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Innovation is the key to progress, and that progress is fueled by ingenuity. Invest Windsor-Essex is a not-for-profit organization supported by the City of Windsor and County of Essex. They are responsible for advancing economic development to grow and sustain prosperity in the region. As the lead economic development organization in the region, they provide confidential and expert assistance to companies and entrepreneurs in all sectors. There focus is to develop and execute strategies to retain, expand, attract, and help start up new businesses in the Windsor-Essex region. Matthew Johnson serves as the organization’s Executive Director of Mobility Partnerships and Innovation.  He develops strategic plans for partnership identification and economic direction.  Additionally, he leads Windsor's Regional Technology Development Site, virtual reality cave, automobility hub, digital twin program and cyber security plans. He acts as the primary contact for strategic cross-border partnerships, post secondary institutions, government, and industry. He joined me this week to tell me more.

For more information: https://www.investwindsoressex.com/en/index.aspx

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: @MatthewJohnson

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Sales and marketing veteran Marie Hale found herself on the edge of a nervous breakdown during quarantine as she was suddenly not only a CEO and a Widowed Single Mom, but a 3rd-grade teacher, butler, and all kinds of titles that she never expected to have—and she knew she wasn’t the only one. Once Marie heard about the full impact of the Feminine Recession, she funneled her rage into creating a new business model for women to reclaim their careers and their independence.

Marie is leading a work/life revolution that is getting national recognition as she builds her army of Revolutionaries.  For more than 20 years, Marie revolutionized small business marketing and sales in the Chicagoland area and nationally with her no-nonsense sales and marketing approaches and speeches. As her career and agency have evolved into one as an international change-maker, her personal story has made her journey something more than just success for herself and her clients. She joined me this week to tell me more.

LinkedIn: @MarieHale

For more information: https://www.fwdrevolution.com/

Follow: @fwd.rEvolution

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For more information: https://casino.guru/

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: @ŠimonVincze

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According to Bloomberg survey of more than 2,000 people  in January 2022  it found Americans with “a dwindling sense of financial confidence.” In 2021's final quarter, 34% of respondents said they felt financially healthy, compared with 48% in early 2021. Travis Shelton is the host of the Meaning Over Money podcast, a financial coach, a public speaker, and has an online financial course for young adults. “I work with a wide range of people from recent college graduates to business owners, to executives, to professional athletes, and everyone in between. “I help them do this money and career stuff better.”  Not necessarily to have more, but rather to live a more meaningful life by pursuing work that matters, creating an impact on others, and redefining the role money plays in their life. Before starting my own company, I worked 15 years in the institutional real estate investment industry, where I managed billion-dollar portfolios of U.S. real estate investments for U.S. and non-U.S. investors. Outside of work, I enjoy traveling, experiencing new and unique foods, and watching NBA basketball. I reside in the Des Moines, Iowa metro area with my wife and our twin sons. He joined me this week to tell me more.

For more information: https://www.meaningover.money/

Twitter: @travis_shelton_

Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meaning-over-money/id1560416763

YouTube: @Meaning Over Money

Instagram: @meaning_over_money

LinkedIn: @Travis Shelton

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Approximately 1.1 million runners complete a marathon each year, which is roughly 0.01 percent of the world's population, according to the International Institute for Race Medicine (IIRM). Eric Spitz firmly finds himself amongst this population. He’s a former collegiate cross country and track athlete with a love for marathon running and traveling. He’s  spent the past 7+ years combining those two passions with the goal of running a marathon in all 50 states. Eric is a member of the 50 States Marathon Club with 15 states knocked off my list, and I don't plan on slowing down until I hit 50.

For more information: https://www.juxtaposedjourneys.com/

Facebook: @JuxtaposedJourneys

LinkedIn: @EricSpitz

Instagram: @juxtaposedjourneys

Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/juxtaposed-journeys/id1556577563

Twitter: @ericwiththehair

Connect: @EricSpitz

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The Children’s Bureau at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF) published the FY 2020 Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS). The newly released data indicates the number of children in foster care decreased for the third consecutive year, to an estimated 407,000 at the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. The number of children waiting to be adopted also fell in FY 2020 to 117,000. Justin & Alexis Black are both recent graduates of Western Michigan University and alumni of the Seita Scholars Program. Both have served as National Youth and Transition Database Reviewers while also fundraising for programs that support foster youth such as Nsoro and Hope Pkgs. Together, they’ve published an award winning, bestselling book titled Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love that has impacted over 5,500 individuals and families. With ROSE (Rising Above Societal Expectations) Empowerment Group and Redefining Normal, they hope to continue the conversation on healthy relationships, mental health, and healing. Justin and Alexis are authors, speakers, and business owners. Together, they’ve created The Scholarship Expert and The ROSE Empowerment Group to support hundreds of young people. Now, with their new venture, Redefining Normal, they hope to continue the conversation on healthy relationships, mental health, and healing.  Justin joined me this week to tell me more.

For more information: https://www.re-definingnormal.com/

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @redefiningnormalmovement

Get the Book: https://www.amazon.ca/Redefining-Normal-Discovered-Healing-Happiness-ebook/dp/B08MDHZ5KZ

Instagram: @re.definingnormal

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Capturing the imagination of the art of possibilities through the gift of music is something which energizes Heather Hutchison to succeed everyday. She’s an Amazon best-selling author of Holding On by Letting Go: A Memoir, and an award-winning singer/songwriter with four albums released to date, including her latest release, 'If I Could' (January 2022).

An avid traveller, she has spent time living and teaching English in Latin America. Heather lives on the west coast of Canada with her partner Jordan and their cat Maya. When she isn’t writing, playing music, or traveling, she can usually be found at the beach, or curled up with a good book and a chai latte.  She joined me this week to tell me more.

For more information: https://www.heather-hutchison.com/

Instagram: @heatherhutchisonmusic

Twitter @hlhutchison

Get the Book: https://www.amazon.ca/Holding-Letting-Go-Heather-Hutchison-ebook/dp/B094674YMR

Facebook: @heatherhutchisonmusic

YouTube: @HeatherHutchison

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Perseverance is the story of resilience based on the lived experiences we endure. Josh Perry is a Health Coach & Optimization Strategist.  Who helps people optimize their mental & physical health and performance so they can design their IDEAL lives free of baggage weighing them down and experience the success they desire. He’s a former professional BMX athlete and multiple brain tumor survivor who took a chance on his dreams. Upon "making it", a TBI saved his life as it discovered the first brain tumor he was suffering from unknowingly. After a third diagnosis, leaving him with 4 tumors in his skull, he realized his higher purpose in life and left his BMX dream for a new dream of serving others in optimizing their health, inside and out, and their performance in any aspect of their lives. In August 2021, he had an awake craniotomy to remove a 5th tumor that had developed after having a seizure in his sleep. “Thanks to Dr. Q at Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, I am now tumor FREE for the first time in 11 years! Today, I have become an international speaker, host of The Grey Matters Podcast, and an optimization strategist & health coach. My mission is to help people believe THEY ARE MORE THAN their circumstances.” He joined me this week to tell me more.

For more information: https://www.joshperrybmx.com/

Follow: @JoshPerryBMX

LinkedIn: @JoshPerry

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You can’t get into a car and use a G.P.S. without knowing which direction you want to go. When you build a house nothing else can happen until you pour a foundation. For business coach Liz Wolfe she got her entrepreneurial start growing up on a sheep farm in Western Pennsylvania. Later she moved to NYC to get as far away from the farming life as possible. She started her business with her husband 25 years ago and coaches’ individuals to get unstuck so they can launch and grow an abundant business. She also plays the ukulele and is half of the singing duo Ukulicious. She joined me this week to tell me more.

For more information: https://lizwolfecoaching.com/

Get the Book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08R7YVNB6/

Buy the Book:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MBPRW3N

LinkedIn: @LizWolfe

Instagram: @lizwolfecoach

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The Rose City of Windsor-Essex has a hidden sports gem a  scene more people need to know about. One of the local authorities on the matter is Brett Hedges. He’s   a broadcast journalist in  Windsor-Essex.  Some of his career highlights include producing and   hosting the Under the Hedges podcast and That Sports Show on Your TV. Previously he  was the play-by-play announcer of the two-time NBL Canada champion Windsor Express on Noxtrom TV, and the sports editor at The Lance newspaper at the University of Windsor. He joined me this week to dive deep into the Windsor-Essex  sports scene.

For more information: https://www.yourtv.tv/windsor-leamington

Twitter: @UnderTheHedges

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