Thrive LouD with Lou Diamond

Dave Young is an innovator who loves to challenge the traditional way of thinking. Having previously been involved with launching new technologies for Construction and Real Estate professionals, Dave turned his focus to the Custom Contracting community in 2013. In his capacity as Regional Developer for multiple Alair Homes regions in North America, Dave gets the opportunity to collaborate with top...

Travis Chappell is a door to door salesman turned founder, investor, speaker, and podcaster. He is the founder and CEO of Guestio.com , the highest quality guest and show booking marketplace in the industry. He's also the co-host of the top ranked podcasts Build Your Network and Figuring It Out where he's interviewed people like Shaquille O'Neal, Rob Dyrdek, Grant Cardone, Josh Peck, Molly Bloom,...

Kute Blackson is a beloved inspirational speaker and transformational teacher. He speaks at countless organizations across the globe and he is on a life long mission To awaken and inspire people across the planet to access inner freedom, live authentically and fulfill their true life’s purpose. Kute returns to Thrive LouD coinciding with the paperback launch of his bestselling book Magic of Surren...

Justin Breen is the founder and CEO of BrEpic Communications LLC, a PR firm that works exclusively with visionaries and exceptional businesses around the world. BrEpic has partnered with incredible brands, including Allstate, University of Illinois, Morgan Stanley, Salvation Army, White Lodging, Burwood Group, Schuler Scholar Program, Cultivate Advisors, LISC, The Safe + Fair Company, McCormick Fo...

Callie Roberson is the Creative Director at Manifestive Design . Callie has an eye for clarity and branding and she has a spirit, spunk and special way about her that makes every conversation fun and exciting. Callie shares with Lou how design and creativity became front and center in her life when she never thought it would or could. Callie and her amazing team are responsible for the new de...

Dr. Morgan Oaks is a transformational keynote speaker, High Performance Coach whose passion is empowering people in every facet of their life.  Dr. Morgan’s gift is inspiring audiences and clients to develop and trust their intuition, integrate their life wisdom, and to cultivate the courage to take inspired action.  The winding life path of this mechanical engineering, fire fighting, st...

Farzad Rashidi  is the lead innovator at Respona , the all-in-one digital PR and link-building software that combines personalization with productivity. He also runs the marketing efforts at Visme, where he helped the company gain over 12 million active users and pass 2M monthly organic traffic. Since then, he’s been helping other companies achieve similar successes via Respona. ***CONNECT WI...

Ali Siam, CEO and certified NFL and CFL agent, is the founder and backbone of Siam Sports Management. Through his vision, passion and excellent work ethic, Siam’s unique and personable approach strives not only to meet but surpass his client’s goals and expectations, both on and off the field. Ali’s negotiation and business skills combined with his experience, commitment and personal attention to...

Lisa Gable is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller and is recognized as a turnaround mastermind and innovative businesswoman. For more than 30 years, she has been called to turnaround failing organizations—businesses, teams, nonprofits, political campaigns, and government projects—and solve seemingly intractable problems. Over time, Lisa has learned the key to course-correct when things...

Bettina Carey wants everyone--entrepreneurs, coaches, authors, mentors, thought leaders, and service-based business owners, especially women of color—to break through to multiple six figures. And she knows how to lead the way. The diminutive Latina is making a difference in the lives of many. Since 1993 she’s been inspiring motivated businesspeople to live empowered lives, impacting over 6,000 peo...

Born into poverty and thankful for it - Mike Alden is truly a self made success story. Growing up poor forced him to learn how to use what had within himself to make more out of life. And that he has. Starting with basically nothing and creating a multi-million dollar business – he’s even mapped out a blueprint for the success he has achieved and wants to share it with the world. He is the author...

One of the most in-demand Customer Experience and Marketing speakers in the world today, David Avrin has shared his high-energy and content-rich presentations with enthusiastic audiences across North America and around the world including presentations in Singapore, Bangkok, Melbourne, Brisbane, Bangalore, Antwerp, Monte Carlo, London, Buenos Aires, Glasgow, Bogota, Rotterdam, Barcelona, Johannesb...

Heather Younger is the Founder & CEO of Employee Fanatix, a leading employee engagement and consulting firm. She is a highly sought-after keynote speaker, a diversity, equity and inclusion strategist, and the world’s lead-ing expert on listening at work.  Drawing from her personal experiences as the only child of an interfaith and interracial marriage, Heather is committed to inspiring leader...

Neil Hoyne has served as an analyst, researcher, inventor, lecturer and, in his words, the father of many forgettable slides of glossy funnels and Venn diagrams. A witness to and participant in billion-dollar successes, and instructive failures, all in the pursuit of building indestructible customer relationships through digital media. A key player in the executive rallying cry to be more “data dr...

Candice Westphal and Jamie Crosbie are two extraordinary woman that started their careers together 25 years ago and served as executive leaders for many years. They have a shared passion to live life to the fullest with great intention and wellness. Through their personal wellness journeys, they recognized a need in the marketplace for a comprehensive wellness company that customizes programs to t...

Morag Barrett is a best-selling author and the passion behind SkyeTeam, an award-winning leadership development company.  Sh has supported the development of more than 10,000 leaders from 20 countries and on 6 continents. Morag has contributed to CIO, Entrepreneur, and the American Management Association,  She is also a member of the Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches organization and is rec...

As the daughter of a career Air Force officer, Lauren Schieffer grew up being uprooted and relocated every couple of years. This imbued her with a profound independence and ability to adapt to changing circumstances. The lessons she learned from “The Colonel” have helped her make smart decisions and overcome adversity with humility and a sense of humor. Lauren has navigated just about every aspect...

David Pickerell is the co-founder of Para - a service offering building a better, worker-first gig economy. Simply put, Para is helping gig drivers thrive...and that's what we have him on Thrive LouD. Learn about his journey, impressive company and where he hopes to lead Para in the years to come. *** Connect to Lou Diamond & Thrive LouD  

Cait Donovan , is the Burnout Expert and an incredible podcast host. She spent the first 12 years of her career as a full time acupuncturist.  She bought a ticket for the burnout cycle and rode that ride for nearly a decade. One day, she decided to heal. She did. Now it's her turn to reach back and use her Chinese Medicine know how plus life coaching to help you create a Burnout Resilient Lif...

Matt Clark is the Founder & Chief Rainmaker at The Virtual Edge with his business partner Wesley Longueira to help entrepreneurs charge more, work less and feel great about it. Since starting the business in 2016 they've grown to serve over 1000 people across 26 countries. Matt helps his clients create magnetic messaging, results-based sales training and high-ticket leveraged offers. He is big on...

Affinity Solutions CEO Jonathan Silver returns to the Thrive LouD podcast after almost two years. Jonathan updates Lou and the listeners about: How Affinity Solutions has evolved over the last few years What his company has been focused on of late Explaining what Purchased-based Media Scoring (PbMS) is all about and why creating a clearer definition of media scoring has never been more important A...

Barry Gabster , the founder and CEO of InitiateU , is revolutionizing the advertising game. InitiateU has worked with up to 82 clients per month, mailing over 2 million mailers in one month, skyrocketing their sales from $800k to $8.5 million in gross sales in just one year all by word of mouth.   Speaking of which, listen to Barry on this fun conversation of Thrive LouD with Lou Diamond...

James Brown is an acclaimed speaker and customer service expert who helps organizations and businesses leverage the power of relationships for revenue success. A former All-American collegiate track star, World Championship trials qualifier and award-winning national sales executive, James is no stranger to competing at a high level. He’s drawn on “champion principles” to succeed throughout his 30...

Internationally recognized client-acquisition expert, author, and hall of fame speaker Bill Cates is featured in a Thrive LouD with Lou Diamond minisode. Pulled from his original appearance , Bill shares with Lou the utter importance of knowing the people you are trying to reach. *** Produced by Adele Williams Connect to Lou Diamond & Thrive LouD

Ryan Early is the controlling owner of Blue Green Ventures, American Wholesale Hemp, Hempyre Genetics, and Can- ek Labs, and the General Contractor for the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Industrial Hemp Pilot Program. He is also the owner of the Midwest Microbiome Repository, in charge of gathering and testing various strains of hemp and other potentially viable agricultural commodity crop...