Adversity Kings with Tristan Dlabik

#132 Andru Jamison

31 Mar 2023

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Andru Jamison is 27 years old, who found his passion for country music. He comes from a military household so a big part of his life has been family. ...

#131 Katie Bochenek

27 Mar 2023

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Katie Bochenek is 24 who loves to travel and competing in Jiu jitsu. Not only does she travel and compete she is also finishing up her nursing degree ...

#130 Jack Joseph

24 Mar 2023

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Jack Joseph is 26 and started a company in 2019, called Kombucha. He started all of this in just his parents basement brewing away. Jack went to colle...

#129 How Simon made me a millionaire by 21…

20 Mar 2023

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Tristan Dlabik and Justin Maska run through the millionaire play book. They talk about the steps that Simon Arias led Tristan to be the most successfu...

#128 Jack Gillespie

17 Mar 2023

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Jack Gillespie is a 21 year old who loves videography and the marketing industry. His father was a big part of his passion. They traveled a lot due to...

# 127 Aimee Godinez

13 Mar 2023

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  Aimee Goinez started her sales industry in Jewelry sales. She was a manager for 10 years, then got swept off her feet into car sales. Aimee had bou...

#126 Diego Rivera

10 Mar 2023

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Diego works in the hotel industry while also starting up his side business for PC’s. We go into his childhood and discuss what it was like? He was v...

# 125 Indri Shehaj

07 Mar 2023

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Indri Shehaj talks to us a little about his time growing up as a kid and not coming here to America until 2005. How he still travels back home and com...

#124 Catherine and Lizzie Everett

03 Mar 2023

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Catherine and Lizzie are young entrepreneurs who travel to try food hacks and amazing entrees. They started off in their cars during covid just having...

#123 Vagner Rocha

27 Feb 2023

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Vagner Rocha is a loving husband and father of two kids. Vagner did UFC fighting at one point in his life and then went into Jiu jitsu and now owns a ...

#122 Mahmoud Jabr & Malik Otallah

24 Feb 2023

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Mahmoud and Malik come on the podcast to talk about a lot of the background in today's age of muslim culture. Diversifying your sources is very import...

#121 Nathan Frahm

20 Feb 2023

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Nate Frahm is 20 years old and an MGA at our company AriasDlabik Agencies. He started about five months ago and just started taking off! He is from Gr...

#120 Kegan Calkin

17 Feb 2023

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Kagan Calkins from Illinois, wrestle since he was 9 and won state in his childhood which got him a scholarship to Oregon State University. When he gra...

#119 Lasalle Smith

13 Feb 2023

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Lasalle Smith is a photographer and producer who also helps runs an ad agency. As we talk about growing up he tells us how what childhood was like and...

#118 Chase Crawford

08 Feb 2023

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  Chase Crawford, 26 is founder of Four By Three, Forbes next top 1000 companies. Was married at age of 18 when he also had his first kid, now is fat...

#117 Sofia Delfino

07 Feb 2023

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Sofia Delfino now recently just became Sofia Smiley is a young entrepreneur who started off in her mom and dad house, just herself cooking. She went t...

#116 Jeremy De La Cruz And Logan Michels

03 Feb 2023

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Jeremy Dela Cruz is a photographer who loves to travel and works alongside with Logan Michels, a Fitness Trainer. They been working together for a cou...

#115 David Weathersby

27 Jan 2023

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David comes on to talk about what made him want to join film making industry. As he tells us being a one-man crew doing it all on his own. Talks about...

#114 Tommy Busch

23 Jan 2023

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Not only has Tommy been Tristan trainer in the fitness world but he also does competing. Talks to us about what got him to want to take this career pa...

#113 Philip Austin

20 Jan 2023

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Austin comes on and start to talk about where he was at before he went full in to the fitness journey and the start of being a trainer. then Talks a l...

#112 Angelo Marr And Tyler Jones

16 Jan 2023

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Angelo Marr is a Photographer Videographer who follows his passion Filming. Talks to us about what lead him to this astounding Career path. He Films b...

#111 RealYungG

13 Jan 2023

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RealYungG is in the music career and is taking off. He talks about how he is reinvesting all his money back into the business starting his music caree...

#110 Sznzdead

09 Jan 2023

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Sznzdead is a music rapper, who talks about what got him into the music industry. Then gives us a little info about what went down with Ken Carson. Th...

#109 Almighty Ak

06 Jan 2023

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Almighty is a Music Artist who talks about the start of his career and how far he has come. Starts to talk about managing selling cars while trying to...

#108 Landon Campbell

02 Jan 2023

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Landon Campbell is an Influential Business leader who is the Founder of INTHEIR20'S. He interviews young entrepreneurs who are in their 20's. Gives us...

#106 Tyler Fowler

21 Dec 2022

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Tyler Fowler's witty and clean brand of stand up comedy has made him a favorite around Chicago and across the US. Regularly appearing at Zanies Comedy...

#105 Steve Surace

20 Dec 2022

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Steve Surace is a long-time leader in American Income Life, He comes from linage of life insurance agents.

#104 Justin Maska

08 Dec 2022

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Justin Maska is an up-and-coming top producer in the financial services industry. He works under Tristan's company Arias-Dlabik agencies.

#103 Dan Cass

30 Nov 2022

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Dan Cass is a Chicago-based comedian. He performs at some of the biggest venues in the city, writes, and edits.

#102 Canaan Cleveland

25 Nov 2022

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Canaan is an up-and-coming sales associate for Arias-Dlabik Agencies, Tristan's financial services company. He served in the military, leaving to join...

#101 Danny D. Scott

16 Nov 2022

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Danny D. Scott (AKA Danny Tayz) is a rapper and digital market based out of Chicago. His skills include web design, advertising, and team management. ...

#100 Ryan Shazier and Simon Arias

13 Nov 2022

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Ryan Shazier played in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2014-19. Following a spinal injury, he was sent through a challenging road to recovery...

#99 Roger Smith

11 Nov 2022

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Roger Smith is the former CEO of AIL/NILCO. His legacy trailblazed the life insurance industry as we know it today. He recently published his autobiog...

#98 Brandon Gamagami

10 Nov 2022

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Brandon Gamagami is an up-and-coming sales leader in the financial services industry. He works for Arias-Dlabik Agencies.

#97 Trea Fantin

09 Nov 2022

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Trea Fantin is a managing regional agent at Arias-Dlabik agencies. He's on the path to becoming a top earner in the financial services industry.

#96 Conner White

08 Nov 2022

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Conner White is a Regional Sales Director at Tristan's company, Arias-Dlabik Agencies. He's a top earner in the financial services industry and an acc...

#95 Career Day

08 Nov 2022

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Tristan Dlabik, Rob Jackson, and Ransey Vasquez speak to new recruits for Tristan's multi-million-dollar life insurance agency.

#94 Amber Payden

05 Nov 2022

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Amber Payden is the Founder and CEO at SMARK, a digital marketplace, that offers products, services, and other resources in the 10 key areas of busine...

#93 Claude Cimeus

31 Oct 2022

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Claude Cimeus is the director of platform of P33, as well as an advisor for Sandalphon Capital, a venture capitalist firm.

#92 Tony Scardino

28 Oct 2022

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Tony Scardino is the owner and founder of Professor Pizza, one of the top-rated pizzerias in Chicago. He's served pizza to famous comedians such as To...

#91 Stephen Kommer

27 Oct 2022

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Stephen has 11 years of experience working in digital marketing. He is a longtime friend of Tristan's who collaborated in the early stages of his care...

#90 Semaj Henderson

24 Oct 2022

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Semaj Henderson plays division 1 basketball for South Georgia Tech.

#89 Khair Stallings

21 Oct 2022

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Khair is a musician and entrepreneur who grew up in the south side of Chicago.

#88 Jose Shorty Torres

18 Oct 2022

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Jose SHORTY Torres is a professional MMA fighter who's skilled in Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, Kickboxing, and more. He's competed on a national level and has an ...

#87 Cam Bauer

14 Oct 2022

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Cameron Bauer is a videographer, editor, and media specialist who's currently a video production intern for the Milwaukee Bucks.

#86 Matt Smith

12 Oct 2022

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Matt Smith is a serial entrepreneur and media specialist. He's on the founding team of Light Pong, building the world's first 1-Dimensional game conso...

#85 Rafael Diaz

10 Oct 2022

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Rafael Diaz is a personal trainer and fitness fanatic who currently helps people at Lifetime Fitness achieve their gym goals.

#84 George Makunde

07 Oct 2022

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George Makunde is a software engineer at Google and the founder of Justice For Cameroon, a movement dedicated to spreading awareness to the humanitari...

#83 James Webb

30 Sep 2022

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James Webb is a producer and director based out of Chicago. He's known for his invaluable impact on the Chicago comedy scene and recently directed/edi...

#82 Jacob Cline

23 Sep 2022

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Jacob Cline is an entrepreneur, consultant, and marketing professional based out of Chicago. He's the CEO of Be Marketable.

#81 Simran Chowdhary and Nick Ricciardella

16 Sep 2022

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Simran Chowdhary and Nick Ricciardella are venture capitalists at Singh Capital Partners.

#80 Ramon Aguirre

09 Sep 2022

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Ramon Aguirre is the general manager of operations at Bella Notte Restaurant in Chicago, IL 

#79 Vik Pandya

02 Sep 2022

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Vik Pandya is a nationally-touring comedian based out of Chicago. His comedy album 'Friends With 401(k) Benefits' debuted #1 on iTunes.

#78 Bobby Taylor

26 Aug 2022

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Bobby Taylor is a singer-songwriter and a childhood friend of Tristan.

#77 Ricky Aitken

24 Aug 2022

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Ricky Aitken is an entrepreneur, mentor, and sales representative at Kangen Water, a brand which strives to maximize drinking water quality.

#76 Ayman Hazzin & Jeff Monroy

24 Aug 2022

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Ayman Hazzin and Jeff Monroyam are the founders of Top 3 Kicks, a premium sneaker and clothing showroom.

#75 Matt Fleming

23 Aug 2022

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Matt Fleming is a football player on the Chicago Bears, a16x All American Athlete in track and field as well as a two-time national champion. 

#74 Jose Garcia

20 Aug 2022

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Jose Garcia is the owner of Chicago Style Taco Shop in Lombard, IL

#73 Sam Marzula

15 Aug 2022

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Sam Marzula is a successful sales agent in the financial services industry and a long-time friend of Tristan's.

#72 John Cerasani

12 Aug 2022

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John Cesarani is the founder of venture capitalist firm Glencrest Global, a sales advisor, and published author.

#71 - Nik Cartwright

09 Aug 2022

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Nik Cartwright is a Chicago-based stand up comedian and the co-host of the 'F*ck You Dad' podcast.

#70 Chris Holloway

05 Aug 2022

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Chris Holloway is the CEO and founder of House of Trade and Co-Host of the Kicks of the Trade podcast.

#69 Chris Wojcik

02 Aug 2022

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Chris Wojcik is a champion Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor and writes a popular internet blog. https://chrismwojcik.substack.com

#68 Charles Belt

29 Jul 2022

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Charles Belt is an agent with Arias Dlabik Agencies in Chicago, Illinois. 

#67 Malik ”Chosen” Blair

22 Jul 2022

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Malik "Chosen" Blair is a young business protégé and entrepreneur with Arias Dlabik, who also specializes in market analysis, crypto trading, forex,...

#66 Zay and Joe Goal

15 Jul 2022

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Today's guest are Photographer Zay from Zay Preme Studios and Actor Joe Goal.

#65 Snoop

08 Jul 2022

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Snoop is the owner, operator, and barber at Fadez Chicago. He is the man responsible for keeping Tristan looking fresh along with so many others!

#64 Ferdaws Nayimi

27 Jun 2022

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Ferdaws Nayimi is a Mixed Martial Arts fighter and kick boxer.

#63 Brylan Donaldson

24 Jun 2022

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Brylan Donaldson is one of the cofounders and CEO of 7th Ave, a knowledge-sharing platform for Black professionals, creatives, entrepreneurs, and stud...

#62 Peter Reichert

21 Jun 2022

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Peter Reichert is the CEO of All Caps Media, a social media marketing company that specializes in getting companies noticed online!

#61 Sophia Oleary

17 Jun 2022

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Today's guest is Sophia Oleary, she is the Vice President, Talent & Human Resources at Chicago Marketing, the fastest growing marketing firm that rep...

#60 Charlotte Trecartin

13 Jun 2022

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Today's guest is Charlotte Trecartin is the founder of CharCharms, an insurance agent, and also into bodybuilding.

#59 Omar Ocasio

10 Jun 2022

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Omar Ocasio is a Jiu-Jitsu trainer. He is the first 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt under Master Eddie Bravo in Illinois.

#58 Maurice Shaw

06 Jun 2022

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Maurice Shaw is Chicago based comedian who turn his Pharmaceutical Degree into a successful comedy career. He is aka Dr. Of Comedy.

#57 Kenyon Adamcik

03 Jun 2022

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Kenyon Adamcik is a Chicago based stand-up comedian. He is probably most well know for being on the Liquor House Comedy, which showcases some of the f...

#56 Tune and Traecy

01 Jun 2022

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Today's guests on the podcast are Rappers/Musicians Tune and Traecy.

#55 Tony Santana

27 May 2022

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Tony Santana is a graduate of DePaul University with a degree in Economics. He specializes financial services and trading while also being a rapper.

#54 Andres Luis Rivera Pastrana

23 May 2022

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Andres Luis Rivera Pastrana is originally from Puerto Rico, now living in Chicago. He runs a successful up and coming catering business which has a sp...

#53 Tre Dabney

20 May 2022

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Tre Dabney is the owner of Righteous Kicks a shoe flipping and clothing merch store based in Aurora, Illinois.

#52 Eric Emerson

16 May 2022

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Eric Emerson is a Stand-Up Comedian originally from North Carolina, now living and working out of Chicago, IL. He is a producer of 'Derailed Comedy' a...

#51 Younis Daher

13 May 2022

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Younis Daher is a stand up comedian from Chicago, Illinois. In addition he also enjoys making music along with doing his comedy.

#50 Jeff Serafin

12 May 2022

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Jeff Serafin is a 3rd Degree Black belt in Brazilian Jujitsu. He is the Owner/Head Instructor at Serafin Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Chicago, Illinois.

#49 Kelly Dlabik

12 May 2022

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On today's episode we have very special guest Kelly Dlabik who is the inspiring mother of Tristan.

#48 Sarah Wederquist

12 May 2022

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Chief Executive Assistant at Arias-Dlabik, Sarah Wederquist speaks on women in business, overcoming adversity, and how the right attitude can get you ...

#47 Odell Miller

29 Apr 2022

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Odell Miller is Owner and CEO at Off The Bench App . He is currently as student at Midwestern University where he is studying to be a Doctor of Physi...

#46 Ricardo Lamas

25 Apr 2022

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Ricardo Lamas is a former professional mixed martial artist who competed in Featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

#45 Tommy Vena

22 Apr 2022

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Tommy Vena is a highly successful SGA and Agency Owner for Globe Life/American Income Life based in Chicago, Illinois.

#44 Zaid Fouzi

18 Apr 2022

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Zaid Fouzi is a 24-year-old Chicago-based Stand Up Comedian.

#43 Soski

15 Apr 2022

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Soski aka Malik Jones is a Chicago-born Rapper. He is best known for his most recent and viral song Big Poppa.

#42 Will Blodgett

11 Apr 2022

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Will Blodgett is a chemical engineer looking to start studying for his doctorate in either chemistry or chemical engineering.

#41 Luigi Allegrini

08 Apr 2022

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Luigi Allegrini is a Chicago-born entrepreneur and the host of The Bigger Picture Podcast.

#40 Kemar Thompson

04 Apr 2022

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Kemar Thompson is a family-oriented person, he came from Jamaica to seek a better life for his family. Kemar loves sales and interacting with like-min...

#39 Karsen Felzien

01 Apr 2022

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Karsen Felzien is the CMO and Co-Founder of Caspian Creates, which is an online marketing and business development agency based out of Nebraska.

#38 Saul Lopez

28 Mar 2022

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Saul Lopez is a senior manager with American Income Life at Arias Dlabik.

#37 King Louie

25 Mar 2022

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King Louie is a Chicago born rapper who was attributed by Spin Magazine as being one of the rappers who made Chicago the "hottest hip-hop" scene in 20...

#36 Ransey Vazquez

21 Mar 2022

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Ransey Vazquez is a Regional Sales Director, top leader, and recruiting expert in the Arias Dlabik Agency.

#35 Harold Richards

18 Mar 2022

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Harold Richards is owner and host of The Photo Yard, a rentable loft space for photography, podcasts, events and more in Chicago, Illinois.

#34 David Wang

14 Mar 2022

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David Wang is an Regional Sales Director and top leader in Arias Dlabik Agency.

#33 Steve Rasiarmors

11 Mar 2022

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Steve Rasiarmos is the Senior Vice President with Bespoke Commercial Real Estate in Chicago, Illinois. He speaks on his business, family, life, and ho...

#32 Renee Jeffries

07 Mar 2022

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Renee Jeffries is the Vice President of Field Operations at American Income Life home office.