Leaders Inspire Leaders | Koy Mcdermott - Millennial Entrepreneur Motivation, Inspiration, & Mindset

DeAnne has over 15 years experience in career coaching and consulting & has taken great joy in facilitating and supporting people in the change towards better careers, better businesses and better lives. She has been a guest speaker and coach at numerous national and state conferences. And has coined the phrase, "You are never more brilliant, more beautiful, or stronger, than when you are fulfilling your own unique destiny."

Millennial Nugget of Purpose - Pushers Of Possibility

Glen was a Navy Vietnam Veteran who was honorably discharged with a special combat citation in 1971. Still having a passion for singing, acting, and writer, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dream, where he was the first African American to graduate Valedictorian in film from Columbia College Hollywood. He is an Award Winning Filmmaker, Author, Teacher and Entrepreneur.

Millennial Nugget of Purpose - Effectively Communicate A Vision

Hasnain is the founder and group MD of Pride Group in Kenya, which is a set of 8 companies that range from hotels & conferencing, to cakes and pastries, totaling more than 500 million in revenue. At the young age of 13 he joined his father’s business and began to give him ideas on how to solve problems. Seeing his father implement his solutions is what instilled his great confidence and helped shape him into the entrepreneur he is today.

Millennial Nugget Of Purpose - Accelerate Innovation 

Sadiki reignited his passion and conceptualized his first company Unorthodox Clothing while he was working for Nordstrom is 2006. He founded Unorthodox, LLC in 2011 after deciding to create a brand that didn't cater to trends or fads. With the motto “Dare To Be Different, Unorthodox is tailor made for individuals that want to stand out and make a statement using style and fashion as a platform. 

Millennial Nugget Of Purpose - Effective To Do Lists

Steve is an inventor and entrepreneur. He started and runs two companies, one as a consultant helping companies accelerate innovation and product development and another thats an intellectual property holding company. Before these ventures, he has been an engineer, analyst, and a nuclear reactor operator aboard a Navy sub. www.leadersinspireleaders.com

This weeks Millennial Nugget Of Purpose comes from a member of the leaders audience and it reads "finding our passion and turning that into a business."

Bio:   Jeffery is a serial entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience, launching and guided businesses.  He is the founder of Profit Prophet, a strategic consultancy that helps companies grow, attract new customers, and become more profitable by perfecting their business execution and plans and honing their sales and marketing strategy. His newest endeavor is Well Beyond Care, which is an online caregiving agency. What is one trait you possess that makes you an effective leader?   Realistic optimism; I know I can’t fly without wings, but it won’t stop me from flying. Knowing that you have limitations and being happy with them; Find your niche. How do you challenge yourself to overcome naysayers?   Don’t give up, it is in you!   What routine do you have in the morning that you attribute to daily success?   Making the bed. Do an accomplishment that you can check off everyday.   If you could go back in time, what is one piece of advice you would give to a younger you?   Take more chances earlier. Tim

This weeks Millennial Nugget Of Purpose comes from a member of the leaders audience and it simply read eating an elephant. This expression was used by Dr. Anthony Hylick in the episode entitled "Your Plan A.”   I love interacting with my audience so if you have any comments or questions that you would like answered on an MNOP please email me [email protected], thats [email protected] or visit the website and leave me a voicemail leadersinspireleaders.com, thats leadersinspireleaders.com     The quote I am going to start with today comes from Creighton Abrams and it reads   "When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time.”   Starting this podcast was one of my elephants & now that I have accomplished that. Building the brand Leaders Inspire Leaders to be synonymous with greatness is where I am heading next!   An elephant in this expression is a very large goal that you have set for yourself. If you view things as one big goal it can be a daunting task like trying to eat an elephan

Anthony has been a Research Staff Member with IBM Research - Austin since 2010. His expertise ranges from storage energy modeling to optimizing distributed file systems for improved analytics over Big Data. Anthony also leads a youth-focused non-profit, E-Qubed, where he is the Founder and Executive Director. leadersinspireleaders.com

Millennial Nugget Of Purpose - How Important Is Research?

Aaron is a consultant, blogger and entrepreneur. With more than 18 years of Technology experience in consulting, support, and training. He brought all of that experience to his newest venture, where he helps companies meet their challenging demands for SAP information technology staffing & talent acquisition. www.leadersinspireleaders.com

Millennial Nugget Of Purpose - Authenticity 

Jan is a  national speaker, advocate, and the CEO of the award-winning Business Success Center that offers proven profitability and growth programs to ramp up, scale and fix businesses. She is the author of The Networker’s Guide to Success, and co-author of Easy to Be Green and Thinking Big, Staying Small and active blogger for Allbusiness.com and The Business Bank of Texas. She is also the former Small Business Advocate of the State of Texas.

Millennial Nugget Of Purpose - Strength In Vulnerability

Millennial Nugget Of Purpose - Serving Others 

Kevin is a seven-time startup veteran and CEO, and in 2008 co-founded Tech Ranch Austin, a venture accelerator for early-stage technology companies.  Each startup that he founded focused on pioneering technology where it would make an impact on our community. www.leadersinspireleaders.com