American Dreams Radio

Listen to Alan Olsen's American Dreams: Find Your Path in Life radio show. Each week expert guests will join Alan as they discuss how to make businesses thrive during challenging economic times and overcoming adversity.

Is Silicon Valley Failing Entrepreneurs? If you’re an entrepreneur or thinking about starting a company Silicon Valley seems to be the place to be. Not only is there a large talent pool in the area, the infrastructure to build and scales companies is perhaps the best in the world. Despite the perceived friendliness of the region towards startups, 99% of entrepreneurs are not able to get funding. W...

Listen to Alan Olsen's American Dreams: Find Your Path in Life radio show. Each week expert guests will join Alan as they discuss how to make businesses thrive during challenging economic times and overcoming adversity.

“Research and psychology would suggest that you should be very conscious about what culture you're creating and what situations you're putting people in because situations can have that that effect on behavior in ways that you might intend but also in ways that you might not intend” -Eric Ball

Prasad has been an advisor and coach focusing on innovation and leadership since 1990 for about 120 C-level executives in Global Fortune 500 companies. Prasad’s unique competence is in helping his clients find their next significant step and take it. He found that unless he helps clients to examine their signature strengths that have turned into “core incompetence” and kept them stuck, it is diffi...

The Man That Will Grow Your Business by Alan Olsen

Why True Leaders Are Rare by Alan Olsen

Despite popular belief, learning to innovate and ideation can be taught in a systematic way. Just as easily, business ideas can be vetted in a systematic way. Rob Ryan took his career into orbit when we discovered a business development model which he calls the sunflower model. He built his company- Ascend Communications- using the sunflower model and helped take it from the point of bankruptcy to...

Justin Betteridge co-foundered Solvvy, an AI company that is helping companies and their clients have a better customer service experience. Most costumer service questions can be answered in 5 minutes or less. The key is being able to provide a customer with the correct information- that's where Solvvy comes into play. Solvvy is an AI startup located in Silicon Valley that is transforming the cust...

How He Averages A 20% Return On The Market by Alan Olsen

Sir Isaac Newton’s third law states, For every reaction, there is an equal and opposite reaction. So it is with the economic affairs of the world. Whether it’s North Korea and the U.S. playing war games or the adoption of FinTech in less developed nations- there is a global impact.

Silicon Valley has been experiencing constant growth over the decades but so have a few of it’s problems. That’s where Joint Venture Silicon Valley comes into play- an organization designed to address the pressing needs of the valley at a regional level.

Silicon Valley has been experiencing constant growth over the decades but so have a few of it’s problems. That’s where Joint Venture Silicon Valley comes into play- an organization designed to address the pressing needs of the valley at a regional level.

Silicon Valley has been experiencing constant growth over the decades but so have a few of it’s problems. That’s where Joint Venture Silicon Valley comes into play- an organization designed to address the pressing needs of the valley at a regional level.

Ray Zinn- Learning To Do Tough Things First by Alan Olsen

Creating A Meaningful Life - Wally Hawley by Alan Olsen

The principle reason you may want to hire a domestic profession to buy back your time. Whether you have 1or multiple professionals working for you its always smart to get some advice and training in order to make things run smoothly.

There’s a picture of young Tom Chatham where he can be seen playing on the floor with a bottle of emeralds. Despite being identical to the ones that were mined from the earth- to him they were an everyday household item. Fast forward, Tom’s career was truly unique- after all, not many people can say that they grow gemstones for a living.

The Inspiration Behind The One Minute Manager by Alan Olsen

One of the biggest challenges that entrepreneurs face is finding the path to success. Whether someone is successful or not in business is determined by the quality of people that you surround yourself with. You need to set milestone for your company to achieve, if you aren't meeting these goals you need to re-evaluate them and figure out what it's going to take to become profitable. What it all bo...

How Do You Build a Billion Dollar Company? Rob Ryan knows the answer. Rob Ryan founded Ascend Communications in 1989. Rob served as President, CEO, and Chairman of Ascend, taking it public Friday the thirteenth of May, 1994, at $13.00 per share. In 1995 Rob and Terry started Entrepreneur America.

Prasad has been an advisor and coach focusing on innovation and leadership since 1990 for about 120 C-level executives in Global Fortune 500 companies. Prasad’s unique competence is in helping his clients find their next significant step and take it. ___ Our radio show airs every Wednesday evening from 6-7pm on KDOW 1220 AM. If you can't make it for the show we post them here every Tuesday. Please...

Inboard Technologies has just invented the world's first electric skateboard with in-motor wheels. They call it the M1 and are launching this 20mph rideable globally January 2017. The first time Ryan Evans, Co-Founder and CEO of Inboard tried out the their in-wheel motor system, which they've called Manta Drive, he immediately knew that they'd created something that would change the world in ridea...

Steve Tessler- The Business Of Banking by Alan Olsen

Bradley Bateman started off working for Dome Technology doing cement ribar construction on an international level. Through it all he’s maintained a special attitude of helping others progress in life. “As I’ve worked in industry from different levels,” says Bradley, “if I can help those around me improve themselves, I find that very fascinating. I want to spend time doing that with people”. That p...