The Business Power Hour with Deb Krier

T. Shane Johnson is a Marine Corps veteran, motivational speaker, and the co-founder of Big Guns Coffee—America’s first indoor hydroponic coffee farm. With a bold vision for sustainable agriculture and retail innovation, T. Shane has scaled his veteran- and family-owned brand into major retailers like Walmart, Sprouts, and HomeGoods. Beyond business, he’s a world-record-holding endurance athlete,...

Gregory Vetter is a transformative figure who has guided various enterprises (Tessemae's All Natural, Alta Fresh Foods and Homegrown Brands), as a Founder/CEO. His mission, simply put, is to galvanize the leaders of tomorrow. As a preeminent thinker on issues ranging from leadership, change management to innovation, Greg is a recognized expert and frequent speaker on a host of related topics. Greg...

Today’s guest is a legendary figure in the world of publishing, influence-building, and media strategy. Michael R. Drew is the founder of Promote A Book and co-author of the best-selling book Pendulum: How Past Generations Shape Our Present and Predict Our Future. He’s the behind-the-scenes force who’s helped over 130 authors hit bestseller lists, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal,...

Atlanta-based Dr. Sam Adeyemi leads leaders. More than 3.8 million CEOs and high performing individuals follow Dr. Sam on top social media sites. Dr. Sam is the author of SHIFTS: 6 Steps to Transform Your Mindset and Elevate Your Leadership and Dear Leader: Your Flagship Guide to Successful Leadership. He is the Principal Consultant of Sam Adeyemi GLC, Inc., a leading global leadership consulting...

Adiel Gorel is one of the leading experts on Real Estate and Real Estate Investment in the United States, and around the world. He is the founder of International Capital Group and author of five books, including his Amazon Bestseller, Remote Control Retirement Riches. Adiel has lectured or conducted seminars all over the world, including at Stanford, Cisco, Meta, Intel, Microsoft, Berkeley, Amazo...

Patrick Hardy is founder and CEO of Dysaster, the largest small business disaster management company in the U.S. A Certified Emergency Manager®, and Master Business Continuity Professional®, he has been a disaster professional for over twenty years. In the summer of 2012, he became the youngest person ever selected as the National Private Sector Representative to the Federal Emergency Management A...

Draye Redfern is a recognized authority in direct-response marketing, trusted by New York Times bestselling authors, Shark Tank investors, and fast-growing companies across the globe. With two successful exits—one to a Berkshire Hathaway company—Draye brings both strategic insight and real-world execution experience to every client he serves. He’s the founder of FractionalCMO.com, a premier servic...

Stephen Ridley is a former Wall Street banker turned internationally acclaimed pianist and founder of Ridley Academy, where he’s helped over 35,000 students worldwide unlock their musical potential. Known for his high-energy performances and unconventional life journey, Stephen teaches people how learning piano can rewire the brain, improve focus, reduce stress, and build lifelong discipline. He h...

Bill Ellis is a master at unlocking the fearless potential in others. A veteran of corporate brand management for more than 25 years at global beverage giant Anheuser-Busch, Bill has come to learn and deliver his true value in the past decade as a public speaker, certified coach and brand architect for individuals and businesses. He's an executive coach who works with successful leaders who are as...

Sharon L. Tasman is the Founder and Partner of HTBiz Law, with over 30 years of legal experience and an over $6 Billion deal portfolio. After nearly two decades at one of the world's largest law firms and at a global pharmaceutical company, Sharon founded HTBiz Law to provide clients of all sizes with “big law” experience coupled with the personal attention of a boutique law firm. Sharon represent...

Skye Waterson is an ADHD strategist, coach, and founder of Unconventional Organisation, a multi-six-figure business dedicated to helping entrepreneurs and executives stay focused, build consistent revenue, scale sustainably, and get their time back. After being diagnosed with ADHD during her PhD, she realized that traditional productivity advice didn’t work for her brain. She immersed herself in r...

Andrew Newland is the Founder and CEO of Functional Medicine Marketing and the author of Digital Marketing & SEO For Functional Medicine Practices: The Best Online Marketing Methods for Getting More Calls, Better Leads & Bigger Profits. Since 2020, he has helped integrative and functional medicine clinics grow through SEO-driven marketing strategies tailored specifically to the unique needs of pri...

CEO, board member, best-selling author, and acclaimed international speaker, Adam Coffey is a visionary leader who drives transformative growth and fosters high-performance cultures. With 21+ years of experience as CEO, Adam built three national service companies for nine private equity sponsors. Completing 58 acquisitions, his track record includes notable outcomes measured in billions. Adam is a...

Known for helping attorneys and professionals become bestselling authors and get positioned as experts in their practice area, Melanie Herschorn wants to help you step into your spotlight as an authority. As a publisher and book marketing strategist and founder of Big Impact Books, she’s on a mission to empower new authors to make an impact and grow their income with their signature book. With her...

Starting out at age 25, Tanya Alvarez self-funded her first New York ad agency, using credit cards, and achieved zero to 1 million in revenue in the first year. Along the way, she traveled to 42 countries, completing the Boston and NYC Marathons and a Half Ironman, all while battling a rare brittle bone condition. Tanya is a classic underdog story, and she’s on a mission to help you own your life,...

Dr. Ravi Iyer, MD, TEDx speaker, author, coach, and President of Reston Towncenter Toastmasters Club, is a renowned expert in personal and professional transformation. As CEO of IR FocalPoint, Iyer Clinic, and ActivPower Inc., he helps high-achieving individuals, including C-Suite executives, entrepreneurs, celebrities, and athletes, unlock their full potential through mastery of inner silence. Hi...

METAL.MEN partner/CEO Will Henshall is a veteran start up entrepreneur, inventor, and an artist. He’s an experienced personal growth leader, specializing in men’s work and is an equal left/right brain thinker which means he can imagine, create, and then build big picture visions. He founded the UK band Londonbeat in the early 90s and wrote the global #1 hit song ‘I’ve Been Thinking About You’. In...

The entrepreneurial journey for Dennis Balonze began when he was 12, sweeping floors in his uncle’s barbershop in Paterson, New Jersey. He was inspired by the sense of community and business hustle, eventually earning his hairdresser license while still in high school. After graduation, Dennis worked in salons to master his craft and, in 2001, he purchased an 80-year-old barbershop in Montclair, N...

Margie Oleson, Ed. D. helps leaders crush their goals with better clarity and alignment among teams. As the founder and CEO of Oleson Consulting, she is a dynamic speaker and leadership expert who shares knowledge from her education and decades of experience in corporate America – from a variety of industries, including American Family Insurance, Ameriprise, Cargill, Catholic Charities, Ecolab, Se...

Cheri Quinn is a brand and marketing strategist who specializes in asking open and honest questions and listening with an open heart and mind. As the Director of Brand Strategy at Mercury Creative Group, Cheri is a master at discovering and communicating an organization’s essential value. With a wealth of experience in brand strategy, strategic planning, marketing, and communications, she has help...

Vance Morris helps business owners get, serve, and keep clients for life through creating experiences and response required marketing. He is a former birth control factory security guard turned Disney leader, turned bankrupt out-of-work executive, turned carpet cleaner, turned successful entrepreneur. Now, he’s the founder of DSN Institute, helping businesses create customer experiences that drive...

Kara Kenan is the founder & CEO of the Cancer Wellness Institute, where she trains and certifies cancer coaches globally. A passionate advocate for cancer survivorship, Kara has developed evidence-based programs that empower patients, survivors, and health professionals. She also serves as the Executive Director for Going Beyond the Pink, a North Carolina-based breast cancer support nonprofit, and...

Bianca Best is a woman of impact. She is an award-winning global business leader, best-selling author, founder and CEO of  The Burnout Business and Energy-SCAPE™ method, certified coach, keynote speaker, and solo parenting mother of four who is passionately eradicating the world’s burnout epidemic at scale. She is the author of Big Impact Without Burnout: 8 Energizing Strategies to Stop Struggling...

Rich Horwath is the founder and CEO of the Strategic Thinking Institute where he facilitates strategy workshops to help executive leadership teams think, plan, and act strategically to set direction, create advantage, and maximize their leadership performance. He is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of eight books on strategic thinking, including his new book: STRATEGIC:...

Bofta Yimam is an Emmy Award-Winning Journalist, International Speaker and the Founder of StoryLede®, a fractional marketing and communications agency that uses storytelling to position companies and their CEOs as industry leaders so they can skyrocket their visibility, impact, and growth.  Before launching StoryLede, Bofta worked as a local and national TV correspondent for more than a decade, in...