Action and Ambition

Description: Today’s guest is an entrepreneur, Author, Host, and Speaker. Joresa Blount is a self-made businesswoman and founder of GoFly, which is an app that provides On-Demand Retail Returns and Delivery For The Fashion industry. She’s also focused on opening the tech door for women of color. Joresa created a digital talk show, The Comeback Series, to help spread her message of taking your greatest setback to propel you forward to greatness. She’s been seen in Forbes discussing the most exciting technology companies and innovations. You can always find her uplifting and encouraging, getting the next generation of women to stand up and speak up. Today we talk about content, tech and bringing to life a tech company without being a technical founder. Special thanks to ZipRecruiter.com/AA for this week's episode. Go to our URL to use their service for free, on us. Now, let’s get to it!

Today’s guest is an entrepreneur named Thomas J. Henry. He’s created a mega-million dollar law firm (one of the biggest in the country) by leveraging his flashy personal brand, and by winning massive cases. And, his opulence and personal brand have garnered all sorts of his attention. By example, when Henry wanted to advertise his namesake firm during the 2014 Super Bowl, he ran a commercial that showed him deplaning a Learjet and ducking into a silver Rolls-Royce. When Henry’s daughter Maya turned fifteen, he threw her a quinceañera that cost $6 million, complete with performances by the rapper Pitbull. On today’s episode, we dive into lessons in scaling multi-million dollar businesses, personal branding lessons, and all things action and ambition. Thanks to Fiverr.com for their support, take five and get 10% when checking out using the promo code "AA." That's Fiverr.com and "AA" on checkout! 

Today’s guest is a serial entrepreneur and overall badass named Sean Whalen. Sean’s style is brash and to the point and has afforded him a loyal following. His social posts and videos have amassed over 600 million views.   Sean’s story of being raised in a single parent home, success at a young age, bankruptcy, depression and divorce has been shared by over 100 podcasts and media interviews from dozens of countries around the globe.   Sean is the founder of multiple companies in apparel and technology, but his role as founder and CEO of LIONS NOT SHEEP, the global movement for men, women and children is closest to his heart. He is a best selling author and sold over 100 thousand copies of his book, “How to Make Shit Happen.” He recently launched a new social app called Meetrz that gives users the ability to network with other users in the same location. This episodes guest is Fiverr. For any startup service need head over to Fiverr.com and use the promo code AA for 10% off! 

MICK used music to propel his career. He has spun private events for some of the world’s most prominent celebrities, brands, tech companies and philanthropic organizations including Beyonce, Bravo, Cadillac, Entertainment Weekly, Fast Company, Gary Vaynerchuk, Hillary Clinton, HBO, Instagram, Interview Magazine, Jay Z, Jimmy Kimmel, LeBron James, Michelle Obama, and the list goes on. Through his influence he has become the center of everything relevant, tech and culture, and has used his brand to create massive opportunity.

Andrew Medal chats with Rich Antoniello about how Complex Media is redefining the culture by sparking conversation through hip hop, sneakers, tech, news and sports, and how all of that resulted in selling the company for over $250M.

Mark Brinbaum is the cofounder of the EMM Group, who owns the Catch restaurant chain, which are arguably the hottest restaurants in the world with A-list celebrities visiting weekly. He recently sold 50% of his company to Tillman Fertitta the Texas billionaire who's the man behind the CNBC show “Billion Dollar Buyer” and also recently bought the 17 restaurants of BR Guest. In this episode of Action & Ambition with Andrew Medal, Mark discusses his beginnings and how he turned his passion for nightlife into a thriving business.

Wayne Chang’s latest business, Crashlytics, sold to Twitter for more than $100 million. He’s been involved with other notable startups like Dropbox, JetSmarter, Napster, DraftKings and 50-plus more now valued at over $30 billion. In this episode of Action & Ambition with Andrew Medal, he discusses his approach to startups, angel investing and life.

Description: Today’s guest is an entrepreneur, Author, Host, and Speaker. Joresa Blount is a self-made businesswoman and founder of GoFly, which is an app that provides On-Demand Retail Returns and Delivery For The Fashion industry. She’s also focused on opening the tech door for women of color. Joresa created a digital talk show, The Comeback Series, to help spread her message of taking your greatest setback to propel you forward to greatness. She’s been seen in Forbes discussing the most exciting technology companies and innovations. You can always find her uplifting and encouraging, getting the next generation of women to stand up and speak up. Today we talk about content, tech and bringing to life a tech company without being a technical founder. Special thanks to ZipRecruiter.com/AA for this week's episode. Go to our URL to use their service for free, on us. Now, let’s get to it!