Advance Your Art: From Artist to Creative Entrepreneur

MEET JILLIAN GODSIL Blockchain Advocate, Founder, Conference Chair, Women in Blockchain Advocate, Keynote Speaker, Crypto Journalist, Broadcaster, CEO, Writer, Homelessness Advocate, Former European Parliament Candidate, Law Changer, Mother, Choir Member, Hill Walker, Dreamer Jillian has held senior positions with global PR companies in Sydney, Singapore, London and Dublin. She was PRO of Iona Tec...

MEET SASHA FRANK: Sahsa Frank on a mission to experience all that God has for her, to be a “voice to the voiceless.” What started out as a dream, is now a vision, and is slowly manifesting into reality. Join her on her journey as she courageously goes after the vision that God has placed in her heart. Expressing herself through music, personal style, and writing. She wants to use all that treasure...

MEET LAURA GASSNER OTTING: Laura Gassner Otting inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo because her presentations make listeners think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their limited scope of belief. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and perspective generated by decades of navigating change across the start-up, non...

MEET MONIQUE MITCHELL: Monique Mitchell was born on the 14th of December, 1991 within a middle-class family on the small Island of Jamaica. She attended the Airy Castle Primary school then off to Morant Bay High where she has gained her high school diploma. She then continued her education at a few colleges and then continued, where she hopes to gain her bachelor’s in the field of Social Work. Mon...

MEET PAIGE FRASER PAIGE FRASER, originally from the Bronx, NY is a young dancer of color who is breaking boundaries and paving her own road. As a child she trained at Ballet Atlantic Academy under the direction of Leslie Otto. She went on to continue training at Professional Performing Arts High School which had a dance program tied to the Ailey School. Throughout her training Ms. Fraser attended...

MEET SARAH JENNINGS: Hi! I’m Sarah Jennings! I’m a maker of things including but not limited to prototypes, websites, children, baked goods, graphics, collateral, puppets, hackathons, props/costumes etc. I have been in the tech (mostly ad tech) industry for over 10 years and had many creative roles, some official ones and some were creative because that’s what I made them up to be. I’m currently f...

MEET A. Gavazzoni A. Gavazzoni is a Brazilian author and has been a lawyer for twenty-seven years. She won for her first book Behind The Door: The Golden Book Award 2017- Readers Choice; Book Excellence Award 2017; Bronze Medal on Inpedependente Publisher Books Award 2018; Honorable mention at Paris Book Festival 2017; Honorable Mention at Reader’s Favorite Award 2017 and was a finalist to the Ind...

MEET MARY SHORES: 20 years ago, Mary Shores started with an idea. Today, she is a successful entrepreneur with a multi-million-dollar, heart-centered business and a best-selling Hay House book, Conscious Communications. But she didn’t start that way. Mary hit rock-bottom after enduring the loss of her daughter and surviving an unstable past, but found within herself the strength to rebuild by foun...

MEET JASMIN SHOJAI Jasmin Shojai is an Internationally published model, entrepreneur and aspiring actress based in Australia. She often travels throughout Sydney and many more locations for work. Jasmin’s dream to become a “supermodel” all began when she was a young girl. She was inspired by many models and TV shows such as ‘The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show’, and ‘Next Top Model’. Her journey in...

MEET KIM BARRETT Kim Barrett is the founder of Your Social Voice, an online marketing & lead generation agency serving experts and small business owners. Kim got his start in the field of marketing ten years ago and has worked inside accounting fi, ms, IT companies and grain trading companies, where he focused on growing the business’ profitability through better marketing strategies. Using hi...

MEET ROBERT GERRISH: Following a career in the marketing and design industry in London and Sydney, Robert made the leap to his own business in the mid-1990s. Seeing a niche in the area of support and resources aimed at the ‘one-person business’, Robert launched the Flying Solo community in 2005. With a small team, he grew the business to a member base of over 120,000 Australian freelancers and ent...

This a recent episode of THE COIN CHAT, the 2nd podcast I work on. My co-host and I interview Andrew about technology, blockchain, and universal basic income. MEET ANDREW YANG: Andrew Yang is an American entrepreneur, the founder of Venture for America, and a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. He has worked in startups and early-stage growth companies as a founder or executive for nearly two...

ABOUT JOHN DEMATO John DeMato is a branded, lifestyle portrait photographer and content creation expert who collaborates with speakers, authors, coaches, and other thought leaders to produce magazine-quality images that present them powerfully, purposefully and authentically to their tribes. More than just a photographer, John sets his clients up for success beyond the portrait session by coaching...

MEET MARVIN WILSON I’m 69 years old and a lifelong entrepreneur. I was a traveling R&R musician during the Hippie Era of the 60s and 70s, and I owned a home improvement company during the 80s and 90s. At the turn of the century, I engaged in several MLMs. I became a public speaker, developed my leadership skills and did a lot of success and personal development coaching. In my mid-50s I began...

MEET SHAWANDA RANDOLPH Shawanda Randolph retired from the United States Air Force after 20 years of service. God would use her keen sense of wisdom, insight, and innate leadership skills, to help guide, direct, and influence those around her, especially those in leadership and potential leadership positions. It was her discipline, worth ethic, and problem-solving skills that led both superiors and...

MEET JAMES FELL James S. Fell, MA, MBA, has bylines in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, the Guardian, TIME Magazine, and many other publications. His blog, BodyForWife.com, has millions of readers and he is the author of two books: The Holy Sh!t Moment: How Lasting Change Can Happen in an Instant (St. Martin’s Press, 2019), and Lose it Right: A Brutally Honest 3-Stage Program to Help You Ge...

MEET STACIE TAMAKI She learned origami as a young child first with her mom from a book her mom had purchased and from her maternal grandma. Her grandma was the person who taught her how to fold the classic paper crane. Though she made them from time to time it would be years before she would discover both her ability and passion for folding miniature models. In her childhood and adolescence, she b...

MEET MARINA BARAYEVA Marina Barayeva is an international portrait photographer based in Beijing, China. She is also a host of the popular podcast Marketing for Creatives where she brings the experts and other creatives to share their experience in business and marketing. Marina is known authority in helping entrepreneurs become influencers in their niche. She has been featured in such media as Art...

Scott Royal Smith is a real estate investor and asset protection attorney in Austin, TX. Scott became an entrepreneur while still in law school, purchasing and running an auto mechanic shop, to pay his way through school. After graduating, Scott begin his law career as a high-stakes corporate litigator. He spent the last 8 years of his career analyzing real estate investment and asset protection....

MEET JULIE: Julie Whitehead lives and writes in Brandon, MS. Her fiction has been published by China Grove Press, The New Southerner, and Running Wild Press. Her nonfiction can be seen at Conclave Journal, Defying Shadows.com, and The New Southerner, and her poetry has appeared in The Gordian Review, Jabberwock, and Cobalt Review. Her play, Hurrucane Baby, won third place in the Eudora Welty New W...

MEET SARA ADAMS CENTENO Sara Adams Centeno is a higher education leader, author, and speaker who loves to empower people to reach their full human potential. She currently teaches Doctoral Colloquium, Educational Techniques, Professional Communication and Consulting, and Principles of Contemporary Leadership at Andrews University in Michigan. In 2016, Sara authored Success The Ultimate Guide...

MEET CHELSCEY CLAYTON C. E. Clayton was born and raised in the greater Los Angeles area, where she attended the University of Southern California (Fight On!) for both her Bachelors and Masters, and then worked in the advertising industry for several years on accounts ranging from fast food, to cars, and video games (her personal favorite). After going the traditional career route and becoming rest...

MEET JASON ZEITLER: Jason Zeitler is the author of the novella Like Flesh to the Scalpel. His short stories and narrative essays have appeared in Midwestern Gothic and in other print and online magazines. He lives in Tucson with his wife and son. CONTACT: Jason Zeitler Amazon SUPPORT THE PODCAST! Click on this link and Help support this podcast because I love puppies : ) https://www.patreon.com/ad...

MEET RACHAEL ANGELO When Rachael isn’t chasing after her young son or obsessing over a rom-com, she is pouring her heart into our next awesome blog post. As the spiritual heart of our team, Rachael is the one to talk to if you ever need a motivational pick me up or a meaningful conversation. She is a lover of all things sci-fi fantasy and aspires to get her manuscript “Trinity” published someday s...

MEET CHRISTA MILLER Too goody-two-shoes for the rebels and too rebellious for the good girls and boys, Christa Miller writes fiction which, like herself, doesn’t quite fit in. A professional writer for 15+ years, Christa has written in a variety of genres ranging from crime fiction to horror to children’s, but her favorite stories to write — and read — are those which blend genres. She has an affi...