The Business Power Hour with Deb Krier

Helene Cahen, MS, is an innovation strategist, trainer, facilitator, and speaker with over 20 years of experience helping companies navigate innovation challenges. She is the founder and principal consultant at Fire Up Innovation Consulting, where she guides Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and non-profits to understand innovation, create innovative new products/services, build effective t...

John Horn is the CEO of StubGroup, a digital advertising agency, and Premier Google Partner, ranked by Google in the top 1% of all Google Partners worldwide for performance and customer care. StubGroup has generated over half a billion dollars in revenue for their clients across many different verticals, including eCommerce, B2B, B2C, local stores, and services. They have helped over 2,000 clients...

Melanie Bell is the Founder of Leaders Who Fiction, an online book club and community that offers a unique way for people to acquire and develop leadership qualities through reading and discussing novels.  On this fast-growing platform, leaders meet on the last Wednesday of each month for intellectual, business-oriented conversations centered around a selected novel.  Melanie is also the Co-Founde...

Logan Hughes, CEO of Hite Digital in Manchester, NH, transitioned from eight years in medical services to successful entrepreneurship. His digital marketing side hustle turned into a thriving business, emphasizing creativity. As a family man, Logan advocates for work-life balance and, with over five years in digital marketing, led Hite Digital Manchester to Inc.5000 recognition twice. As a speaker...

Taylor Costa van Putten is President of Braeburn Whisky in the United States. He is also a licensed and registered securities broker and former financial planner and fiduciary financial advisor across several institutions in the United States. Connect with Taylor on LinkedIn.

Stephan Poschik is a serial entrepreneur who has founded six successful companies across two continents, leveraging over 23 years of experience in scaling businesses to six figures in Europe and North America. With a result-centered approach, Stephan is dedicated to generating tangible outcomes for clients and has developed a personalized coaching program for executives, leaders, and entrepreneurs...

Brian Aquart, the dynamic force behind Why I Left, isn’t just a podcast host – he’s your companion on a journey through the intricate tapestry of career transformations. With a background as an employment attorney, consultant, and seasoned healthcare executive, Brian brings his multifaceted career experience to the mic. A lifelong learner, he not only seeks understanding but actively executes stra...

Sabrina Runbeck, a clinician, serial entrepreneur, and CEO of PulsePoint Path, applies her extensive medical and business expertise to drive healthtech innovations, ensuring profitability and reducing investor risk. Her leadership and innovative 12-point framework not only advance healthcare technology but also amplify social impact within the sector. Engage with Sabrina on LinkedIn to elevate you...

James Taylor is the founder of PowLeads in the UK, an enterprise dedicated to revolutionizing business automation andAI-driven content creation. With a rich background in marketing, automation, video, animation, and a keen interest in AI, he’s now focusing on empowering companies with technological advancements and educational programs to enhance brand presence across platforms like LinkedIn and T...

Mike Abramowitz, founder of Better than Rich, has 20 years of direct sales experience training more than 5,000 sales reps for $17M sold, has 9 books in the self-help space, and founded PB&J for Tampa Bay. He has scaled his several six figure businesses and a nonprofit to be run without him so he can experience the freedom that he desires. He’s a busy father and husband who helps other busy entrepr...

A globally mobile Afro-Latina and first-generation American who, by age 19, lived in and identified with seven cultures on five continents, Doni Aldine is passionate about creating community for “in-between” cultural populations. She has presented around the globe as a keynote speaker, at conferences, universities and in media as a lifestyle expert focused on media, marketing and multiculturalism....

Former Wisconsin Gov. Martin J. Schreiber is an award-winning crusader for Alzheimer’s caregivers and persons with dementia. Reaching audiences nationwide at live events and through various forms of media, Marty uses humor and compassion as he shares lessons from his ongoing, decade-plus journey as caregiver. His speaking tour takes him to conferences, civic organizations, senior communities, libr...

Joshua Ramsey is a seasoned marketing professional with over two decades of experience in media advertising and agency leadership. Starting as a Junior Project Manager, he swiftly climbed the ranks to become Vice President of Marketing & Sales before founding Strategic Point Marketing, catering to small local businesses. In 2018, he launched JRcmo, a Fractional CMO consultancy, focusing on optimiz...

It all began with a big swing of bold. After over 20 years in healthcare, Leigh Burgess founded Bold Industries Group, an organization that encompasses her passion for tackling big challenges that when solved, make the world a better place. Through her signature Believe-Own-Learn Design (B.O.L.D.) Framework and approach, her goal is to create positive change and community-building through consulti...

Kelley Thornton was born in Towson, MD, moved to Connecticut for high school, started a painting business, and graduated with a degree in Economics from the University of Connecticut in 1990, debt-free. He began his career in sales in New York City and transferred to Chicago a few years later. After a successful 19-year career in the throes of corporate America, he left to begin his second company...

Branden Cobb, founder of Marketing Exec and Fractional Chief Marketing Officer, joins us today with over 15 years of marketing leadership experience. He has helped some of the world’s most iconic brands and is just getting started. He is currently engaged in research that could transform the marketing field, while continuing to lead active businesses to further success.

Richard Parker is the founder of Diomo Corporation – The Business Buyer resource Center™ and author of the How To Buy A Good Business At A Great Price© series. He has purchased thirteen of his own businesses and has been an advisor and broker to small business buyers and sellers for over three decades. He has written and been featured in more than 300 articles on the subject of buying businesses i...

Justin Breen is the Founder and CEO of the exclusive connectivity platform, BrEpic Network. His newest book, Epic Life, features a foreword from Dr. Peter Diamandis and has been the #1 overall book for sales on Amazon Kindle. It also recently made the Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller lists. Click here to purchase Epic Life.

Angela Johnson is a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST), Certified LeSS Practitioner (CLP), co-founder of Collaborative Leadership Team, and the author of The Scrum Master Files: Secrets every coach should know. As a professional people geek, Angela helps others successfully implement Scrum and Agile to achieve their goals and objectives. Click here to purchase The Scrum Master Files.

Cheryl Lynn Mobley is the CEO and Founder of reCalibrate, a boutique advisory firm for those who dare to lead - especially those who have what it takes to lead against the current. Her firm identifies chokepoints so leaders can take their organizations to the next level - with minimal angst. In her previous life as a hospital president, her hospital consistently excelled. She reverse-engineered wh...

As a business, you need more than an effective and usable product. You need to build a “Brand Identity.” This is where Bohdan Paladiichuk steps in from Kyiv, Ukraine. As co-founder of Qream, he’s been an active ceative director, brand strategist and entrepreneur for over a decade. Bohdan’s creative vision combines tried and true practices in UI/UX design with a mastery in sound production, videogr...

Todd Keitz has been a lifelong social good evangelist! He has woven community engagement and social impact into his life since he was a teenager volunteering in senior living centers. Over decades, he has created inter-generational programs to build bridges within families and communities, volunteered as a “hugger” for Special Olympics, developed business curriculum for high schools, taught in inn...

Scott Rusnak is an Executive Coach, Expert EOS Implementer® and a Board-Certified Coach for the US and British Olympic Teams. He is also the author of The Entrepreneur’s Field Guide – Design Your Life Before Someone Else Does It For You!   Scott has co-founded and successfully exited multiple businesses, including Schoollogic, GolfNow, HM Systems, and Tutela. Each successful transition has been at...

Dr. Dravon James is the Founder of the Next Step Leadership Academy, a company that empowers women to use everything that shows up in their lives- good, bad, or otherwise to reach their next level of greatness. Dr. Dravon is a transformation specialist using her “Every Day Peace” philosophy to coach women on how to master goal attainment. She is the author of Freedom is Your Birthright, host of “D...

Larry Mandelberg is a serial entrepreneur who solves complex business problems. He provides leadership team development, change mentoring, strategic planning, executive coaching, and ethics training to midsize organizations and their boards through his consulting practice. He’s the author of Businesses Don't Fail They Commit Suicide: How to Survive Success and Thrive in Good Times and Bad. Larry h...