Thrive LouD with Lou Diamond

Tony Chatman  the Force Multiplier, Bias Disrupter, Change Navigator,  Keynote Speaker  and Corporate Relationship Expert.... In this minisode, Tony chats about 'working together' and the challenges top leaders at  organizations face in over-coming disfunction and natural-bias in the workplace. CLICK HERE to listen to Tony and Lou's original interview.  **** Connect with L...

Elaine Davidson , Beacon Lane Founder and CEO, is a Talent Acquisition strategist, performance consultant, and trusted advisor for recruiting leaders ready to do what it takes to improve their team's results in a deliberate, organized, and operationally sound manner. Before founding Beacon Lane, Elaine made her mark in Corporate America, with a career spanning more than 20 years as an authority in...

Christian Wierød has a passion to connect people.  His company Unite Living is streamlining the global long-term marketplace for bedrooms and apartments.  They are identifying and matching socially compatible, safe, creditworthy roommates and simplifying and optimizing the listing and rental process for landlords and tenants. Unite Living is fundamentally changing they way you find homes...

Ryan Foland is a keynote speaker, pitching Jedi Master, brand story specialist, the Craftsman of communication and one of the funnier Tedx speeches you’ll ever see. Known as "The Ginger MC",  Ryan Foland is a master communicator and was named a Top Youth Marketer in 2016 by Inc. He coaches leaders worldwide on the art of simplifying spoken and written messaging for greater impact. He is the i...

Donna Valente  of the Enterprise Sales Institute shares with Lou who she turns to when she's having trouble Thriving.  It's the "Warrior Spirit" of Harriet Tubman that inspires Donna and provides her the drive, energy and passion to lift her up and remind her how to forge through any situation. Plucked from their original interview -- enjoy Donna's powerful message in this minisode &nbsp...

Jacklyn Dallas is  a technology journalist and filmmaker, who brings a fresh and unique understanding of the youth, female, and professional market to all of her videos. She specializes in consumer electronics and high quality tech products from lesser known brands. On her YouTube channel she aims to bring technical technological concepts to a level that bridges the gap between the general co...

Jamal Mashburn is most notably known for his success on the basketball court. The former college and NBA All Star spent over 20 years with the Kentucky Wildcats , Dallas Mavericks , Miami Heat , and New Orleans Hornets , where he dribbled, dunked, and dazzled fans. Yet, before Mashburn ever set foot on the professional hardwood, he was already preparing for his life after basketball. With a natura...

Plucked from their original interview , Andy Monfried shares with Lou Diamond his three pillars that have helped make LOTAME a success: Genuineness, Transparency and Coordination. Enjoy this inspiring and motivating Minisode.   *** Connect with Lou:  www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD:  www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Rob Kosberg is an International best selling author, the founder of Best Seller Publishing and has been featured on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and the Wall Street Journal. Rob has spoken to and taught thousands of entrepreneurs, coaches and consultants how to stop hunting for clients and instead position themselves as the hunted. His clients include US Ambassadors, CEO’s of Billion dollar companies, profe...

Julie Ann Sullivan speaks from experience. Many people consider her “a revolutionary.” She does not shy away from that title! She believes when people are given a new way of thinking they have a better attitude towards work and life. Julie Ann seeks to bring a more positive and productive environment into every business she visits.  Julie Ann is a full-time speaker, a professional member of t...

Jason Brand is President of Brand Industrial Group, Owner of Kunia Country Farms — one of the largest aquaponic farms in Hawaii, and Co-Founder and Manager of Manulele Distillers — home of  Kō Hana Hawaiian Agricole Rum . In this minisode, plucked from Jason and Lou's original interview , Jason dives into the specifics of aquaponic farming and both the environmentally and economically sustain...

Mara Hoffman founded her label in 2000 after graduating from Parsons School of Design in New York City. Fifteen years later, the brand committed itself to implementing more sustainable and responsible practices. In an effort to foster mindful consumption habits, the brand maintains an open conversation about its approach and encourages consumers to reevaluate the relationship society has with clot...

Danielle (Dani) Taylor is a hardworking, free-thinking, problem-solving millennial.  She is a podcastologist for Turnkey Podcast Productions and a Podcast host for her top-rated show  Millennial to CEO . As an adventure-seeker and hula hoop queen, Dani took a leap of faith and dove into the podcast universe head first... and hasn’t looked back since. When she’s not working on podcast pro...

Joe Apfelbaum truly embodies what Thrive LOUD is all about.  As the "Chief Energy Officer" of Ajax Union - he his highly MOJO-vated each and every day. After Joe's amazing original interview with Lou Diamond , the team at Thrive LOUD thought it would make for a fun 'minisode' to pluck out all of Joe's nuggets of wisdom from that episode.  This was no small task considering how many great...

Dan Foody is CLOZING in on something great.  His incredible company CLOZE is changing the way we think and use CRM systems. Dan brings a unique mix of technology, marketing, and business skills to the Cloze team. Foody previously managed a $500 million software product portfolio at Progress Software, driving both product strategy and management. He is adept at growing both small and large pro...

Lior Lev Sercarz is the chef, spice blender and owner of La Boîte , a biscuits and spice shop in New York City. Lior and La Boîte have been featured in publications including The New York Times, Vogue, In Style Magazine, Every Day with Rachel Ray, Food & Wine Magazine and the SAVEUR 100. Lior brought his newfound understanding of spice blending with him from Israel to South America to France to Ne...

Michael Reitblat is the co-founder and CEO of Forter . Prior to founding Forter, Michael was the VP Product & International Operations at Pango Parking where he was in charge of the deployment and adoption of Mobile Wallet technologies worldwide. In 2008, before its acquisition by PayPal, Michael led Product at Fraud Sciences, where he faced some of the most challenging questions in the cyber secu...

Thrive LOUD launched a little over one year ago.   It's goal and purpose still rings true: A show that features those that are thriving in their lives, their businesses and their passions each and every day. As a Master Connector I want to create a forum where the power of connecting can be harnessed.   Where I can bring YOU, the listener, the most amazing leaders, entrepreneurs, ga...

Having a keen eye isn’t just for what one sees, but also for what one senses. Having been one of the most sought after portrait photographers in the U.S. for more than three decades, Jeffrey Shaw , a.k.a. the Lingo Guy, uses this honed intuition to teach entrepreneurs how to attract their ideal customers by speaking their Secret Language. Jeffrey is host of the popular business podcast Creative Wa...

Media personality Amanda B. Johnson has been providing cryptocurrency research and commentary since 2014. Amanda is the World’s first freelancer to be paid by blockchain. Obsessed with monetary theory. DASH superfan and spokesperson. Her educational and opinion pieces have appeared in leading industry publications including Bitcoin Magazine, Finance Magnates and  Bitcoin.com . Having created...

Israeli Military Commander, Doctor, Champion Ballroom Dancer. What these have in common isn’t the what, it’s the who. Dr. Karen Jacobson integrates her diverse background into her personal brand as a keynote speaker at state and national conferences and corporate events, including team training. With more than 30 years of training experience, Dr. Karen mesmerizes audiences with her high-caliber pr...

Going way back to one of the original Thrive LOUD episodes.  Hear Co-Founder and CEO Michael Sloan of Chloe's Fruit share how Chloe's Fruit came to be "the cool way to eat fruit". Click here to listen to  the full/original interview between Michael and Lou.     *** Connect with Lou:  www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD:  www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Melanie Deziel is an award-winning branded-content strategist, consultant, and speaker who travels the world teaching marketers and publishers how to tell better brand stories. Melanie started The Overlap League native ad newsletter, writes the New Media Navigator column for Inc., is on the board of the Native Advertising Institute and developed one of the first Master’s courses in Content Marketi...

Gayle Kirschenbaum is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker, TV producer, coach and TEDx visionary speaker. Gayle presents revolutionary seminars about transforming difficult relationships into healthy ones. She has been featured widely in the media including The New York Times, NBC's Today Show, CBS's Early Show, Fox, Miami Herald, the Ladies Home Journal, Washington Post. Kirschenbaum is a member of t...

Peter Kozodoy is an  Inc. columnist , keynote speaker, serial entrepreneur, and the Partner/Chief Strategy Officer of GEM Advertising . His articles on business, leadership and entrepreneurship regularly appear in Inc., Forbes, The Huffington Post and more. His work at GEM has been featured in CNBC, Yahoo!, Bloomberg, Reuters and MarketWatch, and has earned him Telly, Pixie, Communicator, Aur...