Innova.buzz

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Patrick Lavergne from SalesChamp Academy. Pat has 20 years of experience in sales, with over 10,000 sales calls done (and counting). He began as a door-to-door salesperson and progressed to Head of Sales for a successful tech scale-up. He has been helping entrepreneurs master their sales calls since 2018. In our discussion, Pat talked to me...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Scofray Nana Yaw Yeboah, Transformational Coach, Professional Corporate Trainer, Editor of Golden City Business Magazine, Media Analyst & Author, and Lead Consultant & Facilitator for Zoweh Global Consult. Scofray is listed in Most Influential Young Ghanaian in 2015 & 2016, and in the Top 100 speakers in Ghana 2019. He has publis...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Kelly Rattanee, founder of The Power of a Woman's Pleasure, with a purpose of guiding women into healing and empowering their feminine energy to live with more pleasure, passion, and prosperity. A world-renowned executive coach, Reiki Master and Shamanic Healer, she is a fierce advocate of women empowerment worldwide. In our discussion, Kell...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Frank Rose, the author of The Sea We Swim In and The Art of Immersion, a landmark book on tech and narrative. A former contributing editor at Wired and contributing writer at Fortune, he now teaches global business executives as faculty director of Columbia University’s Strategic Storytelling seminar and heads the Digital Dozen awards progra...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Mel Blackmore of Blackmore's ISO Consultancy. Mel has been involved with the creation, development and implementation of British and International standards for over 17 years. With her passion for improving business performance through the implementation of Management Systems, Mel founded her first business in 2006, Blackmores, a consultancy...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, John Horn, who is the CEO of StubGroup. John has been working in marketing for over a decade. He was the first employee at StubGroup, which was started back in 2012, and has helped grow the business to become a Premier Google Partner ranked in the top 1% of all Google Partners worldwide and trusted partner used by companies around the globe...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Ellen Melko Moore of SuperTight Social Selling. Ellen has done brand consulting work for Oprah Winfrey, The American Marketing Association, and the Zappos guys, and now creates and teaches LinkedIn social selling strategies for some of the top thought leaders in the digital marketing space. In our discussion, Ellen talked to me about: Using...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Dr Cathryn Lloyd, Founder and Director of Maverick Minds. Cathryn is a facilitator, educator, researcher, arts practitioner, and creative development coach. She’s Australia’s first certified creativity coach with the Creativity Coaching Association and she provides effective learning experiences for a wide variety of clients. Cathryn previou...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Karan Nijhawan, who helps Coaches generate $15K-$55K/mo with their high-ticket offer, without running paid ads, through Organic Marketing and Elevated Events. He is the Founder of Close Dream Clients and has hosted over 190+ Human Connection Dinners, Events, Retreats, and Experiences. Karan was my guest on the InnovaBuzz podcast on Ep 333, w...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Kedma Ough, who is a nationally recognized business development and business funding expert, innovation and entrepreneurship thought leader, award-winning champion of small business, and business advisor for independent inventors. She is also a proud fifth-generation entrepreneur, whose great-great-grandfather peddled various products across...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Tom Ruwitch, an experienced direct response marketer, communications strategist, copywriter and web developer. He is especially adept at helping businesses discover their core stories and coordinate their online and offline marketing efforts. He has experience designing and executing marketing campaigns for small business startups and public...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Josh Greene, the CEO of The Mather Group, a digital agency that solves marketing challenges for companies of all sizes. With over twenty years of experience creating and implementing digital strategies, Josh empowers top brands and individuals to shape their online presence to support their bottom line. He is a frequent speaker at conference...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Wendy Manganaro, the Founder and Owner of Wendy Manganaro Consulting, who works with frustrated small businesses to attract, resonate and engage their target market so that they can increase their bottom line through building relationships on and offline. She believes that all businesses can increase their digital success with the marketing...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Richard Medcalf who describes himself as "what you get if you were to put a McKinsey consultant, a slightly unorthodox pastor and an entrepreneur into a blender". Richard is an executive coach & leadership consultant to exceptional founders & CEOs and their leadership teams. He's the founder of XQuadrant and host of the Impact Multip...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Ruben Kanya, director of Invested Talent and Founder of The Real Estate Experiment Network. Ruben is focused on building real relationships as the founder of The Real Estate Experiment Network & Podcast where he's featured notable thought leaders in the real estate industry who have amassed over a billion dollars worth of real estate ass...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Peter Margaritis, Author of Taking the Numb Out of Numbers, Improv Is No Joke, and his new book, "Off Script: Mastering the Art of Business Improv". Peter previously appeared on Ep 309 of the podcast, and it's great to welcome him back. In our discussion, Peter talked to me about: The common myth about improvisation (practice matters!) Authe...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Amy Malin, co-founder of TrueHeart cause agency and the Trueheart Social Impact Search Engine. For the last two decades, Amy has worked at the intersection of Hollywood and philanthropy. Amy’s expertise is connecting celebrities and purpose-driven brands with deserving non-profits to raise millions of dollars for their noble causes while cre...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Bob Woods, who was one of the first people on LinkedIn... literally. He joined in December 2002 when LinkedIn was just a few months old, and he’s never looked back. An award-winning salesperson, Bob has utilized LinkedIn and social selling even before social selling was a “thing.” Bob has trained and coached sales professionals around the wo...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Amanda Furgiuele, a sole parent, multi-preneur, international performer, elite athlete, and an expert in creative problem solving and time management. She challenges her clients to stop making excuses and start making progress through innovative solutions to even the most mundane problems. A lifetime learner, Amanda has worked in and owned m...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Lane Kawaoka. Lane currently owns 4,500+ units across the US. He lives in Hawaii and recently quit his day job as a Professional Engineer with a MS in Civil Engineering & Construction Management and a BS in Industrial Engineering. Lane partners with investors who want to build their portfolio, but are too busy to mess with “tenants, toil...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Audrey Holst from Fortitude and Flow. Audrey helps people reform their perfectionism so they can reclaim their agency and put their full energy into what really matters. Her work uses a combination of mindfulness and neuroscience tools and combines over a decade of experience teaching yoga with deep knowledge of the nervous system and extens...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Catherine Morgan, a multi-award-winning qualified financial planner and award-winning financial coach, on a mission to reduce financial anxiety and increase financial empowerment & resilience for 1 million women around the world. Featured as One of the top 32 female entrepreneurs to look out for in Business Leader, she's also the host of...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Michael Haynes, an SME Business Growth Specialist and the author of Listen Innovate Grow. Michael spent over 23 years working in a variety of strategy, marketing, and customer insight roles with large corporates across a range of industries in Australia and Canada. During his time working for Australia’s largest telecommunications company as...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, David Schonthal, an award-winning Clinical Professor and Director of Entrepreneurship Programs at the Kellogg School of Management where he teaches courses on new venture creation, design thinking, healthcare innovation and creativity. David is also co-author with fellow Kellogg professor Loran Nordgren, of The Human Element, a book about ov...

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Alex Sanfilippo, host of the Creating a Brand Podcast and founder of Podmatch, which automatically matches ideal podcast hosts and guests for interviews Alex has worked in real estate investing and in aerospace; he started a blog and built that into a multi-author blog with more than 130 writers on it. He also recently launched PodcastSOP.co...