Segment 1: Scott Gerber is CEO of The Community Company, an organization that builds and manages professional communities for media companies and global brands. He is also an internationally syndicated columnist, and the co-author of the new book, Superconnector. Segment 2: Soon Yu is the author of the Amazon best seller Iconic Advantage: Don’t Chase the New, Innovate the Old. Yu most recently served as Global VP of Innovation at VF Corporation, parent organization to over 30 global apparel...

Segment 1:Tanya Hall has been empowering authors to tell their stories since she joined Greenleaf Book Group in 2004. As the company’s Chief Executive, Tanya fosters a culture of innovation centered on creating new opportunities to better serve authors. Segment 2: Bryan Falchuk, is a life and executive coach, public speaker, Inc. Magazine contributor, C-level executive and the best-selling author of Do a Day, in which he teaches how to overcome challenges and achieve goals. Bryan spent the...

Segment 1: Debbie Rosas is the co-founder of the global fitness and lifestyle practice, Nia, which is based upon The Body’s Way: a system used to live, move and feel great at any age. She is the author of “The Nia Technique” and “Non-Impact Aerobics”. Segment 2: B.J. Mendelson is the author of the cult favorite book, “Social Media Is Bullshit”. He is also the author of the new book, “Privacy: And How We Can Get It Back” from Curious Reads. Segment 3: Mamie Kanfer Stewart learned about...

Segment 1: Lloyd Shefsky is a recently retired professor at the Kellogg School of Management. He also is a popular and entertaining speaker, lecturer and teacher in numerous countries. He has authored 3 books: “Entrepreneurs Are Made, Not Born”, “Invent Reinvent Thrive”, and the new “Visionarie$ Are Made, Not Born”. He is a lawyer and is a CPA. Segment 2: Jessica Zweig is the CEO of The SimplyBe Agency, a premiere personal branding firm based in Chicago and serving clients nationally. She...

Segment 1: AJ Wilcox founded B2Linked.com, a LinkedIn Ads-specific ad agency, in 2014. As official LinkedIn partners, they manage among the world’s most sophisticated advertising accounts worldwide. Segment 2: Fabian Geyrhalter is a renowned brand strategist and the founder and Principal of FINIEN, a Los Angeles-based consultancy specializing in turning ventures into brands. A frequent speaker and mentor to entrepreneurs worldwide, he is a “Global 100” mentor at the Founder Institute, and...

Segment 1: Adam Lyons is the founder of TheZebra.com. In 2012, Adam (while on unemployment) founded TheZebra.com in his friend’s basement and set out to create the “KAYAK for Auto Insurance”. Segment 2: Lior Rachmany, an Israeli by birth, first arrived in New York in 1998, with the hopes and dreams of making it in the music industry. Upon his arrival, though, to make some money, he began serving as a moving man for one of his now competitors during the day and rehearsing his music at...

Segment 1: Mark Steber is the Chief Tax Officer at Jackson Hewitt Tax Service. He is responsible for key initiatives that support overall tax service delivery and quality assurance. Segment 2: Courtney Reum is the co-founder of M13, a brand development and investment company accelerating businesses at the nexus of consumer products, technology, and media. Segment 3: Nathan Hirsch is a serial entrepreneur and expert in remote hiring and eCommerce. He started his first eCommerce business out...

Segment 1:Nathan Kontny is the CEO of Highrise, a simple and easy to use CRM for entrepreneurs. Segment 2: Jim McCormick has shaped capital campaigns, sales strategies, and major donor programs for clients from the National World War II Museum to multiple international companies. Jim is the author of the new book “Body Language Sales Secrets”. Segment 3: Michael Gale is the co-author of the Wall Street Journal Bestseller, The Digital Helix: Transforming Your Organization's DNA to Thrive in...

Segment 1: Susan Fennema is the Chaos Eradicating Officer (CEO) of Beyond the Chaos, a consultancy helping small business owners gain control of their lives through better processes, organization, and structure of their business operations and projects. Segment 2: Jenny Kassan has been an attorney for social enterprises for 22 years, and is a certified transformational coach, social entrepreneur, investor and finance innovator. Her new book is Raise Capital on Your Own Terms: How to Fund...

Segment 1: Paul Sean Hill was NASA’s Director of Mission Operations from 2007 through 2014. He was responsible for all aspects of human spaceflight mission planning, training, and Mission Control. Segment 2: Barry Kaplan is an expert in organizational development and leadership of people and teams. Segment 3: Brian Sloan graduated from law school in 2005 but chose not to practice law. He moved to Beijing, China where he lived for 10 years while building his current company: a leading...

Segment 1: William Hung is best known for his audition on American Idol. It all started when he saw a poster for a school's talent show at the Clark Kerr dormitories. He decided to sing the song, "She Bangs" by Ricky Martin for fun but to his great surprise, he won! That gave him the confidence to audition for American Idol. He never made it to Hollywood but somehow, he was able to achieve accidental fame and success anyway. Why? Segment 2:Jesse Draper is founding partner of Halogen...

Segment 1:Dr. Marsha Firestone is President and Founder of the Women Presidents’ Organization, a peer advisory group for women who own and lead multimillion dollar businesses. She is also the co-author of “Women Presidents’ Organization 50 Fastest Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies Guide to Growth”. Segment 2: Bri Seeley is the author of “Permission to Leap”. She has been featured on NBC’s The TODAY Show, Forbes, Inc, Medium, PBS, and Free Enterprise. Segment 3:Krista Morgan started...

Segment 1:Carl Bialik is the data science editor for Yelp. Previously he wrote for FiveThirtyEight and, before that, for the Wall Street Journal, where he wrote the Numbers Guy column from 2005 to 2013. Segment 2:Johann Van Tonder is theauthor of E-COMMERCE WEBSITE OPTIMIZATION, and is COO at AWA digital. He has used the principles and techniques in this book to deliver massive sale improvements for big and small e-commerce businesses. Segment 3:Chris Douglas is building a global network...

Segment 1: Sean Wise helps emerging and high growth potential organizations jump on the trajectory and turn a profit. He has been involved in venture capital and entrepreneurship professionally for 19 years. First, as a Director of the Venture Capital Advisory Group at Ernst & Young, next, as a partner in Spenser Trask’s seed program, and most recently spending five seasons with CBC’s DRAGONS’ DEN, Canada’s version of Shark Tank. His latest book with co-author Brad Feld is called Startup...

Segment 1:Stacey Hanke is the author of Influence Redefined: Be the Leader You Were Meant to Be, Monday to Monday and Yes You Can! Everything You Need From A to Z to Influence Others to Take Action. Stacey and her team have delivered thousands of presentations and workshops for leaders of Fortune 500 companies, including Coca-Cola, Nationwide, FedEx, Kohl’s and AbbVie. Segment 2: Dudley Slater is the author of Fusion Leadership: Unleashing the Movement of Monday Morning. He was the...

Segment 1: Frank Cho has been a rocket scientist at NASA, a Google advisor who worked with Sheryl Sandberg, and a senior GE manager. At GE, Frank helped build Nexus A.I., a platform that uses AI and behavioral science to help businesses build high-performing teams. Now, he's bringing rocket-scientist precision to the art of team-building. Segment 2: Frank Cho continued… Segment 3: Caleb Light helped launch Power Practical in 2012 and helped develop the initial strategy to bring The...

Segment 1: Sue Hawkes is a bestselling author, keynote speaker, Certified EOS Implementer, Certified Business Coach, WPO Chapter Chair, and globally recognized, award-winning seminar leader. Chasing Perfection: Shatter the Illusion, Minimize Self-Doubt & Maximize Success is her fourth book. Segment 2:Jodi Lewisis the founder of Lucylews, vinyl wall decals. Segment 3: Caron Proschan is the Founder and CEO of Simply Gum. Launched in 2014, Simply Gum's first product, an all-natural, non GMO...

Segment 1: Tim Cole is the author of The Compass Solution: A Guide to Winning Your Career. He has enjoyed a number of senior level positions in the pharmaceutical industry – managing billions of dollars in portfolio and thousands of employees over the course of his career. Segment 2: Josh Downes founded Keyport in 2005. Keyport’s flagship product, the Keyport Slide, reinvents the conventional keychain by consolidating the user’s most important personal items into a single, streamlined...

Segment 1: From the creator of the viral sensation "10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings" Sarah Cooper shows how to appear smart in less than half the time it takes to actually learn anything. Segment 2: With her Neuro Human Branding™ method, Ali Craig weaves science, psychology, design, and human nature into an easy to apply system that any brand can use to grow their audience's connections, conversions, and community. Fix My Brand with Ali Craig is a nine-week social experiment to take...

Segment 1: John Tantillo, Ph.D. is a branding/marketing expert. He is the author of the popular book, “People buy brands, not companies”. Segment 2:Matt Dryfhoutis an entrepreneur who first launched the original and patented BaKblade to tremendous success when the army of hairy-backed men out there realized there was finally an easy way to keep back hair under control. Segment 3:Ian Brown has run OnlyInBoards.com since January 2007. Segment 4: Mike Alden is the Founder & CEO of Blue Vase®...