Futureproofing

Matthew Bertulli is CEO and cofounder of Demac Media, a company of more than 100 marketers, designers, and developers that helps merchants of all sizes grow and optimize their ecommerce businesses. Demac Media helps its merchant partners get hundreds of millions of dollars in online sales every year. Matthew Bertulli is a student and evangelist of commerce. From his youth spent around the family retail business, to his current role as CEO and co-founder of commerce agency Demac Media, to co-founding the compostable plastics brand Pela Case, Matt has spent a lifetime inside the world of retail commerce. Matthew and I are talking about creating flow, being cutting edge, and what did Matt do when he got back a bit of time?

Margot and I are talking about how she came to write her book, giving kids freedom, and do your kids really need college?

Today I am speaking with Rob Nunnery husband, dog-dad, and failure. Rob has started, and failed 9 businesses and finally had success in 2014 when he co-built a multi-million dollar marketing company. Listen as we talk about being a successful failure, financial and time freedom, and do we really talk about who's hot in politics?    

Larry Lawton is an author, motivational speaker, TV personality, honorary police officer and the Founder and President of the Reality Check Program. He is a former career criminal, once known as the biggest jewel thief in the United States. Upon Larry’s release from jail, he started the Reality Check Program to help young people and in 2008 Larry started working with law enforcement giving them the insight and knowledge of a professional criminal. Today we are talking about feeling like Robin Hood, losing time with those you love, and how Larry turned his time in prison to a path of learning and redemption."

Alan Gertner is the co-founder and CEO of Tokyo Smoke, a modern lifestyle business that is inclusive of Cannabis. A lover of technology, design, and everything in-between, Alan most recently led a $+100M organization at Google in Asia.  Alan is a proven leader in strategy and operations, including as a founding member of Google's first Global Business Strategy team. Tokyo Smoke was created to bring design, education, and emotion to cannabis. Ultimately, we believe in changing the world through iconic cannabis normalization.

Jordyn Feingold is a first-year medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine. She is passionate about integrating the science of well-being into medicine and creating cultures that enable practitioners and patients to thrive. Jordyn completed her undergraduate studies in Health and Societies as well as her Master’s of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) at the University of Pennsylvania. While transitioning to medical school, Jordyn researched and explored the vast opportunities for positive psychology to make medicine a more positive, thriving, efficient, and effective practice, where she developed the REVAMP method. Today we are talking about Positive Psychology, the wellbeing and flourishing of medical school students, and moving away from the medicine of the past and present.

Dina is the founder of Hoogi and is a Meta-Coach. Obsessed with high performance thinking with wellbeing intact, Dina works with Parents and Teachers to develop a culture of thinking that supports children to thrive. Dina specializes in what blocks this culture today and how to transform these blocks so that both the collective thinking of the group (or family) and the individual is valued, visible and actively encouraged. She offers practical tools and strategies to implement this. The result is a culture of high performance, innovation and working together. Listen as we talk about doing what's expected, our rapidly changing world, and what is the greatest thing you can do for your children.

Born with an entrepreneurial flair, Diana was always dreaming up small enterprises from garage sales to candy stores.  Diana was just 19 years old when she started her swim school business, making a name for herself as an innovator and thought-leader.

Vicki Saunders, founder of SheEO is an entrepreneur and award-winning mentor committed to building businesses that have a positive impact on the world.

Futureproofing Friday will help prepare you for the great unknown future by talking about things that will blow your mind and things that will help you out.

Regan Hillyer is a Serial Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, and Mindset Coach.  She is the founder of Regan Hillyer International, a company dedicated to providing personal development and business training

Futureproofing Friday will help prepare you for the great unknown future by talking about things that will blow your mind and things that will help you out.

Sarah Knight is the internationally-bestselling author of two profane self-help books: The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck and Get Your Shit Together.

Futureproofing Friday will help prepare you for the great unknown future by talking about things that will blow your mind and things that will help you out.

Today I am speaking with Daniel Gefen, Father, Entrepreneur, Podcast Host, Business Mentor, Speaker, and Writer. Daniel grew his first company out of a hotel lobby. He has mastered the art of outsourcing and has since built multiple companies that run on their own. His most recent venture is GetFeatured.Media which gets people featured on targeted podcast show Today I am speaking with Daniel Gefen, Father, Entrepreneur, Podcast Host, Business Mentor, Speaker, and Writer. Daniel grew his first company out of a hotel lobby. He has mastered the art of outsourcing and has since built multiple companies that run on their own. His most recent venture is GetFeatured.Media which gets people featured on targeted podcast shows. Daniel is also the host of the Can I Pick Your Brain? podcast show where he 'picks the brains' of successful entrepreneurs. When he's not spending time with his wife and 4 children he's playing tennis or coaching other people how to 'quit' their business and live the life they want. Listen as we

Laurie Scheer, Media Goddess, is a former vice president of programming for WE: Women’s Entertainment. She has worked as an assistant, d-girl, and producer for ABC, Viacom, Showtime, and AMC-Cablevision. Laurie has been an instructor at numerous universities across the US including Northwestern, UCLA, American University, and Yale. In this episode, we are talking about leaving a six-figure corporate career and getting back into the classroom to teach, the tenacity and determination needed to be a successful writer, and find out who the egomaniac bitch really is!

Gillian Mandich is a Holistic Health Promoter whose personal mission is to educate people about evidence-based health information so they can lead a happy, healthy life. She believes that life is a journey and is committed to being a lifelong student which comes as no surprise as she Is currently completing her PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Science (with a specialization in Health Promotion). In today's show, we talk about happiness, sex, family, non-verbal communication and for fun what rules we plan on breaking this year and our shared passion for yoga.

Alan Smithson is known as one of the top 10 people to follow in respect to VR and AR (Virtual & Augmented Reality). There are two reasons why I wanted Alan to be on the show; his story is very compelling and he's been living in the future for a very long time. What he has to share with us about where everything is going both excites me, and freaks me out at the same time! Enjoy this very interesting talk with Alan Smithson...

Jon Vroman inspires others to live life in the front row, and teaches the art of “moment making.” The unique thing is he talks about it from an entirely different perspective, and Jon’s work is transformative and new in this space. He’s an award-winning speaker and #1 best selling author of The Front Row Factor, as well as hosting his own podcast (it all started when Jon founded The Front Row Foundation). I hope you enjoy this conversation with Jon as much as I did…

Today we have a special guest on Futureproofing, Lee-Anne McAlear. She’s the Program Director at The Centre of Excellence in Innovation Management at the Schulich School of Business in Toronto, Canada. Lee-Anne specializes in innovation management; not just how we innovate but how we actually integrate it. It’s a real honour to have Lee-Anne on the show for this discussion.