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John Lester Nothing happens until someone sell something. Most small business owners didn’t start their company to sell. Yet revenue depends on it. Some fear sales and avoid it. Others are in the fog — no process, just guesswork. A few can sell, but friction drags their cycles out too long. I’ve worked with all three. After 40+ years in sales leadership, I built the Sustainable Sales System (S3) —...

Christine Valdes Executive Sales Leader | Real Estate Investor | People-Builder Christine Valdes’ leadership philosophy was shaped long before executive titles and boardroom conversations. She began her career earning minimum wage, learning early the importance of resilience, responsibility, and consistency. Over the past three decades, she worked her way into senior leadership, developing hundred...

Henry Sullivan Sci-Fi & Historical Fiction Author, Podcaster, Audiobook Producer Henry L Sullivan III is an author, avid traveler, and independent consultant who specializes in insurance adjusting and survey research. As the author of several up-and-coming audiobooks, alongside his thriller novel Coliseum, Henry aims to entertain his readers with gritty and authentic stories that explore press...

Deborah Laurel Making Lackluster Leaders Legendary Deborah Spring Laurel has been a workplace learning and performance improvement consultant for forty years. Her work has taken her to Kenya, Nigeria, Zambia, Equatorial Guinea, Jordan, Croatia, and the United Arab Emirates. She provides tips for creating and maintaining a positive and supportive work environment where employees want to stay and do...

Jeff Revilla Owner of a Live Podcast Theater in Tarentum, PA! Supporting Independent Podcasting, Events and Hybrid Conferences Jeff Revilla is the visionary founder of Poduty Live LLC, a groundbreaking podcast theater and live venue based in Tarentum, PA, just 25 minutes from Downtown Pittsburgh. With over 20 years of experience in digital marketing and a decade each in podcasting and live streami...

Teresa Rodriguez Behind the Book: Publisher empowering authors to build influence, impact, and income by transforming their stories into high-quality books that grow authority, credibility, and visibility. Teresa Rodriguez is a TEDx speaker, bestselling author, and the founder of Liberté Press, a boutique publishing house dedicated to helping women find their voice through writing and storytelling...

Karen Yankovich Founder, She's LinkedUp. LinkedIn and Visibility Marketing for Women Karen Yankovich is known as the LinkedIn goto. Host of the Good Girls Get Rich Podcast, and quoted in Huffington Post, Social Media Today and other publications, she talks with authority about the importance of women creating a magnetic and profitable LinkedIn strategy. What makes Karen different from all the othe...

Abstract Essay, in its sixth season, presents Don Weber in a compelling exploration of the vital connection between executive communication and successful leadership. This episode examines how the words leaders choose, the structure behind their messages, and the intention in their delivery shape trust, alignment, and organizational direction. Rather than treating communication as a soft skill, th...

Cinda Gault l am a writer of stories about tenacious women who will have their adventures, whether in the 19th-century wilderness or contemporary urban settings My name is Cinda Gault, and I have an enduring interest in women’s lives. My undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Guelph led me to start an agency to help victims of domestic violence. I followed up a stint as a prison...

Mark Roesler I’m the president of a software company that created an app so you can do SEO, marketing, and ops right from your phone—so you can stop duct-taping apps together-and somehow we give it away for free Mark Roesler has been building things that last for decades — whether it’s a revenue engine, a sales team, or a three-set night on stage. Long before he was scaling SaaS revenue as Preside...

Pietro Canestrelli Consistently delivering high standards without exception. I’m Pietro Canestrelli, a California Bar-Certified Tax Specialist and author of America’s Tax Defender. For over a decade, I’ve helped business owners and entrepreneurs protect their wealth, reduce tax liabilities, and build sustainable financial strategies. After years of seeing hardworking people overpay because of conf...

Zerina Derveni Empowerment Life Coach Zerina Derveni is not just a certified life coach. She is a transformation catalyst for high-achieving women who look successful on the outside but feel disconnected on the inside. Her journey began after years in the corporate world, working with Fortune 500 clients, leading high-stakes projects, and constantly pushing for the next milestone. Despite all the...

Kristen Donnelly Burnout Prevention Specialist | Generations Researcher | TEDx & International Keynote Speaker | She/Her | MSW, M.Div, PhD Kristen Donnelly (MSW, M.Div, PhD) is an award winning, 4x TEDx speaker, and international speaker, researcher, and educator. She believes that burnout is a cultural condition and not an individual failing, and that asking more questions of each other can l...

Nicolette Nierras Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished Nic Nierras is the founder of Nic Nierras Wholistic Lifestyle, a coaching platform dedicated to helping individuals achieve balance, success, and inner peace through holistic methods. With a background as a Chartered Accountant, Nic transformed her career after recognizing the need for deeper fulfillment beyond financial succe...

Anil Gupta Outstanding, Unique, Practical, Powerful, Impactful, Entertaining content that will be audience engaging with a very experienced and accomplished podcaster Anil Gupta overcame suicide in 2008 and has since then formulated the Happiness Formula, The Happiness Test, the Relationship Score and the Relationship Ratio, spoken on Fox News, Harvard, Sky TV, Tedx, i Heart radio, written three i...

Sonia Couto Tech Leader | SaaS Founder | Managing Director | Strategic + Resilient Leadership for Founders Sonia Couto is an award-winning tech founder, operator, product builder, and breast cancer survivor recognized for transforming chaotic environments into clear, grounded, and high-performing systems. With over 20 years in software leadership, she has rebuilt failing SaaS products into global...

Mitch Mcginley Former Studio Owner Who Built and Sold for 5X Returns, Now Facilitating $10M+ in Fitness Business Exits Annually Let me be straight with you - I'm not your typical business broker who's never actually run the type of business they're selling. Before I ever helped anyone sell a studio, I owned one myself. Started in hotel management, then worked with an investor buying boutique hotel...

Stewart Cohen I frame life in its best light. As a filmmaker, photographer, and business owner, I've led my teams all over the globe celebrating people and moments for the world's biggest brands I was born in an elevator during a snowstorm in Montreal to an architect dad and an actress mom. And I've been on the move ever since, shooting content and snapping pics, and learning every travel hack you...

Kayla Livesay I help self employed people build structure and systems that lead to consistent sustainable success. I didn’t start my business because I dreamed of being an entrepreneur. I started it at 18 as a way to get through school. At the time, self employment felt temporary. Like something practical, not purposeful. And honestly? There was a season where I didn’t even like being self employe...

Theodore Henderson Bringing Innovative New Treatments for Brain Disorders Theodore A. Henderson MD, PhD is president and founder of Neuro-Luminance Inc, which is bringing revolutionary treatments to bear upon traumatic brain injury, depression, Alzheimer’s disease, post-COVID fatigue syndrome, and other brain disorders. He holds three patents and three patents-pending. He has published in neuroima...

Gt Tan Men’s Mental & Sexual Wellness Coach Welcome to the show! Today, we’re joined by GT Tan, a no-BS Mental and Sexual Wellness Coach for men, an Executive Reboot Strategist of the Porn Reboot™ System by Elevated Recovery®. GT helps men break free from porn addiction, improve their dating lives, build confidence, and take charge of their mental and sexual health. His straightforward, result...

Paul Roseberry Relationship Expert / Matchmaker / Comedian Relationship expert and matchmaker Paul Roseberry, is here to give us his best practices for finding, building and loving a happy and rewarding relationship. He focuses on helping men find their confidence before even beginning the search for a relationship and all of his advice is mutually beneficial to both men and women. It's literally...

Susan Michel Spiritual Speaker, Author, Surrender to Joy: From Suicide to Serenity, 2 time suicide survivor Susan Michel speaks on A Course in Miracles, which she has been studying for over 30 years. Her book is entitled Surrender to Joy: From Suicide to Serenity. She is a 2-time suicide survivor and understands first-hand what being overwhelmed with pain feels like. Her mission to help others ide...

Doug Fleener Doug Fleener — Author of Start With What If: Weekly Questions to Spark Immediate Change and Growth Doug Fleener is the author of the upcoming book Start With What If: Weekly Questions to Spark Immediate Change and Growth, releasing January 6, 2026. He’s a coach and speaker who helps people reframe challenges and create better perspectives and options through his simple framework calle...

Kern Carter Novelist and Entrepreneur making a living with words. I'm living a dream. I told myself at 8 years old that I would be a novelist and that is exactly the life I'm living today. That said, it took a lot to get here. I dropped out of high school at 18 when I became a father. But I believed so much in the power of education that I found a way to earn my final credit then accepted a full a...