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Hacks and Hobbies with Junaid Ahmed | Passion to Profit Stories

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Welcome to “Hacks and Hobbies with Junaid Ahmed – Passion to Profit Stories,” where we explore the journeys of creators turning hobbies into thriving ventures. Hosted by Junaid Ahmed, our in-depth conversations uncover strategies, insights, and success roadmaps from entrepreneurs, artisans, entertainers, and visionaries worldwide. 🎙 Want to be a guest? Send a message to Junaid on PodMatch: https://www.podmatch.com/member/hacksandhobbies 📖 Check out my book on Home Studio: https://homestudiobook.com 🔗 Find me on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/superjunaid
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Episodes

E288 - Altovise Pelzer - How to push through all of the odds and see what's waiting for you on the other side.

In this episode, I get to speak with an award-winning woman empowerment coach, a best selling author of a stage of their own, Altovise Pelzer. She was encouraged to write at the age of eight by her grandmother, and She later found that developing a love of writing would get her through many difficult situations. She founded the World Voice League and has been the host to the speakeasy podcast for a few years. Now. We connected a few months ago, and Altovise was generous enough to send me a birth...

Oct 31, 201947 minSeason 2Ep. 88

E287 - Philip Morgan - How to build your audience through an email list

In this episode, I get to speak with Philip Morgan. Now I've been following Philip's story for over a year and I've been reading his PMC daily emails, and we had a chat last year. I was introduced to him by my good friend Fuad Kamal, who was also a guest on this podcast. On the PMC emails, I've been getting so much value. I like the way he thinks, and that's one of the reasons why I brought him on the podcast. Our Guest Philip Morgan Website: https: //philipmorganconsulting.com , positioningcras...

Oct 24, 20191 hr 7 minSeason 2Ep. 87

E286 - Mario Castelli - How to bring your passion to the forefront with writing

In this episode, we get to speak with Mario Castelli. He's a driven passionate individual that views the world through Kaleidoscope vision. We're going to dig a little bit more on what that all means. He is a recent graduate with a degree in English and History. He has a ton of experience with children both in special needs child inclusion, mainstreaming with individual education programs, as well as applied behavior analysis and generalize classrooms. He is a passionate writer and he's been doi...

Oct 17, 201944 minSeason 2Ep. 86

E285 - Greg Rollet - How to create leverage and value by building your brand and audience

I get to speak Emmy award-wining producer, best-selling author, and a marketing expert. He has written for Mashable, Fast Company, Inc.com , the Huffington Post, AOL, and others. He has co-authored some of the best-selling books with Jack Canfield, Dan Kennedy, Robert Allen, and many leading experts from around the world. Our Guest Greg Rollet Website: http://gregrollett.com Instagram: @gregrollett Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gregrollett Hacks to take Away Let's find out how he became an ...

Oct 10, 201948 minSeason 2Ep. 85

E284 - Jake Jordan - How to solve growth challenges for cause driven companies

In this episode, I get to speak with Jake Jordan. He solves growth challenges for cause driven organizations. He's the founder and co-host for the unlearn show, an amazing show that started over a year ago and they are breaking bad habits and building new ones. He's been a hobbyist, consultant for strategy and has been helping solve organizational challenges around communications. Our Guest Jake Jordan LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakejordan/ Twitter: jakejordan Instagram: media @jakejo...

Oct 03, 201951 minSeason 2Ep. 84

E283 - Marisa Cali - How to create your business from the ground.

In this Episode, we get to speak with Marissa Cali. I met her through LinkedIn, and what really pulled me towards her was the fact that she's a font nerd. Being a font nerd just means that she has have a very keen eye and she can tell if the font being used is the correct way. I decided to bring her on the podcast and since she's also a social media strategist and us being entrepreneurs and hobbyists and we love to learn people's journeys, and how they got here and how we can use some of their k...

Aug 08, 201951 minSeason 2Ep. 83

E282 - Bo Wernick - How to bring your ideas to reality at your local MakerSpace - NoVA Labs

In this episode, I get to speak with Bo Wernick. He's the CEO and Chief Engineer at Theta Composites. How did I meet Bo? Well, I am part of Nova labs a maker space here in Reston, Virginia. And in the space of hacking things together and making the passion of their hobbies and building stuff. Bo stepped forward and said I'd love to chat about. And as I learned, and with the conversation with him last week, he is a design engineer, a business developer, and specializing in composite structures an...

Aug 01, 20191 hrSeason 2Ep. 82

E281 - Donnie Boivin - How to become a success champion by changing your mindset.

In this episode, I get to speak with Donnie Boivin. He does not need an introduction. He's got one of the top 200 podcasts on iTunes called Donnie's Success Champions. I've learned so much amazing stuff with him, through him through the podcast through the groups that I'm with him and it's like why am I not interviewing this guy? Donnie is full of amazing information, amazing knowledge and I'm so blessed to be part of his network and to finally have him on the podcast. We get to learn about what...

Jul 25, 201945 minSeason 2Ep. 81

E280 - Monday Breakdown Week 29

Welcome to another Monday Breakdown. Last week we got to hear from Candice Fathi she talks about how to access your limbic brain and utilize your genius, Eleanor Brick speaks about her passion as an illustrator and following your dreams to open up opportunities. Then Hani Mourra talks about the power of software and how to build applications to solve your own problems while helping others in the process Lastly on Friday you got to Hear from Jordan Gross on reaching your cloud nine moments throug...

Jul 22, 20194 minSeason 2Ep. 80

E279 - Jordan Gross - How to reach your cloud nine moment through exploration

In this episode, I get to speak with Jordan gross. He's an executive coach at Cloud Nine living it two times author three times founder and a TEDx speaker. He reached out to me through LinkedIn saying that he's on an amazing journey to be on 90 podcasts this summer or 2019. I'm honored to bring him on the here and learn his journey on how he discovered this new found love for cloud nine living. Our Guest Jordan Gross LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jordangross9 Websites: journeytocloudnine.com/ (Perso...

Jul 19, 201931 minSeason 2Ep. 79

E278 - Hani Mourra - How to build applications that solve your own problem and help others in the process

Our Guest Hani Mourra LinkedIn : linkedin.com/in/hanimourra Twitter : hanimourra Websites: repurpose.io (Company Website), hanimourra.com (Personal Website) Hacks to take Away Being a techies software guy. He started blogging about the video, because that was his passion. How he got into blogging, understanding SEO and the video market, and building a little bit of an audience. He had a passion for video and skillset for engineering coding architect things. How he had the biggest mistake turned ...

Jul 18, 201945 minSeason 2Ep. 78

E277 - Eleanor Bick - How to follow your dreams and passion to becoming an award winning illustrator.

In this episode, I get to speak with Eleanor Bick. She's a German freelance author and illustrator. And I got to follow some of her amazing illustrations on Twitter. She's been posting some really fantastic illustrations of Pokemon related comics. I was super fascinated with the level of detail and the level of clarity in these illustrations. And to top it all off she did a little short tv trailer on the bee's knees. So I had to get in touch with her and bring her on the podcast, talk about beek...

Jul 17, 201944 minSeason 2Ep. 77

E276 - Candice Fathi - How to access your limbic brain and utilize your genius to its highest potential.

Our Guest Candice Fathi LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/candice-fathi Website: marvelvillage.com (Company Website) Email: themarvelvillage@gmail.com Hacks to take Away Talking about the mind and how it is so powerful, and we can make it do whatever we want The more that we are authentically ourselves, the more that we are just uniquely awkwardly weirdly, operating on our own vibration. An infant's brain is actually more powerful than a supercomputer. Children have just a wonderful capacity, their EQ i...

Jul 16, 201957 minSeason 2Ep. 76

E275 - Monday Breakdown Week 28 - Productivity Hack with Procrastination

Welcome to another Monday Breakdown. Last week we got to hear from Mark Metry - How to become an evolved version of yourself. Kris Macchiarola - How to create a humanized company and leaders. Holli Shan - How to talk with other beings Bonnie Marie William - How to follow your dreams and become a superhero! This Week we’ll be talking with a dynamic TEDx speaker, an illustrator and author with natural talents, a developer turned entrepreneur and a life coach starting a brand new movement. How to h...

Jul 15, 201919 minSeason 2Ep. 75

E274 - Bonnie Marie Williams - How to follow your dreams and become a superhero!

In this episode, I get to speak with Bonnie Marie Williams. She's a voice actor at vo superhero. She is the ultimate superhero, and voiceover superhero. And she's got an amazing journey that we're about to learn about. She's got a bachelor's degrees in theatre arts and acting concentration, and she's into a lot of cool things that I wish I had the opportunity to get into. Our Guest Bonnie Marie Williams Twitter: https://twitter.com/vo_superhero Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vosuperhero/ F...

Jul 12, 201951 minSeason 2Ep. 74

E273 - Holli Shan - How to talk with other beings

In this episode, I get to speak with a TEDx speaker, Holli Shan. I had the opportunity to attend TEDx Ashburn my first attendance ever to such an event. It was also the very first TEDx in Ashburn with a growing community of speakers their first-ever and she was one of the first speakers to speak about her passion and what she's been doing with her life. She comes from a background of animal communication and has experienced with human communication, which she then translated to just, you know, b...

Jul 11, 201949 minSeason 2Ep. 73

E272 - Kris Macchiarola - How to create a humanized company and leaders.

In this episode, we get to speak with Kris Macc. She's a speaker, author and consultant, with an upcoming book coming out hashtag no approval needed. She helps corporations and companies be better emotionally equipped to deal with or have a good way of a balance with employees and having that emotion because a lot of the times companies feel like they are robotic. They're just looking for that bottom line. So Kris here helps those companies be emotionally intelligent companies and leaders, so th...

Jul 10, 201949 minSeason 2Ep. 72

E271 - Mark Metry - How to become an evolved version of yourself.

In this episode, we get to speak with Mark Metry host of humans 2.0 podcast, his podcast has been featured on Forbes, Huffington Posts, Inc, and listed in the top 20 and growing podcasts for 2019 on the NASDAQ. And I've had the privilege of connecting with him back in 2018. September, have been following his journey and engaging with him on LinkedIn and Facebook. And this dude is the genuine deal, man. He's got it. I love it. And I'm so happy and excited to bring him onto the podcast. Our Guest ...

Jul 09, 201943 minSeason 2Ep. 71

E270 - Monday Breakdown Week 27

Welcome back to another Monday breakdown, it's week #27 and we’re heading towards the end of the year. Summer has started off pretty good. But I have no idea where all of these rains are coming from. I mean seriously questioning the seasons right now. We had a jam packed week of some really awesome conversations with our guests on the podcast starting with Ashely Ann Jones on Tuesday as she walks us through how to use social media to grow your business. Rob Pearson talks about how to market, bui...

Jul 08, 201924 minSeason 2Ep. 70

E269 - Lila Smith - How to say things better and get your messaging accurate.

In this episode, we get to chat with the fabulous Lila Smith, she started a brand new way of thinking and messaging platform called, say things better. For the first time ever she talks about her journey that’s not available on any other podcast. The story of Lila Smith as she goes from Theater to Coaching to developing a system that helps you say things better. So come back on Friday to check out Lila’s episode and learn to say things better. Our Guest Lila Smith LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lilas...

Jul 05, 20191 hr 9 minSeason 2Ep. 69

E268 - Tom Malloy - How to find, approach & close Investors for your film.

I get to speak with Tom Malloy. He's an actor, writer and producer. I had the opportunity to attend his workshop at the VIP film and TV summit here in Northern Virginia. And I learned a lot of amazing things about the movie business, especially from the production side of things. Tom has raised over 25 million dollars on indie films over the years and in this episode he talks about his experience into film making and his journey. He's the author to Bankroll the book. Our Guest Tom Malloy Faceboo...

Jul 04, 201944 minSeason 2Ep. 68

E267 - Rob Pearson - How to market, build and work on your business.

We get to talk with a good friend, Robert Pearson. I met Rob Pearson, back at work at web visible This was many, many years ago. And we stayed connected over the years. I noticed that he’s running an awesome company working on some of the concepts that I myself aspire to some day. We get to talk about marketing, building business, and the difference between working in the business vs on the business. You can get in touch with Rob over at Rareview.com. And through his social media: "80% of our li...

Jul 03, 201933 minSeason 2Ep. 67

E266 - Ashley Ann Jones - How to use social media to grow your business.

We get to speak with Ashley Ann Jones. She's a professional speaker, a social media strategist, a business builder, an award-winning event designer, she has been using social media to grow her audience to grow her business. And to make an impact in the world. I got to meet her through LinkedIn. And I really liked what she was doing with social media strategy. Our Guest Ashley Ann Jones LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kingashleyann Websites: AshleyAnnsEvents.com (Company Website) , ashleyannsevents.com...

Jul 02, 201931 minSeason 2Ep. 66

E265 - Monday Breakdown Week 26

Welcome back to another Monday breakdown, it's week #26 that means we have the same number of weeks left to go and we’re on top of the hump! I can absolutely believe half the year is over. Last week we got to speak with Jonathan Stark as talks about podcasting, how to use your brains to ditch the hourly mentality. Toni Bubb gives us an overview on how to life life to the fullest by loving yourself. Eric Didier shows us how to tell our stories through video and share it with the world. And on Fri...

Jul 01, 201915 minSeason 2Ep. 65

E264 - Krista Mollion - How to find your own truth through the sassy method mindset

In this episode, we get to speak with Krista Mollion, she's an avid learner like myself, an entrepreneur, a LinkedIn Localhost, and a top truth teller. She's worked in a program and product management capacity for many years and is launching a brand new mindset initiative called "The Sassy Method." I met her through the social media platforms and got to get to know a little bit about her prowess. She's here to spread positivity one smile at a time. She can be reached on LinkedIn: https://www.lin...

Jun 28, 201941 minSeason 2Ep. 64

E263 - Eric Didier - How to tell your story through video and share it with the world

In this episode, we get to speak with Eric Didier, he brought his expertise of video creation from Youtube and Twitch to LinkedIn and inspired an entire generation into telling their stories through passion on video. I was introduced to Eric through LinkedIn videos, and I was utterly blown away. I reached out, connected, and watched Eric grow his audience and influence with videos. This led to him forming a production house with Quentin Allams and other seasoned video and content creators. He ca...

Jun 27, 201924 minSeason 2Ep. 63

E262 - Toni Bubb - How to live life to the fullest by loving yourself.

Toni Bubb, she's a professional lover of life, a creative innovator, visionary and a fantastic all-around individual. Through her videos and mindset, I was inspired by her compassion. She's an advocate for human sustainability in the workplace, meaning she's on a global mission to reduce job-related stress and shift workplace culture with God, self-transformation, and FUN! Toni can be found on linkedin engaging with other professional lovers of life: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonibubb/ ——Conne...

Jun 26, 201943 minSeason 2Ep. 62

E261 - Jonathan Stark - How to use your mind and ditch the hourly mentality

He wrote a fantastic book: called "Hourly Billing is Nuts" back in 2016. And he's got a great podcast called ditching hourly. I absolutely love what he's talking about, I felt that same pain, living in a world where you are masked as an hourly employee, rather than using your mind to do the job that you brought in to do, instead, you are counted in as a worker using your hands. Ever since listening to the podcast, this mindset has stuck with me. So check out the podcast on Tuesday and learn how ...

Jun 25, 201945 minSeason 2Ep. 61

E260 - Monday Breakdown Week 25 - Epic 64-Mile bike ride adventure inside

Welcome back to another Monday breakdown, it's week #25 that means we have 27 more weeks to go in 2019. We're so close to the middle of the year! I still can't believe half the year is almost over. We've celebrated the longest day of the year on Friday, June 21. But if you live in Washington DC, the latest sunsets will start on the day after the solstice the 22nd. The longest day also brings an essential question to light "What is the Stonehenge" Que the song from Stonehenge by Ylvis . It is a m...

Jun 24, 201934 minSeason 2Ep. 60

E259 - Andrew Katers - How to be a superstar actor by using your mind and martial arts

In this episode I get to talk to my good friend Andrew caters isn't, is terrible. And I met him back in Colorado. He was he was doing this short film short TV series called the anomaly. And I got to do some behind the scenes videos. And he since then we just went different directions. He's in LA now and I'm in Virginia. But I still kept in connection with him. And I was like, hey, I want to bring him to the podcast because he's into the film industry. And I love moviemaking and filmmaking, photo...

Jun 21, 201933 minSeason 2Ep. 59
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