Andrew’s journey is an inspiring one. He defied the odds, going from undrafted All-American to NFL starter. After a career-ending concussion, he pivoted his focus, co-founding BrainTree Nutrition: a company dedicated to developing science-backed supplements for cognitive health and brain function. Andrew’s expertise extends beyond the gridiron. He's also a successful real estate investor and angel investor, actively supporting early-stage companies through 4th & 1 Ventures. Plus, he's passio...
Apr 30, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 104
From the battlefields of Iraq to the dance floor of ABC's “Dancing with the Stars”, J.R. has woven a remarkable tale of resilience and triumph. The Louisiana-born Army Iraq war veteran, and multifaceted talent has defied expectations at every turn, leaving an indelible mark on the worlds of entertainment, literature, and motivational speaking. Tragedy struck on April 5th, 2003, less than a month into his deployment. While driving in the outsides of Karbala, a roadside bomb engulfed his Humvee, t...
Mar 21, 2024•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 103
Lamar Rutherford is the owner and CEO of Excellens Solutions where she does M&A Advising, both brokering the transactions and advising owners on planning their preferred sale or exit from their businesses. She has worked with over 100 businesses in a broad range of industries, including medical, manufacturing, e-commerce, fitness, construction, etc. She formerly taught Entrepreneurship for the Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego. She founded, operated, and so...
Sep 25, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 102
Gus Torres is somewhat of a rags to riches story. He has been a sales professional for over 20 years but some of those years were extremely lean to say the least. At one point he barely had enough to pay for food. Today he is the president of a very successful Merchant Processing Company that is blowing away the competition. And he’s done that by providing unprecedented opportunities to agents and ISO’s in the industry where they can, and do dramatically increase their income. Gus is all about h...
Sep 25, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 101
CEO of IdeaPros, Fred Cary, has helped hundreds of brilliant entrepreneurs find their purpose and create their legacy. He produces a weekly show for entrepreneurs that has been viewed by over 4 million people, and his advice as a thought leader and business expert is widely sought after by both startup entrepreneurs and much larger companies. As a Top 1% Business Professional, Who’s Who in America, and top ranked attorney for several years, Mr. Cary’s personal brand can best be described as: “F”...
Sep 05, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 100
Matt Palmquist is a Digital Executive & NBA Players agent. He is the Creative Founder of 610 Marketing & PR. Having worked for larger advertising agencies in Houston for a few years, Matt had decided to start his own boutique agency in 2016 and has never looked back. He has worked with several professional athletes currently in the NFL & Major League Baseball, as well as large corporations in a C-Suite level marketing consulting role. He is well-versed in Digital Marketing, Marketing...
Feb 21, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 99
Chad Price has worked as a gas controller in corporate America for TransCanada in Houston. He eventually discovered that corporate America wasn't sustainable for him long term and wanted to start his own business. Seeing the inner workings of a large corporation gave him the impetus to start his own ecommerce focused business. Along with two partners they narrowed down their product list and settled on kettlebells. At that time it wasn't a known space but it was a growing market. Their desire wa...
Jan 18, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Chris Barton is an expert on methods of disruptive thinking that lead to game-changing innovation. He is the founder and first CEO of Shazam, three-time start-up founder, pioneer of mobile ecosystems at Google and Dropbox, and inventor of 12 patents including one found within the Google search algorithm. Shazam has been downloaded 2 billion times and was acquired by Apple in 2018 for a reported $400 million, making it Apple’s 6th largest acquisition of all-time. Chris is now building his third s...
Dec 04, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 97
Yaro Starak is the co-founder of InboxDone.com , an email management company with a team of 25+ serving clients including restaurant owners, venture capitalists, accountants, doctors, lawyers, real estate agents, car retailers, online coaches, and more. He has made 30+ angel investments in tech startups including Steezy, LeadIQ, Fluent Forever, FitBod, and Nutrisense, has property investments in Canada and Ukraine, and in partnership built a 3.6 million mega watt solar farm. During the mid-2000s...
Aug 26, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Dr Gupta has worked as a solo primary care physician for 35 years, and as an addiction doctor for the past 15 years. He is an American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) certified Addiction Provider and Certified Medical Review Officer. Over the years of treating addiction patients, he has seen firsthand the devastation and heartbreak caused to their families and has a passion for stopping the Opioid Crisis that is claiming so many lives in our country. Dr. Gupta is the Wall Street Journal and...
Jun 06, 2022•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 95
Ed, along with two partners purchased a single Gold’s Gym in Santa Monica, California. Then on June 16, 1980, he opened up the first gym franchise ever with a Gold’s Gym in San Francisco and was later personally involved with thirty-six other Gold’s Gym locations. This was the start of the fitness revolution. Ed was involved in helping shape the careers of hundreds of individuals, including Ms. Olympia Cory Everson and Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler. He got several dozen athletes into professional wrest...
May 11, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 94
Emmy Award–winning journalist Dominique Sachse has anchored the news for KPRC in Houston, Texas, for nearly twenty-eight years. Beginning her career as a traffic reporter and working her way up to the anchor desk, she quickly became a role model for women who sought her out for beauty advice and wisdom about life. In 2014 she launched her YouTube channel as a place to offer fashion, beauty, and lifestyle tips for women in their prime, and the response was enormous. Today she has well over 1.5 mi...
Apr 25, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Tim was the right hand to Donald Miller for almost a decade as COO of StoryBrand. During his time working at StoryBrand, as well as at TOMS Shoes and at Apple under Steve Jobs, he discovered a secret society of people who taught him a new way to define success that’s counter to what culture is selling. For most people, success is within their grasp—they’ve just been looking for it in all the wrong places. Tim is on a mission to give them the map because everyone deserves a life and career they l...
Apr 25, 2022•59 min•Season 1Ep. 92
Diane is currently an anchor and correspondent for ABC News, appearing on Good Morning America, World News Tonight, Nightline, World News Now, and America This Morning, as well as breaking news reports. She’s also an anchor for ABC News Live, where she hosts ABC New Live Update, The Breakdown, and covers breaking news and special events. And she just launched her new book that is more than a game changer, it’s a life changer. And it’s called: The Sleep Fix. This interview will definitely get you...
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Ken is the founder of POSITIVE LIFE CHOICE PSYCHOLOGY and The Positive Life Choice Psychology Lifestyle ™. Ken has also just written a new #1 Amazon best selling book called: “ ASPIRE HIGHER : How to Find the Love, Positivity, and Purpose to Elevate Your Life and the World!” to provide the steps, strategies, Philosophies , and Ideals that will motivate and lead you to live your very best, happiest, most fulfilling, and highest life. “ASPIRE HIGHER” is the handbook of POSITIVE LIFE CHOICE PSYCHOL...
Dec 20, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 90
Shaahin Cheyene is an award-winning entrepreneur, writer and filmmaker currently based in Los Angeles, California. In the past 30 plus years he has generated a Billion dollars in revenue. He is the CEO and Chairman of Accelerated Intelligence. Through Accelerated Intelligence, an Amazon Marketing & Advertising Agency, he manages the selling of his products and helps other Brand Owners to scale their online sales not just in Amazon but other marketplaces like: ebay, shopify & Walmart. Sha...
Oct 26, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 89
Chris got knocked down. Hard. After suffering a spinal cord injury playing college football he lost all feeling and movement from the neck down. Chris was only given a 3% chance to ever move again. He could have let it define him. But our lives aren’t shaped by circumstance. They’re shaped by us. Perseverance isn’t about the physical act of standing: it’s about attitude, and the ability to shape yourself in the face of adversity. With the support of his friends, family, faith, and the love of hi...
May 20, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 88
Kevin and Tony use to work together so I thought it would be a good idea to reunite this dynamic duo. Get ready for double the insights and more laughter than you’d ever have at a comedy club. Kevin Brody is a successful entrepreneur, business leader and philanthropist. As the CEO of Landfall Data, a top supplier of leads in America, Kevin’s success is derived by over promising and then overdelivering on the over promise. And he has the same attitude and approach when it comes to giving and help...
Mar 19, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 87
Joseph Fung is the CEO of Uvaro , a tech sales career accelerator, and Kiite, a sales enablement platform-built to provide sales teams with the information they need when they need it. A graduate of the University of Waterloo’s Computer Engineering program, Joseph’s a repeat Founder & CEO, and with multiple successful exits, and speaks frequently on the topics of sales leadership, diversity, and corporate social responsibility. He is an active early-stage investor who ensures that the majori...
Mar 08, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 86
Toronto native, Jas Takhar, has been in the sales and service industry for over 26 years. Soon after deciding to try his hand in real estate, he co-founded the REC, and in the course of 16 years, has successfully propelled his team to the 2nd place position in Canada under Royal LePage in 2020. With 40 realtors and 11 support staff, the team advises and assists over 500 buyers, sellers and investors, yearly, across the Greater Toronto Area, resulting in a total of over $1.6B in transactions. Jas...
Mar 08, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 85
John Reilly is responsible for the Global Managed Services business unit of Canon Solutions America, which encompasses the Enterprise Managed Services Division and the Global Services Division. This new business unit specializes in implementing programs that support the essential business functions of enterprise organizations. Under his leadership, Global Managed Services helps distinguish Canon Solutions America in a very competitive marketplace, through a diverse approach to business and the n...
Mar 02, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 84
Jefferson Santos grew up in the Richardson, Texas, attended Texas Christian University and played football at the Naval Academy. Jefferson is like many home based business owners who just decided one day that he wanted to be in charge of his own career. However, at age twenty he was $1,100 negative in his banks account, $70,000 in debt and decided he was in need of a change. Through guidance, self improvement and commitment he turned his dream into a reality. Jefferson is now a multi-million dol...
Mar 01, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 83
Jay Samit is a dynamic entrepreneur and intrapreneur. Described by Wired magazine as “having the coolest job in the industry,” he raises hundreds of millions of dollars for startups, advises Fortune 500 firms, transforms entire industries, revamps government institutions, and for three decades continues to be at the forefront of global trends. The former Independent Vice Chairman of Deloitte Consulting, Samit helped grow pre-IPO companies such as LinkedIn, been a Nasdaq company CEO, held senior ...
Mar 01, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 82
After almost becoming paralyzed during a football injury in the National Football League, Keyen was able to start his new journey by looking at life from a completely new perspective. He dove headfirst into understanding what it actually means to live a life of fulfillment while achieving success along the way. Since making that decision, Keyen has personally worked with over 300 people on creating a healthy relationship with themselves so they are able to escape the rat race of the achievement ...
Feb 22, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 81
Dr. Troy Hall is a best-selling Author, Radio Host, Global Speaker and Talent Retention Strategist and Consultant. He’s been featured on the Today Show, ABC, Beyond the Business Radio Show, and CEO World. Troy’s doctorate in Global Leadership and Entrepreneurship has sent him across the globe to help leaders create cultures of cohesion and retain top talent in their organizations. He is the author of the Best-selling Title, Cohesion Culture: Proven Principles to Retain Your Top Talent, co-author...
Feb 15, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 80
Michelle Seiler Tucker is a 20-year veteran in mergers & acquisitions, she has sold hundreds of businesses. Recognized as the leading authority on buying, selling, fixing, and growing businesses, our Michelle sees opportunity where many are discouraged or have given up. Her passion is to save businesses that might otherwise close. She closes nearly 98% of all written offers and, on average, obtains 20-40% above asking price for her clients. FREE "7.5 Steps to Achieving Extraordinary Goals" e...
Nov 11, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 79
Francis is responsible for driving growth and profitability for the Production Print Solutions division of Canon Solutions America. Before assuming responsibility for the entire Production Print Solutions division, Francis led the overall marketing and sales operations strategy for that division. A seasoned executive, he leverages more than 20 years of experience in the printing industry in the areas of strategy, product marketing, business development, sales training and development, lead gener...
Oct 23, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 78
As an avid weight trainer, rock climber, and mountain biker, John Abdo is a former Olympic Weightlifter who competed for over twelve years. He has also served as a Strength & Conditioning Coach for numerous Olympian and professional athletes for the sports of Olympic Weightlifting, Mixed Martial Arts, Powerlifting, and Speed Skating, to name a few. From 1985-1997, John was the executive producer and host of The Weight Room, a weekly television series which explored the principles athletes an...
Oct 23, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 77
Fabrizio was Born in Manta, Ecuador and was destined for entrepreneurship. At age 14 his father sent him a Nintendo System and that’s where it all started. In his hometown of Manta, most families did not own video game consoles. This gave our Fabrizio the idea to purchase systems and controllers with his job income and then rent them out. This turned into his first business, which was profitable and led to his second business of selling and repairing bicycles in his home town. Still in his teena...
Oct 19, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 76
Bryan Clayton is CEO and cofounder of GreenPal an online marketplace that connects homeowners with Local lawn care professionals. GreenPal has been called the “Uber for lawn care” by Entrepreneur magazine and has over 100,000 active users completing thousands of transactions per day. Before starting GreenPal Bryan founded Peachtree Inc. one of the largest landscaping companies in the state of Tennessee growing it to over $10 million a year in annual revenue before it was acquired by Lusa holding...
Oct 12, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 75
