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Collision Conference, described as “the fastest growing tech conference” on their website takes place in New Orleans during jazzfest. They have over 20,000 attendees and over 3,000 CEOs attend. There are presentations and tracks plus lots of opportunities to network, pitch, and connect with like-minded people. This conference also has a lot more women than most tech conferences which I appreciated...

Jean-Vianney is Managing Director at BroadKat, a video branding agency. He helps brands to position with online video, he makes sure their brand promise is respected on every digital channel. Before working for Broadkat, Jean-Vianney was a Public Affairs specialist. BroadKat is a video branding agency that helps large organisations to position with video digitally. Our methodology is structured in...

Jonathan Rivera comes from a blue collar background. He left the rat race to pursue real estate. He runs a successful rental business in only 4 hours a week. Today, his main focus is running the Podcast Factory (podcast network & production company) where he is surrounded by some of the world’s most respected direct response marketers. You can learn more about Jonathan at his website www.thepodcas...

Glenn Rubenstein is the author of Podcast Advertising Works: How to Turn Engaged Audiences Into Loyal Customers. He's also the founder of ADOPTER Media, a podcast advertising agency. Prior to his agency's launch in 2016, he spent 4 years at the TWiT Network as its Director of Marketing. We discussed the nuances of podcast advertising, how to know if your product or services are a good fit for podc...

Jim Palmer is an expert in sales and marketing he has personally grown multiple successful 6 figure businesses and now teachers entrepreneurs and small business owners how to market and grown their own businesses. Through his videos, podcast, newsletter and blog, Jim serves up new and exciting Smart Marketing and Business Building Strategies™ for growth-oriented entrepreneurs and small business ow...

Cassie Shankman is an Austin-based composer/orchestrator, pianist and DJ (Cass&Ra). As a composer and orchestrator, she has been recognized for her work with film, visual artists, chamber groups, wind ensembles, apps, musicals, and music therapy technology. As a performer and DJ, she's played with legendary musicians such as jazz trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, and DEVO's frontman Mark Mothersbaugh, a...

Paul Aitken grew up in the Greater Washington DC area; and eventually made his way to Albuquerque, NM where he obtained a degree in criminology from the University of New Mexico. After co-founding a couple of businesses and selling them, he caught the RC bug and began flying remote controlled planes and multi-rotors, which led him to Unmanned Vehicle University in Phoenix, AZ where he graduated at...

On this episode we discussed how to make money selling t-shirts on amazon. Elaine Heney grew her Merch by Amazon business to 6 figures, selling over $128,295 with profit of $53,000 in her first 10 months. Over the last 3 years, Elaine is also triple #1 best selling author, international keynote speaker, movie producer and Amazon FBA and Merch consultant. She has also published over 300 mobile apps...

In this interview, Laura talks with Kelly Roach, a Business Growth Strategist on what we can do to increase revenue and effectiveness. Kelly was a Senior VP in a Fortune 500 company and realized she did not her lifestyle. She re-evaluated and shifted and now focuses on helping small business owners grow their businesses. Kelly discussed scalability and that there is an epidemic of business owners...

Kelcy Pegler, former President of NRG Home Solar and CEO of MemberWhen, builds companies that can manage rapid growth and move quickly to exploit market opportunities in new industry sectors. Fresh off an exit in the Solar Energy space Kelcy is now building an explosive growth business in the personalized podcast space. You can connect with Kelcy via email at: kp@memberwhen.com . For more informat...

Josh Elledge is the Founder and Chief Executive Angel of SavingsAngel.com®, and is one of the nation’s leading experts on consumer savings. Josh is a weekly syndicated newspaper columnist – reaching more than 1.1 million readers. He also regularly appears on more than 75 TV stations across the country – having appeared on TV or radio more than 1500 times. upendPR provides step-by-step video coachi...

With over 15 years in technology, former developer, business analyst, and then project manager, Dan is now involved in helping startups and middle market companies solve complex technical problems by applying DXY Solutions' design first strategies to break apart business needs and putting them back together again in a usable manner. In this podcast we concentrate on how a solution will interact wi...

SC Moatti is a technology visionary, venture capital investor, and bestselling author of mobilized, an insider’s guide to the business and future of connected technology. While serving as an executive at mobile pioneers like Facebook, Trulia and Nokia, SC launched and monetized mobile products that are now used by billions of people and have received prestigious awards, including an Emmy nominatio...

Kate Drane is Indiegogo’s Senior Director of Outreach for Tech and Hardware. Her favorite thing to do is democratize access to resources, and considers herself as a VC of the people. Since starting at Indiegogo in July 2012, she's empowered more than 500 entrepreneurs to collectively raise over $80M on the Indiegogo platform, including Canary, Misfit, and Skulpt. For more information on Indiegogo...

Jason Treu is a top business and executive coach and author of the book Social Wealth: How to Build Extraordinary Relationships by Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Lead and Network. He's a leading expert on human behavior, influence, sales, networking and leadership. At the heart of his strategy is the understanding that people and your relationships are your true "wealth." Everything we accomp...

In this interview, Laura talks with Troy Devolld, author of Reality TV: An Insider’s Guide to TV’s Hottest Market. Troy DeVolld is widely regarded as a leading authority on the reality television storytelling process, and regularly speaks to students and media groups from Los Angeles to London to Tel Aviv about what it takes to create engaging content. We discussed reality tv, and what to do and w...

In this interview, Laura talks with Jacquie Jordan, an Emmy nominated producer and NY Times Best-Selling Publisher of the book Heartfelt Marketing: Allowing the Universe to be Your Business Parter & Get on TV and TV Guestpert. Jacquie talked about media responds not to the person but to the story. Some suggestions for people who are interested in getting booked on TV is to start local to get your...

In this interview, Laura talks with Andrew Allemann, founder of Podcastguests.com. Andrew’s background is in domain names and he got a podcasting when he started a podcast on domain names. Then he started Podcastguests.com as an easy way for podcast hosts to start with podcast guests. As of the interview, the service has 1,000 subscribers. Currently the service sends out an email once a week featu...

Kevin is an International Speaker and Author of the Social Media Sales Revolution. He started out a s a piano player and singer who married a woman he had originally been hired to play for at her wedding. He married her, and then got into sales. Kevin figured out pretty quickly that building relationships was key. He is currently 99 percent by invitation and referral for his gigs. He got into sale...

Laura Powers talks with Mike Belsito, author of Startup Seed Funding for the Rest of Us: How to Raise $1 Million for Your Startup – Even Outside of Silicon Valley. Mike also started the company efuneral and then sold it. Mike has been involved in startups for 11 years from being the first employee to starting his own startup then being a part of other startups as an executive. They raised a $1 mil...

Laura Powers talks with Kimberly Seltzer how to deal with narcissists in business and in life. Kimberly is a Makeover & Confidence Expert, Therapist and Dating Coach based in Los Angeles who is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post. In this podcast, we discuss how to recognize a narcissist and how to deal with them in your life both personally and professionally. This podcast was brought to...

Laura Powers talks with host of Ladies that Lead, Danielle Robbins. She helps people break through six figures and beyond. You can learn more about Danielle Robbins at ladiesthatlead.info or daniellerobbins.co. This podcast was brought to you by Qik Procedure: Save Time, Save Money with QikProcedure. You can learn more about Laura and coaching resources at www.powershour.biz .

Laura Powers talks with NY Times best-selling author and speaker Christy Whitman. She is the author the book The Art of Having It All. We talked about why we don’t need to choose, as well as how to prioritize and the importance of saying no. You can learn more about Christy Whitman at www. ChristyWhitman.com and learn more about her book The Art of Having It All at www. TheArtofHavingItAll.com . F...

In this interview, Laura Powers talks with Business and Success Coach Jessica Nazarali about running your business internationally. We also discussed tips on hiring and working with Virtual Assistants. A few tips we discussed are doing a trial run with both running your business while traveling and with virtual assistants. We also talked about getting clear on what you want the person to do and no...

In this interview, Laura Powers talks with Intuitive Entrepreneur Anna Frolik about her work and gives tips on running your business intuitively. You can connect with her and other intuitive entrepreneurs on her facebook group Magicpreneurs. For more information about Laura Powers, Powers Hour Podcast, services, and more go to www.powershour.biz .