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The Art of Improvement

210 Episodes

24 minutes | Mar 14, 2023
Alex Danza, Founder & CEO, Vonlane
Alex Danza, Founder & CEO, Vonlane Alex Danza founded Vonlane, a luxury motor coach service, in 2014 to give Texas travelers an alternative to the delays and interruptions that accompany short-haul flights and the hassles of driving one’s own vehicle. He set out to make riding the bus cool again and in the process, he disrupted an industry with a zealous focus on flawless service and minute details that raise the bar for a traveling public. https://vonlane.com/
23 minutes | Mar 14, 2023
Sief Khafagi, Founder of Techvestor
Sief Khafagi is an ex-techie turned real estate investor. He has has helped thousands diversify into real estate. After spending nearly 5 years at Facebook where he built the 2nd largest engineering organization across the world. Today he is the founder of Techvestor, which helps real estate investors and busy professionals passively invest in the emerging asset class of short term rentals (aka Airbnbs) and build their lifestyle. https://techvestor.com/ .
25 minutes | Mar 14, 2023
Huw Edwards. Founder of The Profitable Purpose Program
Huw Edwards. Founder of The Profitable Purpose Program. https://h3.xyz/ Empowering Ivy League-educated, overachievers to reclaim their purpose without fear of going broke, Transformation Coach, Entrepreneur, International Speaker and Investor.
23 minutes | Mar 2, 2023
Andrew Barlowe, Realtor, Real Estate Investor, Business Consultant, and Co-Founder at Direct Call Solutions
Andrew Barlowe is a realtor, a business consultant, an accomplished Entrepreneur and Co-Founder at Direct Call Solutions, a fast-growing technology-driven marketing company in San Antonio specializing in aggregating data to bridge the gap between your marketing efforts and the end close. Andrew talks about the current real estate market and what’s to come.
23 minutes | Mar 2, 2023
Eric Casaburi, CEO of Serotonin Centers
After spending over 15 years growing one of the most nationally recognized fitness brands—with over 150 gyms, and serving over 500,000 members across more than 17 different states—Eric Casaburi’s entrepreneurial spirit and pure passion for advancing the health and well-being of individuals everywhere has evolved, growing and changing along with the needs of the people he’s committed to helping. This time, that's meant the establishment of the nation's first anti-aging and human-longevity franchise brand, Serotonin Centers. https://www.serotonincenters.com/
24 minutes | Feb 23, 2023
Monica Brant, International Fitness Icon
Since her first appearance as a cover girl for Muscle & Fitness Magazine in November 1994 Monica Brant has gained momentum and remains at the top of the female fitness world, evident by her unprecedented national and international magazine exposure – over 100 covers and almost as many articles/interviews to this date with fans worldwide.Certified through ISSA and an IBNFC Nutrition Coach, Monica travels worldwide sharing her passion for health and fitness through both guest appearances and her personal women's fitness events, F.E.M. Camp™, founded in 2004 & Body & Soul & Women's Retreat founded in 2016 and has launched her first ever LIVE monthly online lifestyle coaching program in Fall 2019. https://monicabrant.com/
24 minutes | Feb 17, 2023
Andrea MacKenzie, Founder of Lead With Harmony
Andrea MacKenzie, Founder of Lead With Harmony, is a team and leadership development expert who helps business owners and executives hire strategically and develop their teams towards improved performance, lower stress, and stronger leadership. She is an MBA, multi-certified coach, and award-nominated Kolbe-Certified™ consultant with 20+ years in corporate roles and consulting. Andrea founded Lead With Harmony over 10 years ago to serve small businesses by incorporating her first-hand understanding of team success factors and disruptors into her own style of team and leadership development - an approach that combines elements of business consulting, project management, leadership coaching, experiential learning, and specialized assessments and techniques, such as Kolbe assessments, ICF coaching principles, and IPEC Energy Leadership™ frameworks. https://www.leadwithharmony.com
24 minutes | Feb 8, 2023
Josh York, CEO and Founder of GYMGUYZ
Josh York is the CEO and Founder of the world’s leading at-home personal training service, GYMGUYZ. Josh’s story starts with humble beginnings. He started GYMGUYZ in his parents’ dining room in 2008. His tenacity has led to the brand growing to 1,200 cities across three countries. Josh is fueled by his desire to break the norm and go to extremes when it comes to achieving personal and entrepreneurial success. When asked for his advice for people hoping to achieve greatness in 2023, whether personally or professionally, he gave the following words of wisdom: “One of the biggest problems is that people wait for the perfect moment. The perfect time. People need to take more action and stop complaining and finding excuses. The truth is, sometimes some of the goals that people want to obtain are painful and challenging. Everyone always wants to live a relaxing life. But you have to live a life of pain and suffering if you want to have true happiness in the end.”
23 minutes | Feb 4, 2023
Holly Skaggs, Founder of Wild Tonic
Painter Holly Skaggs worked with beeswax, an ancient encaustic medium, for many years until she discovered the art of fermentation. One day, her love of painting with beeswax transformed into working with honey, another labor of love created by the bees. As with many creative endeavors that spill into other forms of expression, Holly found herself fascinated with a rare ferment known as Jun. She brewed with this living culture day after day until several years and experiments later, WILD TONIC® Jun Kombucha was born! https://wildtonic.com/
22 minutes | Jan 24, 2023
Devan Anderson, CEO of DevanOnDeck
Devan Anderson (known as "DevanOnDeck") grew a following on TikTok during the pandemic sharing how to style affordable clothing. After leaving his job at Snapchat, he decided to live his dream as a designer and create full-time. Over the last few years, Devan has amassed an impressive following of fans looking to him for honest, sound advice on luxury and discount fashion. He has over 3.8 million subscribers on Tik Tok and 530K followers on Instagram. Below are details about his holiday collection. Devan is a Los Angeles-based designer & creator. As a creator — rather than simply "flexing" outfits, DevanOnDeck shifts the conversation to how he can improve his community members' confidence and add long-term value to their lives. As a designer, he aims to apply his same ethos to tangible quality goods. This new chapter brings his childhood dreams full circle, all while introducing a fresh perspective into the fashion & design space.
24 minutes | Jan 24, 2023
Greg Breitbart, CEO of Body20
Greg Breitbart talks about Body20 and how it helps you burn calories, reduce cellulie, tone up and build lean muscle utilizing the boutique fitness studio that uses FDA-cleared electro-magnetic muscle stimulation. body20.com
21 minutes | Jan 4, 2023
First Round's on Me CEO, Joe Feminella
First Round's on Me CEO, Joe Feminella says his app is bringing real face to face dating back. He says with First Round’s on Me, they’re bringing back real dating by to encouraging people to be more confident in themselves and their quest for companionship through face-to-face interactions. He says they are committed to the seamless process and functionality of the app by allowing users to quickly and easily set up dates. No more swiping for hours, days, and sometimes even weeks before setting up a date. No more endless messaging back and forth. With First Round’s on Me, he says dating is easy!
23 minutes | Dec 10, 2022
Amy Anderson, CEO of Wild Coffee Marketing
Amy Anderson, CEO of Wild Coffee Marketing, is a widely-respected and creative industry leader with MORE THAN 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE at brands such as Calvin Klein, Seventeen, and The New York Times Digital. As co-founder of Wild Coffee Marketing, she focuses on transforming businesses through a diverse set of disciplines and tailor-made teams
24 minutes | Nov 28, 2022
Dr. Francisco Arredondo, Author of MedikalPreneur: The Official Guidebook for Physicians' Success and CEO of Pozitivf
Innovation... personal fulfillment... and limitless potential to help people-and prosper. These are the rewards for physicians who become entrepreneurs and blaze their own trails in business to provide medical products and services-all while creating a balanced personal life that's fulfilling and adventurous. Unfortunately, many physicians and medical professionals believe that they're not good business people. And they're afraid to step out of the traditional comfort zones of working in hospitals and other institutional settings-where bureaucracies can limit creativity, prosperity, and impact. Now Dr. Francisco Arredondo, MD, MPH, is on a mission to show medical professionals how to excel above and beyond traditional constraints-by becoming entrepreneurs. In MedikalPreneur: The Official Guidebook for Physicians' Success in Business, Dr. Arredondo shares his experience and expertise to guide health care professionals into the unlimited and fulfilling possibilities in business. He did it very successfully, and now he wants to teach YOU how to become a successful medical entrepreneur. Written in easy-to-understand language, this book showcases Dr. Arredondo's story while providing solid nuts-and-bolts information about business plans, accounting, marketing, teamwork, human resources, designing a transformative patient experience, and more. Dr. Arredondo coined the term "MedikalPreneur" to describe physicians like himself who master the art of entrepreneurship in ways that transform the lives of countless patients with innovative products and services. He is a true MedikalPreneur, having built a fertility center that expanded into a network of entrepreneurial ventures with more than 80 team members. Dr. Arredondo emphasizes that MedikalPreneurs can enjoy financial success and freedom for family time, world travel, and philanthropy. As the medical profession undergoes major shifts resulting from the coronavirus pandemic and other factors, MedikalPreneur: The Official Guidebook for Physicians' Success in Business by Dr. Francisco Arredondo highlights a path toward exciting new opportunities for health care professionals to shift their mindsets and embark on missions to help people and achieve success.
23 minutes | Nov 28, 2022
Julia Mann, Managing Partner, Jackson Walker San Antonio
As an experienced litigator, Julia Mann helps clients solve their problems in crisis situations. Whether it is a dispute with a customer, a supplier, an employee, or even their own business partner, Julia utilizes her knowledge of the client’s industry combined with the avenues for dispute resolution to reach an outcome consistent with the client’s business goals. It is Julia’s investment in the relationship that keeps clients returning when disputes arise. Her practice encompasses contractual disputes, professional liability claims, actions to protect companies’ proprietary information, and business torts such as fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, and tortious interference. Representing clients on both sides of the docket, Julia has appeared in matters in 40 counties across the states of Texas and Oklahoma. A significant portion of Julia’s practice focuses on the oil and gas industry. Such experience includes representation of mineral interest owners in suits for lease termination, recovery of royalties, and establishment of title. Julia has represented oil and gas operators in disputes involving joint business partners, service providers, and working interest owners. Her experience includes cases unique to South Texas, such as defending an independent petroleum engineering company in litigation regarding ownership of a mineral estate involving a land grant made by the Government of Spain in 1767. As the value of mineral interest holdings have continued to rise and begin their transition to the next generation, Julia has developed particular experience in the area of fiduciary litigation. She handles claims by and against trustees, estate administrators, beneficiaries, and closely-held family businesses in all areas related to trusts, estates, and probate matters. Education B.A., University of Texas at Austin J.D., magna cum laude, St. Mary’s University School of Law Bar Admissions Texas, 1994 Oklahoma, 2009 Court Admissions United States Supreme Court United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States District Court for the Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas United States District Court for the District of Colorado
22 minutes | Nov 28, 2022
Taryn Parker, Director of Curriculum and Training at The Little Gym
Taryn Parker, Director of Curriculum and Training at The Little Gym, the world’s premier enrichment and physical development center with more than 400 locations across 31 countries for children ages four months through 12. As the key executive for The Little Gym, which teaches thousands of kids annually, Taryn can weigh in on a number of topics if you are in need of a source or story idea, such as: •Early Child Development •Tips to inspire kids to exercise •Movement based learning •Developmental and Recreational Gymnastics •Motor development •Physical activities and development in kids •How singing and dancing play an integral role in child development •Child Obesity
21 minutes | Nov 28, 2022
Mary Welp, Certified Hypnotherapist Specializing in Hypnotic Meditation
Mary Welp, CH, is a certified hypnotherapist specializing in Hypnotic Meditation. After 20 years of private practice as a Craniosacral therapist and 14 years as a certified hypnotherapist, she launched RISE Hypnotic Meditation to teach others how to bring meaningful, positive changes to their lives. She teaches a direct, easy, adaptable practice in 4 steps: Relax, Imagine, Suggest, and Empower. Mary helps those who are interested in self improvement or anyone would like to get rid of a bad habit, fear, or imprint. She works within the following areas but not limited to: boundaries, social anxiety, sports performance, self confidence, fear of rejection, optimism, procrastination, letting go of anger, guilt, improving sleep, grief and loss, and relationships. Her practice allows anyone to turn their attention inward to make a shift for the better in order to become a healthier, happier person. Mary has worked with a nonprofit involving returning soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan as well as served on the board of LinkUp, offering assistance to those who have dealt with clergy abuse and related trauma. Since the pandemic, she has shifted her practice from one on one sessions to teaching. She now travels and teaches a 3 hour workshop across the country which she likes to refer to as a marriage of meditation and self-hypnosis. Her mission is to spread this self-healing therapy to as many people as possible.
22 minutes | Nov 28, 2022
Tianna Strateman, VP of Training and Experience at Club Pilates
Tianna Strateman, is the VP of Training and Experience at Club Pilates. At the very young age of 12-years-old, Tianna started doing Pilates. As a highly-trained dancer, the now-trending workout helped with Tianna’s recovery and elevate her performance. For college, Strateman attended the University of Southern California where she studied Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, Nutrition and Health all while becoming a trained Pilates instructor on campus! Because of her experience with the practice, she thrived as an instructor. Now with a business degree and passion for Pilates, Tianna serves as the VP of Training and Experience for the largest premium Pilates brand in the world – Club Pilates – which has nearly 800 studios globally.
23 minutes | Nov 17, 2022
Austin Stovall, Ferti-Lome
Austin Stovall, Ferti-Lome talks about all of the products offered by Ferti-lome. https://www.fertilome.com/
22 minutes | Nov 7, 2022
Richie Huffman, Celebree School’s Founder, President, and CEO
Richie Huffman’s experience with the child care industry goes all the way back to 1984, when his mother first opened a daycare business. He was able to see first-hand the impact early childhood education can have on young learners and their families. With this unique insight into business ownership added to the nurturing mentorship he received from his parents, Richie developed a passion for child care and natural business instincts that have facilitated his success to this day. In 1994, Richie chose to leverage his skills and experience to start his own child care center. The first Celebree School opened its doors in Ellicott City, Maryland and quickly became only one of many Celebree Schools in the area. In fact, Richie transformed the Celebree brand from a single school into the largest privately held chain of child care centers in the state.
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