Episodes

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 e...

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 You...

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...

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 YouTu...

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 h...

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 Ta...

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 te...

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 th...

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...

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 - spec...

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...

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 improvemen...

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 wome...

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...

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 stor...

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 lead...

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...

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 bott...

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 a...

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-nonse...

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 W...

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 mos...

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 sev...

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 t...