GenY Success Show with Jason Bay | Weekly discussions on Business, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Millennials, Gen Y

Olivia Gamber is the Founder of Occupational Olivia and author of the best-seller The Career Upgrade Roadmap. She helps highly educated young professionals upgrade their career or transition to work that is more engaging. She's been featured on Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Fast Company. You can also find her weekly on The Occupational Olivia Podcast on iTunes.

I wanted to get Olivia on the show because she's used her unique background in both psychology organizational development in order to successfully navigate the workplace and upgrade her career along the way. We talk about psychology, relationships, and business, and dive into Olivia's 5-step process for upgrading your career.

Show Notes: GenYSuccess.com/87

"Learning changes everything. It is THE deciding factor."

Caitlin Pyle is a millennial entrepreneur who transformed her $40k-a-year freelance job into an online business that has grossed over $500k within 10 months of launch -- and she did it in one of the tiniest niches on Earth. Based in Orlando, Florida, she's currently on a 14-month travel adventure through South America with her husband.

I wanted to get Caitlin on the show because she is a rockstar entrepreneur! She runs two businesses right now, Proofread Anywhere and The Work Anywhere Life. We talk about her struggles as an employee early on in her career, how to deal with haters and how to monetize your genius.

Show Notes: GenYSuccess.com/86

"The important part of the business plan is knowing you have some sort of expectations and learning how to pivot from them."

Tom Tancredi founded DOM & TOM, a mobile application development shop, in 2009 and has since grown the company into one of the INC 500’s fastest growing companies in 2015 with over 45 employees. He is a fervent entrepreneur, having personally invested in multiple start-up ventures in New York City.

I wanted to get Tom on the show because of his expertise in growing tech startups. We discuss his career path and how he found mobile, why he chose to go into business with his brother and working with enterprise clients vs. small business owners.

Show Notes: GenYSuccess.com/85

"You need to be aggressive about what you want. Otherwise, you won't get it."

Shinjini Das is a Speaker, Media Personality, Huffington Post, and Elite Daily Contributor. She was named as 1 of 16 Global Heroes by the United Nations Partnership, Together for Girls, for her work to empower youth and advocate for gender equality.

I had Shinjini on the GenY Success Show because she is a GREAT speaker. She's also very young and recently graduated from college. We talk about how to find your identity, building a career as a speaker and being aggressive with what you want in life.

Show Notes: GenYSuccess.com/84

"When someone decides to take responsibility for everything in their life, it's so empowering."

Ben Austin is the founder of Stop. Start. Do. and teaches you how to be a peak performing leader by mastering your success habits. His friends call him the illegitimate love child of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bill Nye.

I got Ben on the show because I'm FASCINATED with the habits of today's top performers. We dig into his story, the essential habits of the most successful people in the world and how you can develop habits for you to become more successful.

Show Notes: GenYSuccess.com/83

"Life isn't going to go according as planned, and that's actually really good."

Megan Gebhart is an author, world traveler, and tech-enthusiast living in San Francisco. In 2010, she launched a yearlong experiment to see what would happen if she had coffee with a stranger every week for a year. In 2014, she published "52 Cups of Coffee," a book chronicling her conversations with everyone from a dairy farmer to Steve Wozniak.

I wanted to get Megan on the show because she's had really great conversations with incredibly successful people. We talk about what life was like in college, where she got the idea for 52 Cups of Coffee and what she's up to now.

Show Notes: GenYSuccess.com/82

"If you have a hard time asking people for money, you're going to have a hard time with entrepreneurship."

Heather Ann Havenwood next guest is the CEO of Havenwood Worldwide, LLC and Chief Sexy Boss. She is a serial entrepreneur and is regarded as a top authority on internet marketing and business strategies. Since marketing her first online business in 1999, she has played an active role in the online marketing world since before most even had a home computer.

I wanted to get Heather on the show so I could geek out with someone who is just as passionate about marketing as I am. We chat about how she got her career started and how best to market your product or service-based business.

Show Notes: GenYSuccess.com/81

"If you just focus on your passion, it'll leave you pretty frustrated most of the time."

Scott Barlow is the Founder of Happen to Your Career, a company that helps you stop doing work that doesn’t fit, figuring out what does and then teaching you to make it happen! He has been helping people develop their careers and businesses for over 10 years as a Human Resources Leader, Business Development Expert, and Career Coach. With over 2,000 interviews worth of experience from his HR career, he interviews others telling their story of finding work they love on the Happen to Your Career Podcast.

How do I find work I'm passionate about? Scott helps us answer this question. We discuss his journey from employee to entrepreneur, myths about finding your "passion" and the work landscape has changed in the last 40-50 years. 

Show Notes: GenYSuccess.com/80

"We don't resonate over our pretend perfection. We resonate over our shared struggles."

Paul Angone is the best-selling author of 101 Secrets For Your Twenties, All Groan Up, a national speaker, and the creator of AllGroanUp.com, which has been read by millions in 190 countries.

Paul is back on the show! We discuss his new book, All Groan Up, and how to find your secret sauce. This is a topic I get asked about a ton: how do I find what I'm passionate about? We dig into this topic and his story.

Show Notes: GenYSuccess.com/79

"Everyone has to start with a niche...find one group of customers that you can over service and them extremely happy."

Dr. Tim Linnet is the founder of RutaSleep's Drink Coffee Today & Sleep Deep Tonight, a revolutionary sleep aid found in Rite Aid and Meijer stores nationwide. He graduated with his doctorate from University of the Pacific and went on to Harvard for post-doctoral studies in finance and statistics. He also founded WeDreamCenter.com, which helps small businesses launch their consumer product brands on retail shelves nationwide.

I wanted to interview Tim because of his knowledge in start ups and finding investment. We discuss how he got involved in the pharmaceutical industry, how to set up your early stage startup for success.

Show Notes: GenYSuccess.com/78