Success Corps. Sean works with Entrepreneurs, Speakers, and Bus...

TGI 21: The TGI Case Study: Applying Lessons Learned from Moby Hayat (TGI 18)

November 06, 2019 11:00 - 14 minutes - 20.9 MB

This episode we are reviewing the TGI strategies from TGI 18, with Moby Hayat. We go over the traction, growth, and income hacks that he used most effectively, and what I've done differently on my show as a result. If you would like to register for our newsletter, sign up at TGI Tools. If you liked this episode, please let me know on Twitter. Feel free to join our community on Facebook here. Thank you for listening to the Traction Growth & Income podcast. If you haven’t done so already, I...

TGI 20: How to Persist Through Failure and Double Down on Value Creation with Sahil Chatwani

October 31, 2019 10:00 - 59 minutes - 88 MB

Sahil Chatwani is the former Creative Concept Developer at GoQuest Media Ventures. After his time working for GoQuest, he learned how to make hit YouTube channels with videos that achieve non-linear traction. After his experience there, he attempted starting his own successful YouTube channels – and failed, 14 times. After struggling for an extended period of time, Sahil finally realized the success that he was seeking, but only after doubling down on adding value and focusing on one specifi...

TGI 19: The TGI Case Study: Applying Lessons Learned from Ben Killoy (TGI 15)

October 30, 2019 10:00 - 15 minutes - 23.2 MB

This episode we are reviewing the TGI strategies from TGI 15, with Ben Killoy. He was the first person to recommend that I start doing solo episodes with reviews, and I took his recommendation seriously -- so here we are. In this episode, we'll discuss his TGI strategies and what I started implementing differently for the podcast, as a result.   If you would like to register for our newsletter, sign up at TGI Tools.   If you liked this episode, please let me know on Twitter. Feel free to...

TGI 18: How Community Can Help Jumpstart Creative Content with Moby Hayat

October 24, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 110 MB

About our Guest: Moby is the host of the Fire Show Podcast and founder of the 2weekcontent bootcamp, where he gives you everything need to know about creating content that can attract the right customers for creative businesses. He has volunteered his time over the last 2+ years to help put on events like SXSW, Outliers podcast festival, podcast movement, just to name a few.He holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Texas in Austin, and a MS in Technology Commercialization from the...

TGI 17: The TGI Case Study: Applying Lessons from Pat Helmers (TGI 14)

October 23, 2019 10:00 - 14 minutes - 22.4 MB

This episode we are reviewing the TGI strategies from TGI 14 with Pat Helmers. Have you ever wondered about what I personally do differently after talking to guests whose advice could help grow this show? I hadn’t really thought about it, until I had a conversation with Ben Killoy, TGI 15, and took his recommendation seriously. In this first true solo episode, I share my takeaways from the episode that we had with Pat Helmers and the techniques that I’m now applying to TGI, as a result.  If...

TGI 16: How to Turn a Social Media Post into a Book Deal with David Kadavy

October 17, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 159 MB

About our Guest: David Kadavy is a creative entrepreneur, author, podcaster, speaker, and creative productivity expert. His books include The Heart to Start: Stop Procrastinating & Start Creating, Design for Hackers: Reverse-Engineering Beauty (which debuted in the top 20 on all of Amazon), and multiple “short reads”. On his weekly podcast, Love Your Work, David has learned from entrepreneurs, creators, and experts such as: James Altucher, Seth Godin, Joanna Penn, and many more. 12:20 – St...

TGI 15: How to Connect Your Passions with the Right Audience with Ben Killoy (Host of the Military Veteran Dad Podcast)

October 10, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 5 MB

About our guest: Ben is a U.S. Marine Veteran turned blogger, life coach, speaker, and now podcaster who seeks to bring Military Veteran Dads home to their families. He resides in Janesville, WI, with his wife and three beautiful kids! He went through what most transitioning veterans go through of redefining identity and rediscovering your passion and purpose for life. A seminar changed it all for him and realigned him to his passion for leadership. Since then he has been on a mission to ma...

TGI 14: How to Sell as a Creative with Pat Helmers (Sales Babble Podcast Host)

October 03, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 97.5 MB

Pat Helmers started the Sales Babble sales podcast in March 2014. His goal was to cut through the babble of bad sales advice too often repeated by society. He disagrees with the idea that sales is a pushy and unethical profession. He believes that if you have a genuine desire to service your customers, anyone can become successful at sales. Pat started his career as a software engineer for Bell Laboratories. It was there he became an inventor in GSM wireless technologies, earning two patents...

TGI 13: How to Leverage Niche Authority to Generate Opportunity with David Nguyen, NUSensei YouTube Producer

September 26, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 128 MB

David is a high school teacher from Melbourne, Australia. Aside from teaching English and History, he is a gamer and an archery coach. His YouTube channel, NUSensei, has been internationally recognised as one of the most popular and recommended sources for archery. Originally covering the niche of modern Olympic archery, the channel has expanded to cover numerous aspects of archery in traditional, historical and sporting contexts. Through his work, David has built opportunities to network wi...

TGI 12: How to Become a Champion of Locals While Travel Blogging with Dan Vineberg

September 19, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 135 MB

Dan Vineberg is a travel video creator from Canada. His popular YouTube channel, The New Travel, has been viewed 11 million times and has over 100,000 subscribers. More than anything, Dan believes that the world is full of kind, generous people who are proud of their countries. He has been travel vlogging for 4+ years and has some wild stories from his travels. In this episode, you'll learn what it's like during the early days of running a travel vlog, the challenges that you'll face in diff...

TGI 12: How to Become a Champion of Locals While Travel Blogging with Dan Vineberg

September 19, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 135 MB

Dan Vineberg is a travel video creator from Canada. His popular YouTube channel, The New Travel, has been viewed 11 million times and has over 100,000 subscribers. More than anything, Dan believes that the world is full of kind,

TGI 11: Andrew McMurry (Nukazooka) on the Power of YouTube as a Platform for Creatives

September 12, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 126 MB

Andrew McMurry is a professional VFX editor that runs the YouTube channel Nukazooka. Andrew started his channel in 2010, and has subsequently grown it to 2M subscribers, and he credits TomSkafor much of his success initially getting off the ground. His channel is known for action and adventure short films, featuring iconic video game characters. More recently, Andrew has also done branded videos in collaboration with major brands such as LEGO and Nerf. He is currently open to partnerships wi...

TGI 10: Twitch Tuesday with Lt Eddy on Transitioning from Assistant Editor to Full-Time YouTuber and Streamer

September 10, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 97.2 MB

Lt Eddy has been a professional YouTuber and Twitch streamer for over three years now, who is known for his Overwatch episodes and Hearthstone streaming. He started his career as an assistant editor before eventually jumping ship to pursue YouTube video production full time, leveraging his editing and marketing skills that he had gained from college and on-the-job training. He has developed a knack for noticing content that resonates with his audience. His videos are so entertaining that the...

TGI 9: Steve Huntsman, Founder and Producer of YES Fest Live! (Pay-per-view) on the Importance of Spreading Yoga

September 05, 2019 10:08 - 1 hour - 90.2 MB

Steve Huntsman has been in and around Hollywood for the better part of his life, having been an executive, advisor on multiple boards, producer, chairman, host, talent agent, actor, and screenwriter. Steve’s latest project is YES Fest Live!, a Pay-per-view production that is scheduled to air live on January 4th, 2020, which will feature guests such as The Other Depak from Robot Nature and Luis Nery, former WBC bantamweight boxing champion. Interesting fact about Steve: He is an an ambassador...

TGI 9: Steve Huntsman, Founder and Producer of YES Fest Live! (Pay-per-view) on the Importance of Spreading Yoga

September 05, 2019 10:08 - 1 hour - 90.2 MB

Steve Huntsman has been in and around Hollywood for the better part of his life, having been an executive, advisor on multiple boards, producer, chairman, host, talent agent, actor, and screenwriter. Steve’s latest project is YES Fest Live!,

TGI 8: Growing a Blog with the Blind Blogger Max Ivey

August 29, 2019 09:00 - 59 minutes - 82.6 MB

Maxwell Ivey is a master of many, having been involved with carnivals in his earlier years, where he both operated and sold equipment. Later, he started a blog in carnival operations before eventually starting his incredibly successful blog The Blind Blogger, Since that, he has gone on to become a speaker and author. To read more about Max, visit The Blind Blogger.  Books by Max: Leading You Out of Darkness Into the Light The Blind Blogger’s NYC Adventures It’s Not the Cookie, It’s the B...

TGI 7: Scaling As a Creative by Branding Yourself with Cauvee

August 22, 2019 11:26 - 1 hour - 91.2 MB

Cauvee has done it all, from being a musician, influencer, personal brand, coach, entrepreneur, and advisor. He’s taken his personal brand to over six figures by thinking about himself as a business, and shares the tools and mental exercises that you need to take as a creative to transform your passions into a business. He has been featured in Thrive Global, TED X, HuffPost, and Toastmasters. Cauvee endured through heartbreak and struggle but risen to new heights as he is coming out with new...

TGI 7: Scaling As a Creative by Branding Yourself with Cauvee

August 22, 2019 11:26 - 1 hour - 91.2 MB

Cauvee has done it all, from being a musician, influencer, personal brand, coach, entrepreneur, and advisor. He’s taken his personal brand to over six figures by thinking about himself as a business, and shares the tools and mental exercises that you...

TGI 6: Twitch Tuesday with Mixtopher (Chris Mix) on Bringing Smiles to Thousands with Uniqueness in Streaming

August 20, 2019 12:25 - 1 hour - 122 MB

Mixtopher (Chris Mix) is a professional streamer on Mixer, who originally started streaming on Twitch in 2012. He transitioned from Twitch to Mixer in 2015, where he became a partner. Since starting, he has grown to nearly 17k followers, primarily from the uniqueness that he provides – from marathon streaming different franchises, to dressing in costume and hosting trivia session, he prioritizes ways that make his audience smile. Chris is incredibly sincere and authentic, and I think that yo...

TGI 5: Prioritizing Fan Experience with Austin FC's (MLS) President Andy Loughnane

August 15, 2019 11:59 - 29 minutes - 5 MB

Andy Loughnane is the current President of the country's newest MLS team, Austin FC. Andy has a wealth of experience in professional sports, to include stints with the NHL's Detroit Red Wings and Columbus Blue Jackets, the NBA's Detroit Pistons, and MLS Crew SC. Austin FC is building their new stadium in the Domain area of Austin, Texas, and will host their inaugural game in 2021. For more information on Andy and Austin FC, check out Austin FC's website and their Twitter. Andy's personal Tw...

TGI 4: The Road to Acquisition with Ian Folau

August 08, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 5 MB

Ian Folau is currently a Venture Capitalist for LMI Ventures. Prior to that, he ran and sold his company GitLinks, before it was acquired by Infor. Ian was also an officer in the Army for 10 years, and both graduated and taught at West Point. Ian recounts his story of how he got his company off the ground while in grad school, how he achieved the traction necessary to grow it and eventually sell. His skills can be cross applied to multiple creative pursuits. To learn more about what Ian is ...

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