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Kentucky native Dwayne Harmon began his career working for Sykes Enterprises during the mid to late 1990s. As their technical trainer, and eventually operations manager, Harmon was responsible for developing and managing teams to provide various types of support for all of the new technology. In the mid-2000s, after Dwayne Harmon moved to Florida, he started getting into digital marketing, managing pay-per-click campaigns, and search engine optimization. He’s managed entire sales funnels for various companies, starting in digital and eventually growing into radio and television marketing. He’s also developed various sales processes to help these companies with lead management, including helping to create the contact management systems needed to handle the lead training. Dwayne Harmon is currently the owner and president of Metanoia Marketing & Business Consulting Inc. in Jacksonville, Florida. What are some red flags to watch out for in daily life? I think it...

Winnipeg’s Kris Thorkelson began his career in 1991 as a licensed pharmacist. However, he knew he wanted to help people by doing more than simply filling their prescriptions. It was then that Thorkelson opened the Prescription Shop, a chain of pharmacies that ensured he could meet his customers’ needs. He then went on to found Canada Drugs, an online pharmacy that addressed the crisis of high prescription drug costs. While he still works in the pharmaceutical industry, Thorkelson has branched out in his entrepreneurial endeavors, now leading My Place Realty, a Winnipeg-based property management company. With a strong desire to help people and a knack for spotting trends, Kris Thorkelson is in short a business leader who is constantly taking risks. You lead a number of businesses that occupy your time and attention. How do you balance these varying responsibilities? Kris Thorkelson: I always remind myself to trust and empower others at the companies I help lead. No on...

Born and raised in Marseille, France, Jean-Fabrice Brunel says being an entrepreneur is just part of his DNA. At 50 years of age, he has never once been employed. He always creates his own projects and hires a team to develop them. “I’ve always loved a new challenge and the freedom that business gives. I started to do business and earn money at the age of 16 and never stopped, year by year motivated by new initiatives and new opportunities,” he said. Brunel has made quite a name for himself in France and around the world. Founder of the multi-million-dollar corporation L’Agence Telecom, Brunel is a pioneer in mobility technology consulting, specializing in the synthesis of telecom and IT. He is an industry leader in his native country and provides countless other businesses with his guidance and advice as a shareholder. Brunel began his career founding the company H A Reve. The company had the aim of doing real estate prospection and technologies audits for group build...

Vinod Ramchandra Jadhav is a first generation entrepreneur with a passion for business. In 2001, he began operating as a franchises owner of a “Medicine Shoppe International” where he learned the ropes of the pharmaceutical industry and got the experience he needed to apply his knowledge of supply chain management on a larger scale. In 2003, he started SAVA Group and has grown the company into an international powerhouse that has footprints in 35 countries around the world.  Since then Jadhav has taken his talents to a number of companies. In addition to being Chairman of SAVA Group, he is Chairman of DEVTECH M2M Group, Director of GangaGen Inc. and Managing Director of Regent Global FZCo. What has been the biggest accomplishment of your career? We started with one employee in the organization, Sava Global, in 2003 and now employ about 700+ employees across the organization in various countries. I feel this is the biggest accomplishment of my career. What mot...

Mike Asimos has done what many of us dream about; he turned his lifelong passion into a rewarding and challenging career. His love of wine has led to his role as a wine importer, exporter, and wholesaler. A Portland, Oregon native, in addition to all things wine, Asimos enjoys jazz music and travel. Michael Asimos travels to vineyards every chance he gets. When it comes to jazz music, he loves the early musical trailblazers as well as contemporary jazz musicians. His favorites include Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and Esperanza Spalding. How did you get started in the wine industry? I have always been involved in the wine industry. I love all stages of wine creation from the grapes to fermentation, to bottling, tasting, pairings and distributing. I have always loved tasting different wines, and my pallet was well-developed long before I decided to make wine my career. When I came to a crossroads in my life, I decided the wine industry was my path to take and never looked...

Tonight our guest is Ashley Terrell , a fine arts entrepreneur and Amazon best selling author. Owner of Stella Bistro Foods and BSC & Co . We have conducted an interview with her. Why did you want to write a memoir? I wrote my memoir, The Black Sheep Shadow , because people should be understood. We share the same feelings, yet to what degree? The Black Sheep Shadow was a writing piece that's needed for mental, spiritual and emotional growth. Knowing how far you come breeds determination and courage. Determination and courage is diluted because people don't feel it's needed to become a better person [for ourselves]. I don't believe those characteristics are spoken on too much anymore because negativity sells in the media. I have a testimony of the glory of God! Your hardships and perseverance can be someone else's breakthrough. I wanted my memoir, The Black Sheep Shadow, to show my determination to find my purpose and the courage to tell my audience o...

Bill Michelon is the quintessential example of the entrepreneurial spirit. He has become known as an industry leader in the media industry and a digital marketing analyst in high demand. He has climbed the rungs of his field with grit, determination, and dedication, starting at the bottom and working his way to the top. Graduating from the University of San Francisco with a Master's in Internet Marketing, Michelon was most certainly on a defined career path. Perhaps Michelon's initial foresight was being able to see the writing on the wall in terms of the age of digitization and the crucial role that online advertising would play. In addition to being a successful entrepreneur, Michelon spent time as a marketing consultant and has spent more than the last decade as a digital media buyer. In this role, he helps smaller companies develop a solid digital marketing strategy through the application of analytical tools such as Google Adwords and Google Analytics. Michelon enjoys...

Sebastian Ravitz is a 24 years old entrepreneur from Los Angeles. He has been riding the entrepreneurial rollercoaster for about 5 years now, having worked for startups that promised equity, but never received it - and all of those commom entrepreurial challenges. He successfully launched his own company when he was 21. It was a digital marketing agency that has now helped companies from stage 1, all the way to 10xing their monthly revenue. We have conducted an interview with Sebastian. Which is the most difficult entrepreneurial challenge you had ever experienced? The most difficult entrepreneurial challenge is actually coming to terms with what being an entrepreneur encompasses. While incredibly fulfilling, you’re also faced with so many obstacles that aren’t just a one-time battle. For me the most recurrent was self-doubt, especially early in my career. I was constantly questioning whether or not I had it in me. I knew deep down I did, but the doubt in the back of my min...

From soaring the world skies as a former jumbo jet Boing747 pilot to establishing himself now as an entrepreneur, film producer, actor, writer, Bobby Emprechtinger seems to have landed in the entertainment business to stay. At this very moment he is finalizing the film ‘The Mayfly Cycle’ which in collaboration with other artists, he was the author, producer and lead actor. Also pre-production of his next project ‘Spin: The Life Changing Story” is in place. Again as the author, producer and lead actor alongside with some cream de la cream of Hollywood as an American and European partnership. Beginning of 2018 is promising with good winds blowing his way. He’s taking the lead in two European productions as an actor and in May 17th he will be honored at the German Walk of Fame next to 300 international superstars such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kevin Costner, Denzel Washington, to name a very few. After many landings, many storms, he still strives for the clear blue skies above the cloud...

Krishen Iyer is a highly successful entrepreneur based in California. He has interests in health insurance, real estate, and marketing. He has founded and steered several companies to profitability. He recently launched his latest outfit, Managed Benefits Services. The company promises to redefine lead generation starting with the health insurance industry. Krishen Iyer is passionate about marketing. He is adept at building strong client relationships. Krishen Iyer recently agreed to answer some few questions to give us insights into his highly successful business ventures. What are your expertise and talents? I enjoy marketing because it only requires talent and skill. It stimulates my curiosity and improves my creativity. Marketers are brilliant people. We like to create and innovate. We are always improving our practices and growing in the process. Most of the time, we love technology. For example, it has enabled tremendous improvements in communications. I can...

Grace Lever’s life philosophy is centered on the principle of ‘doing’, and with this, she empowers female entrepreneurs to build profitable lifestyle businesses by “getting stuff done together”. Having successfully run six businesses in the past, Grace makes business building simple and achievable. She works exclusively with female entrepreneurs who are ready to “stop dreaming and start doing”. We have conducted an interview with her. What does it take to be a marketing funnel specialist? It is possible for anyone to become a successful marketing funnel specialist as long as they are willing to put in the time and effort necessary to develop an understanding of the specific strategies and methodologies involved in what I often describe as dynamic, personable marketing. The most effective marketing funnel specialists are genuine and clearly recognize the importance of developing an engaging and personal approach in every business-related interaction. How long have you be...

As a man with many feathers to his cap, Nitin Khanna is known for his myriad business successes. Being the CEO of MergerTech, a global M&A Advisory firm for technology entrepreneurs, he is also renowned as a gracious leader. His business excellence and leadership story is one that caters to the inordinate good, with success an expected outcome of his determinations. Some words with him: It is remarkable to see the connection that MergerTech has with its customers. What according to you are the underlying factors for this? MergerTech is guided by two key factors, customer insights and brand benefit. It is true that merger and acquisition as an industry were termed as ‘low involvement’ till a decade ago. When we started the organization, we focused on building trust for the brand and availability. Today, the environment is different. Businesses while planning for mergers and acquisitions go through multiple thoughts and experiences in their decision-making process...

Shan Malik , the Entrepreneur and the diligent young man has recently opened up about himself and gave his fans an insight to his wonderful, hard-working personality. Very well-known in the industry by his character which is full of entertainment and love for others, he has yet again proved himself of being someone, the wondrous youth could look up to. The exchange of conversation between the two had been thoroughly interesting and the words echoed of the hard work and effort that Mr. Malik puts into his business and career. Some of the notable question and answers had been: "How do you judge your path from being an entrepreneur to an entertainer? What were your challenges?" [Shan]: "When you really want to become a person of your dreams, the path is never easy. It is not only tiring; it is very twisted and complicated. Often we do not even have the clear vision to what our struggles are leading us to. Entrepreneurship was the base to the goals I had set for m...