Thrive Loud With Lou Diamond

Having a keen eye isn’t just for what one sees, but also for what one senses. Having been one of the most sought after portrait photographers in the U.S. for more than three decades, Jeffrey Shaw, a.k.a. the Lingo Guy, uses this honed intuition to teach entrepreneurs how to attract their ideal customers by speaking their Secret Language. Jeffrey is host of the popular business podcast Creative Warriors, a nationally acclaimed keynote speaker, a business coach for entrepreneurs, and author of the forthcoming book, LINGO: Discover Your Ideal Customer’s Secret Language and Make Your Business Irresistible. Jeffrey is offering Thrive LOUD listeners a FREE GIFT.  Click and take a look. Great conversation between Jeffrey and Lou.  Great tips. All paired with a great scented candle ;-).   *** Connect with Lou:  www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Media personality Amanda B. Johnson has been providing cryptocurrency research and commentary since 2014. Amanda is the World’s first freelancer to be paid by blockchain. Obsessed with monetary theory. DASH superfan and spokesperson.Her educational and opinion pieces have appeared in leading industry publications including Bitcoin Magazine, Finance Magnates and Bitcoin.com. Having created the first YouTube series to receive funding from a DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization), she's been called the "world's first freelancer to be paid by blockchain.” Since 2016, Amanda B. Johnson has been the official spokesperson for DASH digital currency and was recently named one of the Top 10 women in cryptocurrency by Core Magazine. In this Thrive LOUD episode, Amanda answers everything you've ever needed to know about Cryptocurrency, Tokens, Bitcoin, Blockchain Technology and, her favorite platform, DASH.   *** Connect to Lou:  www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD:  www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Israeli Military Commander, Doctor, Champion Ballroom Dancer. What these have in common isn’t the what, it’s the who. Dr. Karen Jacobson integrates her diverse background into her personal brand as a keynote speaker at state and national conferences and corporate events, including team training. With more than 30 years of training experience, Dr. Karen mesmerizes audiences with her high-caliber presentation style, while relating her groundbreaking framework regarding communication in the face of adversity, based on her experiences with arduous military training, then later as an award-winning ballroom dancer. As an expert in communication, Dr. Karen Jacobson is the author of Power Conversations, the first book in a series representing her “High-Performance Triad,” a trademark-pending, effective strategy for creating YOUR highest edge. Your audience and teams will leave energized and armed with an arsenal of new skillsets and tools, to provide lasting transformation. Karen and Lou have a very fun conversation

Going way back to one of the original Thrive LOUD episodes.  Hear Co-Founder and CEO Michael Sloan of Chloe's Fruit share how Chloe's Fruit came to be "the cool way to eat fruit". Click here to listen to  the full/original interview between Michael and Lou.     *** Connect with Lou:  www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD:  www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Melanie Deziel is an award-winning branded-content strategist, consultant, and speaker who travels the world teaching marketers and publishers how to tell better brand stories. Melanie started The Overlap League native ad newsletter, writes the New Media Navigator column for Inc., is on the board of the Native Advertising Institute and developed one of the first Master’s courses in Content Marketing for Fairleigh Dickinson University. She is the former director of creative strategy for Time Inc. and was the first editor of branded content at The New York Times, where she wrote the sponsored content pieces that won the 2014 and 2015 Best Native Advertising Execution OMMA Award, including the acclaimed “Women Inmates” piece for Netflix. Melanie's journalistic approach to brand strategy is smart, fun and educational.  Enjoy this fun chat as Melanie walks through her journey and her thinking.

Gayle Kirschenbaum is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker, TV producer, coach and TEDx visionary speaker. Gayle presents revolutionary seminars about transforming difficult relationships into healthy ones. She has been featured widely in the media including The New York Times, NBC's Today Show, CBS's Early Show, Fox, Miami Herald, the Ladies Home Journal, Washington Post. Kirschenbaum is a member of the National Speakers Association, Producers Guild of America, Womens Media Group, Film Fatales, the founder of Hudson Writer’s Group and is a judge for the Emmys. Her most recent film - LOOK AT US NOW MOTHER has drawn critical acclaim and is at the epicenter of her "Forgiveness Coaching".  Her other films MY NOSE and A DOG'S LIFE have garnered critical acclaim and awards.   Listen to her conversation with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD as they dig a bit deeper into her journey, her passion for film, and her ability to forgive...and never forget.

Peter Kozodoy is an Inc. columnist, keynote speaker, serial entrepreneur, and the Partner/Chief Strategy Officer of GEM Advertising. His articles on business, leadership and entrepreneurship regularly appear in Inc., Forbes, The Huffington Post and more. His work at GEM has been featured in CNBC, Yahoo!, Bloomberg, Reuters and MarketWatch, and has earned him Telly, Pixie, Communicator, Aurora, Davey and W3 awards. Peter has spoken at Microsoft, the US Department of Commerce, CEO Clubs of America, Digital Book World, Quinnipiac University and other organizations on topics including the Millennial mindset, consumer experience, and the power of honesty in achieving both personal and professional success. Peter’s largest business, GEM Advertising, was named to the 2017 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in America. He was also nominated as the 2017 SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year, and named as a 2016 Millennial Move Maker in Connecticut. He is a member of both Entrepreneur’s Organization (New

Derreck Stratton wants to educate the entrepreneurs of the world. He created the idea of Startup Syndicate, to enable entrepreneurs to break through the complexity, confusion, and the cost of turning great ideas into thriving companies.  Because in this world, it's execution...action...that counts. Paired with the "Kickass Sales Guy" Christopher Cumby,  Startup Syndicate is a platform loaded with the tools  designed to give you everything you need to start and grow a company from the ground up. They have created the Business Classroom, Founders Lounge, an Investors Corner, RWI (Real World Issues) Pitch Competitions and our flagship technology, AiMIE - Startup Syndicate's Artificial Intelligence Mentor and Instructor for Entrepreneurs, here’s their magic: AiMIE uses deep learning and a proprietary technology engine to provide guidance, troubleshooting and problem solving, accountability, encouragement, motivation…and she’s also a pretty great virtual assistant. Hear their journey, game plan and passion for thi

Charlie Gray is the President and Founder of Gray Scalable.  Charlie led the people operations for technology and media companies for more than 15 years before founding Gray Scalable in 2012, where he has consulted for dozens of industry-leading companies including BuzzFeed, SoundCloud, Greenhouse and Vimeo. Earlier in his career, he was instrumental in managing the growth of Google’s North American advertising sales business and developing the company's People Operations framework. Charlie also served as executive vice president of human resources and operations at Patch/AOL, as well as senior vice president of human resources at green-tech pioneer RecycleBank. Charlie shares his journey, philosophy and thoughts on being a CHRO in today's market place.

Emerald GreenForest is one of America’s Premier Experts because she is a connector and catalyst for the Creative Age Leader™ - the Men On Purpose who have been called to be the Vanguard of the Creative Age. She has an international reputation as an author of 7 books & contributing author to another 15 and as an inspirational speaker having presented nearly 500 times in 8 years on both Live & “virtual” stages. GreenForest is the creator of The 90 - a multi sensory, interactive experience that catapults the Creative Age Leader™ into their next adventure by expanding their consciousness, elevating their perspective & activating them to align their compass so they can leverage their connections, creativity, and capital in a revolutionary manner. She is the facilitator of exclusive, invitation only, total immersion retreats designed to forge collaborative bonds and coalesce capital and creativity to launch or further your legendary vision and bring it fully to life and is the perfect mentor for the lea

Strickland Bonner is the co-host of The Nice Guys on Business and co-founder of Turnkey Podcast. By day, he geeks out as a 9-to-5 data analyst and report expert (yep, he's a numbers guy who loves to crunch data and solve problems for his organization). Blessed with dynamic teenage triplet daughters, he's a proud father who loves his family dearly. When he's not busy producing new shows for Turnkey Podcast clients and publishing five episodes a week of The Nice Guys on Business, he can be heard as the voice over a very popular podcast show ;-) Enjoy this fun conversation with Strickland Bonner, as well as some funny openings...and closings of this special episode.  *** Connect with Lou:  www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD:  www.thriveloud.com/podcast    

In this quick out-take from the original interview, Mary Miller shares with Lou what the "Dream Manager" program is all about. Click here to listen to the full interview Thrive LOUD!   *** Connect with Lou:  www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD:  www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Robb Holman is an internationally recognized leadership expert, executive coach, keynote speaker, and author who has a heart for authentic relationships and a true talent for equipping people with the skills and the knowledge necessary for their success. With passion and exuberance, Robb’s dynamic teaching style has successfully led countless business owners, executives, and leaders through his exclusive and proprietary method of Inside Out Leadership™ Coaching. In helping his clients learn how to connect with their unique life’s purpose, they are finding success in a way they never expected - from the inside out! As a lifelong serial entrepreneur, Robb has founded numerous, highly influential organizations, both for profit, as well as non-profit. His current endeavor is as bestselling author of Lead the Way and CEO of Holman International, a global leadership consultancy revolutionizing the way business leaders operate.

Brandon Bruce is thriving on so many levels.  He's an endurance sports fan, cyclist, loves  hiking, camping, and building with Legos.  He's also the COO and Co-Founder of Cirrus Insight. Cirrus Insight is a plugin for Gmail and Outlook for salespeople. It's an all-in-one sales productivity platform with world-class Salesforce integration. 250,000 people use Cirrus Insight and its sister products Attach.io and Assistant.to to work faster and smarter from the inbox and calendar.  In just six years, Brandon has helped Cirrus Insight grow to to $12m in annual revenue, 58 employees, and #41 on the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing companies. Brandon and Lou have a fun conversation in this 'insightful' episode of Thrive LOUD.   ***** Connect with Lou:  www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD:  www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Audrey Kent is a Certified Speech Language Pathologist and Private Therapist in NYC and New Jersey with an expertise in all pre-school, elementary and middle school levels. Mother of 3. And has seen Dave Matthews perform too many times to count. Melissa Feinberg is a career long educator, with more levels of teaching certification than I will ever be able to list here or ever be able to remember.  She is currently an amazing Enrichment Teacher with a focus on teaching technology and higher learning to elementary students as well as her fellow colleagues in her district in Long Island, NY.  She's a writer, mother of 3 and the last winning Color War General at Camp Anawana. Oh yeah, they also happen to be Lou Diamond's two amazing younger sisters!! In honor of Sibling Day (April 10th) - Lou has brought HIS siblings onto the show to share what the heck it was like growing up with Lou as an older brother. Topics covered: Dinner at the Diamonds; Having Lou as an older brother; Camp Anawana; Now being parents obse

Special 100th episode of Thrive LOUD: Lou and the team at Thrive LOUD are so excited to hit this great milestone episode.  To celebrate we had a whole slew of guests and friends of the show return to leave their congratulatory messages. Thank you for the "thank you's".  In order of appearance on this special episode: Nicole Holland (#70), Jason Brand (#25), Hayley Foster (#34), Adam Frisch (#36), Michael Sloan (#2), Doug Sandler (#13), Jeanne Stafford (#85), Ted Larkins (#83), Fanny Krivoy (#10), Rob Dube (#95), Josh Linkner (#86), Elizabeth McCourt (#65), Joe Apfelbaum (#60), Lee Humphreys (#39), Sylvie Di Giusto (#81), Andy Monfried (#44), Jill Schiefelbein (#67), Anna Nygren, Billie Howard (#1), Strickland Bonner (#12), Taryn Winter Brill (#20), Ian Karr (#62), Elisabeth Cardiello (#40), Mary Miller (#32), Jena Axelrod (#57), Jackie "The Jokeman" Martling (#9), Jeff Dorst and Steve O'Brien.   Sponsored by: Kohana Rum Chloe's Fruit BIM Networks Hinge Consulting  **** Connect to Lou Diamond:  www.loudiam

Dave Starman lives his passion each and every day.  He's a college hockey analyst for CBS Sports Network and ESPN.  He is an NHL scout for the Montreal Canadiens and a player and coaching development coordinator for the Junior NY Islanders. Dave is a development coach in USA Hockey’s Coaching Education Program for the last 22 years.  He is a strong believer and supporter of the American Development Model that USA hockey developed. Dave is also a long time friend of Lou way back in the days when they played hockey on the streets in the New York City Boroughs and has lived his passion every day being around the game he loves …. Listen to Dave Starman Thrive LOUD on this special HOCKEY focused episode on the eve of the NCAA FROZEN FOUR.    

Stephen Dash is the Founder and CEO of Credible. He founded Credible because of sheer disbelief at the burden student debt placed on young Americans (a problem that does not exist in his native Australia). Stephen has led Credible’s strategy and execution since inception, raising more than $23 million in capital, launching the Student Loan Refinancing, Private Student Loan Origination, Personal Loans and Credit Cards Marketplaces, and growing the Credible team to more than 100 people. Prior to founding Credible, Stephen was an Investment Banker at J.P. Morgan, an Investment Director at M.H. Carnegie & Co, and a Co-founder of Quickcharge Media. Lou helps us all learn more about Credible.com and Stephen in this fun Thrive LOUD interview. *** Connect to Lou:  www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD:  www.thriveloud.com  

When it comes to forward thinking, brutally honest, witty, client-focused, well-connected and well respected leaders in the media marketplace – Evan Greenberg is at the top of the list and the partner you want to have helping your team. For almost 30 years he has led his firm Allscope by three key guiding principles: ‘connectedness’, ‘truthfulness’ and ‘making your business personal’ – treating every client like a true partner and why Allscope is seen as one of the most trusted and respected communication and media agencies. Hear how Evan and his team at Allscope listen, think, create and do amazing work for their clients that generate substantial results. **** Connect with Lou:   www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD:  www.thriveloud.com    

Jesse Itzler shares how his amazing group "#WeDoHardStuff" got started - combining Fitness with Charity - and how the group, the causes, and the momentum to workout for different charities has taken off.  Learn more about 'Fitlanthropy" in this short-quic Thrive LOUD minisode. AND to hear Jesse's entire interview with Lou Diamond -- CLICK ON THIS LINK *** Connect to Lou:  www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD:  www.thriveloud.com/podcast