School for Startups Radio

Dr. Vanitha Swaminathan  – Associate Dean at  University of Pittsburgh School of Business  and Author of  Hyper-Digital Marketing: Six Pillars of Strategic Brand Marketing in an AI-Powered World I think it’s a huge pivot. If you remember the time when we had to pivot from traditional marketing to digital, this is a pivot that’s just as significant Vanitha Swaminathan, Associate Dean for Research a...

Brian Samson – Founder & Chairman of  Plugg Technologies If you pass the baton and your message isn’t crystal clear, you might waste a day or a couple days of having that work output meet the deliverables that you were initially hoping for. Brian Samson is the Founder and Chairman of Plugg Technologies, a technology staffing and nearshoring firm that connects U.S. companies with highly skilled...

Glen Dunzweiler  – Filmmaker/producer, Public Speaker and Homelessness Advocate and Author of  The Moralists The answer is what can I do? And you don’t have to do everything, but what can I do to make the people around me better? Glen Dunzweiler is a filmmaker/producer, public speaker, and video coach. His documentary yHomeless? is available on Amazon Prime and his new book,  A Degree In Homelessn...

Joel Hilchey  – Keynote Speaker, Author, “Fun-at-Work” Expert and Author of  The 6-and-a-half Habits of Highly Defective Bosses: Serious Lessons for Accidental Managers  When you need a creative solution, separate the idea generation process from your decision process. Joel Hilchey is an ideas guy. His gift seems to stem from a strange combination of observation, insight, and blatant disregard for...

Jeff Galloway  – U.S. Olympian, Best-Selling Author, Race Director, President at Jeff Galloway Productions and Fitness Expert If you find something that you can do that will help others improve the quality of their lives, then it will take on a life of its own. Jeff Galloway was a U.S. Olympian, best selling author, race director, and internationally respected fitness expert whose influence on the...

Steve Ramona – Host of  Doing Business With A Servant’s Heart You got to step into every interaction that you have in our business. For your personal life, really doesn’t matter how you go really uplift them. What value can you bring to somebody? Steve Ramona  is the host of  Doing Business With A Servant’s Heart  – Steve’s guests are Top Business Leaders who will get great resources and tips in t...

MichaelAaron Flicker  – Founder/CEO of  XenoPsi  and Author of  Hacking the Human Mind: The behavioral science secrets behind 17 of the world’s best brands The power of words are very commonly underestimated by entrepreneurs, by marketers. MichaelAaron Flicker is an American entrepreneur and behavioral science strategist who serves as the founder and chief executive officer of XenoPsi Ventures, a...

Kaelyn Query  – Award-winning Event Producer and Author of  So Worth It!   We actually make more money doing less events because we’re spending more time on each these clients then become repeat clients. A lot of our corporate clients were on retainer for them, and so we actually do better with less events. What a wild concept, right? Kaelyn Query Caldwell is an award-winning event producer, small...

Will Cooper – AKA Doc Holiday – Founder of  Stock Market Ping Pong We’re not looking for miracles. We’re not looking for home runs. We’re looking for safe, simple, repeatable, profitable trades. Will Cooper is a serial entrepreneur turned professional day trader with more than 15 years of experience building companies in the Oil and Gas industry. During that time, he founded and helped develop sev...

Brent Bowers – Land Coach at  The Land Sharks There’s this special thing about American land that people just want to own it. Brent Bowers is a real estate investor, entrepreneur, and educator who serves as the CEO of Zech Buys Houses LLC and a Land Coach at The Land Sharks, where he helps investors build passive income through buying and selling vacant land. A former U.S. Army officer with more t...

Vance Morris  – Former Area Food & Beverage Manager at  Walt Disney World  and President & Chief Experience Officer of  Deliver Service Now institute Your marketing is designed to do two things, attract the people you want and repel the people you don’t want. Vance Morris is a customer experience strategist, entrepreneur, speaker, and the President and Chief Experience Officer of the Deliv...

Tom Hardin – Founder of  Tipper X The hardest part is just to accept responsibility and own it. And actually, the hardest part also is to forgive yourself. I mean, that’s still what I go through today. Sometimes it’s just sort of that stuff. Sort of that self forgiveness, because we can be, you know, our internal voices of our thought can be, can be pretty, pretty negative at times. Tom Hardin is...

Maria Martinez  – Human Potential Activator, Wealth Consciousness Activator, Multi-Dimensional Healer  If you want to become a millionaire, embody the millionaire mindset, embody the millionaire habits, embody the millionaire behavior. Maria Martinez’s extensive expertise as a Human Potential Activator, Wealth Consciousness Activator, Multi-Dimensional Healer, Energy Alchemist, and Business Succes...

Henry Yoshida – CEO & Co-Founder of  Rocket Dollar   The road to building that business is hard, and we’re talking about kind of the high points. People only read about those, but there are many, many more low points. So this little one is like a mini dopamine hit that just kind of reassures you that, hey, someone took a chance, someone bought your product, someone paid you money. Henry Yoshid...

Chris Hallberg – President  & Founder of  GoExpand So it was great just to get outside my comfort zone, be stretched, do things I didn’t think I could do, overcome adversity again and again and again and still find a way to win. So like military, people are resilient, and that’s why they make great leaders in business. Chris Hallberg, known as the “Business Sergeant”, is a top-ranked leadershi...

Ravi Rajani  – International Keynote Speaker and Author of  Relationship Currency: Five Communication Habits For Limitless Influence and Business Success Since the beginning of time, the one currency that has always mattered in any area of our life is relationships. Ravi Rajani is an international keynote speaker, communication expert, transformational coach, and LinkedIn Learning instructor known...

Allison Taylor – CEO & Co-Founder of  Discerna.ai , CEO & Founder of  Thought Marketing  and Author of  Power Up Product Management Sometimes we’re reluctant entrepreneurs. Sometimes we don’t know we’re going to be an entrepreneur until later. Allison Taylor is a Silicon Valley technology go-to-market strategist and entrepreneur who has brought over 20 enterprise software solutions and ser...

Dr. Robert N. Eberhart  – Associate Professor at  University of San Diego Entrepreneurship is stinking hard work, particularly successful entrepreneurship. Robert N. Eberhart is an Associate Professor of Management and the Faculty Director of the Ahlers Center for International Business at the University of San Diego. He is also a visiting professor at Oxford University and a research associate at...

Eddie Speed – Founder of  NoteSchool An entrepreneur’s whole thing in life is to go find an industry problem and solve a problem. Eddie Speed is the founder of NoteSchool and a recognized pioneer in the seller financing and real estate note industry. Since beginning his career in 1980, he has dedicated his professional life to developing innovative strategies that have influenced how note investin...

Vlada Galan  – Founder and Principal of  Oracle Advisory Group  and Author of  Success Mentality: Lessons From a Geopolitical Strategist One of the most important things you can invest in, even if you’re a small business just starting, is talent. Is not hiring the cheapest labor, but hiring even if you have one employee, it’s hiring somebody who really is talented and very intelligent and very exp...

Sara Daw  – CEO of  Liberti  & CEO of  The CFO Centre Group The beauty about fractional leadership is that you can make that change. Sara Daw Entrepreneur, Researcher, Writer, & Speaker Sara Daw is Group CEO of The Liberti Group and The CFO Centre Group. Operating in 18 countries, it is the global number one provider of fractional and part-time C-suite portfolio professionals to entreprene...

Melissa Nash  – Real Estate Investor, Entrepreneur, Mentor, and Host of the Passive Real Estate Investing for Her podcast I can finally sleep through the night, because I know that I’m not relying on anybody else. My properties are doing their thing. They’re creating cash flow. Melissa Nash is a seasoned real estate investor, entrepreneur, mentor, and host of the Passive Real Estate Investing for...

Charles Steel – Author of  The Curious Mind of Elon Musk: 9 Ways He Thinks Differently   Confront the fear, accept that there is an outcome in which you completely fail, and then channel that feeling and try and make sure to do your dullness, to make sure it never happens. Charles Steel is a British investor, author, and thinker with more than twenty years of experience working with management tea...

Laura Ries – Leading Positioning Strategist at  Ries Positioning Pioneers   and Author of   The Strategic Enemy: How to Build and Position a Brand Worth Fighting For What you say you’re against, what you say no to, is actually instantly believable. Laura Ries is a leading positioning strategist and bestselling author who has shaped how brands define themselves in competitive markets. As chairwoman...

Rafsan Bhuisan – Founder & CEO of  OrionQ   When you have an idea, it’s so unique, and you know it’s unique, maybe that idea generated years and years of failed startups and those, all those lessons that you’ve learned from the failures. You’ll be surprised. If you keep going, they end up making you very, very successful. Rafsan Bhuiyan is an American entrepreneur, decorated U.S. Army veteran,...