Book 101 Review

David Dorfman CEO @ Claimio | Techstars USC | Founder @ Yapi | 8-Figure Exit Irvine, California, United States Blue Navy Recovery has rebranded and is now known as  Claimio . Co-founder and CEO David Dorfman leads the technology-driven platform, which automates the navigation, verification, and filing processes required to recover unclaimed property from state governments across the United States

Gilad Rom  Gilad Rom is the founder of GetOpener, a platform helping brands get into retail and actually sell once they’re there. Before this, he worked with companies like Shopify, Clearco, and Google, and is now on a mission to fix what he sees as a broken distribution system where brands fight to get on shelves but fail to move product once they do. His work focuses on helping brands go di...

intao (LT) Lu  is a global business executive, engineer, entrepreneur, and author. He is the founder, President, and CEO of  NAVAC Inc. , a New Jersey-based company specializing in HVAC tools, instruments, and industrial vacuum technology. Under his leadership, NAVAC has grown into an international brand known for innovation in the HVAC industry. He was born in a rural fishing village in...

Bren Marrick Author of Dicks I’ve Met Online | Exploring Self-Discovery Through Uncomfortable Experiences I didn’t set out to tell a story like this. I set out to tell the truth—about what happens when the life you built no longer fits, the quiet courage it takes to open doors you thought would stay closed, and the unexpected humor you find while figuring it out. At a certain point, I realized my...

Mark Kollar Retirement Income Specialist | Helping Retirees Avoid Running Out of Money | Author of The Retirement Navigator” Our guest today is Mark Kollar, a retirement income specialist and the author of The Retirement Navigator. Mark is the owner of Kollar Wealth Advisors, a Registered Investment Advisory Firm, and has spent more than 34 years helping retirees protect their assets and create re...

Book 101 Review  in its sixth season features Paula Panariello as my guest. Join us for a captivating and insightful conversation as Paula shares her journey as an author, the inspiration behind her work, and the experiences that have shaped her personal and professional life. Through thoughtful discussion, we explore the creative process, the challenges and rewards of writing, and...

Michelle Masters  A Personal Development Trainer and Coach since 1995, Michelle Masters’ work is an innovative alchemy of Neuro-Science based change techniques, Family Constellation work, and quantum healing modalities, combined with profound understandings of what creates transformation and lasting change for people. Her popular Money Magic workshop, and the book that followed, have helped p...

Ryan Wiksell NEW BOOK! The Last Seder of James: A Journey Through Passover Dr. Lon Wiksell founded Our Father Abraham in 2016 to promote awareness of the Jewishness of Jesus and Christianity, as well as to educate churchgoers about Jewish festivals like Passover. This just so happens to be the topic of their first published work, a fiction/nonfiction hybrid entitled The Last Seder of James: A Jour...

Raeanne Johnson Faith-rooted support for Mamas and Minds Raeanne is a Pediatric Mental Health Specialist, Nurse Practitioner and homeschooling mother of three. Her superpower is taking hard neuroscience concepts and pairing them with core Biblical truths and sharing that in a way that feels approachable and understandable. I am equal parts Biblical, practical and clinical and I desire to provide t...

Roberta Ravella Founder and Creator of The Joy Experiment The Heart and Science of Creating Joy, Ease & Flow in Your Life and Business Roberta Ravella is a speaker, strategist, and founder of The Joy Experiment™, a framework designed to help women align their energy, values, and business growth without sacrificing themselves in the process. With a background in trust-based marketing and energe...

Dan Leiva Founder | Strategic Advisor |Best-Selling Author Every week, another company announces they are replacing people with AI. Six months later, customers stop trusting the experience, employees stop exercising judgment, and nobody can explain who is responsible for what the system is doing. Dan Leiva has spent 25 years inside that problem at Apple, Intuit, eBay, and Travelers. His new book #...

Rohit Bassi Originator of PQ — The Third Quotient. #1 International Bestselling Author. Offering a distinctive perspective from being a Founder, Operator, Investor, and Advisor who has lived in 7 countries. I grew up as a military kid in India. My father served in the Indian Air Force for 21 years. We moved every two to three years. New schools, new friends, new everything — then start again. I di...

Christopher Mckeithen Founder and Combat Veteran Teaching Companies to See Their Own Blind Spots. Spent 7 years serving in the U.S. Army, including a combat deployment to Iraq. When I came home, I brought with me the same discipline, mission focus, and zero-tolerance for blind spots that kept people alive downrange and after years of figuring things out and reintegrating back to civilian life I ch...

Shilo Creed Bestselling, 7-time award-winning author of 42 novels and 1.4M+ books sold, helping readers find courage, faith, and purpose through fiction. I bring podcast hosts a rare blend of credibility, story, and spiritual transformation. I’m a bestselling, 7-time award-winning author of 42 novels under multiple pen names with more than 1.4 million books sold, but the heart of my message comes...

Cherif Medawar Nation’s #1 Commercial Real Estate Deal Maker, Best-Selling Author, Real Estate Investor, Mentor & Fund Manager Cherif Medawar brings a real estate investing perspective that connects directly with what most audiences are trying to solve right now: how to invest in the right asset class, how to scale, and how to raise capital more effectively without guessing, over paying for le...

Hakeem Bourne Mcfarlane Speaker, coach, and storyteller blending humor, raw truth, and accountability. I bring real-life lessons, uncomfortable honesty, and practical frameworks that challenge listeners to choose themselves. I speak from the space between who I was forced to become and who I chose to build. My work, my voice, and the Choose Yourself philosophy were not born from inspiration... the...

Dorothy Ward Author In 1983, I read a newspaper article about an elderly woman who claimed to have been a colonel in Pancho Villa’s army during the Mexican Revolution. Fascinated by the idea of a woman warrior in the Mexican Revolution, I began reading about the conflict and the various roles women inhabited during the revolution. Years later, I started writing my novel LIGHT, WHICH IMPRESSES. I c...

Valerie Carter Founder of RRT Ministries | Global Advocate for Survivors of Trafficking & Trauma | Christ-Centered Trauma & Identity Healing | Voice for the Profoundly Broken. I am the founder and director of RRT Ministries, a global Christ-centered ministry serving survivors of human trafficking, sexual exploitation, and complex trauma. I walk directly with those emerging from exploitatio...

Matt Ward Founder of New Atenism an organization dedicated to uniting reason and religion. Author of "New Atenism A Reason Evolved Religion After 40 years in the professional audio industry, Matt Ward reinvented himself as a philosopher and founder of a new religion for the modern age. He calls it New Atenism: a Reason-Evolved Religion. Beginning with Spinoza’s idea that God and Nature are one and...

Emilia Smith Founder and CEO of Evolve Ventures Technologies LLC, and host of the Evolve Ventures Emilia’s journey into business and human optimization didn’t start in a boardroom. It started with adversity. After experiencing chronic traumatic memory loss from ages 4 to 25, she made a decision early in life to see her neurodivergence not as a limitation, but as a strength. That choice shaped ever...

Andrea Gash You Don't Bounce Back-You Rebuild Forward Andrea Gash is a speaker, facilitator, career coach, and author who helps people navigate grief, identity shifts, and the moments when life doesn’t go as planned. She blends lived experience with practical tools to help individuals make sense of disruption and move forward with clarity and intention. Andrea is the creator of the five-step Momen...

Sophia Veritas Graphic Novel Author, Legal Assistant, Amateur Philosopher I am the text author of the graphic novel series "Invocada", a spiritual fantasy narrative with anime visual inspirations. I am developing this story with contract artists as an independent art endeavor. My first book was finished in 2023 and I am doing a 2 for 1 crowdfunding campaign for my second book, which is already in...

Book 101 Review, in its sixth season, features Mike Proctor, Founder and President of StewardRight, as my guest. In this compelling conversation, Mike shares his insights on purposeful leadership, responsible stewardship, and how organizations can create meaningful, long-term impact. Drawing from his experience guiding leaders and businesses, he discusses the importance of values-driven decision-m...

Kelly Tuttle Brain Loving Advocate My story begins with a thunderous clap of metal and the sound of shattering glass. I was driving home on a rural road when another car suddenly pulled in front of me. Despite slamming on my brakes, I ended up T-boning the other vehicle. In a daze, I declined an ambulance, believing I was okay. However, when I went to work the next day, I struggled to express my t...

Jennifer Wescott Jennifer is an Author, Coach, Podcast host, speaker. Her purpose is to share about her late husband's passing, and the communication with him that has transformed her illusion of death and grief. This is an excerpt out of my book: A Cosmic Love Story; Shattering the Illusion of Death, Communicating with my beloved beyond the veil. "Even though his spirit had left his body, the ene...