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Mark has enjoyed an unprecedented career over the last 28 years as a first call drummer for world-class rock and pop artists. He has been voted ‘Top 3 Pop-Rock Drummers’ in the Modern Drummer Reader’s Poll. Mark has shared the stage with P!NK on three record breaking world tours as well as numerous other Rock n’ Roll stars. Schulman’s writing/production credits include films, various international TV shows and commercials, radio jingles and interactive media projects for major businesses and networks. He also authored Conquering Life’s Stage Fright to help people gain confidence in their life and jobs. Learn more about Mark at www.markschulman.com and follow him on Instagram and Facebook @markyplanet. You can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, on Twitter @thatlaurapowers, and on Instagram @laurapowers44.

Jeff Lalich helped shape the Environmental and Sustainability Programs at Tesla Motors and in 2016 their team achieved the US Green Building Council's GOLD Certification for Zero Waste. He created ZeroFill Solutions to help any Business, School, or Community to achieve their Zero Waste to Landfill goals. Find out more about Jeff’s work at www.zerofillsolutions.com and follow him on social media @ZeroWasteGuru. To find out more about Laura and her speaking, coaching, and other hosting work visit her website at: powershour.biz . You can also find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers and on instagram at laurapowers44.

Michelle is passionate about helping women connect to their authentic selves, get past their perceived limitations and shine in their lives and careers. Having overcome tremendous obstacles herself, including severe anxiety, self-doubt, recurring negative mind loops and ultimately a tremendous fear to shine and let herself be seen she came to realize there are key factors that are specific to women that had to be brought to light. In addition to private coaching she has been teaching workshops with her husband Robert in New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco for the past 14 years with her husband Robert, reaching over five thousand people through their INSIDE GAME workshop. At the beginning of 2016 Michelle started teaching one-day workshops for women about why and how they give their power away and to impart how they can live authentically without apologizing for their true selves and passions. You can find more about Michelle at www.michellecolt.com. Connect with Laura at www.powershour.biz, on Facebo

Susan Maccarelli created BeyondYourBlog.com, and is a recognized expert on going from personal blogger to published writer. Beyond Your Blog offers tips for getting published, directories of writing opportunities, interviews with editors, the Submission Savvy e-course and more. Susan’s interviews include editors from the New York Times, Chicken Soup For The Soul, The Washington Post, and dozens of other publications. She has been published on many websites and anthologies, and spoken at conferences including BlogHer, ASJA, and Bloggers at Midlife. Find more about Susan’s work at her website, follow her on Facebook at beyondyourbloggers, or email her at susan@beyondyourblog.com. You can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, on Twitter @thatlaurapowers, and on Instagram @laurapowers44.

Kim Estep is the founder of Convention Nation, a discovery and advertising platform for the conference and convention industry. After missing an important conference in 2014 she began she began to develop a business plan on the wall of her office with sticky-notes during her lunch hours. Eventually, Convention Nation was formed. The MVP was launched in mid-2015, and now she has a team that is passionate about promoting in-person meetings and events. Find more about Kim’s services at www.conventionnation.com or find her on social media @conventionnation and @kimestep. To find out more about Laura and her speaking, coaching, and other hosting work visit her website at: powershour.biz . You can also find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers and on instagram at laurapowers44. Also be sure to check out The Success Journal at http://success-journal.blubrry.net.

Natalie MacNeil is an Emmy Award-winning media entrepreneur, author of Conquer Your Year and The Conquer Kit, and the Creator of SheTakesOnTheWorld.com (www.shetakesontheworld.com). She Takes On The World was featured by Forbes on its list of "Top 100 Websites for Entrepreneurs" and by ForbesWoman in "Top 10 Websites for Entrepreneurial Women." For more information about Laura and her work you can go to her website www.healingpowers.net. You can also find her on twitter @thatlaurapowers, on Facebook @realhealingpowers and on instagram at laurapowers44.

Yuri Cataldo brings years of experience in the arts, design, entrepreneurship, marketing, and publicity to his advising of founders, artists, and students. He is a Yale-trained set/costume designer who founded IndigoH2O, the only multiple award winning bottled alkaline water in the world and the 2015 best tasting water in the world.Through his efforts, IndigoH2O was distributed all across the USA, Europe, and South America has been featured at the Oscars, Golden Globes, the Emmy's, the MTV VMA's, and in 100+ magazines and articles in the last two years.Named one of the 40 under 40 business leaders in Indiana for bootstrapping IndigoH2O, he mentors founders, artists, and students, and has lectured at Princeton, Stanford, Notre Dame, Emerson and other universities and conferences about the connection between art and entrepreneurship.He is currently the director of marketing for a tech company and the chief envisioner at his company ART TECH MEDIA GROUP where he helps artists and businesses turn ideas into be

Naomi Price is Vice President of Global Accounts with Mandel Communications. She is an internationally recognized expert in the art and science of driving better business decisions faster through strategic business presentations, conversations, and meetings. Prior to joining Mandel, Naomi held senior roles in the human resource consulting and performance optimization industries. Outside of Mandel, Naomi devotes considerable time toward mentoring young women and supporting service-disabled veterans who are shifting their skills from the battlefield to the boardroom. She holds a B.A. in Journalism with a triple minor in Marketing, English, and Political Science from the University of Nebraska. A travel and adventure junkie, Naomi currently resides in Denver, CO, USA. In this episode we discuss public speaking and how to do approach it with less stress and more effectiveness. You can contact her at nprice@mandel.com and read her blog at www.mandel.com/blog/author/naomi-price. To find out more about Laura and her

Shannon Cumberland started her company candle-making company, Rosy Rings, in her basement with a crockpot. It has since grown to a 30,000 square-foot facility, but the candles are still made by hand with natural ingredients. Rosy Rings partners with Shalom Denver, an organization which provides jobs to developmentally disabled adults. You can learn more at www.rosyrings.com. You can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, on twitter @thatlaurapowers, and on instagram at laurapowers44.

Dr. Glover is an internationally recognized authority on the Nice Guy Syndrome and author of the book "No More Mr. Nice Guy". He is a frequent guest on radio talk shows and has been featured in numerous local and national publications. Through his book, online classes, workshops, podcasts, blogs, consultation, and therapy groups, Dr. Glover has helped change the lives of countless men and women around the world. As a result of his work, Dr. Glover has helped thousands of Nice Guys and Nice Girls transform from being passive, resentful victims to empowered, integrated men and women. Along with these personal changes have come similar transformations in their professional careers and intimate relationships. To learn more about Dr. Glover and his work, visit http://www.drglover.com/. To find out more about Laura and her speaking, coaching, and other hosting work visit her website at: powershour.biz . You can also find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers and on instagram at laurapowe

Collision Conference, described as “the fastest growing tech conference” on their website takes place in New Orleans during jazzfest. They have over 20,000 attendees and over 3,000 CEOs attend. There are presentations and tracks plus lots of opportunities to network, pitch, and connect with like-minded people. This conference also has a lot more women than most tech conferences which I appreciated. You can learn more about Collision Conference at https://collisionconf.com/. I will also be featuring other guests from the conference in future episodes. At the conference I met Brittney Greene, CEO and Founder of The Host, a company that provides on-demand concierge services for Airbnb and other short term rentals. The HOST is a software application that delivers property managers, personal concierge, and other services to homeowners and travelers who use online vacation rental booking sites. Homeowners link their listing for free which allows their guests to partake in a variety of first class services. Service

Jean-Vianney is Managing Director at BroadKat, a video branding agency. He helps brands to position with online video, he makes sure their brand promise is respected on every digital channel. Before working for Broadkat, Jean-Vianney was a Public Affairs specialist. BroadKat is a video branding agency that helps large organisations to position with video digitally. Our methodology is structured in 3 phases: the video strategy, the content creation, and the impact measurement. In other words, Broadkat develops videocampaigns based on strong business objectives and measure the results. We discussed how to ensure that the video you are creating is To connect with Jean-Vianney, you can find him on linked in LinkedIn: Jean-Vianney PHILIPPE. To learn more about Broadkat, go to www.broadkat.com. For more information on Laura please visit her website at www.powershour.biz. You can also follow Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers and on instagram @laurapowers44.

Jonathan Rivera comes from a blue collar background. He left the rat race to pursue real estate. He runs a successful rental business in only 4 hours a week. Today, his main focus is running the Podcast Factory (podcast network & production company) where he is surrounded by some of the world’s most respected direct response marketers. You can learn more about Jonathan at his website www.thepodcastfactory.com. For more information on Laura and her work you can go to her website www.powershour.biz and you can find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers and on instagram at laurapowers44. Laura is the host of six podcasts including this one. Her other podcasts are Healing Powers Podcast (Health and Wellness), Behind the Scenes (Entertainment Industry), Behind the Music (Music Business), Design By (Fashion and Design), and Write Hot (Writing and Publishing). Laura’s podcasts are all on Stitcher and Apple Podcasts. Today's show is brought to you by warbyparker.com - get a FREE 5-Day Home Try-On at www.warbyparkertr

Glenn Rubenstein is the author of Podcast Advertising Works: How to Turn Engaged Audiences Into Loyal Customers. He's also the founder of ADOPTER Media, a podcast advertising agency. Prior to his agency's launch in 2016, he spent 4 years at the TWiT Network as its Director of Marketing. We discussed the nuances of podcast advertising, how to know if your product or services are a good fit for podcast advertising, and why podcast advertising can be bring you a higher ROI than some other kinds of advertising. You can learn more about Glenn at his website https://adopter.media/ and, find his book on amazon at http://amzn.to/2hbSb8R and follow him @GlennRubenstein on twitter. For more information on Laura and her work you can go to her website www.powershour.biz and you can find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers and on instagram at laurapowers44.

Jim Palmer is an expert in sales and marketing he has personally grown multiple successful 6 figure businesses and now teachers entrepreneurs and small business owners how to market and grown their own businesses. Through his videos, podcast, newsletter and blog, Jim serves up new and exciting Smart Marketing and Business Building Strategies™ for growth-oriented entrepreneurs and small business owners. We discussed different aspects of running a mobile business and why going mobile can be a great thing! Connect with Jim via email at: stephanie@getjimpalmer.com. For more information on Laura and her work you can go to her website www.powershour.biz and you can find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers.

Cassie Shankman is an Austin-based composer/orchestrator, pianist and DJ (Cass&Ra). As a composer and orchestrator, she has been recognized for her work with film, visual artists, chamber groups, wind ensembles, apps, musicals, and music therapy technology. As a performer and DJ, she's played with legendary musicians such as jazz trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, and DEVO's frontman Mark Mothersbaugh, and has DJ'd for audiences of 500+ people. She will be DJing Spredfast's SXSW Social Suite 3-Day House. You can find more about her upcoming shows on her facebook page DJ Cass&Ra. She is also an active committee member for the Grammy Foundation's education board. Cassie is Managing Director/Lead Producer for the non-profit Golden Hornet, a music composition laboratory for commissioning and producing new and original works, co-founded by composer Graham Reynolds. Her current focus is creating compositions utilizing brain-based music technology in collaboration with Austin's Center for Music Therapy. She'll be s

Paul Aitken grew up in the Greater Washington DC area; and eventually made his way to Albuquerque, NM where he obtained a degree in criminology from the University of New Mexico. After co-founding a couple of businesses and selling them, he caught the RC bug and began flying remote controlled planes and multi-rotors, which led him to Unmanned Vehicle University in Phoenix, AZ where he graduated at the top of his class. While running a successful strategic marketing company, he continued to hone his UAV flight skills at every opportunity and began to take on UAV training opportunities, including training pilots for the National Association of Broadcasters and students from the BBC, CNN, Fox News, ABC and CBS. Having now been fully immersed in flying UAV’s and training others to fly, he realized he loved training and helping others who were wanting to turn the same passion he had for flight into a new career for themselves. It was around this time that Drone U was born with Paul being one of the co-founders. Wh

On this episode we discussed how to make money selling t-shirts on amazon. Elaine Heney grew her Merch by Amazon business to 6 figures, selling over $128,295 with profit of $53,000 in her first 10 months. Over the last 3 years, Elaine is also triple #1 best selling author, international keynote speaker, movie producer and Amazon FBA and Merch consultant. She has also published over 300 mobile apps across Amazon, Apple & Google, and enjoyed over 20 million app downloads and over 50 #1s worldwide. She has been featured in the Huffington Post, BBC, CNN, Entrepreneur.com and Forbes. Elaine is the CEO of Merch Entrepreneur and host of the Merch Entrepreneur podcast. For additional information or to connect with Elaine Heney through her website at: http://www.merchentrepreneur.com. For more information on Laura and her work please visit her website at: www.powershour.biz. Laura can, also, be found on twitter @thatlaurapowers.

In this interview, Laura talks with Kelly Roach, a Business Growth Strategist on what we can do to increase revenue and effectiveness. Kelly was a Senior VP in a Fortune 500 company and realized she did not her lifestyle. She re-evaluated and shifted and now focuses on helping small business owners grow their businesses. Kelly discussed scalability and that there is an epidemic of business owners running themselves into the ground. We discussed focusing on the mindset and the end in mind. She addressed that it’s important to look at where your time is going because the vast majority of things are not effective. Before you can think of moving forward, release what is not working. Kelly is fan of the Automate, delegate, outsource, delete. For more information on Laura and her work you can go to her website powershour.biz and you can find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers.

Kelcy Pegler, former President of NRG Home Solar and CEO of MemberWhen, builds companies that can manage rapid growth and move quickly to exploit market opportunities in new industry sectors. Fresh off an exit in the Solar Energy space Kelcy is now building an explosive growth business in the personalized podcast space. You can connect with Kelcy via email at: kp@memberwhen.com. For more information on Laura and her work you can go to her website www.powershour.biz and you can find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers.