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Johnathan Grzybowski has been listed as Owners Magazine’s 40 under 40 and is the co-founder of Penji, a dependable on-demand design service that helps marketing teams receive unlimited custom design at a flat monthly cost. He is also the producer and host of #1 two rated business and entrepreneurship podcast called The Blind Entrepreneur Podcast. Which features interviews with entrepreneurs, CEO’s, and business professionals to help those who may be temporally blind in business and guide those individuals to profitability within their business. Johnathan Grzybowski's goal in business is to empower, educate, and inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs. In his spare time, you can find him streaming the WWE App on his iPhone, exploring local cuisines, or trying different wines from the old world. Connect with Johnathan Grzybowski Penji.co Facebook Instagram Twitter Linkedin YouTube Episode 317 Updated Interview with Johnathan and Penji Review Co-Founder of Penji and Serial Entrepreneur, Johnathan Grzybowski Johnathan Grzybowski has been listed as Owners Magazine's 40 under 40. He is the co-founder of Penji, a dependable on-demand design service that helps marketing teams receive unlimited custom design at a flat monthly cost. He is also the producer and host of a business and entrepreneurship podcast called The Blind Entrepreneur Podcast. It features interviews with entrepreneurs, CEO's, and business professionals to help those who may be temporarily blind in business and guide those individuals to profitability within their company. Johnathan Grzybowski's business goal is to empower, educate, and inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs. In his spare time, you can find him streaming the WWE App on his iPhone, exploring local cuisines, or trying different wines from the old world. How Penji was Born Johnathan's passage was met with a ton of failure. His consistent trait of not easily giving up and continually keeping going led him to what Penji is today. After working for Apple for numerous years, he learned a lot about entrepreneurship. Having founded multiple companies before, some are still going strong, but the one thing he's most proud of is Penji. It is his answer to the question, "what do you want to be when you grow up?" He wants to help entrepreneurs and dreamers who have visions but may not have the resources for it. He and his co-founder asked themselves, how can we help more people? What they had then wasn't answering that question. So on a soul-searching trip to Vietnam, Penji was born. How Penji Works Penji provides unlimited graphic design at a fixed monthly rate. For as low as $399 a month, their customers can send as many design requests in a month. They are given access to a dashboard where they will send their design briefs. This is also where they will communicate with Penji's graphic designers. Once you write your project description, your request will automatically be assigned to the best designer for the job. After a turnaround time of 24 to 48 hours, you'll receive an initial draft of the project. You'll then be asked to review it and send it for revisions if needed. Aside from Penji's unlimited graphic design, their plans also come with unlimited revisions. This means that you can have your designs revised as much as you want until you get the design you want. After the edits, you can download your designs straight from the Penji dashboard. You can now move on to the next project. All the designs you request will be yours to keep as you get full ownership of them. Penji Design Categories Penji can create a wide range of designs. Here is a list of the most commonly requested design types: Print Ads Digital Ads Logos Website Design App Design Social Media Graphics Infographics Product Packaging Book/Magazine Covers Business Cards Billboards Flyers and Banners Tshirt Designs There are more,

Lee McEnany Caraher is the CEO of Double Forte PR & Digital Marketing, a national agency headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York and Boston. An acclaimed communication strategist, Lee is known for her practical solutions to big problems. Her company works with some of the top consumer lifestyle, digital life, technology and wine brands in the country. Lee’s the author of Millennials & Management based on her experience with epically failing and then succeeding at retaining Millennials in her business. Her next book, The Boomerang Principle: Inspiring Lifetime Loyalty From Employees will be published in April 2017. Lee Caraher has a reputation for building cohesive, high producing teams who get a lot done well and have fun at the same time. She is a straight talker who doesn't hold too many punches, although she does her best to be pleasant about it. Her big laugh and sense of humor have gotten her out of a lot of trouble. She started her career in communications in Boston and then moved to California, working with high profile and groundbreaking companies along the way. She moved to the Bay Area in 1995 to serve as the Vice President of Corporate and Consumer Communications at the $1.6 Billion SEGA of America. She then served as Executive Vice President of The Weber Group and Founder and President of Red Whistle Communications, both Interpublic companies. Lee is active in the community and currently serves on the Board of KQED Public Media, Grace Cathedral’s Board of Trustees, and Menlo College’s Board of Trustees. Previously Lee was the Chair of the Board for Community Gatepath, and was the founding Chair of the Board for the St. Paul’s Choir School. She consults with other non-profits on effective board organization and practices. A graduate of Carleton College, with a degree in Medieval History, which she finds useful every day, Lee lives on the San Francisco Peninsula with her husband, two sons, and a blind cat. Connect with Lee Caraher leecaraher.com Facebook Instagram Twitter Linkedin Episode 316

Diane Gardner is an Certified Tax Coach, Quilly award recipient, and best-selling author whose proactive planning approach gives clients a leg up on Uncle Sam and helps them dodge the tax bullet. Diane saves small business clients between $5,000 and $500,000 in as little as 60 minutes! Her tax coaching sessions have resulted in a combined savings of over $1,546,480 to-date — hard-earned profits small business owners & real estate investors would have given to the government by overpaying taxes. Leaving no deduction or credit unexamined, Diane ensures professionals like you pay the least amount of taxes allowed by law. As a licensed Enrolled Agent, Diane prepares returns and helps taxpayers nationwide maximize profits and tax savings. She is a Certified Profit First Professional, an Accredited Tax Preparer and has elite certification as a Certified Tax Coach. Diane is the co-author of the best-selling books, Stand Apart and Why Didn’t My CPA Tell Me That? She has also authored six other books including, Stop Overpaying Your Taxes! 11 Ways Entrepreneurs Overpay and How to Stop it Now! She created the nationwide Get Off the Wheel Practice Management Solutions for Accountants and leads the Business Breakthrough Mastermind Group in her hometown of Rathdrum, Idaho. Diane enjoys spending time with her husband, daughter and grandson in her spare time. She is active in her church, community organizations and several local Chambers of Commerce. Connect with Diane Gardner www.taxcoach4you.com Facebook Twitter Linkedin Episode 315

It has been an incredible run with this show as the Dreamers Podcast. Don't worry though, the show isn't ending. It is just being rebranded as The Business Podcast featuring Super Joe Pardo. If you are subscribed to the show already, you don't need to change anything. The new name and cover art will appear right in your feed just as it always will. In this episode, my wife Melissa and brother Matt join me to discuss this amazing run as the Dreamers Podcast over the last 3.5 years. Including the fact that Dreamers Podcast took home the Business Award for the 12th Annual Podcast Awards (click the link for a video of me crying). The new show will be the same as Dreamers Podcast, so nothing to worry about any big changes. Just a new name, artwork and intro/outro music. I am committed to all of the same goals with the new show. I am proud to have you on this journey with me, especially as I elevate the presence with a new branding. For those wondering about Dreamcon 2018, don't worry I will have more news of that coming soon. ;) New Branding For Dreamers Podcast Connect with Joe Pardo SuperJoePardo.com Twitter Facebook Youtube Instagram Episode 314

Born in the United Kingdom, Steve Sims began the bespoke international travel and lifestyle concierge firm, Bluefish in the early 1990's. A lust to work within the financial world took Sims overseas to Hong Kong where he applied an odd approach to gaining clientele: to party with them, or more accurately, arranging them to party and controlling access with a silly password: Blue Fish (one fish, two fish, red fish). Before long Sims had quite an impressive Rolodex of powerful contacts and unparalleled connections. He also had a line around the block (literally) of celebrities, athletes and executives requesting access to once in a lifetime memories. And so Bluefish was born. Relocating to the United States in 2000, Bluefish began to grow rapidly. Bluefish earned an exclusive reputation after official involvement in numerous events including the Kentucky Derby, Award Shows and New York Fashion Week. Since 2000, Bluefish has continued to dazzle the rich and famous with extraordinary experiences and execution of the impossible; from sending clients to the bottom of the Atlantic to view the RMS Titanic all the way into outer space for civilian space flights. Bluefish now has offices around the world and has captured the attention from editorial icons including Forbes, The Robb Report, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal and London's Sunday Times. Sims has even spoken at Harvard. Twice! Print Media - http://www.thebluefish.com/bluefish-media Video - http://www.thebluefish.com/bluefish-media#video Huffington Post - http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/how-the-rich-spend/514b6c272b8c2a7e5b0000fe Client Sings with Journey - http://www.thebluefish.com/dan-fitzpatrick-sings-with-journey-thanks-to-bluefish Titanic - http://www.thebluefish.com/visit-the-titanic Connect with Steve Sims thebluefish.com facebook twitter instagram linkedin Episode 313

"Simone Vincenzi is the host of EXPLODE YOUR COACHING BIZ SHOW and, by the age of 28 he has been featured in more than 100 podcasts, Sky, The Huffington Post and shared the stage with Les Brown, Gary Vee, Dr. John Demartini and many more Simone Vincenzi, known as The Italian Stallion of the speaking industry, is the co-founder of GTeX Community. Simone is the Lead Facilitator of Explode Your Coaching Business, and has been featured on TEDx, recognised as one of the most influential Migrant Entrepreneurs in the Uk and awarded Speaker Of The Year 2016 by the ACPTC. Fed up with the dirt of the personal development industry that no one talks about, he believes in changing the industry through the creation of a supportive and genuine community of coaches and speakers, helping them creating seminars that converts while delivering incredible value to the audience. Successful from a young age (he was one of the youngest Micheline Star restaurant managers in Europe), he transitioned from working in the catering industry to building a 6 figure coaching practice, and shares tools with his clients to allow them to grow from 0 to £100,000. Over the last 12 months, he has spoken in front of 5000 individuals, which included sharing the stage with Les Brown, John C. Maxwell, Simon Sinek, Trent Shelton, Jamie Smart and many more. He has also organised over 170 events, including Gary Vee speaking from York Hall boxing ring, and he is currently speaking in more than 200 stages every year, including a very controversial TEDx talk entitled Sleeping With Your Clients. He now works with speakers, leaders and business owners helping them creating effective presentations, events, and seminars that will add 5 to 6 figures to their bottom line, without compromising their integrity and developing a unique bond with their clients. Following his passion for making an impact in the younger generation, he also partners with the largest youth organisations in UK, helping them delivering more effective courses and training. Simone cannot live without 3 things: Speaking, basketball and playing his didgeridoo." Connect with Simone Vincenzi gtex.org.uk facebook twitter instagram linkedin youtube Episode 312

Scott Mulvaney's philosophy is to #LIVETHEFUEL helping others Live The Fired Up Epic Life. He's here to FUEL your Health, Business, Lifestyle as the Host of the LIVETHEFUEL Podast! Scott's years spent in sales and marketing are channeled towards helping businesses Control How You Exist online and the marketplace. Scott's professional experience spans 20+ years having conquered roles in sales, marketing, coaching, training, leadership development and fitness. He is a techy, adrenaline junkie athlete, with a passion for self development and growing others success with his own. His endless personal development efforts are focused on public speaking, social media branding and online marketing. Scott has succeeded in multiple roles with major worldwide companies including T-Mobile USA and ADP Corporation. His limitless energy is fueled from coaching health and fitness in his free time, focusing on CrossFit, USSA Ski Racing and Cycling. Scott has strong beliefs in balancing life with philanthropic activities, having served as a board member, volunteer, and team builder with multiple 501(c)(3) organizations. His diverse background includes having served in public service as a Hotshot Wildland Firefighter with the US Forest Service as well! Scott W. Mulvaney competes in all types of action sports, especially endurance and adventure. Some of his accolades include completing the Marine Corp People's Marathon, multiple half marathons, Ragnar 200 mile relay, Leadville Mountain Bike Races, and multiple OCR Races including Tough Mudder, Spartan, and more. He is an avid mountain biker having competed in multiple races in GA, CO, and AZ and multiple 100-175 mile road cycling events to benefit the National MS Society, American Diabetes Association and other charities. Scott holds a BS degree in Marketing with a focus on Psychology from DeSales University as well as two years in Engineering studies at Penn State University. He also holds education in Leadership and Electronics Technology. Connect with Scott Mulvaney livethefuel.com facebook twitter instagram linkedin youtube Episode 311

James Colburn is a father, husband, acclaimed author and serial entrepreneur with vast experience in real estate, consulting and sales. He is a Franchise Consultant and Sales Trainer for one of the largest and most successful real estate companies in the nation, John L. Scott. At the height of his real estate career he sold 10’s of millions of dollars in real estate each year. On the outside, it looked like James was living the ultimate dream, but along the way, he had lost his sense of purpose. James realized that conventional measures of achievement can keep even the best performers from finding fulfillment. He mistakenly defined himself by his accomplishments rather than by who he was, which in turn, made him miserable! To help others find purpose and redefine what matters most, James created his Personal Resucceed Coaching program where he helps high achieving professionals and entrepreneurs get more from life. He recently published his first book, RESUCCEED: Create an Extraordinary Future While You Sleep by Using the 5-Minute Epic Evening Ritual. In this book, James shares insight into the “purposeless epidemic” and breaks down the transformational evening ritual that’s helping people reclaim their lives and find true happiness. Connect with James Colburn JamesColburn.net facebook twitter Episode 310

Ross is 34 years old who lives in Cape Town, South Africa. He started folding paper when he was 21 and the first origami figure he ever folded was a crane(bird). He folded that bird over and over again until he could fold it with his eyes closed. If he had a beer in front of him he would tear the label off and fold it into a crane. Not too long ago he was working a 9-to-5 job as a website developer, but over time it became apparent that being employed by someone was never going to enable him to create the happy, free life that he wanted. Although he was competent in his work, he was not feeling fulfilled. He found himself starting side projects all the time. One of these came out of my enjoyment practicing the traditional Japanese art of paper folding known as origami. He was always folding little paper creatures which littered his desk at work, and he kept challenging himself to create more intricate pieces. Ross Symons dedicated the entire year of 2014 to improving his craft and sharing it with world. That’s when he started his popular Instagram account, white_onrice, where he folded and posted a different origami figure every day of the year. He increased his following on this account from just 120 to over 100,000 in under 18 months. As the project grew, he developed an entire brand around White on Rice, which has allowed him to quit his 9-to-5 job and run his own business. He does origami installations, art exhibitions, create origami stop frame animations and create social media content for brands around the world. He also does public speaking gigs where he shares his story about how he made the shift from 9-5 web developer to an Instagrammer and full time artist. Connect with Ross Symons instagram linkedin youtube twitter Episode 309

Ashley Sanders is slowly becoming an internet sensation thanks to her "#30Days of laughter". Though she was born in New Jersey, Ashley considers sunny south Florida her home. It was around the young age of 6 comedienne found her knack for laughter and hasn't looked back. "One thing I'll always be is funny, and no one can take that away from me." Words directly from the young womans mouth. Feeling like a misfit in society took it's toll on her, and she starting acting out, but one night she decided to get together. After dealing with all her teenage angst and finally making a life for herself, Ashley began working at JVC Broadcasting where she learned everything from being on air to setting up promotions tents. These days Ashley moonlights as a social media marketer, while doing her best to keep her dreams of being a talk show host alive. Now that she's establishing her brand, Ashley is hosting a weekly Facebook live talk show called "who's this" where she beings on people just like her who are trying to live out their dreams as well. During her free time, she is playing video games, jumping on her friends podcast, making small 2 minute videos of absolutely nothing or sleeping. You can also read her blog which is updated weekly, on the struggles of taking care of her elderly grandmother. Connect with Ashley Sanders facebook instagram twitter Episode 308

About Jordan Goodman Jordan E. Goodman is “America’s Money Answers Man” and a nationally-recognized expert on personal finance. He is a regular guest on numerous radio and television call-in shows across the country, answering questions on personal financial topics. He appears frequently on The View, Fox News Network, Fox Business Network, CNN, CNBC and CBS evening news. For 18 years, Jordan was on the editorial staff of Money magazine, where he served as Wall Street correspondent. While at Money, he reported and wrote on virtually every aspect of personal finance. In addition, he served as weekly financial analyst on NBC News at Sunrise for 9 years and the daily business news commentator on Mutual Broadcasting System’s America in the Morning show for 8 years. He is the author / co-author of 13 best-selling books on personal finance including Master Your Debt Fast Profits in Hard Times, Everyone’s Money Book, Master Your Money Type, Barron’s Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms and Barron’s Finance and Investment Handbook. He has also written 6 special focus editions of Everyone’s Money Book on College, Credit, Financial Planning, Real Estate, Retirement Planning and Stocks, Bonds and Mutual Funds. Jordan is also a speaker and seminar leader on personal finance topics for business executives, students, associations, investment clubs, employees and others Connect with Jordan Goodman www.moneyanswers.com facebook twitter Linkedin Episode 307

About Jennifer Crawford After realizing she didn't want to leave college burdened by debt, and an income ceiling, Jennifer Crawford started her first business at 19 years old with $75. She grew that business into a million dollar company, and started her lifelong love affair wth entrepreneurship. After selling that company to a competitor, she converted a 1970's auto body shop into an early co-working space for the creative class called The Soundry. The Soundry was a spiritual success, but a massive financial failure. She dusted herself off, and now owns Social Media Rescue, a boutique agency that works with small and medium sized business to harness creative thinking to combine their online and offline marketing to build unique, revenue generating models. SMR also specializes in online customer service triage to drastically improve a company's online reputation. In addition to running her company, she co-hosts and produces The JellyVision Show Podcast, and Podbean's company podcast, Podcasting Smarter. She is also the Founder of DC PodFest, a two-day podcasting conference in its third year and happening November 10-11, 2017. Instead of therapy, she performs regularly with her improv troupe, The Improv Imps. She lives with her husband, Thor and their three-legged rescue Pug, Dirt, in Fairfax, Virginia. Connect with Jennifer Crawford smrescue.com facebook twitter Instagram Episode 306

Is your business ready for massive growth? I have been working with business owners for over ten years and can help you design and implement the best plans for growth. Fill out the form below and I will reach out to you within 24 hours to schedule a call to find out learn more about you and your business’ needs. Learn more about how I work with entrepreneurs and business owners. [sform]4[/sform] About Nitin Chhoda Nitin Chhoda is an immigrant who arrived in the US penniless in 2002, in a post 9-11 world. Delivered pizza, slept in his car, and didn't have money for winter clothes, but always a hustler. Became a licensed physical therapist, entrepreneur, author and public speaker in 2007. Now owns and runs several multi-million dollar companies with 30+ employees worldwide. He is the author of "Total Activation: The 5 Step Fitness Mantra". It is a dynamic new approach to weight loss and personal wellness. It is a system modeled in three stages of change: Identity, Compare, Integrate (ICI) which has 5 components: Emotional, Physical, Social, Spiritual and Intellectual (EPSSI). In connection, Nitin has created a skincare and nutrition line - products that work in synergy to activate the best version of you (www.totalactivation.com). Since its launch in April 2014, our team has grown and our nutrition and skincare products have been purchased by thousands of customers largely by word of mouth. We have bootstrapped the entire way. We're now happily providing nutrition and skincare products to customers in 7 countries. As a licensed physical therapist, Nitin is also a co-owner of an industry-leading electronic medical records software, In Touch EMR (www.intouchemr.com), which offers scheduling, clinical documentation, billing, practice management and referral generation modules for physical therapists. From being a penniless immigrant to a licensed physical therapist who earns his millions mainly through entrepreneurship in just 15 years, Nitin has shown resilience and hard work actually pays off. Connect with Nitin Chhoda facebook instagram twitter linkedin youtube Episode 305

About Casey Hoban Casey Hoban is a University of Miami Graduate in 1988 for Finance. He owned and operated a top selling Mortgage & Real Estate companies. Casey was a member of #1 selling Woodchuck Hard Cider of Vermont. And now is a founder at trimino protein infused water. He has helped in all creation of the drink and team and Casey leads the sales team and do what ever is needed. I was taught to believe in myself, think big, and have an open mind. Treat people how you wish to be treated. 'Participation' is my favorite word in Business; I enjoy participating in in good deals with other fine entrepreneurs. I love business. Life favorite words: Loyalty, Respect, Family, Friends....and Never Lie, Cheat, Steal or Do Drugs. He thanks his parents for these concepts. Connect with Casey Hoban http://drinktrimino.com/ Facebook Instagram Twitter Linkedin Episode 304

About Monica Leonelle Monica Leonelle has written over half a million words of fiction spread across several genres and series, most notably her young adult urban fantasy and paranormal romance series, Waters Dark and Deep. Monica started reading young adult books when she was seven and never managed to grow out of them. She LOVES Harry Potter, Twilight, The Hunger Games, The Mortal Instruments, The Vampire Diaries, Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, and more. Give her a movie, television show, or book aimed at young adults, and she’s totally there, ready to fangirl out. Monica also writes about indie publishing at ProseOnFire.com. Her most recent nonfiction series, Growth Hacking for Storytellers, has helped thousands of writers write faster, become better storytellers, and find their way to success. She’s also the creator of the Breakout Author Masterclass. Before becoming an independent author, Monica led digital marketing efforts at Inc. 100 companies like Hansen’s Natural and Braintree. She’s been an avid blogger of marketing and business trends since 2007. Her ideas have been featured in AdAge, The Huffington Post, the AMEX OpenForum, GigaOm, Mashable, Social Media Today, and the Christian Science Monitor. Monica lives in a very, very old, 3-story home in St. Louis, MO with her husband and adorable westie, Mia. It possibly has ghosts. And definitely has a secret passage. She also drinks tea, not coffee, and spends a lot of her time journaling and even more of it in her head. To find out what she’s up to and get access to her latest fiction updates, exclusive giveaways, advanced review copies, and more, sign up at MonicaLeonelle.com Connect with Monica Leonelle MonicaLeonelle.com www.proseonfire.com Facebook Instagram.com Twitter Episode 303

About Marc Miller Marc Miller’s career has spanned 22 years at IBM, thriving tech startups, a stint as a high school math teacher, a gig raising funds for the Jewish Community Center and, a near fatal bicycle accident that changed his perspective forever. Thirty years of wandering the proverbial career desert taught Marc his most crucial lesson: most people don’t really know what makes them happy at their core, what fulfills them. They pursue money, status, a skill set, all of which provide some level of satisfaction, but not contentment. People wind up feeling frustrated and trapped. Others have figured out what they need, but are unsure how to chart a course to get there. Marc founded CareerPivot.com to help people pivot their careers to create successful and fulfilling professional lives. Marc is the author of Personal Branding for Baby Boomers, and his new book is coming out soon - Repurpose Your Career - A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life (released on April 15th, 2017). Also, Marc has a great podcast called Repurpose Your Career! Connect with Marc Miller Facebook Twitter Linkedin episode 302

On today's episode I catch up with early Dreamers Podcast guest, Jared Diamond. When he was first featured on this show 3 years ago he was the beat writer for The Wall Street Journal. He since moved onto to cover the Yankees and now is writing national baseball stories for the Journal. About Jared Diamond Jared grew up muting the TV, while watching sports, to do his own commentary. While he loved sports, he knew that he wasn’t a great athlete and quickly adjusted his sights to being a journalist. He would go onto Syracuse University to become a sports journalist. Jared went straight to his school’s newspaper willing to write about any sports they would assign to him. He rapidly found success being a journalist there and quickly found himself getting the best assignments to write for, and eventually was the top sports journalist for the paper. Right after school, he found an internship with the Triple-A baseball team the Norfolk Tides. Once Jared found himself out of school and his internship was over, he had to figure out his next move. He was fortunate enough to get a break with someone he met getting him an interview at the Wall Street Journal. Working there for about two years before finally getting a break to move up into following the New York Mets around nearly all year long. Connect with Jared Diamond @JaredDiamond episode 301

About Lorie Foster I am so proud of Lorie Foster's journey to going from needing a new wheel chair to be able to continue the path she was on with her life to no longer needed a wheelchair! She is INCREDIBLE and is sure to inspire everyone she meets. Way back in early 2015, I had her on the Dreamers Podcast to help raise money for to be able to afford a new wheelchair. She told me at the 1 year anniversary of the Dreamers Podcast that she wanted to do a 5K in her wheelchair. After some set backs due, she was finally able to do a Spartan 5k... And wound up not even needing the wheelchair! This follow up interview happened at the first ever DreamCon. Find out more about DreamCon, including how to buy the virtual ticket for only $9.99. Check out her first appearance on the show way back in episode 134! P.S. Happy 4th of July! Connect with Lorie Foster Facebook episode 300

About Jason Nothdurft Around the age of 12 his family did mission trips down to Kentucky for 3 of the 10 poorest counties in the country. By age 14, Jason joined the local fire department as a junior member to follow in his family's footsteps. While in college, Jason, found himself interning at the state house in Trenton, New Jersey. He was fortunate enough to be able to help work on legislation that was eventually passed into law. Those bills include educating police, fire, and paramedic departments on how to recognize and properly handle people with autism. As well as a bill to protect fire fighters from being able to lose their job while working on putting out a fire, when they are needed. Jason figured out that he wanted to work in a 911 call center. His job is quite demanding in both hours and stress levels. Dealing with hostage situations from a phone, while trying to coordinate with several others via text can be hard for anyone not dealing with a life threatening situation. A call to action came for Jason when his best friend's dad needed a kidney transplant. Jason found it in himself to agree to be a kidney donor, and the process began. Little did Jason know that donating a kidney would take two years to happen. Check out his first appearance on the show way back in episode 29! Connect with Jason Nothdurft @jasonnothdurft episode 299

About Jessica Kupferman Jessica Kupferman is an internet and marketing pioneer who is unafraid of new platforms and opportunities. She began her career over 15 years ago, selling banner ads when the internet was considered a fad. In her career, she’s worked with successful small business and some of the largest companies in the world including Comcast, Subaru, Leisure Fitness, and Bank of America. Now, she is one of the most recognized experts in the content marketing industry, currently focused on podcasting media. Jessica is the co-host and cofounder of the She Podcasts brand where she supports and develops unique female voices in the growing medium of podcasting. Her popular Facebook community boasts over 3,200 members, and she has successfully spoken, hosted events, and gotten sponsorship for her podcasts and events. She was also the host of the very successful Lady Business Radio where she conducted over 150 interviews including notable female entrepreneurs such as Tory Johnson from Good Morning America, Andrea Beaman from Top Chef, and Shark Tank’s Lori Cheek. In 2016, Jessica launched j/k media agency after seeing the lack of proper representation for podcasters in the media space. Working with her clients, Jessica is able to use her Platform Model to successfully obtain many sponsorship and advertising dollars for her clients. Jessica is a mother of three, a wife, and most importantly a woman whose talent and passion is helping individuals find their own voices through the medium of podcasting and make a living using that voice. Connect with Jessica Kupferman jkmagency.com facebook instagram twitter linkedin episode 298

About Robert Indres Robert Indries is a serial entrepreneur who at the time of this writing owns 3 companies, one of which is Wesrom Corporation. He was born into a modest family in a small town in Transylvania and now travels about 50,000KM around the world, every year, whilst his companies generate 6-7-figures a year, each. Over the course of his career, he's helped his clients generate over tens of millions in new business, has built a variety of cross-platform software applications, and held seminars for business owners on 3 continents and in 3 different languages. He also wrote a book on how to reach and maintain high levels of health and energy, which he sold in 4 countries. His heart is in the loving arms of a beautiful angel, Adriana, and his mind and body are constantly being pushed to reach ever greater levels of health, fitness, competence, and wisdom. Robert's ultimate dream is to create a world that's 10x better when he leaves it than when he came into it. High-quality, affordable healthcare for everyone, a global education system that truly helps people reach their full potential, and interstellar space travel are just a few of the items on his list. If you'd like to talk to Robert, you can send him an email to [email protected]. Just mention you learned about him on Dreamers Podcast and he promises he'll respond. Connect with Robert Indres Wesrom.com [email protected] episode 297

About Matt Miller Matt Miller spent the first 9 years of his career as an Air Force pilot, before entering the corporate world to work at both Abbott Laboratories and Valassis. While a top performer for both companies, his long-term desire was to start a business and be his own boss. A good friend one day mentioned the gum ball machines he and his young daughters owned, and that conversation began a 10 year business quest that has brought Matt's franchise company, School Spirit Vending, to the cutting edge of both the vending and school fundraising industries. Today, School Spirit Vending's Hassle-Free fundraising program is helping over 2000 schools in 35 states raise money by providing custom mascot stickers for those schools that are vended in school sticker machines. The SSV franchise provides passive income streams for busy professionals looking to diversify their incomes, while raising millions of dollars for schools across the country. Aside from fundraising, Matt developed a passion for reading at a very early age by reading comic books he bought at a local drug store. With his unique positioning with schools across the country, he decided to begin a comic book company, Sticker Swarm Media, in hopes of inspiring today's kids to read like he was 30+ years ago. Sticker Swarm's 1st comic book series, Marlin & Percy, provides challenging reading and good clean fun for kids and adults alike. Marlin & Percy have become the mascots of SSV’s sticker machines (being found with most every vend) and their full-length comics and now a book as well, can be checked out on Amazon or at www.MarlinandPercy.com. Connect with Matt Miller www.SSVBusiness.com Facebook Twitter Linkedin episode 296

About Alison Cardy Alison Cardy is an expert coach who runs an international career coaching team specializing in guiding people through career changes. Her team’s work focuses on that crucial step before job searching: helping you figure out what it is you actually want to be doing with your life. She and her team have guided hundreds of people, in every industry imaginable, to innovative and functional career solutions. Alison personally coaches a handful of select clients on creating greater alignment and success in their life, love, and work. Her unique ability is zeroing in on the perspective shifts and small tweaks that create the biggest positive results. Alison is the author of the 5-star rated, bestselling book, Career Grease: How to Get Unstuck and Pivot Your Career. Her work has been featured on Monster, Forbes, The Muse, Undercover Recruiter, and The Washington Post. Her home on the web is at cardycareercoaching.com. She is the black sheep of her family of accountants and engineers, a rare DC area native, and unusually patient, positive, and kind. A former swimmer, soccer player, and ultimate frisbee player, she loves all things athletic. Her two current hobbies are CrossFit and yoga. Connect with Alison Cardy cardycareercoaching.com Facebook Twitter Linkedin episode 295

About John Casto Coach John Casto is the owner of Action Fitness in Fairfax where he helps people make complete transformations in all areas of their lives starting with a foundation of health and fitness. After graduating in 2010 from GMU with a BS in Management, he started his fitness company and created bootcamps for local school teachers in the area. As he found success with multiple programs and nearly 100 active members, he expanded out into the community. What started as a group class in a parking lot, Coach John opened his first retail space where his team focuses on highly individualized training and intensive coaching around habit change, mindset and self-improvement. He mentors 3-4 GMU interns every semester at his facility and leads 4 team members of his own, while personally coaching 10-20 clients at any given time. Coach John is extremely passionate about small business, entrepreneurship, digital marketing and creating impactful experiences for his members and team members as well, focused around his core principles with self-improvement and a strong community. He also coaches and consults with up to 20 trainers, gym owners and small business owners who are looking to take their personal and professional lives to the next level. He spends his spare time training with different fitness goals such as a performance and strength, traveling to unique places around the world, has found a passion for salsa and bachata dancing and has an adorable dachshund named Franklin. John Casto has worked extensively with past guest, Lorie Foster to the point where she no longer needs or uses her wheel chair! Connect with John Casto www.coachjohncasto.com Facebook Instagram Linkedin episode 294

About Mark Sears After doing tech startups in Canada and the US for about 10 years, Mark Sears has spent the last 4 years living in Nepal and using his unique blend of technology and business experience to develop CloudFactory towards creating work for 1 million people. What started with Mark training four young Nepali computer engineers around one iMac on a kitchen table has grown into a multinational company with 175 full-time staff and 2500+ part-time data specialists. Mark Sears began his career as a software developer with Sun Microsystems before finding his groove in the world of startups. Moving into technology evangelism and product management roles he helped a 5 person startup grow to 130 employees across 4 international offices after raising $48 million in venture capital. Mark then raised angel investment, launched and managed his own startup company for 6 years before coming to Nepal and starting the CloudFactory adventure. CloudFactory is an on-demand workforce to make data valuable. The CloudFactory team is the human infrastructure behind many great venture-backed startups, and also the assistance behind helping tech companies train their machine learning algorithms. The CloudFactory solutions team, work platform and cloud workforce come together to process hundreds of millions of tasks like data capture from receipts/invoices/medical forms, video captioning, image tagging/moderation, and human-powered screen scraping. Connect with Mark Sears cloudfactory.com Linkedin episode 293

About Michael Mindes In the winter of 2004, Michael decided to start publishing board games; he felt this would be a good way to channel his creative energies, work within his passion, and make a living. His is wife was 100% in support of him and he even had an extraordinarily good game to publish in Gheos, which was later published by Z-Man Games. Yet, as often happens with grand plans and schemes, life came along and changed his course in a fantastic way - his wife was pregnant with their first child. This was even more exciting than publishing board games. However, it threw a financial security monkey wrench into the publishing plan. Both he and his wife wanted her to be able to stay home with their children - that meant he needed a stable job with good income potential. Michael knew he could have the option to work with his father providing financial advice. He know he would be good at it, enjoy it, and gain fulfillment through planning for and protecting lifestyles in retirement. His wife would be able to stay at home, and they could live a comfortable life with relative financial stability. On the other hand, he REALLY wanted to publish board games! Although he chose this route as his family grew - and it proved to be the right financial decision at the time - Michael's heart was still set upon the business world surrounding games. Finally, in March of 2009, he decided to give publishing a chance - in his extra time outside of being married, having two kids, full-time employment, and building a house…Tasty Minstrel Games was born. As of October 17th, 2016, TMG has receiving $2,546,682 in funds from Backers on Kickstarter from 26 individual hobby board gaming projects. Michael has grown his side passion into a multi-award-winning publisher company of hobby board game and a multi-million dollar business. Connect with Michael Mindes http://playtmg.com/ Twitter Linkedin episode 292

About Tom Ameen Tom has been playing music since the age of 9, which led him to the acclaimed James Tannenbaum of the Cleveland Institute of Music. By 1998, Tom recorded his first album, “Treasure The Gift.” Shortly after he moved to Los Angeles and began performing at venues all over the city. The locals began to take notice and soon he found himself performing as J.J. Abrams' private pianist, and alongside Grammy nominated artist Jim Brickman on tour, as well as producing and arranging for him. Tom’s arrangements can be heard on a vast array of Jim’s albums, including “Beautiful World” and the holiday album “Joy”. Tom later hooked up with Somerset Entertainment, a Canadian record label, and has released multiple albums for them. Lavender” and “Inner Peace” are Wal Mart exclusives. “Love At First Sight” is available through Amazon, and theme parks throughout the country. “Twinkle Twinkle Little Starfish”, under the Fisher Price label, can be found at Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores. Tom most recently released his 3rd Disney album earlier this year after the last 2 charted on the Billboard Top 10. All 3 are available on iTunes, Amazon, and CD Baby. His next album is already in the works and promises to be the biggest yet. In his spare time, Tom enjoys reading, and is a big video game junkie. He currently resides in Los Angeles. Stay tuned to the web site for all the new original music Tom is writing. Connect with Tom Ameen TomAmeenMusic.com Facebook

About Marya Jan Marya Jan is a Facebook Ad Strategist for coaches, experts and service-based entrepreneurs. She has helped her clients triple their business and execute 6-figure launches in a short period of time. She prides herself on getting big results from a small ad spend. She loves creating high-level strategy but geeks out on numbers and analytics inside the dashboard. And she is on a mission to get hot leads for small businesses on a tiny budget. Marya Jan has been published on sites like the GetResponse blog, Problogger, Boost Blog Traffic, Huffington Post and Write to Done to name a few. She considers herself to be the ‘best kept secret’ and is working to change that. Her business is projecting 1.2 million dollars income this year. Connect with Marya Jan maryajan.com facebook Episode 290

About Charlotte Chipperfield Charlotte Chipperfield is the founder and CEO of Chipperfield Media LLC. Charlotte brings more than seven years of experience in marketing and has built a reputation as an expert, thought leader and speaker in the digital marketing space. Prior to starting Chipperfield Media in 2014, Charlotte managed a number of sales teams and developed marketing and social media strategies for a number of Fortune 500 companies. Charlotte holds a BA from the University of Oregon in International Business and French and is a regular contributor to online marketing publications. She enjoys working with clients to drive increased customer engagement through creative and professional social media and marketing campaigns. Working with business leaders to transpire thoughtful storytelling behind their brand, creating driven conversation and a healthier bottom line is what Charlotte finds most rewarding. Be confident that your digital marketing efforts lead to positive business growth. Chipperfield Media is an innovative boutique digital marketing agency based in San Francisco. We elevate your online presence through creative strategy and precise execution resulting in better interaction between your brand and audience. Grow confidently by elevating your online presence with Chipperfield Media. Marketing is our passion and we firmly believe that it starts with relationships. We value creative storytelling, excellent communication, and innovation to drive results, all the while, never forgetting that we are in the business of people. We help you reach and attract more customers online through results-driven marketing initiatives. Connect with Charlotte Chipperfield chipperfieldmedia.com Facebook Instagram Twitter Linkedin Youtube Episode 289

About Joanna Turner Originally from Scotland, now a digital nomad. Joanna Turner is a leading Intuitive Business Mentor, Advanced EFT & Master NLP Practitioner, (and former Chartered Accountant!) She is a mentor to female entrepreneurs, and specialises in busting money & visibility blocks. She acts as a bridge between the spiritual and business worlds combining; her strong business acumen, gained from spending 17 years in Finance and in Boardrooms with the CEOs of Multi-Billion dollar companies and setting up offshore start up companies, with her years of personal development and spiritual practice, including being a certified Akashic Records and Shamanic Reiki practitioner. She was recently nominated for the Telstra Business Woman of the Year Award 2016 in the Entrepreneurship category. She also as a passion for travel, having lived in Bermuda and Australia and traveled through over 30 countries, from Patagonia to Nepal. She also loves sports and adventure travel having swum Alcatraz SharkFest, cycled round China and participates in triathlons. She is also an active volunteer Surf Life Saver at her local beach in Sydney. She is also a self- proclaimed course and personal development junkie. She is also an inspirational speaker and runs online courses and live events. Connect with Joanna Turner www.missionforbalance.com Facebook Twitter Link Linkedin YouTube Episode 288

About Joe Wilner Joe Wilner is a life-coach, clinically licensed psychotherapist, and drummer with the band Yes You Are. After going to graduate school and following the traditional life path of success, Joe realized he wasn’t fulfilled. He was following the status quo but didn't have a mission or feel a sense of purpose. It was then that he connected with the band Yes You Are and embarked on a journey of trying to be a professional drummer. Joe had played drums since he was a teenager but never viewed this as a real career option. After committing to follow his dream of drumming, Yes You Are went on a national tour as the support act for The Neon Trees. Joe was able to fulfill a life-long dream and became inspired to help others do the same. Joe Wilner created the blog and online community You Have a Calling to help “dream chasers” discover and pursue their life's work and mission. Through deep and personalized coaching, he helps ambitious, creative, and spiritually minded individuals make a greater impact, grow as leaders, and design a soulful life they are inspired by. Joe believes everyone has a calling where their passions and strengths can merge to create a successful life of contribution and significance. Connect with Joe Wilner www.youhaveacalling.com facebook instagram twitter Episode 287

About Simon Bogdanowicz Simon Bogdanowicz is the co-founder of LaunchTeam, a marketing platform for authors. LaunchTeam helps writers through the author journey and book launch process through a combination of curated resources and new technology that allows authors to build a tribe of ambassadors, aka their launch team. Simon went to the University of Michigan and started his career working in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group of a prominent Wall Street bank in New York City. In the summer of 2010, Simon left to spend a few months in Brazil. Simon returned to New York City and made a career change, shifting into the tech world with a business development position at Thomson Reuters. He worked his way to Santa Monica, working for a Silicon Valley martech company before landing in the publishing industry. Simon has a real passion for making the world a smaller place by helping people develop impactful relationships that make a difference in their lives. His passions include adventure travel, snowboarding, University of Michigan sports, soccer and reading books. He's visited over 30 countries and plans to see at least 15 more countries by the end of 2017. Simon was born in Poland and moved to Flint, Michigan when he was 6 years old. Connect with Simon Bogdanowicz mylaunchteam.com facebook instagram twitter linkedin Episode 286

About Naketa Thigpen Naketa Thigpen is a Balance and Relationship Advisor, author, sought-after speaker and host of the weekly podcast, Balance Boldly. Her purpose is to empower and motivate those willing to undertake the arduous pursuit of attaining the life they want. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Naketa forged a successful career helping families push through challenges caused by personal trauma, loss of confidence and fractured communication within their relationships. She would go on to take the best of her education, aptitude and experiences and found ThigPro Balance and Relationship Management Institute, a sustainable holistic growth and development company that helps women in business and entrepreneurs transition through significant life change through micro-retreats and intensives that break the box of limitations, outdated norms and expectations that bound their brilliance and stifles growth. Naketa has been featured on the Lifestyle Channel, a featured expert on dozens of terrestrial and online radio shows, and is the recipient of the NAACP 101 Top Influencers in Philadelphia and NAPW Women of Excellence awards. In designing real solutions to the real-time issues of today’s leaders, Naketa is determined to move her clients beyond excellence and into the rare air of greatness thru system implementation, mindset modification and balance. Connect with Naketa Thigpen thigpro.com facebook instagram twitter linkedin youtube Episode 285

About Manny Wolfe Emmanuel Wolfe (Manny Wolfe) is A Speaker, Speaking and Charisma Coach and Communication Consultant. He is also the author of the Best selling memoirs, titled, “The Tao of the Unbreakable Man”. Manny teaches entrepreneurs and high performers how deliver their unique message to the world with power, passion, precision, and persuasion. He is a sought after communication and presentation coach, because his coaching goes much deeper than simple technique. He actually teaches you how to rewire yourself to embrace and love public speaking. He recently created the worlds first, and best online public speaker training academy, called the 1000 Speakers academy, where he trains the leaders of tomorrow in a pay-it-forward program with a positive social impact built in. Manny is committed to making a positive social impact with his teaching, and in all that he does in his life. Connect with Manny Wolfe MannyWolfe.com Facebook Twitter Episode 284

About Damion Lupo Damion Lupo, of Total Control Financial is a lifelong entrepreneur. He is the owner of an 8 figure real estate empire, multiple black belter, and sought after financial consultant for high profile private clients. Damion is interesting as well because he build a 5 million dollar NW in his 20's, lost it, and has almost completely rebuilt his wealth in the last 12 months! By combining principles of inner clarity from Yoga and conflict elimination from Aikido, Damion lived his dream and created Yokido, the martial art that would ultimately lead him to found Black Belt Wealth. He now coaches and writes on the topic of achieving financial success through internal clarity and the elimination of fear, anxiety, and dissonance that characterize the modern entrepreneur. Connect with Damion Lupo totalcontrolfinancial.com Facebook Twitter Episode 283

About Laura Giknis Laura Giknis is a Barrymore Award- nominated actress, singer and Actors Equity Association Member. With an honors degree in Visual & Performing Arts from West Chester University of Pennsylvania and a former Vice President of Alpha Psi Omega, she currently resides in Philadelphia with her imaginary dogs and her extensive jacket collection. She has appeared in many professional musical productions and performances across the country including Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach, FL, Bristol Riverside Theatre in Bristol, PA, People's Light of Malvern and the nationally renowned Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. Some of her favorite performances include Sister Act, Working, UP!, Noises Off, High Society, Grease!, Joshua Harmon's Bad Jews, & An Enemy of the People (check out that resume for more!). She received a Barrymore Nomination for best actress in a musical for her role as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors and declared Best Supporting Actress in a Play by Philadelphia Weekly for the production of UP!. Laura also hosts a YouTube channel where she talks about beauty favorites, Disney, and all around good style. Laura is getting ready to set sail and join the Disney family on February 20th and is very excited to start this new chapter in her life. Having never been on a cruise before, this will indeed be a fun and challenging learning experience! Connect with Laura Giknis Facebook Youtube Instagram Twitter Episode 282

About Samantha Riley and the Accelerant Group Samantha Riley, author of #1 Amazon best-selling book The Heart of Entrepreneurship, has built several successful businesses over the past 24 years. She is the founder of The Accelerant Group and the creator of The Brand Builder Formula™ and helps entrepreneurs and business owners to position themselves as the authority in their niche, so can get seen and get more clients. Connect with Samantha Riley Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/samriley Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesamriley Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thesamriley LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/samriley Episode 281

About Rich Ennis "Trippy Trip" Richard Ennis, AKA Trippy Trip, is a rapper from South Jersey. He was born in Cape May Courthouse, but primarily raised in the small Island town of Wildwood NJ. Richard started his passion at just age 11 writing simple raps as a way of venting his frustrations. At that age he used his music as retaliation and stress relief from heavy bullying he received in middle school. By the time he was 15 Rich realized that his talent was way more than a hobby and decided to take it more serious. From age 15 to 18 Rich began releasing karaoke and cheaply recorded mix tape CDs to his friends. After high school he attended Rowan University and in his freshman year joined the club Lyrical Alliance which helped him really improve his song writing and performance skills. After a few more minor mix tapes that were recorded by himself and in dorm rooms Rich realized he had to make a change. In 2013 through a friend and fellow artist Rich Ennis met Tommy Capuano of Resilient Studios and recorded his first official full length Mix tape, Music You Can Nod To. This new project helped Rich get the attention of his peers and many other artists in the Philadelphia and Jersey regions. After doing live shows and releasing a music video Rich then released his second project Translucent in October of 2016. From this project Rich has received even more acclaim and has been on radio shows and more. His hit single Memory Lane has over 1500 listens on Sound cloud and its music video has over 500 views. Now Rich is working on an album and pushing Translucent any way he can. Rich is a humble rapper and considers his music to be conscious hip hop. He writes to inspire others and because he loves the culture of hip hop immensely. Because of the highly drug and crime influenced mainstream media Rich strongly advocates for a drug free and positive life. Rich graduated from Rowan University in 2015 with a BA in Psychology. Rich Ennis' motto in life is that there is no such thing as failure. Every choice or move in life is either a success or a stepping stone to success. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp4QgnrEfX0 Listen to Rich's Translucent Mix Tape https://soundcloud.com/trippy156/sets/translucent-full-mixtape Connect with Rich "Trippy Trip" Ennis! Facebook Soundcloud Episode 280

About Chrissy Morales Christina Rodriguez, more well known as Chrissy Morales, is a television talk show host from Southern New Jersey. She was born and raised in the high rolling city of Atlantic City. Chrissy adopted a love for entertainment at a young age. At just 4 years old she joined the Puerto Rican Parade of Atlantic City as a dance performer and later competed in the Latinos Unidos Dance Group. It was at this young age she discovered she adored the spotlight. From this discovery,Chrissy's life long dream of being a talk show host began. As a child she made up her own little shows that she would host and perform for her family and although fun in nature it was obvious that a seed had been planted. As she grew up the world of entertainment only drew her in more and more. In 2005 she began to participate in Atlantic City High's drama club and plays. It was then that she landed her first lead role as Lola Cabana in Damn Yankees. This was the hook that sank Chrissy deeper into the theatre world. Upon Graduating she attended Rowan University and Began as a Theatre major. Then in the summer of 2011, in her true dream chasing fashion, she became a character performer for Walt Disney World Resorts in Florida. After that magical experience she returned to Jersey to continue her education where her love for TV entertainment resurfaced. After changing her major to Journalism she began hosting and directing for the Rowan Television Network(RTN). In 2013, Chrissy hosted and produced an original show for RTN called “Spitting Bars.” She was a natural in front of the camera and went to intern at NBC 40 News and Atlantic City Weekly. However, even with all of these endeavors her dream to be the host of her own real TV talk show held strong. The breaking point came to Chrissy during college after she was heavily exposed to the media. She learned that the news tended to lean toward reporting too much negativity. From this realization she knew that it was time make her own lane. It was time to start work on her own show where she would shed a positive light on another side of news. Chrissy’s idea was to focus on people who were doing great things in the community under the radar. The show would appropriately be called Unsung Heroes. This concept, the very backbone of the show, was inspired years prior by Chrissy's winning of the Unsung Hero award at the Chelsea Hotel. She received this award for going above and beyond the call of duty at her job. Although the idea was fully formed Chrissy still needed one final push to make her dream come true. In 2013 while while still attending Rowan University, she was interviewed by Dr.Stanley El on The American Dream Rowan Radio Show. On this show, upon being asked what her own dream was, she was finally motivated to put everything she could to making it a reality. From that interview came the spark that lit the flame in her heart. Chrissy began live shooting Unsung Heroes in 2014 at the annual I AM film festival in Woodbury NJ. After doing so a 2nd time in 2015 Chrissy made a much needed professional move. Later on that year she began filming the show as pre rehearsed in its own studio setting. Today Chrissy has released 2 full seasons of her show consisting of 14 guests and 14 episodes all on you tube. She is still on her journey and won't stop until she is a household name. Below is the interview that I did with Chrissy! She is such a great host and I can definitely see big things in her future. Connect with Chrissy Morales! tvunsungheroes.weebly.com YouTube Channel Episode 279

About Danielle Watson Danielle Watson is a TEDx Speaker, Author, and the host of the LIVE Danielle Daily Show where she provides her positive, inspiring, and powerful Notes to Self to people seeking freedom from self-critical thoughts. Her book, Dear Self, I Love You! Keep Going!: 365 Inspiring Notes from My Bittersweet Year of Heartbreak and Healing provides her global fan base with a poignant reminder that even when life feels painful or hard, you are stronger, braver, and more powerful than you think, and no matter what you have done (or will do) you are worthy of your own love. Dear Self, I love You! Keep Going! is a collection of encouragements Danielle wrote to herself each day through a year of grieving the loss of her marriage to remind herself that she is still lovable, that life is amazing, and to be brave. These Notes helped Danielle remember who she is, heal her broken heart, and embrace the beauty of her exquisitely flawed humanity. Danielle’s The Danielle Daily Show is the place to come for your dose of Inspiration, Positivity, and Smiles LIVE each weekday. During each broadcast, Danielle coaches you to stay focused on the positive and delivers one of her signature Notes to Self to free you from self-critical thoughts and get you talking to yourself in a more positive way. The (completely obvious) secret to becoming free of self-critical thoughts is to start saying nicer things to yourself. If only it were that easy, right? Danielle will keep you focused on what you’re learning about life and how far you’ve come so that you’ll easily begin thinking more positive thoughts, make better decisions, take more positive actions, love yourself more, and love others more, too. Danielle’s previous accomplishments include CEO of Om Unlimited, LLC for the past 10 years, Creator of The Purse Process®, and a TEDx talk about how she applied her background in anthropology and archeology in an unconventional way (and how EVERYONE has skills and knowledge that could be used in an unconventional way). Danielle lives near the nation’s capital and enjoys doing yoga, reading memoirs, wearing pearls, and loves all things red, including red wine, red lipstick, and red dresses. Connect with Danielle Watson! Facebook Link https://www.facebook.com/thedanielledaily Instagram Link https://www.instagram.com/the_danielledaily Linkedin Link https://www.linkedin.com/in/rxdanielle YouTube Link https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSsN9vKehyogmU2ZJrBtlNg Episode 278

About DreamCon: Celebrating 3 Years of Dreaming Click here to register! I’ve been bringing amazing people together from all over the world for 3 years now! It is so hard to believe, but so very true. The first two years, Dreamers from all over the world tuned in for a live stream to help raise money for Give Kids the World. Armed with Minute to Win It Games we raised more than $2,000 in the first two years. This year Dreamers Podcast is making the leap into hosting a live event just outside of Philadelphia! Bringing past guests and fans of the show together for the first time all under one roof to celebrate, play games to raise money for charity, and network with amazing people. If you’d like to be a part of the awesomeness that is the first ever DreamCon, check out the details below and get your ticket before they run out! Ticket prices will only go up once, to $65 (May 1st). So get them while they are cheap, available and secure your place in Dreamers Podcast History! Date: May 20th (Mixer at the hotel the night of 19th) Location: Holiday Inn, 1 Pureland Dr. Swedesboro, NJ 08085 Book A Room Schedule: 8 AM – 6 PM (Specifics T.B.A.) Previous Dreamers Podcast Guests In Attendance: T.B.A. About Samantha Riley Samantha Riley is the creator of The Accelerant Group where she helps coaches, consultants, holistic healers, authors and speakers to amplify their influence, income and impact. Over the past 20 years, she has built several successful businesses, and has experienced the world and the way we do business change in a big way. She now uses these years of experience to help entrepreneurs and thought leaders to embrace their greatness and gain clarity on their message so they authentically attract their ideal clients. Samantha is the author of the best selling book ‘The Heart of Entrepreneurship’ where she shares the strategies that allowed her and her clients to build true success in creating a business which perfectly fits their desired lifestyle. Through her 5 step Brand Builder Formula™, she helps entrepreneurs and business owners market and position themselves as the authority in their niche, to leverage the growth of their business. - See more at: https://theaccelerantgroup.com/#sthash.kj8ng1lg.dpuf theaccelerantgroup.com Episode 277

About Waterfront Ventures: Up Conference Waterfront Ventures is an organization and community that brings together entrepreneurs, investors, business owners, and technology enthusiasts. Check out the first time I was at Waterfront Ventures back in May of 2016! About PACT For Animals PACT for Animals is a champion of the Human-Animal Bond. PACT gives peace of mind to hospital patients and military personnel by placing their pets in temporary foster homes until their owners can be reunited with the companion animals they love. Every year thousands of companion animals are surrendered into animal shelters due to temporary crises. By providing access to safe foster homes for animals until their human companions can take them back, PACT reduces the number of animals in animal shelters and gives the owners peace of mind that their best friends will not be lost, abused, or euthanized. We are the ONLY active non-profit organization in the country providing this unique, essential service in the animal welfare community, and all PACT Programs are FREE! PACT carefully screens every case to find the perfect match of Foster Home and Foster Pet. Foster families are in constant contact with the military/hospitalized owners providing regular updates, including photos, messages and videos of their beloved pets. For many people in a hospital bed, on deployment, or in another crisis situation, these emails are a comfort for their raw nerves, and the best thing they see all week! When people are fighting for their health or fighting for our country, no one should have to worry about the safety of their best friends. Our foster programs save lives with every successful crisis rescue, foster placement, and joyful reunion. At PACT we believe in keeping families together and building strong communities willing to protect the Human-Animal Bond. Our work is necessary in the animal welfare community and we love what we do! Donate to PACT for Animals About Red Queen Gaming Red Queen Gaming is the #1 site for gamers to create and access custom gameplay tools. With our platform, we work directly with game developers so developers, players, and toolmakers all work together to make games better for everyone. Connect with Waterfront Ventures, PACT for Animals and Red Queen Gaming! Waterfront Ventures PACT for Animals Red Queen Episode 276

About Adèle McLay A chartered accountant by qualification, Adèle lead her own multi-million dollar consultancy working with New Zealand’s leading corporates. She has worked as a highly successful business consultant, providing strategic advice on large corporate change and profitability programmes, guided small business owners to achieve greater profitable success, and been a Non-Executive Director of various private companies and charities. She is now the owner of a number of successful brands, a business and life mentor, public speaker, entrepreneur and investor, and the author of two books on business success. Her first book was called BIG Profits and her more recent book is called Branded You. Adèle is currently working on a number of other books for release in 2017 and beyond. Adèle was born in New Zealand and has lived in London for over 10 years with her family. Her personal interests are many and varied including the arts in all forms, international travel, ballroom and Latin American dancing, health and fitness, reading, baking and chocolate making... and much more. She's currently training to compete in a white collar boxing match for charity and in 2017 she plans to enter a natural body building competition.... both of these are long held personal goals that she's wanted to achieve.... now is the time to do them. Connect with Adèle McLay! www.adelemclay.com Facebook Link http://www.facebook.com/adelemclayfan Instagram Link http://www.instagram.com/adelemclay Twitter Link http://www.twitter.com/adelemclay Linkedin Link http://www.adelemclay.com/testimonials-page/ YouTube Link http://www.youtube.com/adelemclay Episode 275

About Win Charles Born with Cerebral Palsy, Win Charles has defied the odds by becoming an author. Her memoir I, Win is an amazing story of how she remembers her life through the years of having a condition called “CP”. As a competitor in the Kona Born with Cerebral Palsy, Win Charles has defied the odds by becoming an author. Her memoir I, Win is an amazing story of how she remembers her life through the years of having a condition called “CP”. As a competitor in the Kona IronMan Triathlon, CEO of her own jewelry design company, and motivational speaker, Win Charles truly is an inspiration to many. Today Win Charles tours the country, speaking to schools and institutions to raise awareness about cerebral palsy and living a full life no matter what holds you back. She is also an advocate of veterans across the world. Hi, best-selling author, Win and Juan C host a podcast every Monday and Tuesday titled: Butterfly of Wisdom. This is a 1/2 hour interview program featuring conversations with those who are making a difference in this world. As a woman who has spent her entire life not allowing cerebral palsy to stop her from achieving her goals, I created this program to provide a platform so that others out there can share their wisdom and talk about disabilities or their business and the amazing things they're doing because of his businesses to help and encourage the listeners to make their lives the best they can be! Connect with Win Charles! Win's Podcast http://butterfliesofwisdom.weebly.com Twitter https://twitter.com/winkellycharles Facebook https://www.facebook.com/wcharls1195 Episode 274

About Anthony Hayes Anthony Hayes is an author, podcaster, and blogger. Hayes is a member of the International Association for Internet Broadcasters and also the co founder of the Podcast Discovery Center. His early life accolades include, competing on a national level in Martial Arts, custom car building, and traveling the world as a professional DJ and break dancer. His greatest achievement in life is being a first time father to a beautiful baby girl. He currently resides in sunny South Florida where he works in management at the largest grocery retailer in the southeast. Anthony Hayes' journey began in 2004. An overwhelming wave of emotional flatness washed over. A numbness. The past 10 years have encompassed some of the darkest, most trying times in his life. Having to fight battles of depression, self medicating, and divorce all before the ripe old age of 30. Somehow, somewhere in this vast universe something was watching and he lived to tell the story. This is a true testament of will, perseverance, and heart. Hayes refused to give up–always wanting to understand what he was going through more thoroughly. The arsenal to combat these feeling-less feelings was a combination of several things for Anthony. These included medication, music, writing, and podcasting. Whether it be reading, research, mediation or doing creative things like writing The Science of Being Hayes believes "Our best days lie ahead of us. " Between the years of 2004-2014 Anthony documented a journey and battle with clinical depression, anxiety, ADHD, self medicating, and bouts of insomnia. After several working titles “The Science of Being – Surviving: Depression" is here. Excerpt from The Science of Being Surviving: Depression by: Anthony Hayes [When a situation was unfolding, I wouldn't think, “Why me, not again.” Rather, I would think, “One day, this will make sense.” Instead of looking at how much more of a thing we have left to do, we should look at all we've already accomplished to get this far. When I'm working, I do this often. There will be a series of tasks I've yet to take on. I can feel myself start to think, “Wow I am never going to get this done in the time allotted.” It is then out of my peripherals I see that I'm already halfway done! I can honestly say without a doubt, from the bottom of my heart, there is a brighter future for us all.] Get Anthony Hayes' The Science of Being on Amazon! Connect with Anthony Hayes! MeMyselfandIRadio.com Facebook Link http://www.facebook.com/anthonyhayesauthor Instagram Link http://www.instagram.com/ahayes_mmi Twitter Link http://www.twitter.com/ahayes_mmi Linkedin Link http://linkedin.com/in/ahayesmmi YouTube Link http://www.youtube.com/memyselfandiradio Episode 273

A Special Christmas Episode of Dreamers Podcast! Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Happy Kwanzaa, and Happy Festivus dreamers! I hope you and your families have a great holiday no matter what you celebrate! Back in 2014 I thought it would be fun to do something special for the first Christmas celebrated during Dreamers Podcast’s run! This is the original recording. I hope you enjoy this reading of “A Visit From Saint Nicholas”.

About Melinda Chen Melinda Chen is a sales coach helping female entrepreneurs sell to big clients. She is also a sales executive with an impressive sales track record of 8 figures. Her company, Women Making Big Sales, allows female entrepreneurs to start connecting and sell to big clients in 5 weeks. Melinda grew up in an entrepreneurial family. She started to attend tradeshows at age 15. When she first started her sales career after university, she wanted to know everything about selling. So, she spent years reading dozens of books in sales, made over 5,000 cold calls and worked with agents, reps and corporate clients around the world. Since then, she has mastered the art of selling to big companies and made sales in Americas, Europe and Asia covering a wide range of industries. She is inspired to help entrepreneurs take control of their lives by going for big clients, closing important deals and dramatically expand their business. Melinda is also a regular contributor for Huffington post and frequently interviewed on the subject in sales. One of Melinda’s favourite quotes is “If your dreams do not scare you, they are just not big enough.” She is also a mother of two active boys who love Star Wars more than anything else. Connect with Melinda Chen! Facebook womenmakingbigsales.com Episode 271

About Tom Schwab Tom Schwab - Tom is a Unites States Naval Academy graduate with his degree in Mechanical Engineering. Today, he is living 'the dream' with his new career as an Inbound Marketing Engineer. He is the founder of Interview Valet where he helps small business owners. entrepreneurs and solopreneurs get featured on leading podcasts and teaches them how to turn listeners into customers. Tom is an Author, Speaker, Business Owner and all around great guy with a heart to help people and great stories to share! Tom is also a husband, father, grandfather and a marathon runner and soon to be World Record holder with your help. Fun Fact #1 about Tom: He is attempting to set the Guinness World's Record for the most Podcast Inteviews. http://interviewvalet.com/guinness-world-record-podcast-interviews/ Tom has been an in demand podcast guest for over three years with hundreds of podcast interviews on leading shows. Hosts and audiences enjoy him as a guest. He brings stories, resources and new exposure to podcasts. Fun Fact #2 Tom and his family reside in Lawton, MI with a great view of a Vineyard where the grapes are picked by hand for Welch's Grape Juice. He has a dog, cat, two miniature donkeys, and a pig. Connect with Tom Schwab! InterviewValet.com Facebook @interviewvalet Linkedin Episode 270

About Dr. Chris Friesen, Ph.D. I’ve always been fascinated by biographies of successful people and those who have overcome adversity. I can still remember how enthralled I was as a teenager when I read the autobiographies of Arthur Ashe and Christopher Reeve. Their stories and the inspirational books of Anthony Robbins (Awaken the Giant Within and Unlimited Power) and Stephen Covey (The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People and First Things First) captured my attention about our potential as humans and our ability to improve ourselves. This was personalized for me when I began to play competitive hockey. As a goaltender, I quickly realized the importance of mental training in addition to physical training. I was able to see steady improvements in all aspects of my performance when I consistently incorporated strategies I gleaned from my interest in self-help literature, fitness techniques, and nutrition. It was with these experiences that I began to form my interest in psychology. Upon realizing that a professional sports career was not in my future, I turned my attention to earning my first degree in Health Studies before pursuing a second degree in Psychology. After 5 years of full time study to obtain both of my undergraduate degrees, I still hadn’t satisfied my appetite for learning about the mind and brain. So I applied and was accepted to study clinical psychology in graduate school. I decided to study clinical psychology over psychiatry in my post-graduate work because of psychology’s stronger focus on understanding the full spectrum of human nature as opposed to psychiatry’s primary emphasis on psychopathology. Now as a licensed psychologist in Ontario, Canada, my official areas of practice include clinical psychology, clinical neuropsychology, and forensic/correctional psychology. My training and experience crosses a broad spectrum of psychological difficulties including working with individuals with anxiety, depression, personality disorders, dementias (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease), brain injuries (from sports concussion to severe traumatic brain injuries), and those involved in the criminal justice system (i.e., offenders of all types). I have worked clinically in a university psychology clinic, psychiatric hospital, rehabilitation hospital for those with brain injuries, geriatric hospital, prison and in private practices. I believed that to truly understand success and potential, I needed to thoroughly understand and work with people of all types including those who were at their lowest points and those who were not living up to their potential. I now primarily focus on professional, national/Olympic, and up-and-coming elite athletes, as well as other high achievers such as professionals, entrepreneurs, executives, academics, and writers, achieve their personal and professional potential. I am currently director of Friesen Sport & Performance Psychology and a contributor to Success.com. I'm also the author of Achieve: Find Out Who You Are, What You Really Want, and How To Make It Happen (Book 1 of the High Achievement Handbook Series). Purchase Achieve on Amazon! Connect with Dr. Chris Friesen! FriesenPerformance.com Facebook Twitter Linkedin Episode 269

About Johnson Emmanuel Johnson Emmanuel is a the founder and CEO, Clients Attraction. A digital marketing agency that helps coaches, consultants, professional service providers and others, create, package and launch high ticket offers, identify their best paying clients and build a unique marketing and sales system that consistently attract their clients so they can scale their revenue super fast. In the last 48 months, Johnson and his team has generated over 50 million dollars for businesses around the world. His clients have been mentioned on CNN,Forbes,Fox,etc. Prior to Johnson's success, he had had many failures. When he started as an online entrepreneur, he read too many blog post and as a result, made too many mistakes. He was told that the best way to get traffic and scale online was to blog everyday a week. Johnson would spend 8 hours to write a great blog post but no one was seeing what he was cracking out. He got another advise that, he should spend more time on social media, particularly facebook and he did but failed. In fact, Johnson was told to do 1000s of things and as a crazy action taker, he did but kept failing. As an Africa Child, Johnson did not have money to start his online business. He did not allow money to keep hold him back. So, he went to 'sell' a web development service to a firm. Johnson and the firm settled for $1,200. At this point, he had no experience about creating a website but had already validated the market. So, he used $800 from the money he was paid to go for a training on web design and keep the balance of $400. Johnson was able to deliver on that project within 60days. He built the web development company to 6-figures within few months and later sold it and switch to online marketing. Johnson and his team have been cracking out behavioral marketing and sales systems that rocks. Connect with Johnson Emmanuel! @iamjohnsonemma linkedin.com/in/johnsonokorie clientsattraction.com Episode 268