Outlier On Air | Interviewing Founders, Disruptors, & Mavens

"I want to inspire one million people that are disheartened in their current careers or life path to make the gutsy decision to change it." Todd Nevins Todd is the Founder of CLICKPlacement, an AdWords agency working with startups, small businesses and non-profits. He's also the Host of the Go Hunt Life podcast and explores stories of people that pulled the ripcord on the normal, safe path in life to embark on the unknown journey.  He is nearing his own ripcord moment as him, his wife and their English Bulldog embark on a permanent road trip through Mexico in pursuit of adventure off of the beaten path while they run their online businesses from anywhere. Connect with Todd: Podcast | Website | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn Subscribe to the Outlier Newsletter: Click Here Brought to you by: If you enjoy Outlier On Air, please Subscribe & Review on iTunes or Stitcher

"If you don't have the mindset that you can do it, then you're never going to do it." - Laura Belmar   Laura Belmar - Founder of Mason Bottle   Laura Belmar is an educator and entrepreneur. She started her career in Teach for America, where leading her students to achieve growth in the classroom allowed her to develop the mindsets needed to grow a business.    When she started Mason Bottle with her husband Sebastian, they set the goal to make Mason Bottle the type of company that could  #1: make sustainable products affordable to all, and #2: support local communities.   After just one year and two product launches, Mason Bottle has achieved both objectives: one third of customers make under $50,000 a year, and 100% of our products are Made in the USA.    Mason Bottle is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter. To support female-owned and US-made, you can back them here.    Connect with Laura: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram |  Kickstarter Subscribe to the Outlier Newsletter: Click Here Brought

"I learned to be a little more patient" - Luke Sabis  Luke Sabis - Filmmaker  Luke Sabis is a filmmaker and musician. He has just released his debut feature film, the drama/thriller Missing Child, available on Amazon. He is currently working on his next feature film, Ghost Tenant. Luke was born in Brooklyn, NY and raised in Richmond Hill, Queens, NY. He graduated from St. John's University with a degree in Computer Science. Early in his adult life he worked as a Computer Programmer by day, and pursued his musical dreams at night with his band, “The Take.” He wrote and played original Rock songs, showcasing at clubs such as CBGB's, The Bitter End and Kenny's Castaways. Luke continued his stage career as an actor on the Off Off Broadway stages of New York City, including a stint with the Curan Repertory Company, led by Ken Terrell. Connect with Luke: Website | Facebook | Web Series Subscribe to the Outlier Newsletter: Click Here Brought to you by: If you enjoy Outlier On Air, please Subscribe & Review on

"You just need to overcome that fear and not let it get in the way." - Nancy Hernon Nancy Hernon, Co-founder/CEO at G3Translate Nancy came to New York via Ohio and Germany nearly 20 years ago to jump into translation industry providing a global voice to clients across several industries. She has worked with major corporations helping them to roll-out new products, engaging in the launch of global websites, overseeing translations for technical content, branding and advertising content, legal contracts and briefs, as well as trade journals. Nancy’s passion lies in the translation of market research documentation bringing new products to market and helping brands to expand on a global scale. Connect with Nancy: Website | LinkedIn |@g3translate | @nancy_g3 Personal:  Instagram | Twitter  | Facebook Subscribe to the Outlier Newsletter: Click Here Brought to you by: If you enjoy Outlier On Air, please Subscribe & Review on iTunes or Stitcher

"A woman's vision is realized the moment she truly believes in the power of her purpose." Nineveh Madsen is a Swedish-born, ethnic Assyrian American television personality. She is the Founder of HER Magazine and VP of Marketing & PR at OpenVPN, a tech company in the Bay Area.  Nineveh spent a decade working as a journalist for local television stations in Arizona (KYMA, NBC) and Utah (KSTU, FOX) and made appearances on Fox News. Her accolades include an Edward R. Murrow, Associated Press Awards, recognition from the Utah Broadcasters Association and Assyrian Community for her excellence in journalism. She was also voted one of the State’s top reporters by Salt Lake’s City Weekly Magazine for more than five years. From TV to Business Woman, Nineveh launched her digital publication in 2015 - which has featured influencers like Tomi Lahren of Fox News, Melissa Hartwig of the Whole30, and Reality TV Star and Business Woman Rasheeda Frost. Nineveh graduated from California State University East Bay with a d

"I feel like my biggest failure as an entrepreneur has been that everything has taken longer than I wanted." - Steve Benson Steve Benson - Founder of Badger Maps  After receiving his MBA from Stanford, Steven worked in Sales at IBM, HP and Google where he was Google Enterprise's Top Sales Executive in 2009. In 2012, Steven founded Badger Maps, the #1 Sales App in the Apple App Store, which helps Field Sales People be more successful. Connect with Steve: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook Subscribe to the Outlier Newsletter: Click Here Brought to you by: If you enjoy Outlier On Air, please Subscribe & Review on iTunes or Stitcher

"If you want to build a great empire, you have to start with a solid foundation." - Sunny Durante Sunny Durante - Founder of Epic Life After tasting success young in multiple industries, Sunny took a bold step to trade in his "looks-good-on-paper-life" for one that brought him REAL joy and fulfillment. Now, he helps men in film and high-tech create more freedom and fulfillment, so they can wake up excited again, break through plateaus, and multiply their income + impact... on their terms.  Connect with Sunny: Website | LinkedIn | Email Subscribe to the Outlier Newsletter: Click Here Brought to you by: If you enjoy Outlier On Air, please Subscribe & Review on iTunes or Stitcher

"If it can be read by humans it should be able to interact with a bot." - Adrien Schmidt Adrien Schmidt, CEO of Bouquet, is a successful entrepreneur, engineer and innovator. In 2004 he co-founded Squid Solutions, a software company based in Paris that provides usage analytics to publishers around the world. As Squid Solutions rapidly turned companies into data-driven enterprises, he went on to open offices for Squid Solutions in Beijing in 2006 and San Francisco in 2014. On a mission to become a market leader in a new generation of analytics tools, Adrien co-founded Bouquet in 2015, creating a product that brings a fulfilling experience of analytics to thousands of users in their daily jobs with chatbots powered by artificial intelligence. Raised in both the U.S. and France, Adrien has dedicated his career to innovation and entrepreneurship on a global level. In 2013, Adrien served as Chairman of NUMA, France’s most recognized accelerator, supervising the transition from local non-profit to international

"When somebody sees the Nuuvo logo I want them to associate it with quality." - Lydia Speck Lydia Speck - Founding Partner, Nuuvo Health Lydia Speck is an expert in health and wellness and specializes in health management. Raised in the Dallas area, she chose Texas State University where she received a degree in Consumer Science and a minor in Business. Upon graduation, she pursued a career in fitness and personal training. It was there that she realized, when it came to maximizing results, fitness was most advantageous when paired with medicine. Since that realization, she focused on understanding how to apply these new medical approaches with lifestyle changes to achieve maximum results in the pursuit of a healthier and better life.     Lydia has spent the last three years in the medical field she has seen remarkable results from therapies using IV infusions. However, the most common request from clients was to have these treatments in a more convenient setting than a clinic. After extensive market resear

"Being a successful entrepreneur takes more than just accepting that you do not know everything." - Rana Gujral  Rana Gujral - Entrepreneur, Executive, and Investor Rana Gujral is an Entrepreneur, Executive, and Investor. In 2014, he founded TiZE, a Cloud software for specialty chemicals, and held the role of CEO until his exit in 2016. He is currently leading Smart Home Initiatives at Logitech and an advisor to several startups. Rana is a contributing columnist at TechCrunch and Forbes and was awarded the ‘Entrepreneur of the Month’ by CIO Magazine and the ‘US-China Pioneer’ Award by IEIE 2017. He was listed among Top 10 Entrepreneurs to follow in 2017 by Huffington Post and is a sought after international speaker. Rana has most recently been a featured speaker at the World Government Summit in Dubai, the Silicon Valley Smart Future Summit 2017, and IEIE 2017 in New York.

 Rana holds degrees in Management, Finance, and Engineering from MIT Sloan, UMass, and TACK U.K. Prior to TiZE, Rana was recruited to b

"I'm a fighter and I don't know how else to be." - Kelli Tennant Kelli Tennant - Spectrum SportsNet/SportsNet LA Host Kelli Tennant grew up in Temecula, California and was a prep volleyball star and high school First Team All-America selection. She went on to The University of Southern California to major in Public Relations and play volleyball for the Women of Troy. She captained her team to the Final Four in 2007. After graduation, she pursued her childhood dream of television, working in sports and entertainment for Fox Sports, ESPN, E! Entertainment and the Pac 12 Networks. Kelli is currently a host and reporter for Spectrum Sportsnet and Sportsnet LA covering the Lakers, Dodgers, Galaxy and Sparks. She is also the author of "The Transition: Every Athlete's Guide to Life After Sports," which she wrote to aid fellow athletes in their own journeys. Kelli lives with a handful of autoimmune and health conditions, and focuses heavily on health and wellness, living a clean and full life. She is also deeply pa

"Take the leap and don't let fear cripple you." - Blythe Brumleve Blythe Brumleve - Founder at GuysGirl Media Hello—my name is Blythe and I started a sports blog side hustle in 2009 that’s grown into the media brand, GuysGirl. While working a side hustle at night, my days were spent managing the digital marketing efforts for top 3PL’s in the country. It’s been nearly ten years of working in sports media and B2B marketing and I’m here to help you navigate that busy port Connect with Blythe: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Subscribe to the Outlier Newsletter: Click Here Brought to you by:

"Keep moving forward and take action" - Yigal Adato Yigal Adato - Entrepreneur, Leadership Expert, & Founder of Legion of Leaders Yigal is on a mission to guide business leaders to make more, stress less, and have more time doing what they love. Yigal hails from the city of Istanbul, Turkey and moved to the USA at an early age of 2. Yigal always had a keen interest and immense passion for the art of business leadership and through the assistance of his business knowledge and understanding, he was able to create an incredible culture and thriving business from the ground up.  Since the age of 15, Yigal has been studying and practicing leadership. He is well aware of what it takes to run a business handling the speed bumps, excuses, stresses, and how to run teams. At the age of 22 he ran a Retail/Service business with his brother that sold over $50 million in 15 years. His vast experience as a business leader and his immense knowledge inspired him to pursue his passion of motivating and guiding other a

"Your biggest obstacle is obscurity" - Brielle Takacs-Senske Brielle Takacs-Senske - Co-Founder of Get Featured Brielle Takacs-Senske has been working in public relations for over a decade. She was featured on the front page of the newspaper the day after she was born and the rest was destiny.  She is a firm believer that public relations is the art of making good works well-known, leading her to become the co-founder of Get Featured and Slate Media Productions.  She has a love for animals and has a horse, toy poodle, borer collie/corgi and a pet pig.  Connect with Brielle: Website | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn Subscribe to the Outlier Newsletter: Click Here Brought to you by: If you enjoy Outlier On Air, please Subscribe & Review on iTunes or Stitcher

"The best advice I received recently is that I should learn to prioritize my life and only do what I love and is most essential to me." - Heather Wilde Heather Wilde - CTO at ROCeteer Heather Wilde is CTO of ROCeteer, and is also known as the “Unicorn Whisperer” due to her special focus on entrepreneurs. She is a personal and professional growth expert, executive coach, author, and speaker.  As a founding employee of Evernote, she oversaw the company’s growth from thousands to 100,000,000 customers. She is one of the only women to have wholly programmed, designed, produced and published a game at the company THQ. Additionally, she has worked with the U.S. Navy, NASA and state and local governments around the world. She has led development, scalability, and reliability engineering of web sites with 60+ million unique monthly visitors, 1.7+ billion monthly page views, and 99.99% uptime SLA requirements.  Among her other awards, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid selected her for a commendation in 2016 for he

"It really doesn’t matter how many people see your logo if they don’t remember it." - Brian Halley Brian Halley - Branding Expert of Right Think Brian Halley is the founder of Right Think, a company dedicated to helping small businesses access the secrets of branding that have traditionally been only available to big brands with big marketing budgets. In order for small businesses to gain ground and grow in today’s overcrowded marketplace, it is imperative that business owners receive a sound branding education and apply branding principles to their businesses. With 20 years of design experience, working with brands like Reebok, Nordic Track, Harry Potter, Jelly Belly and the NBA, and building his own brand from scratch, Brian brings extraordinary value to small businesses by helping them understand that a brand is much more than a logo, and how creating a brand strategy based on his 4 Pillars of Branding, will advance a brand visually, drive effective, targeted marketing plans and guide important business

"As long and I'm creating something I can maintain a balance of happiness." - Brittney Bertier Brittney Bertier - Actress |  Co-Creator of TRANSPLANTS Brittney Bertier (co-producer/TRANSPLANTS) resides in Los Angeles and can currently be seen in the world premiere of King of the Road: The Roger Miller Story at Laguna Playhouse, in the upcoming Netflix original series Atypical, and in the feature film Along The Way. She was recently seen as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady (Sierra Repertory Theatre) and is the voice of Alice in the recording of Hello! My Baby. In addition to starring in TRANSPLANTS, she also writes and records the music for the series alongside Grammy award winner Ted Pearlman. Off Broadway: O Night Divine. National Tour: Seussical. Film: The God Question, Wild Horses. BFA in Music Theatre from The Hartt School.  TRANSPLANTS is a comedy about a guy and a girl (friends) who relocate from New York City to Los Angeles and utterly fail to adapt to their new environment. Each episode deals with a

"Don't go at it alone, find good founders, and recognize what your strengths are." - Vanessa Quigley Vanessa Quigley - Co-founder, Chatbooker-in-Chief of Chatbooks Vanessa Quigley is a mom, wife, trained opera singer and most recently Chatbooker-in-Chief. Chatbooks gives Vanessa the ideal place to combine her big picture vision, desire to hold onto what matters, and get-it-done attitude that raising seven children has instilled in her. Chatbooks’ affordable, automatic and simple photo books were Vanessa’s brain-child after realizing her youngest son didn’t have his own childhood scrapbook. Vanessa drives Chatbooks’ creative engine and product design to make sure the functionality is simple and easy to use. Prior to Chatbooks, Vanessa relished her role as Mom-in-Chief, managing the wonderful chaos of her growing family. Vanessa has a degree in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy from Brigham Young University, sings opera whenever she can, enjoys the theater, being in the mountains with her family, and finding t

"Challenge your fears." - Brad Harker Brad Harker - Author, Speaker, and Creator of SalesFounders Brad Harker is a published author, speaker, and startup sales consultant. His creativity and passion for problem solving has fueled an entrepreneurial background that includes more than a quarter-billion dollars in sales. Brad is the author of The Laws of Influence and his work has been recognized by a number of outlets, including Forbes and Entrepreneur.com. Through SalesFounders - a podcast and consulting firm, Brad advises entrepreneurs with proven systems to bridge the "sales gap" and generate scalable revenue. Brad lives in St. George, Utah, with his wife and four children. Check out www.salesfounders.com for more information. Connect with Brad: Website | Facebook | Instagram | Podcast | LinkedIn | Youtube Subscribe to the Outlier Newsletter: Click Here Brought to you by: If you enjoy Outlier On Air, please Subscribe & Review on iTunes or Stitcher

"As an entrepreneur...look for mentors and look for support" - Jennifer Suiter Chris & Jennifer Suiter - True Love Skin Care Jennifer Suiter - Jennifer grew up on the beaches of San Clemente & San Juan Capistrano, California. The oldest of 6 kids, Jennifer's always been a natural mom & caretaker. Now with 5 kids of her own, she has discovered the best way to take care of people is with her amazing skincare products that are changing lives. With her husband and business partner, she recently moved to the country in Santaquin UT, where they enjoy the view, being surrounded by 100's of acres of beautiful cherry orchards, all while they cultivate their skincare empire. Chris Suiter - A serial entrepreneur, Chris has finally discovered the ultimately business partner - his wife. Chris joined his wife's company in Jan 2016, and has loved every minute of running the business side of things, leaving R&D and sales to his genius wife. Growing up as a military brat for the first 18 years of his life, C