Business Rockstars

On this Episode : John McAfee and Brad SchyJohn Mcafee - Best known in Silicon Valley as the founder of McAfee Associates, a computer antivirus company formed in 1987. In 2010 McAfee was sold to Intel for the sum of $7.68 Billion. He has gone on to start many other successful buisness ventures, hear about his lastest involving personal privacy on today's show.Brad Schy - Graduated UCLA in 1983 with a BA in communication studies and graduated from Loyola Law school with a JD in 1987. Upon passing the bar, Brad practiced (but failed to enjoy) law for three years at Triad Artists, a major Hollywood talent agency. He went on to start Musical Chairs, a company involved in the secondary market of tickets and events in Los Angeles.

On this Episode : Casey Reinhardt, Rachel Borovik, & Richard GibbsCasey Reinhardt - Founder of Casey's Cupcakes and former television personality, discussed the early stages of her cupcake business.Rachel Borovik - Rachel Borovik is making her mark as a singer/songwriter/show-woman of her time. Richard Gibbs - One of the worlds most respected and sought after musician joins us to mentor Rachel Borovik

Chris Pouy - Founder of Cow Wow Milk David Fransen - Counsel General of Canada David Michail - Lawyer Extraordinaire Chris Pouy - President and founder of Cow Wow Cereal Milk - an organic milk that tastes like the leftover milk in your cereal bowl. With the help of a few jokes from Jimmy Kimmel, Chris has been able to get his product nationally recognized. David Fransen - Appointed Consul General of Canada in Los Angeles by Prime Minister Harper in September 2008. He is Canada’s senior representative in Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada.David Michail - Mr. Michail primarily represents high growth start-up and Fortune 500 companies. He calls in to give listeners free legal advice!

Today is the 50th Anniversary of J.F.K.'s inaugural speech, Ken highlights this moment, and what lessons we can learn from this powerful piece of history.Today's Guests - Jeff Scheinrock is currently a Continuing Lecturer at UCLA Anderson School of Management and the President & CFO at Originate. A pioneer in Venture Resources, Originate invests elite engineering talent and start-up expertise into high potential opportunities. Matt Richter-Sand has an extensive background in technology and entrepreneurship. After graduating from Tulane University with degrees in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Political Science, he joined the U.S. Air Force as a Communications Officer. While stationed at Edwards Air Force Base in California, Matt was responsible for all core IT services. Patrick Bet-David is a man who inspires. He is a successful entrepreneur, emerging author and financial literacy crusader committed to helping people get more out of life. He also is the author of "The 25 Laws for Doing the Impossible"

Ken talks about the power of infomercials, the future of 3-D printing, and why you need to stay on top of what's trending everyday!Today's Guests - Mike Lindell, founder of My Pillow. Mike sold his bars in Minnesota for $500,000, and then took that money to produce a 30 minute infomercial that ran 181 times per day! Since then sales have skyrocketed from $3 million in 2010, to $102 million in 2012. Mike shares his story about the incredible risk he took, how scary it was, and how it payed off in the end. James Siminoff is the chief inventor of Doorbot - "The worlds greatest doorbell." This ingenious device will alert your phone when your doorbell rings, eliminating missing deliveries and people at your front door! For more information visit www.businessrockstars.com

November 15th 2013 - (Business Rockstar) Jennifer Yen founder of Pur~lisse which strives to deliver results and radiance to your skin through authentic time-tested Asian beauty wisdom with advance French cosmeceuticals. Mikki Willis, Award winning filmmaker/humanitarian respected internationally as an innovator of socially and environmentally conscious media. Jae Kim, the Managing Director of Sandler Capital - a hedge fund and private equity firm that manages about $1.7 billion in assets.

Ken gives you the signs that may mean you're an entrepreneur at heart! For more go to http://www.businessrockstars.com

Get your team right the first time. Listen to Ken explain in this Business Rockstars Minute. For more, go to www.businessrockstars.com

November 14th 2013 - (Buisness Rockstar) Dr. Dana Ardi, Founder of Corporate Anthropology Advisor - Today, our Entrepreneur in Motion is Dr. Dana Ardi, a thought leader, and expert in management and leadership. She is the author of the new book, “The Fall of the Alphas.” Adam Shenk was a semi-finalist in MTV’s popular “Making the Band 4”, where he performed for host P. Diddy and worked with both choreographer Laurieann Gibson and New Edition/Bell Biv DeVoe member and manager/producer Michael Bivins. For more information go to www.businessrockstars.com.

How can websites like Google and Yahoo make so much money giving away content for free? Ken explains the "new media economy" on this Business Rockstars Minute! For more info go to http://www.businessrockstars.com

Episode #356 John Oswald (Co-Founder of Cuipo) How do you create, market, and sell your brand? Are you learning a new habit each week? How charismatic are you? Ken goes over the 10 steps you need to raise your character traits.Today's Guests - Carol Dunn began her corporate career in Southern California at a small travel agency. Her enthusiasm and reputation for great service resulted in contracts that eventually led her to manage 85 percent of all entertainment travel (bands, TV, and movie studios) within the United States. Carol shared her story, and explained how she deals with emotional issues in a work environment. - John Oswald oversees the development of the Cuipo brand and all licensing activities. Before Cuipo, John was a co-founder and former CEO of Paul Frank. The Paul Frank brand is well known for its popular icon, Julius, the famous monkey with the big red mouth. He sold Paul Frank and is now the co-founder of Cuipo (Kwee-Poe) - a new SoCal “lifestyle brand.” How do you create, market, and sell y

Failure is the first step to success. Listen to Ken explain in this Business Rockstars Minute!

Episode #355 Brock Pierce (Vice Chairman of Affinity Media)What are your marketing techniques? How seriously do you take your website? Are you using social media to market your self? Do you have at least 1,000 followers on Facebook, Linkedin etc? Ken gives you the marketing tools you need to succeed. Today's Guests - Gina Alexander - This L.A.-based designer has created a line of handbags and other kinds of accessories that allow the customer to design these unique pieces with their personal photos, mementos that travel with you each day, reminding you of the people, places and things you love! Gina created her business intially so she could adopt her child. With cost's around $20,000 she thought this would be a great way to raise money, she didn't expect it to turn into a multi-million dollar business! She stops by the studio and shares her incredible story. Also, Brock Pierce, an entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for virtual goods in online games. He has founded or co-founded seven companies

Too many people abuse or don't use their email properly in the workplace. Don't be one of them! Listen to Ken explain in this Business Rockstars Minute!

Episode # 354 Chris Ursitti (Los Angeles Center Studios)Is your business's technology behind the times? Is your company biography constructed correctly? How do you improve your cash flow??? Find out now!Today's Guests - Chris Ursitti, owner of Los Angeles Center Studios. A full-service studio for TV, film, and commercial production – a honeycomb of entertainment interests working collectively from a 20-acre studio campus – providing a supportive, synergistic environment for the growing independent elements of the entertainment business. Chris swung by the studio and chatted about his incredible studio, which is home to the show Mad Men and many others! Chris is an American entrepreneur, advisor and investor in interactive technologies and social communications. He has written the first look at startups in the Arab World, “Startup Rising -- The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East”. Schroeder became CEO and President of Legi-Slate, Inc., a leading online B2B provider of information on federal a

You must avoid distractions in the workplace. Listen to Ken in this Business Rockstars Minute!

November 8th 2013 - Business Rockstar - Freddie Ravel, Harmonics Maestro, One-of-a-kind Edutainer. Appearances on FOX, ABC, Universal, Clear Channel, Deepak Chopra’s XM Sirius radio show. - Are you an Astronomer, or Astronaut? Do you follow, or lead? How do you craft the perfect pitch? Are you targeting the right audience to pitch? Ken gives you the 101! Today's guests - Nelson Paez has been the Chief Executive Officer of DreamHammer since it’s founding in 2000. Mr. Paez provides visionary, strategic and tactical leadership for DreamHammer with the goal of being the global leader for intelligent control software. Mr. Paez builds strategic customer/partner/investor relationships worldwide and oversees corporate administration, product development, marketing, and sales for the company. Nelson shared his thoughts on the future of drones, and why the public will be using them before you think. Freddie Reval, backed by number one hits and collaborative successes with Earth, Wind and Fire, Madonna, Prince, Indie

What is the new "co-working" trend? Ken explains in this Business Rockstars Minute!

November 7th 2013 – Business Rockstar, Sandro Monetti, Celebrity Journalist, Next Generation Entrepreneurship & Global Crowd-funding Forum - Are you reading 2 hours a day? How many podcasts do you listen to? Ken want’s you to find a Podcast you like, and start feeding your brain! Perception VS. Reality. What’s the difference? Ken explains! Sandro Monetti is a leading international celebrity journalist, TV personality and event host who has interviewed all the biggest stars in Hollywood. The LA based Brit is the creator and director of the number one rated Hollywood tour on Trip Advisor, his Celebrity Insider Movie Locations Tour of LA. Sandro stops by to chat about the power of crowd-funding, how to deal with A-List ego’s, and why it’s important to update your Rolodex weekly. Katelyn Benton began her professional music career as a pre-teen, playing piano in shopping malls and performing her original songs in many of Denver’s acclaimed music venues before she could drive. Benton graduated from Berklee Coll

What's the best way to take C.A.R.E. of your brand? Ken explains how four simple words can make a big difference in this Business Rockstars Minute!