Thrive LouD with Lou Diamond

Julie Ann Sullivan catches up with Lou Diamond as they chat about the crazy world we're living in today. From Covid-19, racial tension, to helping companies decipher this new landscape - Julie Ann is a company culture expert and shares with Lou how we can piece together this puzzle. Pulled from their THRIVE LOUD LIVE conversation on June 17th enjoy this engaging episode and learn from the best. **...

Raised in Los Angeles, Carla Malden began her career working in motion picture production and development before becoming a screenwriter. Along with her father, Academy Award–winning actor Karl Malden , she coauthored his critically acclaimed memoir, When Do I Start?. More recently, Malden published AfterImage: A Brokenhearted Memoir of A Charmed Life, a fiercely personal account of battling the b...

Fernando Angulo is the Head of Communications at SEMrush and an International Speaker. With over ten years of experience in digital marketing, he has been at the forefront of the company’s marketing activities and has, among other things, built a great marketing team. Fernando is one of the major brand faces and annually performs over 50 prestigious conferences all over the world. He specializes i...

Wendy Wilkins is an award winning actress, writer, filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Wendy is honored to have recently become an American citizen having lived here for years via London, originally from Australia. After being a young cop, Wendy became one of the most successful real estate agents in Australia, personally selling over a billion dollars in sales. Her creative passions kept calling her...

Janet Wischnia one of the owners of Thomaston Mills, manufacturer of American Blossom Linens. Since she was 4 years old, she has been involved with the family business started by her grandfather. She learned from the ground up about the textile industry from manufacturing to marketing and even sweeping the floor. Her company’s philosophy is that people are looking for sustainable products, impecca...

Award-winning author  Derik Cavignano  revisits his popular character Detective Ray Hanley in  The Art of Dying  (Dark Corners Press, September 20, 2019). A native of Boston and a writer since high school, Derik Cavignano currently lives in Florida with his wife, children, and an angry cat who won’t stop biting him. He writes character-driven thrillers in a variety of genres, i...

Peter Brandl is a professional pilot, management consultant and author. With over 3.000 presentations in 23 countries, he is one of the most experienced and extraordinary characters in the international market of professional speakers. The ultimate communicator who transfers aviation conduct to everyday business life. Crucial decision-making skills in life and death situations to how you run your...

In case you missed the live airing on THRIVE LOUD LIVE ,  Doug Sandler catches up with Lou Diamond as the two talk about the boom of podcasting across the globe.  This episode has so many shout outs...here's our best shot at trying to capture ALL of them. Turnkey Podcast Productions Nice Guys on Business Strickland Bonner JJ Flizanes C-Suite Network Joe Rogan Bill Simmons JVology Michael...

After 18 years of practicing law in Seattle, Karen Treiger felt an unmistakable call to explore the story of her in-laws, Sam and Esther Goldberg. Educated at Barnard College and New York University Law School --where she was editor-in-chief of NYU Law Review -- Treiger made the momentous decision to retire from her law practice and pull together the threads of a family story she had heard for man...

Brian Leidell is a managing partner of Fidens Insurance .  He brings a wealth of knowledge within the insurance industry to serve professional firms and corporations. He transitioned from being a spirited insurance litigator for an international law firm,  where his practice involved coverage disputes, professional & executive liability, subrogation, bad-faith, and reinsurance. He furthe...

Nick Adams is a co-founder and managing partner of Differential Ventures and an investor on ZeeTV's startup fundraising show 'Break Through the Crowd.' Previously, Nick was a Venture Partner at Supernode.vc, f.k.a. Flatiron Investors, in New York City where he evaluated seed- stage SaaS companies and led the due diligence for multiple investments. Before moving into Venture Capital, Nick held seni...

Partners in business and in life, Scott Cullather & Kristina McCoobery launched INVNT™ , the global live brand storytelling agency™ in 2008 – at the height of the global recession – with the aim of challenging the live event industry with a new kind of agency model, attitude, agency culture and results-driven approach. They are the co-authors of  Challenge Everything™ : The Battle Cry That Bl...

Paxton Gray is the Vice President of Operations at 97th Floor and is responsible for the award winning work the agency produces for clients like Edmunds, Celebrity Cruises, and Salesforce. He started in the digital marketing world in 2007 and has been with 97th Floor since 2013. Paxton serves on the Marketing and Business Education board as an advisor the Alpine School District, and teaches Intro...

Due to the tragic death of George Floyd in late May 2020, followed by protests and civil unrest, racism continues to be all too prevalent in our world today. In this episode - recorded LIVE on Facebook and YouTube on June 3rd, 2020 - Tony Chatman  and  Lou Diamond  reconnect and chat about 'all that's going on' as we're living in a world of 'did that just happen'... every single day...

Adrienne Bankert is an American, Emmy award winning journalist, television correspondent, presenter, mentor, speaker, and reporter.  Odds are you’ve seen her on ABC News and Good Morning America. World News Tonight, and Nightline.  She is the author of YOUR HIDDEN SUPERPOWER … The Kindness That Makes You Unbeatable at Work and Connects You with Anyone. Adrienne shares with Lou Diamond he...

Sharon Ann Ziegler is a mother of three grown children and a lawyer licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and her home state of Tennessee. She has been practicing law and writing legal briefs, motions and appeals for more than 25 years. In her debut, self-published, 2018 work of fiction, The Association, Ms. Ziegler tells a dynamic cerebral tale that describes some unusual and r...

Engaging, entertaining and energizing, Tami Evans creates an unforgettable experience for audiences. Her “use it now” content has helped ignite positive workplaces for exceptional organizations around the world.   With focus on a variety of topics around leadership, employee engagement, client connection and culture strategy with a direct link back to retention, productivity and profitability...

Lisa Cherney is a smart, funny woman that loves the word fuck.  She has been mentoring 6 and 7-figure entrepreneurs for over 20 years. She coaches top coaches, teaches brilliant teachers and intuitively guides the most woo woo intuitives. She’s been a millionaire entrepreneur (for a minute) and a corporate flunky.  Her GFR moments (in life and business) are countless, which makes her sup...

From the outside looking in, author MaryBob Straub was living the American Dream until she realized Life was insisting she travel an alternate route. Over time she sought to understand both her own choices and those of her loved ones. This led her on a path to discovering her own personal sovereignty as well as compassion for the world she walked away from.  Do you ever wonder what it mi...

Dr. Robi Ludwig is a nationally known psychotherapist and award-winning reporter. She received the 2020 Best of Manhattan Award in the Mental Health Practitioner category by the Manhattan Award Program. She has been appearing on broadcast media since 1997 and is sought after for her psychological insights on a wide range of topics. She is currently the Executive Producer and Host of a Facebook Liv...

Tony Rulli is the co-founder of Intentional Spark and is an expert in Facebook and Instagram Ads. He and his team help clients with already successful online marketing funnels scale through Facebook and Instagram ads. Tony gets down to the specifics in his conversation with Lou and provides some great tactics and strategies around a space all businesses are eager to learn more about. *** CONNECT T...

Jo Giese is an award-winning radio journalist, author, teacher, community activist, and former TV reporter. As a special correspondent, she was part of the Peabody Award–winning team at Marketplace, the most popular business program in America garnering numerous other awards in Radio as well. At Marketplace she won an EMMA for Exceptional Radio Story from the National Wome...

CAROLINE is a singer, songwriter and a natural-born performer and dancer who  is creating relatable pop anthems with purpose. Her songs have heard by millions and her ARMY of loyal fans continues to connect with her through social media. She has dipped her toes in many other arenas launching her own magazine, fashion brand and has written a book about her life lessons. Right now she is just t...

Byron Walker is a small business owner and the founder of Survival Frog .  He is not a guru, however he has incredible intentions in trying to help struggling small business owners.  In 2018 the "survival market" crashed and required a major restructuring and turnaround of his business. It sucked to go through the downturn, but he now has a business that is much better and more profitabl...

Steve Herz is the president and founding member of IF Management - a company with with a focus of  coaching and motivating others to become the best version of themselves.  He is also the author of Don’t Take Yes for an Answer - a self-empowerment guide to achieving your fullest professional and personal potential. Steve was once a portly fellow who could not swim. Undaunted by a lack of...