Entrepreneurs on Fire

Rick's game is Facebook marketing. Two years ago, after spending more than nine years in Internet Marketing for some of the biggest online brands in the business, Rick realized that this growing social media company called Facebook was onto something. So, he immersed himself in learning everything he could about how small businesses could grow their business using Facebook, and he has some incredible insights to share.

Noah St. John is a success expert, best-selling author and the inventor of AFFORMATIONS. Noah is one of the world's most sought-after experts on personal growth and professional development.

Visit EOFire.com for complete show notes of every Podcast episode. Robert Greene is the American Author of Mastery and a Speaker who is known for his books on strategy, power and seduction. He has written four international bestsellers: The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, and The 50th Law.

Erick James is a Business Growth Consultant, Innovation Engineering Black Belt, Co-Author of four books, and a professional stand-up comedian. He specializes in helping companies create, communicate, and commercialize innovations with clients ranging from start-ups, to universities, to 3rd generation manufacturers, to service-based companies and consultancies.

While completing a degree in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University, Breanden worked as Founder, CTO, Developer, Designer, and Consultant for companies as diverse as smsPREP, Zandigo, 2Tor, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. He is currently Co-Founder and COO of TopTal, an exclusive, global network of top software engineers that is backed by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.

Bill Clerico is a former Software Engineer turned Investment Banker turned Entrepreneur. He is the CEO & Co-Founder of WePay, which aims to be the easiest way for small businesses to accept payments online.

Nellie is the CEO & Founder of CorpNet, her second legal document filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business. Nellie has a sincere passion and desire to assist small business owners and Entrepreneurs in America to get their business off the ground in a fast, reliable, and affordable manner.

J.D. Roth is an accidental personal-finance expert and a regular guy who found himself deep in debt. After deciding to turn his life around, he read everything he could about money and finance. In 2006, he started the award-winning blog Get Rich Slowly, which Money Magazine named the Web's most inspiring personal-finance blog, and Time Magazine named it one of the best blogs of 2011. J.D. is also the author of Your Money: The Missing Manual, and now writes at More Than Money.

Dave is the Co-Founder of Likeable Media, an award-winning social media and word-of-mouth marketing firm. He is also the Founder and CEO of Likeable Local, a social media marketing solution for small businesses. Wait - that's not all - Dave is also the New York Times best-selling author of Likeable Social Media and Likeable Business.

Kasper is the Co-Founder of Podio, which is an online work platform for collaboration and project management. He is currently responsible for the User Engagement Team and Business Development. Kasper is passionate about building companies and changing the status quo.

Brian Carter delivers entertaining, motivational talks on Internet Marketing and Social Media to corporations and associations, CEO's, business owners and expert marketers. He is the author of The Like Economy, LinkedIn For Business, and Co-Author of Facebook Marketing (3rd ed.). Brian has 12 years experience with Google, Twitter and Facebook marketing as a consultant and a marketing agency director. He was also recently interviewed on Bloomberg TV about Facebook's mobile ads.

Vanae is an empowerment coach. Originally from Silicon Valley, Vanae works with people who want to gain more social confidence, date smarter and live a meaningful love life as modern men and women.

Combining her passion for travel with her business background, Aigerim co-founded Triptrotting, a fast-growing travel community. She wants to inspire people to explore the world and to create a more inter-connected global community. On Triptrotting, people from different cultures and backgrounds connect with each other based on common interests and personalities, and, as a result, realize that at the end of the day, we are all just humans.

Peep is the founder of Markitekt, a conversion agency. He builds websites that sell. He is a big believer in evidence-based marketing. Everything he does comes from analysis, data, studies, and insights from customer research.

Flavio founded Fashion.me in September of 2011. Fashion.me is the social network with the works! They bring you a fully stocked platform of style and fashion that allows you to share, create and discuss on the spot. Share your favorite styles, trends, and looks today!

12 years ago Kane Minkus was broke and homeless, $40K in debt, and sleeping on a friend's couch. Since then, he's built five multi-million dollar and multi-international businesses and helped over three million Entrepreneurs and professionals all over the world to open the floodgates of sustainable wealth. Kane is the Co-Founder of the #1 Global Business Training Company, Industry Rockstar.

Gene has been successful in many roles in life. Currently, he works as a Business Coach for Core Elevation with a focus on serving small business owners and Entrepreneurs. His primary goal is to inspire people to grow their business.

Aaron is the founder of Modify Watches. Have you not heard of this incredible time-piece? Modify Watches are super-dope, interchangeable watches. You can mix-and-match faces and straps to create the Mod that allows you to make your statement, whether (quiet) or LOUD.

Anna Akbari is the thinking person's stylist. She has a PhD in visual sociology, with a specialization in visual self-presentation - in addition to over ten years of experience in all facets of the fashion industry.

Marni is a partner to all of the men and women who want a kick in the butt to create a life for themselves that they LOVE, freedom from the stories of their past, and a clear pathway to an awesome future!

Derek is the president of goBRANDgo!, a full-service marketing agency for Entrepreneurs that brings the high level creative and strategy of ad agencies and the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of contractors together in order to bring previously inaccessible services to the every day Entrepreneur. goBRANDgo! believes business relationships should be mutually-beneficial, transparent and a whole lot of fun.

Jason is the guy that was crazy enough to think he could build a business out of wearing t-shirts, and now, he's selling his last name. Before racking up thousands of hours of social media experience for every type of company under the sun, Jason made his mark as a graphic designer and business owner of his own web design company. Once it became clear to him that social media would be more than a passing phase, Jason set out to use these new tools to bring personality back to marketing. He's worn shirts for 1,500+ companies and is now selling his last name to the highest bidder!

David is the Creator/Host of The Rise To The Top: the #1 Badass Show, Resource & Community for Mediapreneurs. The Rise To The Top has been viewed over 6,000,000 times in over 100 countries. David is also well known for helping peeps turn their passion and expertise into a badass online brand.

Brent Gleeson is the Co-founder and CMO at Internet Marketing Inc. based in San Diego, CA. He oversees digital marketing, branding, communications, strategic planning, thought-leadership, recruitment and business development. IMI was recently ranked #185 on the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing private companies in the country. Furthermore, Brent is a Navy SEAL combat veteran, serving in more than 150 missions in Iraq and Africa as part of SEAL Team 5. He is passionate about leadership, entrepreneurship and fitness. He writes about all of these topics weekly as a contributor to Forbes, Inc. and CMO.com. He also is a popular keynote speaker on these subjects.

Lewis is a former pro athlete, two sport All-American, world record holder in football and the current USA Men's National Team athlete for team handball. He is a lifestyle Entrepreneur, Author, and advisor to tech companies such as Mobile Roadie, SkimLinks, and OverNear, and Details Magazine's calls him one of 5 Internet Gurus Who Can Make You Rich, along side the likes of Gary Vaynerchuk and Seth Godin. Learn more and connect with Lewis at www.lewishowes.com

Melanie is known for starting online businesses that allow her to live wherever she wants, work as much or as little as she pleases, and actually make money!

For more than a decade, Laura Waage served as a Sales Manager, Consultant, Trainer, Facilitator and Presenter in the technology field. During that time she worked with thousands of businesses of varying sizes, helping them to design better business practices, increase their revenues, and create heightened customer experiences.

Will is the Managing Director of Marketing-Results.com.au. This role involves helping clients make more out of the Internet by leveraging the sales and lead generation results of their business websites.

Originally from Costa Rica and Kansas, Desiree graduated from Yale. Prior to launching GiveForward, she worked as a specialist in collegiate entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation and as an independent consultant for Arabella Philanthropic Investment Advisors. Desiree is passionate about philanthropy and the role that young and small-scale donors can have on our communities.

Bea is an established psychotherapist and Entrepreneur devoted to transforming traditional therapy into a more affordable and approachable experience. Which is why she created Pretty Padded Room. Pretty Padded Room is a platform that provides online therapy to women on their own time, and their own terms.

Mitch is from upstate New York and lived in Taipei, Taiwan for four years before moving to San Francisco, where he currently resides. Mitch is a true Entrepreneur, and has started a number of companies in the field of travel & education. His most recent company, Go Overseas, has quickly become the most trusted resource on the internet for researching programs abroad.

James Altucher has started and sold several companies over the past 20 years. He ran a venture capital firm, traded for hedge funds, ran a fund of hedge funds, and has written 10 books.

Jonathan is an Author, serial-Entrepreneur, and Founder of online media and education venture GoodLifeProject.com. He's on a mission to help individuals and organizations become more agile, creative, and innovative, and create better outcomes with a greater sense of ease.

Aaron is a 25-year-old Entrepreneur from Salt Lake City, Utah. He founded Ngst Media Group from his bedroom as a senior at the University of Utah. Ngst Media Group is a full-service marketing and IT firm that serves as a foundation for the development of branded SaaS products. Currently, Ngst Media Group represents both national and international brands and has worked on websites in all 50 states. On January 1st, Ngst Media Group launched Simplify Supper, which provides a service for families to build an online meal planner and send a weekly grocery list to their cell phone.

Trevor Page was on a great path in life: he did well in school, got a degree, and landed a comfortable high-paying 9-5 job. Trevor followed the formula, and followed the herd. He was employed as a Senior Software Engineer in Toronto, Canada and had a very promising future in his corporate career. But then something unexpected happened in June of 2012: Trevor discovered the podcast. Listening on his long commute to work, he learned that there's a whole world of people out there who have built their own successful companies on the Internet, and had done it single handedly. Once Trevor learned about the solopreneur, he quit his job, and in October of 2012 he began his journey.

Becky McKinnell is President of iBec Creative, the hottest up and coming web design and online marketing company in Portland, Maine. Since starting the company right out of college in 2006, Becky and her team have developed over 250 websites for small to medium sized businesses around the country. Becky has been featured in Business Week's Top 25 Entrepreneurs 25 and Under, awarded Small Business Administration's Young Entrepreneur of the Year, and she's a recipient of the 2011 Stevie Women in Business Award.

Brendon is the author of The Web Design Business Kit, writes a newsletter that goes out to 140,000 subscribers, and maintains a blog. Brendon also speaks extensively on Internet issues with business students and business groups, and lectures at Griffith University.

Eric has been an editor and writer in the business and financial fields for 20 years. He is currently the Editor in Chief for Inc. magazine, and he has also worked on Wall Street for Goldman Sachs.

Sheila is the co-founder of the premium fitness and yoga bag brand, Live Well 360, which is taking the fitness world by storm. Live Well 360 has been featured in various top fitness publications including Oxygen Magazine, Men's Health, Shape, and on Livestrong.com, to name a few. In addition, Sheila has created a program for women called Rock Your Dream Body based off of her own weight loss journey, which helps women end emotional eating and self-sabotage so they can get their dream body and feel amazing in their own skin.

Charlie helps people and businesses focus on what matters, and then executes it. His company's website, ProductiveFlourishing.com, is one of the top websites on the Web for planning, productivity, and team development.

Shane is a New York City-based technology journalist and web Entrepreneur. Originally from Idaho, he studied business at BYU-Idaho and Journalism at Columbia University, lived in Hawaii, and built several web companies, including Contently.com.

Tim Ferriss has been listed as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Business People of 2007, Forbes Magazine's Names You Need to Know in 2011, and is the 7th most powerful personality on Newsweek's Digital 100 Power Index for 2012. He's an angel investor/advisor and author of the #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and BusinessWeek Bestseller, The 4-Hour Workweek, which has been sold in 35 languages. His latest release, The 4-Hour Chef, is an instant classic.

MJ DeMarco is the Founder of The Fastlane Forum, a business and Entrepreneur discussion forum, and the former Founder and CEO of Limos.com, a global ground transportation company. He didn't stop there: MJ is also the author of the bestselling book, The Millionaire Fastlane.

Amy Clover is the woman behind the blog Strong Inside Out. Her goal is to empower people to overcome whatever obstacles are keeping them from a thriving life. She is also planning a 30 city tour throughout the US and Canada to benefit the nonprofit To Write Love on Her Arms.

Adam is an international social media speaker, marketing manager, and co-founder of Bluewire Media. Adam helps implement Bluewire Media's web strategy system to deliver more leads, more clients, and more revenue for remarkable mid-sized Australian clients who are driven to own their market niche.

Tracy is the CEO and designer extraordinaire behind WeddingLovely. She has over seven years of experience designing and building websites, with extensive experience in SEO, analytics, and multivariate testing. Her intense desire to simplify the wedding planning process led her to learn programming and launch Wedding Invite Love, the first WeddingLovely property, in January of 2010.

Jason Falls is an author, keynote speaker, and CEO. He continues to be a name that surfaces at or near the top of conversations and lists among thought-leaders in the emerging world of social media marketing, and it's for a good reason. He is one of the few industry professionals who has awards for his social media strategy skills, including the 2009 Sammy Award for his work on the Jim Beam Remake project.

Scott is the Founder and Chief Experimenter of Live Your Legend. He's a 29-year-old Entrepreneur, coach, and value investor obsessed with adventure, life experiments, and learning.

Johnny B. Truant is the co-host of the highly irreverent Self Publishing Podcast with Sean Platt and David Wright. In this interview, he reveals the strategies that have recently helped him write and publish a complete book, The Dark Horror Farce, Fat Vampire in less than a month.

Elijah Young is the Co-Founder of Fandura. Fandura creates mobile, social and web applications for brands and individuals spanning five continents. Their designs and processes allow their customers to launch Fortune 500 quality apps that compliment their business and truly bring their ideas to life.