Coffee with Jon - Think Big. Get Unstuck. Grow Your Business

Discovering How to Build Private Equity

13 Feb 2020

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Adam Coffey has spent the past 18 years as President and CEO of 3 national service companies, each in different industries. Adam's first company, Mast...

Today's Quick Tip: Delegating

12 Feb 2020

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Becoming a Woman Who Dares to Lead

10 Feb 2020

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Connie Pheiff is an internationally recognized mentor, speaker, and author. She is the former CEO of the Girl Scouts' Penn's Woods Council. She is als...

How to Optimize and Perfect Your LinkedIn

06 Feb 2020

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Brenda Meller is a self-proclaimed "ambassador" of LinkedIn, national speaker, and the Chief Engagement Officer at Meller Marketing, which provides ma...

Today's Quick Tip: AM & PM Rituals

05 Feb 2020

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Tapping Into Your Hidden Sales Force

03 Feb 2020

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Julie and Mark Fisher are the co-founders of Echo 70, an Employee Advocacy Consulting firm. Julie has been educating people in one way, shape or form ...

How to Infuse Diversity and Inclusion into Your Business Strategy

30 Jan 2020

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For more than 20 years, Michelle Tenner Cantor has been a driver of thought leadership and strategic direction relative to organizational and talent d...

Today's Quick Tip: Choosing Your Theme

29 Jan 2020

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Honoring Your Culture in Business

28 Jan 2020

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As senior vice president and national director of community affairs for Comerica Bank, Monica Martinez manages Comerica Bank's external community init...

Integrity In Business And Insurance

27 Jan 2020

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JJ Reifler is the VP and Principal at Korotkin Insurance Group. Korotkin Insurance's mission is to protect its customers' assets. Since 1913, they hav...

Necessity - The Mother of Invention

16 Jan 2020

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It all started with Jessica's passion for natural foods. As an avid baker with a background in engineering, she loves the science of cooking. Jessica ...

Mindset's Needed to be a Great Mentor or Mentee

13 Jan 2020

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Colin has been with Berkadia and its predecessor companies for 18 years, during which time he has underwritten and originated a variety of CMBS, Life ...

How To Make Your Nonprofit Thrive

09 Jan 2020

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Sarah Olivieri is a nonprofit strategist with a passion for helping organizations thrive in the digital age. The founder of PivotGround, Sarah helps h...

Telling the Story of Detroit's Economy

07 Jan 2020

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R.J. King is editor of DBusiness magazine, DBusiness Daily News, Tech and Mobility News, and Detroit 500, all of which cover companies in metro Detroi...

'The Healing Powers of Essential Oils'

06 Jan 2020

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Dr. Eric Zielinski (Dr. Z) Zielinski has pioneered natural living and biblical health education since 2003. Trained as an aromatherapist, public healt...

Why Every Business Needs Marketing

02 Jan 2020

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Operating as Blume Design, Laurie's process involves assessing client's current marketing status, evaluating creative and business marketing goals, de...

Growing Your Business Using Social Media Advertising

30 Dec 2019

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Alex Fedotoff is one of the leading Facebook advertising strategists for e-commerce brands. His agency AF Media helps brands to scale massively using ...

Rethinking Real Estate

26 Dec 2019

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Julie is a serial entrepreneur. She is CEO of a brand new company called Realm, which is a data enhancer for real estate professionals. Julie is a Fou...

'How To Be Great At Your Job'

23 Dec 2019

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A self-described efficiency monster, Justin Kerr is the author of the rogue corporate playbooks How to write an email and How to Be a Boss. He is also...

Turn Your Side Hustle Into A Full Time Business

19 Dec 2019

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Sylvie McCracken helps health and wellness entrepreneurs who have gone off-course get refueled and back on track by teaching them to run their busines...

Are You Prepared To Pitch Your Business?

16 Dec 2019

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Evan Delahanty is the Founder and CEO of Peaceful Fruits, a social good snack company that employs people with disabilities to make healthy, delicious...

How a Morning Routine Can Change Your Life

12 Dec 2019

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Jordan Gross is on a journey to add value to as many people as possible. Through storytelling, positivity, and happiness, Jordan constantly aims to in...

How To Create Your Own Reality

09 Dec 2019

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Christy Whitman is a Transformational Leader, Celebrity Coach and the New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Having It All. She has appeared ...

Diversifying To Reduce Risk And Maximize Reward

05 Dec 2019

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Mark Mascia is the founder and CEO of Mascia Development. With a Warren Buffett mentality, his company assists professionals and entrepreneurs to make...

How to Dodge the Tax Bullet and Not Overpay on Your Taxes

02 Dec 2019

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Diane Gardner is a Certified Tax Coach and best-selling author whose proactive planning approach helps clients dodge the tax bullet. Her tax coaching ...

Awaking Your Mindset Through Story

28 Nov 2019

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Jordan Edwards is the president of Mixology Clothing Co., a Long Island-based fashion retailer with a robust web presence and ten brick and mortar loc...

Best Practices For Retaining Clients And Employees

27 Nov 2019

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Tony Konja started AOS in 1995 and has built the company to 25 trucks serving 150 commercial properties from shopping centers & office buildings to ma...

Are You Ready For Retirement?

25 Nov 2019

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A Certified Financial Planner practitioner and Retirement Income Certified Professional based in Stamford, Connecticut, Nahum Daniels has specialized ...

Why You Need To Know Your Client

21 Nov 2019

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Mike is President and Managing Principal of Harley Ellis Devereaux, a national architecture, engineering, and planning firm. He has been involved in c...

Is It Time For You To Hire A Coach?

18 Nov 2019

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Noelle Cordeaux is CEO and co-founder of JRNI Coaching. She is also a feminist scholar, coach, speaker, and sexologist who specializes in the relation...

The Difference Between Sugar, Stevia, & All Things Keto

15 Nov 2019

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Thom King is an Entrepreneur, Author and self-described 'bio-hacker. 'Thom changed his life by adopting a ketogenic lifestyle and kicking 5 stone! In ...

Learning to Embrace Failure in Business and Life

14 Nov 2019

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Mat Pelletier is the principal at Pelletier Construction Management LLC, a Clinton, Connecticut based firm that specializes in commercial and industri...

Turning a Passion into Profit

11 Nov 2019

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Lasker Smith was raised in Encorse City. He is a member of the Michigan Wolverines Squad (90s) Go Blue! Laker is a retired Detroit firefighter and the...

Doing What's Best For Your Business

07 Nov 2019

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Wayne Wudyka is a nationally recognized leader in dry cleaning, textile restoration, and franchising. He's known for transforming companies into highl...

Using Communication to Create an Equal Division of Labor at Home

04 Nov 2019

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Darcy Lockman is a clinical psychologist and author of multiple books including her newest release of All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of ...

Following Your Passion No Matter Your Age

01 Nov 2019

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Vince Weishaus has been cutting, styling and drying hair since he was about two years old. For his 9th birthday, his parents surprised him with a full...

Bridging the Gaps in Your Business

31 Oct 2019

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Jeff Gothelf helps organizations build better products and executives build the cultures that build better products. He is the co-author of the award-...

How Educating Yourself About Medicare Can Save You Thousands

28 Oct 2019

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Joanne Giardini-Russell is a Medicare Guru and owner of Boomer Health Group, an independent provider of Medicare products nationally. Boomer currently...

What You Need To Know To Write Your First Book

25 Oct 2019

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Kelly Notaras is an author, speaker, book editor and entrepreneur. She started her book editing career right out of college by moving to New York, whe...

Creating a Paradigm Shift in Your Healthcare Organization

24 Oct 2019

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Sloan Gaon is the CEO of PulsePoint, an advanced data technology company that is breaking new ground with programmatic solutions for healthcare organi...

Are You Ready For Entrepreneurship?

21 Oct 2019

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Steve Glaveski is the CEO and Co-Founder of Collective Campus and is the host of his own podcast Future Squared where he has conversations with preem...

How You Can Become An Impactful Global Leader

17 Oct 2019

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Tayo Rockson is the Founder and CEO of UID Management. He is a 21st-century gentleman on a mission to use his DIFFERENCE to make a difference as a sto...

Finding Support and Guidance as a Startup

14 Oct 2019

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Today's guests are the five finalists for the Comerica Hatch Detroit contest. All of these aspiring entrepreneurs are competing for $100,000 in startu...

Using Your Business as a Conduit for Personal Growth

14 Oct 2019

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Adam Hergenrother is Founder and CEO of Adam Hergenrother Companies. In less than ten years, Adam has built this rapidly growing company through his c...

How Focusing on Your Wellness Can Impact Your Whole Life

10 Oct 2019

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Lisa MacDonald is the owner for Driven, a boutique fitness studio with the mission of providing world-class health and wellness services with a simple...

How Men Can Become the Best Version of Themselves

07 Oct 2019

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Michael Huey is the Founder and CEO at He-Fluence - the elite society for motivated men to "level up" in their health, relationships, and business; so...

Using Your Story to Build a Business

03 Oct 2019

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Lainie Ishbia is a mom, wife, blogger, and licensed therapist. She has a blended family of seven and lives in Michigan. Lainie is also a former girl e...

How Virtual Reality Is About To Change Our Lives

30 Sep 2019

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Sam Huber is the founder of Admix, a funded startup based between London and SF. Sam is considered a VR/AR thought leader, frequently invited to speak...

Helping Women to Break the Glass Ceiling

27 Sep 2019

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Before becoming a certified coach and NLP practitioner, Lisa Gillette spent 25 years climbing the corporate ladder in the entertainment industry. Work...

What You Need To Know About Cybersecurity

26 Sep 2019

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Chris Moschovitis is an expert in cybersecurity and information technology with an important message to all business owners "cybersecurity is failing"...

Why Using The Right Recruiter Can Make You Money

23 Sep 2019

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As the Co-Founder and Vice President of Purple Squirrel Advisors, Amy Whipple is passionate about positively impacting companies and careers with exce...

How to Consistently Add Value to Your Business

20 Sep 2019

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Manuel Amezcua is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, public speaker, & executive in the financial planning, wealth management, & insurance industry. He ...

Why Making Decisions Faster Creates Success

19 Sep 2019

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Judge Graham is a hard-hitting, action-oriented serial entrepreneur with a successful track record of growing companies with little to no revenue and ...

Why Being Conscious Changes Your Reality

16 Sep 2019

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Mark Gober is an author whose worldview was turned upside down in late 2016 when he was exposed to world-changing science. After researching extensi...

Helping Your Child to Effectively Communicate

12 Sep 2019

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Lisa Findling and Tina Sappington are co-founders of Small Talk, a center for speech and language development in Beverly Hills, Michigan. They oversee...

Turning Your Passion Into a Business

09 Sep 2019

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Adam Reilly is an international award-winning author of The Askren Boys, winning the Literary Classics Gold Medal and Seal of Approval in November 201...

Keeping Your Career Fresh and Challenging

05 Sep 2019

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Christina Martini is a partner at the global law firm DLA Piper. She focuses her practice on domestic and international trademark and copyright law, a...

Learning to Lean into Your Fear

02 Sep 2019

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Who is Dr. James Kelley? Well, his path is still being built brick by brick and the current brick is a book: The Crucible's Gift: 5 lessons from authe...

The Importance of Accounting For Small Business

29 Aug 2019

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Elizabeth Hale is the founder of eeCPA, which has been providing clients with customized accounting solutions since 2004. Elizabeth has worked with sm...

Putting Processes in Place to Innovate

26 Aug 2019

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Bob Roitblat is a 12-time founder and CEO with 30+ years of hands-on P&L responsibility running companies at every phase of a business' life cycle. He...

Establishing a Solid Vision For Your Business

22 Aug 2019

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Wesley Mathews drives the vision and strategy at High Level Marketing. He is a sales-driven CEO that has scaled HLM from an idea to over 40 employees ...

Giving the Gift of a Job and How it Makes a Huge Impact

19 Aug 2019

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As a current resident of the City of Detroit and a mother of two college-aged daughters, CEO Kothe has a true desire to assist individuals of all back...

Setting Up Your Business For Long Term Success

15 Aug 2019

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Jason Grobbel is the President of E.W. Grobbel Sons, Inc., America's oldest corned beef specialist. Established in 1833 by his great grandfather, Jaso...

Growing Your Business Through Branding

12 Aug 2019

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Drew Patrick is owner and president of Skidmore Studio where he's a thoughtful strategic partner, relationship builder, and fierce advocate for the st...

Creating the Ultimate Client Experience

08 Aug 2019

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Harris Van Cleef is Vice President at Star Trax, an event production company in the Detroit area known for their exceptional client experience. After ...

How to Simplify Your Business and Life

06 Aug 2019

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Jason Fried is the Co-Founder and CEO of Basecamp. He started the company back in 1999 and has been running the show ever since. Along with David Hein...

The Mistakes You're Making in Your SEO Strategy

05 Aug 2019

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Jeff Hall is the founder of Overflow Cafe, a company that works for boost search engine optimization for websites so they will help businesses gain qu...

Mastering How to Connect With Ease

01 Aug 2019

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When it comes to putting great people in touch with other great people, Lou Diamond is a master connector. He has over a quarter century of experience...

The Power of Mentorship in Your Business

30 Jul 2019

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Shaan Patel closed a deal on Shark Tank with billionaire Mark Cuban for an investment in his company Prep Expert. Prep Expert offers SAT & ACT courses...

Becoming a Connector in Your Network

29 Jul 2019

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Michelle Tillis Lederman, one of Forbes Top 25 Networking Experts, is the author of four books including the internationally known, The 11 Laws of Lik...

Revitalizing Detroit One Business at a Time

26 Jul 2019

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Vittoria Katanski is the Executive Director of Hatch Detroit. She has spent the majority of her career and personal life working on positive projects...

Investing in Your Team Through Training

25 Jul 2019

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Derek Lundsten is a serial entrepreneur and CEO of Scrimmage who is focused on helping others to be their best. Education, healthcare, and wellness ar...

How to Follow Your Passion and Turn it Into a Successful Business

22 Jul 2019

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Tammy Bourque and Greg Sternas created a national brand of hand-dyed apparel cut and sewn in the US. They have just recently opened their flagship ret...

Filling the Void in Your Marketing Strategy

15 Jul 2019

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Jodi Berger + Melissa Schiller are the founders of Project Maude, a marketing consulting firm in the Detroit area. Jodi and Melissa met during their w...

What Every Business Owner Needs to Know About Finance

08 Jul 2019

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Ken "Mr. Biz" Wentworth is a strategic business partner who works with small business owners to help them operate more profitably and more efficiently...

You Are One Handshake Away From Changing Your Life

03 Jul 2019

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Derek Dickow is the founder of Metro Detroit-based public and political relations firm Steward Media. He is known as a power connector to reputable or...

The Key to Fulfilling Relationships

01 Jul 2019

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Karin Katz is a blogger and relationship coach currently writing at A Sample of Love. Karin has been there and done that, as she has lived the many cy...

How to Embrace Your Entrepreneurial Spirit

26 Jun 2019

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Blake George is the founder of BMG Media Co., BMG Gaming, Crown Jewel Investments, and Unite Digital. He is also a key investor in Neptix, B-File, and...

The Importance of Being Able to Predict What's on the Horizon

24 Jun 2019

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Michael Bassirpour is on a mission to become the largest metal recycler in the Midwest, and he's making moves in the right direction. Since taking the...

Why You Need a Website for Your Business

20 Jun 2019

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Chief Internet Marketing is the creation of advertising and marketing specialist, Jeff Stanislow. Jeff's unparalleled success with Michigan enterprise...

How To Live Your Dream

17 Jun 2019

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Terra Castro is a retired professional Ironman triathlete who moved back to Detroit to start over. Once an elite sports massage therapist, Terra used...

Making Business an Engine for Social Change

13 Jun 2019

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Ali has spent his career helping high growth startups scale by applying technology and process excellence to power great people to do great things.  ...

How to Communicate More Effectively as a Manager

10 Jun 2019

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Cyd Crouse is Meditation Studio's Co-Founder, Head of Strategy and Product. Raised in rural Nebraska and a technologist by training, Cyd believes that...

Being Yourself in Life and Business

07 Jun 2019

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Brad Holcman is the Senior Director of Non-Fiction and Alternative Programming at A&E Television Networks. He oversees the development and production ...

How to Turn Your Vision Into a Business

05 Jun 2019

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Christine Fox has always loved dogs. When she started her business almost 20 years ago, there was no such thing as a dog daycare center. Now, there ar...

How to Stay Humble and Build an Amazing Culture in your Business

03 Jun 2019

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Ryan LaFontaine's path after graduation was always clear – he wanted to work for his family's auto dealership group, which was established by his fa...

Getting Customers Into Your Business Profitably

20 May 2019

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Robert Glazer is the founder and Managing Director of global performance marketing agency, Acceleration Partners. Under his leadership, Acceleration P...

Stop Procrastinating and Taking Control of Your Finances

13 May 2019

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Jim Niedzinkski has 19 years of wealth management experience. He specializes in advising clients with complex financial situations, such as those invo...

How to Achieve Success in Just Five Minutes

06 May 2019

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Karen Briscoe is the creator of the transformative "5 Minute Success" concept. Her books Real Estate Success in 5 Minutes a Day: Secrets of a Top Agen...

Decoding Our Challenges to Transform the World

29 Apr 2019

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Anik Singal is the Founder and CEO of Lurn, Inc -- the transformational home for entrepreneurs. In the last 15 years, he's sold over $200 million wort...

What it Means to be an Amazing Entrepreneur

22 Apr 2019

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Bo Burlingham is the author of five books including Small Giants: Companies That Choose To Be Great Instead of Big, The Great Game of Business and A S...

Think Business LIVE with Matt Halloran

18 Apr 2019

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Enjoy this special replay my Think Business Live event with podcasting guru Matt Halloran! 

How to Use Spiritual Tools for Living a Purposeful Life

17 Apr 2019

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As a spiritual entrepreneurial Business Leader, Chris Forte drives organizational success through identifying and capturing unique business and market...

Creating Buyers Who Know, Like and Trust You (Before They've Even Met You)

15 Apr 2019

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Terry Lancaster is an entrepreneur, speaker, and #1 best-selling author of BETTER! Self Help For The Rest of Us. He helps salespeople and entrepreneur...

Leveraging Public Relations For Your Business

08 Apr 2019

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Heather DeSantis is a Top Millennial publicist and CEO of Publicity for Good, a purpose-driven public relations firm with offices in San Diego and Pho...

The Best Tactics to Simplify & Scale Your Operations

03 Apr 2019

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Alex Barseghian is the GVP of Sales and Marketing for US Retail at Blackhawk Networks. He is responsible for driving over $15B in Revenue through ret...

The Secrets to Setting up a Compelling Future

01 Apr 2019

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  Mark Metry is a Forbes Featured speaker interviewing Billionaires, New York Times Bestselling Authors and World-Class human beings on my Top 100 po...

Navigating the Ups and Downs in Business

28 Mar 2019

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A native of Detroit and now New York City-based designer, Jessica Park was inspired to make her first bag out of sheer captivation of an "as-chance-wo...

Growing Your Business Through Referral Marketing

25 Mar 2019

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Tonya Acha is a referral marketing expert with Asentiv, helping 100's of professionals generate millions of dollars every year through qualified refer...

The Empowerment Plan: It All Began with a Class Project

21 Mar 2019

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The Empowerment Plan: It All Began with a Class Project   In this episode, Jon and Veronika discuss: How The Empowerment Plan came to fruition ...