Theodora (Theo) Lau is the founder of Unconventional Ventures , a public speaker, and an advisor who seeks to spark innovation in the public and private sectors for the benefit of the forgotten demographics. She strives to create a more inclusive society. Unconventional Ventures focuses on developing and growing an ecosystem of financial institutions, corporations, startups, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and accelerators to better address the unmet needs of consumers (with keen interests i...
Oct 18, 2023•38 min•Ep. 155
Jonny Lazarus is a content creator, podcast host, and on-air NHL Analyst. He’s a happy-go-lucky guy who is passionate about growing the game of hockey and making it more fun for everyone. At his core, he’s a content creator who’s passionate about hockey. He’s mashed these two passions together to make a name for himself. During the 2022 NHL season and playoffs—as well as after Vegas won the cup—he became an instrumental component of the NHL Network’s coverage. Jonny also creates content for Blea...
Oct 11, 2023•37 min•Ep. 154
How do you create a superfan of you or your business? What is the secret sauce that takes a musician from a talented person to a worldwide phenomenon? Brittany Hodak—an award-winning entrepreneur, author, and international keynote speaker—has the answers. As an accomplished speaker, she’s been invited to audiences and organizations across the world including American Express, We Work, Compassion International, Sony Music, and the United Nations to speak on customer experience. She is the co-foun...
Oct 04, 2023•39 min•Ep. 153
When Gary Arndt realized he didn’t want a career in academia, he sold his house with the goal of traveling around the world for a year or two. That one or two years turned into 13 . He came home from his last international trip before the Covid pandemic hit. That’s when life was turned upside down. He was an accomplished world-renowned travel blogger and photographer who lost all of his contracts overnight. All of the traffic to his website dried up. He stopped making affiliate sales. He decided...
Sep 27, 2023•36 min•Ep. 152
Diego Vetencourt is a political refugee from Venezuela turned entrepreneur through marketing. After being detained by the communist party in 2016, he was able to come to the States under refugee status where he started as an Uber driver. By 28, he had failed multiple businesses such as an Ethereum mining facility, Airbnb rentals, flipping cars, and multiple YouTube channels that gained no traction. At 30, he was hired as an SDR at Uplyft Capital, a fintech company in Miami, where he eventually b...
Sep 20, 2023•38 min•Ep. 151
Kevin Henderson is the co-founding partner of SMB Law Group and the SMB Center. He’s also the host of the Mundane Millionaires podcast. Kevin is a seasoned corporate lawyer with over a decade of M&A, venture capital, and public capital markets experience. In 2022, Kevin and his partners Sam and Eric launched a new boutique law firm focused on providing high-stakes M&A experience to small business entrepreneurs. SMB Law Group was founded with the mission to become the leading SMB-focused ...
Sep 13, 2023•44 min•Ep. 150
This Is My Brave with Jennifer Marshall, Episode #149 Jennifer Marshall is the founder of “This Is My Brave,” the leading platform for individuals to share their stories of overcoming mental illness through creative expression. Jennifer formed the organization after experiencing a positive outpouring of support following the publication of her story on a well-known news website. She wanted to provide that same opportunity to others living with mental illness. She envisioned a theater show concep...
Sep 06, 2023•33 min•Ep. 149
Morgan Young is a 20-year-old Content Creator, Public Speaker, Venture Fellow, and Computer Science & Engineering and Entrepreneurship student. In addition to those roles, she is a self-development addict, health nut, co-founder of the budding UNR figure-skating team, and an aspiring entrepreneur. Morgan discovered a passion for technology at the age of nine while taking her first robotics class. Morgan is also passionate about helping others. She’s found that she enjoys being the bridge bet...
Aug 30, 2023•43 min•Ep. 148
Tucker Bryant is a nationally renowned poet and keynote speaker. He spent a decade between Stanford and Google and learned something striking: Even people on the cutting edge of innovation struggle to take risks. We all want to step out of our comfort zones, but our instinct to protect that unconscious comfort suffocates our creativity. We disengage from our work and our ability to lead is stunted. Tucker’s experience in Silicon Valley has driven him to pursue the answer to one question: How can...
Aug 23, 2023•39 min•Ep. 147
Jacklyn Collier is the co-founder and CEO of the Bundle Game , an actress, and a podcaster. Jacklyn grew up in an athletically inclined family but couldn’t manage to make the starting lineup of the basketball team that her parents coached. They encouraged her to find other interests, so she channeled her creative energy into acting. She has appeared in regional theater, off-broadway, and in TV and film. Jacklyn, aka “Jacks” in the Christmas movie world, Jacklyn appeared in the CBS Christmas movi...
Aug 16, 2023•37 min•Ep. 146
Elsie Escobar is a die-hard podcast junkie who lives, breathes, and works the medium (and has since 2006). Elsie was one of the first podcasters to use audio to teach yoga. Her yoga class has now been downloaded over 4 million times . Elsie is also the Director of Community and Content at Libsyn. She’s worked with hundreds of podcasters to help them produce better shows and learn about the fast-moving podcasting space. She cultivated an engaged community through Libsyn’s official podcast, “ The ...
Aug 09, 2023•43 min•Ep. 145
Erin Wood is the Senior Vice President of Financial Planning and Advanced Solutions at Carson Group. She began her career in personal finance promptly after graduating college where she practiced as a financial planner in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She developed a passion for helping people at a relatively young age, and the fulfillment of seeing a family achieve their financial goals led Erin to eventually own her own financial planning business in her late twenties. Being a local girl at heart, Eri...
Aug 02, 2023•43 min•Ep. 144
Sonya Dreizler is the Co-Founder of the financial services diversity tech platform, “Choir,” as well as a speaker and author focused on fostering candid conversations about gender and race in financial services. She seeks to amplify the voices of women and people of color in finance. Sonya is a sought-after speaker for national financial services conferences, writes for Morningstar, and is the author of the acclaimed “ Do Better Series ” about sexual harassment, assault, and discrimination in fi...
Jul 26, 2023•37 min•Ep. 143
Tiffany Blackmon is a nationally recognized chef, podcast host of “ My So-Called Fabulous ,” and an influencer, cookbook author, mother, wife, daughter, and friend. She is lovingly referred to as the “Mother of the People” by those who know and love her. And to know Tiffany is to love Tiffany. Tiffany decided to make a shift in her career in 2019. She began dipping her toes into the world of lifestyle influencing, blogging, and podcast hosting. Tiffany’s podcast is now her full-time passion proj...
Jul 19, 2023•37 min•Ep. 142
Eric is the founder of the BOLDMEN Adventures , Mentors on Mission, and the host of the “ Eric Rogell Talks with Warriors, Lovers, Kings, and Heroes ” podcast. Over the last 20+ years, Eric has shared his hard-earned wisdom with audiences, inspiring and guiding thousands of ambitious men and women to find their purpose and passion in life. He is a highly sought-after renowned speaker whose presence, personality, and approachability gave captivated audiences around the world. He’s interviewed hun...
Jul 12, 2023•40 min•Ep. 141
Hilary JM Topper is the Chief Curator of HJMT Media and recent author of “ From Couch Potato to Endurance Athlete .” Hilary has been a public relations practitioner for more than 40 years. She grew the firm from a home office to one of the largest on Long Island. She’s represented major national clients and local businesses and placed them in publications including the Wall Street Journal, NY Times, Good Day NY, and many more. In 2007, her firm took a bit of a shift and included social media mar...
Jul 05, 2023•34 min•Ep. 140
Austin Hatch’s story is one of tragedy, incomprehensible loss, and triumph. On Labor Day of 2003, Austin and his family were flying from Northern Michigan to Fort Wayne, IN. As they were preparing to land, the aircraft crashed and burst into flames. Austin’s dad threw him out of the plane to save his life and ran back into the plane to get his mom and siblings. Tragically, Austin and his dad were the only survivors. They grieved the loss of their family and pushed on, which is what they would've...
Jun 28, 2023•40 min•Ep. 139
Perry Williams is a retired NFL Player and two-time Super Bowl Champion. He’s also a keynote speaker and the Director of Sports Management at Long Island University (LIU). On a team of stars, Perry Williams was an unsung hero and silent leader of the New York Giants Football team for 11 seasons (1983-1994). He was the starting right cornerback for one of the most storied and dynamic defenses in NFL history, culminating with two NFL Super Bowl Championships (1986-1987) and (1990-1991). Impressive...
Jun 21, 2023•42 min•Ep. 138
Miriam Schulman is an accomplished artist, artpreneur, and founder of The Inspiration Place . She’s built multiple six-figure art businesses. Her journey to becoming a successful artist began after a career in the corporate world. The events of September 11th led her to pursue her true passion for art. She’s dedicated to helping other artists achieve success in their own businesses, which is why she created the Artist Incubator Coaching Program . The program is designed to guide artists through ...
Jun 14, 2023•42 min•Ep. 137
Blake Brewer is the founder of the Legacy Letter Challenge. At 19 years old, Blake Brewer’s father drowned while they were snorkeling together in Hawaii. Hours later, his mother discovered a letter his dad had planned to give him on their trip. In the letter, his dad not only shared great life advice but he poured out his heart. That letter changed Blake’s life forever. The world is changing and isn’t getting any easier to navigate. After having children of his own, Blake realized how difficult ...
Jun 07, 2023•36 min•Ep. 136
Today’s show is a special one as my better half, Denise Sprung, is my guest. Denise is the Chair of the Keith Milano Memorial Fund at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). Keith died by suicide at just 27. Today would’ve been his 46th Birthday . We decided that there’s no better way to wrap up Mental Health Awareness Month than to honor Keith’s memory, share his story, and share the tremendous amount of positivity that has taken place since he’s been gone. Keith was a son, broth...
May 31, 2023•32 min•Ep. 135
Today’s guest is Phillip Tyler, a loss survivor and mental health advocate. Phillip received a text on Nov 29th, 2017, that revealed the devastating suicide of his son Devon and started the beginning of his journey with grief and comfort. Everyone Devon encountered commented on his infectious smile. One of Phillip’s last texts from Devon was after he helped someone in need. The text read, “We all need that one chance, that one glimpse of support. We are all family. Life is chaos, be kind.” Phill...
May 24, 2023•41 min•Ep. 134
Chris Schembra is the Founder of the 7:47 Gratitude Experience™ and a Wall Street Journal bestselling author. 7:47 Gratitude Experience™ is an evidence-based framework used to strengthen client and team relationships in profound ways. He's used the principles of gratitude to spark over 500,000 relationships around the dinner table, serving Fortune 50 CEOs, Olympians, Academy Award Winners, Grammy Award Winning Recording Artists, Super Bowl Champions, and more. As a Viral Marketer, his gratitude ...
May 17, 2023•43 min•Ep. 133
Living Undeterred with Jeffrey Johnston, Episode #132 On October 4, 2016, the trajectory of Jeffrey Johnston’s life changed with one phone call. Before that day, Jeff was living the American Dream. He had a great family, was a successful entrepreneur running a financial services firm in Iowa, and was seemingly coasting through life. But that morning Jeff received the phone call that is every parent’s worst nightmare. His oldest son, Seth, had died from fentanyl poisoning. He was only 23 years ol...
May 10, 2023•45 min•Ep. 132
Today’s guest is Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Gretchen Evans, a retired army veteran, author, athlete, speaker, and mentor. CSM Evans is a highly decorated female veteran who began her journey when she entered the United States Army at just 19 years old. She worked her way up to CSM, the highest rank an enlisted soldier can achieve. In 2006, CSM Evans’ world changed when she was severely wounded by incoming fire while serving in Afghanistan. The rocket blast caused a traumatic brain injury, inte...
May 03, 2023•50 min•Ep. 131
Matt Halloran is the Co-Founder & CRO of ProudMouth. Matt Halloran and Kirk Lowe co-founded ProudMouth to help you sell less and advise more by amplifying your influence over a growing audience of magnetically attracted fans who’ll chase you down instead. To date, their team has produced over 4,000 podcast episodes and over 50,000 social media posts in one of the most highly regulated industries––financial services. A former business and life coach to top advisors, Matt has helped advisors u...
Apr 26, 2023•38 min•Ep. 130
Captain Paul Watson is a marine wildlife conservation and environmental activist and the founder of the Capital Paul Watson Foundation. He was also one of the founding members and directors of Greenpeace, one of the most recognized conservation organizations in the world. In 1977, he left Greenpeace and founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Captain Watson has spent over 50 years at sea fighting illegal operations intent upon destruction and death, impacting all species in the sea from p...
Apr 19, 2023•40 min•Ep. 129
Danielle Kunkle Roberts is a founding partner of Boomer Benefits, a national insurance agency specializing in Medicare since 2005. She is the author of the best-selling book, “ 10 Costly Medicare Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make .” Danielle helps educate Medicare recipients about their supplemental insurance options so that they can confidently choose the plan that best fits them. Policyholders have access to a customer client service team that helps them with Medicare appeals, claim denials, d...
Apr 12, 2023•48 min•Ep. 128
Michael Lane is the Head of iShares U.S. Wealth Advisory at BlackRock and a member of the US Wealth Advisory and US iShares Executive Committees. Michael has worked with financial advisors for nearly three decades and oversees the development of advisor-xcentric solutions helping advisors build better portfolios. Prior to joining iShares at BlackRock in 2018, Michael served as the Global Head of Strategic Retirement Initiatives at Dimensional Fund Advisors where he was responsible for the strate...
Apr 05, 2023•49 min•Ep. 127
Today’s guest is Sonya Lutter, Ph.D., CFP®, LMFT, owner of EnLite.World , and Director of Financial Health and Wellness at Texas Tech University’s School of Financial Planning. Dr. Lutter founded EnLite, a research and training consultancy firm for financial planners and therapists. Enlite provides research design, data collection, statistical analysis interpretation, customized reports, and training programs for businesses. Their areas of focus include the psychology of financial planning, beha...
Mar 29, 2023•41 min•Ep. 126
