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Empowering Leaders of Family Businesses - Lee Brower by Alan Olsen

David Reiling is an accomplished social entrepreneur and innovator in the field of community development finance and financial inclusion. He has been the Chief Executive Officer of Sunrise Banks since 1995, and since then, he has successfully transformed Sunrise Banks into a leading player in the industry, becoming the first Minnesota-based bank to be certified as a Community Development Financial...

Richard Rossi is a revolutionary figure in the field of age reversal, with his company daVinci50 leading the way in exploring new treatments to combat aging. His research into stem cells and gene therapy has opened up exciting possibilities for reversing the effects of aging, while his work on epigenetic age and biological age have provided invaluable insight into understanding how our bodies chan...

Michael Cave started Cave Financial over 20 years ago with the vision of providing families and businesses with assistance in creating, protecting, and preserving their wealth. After completing his education in accounting at Ball Corp, Michael gained experience working for various companies, such as Boeing Co. and Harley Davidson. While working in these roles, he quickly noticed that many individu...

Dr. Lee M. Hood is best known for his development of technologies which have enabled the advancement of predictive, preventative medicine. Dr Hood’s journey began at a young age, when he was an assistant professor of molecular immunology at California Institute of Technology in 1973. After being appointed Chief Strategy Officer for the Institute for Systems Biology in 2000, he was invited to becom...

As Ken Neuman wanted to share his God given talents with others, he started a business called, “Youtopia”. It started off as a simple question, “Is there a way to increase the nutritional value for those who have some type of health disorder?” Like a chain reaction that gave way to creating a company that maximizes your nutrition and helps alleviate different health challenges.

Ali Nasser is a serial entrepreneur who has been helping business owners for nearly twenty years. He understands the legacy dilemma and financial freedom that many business owners face when it comes to their life experience, which is why he has developed a powerful and proprietary framework that can help them make the best decisions related to their business success and life planning. Having succe...

How can young people can once again afford a home in in high cost of living areas? In his new book, "The Self Funding House", Derek Lobo shows how young individuals can rebuild their dream of home ownership in expensive housing markets. "You can become a homeowner by being a landlord," says shares Derek in his book. "When I was a young immigrant to Canada, I bought a house and turned it into a tri...

Customer Centered Leadership by Alan Olsen

Ironically, most people that have a family office are not familiar with the term. So what's A Family Office? Essentially it's an individual with financial means that makes private investments. While the mass public is focused on buying and trading public stocks, there is a much higher potential for earnings if you have the opportunity to invest in these companies before they become available to tr...

This week we are joined by Kathleen Adams of Second 50 Financial. We discuss how she arrived at the point she is at in her career as well as one of the pressing concerns her clients have- How to Not Run Out of Money During Retirement. Disclosure: The information contained herein is for general educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended as personalized investment, tax, legal, o...

If you had a $1 billion would you be happy? Contrary to popular belief money does not bring happiness. True happiness come from what we do with our time and money.

Tony Raynor is the s the Founder, President and CEO of The Sustainable Green Team. His company focuses on yard waste recycling and has recently partnered with VRM Biologik Group to help restore soil hydration in arid climate4s around the world. Their product known as HumiSoil® uses a special microbe to accelerate the natural decomposition of organic matter into humid acid.

When Pamela Kan took over leadership of the company in 1999, she transitioned Bishop-Wisecarver from a family business to a professionalized organization. Her vision for the company was to provide custom solutions and innovative products that would help clients reduce cost and increase efficiency. Kan has led the company through numerous changes in technology and processes, including the introduct...

This week we sat down with Evan Carmichael to talk about his experience as a YouTube. Evan has 17 different Youtube channels and over 3 million subscribers. So what was Evan's motivation for getting started in Youtube? "Ultimately, your purpose comes from your pain. So whatever you struggle the most with as a human is what you want to help other people with. I struggled so much as an entrepreneur...

One of the ways Oberbrunner helps authors, entrepreneurs, influencers, and thought leaders is by helping them publish and protect their Intellectual Property. In today’s digital age, it’s more important than ever to make sure your ideas are protected for financial security and personal growth. “The internet has made it easier than ever for people to steal your ideas,” Oberbrunner says. “That’s why...

In this interview, Alan Olsen speaks with Mark Lachance about his journey as an entrepreneur and how he's built one of the largest social media marketing agencies in the world. They also discuss some tips for aspiring entrepreneurs.

NEVER Give Up On Your Dreams! | Sonia Clayton by Alan Olsen

Nick Sonnenberg is the founder and CEO of Leverage, a business efficiency consultant, Inc. columnist and author of the upcoming book, Come Up For Air: How Teams Can Leverage Systems and Tools to Stop Drowning in Work. As a serial entrepreneur with a passion for productivity and a background in data science, Nick’s mission is to create companies that disrupt the way people work by leveraging the po...

This week we discuss how to utilize philanthropy to use the money that you would have used to pay your taxes to build a legacy for yourself. One such strategy would be to use Charitable Remainder Trusts- specifically a Net Income Makeup Charitable Remainder Trust. Placing your Life insurance in such a trust will allow you to stay compliant tax wise so money does not run out while you withdraw mone...

Droves of anxious people take to the arid streets of Tatooine. The desert planet recently experienced a decline in GDP and now with inflation on the rise, rash financial decisions made by the population were a real danger. As the crowd continues onward, it is confronted by a stranger. Brown robes shielding him from blistering heat, his head remained hooded and face cloaked. With the wave of his ha...

Jim Kwik knows a thing or two about learning. After suffering a traumatic brain injury as a child, Jim was faced with many challenges. He was teased by classmates and referred to as “the boy with the broken brain.” But Jim didn’t let his injury hold him back. He went on to discover the field of brain science and learn how to learn. Jim realized that knowledge is power, and that learning is our sup...

At the end of your life what do you want to be known for? What is t that really matters most to you? You can't take your wealth, or a Uhaul full of passions with you to the funeral home so siting down to think hard about priorities beyond wealth is critical. People that have built their lives upon a foundation of Friends, Family and Faith end up being the happiest one when it's their time to pass...

We sat down with cast member, Andrew Olsen, from the new documentary series, "I Love You, You Hate Me" to talk about the hatred that surrounds Barney the Dinosaur as well as the message of love and kindness that the character has to offer the world today.

What is it like to start a business from scratch. Heetan Doshi describes his experience with learning the ins and outs of business as he started his Hedge Fund. Listen as he tells how the market works and how hedge funds play into it.