Soul of Business with Blaine Bartlett

One Conversation Away! Join me and my guest Tom Schwab, CEO (Chief Evangelist Officer) at Interview Valet (interviewvalet.com). Tom has run a nuclear reactor in the Navy and a small business. One was easy because it came with an instruction manual. Want to know how to reach your ideal client? Interview Valet is a concierge-level podcast guesting marketing service providing the fastest way for non-...

Did You Come Here to Be Mediocre?  Join me and my guest Beate Chelette (beatechelette.com), Growth Architect and Founder of The Women’s Code. A first-generation immigrant who found herself $135,000 in debt as a single parent, Beate bootstrapped her passion for photography into a global business that licensed content into 79 countries. She exited in a multimillion-dollar deal when she sold the comp...

Forging Great Companies With Venture Capital! Join me and my guest Nitin Rai, Founder and Managing Partner of Elevate Capital (elevate.vc). Launched in 2016, it is one of the first institutional inclusive venture funds in the US that invests in diverse and underserved entrepreneurs nationwide. More than 62% of Elevate Capital’s investments are in women, 52% in African Americans (the majority are w...

Your Future Is Calling! Join me and my guest Rich Habets, an international business consultant and coach, who’s magnificent obsession is to help organizations apply unconventional strategies to achieve extraordinary results. His work ensures that his global clients, such as Medtronic, KMPG, Abbott and Continental, maximize their potential to get everything they can out of all they've got. His expe...

Top 5 Underrated CEO Skills.  Join me and my guest Dr. Jonathan Baktari, CEO of eNational Testing, e7 Health, & US Drug Test Centers. e7 Health (e7health.com) is a preventative health and wellness company that has been called the “the Uber of preventive medicine” and was named the Best Technology Company in the Healthcare Space in 2019. Dr. Baktari is a preeminent, national business thought leader...

GLOBAL LEGACY BUILDING! Join me and my guest Marc Cohen, Founder, and CEO of Buy Direct Development Companies (BuyDirectDev.com). Marc has over 4 decades of experience as a global multibillion dollar international leader with top-level billion-dollar business organizations, executives, and business owners. Marc's connections have always been key to his and his client’s success in sectors as divers...

Innovate Or Die Is NOT Simply A Cliché! Join me and my guest Dr. Stephen Tang, author of A Test for Our Time: Crisis Leadership for the Next Normal (listed as a “Top New Release” on Amazon in 2023). His op-ed pieces have been published in The Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Morning Call. He has held the titles of Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and Founder...

Where Do I Find That Part…I Need It NOW?  Join me and my guest Stan Mirzayev, a serial entrepreneur and a 17-year automotive expert and enthusiast. He is the founder and CEO of Parts Pass, an auto parts app revolutionizing the way people fix their cars. Stan emigrated to the U.S. from the former Soviet Union with his family at the age of 4 and grew passionate about cars while working with his dad...

Creating a “Blue Bond.” Join me and my guest Robert Saad, compassionate capitalist and CEO of Hillsdale Assets, a leading apparel manufacturer specializing in premium women’s swimwear. With over 30 years of experience, Hillsdale has established themselves as the largest swimwear producer in the Caribbean, servicing clients in North America, South America, and Europe. Combining cutting-edge technol...

Feel you speak? Hear you listen? Join me and my guest Marshall Davis Jones, founder of MindBodySpeak and author of Tonal Influence™ (A Guide to Listen Better, Speak Clearer and Set the Tone). Marshall’s techniques will set you up to win negotiations, deescalate conflicts and acquire business relationships across multiple industries. Marshall works with renowned speakers, industry leaders and vario...

Imposter Syndrome, Fear Of Public Speaking…Hah! Join me and my guest Shelly Lefkoe, co-founder of the Lefkoe Institute. In a published study people who had a fear of public speaking were treated with TLM and in less than four hours their fear was eliminated. Shelly has helped thousands of clients, worldwide recreate their lives by ridding themselves of a wide variety of problems rooted in limiting...

You Can’t Put That There! Join me and my guest Paul Baron, founder and chief executive officer of The Wall Printer USA as he describes exactly how you can put that there. Paul is a mentor to business owners and student interns at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) and at UNCW’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE.) Paul serves on advisory boards at UNCW’s Business Schoo...

Tell Stories That Inform, Influence, and Inspire! Join me and my guest Karen Eber, an author, international leadership consultant, professional storyteller, and keynote speaker. As the CEO and Chief Storyteller of Eber Leadership Group, Karen helps companies reimagine and evolve how they build leaders and teams, transform culture, and tell stories. Her talk on TED.com: How your brain responds to s...

From Self-Talk to Soul-Talk: Becoming More of Who You Truly Are! Join me and my guest Russell Bishop, an early pioneer in large group personal growth programs and creator of Insight Seminars. With 50+ years consulting, speaking, and coaching experience he is an internationally recognized expert in personal and organization transformation. His purpose-inspired work has helped thousands of individua...

It’s your people not your plans that determine your performance! Join me and my guest Dr. Jennifer Nash (PhD, MBA, PCC) a leadership expert and consultant to Fortune 50 organizations such as Google, Ford, Exxon Mobil, IBM, JP Morgan, Boeing, and Verizon. Jennifer helps successful leaders connect people and performance to deliver exceptional results. Her 25-year resume includes serving in executive...

What do Tony Robbins, Chet Holmes, and Russ Whitney have in common?  Join me and meet my guest Doug C. Brown! Doug has served as an independent President of Sales and Training for Tony Robbins, Chet Holmes, and Russ Whitney, where he raised the close rate of the sales presenter teams by 157%. He is the CEO of CEO Sales Strategies and a Sales Revenue and Profit Growth Expert. He is also the creator...

We Have An Accountability Problem!     Join me and my guest Dr. Nate Regier, the CEO and founding owner of Next Element Consulting, a global leadership consulting and training firm that helps build cultures of compassionate accountability. We have a fascinating conversation about his latest book Compassionate Accountability and the role of compassion in today’s workplace. Dr. Regier is a former pr...

Flying in the Face of Fear!  Join me and my guest retired Air Force Colonel Kim “KC” Campbell who served in the Air Force for 24 years as a fighter pilot and senior military leader. She has flown 1,800 hours in the A-10 Warthog, including more than 100 combat missions protecting troops on the ground in both Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2003, Kim was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for Heroism a...

My Soul Calling, Body Listening, Heart Speaking! Join me and my good friend and guest Dr. Cara Barker as we explore her latest book, Nightlight:: My Soul Calling, Body Listening, Heart Speaking. Cara is a Jungian psychoanalyst, keynote speaker, retreat leader, and international teacher. She is also a multiple book author, artist, and speaker whose work spans the last five decades. Incredibly intui...

Money Has A Heart And A Soul! Meet my guest Genevieve LeMarchal, Managing Partner of Suncoast Ventures. She launched and ran Expert Dojo’s healthcare program and ran 3 full cohorts of health tech and MedTech companies, becoming one of the most prolific early stage VC investors in Southern California (Crunchbase, 2022) and winner of the 2022 Biocom Lifescience Catalyst Award. She previously served...

Third time is the charm! Join me and my first three time returning guest Marissa Levin, CEO and Founder of Marissa International and a globally known leadership and corporate culture expert as we explore the the notion that "business is a spiritual discipline". Marissa is a syndicated columnist for Inc., Forbes, and Smart CEO magazines as well as American Express OPEN. She is the author of the bes...

Meet The Buddhist CEO!  Join me and my guest Thane Lawrie, an award-winning Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in his home country of Scotland and author of The Buddhist CEO. Thane has had a diverse career which culminated in him leading and transforming a once struggling social enterprise and subsequently winning numerous business awards both locally and nationally, including the prestigious Sunday Ti...

Do be NAIVE! Join me and my guest Joshua Berry, the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Econic, an innovation, transformation, and strategy consulting company and Certified B Corporation and author of Dare to Be Naive: Thinking Bigger to Create Business Success and Joy. All management decisions and systems are built on assumptions about human nature. Some of the most impactful, successful leaders...

Is your wallet fuller than your life? Join me and my guest Jennifer Dawn for a provocative and eye opening conversation about life, work and the illusion of "balance. Jennifer coaches business owners to seven figures and beyond without sacrificing their personal life. She’s the creator of Best Planner Ever, author of The Joy Guide: Finding Your Joy In A World of Crap, and founder of Jennifer Dawn...

They're not really here! Join me and my guest, Dr. Jack Wiley, president and CEO of both Employee Centricity LLC and Jack Wiley Consulting, LLC. Jack is one of the world’s preeminent authorities on employee engagement and is an award-winning organizational psychologist, researcher, leadership consultant, and author of three books. With more than 30 years of experience studying what employees most...