Junaid Ahmed

Hacks and Hobbies with Junaid Ahmed

Hacks & Hobbies is where passions turn into profit stories. Host Junaid Ahmed interviews entrepreneurs, creators, and builders who are turning what they love into real momentum—income, confidence, community, and impact. Expect practical takeaways on podcasting, video content, home studios, personal branding, systems, and mindset—so your next idea doesn’t stay “someday.”If you’re building something (a show, a brand, a business, a better version of yourself), you’ll feel at home here.

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Junaid Ahmed

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Education

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hacksandhobbies.com

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

E468 - Denise Thomas - How to be DEBT-free sending your kids to college. 20.12.2022

Today I got to speak with Denise Thomas. Denise is a TEDx speaker, international best-selling author, and coach to parents of college-bound teens, Denise Thomas inspires, educates, and equips parents to take an active role in supporting their children to live a life of financial freedom. Her mission is to ‘flip’ the student debt statistic in the U.S. Denise is a 20-year homeschool veteran having h...

E467 - Athin Cassiotis - How to achieve success through resilience and ambition. 15.12.2022

Today I got to speak with Athin Cassiotis. Meet Athin. Born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia, Athin was always an ambitious and creative person. From selling VCD movies in high school to becoming the head of business development for a large environmental firm at the age of 19, his journey was not without its challenges. Rejecting the idea of university, Athin decided to learn on the job and...

E466 - Erin Shine - How to Navigate the Path to Financial Freedom and Achieve a Life Balance, with Insights from a Successful Entrepreneur and Real Estate Investor 13.12.2022

Join us for an insightful and inspiring episode with Erin, a successful entrepreneur and real estate investor. With a background in finance, entrepreneurship, and real estate, Erin has built and sold multiple six and seven-figure businesses in the commercial energy efficiency space. He shares his journey to financial freedom and how he has balanced business, investing, social upward mobility, happ...

E465 - Mary Henderson - How to Leverage Technology and Social Media to Build Your Personal Brand 08.12.2022

Today I got to speak with Mary Henderson. Mary is an internationally recognized Personal Branding & Online Business Specialist. Mary helps Industry Experts systemize, digitalize and commercialize their knowledge, wisdom and skills into a scalable & profitable online business and a brand so they become an authority in their niche or industry. This is gonna be an awesome conversation! Our Guest Mary...

E464 - Van Nguyen - How to Become an Entrepreneur: A Journey with Unexpected Twists and Turns 06.12.2022

Today I got to speak with Van Nguyen. Van Nguyen also known as "Van Revival" was earned due to her commitment to resilience and reinvention. She is the Brand Builder & Creative Producer at Envisionary Studio & Envisionary Packaging, Biohackers LA CoOrganizer, and VP of Membership at the American Marketing Association Orange County. Empowerment coaching underpins her business-building and marketing...

E463 - Jason Portnoy - How to Become a Silicon Valley Success: A Humble Kid's Journey to Greatness 01.12.2022

Today I got to speak with Jason Portnoy. Entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author Jason Portnoy began his career at PayPal, working closely with technology icons like Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Max Levchin, and Reid Hoffman. He served as the first Chief Financial Officer of Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) and later founded Oakhouse Partners, a top-performing venture capital firm. Jason is soug...

E462 - Andy Wang - How to Invest Wisely Over the Long-Term: Lessons Learned from 20+ Years of Financial Advising 24.11.2022

Today I got to speak with Andy Wang. Andy Wang is a Managing Partner at Runnymede Capital Management and host of Inspired Money, recognized by Forbes as a Top 10 Personal Finance Podcast By Financial Advisors. He has been named among the INVESTOPEDIA 100: Most Influential Advisors, Top 100 Most Social Financial Advisors by Brightscope, and has appeared on Reuters TV, Barron's, and Forbes. Andy has...

E461 - Gregory Offner - How to Create High-Performing, Highly Fulfilled Leaders 22.11.2022

Today we get to speak with Gregory Offner Gregory Offner is a multi-talented individual, with a passion for entertaining and educating others. His keynotes, workshops, and corporate consulting engagements help the world's leading organizations create high-performing, highly fulfilled leaders. Prior to this work, Greg led global sales and marketing efforts for several Fortune 100 organizations; bro...

E460 - Brendan McCauley - How to bring message to the masses by leveraging virtual stages. 15.11.2022

Today I get to speak with Brendan McCauley. Leveraging his Masters in Business Administration along with a passion for coaching, training, and automation, Brendan has helped coaches and speakers from around the globe bring their message to the masses by leveraging virtual stages. He specializes in automation, organization, and making "tech" simple. As a Les Brown Certified speaker himself, he unde...

E459 - James Heppner - How to activate your ability to leverage the good news that lies at the heart of both a win…. AND A LOSS. 10.11.2022

James likes to think of himself as an artist of experience.  His passion is to create transformational experiences for himself and others as a way to explore what it means to truly live - FULLY ALIVE. James is an International Speaker,  Strategic Results Coach and founder of Weekly Wins and Losses podcast and weekly global community call.  He helps people in their journey to embrace all of life -...

E458 - Michael Delon - How to establish and market your credibility to gain more clients. 08.11.2022

Michael DeLon serves business experts and thought leaders to create a book without writing a word. As a #1 Amazon Best-Selling Author and America’s Foremost Authority on Credibility Marketing, he teaches how to establish and market your credibility to gain more clients. Business owners seek out Michael to clarify their message, make them a bestselling author, and set up their profitable podcast. T...

E457 - Keith Pelzer - How to leverage your experience as a pastor to be an engaged live-streamer 03.11.2022

Today I get to speak with Keith Pelzer He is identified on Social media by name or by thekonvos everything productive centers around a conversation. Keith is a Grammy award-winning producer with years of creative experience in sound and music. Also a pastor, husband, father of two, and an avid cyclist. Let's listen and get fascinated by his story! Our Guest Keith Pelzer Website: https://www.thekon...

E456 - Heather Parady - How to be confident being uncomfortable. 01.11.2022

Today I get to speak with my good friend Heather Parady. Heather used to be a therapist and then decided to take the leap into the online space to see what kinda damage she could do there. She started as a photographer and freelancer, ended up podcasting (over 1000 episodes total), and then started helping therapists, and coaches build online programs. This is gonna be a fun and exciting conversat...

E455 - Dan Shinder - How you can utilize strategies to grow your business, no matter what stage you are at currently. 27.10.2022

Today I get to speak with Dan Shinder. Dan has built a global presence with over 1 million active followers reaching millions more people a week, and growing by 4,500 a week from over 130 countries, reaching millions more people a month using content marketing on social media and brand-building strategies he developed on social media while growing the Drum Talk TV brand. The brand reached 120+ Mil...

E454 - Alvin Narsey - How to create the lifestyle you want by simplifying the fundamentals of retail business growth 25.10.2022

Today, I get to speak with one and only Alvin Narsey. Alvin has had an exciting journey buying and selling multiple Pharmacy Businesses in Australia over the past 16 years. He is known for his ability to simplify the fundamentals of growing retail businesses. Alvin has a framework that boils down to implementing the basics, focusing on CASHFLOW and PROFIT, and from day one setting everything up so...

E453 - Alex Moses - How to change your brain chemistry by diving deep into your own behaviors 20.10.2022

Today we get to speak with Alex Moses. Alex is a serial entrepreneur and one of the most esteemed and sought-after human behaviorists in the world. At age 29 Alx sold his first business for 9 figures. Since then, he has helped launch numerous start-ups as well as consulted for many of the world’s most successful millionaires and billionaires. Including Steve Jobs. He has 34 years of experience sca...

E452 - Adrian Moreno - How to become aware of unconscious beliefs and program yourself for success 18.10.2022

Today we get to speak with Adrian Moreno. He began his career in the health & fitness space while also gaining unparalleled experience with hypnosis & NLP, establishing himself as a respected transformation specialist. As Co-creator of the Neuro-Remapping™ method, he specializes in rapid behavior change. If he isn’t busy setting a new standard for how quick transformation can happen, you can find...

E451 - Sarah Kaplan - How to retire successfully by setting up a system that you can maintain. 13.10.2022

Today, we get to speak with Sarah Kaplan. She is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER(TM) and Forbes-listed Top Advisor. She has spent 20 years advising individuals, families, and companies on the best strategies for how to retire successfully, and now, with her new podcast "How To Retire" she is bringing her simplified strategies to you. Let's dig into this episode and feel free to take life hacks that...

E450 - Vernon Brown - How to explore the endless possibilities as to why Entrepreneurs and Executives feel stuck and unhappy. 11.10.2022

Today, I get to speak with Vernon. He is one of the top Happiness Coaches in America, who focuses on exploring the endless possibilities as to why Entrepreneurs and Executives feel stuck and unhappy. The key is many still live in the past; Vernon unlocks their destiny. Known onstage as the Energizer Connection Speaker, Vernon uses his intuitive gift of empathy, charismatic personality, and knowled...

E449 - Noah Healy - How to use mathematical tools that are endlessly fascinating. 06.10.2022

Today, I get to speak with Noah Healy. He is a market designer and game theorist working on better economic systems. After training in nuclear engineering he worked for tech startups at the peak of the dot com boom. Becoming fascinated by the mathematics of information and computation led to patent work on a better commodity market design. Our Guest Noah Healy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in...

E448 - Michelle Nedelec - How to save and create money as a business owner by creating systems and hiring the right people 04.10.2022

Today we get to speak with Michelle Nedelec, she has over 20 years of experience in Executive Coaching, working with clients ranging from 8 figures to solopreneurs. Michelle runs the creative side of her Infusionsoft Done-For-You Marketing Tech services company helping entrepreneurs set up and maintain their Infusionsoft (Keap Max Classic) through her company, Awareness Strategies at AwarenessStra...

E447 - Phillip Mountrose - How to realize your true potential. 29.09.2022

Today we get to speak with Phillip Mountrose. He is a pioneer and innovator in the realms of spiritual growth and healing, where he's been coaching holistic life coaching for over 25 years. In this exclusive episode, very different from others is that I go through one of Phillip's exercises as I was feeling a bit exhausted after the birth of my 4th child just a week before. Phillip Mountrose along...

E446 - Susan and Paul Kadilak - How you can turn an ordinary house into a haven that you love coming home to. 27.09.2022

Today we get to speak with the founders of KadilakHomes Susan and Paul. They run a design-build firm in the Greater Boston area. Together they have made it their mission to help their clients turn an ordinary house into a haven that they love coming home to! The Kadilaks have grown by connecting directly with their audience through their social media channels and are excited to announce that they...

E445 - Jonathan Harris - How to create marketable talent in each of your children. 22.09.2022

Today we get to speak with Jonathan Harris. He has experimented with and developed a method for creating marketable talent in each of his children. One of the keys for a teenage son or daughter was to develop something interesting that starts bringing value to the world. And by leveraging the family's identity so they can exercise their own skills and gifts. Jonathan goes into detail about how his...

E444 - Dave Chesson - How you can optimize marketing for your books. 20.09.2022

Today we get to speak with Dave Chesson. He is the creator of Kindlepreneur.com , a website devoted to teaching advanced book Marketing which even Amazon KDP acknowledges as one of the best by telling users to “Gain insight from Kindlepreneur on how you can optimize marketing for your books.” Having worked with such authors as Orson Scott Card, Ted Dekker, and more, his tactics help both Fiction a...

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