As Told By Nomads

Today's interview is with Dave Gerber. Dave is known as the conflict healer and he is focused on standardizing and transforming workplace conflict. As the president and founder of Synergy Development and Training, LLC he uses his ability as a change catalyst to motivate people to become the best version of themselves. He inspires his audiences to transform the way they engage with the world around them and we dove into the following topics:

• How to communicate when there is conflict
• What types of leaders the world needs AND
• Masculinity in the 21st Century

Resource Mentioned In The Episode:

• Conflict Healer Website: http://conflicthealer.com/
• Synergy DT Website: www.synergydt.com
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegerber/

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Today's episode is with Greg Caplan, the founder of Remote Year  which provides work and travel programs that bring together communities of passionate professionals, freelancers, and entrepreneurs to travel the world while working remotely. Along the way, Remote Year offers a variety of ways to get off the beaten path, explore local communities and enhance your career development through professional knowledge sharing.

We discuss a variety of things like:

• How he was introduced to diversity
• How and why humans can find common ground
• His entrepreneurship story
• What he has learned from launching Remote Year AND
• How he uses his difference to make a difference

Resource Mentioned In The Episode

• Remote Year: http://bit.ly/RYATayo

Sponsor for this episode is Plastiq.com which is a service that makes it possible to pay bills like rent, tuition, or mortgage payments — and even invoices — by credit card when you ordinarily couldn’t. 

Go to plastiq.com/nomads today - and when you sign up and make your first payment up to $1,000, Plastiq will waive the transaction fee.

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Today's interview is with Marion McGovern. Over the past 30 years, Marion McGovern has been a trailblazer in the world of work, launching a Gig Economy firm before the term was even coined. As a workforce pioneer, she’s now revealing valuable tips on surviving in the modern workplace—for workers and employers alike in her new book: Thriving in the Gig Economy.  We discuss the following: 

• The widespread impact of the world of gig work, and how it will reshape businesses of all sizes
• Top three misconceptions about the gig economy
• Hidden responsibilities and challenges of being an independent worker
• The science of pricing: How to determine your price based on skills, expertise, and the nature of your work
• You are an island: How to manage the isolation of working independently
• Independent contractors vs. employees: Understand the difference—whether you’re hiring or looking for wok
• Key factors that will change the future of the Gig Economy—including policy changes, legal developments, and forward-thinking entrepreneurs

Resources Mentioned In The Episode

• Personal Website: http://marionmcgovern.com/
• Thriving in the Gig Economy Book: http://marionmcgovern.com/thriving-in-the-gig-economy-book/

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Today's episode is with Robert Indries. Here's a little bit about him. He along with  Marius Furcic grew their company from nothing to a 2000+ square foot office in just a few years. In our interview, we dive into several things like:  

• Why you need to raise your level of self awareness
• How to Run Several Successful Companies Whilst Traveling
• Trusting there's light at the end of the tunnel is is the secret weapon of successful entrepreneurs
• How to Handle the Transition from a Small Company into a Mid-Sized Company
• How to start local and think global
• Ways to structure your business
• Stereotypes vs facts about Transylvania

Resources Mentioned In This Episode

• Website: www.wesrom.com/
• Double Your Business Resources: www.wesrom.com/doubleyourbusiness/
• The Success Principles(TM) - 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be: https://www.amazon.com/Success-Principles-TM-Anniversary-Where/dp/0062364286

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Today's episode is with Dave Santulli. Dave is the Founder and Executive Director of United Planet, an international nonprofit that connects volunteers who want to make a difference with communities in 35 countries. United Planet volunteers have the opportunity to learn, teach, work, engage and immerse themselves in a culture outside their comfort zone. Since 2001, United Planet volunteers have dedicated over 1,000,000 hours to many areas, which include education, women's empowerment, health, and environmental sustainability.

In our interview, we talk about how United Planet started, global citizenship, communicating across cultures, and why it is important to leave an impact.

Resources Mentioned In The Episode:

• United Planet: https://www.unitedplanet.org/

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Today's interview is with Deb Gabor. Deb is a leading brand strategist, CEO of Sol Marketing, and author of Branding is Sex: Get Your Customers Laid and Sell the Hell Out of Anything.  She shares her incredibly successful methodology for building long-lasting brands that withstand the fluctuations of the market. With critical focus on knowing your customer, she reveals why brands that have bonded emotionally with their customers are among the strongest and create “irrational loyalty.”

“Branding comes from your customers,” says Gabor. “Your brand lives in your customers’ needs and desires, as well as their perceptions of and connection to you. Branding is not an inside-out activity; it’s an outside-in activity. In others words, real branding comes down to getting inside your customers’ heads and then working inward from there.”

In our interview, we discuss:

• Leadership branding and examples from 2017 and 2018 where company blunders from CEO’s cost them and what to do to recover
• Why your customers own your brand and not you
• How the best brands in the world get their customers “laid” and why that matters
• How to show up and articulate your value AND
• The amazonification of the world

Resources Mentioned In The Episode

• Sol Marketing: www.solmarketing.com
• Branding is Sex: Get Your Customers Laid and Sell the Hell Out of Anything: https://www.amazon.com/Branding-Sex-Your-Customers-Anything-ebook/dp/B01GH62GDY

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Today's interview is with Demir and Carey Bentley. They are the husband and wife team behind Lifehack Bootcamp (www.lifehackbootcamp.com), the productivity and lifestyle design company for high performing individuals who want to bring sanity back in their lives.

They're known for their no-BS, no excuses coaching style and passion for creating huge transformation in each of their clients. They're also known for leading by example and constantly pushing the boundaries of lifestyle design, traveling around the world and experimenting with different ways of living.

They’re members of the elite Forbes Coaches Council and Influencive Top 25 Influencers.

Their work has been featured in Forbes, Bloomberg, WSJ, HuffPo, and on podcasts like Forbes 30 Under 30, Amy Porterfield's Online Marketing Made Easy, The ONE Thing, and Don’t Keep Your Day Job.

Carey and Demir live the nomadic lifestyle, living up to 3 months at a time in cities around the globe.

Resources Mentioned In The Episode

• Lifehack Bootcamp: https://lifehackbootcamp.com

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Kavit Haria started his first online business in 2005 selling music career education to musicians. Mistakes and failures taught him how to build a thriving online business using intricate and automated sales and marketing funnels, generating over a million dollars in sales per year. Since 2013, Kavit has offered a service called Automated Business System, helping people with passion and expertise take what they know from idea to launch. His team builds your entire business for you, and then guides and markets you to six figures in your first year, helping you to create the perfect freedom business. He has run workshops and keynotes in the US, the UK, and Australia. Now Kavit puts the knowledge and inspiration into his new book, Don’t Sleep On It! Turn Your Passion & Expertise Into A Profitable Business.

We discussed the following in our interview:

• How to become a respected authority in your field
• 4 steps to selling absolutely anything online
• The 4 parts of a sales funnel
• How to find your passion and turn it into a profitable business
• How to know whether your business idea will work

Resource Mentioned In This Episode

• Don’t Sleep On It! Turn Your Passion & Expertise Into A Profitable Business: https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Sleep-Expertise-Profitable-Business/dp/1683509854
• Insider Internet Success: https://www.insiderinternetsuccess.com

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Today's interview is with Callum Laing. Callum is a New Zealander based in Singapore. He is a partner at Unity Group. The Unity Groups is focused on working with and solving some of the common issued that entrepreneurs face. Callum believes that collaboration and partnership is a key aspect for business success in the future so we spent a majority of the episode going into why he believes this.

We talked about the challenges small businesses face and a unique opportunity that they can potentially benefit from. We also dove into the philosophies of partnership, adopting agglomeration into a business model and the importance of collaboration, trust and speed.

He was graceful enough to offer complimentary soft/kindle copy of his books to As Told By Nomads listeners if any of you email him at [email protected].

Resources Mentioned In The Episode

• Agglomerate – Idea to IPO in 12 Months: https://www.amazon.com/Agglomerate-Idea-IPO-12-Months/dp/1781332096
• Progressive Partnerships – The Future of Business: https://www.amazon.com/Progressive-Partnerships-Business-Callum-Laing-ebook/dp/B01DYDG2UG/

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Today's episode is with Esosa Ighodaro, the co-founder & president of COSIGN. She started her career as a banker on Wall Street before realizing that she wanted to do something else. By happenstance, she met future business partner Abiodun Johnson on a subway platform en route to a party. He asked her about her dress, they struck up a conversation and he ended up joining her at the event. Thus, their joint passions for fashion and tech created the foundations for their company, COSIGN.

COSIGN allows people to easily tag and find product information within a photo on a social platform, making the post “shoppable” and allowing the tagger to earn money from their social posts. With COSIGN, now anyone can earn money from their selfies.

We talked about her journey from finance to entrepreneurship as well as her passion for diversity and building a team.

Resources Mentioned In The Episode

• COSIGN: https://cosign.co/
• Black Women Talk Tech: https://www.blackwomentalktech.com

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