Short Story Long

Roslynn Cobarrubias who is the co-founder of mydiveo and former senior director of artist relations/integrated marketing director at Myspace. She always wanted to be a television host & in college was told she was too short and should be a radio host. She left her university and attended community college and later became NARIP Director of Marketing. Listen in on Roslynn's journey & how she has created the largest network of video profiles across the world. @roslynnc & @mydiveo on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I have my first guest with a company valued over a billion dollars, Tom Bilyeu of Quest Nutrition & Impact Theory. Tom admits that he was going down a losing path while working at a tech company for 8 1/2 years. Focused on ending metabolic disease, Tom and his two partners founded Quest Nutrition. Tom talks about scaling, brain chemistry & what his main goal in life is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Short Story Long I sit down with Gerard Adams also known as The Millennial Mentor who is an entrepreneur, Philanthropist and co-founder of Elite Daily. Gerard is very passionate about helping and inspiring other millennials to fulfill their dreams. He created FOWNDERS which is a business providing free workspaces and aiding financial startups. Mentorship plays a big part of Gerard's life which he provides through FOWNDERS, his video series Leaders Create Leaders and personalized mentorship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 60 of Short Story Long we have a very special guest, Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Kyrie and I talk about his childhood from tossing out his basketball trophies and getting hurt skateboarding to high school and his days at Duke University. Kyrie breaks down the night he went number 1 overall in the 2011 NBA Draft, Rookie of the Year, contract extension and playing with Lebron James. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm sitting down with Jeron Smith who is currently the Chief Marketing Officer of Stephen Curry 30 Enterprises. Jeron grew up in Chino, California just outside of Los Angeles where he loved playing basketball. He attended UCLA and was a walk-on to UCLA's basketball program. He later transferred to Howard University which is where he landed his first internship at Nike. Listen in on how he started working for Nike/Jordan Brand, worked with President Obama and now as CMO of Stephen Curry 30 Enterprises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I sit down with my good friend & Los Angeles local, DJ Vice. DJ Vice grew up in Eagle Rock, California and loved music at an early age. Vice explains in this episode that his love for music led to countless hours of practice and saving money as a kid to do what he loves. From Power 106 to the influence legendary DJ AM had on his career and life, CRSVR & his Vegas residency Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode, I sit down with motivational speaker and brand consultant Mike Smith. Mike grew up in a small town in Nebraska feeling like an outsider because of his interests and appearance. He's never been an ordinary kid and his love for helping others has shaped him into the man he is now. He's gone on to founding THE BAY, a non-profit skatepark in Nebraska as well traveling across the US inspiring and speaking with the youth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rory grew up in Indiana filming his crazy stunts and documenting his life at the lake. As a teen, Rory picked up his first camera and fell in love with being able to capture moments of his life and playing it back for his family and friends. He's shot videos and toured with artists such as Krewella, Martin Garix, Avicii, The Chainsmokers & Justin Bieber. Rory now has a show with MTV that will be releasing in the fall of 2017 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I have my good friend, who you may recognize from things like The Wedding Ringer, HBO's Def Comedy Jam & Wild 'N Out, Affion Crockett. Within a year of doing comedy, Affion attended tryouts for Def Comedy Jam and landed the job. Listen in on how he ended up working with his idols like Bernie Mac & Martin Lawerence and what you can be expecting from him now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 54 we brought back Kevion Stirdivant who has the highest downloads of any episode on the show. Our conversation was so amazing that we decided to answer some listener questions and we had some really good feedback. Listen to this as we answer some questions and give advice! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I sat down and interviewed Jason Markk, creator of Jason Markk the premium shoe care brand. Jason always held a job that never seemed to pay as much as DJing but he knew he had to keep both. Still having ideas and love for sneakers he realized the void in the shoe cleaning market & decided to create his own product. Listen in to Jason as he explains his journey to the now very successful brand and his expansion to sales all over the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 52 I decided to do our second listener call-in and this time it's featuring my business partner Dee Murthy. Dee was on the second episode of Short Story Long and I thought it would be a great idea to bring him back and take some calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 51 I had the pleasure of speaking with entrepreneur, New York Times best selling author and host of talk show The School of Greatness podcast Lewis Howes. We talk about what inspires us and what we really want to do to give back to the world. Lewis and I both talk about our history of doing things specifically just to prove people wrong and how we've shifted this mindset to doing something positive not only for us but for others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Episode 50 of Short Story Long I sit down with real estate mogul Keven Stirdivant. Keven Stirdivant also known as Kevion grew up in California with his mother and father. Listen in as Kevion takes you through the ups and downs of his life and how he's turned his real estate business into a positive, motivating environment for his agents as well as his life long clients. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode I have a very special guest who you all may know from Rob & Big and Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, my good friend Christopher "Big Black" Boykin. Spending 3 years in Guam and being a chef in the Navy he moved to San Diego & started his own security/limo business where he doubled as security and driver. Around this time he was picked to become Rob Dyrdek's security for the DC Skateboarding Video in which he formed his bond that everyone knows from MTV's Rob & Big. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 48 I sit down with Long Beach native and owner of Live Fit. Apparel, Randall Pich. His childhood was anything but easy, often being left with a few dollars and food stamps from his mom making the most of what they had. Growing up he dabbled with screen printing and making merch for bands that he was in which later would come full circle to the direction he moved in for his career. Randall would start creating shirts for his clients which birthed what is now known as LiveFit. Apparel today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I had the chance to sit down and talk to the founder of the enormously successful online retailer of REVOLVE, Michael Mente. After college he started a company with his business partner where he learned the ropes of online marketing which led to the start of Revolve Clothing, now known as REVOLVE. Michael and his partner have turned their online business into a massive online retailer and have created 13 successful brands all of which you have probably seen on the hottest influencers and celebrities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I sit down with my friends Robert Nand of Grand Voyage & Joe Huff of LSTN Sound. Robert Nand created the 50 million dollar brand Creative Recreation. Robert started out working at Vans and went on to create Creative Recreation. It definitely wasn't easy doing this but the journey has shaped Robert into the business man he is today and the direction he's gone developing his latest business Grand Voyage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I sit down with my extremely talented friend who's records have been all over the radio J Kash (Jacob Kasher Hindlin). J Kash is a song writer from Virgina Beach. He will admit that his first big thing was writing "We R Who We R" for Kesha. Since then he has had massive hits like Maroon 5's "Cold", Jason Derulo's "Swalla" and working with other artists like Selena Gomez, Meghan Trainor, Jennifer Lopez & Nicki Minaj. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Swardson, who you may know from movies like Grandma's Boy, Malibu's Most Wanted, the tv show Reno 911!:Miami, & his comedy special Nick Swardson's Pretend Time. Nick is a comedian/actor/screenwriter & producer who grew up in Minnesota and attended St. Paul Central High. Listen in on Nick's story from his childhood in which he struggled with drugs & alcohol to turning his life around and turning to stand up comedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices