Journalism today is rapidly changing. The days of traditional media with emotional manipulation are coming to an end. Leading the way is Richie McGinniss as he and his Pigeon Press team blazes the road forward with in the moment, boots on the ground, transparent news reporting. He is a fearless new breed of journalist. Plunging into both the Black Lives Matter and MAGA demonstrations, Richie not only reveals the unvarnished truth of events that impacting the world but also giving you raw perspective missing in mainstream news reports.

Now, McGinniss is stepping back from the mayhem and sharing his experiences in his new book due out in November, RIOT DIET, that brings readers knee-deep into the chaos he covered first-hand and provides deep insights into how the media and politicians distort the demonstrations for their own ends.

In today's interview Richie retells the stories and first hand account of the protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he narrowly avoided a bullet fired by Kyle Rittenhouse, then desperately tried to save the life of one of Rittenhouse’s shooting victims. He recounts what he saw during the January 6th protests and the fallout afterwards and his time covering the clash between guards and Proud Boys in Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) during the Black Lives Matter movement.
Armed with only cellphones, McGinniss and his squad use the power of internet video to place viewers directly among the demonstrators and police. The videos were posted to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, which provided Richie with a firsthand understanding of how their algorithms work.

His recordings received tens of millions of views after Kenosha when he interviewed Kyle Rittenhouse 13 min before the shooting and on January 6, when he spoke with a man smoking a doobie under the Capitol Rotunda. These reports were aggregated by nearly every major national and international news outlet.

In his new book RIOT DIET, Richie hopscotches from the Memorial Day riots in front of the White House after the death of George Floyd, to the clash of guards and Proud Boys in Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), to a face-off between the umbrella gang and the NYPD in New York City’s protest in front of City Hall, to Portland’s teargas-soaked tangles between federal officers and demonstrators, and finally to the smoldering commercial districts and the deadly shootings in Kenosha.

More than just a thrilling tale of tear gas, fire, and destruction, join us in today's conversation to hear about how these news stories not only impact our lives, but also how we as 'consumers' of the news can find new and fresh ways to get more accurate and relevant news right from the scene of these world changing events.

Links
Pigeon Press: https://pigeonpress.com
Book: Riot Diet - https://a.co/d/2ITFxeZ

Kris Cody is the founder of Paka Apparel with a dream of changing the way people play outdoors and the clothing that makes it possible. 

Kris launched Paka in 2017 and brought alpaca sweaters to the public through the brands’ first Kickstarter – Paka exceeded its goal of $20,000 in under 24 hours and raised more than $350,000 in 30 days. From that inception, Paka has now created a line of washable alpaca apparel and ethical performance outerwear, along with Paka's tried and true sweaters, hoodies and socks.

What makes his approach to business stand out is his effort to localize Paka’s supply chain: all of Paka’s alpaca fiber is sourced from free-roaming herds in Peru, 90% of products are manufactured in the country, and over 100 Quechua women weavers are employed (at 4x the living wage in Peru) to craft hand-woven Inca ID’s that appear on all Paka apparel. Paka donates 1% of revenue to Peruvian Hearts, an NGO encouraging the education and empowerment of young women in Peru, to support their PakaScholars program. 

Last year, Paka launched Traceable Alpaca, which allows customers to see the coordinates in Peru where the fiber of their Paka sweater was sourced. All hand-woven sweaters are signed by their creator – an effort to connect the craftswomen and consumer. Paka has balanced maintaining a community-driven attitude while developing industry-changing innovation in natural fiber. 

In today's conversation we dive deep into the Paka Story, Kris's unique entrepreneural journey, the power of sustainable clothing, how to have a successful Kickstarter Campaign, and how clothing can help live a outdoor lifestyle. 

Learn more about Paka at https://www.pakaapparel.com

Very few people reach the pinnacle of their dreams only to walk away from it. Tom Bancroft reached the top of the animation world by becoming one of the top animators and character designers. He worked on projects including Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Mulan, and Brother Bear. But he is best know for creating the character Mushu for Milan and for animating Young Simba for The Lion King.

After thirteen years at Disney and working on approximately nine features, Tom left Disney to pursue another adventure working at Big Idea Productions as a Supervising Director/Co-creator. Most recently Tom has been Artist in Residence at Lipscomb University in Nashville Tennessee.

Tom's most recent adventure is launching a brand new animation studio, PENCILISH ANIMATION STUDIOS using crowd investing where everyday people can be an owner in the new studio.

In today's episode, we discuss how you can own an Animation Studio and be a part of Pencilish, his time at Disney and Big Idea, Disney's second golden age of animation, teaching animation, crowd investing, faith in media, and much more.

Pencilish Animation Studio: https://www.pencilish.com
Invest at WeFunder: https://wefunder.com/pencilish
The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bancroft-brothers-animation-podcast/id911802874

If you truly want to solve a problem, solve the pain that it causes. When the pain is being felt by the executive at Facebook, then you know it's a problem that others face too. As the CIO of Facebook, Tim Campos was tasked with solving the pain the team was experiencing through the management of calendars, productivity, and the dreaded meeting. Tim took the lessons to build Woven. Woven is helping individuals and companies take back their calendars and start spending time on what matters most to them.

In today's episode, we chat about productivity, technology and community, the culture driving Facebook, rethinking time, problem-solving, and much more.

Links
Woven: https://woven.com

Book Recommendation
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Link: https://amzn.to/34FeCdx


About Tim Campos
As the former Chief Information Officer at Facebook, Tim Campos doubled
overall productivity to $1.8 million per employee - making it the most
productive company in the world. Now, as CEO of Woven, he's taking those
lessons to reimagine how people use their calendar, so they can spend time
on what matters most to them.

Two weeks after Tim started as CIO of Facebook in 2010, Mark Zuckerberg
summoned him to his office for an urgent meeting. Once there, he met with
Zuckerberg’s Executive Assistant, who lambasted the company’s internal
calendar app and urged Tim to fix it. From that moment, Tim set to work
designing creative tools that would help Facebook employees easily find
optimal times and places to meet. It was so successful that it helped Tim
double Facebook’s productivity from $900,000 to $1.8 million per employee
over his tenure — five times more than most tech companies.

Tim’s experience managing productivity for the entire Facebook workforce
helped him realize that traditional calendars are broken. In 2016, he left
Facebook to co-found Woven, an intelligent calendar that helps busy
professionals maximize their most valuable asset - time.

What does it take to be the best in everything you do? Natalie Coughlin has broken records in the world of swimming and set a high bar for other Olympians. Not only was she the first woman to swim the 100m backstroke in under 1 minute, but she is one of the few Olympians to win back to back Olympic Gold in the same event.

Now Natalie is blazing a new path with her cooking book and her new wine brand answering the question, 'What do you do after you retire from competitive sports?' In today's show, we chat with Natalie about her professional swimming career, starting a winery, crafting her first cookbook, balancing life and staying focused, motherhood, and her return to swimming in the ISL.

Links
Website: https://nataliecoughlin.com/
Gaderian Wines: https://www.gaderianwines.com
Book: https://nataliecoughlin.tumblr.com/cookbook


About Natalie Coughlin
Natalie is most known for her athletic successes after earning 12 Olympic medals for USA Swimming. Throughout her professional athletic career, Natalie has maintained a love for food and wine. She grew up just outside Napa Valley and has always had an interest in the wine industry. As she transitions into the next phase, she has turned this love into her next career.

Her cookbook "Cook To Thrive," published by Clarkson Potter, is on shelves now or follow the links on www.nataliecoughlin.com to purchase online. She is eagerly learning the winemaking process through Shaina's tutelage and is looking forward to pairing her recipes with Gaderian Wine's Pinot Noir, Chenin Blanc, and Chardonnay.

There are certain industries that have a 'legacy' going back hundreds of years. The barbershop is one of those industries. There is a certain expectation of makes up the typical barbershop and in many ways, it has defined an expectation from pop culture. What happens when you rethink the status quo and create a new model or picture of what could be a new model for the barbershop?

This is what Steve and Sarah Bolinder have done. And it all started with an idea and sketches...and a gentle push from Sarah for Steve to go into the unknown and create a new picture of the perfect barbershop. This has led to success beyond what they could imagine. This has reimagined the model for their customers, employees, and themselves. Not only has their own barbershop flourished, but others now seek them out to start their own 'Chop Barbershops' through franchises.

In today's show, we talk about rethinking established industries, turning dreams into businesses, overcoming the pains of growth, and creating a vision that invites others into the story.


Links
Barbershop: https://chopbarbershop.com
Franchise: https://www.chopbarbershopfranchise.com

About Steve & Sarah Bolinder
In 2015, Steve and Sarah Bolinder finally agreed it was time to open the doors to a shop they had dreamed of owning for over fifteen years; a barbershop for all humanity with great music, beer, and a “come on in” kind of vibe. Before opening, Steve met with his good friend and fellow barber Danny Rainey to invite him and his wife Katie to help give life to their dream. By 2018, their little shop had grown to three and signed its’ first franchise deal.

Before deciding to make the franchise leap, the owners sat down to really look at what had caused such tremendous growth in such a short amount of time, and what they discovered was that the culture of Chop surrounded four key values that had developed under their noses as they worked on the dream they loved.

Innovation takes risks. Often you have to see what others are missing. The opportunities that are being overlooked. Guy Horrocks and his companies have led the way to create new solutions to unknown possibilities. Guy co-founded the world’s first iPhone app company Polar Bear Farm to build iPhone Apps before there was even an App Store. Today he is leading the way on what is possible on managing your privacy in a digitally connected world.

Throughout the episode, Guy and I chat about technology, innovation, the world of Startups, Entrepreneurship, and more.

Links
Solve: https://www.solve.io
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GuyHorrocks
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guyhorrocks/

About Guy Horrocks
Guy Horrocks is the co-founder of Solve, a data infrastructure startup based in New York and New Zealand. Solve is a hybrid of SaaS and open source, where we will deploy the entire data infrastructure into the customer’s owned environment. This means a company owns both the data, as well as the underlying source code, providing the benefits of both build vs. buy. Guy previously was the CEO and co-founder of Carnival.io a mobile marketing automation platform that helped companies with push notifications, in-app messaging and analytics.

Customers included Target, Sephora, Expedia, T-Mobile, MAC Cosmetics, OREO and AB InBev. Carnival was acquired by Sailthru in 2016, where Guy served as VP of Mobile and Partnerships prior to their sale in 2018 to CM Group / Campaign Monitor. Carnival was backed by leading investors including Google Ventures, Gary Vaynerchuk, Lerer Hippeau and Bowery Capital.

Prior to Carnival, Guy co-founded the world’s first iPhone app company Polar Bear Farm, helping as a pioneer of the jailbreak market pre-iTunes Appstore. Guy’s first company was BSA Technologies, a blood spatter analysis forensic startup, helping forensic scientists determine the point of impact at crime scenes.

Guy loves helping early-stage startups, he is an investor in www.getmaude.com, www.dropelfabrics.com, www.otherland.com, www.raakachocolate.com, www.butler-nyc.com, and
for the last 8 years has run a monthly Kiwi entrepreneur “Flat White Meetup” at Happy Bones in
Soho.

What does it take to hear the voice of God? That is a question that has been debated and interpreted in a variety of ways. Some in Christian circles believe that spiritual gifts are dead and only alive thousands of years ago. Others see God reawakening the church to all types of spiritual gifts including the prophetic. How is the prophetic different than a fortune-teller?

In today's show, we sat down with Shawn Bolz to answer these questions and also give you some insights on how you can hear the voice of God in your own life. We also chat about his two new books: Through the Eyes of Love: Encouraging Others Through Prophetic Revelation, Breakthrough: Prophecies, Prayers & Declarations.

Links
Website: https://bolzministries.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjNEG8Va9dX3y1G81Myav6A
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShawnBolz
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnbolz/

About Shawn Bolz
Shawn is an author, a TV host (see him on season four of Dreams & Mysteries on Daystar!) spiritual adviser, producer, and minister. He is passionate about seeing individuals and groups learn how to be the most connected, best version of themselves through their relationship with God.

Shawn has been a pioneer in ministry, including the prophetic movement since he was in his teens. His focus on having a genuine relationship with God, creativity through entertainment & social justice have brought him around the world to meet with churches, CEO's, entertainers, and world leaders.

Shawn's style of speaking & coaching, accompanied by his unique expert perspective on the issues of love, creativity, and justice, have kept his calendar full. He is an author of several books including best selling Translating God & Keys to Heaven's Economy.

Shawn Bolz is also the founding pastor of Expression58 Christian Ministries, a ministry focused on the entertainment industry and the poor in Los Angeles California where he lives with his wife, Cherie and their two daughters.

Many of us are searing for 'happiness', but what causes us to be happy? How do we find joy? As we move from Thanksgiving into Christmas, it is easy to get trapped in the busyness of life. So many things to do, but never enough time. Maybe instead of trying, doing, and owning more; we should be looking at how we can find generosity in life?

Generosity is birthed from a place of giving. Many of us think about giving as a financial decision, but giving and generosity can be more than just donating more money. In today's episode, we sat down with Brad Formsma and chat about generosity. He shares his story of how he learned how to give and why he is creating the 'I Like Giving' movement.

Links to Brad
https://www.ilikegiving.com
https://www.bradformsma.com
https://www.youtube.com/user/ILikeGiving

About Brad Formsma
Brad Formsma is the author of the best-selling book "I Like Giving: The Transforming Power of a Generous Life" and “Everyday Generosity: Becoming a Generous Family in a Selfie World.” He is the Founder of I Like Giving, an organization that has inspired more than 120 million people in 170 countries to live generously.

Brad helps leading businesses and churches around the country increase engagement, improve health, and increase giving through messages like Seven Ways to Live Generously. He’s had the opportunity to speak to hundreds of thousands of people at corporations, conferences, churches and community events. Brad also serves families each year by facilitates a one day experience “Generosity For Generations,” bringing multiple generations of a family together to discuss generosity so their story and values live on.

In today's episode, we look at 'The Fir-Tree' by Hans Christian Andersen. This special Thanksgiving episode is all about remembering what matters and enjoying life around us as we dream big and chase our ideas. So sit back, and enjoy this very special Thanksgiving episode!

Innovation happens best in community, but community is hard to build. How can you build a community where people not only receive but also give? Aaron Price is a serial entrepreneur but he knew there was a better way to go on the journey of entrepreneurship. One that didn't feel isolated. He set out to gather a few people to go on the journey on entrepreneurship together. This was the birth of the NJ Tech Meetup. Since then the group has grown and Aaron started the Propelify Innovation Festival to bring innovators and entrepreneurs together to explore the journey together.

In today's episode, we explore the ideas behind collaboration in innovation, the journey of entrepreneurship, starting movements, and much more.

Helpful Links
https://www.njtc.org
https://propelify.com

LeVar Burton has had a broad impact on the lives of many of us. Maybe you grew up watching him host Reading Rainbow or first saw him as Kunta Kinte Roots, but for many, they know him as Geordi La Forge of Star Trek: Next Generation.

LeVar hosts two incredible podcasts: LeVar Burton Reads and his Stitcher Premium Bonus Series called ‘Stories with Friends.’ You should really check them out, they are wonderful shows.

In today's episode, we discuss many topics ranging from religion to race, storytelling, imagination, the power of reading, education, and creating a better world.

Links
http://www.levarburtonpodcast.com
http://stitcherpremium.com/levar

Key Conversation Topics (times shown as a minute marker below):
Faith: 2:30
Storytelling: 12:25
Education: 17:46
Imagination: 30:00
LeVar Burton Reads: 32:12
Race: 39:55
Rapid Fire & Listener Questions: 37:37

About LeVar Burton
LeVar Burton is an American actor, presenter, director, and author. He is best known for his role as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation, the host of the long-running PBS children's series Reading Rainbow and the young Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots. He has also directed a number of television episodes for various iterations of Star Trek, among other programs.

Identity and belief inform many of the decisions, conversations, and biases that define our lives. In today's episode, we talk with Buster Benson about cognitive bias, identity, belief, and productive disagreement.

Links
https://busterbenson.com

About Buster Benson
Buster Benson is an entrepreneur and a former product leader at Amazon, Twitter, Slack, and Patreon. He's now editor of and writer for the “Better Humans” publication on Medium, creator of 750Words.com which brings private journaling to a safe place on the web, and developer of Fruitful Zone, an online platform facilitating healthy discourse. He is also the author of the Cognitive Bias cheat sheet with over one million reads.

Ask any American about our health system and they will tell you the same thing. 'It's broken.' The system seems to be rigged against the consumer only to benefit the insurance companies and health care systems.

Steve Neeleman has spent years working in this system as a doctor and seen how the system treats people. But his story is much more personal on how the health care system even failed him. In today's episode, Dr. Neeleman gives us a look into how his company 'Health Equity' is helping individuals, families, and businesses to truly invest into their health through HSA, FSA, HRA programs. These programs help every day people to invest into their long term health.

Beyond talking about health, we also discuss his family and their entrepreneurial endeavors, building startups, how personal experience sparks ideas, the impacts of health and finance, and much more.

Links
https://healthequity.com


About Steve
Stephen Neeleman is the CEO and founder of HealthEquity (www.healthequity.com), a personal healthcare financial service and health savings account company based in Draper, UT. Dr. Neeleman founded HealthEquity to repair the fractured relationship between patients and their physicians and to help more people obtain quality health insurance by re-introducing consumerism into healthcare.

As a board-certified physician, Dr. Neeleman brings to HealthEquity passion and firsthand knowledge for the practice of medicine.

Prior to his medical training, Dr. Neeleman worked as general manager for Morris Air (later acquired by Southwest Airlines), in Utah.

Dr. Neeleman combined efficiency, technology and excellent customer service to succeed in a rocky industry. This innovative business model allowed Morris Air to rise above financially struggling competitors. Dr. Neeleman's goal is to use this model to help save another struggling industry: American healthcare.

In addition to his duties as CEO of HealthEquity, Dr. Neeleman is currently a practicing general and trauma surgeon for Intermountain Healthcare at American Fork Hospital and Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Utah. Dr. Neeleman was appointed by Governor Gary Herbert to serve as a board member of HIP Utah, Utah’s high-risk insurance pool. He also serves on the Council for Affordable Health Insurance HSA Working Group and on America’s Health Insurance Plans’ HSA Leadership Council. Dr. Neeleman is a former assistant professor of surgery at the University of Arizona and the co-author of The Complete HSA Guidebook—How to make health savings accounts work for you!

Dr. Neeleman completed his undergraduate degree and played football at Utah State University. He attended medical school at the University of Utah and completed his surgical training at the University of Arizona.

Finding your dream, your purpose isn't typically a linear path. Ofter it wanders and builds until all the pieces fall into place. Today's guest knows that journey. From selling comedy tickets on the streets of NYC to being a motivational comedian on the stages of comedy clubs, Jenn Lederer is rethinking how comedy is used to bring people new perspectives. In the episode, we chat about the craft of comedy, the business of entertainment, finding your way when you don't know what to do, entrepreneurship, and more.

Learn more about Jenn Lederer at https://www.jennlederer.com

About Jenn Lederer
Jenn Lederer is a Motivational Comedian, Producer, and Founder of Jenn Lederer Productions (JLP). Jenn’s signature brand of motivational comedy harnesses the power of laughter to help her audience laugh their way to a breakthrough.

JLP produces visually dynamic and engaging digital content designed to capture the truth in every story, mission and brand message. Jenn is passionate about helping creative entrepreneurs cultivate their own unique power, perspective and impact on the world in whatever way they’re meant to be it and do it.

Jenn’s work has been featured by FORBES, Huffington Post, YALE, Google Headquarters, Inspiring Lives Magazine and comedy clubs around NYC and the North East.

We are excited to launch Season 4 of jumbleThink. I this short episode we give you a sneak peek into a few of the exciting things we have planned for Season 4 of the show. We give you a few clips from upcoming interviews with LeVar Burton, Jenn Lederer, and Buster Benson. Along with a few updates on changes coming to the show!

It's been an incredible Season 3! To wrap up the season we have a very special episode.

We kick off the interview by chatting with the founders of Paid Exposure (https://paidexposure.com) on the influencer economy and how micro-influencers can get start monetizing their platforms.

Later in the episode, we take a look back at some of our favorite moments from the season. We revisit our conversation with Deena Kastor, Walter Stein, Erwin McManus, and Zack Curry.

Season Four of jumbleThink starts on Thursday!

Life doesn't always give you lemons. Sometimes you have to overcome the impossible situations of life. In today's episode, we chat with Matt Sweetwood who has just done that. Throughout his life, he has chosen to rise above the obstacles that would hold many from reaching the dreams and ideas they were created to live. Matt has had to navigate the complexities of family, business, and reinvention only to swing big and achieve success over and over again. Now he shares insights on how we can all choose to live the unexpected life and live our dreams.


About Matt Sweetwood
Matt Sweetwood is the CEO of Luxnow. He is also a successful serial entrepreneur, business consultant, award-winning marketer, social media influencer, personal branding expert, and photography instructor. Matt was the U.S. CEO of beBee, Inc., a professional social network that helps people build successful personal brands. He served as President of Unique Photo®, NJ’s premiere camera store for 28 years. Nationally known in the photography industry as an innovator, he has helped acquire over fifty U.S. and International Trademarks for both language and design, and he founded and ran the Ozzie Award-winning publication Photo Insider®. Matt has been credited with the reinvention of the modern camera store, as well as the country’s largest in-store education program, the Unique University®. Unique Photo was named 2008 and “2013 Dealer of the Year” by Digital Imaging Reporter magazine. Matt was named the Photo Industry’s, “2016 Person of the Year” by the PMDA.

However, by far, his greatest achievement is having raised five successful children to adulthood as a single dad. Matt was awarded full custody of their five children, ages 18 months to 8 years old. In the 25+ years since, he has raised his kids into happy, successful and kind-hearted adults. He has a #1 best-selling book, “Leader of the Pack: How a single dad of five led his kids, his business and himself from disaster to success.” In it he details his journey to success as a father and as a entrepreneur.

Matt has appeared as a regular contributor on Fox News, NBC Today Show, CBS TV, News 12 NJ, PIX11, and other high-profile programs. He has also spoken publicly for organizations like Panasonic, UPS, PMDA, Microsoft, NJ Devils Hockey and the BMW CCA, and was a member of the prestigious CMO Club, where he won the President’s Award in 2014.

Matt’s past charitable endeavors include having served as Chairman of the Board of Directors at both The Aish Center, a spiritual/educational non-profit and The Josephine Herrick Project, a nonprofit that uses photography to enhance the lives of the under-served. Matt was honored by The Aish Center with its 2014 Continuity Award.

Proving his contention that single dads can lead exciting, balanced lives, Matt is a die-hard NJ Devils’ hockey fan, an advanced auto racer with the BMW Club, and of course, an avid photographer. He was sponsored by Panasonic® in his photographic endeavors as a Lumix Luminary but is most known for his spectacular smartphone photography and as a photography expert on TV. He received his BA in mathematics from Rutgers University and MA in theoretical mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania and his Ph.D. in computer science from Warnborough College in Ireland.

Follow Matt on Twitter @msweetwood or Instagram @msweetwoood
Learn more about Matt at https://msweetwood.com/

Everyone is creating content. There are vloggers, podcasters, bloggers, social media influencers, and authors creating content every day. They are saturating platforms with a unique point of view, stories, and sometimes not so great content. With the ease of creating content you can get your story and passion stories told, but how do you stand out when there is so much noise?

Today's guest Zachary Slingsby is helping individuals and brands create better videos and video ads. The kind of content that goes 'viral' and is shared around the world. In this episode, he shares how you can find the right message for your audience and start standing out with both ads and everyday posts. We also dive deep into the craft of storytelling.

About Zachary SlingsbyZachary Slingsby is the founder and creative director of Human Factor Media, a New York-based creative production agency that believes brands should make videos people actually want to watch. Zack’s background is not in digital or film but in creative and technical writing. He graduated Fordham University as an English major, got a Master of Fine Arts from the New School, and his work has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, Second Hand Stories, Into the Void, JuxtaProse, JumbelBook, Glimmertrain and some other publications, and he has a finished novel he expects to see on bookshelves soon. He is also the host of the forthcoming web-series and podcast, "Why Aren't You Famous?" (Debut, Fall 2019)

Human Factor Media is a collection of literary, comic and film talents trying to displace digital ads with branded videos of true entertainment value. Our digital team then uses the best modern media strategies to find the right audience at the right time and in the right place. We think there is clear evidence that society has become exhausted by self-promotional brand strategies and that buckets of money are wasted in the endeavor every minute. We’d like American commerce to give art a chance. We think the powers that be will be pleasantly surprised by the market’s reaction.

The art of sales often feels mysterious. Why do some people seem to close every lead? How do some people seem to have the magic touch clients just flock to them? In today's episode, we chat with Charles Muhlbauer about the world of sales. He shares how many of us don't really know how to use the discovery call to qualify our leads and build the right relationships. Charles and his team help individuals and businesses craft their sales process allowing them to build a better business not only for themselves but also for their customers.

About Charles Muhlbauer
Charles has been a top sales performer in the tech industry, breaking multiple sales records over the last 7 years. During that time, his passion for helping his teammates sell even better drove him to start SalesShare, sharing best practices he found to be most effective. As part of his experience, he has found that the discovery call is the best time to create the most urgency with one’s prospect. He decided it was worth specializing in this area, and sharing it with the masses.

How do we find real justice? What is the difference between legally right and morally right? In today's episode, we chat with Cory Zajdel about his journey into fighting for the little guy to find real justice. We also talk about his unusual journey into law, the art of learning, big business vs consumers, and more. Today's episode was recorded live at Podcast Row hosted by Standup NY.

Helpful Links
Cory Zajdel: suethem.com
Podcast Row: podcast-row.com​

About Cory Zajdel
Cory L. Zajdel serves as the principal attorney at Z Law, LLC and specializes in complex litigation representing individuals and groups of individuals in class actions and mass actions in state courts and in arbitration against businesses harming consumers.

Since Cory opened Z Law, LLC in 2009, he has represented more than 2,500,000 consumers and recovered more than one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) in judgments and settlements. Cory has appeared before the United States Supreme Court on behalf of consumers that were accusing a national back of unlawful debt collection practices.

In 2019, Cory created SUETHEM.com, a first of its kind legal technology platform in an effort to represent massive amounts of consumers across the country and to correct economic injustices inflicted by big business.

In life it is easy to get locked into a routine and buy into the 'status quo', but what happens when you choose to move past the chosen path and into the unknown. Kirat Anand has lived that journey. He left a job that many would die to have to create a new path in the world of fashion. He has run the whole cycle of this startup from foundation, to growth, to exit through the sale of his business. Now he is on another new journey to start something new. In today's episode,​ we dive into the journey of the unknown path and recreating his life through the businesses he creates.

Kirat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kiratsanand

About Kirat Anand
Kirat Anand is the founder and CEO of KAS New York, a B2B lifestyle womenswear brand, prior to selling the business he led a team of 200+ employees, coordinating multiple offices in different countries, and oversaw various departments which included – GTM strategy, customer acquisition, product innovation + design, digital marketing, business development, supply chain management, logistics, and finance. He is currently serving as a board or council member for: NYU Leonard Stern School of Business’s Fashion & Luxury MBA Council, Virgin Innovation Lab, Stern Venture Fellows, W. R. Berkley Innovation Labs, NUMA New York, and Marici – Take Her Back. Prior to being an entrepreneur, he was an investment banker at JPMorgan in the leveraged finance group focused in technology, media, and telecom. Kirat graduated cum laude from NYU Leonard Stern School of Business with a double major in finance and information systems, where he was a walk-on for the university baseball team.

Many people dream of one day having their own farm. But how do you go from no farm to home farm to commercial farm? Brandon Youst set out to answer that question for himself and is now helping others find their own path to building their farm. In today's episode, Brandon shares his story of moving from the world of finance and into building his own farm. Then he shares how others can do it too.

Links
Urban Farm Academy: https://urbanfarmacademy.com
Craven Local Food Market: https://cravenlocalfoodmarket.com
Bootstrap Farming: https://www.bootstrapfarmer.com

About Brandon Youst
Brandon Youst is an entrepreneur and founder of Craven Local Food Market, Bootstrap Farmer and the Urban Farm Academy. He is also the author of the book, The Bootstrap Farmer Guide to Farming the Future, which discusses the process of recreating your life by getting into food and agriculture.

Since leaving corporate finance 4 years ago, Brandon's mission has been to localize the national food supply through the proliferation of hyperlocal business models, and has been doing this through the Craven Local Food Market, a meal subscription service where Brandon and his team grow, harvest, cook and deliver fully prepared meals to a local client base on a weekly basis.

This business model, among others, is​ featured in the Urban Farm Academy, which is an online platform teaching hyperlocal business model frameworks and workforce development for people looking to create within local food and agriculture.

Many people believe that you should find the 'one' thing you are meant to do. But what happens when you marry two ideas or dreams to make one new one? That is what Elizabeth Lewis has done with her company Brand, Style & Bloom! She is taking her passion for fashion and branding and turning it into something new.

Elizabeth Lewis is the Founder and CEO of Brand, Style & Bloom! by Elizabeth Danielle. Through personal branding and personal styling, she helps people to reveal the best versions of themselves to reach their goals in life. She was raised in Atlanta, GA and has always had a passion for fashion. At the age of 4, She made shoes out of construction paper and walked around the house in them! Knowing that she eventually wanted to help others achieve their styling goals, she completed a personal styling certification with the Los Angeles-based School of Style.

She also has a passion for branding, having worked as brand manager at Colgate-Palmolive Company for five years managing top brands such as Optic White, Palmolive and Irish Spring. In addition to Colgate, she led and assisted with branding projects while working at Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau and LaPlaca Cohen, an agency that offers strategic and creative solutions for the cultural world. She has dreamed of marrying these two loves over the past several years and is now so excited to have the opportunity to pursue those dreams and improve the lives of others while doing so. Elizabeth holds a Masters in Business Administration from the NYU Stern School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Washington University in St. Louis.

Routines may seem boring or outdated. In today's age we love spontaneity, going with the flow, and changing things up. But what if this kind of lifestyle is actually killing our productivity, shortening our lives, and steeling the possibility of success in both the work place and in life?

After years of studying Routine, Dr. Angel Iscovich set out to learn how these healthy patterns of life can unlock the the potential in our lives and help us find the longevity, happiness, and make us more productive.

In his new book 'Routineology: 'The Art of Routine,' Dr. I shares the lessons he has learned and how we can live a more fulfilled life through creating healthy routines.

Throughout the episode we talk about the power of routine, survival and success, time bubbles, how Covid has impacted our daily patterns, finding out the places that your life is disrupted, and much more.

Dr. Angel Iscovich, “Dr. I” was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina to survivors from World War II. Growing up in the shadow of this devastating conflict, he and his family struggled financially with little to call their own. As a young immigrant to the United States, a world of opportunity led him to explore Philosophy and Medicine. Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Puget Sound brought him to the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, and post graduate training in Psychiatry, and his interest in Human Behavior; most notably the focus Emergency Medicine. He served as a part-time teacher and mentor as Associate Clinical Professor at USC Keck School of Medicine over a period of ten years at Los Angeles County Medical Center. Interest in leadership, organizational development, and strategy was exercised in the corporate health care sector over many years, as well as in philanthropy, serving most recently as the Chair of Direct Relief, the top-rated charity in the United States. This broad experience affords Dr. I with a unique view into human behavior, aiding in his continual search for meaning and purpose in our lives.

Links
Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1510764550/
Website: https://www.angeliscovich.com/

Regret can stifle your dreams and ideas. Often it holds us back from the future we desire to create without us ever knowing. Why does regret hold us back and how can we not only cope but actually overcome the regret that is ruining our dreams? In this episode we discuss:

- Regret vs Failure (1:56)
- Mike's personal story of regret (3:11)
- What regret looks like (8:31)
- Dealing with Regret, Coping VS Overcoming (16:19)
- How to overcome Regret (17:56)
- Where do you go from here (22:44)

How often have you been chasing a dream or idea and found that you were nowhere near where what you set out to create? Maybe it was a bucket list item, a career choice, or starting your own thing? It's often in the journey that we lose sight of what matters along the way. In today's show we are talking all about making the long journey of chasing dreams and ideas a little easier by remembering what matters.

Intro (1:37)
- Things we forget when chasing dreams
- How not to chase a dream

10 Things to Remember: Part One
- The people around you (9:12)
- Remember who you are isn't what you do (13:36)
- Why you are chasing your dream and why your dream matters (16:26)
- What you stand for (19:56)
- Faith (23:38)

10 Things to Remember: Part Two
- Sleep (27.48)
- Eat (32:01)
- Have fun (34:01)
- You are in this for the long haul (37:30)
- Things will be ok (39:30)

Final thoughts and challenge (45:44)

What do energy, blockchain, and technology have to do with each other? Blaise Pepitone set out to rethink the three and how he could bring the three together to redefine and industry. It's the marriage of 'the old' and 'the new' that have helped him create success in his business. In today's episode, we dive deep into how you can evolve in entrepreneurship by seeing the opportunities others miss.

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Links to Blaise: https://twitter.com/bpepitone1

About Blaise
Blaise Pepitone is Amerex Energy Services’ newest energy consultant, joining in 2018. Blaise has a passion for the deregulated energy industry and looks forward to growing with Amerex. Blaise is responsible for engaging with clients for consulting services including energy procurement, energy management, and most importantly managing his client relationships.
Prior to joining Amerex Mr. Pepitone has extensive experience in account management and business development. Mr. Pepitone managed 100+ employees, grew on-site locations revenue by 85%+ for three years and achieved many sales awards including top ten area manager in the country for his former employer.
Born in NJ, Blaise graduated in 2009 from Arcadia University with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. When Blaise is outside the office he enjoys spending time with his family, fishing, playing basketball, reading, playing 7 instruments and watching his children grow up.

What does it take to make your dreams and ideas a reality? For some, they seem to have the fast track to success but is that what is really going on. In today's show, we talk about the power of Perseverance. (Checkout time markers below if you want to jump to a specific segment)

Before we dive into perseverance, we kick off the episode by answering a few of our listener questions about Entrepreneurship.

1) How do you define entrepreneurship? (6:38)
2) How can kids learn entrepreneurial skills? (9:45)
3) Why is entrepreneurship considered a lonely journey? (14:38)

In our second segment, we give you an update on what's going on at jumbleThink. (17:51)
We update you on Idea Camps, changes to the podcast/radio show, and a look at some upcoming guest interviews.

In our third segment, we chat about 'The Power of Perseverance.' (27:08)

1) What is perseverance?
2) A story about how perseverance impacted my own journey.
3) Breaking down what perseverance really means.
4) 5 tools to make perseverance a habit in your life as an entrepreneur.

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Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes on creating podcasts? In today's show, we answer your questions about podcasting. From the technical to the future of podcasting, we cover it all. To make it a little easier we've included the time each question was asked below.

4:47: Why did you start a podcast?

15:42: What is the best way to promote a podcast?

25:40: Are podcasts dying?

36:05: Is it possible to make a podcast episode every week on the weekends?

40:19: What is the best part of hosting a podcast?

46:26: What common mistakes should all new podcasters avoid?

52:05: How do I create a successful podcast?

56:57: What are the best podcast topics?

So sit back and enjoy as we discuss all things podcast!

Today our host Michael Woodward is answering questions from Quora. Michael received countless questions on Quora to answer. So we thought it would be fun to take some of those questions and answer them right here in the podcast. We went crazy in selecting questions and picked a wide range of questions ranging from the crazy to the practical steps you can apply to your business or podcast. To make it a little easier we've included the time each question was asked below.

4:04: Have you ever had an alligator in your pool?

6:37: I am 20 years old, I have a goal to become financially independent by the age of 30. Can you suggest some business ideas for me?

17:13: Do you think you would buy an eBook?

19:32: How easy is it to start a podcast?

26:00: Is NY going to be less trendy in the future?

33:47: As a small business owner, what do you outsource?

38:46: What do you do to pass the time on a long commute?

46:10: How do I create a tagline for my business?

51:14: What does it mean to 'run a company like a startup?

56:33: What are most people unaware of about bein an entrepreneur?

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The world of startups is filled with dreamers and idea makers. But the funding from VC money usually only serves a small pocket of entrepreneurs. There is a diversity gap in the startup world. Bianca Caban, The Republic Team, and SheWorx has set out to open doors to women and other founders to get the funding to make their dreams and ideas reality too. In the episode Bianca and I chat about how diversity is a benefit to the world of VC and what we need to do to rethink how we invest businesses run by monitories.


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About Bianca Caban
Bianca Caban is Managing Director of SheWorx, a 20,000+ global female founder community
and events business owned by Republic. Republic is a fundraising platform for startups and
blockchain projects. Before Republic and SheWorx, she worked on Wall Street, including at
Credit Suisse, BlackRock, and Atlas Merchant Capital, where she conducted business in Africa,
the Middle East, and Europe. Bianca also established a consultancy, Taino Capital, where she
worked with clients on fund formation and strategy, and launched a nonprofit accelerator for
female entrepreneurs called AccessLatina. She is on the Advisory Board of Lilu, an innovative
female-led hardware startup, and an alum of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers and
Milken Institute Young Leaders Circle. Bianca earned an MBA from Columbia Business School
and a BA from Harvard College.

To be successful in business you quickly learn that you need the support of the people around you. But often those closest to you do not know how to help you. You need to find a community of entrepreneurs and business owners. In theory that makes sense and is an easy concept to understand. But where do you find this community? How do you help and support each other? In today's episode John Bundy and I go deep into the importance of community in the entrepreneurial journey.

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About John Bundy
Originally from Long Island, New York. John Bundy has been a Designer/Creative Director for over 20 years. He has worked on projects for companies such as Peace Frogs and Organic Avenue. As owner/creative director os Scribe Design he and his team create humorous video ads and social media strategies to draw the attention of the crowd to the client's products or services. John currently lives with his wife and two daughters in Yorktown Virginia.

The business of laundry is steeped in tradition. What happens when you approach an old philosophy of business by integrating new technology solutions? This is the question that Rechelle Balanzat set out to answer. For her, the way laundry and dry-cleaning services worked felt outdated. It was inconvenient, slow, and frustrating for customers to use. If Uber and Lyft could reinvent taxi services, why couldn't she use that same tech approach to solve the pain of laundry and dry-cleaning? That's when she launched Juliette. Soon she found out that the tech issue was only a part of the issue. This led her down the road of reinvention of the entire industry. In today's episode Rechelle shares the unexpected journey of a promising tech company into something more, we talk about how humanity is key to leadership, and how you can scale your own business when you experience obstacles and failure.

Learn more about Juliette at http://www.juliettelaundry.com

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More about Rechelle Balanzat
After graduating from Fordham University with honors in philosophy, Rechelle worked as a junior controller for Kohlberg Capital Corporation, a publicly traded business development company, for 3 years. Finding the work unfulfilling, she left to continue her Italian studies in Florence then travelled through Budapest, Vienna and Prague for inspiration. Upon returning to NYC, Rechelle moved to the creative industry to work for Stellarhead, a visual storytelling agency. It was at Stellarhead that Rechelle learned the power of branding, perception and social media. One year later she left to start her own boutique social media agency, Johnny Social. She signed on Stonehenge, a luxury NYC real estate developer with a portfolio estimated at $2.2 billion, as her first client.

Rechelle’s next big challenge came when Romio, a technology start-up based in Flatiron asked her to write their entire social media strategy. Within 6 months Rechelle had grown Romio’s online community nationwide to 30 cities and over 1.2 million people, helping secure a round of funding for the promising start-up.

Today Rechelle is ready to take what she’s learned in finance, branding, and technology and use it to disrupt the laundry industry.

Big data has been at the center of conversation is business, politics, and marketing for the last few years. We are in a time in history in which we have more data than ever before. Data is great, but what do we do to fully understand it and use it to the benefit of building our dreams, ideas, and businesses? Jim Caruso is the co-founder and CEO of Apollo Program where they have set out to allow their customers to understand their customers better through the use of data. This allows them to make wise decisions on the campaigns they create, the people they target, and the messages they share. In today's episode we go deep into the topic of data, how to use it, the importance of privacy, and the culture of tech based startups.

Learn more about Apollo Program at http://apolloprogram.com

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About Apollo Program
Apollo is a proprietary consumer intelligence platform that listens to billions of data signals from a wide variety of content, creative and in-app sources, enabling brands to assess real customer behavior at scale. These behavioral insights can be applied across an entire business, from product planning to marketing execution.

Acting is an art that is learned through experience and good teachers. The art of acting is a representation of humanity. Often those outside 'Hollywood' and the stage overlook the complexity of what makes a great actor. That's where Michelle Danner comes in. She is one of the leading acting coaches helping the 'A-list' of actors from the stage to the TV Shows and Movies we watch. As a teacher, she co-founded the Los Angeles Acting Conservatory and the Edgar Center for the Arts. Her students have included Christian Slater, Salma Hayek, Gerard Butler, Seth MacFarlane, Gabrielle Union, Zooey Deschanel, James Franco, and Chris Martin.

Beyond teaching the next generation of leading actors, Michelle is also creating and directing her own movies. She can often be found at leading film festivals around the world. Her new film 'The Runner' premiered at the Conquest Film Festival in March. What makes this movie special is while it was filmed prior to Covid, all the editing and final production were finished after the lockdowns of the pandemics.

In today's show we talk about what it was like growing up in the world of European Cinema, teaching actors, creating and directing movies, The Golden Box of Acting, the world of film festivals, and some personal stories of working with the leading actors and actresses in the world.

Michelle's Links
Website: https://www.michelledanner.com
The Runner: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5886520/

What holds us back from reaching the possibilities of our dreams and ideas? Many people blame funding, not knowing where to start, fear, or getting the breakthrough opportunity. Unfortunately we get stuck by these things and hope for one day to make our dreams or ideas a reality. On today's show, Dan Greenwald shares how it's really our thinking that is holding us back from what is possible. Once you rethink what is possible you can make those dreams and ideas real. But Dan goes one step further and gives us an easy way to rethink. It's called 'Thirty, Ten, Zero.' When you have these pieces in place a whole new level of what is possible opens up to you.

Thirty, Ten, Zero Website: https://www.thirtytenzero.com

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There are things that you know, things you know you don't know, and things you don't know that you don't know. As an entrepreneur how do you navigate the icebergs that could derail your ideas, dreams, startups, or business? Todd and Kim Saxton set out to answer that very question by using their experience as entrepreneurs and academics. This led them to write 'The Titanic Effect' to help entrepreneurs successfully avoid the mistakes that most startup founders make.

Learn More about The Titanic Effect: https://www.titaniceffect.com/

More about Todd & Kim Saxton
70% of startups fail. Drs. Todd & Kim Saxton, award-winning professors at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, have witnessed this firsthand, and have made it their mission to help startup founders and investors navigate the “icebergs” that so often sink startups in their early stages.
Relying on decades of academic and professional experience in business strategy, entrepreneurship, marketing, and angel investing, Kim and Todd co-authored The Titanic Effect, with serial tech entrepreneur Michael Cloran. The book is a practical guide to help entrepreneurs and their supporters successfully launch and grow ventures.
Kim and Todd have advised, helped launch, and invested in hundreds of startups spanning life sciences, software, sports, consumer products, and services. They serve on various boards of entrepreneurial ventures and startup advisory associations. The pair have shared their expertise from the stage to dozens of audiences, including entrepreneurship and professional development associations, academic societies, and global companies like Roche Diagnostics and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals.

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Life doesn’t always give you Lemonade. Sometimes you have to make Lemonade from the lemon’s you are given. How do you find this place of joy, happiness, purpose, and fulfillment? Zack Friedman shares his story of how he found happiness in the craziness of entrepreneurship. In today’s episode, Zack shares a few steps you can use right now to fuel success, create happiness, and conquer anything.


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About Zack Friedman
Zack Friedman is the founder and chief executive officer of Make Lemonade, a leading personal finance company that empowers you to live a better financial life. He is an in-demand speaker and has inspired millions through his powerful insights, including more than fourteen million who have read his advice in Forbes. Previously, he was chief financial officer of an international energy company, a hedge fund investor, and worked at Blackstone, Morgan Stanley, and the White House. Zack holds degrees from Harvard, Wharton, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins. He lives in New York with his wife and children.

Links: http://lemonadelifebook.com

It seems that everyone is a social media marketer or influencer making millions of dollars of their content. The reality is that it is much harder to monetize your digital content. Emile Mimran built Adinlay to solve that problem by making it easy for everyday people to monetize their social media posts. Adinlay is making it simple to connect with corporations you love and then to turn your posts into extra cash.

In today’s show, we chat about how you can leverage your social media channels to make more money, the power of content creation, what it’s like to build a startup, and much more.

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More about Emile Mimran

Emile is the founder and CEO of Adinlay. Adinlay connects great brands to real people (sorry robots!), to create a social advertising platform fueled by great content, honest connections, and real engagement. 

Learn More about Adinlay at https://www.adinlay.com/

Life is hard and often leaves us with trauma. How can we overcome the trauma and wounds of life? Shana Yadid found that animals helped her to overcome her trauma and now she is helping others overcome their trauma. She has always had a special bond with animals, especially the misunderstood. Using her unique bond with dogs, she has trained over 500 dogs and their owners over the course of her six-year dog-training career.

In 2018, she launched Yadid’it Dog Training and have been building her business. Fast forward to today, 2019, and she launched her campaign for her organizations to move into their very own, built-to-spec space. To some, it’s a whirlwind of events. To her, it’s a passionate pursuit in a career that was meant for her. Over the years, she has developed a unique training program that incorporates the whole family, children included.


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About Shana Yadid
Shana Yadid is the Founder, CEO & Lead Trainer at Yadid’it! Dog Training, the Executive Director at Yadid'it! Sustainable Dog Rescue and an ABCDT (Animal Behavior College Certified Dog Trainer). She is super quirky, a loving dog-mom, the eldest sister to two loving siblings, and a sexual trauma survivor.

Yadid'it! Dog Training Website: https://www.yadiditdog.training/

Content is king in modern marketing. Every guru has a formula on what kind of content you should be creating and how often you should be posting. Often in the push to create more content, we lose our focus. The content becomes sloppy and the needs and desires of our audience are not met. So how do we keep our authenticity of message in the content we create? Erik Cabral and his team at OnAir Brands are helping content creators navigate the complexities of content creation reminding us to always keep the audience first. In today's show, Erik walks us through the steps to create content that brings hope to your audience all while helping them. He also reminds us to remember who we are and not lose our authenticity in the content that we create.

OnAir Brands Website: https://www.onairbrands.com/

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About Erik Cabral
Erik Cabral is the founder of the creative agency, On Air Brands; the real estate investment company, Mindado Investment Group; host, co-host, and producer on several shows: Entrepreneur’s Circle, Capital Hacking, LIVE at the Hive!, Real Estate Hackers, SJREIA LIVE, and many more in progress. With multiple businesses and partnerships, Erik is the quintessential “serial entrepreneur” who spends much of his time helping others grow their businesses, brands, and personal brands. After leaving corporate America after 20+ years, Erik jumped headfirst into real estate investing. He spent roughly a year educating himself, forming relationships, and analyzing hundreds of deals before he purchased his first multi-family apartment building, which he now manages. He is also a partner in Renault Winery & Resort, which is a (the 3rd oldest winery in the US) and offers private capital to his network of investors for fix and flips, wholesale deals, and various other investment strategies. Erik sits on the board for the South Jersey Real Estate Investment Association (SJREIA) headquartered in Cherry Hill, NJ, and has made a major impact on this non-profit organization by volunteering in various areas such as marketing strategies, social media integration, business development, and growth strategies. He is the co-lead for their main meeting in Princeton, NJ. Erik loves to share his decades of experience in creative, branding, and marketing strategies and how it can apply to the creative and real estate investment industries. Erik holds a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in NYC and lives in Robbinsville, NJ, with his wife and two daughters.

Turning passion into business is the benchmark of many entrepreneurs, but how do you turn what you love into business? In today's episode we chat with Eileen Kenny about her journey of turning her love of horses into a business. She also shares her story of entrepreneurship.

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About Eileen Kenney
Eileen Kenney was born and raised in a small coal mining town in Pennsylvania and is the youngest of six children. She developed her two greatest passions, art and horses, by studying art at the Moore College of Art and Equine Studies at Harcum College, both in Philadelphia. To support her lifelong passion for horses she held many diverse jobs & modeled for the Ford and Wilhelmina Modeling Agencies in New York City, Arizona, Colorado, and Canada. She also has a solid background in the Film and Television Industry in Los Angeles, and is a current SAG- AFTRA member with many screen credits to her name. Taking a break from her film career, she returned to the horses that she loves. She became a Nationally accomplished and licensed trainer and competitor in the United States Eventing Association horse world. In 2003 in Virginia, she started her own business, Kenney Sport Horses, designing and managing equestrian facilities & coaching, training, breeding and competing young prospects to become upper level event horses. She had invented several products such as The UNISIT System for equestrians to learn to ride and Miss B’s Finest essential topicals for sore & injured horses. In 2016 she partnered with two other horse enthusiasts to create HOOFiTZ® and launched it to the public in the spring of 2018:

www.hoofitz.com
https://thegiggleguide.com/grapevine/2015-04/hoofitz-rain-boots-horseplay
https://www.facebook.com/HOOFiTZboots/
https://www.instagram.com/hoofitz/

Creating a 'well' workplace is becoming more important for business owners, entrepreneurship, and even co-working spaces to consider when they think of their workforce. Gone are the days where wellness was the sole responsibility of the employee. But what does it mean to build space for wellness in business? What should employers provide and employees expect in a modern workplace? Sammy Courtright is the COO and Co-Founder of Fitspot. Fitspot delivers on-site and digital workplace wellness programs and community amenities to properties and companies nationwide.

Fitspot: https://fitspotwellness.com/


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About Sammy Courtright
Sammy is an attention-to-detail aficionado who brings a blend of grit and imagination to the zillions of tasks that confront every startup. She has always thrived in operations, working as a production assistant in LA and managing operations in the fashion industry. Sammy wears many hats at Fitspot, doing everything from sketching app screens to managing the customer experience. Sammy has a B.F.A. from the University of Miami, and hails from Australia.

Businesses often think about their marketing strategy, their core products and services, or even their messaging. What if you could rethink your approach to your business and start incorporating PR into your strategy. Ilissa Miller is a leading public relations expert working with businesses in the technology industry. So what is PR? PR moves past marketing by helping you reach your audience through editorial content. They help you land the appearances on leading websites, newspapers, magazines, and TV shows. A great PR agent will help you drive public opinion through understanding your message and actions. These experts can give you the leading edge in expanding your clout as a 'leading expert.'

Ilissa hasn't always been a leading expert in PR for telecom and technology industries. Her journey has been filled with overcoming difficulties, pushing past her own expectations, and breaking the expectance of the status quo. In today's episode we chat about her journey, learn how you can use PR to grown your business, and even hear Ilissa sing some opera.

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About Ilissa Miller
As founder and CEO of iMiller Public Relations (iMPR), Ilissa Miller brings nearly two decades of experience in sales, marketing and product development to her clients in an effort to help them differentiate their messages and achieve notoriety within an ever expanding and evolving industry. With a wealth of experience and knowledge in the emerging global telecommunications and technology industries, her extensive expertise and practical skill set have allowed her to implement and spearhead and launch many companies as well as global product and marketing campaigns including that of international private line and networks, IP transit, peering, IPVPN, hosted PBX, cloud computing, Ethernet, managed services, colocation and data center products and solutions. She is a recognized leader in the global telecom and technology space where her knowledge and insights provide strategic guidance that enhance performance resulting in a remarkable reputation for effectiveness and client satisfaction.

In addition to her aforementioned role, since 2013, Mrs. Miller has also served as the President of NEDAS where she functions as the driving force for the association’s annual programs including conferences, training sessions and networking socials. A key ingredient to the Association’s success is the Advisory Council, which was formed in 2013 consisting of industry executives and thought leaders who actively interact with the highly dynamic landscape of the in-building wireless industry.

In 2012, Mrs. Miller was elected to public office as Trustee in the Village of Mamaroneck where she successfully ran for re-election in 2014. As Trustee, she sits on the Village’s Board with legislative and policy decision-makers, governing over 19,000 local residents and serving her community with steadfast dedication.

Prior to founding iMPR, Mrs. Miller was the Managing Partner at a Public Relations firm serving the telecom industry where she spearheaded the company’s growth from 2008-2011. While her current experience works ‘on’ the sector, Miller has extensive hands-on experience working ‘in’ the sector. From 2007-2008, Ilissa was the Director of Marketing Communications and Public Relations for the interconnection company, Telx; a product marketing manager for Australian incumbent carrier, Telstra, where she was responsible for the company’s International Private Line (IPL) and IPVPN/MPLS products; and also served as a channel marketing manager for Telstra where she successfully positioned it’s Asia-Pacific network solutions as a leading partner to various leading US-domestic network operators. From 2000 to 2004, Ilissa worked with Band-X, Inc. the US subsidiary of Band-X the Exchange where she held roles including Director of IP Services and Director of Business Development and Marketing. In this position, Mrs. Miller supported the global marketing efforts of all Band-X’s products including the procurement and exchange of global IPLs, colocation, and voice minutes.

Mrs. Miller holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Writing and Literature from SUNY Potsdam where she also studied voice performance at Crane School of Music.

Often we are told that we should accept that status quo. The way things are done is the best way to do them. But what happens when you see a different solution or path to reinvent a space. This is what Jezzibell Gilmore is doing with her company Packet Fabric. PacketFabric is changing network services. Today's network infrastructure is much like the electrical grid; it's lagged behind the rest of world, and hasn't kept pace with advancements in technology. Procuring network services to provision simple services to move data from one point to another takes months of work and man power. We're talking months of preparation and operational cost - all to move data from Los Angeles to New York in 65 milliseconds.

Jezzibell was an early stage employee of AboveNet Communications and Akamai Technologies, and previously served as VP of Operations at RoamData, as well as VP of Business Development for GTT. Now she has co-founded Packet Fabric and serves as their SVP Business Development.

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Poetry seems to be a lost art. For many it's a side passion, hobby, or something they simply like to read in their spare time. The age of Walt Whitman, John Keats, Robert Frost, William Blake, Langston Hughes, E.E. Cummings have all come to their end. Even the great Maya Angelou has passed away leaving us wonder if the life of a professional poet is possible in our current age. How would one even be able to build a career as a poet today?

Fortunately a new generation of poets are rising up to use written and spoken word to communicate powerful messages and reconnect us with humanity and the world around us. One of those poets is IN-Q.

IN-Q is a National Poetry Slam champion, award-winning poet, and multi-platinum songwriter. His groundbreaking achievements include being named to Oprah's SuperSoul 100 list of the world's most influential thought leaders, being the first spoken word artist to perform with Cirque Du Soleil, and being featured on A&E, ESPN, and HBO's Def Poetry Jam. He's inspired audiences around the world through his live performances and storytelling workshops. Many of his recent poetry videos have gone viral with over 70 million views combined.

In today's conversation IN-Q joins us to share his insights into the life of a modern poet, how he became a poet, using the language of poetry to communicate powerful messages, the importance of the muse, and how to craft a story.

IN-Q’s Links
Website: https://in-q.com
Book: https://amzn.to/2UCCwXC
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inqlife/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/INQonline

Creating great content is hard to do no matter if your medium is blogging, podcasting, vlogging, or some other outlet. So how do you create great content time and time again. You know, the content that your audience loves and keeps coming back to you for more? In today's show we chat with Jonathan Gill founder and CEO of Backtracks. We chat about how to create that killer content, building a great podcast, growing and connecting with your audience, monetizing you content, and much more.

Learn more about Backtracks and Jonathan at https://backtracks.fm/

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About Jonathan Gill
A kid teaches himself how to program computers to analyze audio and make a music portal. That kid goes on to start a record label (votes in the Grammy Awards), goes to business school... then becomes a Technical Architect at a semiconductor company, is a co-inventor on a database security patent, only to return to audio to fix problems in podcasting as an adult. Backtracks takes a long view of understanding the historical progression of advertising and measurement and applies that to podcasting and spoken word audio. All the lesson of Jonathan's past and entire industries are applied to Backtracks. At an early age, he knew his business is culture. Almost everything he has done professionally has a thread of expressing culture and communication through the combination of audio, advertising, analytics, and software.

What can comedy teach you about leadership? Ross Everett has worked with comedians like Stephen Colbert and Conan O'Brien. Now he has created his own show called 'Stop Stopping the Unstoppable' satirizing the world of personal development seminars. Along the way Ross has learned not only a lot about comedy but also leadership, taking risks, knowing what you value, and helping people rethink what they think.

Website: http://www.therosseverett.com/

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About Ross Everett

Ross Everett is an award winning actor, comedian, Internet personality, and writer. You may know him from SourceFed. Or The New Show. Or his podcast "Now What Did We Learn?" Or you could've seen him do stand up somewhere once. 

His YouTube videos have been viewed over 45 million times, landing him on the front page of HuffPost, Buzzfeed and Reddit. He’s written for SMOSH, The Annoying Orange and SourceFed, and his comedy has been featured on NBC, Hulu, Fox, and Sirius XM.

When not in LA, he can be seen touring with his critically acclaimed comedy show Stop Stopping The Unstoppable satirizing the world of personal development seminars.

Ross has been involved in both online and traditional media since 2009 when he graduated from The University of Arizona. Producing online content for himself and others, Ross has worked with Maker Studios, Big Frame, and Discovery Digital Networks among many others.

​But that's not all he's done! Ross has worked with countless name brands including Tapout VTC, Think Thin, and Harry's Razors making him an expert in brand/creator relations with an ability to create strong, humorous, and natural feeling branded content.

Ross is currently performing his Transformational Comedy show and satirical take on the world of personal development and motivational seminars Stop Stopping The Unstoppable. You can find out where he's going to be here.

Building a comedy club in NYC is more than just having great comedians show up every night. It's about building a community. Dani is a Multi-preneur and has started many businesses. In 2008 he purchased Stand UP NY. Since then he has worked hard to build successful businesses not only in comedy but also podcasting. Recently he and the team at Stand UP NY launched Podcast Row brining together the world of comedy, entrepreneurship, and podcasting.

In today's episode we chat about entrepreneurship, comedy, pushing the limits, creating community, podcasting, and much more.

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About Dani Zoldan
An entrepreneur since 19 years old, Dani is most passionate and comfortable when navigating in uncharted waters and have applied that mindset to his numerous business ventures. While in college, he founded the online music company Eargazmic.com. Merging his love of music and computers (we called it computers back then, not technology), he created a website where independent bands and musicians can use the website to promote and sell their music. Each artist had their own web page which consisted of photos, a bio, upcoming tour dates and links to purchase MP3’s. He ended up dropping out of New York University to focus on the business full-time but ultimately closing the business in 2003.

In 2004, when phone carriers starting utilizing voice over internet protocol (VoIP) and routing their traffic over internet lines instead of phone lines, he decided to experiment with that technology and built an IP connection from his apartment closet (that’s closet, as in where you put clothes) to Trinidad & Tobago and successfully was able to make long distance phone calls but paying local (Trinidad) prices. This experiment launched Titan International, which ultimately became a big player in selling wholesale long distance services to phone companies. Verizon, China Telecom, TATA Communications and many phone companies around the world relied on their services.

Not stimulated by the telecom business so much anymore, in 2008 he purchased Stand Up NY, the famous comedy club on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Stand Up NY made its name in the 80’s and 90’s with many of the world’s best comics known to frequent the club including Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Robin Williams, Louis CK and Jon Stewart. Dani purchased the club with one of his best buddy’s Gabe Waldman (also an aspiring comic), hired Steve Lewis, (the infamous New York club operator/designer) and gave Stand Up NY a major makeover. Today, the club is home to many current A-listers including Amy Schumer, Michael Che, Pete Davidson and Judah Friedlander.

In 2013, with his co-founder Jon Fatigate, we created Stand Up NY Labs, a comedy incubator. They successfully launched several hit podcasts including Tuesdays with Stories, Race Wars, The Jtrain podcast and In the Conversation which can can be found on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play and SoundCloud. In 2015, Cadence13, an audio engagement company invested in their company and currently ad-rep their network.

At the end of 2016, Stand Up NY launched Skitish Media which creates short, funny, and shareable video content for brands and media agencies.

In 2018, Dani created Stand Up NY Education in partnership with Teachable and produced its first online course called The Tight Five which consists of a 20 video course curriculum taught by 7 professional comedians. The same year, Dani started LaughPass - the first annual subscription to comedy clubs. LaughPass holders receive unlimited access to comedy shows plus a bunch of amazing perks.

In 2019, Dani launched Podcast Row. The mission is to connect entrepreneurs to their favorite podcasters to help them share their story.

Dani currently reside on the Upper West Side with my wife Billie, an orthodontist and three children - Bradyn, Sydney, Ryder and their cat Lola.