Spinoff Success

Rick Wolter spent the majority of his adult life in prison. When he read about a program at San Quentin that was helping inmates prepare for life on the outside by teaching them how to code, he went about teaching himself through any means necessary.

Now that he's employed as a programmer, he's helping other formerly incarcerated and underprivileged individuals gain traction in the industry by building a community of experienced professionals as mentors and teachers.

Rick discusses the mindset, poor choices and environment that led to his prison sentence, the habits and relationships that helped him turn his life around and the steps he's taking to minimize the stigma of a criminal record to help people contribute to a better world.

Lisa Simmons is the single mom of six adult children who range in age from 29-19. This enterprising, multi-potentialite found herself at rock bottom after her narcissistic husband left her and their children with nothing.
One eye-catching quote at her lowest point reminded her of the power of her mind which sparked a steady climb out of the hole she was in.
Today Lisa's living her dream life on a ranch she recently purchased for herself, her partner and her horses. 
Lisa also shares what she knows about how thoughts create your reality and the crypto space with her nearly 25k followers on TikTok.  She teaches boomers and Gen Xers how to participate in the crypto revolution.

Deborah Hayward is a mother and grandmother from Kitamaat Village, B.C. who is sharing her story of surviving residential school as a teenager one clip at a time on TikTok. 

As her life memories surface, Debra shares them during daily posts to her 20+ thousand followers on the wildly popular social media platform. My goal was to give Debra a platform to tell her story in a longer form.

We talk about the day she left, how the separation affected her family, then and now, and how she's reclaiming and restoring her native culture on her own timetable and in her own way.

Joshua Lisec is a ghost writer with a unique talent stack. He helps his clients author award-winning and best-selling books and close contracts for their premium services and products.

One of the keys to Joshua's success is his understanding and mastery of persuasion in every form of writing. He launched a new business teaching others how to persuasionize their own writing through his courses, "The Best Way to Say It" and  "Write This, Not That".

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Stephanie Penich was going about her life, enjoying her various jobs and practicing reiki, when she started to receive messages out of the blue for friends, family and clients from their loved ones who had passed.

Steph recorded her experiences in a little black journal and turned those notes into a fascinating podcast called "Medium in the Middle". 

While her mediumship journey unfolds, Stephanie is building an audience, a website, a business and a brand offering online and in-person energy and spiritual services and mentorship.

Alex Fasulo joined Fiverr.com in 2015 hoping to earn an extra $50 a month. She listed a single gig offering to write press releases for just $5 with a goal to rack up 5 star ratings and an excellent reputation on the site. When she quit a PR job that was toxic after just a month, she turned to her Fiverr dashboard, offered a few more services and woke up to a new business and freedom. 

Fast forward 6 years and Alex has earned over a million dollars on the platform. She shares everything she's learned through an ebook, courses and hundreds of sub-one minute videos on TikTok™.

This episode is packed with inspiration, candor and no-nonsense advice about how to launch and navigate a freelance business on one of the most popular and visible platforms in the world. Alex is a force in the best way and I think you'll love her personality as much as I do.

Brin Norman started an Etsy shop in 2015 to earn some extra income as a stay-at-home mom. When she acquired her first Silhouette machine, she pivoted her product line to scale her business.

Her shop has continued to evolve from physical inventory to digital downloads and Brin has learned solid strategies for success on Etsy along the way.

As a top seller, Brin shares lots of free hard-earned wisdom through her website, Instagram and over 70k followers on Tik Tok. She also launched a formal coaching business to give more personalized guidance to clients.

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Like many Americans, Elizabeth Miller found herself struggling to balance a full time career, parenting active teenagers and helping her ailing and aging parents. 
As the demands piled on, she realized her health and well-being were suffering and was inspired to make small and simple healthy choices for 100 days in a row.
That self-challenge turned into Happy Healthy Caregiver, a multi-media lifestyle site that focuses on caregivers.
Through her podcast, certified coaching, public speaking and partners, Elizabeth offers strategies, practical tools and ideas for practicing self-care, developing healthy habits and practices and sourcing outside help. 
Elizabeth's business model has evolved and she has positioned herself to use the skills and connections she has developed for future projects to support caregivers through technology.

Ian Westermann turned a tennis oriented podcast and blog into the premier instructional site on the web.

Essential Tennis boasts an extensive catalogue of free informational and instructional content including hundreds of videos on Youtube, two podcasts, "Essential Tennis" and "Shankcast" and blog articles. For the tennis enthusiast who wants more, they offer stand alone courses, a thriving membership community with regular live calls and live video instruction and exclusive in-person clinics at resort locations.

Ian discusses the genesis and growth of his business, the evolution of his team, flexing his creative and other skills and the the luxury of outsourcing the tasks that don't suit him.

Cathy Sikorski is an Elder Law attorney who has been a caregiver for multiple family members and friends in need.

She's also the author of two books, including the Amazon Bestseller, "Who Moved My Teeth?", a practical and humorous guide to the basic legal and financial instruments that every adult should have in place.

Cathy has shifted her traditional legal practice to build a new business. She is dedicated to informing and helping caregivers prepare financially for a future in which their own Social Security and retirement benefits might be lacking as a direct result of their time spent out of the workforce.