Thrive LouD with Lou Diamond

Kevin Urrutia is the co-founder of New York based Voy Media who specialize in creating for clients Facebook and Instagram ads that are sophisticated and super creative. Kevin's team are usually half on site and half around the world. During lockdown they have all been working remotely. Kevin also has his own podcast - Digital Marketing Fastlane which helps you to build. launch, grow and scale a su...

Milind Mehere is a serial entrepreneur, builder, thinker, angel investor, husband, and father.  Milind founded YieldStreet on the simple belief that everyone, regardless of their net worth, should have access to make the most of their money. which is an investment platform that is changing how wealth is created by connecting investors to asset-based alternative investments. Prior to YieldStre...

Genecia Alluora is a former Miss Singapore, Cafe Retail Chain Owner and Southeast Asia Woman of Excellence 2010, International Progressive Women 2019. She is awarded by Noble Queen Most Prominent Women Empowerment in 2020. She is also a Business Coach and awarded as Mentor of the Year in Powerhouse Global Ltd., the Founder of Soul Rich Woman, the #1 female entrepreneur network in Southeast Asia th...

John Swanson is the CEO of Wendell , a coaching company that focuses in the area of Mindset and Health. Previously, John was a professional athlete and the former CEO of Granite Games, Fast Factory Fitness and Factory Forged. He has partnered with companies like Nike and Reebok and has recently been featured in Yahoo! Finance, Entrepreneur and many others. Listen in to learn how this former hockey...

After getting his Master's Degree in 2000 Judson Laipply has been entertaining and educating audiences all over the globe. With energy and engagement, comedy and content, wit and wisdom Judson provides keynotes and trainings that are as enjoyable as they are impactful. Helping people and organizations deal with and create change while reminding them about the importance of growth and evolving Juds...

Jason Barnard (the Brand SERP Guy) is an author and digital marketing consultant. He specialises in Brand SERP optimisation and Knowledge Panel management. Jason's first book, The Fundamentals of Brand SERPs for Business, was published in January 2022. He regularly publishes articles on leading digital marketing publications such as Search Engine Journal and Search Engine Land and regularly writes...

Rachel DeAlto is a relationship expert, coach, media personality, and speaker. She is the author of “relat able : How to Connect with Anyone Anywhere (Even if It Scares You)” (Simon & Schuster’s Tiller Press, Fall 2021). Rachel has appeared as a relationship expert on Lifetime’s Married at First Sight, TLC ’s Kate+Date, and as the host of FYI’s Kiss Bang Love.  Listen in as you will easily be...

Having delivered thousands of presentations over 2 decades, Jason Hewlett is the only speaker in the world teaching leadership in a performance of uncanny musical and comedy impressions, utilizing the legends of stage. "The Promise" is a Keynote Speech that feels like a Show, with proven processes and immediately implementable takeaways to transform your business and leadership skills. Author of "...

amantha Roberts is an undeniable force of resilience and no stranger to catastrophic change. Following multiple accidents and challenges in her home state, she leaned into the impenetrable perseverance of her youth and an unshakable belief that there must be more. Having silently survived 12 years of chronic pain, a synergistic and transformational journey is now getting underway. Her new podcast...

Jesse Kay is a 20 year old entrepreneur and podcaster from New Jersey. He is currently a rising junior at Cornell University. Outside of his studies, Jesse is the founder of Vyber Media , a digital consulting agency helping Fortune 500 brands, professional athletes and businesses better connect, engage and monetize their relationships via social media and digital marketing strategies. Clients have...

Jessica Woodbeck is the founder of the Thrive Realty Group. She gained momentum as an expert negotiator and a big thinker while negotiating multi-million dollar IT contracts for General Motors. In 2015 she turned her dream of a life by design and her passion for real estate into a full-time career. Her relentless pursuit of serving others allowed her to launch a team with her husband (Justin) and...

Todd Cherches is the CEO & Co-founder of BigBlueGumball LLC , an innovative New York City-based consulting firm specializing in leadership development, management training, team building, public speaking, and executive coaching. Consultant, trainer, executive coach, TEDx speaker, keynote speaker, panelist, professor, author, blogger, and thought leader in the field of leadership and visual thinkin...

S.G. Blaise was born in a faraway land of castles, monarchies and fallen dictatorships (aka Hungary). Hollywood movies were forbidden under Soviet oppression during her childhood, but her dad smuggled them anyway, risking his life not for profit but for his children to experience the magic and hope inherent in those stories. Listen in to hear her amazing journey towards becoming an author and lear...

Kate Eckman is the author of The Full Spirit Workout: A Ten-Step System to Shed Your Self-Doubt, Strengthen Your Spiritual Core, and Create a Fun and Fulfilling Life . She is a broadcast journalist and TV personality who brings her expertise in communications, performance, and mindfulness to her practice as a success coach for business leaders and professional athletes. She earned a B.A. in commun...

With hundreds of episodes and thousands of listeners each week, it takes a whole team to get the Thrive LOUD podcast train rolling. And onboard this super power engine are the wonderful Thrive LOUD interns that have helped produce this podcast over the years. In previous semesters, Lou has interviewed the interns, engaged them in a fun conversation and, in some instances,  the interns have hi...

Stephanie Scheller is the Impact Authority, she has worked with more than 2500 companies in the past decade, using psychology to simplify sales, marketing & people management. She is an accomplished speaker and a two-time best-selling author. In 2016 she founded Grow Disrupt , a San Antonio-based training organization empowering small business owners to thrive personally & professionally. Stephani...

Maria Massei-Rosato wears many hats. She's an executive with a record of enabling strategic partnerships and developing business critical tools. 35 year career at Federal Reserve Bank of New York with particular emphasis on working with businesses to build next generation products leveraging advanced analytics. She's and educator.  She's developed and teaches, Storytelling with Data, a gradua...

Dr. Petra Deeter is an award-winning film director and a social impact builder. As a filmmaker, she has made films in many genres, focusing on using the visual story medium to tell the stories that matter. Her film "Reborn" , about domestic violence, premiered at the legendary Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, won over 2-dozen international awards and screened at festivals and theatres around the worl...

Several years ago, having no business background or training Manuel Suarez started a business, launching his own brand. Within a year, through his study and application of Social Media Advertising, it was a multi-million dollar company. He sold it a few months later. Then he took his father's company from two million dollars in revenue — in one country, to forty million dollars in eight countries,...

Lila Rose is a speaker, writer, and human rights activist. She founded and serves as president of Live Action, a media and news nonprofit dedicated to ending abortion and inspiring a culture that respects all human life. Lila speaks internationally on family and cultural issues and has addressed members of the European Parliament and the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. She has be...

Helen Dayen is an executive coach with over 15 years of experience in leadership, sales, relationship management, business development, and executive coaching. She specializing in elevating influential leadership, honing executive presence, building teams and fostering stronger professional relationships. Helen works with professionals in high stress/high demand industries such as finance, technol...

Joseph Fung is the CEO of Uvaro , a tech sales career accelerator, and of Kiite, a sales enablement platform purpose-built to provide sales teams with the information they need when they need it. A graduate of the University of Waterloo’s Computer Engineering program, Joseph’s a repeat Founder & CEO, and with multiple successful exits, and speaks frequently on the topics of sales leadership, diver...

Simon Severino helps business owners in SaaS and Services (Consultancies, Agencies) discover how to be able to run their company more efficiently which results in sales that soar. He created the Strategy Sprints®️ Method that doubles revenue in 90 days by getting owners out of the weeds.  Simon is the CEO and founder of Strategy Sprints which is a global team of certified Strategy Sprints®️ C...

Dan Soviero is an entrepreneur, athlete, laxer, problem solver and the founder of Signature Lacrosse . He has been taking a “problem-solving” approach; to build innovative products, distribute them in disruptive ways, to progress the experience of the sport, and make the sport more accessible. Listen in to this Forbes 30 Under 30 innovator and 'join the flock' as he shares his journey from his col...

John Livesay , aka The Pitch Whisperer, is a sales keynote speaker where he shows companies’ sales teams how to turn mundane case studies into compelling case stories so they win more new business. From John’s award winning career at Conde Nast, he shares the lessons he learned that turns sales teams into revenue rock stars. His TEDx talk: Be The Lifeguard of your own life has over 1,000,000 views...