The SocialRay Podcast: Stories of Entrepreneurs & Influencers

In this episode I talk to Allie Whitefleet who helps out at the PowerMBA to come out with great easy to consume video content for those who want to pursue a business degree without having to break the bank.

For example the cofounder of YouTube teaches as well as Netflix in some of the videos sharing what they've learned from building a business from scratch and things that they have learned by doing it not just from a textbook.

We talk about how the future of education is moving online and how people are learning more from TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and from online resources on topics like ecommerce, social media marketing, and other valuable skills rather than traditional textbooks and teachers.

We also touch on the importance of self-education and how important it is to take your education into your own hands since nobody else will be able to do the studying for you.

If you're interested in learning more about getting an MBA degree from the comfort your own home and learn from top founders and entrepreneurs in our day and age at https://www.thepowermba.com/en/

In this episode I talk with my friend Joshua Mixon who is an OG in the VeVe App and has made great investments and flips early on to the point where he has turned a $20k investment into over $500k plus from flipping the right NFTs that have appreciated greatly since the launch of the VeVe App.

If you aren't aware of the VeVe App, it is an app that allows you to buy gems within the app to buy collectibles that are integrated with augmented reality and in the future virtual reality. Their parent company Ecomi came out with their own wallet and now they are getting mass user adoption through their VeVe app where users can purchase their favorite collectibles as digital NFTs.

Hear Josh's story of how he has went from selling time shares and real estate to making a full time income flipping NFTs on the VeVe app. Hope you are inspired from his story to see that there are so many ways to make money out there and to educate yourself on what's possible if you just take a chance and try.

Follow Josh on Twitter @NftInterviews and me @rayahn523 | Insta @ray.ahn

In this episode I talk with the COO of Superbid.io Maxwell Gross about the future of where everything is headed with NFTs. After the success of NBA Topshot, Maxwell and his team discovered the potential for NFTs and the demand there is for moments with not just athletes but also with celebrities and influencers.

They were able to secure influencers like Logan Paul who has released his own NFT line and collections and has partnered with Superbid.io to launch his NFT moments on that platform as well. Not only has Superbid partnered with influencers like Logan Paul but also they have made connections with other celebrities and influencers whose audience will buy their moments immortalized as NFTs and can have special access to them as well as to special experiences with their favorite influencers.

Superbid.io will be an application you can use on your phone to bid for moments with celebrities and influencers who will post moments as NFTs that you can bid on and purchase. Some will give you special access or experiences with these influencers and some will be just be moments you can keep for yourself and resell for later if people want them.

In a world where everything is moving digital and more and more things are becoming immortalized through digital artwork and assets, you can be sure to find some great moments and assets on Superbid's platform where many celebrities and influencers will be utilizing the power of NFTs to make money off of their greatest moments in their careers and life.

Check out more about Superbid.io from their website and join their telegram to learn more about the future of NFTs. Also feel free to invest in their token before their official launch on September 7, 2021.

You can follow them on Instagram @superbid.io and me on Instagram @ray.ahn. If you've been wanting to learn more about NFTs and crypto feel free to DM me on Instagram to learn more and get an invite to my group!

P.S. You can watch the video version of the interview on YouTube here

In this episode I talk to Ben Chung who is a cofounder of Kinjaz, cofounder of Hitbeats app, and founder of the Chosun clothing brand. He used to be a member of the Jabbawockeez back in the day when they changed the world through dance when they won the America's Got Talent show.

  He shares his unconventional journey as an Korean American of making a living through dance and turning his love for dancing into a full-time business.  He started off learning Kpop dance moves, performed at his church talent performance, and eventually ended up joining dance groups that have made an international impact in the dance community by showing that dance teams can be the centerpiece of a show instead of just being back up dancers for a famous artist or musician.  

Ben shares how his curiosity and ambition has led him down a path that he ended up creating his own path that doesn't fit the mold of getting a degree and a job after school.  He shares how it's important to learn the things that you are curious about, discover what you're passionate about, and keep pursuing your path and calling in life.   

Ben shares how it's important to take risks to learn the things that you are passionate about and the path to making money will open up for you since you can make money doing anything nowadays.  

Hope Ben's story encourages you to find your own path in life, forge your own future, and live a life with no regrets.  We regret the things that we didn't do more than the things that we did when we grow old.  You can checkout Ben on Instagram @btek_benchung and his dance group @kinjaz on Instagram!

In this episode I talk to Jason Wong who is a young entrepreneur and the founder of Wonghaus Ventures and has launched successful brands himself such as Holy Meme Bible and Doelashes.

Last time we talked he had launched the Holy Meme Bible campaign with influencers and large themed accounts on Instagram and through his network he has been able to break six figures within the first month. He has since then developed many other brands, learned a ton through experience, and is now teaching at Shopify on what it takes to create a successful ecommerce brand today in 2021.

We talk about the secrets and tips that are required to make an ecommerce brand successful today even in the midst of competition and saturation in the ecommerce market.

He is the managing director with over eight years of brand development, marketing strategy, supply-chain management, global logistics, and e-commerce experience in the entertainment, fashion, beauty, and publishing industries.

You can checkout his Shopify course that he is going to be teaching on the main principles and strategies required to build a successful ecommerce brand in 2021 at https://www.bbclass.co.

In this episode I talked to Michael Wagner who is the CEO and cofounder of staratlas.com the first of it's kind blockchain gaming experience where players can actually build and own their own ships, join different factions, participate in gameplay traveling the space metaverse. Players can also earn money through different professions such as being a miner, space pirate, and other professions where you can earn money as you travel and dominate the space metaverse.

Staratlas.com is built on unreal engine 5 the same engine that was used to make Fortnite and also the first triple A gaming experience that will be out. This is different from other blockchain games in that they are employing the highest level of quality graphics, gameplay, and cryptocurrency into its project and are already building a great community on discord.

You can check them out on staratlas.com and also chat with them on their discord servers to learn more. They have already started doing poster sales for their game and you can learn more from our interview.

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In this episode I talk to Anthony Mooz who is the CEO and founder of Ageless AI, a company that uses AI to diagnose patients in neurology and orthopedics so neurologists and care teams can assist those with Parkinson's disease as well as other diseases. Anthony shares about his journey as how he was a hacker before he even got into building this AI technology to solve problems for those with Parkinson's disease and how he has used those skills to build what he has built today.

Anthony's company Ageless AI is one of the companies that the Harvard Wyss Institute is going to work with for biomedical and technological advances. Also Ageless AI will implement AI to be able to track and treat diseases quicker and more efficiently.

We talk about how AI will be used in the future of healthcare, automobile industry, and daily life uses and how that will change the way we interact with each other and live our daily lives.

There might not even be a need for driver licenses in the future because cars will be autonomous and self-driving which we already see happening with Tesla's self-driving feature. Also we talk about the state of AI in other countries like China and how it is being used to detect and warn citizens from breaking the law such as jay-walking.

As more and more AI is going to be incorporated into our daily lives, we will see more and more automation and changes coming to the point where a lot of jobs will be obsolete and we will see an increasing number of robots and automation in our lives.

We also go into talks about the difference between specific and general AI and how there will be types of AI that will affect the way we do things like agriculture, healthcare, automobile industry, and so many others.

If you want to learn more about Anthony's company you can check him out at https://age-less.ai for his company and more about him at https://tonymooz.com

In this episode I talk with Dr. Grace Lee who is a neuroscience based coach who has studied the brain and how it works. Now she is using her knowledge and expertise to teach other coaches how to monetize their knowledge and get paid on a recurring base with what they know. You'll hear in this episode how she has been able to turn her knowledge into income and also hear her story of how she came from a life of having been an orphan to creating the life of her dreams through perseverance, hard work, and patience.

We also go into topics such as how do drugs affect your brain, what are the things that trigger your brain to work more efficiently, and how can we optimize ourselves so that we can have the best results possible in our work and our life.

You can checkout more about Dr. Grace on her Instagram @drgracelee and me @ray.ahn.

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In this episode I talk with Cherry Tung who is a wealth coach. Most of her clients are corporate workers wanting to create additional income streams that align with their passion and expertise. Her approach in coaching is rooted in her personal experience as she created 16 income streams, invested multiple 6 figures in the stock market and reached 7 figure net worth for herself by the age of 25. And she did all that while working a full-time corporate job!

This goes to show that if you really want something you can achieve it. Even though there were times Cherry felt alone, lost, and even depressed at times, she didn't let that stop her from building the life that she wanted for herself and her future self. No matter what situation or circumstance you find yourself in, you can always change that situation and it's never permanent.

Instead of blaming your circumstances or people who weren't there for your, abandoned you, or might not have had had your backs, learn to depend and rely on yourself, love yourself, and start to become the victor not the victim of your life. Instead of letting your fears and doubts get the best of you, follow people on social media who can inspire you, lift you up, and give you the hope to go on another day, find beauty in life, and design the life of your dreams because we have that freedom especially in America.

I hope that you're inspired by Cherry's story not only because she learned how to make money to get out of her financial circumstances but also because she chose to never give up and gave herself permission to go after what she truly wanted in life which is freedom.

If you feel stuck financially definitely reach out to Cherry on Instagram @cherrytung.co and learn from her coaching and if you ever need help growing your social media you can message me @ray.ahn and checkout my free eBook on personal branding if you want to learn how to start building your personal brand on Instagram.

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In this episode I talk with Ricky Gutierrezz who is a full-time daytrader who has built one of the largest YouTube channels teaching people on how to daytrade. We talk about how he has sacrificed his teenage years and early 20's building, grinding, and creating a digital empire where now he is teaching people how to make profits daily using his trading strategies.

In his mid 20's Ricky has amassed a fortune from daytrading and is helping people eager to learn how to do the same thing. Some things that we talked about were what was the reason for his drive which was to provide for himself and his future family and to build something meaningful that can help others to grow and develop as entrepreneurs.

He shares an experience where he felt like he was working so much that he just felt cold and empty inside and wished that he spent his younger years having fun, playing with friends, and spending time with family.  He shares how he worked so much that he often forgot to sleep enough and didn't have proper health but now because of all his hard work, he is reaping the benefits of that today.

The moral of the story is that you will face challenges in life but it's how you deal with them that will determine who you are. Ricky used to post YouTube videos even when nobody would engage with them or view them and has adjusted his content to cater to what his audience wants to learn about.

You don't have to be great to start but you have to start to be great. Whether that's starting your first podcast, writing that first blog, or making that first video for YouTube just get started on creating that Instagram page for your business, building that website, or investing in that coach to get you to where you want to be.

I hope that you're able to take away a lot of great information and golden nuggets from this episode and make sure to checkout Ricky on Instagram here and me on Instagram here.

If you also want to checkout my free eBook on Personal Branding can download it for free here and I recently started a coaching program to help people get to 10k followers in 90 days so if you're curious about that feel free to DM me on IG or checkout some of the videos on YouTube.