Bob began as a numbers-driven, data-only style manager with the not-so-affectionate nickname in the workplace of “Robo-Bob.”  At age 52 he went back to college and obtained a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree both in Management & Leadership.  Then after much hard work and personal transformation, a colleague declared on LinkedIn that, “…he is one of the best leaders that I have ever had the privilege of working for.” 

Bob has also been a leadership instructor for the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission for the past ten years.

https://www.toptierleadershiptraining.com/

Michael and Bob discuss key traits of successful leaders and share real life examples of their experiences to bring it to life.

Greg Wieting is a healer who helps leaders and entrepreneurs heal the anxiety, depression, chronic pain, and trauma they can't think or talk their way out of.

He is the founder of PRISMA – a framework overlaying trauma, neuroscience, and energy medicine with somatic and mindfulness-based practices. He developed this while healing his own anxiety, depression, and chronic pain rooted in trauma. This included unraveling a severe spinal curvature and standing three inches taller today!

Over the last two decades, Greg has helped thousands heal through his one-on-one practice and has certified hundreds of healthcare professionals in his methodology. His new online course and community now make healing practical and accessible to all.

Greg has spoken at The Institute of Noetic Sciences about energy medicine, The California Institute of Integral Studies about trauma-informed touch, the California Academy of Sciences on neuroplasticity and brain health, and Hive Global Leaders on the intersection of healing, spirituality and entrepreneurship.

He discusses leadership, healing and his journey with equity, diversity and inclusion on That’s Not How That Works podcast.

 Greg’s been featured in Elephant Journal and Gay In America and has appeared in Mantra Magazine and 24Life. He has presented and written about trauma-informed healing for The Breathe Network and has been interviewed by Montana Public Radio.

https://www.gregwieting.com

Simon Severino is an Author, CEO of Strategy Sprints and Host of the Strategy Sprints podcast. He has interviewed powerhouse entrepreneurs like Rita McGrath, David Allen, Nir Eyal, Perry Marshall, Verne Harnish, Brian Kurtz and hundreds more on business, productivity and growth. He helps business owners in SaaS and Services run their company more effectively which results in sales that soar. He created the Strategy Sprints™ Method that doubles revenue in 90 days by getting owners out of the weeds. Simon leads a global team of Certified Strategy Sprints™ Coaches that help clients gain market share and work in weekly sprints which results in fast execution. As a member of SVBS (Silicon Valley Blockchain Society) he enables cross-stage capital flows and helps minimize execution risks in technology startups. His team is trusted by Google, Consilience Ventures, Roche, Amgen, AbbVie and hundreds of frontier teams. He is a TEDx speaker, and has appeared on over 500 podcasts. He writes for Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine about scaling digital businesses.

https://www.strategysprints.com

Michael and Simon talk about how you can adapt an agile methodology from product development to growing your business and multiplying profits. Simon who has authored the book "Strategy Sprints" shares great tips on leadership and profit making.

Michael and Simon discuss examples and habit that you can leverage daily, weekly and monthly to change your business.

Antoni Lacinai, Workplace communication wizard, support conscious leaders and organizations who want to be world class communicators, have more fun at work and get better results. 
Quick facts:
International keynote speaker and communication coach

Author and co-author of 14 books 

Rated as the top 100 most popular speakers in Sweden
Bronze medalist in the Swedish championship of storytelling

Member of National Speakers Association - Sweden and Virtual speakers association international

https://www.antonilacinai.com 

Michael and Antoni share stories of how communication skills helps empower and change lives. Antoni shares skills and tools from his books and programs. 

A very informative episode to improve communication skills.

Arjun Rai is a serial entrepreneur, and Founder of HelloWoofy.com, a smart marketing dashboard. He holds fast in his mantra that every small business and entrepreneur should have an unfair advantage that allows them to compete with the unlimited marketing budgets of their corporate competitors. With HelloWoofy, he’s used his skills to create a seamless, innovative, and efficient digital marketing experience that leverages the power of visualized data science and artificial intelligence—boasting more than 10,000 members and having raised more than $1.3 million in VC and crowdsourced funding. 

Arjun is on the forefront of the digital landscape and has been networking with some of the most influential entrepreneurs in the country since high school. His drive for helping the underdog began just a few weeks into his enrollment at the New York Institute of Technology with the startup fuelbrite, a social media agency specializing in supporting small businesses and startups. He has since been part of numerous ventures, collaborating with the creation of HelloWoofy. 

Arjun lives in New York City along with his dog Snoopy. Day-to-day, you can find him working from home, practicing carpentry, or zooming around the city on his e-scooter.

https://www.hellowoofy.com

Chris Lalomia is a successful entrepreneur and change leader that has built on his experience working with the largest companies in America to start his own business from scratch.  He brings his unique style to leadership to build a culture of professionalism to the blue collar world of home renovations.  He left the corporate zoo and ventured into the entrepreneurial wild and started The Trusted Toolbox: Home Repair and Projects in 2008.  YES, he started a business right before the Great Recession, so timing the market is not his strength.  He survived through that time and has grown his business into a multimillion dollar handyman and remodeling company which has won numerous awards in Atlanta, GA.

Chris is originally from Jackson, MI, and he does use his hand to show where he lived.  He went to college and earned his Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Mechanical Engineering.  His path to business ownership was similar to most people’s journey to their current position… spinning and winding… His first engineering job was at Curtiss-Wright Flight systems making airplane parts, but soon realized he needed to add some other business skills to his resume, he joined Accenture and began working with large banks to help them merge, which led him to SunTrust(now Truist) where he transformed the commercial loan operations department… That meandering path led him to make the leap into starting his own business, The Trusted Toolbox in 2008.  His company is focused on processes and training to deliver home renovations and earning customers trust each day.  The culture in the company is on continuous improvement and allowing the “artists” in the company to show off their talents as they are set up for success.  Chris appears regularly as a guest on WSB95.5’s Home FixIt Show with Dave Baker, All Four Season Home Show, and TrustDaleTV providing advice on home projects for consumers and answering their questions.

Chris resides in Johns Creek, GA and when not working on his business, he enjoys cooking, good wine and escaping with his wife, son and daughter to their mountain getaway with his wife.

www.safaripodcast.com
www.thehomeserviceinstitute.com
www.zoo2wild.com
www.thetrustedtoolbox.com

Michael and Chris talk about the importance of customer service and technology to empower small business ownership. How it can transform an industry!

Satyam Kantamneni, Chief Experience Officer at UX Reactor, to suggest him as a potential guest expert for the Tech Pro Unicorn podcast. Satyam can offer your audience a deep dive into innovative user experience design and a profound discussion on why so many companies lose their edge as they move towards solutions over experience.

Prior to founding UXReactor, Satyam led various in-house design organizations such as Citrix and PayPal. He is also an alumnus of Harvard Business School. While at Harvard, Satyamrealized that most businesses aren’t leveraging the full power of User Experience (UX) Design as an engine for strategic growth. So, he resolved to change that. Through UXReactor, Satyamdemonstrated that UX can and should drive enterprise-wide innovation and business outcomes. UXReactor has enabled its clients-partners to generate hundreds of millions in additional revenue from user-centered innovation. Satyam is passionate about user-centered innovation and he is authoring a book titled User Experience Playbook: A Practical Playbook to Fuel Business Growth, which was released in April 2022.

www.uxreactor.com

Michael and Satyam explore how UX matters at scale and in very complex arenas like Healthcare or Government.  How does one present complex data and information to such a wide variety of customers? Well Satyam shares his experience in working with some of the worlds top companies. Here how companies like Tesla and Apple are not car companies and tech companies but experience companies!

British-born CEO Marcus Sawyerr is founder of EQ Community, was an executive board member to Microsoft, former Head of Global Partnerships at The Adecco Group in Switzerland, and Senior Director at CareerBuilder. 

His latest tech platform is a unique online community that’s cultivating and connecting multicultural professionals interested in tech— accelerating diverse and inclusive executive recruitment, globally.

www.eq.community

Michael and Marcus discuss how to build a sense of belonging where employees thrive. How to inspire all employees as a leader is covered. Marcus shares the latest hiring trends in diversity, equity and inclusion as well as individual tips on managing your career path.

EOS Data Analytics (EOSDA) is a trusted global provider of AI-powered satellite imagery analytics.
We operate worldwide, partnering with governmental, commercial, and scientific organizations. The scope of the company’s technologies embraces Earth observation solutions for smart decision-making in 22 industries including agriculture, mining, oil, and military.

We are soon launching EOS SAT - the world's first agri-focused satellite constellation

Such constellation will be the first among companies utilizing remote sensing technologies, we are also among the few to provide a full cycle of satellite imagery data acquisition and processing in this industry, thus offering unparalleled agricultural experience to our customers.  

https://eossat.com/

Michael and Brijesh explore the $60B earth observation industry and hot technology and SaaS (Satellites as a service) empower the agriculture business. From the partner community to the every day farmer, satellite imagery and the resulting data, enable more sustainability.

Guy Powell is a global thought leader in marketing strategy and ROI. He provides marketers with the strategies, tools, and tactics to continuously improve their marketing ROI and exceed their company’s sales and profit goals. He helps them build marketing machines to properly organize and collect their marketing data, connect marketing activities to sales, structure their operations for continuous improvement and make fact-based, strategic and tactical marketing decisions.

Fellow podcast host of: The Backstory on Marketing

https://marketingmachine.prorelevant.com/

Guy and Michael discuss what shifted during covid that prompted him to write a post covid sequel to his book The Marketing Machine.

Anthony Nitsos provides proven scaling strategies for SaaS CEOs and Founders with best-in-class finance and stakeholder “ecosystems” that always produce the right numbers, save cash, protect assets, and free CEOs and Founders to focus on what matters most–growth.

 Anthony brings a unique mix of medical school training, Six Sigma Black Belt process expertise, and the financial skills of a CFO with two unicorn exits and numerous other start-ups to his credit to provide the world’s most sought-after resource for B2B SaaS company financial strategy and operations.

Michael and Anthony unpack the need for a CFO early in the startup process for SaaS companies and talk ERP setup. Why are process, tools and people important to consider in technology decisions? Find out in this episode.

Daniel Moss - Co-Founder of We & Goliath.

We & Goliath empower organizations to host more meaningful, inspiring events online. Their full-service formula combines smart strategy, platform savvy and innovative video that captivates, awes and inspires. Whether you want just livestream production or full-service virtual event management including event planning, technology, and marketing strategy for a multi-day event ... they can help tackle your Goliath.

 Daniel Moss is a senior event strategist with over 20 years of experience leading and training agency and nonprofit teams. He’s designed digital campaigns for large online and in-person events supported by lead nurturing automation, omnichannel retargeting, and conversion rate optimization. His clients have experienced 7X attendance online vs in-person, 5X monthly email signups, hundreds of #1 search engine rankings, and 53% conversion rate boosts increasing revenue by $43,000/mo.

Daniel and Michael talk about the boost having an event in a hybrid fashion can make in attendance and revenue.  We & Goliath shares the secrets that are key to the event being both engaging for the audience and successful for the company.

https://weandgoliath.com/

Donna Loughlin is the Founder of LMG PR known for her work with futurists and innovators.  She has launched more than 500 companies taking them from stealth to market leaders since forming her agency in 2002.  

She is also the host of BeforeItHappened, a leading narrative podcast featuring visionaries and the moments, events, and realizations that inspired them to change our lives for the better. 

Donna excels in the realm of storytelling, and uses those skills to propel new companies into the mainstream. She reaches over 2 million per month through BeforeItHappened, and she would be happy to let her network know to listen in!

Michael and Donna have a great conversation about the importance of storytelling for both companies and individuals. Learn what the difference between an acorn and a unicorn is. Donna speaks to the innovators changing our future, hear how she helps them.

#pr #storytelling #growth

Nicky Billou is the #1 International Best Selling Author of the book: Finish Line ThinkingTM: How to Think and Win Like a Champion,  The Thought Leader’s Journey: A Fable of Life, and The Power Of Connecting: How To Activate Profitable Relationships By Serving Your Network. He is an in-demand and highly inspirational speaker to corporate audiences such as RBC, Lululemon, Royal LePage,  and TorStar Media. He is and advisor and confidante to some of the most successful and dynamic entrepreneurs in Canada. He is the co-founder of eCircle Academy (www.eCircleAcademy.com ) where he runs a yearlong Mastermind & Educational program working with Coaches, Consultants, Corporate Trainers, Clinic Owners, Realtors, Mortgage Brokers and other service-based Entrepreneurs, positioning them as authorities in their niche. He is the creator of the Thought Leader/Heart LeaderTM Designation. 
 As the host of the #1 podcast in the world on Thought Leadership, The Thought Leader Revolution (www.TheThoughtLeaderRevolution.com ) Nicky has interviewed over 300 of the world’s top Thought Leaders, such as:
 
 •Astronaut Chris Hadfield
 •George Ross of the Hit TV Series The Apprentice
 •Barbara Corcoran from Shark Tank
 •Supermodel & Business Mogul Kathy Ireland
 •Ivan Misner — Founder Of BNI
 •Graham Weihmiller — CEO of BNI
 •John Maxwell — World’s #1 Leadership Author
 •NYT #1 Bestselling Author Seth Godin
 •Marie Forleo — Oprah’s Coach
 •Jack Canfield: Author Of Chicken Soup For The Soul
 •Scott Adams: Creator of Dilbert

Michael and Nicky have a great conversation about enabling dreams and how he has helped people move forward. They cover how to find a marketer that isn't a scam and will really empower your business.   How do you move out of your comfort zone and keep reaching your goals.

#marketer #goals #positive

Gregory Offner is a globally recognized expert on performance; the Founder and CEO
of Global Performance Institute; and an award winning, international keynote speaker.
His Performance Agreement methodology has helped organizations around the world
develop the skills necessary to thrive under pressure, and create cultures of
high-performing, highly fulfilled people.
In addition to his international business and leadership experience, he holds advanced
professional designations in the fields of Risk Management, Organizational
Development, Lean/SixSigma, and Positive Psychology. Gregory is also an
accomplished entertainer; having performed professionally on five continents and
numerous countries as a solo artist, and dueling piano performer. He currently lives in
Philadelphia with his wife Kim, their daughter Francelle, two dogs, and a cat that makes
Garfield look like an athlete.

Michael and Gregory have a discussion on building a companies profits and growth by focusing on and investing in the people that work there. Gregory has a story involving piano bars, adversity and pivots that create an exciting and engaging story.

Raise your company by raising your people!

https://www.gregoryoffner.com/

Robert is the Founder and CTO of 3Forge, a tech company that works with IoT applications to provide data aggregation and modeling solutions. 3Forge is currently utilized by one of the world’s largest crypto platforms as well as ranking #1 in data management for financial institutions. In addition, 3Forge is currently used by 3 of the world’s 5 largest banks. With nearly two decades of experience in IT, Robert has a wealth of knowledge across the industry and would love to chat about:

• Why companies do not need to be spending 70% of their tech budget on maintaining legacy software
• How firms can address annual IT increases and what can be done to bend the curve
• How companies are using IoT to gather some of their most valuable data
• How will data become more of an asset than a liability?
• Hardware is faster than ever, how come my applications are not?
• How crypto platforms are using data management to prevent outages and stay available for trading

https://www.3forge.com

Justin is an entrepreneurially minded business leader with experience in software as a service. He co-founded three Silicon Valley startups and was selected by The Guardian as a rising star in AI and conversational commerce. Prior to startups Justin led product and marketing efforts for Fortune 500 software companies including Intel, Oracle, and Adobe. 

Founder and CEO of Allset. Allset is a fully automated messaging platform for home service businesses. Our software leverages customers CRM data to automate communications after completed services. Hundreds of businesses using Allset see an increase of 300%+ revenue.

Justin has studied, lived and operated in a variety of international locations including Singapore, China, Mexico City, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Mozambique and New Delhi and is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, French and conversational Hindi. He has been profiled by VentureBeat, Deseret News and Entrepreneur.com and is a frequent public speaker. In his spare time, Justin enjoys playing indoor soccer, tennis and mountain biking. 

Michael and Justin share real world examples of how technology through texting can increase tips to employees and revenue and reviews to companies.

https://www.tryallset.com

Dave is the host of the Business of Tech podcast, and owner of MSP Radio.  Dave is regarded as a leading expert in the delivery of technology services, with broad experience in both technology and business.  He owned and operated an IT Solution Provider and MSP for over a decade, both acquiring other organizations and eventually being acquired.  This firm was a winner of multiple awards, including being a finalist for Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner of the Year in the Small Business Specialist category.  After his MSP experience, he has worked for multiple vendors at such companies as Level Platforms, GFI, LogicNow, and SolarWinds, leading community, event, marketing, and product strategies, as well as several M&A activities.  

“The Business of Tech” is a leading IT services focused news and analysis podcast and YouTube show, with thousands of listeners and subscribers.  He also co-hosts of the podcast “Killing IT”, and authored the book Virtualization: Defined.  He was a CRN Channel Chief, on the CRN UK A-List, a Channel Futures Circle of Excellence winner, one of Channel Pro’s 20/20 Visionaries, and has a MSPmentor 250 member for multiple times.  Dave has been recognized as one of the top virtualization experts globally as a Microsoft MVP for Virtualization.  Dave has served on the executive council for Managed Services and Emerging Technologies, the Vendor Advisory Council, as founding Chair for the Mobility Community for CompTIA.

Dave holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the College of William and Mary. He is a dynamic voice within the IT community, a former member and facilitator for Heartland Technology Groups and passionate about collaborating with clients and peers on utilizing technology to advance organizations.  He lives just outside Washington DC with his wife and two cats.  His interests include travel and food, cheering the Washington Nationals and Capitals, smoking barbeque, enjoying craft beers, and collecting and playing retro and modern video games among others.  

https://www.businessof.tech

Soumyadeb is the founder and CEO of RudderStack. He started RudderStack in 2019 and recently raised a $56 million Series B round led by Insight Partners, with support from previous investors Kleiner Perkins and S28 Capital.

RudderStack is Soumyadeb’s 3rd startup. He sold his previous startup, a B2B ad-tech platform called MarianaIQ, to 8×8 where he then spent a year building customer data pipelines.

While at 8×8, Soumyadeb’s challenges collecting and processing customer data at enterprise scale inspired him to start RudderStack. He’s now building RudderStack to address the pain points he became intimately familiar with at 8×8.

Michael and Soumyadeb have a great conversation about the importance of focusing your data efforts on customer data. Soumyadeb explains his efforts with some of the largest names in retail and other industries and how Rudderstack helps them be successful.

#MDM #CDM #data

Dave Farrow is the two-time Guinness World Record holder for Greatest Memory, a title he earned by recalling the exact order of 59 decks of shuffled playing cards using 'The Farrow Memory Method'. Dave has been a featured guest expert on over 2000 interviews in the media including multiple appearances on Dr. Oz, The Today Show, Live with Regis and Kelly, Steve Harvey, Discovery Channel, and many others. 

Today, Dave uses his keen understanding of the brain in the public relations and media sector. He is the founder and CEO of Farrow Communications, a full-service PR and marketing firm known for brain-based marketing and memorable messaging. Farrow Communications makes brands unforgettable representing a diverse range of clients across industry sectors and global markets. Dave’s upcoming book, Brainhacker, which will help you to  “rewire” your brain and boost its power, will be released later this year, and newly edited versions of his audiobooks, 3x Your Memory in One Hour and Superhuman Speed Reading, are currently available at Audible.com. 

Michael and Dave have a great episode where within an hour Dave improves Michaels horrible memory significantly with tips anyone can use. Dave helps improve memory and has a communications company aimed at helping authors gain more exposure and thus profit.

https://farrowcommunications.com/

https://farrowmemory.com/

After working in enrollment management where she focused on strategic recruitment and marketing, Erica managed a team of online marketers at the largest digital marketing company in the Gulf South. There, she supported the web development, SEO, online advertising, and content marketing teams in executing strategies which elevated organizations to stand out and be seen amongst the chaos of the online marketplace.

Now, as the COO of rasa.io, she gets to blend her love of digital marketing technology, partnership development, and customer support in order to support the incredible community of rasa.io clients.

Michael and Erica have a great discussion on the importance of staying connected and in front of your customers adding value and things they are interested in. Rasa.io does just that leveraging AI to automate providing value to your customers.

Erica shares her story as a woman leader of a tech company and how being the first woman at Rasa.io was.

A great episode with a blend of sales, marketing, etc and most importantly her story is awesome.

Ruslan is the Chief Technology Officer of Filmustage, a technology company that is streamlining the film production process using neural network technology.

With 10 years of development experience, Ruslan has been able to develop the Filmustage technology to automate the script breakdown process, a painstaking task that is necessary in the production industry. 

Also a lifelong musician, Ruslan is well-versed in sound design. He would be happy to discuss Filmustage in context of the changes currently happening in the global film industry!

https://www.filmustage.com     DISCOUNT CODE: TECHPROUNICORN30 for 30% off!

Michael and Ruslan have a great discussion about the power of NLP and how it is saving the Film industry time and thus money. Ruslan shares some of the current developments in this episode that are revolutionizing an industry that hasn't seen much innovation since Pixar.

Sarah Concannon is a Change Wizard at RPI Consultants - okay that is a title we gave her, but still she knows change management.  Prosci certified and a revering PM, Sarah can talk from both sides of the fence. She shares the difference in being a PM and a Change Manager, why they are both important.

If you have any curiosity about change management - this is the episode that makes it all clear.

Malcom Hawker, the former Senior Director Analyst of Gartner is a thought leader in the field of Master Data Management and Data Governance. Malcolm has consulted some of the largest businesses in the world on their enterprise information management strategies. As the Head of Data Strategy for Profisee, his goal is to empower companies with the confidence and knowledge needed to become truly data-driven. 

Michael and Malcolm "geek out" over data - and define what master data management really is and why it is important. 

Don't focus on reports - the underlying issue is DATA and this episode helps explain why.

Fascinated by nature since her earliest memories, Tigrilla Gardenia turned that passion into her vocation.  
 Her journey began in a polyethnic childhood. She earned a degree in music and electrical engineering, entering the high-tech corporate world via RealNetworks and Microsoft in the early days of the internet. 
  
 The desire to escape the confines of the corporate world proved too strong, and Tigrilla soon began following her own spiritual path. She co-owned a circus, produced intentional dance events, taught Kabbalah, and even toured with Cirque du Soleil. 
  
 Today, she works as a Nature-Inspired Mentor, Leadership Coach, and studies Plant Intelligence and the Effects of Plant Music on Human Health. 
  
 Tigrilla has the honor of being a Damanhur citizen in Italy — one of the largest spiritual eco-communities in the world. 
  
 Her roots are firmly planted in the arts, communication, and the avant-garde. Tigrilla uses her expertise to empower mission-driven leaders to achieve personal and professional success by integrating nature-inspired innovation in order to bring meaning to Life and make an impact with work. She is an influential speaker and mentor, running courses and workshops on reconnection with the plant kingdom.
  
 Always eager to learn, she studied with some of the greatest minds in bio-inspired sciences, gaining a masters degree in Futuro Vegetale (Vegetal Future): plants, social innovation, design under Stefano Mancuso, University of Florence. She has also studied Biomimicry for Social Innovation and Product Development. 
  
 Tigrilla is a World Ambassador for Plant Intelligence and champions connection to nature as the basis for long-term health, happiness, and success.

 www.tigrillagardenia.com

Mark young has a résumé steeped in business startups and entrepreneurial ventures, Mark Young joined the Zona Health team in 2016 with a single purpose: to make the Zona Plus a household name. To say that Young’s background is diverse would be an understatement, but “one consistent thread ties it all together,” he would say, “and that is a passion for education … delivering practical solutions in a way that invites people in.” And, at Zona Health, education is the key to engagement. Although Young’s credentials are impressive on their own (holding a variety of graduate degrees), he says that it is experience that matters most. Credited for the launch of previous tech startups, Young is no stranger to the world of compliance, marketing, and scalable growth.

The Zona Plus – The Blood Pressure Biohack

The Zona Plus continues to be the biohacker’s choice for full-body cardiovascular conditioning. The Zona Plus uses the proven science of isometric therapy to lower blood pressure and increase nitric oxide throughout the body – naturally.

Using the science of isometrics, the Zona Plus combines hand grip exercise with a series of algorithms to trigger the body’s parasympathetic response, responsible for such functions as heart rate and blood pressure. It is the ultimate biohack with a systemic benefit.

I am amazed to learn of the science behind his healthcare tool to lower blood pressure without pills! Mark and Michael discuss the science, why insurance companies are slow to adapt and reimburse, etc.

USE CODE grace100 to get $100 off!

www.zona.com

James is the Head of Business Development at SubQuery, a data as a service platform that speeds up querying and extracting blockchain data so anyone can take the data off-chain and build Web3 applications of the future.

Since its launch in 2021, SubQuery has raised $10.8M, and the platform is serving millions of Polkadot data queries daily.

James is also the Head of Business Development at OnFinality, a SaaS platform that supports blockchain teams worldwide by providing critical infrastructure so they can focus on building the next dApp. OnFinality’s API service receives 700M+ daily API requests from blockchain developers.

James takes the complex technical worlds of data, security, blockchain and Web3 and de-mystifies them! It was a pleasure speaking with James about how all this technology is moving the world of internet forward.

https://subquery.network/

In 2006 Tim was dating a girl in graduate school and wanted to introduce her to his family across the country. He had just heard of a website called YouTube and figured videos would be a perfect way to do it. Today we would call them vlogs, but back then it was just being awkward in public with a camera as he went out to dinner, to the park, and hung out playing video games with his girlfriend.

But then other people started watching, which freaked him out a bit, so he started digging into YouTube to figure out how these people were finding his videos, why they were watching, and what kept them coming back for more.

At the time he was a youth pastor because he loved seeing people’s lives changed. Few things energized him as much as seeing relationships thrive between teenagers and their parents, marriages healed, people leaving destructive habits behind them, and people’s faith deepening.

Later that year, Tim married his girlfriend and they quickly grew their channel to over 1 million people a month. He was seeing more stories of life change coming from what he and his wife were doing online than he had ever experienced in his full time job. He regularly heard stories of people who didn’t commit suicide because of videos he had made. Teens were changing their standard for the kinds of people they were dating and would one day marry. Others who were already married were heading towards divorce, but saved their marriages because of videos Tim and his wife had made. He loved it!

Tim thought, “I’m reaching my million people a month with a message that’s changing lives, but what kind of impact could I have on the world I could help others reach their 1 million people a month with their message to change lives?”

So, in 2011 he became the first creator to start training YouTube creators how to reproduce his results.

Today his company, Video Creators, has been featured by FOX, Forbes, BBC, and even by YouTube themselves. He’s done YouTube strategy for brands like Disney, HBO, Budweiser, eBay, Warner Brothers, Dave Ramsey, television stars, and new creators alike. His team at Video Creators has helped their clients organically earn over 14 billion views and 61 million subscribers!

Sometimes I get to fanboy over a product I have used and this is one of those. Tim has a great community and well laid out programs that I am proud to personally recommend. Tim is the leader in the YouTube space and you will learn a lot in this episode from his wisdom.

https://www.videocreators.com

Shuo is the Co-founder and CTO of Moving Analytics, a digital health company that reduces a large number of heart attacks through digital cardiovascular disease prevention programs.

They work with a multidisciplinary team of cardiologists, nurses, nutritionists, and exercise physiologists to create personalized rehab programs for heart attack patients, which they can access anywhere through their mobile phones.

The programs help patients to manage their medication, exercise daily, and create healthy habits like giving up smoking while reporting their activities to their doctors and other caregivers. This cuts by half the risk of a second heart attack and doubles the likelihood that a heart attack survivor will live for 5+ years.

Moving Analytics has raised $11.5M, and their digital health programs, developed in partnership with Stanford University, serve 1M+ people annually. The company works with several high-profile partners, including the US Department of Veterans Affairs, Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic, and Allegheny Health Network.

Shuo grew up in China and he earned his computer science degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, the top engineering institute in India. He moved to the US in 2013 for his master's degree in computer science, which he received from the University of Southern California.

https://www.movinganalytics.com

Often referred to as the "Media Darling" -- Tanya Targett Camacho is a former investigative news journalist turned financial & business development strategist. 
 She created 6-figure revenues in her first 6 months, and then multiple 6-figures in revenues within her first three years.
 
 Tanya’s students span 12 countries and have generated over $7.4 million in free publicity appearing in the New York Times, Forbes, Huffington Post, and on CNN, BBC World News, and FOX — to name a few.

Michael and Tanya discuss how to address your budget, finances, and investments. How do you use life insurance correctly to protect your assets like high wealth individuals. How do you create a Million Dollar Baby Fund?

Lots of great tips and you can start where you are at with no pressure.

https://www.tanyatargettcamacho.com

Christopher Tarantino is an award-winning entrepreneur, investor, and international speaker on resilient innovation. He has worked with thousands of high-performing leaders from startups, enterprise, and government organizations like Google, FEMA, Cisco, and other recognizable brands across the globe. 
 With past roles at every level of government as well as growing businesses beyond 7-figures, he is sought after by leaders from both the public and private sectors to transform how they leverage team resilience to drive innovation. He is a leader in the Entrepeneurs' Organization and the Young Entrepreneur Council and his insights have been featured in Inc Magazine, CBS, NBC, as well as a variety of industry publications.
 
 As the CEO & Founder of Epicenter Innovation (awarded #762 in the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies), he leads a team focused on human-centered, resilience-focused innovation before, during, and after disaster incidents.

Beck Besecker is the co-founder and CEO of 3D Cloud by Marxent. Previously, Beck spent 13 years building interactive marketing solutions for Fortune 500 retailers and brands, including Target Stores and Tesco. In 1999, he founded Copient Technologies (now NCR AMS), which was acquired by NCR in 2003. Beck then served as EVP of New Business at Catalina Marketing.

www.marxent.com

Michael and Beck dive into the 3D technology and how it is changing how shoppers buy. They talk about the future of the technology and specifically how the Metaverse is creating opportunity. The technology has many uses from measuring and sizing to decor and is benefitting both consumers and retailers alike.

Learn about this exciting technology in todays episode.

With more than 20 years experience in learning and development, talent management, performance and career coaching, and public speaking, Karen is proficient at facilitating workshops, engaging audiences, and fostering environments of open communication, self-discovery, and creative thinking. 
 
 She has created training programs; is certified in several training programs; understands the learning transfer and how to measure the success of a development plan; and has coached employees at every level in an organization. 
 
 Some of her greatest strengths are building relationships; gaining and maintaining trust; assessing individual’s skills and gaps; seeing the big picture for people or organizations.

 Karen is a Mater Trainer with Real Colors where we met and also President of Crescendo Leadership Development.

 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B4BNGTQB

Karen and Michael discuss the book and some key lessons around:

• Formulate Your Thoughts
• Reinvent You
• Engage with Others
• Energize Yourself

Michael and Karen discuss coaching and the value of:

• Career Coaching
• Executive Coaching
• Organizational Consulting

Michael and Karen also share stories of Real Colors and how that instrument can transform project teams.

https://www.realcolors.org

https://www.crescendoleadershipdevelopment.com/

Since 2010, Dr. Emily has been on a mission to help problem solvers become 6 Figure Developers to create software & apps that can transform the world. After spending over a decade teaching in academia as a professor, Emily now teaches students faster, better and cheaper inside the Joy of Coding Academy. Emily enjoys balancing work and family life with her husband & 4 children.

www.sixfiguresoftwaredeveloper.com

www.facebook.com/groups/joy.of.coding

Michael and Emily talk tech education - specifically a pat to make a six figure income without spending 4 years in a high cost college. How about you spend 6 months and then get a job, how does that sound? Emily comes from the background of college professor and it is great to hear her passion for creating world class software developers that go on to a successful career.

#sixfigureincome #softwaredeveloper 

Aaron Bare’s life purpose is to create One-Million Exponential Leaders. He is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author of Exponential Theory and the Creator of the XMBA (eXponential Mindsets, Beliefs, and Attitudes - Group Coaching Program), and the "XX Podcast; Two Exponentials in a Flat World." Beyond traveling to over 90 countries and all 50 States, Aaron has facilitated innovation and strategy at over 500 companies and appeared on 20 of the top 250 podcasts. He is highlighted as 10 Leaders to Watch in 2022, listed on 50 under 50 Leaders, 40 under 40 Leaders, 35 under 35 Entrepreneurs, and one of his companies has been awarded “Most Innovative Company in the U.S.” His award-winning digital strategy firm had clients such as Google, Council for Foreign Relations, Coca-Cola, Harley-Davidson, Dannon, Emerson, Comedy Central, Telemundo & Dell, where he built over 100 software projects focused on growth hacking leveraging the viral loop.  

Aaron is also a Certified Big Historian, Certified Professional Philosopher, and was the creator of the Oxford Leadership Online Certified Coach, which is closing in on over One-Million participants. As a former Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University (Ranked #1 in Innovation, 7 years in a Row) and Singularity University at NASA Ames campus in Mountainview, California, Aaron has been exposed to some of the most repeatable, predictable, scalable, and sustainable business models. He currently focuses on helping individuals explore Ancient Wisdom, Repeating Histories, and Modern Science through his XMBA program that focuses on Unlearning, Reprogramming, and creating the Growth Mindset to ultimately create an eXponential Mindsets, Beliefs, and Attitudes. He also helps companies through customized solutions to scale their Exponential Leadership and Business Models.  

Aaron Bare holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management and an MA from Indiana University. He lives in Arizona.  

Learn more about Aaron Bare at http://www.aaronbare.com. 

Michael and Aaron had a great discussion of what being an exponential leader looks like.  An expert in leadership, consulting to many of Americas companies, Aaron share his experience and stories on how to be a better leader.

#exponentialtheory #exponentialleadership

Todd has spent the last 25 years leading and instructing in the US Air Force. I’ve taken what he learned through the military and through years of personal development studies and created a coaching and consulting business. For the last year and a half he has hosted Todd talks: Design Your Best Life! Podcast with the goal of helping people design the life they desire through mental, physical, emotional, leadership and spiritual growth!

Michael and Todd have a great discussion of self improvement - tips dropped constantly as Todd shares his story and how he now helps others!

#selfimprovement #bebetter

Limor has been a mentor for women in tech for over five years and a former director of engineering. For over 20 years, she worked in tech as an engineer, manager, and director of engineering.

She was always passionate about supporting women in tech. She knows firsthand how it is like being a woman in a male-dominant field and all the challenges women face in the tech industry.

Two years ago, upon her return to Israel after nine years in the US, she decided to follow my calling and support women's career growth. Women she works with tell her that working with her enabled them to continuously tear down "ceilings" by challenging them to think bigger.

They also say that she opened their eyes to an entirely new way of
contributing to their careers. Women she works with can achieve the goals and more in 1/3 of the time they thought it would take them.

https://limorbergman.com/

Michael and Limor cover so many issues relevant to companies building a strong culture, women leaders in tech, women working in tech and folks managing their personal brand. In this episode whether you are a people manager, leader or working on your career, there is something for everyone in this episode.

With a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Oscar is the Co-Founder of Nyckel, a no-code platform that allows developers with no machine learning experience to quickly develop and integrate ML functionality into their applications.

In January 2022, Nyckel was one of the 414 startups selected out of 17,000 applications from founders around the world to be part of the Y Combinator Winter 2022 batch.

Oscar is also the Senior Director of Machine Learning at Motional, a leading autonomous vehicle company. At the company, he works on ML products, research, and platform for their fleet of vehicles.

Before joining Motional, Oscar was the lead developer at Hövding where he helped develop the AI for the world's first airbag bicycle helmet. He also developed CoralNet, the largest AI platform for coral reef image analysis.

Michael and Oscar break down what is the difference between machine learning and artificial intelligence. How do you use machine learning in your business today? Why is machine learning so consumable but yet folks don't know about it - get educated today.

https://www.nyckel.com 

#nyckel #machinelearning #ML #AI

Rob is a thrill-seeker, self-professed nerd, question asker, voracious reader, competitor, keynote speaker, and business builder.  When he first got his Wall Street job as a sell-side equity analyst out of college, he thought he’d made it. After buying everything he wanted on his wishlist, he realized that he still wasn’t happy. He listened to his deep-down desire to help more people by leaving finance to eventually own three Anytime Fitness health clubs and four uBreakiFix cell phone repair stores. 
 
 As someone vulnerable to technology’s addictive hold from a young age—video games and Facebook in particular—Rob is on a mission to help individuals and companies reduce burnout and get back time to master their careers and lives. He founded Humans First to provide a one-of-a-kind coaching experience that analyzes and coaches people’s efficiency and energy by paying attention to their mindfulness with technology. 
 
 Rob thinks there is always something to be learned from everyone, and he lets his curiosity guide his conversations. In his spare time, he likes to do CrossFit, better himself through reading, travel, and spend time with his wife Niki.

https://www.humansfirst.us

Rob and Michael talk about this pressing trend to overuse technology. How do you find a balance? Rob shares tips on how to limit technology use and even become more productive in your job. In mental health awareness month, this topic is especially important! Technology use left unmonitored can have a negative impact, especially to children.

#technology #mindfulness #limittechnology

Omar is a former pharmaceutical General Manager (GSK, Allergan), Intent Consulting and Tympo.io founder, motivational speaker, and bestselling author, with over 20 years’ experience building high performance organizations on 4 continents.  Having managed multibillion dollar brands and led extensive organizations while working in the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and the US, he innovated blueprints for J.E.D.I. Leadership (leading with justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion) and servant leadership and 20 Team Performance Acceleration Principles (TPAPs) that can be applied by leaders at all levels of professional experience.

https://www.omarlharris.com

Michael and Omar discuss J.E.D.I. Leadership and why NOW is the time to move to this. Leadership in general is the primary topic of this episode with Omar sharing tips and advice from his other best selling books as well.

#JEDI #leadership 

Steve Preda is a Leadership Team Coach whose passion is to help emerging privately owned businesses grow and thrive. He pursues it by simplifying and teaching management and strategy concepts used by large companies, and elite consulting firms. His new book: Pinnacle: Five Principles that Take Your Business to the Top of the Mountain is coming out in May. 

https://amzn.to/3MsOetD

Michael and Steve really break down the five principles and even dive into the 3 sub components and how they make it all happen. Yes there are 15 focus points to support the five principles. It is so well laid out in the book and this episode gives a glimpse into how business can grow through strategy and a roadmap over a period of time. 

This is additionally supported through Pinnacle Business Guides that lead organizations through the process. In all the episodes, I have never seen a system so well thought out and deployed.

Tanaha Hairston is the Founder of Axismeta. She’s a successful Tech Investor and business strategist who specializes in methods and tools to increase business valuation and lead generation. 

Over the span of 15 years as a serial entrepreneur, Tanaha has started and sold multiple businesses in various industries including SaaS software, eLearning, and consumer products. 

Tanaha helps investors and business owners to reduce the risk of failure and be consistently profitable while doubling the bottom line, without additional hiring. 

Her proven strategies include incorporating a comprehensive digital strategy based on customer journey eCommerce principles, strategic acquisitions, AI, and SOPs, all with the focus on communicating to convert. 

https://www.axismeta.co

Michael and Tanaha have a great discussion about the importance of eCommerce in your business, why the right agency can help you evolve, how to have a strategy, what is a digital strategy. Tanaha shares her entrepreneurial journey and what led her to success.

A highly-sought after speaker, trainer and coach known as “Jim Carrey with a Ph.D.,” Dr. Danny Brassell has spoken to over 3,000 audiences worldwide and authored 16 books, including his latest, Leadership Begins with Motivation. He is the co-founder of www.theREADINGhabit.com, the world’s top reading engagement program. 

 https://www.freegiftfromdanny.com

America's Reading Ambassador!

Michael and Danny get into the importance of reading and how it can change your perception of it. Whether you are an avid reader or someone who prefers to skim, this is your episode. Danny uses great examples to showcase how we move reading from a "have to" to a "want to".

Roy Osing is a former president, CMO and entrepreneur with over 40 years of successful and unmatched executive leadership experience in every aspect of business. As President of a major data and internet company, his leadership and audacious ‘unheard-of ways’ took the company from its early stage to $1 Billion in annual sales.
 He is a resolute blogger, keen content marketer, dedicated teacher and mentor to young professionals. As an accomplished business advisor, he is the author of the no-nonsense book series ‘BE DiFFERENT or be dead.’

 He is devoted to inspiring leaders, entrepreneurs and organizations to stand apart from the average boring crowd and achieve their true potential.

https://www.bedifferentorbedead.com

#bedifferent #audaciousleadership

Dr. Julia DiGangi is a neuropsychologist who shows you how to expand the power of your nervous system to hold more emotional voltage. As a brain scientist, Dr. Julia knows that your nervous system is your portal to power. She will show you how to take the pain in your life--your stress, your struggle and your suffering--and transform that energy into your power. 
 
 Dr Julia brings tremendous expertise and decades of applied experience serving leaders at the highest levels of power, including The White House, top leadership at global companies, and Special Forces. Having worked with leaders who’ve endured some of the highest-stakes, highest-stress situations on the planet, Dr. Julia will show you what it takes to unlock new dimensions of your emotional power as you face defining challenges in your own life. 

She is regularly the keynote speaker for corporate, healthcare, government and educational audiences. She has published extensively in the scientific literature as well as in popular press outlets, like Harvard Business Review, The Chicago Tribune and Psychology Today.  She is presently writing a book for Harvard Business Review, the pre-eminent publication for business leaders. The book is titled “From Pain to Progress: The Neuroscience of Smart Leadership in Tough Times” and is due out in Fall 2021. 

https://www.neurohealthpartners.com/

Michael and Dr. Julia have a really great talk about the brain and how it affects leaders. Great concepts include power and pain, drive for connection and drive for choice, and so many more. Dr. Julia has a great way to take the way complex and make it consumable.

After a long career as an engineer and project manager in Corporate America (Telecom, Medical Device), Tom is now an Entrepreneur in the financial/insurance industry.  Tom Basey, is the owner of Basey Insurance. He helps people and small businesses find cost-effective health insurance options and employee benefits. It’s his pleasure to serve customers in the DFW area and across the state of Texas, whether in person or online.

What’s more important than health? Health insurance may not be the most important thing out there, but it’s up there.

He works with major health insurance companies and healthcare providers to provide insurance options to individuals and small businesses. Because he work with many major carriers, he is able to tailor solutions in terms of both features and costs—finding the best solution for each client.

 https://basey-insurance.com/

Michael and Tom talk about the confusing world of insurance - medicare specifically.  Tom talks about how he helps seniors and others choose the right insurance. He makes this complex world very understandable and you can just sense that he cares. 

He shares why even if you have benefits from your employer, you should speak with an independent broker to see if you have all the coverage you need.

Kim is a daughter of poor immigrant parents, that hung with the wrong crowd & drove them a lil crazy. The first company she launched was a dismantling company because she was good at breaking cars apart. She decided she was too smart for hard labor & started building her online business.  She is the  founder of Group Convert & Creator of the G.O.L.D. rule of group sales method resulting in GroupLaunch Legends. She has since made over 2 million in online sales, helped others make millions & won several awards for her efforts including the 2 comma club award from Click-funnels.

Michael and Kim discuss how to create, build and leverage Facebook groups to sell your high ticket offerings. If you don't have one - that is okay, Michael and Kim talk about how she can help you develop one. 

Kim has a heart of service in helping others grow their business.

https://www.groupconvert.com

Chandler started his entrepreneurial journey after graduating from the University of Nevada Reno with a degree in Biochemistry and forgoing a medical pathway to pursue a brick-and-mortar wellness facility. 
He then pivoted to an online health practice a year before the COVID lockdowns.
 
 After scaling both businesses to the 7 figure level and doing 3000-4000 sales consultations, Chandler was frustrated with the way sales were taught.
 
 He was tired of the old-school objection handling, aggressive tactics, and salesy attitude taught by most sales trainers.
 
 So he looked back at what he was doing, combed through his notes, and created Compassion Conversations.
 
 A therapeutic-driven, psychological-based sales system centered around compassion and care.
 
 Chandler has taught over 3000 people his system of compassion Conversations and has the goal to change and redefine the landscape of sales altogether.
 
 Chandler also regularly invests in the crypto markets and bought Ethereum when it was $15, obtaining a 20,000% increase and turning $250 into 50k. 

https://www.9step.cultureofcare.life

https://www.crypto.cultureofcare.life

Lewis is a TEDX Alumni, Award winning speaker, Photojournalist and Director with an extensive background in Television News, Entertainment News, Commercial Advertising and Independent Film. He has trained over 100 journalists and photojournalists and worked with everyone from the homeless to the rich and famous.

Michael chased Lewis to the ends of the earth to bring his message to you (okay not really but we did reschedule a few times). We have a great episode on tips to better communicate, use storytelling and better manage your meetings. 

www.gettothedamnpoint.com  

It was one of my longest episodes, as Lewis is my spirit animal and speaks about a topic near and dear to my heart. Through his work he helps train folks to be better at something we do all day - communication.  It was an absolute pleasure to have Lewis as a guest.

www.braddaltongroup.com

Author, #1 Best Seller, DNA of A Winner 
 Life Coach, Culture Consultant, Personal and Team Transformation, Success Road Specialist 

Brad has a great story of helping people build a winning lifestyle. Most people attribute this to a great career or money, but Brad helps you redefine this. The host of "Best Self" podcast  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b-e-s-t-self-podcast/id1509299746 Brad has you work in consumable increments to just be 1% better today.

Through his coaching and guidance you build a To Be list vs. a To Do list. He has so many great analogies and stories that help lead you on a path to just being better.

Mitadru is a pro bono career coach who helps early to mid-career professionals (typically with less than 10 years of work experience) achieve their professional goals. He is a tenured Vice President in a top global financial services institution with 16 years of experience managing people and guiding them to success.

He has authored many articles on professional development, few of which have been published on various websites globally. He has also featured on podcasts across US, India, and UK to talk about career management in today’s world.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitadru-dey/

Michael and Mitadru talk about careers and how folks can find success. He gives great tips on work, and finding a balance. He has a great story where he has overcome lots of barriers such as immigration, cultural identity and acceptance. Such a powerful and helpful episode.

Rick Girard is the Founder and CEO of Stride Search Inc, an Engaged Search Firm. 
 He is extremely passionate about helping startup founders win-win the strongest hires to fuel unprecedented company growth!
 
 Rick is the Author of "Healing Career Wounds". Invented and systematized the Hiring Operating System (HireOS). The solution for leaders to win the strongest hires by blowing up "best practices" with a humanistic, evidence driven, non-biased and time efficient experience.
 
 When not running a school for Gifted Mutants as Professor X, Rick hosts the Hire Power Radio Show & Podcast, a weekly series on LinkedIn Live, which serves as a business leader’s resource to solve their most difficult hiring challenges.
 
 He competes in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has an affinity for any adrenaline-pumping activity such as surfing, snowboarding, rock climbing and running with scissors.

 Michael and Rick have a great discussion on how to be successful in recruiting.  Rick spends his time helping startups acquire the key talent needed to launch. 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-girard-07722/
Company: www.stridesearch.com
Authored: Healing Career Wounds (Amazon)
Host: www.hirepowerradio.com

Boon Chew is the Founder of Tappollo Media, a leading mobile app studio, that creates apps that stand out from all the noise.

The company has built apps for Discovery Channel, iHeartRadio, WeWork, Timehop, and Walmart. 

Tappollo Media also created the open-source framework Booster, which startup founders can use to accelerate mobile app development for their businesses.

Before starting Tappollo Media, Boon worked as a software engineer and game developer at several leading tech companies, including Microsoft and Amazon. In 2019, Boon helped a founder launch Hiki, the world's first friendship and dating app for the Autism community.

Sometimes I am fortunate enough to meet with a founder who is not only out to start and business, but disrupt an industry. Boon is this type of person. Michael and Boon discuss mobile app development but his company also has a model that partners with startups and allows them to have a word class mobile application without a huge investment up front through a investment model - it is revolutionary and given some of Tappollo clients - very successful.

https://www.tappollo.com

Topics:

• The future of AI within everyday technology like phones, smart homes, and transportation.
• The science behind ‘mimicking the brain’ – allowing artificial intelligence to be pushed to the max.
• The capabilities of AI at the edge and the real definition of edge computing.

Rob is an AI thought-leader and Vice President of Worldwide Sales at BrainChip, a global tech company that has developed artificial intelligence that learns like a brain, whilst prioritizing efficiency, ultra-low power consumption, and continuous learning.

The BrainChip Akida Neural Processor solves AI’s current issues like its high cost, limited performance, and limited scalability by operating at the Edge. However, the Edge needs a stable platform to operate smoothly, and this is what the Akida platform delivers!

BrainChip is publicly traded on the Australian Stock Exchange, and the OTC Market, and was named among the ‘EE Times’ Silicon 100’ list. Within a year, BrainChip’s market cap also grew from just below $200m to nearly $1 billion+ at present. BrainChip also predicts it’ll be worth $60 billion by 2025!

Rob has over 20 years of sales expertise in licensing intellectual property and selling EDA technology and attended Harvard Business School.

Michael and Rob are on the cutting edge here. Discussing AI and the latest in chip development. Brainchip is the leader in on chip AI - understand what having that tech on the chip vs. in the cloud is important. They also take the technology to the senses - it is amazing!

https://www.brainchipinc.com

With over 20 years as an Entrepreneur, Management Consultant & Business Coach Jeff is a highly effective business and turnaround strategist. He helps companies create enormous business value, operate effectively and prepare for an exit. He is an expert Team builder and aligns people and skills for high growth and performance.
 
 Jeff is a desired speaker, and has experienced facing off with the Sharks on ABC's Shark Tank.

Author: Count-On-Able - A practical guide to lift, shift, and empower, your and your team

Michael and Jeff have a great episode talking about key elements that allow leaders to elevate their teams - trust, alignment and being someone that can be counted on. Jeff has a great way of explaining why being accountable is the wrong way to think.

https://www.countonable.com

Michael is “passionately diverse” and has compelling stories about everything from his first entrepreneurial venture at six years old, surviving a near fatal water skiing accident and how nature shows us how to take a quantum leap in any area we want. 

 Author of the #1 bestselling book, “Falling Down Getting UP”, foreword by the father of Guerrilla Marketing, Jay Conrad Levinson.  Jay called Michael’s ability to survive through thick and thin a true example of using guerrilla type tactics to overcome virtually anything.
 
 Also contributing author with Rick Frishman & Wendy Lipton-Dibner  of the #1 bestselling book. “Experts Success Solutions.”  This book is a compilation of multiple tips and techniques that anyone can apply in their life.
 
 One of Michael’s many passions is to help as many people as possible get their message, story and voice out to the world.

Anytime you get two Michaels together you know it is going to be awesome! We discuss Michaels story of overcoming adversaries and achieving his mission of helping others step forward. Michael shares why telling your story is so important, how to be a great entrepreneur and what does GOYA mean? His book Falling Down Getting Up  tells the story of pure motivation and how to get back up.

https://www.endlessstages.com

Michelle Barnum Smith is a 20 year marketing veteran and has pioneered the use of chat marketing for Amazon sellers. Michelle is the Founder and CEO of Easybot (and Queen of Amazon Chatbots) where she teaches Amazon sellers how to drive sales with external marketing. Michelle is a featured expert in the Amazon seller world speaking at conferences such as Prosper, Billion Dollar Seller Summit, Traffic and Conversion,  Global Sources Summit and more.

Michael and Michelle have a great talk about leveraging technology to help your ultimate goal, in this case increasing sales. Combining marketing and technology Michelle shares how chatbots are effective leveraging Facebook messenger.

Why Facebook vs. email? Why chat bots? All this is made clear by Michelle in this episode.

https://www.easybot.com

#chatbots #FBAtools

Samuel Gregory is the founder of Jupiter and the Giraffe, a website design consultancy.

During his time Samuel has helped world-class tech companies like Netflix and Corning as well as Conde Nast build engaging and experiential websites working as both an engineer, leveraging his experience coding since the early 2000s as well as a technical program manager as well as a project manager.

Using his experience and appreciation for creativity gathered during his time at Framestore, Samuel has also consulted with UI designers and user experience designers on many digital products.

An awesome episode with Samuel where we talk about development and crappy vs. great websites, what makes a good developer and of course the Agile methodology. His books to make sense of it all Agile Lingo are a great help! Hear how he wrote a book with his partner a Python BOT!

https://www.jupiterandthegiraffe.com

https://thefullstackagency.xyz

With this experience, Samuel has seen many of the ups and downs that can happen on website projects from both the technical side and the business side. He uses this knowledge, along with his ability to communicate complex, technical ideas into more accessible language teaching what he believes is expected in modern website development. This streamlined approach helps to keep both clients and teammates working effectively together and with no friction.

Much of Samuel’s work has focused on creating YouTube content, books and courses in order to help the world build better websites for more people.

I’m Alex. I’m a husband, a dad to my 4 beautiful children, who my wife and I have been homeschooling for 3 years. I am a passionate entrepreneur — I love business and I really love helping business owners turn their passions into profits. I’ve spent the last 10+ years helping client scale their brands through online lead generation. I always welcome a challenge and am relentless in the pursuit of innovative marketing strategies that actually work.

Michael and Alex discuss the need for landing pages, email marketing and quality relationships. It was a great episode to move marketing to sales to relationships!

https://www.dadpreneur.co

Tyler Basu is a Content Creator and Marketing Strategist that specializes in helping entrepreneurs create content that drives consistent growth for their business. Since 2013, he has published 1,000+ pieces of content online, driving millions of visitors, 100,000+ leads, and 30,000+ customers for various software and online education companies. 
 From 2016-2019, Tyler worked as the Content Marketing Manager (Employee #12) for Thinkific, helping them to become one of the fastest-growing software companies and leaders in the online education industry. 
 
 Today, Tyler provides online training and consulting services to help other startup founders and entrepreneurs accelerate their growth by focusing on the 3 pillars of inbound marketing: content, promotion, and community.
 
 His insights have been featured on dozens of online publications including Entrepreneur, Foundr, Influencive, Sumo, and Funnel Magazine.

https://www.tylerbasu.com/group

Michael and Tyler talk about what to do when it comes to a social media marketing strategy. What are the ways to build an effective audience? Tyler shares his extensive experience.

Michael Boerner, Founder and CEO of Engage Technologies Group, Inc. 

 He has over 25 years of experience founding and leading technology & media companies and is an entrepreneur responsible for innovating a number of short-form, video-based enterprise technologies enabling data-driven video personalization & mass constituent engagement.
 
 Michael’s clients have included: Johnson & Johnson, CVS, Ford, Samsung, UnitedHealthcare, DePuy, Covidien, UPMC, St. Luke’s Health System, K12, Blue Cross Blue Shield MN and the Ken Blanchard Companies, to name a few.

Michael and Michael explore the latest offering from Engage Technologies which transforms how patients get education prior to a procedure. The tool leverages text in a new way to make opting in to the education seamless. Leveraging the tool, the provider can ensure the patient has completed the education prior to the procedure, thus reducing cancellations and improving outcomes. The tool remains available for the patient and their care givers to reference throughout their journey to recovery. It is a stark change from today where a patient is given rushed and hurried instructions they often forget.

#changehealthcare #Improvepatientoutcomes

Matthew is a product development and Instagram marketing expert from British Columbia. 

 Last year he and his wife founded Hashtag Slayer — the struggle-free Instagram hashtag tool to help you research and optimize your hashtags for maximum reach and engagement. Since then, they've helped thousands of online business owners take the confusion out of Instagram hashtags so they can reach their goals. 

 Matthew's a full-stack web designer and developer who’s been making websites since he could still count his age on his fingers. Working in design, development, and marketing, he’s helped countless businesses grow their revenue online. He holds a Bachelor’s in Communication Design from Emily Carr University. Having previously grown the Instagram account for his collaborative artist’s community (@paneljam) he knows all too well the difficulty that comes with managing social media as a solopreneur — so he loves a chance to make things easier. 

Michael and Matthew clarify the importance of # in getting your content found and boosting your business. What are the strategies to ensure your posts on social media get found? How do I know what # hashtags to use? It is all made easy with Hashtag Slayer.

https://www.hashtagslayer.com

Co-founder and CTO at CAST AI. Formerly Vice President of Security Products OCI at Oracle, Leon’s professional experience spans across tech companies such as IBM, Truition, and HostedPCI. He founded and served as the CTO of Zenedge, an enterprise security company protecting large enterprises with a cloud WAF. Leon has 20+ years of experience in product management, software design, and development, all the way through to production deployment. He is an authority on cloud computing, web application security and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), e-commerce, and web application architecture.

Michael and Leon cover so many topics quickly. The current security landscape and what companies can do to protect themselves. They address cloud and security of that technology. 

Leon and Michael talk about Cast AI and how it can cut your cloud hosting bill. How you can easily see the savings in 5 minutes!

https://www.cast.ai

The book Leon mentions is here: https://www.amazon.com/Sandworm-Cyberwar-Kremlins-Dangerous-Hackers/dp/0385544405

The social hacking video Leon references is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc7scxvKQOo

Barbie is a great project manager leader who exemplifies a rapid rise due to who she is as a person. She shares her journey and tips to young project management professionals to be successful.

Some traits about Barbie:
- Committed and passionate about building strong and dedicated teams
- Trustworthy and steadfast confidant for clients 
- Creative problem solver, a fierce believer that a solution exists for every obstacle
- Thrive when given the opportunity to learn and flourish in everchanging environments 
- Direct communicator and relationship builder

We are proud to call her one of our own at RPI. 

https://www.rpic.com

Paul Szyarto AN Oxford University and Wharton Business School educated business transformation expert who spent the last twenty years optimizing billions and maximizing the bottom lines of more than 600 global companies including Microsoft, Goodyear, BP, GE, United Technologies, Kellogg, Alcoa, Autoliv, Darden, Yum, and many more.

Michael and Paul discuss the future of ERP and the importance of starting your journey in digital transformation. Paul shares years of experience in ERP, leadership and working with some of the worlds biggest companies.

Michael and Paul shift to his story from a rough upbringing to the leader he is today. He shares some of the lessons in his book Never Broken Mindset  with the listeners. Such a great story with many lessons to learn.

https://www.paulszyarto.com

https://www.neverbrokenmindset.com

Matt Kohn is doing it different. With his partners he shares with Michael why Predictable Growth is just that - predictable. They share how the system helps you grow your sales as well as your capability at the same time to create success.

Matt shares his personal story of leaving the 9-5 to become an entrepreneur helping B2B digital transformation companies make a difference.

https://predictablegrowth.io/

#B2Bmarketing

Tarush Aggarwal is the Founder and CEO of 5x, which offers data reporting as a service, so users can make data-driven decisions faster, which are necessary to succeed. 

Tarush is also one of the leading experts in leveraging data for exponential growth in the world!

Previously, as the Head of Data at WeWork, Tarush scaled the system to support 12k employees, as well as 100 data team members. Tarush was also the first data engineer at Salesforce in 2011.

Michael and Tarush have a great episode talking about data - all things data. How to leverage it, the struggles companies have accessing it and the all new data as a service offering of 5x. 

What good is data if you can't benefit from it - I am so excited to speak with Tarush who shows why data is the cloud both for hosting and as a service is a game changer.

#data #dataasaservice #5x 

Dan Ashburn is an industry-leading Amazon entrepreneur with a team that delivers 8-figures in annual sales. Having used his ambitious and entrepreneurial mindset to build countless brands, he has become a sought-after speaker, inspiring crowds with his leadership and depth of knowledge on stages across the world. Dan is the Head Mentor on China Magic,  helped scale Amazing Selling Machine, and most recently, the co-founder of Titan Network, an exclusive membership organization for elite Amazon sellers. For more information on Dan and Titan Network, please visit: https://www.titannetwork.com

Michael and Dan talk about the evolution of selling on Amazon and why a mentor can actually save you money. How did Dan build so many Amazon related businesses? 

**Correction to the intro - Dan didn't start Amazing Selling Machine - he did however help them scale to what they are today.

#amazon #amazonFBA #FBA

Justin Rhedrick, bitcoin's best kept secret, has just been let out of the bag. Justin has been buying bitcoin since 2016, when it cost just $626. Two years after coming home from prison, Justin first discovered bitcoin. He was looking for work and trying to find his way as a new entrepreneur when his friend Isaiah introduced him to this powerful new currency. When bitcoin’s value skyrocketed to $20,000, Justin realized for the first time that bitcoin was a solid opportunity. He went on to work odd jobs around Charlotte in retail and even hard labor just to save up and purchase bitcoin.  

At first, Justin used bitcoin as a savings account, life insurance and investment to grow himself and his business. Then when the price of bitcoin fell, Justin decided to invest in his personal growth. He wanted to transform himself into a better businessman and be more productive in the world, so he devoted himself to studying bitcoin. He learned the technical financial systems that make bitcoin what it is. He learned how to manage a budget and implement the processes needed to become a successful entrepreneur and high-achieving person. During those bear market years, Justin became a performance coach and learned how to help make people better versions of themselves.  

In 2020, Justin launched his very first in-person course where he taught a group of women run by Sabrina Abraham of the Money Tribe real estate group. By the end of the year, the group had amassed more than $100,000 in bitcoin savings.  

Since then, Justin has helped thousands of people around the world learn the true nature and power of bitcoin from appreciation to decentralization. Justin was also a part of the first one percent of the global population to buy bitcoin when it was valued less than $1,000. He’s since reached a 1,000 percent return on investment with his initial bitcoin buys. Now, he is looking to impact the world and change lives with the true power of bitcoin. 

Michael and Justin define bitcoin - they talk about how to invest and make sense of the crypto currency space. Why is bitcoin different?

David McBee is an author, trainer and professional speaker. He works with sales representatives and business owners around the world teaching and creating curriculum about the intricacies of internet marketing. Considered an expert in his field, David is known for his passion, sense of humor and talent for making the complicated simple. 

Born and raised in the suburbs of Kansas City, this Eagle Scout earned a BFA in Theater from Avila University and spent his twenties as a salesperson and entrepreneur. Though David found success in both, he preferred the personal development side of business and switched his focus to training. Helping others become their best selves is what led him to write Everyday Lessons Every Day. David’s humble hope is to enhance his readers’ lives emotionally and spiritually with this honest look into his journey to grateful.

 Michael and David are like old buddies chatting about stress, anxiety and how to deal. David shares his journey and the lessons learned. His books for children address real world anxiety children face. David simply is a human trying to help other humans.

https://everydaylessonseveryday.com/

Lee St James is a tech-savvy consultant and entrepreneur with over 25 years of business experience across a range of industries including consumer packaged goods and software. She is the founder and President of Social Robots, a technology start-up that is exploring how robots can engage, entertain, and educate residents, family members and staff at retirement homes and long-term care facilities. She is passionate about the opportunity for companion robots to relieve social isolation and loneliness and to help people be more connected with each other. 
 Lee has an Honors Business degree from Western University (London, Ontario) and a Masters degree in Business Administration from INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France). As an experienced general manager, collaborative team leader and serial entrepreneur, Lee has expertise in digital transformation, strategic marketing and robots. 

Michael and Lee have a great time talking about how these robots are impacting the world of retirement living. How do robots affect humans in these environments? Hear direct from Lee about the reactions folks have to these bots.

https://www.socialrobots.ca

Dan Bruder, CEO of Blendification, established his consulting practice in Colorado after exiting a corporate career leading strategy in large organizations. He set out to create a better operating model that would return businesses to their original purpose of providing solutions that positively impact employees, customers, and communities.

Dan’s pursuit led to his conclusion that blending work and life created an opportunity for activating greater potential in business and in people. Organizations with strong connection between culture, strategy, and execution can generate impressive financial returns while also delivering enormous benefit to society. This insight spawned Blendification.

What is exciting about Dan's approach to consulting is the thought to not only care about the corporation but the employees.  He helps organizations create a strategy but then also provides a system and tools for employees to develop their own personal focus.  By focusing on both you get a transparent system where everyone is supported - the company and the indivitual.

Fascinating concept for sure explored in this episode.

https://www.blendification.com

His book The Blendification System is available here: https://www.amazon.com/Blendification-System-Activating-Potential-Connecting/dp/036781935X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=blendification&qid=1635539659&qsid=141-4694057-5680905&sr=8-1&sres=036781935X%2CB0757TMGJ5&srpt=FOOD_BLENDER

Clint Arthur has shared the stage with Martha Stewart, Dr Oz, Suzanne Somers, Caitlyn Jenner, IceT, and five presidents of the United States at Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford, London Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, Mercedes, Porsche, Coca Cola, Microsoft, AT&T and the Royal Society of Medicine. His 21st bestselling book, “Wisdom Of The Men,”  is nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Clint splits his time between homes in New York City, Los Angeles, and Acapulco, Mexico where he lives with his wife of 20 years, Ali, and Nova, their Billion Peso Puppy

Michael and Clint talk about how he went from Taxi driver to author who has gained the wisdom of many famous people and Presidents. Clint shares what he has learned and inspires us with his stories in this episode.

https://www.is.gd/wisdomofthemen

Bob DePasquale is a purpose driven Impactmaker.  He believes that everyone has the ability to make a positive impact in our world.  When Bob was 18, he moved to NY for college.  While in football training camp, and just 5 days before September 11th 2001, he was diagnosed with cancer.  In a very short period of time, his young, healthy life was turned upside down.  He was forced to shift his focus to treating an extremely aggressive form of a terrible disease and coping with the effects of the recent terrorist attacks.  Miraculously, he was physically healed in just 4 months.  But mentally, it took years.  It wasn't until Bob identified his purpose that he realized the value of his battle with cancer and his family's losses on 9/11/01  Bob's mission is to make the world a better place by encouraging people to find the blessings in tragedy and use their gifts to help others.

His book is available at https://www.bobdepasquale.com

https://www.initiateimpact.com is his firm

Bruno Pešec helps business leaders innovate profitably. 
 He is one of the rare innovators who can claim that he has worked on a regulation-defying freight train and an award-winning board game for teaching entrepreneurship and innovation.

 With ten years of experience in different industries—including defence, manufacturing, education, entertainment, and financial services—he has delivered projects that had positive impact on GDP of several countries, succeeded and failed inventing and innovating, and overcame a number of problems and challenges with no obvious solutions.
 
 In addition to his corporate experience with brands like DNV, DNB, and Kongsberg Group, Bruno is deeply involved with the global entrepreneurial community. He co-founded Norwegian Lean Startup Circle, Norway's largest Lean Startup community, and Founder Institute Norway, the world’s premier idea-stage accelerator and startup launch program. He often serves as a mentor and judge at various accelerators, incubators, and events across the globe.
 
 His academic credentials include a master's degree with distinction in industrial engineering and management, specialisation in production and quality engineering, and advanced management diploma with specialisation in strategy and innovation. He has also been trained by Toyota in corporate value creation and innovation. Bruno is currently undertaking a doctorate in organisational change, with a peculiar focus on the issues with innovation in large enterprises.

Michael and Bruno geek out over how data can be used to make better decisions.  They discuss the four categories of data and where they can be accessed by an organization. 

Bruno and Michael talk about how companies can structure innovation programs to be profitable and long living. Why companies fail at innovation and tips to be successful.

https://www.pesec.no

#datadrivendecisions #innovation #augmentedstrategy

Emily Tsitrian is a professional services manager in fintech. With over seven years in tech management, she’s led teams at various companies, from mature public businesses to start-ups, including a unicorn start-up that grew into a global presence while she managed one of its brand-new departments.
After her first promotion to manager, Emily had to get scrappy and creative to figure it out on her own and learn effective leadership through trial and error. Now, she hires and coaches team members into their own management careers. She also hosts the manager.flow podcast, where she interviews a diverse and experienced team of people managers about their journeys and the highs and lows along their career paths.
 
 Emily graduated from UC Berkeley in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in economics. Her leadership expertise has been featured in the New York Times, and she was a featured speaker for the 2020 (Not IRL) Pride Summit.
 
 A native of South Dakota, Emily lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with her spouse, Robbie, and senior rescue mutt, Mar. You can usually find her hiking, learning French, or attending themed dinner parties. Learn more at www.emilytsitrian.com.

She is the podcast Host of Manager.flow

Michael and Emily discuss how hard it is to be a newly promoted manager and some key do's and don'ts.

Tom Antion has never had a job. He's an Internet Multimillionaire "guy next door" and founder of the only licensed, dedicated Internet marketing school in the country. He's the subject of a Hollywood Documentary "The American Entrepreneur" premiering spring 2022. Owned a practical joke company, nightclub, and various other businesses with crazy stories.

Michael and Tom discuss how to make money in a variety of ways. Tom shares all the ways he has been successful over the years in internet marketing.

Tom is the host of Screw the Commute podcast. If you listen to ONE podcast for yourself to inspire you to make money - THIS IS THE PODCAST!

Tom is available at https://www.screwthecommute.com/automatefree

Michael Whitehouse is The Guy Who Knows a Guy. In 2014, he came to Groton, Connecticut knowing no one at all. A year later, after diving into networking with both feet, he was a major connector in the local community. In 2020, he went global and began connecting entrepreneurs, investors, speakers and others around the world to people they need to know. He offers his services as a networking concierge, making connections and building strategic alliances around the world.

Michael and Michael talk about the importance of networking and how to be successful even if you are an introvert. How to network like a pro!

#networking #TheGuyWhoKnowsAGuy

Ely Delaney is your Automated Systems Strategist and is also known as “The People Whisperer”.
He’s the creator of The Follow Up Rockstar System, teaching entrepreneurs how to go from surviving to thriving in any economy through the art and science of building strong relationships and following up for LIFE.

He’s an Amazon bestseller with his two books “Marketing Tidbits” and “Networking Tidbits”

With a  passion for connecting people, his best-selling training course “Networking Like A Rockstar” has over 1365 students registered globally. Ely helps speakers, authors, and coaches automate their follow-up to grow their business without having to have an MBA from MIT.

He’s the guy to help you build a 24/7 automated system and turn you into a Follow-Up Rockstar!

Dr. Ruth Gotian is the Chief Learning Officer and Assistant Professor of Education in Anesthesiology and former Assistant Dean of Mentoring and Executive Director of the Mentoring Academy at Weill Cornell Medicine. She has been hailed by the journal Nature and Columbia University as an expert in mentoring and leadership development and is currently a contributor to Forbes and Psychology Today where she writes about ‘optimizing success’. She also has a weekly show and podcast by the same name where she gathers high achievers to talk about their journey to success. In 2021, she was one of 30 people worldwide to be named to the Thinkers50 Radar List, dubbed the Oscars of management thinking and is a semi-finalist for the Forbes 50 Over 50 list.

Dr. Gotian and Michael discuss finding your passion and how to do this.  Dr. Gotian lays out the 4 things to make you more successful - so simple.

Nobody wakes up and aims to be average - go be successful!

#drruthgotian #success #thesuccessfactor

Recipient of the 2012 Global HR Excellence Award in Leadership, the 2016 Global Coaching Leadership Award, and voted 2020 Executive Coach of the Year in Singapore, Marcel Daane is an accredited Professional Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation.

Since 2010, Marcel has been partnering with organizations, teams, and individuals in Asia and North America providing leadership assessments, feedback, and coaching to align the leadership skills of senior managers and behaviors of teams with the organization’s brand promise and culture.

As a coach and author, Marcel is considered one of the world’s authorities in mind-body leadership, a whole person approach to leadership using a combination of energy practices, mindfulness, and somatic awareness. that enables leaders to choose the right energy projection for lasting results in how they perform, live, and lead. He is the author of his critically acclaimed leadership and performance books “Headstrong Performance,” and “Five Energies of Horrible Bosses and How Not To Become One.”

Marcel is a life-long practitioner of Martial Arts and is the son of a celebrated Political Activist who taught him early on that life has greater meaning when we are of service to others rather than merely to ourselves. In his spare time, Marcel volunteers as a Mental Health & Wellness advocate and he loves to spend quality family time with his wife, Ursula, and Daughter, Kilani.

Marcel holds a post-graduate degree in the Neurosci­ence of Leadership from Middlesex University an Undergraduate Degree in Complementary Medicine from Charles Sturt University coupled with multiple certifications in Executive Coaching and Sports Performance Coaching

Michael and Marcel discuss the five energies, pillars of wisdom and how simple this all really is and how to use it to be a better leader.  Awareness is key here and Marcel breaks it down so elegantly.

#MarcelDaane #fiveenergiesofhorribleboxxes

Dr. Sampada Deshpande is a general dentist based in San Francisco. A foreign trained dentist from Dubai, Sampada earned a DDS in 2018 from the University of Washington, where she also completed a LEND fellowship in 2021. She is a recipient of the ADA 10 under 10, AGD 10 to Watch honor and Howard Memorial Award. She enjoys hosting the New Dentist Business Club, mentoring students at the University of the Pacific as Faculty and advocating for innovation in healthcare technology via her work at Samsotech. 

eVac Tracker was a innovation during and as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Hear Dr. Deshpande talk about the application, why there is a need and how it enables companies to better track their employees vaccination status and other features.

Inspired by technology and how it can change healthcare Dr. Deshpande shares other projects in the works and how they will help move the industry forward. She does this all while running a practice, leading a non profit to help new dentists and being a published author!

https://www.sampadadeshpandedds.com/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09L4LKXVS/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1636389216&ref_=tmm_hrd_swatch_0&sr=8-3

https://samsotech-id.com/evac-tracker.html

Kimberly  an award-winning high performance, trauma-informed coach and trainer, Amazon best-selling co-author, international motivational speaker, and the founder of CrownYourself.com, helping visionary leaders transform their self-limiting stories, stand out authentically, build their empire and achieve their full potential. 

Kimberly shares her story and what led her to be a performance coach helping visionary leaders. She shares tips on how to reign as King or Queen in your own life. How do you introduce yourself confidently and not sound like an asshole?

https://www.crownyourself.com is where Kimberly and her services are available.

Elizabeth Pampalone, She is an International Speaker, Podcaster, Minimalist, and Expert Marketer. She has developed proven formulas that help herself and her clients to create 1 year of marketing content in 5 days. Her innovative approach helps overwhelmed business owners and burnt-out nonprofit directors to achieve success and freedom through the power of Absolute Marketing™.

She is a podcast host of Absolute Marketing podcast.

Michael and Elizabeth discuss how to do all this and why it is important to your business.  You can do this with your brand, website, social media and other aspects of your business.

Why should you be paying more attention to LinkedIn? 

https://www.getabsolutemarketing.com

Travis Manziani has been in both the Shopify space and now has several successful products out on FBA.  He is a thought leader with almost 400 videos on YouTube on the subject of selling on Amazon.

His product is different than most, in that it is a Passion product, something he really personally enjoys. Travis has a system to share how to develop your own passion product and get it sold on Amazon.

Having been in the space for well over 8 years Travis is one of the top mentors and coaches related to FBA. This "side hustle" could very easily replace your 9-5 grind.

Michael and Travis talk all about FBA - why a passion product is important - why a coach is valuable - and lots of tips and info.

Travis is available at: https://www.passionproductformula.com/

Jonathan Fowler is CEO of Logicle Analytics LLC - and has done doctoral research in information culture and data strategy.

Jonathan and Michael discuss the need for a strategy and not to get sold a tool. Why are organizations afraid of data and just because you capture it - the value is in what you do with it.

How can your company develop a strategy and build data into the culture - Jonathan has a plan for you!

Whether Infor BIRST analytics or another platform, this episode really talks about the essentials of a BI strategy.

https://www.logicle.us

#BI #logicle #analytics

Jerry is a conflict resolution coach for Asian American leaders.  He has been fired, dealt with bounced paychecks, got displaced to another city for work, had to fire people and evict a roomate. Also a pharmacist and salsa dancer, Jerry keeps quite busy.

Michael and Jerry discuss his 5 C's and quick tips on how to deal with these subjects personally, professionally and for a variety of situations. Jerry offers very concise information and shares his story to showcase, he has been there and done that.

Learn about the 10 seconds of courage that really makes a ton of sense.

Jerry is available at https://www.adaptingleaders.com

#jerryfu #adaptingleaders #conflict #conflictresolution

Ian Moyse, Technology Sales Leader, is also an industry cloud social influencer and is widely published on matters of Cloud and Sales Leadership. Ian is called upon to blog and social influence by many cloud vendors and was rated #1 cloud influencer by Onalytica. He has sat on the boards of a number of related industry bodies; FAST (Federation Against Software Theft), CIF (Cloud Industry Forum) and Eurocloud. He was awarded the accolade of UK Sales Director of the year by BESMA (British Excellence in Sales Management Awards) and in 2019 & 2020 was listed in the top 50 Sales Keynote speakers by Top Sales World. 



Ian is available at https://www.oneupsales.co.uk/ and https://cloudmatters.cloud/ian-moyse/

#cloud #cloudfuture #technologysales

Marty Strong is a retired Navy SEAL officer and combat veteran, novelist (mlstrongauthor.com), CEO and Chief Strategy Officer, and speaker/consultant with one new business leadership book set for release on January 1st Be Nimble: How the Creative Navy SEAL Mindset Wins on the Battlefield and in Business (martystrongbenimble.com) and a second business strategy book due for release in late Summer 2022. He’s traveled to over 40 countries, been shot at, survived cancer twice, and experienced the loss of his son. Marty has spent a lifetime, in three professions, anticipating crisis, and leading through chaos successfully.  

 Michael and Marty discuss characteristics needed in a leader. What transfers from a battlefield combat leadership plan to running a business?

Marty also discusses his novels and how the profits are donated to Navy Seal Vets!

Website

http://www.martystrongbenimble.com

Website #2

http://www.thesagamindset.com

Website #3

http://www.mlstrongauthor.com

LinkedIn URL

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marty-strong-9676bb13/

Facebook URL

http://www.facebook.com/MartyStrong

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/martinlstrongauthor%20%20https://w

Ken Wimberly is a successful business owner of 5 different businesses but he is currently in the process of building his passion project in technology. He started this app in honor of his daughter grace and has decided to share this amazing connection with other parents.

Michael and Ken focus their conversation exploring the Legacy Journal app available on all platforms. Why would a successful entrepreneur deviate from his business and pursue this as a passion project?

The importance of a tool such as this to modernize journaling and in such a way to create heartfelt meaning to the recipients. Enjoying a 4.8 on the app store - the app and how it was developed, marketed, etc are also discussed.  

#legacyjournal #KenWimberly #family #app

Michelle Seiler Tucker is the Founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker Incorporated. She holds the M&AMI (Mergers & Acquisitions Master Intermediary) title, as well as Certified Mergers and Acquisitions Professional (CM&AP) and Certified Senior Business Analyst (CSBA). Michelle also owns many other businesses in several different industries. As a 20-year veteran in the M&A industry, she is regarded as the leading authority on buying, selling, fixing, and growing businesses. Her and her firm have sold over a thousand businesses in almost every vertical and have a remarkable track record of success. 

In addition to being featured in INC, Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, and USA Magazine, Michelle is an international keynote speaker and makes regular radio and TV appearances on Fox Business News and CNBC. She has spoken alongside many prominent speakers: Eric Trump, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathy Ireland, Donna Karen, Stedman Graham, Randi Zuckerberg, Steve Wozniak, and more. She is the Best-Selling Author of the book “Sell Your Business for more than It’s Worth” and has a new book called “Exit Rich®,” a Wall Street Journal and USA Today best seller!

Michelle shares the 6 P's from her book Exit Rich and what companies can do to position for the highest value at sale. She shares the seller and buyer sanity check and how to create a bidding war among buyers.

I have literally never had a guest lay down so much knowledge so quickly and in such a digestible delivery. This is a great one if you own a business, are considering buying one or just want to understand mergers and acquisitions.

Gary is President and CEO of Acquired Insights Inc. A strategic Management Consulting and Systems Aggregation firm focusing on delivering applied Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, Cyber Security, Humanoid Robotics, Chatbot and 3D Avatar business solutions resulting in immediate, measurable, and scalable value for our clients through better, real-time business decision support. 

Michael and Gary discuss the Metaverse and the upcoming 3D avatars we will all have.  What relevance do these have for companies? Gary reminds us about some security vulnerabilities that come with new technologies.

Michael and Gary discuss the latest in ERP technologies and topics such as Predictive Analytics, Unstructured Data and Cloud are broken down into digestible pieces. Gary does a great job of explaining all these and gives relevant examples of each.

If your a geek - this is your episode where we talk about the latest and greatest.

Gary is available at https://www.aiinc.cloud

#GaryMelling #aiinc.cloud #technology #Metaverse #3davatar #informationsecurity

BILL FLYNN has pitched Steve Jobs, was tracked down by Alan Mulally - CEO of Ford/Boeing, failed many times, succeeded more than most, and has garnered many lessons from thirty years of studying the science of success. Bill has worked for and advised hundreds of companies, including startups, where he has a long track record of success in multiple industries.  He has been a VP of Sales eight times, twice a CMO and once a GM of a division of a $100MM IT services company before he pivoted to becoming a business growth coach in 2015. Bill is a multi-certified growth coach including MG100, has a Certificate with Distinction - Foundations of NeuroLeadership, is a Certified Predictive Index Partner, author and international speaker. Bill’s best-selling book - Further, Faster - The Vital Few Steps that Take the Guesswork out of Growth continues to garner a 5-Star rating.

Michael and bill discuss why maybe you shouldn't start a company or at least things to really think about. How do you find a product or a service that solves a problem? Why do businesses fail and what are some characteristics of the ones that are successful.

Bill shares the three characteristics of great leaders and his passion around helping companies solve problems and grow.

Of course Michael asks Bill to share his story about meeting Steve Jobs as well!

Bill is available at www.catalystgrowthadvisors.com

#growthcoach #billflynn #leadership

Natalie is the CEO of AnswerConnect. Natalie began her career as a temporary employee and often says her path to success has been unconventional. Natalie is an award-winning executive who has been recognized with awards for Female Executive of the Year and for Women Helping Women by the Stevie Award Association and a Woman of Influend by the Portland Business Journal.  

Natalie shares her journey from a temp employee to CEO! She talks about what outsourced telecom is and why it is important for companies.

Her leadership tips include authenticity, caring for people, being intentional and how to work remote.

Also a working mom, she shares some of her tricks there as well.

#CEO #Leadership #womenleaders

Robert has Generated over $100,000,000 USD for my clients in the last 5 years alone whilst building an empire of my own composed of 10 businesses generating 7-figures every year. Grew steadily every month even during a world pandemic, providing jobs to hundreds people from all over the world. Traveled over 100,000 Miles visiting over 17 countries and speaking in front of over 10,000 people in 3 different languages. Interviewed for Entrepreneur.com as an International Tycoon.

Michael and Robert discuss why he started Wesrom and how technology isn't the key to your companies success. Robert shares how to evaluate projects and ideas to determine if they are a worthwhile investment.

He hints at a new logistics company that will change how we shop local businesses. 

Robert believes people and how you treat them are the keys to success.

#wesrom #entrepreneur #leadership lessons

Dennis is an Author, speaker, business/athletic coach. 20 yr. Air Force command pilot LtCol and 28 yr. major airline captain. Certified Power of Positive Leadership Jon Gordon trainer and attended numerous Air Force leadership schools. Keynote speaker addressing Positive Leadership and Transformational Conversations, Walk the Talk, Instant Influencer. Author of Takes More Than Heart, a personal story about changing challenges into opportunities. Next book project title: Be A Bean – Change Team Culture from Ordinary Water to Gourmet Coffee - 7 Secrets to Engage Your Team, Retain Talent and Double Your Profit.

Dennis shares his personal journey and the lessons as he learned. He lays down the 4C's of leadership and speaks about the importance of culture. Relationships are absolutely key and the importance of a team identity is critical.

Dennis helps companies through www.beabean.net and his story is available at ww.takesmorethanheart.com.

#leadership #culture #beabean

Pat Sullivan has dedicated his career to inspiring people, helping them to discover and capitalize on their personal strengths.

His motivational and public speaking resume includes engagements at IBM and Nike, Notre Dame’s “Play Like a Champion” program, as well as Chicago-area businesses and professional associations. He also enjoys bringing his messages on leadership and motivation to companies and organizations in Wisconsin, Indiana and throughout Illinois.

In more than four decades of collegiate and high school coaching, he touched thousands of lives and impacted a new generation of leaders who today succeed in a wide range of business and civic capacities.

Michael and Pat discuss the meaning of the acronym ATTITUDE and his recent books.  Pat has great advice on leadership, culture and characteristics of great leaders.

www.coachpatsullivan.com

#leadership #basketball #ATTITUDE

Daniel Jenab is a Prosci Certified Change Manager at RPI Consultants. Daniel shares why he moved from Project Manager to Change Manager and the importance of change management on projects.

Daniel shares how an assessment can point to where resources need to be focused on a project. He shares examples of what can happen if change management is not accounted for as part of a project.

Daniels passion for ensuring the people are included in the journey comes shinning through.

#danieljenab #OCM #organizationalchangemanagement #projectmanagement

Roy and Michael discuss Set Schedule and how they have changed how real estate pros get leads.  Their technology helps the consumers as well, matching them to the most active agents at the time and place of their search.

In this age of "now" www.setschedule.com is changing the game to better serve both real estate pros with better leads and consumers with the right agent to help.  How does technology change this age old industry? Roy explains how he saw an opportunity and filled that with technology to improve the experience.

Roy has a very unique entrepreneurial journey from the Israeli Defense Forces to co-founding a technology company.

Roy shares his 6 marketing tricks that all realtors should know and you may be surprised at how focused on the customer they are.

Roy and the product can be reached at www.setschedule.com

#entrepreneur #leadership #realestate

Join Mark Hershberg, author of The Career Toolkit - Essential Skills For Success That No One Taught You as he discusses all aspects of one's career.  From negotiation of an offer to having a solid career plan, Michael and Mark cover everything nobody ever taught you related to careers.

Why is having a plan important even when you are employed? How do you talk about compensation vs. negotiating salary? Why you should never answer the questions "How much do you make now".

Mark provides a ton of resources on his site - that are all free! He helps companies leverage his materials to make it their own to help employees in their careers.  

Mark holds several bachelor and masters degrees form MIT, is a current CTO and has a great perspective on why this material is not taught in colleges.

Mark can be reached at https://thecareertoolkitbook.com

#career #thecareertoolkitbook #job 

Andrew is a public speaker, entrepreneur, coach, author and helped to set a podcasting world record. Andrew shares his story of what helped him rise to be a sought after public speaker and how he helps train others.

He has tips on how to get into the field, how to be better at it once you start and how to sell from stage. Andrew recommends several books and organizations such as ToastMasters to help you along your journey.

His book Toucan Play At This Game  is about 100 bird puns and he shares how this book came about - it is a great story.

Through his company www.weisswisdom.com, Andrew coaches and helps others reach their full potential.

https://www.weisswisdom.com is where you can reach Andrew.

His book is available: https://www.amazon.com/Toucan-Play-This-Game-Story/dp/0692933794/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=toucan+play+at+this+game&qid=1636737825&s=books&sr=1-1

Andy has great advice for investing whether you are starting out or a seasoned investor. Michael and Andy discuss how crypto fits into your investment portfolio and all the disruptors in the investment community recently.

Andy and Michael discuss how the investing community has evolved and the importance of understanding what you are investing in. Terms like water cooler stocks and pump and dump are defined, in this fast paced run through the financial world.

The importance of a methodology, research and patience is discussed by Andy as tips to increase your likelihood of success. Andy discusses his podcast Inspired Money and how it helps him be a more well rounded advisor.

#investment #finance #leadership #inspiredmoney

Heather has a very unique life and story from her time as Miss Ohio, her nomadic lifestyle living in an Airstream and recently taking on a 23 acre farm, all while running her own PR agency.  Heather shares her insights into how important a brand is both for a corporation as well as personally.

She is obsessed and results driven to deliver quality for her clients.  She is full of hustle and shares her story of growth and how she found her niche and shares how both her firm and customers benefit from that focus.

Heather also shares tips on managing a remote workforce from the importance of good hires to alignment to the mission, vision and value. Her company has grown and transformed and she openly shares that journey.

Heather truly is doing good work for her clients at www.publicityforgood.com 

#publicityforgood #traveltrailer #rvlife #leadership #entrepreneur

Helen Muller is a DNA Upgrade Specialist - what is that you ask, great question.  Helen shares her Bio hacks and how she can help people in simply 15 minutes to remove their mental blocks. Helen shares how one can use bio hacks to reduce the amount of sleep needed, or improve ones energy and creative power.

Focused on happiness, she shares how she helps people improve their journey to happy. She has fasted for 116 hours which is 4.8 days without as much as water - this alone is a great accomplishment but she shares her personal journey and how she reverse engineered a happy life.

Helen can be reached at www.youmeandhappiness.com where she is available for her 15 minute sessions as well as her coaching programs.

#happiness #leadership #

Stephen Halasnik has started, grew and sold businesses that started at zero and grew to $5M to $25M in revenue.  His businesses have been on the 500 fastest growing list and Inc. 5,000 fastest growing. Stephen shares his story with tips for new entrepreneurs on how to overcome traditional challenges.

Stephen shares how to think through business concepts, what makes a good opportunity and dispels many of the excuses such as "I don't have any money". His ideas can be used to grow an existing business as well as start your own.

Stephen is a podcast host of Entrepreneur MBA and can be found at https://financingsolutionsnow.com/

#entrepreneur #business #leadership

Nate Bailey shares his personal journey and how it helped him move to become a coach and develop a way to help others become champion leaders. Nate has accomplished so many physical feats but makes the connection on how that helps you improve your game in all aspects.

Author of 100 Mile Mindset and host of Championship Leadership Podcast - Nate shares his recent 24hr experience and tips on how to be a better leader in all aspects of your life. 

His audio book is available for free at https://www.natebailey.org where you can also learn about his coaching and programs.

Be inspired - be a championship leader!

#leadership #championshipleadership #coach

Stephanie shares her story of how and why she chose to become a consultant.  Her story of being a single mom and successful supply chain senior consultant is inspiring.  Learn why she loves consulting, how she relies on her team and what motivated her to take this big step in her career.

She shares some trends in supply chain business related to contract management and has my vote to go solve the problems in supply chain in the Los Angeles harbor! 

Michael and Wade discuss how everyone can change their situation to work where you get a 3 day weekend every weekend.  Wade shares how to change the equation and work towards your own priorities. Michael and Wade discuss how to make small changes that lead to big results over time.  Wade shares some steps and tools everyone can take immediately to move this forward. Wade shares his own journey and reasons this became important and why he helps others.

Wade and the 3 Day Weekend Club is available at: www.3dayweekendclub.com

#leadership #dad #business

Janice Lintz - Founder and CEO of Hearing Access & Innovations joins Michael to talk about how she has changed industries both Nationally and Internationally.  Janice has worked for years to advocate for the hearing impaired and shares her methods of being successful in change even when the odds seem impossible.

Janice shares her story which is inspirational and filled with valuable tips on how to effect change.

Janice can be reached at www.hearingaccess.com 

#changemanagement #CEO #changetheworld #leadership

Mark Taylor from www.red-folder.com and Michael discuss the value and appropriate use of custom development.  They discuss relevant topics such as Agile, "Glue Code", Low Code / No Code applications and how projects are bad for ROI.

Mark is an amazing developer and leader who represents the new breed in software developers who WANTS to work with the customer directly and deliver solutions that exceed expectations.

Two IT Geeks lay down the importance of removing barriers and historical preconceived notions and collaborating between IT and Business to improve ROI and make a difference.

Mark can be reached at https://www.red-folder.com

Michael had the pleasure of speaking with Jana Axline, owner of Project Genetics and overall project management community thought leader on the importance of courage and other skills to be a great PM.

Michael and Jana discuss the ability to lead, facilitation, truth, problem solving and being able to see the big picture as key traits needed in todays project management allstars.

Jana and Project Genetics have rescued some of the largest projects and brought them back online.  Jana also is host of the podcast Corporate CPR.  Her contributions to the project management community are vast and her tips and knowledge are on point.

Even if your just starting in project management - Jana lays down the knowledge to help you grow.

https://projectgenetics.com/

#projectmanagement #janaaxline #projectgenetics

Raj and Michael discuss his book The DAP Strategy and how to increase your success when attempting digital transformation. Consistency is a key element to hint at some of the topics discussed. Some of the common struggles and pitfalls are also shared, so you can learn and avoid these.

The importance of transparent leadership in bringing the organization along on the transformation is key. Raj shares 4 key elements that increase your chances for success in the episode including focusing on the "baby user"!

https://www.dapstrategist.com

#DAP #TheDAPStrategy #DigitalTransformation

Don shares the importance of being seen and helping folks emerge from the shadows.  Don covers his working helping survivors as well as the importance of a corporate branding. Don has done work to humanize complex organizations.  Don discusses the importance of your brand and the transformation pictures can contribute to.

Don is available with his great work at www.tribeofdiamonds.com

#photography #brand #transformation

Amanda Gibson has led some of the largest ERP implementation projects in the Country! Just the fact that she accomplished this is enough to have her on, but she has done so with a team that adores her and a client that respects her and a vendor that raves about her.  

How do you become such as bad ass? Listen to Amanda share the secrets of her vision and how important respect is in her daily routine.

She highlights a great colleague in Jana Axline who leads Project Genetics and can be reached here: https://projectgenetics.com/

Amanda is the epitome of a great project manager, one I am so thankful I got to work with on a huge project. She shares her stories, tips and technique selfishly hoping to help develop others.

Michael has a great discussion with Patti Mara who is owner of Maranet Inc, creator of the Profit Generator Program and the Breaking Through Barriers Program as well as the author of UpSolutions - Turning Your Team into Heroes and Customers into Raving Fans. 
 
Patti offers great advice on how to retain and motivate your team to reduce turnover and compete in being an employer of choice. She has great tools from her book she highlights to evaluate where you are today.

Patti then turn her attention to customers and drops great knowledge on how to stay connected outside of the mundane surveys we all hate to fill out.  

How to move your business 10 years forward - this is the podcast.

www.pattimara.com/techprounicorn 

Michael and John discuss this economy and the challenges and opportunities it presents.  They talk about what it takes to start and grown your business at any scale. Examples such as Blueberry Pediatrics are discussed and how you find your niche point of entry for your product or service.

John shares tidbits from his best selling book: Survive and Thrive: How to Build a Profitable Business In Any Economy (Including This One) like the 5 growth models and 3 products every business needs. John has a casual style to make even the most complex of topics appear easy to understand and his book has been called a "weekend MBA" as it distills what businesses really need to do.

John and his book can be reached at www.surviveandthrivebook.com

Michael discussed AI and unstructured data with Slater Victoroff, CTO of Indico.  Slater shares the practical use cases where Indico has helped companies leverage and make sense of their unstructured data.

Slater discusses AI and how the technologies work together in harmony to transform processes.  Where companies struggle in implementing change is highlighted as well.

Slater was born into technology and shares his journey to the front of Artificial Intelligence and a bit of his personal story.  Recommendations for how to find your path are also discussed.

Michael attended HIMSS 2021 and delivers his view of the hot topics and what is trending.  Great conference even given the lower attendance and the quality conversations. Hear what Michael learned from CIO's on the floor.

#HIMSS21

Michael and Adam Silverman discuss why Syllable as an AI company is focused on transforming the patient experience. Syllable is addressing the two most common issues patients face in contacting their providers - appointments and communication with the Dr. What if when you call your Dr. you are actually able to get through and get what you need on the first call? So many people are frustrated in healthcare, simply because they can't get what they need, be it an appointment or a medical record or an RX refill.  Syllable is changing that in healthcare right now!

Hari Viswanath has been in the RPA space since it first came to the US.  He has used many tools and worked across industries. Hear how the Unicorn and Hari share their forecast for RPA and how to be successful.  What process should you do first?  Why are there so many tools?  Which one is right for me?  All these are answered in this episode.

Want the latest in how artificial intelligence is impacting your real daily life?  How about AI that makes sense out of meetings so you don't have to try and remember who said what and what it meant and who had the takeaways?  Ever have meetings about a meeting - like a debrief to figure out what happened? 

Check out this discussion of Hyperia and how they use AI to help people be more productive and capture the moments that matter.  Rob and Michael discuss the tool and some real world use cases.

Michael and Justin explore the topic of being mindful and incorporating it into your daily life.  Why is this more important now more than ever, with a shift to remote work?  Hear Michael and Justin explore new technologies and even talk gamification to help you relax!

Tech can be both a hindrance and a help - use it to your advantage and get some mental rest.

Estimating large million dollar ventures is part art and part science.  Rick Whitten, Solution Architect chats with The Unicorn on how he does this and what are important components that have to be accounted for?

How can you get this to be accurate - Rick drops the wisdom.

The Unicorn explores change management with Michael Hopkins.  What is it really and how important is it.  Topics include Organizational Change Management and Prosci certifications.

Tech Pro Unicorn discusses the true meaning of Intelligent Automation and Digital Transformation.  Topics such as OCR, RPA, Imaging, Workflow and capture are covered.  Hear the Unicorn and Geoff lay out how these technologies can help you and your company take advantage of the opportunity to modernize.

Michael begins a series to discuss how RPA done correctly can pay for your ERP journey.  Who wants free ERP - you get free ERP - you get free ERP.....come find out how.

Michael and DJ discuss three important changes needed in healthcare.  These two have been in healthcare since the 1800's, okay well maybe not that long.  They cover the issues facing security, transformation and interoperability very frankly.

Forrester released a great article (www.forrester.com) pointing the way to be successful in RPA and laying a great foundation for Intelligent Automation.  The unicorn analyzes the article and discusses his perspective on RPA.

The unicorn talks about the differences between a consultant and an advisor and when each one might be appropriate.  Hannah Thomas is the Founder and CEO of New Canvas Advising: https://newcanvasadvising.com/ a boutique consulting firm in Seattle.  Her background in healthcare leadership coupled with her recent experience serving the public on a commission has built a wealth of knowledge she shares with her clients.

John has the coolest job in healthcare tech!  Michael and John discuss the trends, and how COVID-19 is effecting healthcare technology.  What are the trends and what are people focusing on in healthcare in 2020?  All discussed here.

Aaron and Michael discuss the power of analytics and specifically BIRST.  What comes out of the box and what can it do when done right!

www.rpic.com #ERP #BIRST #ANALYTICS

Marcus Mossberger from Infor and Michael talk about how work has shifted. What will be different and what are some tools employers can deploy to address the human element of work.

www.infor.com #futureofwork 

Answering all questions related to methodology, managing large Infor projects, leading a PMO and how to become a PM is Stephanie Kowal.

Hear about all the tech items related to CloudSuite with Ken Foley.  Ken shares his knowledge and tips and tricks to prepare technically for a journey to CloudSuite.  He also answers the most common question - Do I get to get rid of all my tech staff once I move Infor to the cloud?

Talking about the current pandemic and the effect on jobs.  Tips on how to "uplevel" and find a rewarding career that is recession proof.

https://vennessamcconkey.com/

We discuss the new reality of keeping projects moving while working remotely.  Amy shares some tips and tricks that will be helpful as we keep projects moving in this new work environment.

Talking with Justin about everything consulting.  What makes a good consultant, how do you know you found the right firm?  What about a PM, what are some key qualities you need in a PM?  Thoughts about consulting as a career - what makes RPI a bit different?

Discussing all aspects of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with Chad Tucker, of RPI Consultants.  Chad shares some use cases, important ways to get started and the business value of RPA.

Today we talk with RIchard Leigh Stout and gather the benefits that he is seeing customers achieve with CloudSuite.

Today we talk CloudSuite and RPI and why should CloudSuite be done now?

This is a quick intro to Michael Grace, your host and what we plan to talk about.