Behind the Brand with Bryan Elliott

Tony Robbins is an entrepreneur, #1 NY Times best-selling author, philanthropist, and the nation’s #1 life and business strategist. For more than 4 decades, more than 50 million people have enjoyed the warmth, humor and transformational power of his business and personal development events. He’s the nation’s #1 life and business strategist. Author of six internationally bestselling books, includin...

Everyone knows that Icarus’s father made him wings and told him not to fly too close to the sun; he ignored the warning and plunged to his doom. The lesson: Play it safe. Listen to the experts. It was the perfect propaganda for the industrial economy. What boss wouldn’t want employees to believe that obedience and conformity are the keys to success? But we tend to forget that Icarus was also warne...

Tim Ferriss has been listed as one of Fast Company’ s “Most Innovative Business People” and one of Fortune’ s “40 under 40.” He is an early-stage technology investor/advisor (Uber, Facebook, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ others ) and the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers, including The 4-Hour Workweek and Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits o...

Chris Guillebeau is a New York Times bestselling author and modern-day explorer. During a lifetime of self-employment that included a four-year commitment as a volunteer executive in West Africa, he visited every country in the world (193 in total) before his 35th birthday. Since then he has modeled the proven definition of an entrepreneur: “Someone who will work 24 hours a day for themselves to a...

Ryan Tedder is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. As well as being the lead vocalist of the pop rock band OneRepublic , he has an independent career as a songwriter and producer for various artists, including Adele , Anitta , Backstreet Boys , Beyoncé , Big Time Rush , Camila Cabello , Charlie Puth , Demi Lovato , Ed Sheeran , Foster the People , Hailee Steinfeld , Hila...

Daymond John is an American businessman, investor, television personality, author, and motivational speaker. He is best known as the founder, president, and CEO of FUBU, and appears as an investor on the ABC reality television series Shark Tank. Based in New York City, John is the founder of The Shark Group. Get a short note from me each week with what I've learned from interviewing some of t...

Marty Neumeier is an American author and speaker who writes on the topics of brand, design, innovation, and creativity. He currently serves as Director of CEO Branding for Liquid Agency, a branding agency headquartered in San Jose, California. Get a short note from me each week with what I've learned from interviewing some of the smartest people in the world -- the best inspiration, eduction,...

Somewhere along the way, we got distracted. As much as we multitask, love our devices and feel like we’re in control, deep down we know that something is off. Shortened attention spans, declines in critical thinking, lack of sleep, self-doubt and decreased creativity are just some of the effects coming to light in an age of digital distraction. It’s time to reclaim our lives. It’s time to take con...

The Little Market is a nonprofit fair trade shop featuring ethically sourced, artisan-made products. Behind each of our products is a person who created it — and a story. TLM seeks to empower artisans around the world by extending their products’ distribution and supporting sustainable income opportunities. They are committed to upholding the dignity of artisans, celebrating their cultural techniq...

Rohit Bhargava is an innovation and marketing expert and the founder of the Non-Obvious Company. He spent 15 years as a marketing strategist for Ogilvy and Leo Burnett, is the Wall Street Journal best-selling author of six business books and also teaches marketing and innovation at Georgetown University. Get a short note from me each week with what I've learned from interviewing some of the s...

Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. is an American retired professional basketball player and former president of basketball operations of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. He played point guard for the Lakers for 13 seasons. Support the show

Lori Greiner is an American television personality, inventor and entrepreneur best known for her role on Shark Tank. She is an investor on the reality TV show Shark Tank and on its spin-off, Beyond the Tank. She has been known as the "Queen of QVC" since 2000, with her show Clever & Unique Creations. Support the show

Barbara Corcoran is an American businesswoman, investor, speaker, consultant, syndicated columnist, author, and television personality best known on Shark Tank. She founded The Corcoran Group, a real estate brokerage in New York City, that she sold to NRT for $66 million in 2001. Support the show

Robert Herjavec is a Canadian businessman, investor, and celebrity best known for his role on ABC's hit show Shark Tank. Herjavec founded BRAK Systems, a Canadian integrator of Internet security software, and sold it to AT&T Canada in 2000 for $30.2 million. Support the show

In his own words, Seth Godin is a teacher , and does projects . For more than thirty years, he's been trying to turn on lights, inspire people and teach them how to level up. His blog has been appearing daily for more than a decade.  He's spent most of his professional life as a writer and published 19 bestselling books .  Support the show

Grant Cardone is the CEO of Cardone Capital, international speaker, entrepreneur and author of The 10X Rule & creator of 21 best-selling business programs, Cardone owns & operates seven privately held companies and a $1.5B portfolio of multifamily properties. Named the #1 marketer to watch by Forbes Magazine, Cardone is also the founder of the The 10X Movement & The 10 Growth Conferenc...

Tilman Fertitta is an American billionaire businessman and television personality. He is the chairman, CEO, and sole owner of Landry's, Inc., one of the largest restaurant corporations in the U.S. He also owns the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casinos and National Basketball Association's Houston Rockets. His new book, Shut Up and Listen! is a no-nonsense approach to help you be successful i...

David Archuleta is probably best know for being an American singer-songwriter and actor. At ten years old, he won the children's division of the Utah Talent Competition leading to other television singing appearances. When he was twelve years old, Archuleta became the Junior Vocal Champion on " Star Search 2 " In 2008, he finished second on the seventh season of " American Idol...

Simon Sinek is a British-American author, motivational speaker and organizational consultant. He is the author of five books, including Start With Why (2009). In this latest, The Infinite Game, Sinek describes living life playing the long game in this exclusive chat with Behind the Brand host Bryan Elliott. Special thanks to our sponsor AKA Hotel Residences. Listeners of Behind the Brand get an ex...

Mary Shenouda's mantra is Eat. Play. Crush. She is a private performance chef, founder @phatfudge and @Nike LA Resident Chef. She has a remarkable story about curing her own physical body and believes that food is binary. That is, it's either helping or hurting you. You can find out more about Mary here: https://paleochef.com/ Get a short note from me each week with what I've learne...

Amber Torrealba is a professional skimboarder and videographer. Amber was born and raised on the east coast in Melbourne, Florida and currently resides in Laguna Beach, California. She has been skimboarding since 17 years of age and has been competing in the women's professional skimboarding division since 2014. Support the show

Brian Solis is the bestselling author of X: The Experience When Business Meets Design. Welcome to a new era of business. In this episode, Solis explains why the future of business is experiential and how to create meaningful experiences. Get a short note from me each week with what I've learned from interviewing some of the smartest people in the world -- the best inspiration, eduction, acces...

Russell Carrington Wilson (born November 29, 1988) is an American football quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). Through his first 7 NFL seasons, Wilson has been named to six Pro Bowls [6] and has started in two Super Bowls , winning Super Bowl XLVIII . [7] He holds the record for most wins by an NFL quarterback through 7 seasons (75)and is one of two quarterb...

Sam Gores is the Chairman of Paradigm Talent Agency in Beverly Hills, California and has been ranked among the top agents in Hollywood. Support the show

Veteran actor-turned entrepreneur Dan Aykroyd joins host Bryan Elliott in this episode of Behind the Brand. Get a short note from me each week with what I've learned from interviewing some of the smartest people in the world -- the best inspiration, eduction, access to events, perks, finds, free stuff and more to help you improve your life and business: https://www.behindthebrand.tv/vip :  Ge...