Marta started her podcast, Marta on the Move, because she loves getting to know people, sitting down, and having real candid and comedic conversations. She covers a ton of interesting topics including board games, food, drinks, history, and everything in between. S
She is also an experienced solo traveler, having done tomb excavations in Sicily, restored a 10th-century castle in France, lived on a boat for whale and dolphin conservation, helped build houses for the homeless in Portugal, cleaned up the coral reefs, and treasure dove near Key West.
In this episode, we discuss growing through travel, Marta’s brush with death, and how to interview well.
Marta’s Challenge; Book that trip!
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Jen Briney hosts Congressional Dish, a podcast covering the legislation that passes through Congress.
If you are an American, you are your Representative’s boss and Jen’s show will help you judge their job performance. Using the information from Congressional Dish, you can decide if their actions represent you and choose whether to re-hire or fire them. Jen does this by explaining complicated legislation in a way anyone can understand and exposing Representatives who accept legal bribes (“campaign contributions”) from industries that benefit from their bills.
Her tenacity and intellect are surpassed only by her passion for better governance and representation.
Jennifer’s Challenge; Communicate with your Congressman. Phone calls are most effective.
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If you liked this interview, check out episode 107 with Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto where we discuss leadership and local politics.
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Kevin started his career as a logistics officer for SWAT. This experience gave him insight into the criminal justice world and he soon found that training SWAT teams was the best way to reduce use of force while ensuring the national security of our country. Fulcrum Tactical was born out of that idea and within 18 months he took it from a charity to a for-profit company.
He started investing in startups on the side but focused on Fulcrum Tactical and his new venture, Fulcrum Farms, a sustainable farm producing high quality meat and eggs for families and restaurants in the Chicagoland area. After 6 years, Kevin sold Fulcrum Tactical and moved on to investing in startups full time by starting Fulcrum Investing.
Kevin’s Challenge; Set aside designated time every day to plan your next step.
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Laurens Bensdorp is the founder and CEO of Trading Mastery School and has been making a risk-adjusted return of more than five times the S&P 500 since 2007.
After traveling the world coaching white-water rafting guides and starting and selling his own adventure tourism company, Laurens was hired to manage a small boutique venture capital company in the Netherlands and found his passion: trading and beating the markets.
Over years of analysis, Laurens developed automated, algorithm-driven trading platforms that combine psychology, technical analysis, statistics, and position-sizing principles to maximize profit and keep management time to virtually zero.
Laurens’ 2 Challenges
The Book
The 30-Minute Stock Trader: The Stress-Free Trading Strategy for Financial Freedom by Laurens Bensdorp
Book Recommendation
Market Wizards by Jack Schwager
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Noah Kagan is an American Internet entrepreneur and the founder of AppSumo. Kagan began his career at Intel as a marketing analyst in 2004. In late 2005, Kagan joined Facebook where he served as product manager for eight months. After being fired from Facebook, he then joined Mint as the director of marketing. At Mint, Kagan developed the initial marketing strategy for the launch of the website.
Noah was with Mint.com for 10 months and left the company prior to the product's launch in September 2007 at TechCrunch. After Mint, in June 2007, Kagan founded KickFlip, a payment company for social games.In March 2010 Kagan founded AppSumo, a daily deals website.
Noah’s Challenges
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If you liked this interview, check out episode 123 with Tucker Max where we discuss the future of personal branding and book writing.
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Langdon Morris leads an innovation consulting practice, Innovation Labs, where he is a senior partner and co-founder. His work focuses on developing and applying advanced methods in innovation and strategy to solve complex problems with very high levels of creativity.
He is recognized as one the world’s leading thinkers and consultants on innovation, and his original and ground-breaking work has been adopted by corporations and universities on every continent to help them improve their innovation processes and the results they achieve.
In the ever-changing and increasingly complex world of the 21st century, Langdon provides insight into the forces reshaping our world. Including;
- Massive changes in technology
- The impacts of climate change
- Transformation of the global energy sector
- Continuing urbanization
- Fast-changing global culture
- The corresponding social counter-revolution of those who oppose or cannot cope with accelerating change.
Langdon’s Book
Foresight and Extreme Creativity: Strategy for the 21st Century
Langdon’s Challenge; Look at the patterns that are behind the headlines and news that you’re learning on a daily basis.
Podcast Episode Referenced
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If you liked this interview, check out episode 118 with Kevin Kelly where we discuss technological forces and how they will play out in the next two decades.
I like fasting. It works for me. It makes me feel more productive and clear-minded. Check out these links to learn more.
Consult a medical professional before doing anything drastic.
Terry Crews on Business Insider
Peter Attia
Dr. Rhonda Patrick
Joe Rogan #901 w/ Rhonda Patrick
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Aaron’s Challenge: Experiment with this. Try it.
Lin Eleoff is an internet business lawyer and certified professional coach.
Lin is the kind of lawyer that wants to help you avoid having to hire a lawyer because you suddenly find yourself in legal hot water.
In this conversation, we discuss the mistakes entrepreneurs make in building digital businesses and how to avoid them.
Every Online Entrepreneur Needs;
Lin’s Challenge; Personal audit of your values.
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CoverYourAssetsOnline.com (Never say "it'll never happen to me")
If you liked this interview, check out episode 162 with Kwame Christian, another lawyer, where we discuss the art of negotiation and finding mutually beneficial outcomes.
Jesse is a graduate from Union College with a degree in Computer Science and Economics. Throughout school, Jesse found an equally strong passion for electronic music and crypto currencies leading to a senior editor position at DancingAstronuat.com when he was just a Sophomore.
As Bitcoin was still an emerging technology when it was time to secure a summer internship, Jesse decided to enter the music industry at ID&T North America where he spent two months as the managing director of marketing for TomorrowWorld (music festival). After graduating Union, Jesse went on to work for SFX Entertainment, managing cashless payment technology and access control at live events; in addition to conducting research into the future of visitor event identification.
Jesse left SFX in December 2014 determined to find another company that promised to make a difference in the world. In the beginning of 2015, Jesse found ConsenSys and immediately got involved in the unnamed music project. Fast forward almost two years and Ujo Music is developing into the blockchain + music infrastructure.
Referenced Links
Imogen Heap’s “Tiny Human” on Ujo Music
Consensys Ethereum Project Incubator
Jesse’s Challenge; Find new music and share it with a friend.
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Jessica Rhodes is the founder and CEO of Interview Connections, the premier source for booking outstanding podcast guests. The Interview Connections team of Booking Agents works with podcasters to find and book guests for their shows. They also represent dozens of highly qualified guest experts to connect them with podcast hosts for interviews.
Jessica is the host of the weekly web TV show, Interview Connections TV, she’s the host of the Rhodes to Success and she is the co-host of The Podcast Producers, a ten episode audio series about the art and business of podcasting.
Jessica is the author of Podcast Interviews – 5 Proven Strategies to Help You Use the Power of Guest Interviews in Your Podcast, available on Amazon Kindle.
Jessica’s Challenge; Make an investment that scares you.
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Steve Hall is the Managing Partner of EHF Capital, LLC and a Co-Owner of the Atlanta Hustle, a professional Ultimate disc team in the American Ultimate Disc League. Steve is based in Charlotte, NC and formed EHF Capital in 2011 to invest his family’s portfolio in specialty chemical and niche manufacturing companies. Prior to EHF Capital, Steve was the Director of Investor Relations of Conversus Capital, the largest publicly traded portfolio of private equity funds with over $2.5 billion in assets under management.
Before moving to Charlotte in 2009, Steve and his family lived in New York. During that time, he was a Managing Director in Institutional sales for Citi Alternative Investments and a Vice President for Goldman Sachs in the Investment Management and Fixed Income divisions. Steve also spent three years with ING Investment Management where he assisted in the management of the fixed income portfolios of several insurance lines. He received his MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University in 1993 and his Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1988.
Steve is married to Christy Edwards Hall and they have two teenage boys, Ian and Connor. Outside of his time focused on the financial markets and Ultimate, Steve is an Adventure Racer for NCARS.
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Website
steve.hall@atlantahustle.com
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Mike DeNardis is one of the owners and founders of the Raleigh Flyers, a professional ultimate Frisbee team in the AUDL. Mike has been intimately involved with Ultimate Frisbee for over twenty years and a player and coach. He has coached youth, college, and club, most recently leading both The University of North Carolina’s men’s team Darkside and the men’s club team Ring of Fire out of Raleigh.
Mike grew up in Chicago, Il and currently works as an Energy Derivatives Broker in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Mike’s Challenge; Use your history and knowledge base to innovate in whatever endeavors you take on.
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If you liked this interview, check out my AUDL interviews, including episode 204 with Tim Held where we discuss getting into the AUDL from day one, the challenges of running the Indianapolis Alleycats, and his plans for the future.
Mark has been an active real estate investor since 2004, so he brought a wealth of knowledge with him when he founded Luxmana Investments in 2011. He started out as a part-time investor––holding a full-time job in high tech––and his passion for real estate enabled him to escape the rat race of Corporate America.
Prior to Luxmana, Mark succeeded in multiple development projects in the trendy Highlands and Berkeley areas of Denver, Colorado. Since then, he's acquired dozens of residential and multifamily income properties through Luxmana Investments LLC, which he founded in 2011, and Peak Margin Partners LLC, which he co-founded in 2013.
Mark has successfully overseen the operations of his own assets, and that of other investors, in Colorado, Texas, Florida and Illinois. This includes his active involvement with MBP Capital and Catalyst Multifamily Management—a highly successful multifamily investment, management and brokerage firm. During this tenure, Mark has had property management oversight of his Dallas area multifamily portfolio, while assisting with acquisitions and dispositions of assets as well.
Real Estate Book Recommendations
Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
Mark’s Challenge; Learning leads to taking action. Take some sort of action today. You can analyze real estate deals at BiggerPockets.com.
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If you liked this interview, check out episode 80 with Jason Hartman where we discuss real estate investing.
In this episode I interview my girlfriend, Ashley.
We’ve been living the digital nomad lifestyle for a quarter of a year and reflect on the great food we’ve eaten and the lessons we’ve learned.
We want to hear from you. Questions? Recommendations? Let me know.
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If you liked this interview, check out the first time I interviewed Ashley in episode 98 about mistakes people make on Snapchat.
Josh Elledge is the Founder of Angel of SavingsAngel.com, which bolsters the buying power of the average U.S. family by combining technology, coupons and smart thinking for extreme savings on household consumables and everyday items.
He is also the Founder of upendPR, a software as a service / membership-based website providing step-by-step video coaching, live training, direct access to over 1 million media contacts, media monitoring for ongoing story-ideas, agency-level journalist inquiry monitoring, ongoing pitch creation, and impactful consulting for entrepreneurs and startups seeking to exponentially increase sales & traffic.
Through his work with SavingsAngel.com, Josh has emerged as one of the nation’s leading experts on consumer savings. Josh’s technologic tinkering cut his family of five’s monthly grocery bill by half, to $300, and created SavingsAngel.com, the most comprehensive coupon and sale matching service available. SavingsAngel.com has become a major operation employing up to 50 employees and grossing more than $5 million in sales with less than $500 in advertising spent.
Through the years, Josh has consulted dozens of successful entrepreneurs – assisting them in creating the same sort of success he’s earned. That consulting eventually led to the creation of upendPR.com – which is designed to consult with and provide the tools for entrepreneurs who want to dramatically increase their own sales by attracting the perfect audiences without the typical expense associated with a PR firm.
Josh’s Audiobook Recommendations
The E-Myth: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael Gerber
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Josh’s Gift
Josh’s Challenge; Spend the next 30 days building your authority, then ask for feedback.
Aaron’s Book Recommendation
To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others Paperback by Daniel H. Pink
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Tim is owner of the Indianapolis AlleyCats, who have a five year record of 41-33 in the regular season and a 1-3 record in playoffs.
Indy is one of the "original eight" teams that started the league in 2012. Only Detroit and Indianapolis are still in existence.
Tim has been in the sports licensed sports business for over 20 years. The AlleyCats are his first experience in the sports entertainment business.
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tim.held@myalleycats.com
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Over the last quarter century Damion Lupo has started and owned more than 30 different companies including an insurance agency, a precious metals firm, a venture capital company, a financial consulting firm, and more than a dozen real estate investment and development companies. He’s also the founder of Yokido, his own martial art and holds 3 other black belts.
Damion has published 5 books and is a sought-after financial consultant for accredited investors and business owners. Using a vast knowledge of financial markets, money psychology and pattern recognition he’s an expert at quickly diagnosing hidden financial cancers with clients and their organizations and rewiring both for success. Damion’s personal philosophy centers on Self Responsibility and a conviction that the only path to freedom is through candor, growth and a big vision.
That big vision ideal is what drove him to found Total Control Financial in 2016 and design everything around 10X growth and 10X impact for the client, the team and the shareholders.
Damion’s Challenge; Ask yourself, “What is true?” and grab Damion’s book and try out the exercise.
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After 200 episodes, I’ve learned a thing or two about podcasting. Here are the 9 rules any one, newbie or pro, can follow to see better results.
Listen and learn.
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Jon Westenberg is an entrepreneur, a passionate creative and a business and transformational consultant. He started his first company at 18, walking off the grill of a McDonald's to create a music management company. Since then, he has worked with startups, spoken at events across the globe and completed consulting contracts for major corporations.
He as recently risen in profile with prolific writing on Medium.
Jon’s Book Recommendations
Life After God by Douglas Coupland
The Philosopher's Stone: Alchemy and the Secret Research for Exotic Matter by Joseph Farrell
Jon’s Challenge; Push the time when you first look at your phone each day back by one hour.
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If you liked this interview, check out episode 113 with Todd Brison where we discuss writing, building an effective career, and Snapchat geofilters.
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Steve Gordon is co-founder and President of Ultimate Xperience Ventures, LLC, a sports and entertainment holding company that owns a majority interest in the American Ultimate Disc League. Steve also serves as the AUDL League Commissioner.
Steve is also the managing partner of the Chicago Wildfire, Chicago's professional Ultimate Disc team that play in the 2013 season.
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sgordon@theaudl.com
If you liked this interview, check out episode 62 where I first spoke with Commissioner Steve Gordon about joining the AUDL and expansion plans.
Kristin Lindeen is the daughter of author John Miller who wrote, QBQ! The Question Behind the Question. So growing up, Kristin was steeped in the QBQ! message of personal accountability. With this background, she is uniquely equipped to share it with others. Her clients include corporations, associations, schools, churches, and nonprofits.
Kristin holds an M.A. in Curriculum, Instruction and Corporate Education from Colorado Christian University, and enjoys delivering practical content to groups with a style that is energetic and fun. She is also certified to administer and facilitate the Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator and enjoys doing this with individuals and teams.
Kristen’s Challenge; Think of the person in your life who is frustrating you the most right now. Connect with them within the next 48 hours and ask them “What can I do to better understand you?”
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If you liked this interview, check out episode 187 with Grant Oliphant where we discuss building a more just society and transforming communities.
Jordan E. Goodman is “America’s Money Answers Man” and a nationally-recognized expert on personal finance. For 18 years, Jordan was on the editorial staff of Money magazine, where he served as Wall Street correspondent. While at Money, he reported and wrote on virtually every aspect of personal finance.
In addition, he served as weekly financial analyst on NBC News at Sunrise for 9 years and the daily business news commentator on Mutual Broadcasting System’s America in the Morning show for 8 years.
He is the author/co-author of 13 best-selling books on personal finance including Master Your Debt Fast Profits in Hard Times, Everyone’s Money Book, and Master Your Money Type.
Jordan’s Challenge; Start saving in your 401(k) right now and do so as aggressively as possible.
References
Commercial Real Estate Income Funds
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Elaine Heney grew her Merch by Amazon business to 6 figures, selling over $128,295 with profit of $53,000 in her first 10 months . Elaine is the CEO of Merch Entrepreneur and host of the Merch Entrepreneur podcast.
Over the last 3 years, Elaine is also triple #1 best selling author, international keynote speaker, movie producer and Amazon FBA and Merch consultant. She has also published over 300 mobile apps across Amazon, Apple & Google, and enjoyed over 20 million app downloads and over 50 #1s worldwide.
Elaine’s Challenges
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If you liked this interview, check out episode 123 with Tucker Max where we discuss best-selling books, entrepreneurship, and self-awareness.
Coming from a marketing and sales background, Felix was part of the founding teams behind the Next Gen Summit and Sup-X, where he ran the Marketing and Sales division. As a branding consultant, Felix worked with countless startups and has had #1 best selling product launches. A former trader, Hartmann is particularly excited about creating the most innovative Equity Crowdfunding Platform on the web.
When not running the show at FundThis as CEO, Hartmann is a rising fiction writer, who has been nominated for the Dragon Awards and dominated the Amazon Bestseller lists with his debut novel, Dark Age.
Felix’s Challenge; Get started. Set aside 1-2 hours in the next 48 hours to chase your dream. Cut out something less important.
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If you liked this interview, check out episode 119 with Robin Hanson where we discuss a potential future where humans and computers merge.