INspired INsider Podcast

Daniel James is the Founder and CEO of mint performance marketing, a full-service agency that helps disruptive DTC and e-commerce brands accelerate growth through performance marketing. In 2021, mint was acquired by Social Chain Agency, a social media and e-commerce group. Since 2004, Daniel has led digital marketing strategies at companies including MySpace, AOL, Adidas, and Disney. In this episo...

Alano Vasquez is the Founder and CEO of Cyberwhyze, a branding and advertising agency that helps growing cybersecurity companies build brands that scale and execute effective, ROI-producing marketing campaigns. Cyberwhyze has helped countless cybersecurity companies achieve powerful marketing results that directly support their business objectives.  Alano was also the Founder and Chief Strategist...

Richard Walker is the CEO of Quik!, a provider of forms automation and management solutions for companies looking to maximize efficiency and productivity. He started Quik! in 2002 to help people spend less time on paperwork and more time on what they do best. Before Quik!, Richard was a business consultant with Arthur Andersen. He is a published author of two books and a father of three boys.  In...

Johann Nogueira is the Co-founder of Comet Suite, an artificial intelligence, one-stop marketing tool that helps you grow your business by generating leads, closing sales, creating content, and more. Additionally, Johann is the Co-founder of White Label Suite, a partnering software in conjunction with Comet Suite. With White Label, companies can use the software as their property to attract more l...

Serial entrepreneur Joe Mindak is the Founder of The Connective. The Connective is a high-level networking community of purpose-driven connectors helping open doors for entrepreneurs and subject-matter experts through warm introductions. Joe has started and grown several businesses, including a magazine, a beer company, and a marketing company. His latest venture is Nolodex, a software company tha...

David Hernandez is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of lotus823, a full-service digital marketing agency serving clients from consumer tech to lifestyle to home goods. Popular brands that the agency partners with include Audio Technica, Roborock, Bamboozle, Skordo, and Telemundo. Outside of his professional life, David is a husband and father of three sons and has recently added speaker to his...

Seasoned business leader Mark Scrimenti is the Fractional COO and leadership coach at Vivid Path Consulting. Vivid Path Consulting is a firm committed to growing purpose-driven businesses for sustainable profitability and maximum impact. Mark has over 20 years of experience in business and has worked in e-commerce business operations, software product development, digital marketing, content strate...

Tara-Nicholle Kirke is the Founder and CEO of SoulTour. SoulTour is a personal growth school where entrepreneurs and companies realize their full potential through uplifting transformation programs, curriculums, and coaching. Before founding SoulTour, Tara honed her entrepreneurial chops as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Before that, she served as MyFitnessPal's and U...

Len Bland is the CEO of Nano Gas Environmental. Nano Gas Environmental provides a patented nanobubble technology that cleans and energizes water with tiny bubbles. This solution is one of the best ways to treat dirty water. Additionally, Len is the CEO of Nano Gas Technologies and the CEO and Capital Matchmaker at Concept Equity Group.  In this episode… In small communities that rely on sewage lag...

Brian Cosgrove is the Principal and Chief Data Strategist at BrainDo. BrainDo provides a diverse mix of digital services, including marketing, experience, and partnership. Over Brian's 15-plus-year career in the digital marketing space, he's created innovative strategies for Fortune 500 brands, including Digitas and Razorfish. He also co-founded the digital marketing application at TPG, garnering...

Veronica "Niki" Fielding is the CEO and President at Digital Brand Expressions (DBE). DBE is a marketing agency with 22 years of experience, helping companies with services such as SEO, paid search, social media, and more. Additionally, Niki and her team have worked with manufacturers, B2B brands, and Fortune 500 companies, including Aleve, the Ritz Carlton, Mitsubishi, and the Wall Street Journal...

Marinés and Andres Romo Obregón are the Co-founders of Swums Candy, a Three Siblings Company, along with their brother. Swums Candy is a neon-colored, fruity-flavored gummy candy brand inspired by the unlimited power of the mind and creativity. In this episode… What does it sound like when chewing gummy candy? We'll let you ponder on that question for a while. But the newest candy sensation is a f...

Audra Brehm is the Founder and CEO of Brehm Media, a digital marketing agency based in Denver, Colorado. The agency specializes in sales funnel via social media in fashion, beauty, and entertainment. The birth of her second child inspired her to convert her expertise and passion into a digital marketing agency. Audra also lends a voice to small and mid-sized businesses through speaking engagements...

Experienced strategist Ryan Redding is the Owner of DP Marketing Services, a digital marketing agency for plumbers and HVAC professionals. As a veteran business consultant, Ryan has helped small and large organizations overcome challenges as well as achieve and exceed goals. When Ryan isn't strategizing a plan for his clients, you can hear him sharing expertise on his podcast, Blue Collar CEO .  I...

Marketing professional Erik Huberman is the Founder and CEO of Hawke Media. Hawke Media is your outsourced CMO and one of the fastest-growing marketing agencies. The company is valued at over $150 million and is responsible for growing over 3,000 worldwide brands. Erik is a captivating speaker, storyteller, thought leader, and writer. His published writings can be found in Forbes , Entrepreneur ,...

Dr. Kristin Oja is the Founder and CEO of STAT Wellness, a one-stop wellness shop that focuses on both functional medicine and movement. Dr. Oja obtained her Doctor of Nursing Practice and MS in Nursing with a Family Nurse Practitioner focus from Georgia College & State University. She's an entrepreneur and nurse practitioner, and her mission is to transform healthcare one patient at a time.  In t...

Payman Taei is the Founder and President of Visme, a platform that creates engaging presentations, infographics, and almost any other type of visually engaging content. Payman started Visme in response to the need for an easy-to-use platform that allows non-designers to speak visually. Since 2013, Visme's user base has grown to over 16 million businesses, nonprofits, and individuals from over 100...

Khalid Saleh is the CEO of Invesp, one of the first conversion rate optimization (CRO) agencies in North America. They work with large companies like eBay, 3M, Target, and Special Olympics as well as smaller startups. Before co-founding Invesp, Khalid was an e-commerce software architect. He built his career devising e-commerce and optimization solutions for companies like American Express, Motoro...

Robert Dodd and Joe Solano are co-founders of XL Technologies, a digital agency with over 20 years of experience helping US-based real estate brokers grow and scale their brokerages. As CEO, Robert works with real estate agents and brokers to execute sophisticated omnichannel advertising and recruiting campaigns. On the other hand, Joe is the COO and oversees all of XL Technologies' research, deve...

From being expelled from school to $30M in revenue, Orrin Klopper has become a recognized and successful entrepreneur. He is a Co-founder and the CEO of Netsurit, a Managed IT and Security Services company founded 24 years ago during the lead-up to Y2K. Since then, he's grown the company to 100 people and over $30 million in revenue through acquisitions and organic growth.  Orrin is also a foundin...

Farzad Rashidi is a Co-founder of Respona, a link-building outreach platform that helps businesses increase organic traffic from Google. He previously ran the marketing efforts at Visme as Director of Marketing, where he helped the company gain over 16 million active users and 3 million monthly organic traffic. He graduated from Truman State University with a Bachelor of Business Administration. ...

Jim Huffman is the CEO of GrowthHit, a growth marketing consultancy specializing in running customer-centric growth experiments. He is also the Co-founder of One Day Design, Handsome Chaos, and is the Host of the podcast If I Was Starting Today . Jim is the author of the Amazon bestseller The Growth Marketers Playbook using his experience from growing two startups to over $10M in sales. In additio...

Kasim Aslam is the Founder and CEO of Solutions 8, a top-ranked Google Ads agency. He's a Traffic Coach for DigitalMarketer's elite coaching program and was selected to help create DigitalMarketer's paid traffic certification. He is a contributor at the Driven Mastermind and is a Co-host of Perpetual Traffic, one of the most respected marketing podcasts. In this episode… There are many benefits to...

Bobby Achettu is the Founder and CEO of Accelerated Growth, an accounting, finance, and technology consulting firm based in Chicago. He has grown the organization to 130 team members, leading them to four consecutive appearances on the Inc. 5000 list and partnerships with companies between $3 million and $300 million. Bobby is the President of the Entrepreneurs' Organization's (EO) Chicago chapter...

Tim Westbrook is the Founder and CEO of Camelback Recovery, a mental health clinic and addiction treatment center in Phoenix, Arizona. Tim had struggled with a substance addiction that eventually affected every area of his life.  Through his journey out of addiction and into recovery, Tim brings strength and hope to those who want lifelong sobriety. He is also the Host of the I Love Being Sober po...