Today's interview is with Tom Bilyeu. Tom is the co-founder of 2014 Inc. 500 company Quest Nutrition — a unicorn startup valued at over $1 billion — and the co-founder and host of Impact Theory. Tom’s mission is the creation of empowering media-based IP and the acceleration of mission-based businesses. Personally driven to help people develop the skills they will need to improve themselves and the world, Tom is intent to use commerce to address the dual pandemics of physical and mental malnourishment.Tom regularly inspires audiences of entrepreneurs, change makers, and thought leaders at some of the most prestigious conferences and seminars around the world, including Abundance 360, A-fest, and Freedom Fast Lane. Tom has also been a guest on the Tony Robbins podcast and The School of Greatness podcast and has been featured in Forbes, Inc., Success, and The Huffington Post. Tom is currently on the Innovation Board of the XPRIZE Foundation. We discuss the following:How to get out of the matrixHow to...

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Today's podcast is with Adrien Behn. Adrien is the host of the Strangers Abroad podcast. Strangers Abroad is a series of conversations Adrien had with the wonderful and weird people she met during her journey to Latin America in 2015: a 5-month, 5,000 kilometer adventure spanning 10 countries, hundreds of people, and countless stories. If you want to hear a first hand tale of booking a one way ticket and winging it then this is the podcast for you. It’s an honest example of long term backpacking: the successes and struggles, the screw ups and spontaneous adventures, and all the mundane moments in between. This podcast aims to illuminate how when you travel it becomes so clear how interconnected we are. Those you expose yourself to become part of you and vis versa from the taxi drivers, helpful locals, fellow volunteers, or the people you sit next to on a bus. Although I may have known these people for a few minutes, hours, or fortunate enough to spend months with them, we are now part of a larger story....

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Today's interview is with Nicholas Upchurch. Nicholas has a background in Digital Marketing and the companies which he has owned have generated millions of dollars in sales within a very short period of time. Although he was able to build a business that was very successful, travel to 33 countries, play football in front of 111,000 fans on National TV, and earn 6 figure monthly checks from partners like Google, his life changed in 2015 when he visited the Sacred Valley of Peru. Through an interesting turn of events, and exploring the difficult parts of life that all of us may have encountered at one time or another, he has now dedicated his life to not only helping people succeed in terms of “Money & Business”, but also to find their true purpose in this world. In addition, through his company Love!, he has started a Media Network called ‘Believe’. Believe features a website (www.believe.love), YouTube Channel and Podcast that has already reached tens of thousands around the world in a very short amount of...

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If you’re in the business of building a brand today, you’re most likely trying to figure out how to engage with consumers on a day-to-day level. This means energizing your brand to be dynamic and conversational. To do this, you must transform your Brand Equity into Brand Currency. Brand Currency transforms one-way messages into two-way, engaging conversations.These are the things that global branding expert, Nicole Ertas and I discuss on today's podcast. She has helped build many of the world’s finest and most powerful brands. Nicole’s success in global innovation and brand leadership gained her recognition in Forbes and The New York Times, as well as selected to be one of Crain’s Chicago 40 Under 40.Nicole Ertas discusses her book Free Range Brands and how a new breed of brands that have up-ended many of the traditional corporate brands that once dominated the marketing world. Why are many of the once dominant brands, with the best creative agencies and biggest marketing budgets, finding it so...

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Today's episode is with the Marketing Director of Give Lively, Brooke Currence. Brooke’s decision to join Give Lively as Marketing Director was fueled by a desire to bring best in class marketing knowledge from Fortune 500 experience and put it to use for the nonprofits she is passionate about. Through her love for travel and interest in societal structures, Brooke became increasingly aware and passionate about changing socioeconomic and gender barriers to equal opportunities and achievement. Brooke made a move to New York City in 2015 from Georgia where she lived for 10 years building her marketing career at reputable Fortune 500 IT Firms. Her passions are women and girl’s empowerment, human rights, learning new cultures, meeting new people, and staying active.We discuss the ways that they are building easy-to-use apps, sites, and services that make giving a more regular and rewarding part of everyday life.Resources Mentioned in the EpisodeGive Lively: https://www.givelively.org/Small Token:...

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Today's interview is with Anada Lakra. Anada is the creative half of day100, a recruiting technology startup. She is focused on product development, marketing, and business development. She is passionate about matching companies to the right talent in a way that is technology-enabled but always human-centered. Her goal is to make recruiting both more data-driven AND more human. In addition to this, she organizes the HR Tech Showcase to bring together the HR community in New York. Anada graduated from Yale University, and was a management consultant in a past life.We discuss the following:The beginnings of her company day100The power of referralsHow to remove bias in the recruiting processResourcesHR Tech Showcase: https://www.meetup.com/HR-Technology-Showcase/events/237376645/day100: https://www.day100.meAnada can be reached at [email protected]

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Today's interview is with Rahama Wright. Rahama started Shea Yeleen 10 years ago with the mission to economically empower women in Northern Ghana, they do that through the sale of premium shea butter skincare products. Their products are sold in over 120 retailers nationwide, Whole Foods is their biggest retail partner.Rahama was appointed to President Obama's Advisory Council for Doing Business in Africa and she was recently selected to be on the "Queen Boss" reality show on BET/Centric.In a nutshell Rahama is pro women, economic empowerment, Africa, conscious consumerism, and natural products and you better believe we discuss all this and her interesting entrepreneurship journey.To find out more about her company, head over to https://www.sheayeleen.com/

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Heather Ann Havenwood, CEO of Havenwood Worldwide, LLC and Chief Sexy Boss, is a serial entrepreneur and is regarded as a top authority on internet marketing, business strategies and marketing. Since marketing her first online business in 1999, bringing together clients and personal coaches, she has played an active role in the online marketing world since before most even had a home computer. In 2006, she started, developed and grew an online information marketing publishing company from ground zero to over $1million in sales in less than 12 months. Starting without a list, a product, a name or an offer, Heather Ann molded her client into a successful guru now known as an expert in his field.We talk about What to work on if you're building a businessA skill that will make you attractive in any industry ANDOur difference of opinions surrounding the current political climate in AmericaTo find out more about Heather, check out her at the following websites:Books:...

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Today's episode is on what it means to be a woman in the 21st century. Today's two guests are Lina Abisoghomyan and En Kelly who are activists, thought leaders, business professionals and models.We talk about:Stereotypes about women in the workplaceDate Of Birth stigmatismThe state of millennial female entrepreneursThe new idea of beautyAs En says, we need to champion women whose beauty is secondary to her accomplishments, whose character and actions are more acclaimed than her makeup or styling. A woman whose name does more than invoke shock, jealousy, or even admiration... we need women who invoke inspiration itself.To find out more about En, click here: https://www.facebook.com/enprimeonline/To find out more about Lina, click here: https://policypear.com

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Candice Galek is a self taught young female entrepreneur on the quest for knowledge. She is the Founder of Bikini Luxe, an American online retailer with a focus on designer swimwear, resort wear, and accessories for women worldwide. After going viral for her marketing efforts on LinkedIn, she began sharing her experiences as a business owner via her column on Inc.com titled "Quest for Knowledge" and on Social Media Today. Candice is the featured honoree on the Forbes 30 Under 30 List in 2017. She is inspired by her travels and the ever changing world of business, which fuels her desire to spread the lessons she's learned along the way.In this interview, Candice shares how she got into the Forbes 30 under 30 list, what she has learned from her failures, her thoughts on effective engagement marketing and how she feels millennials can make a difference in today's world.In addition to this, she has an amazing column on Inc. which you can find here: http://www.inc.com/author/candice-galek.After this...

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