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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Jul 9, 2026
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Episodes
E318 - Jacob Levin - How to win by making mistakes in fitness 30.04.2020 46:22
In this episode, we get to speak with Jacob Levin. Jacob is a former infantry soldier and a wildland firefighter. He's an amateur Muay Thai fighter, a passionate science fiction fan and a crossword puzzles fanatic has been a certified CrossFit instructor for over a decade. In 2018. He participated in fit opposite charity dedicated to helping veterans becoming fitness professionals. And now he is a...
E317 - Hussain Al-Mutawakil - How to overcome challenges by adjusting the culture in your company. 23.04.2020 45:27
In this episode, I get to speak with Hussain Al-Mutawakil. He is passionate about people, technology, and the relationships between them. He's a project manager at sahouri.com. And I met him at a thing about a year ago at a link In local here in Northern Virginia, we hit it off. And we've been connected since then he is into all things digital marketing, he's building brand storytelling. So we had...
E316 - Dr. A.J. Minai - How to use your humanity to become the best version of yourself. 16.04.2020 1:21:24
In this episode I get to speak with Dr. A.J. Minai. He's a two times TEDx speaker, a best LinkedIn influencer brand storyteller, and one of the most inspirational LinkedIn icons in Malaysia. I connected with him through LinkedIn, and his LinkedIn is game really strong. This is where you get to connect with real people that have experienced the world in a professional capacity. We've been chatting...
E315 - Joshua Berglan - How to be grateful against all odds and be the Voice for the voiceless. 09.04.2020 55:22
I get to speak with Joshua T. Berglan. He's a world's mayor, host of gratitude unfiltered, a talk show ministry, brand designer producer and MC. Well, the world's mare is driven to be the voice for the voiceless and empower others to live with Truth. Enjoy the episode Our Guest Joshua T. Berglan LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/livemanaworldwide Website: joshuatberglan.com Twitter: alohaboca Hacks to ta...
E314 - VJ Niles - How to get to the next level of your career. 02.04.2020 43:58
In this episode, I get to speak with a good friend, VJ Niles. She's been helping professionals get to the next level in their careers. She's a career strategist and a speaker. We go into the details of her journey and how she launched her business to help others realize their potentials. Enjoy the episode! Our Guest VJ Niles LinkedIn : linkedin.com/in/vjniles Website: thenilesgroup.com Twitter: VJ...
E313 - Jonaed Iqbal - How to get a job even if you don't have a degree. 26.03.2020 33:55
In this episode, I get to speak with Jonaed Iqbal, he's a founder of nodegree.com and nodegree podcast. He is a career strategist and helps folks like you and me with build better resumes and come up with better, better interviews. Speaker and he is one. He is the originator of the LinkedInsomnia live show on LinkedIn. And he caught my attention through one of his slides. And I was like, dude, a m...
E312 - Ronan Leonard - How to launch your own Mastermind program 19.03.2020 41:00
In this episode, I get to speak with Ronan Leonard, he's a specialist in creating mastermind programs. Most self-employed professionals struggle to build their expertise and to sustain nimble revenue and have the impact their skills warrant. And what's really amazing about speaking with Ronan being as a specialist in creating mastermind programs. I've had this thought of creating my own mastermind...
E311 - Nate (The Great) Peterman - How to succeed for Young Entrepreneurs. 12.03.2020 39:20
In this episode, I get to speak with Nate the Great Peterman. for over four years, Nate has focused his energy on building long term, trusting relationships. He has a unique way of helping people, increase as a person company, and decrease frustration when it comes to attracting clients. I've had the opportunity to be connected with Nate through LinkedIn, and other social platforms for about a yea...
e310 - Jesse Ewell - Habit based lifestyle and what it really means to build habits. 05.03.2020 45:02
In this episode, I get to speak with Jesse Well, he's the creator of habit-based lifestyle. He's the best author for a man in the mirror, a podcast coast for a habit-based lifestyle, and a multimillion-dollar fitness business owner. So he's got some of The technology that your mind can use and building habits is a surefire way to get the success that you're looking for. And we all have habits and...
E309 - Del Shaffer - How to build your professional career by finding a common interest in your hobby. 27.02.2020 35:37
In this episode, I speak with Del Shaffer. He's a host to The Leagues Podcast on iTunes. He's also a father, a husband, a realtor, and he's voted one of the best realtors in Mount Pleasant. Del and I are both huge fans of Gary Vaynerchuk. And when Gary said who should I call on Twitter. A twitter conversation got started and we all retweeted. And Del had a really awesome message and he got tons of...
E308 - Matt Bertram - How to use digital marketing to grow your business. 20.02.2020 49:43
In this episode, I get to speak with Matt Bertram. He's a trainer, author, and a local keynote speaker and consultant in digital marketing and social selling. Now he's also a co-host for The most popular SEO podcast on iTunes and is also the CEO at EWebResults. A very high-end internet marketing agency. He's definitely the best in the space of Digital Marketing. Enjoy the episode! Our Guest Matt B...
E307 - Kelsey Anne - How you can have it all, we dig in deep conversations and what it really takes. 13.02.2020 43:02
In this episode, I get to speak with Kelsey Anne, she's a host for "You can have it all" podcast. She's also a master certified practitioner with NLP and Hypnosis. She specializes in subconscious programming, identity and relationship. I'm so honored to have her as a guest on my podcast. Enjoy the episode! Our Guest Kelsey Anne LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kelsey-anne-583955171 Instagram: Iamkelseya...
E306 - Carey Ransom - How to bring value through consistently building relationships within your local community. 06.02.2020 34:42
In this episode, I get to speak with my good friend, Carey Ransom. I got to work with Carey over 10 years ago at one of our favorite companies. WebVisible, and we all left and did great things. I'm happy to say that I've been in connection with a lot of the people that I worked with at WebVisible. Carey had a really amazing role at WebVisible and since then he has done some really astonishing wor...
E305 - Gaetano Dinardi - How to build digital marketing expertise through music, SEO and exploration. 30.01.2020 52:01
In this episode, I get to speak with Gaetano Dinardi. He started his career as a singer, then writing songs, and finally producing music with big names. He's also a digital marketing leader and brings a very unique blend of raw talent passion to music, merge with business experience to a crossroads. I got connect with him through our Mutual friend Mike Shaw of SpotAGuest.com. Gaetano relives his j...
E304 - Kirk Westwood - How to build a media company by creating a content strategy around telling stories. 23.01.2020 1:00:12
In this episode we get to speak with Kirk Westwood. He's an upcoming author for a new book that's coming out. But he's an award award winning creative director, content strategist and a business communications consultant. I met him through LinkedIn. And as we are all so connected in this connected world through social media, LinkedIn is one of the professional places. And when I got to speak with...
E303 - Ron Newcomb - How to get an MBA in filmmaking by writing, directing & producing your own film 16.01.2020 50:35
In this episode, I get to speak with Ron Newcomb. He's an organizer & moderator for the VIP TV & Film Summit, and that's one of the first ways I connected with him. He's a director, writer, actor and producer at The Forge Studios. He's written and directed many award winning shorts and feature length films. And I was like, hey, that's a place that I've been struggling to figure out and have been p...
E302 - How to breakthrough life's greatest personal challenges with Tony J Selimi 09.01.2020 55:30
In this episode, we'll get to speak with Tony J. Selimi. He's a visionary, philanthropist, a cognition expert, and international speaker, filmmaker, business coach, educator, and an internationally published award-winning author and He made it really easy for me to come up with those words because his website is still very well maintained and up to date. But I've heard a lot about Tony J Selimi. H...
E301 - How to launch a Startup in 60-minutes with Ramesh Dontha. 02.01.2020 40:00
In this episode, I get to speak with Ramesh Dontha. He is an entrepreneur, a writer and a blogger. He actually reached out to me through Mark Shaw's Spot A Guest service. We had our intro call and it was a great match. We've talked about the different things that bring us joy. In the green room, I got to learn a little bit more about him and what he's been doing with his career. To dig a little de...
E299 - Joseph Malinski - How to fulfill your dreams of telling stories through video production 26.12.2019 28:18
In this Episode, I get to speak with Joseph Malinski. He's a director at ATB productions. I met him through a music video that my actor friend was part of. The music video was set in the 80s and really creative story! I decided to look behind the music video and who produced it, reached out and got in touch with Joey, who happily agreed to join me on the podcast and share his journey. His producti...
E298 - Jeremy Starke - How he found and grew his side hustle with retail arbitrage 19.12.2019 36:06
In this episode I get to speak with Jeremy Stark I met him through the amazing service spotaguest.com. It was set up by Mark Shaw and it connects guests with podcast hosts. So I got a message from Jeremy and he's got some really good stuff that he's been working on. And would love to share his journey and discoveries on the podcast. This is my first time speaking with him and we get to learn a lot...
E297 - Jamie Bernard - How to apply devotion and creativity towards your life’s journey 12.12.2019 27:26
This is a fun story, I’m actually really excited to finally release this episode! So how did I meet Jamie Bernard? One of these fine mornings I got alerted to GaryVee going live on LinkedIn with Lilly Singh ‘superwoman’ on YouTube. She came on to announce to her audience and to Gary’s that she’ll be the first woman to host a late-night show on NBC. The journey of Lilly Singh is an amazing one but...
E296 - Dr. Connie Omari - How a licensed counselor is helping Mental Health issue in trauma survivors 10.12.2019 38:12
Dr. Connie Omari is a certified clinical trauma professional and holds a certificate in PTSD and Hypnosis. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a double major in Psychology and African-American Studies. Later in her life, she went back to school to receive her Master of Arts and Master of Education in Psychological Counseling from Teachers College, Columbia Unive...
E295 - Jessica Barclay - How to awaken the supermum in all of us and create a system of boundaries 05.12.2019 1:13:24
In this episode, we get to speak with Jessica Barclay. She is a blogger, a YouTuber. I discovered her on another podcast that let Jessica pick her own topic, where she talked about decluttering. She's got a fantastic Instagram presence based out of London, England. She's got an excellent blog called supermumsociety.com, and it's all about empowering the moms in all of us. As a father myself, it is...
E294 - Tyler Christensen - How to start a blog about your passion and make an earning. 03.12.2019 42:40
In this episode, I get to speak with a teacher, a writer, and a speaker, Tyler Christensen. He is a hobbyist like myself, but since he teaches the fifth-grade class, he's always learning from his students. He reached out to me through the SpotAGuest directory and said, "You know, I've got a message that will serve your audience very well." I was immediately intrigued and connected. I learned a lot...
E293 - Mark Stephen Pooler - How to upgrade your mindset through perseverance and awareness. 28.11.2019 42:35
In this episode, I get to speak with Mark Stephen Pooler. He is a radio presenter at the good intentions show on the UI Media network. And we've been connected for some time, and I love what Mark has been doing with his community. He's helped Entrepreneurs create that mindset and belief system that makes their success a reality. Mindset is something that all of us struggle with, it is something th...
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