The Business Power Hour with Deb Krier

Dr. Tasha Golden is a singer/songwriter turned behavioral scientist and a leading expert in creativity, leadership, and change. She has spoken and consulted for Google, the Mayo Clinic, the US Conference of Mayors, SXSW, and POLITICO, among many others—helping leaders and organizations link science and creative practice to drive innovation and growth. Dr. Golden was the first Director of Research...

Dr. Tina Neel is a nationally-recognized veterinarian, entrepreneur, and mentor with over four decades of experience in clinical practice and veterinary business leadership. She has founded, owned, and sold 11 successful veterinary hospitals and currently coaches business owners on how to build profitable, sustainable companies without burning out. Dr. Neel is also the co-founder and CEO of Angima...

Elizabeth Gaines is Director of Education at Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® (FDN), where she leads curriculum design, live training, and mentor development for one of the world’s most respected functional health certification programs. For more than a decade, Elizabeth worked in nonprofit trauma recovery, supporting victims of domestic minor sex trafficking. The relentless pace and emotional tol...

Todd Bertsch is a keynote speaker and mental fitness coach who helps mission-driven organizations reignite their spark by transforming stress and burnout into sustainable growth. With more than 17 years as a CEO and experience on serving on nonprofit executive boards, Todd brings real-world leadership insight to his SPARK Framework. Blending neuroscience, behavioral psychology, and practical tools...

Carl Walsh is a speaker, consultant, and business coach who blends theatrical expertise with corporate leadership. With 20 years as an award-winning actor and director, 25 years in corporate management—including as an IT Director—and 15 years as a professional speaker, he brings dynamic storytelling and strategic insight to business growth. As the co-host of The Oval Table podcast and co-founder o...

Rob te Braake is the founder of Insight Matters, a fractional CFO and accounting firm that helps 7- and 8-figure online businesses transform their numbers into strategic growth engines. Rob’s career began in corporate banking at ING, a path that took him from the Netherlands to China, where he spent seven years co-founding and building multiple green-tech ventures—an experience he describes as a m...

Coach Tony Le is a former UC Berkeley admissions reader and the founder of egelloC (that’s "college" backwards). After evaluating thousands of applications for the world’s #1 public university, he transitioned from an institutional insider to a mission-driven entrepreneur who has disrupted the educational consulting industry. Tony successfully scaled a traditionally small-scale "cottage industry"...

With over $150M in products and services sold, Katie Nelson is a serial entrepreneur and sales strategist. She is the Founder of Sales UpRising which specializes in helping business owners simplify sales and grow revenue with confidence. Drawing on her experience building businesses and leading thousands of sales conversations, she helps entrepreneurs develop authentic sales systems that create pr...

Molly Ruland, CEO & Founder of Heartcast Media, leverages over 20 years of multimedia industry expertise to trailblaze in podcast production. Based in DC but managing her global operations from Costa Rica, Molly's team has produced over 1,000 podcast episodes, including 7 top 10% global podcasts, across various genres and industries. Her impressive client roster spans prestigious organizations lik...

Coach Jim Johnson is an award-winning basketball coach with an outstanding 428–221 career record, 11 divisional titles, and multiple Coach of the Year honors, including Monroe County and Class A Section V Coach of the Year. Over more than two decades at Greece Athena High School, he built one of New York State’s most consistent and successful programs, leading his teams to numerous sectional champ...

Scott Stirrett is a social entrepreneur, author, and advisor focused on how people and communities grow and thrive in a volatile world. He founded Venture for Canada in 2013 and spent more than a decade building it into a national platform that helps early career professionals develop the skills, networks, and judgment to move forward in messy, fast changing conditions. Venture for Canada has supp...

Bryan Clayton started mowing lawns as a teenager with a push mower. Twenty years later, he’s the CEO of GreenPal — the app Entrepreneur Magazine calls “the Uber for lawn care.” Before GreenPal, Bryan built one of Tennessee’s largest landscaping companies, growing it to over $10 million a year before selling it. Now he’s doing it again — this time with technology. GreenPal connects 300,000 homeowne...

Elizabeth Cottrell’s career path has been anything but straight. With a graduate degree in human anatomy, she has been a leprosy researcher, published scientist, wife, mother, grandmother, community leader, freelance writer, desktop publisher, musician, and amateur radio operator. Since 2016, she has also served as the first woman to chair the board of First National Corporation and First Bank in...

Pranav Dalal is the founder and CEO of Office Beacon. Pranav's entrepreneurial journey began in mid-2001 when he traveled from Los Angeles to India, rented an office, hired five employees, and started Office Beacon—all within one week. In 2012, Pranav expanded Office Beacon's global footprint by taking over service facilities and employees from a subsidiary of VistaPrint in the Philippines. Now, w...

Ariana Pareja is an entrepreneur, investor, and exited tech founder known for building and scaling companies across tech and consumer brands. She co-founded Mighty Minis, a zero-sugar kids wellness brand born on Season 1 of Billion Dollar Showdown, where she won. Ariana has raised tens of millions in capital and is known for strategic pivots that align growth with real life. Click here to connect...

John Ray helps professionals who sell their expertise to price it for the value they truly deliver and win business without feeling salesy. He advises consultants, attorneys, coaches, fractional executives, and other solo or small-firm leaders on pricing strategy, value-based proposals, and business development that earns trust. Grounded in a decade advising expert practitioners and earlier roles...

Nathan Cook is an award-winning certified coach, transformational speaker, and mentor. Most simply, he helps people become More Than Before. He is the host of the More Than Before podcast, but most importantly...he is my friend. I was honored to be interviewed on his podcast. Click here to listen!

Lane Kawaoka owns 10,000+ rental units and leads the “Hui Deal Pipeline Club” which has acquired over $2.1B+ of real estate, by syndicating $200 million+ of private equity since 2016. He has returned over $45 million to his investors in distributions. He’s the founder of The Wealth Elevator. Lane uses his Engineering degree to reverse-engineer wealth-building strategies the rich use in the Top-50...

Bill Lampton, Ph. D., joins us from Gainesville, Georgia. Known as the "Biz Communication Guy," he earned his Ph. D. in Speech Communication from Ohio University, then taught at the University of Georgia before serving as a higher education vice president--where he applied his extensive communication theory daily. He then became a professional speaker, speech coach and communication consultant. Hi...

Kyle Austin Young is an award-winning strategy consultant for high achievers, entrepreneurs, and leaders in a wide range of fields. This work has given him the opportunity to develop and refine a powerful system for accomplishing big, meaningful goals that focuses on understanding and changing your odds of success. Kyle is a popular writer for Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, The Boston Glob...

Kathy Parry doesn’t just walk into a room; she energizes it. She is a nationally-recognized keynote speaker and authority on workplace resilience, energy, and purpose-driven performance. With a foundation in corporate training and deep roots in caregiving and wellness, Kathy empowers professionals to stay energized, even in the face of relentless disruption. Kathy holds degrees in Business and Foo...

Sarah Allen Benton is an Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor and Licensed Mental Health Counselor. She is Chief Clinical Officer and co-owner of Waterview Behavioral Health. She is also the co-owner of Benton Behavioral Health Consulting, LLC, offering clinical and business support services to innovative addiction and mental health companies. She holds a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology...

Traci DeForge, founder of Produce Your Podcast, an award-winning full-service production and audience growth marketing agency, is recognized as an international podcast expert, sought-after speaker, and media contributor. She is the creator of the Podcast Management Academy, the industry’s only certified podcast manager training program, PodHive, and Co-Founder of the Podcast Professionals Associa...

Cindee Williams is a business lifestyle coach, speaker, and the founder of LEAD My Life. She and her family have been small business owners for over three decades, building companies rooted in values, service, and community impact. After relocating from California—where they were deeply established as business owners and civic leaders—Cindee intentionally rebuilt meaningful community and professio...

Donna Dupont is an award-winning futurist, strategist, and designer who equips leaders with actionable intelligence to build future-ready organizations. As Founder of Purple Compass, she integrates strategic foresight and systems thinking to help organizations navigate uncertainty, and drive impactful change. She helps leaders explore the shifting landscape to unlock insights for innovation and re...