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Yheralis Ferdinand is the founder and CEO of Create Launch and Profit® (CLP) , a premium course creation agency helping experts, service providers, and corporate professionals transform their knowledge into scalable, revenue-generating online programs. With over a decade of experience in instructional design and business strategy, Yheralis has helped clients generate over $10 million in course sal...

Most parents are sleeping on this. In this eye-opening episode, Enuka Joseph — financial educator, 4x author, and founder of Fierce Biz — breaks down the little-known life insurance strategy that can set your child up to become a millionaire… and it’s 100% legal, smart, and underused. With a background at JPMorgan Chase and over 7 years in the insurance industry, Enuka reveals: How parents are mis...

What happens when a CEO who built companies from scratch to $100M suddenly ends up on the operating table for a heart transplant? In this powerful episode, I sit down with Jeff Parnell—a seasoned executive with 30+ years in C-suite roles across digital marketing, consumer goods, B2B, and more. With 15 years as a CEO, Jeff has led major growth, turnarounds, and exits. But his greatest transformatio...

A recognized industry leader, Jared Johnson has completed over $750MM in SBA lending during a career spanning more than 18 years. That involvement has given him a thorough understanding of the impact small business acquisitions have on the economy and its importance to communities. Primarily a business acquisition lending specialist, he was named SBA Business Development Officer of the year consis...

Twelve years ago, Rick Magennis discovered the transformative power of affiliate marketing, which completely reshaped his life. What started as a passion for connecting brands with their target audiences evolved into a successful career focused on helping e-commerce businesses achieve sustainable growth. In 2020, Rick founded Spark Digital, an agency specializing in affiliate management and Perfor...

Meet Tevah El Emmet—The Idea Man and founder of Nspired Media. Formerly a content strategist at Meta (Facebook) for over four years, Tevah has spoken at renowned organizations like Stanford, Pixar, Yelp, and the Federal Reserve. As a marketing strategist, he’s led full-day campaign optimization trainings, developed FB and IG marketing courses viewed by millions of advertisers worldwide, and shared...

Bruce Hill is a sales professional and trainer whose career spans a decade. Along the way he has accumulated numerous awards including President Club two times. He realized that the skills that made him successful as a salesperson are transferable. He began coaching young professionals and entrepreneurs in personal and professional development. Bruce believes one new skill can change your life. Th...

Rajeev is a seasoned high tech executive with broad global experience. He’s worked in over 20 countries across the United States, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Rajeev was recognized as a CEO of the year finalist for 2011-2012 from Tech America and was a finalist for Entrepreneur of The Year from the Orange County Business Journal. He received his Global MBA from the USC Marshall School of Busi...

Bree Flemings is the innovative founder of Jem Social, a revolutionary social marketplace designed to connect creators with gig opportunities and collaborative projects. Drawing from her background as a DJ and podcaster, Bree experienced the challenges of finding meaningful work and connections in the creative industry. Leveraging her software development expertise, she transformed these obstacles...

After successfully exiting his first company, Awl & Sundry, in 2019, Mario Lanzarotti set out to reshape how entrepreneurs approach success. Drawing on his experiences from extensive global travel, Mario created the ZenPreneur Method—a unique framework that integrates strategic growth with self-mastery and personal well-being. Today, Mario helps business owners and solopreneurs evolve into vis...

Lloyd Dodgen is the founder of The YouTube Ads Guy, a video advertising agency specializing in YouTube ads and Google PPC. The agency focuses on supporting high-ticket info product businesses with a personal brand that use call funnels. Lloyd and his team develop high-converting video ad creatives and leverage the Google Ads platform to help clients scale effectively.

Richard Nilsson is a seasoned serial entrepreneur and industry expert with a strong track record in the Technology, Companion Animal (Pet), Media, and Lifestyle sectors. With over 20 years of experience, including 15 years in the fast-paced Asian market, Richard has built a career defined by innovation and achievement. Over the course of his entrepreneurial journey, Richard has smoothly moved betw...

Bridget Hom is a top Business mindset coach. She launched into entrepreneurship during a time when people were pursuing reinvention and personal and professional evolution in their lives and businesses. Having coached individuals and teams and influenced thousands of entrepreneurs and business owners internationally in the Find Your Freedom Program and Stuck On Ready Programs, she founded the Law...

Dr. Kizzy Parks' entrepreneurial journey began in childhood, where she would clean and resell golf balls through a fence to golfers, using the earnings to buy her favorite snacks, FUNYUNS and Nutty Bars. Even then, her entrepreneurial spirit was clear. This early drive, combined with an inquisitive nature shaped by her experience as an adopted child seeking to connect with her birth family, fu...

Meet Jane, the 16-year-old powerhouse behind Card My Yard Raleigh! Far from your typical teen, Jane is a vibrant entrepreneur with a gift for turning milestones into unforgettable celebrations. With a vision well beyond her years, she's revolutionizing how Raleigh celebrates, adding joy and creativity to every yard sign she installs. Fearless, innovative, and full of youthful energy, Jane is s...

Darren Clark is a seasoned software product builder dedicated to crafting solutions that address real business challenges. With a passion for delivering meaningful outcomes, Darren emphasizes the importance of aligning software development with business goals rather than creating for the sake of it. Having built hundreds of software products, Darren has a deep understanding of what drives a produc...

As a loving wife of 14 years and mother to 4 beautiful children ages 13, 11, 8, and 5, K’la has worked with over 5,000 families across the U.S. and Canada. These families have included celebrities such as Grammy award-winning singers and songwriters Tasha Cobbs and Neyo, award-winning rapper Da Baby, and actresses and models Jayda "Wayda" Cheaves and Erica Mena to name a few. With over a d...

Meet Marty M. Fahncke, a master marketer with 30+ years of experience in scaling businesses and 20+ years in Mergers and Acquisitions. Marty’s journey kicked off with a bang when a company he co-founded sold for seven figures in just 18 months, and he hasn’t looked back since. Now, he’s helped businesses soar to over $1 billion in revenue and led $450 million in successful M&A deals. As a Sell...

Dr. Edward Burns' journey has been one of incredible perseverance and determination in the face of adversity. After honorably serving his country in the military, Dr. Burns found himself homeless on the streets of Chicago with his young daughter. During this difficult time, they sought shelter behind a bank in the dead of winter and were forced to eat discarded food from trash cans just to sur...

Greg Berry is the Founder and CEO of Municibid and Surplus.com. He launched Municibid in 2006 to help governments and schools in the U.S. and Canada auction off surplus items. Municibid has become a trusted name in online auctions, recognized nationally and featured on the Inc. 5000 list for four years. This year, Greg founded Surplus.com, a B2B marketplace for premium listings of used equipment a...

As the Founder and CEO of BrightPay Health, Shielvonda Haith has successfully raised institutional capital and launched a groundbreaking native app marketplace for cash-based membership models of care. Her journey with BrightPay Health has equipped her with unmatched expertise in product development, investor relations, customer acquisition, and provider relations. With over 15 years of leadership...

Richard White is founder and CEO of Fathom.video, a free app that records, transcribes & highlights your calls so you can focus on the conversation instead of taking notes. Fathom was a part of the Y-Combinator W21 batch, is one of only 50 Zoom App Launch Partners, and is one of a small handful of companies Zoom has invested in directly via their Zoom Apps Fund. Prior to Fathom, Richard founde...

Landon Brazile is a visionary tech entrepreneur and a leading authority in the real estate industry. Starting his career through the Airbnb business shortly after graduating college, he quickly acquired his first investment property. Recognizing the challenges faced by his peers, Landon transitioned from coaching to innovating a groundbreaking platform. As a problem solver and industry pioneer, he...

Teasha Cable is the dynamic and mission-driven Chief Executive Officer and Co- Founder of CModel. She brings two decades of proven expertise working with and advising growing businesses. Teasha found her passion for people, technology, and actionable data—which is currently fueling her mission for CModel to change the way business leaders make decisions. Prior to co-founding CModel, Teasha held ke...

-Graduated from Boston University in 2007, majoring in film production. When I was a Jr in college my feature-length documentary won the Audience Award at the 2006 Vail Film Festival. -Started a creative Promotional Product Division under MV Sport. -Started a company with my brother David and Jesse Itzler, Co-Founder of Marquis Jet, investor and partner in Zico Coconut Water, and owner of Atlanta...