Thrive LouD with Lou Diamond

Like many of us, John DeMato has had a unique 2020. From a busy slate of client business - to a shut down - to contracting COVID-19 - to fighting through the virus - to picking up his camera and changing the way he works and how we now think about virtual events --> John has done MORE than just pivot his business. Listen to this episode pulled from his appearance on THRIVE LOUD LIVE as Visual Stor...

Rachel Augusta is a witch, warrior, vegan, speaker, activist, Krav Maga addict, and lover of wine.  She's also a big believer in health miracles and a serious animal lover. Pulled from a special Halloween episode last year, we brought back Rachel as she shares a little bit about the type of skeptics she encounters in dealing with the ways she helps heal animals with disease, chronic illness,...

David Morgan is a widely recognized analyst in the precious metals industry and consults for hedge funds, high net worth investors, mining companies, depositories, and bullion dealers. He is the publisher of The Morgan Report, a world-class publication designed to build and secure wealth. He is the author of “The Silver Manifesto” and a featured speaker at investment conferences worldwide. His ide...

DIGITAL FUTURIST – KEYNOTE SPEAKER - VIRTUAL EVENT Emcee - Online EVENT Strategist PAGER-WEARING MILLENNIAL – PODCASTER -- Brian Fanzo is featured in a Thrive LOUD Minisode. Brian loves what he does because he gets to help brands and leaders shift their perspective of the future to leverage the synergy between digital and Humanity! In this Thrive LOUD Minisode ( pulled from Brian's original appear...

Matt Teifke is the founder of Teifke Real Estate (TRE)….a lifelong entrepreneur and hustler. His dedication and commitment to the space is impressive -- as well as his podcast program, The Real Estate Podcast , and the business and life he has created for himself and his family His vision is to enhance the standard of living for people across the world and his mission is to educate people on every...

David is most recently known for being the host of  The Gonzo Experience  Entrepreneur Podcast. He is author of business and college planning books, a  TEDx speaker , a three-time  Inc. Magazine 5000 Growth Company winner, and a professor at the University of Rochester.  He also made an appearance a little over three years ago on Thrive LOUD with Lou Diamond.   I...

Marc Kramer is a serial entrepreneur, author, columnist, and podcast host. He has raised billions of dollars for a variety of ventures. He is president of Kramer Communications , which provides business, marketing, financial and operational plan development and implementation for startups to Fortune 500 companies. He is also the president of Stress Free Family Business , where he trains the next g...

Serial entrepreneur Lisa Jolly started Honeybunch Pure Naturals in 2014 right in her kitchen after participating in a Shopify #buildabiz contest. Being a mum of three, she had a simple idea and that was to create a completely natural product line full of native New Zealand Manuka honey that was safe to use for the whole family.    Lisa is passionate about the natural wellbeing of humans...

Lizzy Klein is an NYC-based digital entrepreneur who caught the startup bug way back in college. She also founded LK (ad)Ventures in 2014 to help early-stage entrepreneurs move from “idea” to “in business,” applying her deep experience as a leader and operator in New York City’s digital community. She loves all things bright and colorful (seriously, check out her IG feed !) She recently launched a...

"G" Gaydon Leavitt is an Automation & Business Intelligence Expert GODSEND | Business Exit Strategy GURU | Valuation Multiple GENIUS. Through his company's own unique proprietary models, software, and automation strategies; he has created automation that streamlines: sales & marketing, H.R. & people, strategy & finance, and operations. His company, ToolBox. OS has a unique approach to automation,...

Born and raised in New York City, ABXY founder Allison Barker graduated from the Nightingale-Bamford School in 2006. She attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, where she earned degrees in Art History and French Literature. Barker went on to pursue a career in curatorial work, independently developing exhibitions for museums, galleries, and contemporary artists throughout the US and Europ...

Jen Grant is the CEO of Appify .  She has spent the last 15 years building companies from the ground-up and taking multiple companies to over a billion dollar valuation. As CMO, Jen Grant led Looker’s marketing until the 2.6B acquisition by Google in 2019, led the rebrand of Elastic and built the team that took the company public for 2.4B in 2018, and grew Box from a small start-up to an indu...

Professional keynote speaker, author, experience strategy expert and tech humanist Kate O'Neill is featured in a Thrive LOUD Minisode.  Plucked from her original conversation with Lou Diamond back in the fall of 2019, Kate talks about the challenges companies, industries and people are facing with automation and technology and how she helps them try to find the hope within it. Listen in and e...

Growing up in a village with a population of three hundred and six, there were more books in the local library than people in town. A.M. Caplan used to concoct increasingly elaborate schemes to “borrow” the thriller titles she wasn’t allowed to read. Eventually she gave up her life of crime and went straight, putting all her ill-gotten knowledge to use, resulting in Echoes, Reverberation, and Dead...

We went back into the archives to pull a meaningful episode from the president of Brightcore Energy and three-time NHL All-Star and Stanley Cup Champion for the  New York Rangers ,  Mike Richter .  You can check out the full, original interview between Lou and Mike also joined by Brightcore's Co-CEO Rob Krugel. Listen in on how Mike compares sitting in the "net" from his hockey days...

Thane Marcus Ringler is back on Thrive LOUD and catches up with Lou Diamond. He's got a new book to talk about called Catalyst for Hope -- Thane wrote this new book to provide readers with a "hope fuel". Pulled from their THRIVE LOUD LIVE episode on LinkedIn and YouTube recorded in late August. *** CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND - www.loudiamond.net SUBSCRIBE TO THRIVE LOUD - www.thriveloud.com/podcast...

Tracy Timm is truly UNSTOPPABLE! Listen in as Lou reconnects with former Thrive LOUD guest , amazing entrepreneur and career coach extraordinaire Tracy Timm. Recorded LIVE in September 2020 on LinkedIn and YouTube. And grab yourself a copy of Tracy's newest book -- UNSTOPPABLE .

Through his high-content, engaging, and interactive keynotes, workshops, and webinars,  Dr. Bruce Weinstein , The Ethics Guy®, works with organizations that want to do the right thing every time and that know the key to their success is the high character of their employees. Bruce has discussed ethical issues in business, politics, and the news on NBC’s  Today , ABC’s  Good Morning...

Vince Ning is the CEO & Co-Founder of Nabis , one of the leading third-party distributors of cannabis products in California shipping nearly $100M of top-tier wholesale products. He is an expert in building B2B enterprise software companies and brings his experience to help scale the cannabis industry operationally and compliantly. The company was part of Y Combinator and is expanding to become th...

Thomas Grønnevik CEO and co-founder of Wasder , where he leads the brands global growth, vision. and a team of the most talented individuals who have an undeniable passion for gaming. He started his first gaming company at the age 18...and continues to push the envelope of technology and fun. Thomas connects with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD. *** CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND - www.loudiamond.net SUBSCRI...

Founder & CEO of AIMeCAST Steve Rimland catches up with Lou Diamond after his initial appearance on the show two years ago. Listen in and learn all about what AIMeCAST is up to and a new podcast program that's coming out on September 15, 2020. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND: www.loudiamond.net SUBSCRIBE TO THRIVE LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

A Cincinnati native, Lauren Swickard (formerly Lorynn York) excelled in the arts at a young age. She trained as a dancer at the prestigious School of American Ballet in NYC and at the Chautauqua Institute in New York. Lauren started her professional acting career in high school with a small role on the TV Movie, “Shelter,” working with JJ Abrams. Now represented by Powerline Entertainment, she can...

Riggs Eckelberry is the founder and CEO of an innovative water technology company, called OriginClear , which is delivering water solutions for industrial customers worldwide. Based in Los Angeles with operations in Texas, Virginia and China, OriginClear has developed and licensed an invention that treats industrial and agricultural waste water with very little energy, and no chemicals. A successf...

Nik Wallenda is a seventh-generation member of the legendary Wallenda family. Known worldwide for his incredible feats upon the high wire and beyond, Nik is the holder of eleven world records, among which are the highest four-level eight-person pyramid on the wire, the highest and longest bicycle ride on a wire, and hanging from a helicopter by his teeth. Nik's career began at the age of two, as h...

Brett Bergen is a Financial Planning & Analysis professional for the U.S. Navy in Washington, D.C. Originally from the Philadelphia area, Brett graduated in the top 2% of his class from Penn State University in 2009, with a double-major in Finance and Industrial Psychology. He later graduated from Columbia University with a Masters in Applied Analytics. Today, Brett works with a team to manage mul...