Besides having the same name, what do an Hermes Birkin bag and Helen Berkun have in common? They both have game in the world of influence. Helen's originally from Ukraine - so we discussed why the US is often messing with Ukrainian politics. We also touched her expertise in Editorial Fashion and using her experience to begin her influencing career. I went deep into the psychology of influencers, why Helen does it and how she uses her platform to influence people. At the end of the day, influenci...
Aug 19, 2020•52 min
Check this dude out: starts high school at 12. Starts college at 14. Sells his startup at 28. Brian "diapers ain't sh!t" Wong gettin that bag! This brother started a marketing company called Kiip - basically, he figured out how to make cool ads for gamers, you know - like ads that make sense to see while gaming - for example, achieve a new level or high score, and a rewards program will kick on that allows advertisers to make offers to the gamer. Ya, dude cashed out fo' sho, fo' sho. He wouldn't...
May 14, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 96
#95: Recession is HERE! How to *Be Ready* with Recession Expert Jon Slain SHOW HIGHLIGHTS: 1:00 "Deep Work" by Cal Newport - how Jon unplugs to actually "think" 07:15 Cedars providing donated meals to healthcare workers around Chicago 15:20 What Jon learned speaking to people from 2008 crisis that made out big 26:00 Why very few people on unemployment won't be going back to work anytime soon 43:00 VR headsets; VR conferences; VR personal training - lots is here to stay 49:50 Why Jon thinks we wi...
Apr 21, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 95
Former CPD undercover prostitute. Humor-in-the-business-world researcher. Depaul Prof teaching creativity, innovation & design thinking. Yes, such a person exists in this world. Say wassup to Dr. Karen Bartuch. Me & funny-a$$ comedian Vik Pandya had a blast getting to know Dr. B. I think she nailed it on this episode: the most important biz skill for the next few years is NOT gonna be team skills or organizational skills. Nah. Dr. B thinks it's going to be creativity & innovation ski...
Apr 07, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 94
What happens when a right-wing Jewish Trump supporter and a left-leaning Palestinian Bernie fan get into the same restaurant back stockroom? Fireworks, baby! Episode 93 of Business News and Other Sh!t. What's up, y'all? We had Howard Weitzman. This dude is a big-time real estate dude here in Chicago. Yeah, we talked a lot of good businesses. By the end of it, this dude walked us through one of his largest and wildest deals. He did a 320-unit building. It was an old freezer building that he conve...
Mar 17, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 93
What up what up? Episode 92, listeners. How y’all doin’? BNOS, Business News, Other Shit. We are in the back stock room of Cedar’s. Rockin’ Out. Guy’s we have Dr. Bal Nandra (https://www.ketamineChicago.com) on the episode today. We also had Lancey Joe (https://www.instagram.com/lanceyjoe/), Comedian. Check him out at Chicago Joe’s, Thursdays and Fridays, 8 PM. This Dr. Bal is a serial entrepreneur. He’s also an anesthesiologist. So this guy is always runnin’ some kind of business. Right now, he...
Mar 10, 2020•1 hr 27 min•Season 2Ep. 92
Wazzup, wazzup listeners, episode 91, BNOS. We march towards 100 episodes. We had a top real-estate salesman, name’s James Sheehan ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/jsheehanrealestate/ ). Good old Irish boy. This dude’s done 80 million dollars since he started in real estate, which was only seven years ago. So the dude is hittin’ it. Former grain trader, economics pro, so kind of a different real estate sales guy, he knows his sh!t. This dude’s advice to us is: "if you’re gonna buy, wait until right...
Mar 03, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 91
We had Diarmuid Horan ( https://www.lifelonglifestyles.com/ ) on today. This dude is an Irish gangster. Not literally, but he is a professional hurler. It’s a sport in Ireland that’s a cross between field hockey and lacrosse. He’s a diet and lifestyle professional. So the guy knows his stuff. One of the calmest -- no, THE calmest guy we’ve ever had on. And also has amazing eye contact. And he still owns a coffee roaster called Sputnik Coffee. So he goes into the entrepreneurial story of how they...
Feb 18, 2020•1 hr 30 min•Season 2Ep. 90
What’s up y’all? Episode number eighty-nine. We doin’ it baby: Business News, Other Shit. Thank you all for listening in. We had a couple guys on today besides our bad boy John Dolder, we had Quinton James, and Dan Baker, comedian and fellow improv teammate. Quinton James ( https://www.truementors.com/ ), this dude grew up in the wild, wild hundreds. And if you’re not from Chicago, let me tell you about the wild, wild hundreds. They are pretty wild. So this dude is kind of a wonderful story of c...
Feb 13, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 89
We had Danielle Pierce on this episode. She is a real estate wealth strategist. Check her out: http://daniellepierce.com/ . We taped again from my new restaurant, Cedar's. Come on by -- we’ve got some cool stuff, like Middle Eastern fried chicken and Middle Eastern fish and chips. You're going to love it. Say "What's up!" if you see me as well! Danielle Pierce -- she's cool. You don't need to be a real estate broker to make money in real estate. There are other ways, and she broke down for us ho...
Jan 28, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 88
What’s up Episode 87, Business News and Other Sh!t, how y’all doing? We taped from Cedar’s again, the restaurant that I own. We have launched a new menu by the way with a kickass chef, delicious food, awesome reviews, please roll through, if you see me please grab me, say what’s up. Today we have a really cool dude named Billy McMillan. This dude worked at NASA for 10 long years. We also had Chris Brodhead, our producer on the podcast who we haven’t had on in a while, him and Billy were friends ...
Jan 21, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 87
This is part 2 of our interview with Cory Shepherd, the president of Sound Financial Group ( www.sfgway.com ), and he runs a podcast called “Your business, Your wealth” ( www.yourbusinessyourwealth.com ). What's up y'all? Umbrella insurance helping you make money. Disability Insurance helping you make money cultivating contentment. What is this wacky dude Cory talking about? Um, it was different. It was a different financial advisory conversation that I'm used to having. I'm used to talking abou...
Jan 13, 2020•58 min•Season 2Ep. 86
What's up BNOS listeners! This is episode 85 the first one of 2020! That's right we just finished a decade with a stock market bull market for 10 straight years. Wow, hope y'all made some cash. Our guest today was Cory Shepherd, the president of Sound Financial Group ( www.sfgway.com ), and he runs a podcast called “Your business, Your wealth” ( www.yourbusinessyourwealth.com ). He is a very cool and smart guy. He really gets in depth on financial advising and you can catch our deeper conversati...
Jan 08, 2020•54 min•Season 2Ep. 85
Wanna grab good grub before your New Years celebration? Come hit our New Year's Eve party at Cedars! Catch our new Chef Amado Lopez throwin' down a dope culinary experience through a one-time-only 4 course prix fixe menu baby! Seats limited, book here using Opentable! Our guest was Brian Reed the comedian. I love this dude. On the show he agreed to do this experiment where he goes up to as many women as he has to until one of them agrees to go out on a date with him. And he promised to come back...
Dec 24, 2019•34 min•Season 2Ep. 84
Wassup BNOS listeners! Here's to another kicka$$ decade in 2020! Yo, wanna grab good grub before your New Years celebration? Come hit our New Year's Eve party at Cedars! Catch our new Chef Amado Lopez throwin' down a dope culinary experience through a one-time-only 4 course prix fixe menu baby! Seats limited, book here using Opentable! Btw, this is our last episode before the new year. THANK YOU ALL for supporting the sh!t out of me and the podcast! We'll catch y'all in January! This week's gues...
Dec 18, 2019•52 min•Season 2Ep. 83
J. J. Wenrich is a Certified Financial Planner and 20-year veteran of the investment world. He developed his fascination in the stock market as a child, watching business reports on PBS, one of the few stations available in his small-town Kansas home. During the freezing winters and blazing summers, he was inside learning about what he calls “the amazing world of stocks.” Despite his small-town upbringing, J.J. had progressive teachers along the way who included personal finance and stock-pickin...
Dec 02, 2019•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 82
J. J. Wenrich is a Certified Financial Planner and 20-year veteran of the investment world. He developed his fascination in the stock market as a child, watching business reports on PBS, one of the few stations available in his small-town Kansas home. During the freezing winters and blazing summers, he was inside learning about what he calls “the amazing world of stocks.” Despite his small-town upbringing, J.J. had progressive teachers along the way who included personal finance and stock-pickin...
Nov 26, 2019•57 min•Season 2Ep. 81
No one but Kison Patel would think, hey maybe I should buy this methadone clinic for $1.5 million. And in three months, Toronto sells it for 3.5 million. This dude almost had that deal in the bag, and then the financial crisis hit. And that's when he really got going. He moved on his way to M&A software, domain name marketing, etc. But he goes into talking about product validation and product distribution. And what he's been learning is, don't just create your harebrained idea and think ever...
Nov 20, 2019•1 hr 37 min•Season 2Ep. 80
What up BNOS peeps, When all else fails, find heaven under your mother's feet. Our guest Kison Patel hit rock bottom and did just that with his mom - which then propelled him into the world of Subway sandwich franchises, then business brokerage, and finally becoming and M&A pro. Kison slapped us with a bad ass line: "Disrupt yourself or die." Though I personally practice that, I'm not gonna lie: sometimes I rather DIE! This dude Kison disrupts himself errryday - he now runs his own software ...
Nov 18, 2019•56 min•Season 2Ep. 79
The most gangster episode when it comes to personal and powerful mindset changes. Michele Kehrer. Founder and owner of Balance Chicago ( https://balancechicago.com/ ). We got into it with a Michelle. She’s a super positive and powerful person. This woman had cancer not once but twice. extremely powerful story about her saying I'm not going to give up and continuing to work through her chemo through her remission. Meanwhile, she also racked up a whole lot of debt while she was investing in hersel...
Nov 07, 2019•55 min•Season 2Ep. 78
Warren just unveiled a TWENTY *TRILLION* DOLLAR plan to pay for Medicare for All! This could *really* happen people!! Rich are quakin in their Ferragamo boots. We had Dr. Michele Kehrer on from Balance Chicago (https://balancechicago.com/). She don’t like M4A bc she thinks the target should be on insurance companies, NOT doctors getting paid less. Talk about investing in yourself. After being diagnosed with cancer TWICE, and her biz on the brink of failure with $250k in debt, this woman has doub...
Nov 05, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 77
She's a ‘word sculptor,’ NOT a ‘wordsmither’ - very different. Episode 76 y'all, Carla Bass, Air Force Colonel, took the worst squadron and made it the #1 squadron in the state. How is that possible? Yeah, it totally happened. She was also able to get the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to come to her gala ball through writing. How did she do that? She's doing workshops, she's teaching businesses how to make more cheddar, and she's teaching YOU how to make more cheddar and get promoted through writing. C...
Oct 30, 2019•51 min•Season 2Ep. 76
We had a retired Air Force Colonel, Carla Bass ( www.writetoinfluence.net ). This ep is all about how to write more powerfully! How that helps you to make more cheddar (money). We do a deep dive into her “Money-Making Methods” in the second episode so make sure to tune in on Wednesday for that. This is the shit show episode. WeWork, Boeing, and Facebook. Specifically Boeing, I can't believe how much these guys have withheld. Carla shows us how that's not the right move withholding all that infor...
Oct 28, 2019•48 min•Season 2Ep. 75
Episode 74. Yo, Masroor Ahmed. This dude is a finance lover. This guy really is comfortable with money and making big decisions around money. He showed us that he's willing to roll up his sleeves and clean some toilets and wash some dishes. That's right. Dude is VP of finance at Factor 75 . A company that makes food- organic, grass fed type of food- and then delivers it already cooked and chilled to your door. He's basically CFO for that company. We asked him, "yo, how do you make that chedda?" ...
Oct 23, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 74
Tho it ain't official, I think we're in recession. Why? Recessions LAG data. Here's the data: - China Slowest GDP in 30 years. - Inverted yield curve. - Europe in recession. - Capital spending droppin. Should you sell your stocks to try and time the market? HELLLL NAW!!! Click and listen as our guest Masroor Ahmed drops some serious street cred on how to be a long term investor. Comedian Noshod Barrow joined us too - he shared some stories from his cross country running days (RUN *BLACK* FORREST...
Oct 21, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 73
Thin slicing, scout snipers, speed drills, anticipation thinking. Yo, we covered a lot with John Kennedy. This is the brain training episode y'all. If you all want to sign up with me, come on out. Doing this demo was powerful. It had a big impact on the way I operate. John has worked directly with some super performers to help them achieve their peak- such as Kyle Korver of the Bulls, a billionaire real estate investor, stock traders, Top Athletes, people with Parkinson's and CTE. He calls this ...
Oct 17, 2019•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 72
Q: What do you get when China & the NBA go toe-to-toe? A: Yao Ming The Chinese LOVE basketball. The Chinese ADORE the NBA. The Chinese government HATES an outspoken NBA. It feels like a $4 billion NBA business in China was flushed down the toilet overnight with one tweet: "Fight for Freedom, Stand with Hong Kong" Is this bigger than the NBA? Yup. Do American companies have a spine when it comes to China? Nope. Is this really all Daryl Morey's fault? Daryl WHO? Episode #71, y'all. After break...
Oct 15, 2019•54 min•Season 2Ep. 71
Episode 70! We had on Suzanne Griffith, owner/founder of Vega Partners (http://www.vega-partners.com/) - a management consulting firm for corporate citizenship. Yeah, she doin it. Yo, she walked us through how the world is becoming one where social impact can happen with just one person. That's how Purdue Pharma came down. It was a woman's opioid art installation project that really brought all that attention. And so she explains- how does a corporation do good? She worked for Exelon- the corpor...
Oct 10, 2019•27 min•Season 2Ep. 70
My fave sketchy CEO's: Adam Neuman - WeWork Devin Wenig - eBay Mark Zuckerberg - Facebook Fellas, PLEASE call Suzanne Griffith, episode # 69's guest. Suzanne is the founder/CEO of Vega Partners: https://www.vega-partners.com/ . Suzanne runs a consulting company that coaches corporations on being good corporate citizens. ZUCK - don't get fired like Adam & Devin - you need Suzanne real bad. Suzanne teaches us what real charismatic leadership is and what truly good corporate citizens are. Rule ...
Oct 08, 2019•59 min•Season 2Ep. 69
Whats up y'all? Episode 68, thank you for tuning in. This is the IRA episode with the IRA club, not a night club, Its a place where you try and make some extra cash without getting taxed. We get to know Dennis and Kasha better as they break down how to make money in your IRA tax free. What are the pros man, I've never met people who know IRA's better than these people. They're strongly strongly well versed in IRAs. So sit back, relax and you're about to learn how to make some cheddar for free wi...
Oct 02, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 68
