SHOW NOTES Karen Copeland is the founder and co-owner of sammysoap, an all natural soap store and factory located in St. Louis, Missouri. As Karen puts it: “sammysoap is a job-creation machine for adults with intellectual disabilities disguised as the world’s best soap company.” The company’s products are 100% all natural, completely synthetic-free, and made of Earth’s most indulgent ingredients. The company’s team includes full-wage adults with intellectual disabilities, and that may be sammyso...
Dec 18, 2017•32 min
SHOW NOTES Doug Campbell is the President & CEO of Louisville, CO-based Solid Power, Inc. and Longmont, CO-based, Roccor, LLC. For both companies, he leads corporate governance, strategic partner engagement, business development and fundraising. Both companies were recently recognized by both BizWest and ColoradoBiz Magazines as one of Colorado’s fastest growing and top companies in the areas of advanced technology and manufacturing. Mr. Campbell is a well-known Colorado-based tech entrepren...
Nov 29, 2017•28 min
SHOW NOTES Ethan’s got a background in and passion for brand, strategy, and content. To help people communicate more effectively with simple videos, he produces blog posts, videos, newsletters, webinars, social posts, stage presentations, and more. Prior to joining BombBomb, he directed the marketing efforts for local broadcast television stations and websites in Chicago IL, Grand Rapids MI, and Colorado Springs CO. BA: University of Michigan. MBA: University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. A happ...
Nov 28, 2017•40 min
SHOW NOTES Jeff McManus has a degree in Landscape and Ornamental Horticulture from Auburn University He is an International Society of Arboriculture Certified Arborist and has been Director of Landscape Services with the University of Mississippi since 2000. He and his team won the National Professional Grounds Maintenance Society Best Maintained Campus twice, and Ole Miss was named most beautiful campus by Newsweek in 2011 and the Princeton Review in 2013. His new book, Growing Weeders into Lea...
Nov 27, 2017•29 min
SHOW NOTES Bill McGeeney is a curious, analytical leader operating in various capacities and organizations throughout the community. He utilizes precise and well-tailored communication skills and techniques for both problem solving and consensus building. Overall, he is a personable leader possessing significant flexibility. He has a diverse array of passions, focusing on brewery start-ups. Listen and Learn: Why alignment can be a company's biggest roadblock How to make your corporate social pos...
Nov 16, 2017•33 min
SHOW NOTES Founder of Hallway Stories. Advocates for feeling good. Believes that when we feel good we experience more in life and when we experience more in life we share more with others and when we share more with others from a place of feeling good then we inspire, empower and become the light! Over a decade of experience working in Brand Creation & Brand Expansion. A natural team leader who learns every day creates solutions that have Positive Global Impact & believes strongly in giv...
Nov 15, 2017•33 min
SHOW NOTES Susan Lintonsmith is an accomplished business leader with nearly 30 years of success in generating sales and profit growth in global and national assignments in public and private industries. Susan is currently President and CEO for Quiznos, a Denver-based global restaurant company with nearly 900 locations in 33 countries. Susan joined Quiznos in July 2012 as the Global Chief Marketing Officer and was promoted to CEO in July 2016. Previously, Susan was the Chief Marketing Officer at ...
Nov 14, 2017•38 min
SHOW NOTES His go-from-poverty-to-prosperity story is one for the movies. Born into a family living in a shack in a small town in Kansas and knowing only poverty, food stamps, and hand-me-down clothes, Michael J. Maher conquered incredible challenges and a near-death experience to be known by many different titles: Millionaire Real Estate Agent, Star Power Star, Referral Guru, Hall of Famer, #1, International Bestselling Author, Moving America Forward Entrepreneurial Award Michael is known as No...
Nov 13, 2017•45 min
SHOW NOTES Tevis Rose Trower is convinced working well and living well are symbiotic. She's adamant that once we accomplish having it all, our mandate to create a truly great life begins in earnest. Since starting corporate productivity and wellness consultancy Balance Integration in 2002, Tevis has collaborated with both best- and worst-practice organizations to apply tools and create systems that help executives remember not only what they wanted to be when they grew up, but to recharge their ...
Nov 09, 2017•39 min
SHOW NOTES Jeannie lived around the world while growing up and she landed in Denver 8 years ago. Her first real job was as a flight attendant at Delta Air Lines; She moved into marketing, project management and then really found her niche in leadership development. Since Delta shes worked with medium size to fortune 5 companies and holds multiple certifications in several world-class training programs. While attending a leadership program at the Wharton School of business - Jeannie had a light b...
Nov 09, 2017•39 min
SHOW NOTES Sarah Jones is the founder of Introverted Alpha, the premier dating coaching company for introverted men. With over 250K unique site visitors and $595K in revenue within its first three years, Introverted Alpha has become the strong alternative to pickup artist advice, an oasis for men who want genuine connections with women. Sarah has loved introverted men all her life, and she naturally brings out their best. She has been featured in Business Insider, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Ramit Set...
Nov 08, 2017•32 min
SHOW NOTES With 19 years of Outdoor Advertising experience, Betsy has planned, managed and executed many fully integrated Out of Home (OOH) advertising campaigns throughout North America and worldwide. Today she leads a team of experienced, dedicated strategists who help clients maximize the potential of Outdoor advertising (OOH), by complimenting a robust integrated media plan. EMC Outdoor works seamlessly with an agency or within a media department to deliver pitch-perfect programs and outstan...
Nov 06, 2017•38 min
SHOW NOTES Liza Adams is a transformative senior marketing executive with a successful track record of taking companies to the next level of growth by building and leading teams through business transformations. She inspires change with a clear vision and strategy and by driving modern marketing approaches to strengthen customer preference and engagement. She’s an energetic leader that fosters teamwork, collaboration, and innovation that challenges the status quo. Liza’s unique go-to-market insi...
Nov 03, 2017•37 min
SHOW NOTES Liza Adams is a transformative senior marketing executive with a successful track record of taking companies to the next level of growth by building and leading teams through business transformations. She inspires change with a clear vision and strategy and by driving modern marketing approaches to strengthen customer preference and engagement. She’s an energetic leader that fosters teamwork, collaboration, and innovation that challenges the status quo. Liza’s unique go-to-market insi...
Nov 02, 2017•38 min
SHOW NOTES A native of Ohio but calling Colorado home since 1996, Katie Hedrick has been a businesswoman and serial entrepreneur from her teenage years. Katie has owned and operated a series of highly successful businesses comprising of photography studios, web-based hotel marketing platforms, personal development programs and lately, to fulfill her lifelong love of technology, is the founder and CEO of the 2017 Longmont EDP Cornerstone Award Winner for Best Start Up, Colorado Tech Shop. Katie i...
Nov 01, 2017•31 min
SHOW NOTES Jane Park-Gonzales was born and raised on the island of Maui - the most beautiful place on earth! She grew up in the outdoors, the beach, the jungle, the sun and the waterfalls. Her educational background is a mixed bag, studying fine literature, creative writing, and journalism at the University of Colorado, at Boulder and a Culinary Arts and Food & Beverage Management degree from the Art Institute of California. Jane returned to Maui when she was 23 and fell into Event Planning ...
Oct 31, 2017•36 min
SHOW NOTES Jane Miller is a 30-year food industry executive with experience working with start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. She is also the founder of Janeknows.com, a career advice website geared towards young leaders starting their careers. She is the author of Sleep your Way to the Top (and other myths about business success) , a sassy business book targeted at Millennials. Currently, Jane is the CEO of HannahMax Cookie Chips and recently, Jane was the CEO and President of ProYo, a high pro...
Oct 27, 2017•37 min
SHOW NOTES With diverse experience working in outdoor apparel & equipment, pre-school & youth toys, food & beverage, household product and chemical companies ranging from 50 employees to 50,000 employees, Tom has found success in bringing teams together and leading them to collectively achieve extraordinary business results. He has demonstrated leadership in both high growth product innovation-driven businesses and highly competitive market share battle businesses. He has also succes...
Oct 26, 2017•46 min
SHOW NOTES Chuck Hodges is a co-founder and current CEO of Zebulon Solutions, an eight-year-old product development company specializing in transforming R&D projects into manufacturing-ready products. Under Chuck’s leadership, Zebulon Solutions has helped its global customers design and industrialize diverse products, ranging from clean-tech batteries to IoT electronics to wearable medical devices. He has also served in interim/fractional executive roles for a number of late-stage startups a...
Oct 25, 2017•38 min
Sarah Brown is a growth catalyst for B2B tech companies. She co-hosts Helping Sells Radio podcast, a technology podcast focused on helping customers discover, adopt and thrive using your software, and is the Director of Marketing at ServiceRocket, which helps fast-growing software companies help their customers get the most out of their software through training, implementation, and support. At ServiceRocket, Sarah drives customer acquisition and foster customer growth throughout the lifecycle t...
Oct 24, 2017•33 min
SHOW NOTES At the age of thirty-three, Robin Behrstock, author of ADVENTURES OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS, started Alchemade, a copper mug business just as they became a popular trend. In less than three years, she grew the business to annual sales of $3 million. For Robin, the best part of being an entrepreneur isn't making money or selling lots of copper mugs; its inspiring people to take control of their lives and turn their dreams of starting a business into reality. Robin is currently a partner i...
Oct 23, 2017•27 min
SHOW NOTES Dug is an accomplished entrepreneur, musician, producer and transformational inspirational speaker. He is a Master Practitioner and Licensed Trainer of NLP and Neo Ericksonian Hypnosis. Dug was a top speaker/trainer for Tony Robbins and co-authored Multiple Streams of Inspiration with Jack Caneld. He is VP of Training and Development at Palm Healthcare in Delray Beach, Florida. His greatest passion is to help human beings achieve their full potential to live their dreams. His training...
Oct 20, 2017•40 min
SHOW NOTES Nitin Chhoda is an immigrant who arrived in the US penniless in 2002, in a post 9-11 world. Delivered pizza, slept in his car, and didn't have money for winter clothes, but always a hustler. Became a licensed physical therapist, entrepreneur, author and public speaker in 2007. Now owns and runs several multi-million dollar companies with 30+ employees worldwide. He is the author of "Total Activation: The 5 Step Fitness Mantra". It is a dynamic new approach to weight loss and personal ...
Oct 19, 2017•38 min
SHOW NOTES Kelly Conroy, the Director of Marketing for Kneaders Bakery and Cafe, is a seasoned marketing industry professional with experience managing the advertising campaigns of both large and small clients in a variety of industries. Prior to joining Kneaders, Conroy worked as an Associate Director at Salt Lake City advertising agency, The Summit Group, where his professional focus turned to the food industry including Subway Restaurants. Conroy supervised the advertising strategy for 4,800 ...
Oct 18, 2017•41 min
SHOW NOTES Stephen Woessner is CEO of Predictive ROI and the host of the brilliant Onward Nation podcast. He is the author of three bestselling books, The Small Business Owners Handbook to Search Engine Optimization, Increase Online Sales Through Viral Social Networking, and Profitable Podcasting: Grow Your Business, Expand Your Platform, and Build a Nation of True Fans. Listen and Learn: • How a podcast becomes the Trojan Horse of selling • The importance of content in thought leadership • How ...
Oct 17, 2017•40 min
SHOW NOTES Molly D. Shepard is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Leaders Edge/Leaders By Design, a company dedicated to the advancement of executive and high-potential leaders. She has more than 30 years of experience in career counseling, leadership development, executive coaching and executive search. Peter J. Dean, Ph.D. heads Leaders By Design, the men's leadership development and executive coaching division of The Leaders Edge. With over 30 years of national and international exp...
Oct 13, 2017•42 min
SHOW NOTES Chris Hallberg one of Inc. magazine’s Top 50 Leadership and Management Experts has been taking big risks and getting outside of his comfort zone his entire life. He joined the Army National Guard Military Police at 17, was an officer at a Maximum Security prison at 20. By the ripe age of 23, he was a Sergeant in both organizations leading other officers and soldiers in dynamic and challenging environments. After serving in uniform, he began his career in sales and marketing and quickl...
Oct 12, 2017•47 min
SHOW NOTES Chris Hallberg one of Inc. magazine’s Top 50 Leadership and Management Experts has been taking big risks and getting outside of his comfort zone his entire life. He joined the Army National Guard Military Police at 17, was an officer at a Maximum Security prison at 20. By the ripe age of 23, he was a Sergeant in both organizations leading other officers and soldiers in dynamic and challenging environments. After serving in uniform, he began his career in sales and marketing and quickl...
Oct 11, 2017•45 min
SHOW NOTES Bedros Keuilian is a best-selling author, speaker and business consultant. He's the founder and CEO of Fit Body Bootcamp, one of the nation’s fastest-growing franchises and an investor in over a dozen companies ranging from software, digital ad agencies and coaching and consulting services. He's known as the hidden genius that entrepreneurs, best-selling authors, and thought leaders turn to when they want to create high-level mastermind and coaching programs, quickly scale their busin...
Oct 10, 2017•41 min
SHOW NOTES David M. R. Covey has been CEO & Co-Founder of SMCOV since October 2010. Covey was previously the Co-Chief Operating Officer of the FranklinCovey Company. Other positions he held at FranklinCovey include General Manager & Senior Vice President, US Sales & Delivery, President of FranklinCovey International, President of FranklinCovey Japan and Managing Director of FranklinCovey Australia. David was also employed at Procter & Gamble and American Express. Covey earned his...
Oct 09, 2017•42 min
