Business Insanity Talk Radio

Segment 1: Tom Walker is the president and CEO of Rev1 Ventures. He has been helping entrepreneurs build great companies for most of his career. He’s formed multiple venture capital funds, founded angel groups, and is an active angel investor. As the CEO of Rev1 Ventures, Tom has built an experienced team that has invested in more than 75 startups and added more than $70M in capital to the Columbus, Ohio region in under five years. He’s the author of The Entrepreneur’s Path: A Handbook for...

Segment 1: Christopher Lochhead is a #1 Best Selling Amazon Author and Top 50 Apple Podcaster. He’s been called “one of the best minds in marketing” by The Marketing Journal, a “Human Exclamation Point” by Fast Company, a “quasar” by NBA legend Bill Walton and “Off-putting to some” by The Economist. Christopher is a former three-time Silicon Valley public company CMO, entrepreneur, and co-author of Niche Down: How to Become Legendary By Being Different and Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers,...

Segment 1: Mo Bunnell is author of THE SNOWBALL SYSTEM: How to Win More Business and Turn Clients into Raving Fans. Over the course of his career, he's worked in nearly every area of business development and used this knowledge and experience to build the GrowBIG business development system, resulting from years of testing and peer reviewed research into why people buy and what makes the buying process happen faster, in greater volume, and with more enjoyment. BIG has now certified over 100...

Segment 1: Scott Jordan is the CEO of Scottevest. He grew the company from his guest bedroom into one of Inc.com’s fastest growing companies, now offering more than 60 garments for men and women including jackets, pants, hoodies, hats, even underwear. Segment 2: Seth Godin is an author, entrepreneur and most of all, a teacher. In addition to launching one of the most popular blogs in the world, he has written 18 best-selling books, including The Dip, Linchpin, Purple Cow, Tribes, and What To...

Segment 1: Matthew Polly is the national bestselling author of American Shaolin and Tapped Out. A Princeton University graduate and Rhodes Scholar, he spent two years studying kung fu at the Shaolin Temple in Henan China. He has a new book out called “Bruce Lee: A life”. Segment 2: Betty Francisco is an entrepreneur, business executive, attorney and community leader. Currently, Betty is the General Counsel at Compass Working Capital and member of Pipeline Angels. Segment 3: Phyllis Weiss...

Segment 1: Mike Milan is Finagraph's Vice President, Customer Success with over 20 years of sales and entrepreneurship experience. Segment 2: Brandon Bruce grew up in a tiny California town of 800 people where he only had one classmate at a school with no running water. He went from these humble beginnings to now cofounding and growing Cirrus Insight to $12 million in annual revenue, 65 employees, and #41 on the Inc. 500 list. Segment 3: Dr. Richard Nongard is the author of Viral Leadership:...

Segment 1: John Jay McKey has helped some of the largest corporations in the world minimize risk and maximize results. He is the author of LEVERAGE THE FIELD FOR SUCCESS: Using Quantum Reality to Succeed in the Corporate World. Segment 2: Dan Blatt has over 50 years of experience in finance, law, media, and government and is the author of Understanding the Great Depression and Failures of Modern Economic Policy. Segment 3: Pete Williams is an entrepreneur, business advisor and marketer. He...

Segment 1: Mike Michalowicz is the author of Profit First, Surge, The Pumpkin Plan, and his newest release Clockwork. By his 35th birthday, Mike had founded and sold two companies - one to private equity and another to a Fortune 500. Today he is running his third multi-million dollar venture, Profit First Professionals. Segment 2: Dr. Cristal Glangchai is a scientist, entrepreneur, and mentor with a passion for igniting the entrepreneurial spirit in girls and reducing the gender gap by...

Segment 1: Tom Koulopoulos is chairman of the Boston-based global innovation think tank Delphi Group. Tom’s most recent book is Revealing the Invisible: How Our Hidden Behaviors Are Becoming the Most Valuable Commodity of the 21st Century. Segment 2: Kim Christfort is the national managing director of The Deloitte Greenhouse™ Experience group, which helps executives tackle tough business challenges through immersive, facilitated Lab experiences, and client experience. She is the author of...

Segment 1: Dr. Heidi Grant is a social psychologist who researches, writes, and speaks about the science of motivation. She is the author of "Reinforcements: How to Get People to Help You". Segment 2: Michael Ventura is the founder of Sub Rosa, a strategy and design studio that has worked with some of the world’s largest and most important brands, organizations, and start-ups—from GE to the United Nations. He is the author of the new book "APPLIED Empathy". Segment 3: Rich Gallagher is a...

Segment 1: Ann Marie Sabath is the author of “What Self-Made Millionaires Do That Most People Don’t: 52 Ways to Create Your Own Success”. She is founder of At Ease Inc., a 31-year-old New York-based business consulting firm. Segment 2: William H. Janeway is a Senior Advisor and Managing Director of Warburg Pincus. He is the author of “Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Reconfiguring the Three-Player Game between Markets, Speculators and the State”. Segment 3: Rachel Strella is the...

Segment 1: John Belcher got his start working at Google on the Adwords team. John has personally managed over $5M in ad spend, consulted on another $20M, and implemented tracking and analytics systems to understand which marketing channels are driving results for their businesses. Segment 2: Jim Blasingame is one of the world's foremost experts on small business and entrepreneurship. He is the author of the new book “The 3rd Ingredient: The Journey of Analog Ethics into the World of Digital...

Segment 1: Liz Ryan is a serial entrepreneur, small-business expert and the world’s most widely-read career and leadership authority. She is the author of “Reinvention Roadmap: Break the Rules to Get the Job You Want and Career You Deserve.” Segment 2: David Ankin is the CEO of ToyMakerz, Inc. and a former motorcycle stunt rider, racecar driver and stuntman for Universal Studios. Now, he is known for his extreme vehicle creations and being the star of the #1 hit TV show ToyMakerz. The show...

Segment 1: Bob Burg is the co-author of the bestselling Go-Giver book series, with more than one and a half million copies sold. He has just released his new book, "The Go-Giver Influencer.” The Go-Giver was rated #10 on Inc. Magazine’s list of the Most Motivational Books Ever Written, and was on HubSpot’s 20 Most Highly Rated Sales Books of All Time. Segment 2: Alan Lightman is a physicist, novelist, and essayist. He is the author of the book “In Praise of Wasting Time.” Segment 3: Michael...

Segment 1: Jeanne Bliss pioneered the role of the Chief Customer Officer, holding the first ever CCO role for over 20 years at Lands’ End, Microsoft, Coldwell Banker and Allstate Corporations. She is the author of the book “Would You Do That to Your Mother? The "Make Mom Proud" Standard for How to Treat Your Customers”. Segment 2: Raymond D. Zinn is an inventor, entrepreneur, investor, angel, bestselling author and the longest serving CEO of a publicly traded company in Silicon Valley. Zinn...

Segment 1:Kevin Lawrence is a strategic advisor and coach to CEOs and executive teams across North America and internationally. Kevin is a key contributor to Scaling Up (Mastering the Rockefeller Habits 2.0), and author of Your Oxygen Mask First. Segment 2: Susan Peppercorn is an executive and career coach who enables mid, and senior-level professionals find their next best career step; promotion, new job, career or entrepreneurial option. She is also the author of the new Amazon bestselling...

Segment 1: Sally Helgesen is the author of How Women Rise. Her work is widely regarded as the gold standard when it comes to women's leadership. Since the publication of The Female Advantage in 1990 (still in print), she has written five more books in the field and speaks to audiences all around the world about these issues. Segment 2: Melinda Emerson, “SmallBizLady” is an American Small Business Expert. She is an internationally renowned speaker on small business development and social...

Segment 1: Gelie Akhenbilt is most well-known for the vision and execution of her unique networking platform, NetworkingPhoenix, which has revolutionized the landscape of networking in Phoenix, AZ. She currently has the largest local networking community of professionals in Phoenix with over 40K members. Segment 2: Bob House is president of BizBuySell.com and BizQuest.com, the Internet's largest and most heavily trafficked business-for-sale marketplaces. Segment 3: Donato Tramuto, CEO of...

Segment 1: Andy Steves is an entrepreneur, podcaster, and award-winning author. He is passionate about helping travelers bridge cultural gaps. By combining modern technology with the travel philosophies of his father, travel guru Rick Steves, Andy is becoming the new voice of the millennial traveler. Segment 2: Trevor Throness has consulted with hundreds of mid-market business leaders, helping them figure out their people issues. In his new book The Power of People Skills, Trevor teaches...

Segment 1: Will Herman is the coauthor of “THE STARTUP PLAYBOOK: Founder-to-Founder Advice from Two Startup Veterans”. He founded his first successful company, Viewlogic Systems, a few years after his first failed attempt. He has started and managed a total of five companies, resulting in two IPOs and two corporate sales. Segment 2: Tom Poland started his first business at age 24 and has gone on to start and sell four others, taking two of them international. In that time he’s managed teams...