Today's interview is with Joel Holland, Founder of VideoBlocks. It is a company that has achieved 7,000% revenue growth over the past 5 years.While still in high school, Joel started a small TV show that focused on helping kids figure out what they wanted to do with their lives. They interviewed over 150 awesome career professionals for the show, and while the interviews contained extremely powerful advice, the production value of the show was lacking, because they had no budget. In one specific instance, Joel had just interviewed superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger. They had this awesome footage of his advice for teens and they weren’t able to make the video look professional since it was cost prohibitive to purchase b-roll, music, professional graphics or other stock media. So Joel decided to start a company that would make stock video affordable to everyone, regardless of budget. After high school, Joel pooled his savings and purchased some professional video equipment. He then hit the road for one year...

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Today's interview is with Gret Glyer. Gret spent 3 years living in Malawi, Africa doing poverty alleviation work. This included building houses for orphans and widows, providing mosquito nets to malaria infested areas, and crowdfunding a $100,000 girls school in a rural village. Last September he moved home to launch his startup: DonorSee. DonorSee is an app that helps donors see exactly where there money goes when they donate using picture and video updates.In our interview, Gret talk about:The conditions in Malawi that inspired Gret to start a poverty elimination app.Why traveling to a 3rd world country or launching an app is like taking a leap of faith.How donation campaigns have been run for ever and why they are so inefficient.Resources Mentionedhttps://donorsee.com/www.twitter.com/gretglyer

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Today's interview is with Dan Fahrner, the founder of SmallBox. SmallBox is a creative agency focused on helping clients find opportunities, solve big, fuzzy challenges, and build meaningful employee, brand and service experiences. They take a people-centered approach to designing solutions with you. Their services, from branding to strategic consulting to employee engagement, all speak to one goal: partnering with people to create distinctive and meaningful experiences. They thrive on curiosity, courage, collaboration and persistence, and these core values drive everything they do.Design thinking is now gaining more traction than ever, gaining popularity within businesses, nonprofit organizations, and even the healthcare and education industries. Organizations like Ford, Walgreens, and Planned Parenthood have used design thinking to solve major challenges and design new products, services, and experiences. We discuss all the ins and outs of design thinking in the interview. Enjoy!Resource Mentioned in...

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Today's Interview is with Eulanda & Omo Osagiede who are London-based freelance writers and award-winning social influencers who run the popular travel, food, and lifestyle blog HDYTI. They describe themselves as the everyday kind of couple. Think Clark Kent and Lois Lane in a Bruno Mars ‘Lazy Song’ kind of way…although unlike the song suggests, they like to do a bit more than walking around in pajamas all day. Omo's day job involves managing IT risk for my clients while Eulanda is a professional photographer, dancer, choreographer and graphic designer with enough creative energy for both of us. Omo grew up in Surulere, Lagos while Eulanda grew up in Denver, Colorado. Although they grew up continents and cultures apart, they were destined to meet in London. Their shared Christian faith helps them appreciate the beauty of creation and the fact that they are alive to enjoy it. The simple things in life make us happy. In the interview, they share:-Their dating story-How to develop a niche marketing...

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Today's episode is with Sean Kim the founder of Rype which I believe is future of language learning. Sean Kim is the Founder and CEO of Rype, a global platform connecting language learners with handpicked professional language teachers around the world. Sean is also the host of 'The Sean Kim Show' where he interviews some of the world's top entrepreneurs and experts, which is syndicated to The Huffington Post, Inc. Magazine, and more.In this episode, we discuss:-Sean's start as an entrepreneur-What his parents and family thought when he dropped out of college-His first business failure-Being homeless and how it affects your mindset-The benefits of being uncomfortable as an entrepreneur-His lowest point in life thus far-Building up confidence as an entrepreneur one day at a time through small wins-The fear of success being greater than the fear of failure-His current focus on building The Rype App-The main reasons why most people don't reach fluency in a languageResources Mentioned In This...

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Today's episode is with Nick Desai. Nick is the co-founder & CEO of Heal, an app for on-demand healthcare (think Uber for doctor house calls). Nick has led four venture funded start-ups over the last 18 years. For Nick, Heal is more than a company - it's a mission to fix the broken $3 trillion health care system.Heal has quickly become a leading HealthTech company that recently raised a $26.9M Series A and is backed by notable and high-profile investors ranging from Thomas Tull (Tull Investment Group) and Qualcomm executive chairman Paul Jacobs to Lionel Richie. We discuss how he is disrupting the healthcare industry and making a space for doctors of different backgrounds.Resource Mentioned In This Episodehttps://heal.com/

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I recently had the pleasure of talking to the voice of the Millennial Podcast, Megan Tan which is easily one of my favorite podcasts. Millennial is a podcast series that captures what it's like to maneuver your 20s in real time.Megan essentially created her own future and career after contemplating what she wanted to do with her life post graduation. In the midst of this uncertainty, she started producing her own podcast to show prospective employers that she had what it takes to earn a full-time job in the real world.As life would have it, Millennial, Tan's podcast became a hit. The Guardian called Millennial “insightful,” and Tan “more likable than anyone in Girls” and The Atlantic rated Millennial 15th on it’s list of “The 50 Best Podcasts of 2015”.Success caught Tan by surprise but her authenticity continued to win her fans (me included) and she has since gone on to build a career that she loves in the industry she loves. In this episode, we discuss her coming of age stories, what it's like to...

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Today's podcast is with Kaylyn Easton. Kaylyn has been marketing and promoting companies through digital experiences for over eight years. She is an entrepreneur at heart and the founder of two companies, Ava J., which is a high-end outwear company for women and Chiavare Oil {key-a-var-ee}, a vegan, all-natural personal moisturizer a.k.a. lube. Kaylyn’s passion is giving women the tools and confidence to succeed. She advocates for constant transparency, communication, and getting women talking about things they were always told not to and taboo. Her goal is to empower women by making sexual health not x-rated, but actually about health.Originally a broadcast journalist, Kaylyn has hosted television shows, lived in New York City, acted in commercials and full-length films, and reported on environmental issues from Munich, Germany. A graduate of Indiana University (Go Hoosiers!), she most recently was the Chief Marketing Officer for Skinny & Co. Coconut Oil – one of the fastest growing natural brands in...

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Today's episode of Use Your Difference is on the life lessons I learned from Beauty and the Beast. The messages in Beauty and the Beast are extremely powerful and are ones we should take to heart and share within our own daily lives.

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Danny Flood is co-founder of Open World Magazine, the world's #1 resource for active lifestyle creators. An entrepreneur since age 9, he went from broke ramen-eating college graduate to growing a profitable online business and pursuing lifestyle design with reckless abandon. Through his many adventures around the world, he has been robbed, fallen from bridges and motorbikes, hugged exotic animals, and nearly died several times in pursuit of his dreams. While he could be anywhere, he feels most at home in San Diego, Tokyo, Florianopolis, Buenos Aires, and Penang.Currently living in Bangkok, Danny has been traveling the world as a digital nomad since 2009 and has learned just about everything there is to know about starting and running a business from the road through the three businesses he has started.Danny has traveled to over 30 countries on four continents and earned his adventure chops rafting down the Amazon and climbing the tallest mountains of South America. He's rappelled off waterfalls in the...

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