Action and Ambition

Welcome to another episode of the Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Susan Saeliu, Co-founder & CEO at Pluto. Pluto is a company dedicated to creating products that improve your comfort and sleeping environment. Pluto Pillow is the first and only sleep pillow tailored to your body metrics, sleeping habits, and preferences. She was previously the CEO of Tradex Marketplace, a reverse logistics company that processes customer returns and overstock items from large department stores, and the founder of Kora Brand, a bamboo bath tissue brand. With years of material research, she worked with the top bedding makers. The woman is more knowledgeable about the sleep industry than the majority of others. Listen to this exciting episode as Susana retells her journey towards success! Don’t miss this episode!

Welcome to another episode of the Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Lailan Bento. Lailan founded her own real estate company, Hawai'i Development Group, after years of experience in the sector, where she currently works as a lead broker. The Hawai'i Development Group was founded on the principles of integrity, honesty, and dedication to excellence. Every transaction, large or small, is handled with the highest care and attention to detail. Every member of the HDG team was born in Hawaii and had considerable local knowledge, allowing the company to select the ideal location for your dream home. Are you inspired already? Tune in to know more about this unparalleled visionary and her outstanding works!

Welcome to another episode of the Action and Ambition Podcast. Today, our guest is Chris O’Dowd. He is the Founder and CEO of WIN Reality, the world’s most advanced Virtual Reality baseball and softball training tool. WIN Reality offers a wide range of velocity and overall skill levels for hitters to prepare. The WIN Reality Software is used by professional, collegiate, and high school organizations worldwide to quantify performance potential and transfer training improvements into the competition. Everything inside the training tool is taken directly from the real world and placed in the virtual one. The available pitchers are all real and pulled directly from game situations at every level. And with pitcher velocities ranging from youth speeds to the upper echelon of what the majors can offer, WIN Reality is a tool that every level of player can benefit from. This makes WIN Reality perfect for players who are just getting started in the sport to become winners in the majors. Want to know more about this VR/AR sports training tool? Listen to this episode! You are going to love it!  

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition! Today, we are joined by Joaquín Roca, Co-Founder & CEO of Minerva. Joaquín is a seasoned and veteran organizational development consultant who designs and delivers impactful training to various organizations ranging from startups, large organizations, government and non-government organizations. Notable companies like American Express and Pfizer allowed Joaquín to employ the best of his abilities for their benefit. Joaquín helps analyze the team dynamics, culture, and productivity through powerful interventions and tailor strategies for camaraderie. Listen to this exciting episode as Joaquín retells his journey towards success! Don’t miss this episode!

Diverse in his practice areas he has taken the Pareto principle and applied it to every aspect of his law practice. Not wanting to repeat the mistakes of his predecessors he painstakingly built a diverse team of lawyers around the globe. He personally leads the business law / finance section of his firm Meza Law Group and has engaged in complex litigation / arbitration / mediation globally. Mario Meza carries the world citizen / team player monikers proudly as he continuously expands his firm.

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. Today, we have invited Anthony Katz, Founder of Hyperice, an innovative recovery company that has built partnerships with some of the world’s pro sports. Born and raised in Laguna Beach, California, Katz has been playing basketball since he was a kid and has a continual love for sports. He was a former high school teacher and basketball coach. While he wasn't always as educated about recovery as today, being married to a professional athlete, he started to wonder how the recovery techniques used by athletes could be introduced to everyday people. Listen to this exciting episode as Anthony dissects his company goals and experience in the sports world! Don’t miss this out!

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. Our guest is Christopher Davenport, the CEO of AutoParts4Less, the world's first automotive parts multi-vendor marketplace. He started his e-commerce career by launching LiftKits4Less, the leading online provider of suspension lift kits for trucks, SUVs, and jeeps. Christopher grew up knowing the ins and outs of the market industry. From teaching him the importance of communication, interaction, pricing, inventory, and everything a small business owner has to know and endure, it allowed him to build a sturdy foundation to a successful business. Find out more about how age does not stop you from learning! Tune in and don’t miss this exciting episode!

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. Our guest is Todd Belveal, Founder and CEO of Washlava, an internet of Technology Services startup, which brings shared laundry into the future. They simplify laundry technology that enables laundromats to replace coin-operated laundry machines with modern machine technology and a variety of other features from analytics, control, and seamless transactions from both business owners and customers. Their demand not only spans from your typical layman, but also towards university and college campuses for students and teachers alike! By analyzing the root cause of problems in the society, Todd is a visionary motivated towards social impact and sustainability in the industry. Find out how Todd employs modern technology to help solve the problems of society! Don’t miss this out!

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. Today, we have invited Sheila Koelfkorn, CEO and President of KEO Marketing Inc. With over 25 years of marketing expertise, Sheila helped hundreds of enterprises increase their revenue by hundreds of millions of dollars. KEO Marketing is an Award-Winning B2B marketing agency that has delivered substantial and impressive results for more than 2 decades. Composed by a talented team of marketers, Sheila and her team work their magic on a global scale. Their recent program helps mid-market companies, ranging from 5 - 15 million dollars in revenue, to get big corporations’ resources at a fraction of the costs! Listen to this exciting episode as Sheila dissects her program and experience in the marketing world! Don’t miss this out!

Welcome to another episode of the Action and Ambition Podcast. Joining us today is Jaclyn Park, the Vice President of Marketing at Nissin Foods USA. The food service company is headquartered in Gardena, CA. A subsidiary of Nissin Food Products Company Limited and Nissin Foods Products, Inc. offers instant ramen noodles, including Nissin Cup Noodles and Nissin Top Ramen. For 50 years, the company has been well-known for its iconic noodles and various flavors in the CPG industry. Nissin Foods is always exploring consumer trends that help with its product innovations. And today, Jaclyn is going to share the innovation behind Nissin’s latest noodle flavor and their plans for the future. Stay tuned!

Welcome back to the Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Ian Bell. He is the Co-Founder of technology news and reviews site Digitaltrends.com, an award-winning publishing company encompassing several millennial-focused media brands. The company is also the largest independent premium technology publisher globally, with more than 6 million social media followers and a website that reaches 30 million worldwide. Aside from being the Co-Founder of Digital Trends, Ian also Co-Founded The Manual, a men’s lifestyle website. Both companies are privately owned by Designtechnica, where he serves as the CEO. Before Digital Trends, Ian has held positions at Intel, Lockheed Martin, and The Ostler Group. In 2017 he was named a finalist for EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year award. Want to know more about Ian and Digital Trends? You are going to love this episode.

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. Joining us today is Asha Tarry, author, award-winning community mental health advocate, a psychotherapist, and a certified life coach. Asha founded Behavioral Health Consulting Services, LMSW, PLLC, which offers consulting, counseling, and coaching to creatives and small business owners in the health and entertainment industries,and the educational sector. Asha has over 20 years of experience as a treating provider, giving exams, diagnoses, therapies, and life-enhancing skills to children, adults, families, and couples. Asha has spent a substantial amount of time working with survivors of intergenerational trauma in underprivileged areas. Asha has successfully presented anecdotal proof that therapy works and that mindfulness is a holistic technique of continuously repairing oneself. After having experienced burnout twice, Asha went on a journey of reinvigoration and promotion of counseling and coaching for mental health awareness. Don't miss this out and tune in to this exciting episode!

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. In today's episode, we are joined by Chinedu Eleanya, Founder and CEO at Mulberry Technology. A software platform that allows retailers to offer extended warranties to online customers was co-founded by him in 2018. Mirror, a fitness device, Breville, a coffee machine manufacturer, and Helix Sleep, a mattress company, are among the company's key clients. Mulberry also recently released a browser extension for consumers to get free product protection wherever they shop online. Chinedu moved to the United States with his parents when he was 11 years old. Chinedu led engineering, product development, and technical integration before moving into the CEO role. Chinedu earned a BS in Biology from Cornell University. Stay tuned to find out more on this!

Welcome back to the Action and Ambition Podcast! We have invited Daniel Stafford and Robby Switzer, the founders of Shopanova- a modern growth media buying agency for e-commerce shops. The incredible team has expanded their client's income from five figures to seven figures and even beyond. Daniel and Robby are both fishermen in Alaska before settling down and launching their e-commerce business companies. Their purpose is to inspire e-commerce entrepreneurs and help them succeed to compete with today's leading brands, develop to new heights, and leave a lasting contribution. Tune in, and don’t miss out!

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. We have invited Maria Wendt, a world-renowned business strategist, and content marketing specialist. She teaches ambitious women how to grow their company's client base online and coaches entrepreneurs on how to start a profitable online business. Maria is a thought leader in digital sales and organic content marketing, and she has achieved extraordinary success for someone her age. She began with $100,000 in debt and five housemates each paying $200 in rent. She became an incredibly successful entrepreneur, however, through patience and tenacity. She is now on a quest to assist other women to generate money, improve their lives, and share proven tactics that she utilized to establish her own business. Tune in and learn more about Maria’s mission!

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. In today’s episode, we are joined by Burton Hughes, the creator of the 6 Assets of Alignment. Burton has over 18 years of Sales Leadership and Business Management experience in Roofing/ General Contracting and Real Estate. He is the author of Align Your Empire Book, and built a process that is successful in building highly profitable teams. This is going to be exciting! Stay tuned to learn more from Burton!

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. In today's episode, Rhonda Swan, founder and CEO of Unstoppable Branding Agency comes to join the show. While traveling for 12 years and overseeing a seven-figure business, she is also known as the "Unstoppable Momma" of the Unstoppable Family. Rhonda is a business strategist, personal branding expert, and international speaker. With PR, Media, and Expert Branding, Rhonda and her team help visionaries, experts, entrepreneurs, and enterprises go from being the world's best-kept secret to the world's best-known expert. She works with a diverse group of clientele, including physicians, small company owners, entrepreneurs, and brand managers to help them build their personal professional brands from the ground up. Catch this episode and find out how you can grow your business all the way to the top, turn your passions into profits, and take real action to create a life you enjoy!

Welcome to another episode of the Action Ambition podcast. Michael Fourhman is the founder and CEO of totality solutions. A rapidly growing technology service company serving residential and commercial customers. Specializing in the installation, service, and maintenance of hybrid cloud surveillance systems that leverage cutting-edge A.I. Totality specializes in the rapid procurement, deployment, installation, monitoring, servicing, and repair of all forms of technology. Whether a significant corporation or an individual homeowner, Totality Solutions provides all the technological leadership, support, and innovation you need to surpass your goals. Stay tuned, and don’t miss out!

Today’s guest is the CEO of Atheneum, Matthias Wengeler. Founded in 2010, Mathias and his co-founders Ammad Ahmad and Marta Margolis have spearheaded its global growth employing 500 staff across 11 offices including London, Munich and Shanghai and New York. They’ve created a “research-as-a-service” business  using machine learning algorithms and cloud technology to connect companies with expert resources globally to provide valuable intelligence.

In this episode we interviewed Mohit Kumar, the founder of Ultrahuman, who recently announced a $17.5m funding round. It’s a metabolic fitness platform, offering users a convenient way to monitor their glucose levels in real time – and, crucially, to live more healthily. Over a billion people in the world suffer from a metabolic health disorder which contribute to almost 85% of all chronic diseases in the world. By helping people understand how food and exercise affects their metabolic health, people would be able to make informed choices about what they eat and their activity levels.

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. In today's episode, we have on the show none other than Sarah Benken, Founder and CEO of Know Women. The KNOW Women, formerly known as the KNOW Tribe, is a group of active women making a difference in their cities for women. The tribe exists to draw attention to these ladies and their distinctive characteristics. The KNOW Women program is currently available in 20 cities across the United States and Canada, with 11 additional cities set to launch in late 2020. Are you feeling empowered? Then stay tuned to learn more!

Welcome to another episode of the Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Michael Millett, Co-Founder & Chief Risk Officer of Epitome Risk Solutions. An expert in crisis and risk management, Mike has extensive expertise providing training, strategic development initiatives, and risk reduction approach for a wide range of clients. He is currently the Chief Strategic Officer of Efrvsnt, where he teaches important business ideas to leaders in need using his unique and personalized approach to training. Want to know how they do it? Stick around to learn more!

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition Podcast. We are joined by an impact-driven entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Global News App (GNA), the man of hour, Daniel Anduray. Prior to GNA, Daniel has served in the defense industry holding various positions which provided him valuable and exemplary experiences and exposures in developing system requirements, improving standardized processes, and creating organizational objects to elicit growth within diverse markets. With his passion and excellence, he founded GNA, a high capacity News Media application which determines the value and veracity of news and content shared by others, and anonymously ranking them accordingly. As the CEO of GNA, Daniel is responsible for directing the brand development, distribution, marketing, financial structures and modeling, product design to hit and exceed their goals successfully. Join us as we participate in intelligent discussions with Daniel!

Welcome to another episode of Action Ambition Podcast. Matt Reagan, Emilio Acosta, and Silvia Charpentier wanted to design the best way to introduce you to golfing through the Operation36 Golf Program. With over 500 Operation36 locations, 1500 highly-experienced golf coaches, and more than 60,000 satisfied and happy golfers who opted for the program, Operation36 establishes itself as the go-to program for any aspiring people who want to learn and enjoy the art of golfing. They started as a bootstrap company who never had funding. They met up with Kambda, an app developer, and through agile development, they scaled and quickly became sought-after. For our aspiring golfing people out there, don’t miss this exciting episode! You will love this!

Welcome to another episode of Action Ambition Podcast. Today, we have invited Robb Thompson, a motivational speaker, life and business coach, and a best-selling author. Robb has spoken to more than 40 nations from governmental level, business level, to even religious level and extends his reach to more than millions of people through his coaching. He believes that men lost the identity on what it takes to be a man and how to become one. He wants men to understand what it means to leave a legacy as they build their wealth, foster their relationships, while they figure out who they are as a person. Tune in to this exciting episode as Robb explains what it takes to be a man! You don’t want to miss this!

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. In today's episode, we are joined by Shantera Chatman, an MBA known for her guiding principles in developing strong cultures and her success work story with the many fortune 500 companies. Currently, she is creating a new image as a curator of her wellness retreat – a members-only luxury retreat for black female executives. She specializes in transforming organizations and driving accountability through curated experiences. Shantera is the creator of the Transformative Ally Framework©, founder and executive director at The Chatman Women's Foundation that provides scholarships and grants to women in and around the Houston community. Stay tuned to find out more on this!

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. Today we have invited Alex Machuca, chairman of MachucaX, a modern-day media and communications holding company, and the active CEO of Lyncrest Media, a full-service advertising and lead generation company. He is responsible for raising the finances to execute the famous pop-up exhibit, Tacotopia, as featured on Good Morning America, Buzzfeed, Elite Daily, NBC, ABC, and many other publications. Alex also serves as a digital marketing and sales consultant specializing in creating compelling value propositions and infrastructures for companies. You will learn so much in this episode. Don’t miss out!

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. Today’s guest is Ashley Richards who is a dynamic and versatile marketing executive. She has 15 years of experience with digital strategies to transform businesses. Her clients include fitness facilities, physical therapy offices, and large shopping centers. She launched E-squared Marketing that provides digital solutions and increased value to businesses. She created an agency with a flexible working structure because she believes that women can be at home and still make a living. A lot of value is coming your way! Stay tuned!

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. Today, we have invited Billy Batt, Founder and CEO of Chrome Leads. He is also the Chief Marketing Officer at Pro Choice Network - Contractor Hub, host of the New World Marketing Order podcast and founder of the Veterans of North America Foundation. Billy has worked in the sales/marketing business for more than half a decade. As part of his signature process, the digital expert employs a variety of marketing techniques in order to increase sales conversions with real estate professionals and contracts, helping them accelerate their business sales and marketing systems. Billy leads a great team that provides excellent service to their clients, resulting in 100% customer satisfaction. By 2024, the 10X ambassador wants people to have closed contracts worth $100,000,000. If you want to scale your company online, skyrocket your ROI, and build your digital marketing, this one episode could change your life and business for good! Don’t miss it!

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. In today’s episode, we have invited Bita Milanian, the founder of a passion project called bitakitchen.com that is focused on vegan and gluten-free Persian food. She is a refugee who has been living in the US, specifically in Los Angeles for the past 33 years. She has worked in the telecommunications industry since 1996 when it was first starting. She also worked with startup companies at 22 years old and worked all her way up. She studied Business Administration and worked for a global telecommunications company called Ribbon that provides a backbone infrastructure to carriers and enterprises. She is responsible for all the company’s digital marketing, communications, both corporate communications and external communications, media analyst relations and everything that goes with Marketing. She believes in having a bigger purpose and wanting to cause some kind of global change. Let’s get to know more of her focus and passion! Stay tuned!

In this episode, we are joined by Richard Thompson, Richard is the innovative founder and managing partner at Factory LLC, an investment firm that breathes life into burgeoning businesses in the food, beverage, and pet sectors. Beyond capital, he delivers strategic insights to optimize everything from marketing to supply chain. In addition to his role at Factory LLC, Richard is the dynamic CEO of Honey Stinger, a renowned brand that stands as a testament to his strategic acumen. His vision is reshaping the entrepreneurial landscape, one company at a time. Tune in to learn more!