When I think about the guy selling picks and shovels during the gold rush, he had a heyday. He wanted people to strike gold. So imagine launching a technology consulting firm in 2016, what happens? To talk about that, Matt Rosen, the CEO & Founder of Allata.

Anyone who knows me, knows I'm an excellence freak. It just has to be right. Everything we do here at Real News PR and Real News Communications Studios has to be right. I'm fascinated by other people who have that same excellence gene. I can't think of a better person to have on the show to talk about excellence than Lance Shapiro of Shapiro Diamonds.

So I started my PR firm from home 14 years ago. I've been growing at a steady pace each year, adding an employee or two each year. I'm very envious of people who are in hyper-growth. Mike Kinder, the CEO and Co-Founder of Veryable, is doing just that.

Dallas is a tough town. It's a very fickle town when it comes to restaurants. We've all had this experience where you wait for a year trying to get in to a restaurant because it's so popular, but then a few months later, it's closed. To have concepts that last over time is really a feat. To talk about that today, Jack Gibbons, he is the CEO of FB Society.

So I started my entrepreneurial journey 14 years ago. Now I wish I had started it much earlier. I've been very proud of our success, but I;m always envious when I run into somebody half my age, whose company is much larger than mine. And he's only been doing it for 3 years. Nehal Kaiser, Owner of Blue Hammer Roofing.

I've always said, they don't make Hollywood movies about people who were born rich, had no adversity, and died rich. Nobody would go see that movie. They go to movies called Rocky or Pursuit of Happyness and Million Dollar Baby. Life is about getting knocked down and getting back up again. I can't think if a better person to talk about that than Ramona Tuma, she's the Author of the soon-to-be released new book, Prisoner of Hope: Captured by Grace.

When we all go to our family doctor, they all tell us the same thing, eat right, exercise, take good care of yourself, but they're not going the extra mile, they're not doing any kind of artery scan so many people are walking out there and they're a ticking time bomb. To talk about that today, Jay Singh, he is the owner of Advanced Arterial Imaging.

I love rags to riches stories. I think about Mark Cuban coming to Dallas broke, sleeping on couches, and I think about Mark Zuckerberg and he didn't really have any money, started a company in his dorm room. I want to add a name to that, Sanjay Chandra, he's with Trinity Investors.

Performance coaches are common in sports. Most athletes have one. If you're a performing artist, having a performance coach is just natural. If you're a business owner, how do you know when you need a performance coach to take you to the next level? To talk about that today, a performance coach, Dr. Jayne Gardner, and one of her clients, Joel Patterson, the CEO and Founder of The Vested Group.

If you watch the media a lot, they scare you! They scare you into a recession, they scare you into not spending any money, and they don't pay attention to the fact that Dallas-Forth Worth is a very different market than any other market, especially when it comes to housing. To talk about that today, Dawn Owens with Monument Realty.