Make a Difference (MAD) Podcast

In episode 71, Brandon and Farra discuss the differences between culture and values when it comes to business. 

Welcome to episode 70! Jennifer Doyle Vancil is a Gallup-Certified strength coach that helps people create strengths-based careers. Brandon and Farra took the Clifton assesment prior to this episode, so they get to talk with Jennifer all about their results and what a strengths-based career looks like. 

Chris Pelle is the CEO and Founder of Complete Canine Training, and a former Madwire employee! Chris has grown Complete Canine Training from a single man operation to 20+ employees operating out of Colorado's top dog training facility.

The Galbate Team is a top producing father & daughter real estate team at The Group serving Northern Colorado. Lauren is also a former Madwire employee!

Doctor Arnie Robinson is a clinical profressor of marketing at Colorado State University (GO RAMS!). Arnie has been a professor at CSU for 7 years and teaches digital marketing and social media marketing courses at the undergraduate level and digital marketing and search engine optimization courses at the graduate level.

Peter Fuller, CEO and Founder of The Workflow Academy, and his team are traing the next generation of RevOps talent through a non-tranditional means to education. Through their many certification programs, their students can set their own pace and take classes on their own schedule. In this episode, we talk to Peter about how The Workflow Academy came to life and his own journey through education....

Welcome back, MAD Podcast family! We took quite a break, but we are happy to be back with a new co-host and tons of new episodes with amazing guests! 

Benjamin is the founder and CEO of QRTiger and is no stranger to entrepreneurship. He is also an architect by trade and has been based in Asia for 13 years now. Benjamin's goal is to bring better QR code solutions to businesses and personal brands and he strongly believes in a product that can make other businesses grow. QR codes have helped thousands of brands grow their business worldwide....

Jeremy Wenger is no stranger to grief, and that's why he's made it his mission to help other people through grief and recovery. Jeremy is the founder of Grief and Recovery Encouragement and hosts a podcast called The Grief Recovery Podcast. Connect with Jeremy at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremywenger/

Daniel founded Budai Media on the belief that every modern ecommerce company should adapt to market changes fast if they want to outgrow their competition. And if you like going fast, you must be an unlimited thinker.  They've experienced some impressive growth over the last several years, and we talk to Daniel about founding a company, working with businesses overseas, and leadership. Check...

In 2017, Brendon Kreig made a big chance. He left his corporate gig and co-founded Revel Greens, the largest greenhouse lettuce producer in the U.S. Revol Greens has locations in Minnesota, California, and Texas.  Check out Brendon and Revol Greens at: https://www.revolgreens.com/ https://www.instagram.com/revolgreens/ https://www.facebook.com/RevolGreens https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendon-krieg-...

Author of Selling With Dignity , a guide for entrepreneurs and sellers, and the host of the Sales Made Easy podcast, Harry Spaight is on a mission to help sales professionals do sales differently. Connect with Harry at: http://harryspaight.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/harryspaight/

Anna Taylor is founder and CEO of Dene Adams®, LLC. Her innovative concealed carry holsters are primarily distributed to law enforcement and private citizens. Anna is an internationally recognized public figure known by her educational and comical viral videos. Anna has an amazing story, and we loved getting to talk to her all about it. This self-made entrepreneur has gained a massive following an...

Kylie and Ernan, Co-Founders of Evoke Imagination Productions, talk to us about what it's like to start a creative business - from challenges to victories and everything in between. Check out Evoke Imagination Productions at: https://www.instagram.com/evokeimaginationproductions/ https://www.facebook.com/evokeimaginationproductions/

Brian, Brennan, and Jake talk to us about community, giving back, leadership, and working in the remote world. Enjoy episode 57!

Brandon and Marcia purchased iconic Fort Collins costume shop, The Life of the Party, in 2018 and have successfully taken into the 21st Century. We talk to them about what it's like to purchase a business and how they were able to take The Life of the Party from a local store to a world-wide eCommerce business.  Find Life of the Party at: https://www.lifeofthepartystore.com/ https://www.faceb...

Payton Frantz is a social influencer + founder of Higher Battle, an online ministry and community. Follow Payton at: IG: https://www.instagram.com/payfrantz Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/paytonfrantz Tiktok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdyaWGvD/ Higher Battle: https://www.instagram.com/higherbattle

In today's episode, we talk to John Brooks, the President and Managing Partner of BTTS Holdings, the largest, exclusive event venue operator in Central Ohio with five venues, in-house catering, floral design and a strong focus on giving back by doing their part to eliminate food waste.  Connect with John at https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-a-brooks/

Noel Aruliah is the founder of Curry Traits and Growing OC. Noel Founded Subtle Curry Traits, an online community, 3 years ago, and today it is a private Facebook group with over 972,000 members and over 700K members engaging each month. Noel knows what it takes to create a thriving online community, and that's how Growing OC was born. You can book a free, 15 min call with him to find out mor...

Join us in welcoming our new co-host, Cole Slayden! Cole is a Multimedia Specialist on the Branding Team at Madwire®. As a part of the emerging wave of young content creators who have grown up with the internet, the early days of his career took place on YouTube creating fun-spirited videos of the popular game video game Minecraft. 200+ gaming videos later he had amassed a whopping…30 subscribers,...

Today's episode is certainly bittersweet as we bid farewell to Darius. 

We made it, friends! Episode 50 is here and we are so excited to share this milestone episode with you, and we thank you for your support of the Make a Difference Podcast. In episode 50, we talk to Buck Adams, founder of Art for Redemption. Buck is a veteran, social entrepreneur, and a formally incarcerated individual. While incarcerated, Buck began working with Defy Colorado, an independent nonpr...

Reza is a husband, father, NFL Chaplain for the Denver Broncos, and a campus director for Athletes in Action.  He is originally from Abadan, Iran, yet spent most of his life in Southern California. He attended Colorado State University and had the opportunity to play football for the Rams. His love of investing in others and athletics lead him to coach at the collegiate level for 2 years before he...

It's another episode of feel good stories! Darius and Farra share some feel good stories from around the world this week. Links to stories referenced: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/afghan-all-girls-robotics-team-get-us-scholarships/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/german-animal-shelter-posts-tinder-profiles-for-lonely-animals/ https://theweek.com/us/1003908/this-georgia-man-is-changing-his-...

Farra and Darius share feel good stores from the week.