Entrepreneurs on Fire

Mish and Rob make boring businesses awesome, and they do it while traveling the world with their laptops. (Seriously - they've moved apartments 23 times in the last year!) They blog at makingitanywhere.com to show that being a digital nomad doesn't have to mean backpacking in Bali: they invest in UK real estate, and have spent the first six months of their location independent life in New York City.

Jimmy is the Co-Founder of the high-end travel gear company Minaal, and they are preparing to release a revolutionary new carry-on luggage design. Starting out from his remote home country of New Zealand, then relocating to Vietnam, and then the US, Jimmy is living proof that 'just doing it' really works.

Ryan is currently the CEO at GearHost, a scalable and reliable high-end cloud hosting company that specializes in Microsoft technologies and has a strong focus on customer service. Beginnings don't get much humbler than starting a company in your Mom's basement, and that's just what Ryan did. GearHost has kept their basement-casual attitude and mixed it with corporate-level business practices, because that's just who they are.

Rob runs a property investment company called RMP Property in the UK. Honesty and impartial advice is absent from the UK property industry so Rob set up RMP to fix it. He also co-hosts one of the most popular business podcasts in the UK, The Property Podcast. Rob loves a challenge and sets himself big hairy goals each year. He's climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, Mont Paradiso and has also completed the New York City Marathon.

John is an expert behavioral and mindset coach with a unique ability for helping people release the mental obstacles that prevent them from achieving their very best in business and in life. In the last 10 years he has written two NYT Best-selling books and has appeared on Larry King Live eight times. Today he is CEO of Praxis Now, which develops some of the most advanced brain re-training programs in the world.

Bob founded and served as CEO & Chair of three successive startups over a 30-year period in Medical imaging, newspaper imaging, digital cameras and consumer electronics. Bob then retired and taught entrepreneurship at Babson MBA for seven years. We will chat about all this and his new startup, IEC, in today's interview.

Corey is a 24-year old actor-turned entrepreneur who set off on a 24-month challenge to retire his mom. Using mobile apps, eBooks and other ventures as his vehicle to do it, he plans to retire his mom for Christmas of 2013.

Nancy's passion for creating persuasive presentations changed her life and inspired her to help others tell stories that spark meaningful action. Her journey from failing at public speaking in college to leading the world's best-known presentation firm taught her several lessons on how the power of communication can change the world.

David is the author of Design for Hackers: Reverse-Engineering Beauty, which debuted in the top 20 on Amazon's Best-seller list. David is dedicated to breaking down the fundamentals of good design and making design literacy accessible to both developers and Entrepreneurs.

Billy is a former professional poker player who launched BlueFirePoker, a poker training site in 2009. In 2011, he started launching and acquiring E-commerce stores. He's now launching an E-commerce training site to help people who want to own their own store. He also blogs at ForeverJobless.com.

Patrick is an authority on global business trends including big data and the social media revolution. He is the author of the award-winning book Marketing Shortcuts For The Self-Employed and a regular speaker for Bloomberg TV.

Sunil is the Founder and CEO of Scripted.com, a marketplace where businesses can go to hire freelance writers. Scripted has a pool of 80,000 freelance writers and ranks as one of the top five largest writer communities on the Internet, providing hundreds of businesses with thousands of blog posts, tweets, press releases and articles each month.

Dan is an author of both Business and Real Estate books, a connector of experts and a Joint Venture Artist who seeks to help everyone who needs that special something or someone at just the right time.

Debbie is the inspiring Founder of Women on Fire and a pioneer in the field of executive and life coaching. She is known for her work in transforming women's lives. Her gift is her ability to see and nurture the strengths, gifts and talents of the women she works with.

Walker and Evan are the Co-Founders of Teespring. These two Brown University students created a website that leveraged the crowdfunding model to successfully sell a t-shirt to commemorate their favorite college bar that shut down. Within six hours they had amassed hundreds of pre-order sales via PayPal. Coupled with the success of the momentous sale, they received interest from clubs, communities and individuals who all expressed interest in creating similar campaigns for their custom products. The concept for Teespring was born.

Stephan is an entrepreneurial thought leader and online marketing expert. He is the Founder of Tower Paddle Boards, which garnered an investment from billionaire Mark Cuban on ABC's Shark Tank and was also named one of the top 10 success stories in the history of the show by Entrepreneur Magazine.

Patrick is the CEO of 99designs. 99designs is the world's largest online graphic design marketplace, connecting businesses looking for design work with more than 220,000 graphic designers from 192 countries around the world. 99designs also happens to be one of EntrepreneurOnFire's amazing sponsors!

Derek is a Partner at a wealth management firm who started an un-networking community in Washington DC called cadre. cadre currently supports over 100 remarkable CEO's and business leaders. Derek is also the author of Networking Is Not Working.

Jaydev's business life and personal life are almost one in the same because he simply loves what he does. Nothing is more rewarding than finding ways to add value to people's lives, whether its directly through his business or connecting like-minded people to each other.

Jaime helps Entrepreneurs focus their money and their strengths to create an amazing life all while building their net worth. She interviews millionaires to get their best tips, tactics and advice from their successes and failures on her podcast, The Eventual Millionaire.

Kevin is the Chairman and Founder of TVGoods, Inc. and Chairman of As Seen On TV, Inc. He is widely acknowledged as a pioneer and one of the principal architects of the infomercial industry. He is well known for his 175 episodes on Shark Tank, and is ready to rock Fire Nation today!

Bernadette is a Best-Selling Business Author and brand story strategist. She works with Entrepreneurs, passionate companies, and visionary business leaders, to help them stand out in today's noisy, crowded marketplace. Her new book, The Fortune Cookie Principle, was just published this month.Bernadette is a Best-Selling Business Author and brand story strategist. She works with Entrepreneurs, passionate companies, and visionary business leaders, to help them stand out in today's noisy, crowded marketplace. Her new book, The Fortune Cookie Principle, was just published this month.

Dave has been podcasting since 2005 and has helped hundreds of people start successful podcasts through his School of Podcasting website. He has been helping people understand technology for over 25 years now. Dave's passion is helping the world find their voice and audience.

Arnold unleashes the creative potential of start-ups and Entrepreneurs worldwide. As a visual storyteller, he focuses on getting people started on building their future. His personal mission right now? Oh - just to transform the city of Orlando into a technology hub.

Paul helps others leverage technology to improve themselves and broaden their audiences with reduced stress and no drama. He does this with a lifestyle and business designed to answer the challenges and opportunities of this new economy.

Travis is the Founder of Contest Domination, a powerful contest platform that anyone can use. Born an Entrepreneur, Travis loves creating software solutions for complex problems with smart & efficient teams in order to make sophisticated marketing approachable for the masses.

Years ago Amy worked for Peak Performance Coach Tony Robbins - first as Director of Content Development, and later she managed large-scale online marketing campaigns. A year after she left Tony Robbins, Amy was approached by Wiley to co-write a Facebook for Dummies book. Since that moment, Amy has been the Facebook Queen, creating the FB Influence and most recently the Facebook Marketing Profit Lab, all of which is focused on helping small business owners get results.

Jim is a Marketing Expert, Coach, Author and he's also the Host of Newsletter Guru TV, the hit weekly Web TV show watched by thousands of Entrepreneurs and small business owners. As if that's not enough, Jim is also the Host of Stick Like Glue Radio, a weekly podcast based on his won unique marketing and business building strategies.

Greg is a Best-Selling Author, product creator, and direct marketing expert who works with Entrepreneurs across the world to help them change the lives and businesses of others.

Nathan loves Real Estate and Internet Marketing. But what he loves most is being able to change someone's life forever by teaching them how to successfully generate money in today's economy through Real Estate investing or Internet Marketing.

Caue is the Founder and CEO of Barnana, The Super Potassium Snack. After a career competing professionally in triathlons and producing self-designed road bikes aptly named Suplicy Bicycles, Caue has turned his attention to the healthy snack food category. The two premiere products of Barnana are the raw organic Chewy Banana Bites and the organic Chewy Chocolate Banana Bites. Both are gluten free, kosher and vegan, making them a delicious and nutritional healthy snack that everyone can enjoy.

Gretchen is the author of several books, including the #1 New York Times and international bestseller, The Happiness Project—an account of the year she spent test-driving the wisdom of the ages, the current scientific studies, and the lessons from popular culture about how to be happier. On her popular blog, The Happiness Project, she reports on her daily adventures in the pursuit of happiness.

Jonah has published dozens of articles in top-tier academic journals, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, Wired, BusinessWeek, and Fast Company. His most recent book, Contagious, is a must-read, and you will soon find out why.

Born and raised in Nashville, TN, LaJuan is a father, husband, and Entrepreneur with the desire to help others succeed. Taking his experiences working in customer service and making a lucrative income from buying and selling online, LaJuan has helped people all around the world with his self-help books.

Ryan McKinney has built multiple six-figure businesses from the ground up - all on the Internet. And now, Ryan has partnered up with Robert Stukes to teach, coach, and mentor through DareDevil Marketing. DareDevil Marketing has tens of thousands of followers and students who have profited under their guidance.

Athena started Jackboy's Dog Bakery in 2007. Before that? She worked as an Aerospace Engineer for over 15 years. When her passion for doggie treats took over, Athena quit her job to focus on Jackboy's Dog Bakery full-time - and look where she is now!

Authors Betsy and Warren help people create the lives they crave. After 20 years of playing by the rules, they sketched their own path towards achieving their dream of traveling the world together. Their most popular book is Dream Save Do: An Action Plan for Dreamers. Visit MarriedWithLuggage.com to find out how they can help YOU achieve your dreams.

Fire Nation, do you know how many Small Business Owners have lots of ambition, but just can't get their ideas organized enough to actually make something happen? Through his company Vera Claritas, Kenneth teaches Small Business Owners how to transform their ambitions into a big mission, and then into a reality.

Griff is the Founder of two companies: Homefix, a home remodeling and repair company in Colorado Springs; and CausePub, a crowd-book-publishing platform. Griff has several other start-ups on the back burner and says if he could launch a new one every month, he would. I believe him!

Jon has over 20 years of experience in Customer Relationship Management and Sales Force Automation. An Entrepreneur at heart, Jon founded GoldMine CRM in 1989 with a college friend and turned it into a very successful venture that he eventually sold to FrontRange. In 2009, Jon founded Nimble, Inc.

Joe is the Co-author of two incredible business books: Financial Intelligence and Project Management for Profit, both of which were published by Harvard Business School Press.

Derek is one of the Founders of OrangeSoda. He has helped OrangeSoda become one of Utah's fastest growing and most successful companies. Derek was listed as Top 40 Under 40 by the Utah Valley Business Magazine, and he has an incredible story to share with Fire Nation.

Alicia Rittenhouse is a Digital Diva and Tech Cheerleader. She has a talent for unpacking digital mysteries and putting them into simple steps. Ali is on a mission: to activate a new generation of tech-powered trailblazers—Entrepreneurs who bust stereotypes, build six-figure empires, and show the world who's boss.

Matt is the Founder of Under30Media. After using social media strategies to land one of his properties, Under30CEO on MSNBC and BusinessWeek, he began building brands. Matt's passion for Entrepreneurship began after leading Bryant University to becoming the world's #1 Entrepreneurs organization. In a nutshell: Matt does it all!

Ken Sharrar is a content creator and lead facilitator for Launching Leaders Now. Launching Leaders Now is a program that exists to motivate leaders to inspire, influence, and serve others in their community, the marketplace, and the world through humanitarian services, missions, and expeditions.

Marie is a marketing and lifestyle expert who Oprah Winfrey has called a thought leader for the next generation. She's the creator of the award-winning show MarieTV and the founder of B-School: an online business school for modern Entrepreneurs. Her weekly videos and emails reach over 200,000 readers in 193 countries. Marie's mission is to help you realize your greatest potential and use your unique talents to change the world.

Nick is a self-proclaimed Internet nerd and serial Entrepreneur with a passion for helping business owners leverage the web. Nick also happens to be a swimwear photographer, and he loves his Alaskan Malamutes more than life itself.

Neil runs two successful software companies, Crazy Egg and KISSmetrics. He has worked with clients of all sizes in many industries and is generating MASSIVE results.

Scott is the owner and writer of The Murder Mystery Company, the Nation's most popular mystery group. He has worked as a director, marketer and creator of multiple award winning haunted houses.

Using her background in sports marketing, Julie helped build the marketing agency for NASCAR Champion, Bobby Labonte. In addition, Julie has been published in the Sports Business Journal and was fortunate to have had General Mills as a client for nearly a decade. Julie is now responsible for the latest condiment to hit the market, Slawsa, which she has successfully placed in over 4,200 retail stores within her first two years!